William Carey was a lifelong missionary in India and a Calvinist. Why point out that he was a Calvinist? Because some would (falsely) claim that Calvinists do not believe in sharing the gospel with everyone. Even though there are many non Calvinists who do not share the gospel with anyone. Jesus says: “Go ye into all the world, and preach the gospel to every creature.” (Mark 16:15) Faithful Christians share the good news!
William Carey published the pamphlet entitled: An Enquiry into the Obligations of Christians to Use Means for the Conversion of the Heathens. This led to the founding of the English Baptist Missionary Society in 1792. He also worked on translating the Bible into foreign languages, and parts of it into other languages and dialects. Along with dictionaries and other works to help educate the people.
The introduction to his work: [Chapel Library]
As our blessed Lord has required us to pray that His kingdom may come and His will be done on earth as it is in heaven, it becomes us not only to express our desires of that event by words, but to use every lawful method to spread the knowledge of His name. In order to this, it is necessary that we should become in some measure acquainted with the religious state of the world; and as this is an object we should be prompted to pursue, not only by the gospel of our Redeemer, but even by the feelings of humanity, so an inclination to conscientious activity therein would form one of the strongest proofs that we are the subjects of grace and partakers of that spirit of universal benevolence and genuine philanthropy, which appears so eminent in the character of God Himself.
Yet God repeatedly made known His intention to prevail finally over all the power of the devil, and to destroy all his works and set up His own kingdom and interest among men and extend it as universally as Satan had extended his. It was for this purpose that the Messiah came and died, that God might be just and the justifier of all that should believe in Him (Rom 3:26). When He had laid down His life and taken it up again, He sent forth His disciples to preach the good tidings to every creature and to endeavor by all possible methods to bring over a lost world to God. They went forth according to their divine commission, and wonderful success attended their labors. The civilized Greeks and uncivilized barbarians each yielded to the cross of Christ and embraced it as the only way of salvation. Since the apostolic age, many other attempts to spread the gospel have been made, which have been considerably successful, notwithstanding which a very considerable part of mankind are still involved in all the darkness of heathenism. Some attempts are still making, but they are inconsiderable in comparison of what might be done if the whole body of Christians entered heartily into the spirit of the divine command on this subject. Some think little about it. Others are unacquainted with the state of the world, and others love their wealth better than the souls of their fellow creatures.
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