The History of Protestant Missions in India from Their Commencement in 1706 to 1881 |
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Page 4 - January of the present year, were most welcome to us ; not only because the work undertaken by you, of converting the heathen to the Christian faith, doth, by the grace of God, prosper, but also because that in this our kingdom such a laudable zeal for the promotion of the Gospel prevails. " We pray you may be endued with health and strength: of body, that you may long continue to fulfil your ministry. with good success ; of which, as we shall be rejoiced to hear, so you will always And us ready...
Page 203 - Missionary, is rather in his study and his books than reproducing his doctrine, spirit, and character in the minds and hearts of some chosen followers. It was such a method of working to which our Lord has encouraged and led us, not by His own example alone, but by those memorable words : " The disciple is not above his master, but every one that is perfect shall be as his master.
Page 74 - India, and that such measures ought to be adopted as may tend to the introduction among them of useful knowledge and of religious and moral improvement/.
Page 38 - It is, and will be as long as I live, my greatest pride, and most pleasing recollection, that from the moment of my entering on this responsible station, I have consulted with Mr. Swartz on every occasion, and taken no step of the least importance without his previous concurrence and approbation ; nor has there been a difference of sentiment between us in any one instance.
Page 206 - Khan, who had served the English well before the gates of Delhi, was sent on this secret mission to Central Asia, where he died in the snows, a victim to the treachery of the King of Chitral. His last words were : " Tell the Sarkar (Government) that I am glad to die in their service ; give my salam to the Commissioner of Peshawar, and the Padri Sahib.
Page 16 - Soon after the commencement of the new year, I began a catechetical hour in the Tamul, or Malabar School, with the youngest lambs ; and thus I learned to stammer with them. At the same time, I made almost daily excursions, and spoke with Christians and heathens, though, as may be easily conceived, poorly and falteringly.
Page 148 - He cannot understand how a Being can be more powerful than himself without wishing to harm him. Discourses upon the attributes of the Deity excite no emotion among the more isolated sections of the race, except a disposition to run away and hide themselves in the jungle ; and the only reply made to a missionary at the end of an eloquent description of the omnipotence of God, was,
Page 233 - The people of the most distant villages have heard, at least, that there is none other name under heaven given among men whereby we can be saved, but the name of Jesus.
Page 386 - ... was the perfect equality of all in the school, must be unswervingly maintained. The despised Pariahs were accordingly admitted to a full and equal share of all the advantages of the institution. The result was that immediately the school was broken up, and the missionary was left to empty walls and a sorrowful heart. Petitions and deputations from the parents of the late scholars followed. They besought Mr Anderson to dismiss the hated Pariahs ; or at least to place them on separate benches,...
Page 225 - Sermon ended, the Governor, Council, and ladies repaired to the vestry, where, having drunk success to the new church in a glass of sack, the whole town returned to the Governor's lodgings, where was a splendid entertainment, wine and music, and abundance of good cheer. After dinner the Governor began Church and King, according to custom ; but upon this occasion an additional compliment of twenty-one great guns from the fort were answered by European ships in the harbour. Thus was the ceremony of...