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THE SAVINGS FROM A SMALL SALARY WERE, FOR MANY
YEARS, DOVOTED TO THE PIOUS WORK.
AND THE REMAINDER OF THE EXPENSE SUPPLIED BY INDIVIDUALS
AT HIS SOLICITATION
THE CHRISTIAN SEMINARS AT RAMNADPORAM AND IN THE
TINNEVELLY PROVINCE WERE ESTABLISHED BY HIM.
BELOVED AND HONOURED BY EUROPEANS.
HE WAS IF POSSIBLE, HELD IN STILL DEEPER REVERENCE BY THE NATIVES OF THIS COUNTRY, OF EVERY DEGREE AND EVERY SECT.; AND THEIR UNBOUNDED CONFIDENCE IN HIS INTEGRITY AND TRUTH,
WAS, MANY OCCASIONS.
RENDERED HIGHLY BENEFICIAL IN THE PUBLIC SERVICE.
THE POOR AND INJURED
LOOKED UP TO HIM AN UNFAILING FRIEND AND ADVOCATE.;
THE GREAT AND POWERFUL
CONCURRED IN YIELDING HIM THE HIGHEST HOMAGE EVER PAID IN THIS
QUARTER OF THE GLOBE TO
EUROPEAN VIRTUE.
THE LATE HYDER ALLY CAWN,
IN THE MIDST OF A BLOODY AND VINIDCTIVE WAR WITH THE CARNATIC
SENT ORDERS TO HIS OFFICERS
"TO PERMIT THE VENERABLE FATHER SWARTZ
TO PASS UNMOLESTED, AND SHOW HIM RESPECT AND KINDNESS,
FOR HE IS A HOLY MAN, AND MEANS NO
HARM TO MY GOVRNMENT"
THE LATE TULJAJEE RAJA OF TANJORE,
WHEN ON HIS DEATH-BED DESIRED TO ENTRUST TO HIS PROTECTING CARE
HIS ADOPTED SON, SERFOJEE, THE PRESENT RAJA WITH THE
ADMINISTRATION OF ALL THE AFFAIRS OF HIS COUNTRY.
