DescriptionA cyclopedia of missions - containing a comprehensive view of missionary operations throughout the world - with geographical descriptions, and accounts of the social, moral, and religious condition of (14576605978).jpg | English: Identifier: cyclopediaofmiss00newc (find matches) Title: A cyclopedia of missions : containing a comprehensive view of missionary operations throughout the world : with geographical descriptions, and accounts of the social, moral, and religious condition of the people Year: 1855 (1850s) Authors: Newcomb, Harvey, 1803-1863 Subjects: Missions Publisher: New York : Scribner Contributing Library: Princeton Theological Seminary Library Digitizing Sponsor: Internet Archive View Book Page: Book Viewer About This Book: Catalog Entry View All Images: All Images From Book Click here to view book online to see this illustration in context in a browseable online version of this book. Text Appearing Before Image: ^ in regard to the Tinnevelly and Te-loogoo missions, but it is necessary to omitfurther details. It has been seen that thisbrancli of the Church of England mission,extending over a period of 48 years, hasbeen conducted on a very broad scale, andupon principles as enli,5htened and philan-thropic as they have been Christian. Forlearning, jjractical wisdom, and sincere andunremitting exertions for the temporal and Text Appearing After Image: HINDOSTAN. 401 spiritual elevation of the heathen, the mis-sionaries of this society in Southern Indiahave been distinguished, not less, certainly,than those in any other field. The resultsof these lal:)ors appear in a table at the endof the article on the Church of Englandmissions in Hindostan. Bombay.—The Church of England com-menced its mission in Bombay in 1820,imderthe labors of Rev. Mr Kenney. Althoughit was not a new field, the American Boardhaving had an efficient mission there foreight years, yet Mr. Kenney occupied a sepa-rate and independent station, and had theMahratta language to learn, xifter laboringwith great zeal and success for five years, hisreturn to England was rendered necessaryby the health of his family, and he was suc-ceeded by Rev. Messrs. Mitchell and Steward.Mr. Kenney had established three schoolsfor boys, witli 113 scholars, but no school forgirls had yet been opened. Mrs. Stewardsoon died, and Mr. Steward left for anotherfield. Other laborers succeeded Note About Images Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original work. |