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Purchase of this book includes free trial access to www.million-books.com where you can read more than a million books for free. This is an OCR edition with typos. Excerpt from book: CHAPTER XX. Conversion and baptism of a native at Meerut by the Rev. Henry Fisher?Misunderstanding between military and episcopal jurisdiction?Notice of Propaganda by the Rev. J. Pratt?Communication with Greek Christians?Extracts of correspondence with archdeacon Barnes, and with Mr. Ward?Awful thunder-storm?Duty of chaplains to visit military hospitals?Proposal of marriage act for India? Letter to the Society for Promoting Christian Knowledge on the southern missions?Transfer of the Danish missions in Tanjore?Donation of Tamul prayer-books from Sir Robert Brownrigg?Letter from the Rev, J. Hough on the the Society's missions?Letter to Mr, Norris?Free-school at Calcutta?Project of the Governor-general for building a cathedral and bishop's house at Calcutta. Chap. The movements thus making in the southern xx. v, and western parts of Hindostan, in furtherance 1819. of the great cause of religious truth, seemed to be now also beginning to operate in the north. In the month of December this year, a most interesting communication was addressed to the Bishop, by the Rev. Henry Fisher, the chaplain of Meerut, a large military cantonment, not far from Delhi, under the presidency of Bengal. It appears that a soldier of the native infantrystationed in that neighbourhood, had been con-Chap. verted to Christianity; an incident which seems? to have been productive of some jealousy among the military authorities. A representation of the matter was accordingly transmitted by Major, commanding that corps, to the commander-in-chief at Calcutta; and the affair was displayed in such a light, that the marquess of Hastings thought it necessary to refer it to the official consideration of the Bishop. His lordship immediately called upon Mr. Fisher for a full statement relative to thi...