[41] Viz., 1789.
[42] The text of this discourse was Isaiah 54:2, 3: “Enlarge the place of thy tent, and let them stretch forth the curtains of thine habitations: spare not, lengthen thy cords and strengthen thy stakes; for thou shalt break forth on the right hand and on the left; and thy seed shall inherit the Gentiles, and make the desolate cities to be inhabited.”
[43] Quarterly Review, Feb. 1809, p. 197. This generous article on “The Periodical Accounts of the Baptist Missionary Society” is known to have been written by Southey. See below. Some idea of Thomas’s passionate zeal may be formed from certain expressions in the letters sent home after Carey and he had arrived in India. He says, “Never did men see their native land with more joy than we left it; but this is not of nature, but from above,” etc. See p. 223 of same article.
[44] Quarterly Review, Feb. 1809, p. 197.
[45] Ibid.
[46] “Carey, Marshman, and Ward,” by J. C. Marshman. London: J. Heaton & Son. 1864.
[47] “Carey, Marshman, and Ward,” p. 137.
[48] Quarterly Review, Feb. 1809, pp. 224, 225.
[49] Viz., Krishnu, who was baptized at the same time as Carey’s son Felix. The ceremony was performed at the Ghaut, or landing-stairs of the Mahanuddy, in the presence of the Governor and a crowd of Hindoos and Mohammedans.
[50] John Clark Marshman was the son of Dr. Marshman, Carey’s colleague at Serampore.