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Memoir of William Yates, D.D., of Calcutta; With an Abridgement of His Life of W.H. Pearce

Memoir of William Yates, D.D., of Calcutta; With an Abridgement of His Life of W.H. Pearce


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This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated.1847 Excerpt: ... CALCUTTA. 1 1 1 CHAPTER V. RESIDENCE AND LABOURS IN CALCUTTA, TILL HIS RETURN TO EUROPE. Calcutta opened as fine a field for missionary labour, as the world presented. Eight hundred thousand pagan idolaters crowded within narrow limits, and accessible by every appliance which christian philanthropy could devise, seemed to cry aloud for help. But little direct effort had been made to impregnate this vast mass with the evangelical leaven, not a single native chapel was then in existence;--not that they had been overlooked by the ministers of the cross, who had laboured so many years in their high missionary calling, but the men of God, then in India, were only few in number, while with capacious benevolence they formed vast projects, embracing all the Eastern nations, in pursuance of the motto, " Attempt great things." They had planned on the basis of Divine promise, and acted in dependence upon Divine power; but it was found that even their preliminary work prevented them from engaging in constant and extended proclamation of the gospel to the heathen in the neighbouring metropolis. It was obviously impossible for mortals to do more than they were performing, and the wonder is not that some things were found to be impracticable, but that so much was achieved. Mr. Yates never disparaged the talents or the labours of those whom he followed into the field, and has since followed into the rest that remains. The grandeur of Calcutta, as a city of palaces, had no attractions for him, and all its bustle and noise, with its teeming population, innumerable dwellings, dusty roads, and intolerable heat, were particularly repulsive. He had always felt an aversion to large and populous cities, and observed, " Had I made my own choice, it would have been one of the last p...


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  • ISBN-13: 9781235809187
  • Publisher: General Books
  • Publisher Imprint: General Books
  • Height: 246 mm
  • No of Pages: 152
  • Spine Width: 8 mm
  • Width: 189 mm
  • ISBN-10: 1235809188
  • Publisher Date: 01 Feb 2012
  • Binding: Paperback
  • Language: English
  • Returnable: N
  • Weight: 286 gr

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