There is
nothing essentially sinful in Hindu society any more
than there is anything essentially pure in the Christian society - for that is what the church amounts to - so that one should hasten from the one to the
other... So long as the believer's testimony for Christ is open and as long as his attitude towards Hindu society in general is critical, and towards social and religious practices inconsistent with the spirit of Christ is protestant and
practically protestant, I would allow him to struggle his way to the light with failure here and failure there, but with progress and success on the whole.