LACROIX, Alphonse Franco is

[s. 404] : Born May 10, 1799, at Lignieres, Switzerland; studied at Bakel, near Rotter dam; ordained August 11, 1820, as a minister of the Dutch Reformed Church; sailed for India, October 1, 1820, as a mi ionary of the Netherlands Mi ionary Society; was stationed at Chinsurah in the Dutch Territory. On the decision of the Netherlands Society to give up its mi ions in India Mr. Lacroix in 1827 became a mi ionary of the LMS, two years later removing to Calcutta, the scene of his life work. He was one of the most eloquent and effective vernacular preachers in India. He could always secure a large audience by the charm of his manner and voice, by a felicitous use of idiomatic Bengali, and by the beautiful imagery in which he clothed his ideas. He conducted through the pre a new edition of the Gospels of Matthew, Luke and John in Bengali for the Calcutta Bible Society, and, in conjunction with Dr. Duff, superintended the printing of Isaiah in the same language. He also conducted a theological cla . After an eminent mi ion service in Bengal of nearly forty years, he died July 8, 1859> having just completed the sixtieth year of his age. Mullens (J,), Life of A.F. Lacroix, London, 1862. 404