“Some Americans,” he said, “who call themselves Christians are paying four rupees a head—and that’s a lot of money in Madras—to people they baptize. Why? I’ll tell you. To put up their conversion figures, so they can get more money from their parishes back home. They do more harm than good. When you go back to the States I hope you mention it.” “Gladly,” I said. Will whoever is responsible for these corrupt missionaries who offer baptismal bribes please persuade them that they are doing more harm than good?
