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George Smith. Henry Martyn, Saint and Scholar
Henry Martyn, Saint and Scholar
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PREFACE
CHAPTER PAGE. I. CORNWALL AND CAMBRIDGE, 1781-1803 1. II. LYDIA GRENFELL 43. III. THE NINE MONTHS' VOYAGE—SOUTH AMERICA—SOUTH AFRICA, 1805-1806 101. IV. INDIA AND THE EAST IN THE YEAR 1806 132. V. CALCUTTA AND SERAMPORE, 1806 150. VI. DINAPORE AND PATNA, 1807-1809 199. VII. CAWNPORE, 1809-1810 257. VIII. FROM CALCUTTA TO CEYLON, BOMBAY, AND ARABIA 315. IX. IN PERSIA—BUSHIRE AND SHIRAZ, 1811 340. X. IN PERSIA—CONTROVERSIES WITH MOHAMMEDANS, SOOFIS, AND JEWS 370. XI. IN PERSIA—TRANSLATING THE SCRIPTURES 417. XII. SHIRAZ TO TABREEZ—THE PERSIAN NEW TESTAMENT 461. XIII. IN PERSIA AND TURKEY—TABREEZ TO TOKAT AND THE TOMB 492. XIV. THE TWO RESTING-PLACES—TOKAT AND BREAGE 515. XV. BAPTIZED FOR THE DEAD 552. INDEX 573. PAGE
ST. JOHN'S COLLEGE, CAMBRIDGE, IN 1797 13. SECOND COURT, ST. JOHN'S COLLEGE, IN 1803 32. TRINITY CHURCH, CAMBRIDGE, IN 1803 37. ST. MICHAEL'S MOUNT, AT FULL TIDE 45. PAGODA, ALDEEN HOUSE 159. A BRICK FROM HENRY MARTYN'S PAGODA 161. SHIRAZ 357. TOKAT IN 1812 518. TOMB OF HENRY MARTYN 531
HENRY MARTYN. CHAPTER I
CORNWALL AND CAMBRIDGE, 1781-1803
Footnote
CHAPTER II
LYDIA GRENFELL
TO MISS LYDIA GRENFELL, MARAZION
H. MARTYN
TO MISS LYDIA GRENFELL
H. MARTYN
Footnote
CHAPTER III
THE NINE MONTHS' VOYAGE—SOUTH AMERICA—SOUTH AFRICA, 1805-1806
'TO BELIEVE, TO SUFFER, AND TO LOVE.'
Footnote
CHAPTER IV
INDIA AND THE EAST IN THE YEAR 1806
Footnote
CHAPTER V
CALCUTTA AND SERAMPORE, 1806
TO LYDIA GRENFELL
H. MARTYN
H. MARTYN. TO CHARLES SIMEON[23]
TO LYDIA GRENFELL
H. MARTYN
Footnote
CHAPTER VI
DINAPORE AND PATNA, 1807-1809
TO MRS. DARE, GAYA
TO CHARLES SIMEON[31]
TO LYDIA GRENFELL
H. MARTYN
TO REV. DAVID BROWN
Footnote
CHAPTER VII
CAWNPORE, 1809-1810
H. MARTYN
'WE HAVE SEEN HIS STAR IN THE EAST'
TO LYDIA GRENFELL
H. MARTYN
TO LYDIA GRENFELL
H. MARTYN. TO REV. T.M. HITCHINS, PLYMOUTH DOCK
TO LYDIA GRENFELL
H. MARTYN
TO LYDIA GRENFELL
H. MARTYN
Footnote
CHAPTER VIII
FROM CALCUTTA TO CEYLON, BOMBAY, AND ARABIA
TO LYDIA GRENFELL
H. MARTYN
TO LYDIA GRENFELL
H. MARTYN
Footnote
CHAPTER IX
IN PERSIA—BUSHIRE AND SHIRAZ, 1811
TO LYDIA GRENFELL
H. MARTYN
H. MARTYN
H. MARTYN
Footnote
CHAPTER X
IN PERSIA—CONTROVERSIES WITH MOHAMMEDANS, SOOFIS, AND JEWS
TO REV. D. CORRIE
H. MARTYN
Footnote
CHAPTER XI
IN PERSIA—TRANSLATING THE SCRIPTURES
TO THE REV. DAVID BROWN, CALCUTTA
TO REV. C. SIMEON
H. MARTYN
TO THE REV. D. CORRIE
H. MARTYN
HENRY MARTYN AT SHIRAZ. I
II
III
IV
V
VI
VII
VIII
TO REV. DAVID BROWN
CHAPTER XII
SHIRAZ TO TABREEZ—THE PERSIAN NEW TESTAMENT
TO LYDIA GRENFELL
H. MARTYN. TO REV. C. SIMEON
H. MARTYN
H. MARTYN
TO LYDIA GRENFELL
H. MARTYN
GORE OUSELEY
Footnote
CHAPTER XIII
IN PERSIA AND TURKEY—TABREEZ TO TOKAT AND THE TOMB
Footnote
CHAPTER XIV
THE TWO RESTING-PLACES—TOKAT AND BREAGE
TOKAT IN 1812]
REV. HENRY MARTYN, M.A. CHAPLAIN OF THE HON. EAST INDIA COMPANY, BORN AT TRURO, ENGLAND, FEBRUARY 18, 1781, DIED AT TOKAT, OCTOBER 16, 1812. HE LABOURED FOR MANY YEARS IN THE EAST, STRIVING TO BENEFIT MANKIND BOTH IN THIS WORLD AND THAT TO COME. HE TRANSLATED THE HOLY SCRIPTURES INTO HINDOSTANEE AND PERSIAN, AND PREACHED THE GOD AND SAVIOUR OF WHOM THEY TESTIFY. HE WILL LONG BE REMEMBERED IN THE EAST, WHERE HE WAS KNOWN AS A MAN OF GOD
Footnote
CHAPTER XV
BAPTIZED FOR THE DEAD
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INDEX
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George Smith
First Modern Missionary to the Mohammedans, 1781-1812
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We are thus introduced to the very spot where Henry Martyn was born: 'About noon I preached in the piazza adjoining to the Coinage Hall in Truro. I was enabled to speak exceeding plain on "Ye are saved through faith."' In the evening of the same day Wesley preached in the fishing village of Megavissey, 'where I saw a very rare thing—men swiftly increasing in substance, and yet not decreasing in holiness.'
From such a land and such influences sprang the first missionary hero of the Church of England in modern times. The Martyn family had for more than a century been known locally as one of skilled miners, described by their ablest representative in recent times[2] as 'mine agents or mine captains who filled positions of trust.' Martin Luther had a similar origin. There is no evidence that any of them went underground, although that, if true, would justify the romance for which Martyn's first biographer is responsible. His great-grandfather was Thomas Martyn, his grandfather was John Martyn of Gwennap Churchtown, and his grand-uncle was the surveyor, Thomas Martyn (1695-1751), who published the map of Cornwall described as a marvel of minute and accurate topography, due to a survey on foot for fifteen years. Mr. Jeffery quotes from some manuscript notes written by his father:
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