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THE
LIFE AND CORRESPONDENCE
OF
THOMAS VALPY FRENCH
FIRST BISHOP OF LAHORE
BY THE
REV. HERBERT BIRKS, M.A.
LATE SCHOLAR OF TRINITY COLLEGE, CAMBRIDGE
AND CURATE OF CHIGWELL, ESSEX
WITH ILLUSTRATIONS
VOLUME II
LONDON
JOHN MURRAY, ALBEMARLE STREET
Ромен
V.2
Oxford
HORACE HART, PRINTER TO THE UNIVERSITY
Carpentier
CONTENTS
CHAPTER XVII.
THE AFGHAN WAR AND WORK AMONG THE SOLDIERS
-
Prayers
The difficulty of supplying chaplains, page 1. Origin of the war, and
its necessity, 2.- - Death of Shere Ali and treaty of Gundamuk
with Yakub, 3.· The bishop's visit to the Khyber, 4.-
for the troops, 7. — The bishop at Mussoorie; massacre of Cavagnari
and the Cabul mission, 8. Course of events; the bishop at
Jacobabad en route for Candahar, 9.— The Bolan, 11. — Quettah,
13.- Snowed up at Abdullah Khan, 15.- Candahar, 16. — Last
parting from Gordon, 19.- Return march, 20.— - War-medal,
21.-
- Abdur-rahman and Shere Ali of Candahar; battle of
Maiwand, 22. Special prayer and critics; death of George
Maxwell Gordon, 23. — Letter to Miss Holmes, 24.- Letter to his
brother John, 25.-Cathedral monuments and patriotic fund,
27.-Lahore review of General Roberts' troops, 29.- The Penjdeh
war-scare, 29.- Army temperance, 32.- Sunday rest, 33. - The
bishop's moral influence with soldiers, 34.
CHAPTER XVIII.
MISSIONARY WORK IN PERSIA
--
Commission from the Bishop of London to visit C. M. S. Mission in
Persia, 37.- Farewell to Lahore, 37.- Origin and difficulties of
the Persian Mission, 38.- Karachi to Muscat; French's and
Martyn's verdict on Muscat, 43. Jask and Lingah, 45.- Life of
Perryve; Bushire, 47.- Shif and Borasjun, 49.- Daliki and
Khonar Takta, 50.- Kamerij and Kazeroon, 51.- Dukhter Kotal
to Shiraz, 52.- Missionary work at Shiraz, 55.- Persepolis, 60.
The tomb of Cyrus, 64.— Dehbid and Soorma, 65. — Abadeh,
67.-Yazdegast, 69.- Missionary work at Ispahan, 70. — Soh,
81.- Kohrood, 82. — Kashan and Koom, 83.— Teheran, 86. —
Stages to the Caspian, 87.- The Caspian and Volga, 88.-
Moscow and St. Petersburg; Dr. Bruce's summary in Punjab
Mission News, 89.
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CHAPTER XIX.
LAHORE CATHEDRAL
91-109
The bishop on furlough, 91. - In what sense founder of Lahore
cathedral, 93.- The labour of collection, 95.- The need of
worthy architecture, 96.- Schemes in connection with the
Afghan war, 97.- Personal sacrifices; the building in progress,
98. Sermon on Phinehas' wife; refusal of Supreme Govern-
ment to help with a grant, 99. — Failure of Cashmere timber,
100.-Error in accounts, 101. - Opening of chapter-house, 102. —
Links between Lahore and Truro, 103.- Preparations for the
consecration, 104. St. Paul's Day, 1887; the bishop's cathedral
consecration sermon, 106.- His retrospect, 108.
CHAPTER XX.
CHURCH-WORK AMONG THE NATIVES
110-146
The bishop still a missionary, 110. Imad-ud-din's recollections,
III. -The bishop invests Imad-ud-din as Doctor of Divinity;
address to native Christians, 114. His social intercourse with
native Christian teachers, 116.-Chief missionary centres; Delhi
and neighbourhood, 117.- Amritsar and district, 122.- - The
frontier missions, 124.— - Educational work: lectures to educated
Hindus, 127.-Hira Lal I.; interview with Mozumdar; Punjab
University examination work, 128.- Counsels to Government,
129.- Proposed manual of ethics; degree of D. O. L.; the Hindu-
stani Prayer-book revision, 134. — Pushtu bible translation, 136.
- The bishop as a missionary statesman; views on reunion,
137. Native developments of liturgies, and organization; one
church for India, 138.-Lay baptism, and baptism of women in
purdah; remarriage of deserted native converts, 139; child-
marriages, 140.- Baptism of Polygamists, 141.- An excommuni-
cation; the Church Army, 142; paper at Reading Congress, 143.
-Boards of Missions, 145.
CHAPTER XXI.
HOME LIFE AND CORRESPONDENCE, 1878-1887
147-214
Edith's illness; the bishop's ministrations, 147.-1878. Letter to
Edith, 148. — 1879. First grandchild, 149; Cyril ordained priest,
150; Basil at Cambridge, 152.-1880. Letter to Edith, 153.—
1881. Edith confirmed, 154; leaves school, 155; Lydia's wedding
to Rev. J. Moulson; Archdeacon Matthew's illness; Edith more
seriously ill, 158.-1882. Edith better; Mr. Gregg's death; Cyril's
wedding with Miss E. Ballard; burglary at Bishopstowe, 162;
Egyptian war, 169; death of Pusey, 175.-1883. An 'Athanasian