Rev. Kennedy had landed in Calcutta on 19 January 1839, en route to Benares, where he had been appointed for doing missionary work. From 1868 to 1877, he was posted in Kumaon, where the Mission did some pioneering work including opening of schools, female education, building a leper’s asylum, sanitation work, etc. The amount of information it contains, descriptive, social, evangelistic missions and even political aspect, is astounding.
James Kennedy, who was a missionary of the London Missionary Society, during his long residence in the North Western regions of India and Kumaon, (present day Uttarakhand).
Chapter I – Voyage to India and the City of Palaces 1Chapter II – Voyage to Benares – March 1839 9Chapter III – Arrival at Benares 15Chapter IV – Missions in Benares from 1816 to 1839 20Chapter V – 1839 and 1840 First Year in Benares 27Chapter VI – First Year in Benares 34 Chapter VII – The City of Benares 49Chapter VIII – Benares as a Mission Sphex 77Chapter IX – Second Year in Benares 88Chapter X – The Religions Gatherings of the HindusChapter XI – The Object of Christian Missions 108Chapter XII – Mission Schools 124Chapter XIII – Orphanages 135Chapter XIV – Mission Tours 145Chapter XV – From 1847 to 1857 168Chapter XVI – The Mutiny, 1857 and 1858 174Chapter XVII – The Mutiny 185Chapter XVIII – Visit to Ceylon 1858 and 1859 205Chapter XIX – From 1859 to 1868 213Chapter XX – From 1868 to 1877 Kumaon 232Chapter XXI – Almora Mission 252Chapter XXII - Ranee Khet 260Chapter XXIII – Habits and Condition of the Hill People 279Chapter XXIV – The Missionary in India 289Chapter XXV – The Missionary in India 297Chapter XXVI – Native Christians 307Chapter XXVII – Native Christians 315Chapter XXVIII – The People among whom we labour – Mukammadans 329Chapter XXIX – Hindu 338Chapter XXX – Europeans in India 357Chapter XXXI – The Government of India 365Statistics 391
Robin Murray, Matcheri S. Keshavan, James L. Kennedy, Robin M. Murray, Matcheri S. (University of Pittsburgh) Keshavan, Toronto) Kennedy, James L. (Clarke Institute of Psychiatry, London) Murray, Robin M. (Institute of Psychiatry, Matcheri Keshavan, James Kennedy