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<p> an English [[Baptist]] minister, was born at Sevenoaks, Kent, January 21, 1802. At fifteen he resided in London, at twenty returned home and joined the Baptist Church. He was accepted as a general Baptist missionary, and sailed for [[Calcutta]] in 1824, thence to Cuttack, Orissa, India, where he labored till his health failed in 1832, and then returned to England. He returned to [[Cuttack]] in 1837, and labored till 1847, when he had again to seek rest in England, and became pastor at Leicester. In 1850 he returned again to India by way of America. He reached his station in India only to die, August 17, 1851. </p>
<p> an English missionary, was born at Sevenoaks, Kent, in 1798. He was ordained for the mission work at [[Derby]] in 1824, and sent to Orissa, India. He left this field once for a visit to [[England]] and America. His death took place at Cuttack, India, Aug. 17,1854. He translated the [[Scriptures]] into Oriya, compiled an Oriya dictionary, grammar, and lesson-book, besides writing The Family [[Chaplain]] (Calcutta, 1831-32, 2 vols. 8vo): '''''—''''' [[Rise]] and [[Progress]] of the [[Mission]] at [[Orissa]] (Phila. 18mo): '''''—''''' Orissa and its Evangelization (Derby, Eng. 8vo; Boston, 1850, 8vo): '''''—''''' hymn-book for Mission Congregations and Guide to the Savior. </p>


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<ref name="term_62600"> [https://bibleportal.com/encyclopedia/cyclopedia-of-biblical-theological-and-ecclesiastical-literature/sutton,+amos,+d.d. Amos Sutton from Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature]</ref>
<ref name="term_62605"> [https://bibleportal.com/encyclopedia/cyclopedia-of-biblical-theological-and-ecclesiastical-literature/sutton,+amos Amos Sutton from Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature]</ref>
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Latest revision as of 16:17, 15 October 2021

Amos Sutton [1]

an English missionary, was born at Sevenoaks, Kent, in 1798. He was ordained for the mission work at Derby in 1824, and sent to Orissa, India. He left this field once for a visit to England and America. His death took place at Cuttack, India, Aug. 17,1854. He translated the Scriptures into Oriya, compiled an Oriya dictionary, grammar, and lesson-book, besides writing The Family Chaplain (Calcutta, 1831-32, 2 vols. 8vo): Rise and Progress of the Mission at Orissa (Phila. 18mo): Orissa and its Evangelization (Derby, Eng. 8vo; Boston, 1850, 8vo): hymn-book for Mission Congregations and Guide to the Savior.

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