"I have been upward of twelve years in India, and have directed
much of my attention to the subject of Caste, and am fully of
opinion that it is altogether contrary to the nature and principles
of the Gospel of Christ, and therefore ought not to be admitted
into the Christian Church."
So also the Rev. R.S. Hardy, a Wesleyan missionary, and author of
"Notices of the Holy Land":--
"The principle of Caste I consider so much at variance with the
spirit of the Gospel as to render impossible, where its authority
is acknowledged, the exercise of many of the most beautiful virtues
of our holy religion."