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Purchase of this book includes free trial access to www.million-books.com where you can read more than a million books for free. This is an OCR edition with typos. Excerpt from book: 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 ...
General Books publication date: 2009 Original publication date: 1845 Original Publisher: Gould, Kendall, and Lincoln Subjects: Missionaries Missionaries' spouses Missions Biography
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