p. 13 | DR. JOHN SCUDDER

Pacific Press Publishing Association · Mountain View, California · Apr 2, 1912

FromSigns of the Times, Vol. 39, No. 14.

Read the full edition

DR. JOHN SCUDDER

From a Chapter in

The Advance Guard of Missions

DR. JOHN SCUDDER

First American Medical Missionary to Ceylon and India

Born in Freehold, New Jersey, September 3, 1793. Died in Africa, January 13, 1855.

WHEN the cries of the heathen once reached the ears of Dr. Scudder, upon the perusal of a single tract, he went forthwith to help them; and he did it so nobly and well that seven of his sons followed in the footsteps of their father.

On entering Princeton College he had found, among one hundred twenty students, but three who made any profession of Christianity. But he did not therefore hide his light under a bushel. "That fellow is so religious," said a student in the hearing of a newcomer, "one can hardly laugh in his presence."

The new student had just been introduced to Mr. Scudder, who cordially invited him to call at his room. He now questioned, "Shall I associate with one who is viewed as singular, and consent before long to be called a hypocrite, a fanatic, or a social heretic? or shall I consent to be drawn into the ranks of an overwhelming majority?" "At last this conclusion was reached: 'I will call on Scudder at once, and tell him why I came so soon.' . . . I found him at his studies, and told him of my wish to form a religious acquaintanceship, though myself without religion. Quickly he rose and grasped my hand with unlooked-for ardor, saying, 'That's right; stand by that, and you'll never regret it.'" "Those

(Reduced facsimile of one of the pages)

¶ The sketches range from three to thirty pages in length, and are written in a bright, forceful way that holds the interest and imparts strength and inspiration.

¶ Wherever reference is made to a work on missions, the publisher's name is given in foot-note. Thus "Advance Guard" not only gives you the information you would search through volumes to obtain, but directs you to sources where exhaustive study may be carried on if you desire.

¶ Published in two styles— Handsome red cloth, heavy paper..... $1.50 Plain cloth........... 1.00 Prices 10 per cent higher in Canada

¶ Every page is just as interesting, and you will feel eager to turn it, because in its 347 pages this new book gives the most important incidents in connection with the lives and work of—

Marcus Whitman, Missionary Physician to the Indians; John Eliot, Puritan Apostle to the American Indians; The Mayhews, Five Generations of Missionaries; David Brainerd, Presbyterian Missionary to the American Indians; Bartholomew Ziegenbalg, the First Protestant Missionary to India; Hans Egede, Pioneer Lutheran Missionary to Greenland; Count Nicolas Ludwig Zinzendorf, Lutheran Evangelist; The Wesleys, Vanguard of a Mighty Movement; Christian Frederick Schwartz, the Most Conspicuous Figure in India during the Eighteenth Century; William Carey, Pioneer Baptist Missionary to India; Henry Martyn, a Church of England Chaplain Missionary to India; Robert Morrison, Pioneer Protestant Apostle to China; The Judsons, Pioneer American Missionaries to Burma; Gordon Hall, Protestant Missionary to Western India; Dr. John Scudder, First American Medical Missionary to Ceylon and India; Alexander Duff, the Greatest Missionary Orator; William Butler, Methodist Missionary of Two Continents; Robert and Mary Moffat, Lights in Darkest Africa; David Livingstone, Missionary Explorer; William Taylor, Pioneer Methodist Self-Supporting Missionary; John Williams, Triumphs in the Cannibal Isles; John Gibson Paton, Presbyterian Missionary to the New Hebrides; Allen Gardiner, Beginning in the Neglected Continent; Guido F. Verbeck, Builders in New Japan; J. Hudson Taylor, Founder of the China Inland Mission; William Miller, Converted Infidel and Baptist Evangelist.