MORRISON, John Hunter

[s. 527] : Born in Wall kill Township, New York, June 29, 1806; graduated at Princeton College 1834, and Theological Seminary 1837; sailed for India as a mi ionary of the PN in 1838. He was stationed at Allah a bad, Agra, and other places. He was characterized by great earnestne and boldne in the presentation of truth. On account of his fearle ne in dealing with men in that fanatical region, he was in mi ion circles styled “the lion of the Punjab.” Yet no one was more affable than he, more genial in personal intercourse. Dr. Morrison’s name should be cherished, since it was he who, after the Sepoy mutiny in 1857, proposed to the Lodiana Mi ion to call upon all Christians to observe an annual week of prayer for the con That one thought of this version of the world. Moravian Mtr ions Morrison, Robert mi ionary in India has done more toward breaking down denominational reserve among Christians than any other influence in the 19tE century. He died of cholera at Dehra Dun, September 16, 1881, aged seventy-six, and in the forty-fourth year of mi ion work. 527