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The Life of John Murdoch Literary Evangelist of India
The Life of John Murdoch Literary Evangelist of India Author:Henry Morris General Books publication date: 2009 Original publication date: 1906 Original Publisher: Christian Literature Society Subjects: Missionaries Christian education Missions Language and education British Notes: This is a black and white OCR reprint of the original. It has no illustrations and there may be typos or missing text. Whe... more »n you buy the General Books edition of this book you get free trial access to Million-Books.com where you can select from more than a million books for free. Excerpt: CHAPTER III. TRACT DISTRIBUTION. A. D. 1849 T0 1854. " O tarry them the Lord's leisure : be strong, and He shall comfort thine heart; and put thou thy trust in the Lord." Psalm xxvii. 16 (p. v.). New employment -- Need of Christian literature -- Plans for preparing it -- Prospect of leaving Kandy -- Frugality of living -- Learning Sinhalese habits and customs -- Mode of spending his holidays -- New schemes -- Approval of Bishop Chapman -- Printing tracts -- Editing a Sinhalese Magazine -- Temperance efforts -- Letter to Dr. Robson -- Long journeys in Ceylon -- Visitation of coffee plantations -- Description of services -- Indian coolies on the estates -- The Church Missionary Society's Tamil Cooly Mission -- Trip to Tinnevelly -- Extracts from Murdoch's Journal -- Visit to Madras -- South India Christian School Book Society -- Encouragement from Bishop Chapman -- Proposed trip to Britain -- Prospectus of the new Society -- Retrospect of the year 1854. 5 1849-1854] LIVING WITH THE SINHALESE. 51 WE have said that, during the last few months of his residence at Kandy, Murdoch had been preparing plans for his future employment. He had formed the local Tract Society, and had taken a deep interest in the production of Christian literature. He felt that, as Christianity spread among the people of India and Ceylon, suitable books must be written for the use of those who had embraced the Christian faith; and that there was quite as much necessity for the propagation of t...« less