Project Gutenberg 2000-02-01 Public domain in the USA. 70 Smith, George 1833 1919 The Life of William Carey, Shoemaker & Missionary Produced by John Bechard. HTML version by Al Haines. "The Life of William Carey, Shoemaker & Missionary" by George Smith is a historical account written during the late 19th century. This biography chronicles the life of William Carey, from his humble beginnings as a shoemaker in England to becoming a pioneering missionary in India, where he significantly impacted both Christianity and local culture through his translations and educational efforts. At the start of the book, the author introduces William Carey’s early life, highlighting his modest upbringing in Paulerspury, where he demonstrated an insatiable thirst for knowledge despite his lower-class status. Carey's experiences as a shoemaker and his fundamental transformations due to religious awakenings provide a foundation for his later work. The narrative sets the stage for Carey's journey, detailing his deep commitment to learning, his encounters with fellow religious figures, and the societal challenges he faced while cultivating his missionary ambitions. Ultimately, the opening paints a picture of a dedicated individual whose resolve to spread the Gospel would lead to substantial changes in India and beyond. (This is an automatically generated summary.) en Carey, William, 1761-1834 Missions -- India BV Text Browsing: Biographies Browsing: History - General Browsing: Religion/Spirituality/Paranormal 898034 894013 2024-09-01T11:55:49.912721 2023-10-01T10:48:11.188257 text/html text/html 891494 2020-12-31T14:48:21 text/html; charset=iso-8859-1 338252 2020-12-31T14:48:21 text/html; charset=iso-8859-1 application/zip 411143 2024-09-01T11:55:58.829682 application/epub+zip 424159 2024-09-01T11:55:51.711751 application/epub+zip 424159 2024-09-01T11:55:50.685742 application/epub+zip 720817 2024-09-01T11:56:04.879671 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 699485 2024-09-01T11:55:58.097684 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 699135 2022-09-01T13:30:48.835796 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 869630 869594 2024-09-01T11:55:49.042230 2023-10-01T10:48:10.306210 text/plain; charset=us-ascii text/plain 869217 2020-12-31T14:48:21 text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 334715 2020-12-31T14:48:21 text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 application/zip 869220 2020-12-31T14:48:21 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 334549 2020-12-31T14:48:21 text/plain; charset=us-ascii application/zip 20341 2024-09-01T11:56:05.102645 application/rdf+xml 16679 2024-09-01T11:55:51.041726 image/jpeg 3677 2024-09-01T11:55:50.859722 image/jpeg 405248 2024-09-01T11:55:49.997754 application/octet-stream application/zip Archives containing the RDF files for *all* our books can be downloaded at https://www.gutenberg.org/wiki/Gutenberg:Feeds#The_Complete_Project_Gutenberg_Catalog en.wikipedia