MEN OF MIGHT

IN

INDIA MISSIONS
The Leaders and Their Epochs

1706-1899

By HELEN H. HOLCOMB
AUTHOR OF

^^ Mabel's Summers in the Himalayas " ^'•Bits About India "

FULLY ILLUSTRATED

NEW YORK CHICAGO TORONTO

FLEMING H. REVELL COMPANY
1901
 Copyright 1901
by
FLEMING H. REVELL COMPANY
(September)
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SAMUEL HENRY KELLOGG

1 864- 1 899

Samuel Henry Kellogg was a child of the

manse, a son of the Rev. Samuel Kellogg, a
Presbyterian minister. His mother's maiden name
was Mary P. Henry. He was born at Quiogue,
Suffolk Co., Long Island, September 6th, 1839.
At a very early age the boy evinced surprising
mental activity. A veritable interrogation point,
the precocious child asked questions which it was
difficult to answer. No priggish boy was he, but

remarkable for docility and studiousness, and at

the same time full of active interest in all the
amusements and sports for which wide-awake
boyhood is distinguished.
When quite young, he had a dangerous illness.
All hope of recovery had been relinquished, and
around the couch on which the unconscious boy
was lying, the sorrowing friends were gathered in
anticipation of the end. A devout woman, a mem-
ber of his father's congregation, gave herself to
prayer for the recovery of the child. " God has
320
 Samuel Henry Kellogg 321

granted my petition," she said at length. " The

boy will live, and will yet preach the Gospel."

He was prepared for college chiefly by his par-

ents, his mother, energetic and efficient, taking no
small part in guiding and aiding her apt scholar
in hishome studies. This son when grown to
manhood told with affectionate pride of the les-
sons in Latin given him by his mother as she
went about her household avocations, while he
followed her book in hand.
In 1856 he became a student of Williams Col-
lege, but ill health compelled him to leave college
after spending one session there. Two years
later he entered Princeton College and graduated
with honours in 1861.
One of his classmates, the Rev. W. J. P. Mor-
rison, a missionary at Dehra, India, in an address
delivered at the Memorial Service held in Lan-
dour, August i8th, 1899, said, " Of the one hun-
dred members of the class of 1861 in Princeton
College, there were two young men who, by the
award of the Professors, and the judgment of the
students, took easily the first rank among us in
scholarship, mental power and character. * * *
Though they were rivals for college honours, yet
theirs was an honourable rivalry, which rather
cemented than interfered with the intimacy of
their friendships. These were Samuel H. Kellogg
and Samuel S. Mitchell."
When he entered Princeton College his sim-
plicity in dress, his unassuming manners, retiring
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disposition, and deeply religious character, ex-

cited the ridicule of some of his fellow-students
but as he without ostentation, by unremitting
diligence and vigour of intellect, made his way
to the head of his classes, and carried off the
prizes, he commanded the respect, and won the
admiration of all.

The year of his graduation was the year of his

mother's death, and her loss was deeply felt by
this affectionate son.
He pursued his theological studies in Princeton,
completing his course in 1864. Two years before,
he had been appointed tutor of mathematics in
the college, " and had he not sacrificed brilliant
prospects at home in order that he might give his
life to India, he would no doubt have soon been
called to a Professor's chair."
From his childhood he had been a diligent stu-
dent of the Scriptures, nor were these studies in-
terrupted by his engrossing college duties. While
a student he pubHshed a tract entitled " Living A
Christ." This expressed what Christ was to him
then and all through his life.
In the quiet manse where his boyhood was
spent he became familiar with the missionary
publications of his own and other Churches. His
thoughts were turned definitely to missionary
work and to India as a field of
as a vocation,
labour, through a sermon preached in the First
Presbyterian Church of Princeton, by the Rev.
Henry M. Scudder, D.D., on the eve of his re-
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turn to India. Could the brilliant young phy-

sician, Dr. John Scudder, the father of Dr. Henry
M. Scudder, when in 1819 he reliquished pros-
pects in all respects the most flattering, for a mis-
sionary career in India, have looked forward to
that day when a sermon from his own dis-
tinguished missionary son would be used by God
in calling to India a man chosen of the Lord to
do a great work for Him, how would his heart
have been rejoiced
On the 20th of April, 1864, Mr. Kellogg was
ordained a missionary to India by the Presbytery
of Hudson. Before leaving America he was
united in marriage to Miss Antoinette W. Hart-
well, of Montrose, Pa. In company with several
other missionaries the young couple sailed from
Boston on the 20th of the following December,
in a merchant vessel bearing a cargo of ice to
Ceylon. On the third day out they were struck
by a cyclone, in which their Christian captain was
washed overboard, and the ship barely escaped
foundering. The loss of the captain placed an
officer in command who was soon found to be en-
tirely unfitted for such a charge. On account of
his ignorance of the art of seamanship, and his
brutality, was laid by the crew to rid
a plot
themselves of him as a commander. Happily
this was discovered and suppressed. As a last
resort in a dire extremity, the new commander,
having accidentally discovered that Mr. Kellogg
had studied navigation to some purpose, asked
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him to take the daily observations, doubtless feel-

ing that the vessel would be safer in the hands
of the young missionary than in his own. Thus
in less than a week after leaving Boston Mr. Kel-
logg found himself in charge of the nautical li-

brary and instruments of the late captain. He

took the necessary daily observations, and acted
as navigator until they reached Ceylon, not in
one hundred days as they had hoped to do on leav-
ing Boston but in one hundred and forty-five days.
They had made the Cape of Good Hope in fifty
days, but the nominal commander, in opposition
to the urgent representations of Mr. Kellogg, as
to the course which ought to be taken, took a
course which greatly lengthened the voyage.
They reached Calcutta in May, one of the hot-
test months of the year in India, and the journey
to their field of labour in the Northwest Provinces
was, in consequence, most trying. On their ar-
rival in Barhpur,* a station of the Furrukhabad
Mission, to which they had been appointed, Mr.
Kellogg gave himself with all the ardour of his
nature to those studies which would fit him for
the work awaiting him.
Because of the paucity of labourers, he was soon
left in sole charge of the work, assisted by a small

staflf of Hindustani helpers. " It was hard at

first,'' he wrote, " but had the good result of

* Barhpur is situated one mile from the city of Furruk-

habad, and three miles from the military cantonment of
Fatehgarh.
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bringing me on in the language much faster than

I should otherwise have learned it."

After a residence of six months in India, Mr.

Kellogg began to take his turn regularly in con-
ducting the vernacular church services on the
Sabbath. Work for his active brain and hand he
found on every side, and unflinchingly he tried to
grapple with it. Greatly interested in the youths
of India, he found a congenial field in the Anglo-
vernacular school in the city of Furrukhabad. He
was much interested also in evangelistic work, as
carried on in the city and surrounding villages.
During that first year he began to make notes on
the language he was studying, which rapidly
grew into an important work hereafter to be men-
tioned.
The writer first met the subject of this sketch
in the cold season of 1870-71, when in company
with her husband, she paid a visit to Fatehgarh,
and then began that acquaintance which after-
w^ard ripened into one of the warmest friendships
of our Indian life. An interesting reminiscence
of that visit is in connection with a typical inci-
dent, showing Mr. Kellogg's alertness of mind,
and his habit of painstaking in turning to account
every particle of knowledge which came in his
way. In the course of a drive with him through
the city he halted to speak to a native gentleman
of his acquaintance. When the interview was
over, Mr. Kellogg took from a side-pocket of his
coat a book and pencil, and quickly jotted down
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something which he wished to remember, then

looking up with a radiant face, he said, " 1 have
got a new word."
So zealous and unremitting were Mr. Kellogg's
labours, that early in 1871 his health failed, and
heeding the advice of his physician he returned
to America for a season of rest and recuperation.
After a year and a half spent in the United States,
with his family and a party of missionaries, he
leftNew York on his return to India. This sec-
ond journey, by the "overland route," was in
pleasant and striking contrast with his memor-
able first voyage in a sailing vessel, " where pas-
sengers were of less consequence than freight."
The party reached Allahabad in time to be pres-
ent at the General Missionary Conference held in
that city in December. The one hundred and
sixty missionaries present on this occasion, some
of whom had come from the remotest parts of
India, represented nineteen missionary Societies.
Noble veterans from these Societies were pres-
ent, including among others Dr. John Wilson of
Bombay. " We thought," wrote Mr. Kellogg,
*'
as we looked over that unique assembly of for-
eign missionaries, native evangelists, pastors and
laymen, of Carey, Marshman and Ward, and of
Judson, forbidden by a Christian Government to
enter India. We looked on the dark faces of the
twenty-one native clergymen present, and thought
of Henry Martyn, who had worked in this very
part of India, and who had said that if he could
 Samuel Henry Kellogg 327

see a Brahman converted, he would regard it

as the greatest miracle of which he could con-

ceive; and here were once proud Brahmans
preaching the faith which once they destroyed."
Soon after the close of this Conference, Mr.
Kellogg in company with the oldest member of
the Mission, the Rev. J. F. Ullmann, made a
long preaching tour, the remotest place reached
being the city of Jhansi, which these brethren had
been asked to visit, with the object of reporting
upon the advisabiHty, or otherwise, of its being
occupied by the mission as one of its stations.
The report of the visitors was favourable, but it

was not until thirteen years later that Jhansi be-

came one of the stations of the Furrukhabad
Mission, and a missionary was sent there to re-
side. To the close of his Mr. Kellogg felt
life,

a very deep interest in this new

field, watching

with ever increasing satisfaction its growth and

prosperity.
Mr. Kellogg after his return to India was sta-
tioned at Allahabad, where the American Pres-
byterian Synod of India had recently established
a Theological School, he having been appointed
an instructor, along with his fellow missionaries,
the Rev. A. Brodhead, D.D., and the Rev. T.
S. Wynkoop. His labour in connection with this
institution was, however, but a part of his work.
He engaged as he had opportunity in evangelistic
work in the city and adjacent villages, in preach-
ing in the vernacular to the native Christian con-
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gregations, and in occasional English preaching.

His pen too was busy. It was the careful hus-
banding of the odd moments of his every day life,
combined with the ability to concentrate his pow-
ers upon any subject that was occupying his mind,
that enabled him to accomplish such a vast
amount of literary work in the midst of other
multitudinous and pressing duties.
The year 1876 brought to Mr. Kellogg a heavy
domestic affliction. In March of this year after a
very brief illness Mrs. Kellogg was taken away
by death. She had been a true helpmeet to her
husband during the years he had spent in mis-
sionary work, and her sudden removal was to
him a very heavy stroke. Four children, two
sons and two daughters were bereft of a mother's
care, and this, in his case, necessitated the break-
ing up of his home in India and the relinquish-
ment for a time of his chosen work. Hurried
preparations were made for the sad home-coming,
and with heavy hearts we saw the father with
his motherless little ones turn away from India.
Very painful on account of the work laid aside,
as well as on account of personal associations with
beloved fellow workers was the void in the mis-
sion circle which this bereavement and this part-
ing occasioned.
Before Mr. Kellogg took his departure from
India, he saw the completion of his great work,
— his Grammar of the Hindi Language, a portly
octavo volume published by Triibner & Co., of
 Samuel Henry Kellogg 329
London. That this work might be finished be-
fore he left India, he was obliged to put forth
strenuous effort at a time when his energies in
many directions were pressingly demanded. Hindi
is the language spoken by more than one-fourth
of the people of India, and the need of a scholarly
and comprehensive grammar of this language was
great. The work at once received the highest
encomiums from scholars, who pronounced it a
" masterly performance." The reputation which
this work and others which followed it secured
for the author gave him an honoured place in the
Eighth International Congress of Orientalists,
held in Stockholm in 1889, under the Presidency
of King Oscar II. This Hindi Grammar on be-
coming known to the Government of India, and
to the Council of the British Government's Secre-
tary of State for India,was prescribed as an au-
thority to be studied by all such candidates for
the India Civil Service as were required to pass
examinations in the Hindi language.
It was during this year that his Alma Mater
conferred on him the honourary degree of Doctor
of Divinity.
The story of the next fifteen years might well
be told in fuller detail than is possible or per-
haps appropriate in this volume. It was a story

of pastoralwork in two large churches; the Third

Presbyterian Church in Pittsburg, and the St.
James Square Presbyterian Church in Toronto,
separated by a service of peculiar value to the
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Church at large as Professor of Systematic Theol-

ogy in the Presbyterian Theological Seminary
at Allegheny, Pa. This was a somewhat trying
position, following as it did the peculiarly suc-
cessful work Hodge, D.D., who
of the Rev. A. A.
had been Semi-
called to Princeton Theological
nary. Dr. Kellogg however took the place by
storm and soon sat on the Professorial chair as
on a throne.
His breadth and accuracy of scholarship, his
philosophical insight into the Scriptures, and
readiness in quoting passages to prove his points,
his aptness in asking questions and his cleverness
in answering them, his patience and sympathy and
tact in preaching, his missionary zeal, his loyalty

and beautiful spirit, and his ardent devotion to

the Lord Jesus Christ, quickly won his way into
the minds and hearts of his students, and made
him master of the situation. He had in a rare
degree that highest gift of a teacher, contagion.
His spirit was catching, subtle emanations radi-
ated from him that no student could escape.
Simply to be in his class-room was to be immersed
in an intellectual bath. At the same time his
faith was the central fire glowing in his heart,
lighting up his face and shining through the whole
man. Hundreds of ministers are preaching the
Gospel all over the world to-day who look back
to those years under his influence as a very pre-
cious and fruitful part of this preparation. With
all this too, there was a geniality and perfect
 Samuel Henry Kellogg 331

naturalness that at times manifested itself in what

some of his associates felt to be a lack of dignity.
He was young in spirit, and it was this fact that
lent to his manners a special charm and gave him
so powerful an influence over all classes of peo-
ple,young and old.
While disassociated formally from the Board
of Missions by a resignation which was inevitable
under the circumstances, Dr. Kellogg never lost

in the slightest, his intense missionary spirit, and

both in his preaching, public speaking and writ-
ing identified hmself with the great work to which
he had consecrated his life. He was a member,
during his residence in Toronto, of the Canadian
Presbyterian Assembly's Foreign Mission Com-
mittee and Convener of the Committee on the
Palestinian Mission.
He kept up his scholarship in Oriental lan-
guages and it was during this period that he at-

tended, as an honoured member the Eighth In-

ternational Congress of Orientalists at Stockholm,
one of the largest and most influential meetings
of that body and saw the revised edition of his
Hindi Grammar through the press.
He was always very much interested in work
among the Jews and published a book, "
The
Jews, or Prediction and Fulfilment, an Argument
for the Times which gained most favourable
''

notice. Another work, " The Light of Asia and

the Light of the World " appeared in 1885 and
was pronounced " critical, scholarly and brilliant."
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A competent critic said of it that there v/as no

other book in the English language which filled

exactly its place as a thoroughly comprehensive

and clearly discriminating comparison of the
legend, doctrines and ethics of Buddha and of
Christ.
His service in the Theological Seminary in
Allegheny, closed in 1885, the immediate occasion
being a feeling on the part of some of the Direc-
tors that his pronounced pre^millennial views were
not in harmony with the general teachings of the
Institution. There was a most cordial feeling
toward Dr. Kellogg personally, and his resigna-
tion was in no sense pressed upon him but was
offered as on the whole the best way to avoid
any possibility of clashing. His interest in edu-
cation was continued after his removal to Toronto,
by his membership in The Senate and Examin-
ing Committee of Knox Divinity College.
From year to year it seemed as if his duties
increased. He prepared the Stone lectures for
Princeton Theological Seminary, was prominent
in the General Assembly's work of the Presby-
terian Church of Canada, and at the same time
published largely. All this was made possible by
the happy home which had been reestablished by
his marriage in 1879 ^^ Miss Sara Constance
Macrum, of Pittsburg. The deep sorrow over
the loss of his son Alfred, did not prevent his
work, but rather sanctified it.
In the midst of his multitudinous activities Dr.
 Samuel Henry Kellogg 233

Kellogg received a call to return to India to assist

in the revision, or rather retranslation, of the
Hindi Scriptures of the Old Testament. He was
asked to engage in this work as a representative
of the various Presbyterian Societies, British and
American, working in India. In this invitation
the North India Bible Society with headquarters
at Allahabad, and the British and Foreign Bible
Society, London, as well as his own mission in
India, and the Mission Board of his own Church
in New York, united. It was felt that he had

special qualifications for this work, as he was uni-

versally recognised as an expert in Hindi, and
was besides an accomplished Hebrew scholar.
Correspondence and negotiations in reference
to this matter extended over a period of fifteen
months. This was one that required earnest
call

consideration. There was on the one hand, his

work in Toronto. It would be a severe wrench
to leave his congregation composed of people who
were devotedly attached to him but the work to
;

which he was called across the seas was in every

way attractive and congenial, and when, as he
had often said while labouring at home, his heart
was in India, is it any wonder that his heart went
out again towards a work which was his first
love? The call he felt was the call of God, and
when the path of duty was made clear, there was
no hesitation as to the course of action.
In May, 1892, he announced to his congrega-
tion his decision to resign the pastorate of the
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St. James Square Church to accept the call that

had come to him from India. The congregation
regretfully united with the Presbytery in asking
for a dissolution of the pastoral relation. On
Sabbath evening, September 13th, Dr. Kellogg
preached his farewell sermon before a very large
audience, including many representatives from
sister congregations in the city. " Thou shalt re-
member all the way which the Lord thy God led
thee," Deut. 8 : 2, was the text of his discourse.
The Tuesday evening following, there was a
largely attended farewell meeting in the church,
to testify to the high appreciation in which the
retiring pastor was held. There were present on
this occasion not only his own people, but many
others from evangelical denominations through-
out the city. Addresses were presented on be-
half of the congregation, the Sunday school and
the Society of Christian Endeavour. Practical
interest and appreciation were manifested by the
presentation of a substantial purse. On the fol-
lowing evening Dr. Kellogg took a final farewell
of his people, and soon thereafter left Toronto.
Before leaving for India Dr. Kellogg paid a
where he was warmly welcomed
visit to Pittsburg,

by the many friends who held him in affectionate

remembrance. He preached a farewell sermon
in the First Presbyterian Church, the congrega-
tions of the East Liberty, and the Third Presby-
terian Churches uniting in this service.
^).^ On the 5th of October, Dr. and Mrs. Kellogg
 Samuel Henry Kellogg 23S
and their four younger children left New York
for India. Bombay was reached about the middle
of December. A part of the cold season after his
arrival was spent by Dr. Kellogg, accompanied
by his family, in evangelistic work in the district
of Allahabad. Early in the spring he removed
with his family to Landour, in the northern Hima-
layas,and there with his associates, the Rev. W.
Hooper, D.D., of the Church Missionary Society,
and the Rev. J. A. Lambert of the London Mis-
sionary Society, he began the work for which he
had been called to India. A station in the moun-
tains had been selected for residence during the
summer, because the work of translation could
be more successfully prosecuted in the salubrious
air of the hills, than in the great heat of the
plains, and as it was expected that the work would
extend over a period of several years, a house
on Landour Hill, Mussoorie, called " The Firs "
was purchased by the Mission Board in New York
for the use of Dr. Kellogg and his family, and
here several of the happiest and most useful years
of Dr. Kellogg's life were spent. Seven or eight
months of each year were passed in Landour, and
during the remaining months the home of the
family was in Dehra Doon, a beautiful town at
the foot of the mountains.
As respite from his special work could be
gained in the cold season, the opportunity was
eagerly seized by Dr. Kellogg to visit cities on
the plains for the purpose of delivering lectures
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to students in theological schools, or to educated

non-Christian natives ; or to engage, as of old, in
evangelising the simple villagers, in some one of
the districts. In evangelistic work of this latter
description, a month was once spent most hap-
pily by Dr. Kellogg in the Jhansi district; and
during the same visit, the English speaking
gentlemen of the Hindu community in Jhansi
were privileged to listen to a number of highly
instructive lectures on religio-scientific subjects.
As a preacher, either in English or in Hindus-
tani, Dr. Kellogg was Hstened to with delight
wherever he went. During the six hot seasons
which he spent on the hills, his voice was fre-
quently heard from the pulpits of Landour and
Mussoorie, and during the successive intervals
when he resided at Dehra Doon, the English and
Hindustani churches of the mission were privi-
leged to enjoy occasionally his ministrations.
When Dr. Kellogg's rare power of elucidating the
more difficult subjects connected with the study
of the Bible became known, exceptional oppor-
tunities were afforded him for reaching and in-
fluencing for good many in the English commu-
nity who would never be seen at ordinary prayer
meetings or Bible readings. At large drawing-
room gatherings Dr. Kellogg discussed many sub-
jects connected with Apologetics, which were,
says the Rev. W. J. P. Morrison, of Dehra Doon,
" calculated to be helpful to those who have in-
tellectual difficulties through the scientific and
 Samuel Henry Kellogg 337
agnostic objections raised against our Christian
faith. While holding firmly himself to the veri-
ties of revelation, he had patience and sympathy
to the uttermost with the doubting, and, granting
to the full all their reasonable positions, from
their own standpoint endeavoured to lead their
minds on to the firmer ground of assured belief."
Eschatological themes had a great attraction for
Dr. Kellogg's mind, and upon these he was often
asked to discourse. Of such discourses, fre-
quently listened to at Mussoorie and Dehra Doon,
Mr. Morrison thus speaks " Is it not his dis-
:

course, his theme that will account for Dr. Kel-

logg's uplifting, helpful influence in those com-
munities? So anxious were people to hear him
on these themes, that he several times expressed
to me a regret that they pressed him to take up
such subjects so often, lest it might give a one-
sidedness to his ministry, and lest they should be
regarded as a hobby with him. It was these

themes especially that made his ministry such a

rare one amongst us."
Dr. Kellogg had felt that when the special work
for which he had been called to India should be
finished he must return to America to make ar-
rangements for the completion of the education
of his children, but as the time for leaving the
mission field drew nearer and nearer, his heart

more and more clung to India. In his last letter

to one of the Secretaries at the Mission House
in New York, he wrote :
'' There is no shadow
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on our horizon except the prospect of having to

return to America as soon as this Bible work is
done. My wife no less than myself has taken
root in India, and we shall go home, wishing from
our hearts, so far as it is right to wish for any-
thing which God's Providence makes impossible,
that our life-work might indeed be here. * * *

You will have heard that I have promised the

Princeton faculty to deliver the annual course of
lectures on Missions, the first season after my
return. I am as yet only incubating my lectures,
but think of taking some such general subject as
Hinduism in relation to Christian thought, with
more recent developments,
special reference to the
such as the Arya Samaj and Brahmoism in its
various schools, dwelling more in contrast with
my little book ("A Hand-book of Comparative
Religion "), on the points of contact, than of con-
trast. In connection with the work of revising
the Hindi translation of the Old Testament Scrip-
tures, I am writing a small book in Urdu for the
help of our theological students, and our native
pastors, on the Typology of the Mosaic Law as
setting forth various aspects of our Lord's re-
demption work."
Near the end of March, 1899, Dr. Kellogg was
our guest while in attendance on a meeting of
Presbytery, held in Jhansi. " I had not thought
to come to this meeting," he said, " but reflecting
on the few opportunities that remain to me for
meeting my missionary brethren, both American
 Samuel Henry Kellogg 339
and Hindustani, before going home, I resolved
to make an effort to be present." At this meet-
ing one of his former students in Allahabad re-
ceived ordination at the hands of the Presbytery,
an event in which he felt a deep interest and
much satisfaction. Never had we seen Dr. Kel-
logg in a happier mood than on this occasion.
He had a short time before received a copy of his
latest published work, " A Hand-book of Com-
parative Religion," and in his leisure moments
he turned the pages of this book, pencil in hand,
noting changes to be made in a future edition.
Dr. Kellogg had anticipated that his Bible
translation work would be finished in the sum-
mer of 1899, and that the work of final revision
would be completed in the following cold season
and with this consummation so near at hand, he
was arranging to return to America with his
family in the spring of 1900. But God in His
unerring wisdom had other plans for His servant.
On Sabbath evening, April 30, the last Sabbath
of his earthly life. Dr. Kellogg preached by in-

vitation in the Methodist church of Mussoorie, a

sermon from the words, " Neither shall they die
any more." Said one of his auditors on this oc-
casion, " It was the most glorious sermon on
death and eternal life to which I ever listened.
The speaker looked like one speaking from the
eternities."
For many years at the house of the Rev. Dr.
Valentine in Landour, a weekly Bible-reading
340 Men of Might in India Missions

has been held during the summer, when visitors

flock to this station. Dr. Kellogg was asked to
give the Bible-reading on the afternoon of Wed-
nesday, May third. He replied that it would be
impossible for him to be present on that day, but
if the meeting could be held on Tuesday after-

noon instead, he would be glad to come. Tues-

day was accordingly fixed upon. A large and
expectant audience greeted Dr. Kellogg when he
appeared at the appointed hour. He had selected
for his theme, " The mysteries and glories of the
end of time, and the great hereafter." His
hearers sat spellbound, for he spoke as if for him
the heavens had already been opened, and he
caught glimpses of the glories beyond. On the
conclusion of the discourse, all present seemed
awed, and at the request of Dr. Kellogg, the
hymn with which the meeting ended was, " Jeru-
salem the golden."
Before leaving the house, Dr. Kellogg, with
two orthree of the company, retired to Dr. Valen-
tine'sstudy for a short season of prayer. As
they were about to separate some one remarked
that Mr. Lambert, one of Dr. Kellogg's associates
in the work of Bible revision was that night quite
ill. " Then I will call and see him on my way
home," was the reply of Dr. Kellogg. He made
a brief call, and then hurried on to his own home,
that dear home which was to be his for only one
—
more night, a night, and then for him the morn-
ing of a glorious eternity was to dawn.
 Samuel Henry Kellogg 341

Dr. Kellogg enjoyed bicycling, and he was an

expert rider. His physician had recommended
this exercise, and he had found it
beneficial. A
terrace on which the house he occupied in Lan-
dour is built afforded room for a short course,

and here he used frequently to take exercise from

which he came in refreshed and ready for his
literary work. He had risen early on this last
morning of his earthly Hfe, and after taking his
usual refection of toast and coffee, mounted his
little exercise before beginning
the
wheel for a
heavy work of the day. He had gone but a few
when the wheel swerved, where there is an
rods,
unguarded fall of about twelve feet— and he was
not, for God took him. How the accident oc-

curred will never be known. one saw that No

fatal fall. The servants heard the sound and
rushed to his assistance, but life had departed.
The news of his tragic death sent a shock
through the entire community, and a message
which that day flashed over North India, and
under the seas to a distant land, carried sorrow
to many hearts. A large company of friends as-
sembled at
''
The Firs " on the afternoon of the
joined
following day for a brief service, and then
the sorrowful procession to the beautiful ceme-
tery on the mountain side not far distant,
where
" Until the
the mortal remains were laid to rest,
day break, and the shadows flee away."
As the company with heavy hearts turned
away from that new made grave, one of the num-
342 Men of Might in India Missions

ber said to a companion, ''

Dr. Kellogg knew his
Bible well." " Dr. Kellogg knew everything
well," was the rejoinder of one of Dr. Kellogg's
English friends.
One of his fellow missionaries, the Rev. C. A.
R. Janvier, of Allahabad, wrote thus of Dr. Kel-
logg in the '' Indian Standard." '*
The first
thing, perhaps, thatwould strike one about Dr.
Kellogg was the versatility of his genius: he
could turn his hand successfully to almost any-
—
thing could preach a sermon or take a photo-
graph, deliver a lecture or prescribe a potion,
teach theology or steer a ship ! He was informed
on almost every conceivable subject, and could
talk intelligentlyon the most technical topics. It
was this in part that made him so brilliant a con-
versationalist, and secured the wonderful richness
of illustration which was so marked a feature of
his sermons. But unlike most versatile men, he
was as thorough and accurate as he was versa-
tile. He was never superficial. What he did, he
did well. What he knew, he knew thoroughly.
His careful observation, quick apprehension, and
remarkable memory, combined to make him al-
most a specialist in every department of work or
of recreation upon which he entered.
" Another striking feature of Dr. Kellogg*s
character was the clearness of his mental vision,
and his ability to pass on to others what he him-
self clearly perceived. He saw to the centre of
things, and he reproduced what he saw with a
 Samuel Henry Kellogg 343
directness and incisiveness not often surpassed.
He was as simple as he was incisive. He was
simple in his language, even when the profound
subjects he often presented seemed to forbid sim-
plicity. He was simple and unpretentious in his
personal character. He was never over-bearing,
rarely sarcastic, never ostentatious. No one
would ever have guessed his extraordinary abili-
ties from anything in his general bearing. He
was a devoted husband, a loving father, and a
faithful friend.
" The greatest thing about Dr. Kellogg undoubt-
edly was his wonderful knowledge and love of,
for his Bible. He was a man His
of the Book.
insight into its meaning was phenomenal, and his
ability to present its truths to others was such as
few men attain. He mastered principles and de-
tails alike in his Bible study. And it was not sim-
ply an intellectual mastery : he was clearly taught
of the Holy Spirit. He was not naturally an
emotional man, but God's truth and God's Spirit
stirred his deepest emotions; and many a heart
has thrilled, as he set forth in his simple, quiet
way the deep things of God. Any reference to
his study of the Bible would be wholly incom-
plete without an allusion to his intense convic-
tions on the subject of the second coming of our
Lord. He was a consistent Premillenarian, con-
fidently expecting the personal reign of Christ on
earth, though deprecating all attempts to fix the
time of the advent.'*
344 Men of Might in India Missions

In the church of St. James Square, Toronto,

where for six years Dr. Kellogg had been pastor,
when the news of his death reached the congre-
gation, they set aside a popular children's service,
for which elaborate preparations had been made,
draped the church in mourning, and held a me-
morial service instead. In resolutions passed by
the session of this church they say of Dr. Kellogg,
" Although only a little more than six years a

resident of Toronto, he speedily secured for him-

self a position of unusual influence throughout
Ontario, and far beyond it, as the result of his
wide and varied scholarship, and by means of his
numerous and valuable contributions to theologi-
cal literature. It is not to be wondered at that

during his ministry in St. James Square Church

the membership increased from 503 to 704, and
that all departments of the congregation's activity
enjoyed abundant prosperity."
From Resolutions passed in reference to his
death by the Foreign Missions Committee of the
Presbyterian Church in Canada, the following is
taken :
" Affable in manner, ripe in scholarship,

distinguished as an author, self forgetting in serv-

ice, and unwearied in diligence, Dr. Kellogg will

always be remembered with affection by those

who were his colleagues and co-workers in the
Foreign Missions Committee of the Presbyterian
Church Canada."
in
The Boardof Foreign Missions of his own
Church in America, as well as his own Mission
 Samuel Henry Kellogg 345

in India passed Resolutions expressive of the high

estimation in which he had been held, and of the
irreparable loss sustained by his death.
Dr. Kellogg was the recipient of well-deserved,
but unsought honours. Wooster University con-
ferred onhim the honourary degree of Doctor of
Laws. He was corresponding member of the
American Society of Orientalists. He was made
a member of the International Congress of
Orientalists, and of the Victoria Institute of
England.
When Dr. Kellogg was removed by death the
question arose, How now shall the work be con-
tinued? Can the two remaining members of the
committee complete the work, or shall a third
member be elected ? To introduce a new element
at this stage of the work did not seem advisable,
and it was finally decided that Dr. Hooper and
Mr. Lambert would be competent to carry on the
work more satisfactorily than if a third member
should be added to the Committee, especially as it

was found that Dr. Kellogg had left very full

notes. In reference to the course decided upon,

it was afterwards said :
" Day by day we are
more and more thankful that such a decision was
reached. As things now are, Dr. Kellogg is, so
to speak, present with us all through our meet-
ings. We can truly say that he being dead yet
speaketh. On almost every question which arises
we are pretty sure what his view would be.
When we differ between ourselves, and we recall
 34^ Men of Might in India Missions

n what would have been Dr. Kellogg's view, the

one whose opinion differs from this gives way at
once. In this manner his influence in our Com-
mittee survives."
Dr. Kellogg was taken away when washis life
at its zenith. Counted by years, was not a
his
long life, yet marvellously fruitful had that life
been. Though his missionary work in India was
interrupted for a number of years, yet his work
as a missionary did not cease during that en-
forced sojourn in the United States and Canada,
for then, while occupying high places in the
Church he exerted a powerful influence in promot-
ing the cause of foreign missions. As a theologi-
cal teacher, besides performing an important part
in equipping many young men for the home pul-
pits and the home mission work, he shared, it is
said, in the training of no less than thirty-six
missionaries for the foreign field. How many
through the influence of his lifeand words were
led to accept Christ as their Saviour, and to de-
vote themselves to the service of their Lord in
various walks of life, eternity 'alone will reveal.