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CHAPTER IV. Difficulties with the Bengal Government?Mr. and tin. J
udaon and Mr. Rice become Baptists. On the 18th of June, 1812, the
Missionaries landr ed at Calcutta, where they were met and welcomed
to India, hy the venerahle Dr. Carey. He immediately invited them
to Serampore, to reside in the mission family, until the other
Missionaries, in the Harmony, should arrive. They accordingly
stayed one night in Calcutta, and the next morning, they took a
boat, and went up the river, fifteen miles, to Serampore. Here they
were received with the utmost kindness by the mission family. Mrs.
J. speaks, in warm terms, of the piety, industry, economy, and
order, which distinguished the operations at that great missionary
establishment. Messrs. Carey, Marshman, and Ward, then resided
there with their families. Dr. Carey was employed in translating
the Scriptures; Dr. Marshman, his wife, and son, taught a male and
female school. Mr. Ward superintended the extensive printing
establishment. The following letter of Mrs. J. contains some
interesting particulars: TO HER SISTER. " Serampore Mission-House.
" 1 have left your letter, my dear sister M. until the last, to
continue my narrative to the family. I concluded A's with saving,
Captain Heard had just invited us to go to'his house. Mr. Judson
came on board with an invitation from Dr Carey to spend the night
with him. I got into a palankeen?Mr. Judson walked to the house It
was with considerable fear I rode, The Harmony arrived six weeks
after the Caravan. as tne streets were full of natives and English
carriages. Those who carried me went so much fastei than Mr.
Judson, that I soon lost sight of him, and did not know where they
would carry me. They, however, stopped before a large stone
building, which I soon found to ...
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