Author: Shalem John

Birth: 04-07-1825 Home Calling :16-05-1900 Native Place: Lincolnshire Country: England Place of Vision: Erstwhile Punjab and Kashmir Robert Clark was a pioneer missionary in erstwhile Punjab and Kashmir. After he graduated from Cambridge University, a lucrative job of teaching in his own University awaited him. However, Clark was more concerned about the overwhelming need for soul-harvesters in heathen lands. He offered himself to the Church Missionary Society which posted him for the service in Punjab mission in India. In 1852, Clark established a mission station in Amritsar, Punjab. After coming to terms with terrible situations in India, Clark decided to…

Birth: 07-05-1814 Home Calling : 28-08-1891 Native Place : Clady Country: Ireland Place of Vision: India Robert Caldwell was born in a poor but a God-fearing family and started working since he was nine. He had limited formal education but found an opportunity to train at Glasgow University through the London Missionary Society (LMS). After his ordination, he arrived in Madras in 1838 on behalf of LMS. Realizing the need to reach out to the local people, he mastered the Tamil language and started preaching Gospel to the native people. He later became a distinguished Tamil scholar and wrote ‘A…

Birth: 08-11-1808 Home Calling: 21-04-1877 Birth Place: New Windsor, United States of America Place of Vision : India Robert Cotton Mather was a European missionary known for his ministry in North India and revision of Urdu Bible translation. He completed his studies at Glasgow University and began ministering at a Congregational church in York. During this time, he found the opportunity to serve in Banaras, India through the London Missionary Society (LMS). Within a week of his marriage to Elizabeth Sewell, Mather set out for India in June 1833. Mather ministered at Union Chapel in Calcutta for a few months…