Portland gazette and Maine advertiser., 1813-05-24
Communications.
ABSTRACT OF
g EyANc RLTcAL ExERTIoNs IN dSTA,'
.Ahhendir TO No. Al.

.dfheHdiC 10 40. Al.
Exhitti.g general vievu the different a.
yeas thar ype,e emttoyed anfecsaeni IL the Bap.
ta Msson, 10 introduce nto Eus,e,n Asia
nme knOtoledge etfhe religion Of The B'0.e.
/. The Black and White Jews.
2. The Syrisn Christians.
5. Tie Christians from Western Asia,
who from time immemor have travelled
into ihe Eas. for The purposes Of commerce.
Some of hem have settled in The county.
There are now in India seven Armenian, &
Two Greek churches. The Armenian
shurche, are at Bombay, Sufai, Madras,
cacuus, and three others places IN Ben
eal, The Greek churches are at Calcutta
and Dacca
4 The Roma Catholics. After Vasco-
d. Cana in 1898 lid discovered the passage
by the Csee OF Good Hope the Portuguese,
in shout half century, oblAin d posse sslon
If lie greater part Of he por,s of Persia Z
India, and established chain of factories
from The Cape of Good Hope 20 the river OF
Canton. To these compress they sddsd
most of he islands IN the Ma yam Archipe-
-llgo. Wherever they came they brouSht,
rot thlir commerce alone, bp' their re,iS'oh
too. That vast ek emf Of ses-coast, ieach.
ing more thsn four Thousand leagues, rs
well as the islands, is stlii peopied by tnelr
aescendan-s, and thru' the whole live their
language prevails and their ehsion is known
There are also numerous Romlsh Missions
established throughout Asia. These were
begun by the celebrated fr-ncis Hi'ief,
f,yled "the Apostle of The lndians,' wiz
sailed fom Lisbon in l5tl and the neat
year arrived al Goa lie pfesched 1 ere, o.
also in diiereat par,s of the South of lada.
n Msi,cca, the Moluocs islands, and japan.
From Japan he went to China, but was taken
sick on Ills voysge, and died IN sight OF The
empire in 1852. During the las century
the Romish - .ssionsnes in the East have
ahewn little 2s.l for The conversion oi the
leathsn; and they are now gene ally sta
toned al the numerous seats - heir mis-.
slons.
Besides these missions, and besides the
Syro.Romsn Christians on the coasts 81
aslsbar, under the care of the Archbishop
dcr'uganor, and the Bishops OF VersPeii,
Cochin, and C,ilon, The Romish church has
heiullowing establishment m the East, ex
lending from the Cape Of Goud Hope TO Pc
sln. Two Archhishops, one at Goa, who rs
g@SNupbiVan ANU fillhdtt "a tit " leAi'f "ifN'
one at Manila aud ST cen BishO,s, VIZ.
Bishops OF Mozambique, (on the Ease n
sosst of Afics,) of Bombay, pond,cher'y,
~ Thomas (st Madras,) Of pegu, Siam,
sislaccs, Macao, pekjn and Thibet, -lhfee
n Manila and the Phihppiae island'. and
Two IN the iniel ios Of China. In Bengal q.
'one there are en- Roman Catholic churches,
aud fourteen ?riests. One Of the churches
sh Calcu'ta, another at Ssrsmppre.
D. The Dutch, who es,ab isded thrm-
selves IN Asia about century AFTER the For.
Wguese and transferred he dominion of the
ssser to themselves. Wherever ,hey came
uiey endeHeu,ed 10 convert the nsiives to
he ChislIsa ferh, aud 20 found Protes ant
.harches. j. process oftime they trans.s'
"a he Whole Bible INTO he Malay tongue,
s .as part of u mo the language Of Cty lon.
saeit chu ches have sunk mo ignorance :,
,ama'l,y, and their ex'enbi,e Possessions
ase lately fallen under the dominion d the
10 The English East Ida Company.
~ Association was incorporated by queen
lug IuaaoeSh IN the year 1900 and by 1910 they
~ numerous settle and fac ores IN
s ~" and other parts of the E,st. In 1859
E'"moYed their factory in senSal from