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Birth: 11-12-1789 Home Calling : 22-10-1864 Native Places: Vermont Country: United States of America Place of Vision : Srilanka & India Miron Winslow was an American missionary who is known for his ministry in Ceylon (Sri Lanka) and his contributions towards Tamil Bible revision. From the day he accepted Christ as his personal savior in 1811, Winslow considered evangelism as a blessed responsibility. He went to Andover Theological Seminary for theological training and graduated in 1815. He used his vacations to tour preaching Gospel and raised funds for the foreign missions. The American Board of Commissioners for Foreign Missions found…

Birth: 24-07-1819 Home Calling:24-10-1900 Native Place: Oneida County Country: United States of America Place of Vision : China Moses Clark White was a pioneer medical missionary to China from American Methodist Church. Influenced by a sermon by Rev. Stephen Olin, White decided to dedicate his life to missionary work. After his graduation in 1845, he spent two years at Yale studying medicine and theology under the guidance of Rev. Olin. During this time, he also preached in the neighboring town of Milford. On 13 March 1847 Clark married Jane, who too had a missionary calling. Together they set sail for,…

Birth: 06-12-1861 Death: 09-05-1919 Native Place: Ratnagiri district Country : India Place of Vision: India Narayan Waman Tilak was a nineteenth-century Christian missionary and a Marathi poet. He was born into a high-caste Brahmin Hindu family in Ratnagiri district, Maharashtra, and was brought up in a scholarly and orthodox manner. He was fluent in Marathi, Sanskrit, and English and had excellent oratory and writing skills. Tilak, at a very young age, was counted as one of the five eminent poets known as the ‘Panch Kavi’ or ‘Kavi Panchak’ in Maharashtra. Despite the devotional life he led, Tilak found himself in…