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The Kingdom in India offers a comprehensive study of British India and its progress. With detailed accounts of Indian society, politics, economics, and culture, this book provides a complete picture of colonial India. Cobb and Chamberlain's insight is invaluable for anyone interested in the history of India and its relationship with British imperialism.This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it.This work is in the "public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely copy and distribute this work, as no entity (individual or corporate) has a copyright on the body of the work.Scholars believe, and we concur, that this work is important enough to be preserved, reproduced, and made generally available to the public. We appreciate your support of the preservation process, and thank you for being an important part of keeping this knowledge alive and relevant.

This is the second book of missionary stories written by Jacob Chamberlain (1835-1908), a minister with the Reformed Church in America and medical doctor who served more than 40 years as a missionary to the Telugus of India. In this volume, sequel to "In the Tiger Jungle," he delves into the grim realities of working in a poverty-stricken tropical land filled with disease and ignorance, musing on the frustrations of trying to fund projects that could do so much good in a country under such opprea ssion. Most of his missionary endeavors on behalf of the Telugu people were based at Madanapalle, where he helped to build a hospital, church, and other institutions. Includes a biographical sketch of the author, by Henry Nitchie Cobb

Experience a missionary's explorations, the thrilling successes and crushing disappointments that represent a lifelong commitment to the arduous task and awesome responsibility of introducing Christ to the idolatrous peoples of India. Chamberlain spent nearly 50 years in India as a missionary doctor of the Reformed Church in America. Most of his missionary endeavors on behalf of the Telugu people were based at Madanapalle, where he built a hospital, a church, and other facilities, all with the purpose of ministering Christ's love to people who could not save themsleves. In his books and writings Chamblerain eloquently articulated the Great Commission.