My apologies for the quality of this image.

The inscription reads:

SACRED TO THE MEMORY
OF
HIS EXCELLENCY
LT. COLONEL OLE (OLAVE) BIE
GOVERNOR OF FREDERICSNAGORE
BORN AT TRONDHJEM, NORWAY IN FEBRUARY, 1723
DIED AT SERAMPUR, 18TH MAY 1805
COLONEL BIE WAS A DISCIPLE OF
SWARTZ OF TRANQUEBAR
HE RECEIVED AND SHELTERED THE
BAPTIST MISSIONARIES IN 1799
AND BUILT THE CHURCH HERE.

 

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