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Brother Ward preached a sermon in English, from John v. 39 'Search the Scriptures. We then went to the water-side, where I addressed the people in Bengali; after having sung a Bengali translation of 'Jesus, and shall it ever be? and engaging in prayer. After the address I administered the ordinance, first to my son, then to Krishna.
The expression "to live by their pens" alludes, as we learned later on, to the fact of the Patans occupying all the small Government posts in the Bombay Presidency, and so being dangerous rivals of the Bengali Babus since the time of British rule. In Bombay the Patan clerks reach the considerable figure of five thousand.
The other day, as I was strolling down the Mall, whistling Beethoven's 9th Symphony, I met the Bengali Baboo. It was returning from office. I asked it if it had a soul. It replied that it had not, but some day it hoped to pass the matriculation examination of the Calcutta University. I whistled the opening bars of one of Cherubini's Requiems, but I saw no resurrection in its eye, so I passed on.
Two years after we find this report: "The first class, consisting of catechumens, are now learning in Bengali the first principles of Christianity; and will hereafter be instructed in the rudiments of history, geography, astronomy, etc. The second class, under two other masters, learn to read and write Bengali and English.
Bid the mistri come aboard at once." Hubbo sent a long hail over the water. The serang cast off the rope by which he had made fast to the sloop, and the petala came slowly down until it was abreast of the subahdar's vessel. Hossain, Desmond, and Karim stepped aboard, the last carrying a small box of tools. Only the Bengali was left in the boat. All salaamed low to the subahdar.
During that interim I met a number of sages-the "Perfume Saint," the "Tiger Swami," Nagendra Nath Bhaduri, Master Mahasaya, and the famous Bengali scientist, Jagadis Chandra Bose. My encounter with the "Perfume Saint" had two preambles, one harmonious and the other humorous. "God is simple. Everything else is complex. Do not seek absolute values in the relative world of nature."
A carpenter the first Bengali convert Krishna Pal's confession Caste broken for the first time Carey describes the baptism in the Hoogli The first woman convert The first widow convert The first convert of writer caste The first Christian Brahman The first native chapel A Bengali "experience" meeting Carey founding a new community as well as church Marriage difficulties solved The first native Christian marriage feast in North India Hindoo Christian death and burial The first Christian schools and school-books in North India The first native Sunday school Boarding schools for the higher education of country-born Christians Carey on the mixed Portuguese, Eurasians, and Armenians The Benevolent Institution for destitute children of all races A hundred schools English only postponed Effect on native opinion and action The leaven of the Kingdom The Mission breaks forth into five at the close of 1810.
"SERAMPORE, 15th June 1801...We sent you some time ago a box full of gods and butterflies, etc., and another box containing a hundred copies of the New Testament in Bengali...Mr. Lang is studying Bengali, under me, in the college. What I have last mentioned requires some explanation, though you will probably hear of it before this reaches you.
The most influential Purâṇa is the Bhâgavata, one of the great scriptures for all sects which worship Kṛishṇa. It is said to have been translated into every language of India and forty versions in Bengali alone are mentioned. It was probably composed in the eighth or ninth century.
I wanted to ask if we'd ride over together." "Of course. We must start early, though. I want to see that the servants have everything ready." "I don't think I'd be anxious to go if it were not your 'At Home' day," said the Bengali, as they seated themselves in the drawing-room that Noreen had made as pretty as she could with her limited resources. "I don't like the club as a rule.
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