{"id":182,"date":"2025-05-22T05:11:10","date_gmt":"2025-05-22T05:11:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/hbionline.org\/blog\/?p=182"},"modified":"2025-05-22T05:11:10","modified_gmt":"2025-05-22T05:11:10","slug":"famous-missionary-william-carey","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hbionline.org\/blog\/2025\/05\/22\/famous-missionary-william-carey\/","title":{"rendered":"FAMOUS MISSIONARY – William Carey"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Missionaries came to India from all over the world to spread the gospel and support the growth of the local populations.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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William Carey was born on August 17, 1761, in Paulerspury, Northamptonshire. Carey studied botany, learned Latin independently, and was a multilingual fluent speaker. He left the Church of England and joined other Dissenters at the Congregational Church. In 1793, Carey was sent to India to preach the gospel. He didn’t see India as a foreign country to be exploited but one to be loved and served. At the time of Carey’s arrival, the East India Company forbade Christian missions in India.<\/p>\n<\/div>

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He translated the Bible into Bengali, the mother tongue of millions of Indians. He became perhaps the most influential person in the largest outpost of the British Empire.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Major Works of William Carey<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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  • The mission printed and distributed the Bible in 44 different languages.<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  • Carey established the Agri-Horticultural Society of India in 1820 at Alipore, Kolkata, to spread his passion for botany. He published the first science texts in India and popularized the Linnean system of plant categorization.<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  • William Carey was an Indian reformer who fought against the oppression of women and introduced schools for all castes and classes for girls. He was also the first man to stand against polygamy, child marriage, sati, and female infanticide, among other atrocities against women in India.<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  • In ancient India, people with leprosy were often burned alive to cleanse their bodies and prepare for a new rebirth. William Carey actively supported the humane treatment of lepers in India as he believed that God loved them and that they should be cared for.<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  • He established the first English periodical,\u00a0“Friend of India,”\u00a0<\/em>which was the driving force behind<\/span> social-reform movements in Indian society.<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  • He started many churches and Sunday schools for children.<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  • Serampore College was the first degree-granting college in Asia. It was founded in 1818 by William Carey, William Ward, and Joshua Marshman with the mission of training new pastors and missionaries for the church.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n
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    Preaching <\/em><\/strong>is God’s grace for sin forgiveness and assisting people in becoming His children through faith.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

    Teaching <\/em><\/strong>assists people in understanding the Bible, obeying God, and following His ways.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

    Healing <\/em><\/strong>is the demonstration of God’s love in this hurting and wretched world – Matthew 4:23<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n

    A cobbler left his bench and followed God\u2019s direction to reach out to the people of India. His life and mission are a providential window in history. William Carey was a professor at Serampore College when he passed away in 1834, and the couch on which he died is currently on display at Regent’s Park College Baptist Hall at the University of Oxford.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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    Serampore College, started by William Carey, William Ward, and Joshua Marshman \u00a0with 37 students in 1818<\/p>\n<\/div>

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    \u201cExpect great things from God, attempt great things for God.\u201d<\/em><\/strong> – The famous aphorism of William Carey<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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