Table of the several Pastorates connected with the Lall Bazar Baptist Church, Calcutta. Serial No. Period. REMARKS. 1 24th April 1800 to 5th Sole Pastorate of Dr. Carey, with Dr. Marshman as Deacon. Mr. Fountain was also a Deacon from 24th April to 20 August 1800 when he died. Dr. Carey with Dr. Marshman and Mr. Ward as Co-Pastors with the help of Messrs. Mardon, Biss, Moore Rowe, Krishna Pal and Krishna Persaud as Deacons. Also with the help of Messrs. Adam Gordon, Leonard, Cumberland. W. Ward of the General Hospital, E. Daniel, Krishna Dass and Sebuk Ram, Deacons at Calcutta, for varying periods, some hav. ing died and others posted elsewhere. Messrs. Crey, Marshman and Ward with Messrs. Lawson and Eustace Carey as CoPastors. [Mr. Ward was in England from December 1818.] Messrs. Carey, Marshman and Ward with the aid of Deacons and others. [Mr. Mack had arrived in 1821, but Mr. Ward died on 7th March. 1823.] Messrs. Carey, Marshman and Mack, with the aid of Deacons and others. Serial No. Period. REMARKS. The Rev. James Thomas presided at nearly all the Church meetings held after Mr. Evans' resignation, and signed all Minutes on behalf of the Church. There is nothing on record however, to show that he accepted the Pastorate, for in the three or four years succeeding Mr. Evans' resignation, other Ministers were offered the Pastorate declined it. In the yearly reports of the Church to the Ministers and Messengers of the respective churches assembled in Association," the ones sent in December 1844 and 1845 deplore the absence of a permanent Pastor and are signed by the Deacons on behalf of the Church. but The report sent to the Association in November 1846 mentions the want of a permanent Pastor, but is signed by the Rev. James Thomas as" Acting Pastor," along with the Deacons. The report sent in November 1847 is similarly worded and signed. The report sent in December 1848 appoints" Our Pastor " the Rev. J. Thomas, one of the delegates, but it is signed by Deacons only. The report sent to the same Association in November 1849 refers to the Rev. J. Thomas as Pastor and he signed it as such for the first time, and throughout until his death on 20th July 1858. The vote of sympathy with his widow, passed by the Church in July 1858 speaks of his having had the oversight of the Church for thirteen years, and the memorial tablet in the Chapel records that he was Pastor for thirteen years. The pulpit was supplied by the missionaries at Calcutta and Serampore. The Pastorate of the Rev. John Sale. The Acting Pastorate of the Rev. George Kerry, during the absence of the Rev. John Sale on leave to England. REMARKS. The Pastorate of the Rev. John Sale on return from his leave to England. The Pastorate of the Rev. John Robinson during which period the following were Co-Pastors with Mr. Robinson viz : (1) The Rev. C. Jordon from the 24th January 1872 to the 23rd December 1873, (2) The Rev. C. C. Brown from (a) The 24th November 1875 to the 17th January 1876 and (b) The 1st to the 19th April 1876. As the Committee in London refused sanction to the arrangement, Mr. Brown left at the end of the first period. After severing his connection with the Society, Mr. Brown took up the Co-Pastorate again, but resigned it after a few days owing to certain doctrines he held. The Rev. Robert Robinson acted as Pastor. The Rev. George Kerry acted as Pastor. Various Ministers supplied the pulpit. These three arrangements were due to Mr. John Robinson's ill-health. The Rev R. J. Ellis acted as Pastor temporarily. Various Ministers supplied the pulpit. The Rev. Dr. Rouse acted as Pastor. The Pastorate of the Rev. H. G. Blackie. Various Ministers supplied the pulpit. The Pastorate of the of Rev. G. H. Hook. |