february october anglican priest missionary peoples india persia born cornwall educated college cambridge chance encounter led missionary ordained priest church_of_england chaplain arrived india april preached occupied study translated persian translated persian book common prayer india set seized fever plague raging forced stop unable continue october died remembered courage religious devotion parts celebrated lesser festival october early life born cornwall father captain agent boy educated grammar school entered cambridge autumn senior smith chosen fellow college intended bar october term hear speaking good india single missionary time read life missionary native americans resolved accordingly missionary october ordained priest served taking charge neighbouring parish missionary work wanted offer services financial disaster cornwall deprived unmarried sister income father left necessary earn income support sister accordingly obtained left india july voyage east happened present british conquest cape colony january spent day tending dying soldiers distressed seeing war come away feeling britain destiny convert world wrote diary prayed england whilst sent thunder arms distant regions globe remain proud home great sending forth ministers church gospel peace india arrived india april months stationed near october proceeded soon able conduct worship locals vernacular established schools april transferred preached british indians compound spite threats local non christians occupied linguistic study residence engaged sheets version translated persian twice translated persian book common prayer spite ill health pride fury chief ordered doctors sea voyage obtained leave persia correct wanted compose arabic version october having seen work rewarded previous day opening church left calcutta sailed january bombay ship reached port birthday final voyage death bombay set bearing letters sir men position exhausting journey coast reached soon discussion classes muslim jew jewish muslim armenian anxious test powers argument english priest visited traveled attempt present translation proved unsuccessful sir british ambassador unable bring meeting deliver manuscript present bible person later wrote letter truth said royal letter thanks ambassador learned reverend translated style sacred books easy simple completed excellent manner source pleasure august mind time seized fever temporary recovery seek change climate set constantinople intended return england regain strength recruit help missions india september started armenian servants crossed urged place place guide rode departed plague raging forced stop unable continue wrote final journal entry october read shall time place shall appear new heaven new earth shall wise enter thing men worse wild add mortality shall seen heard october died given christian burial armenian clergy heard let burn god indication zeal things god legacy devotion tasks won admiration great_britain hero number literary publications composed early testified impression career institution established india called india wrote christianity man remembered courage religious devotion parts celebrated lesser festival october based cambridge england trace history time great enthusiasm cambridge overseas missions appeal launched proposed missionary library housed henry hall erected years previously opened hall remained small collection missionary biographies books evolution present began appointed centre associate institute cambridge theological federation largest providers theological education united_kingdom today centre continues seek promote study mission world christianity developing strong links mission study centres world fulfilling aim stated founders library
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