The Story of Baptist Missions in Foreign Lands: From the Time of Carey to the Present Date

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Chancy R. Barnes, 1884 - 803 pages
 

Contents

THE GROWTH OF CAREYS MISSION
15
KRISHNA PAL
16
MINIATURE TEMPLE
20
DEBATES AND VICTORIES
21
TYPES OF THIRTEEN LANGUAGES
30
ENGLISH WILD FLOWERS
39
HOUSE AT KETTERING
42
VICISSITUDES OF MISSIONARY LIFE སིགཚཙ VIII BRAHMA AND THE RELIGION OF HINDUSTAN 61
43
PALANQUIN TRAVEL IN INDIA
50
WILLIAM WARD AND THE PRINTINGHOUSE AT SERAMPORE
51
WILLIAM WARD Portrait
53
HINDU PALMLEAF BOOK AND STYLE
59
CAR OF JUGGERNAUT
60
BRAHMA
63
VISHNU
65
SHIVA
67
HANUMAT
73
THE RAMAYANA PLAY
74
A GHAUT ON THE GANGES
75
A FURTHER ANALYSIS OF BRAHMINISM
77
ANOTHER REPRESENTATION OF BRAHMA
78
SHIVA ON THE SACRED BULL
83
PRAYING PARROTS
86
HINDU CASTES AND CUSTOMS
87
A HINDU SUTTEE
92
STRANGE GODS AND THEIR WORSHIP
96
THE GODDESS KALI
97
LUCKSHME WIFE OF JUGGERNAUT
98
GATEWAY OF THE TEMPLE OF JUGGERNAUT
99
ANOTHER VIEW OF THE CAR OF JUGGERNAUT
100
ESA
105
ADONIRAM JUDSON AND THE MISSION IN BURMAH
107
37
111
GAUTAMA AND THE RELIGION OF BURMAH
117
THE LIFE OF JUDSON IN THE PALACE AND IN THE PRISON
131
ARREST OF MR JUDSON
141
BRUISED BUT NOT FORSAKEN
144
MR JUDSON BEGGING MILK FOR HIS BABE
150
THE RELEASE OF JUDSON AND HIS SUBSEQUENT CAREER
152
THE LAST DAYS OF A LIFE OF SACRIFICES
161
LUTHER RICE AND HIS SERVICES AT HOME AND ABROAD
172
THE BAPTIST TRIENNIAL CONVENTION
186
REV RICHARD FURMAN D D Portrait
195
LOTT CAREY AND THE AFRICAN MISSION
199
THE CLIMATE SCENERY AND PRODUCTIONS OF INDIA
208
A HINDU BURNING PLACE
211
THE ADVENTURES OF REV JOHN CHAMBERLAIN
218
THE TAJ MAHAL
221
THE REV DR MARSHMAN OF SERAMPORE
226
GOVERNMENT BUILDINGS CALCUTTA
229
RAMMOHUN ROY Portrait
236
SIR HENRY HAVELOCK THE CHRISTIAN SOLDIER
241
HENRY HAVELOCK Portrait
243
HOUSE OF MASSACRE CAWNPORE
256
SHRINE AT CAWNPORE
258
NANA SAHIB Portrait
260
BOARDMAN THE FOUNDER OF THE KAREN MISSION
263
GEORGE D BOARDMAN Portrait
264
A BURMESE ZAYAT
270
KAREN MISSION COMPOUND AT MAULMAIN
273
BAPTISM OF KARENS
274
TEMPLE AT MAHABALIPOORAM
276
ANN HASSELTINE JUDSON Portrait
279
MRS JUDSONS VISIT TO HER HUSBAND IN PRISON WITH LITTLE MARIA
286
BOATING ON THE IRRAWADDY RIVER
288
A BURMESE COURT OF JUSTICE
321
A YOUNG CATHAYAN HELPING MR KINCAID TO ESCAPE
329
THE REV GROVER S COMSTOCK AND ARRACAN
340
REV GROVER S COMSTOCK Portrait
341
A KAREN VILLAGE
347
AN OLDFASHIONED HINDU VILLAGE SCHOOL
347
MRS SARAH DAVIS COMSTOCK
347
MRS SARAH DAVIS COMSTOCK Portrait
348
RETURNING FROM A SACRIFICE
354
KO THAHA Portrait
354
MR VINTON AND THE KEMMENDINE MISSION
355
REV JUSTUS H VINTON Portrait
357
ELEPHANT TRAVEL
363
INDRU KING OF MINOR DEITIES
367
MRS VINTON AND THE KARENS
368
MRS CALISTA HOLMAN VINTON Portrait
369
AN UNWELCOME VISITOR
371
VISHNU ON HIS SERPENT COUCH
375
THE KARENS OF THE GOLDEN CHERSONESE
376
SCHOOL FOR KAREN GIRLS TOUNGOO
387
KAREN NORMAL SCHOOL TOUNGOO
391
HINDU CONCEPTION OF THE UNIVERSE
394
REV FRANCIS MASON D D Portrait
397
MRS H M G MASON
406
A MISSIONARYS GRAVE
416
WADE BINNEY ABBOTT BEECHER AND CAR
417
REV JONATHAN WADE D D Portrait
418
MOUNG SHWAY MOUNG Portrait
421
REV ELISHA L ABBOTT Portrait
423
MAU YAY Portrait
425
REV JOHN S BEECHER Portrait
431
ROUGH BOATING
433
KAREN MISSION HOUSE BASSEIN
436
GIRLS SCHOOL HOUSE BASSEIN
441
THE TWO KAREN APOSTLES
443
KO THAHBYU MEMORIAL HALL
445
BIRTHPLACE OF SAU QUALA
452
THE REV HOWARD MALCOLM D D LL D
456
VIEW OF BANGKOK
463
REV WILLIAM DEAN Portrait
466
MRS MARIA MAINE DEAN
470
THE WHITE ELEPHANT OF SIAM
471
PORTAL TO ROYAL AUDIENCE HALL BANGKOK
472
A SIAMESE PRINCE ROYAL
474
WHEELBARROW TRAVEL IN CHINA
480
DRUM AND GONGS OF A CHINESE TEMPLE
482
WRITING AND SALE OF PRAYERS AND CHARMS
487
CHINESE BUDDHA
494
THE WORSHIP OF ANCESTORS 476
495
CHINESE GODDESS OF MERCY
498
A CHINAMANS FIRST ATTEMPT TO WORSHIP JESUS
504
REV J LEWIS SHUCK Portrait
510
A BOWL OF RICE
529
CHINESE SENDING A PAPER PRAYER TO HEAVEN
533
JAPANESE BONZES
539
DAI BUTZ AN IDOL OF JAPAN
541
A BABE EXPOSED TO VULTURES 5414
541
TEMPLES AT BENARES
542
A COLLEGE AT CALCUTTA
543
THE LAST PRINCE OF DELHI
545
SKINNER CROCKER AND BOWEN OF THE AFRI
582
MISSIONS OF THE BRITISH BAPTISTS IN
611
APPENDIX
783
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