Employed as a Protestant missionary from the Government of Denmark, and in the same character by the Society in England for the Promotion of Christian Knowledge, he, during a period of fifty years, “went about doing good,” manifesting, in respect to himself, the most entire abstraction from temporal views, but embracing every opportunity of promoting both the temporal and eternal welfare of others. In him religion appeared not with a gloomy aspect or forbidding mien, but with a graceful form and placid dignity. Among the many fruits of his indefatigable labours was the Erection of the Church at Tanjore. The savings from a small salary were, for many years, devoted to this pious work, and the remainder of the expense supplied by individuals at his solicitation. The Christian Seminaries of Ramanadporam and in the Tinnevelly province were established by him.
Beloved and Honoured by Europeans,
he was, if possible, held in still deeper reverence by the Natives of this Country, of every degree and every sect; and their unbounded confidence in his integrity and truth was, on many occasions, rendered highly beneficial to the public Service.
The Poor and the Injured
looked up to him as an unfailing friend and advocate.
The Great and Powerful
concurred in yielding him the highest homage ever paid in this quarter of the globe to European virtue.
The Late Hyder Ali Cawn,
in the midst of a bloody and vindictive war with the Carnatic, sent orders to his officers “to permit the venerable father Schwartz to pass unmolested, and show him respect and kindness, for he is a holy man and means no harm to my Government”.
The Late Tuljajee, Rajah of Tanjore,