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his work till he had flnsL,ed and s5er-
sed N manuscript ps't OF Genesis, seiec1
por' ians of lie PfoI.hs tres, he whole pook
OF p atm. together viii Metshew, Marx,
and Iants Cod gave him one o. 'ws Eu'
rope ms a, seals Ut :ih ministry, sna en-
roufsved him by some ,mpressions, (Which
proved no however, tfmanen j Oh sever
Il " nd Ds.
Hut lie harvest rcqaised more 'sooie
sf er spending, th.ietaf, hive years anu "
halt ia the country. he MA keo Tor Eng
land sbuu, tbs e. u III, VIII We" 70
b irg sat a. family, - 20 enlarge s"o
sifenytte Tue mission Nbls DC was 10
l. ndon eideavoufing o ra,ss ~fund 'of tbs
srest object, he VS. inf rmed oi propose
meeting X. aeflns tor the establishment
of Missionary Sociey Pfoudentisiiy
prevented from beng present To vit.lsss i's
formation, he woe shortly ateT 10 Mr'
Carey, nquiring About Tie result oil Tie
meeting, & EXERCISING an earnest desire "
obtain missionary companion. at NEE
ting OF tue Society III November, l792, Mr.
Carey commnnics, ed The views and wishes
Of NJ. Thomas, aud proposed to unite ,he
two objects by sking h,m mo the wee
II The Society, winch was done me mex,
J.nuary.
Mr. carey was born in September, 176l.
In 1857 lie was ordained paster OF the Ba,l-
ISL Church at Moulton. Before he came o
lns, Own he was deeply impressed VIII
the state Of the heather world, and the du.
" OF making some exertions to extend 10
them the blessing, of the Gospel. 10 refer
ence 10 ,his object he m~de himself &c
quainied with l. atm, Greek, aud Hebfew,
with The geography. population and reiig'
iou Of The various countries Of The earth,
he isbprs Of Christian Missionaries 10 dit
ierent ages. In his conversations with hs
brethren. IN his prayoss and preaching, lac
seldom failed TO introduce some hing relative
o Missions. While he lived al Mouiton,
ne wrote An Inquiry mo The Obligations
Il Christians TO use means for tie C0nyer.
siou Vt The He.then." In 1890 he removed
% Leicester; bu, he never concealed from
his congregation there his earnest desire
10 De employed AS Missionary whenever
All opportunity should offer.
His desire 10 form Society and to enter
on a mission himself continued 10 increase,
i,li at length at minister's meeting held at
Chpstone IN The spring of 1871, lac brough,
forward = proposition for the Immediate
~ hs 'oh VI 'iSo'ohsNJ ooIttgs
was done, however, at tnsi meeting, but 10
feques, han to prepare for the press his An
qufry, md II was printed y lew months al. er,
1t he annual meeting of Association
Ia 1879. M Carey preached. He lsbored
10 ehioree Two poinis: First, that it was
he duty II Chris isnsto expect great things I;
Sesondiy, tbst Il WAS their duty to at,sn,ipi
gres, shings. The Association went so tar
as to direct that u plan of a Mis- ,ionay So
Getty should be drawn up to he laid before
tie minister's meeting TO be holden Ut
Keitenng. IN the Autumn. Tuis was done !;
and a ke,rering, October 9, 1892, twelve
minis ers formed themselves into y Mission.
sy Society Al their meeting in Noyem.
Der the Socie y received information re
spectng Mr. Thomas, and appointed d.. Full.
Ter 20 make furth' r inquiries about him. The
Committee of the Society met a, lettering
on the 10 of January 1875, and after eX
aiming ihe account which Mr.. Thomss
had drawn up of hrs lsbors in Bengal, de.
termined tn ,sSe HIM INTO the service OF the
| Society Mr.. Carey at the same time con.
| sented 10 accompany him on = mission to
| India Ipthe evening Mr.. Thomas arrived
| and acceded tothe proposals.
10 be continued