To: Chapter I.
Life Of William Carey - Shoemaker &
Missionary
GEORGE SMITH
C.I.E., LL.D.
FIRST ISSUE OF THIS EDITION
1909
REPRINTED...1913, 1922
Table
of Contents
Preface
Chapter
I. Carey's College 1761-1785. The Heart of England--The Weaver
Carey who became a Peer, and the weaver who was father of
William Carey--Early training in Paulerspury--Impressions made
by him on his sister--On his companions and...
Chapter
II. The Birth Of England's Foreign Missions. 1785-1792.
Moulton the Mission's birthplace--Carey's fever and
poverty--His Moulton school--Fired with the missionary
idea--His very large missionary map--Fuller's confession of
the...
Chapter
III. India As Carey Found It. 1793. Tahiti v.
Bengal--Carey and Thomas appointed missionaries to Bengal--The
farewell at Leicester--John Thomas, first medical
missionary--Carey's letter to his father--The
Company's...
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IV. Six Years In North Bengal--Missionary And Indigo Planter.
1794-1799. Carey's two missionary principles--Destitute in
Calcutta--Bandel and Nuddea--Applies in vain to be
under-superintendent of the Botanic Garden--Housed by
a...
Chapter
V. The New Crusade--Serampore And The Brotherhood. 1800.
Effects of the news in England on the Baptists--On the home
churches--In the foundation of the London and other Missionary
Societies--In Scotland--In Holland and...
Chapter
VI. The First Native Converts And Christian Schools.
1800-1810. A carpenter the first Bengali convert--Krishna
Pal's confession--Caste broken for the first time--Carey
describes the baptism in the Hoogli--The first
woman...
Chapter
VII. Calcutta And The Mission Centres From Delhi To Amboyna.
1802-1817. The East India Company an unwilling partner of
Carey--Calcutta opened to the Mission by his appointment as
Government teacher of Bengali--Meeting of 1802...
Chapter
VIII. Carey's Family And Friends. 1807-1812. The type of a
Christian gentleman--Carey and his first wife--His second
marriage--The Lady Rumohr--His picture of their married
life--His nearly fatal illness when forty-eight
years...
Chapter
IX. Professor Of Sanskrit, Bengali, And Marathi. 1801-1830.
Carey the only Sanskrit scholar in India besides
Colebrooke--The motive of the missionary scholar--Plans
translation of the sacred books of the
East--Comparative...
Chapter
X. The Wyclif Of The East--Bible Translation. 1801-1832. The
Bible Carey's missionary weapon--Other vernacular
translators--Carey's modest but just description of his
labours--His philological key--Type-cutting and
type-casting...
Chapter
XI. What Carey Did For Literature And For Humanity. The growth
of a language--Carey identified with the transition stage of
Bengali--First printed books--Carey's own works--His influence
on indigenous writers--His son's...
Chapter
XII. What Carey Did For Science--Founder Of The Agricultural
And Horticultural Society Of India. Carey's relation to
science and economics--State of the peasantry--Carey a careful
scientific observer--Specially a...
Chapter
XIII. Carey's Immediate Influence In Great Britain And
America. 1813-1830. Carey's relation to the new era--The East
India Company's Charters of 1793, 1813, and 1833--His double
influence on the churches and public
opinion--The...
Chapter
XIV. Carey As An Educator--The First Christian College In The
East. 1818-1830. A college the fourth and perfecting
corner-stone of the mission--Carey on the importance of
English in 1800--Anticipates Duff's policy of
undermining...
Chapter
XV. Carey's Christian University For The People Of India. The
Danish charter--The British treaty--Growth of native Christian
community--Lord Minto's concession of self-governing
privileges--Madras Decennial Conference and...
Chapter
XVI. Carey's Last Days 1830-1834. The college and mission
stripped of all their funds--Failure of the six firms for
sixteen millions--Carey's official income reduced from £1560
to £600--His Thoughts and Appeal...
Appendix
I.--Charter Of Incorporation Of Serampore College
Appendix
II.--Statutes And Regulations Of Serampore College
Appendix
III.--Article VI., Clause 2, Of The Treaty Of Purchase,
Transferring Serampore To The British Government
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