Talluru Thomas Gabriel Explained
Talluru Thomas Gabriel[5] (born December 15, 1837;[6] died January 1, 1875[6]) was the founder[7] [8] of the Canadian Baptist Mission in India.
Early life and education
Thomas Gabriel was born in Machilipatnam[6] and grew up at Narasapur and Rajahmundry where he studied at the Lutheran School. After securing employment with the Telegraphs Department in 1857, he worked at Rajahmundry and at Kakinada. Gabriel was influenced by the Lutheran[6] missionaries of Rajahmundry and became a Christian[3] through the Andhra Evangelical Lutheran Church.[9]
In addition to Thomas Gabriel's employment, he was active[10] in his new-found Christian faith. Gabriel was later transferred to Mumbai[3] but his sickness made him to go to Chennai in 1867[6] and in the Hospital, he came across Pastors of the American Baptist Mission/Samavesam of Telugu Baptist Churches and got baptized.
Ministry
Gabriel gave up[11] his job at the Telegraphs Department in 1869 to take up an ecclesiastical assignment with the Godavari Delta Mission but it was short-lived as he quit it in 1870 and got into business[9] in Kakinada to support himself after having exhausted all his money for the sake of the gospel.[6]
A chance stopover in Ramayapatnam at the Ramayapatnam Baptist Theoogical Seminary made Gabriel to appeal to the Canadian Baptists of Ontario and Quebec[12] through[13] John McLaurin to take up the Mission in northern coastal regions and thus led to the founding of the Canadian Baptist Mission in 1874[6] at Kakinada[14] with the arrival of John McLaurin[15] who came from Ramayapatnam to Kakinada by sea.
Gabriel died on January 1, 1875[16] uttering his last words, Jesus is precious.[16]
References
- Notes
Further reading
Notes and References
- John Craig, Forty Years Among the Telugus: A History of the Mission of the Baptists of Ontario and Quebec, Canada, to the Telugus, South India, 1867-1907, p.316. https://books.google.com/books?id=RBlJAQAAMAAJ&q=Thomas+Gabriel+baptist
- Indian Church History Review, Volume 3, Church History Association of India, 1969, p.131. https://books.google.com/books?id=P-DYAAAAMAAJ&q=departed
- A. V. Timpany, The Canadian Baptist Telugu Mission in The Missionary conference: south India and Ceylon, South India missionary conference, 1879, Volume 2, pp.282-285. https://books.google.com/books?id=b9sHAAAAQAAJ&dq=Thomas+Gabriel+baptist&pg=PA285
- https://books.google.com/books?id=UIFEAQAAMAAJ&q=Thomas+Gabriel+baptist The Missionary Review of the World, Volume 9, 1919, p.56
- C. L. Johnson, P. A. Srinivasa Rao, P. S. Sunder Singh (Edited), Canadian Baptist Mission 125 year's Jubilee Celebrations of Baptist Churches in Northern Circars, Baptist Theological Seminary, Kakinada, 1999. https://www.worldcat.org/oclc/433990749.
- Mary Stillwell McLaurin, Chetti Bhanumurti in John Craig, J. R. Stillwell, I. C. Archibald, A. E. Baskerville (Edited), Some of the Trophies: Canadian Baptist Foreign Mission Board Jubilee Volume, Telugu Trophies - The Jubilee story of some of the principal Telugu converts in the Canadian Baptist Foreign Mission in India from 1874 to 1924, American Baptist Publication Society, Toronto. https://archive.org/stream/MN41713ucmf_9/MN41713ucmf_9_djvu.txt
- F. R. Hemingway, Godavari district gazetteer, Asian Educational Services, Chennai, 2000, p.40. https://books.google.com/books?id=XIduAAAAMAAJ&q=Thomas+Gabriel+canadian+baptist
- Orville E. Daniel, Rising Tides in India, Canadian Baptist Foreign Mission Board, 1963, p.72. https://books.google.com/books?id=J9YQAQAAIAAJ&q=Thomas+Gabriel+kakinada
- Brenton Hamline Badley, Indian Missionary Directory and Memorial, p.223. https://books.google.com/books?id=BoVJAAAAYAAJ&dq=Thomas+Gabriel+baptist&pg=PA223
- Elizabeth Hayward (Edited), The Baptist Encyclopædia: A Dictionary, Louis H. Everts, Philadelphia, Volume 1, p.1181. https://books.google.com/books?id=N1NFAQAAMAAJ&dq=Thomas+Gabriel+baptist&pg=PA1181
- https://books.google.com/books?id=6sxWAAAAYAAJ&q=thomas+gabriel The Missionary Review, Volume 28, Princeton Press, 1905, p.367
- https://books.google.com/books?id=2bIPAAAAIAAJ&q=Thomas+Gabriel+baptist The Gospel in All Lands, Proprietor, 1886, p.563
- Albert Henry Newman, A Century of Baptist Achievement, American Baptist publication society, p.142. https://books.google.com/books?id=Z3TkAAAAMAAJ&q=Thomas+Gabriel+baptist
- https://books.google.com/books?id=iwlDAAAAYAAJ&q=Thomas+Gabriel+kakinada Indica, Volume 37, 2000, p.42
- https://books.google.com/books?id=ZS9xdc3IVrcC&q=Thomas+Gabriel+baptist Edwin Munsell Bliss, The Encyclopedia of Missions, 1891, p.131
- Teloogoo Mission Scrap Book, Expositor Book and Job Office, 1888, p.87.https://books.google.com/books?id=yrEOAAAAIAAJ&q=gabriel
