From dust jacket: "Christian missionaries have been operating in India since the 1st century AD when Thomas the Apostle supposedly first set foot in Kerala. The quest of the Christian missionaries to convert the Indian masses to Christianity has been a long and tedious one. They have succeeded in some places and utterly failed in others. . . . This book tries to understand the reason for the relative failure of Christianity to take roots in India."...

A history of protestant missionization of the far eastern state of Manipur, India, during the latter half of the 19th century, with a special focus on the work of William Pettigrew of the American Baptist mission.

"The Corporation of the Township of Severn is a new municipality, created in 1994 through the amalgamation of the municipalities of Matchedash township, Orillia township (north division and part of the south division), part of Tay township, including Port Severn and Fesserton, and part of Medonte township, including the village of Coldwater [all areas were in Simcoe County]."--Pref.