GOPALGANJ

[s. 288] : A village in Bengal, India, situated in the Faridpur district, about 40 miles S. of Faridpur and on one of the streams of the Ganges Delta. Station of the Bengal Evangelistic Mi ion (1894), with (1901) 21 native workers, 5 preaching places, 9 day schools, 1 boarding school, 1 industrial school, 1 dispensary and work among lepers. GORAKHPTJR A city in the United Provinces, India, situated on the Kapti River, 100 miles N. by E. of Benares, at an altitude of 256 feet. Population (1901) 64,000, of whom 41,000 are: Hindus and 22,000 Muslims. 270 long and painful illne he died in Philadelphia,’ August 13, 1887. Dr. Gordon was preparing a version of the Psalms in the Urdu language when he returned. He published a valuable work, Our India Mi ion (1886). GORDON, Marquis Lafayette, M.D.: Born in Waynesburg, Pa., July 18, 1843. Graduated from Waynesburg College in 1868 and from And over Theological Seminary in 1871 and from Long Island College Hospital, Brooklyn, N. Y., in 1872. He also studied in the College of PhyYork, from which sicians and Surgeons, in he received the degree of M.D. While securing his education he spent three years in the army during the Civil War. He entered Japan as a in 1872 and was stami ionary of the tioned at Osaka. He early became identified with the work of the Do shisha at Kioto and was soon recognized as one of the ablest and most efficient of the mi ionaries of any Board in Japan. Altho Dr. Gordon had qualified as a physician, after reaching the field he was convinced that he could work succe fully in but one profe ion. He chose the ministry of the Word, gave up the practise of medicine, and devoted himself entirely to evangelistic and educational work. Through his marked ability, his affection for the people and his great tact, as well as the spiritual power of his life, he won a strong position for himself in the affection and the con This position he held to fidence of the people. In 1893 he published the the time of his death. New ABCFM volume. An American Mi ionary in Japan. At the time of his death, in Auburn dale, Ma ., on the 4th of November, 1900, he had in pre his second volume. Thirty Eventful Years in Japan. These two books contain a comprehensive history of the work and methods of the American Board Dr. Gordon was married to Mi in that empire. Agnes Helen Donald at And over, Ma ., in 1852. Two daughters of his are now in Japan. 288