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ISHOP JAMES MILLS THOBURN,D.D.,
B LL.D., was born at St. Clairsville, Ohio,
March 7, 1836. After graduation from
Allegheny College in 1857 and service for two
years as a pastor, he responded to the call of
God and the Church, and sailed April 12, 1859,
for India,which has formed the broad basis of
a missionary career world-wide in the sweep
of its influence. Elected a Missionary Bishop
for India, May 25, 1888, by outlook and leader-
ship inspiring steps of advance which have
embraced India, Burma, Malaysia, and the
Philippine Islands, multiplying the number
of communicants in some sections tenfold in
a decade, enlarging by voice and pen the faith
and gifts of the Church at home to make
possible still greater achievements abroad, he
is completing a missionary course marked by
the vision of a prophet and the labors of an
apostle.