Arthur C. Chute
First Missionary to Bengal, 1757-1801.
Introduction by A. J. Gordon.
Halifax, Nova Scotia: Baptist Book and Tract Society, 1893.
On August 25, 1792, John Thomas wrote a letter to Rev. John Rippon in which Thomas rehearses the possibility of English Baptists missionizing the Indian people. This letter originated upon Thomas's return to London from his years of work in India, which included his learning Bengalee and preaching to Indian peoples. Later, on January 9, 1793, the "Particular Baptist Society for the Propagation of the Gospel Amongst the Heathen" (i.e. Baptist Missionary Society) agreed to send John Thomas and William Carey to India as its first two missionaries. For Thomas's missiological treatise, click on the links below:
Rev. John Thomas, "An Account of the Hindoos, and of the Possibility of
Spreading the Gospel among Them"
Correspondence To the Rev. Mr. Rippon" London, August 25th, 1792
In The Baptist Annual Register, for 1790, 1791, 1792, and Part of 1793, ed. John Rippon
(published in 1793, London, England)
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Created: March 11, 2001 Updated: July 31, 2002