SUTTON, Amos

[s. 732] : Born at Seven oaks, Kent, miles N. England, 1798. Died August 17, 1854, at Cut- Having studied theology with Ori a. Rev. J. G. Pike, he was ordained at Derby, and sailed in 1824 for Ori a, India, as a mi ionary He of the General Baptist Mi ionary Society. was stationed most of the time at Cuttack. He preached in Uriye and in English, taught in the mi ion academy, and was superintendent of the tack, orphan asylums. He translated the whole Bible into Uriye, and made a second revision of the New Testament. He visited England and America. He returned to his mi ion from America in 1835, in company with Rev. Dr. Phillips, who was sent to the same field by the American Free Baptist Mi ionary Society. Dr. Sutton, besides translating the Scriptures, published an Uriye dictionary, grammar and le on book, wrote three volumes of tracts in that language, and translated many English books for his scholars and converts. 732