New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1892-11-12
NEW PUBLICATIONS.
THE FIRST MISSIONS.

sERAMpoRE LETTERS; Being the Unpublished C orr
rcsponcence Of william Carey and Others w WI
and Mornav Williams. With an Introduction ov
Thomas Wright. tvo.. PIP. v, 80 &. p. Putnam >
sons.
ON he 3Oth Of May. 1872 a small and humble asso-
citation of Baptist ministers met at Nottingham
England to listen TO a sermon preached by an oo7oue
and selftaught cobbler TIE cobblers Hhn'e was
William Carey, and the sermon he pEeache1 Oh ''''
occasion was the birth Of modern Christian MISSIONS
At the next meeting of the ASSOCIATION al ,
on October . in the year, the B"p'ist NiHs'oi
AIRY sociee WAS formed This society was the pioneer
In tho great modern missionary impulse winch N'9
so changed III. face OF the world. and in turn d' 10
acted so powerfully Christianity ltseH fi''
ever point Of view regard him. "hilAuh O"'0' -
a remarkable man. BY almost inoreolpD ~, 49,,
snce and In spite Of cynical Indifference opposi io.
and grinding poverty, he became one u '", -.
philolos1cal scholars OF his day. lhac0l' i"' i"
I'm this one direction were almost hcIouio'e'
Mairatta grammar, was followed III i"P N,
by n Sanscrit grammar, MahIatta ucuo""'S'
iabee grammar Telinsa grammar anu -
rrarnrnnr: and these only side lSeu-'' ~
speak to prepare the way for MS trHns~ ''', ..a,
Dul. into the various languages OF lhold " So
q, suthortv in Oriental languages as DE- Le!uc" DC
came his friend and patron, ana '''e w" ~
General of India tho Marquis Of "enesies' h"'e 49,.
ouondam ilterate cob5er OF HacAie OIL rrOieS " ~
Sansclit Hengalee and MahIatta 4&nsuh6c' III 'N
William college ,,.,,,,., Co-ox In
crsa, az were the labOrs of William carey III
-. - an he remembered rather as the father
=, rnoS.r, Cbristian missions. 1t Is indeed oiino
70 rss,,z. that the centennial of the nssoNsrS
h. founded occurred only last month III S'nee INV
absohr. devotion a lofty spiritual IDEAL IL '
en,busa,rn for the conversion Of me hea'"e'' :"
sa, =, Cnst and in the power Of injecting even 'he
moe, Indifferent with the Inspiration 'h"' w.
him. h. stands almost alone among the sre'' .
=, roas.rn Christianity. And in reading inc re'oi"
Of his ute one cannot help thinking OF wv w
eminent saints in the Comprehensive 'h'"o ,
Xavier and John wesley. The sfIit u
and seIfsacrifce that animated these three n1en va"
indeed, identical, IN spite OF tne~ Sup''"''"'
fsrenees of temperament and environment
RI. l.4,ers p,,bish-A in this little volume nave
sroI interest rs bringing out some oil Inc cnHIHcV'I
t,lcs O, This remarkable man. But tney "'So nave
a sn.cial interest for New-leTHers' oeoAuAe my
were written 10 John Williams, me Pastor VI i"3'0
Street Baptist Church, in New I"Th Nl,N -NnN Wv
Furnish important evidence OF the missionary %edi ~
.r Nn,rYort churches at this period. They heia
m tho hands NJ Carey and his little band OF cGworherS
In Inc mission in SersmpOre, and IN laeV inc e"'e
missionary society in this country was oieaui~oN J..
~, vi, Cg+v The relation Of the New-lorK
brethren to this work was brought ABOUT o' '"e
bost,ntv Of the East India Company TO the English
missionaries which made 1t advisable LOT 'heln q"
ssn 10 India BY way of America. While IN Aner'a
they were entertained by the Baptist clergy ana
when they reached India they began correspondence
Win thYir kind hosts which continued for many
years.
In an ace like this, when the critical faculty among
Christians Is so strongly developed IT IS well 10 be
reminded occasionally that there Is another SIZE 10
religion a SIDE IN which faith reigns supreme, ana III
which poor weak men, through the divine lhSpirauoh
NJ tbst faith have "sihGued kingdoms. wrought
,ghteou sncss obtained promises, stopped the nouns
Of lions ouenched the violence % fire, escaped the
edge Of the sword out of weakness were maze strong
vaxed valiant in fight turned TO flight the armies Of
the aliens" so long Christianity is able to pro-
duce such men as william Carey, Ii may remain
serenely Indifferent TO the eiIgrams OF the sooner
and the sneers OF the unDcHevcT.