HISLOP, Stephen

[s. 318] : Born in Scotland; studied at the Universities of Glasgow and Edinburgh, and the New College. In 1844 Major-General Hill, stationed at Jalna, in the Nizam’s territory, presented to the Free Church of Scotland the sum of £2,500 for the founding of a new mi ion. Mr. Hislop, who had distinguished himself as an accomplished scholar, was secured for the mi ion. He began his work in February, 1845, at Kamptee, ten miles from Nagpur city, cordially welcomed by Captain Hill and other British officers, who handed over to him a school which they had established, and otherwise greatly encouraged him. He was a isted by three German artisans. In 1846 he removed to the city of Nagpur, containing a large Mahratta population, and opened, with thirty scholars, a school in the The school soon vicinity of the Rajah’s palace. took a high position as a mi ionary institution and for many years sent forth annually between 250 and 300 pupils. It is called the Hislop Mi ionary College. The Central Provinces being ruled by a heathen government, and the people having no desire for education, his position was His life was often peril. In a trying one. 1853, in connection with caste prejudices and the baptism of several natives, a serious riot occurred, and an attack was made on the mi ion house, which, but for his heroic defense by the native Christians, would have resulted in the death of The next year he was attacked the mi ionary. by a fanatical Mohammedan mob, but rescued by the aid of an old pupil and some Sepoys. He was conveyed to the mi ion house in an apparently dying state, ten deep gashes appearing on miles W. by S. of Kobe. temple of Miyajima. m his head, and his body greatly bruised. In 1857, having received information privately from a Mohammedan of a combined plot of the upcountry Sepoys and the Mu ulmans of the city to ma acre all the Europe ans on a given day, he informed the authorities, so that the design was frustrated, and the Madras and Bombay Presidencies were thus saved from the rebellion. This devoted mi ionary met with an early and On September 4, 1863, he rode tragic death. into a river in the night and was drowned. 318