1. JOHN ELIOT. Born in Nasing, England, 1604, early chose ministry for a life-work. Well versed in Hebrew and Greek. Came to America in 1631. Pioneer missionary among the North American Indians. He translated the Ten Commandments, The Lord's Prayer, and later the Bible, into a native tongue. He died in 1690.
2. AUGUST FRANCKE. 1663-1727. Missionary educator at Halle. His Biblical lectures were distinguished for piety, warmth, and zeal, under whose instruction sat Ziegenbalg, Zinzendorf, and Schwartz. To his large-hearted Christian philanthropy and zeal the cause of missions owes a great debt.
3. BARTHOLOMEW ZIEGENBALG. 1683-1719. Danish pioneer missionary to Tranquebar, 1706. Having neither grammar nor dictionary in native tongue, yet in less than a year he was preaching, and souls were converted. His New Testament in Tamil was the first in any language in India.
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4. COUNT NICHOLAS LUDWIG ZINZENDORF. 1700-1760. A native Saxon, he early came into connection with some of the scattered followers of John Huss, the Moravians, and became their leader. He formed bands among them for more effective missionary work. A decade before Carey preached his memorable sermon, they had 27 stations, and supported 165 missionaries.
5. CHRISTIAN FREDERICK SCHWARTZ. 1726-1798. Native of Prussia. Educated at Halle, as were Zinzendorf and Ziegenbalg. Began labors in India, 1750. In 12 years he had baptized 1,238. The last 20 years of his life in Tanjore. He died mourned by all.
6. WILLIAM CAREY. 1761-1834. Native of England. Early a preacher of the Gospel, keeping school by day and cobbling shoes at night. Devoted his life to missions to heathendom. His motto: "Expect great things from God, attempt great things for God." His work in India, against all kinds of opposition, hardship, and trial, was greatly blessed of God. He brought out the Bible in Bengali in five volumes in 1809, and translated it in whole or in part into twenty-four native languages or dialects, rendering the Bible accessible to more than three hundred million human beings.
7. ROBERT MORRISON. 1782-1834. Native of England, Scotch descent. He early decided to become a missionary to the heathen. Was appointed the first missionary of the London Missionary Society to China, and thus became the pioneer of Protestant missionaries in China. Translated the Scriptures and prepared a Chinese dictionary. He was in China 27 years, when he died.
