Chapter I: Preface

As the greater portion of these Memoirs of a loved and honoured brother, have been derived from his own papers, it is hoped that the risk of representing him other than he really was has, in a great measure, been avoided. In making use, however, of such materials as were in the possession of the Editors, they judged it to be desirable to give somewhat copious details of their brother’s earlier ministerial labours, because they conceived that it was then that the principles and motives by which throughout life he desired to be actuated were most severely tested. The Editors were of opinion, too, that whilst many of the particulars connected with their brother’s earlier labours in Northern India, would be new to the great proportion of the present generation, these records of “the day of small things” could not be without interest and use to all who may be engaged in the work of Missions.

To account for the delay attending the appearance of this Volume, it may be proper to state, that, independently of the time consumed in the transmission of some papers from India, many unforeseen circumstances prevented the brother who had undertaken the task, from preparing any portion of these Memoirs for the press until August, 1845. At that time it pleased God to visit him with a serious illness, which ultimately brought him to the grave; and thus the responsibility of completing what an abler hand had commenced, devolved on the only surviving brother, who, in his turn, has not been altogether free from those interruptions which arise out of the duties and afflictions of ordinary life.

It remains to acknowledge, with thanks, the obligation of the Editors to the Lord Bishop of Oxford, for the Letters which the subject of these Memoirs addressed to the Rev. D. Brown, the Rev. H. Martyn, and the Rev. J. Sargent; to the Lord Bishop of Calcutta, for the account of the Visitation of the Upper Provinces, which appears in pp. 529 and seq; to the widow of the late Rev. J. Buckworth, for letters addressed to her husband; and to the Archdeacon Harper for letters and information connected with the Diocese of Madras. It will be seen also, that the Editors of these Memoirs have been much indebted to the correspondence of their brother with Mr. Sherer, of the Bengal Civil Service,--himself recently numbered with the dead who are waiting for the resurrection to eternal life.

_January 28, 1847._

CONTENTS.

CHAPTER I.

HIS EARLY LIFE--AND MINISTRATIONS. _page 1_

CHAPTER II.

DEPARTURE FOR INDIA--VOYAGE--ARRIVAL AT CALCUTTA. _page 23_

CHAPTER III.

AT ALDEEN--APPOINTED TO CHUNAR. _page 47_

CHAPTER IV.

SETTLEMENT AT CHUNAR. _page 65_

CHAPTER V.

RESIDENCE AT CHUNAR. _page 88_

CHAPTER VI.

VISIT TO CALCUTTA--ARRIVAL OF HIS SISTER. _page 118_

CHAPTER VII.

REMOVES FROM CHUNAR--ARRIVES AT CAWNPORE--ILLNESS OF
MRS. MARTYN. _page 140_

CHAPTER VIII.

RESIDENCE AT CAWNPORE. _page 178_

CHAPTER IX.

CAWNPORE--COEL--RETURN TO CALCUTTA. _page 201_

CHAPTER X.

CALCUTTA. _page 227_

CHAPTER XI.

AGRA. _page 245_

CHAPTER XII.

VOYAGE TO ENGLAND. _page 280_

CHAPTER XIII.

RETURN TO CALCUTTA. _page 295_

CHAPTER XIV.

REMOVAL TO CALCUTTA. _page 320_

CHAPTER XV.

CAWNPORE--CALCUTTA--RETURN OF MR. THOMASON--DEATH OF
BISHOP HEBER. _page 371_

CHAPTER XVI.

ARRIVAL OF BISHOP JAMES--CONSECRATION OF THE BISHOP’S
COLLEGE--DEATH OF BISHOP JAMES--VISIT TO THE UPPER
PROVINCES. _page 415_

CHAPTER XVII.

GOVERNMENT RETRENCHMENTS--PLAN FOR A COLLEGE--DEATH OF
MR. THOMASON--ABOLITION OF SUTTEE--ARRIVAL OF BISHOP
TURNER. _page 446_

CHAPTER XVIII.

DISQUIETUDE CONCERNING THE ANGLO-HINDOO COLLEGE--DEATH
OF BISHOP TURNER. _page 481_

CHAPTER XIX.

ARRIVAL OF BISHOP WILSON--BAPTISM OF NATIVES--
ORDINATIONS--VISITATION OF THE UPPER PROVINCES. _page 519_

CHAPTER XX.

DELAY IN HIS NOMINATION TO THE BISHOPRIC--NARROW ESCAPE
FROM DEATH--SUMMONED TO ENGLAND--VISITS THE CAPE AND
ST. HELENA--HIS CONSECRATION--INTERVIEW WITH THE
KING--ARRIVAL IN MADRAS--VISIT TO TANJORE AND
TINNEVELLY. _page 563_

CHAPTER XXI.

CHURCH-BUILDING FUND--SUBSCRIPTIONS FOR THE IRISH
CLERGY--THE MADRAS GRAMMAR SCHOOL--MEMORIAL TO
GOVERNMENT--PRIMARY VISITATION--DEATH OF MRS.
CORRIE--ORDINATION--DEATH OF BISHOP CORRIE. _page 603_

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