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Missionary Sketches (v. 25); A Concise History of the Work of the American Baptist Missionary Union
Missionary Sketches A Concise History of the Work of the American Baptist Missionary Union - v. 25 Author:Samuel Francis Smith Volume: v. 25 General Books publication date: 2009 Original publication date: 1887 Original Publisher: W.G. Corthell Notes: This is a black and white OCR reprint of the original. It has no illustrations and there may be typos or missing text. When you buy the General Books edition of this book you get free trial access to Million-Books.com ... more »where you can select from more than a million books for free. Excerpt: No. IX. SHWAYGYEEN MISSION. Geography of Shwaygyeen. -- Beginning of the Mission. -- Early Successes. -- Reinforcement. -- Without a Missionary. -- "O that the Missionary would return I " -- Mr. Harris re-appointed. -- How they received him. -- Vicissitudes in Missions. -- Death of Native Preachers. -- Native Benevolence. -- Native Christians in Death. -- New Helpers. -- Burman Department begun. -- The Latest Intelligence. -- Conclusion. SHWAYGYEEN is at the junction of the Shwaygyeen River with the Sitang. It is south of Toungoo, and north-east of Rangoon. An English steamer runs between Rangoon and Toungoo, passing Shwaygyeen, and bringing it into connection with places above and below on the river. By Burman boat, the old method of transition, three or four days were consumed in the journey. Shwaygyeen was first mentioned in missionary journals Feb. 5, 1833, more than twenty years before it was adopted as a missionary station. Two men from that place visited the mission at Maulmain, and asked for tracts. How they learned that there was a mission, or tracts, or that the star of Bethlehem had arisen in the east, we are not informed. Divine Provi- dence has its own ways of working, and, whenthe set time is come, finds no difficulty in accomplishing the grandest results. The mission here was commenced in September, 1853, by Rev. Norman Harris, who had labored as a missionary among the Karens in and around Maulmain and the vicinity since his arrival in Burmah, about the beginning of the year 1847. The Karen church was formed, and the first baptism occu...« less