They Went to India: Biographies of Missionaries of the Disciples of Christ
Abilene Christian University Digital Commons @ ACU Stone-Campbell Books Stone-Campbell Resources 1948 They Went to India: Biographies of Missionaries of the Disciples of Christ United Christian Missionary Society Follow this and additional works at: https://digitalcommons.acu.edu/crs_books Part of the Biblical Studies Commons, Christian Denominations and Sects Commons, Christianity Commons, History of Christianity Commons, History of Religions of Western Origin Commons, and the Missions and World Christianity Commons Recommended Citation United Christian Missionary Society, "They Went to India: Biographies of Missionaries of the Disciples of Christ" (1948). Stone-Campbell Books. 480. https://digitalcommons.acu.edu/crs_books/480 This Book is brought to you for free and open access by the Stone-Campbell Resources at Digital Commons @ ACU. It has been accepted for inclusion in Stone-Campbell Books by an authorized administrator of Digital Commons @ ACU. (_/ /'-fr , ~/ t,.,;f-,., , -1. - - They Went to India ·. BIOGRAPHIES OF MISSIONARIES of the.., DISCIPLES OF CHRIST I Issued by Missionary Education Department THE UNITED CHRISTIAN MISSI .ONARY SOCIETY 222 South Downey Avenue Indianapolis 7, Indiana Price , 50 cents 47-noo-M They Went to India BIOGRAPHIES OF MISSIONARIES of the.., DISCIPLES OF CHRIST Foreword-_..., The sixteenth day of September, 1882, is a date to be cheri shed by Dis ciples of Christ, for it marked the beginning of our foreign missiona ry service. Eight missionar ies sailed that day from New York for India , representing the Forei gn Chri stian Missionary Society and th e Ch ristian Woman' s Board oi Missions . Of those first pion eers Archibald McLean said: " They went to India to light a candle in that continent of darknes s that by God's grace shall never be put out ." Through th ese many years others have followed to "bear the light" until there ha ve served in our India Mission 191 men and women, sent out under appointment of our nationa l boards .
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