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

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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.-

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- 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

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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.

PAGE

LAHORE CATHEDRAL

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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.

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CHAPTER XX.

CHURCH-WORK AMONG THE NATIVES

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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