The life and times of Carey, Marshman, and Ward, embracing the history of the Serampore mission, Volume 2 |
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appeared associates attention Baptist Missionary Society Barrackpore benevolent Bengal British Calcutta Carey Carey's cause of missions character Chinsurah Chittagong church circle colleagues committee communication considered cordial Court of Directors death denomination devoted eminent endeavoured England English establishment European exertions favourable feelings friends at Serampore Fuller funds Gospel Governor-General Hindoo House improvement independence India institution instruction interest junior brethren knowledge labours language Leadenhall Street letter liberal Lord Castlereagh Lord Hastings Lord Minto Lord Moira Lord Wellesley Marshman meeting ment mind missionaries at Serampore months native never object opinion period pore premises present principle proceedings progress proposed question regarding religion religious remarked reply residing resolution rupees Ryland Sanscrit schools Scriptures sent Seram Serampore College Serampore mission Serampore missionaries settlement sionaries spirit station superintendence Suttees tion translation trustees twenty union views Ward Ward's zeal
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Page 426 - Enlarge the place of thy tent, and let them stretch forth the curtains of thine habitations: spare not, lengthen thy cords, and strengthen thy stakes ; for thou shalt break forth on the right hand and on the left ; and thy seed shall inherit the Gentiles, and make the desolate cities to be inhabited.
Page 21 - ... that it is the duty of this country to promote the interests and happiness of the native inhabitants of the British dominions in 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 475 - ... o'er all the peopled world Extend her blessed reign. 2 Thou Prince of life! arise, Nor let thy glory cease; Far spread the conquests of thy grace, And bless the earth with peace. 3 Thou Holy Ghost! arise, Expand thy quickening wing, And o'er a dark and ruined world Let light and order spring.
Page 20 - ... each other; and above all, a treatment of the female sex full of . confidence, respect and delicacy, are among the signs which denote a...
Page 185 - My removal of Restrictions from the Press, has been mentioned in laudatory language. I might easily have adopted that procedure without any length of cautious consideration, from my habit of regarding the Freedom of Publication as a Natural Right of my Fellow Subjects, to be narrowed only by special and urgent cause assigned.
Page 60 - The General Convention of the Baptist Denomination in the United States for Foreign Missions, and other important objects relating to the Redeemer's Kingdom," popularly known as the Triennial Convention.
Page 184 - Animadversions on the measures and proceedings of the Honourable Court of Directors or other public authorities in England connected with the Government of India, or disquisitions on political transactions of the local administration, or offensive remarks levelled at the public conduct of the Members of the Council, of the Judges of the Supreme Court, or of the Lord Bishop of Calcutta...
Page 51 - ... a sum of not less than one lac of rupees in each year shall be set apart and applied to the revival and improvement of literature, and the encouragement of the learned natives of India, and for the introduction and promotion of a knowledge of the sciences among the inhabitants of the British territories in India...
Page 309 - Call upon me in the day of trouble, and I will deliver thee, and thou shalt glorify me.
Page 442 - I WAITED patiently for the Lord ; And he inclined unto me, and heard my cry. He brought me up also out of an horrible pit, out of the miry clay, And set my feet upon a rock, and established my goings. And he hath put a new song in my mouth, Even praise unto our God : Many shall see it, and fear, And shall trust in the Lord.