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தமிழக இஸ்லாமிய வரலாற்று ஆவணங்கள்
ON A SPOT OF GROUND, GRANTED TO HIM BY THE SAME PRINCE,
TWO MILES EAST OF TANJORE.
HE BUILT A HOUSE FOR HIS RESIDENCE, AND MADE IT
AN ORPHAN ASYLUM.
HERE THE LAST TWENTY YEARS OF HIS LIFE WERE
SPENT IN THE EDUCATION
ADN RELIGIOUS INSTRUCTION OF CHILDREN,
PARTICULARLY THOSE OF INDIGENT PARENTS, WHOM THE
GRATUITOUSLY
MAINTAINED AND INSTRUCTED,
AND HERE 13TH OF FEBRUARY 1798,
SURROUNDED BY HIS INFANT FLOCK, AND IN THE PRESENCE OF
SEVERAL OF HIS DISCONSOLATE BRETHREN,
ENTREATING THEM TO CONTINUE TO MAKE RELIGION
THE FIRST OBJECT OF THEIR CARE,
AND IMPLORING WITH HIS LAST BREATH THE DIVINE
BLESSING OF THEIR
LABOURS.
HE CLOSED HIS TRULY CHRISTIAN CAREER IN THE
72ND YEAR OF HIS AGE
THE EAST INDIA COMPANY
ANXIOUS TO PERPETUATE THE MEMORY OF SUCH TRANSCENDENT WORTH
AND GRATEFULL SENSIBLE OF THE PUBLIC BENEFITS WHICH
RESULTED FROM HIS INFLUENCE
CAUSED THIS MONUMENT TO BE ERECTED
ANN, DOM 1807.
The monument was erected by
J. Bacon, Junior Sculptor, London, 1806
