OF

CHRISTIANITY IN INDIA

FROM THE COMMENCEMENT OF THE

CHRISTIAN ERA.

BY THE

REV. JAMES HOUGH, M. A., F.C.P.S.

PERPETUAL CURATE OF HAM:

LATE CHAPLAIN TO THE HONOURABLE EAST-INDIA COMPANY AT MADRAS.

VOL. IV.

LONDON:

CHURCH MISSIONARY HOUSE,

SALISBURY SQUARE;

SEELEY, BURNSIDE, AND SEELEY; HATCHARD AND SON;

NISBET AND CO.

MDCCCXLV.

113. M. 316.

25. Lord Clive concludes peace with the Native Powers

26. Present state of the Mission

27. Conversion of a Jew

28. Public benefit of the Schools

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1. Commencement of a new Church

2. Conversion of M. Bento, a Romish Priest

3. Bento's employment in the Mission

4. Romanists' opposition unavailing

5. Promising cases of Conversion

6. Grievous famine in 1770. Mission preserved from its effects

7. Completion of the new Church

8. Conversion of F. J. Hanson, a Romish Priest -

9. Conversion of another Priest, M. J. Ramalhete

10. Satisfactory conversions

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11. Mrs, Kiernander's death. Her bequest to the Mission

12. Romanists' reasons for not following their convictions

13. A new Missionary arrives at Calcutta

14. Difficulty in obtaining suitable Teachers

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15. Desecration of the Lord's Day in Calcutta. Good result from ho-

9. Mr. Brown quits the Asylum for the Mission

10. His proposal for a Mission in Bengal and Bahar

11. Governor-General declines to sanction it

12. Circulated in India and England

13. Rev. A. T. Clarke arrives and begins his work

14. He is appointed Superintendant of the Free School

15. Another Missionary required

16. Mr. Clarke accepts a Chaplaincy and quits Calcutta

17. Mr. Brown re-occupies the Mission Church

18. Enlargement of the Church

19. Testimonies to Messrs. Chambers and Grant -

20. Mr. Brown appointed to the Government Church

21. Improvement in the Mission Congregation

22. Mr. Brown over-worked, without hope of relief from home

23. He protests against all compliance with Hindoo superstitions

24. Erection of St John's Church, Calcutta

25. Establishment of Public Institutions

1. M. Ringletaube's arrival at Calcutta

2. Return of Kiernander to Calcutta

3. Kiernander's Letter to Ringletaube. His death

4. Ringletaube abandons the Mission

5. Two Chaplains take charge of it

6. Special Prayer for the diffusion of the Gospel

7. Native Flock improves under a converted Romish Priest

8. Earl Mornington, the Governor-General, promotes reformation of

9. Public Thanksgiving for the triumph in Mysore

10. Design of the College of Fort William

11. Established by Minute in Council

12. Public Disputations at the First Anniversary

13. Order from home to abolish the College suspended

14. Injurious consequences of this order

45. Beneficial influence of the College

16. Order for its dissolution countermanded

17. Institution of a Charitable Fund

18 Institution of Bengal Civil Fund

19. Activity of the College Press

20. Prejudices against the Translation of the Scriptures

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21. First Translations of Scripture from the College Press

22. Chinese Class, and Translation of Scripture

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23. Sir George Barlow's testimony to the benefit of the College

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