Book Description

Title:

Sketches of Christianity in North India

Author:

Michael Wilkinson

Publication Year:

1844

Location:

London

Publisher:

Seeley, Burnside and Seeley

Pages:

419

Subjects:

Christian Mission, India

Copyright Holder:

Public domain

Contents

• Preface
  
• 1706. Frederick, King of Denmark sends B. Ziegenbalg and H. Plutcho, Missionaries to Tranquebar
• 1716. Society for Promoting Christian Knowledge sends them assistance
• 1723. The Society sends J. F. Kiernauder to Cudalore
• 1758. Mr. Kiernander goes to Calcutta; The first Church built in 1715; The Mission School opened
• 1768. P. F. Bento de Silvestre renounces Romish errors
• 1769. Rev. Mansol Joze da Costa arrives; An account of his life
• 1771. Mr. Da Costa dies; Mr. Bento de Sihvestre appointed catechist; Captain John Griffin dies; Famine in Bengal; Mission Church completed
• 1712. Francis Joseph Hanson renounces popery
• 1775. Rev. John Christman Diemer arrives; Ganeswan Dass baptized
• 1783. Mr. Diemer returns to Europe
• 1787. Mr. Kiernander goes to Chinsurah; Mr. Charles Grant, John Christian Obeck
• 1788. Sir William Jones arrives and studies Sanscrit; Moravian send Missionaries
• 1783. Mr. John Thomas arrives in Calcutta; Military Orphan Asylum established
• 1786. Rev. David Brown
• 1787. St. John's Church finished
• 1792. The Native Hospital founded
• 1793. The Mission Church enlarged
• 1794. Sir William Jones dies; Rev. Dr. Buchanan
• 1796. Appointed Chaplain by the East India Company, and arrives at Calcutta, Lord Mornington governor
• 1800. College of Fort William established, Mr. Obeck dies
• 1803. Dr. Buchanan proposes an ecclesiastical establishment for India
• 1806. Dr. Buchanan proposes to translate the Holy Scriptures into fifteen oriental languages; Rev. H. Martyn and Rev. D. Corrie arrive at Calcutta; Memoir of Bishop Corrie; Memoir of Mrs. Corrie
• 1808. Lord Minto governor; Letter and Diary of Mr. Brown; Rev. T. T. Thomason arrives; Mr. Martyn finishes the Hindostanee New Testament
• 1810. Bible Society established at Calcutta; Letters of Mr. Martyn, Conversion of Abdol Messeh;
• 1812. An earthquake—The Printing Office at Serampore destroyed by fire; Rev. Mr. Brown dies; Mr. Thomason renses the Arabic Bible with Sabat
• 1813. East lndia Company grant £1250. towards printing the Bible in Malay; Earl Moira governor; Dr. Middleton appointed first Bishop of Calcutta; Arrives in India; The Hindoo College, and the School Book Society, established; Church Missionary Society send Rev. W. Greenwood
• 1816. Native Schools established
• 1819. Rev. Messrs. Jetter and Deer arrive at Burdwan
• 1821. Rev. John Perowne arrives at Burdwan; Conversion of a Brahmin; History of James, a native catechist; The Calcutta mission; Krishnagur; Benares; Cawnpore—Christian Translation Society—Native Female Orphan Asylum
• 1826. Meerut—Rev. H. Fisher; Conversion of Matthew Prabu Din Naick; Letter from Bishop Middleton; Agra—Bishop Corrie; Rev. Dr. Parish—Agra Relief Society; Agra Orphan Institution; Christian Knowledge Society—Bishop Middleton; Society for Propagation of the Gospel in Foreign Parts; Bishop's College—Marquis of Hastings; Dr. Mills' History of Our Lord, in Sanscrit verse; Bishop of Calcutta visits Jangera and Barripore; Examination of Catcchumens; Tallygange Mission; Cawnpoor and Futtehpoor; Account of Calcutta and its establishments; Definitions of Brahma; Description of a Sabbath at sea; Escape of Rev. H. Fisher; Memoir of Rev. Charles Knorpp; Loss of life at a Bathing Festival at Benares; Journal of a Missionary at Benares; Obituary of Stephen Laprimaudaye, Esq.; Memorial of Captain W. Death of Mrs. Schneider; Memoir of Sir Henry Blosset; A Visit to the Female Orphan Refuge, Agriparrah; Conversion of a Native; Notes of a journey to Bombay

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