Paper records of Reverend C. L. Hminga [1916-1942]
Scope & Content:
1) Record of literary works published as of March 1916 by Baptist Missionary Society pioneer missionary Rev. J. H. Lorrain. 2) An letter from the University of Cambridge addressed to missionary J. H. Lorrain acknowledging the receipt of Lorrain's colossal life-work, the Dictionary of the Lushai ...
This book follows Herbert Anderson (then Secretary of the Baptist Missionary Society in Calcutta, and thus a supervisor to the activities of the BMS in South Lushai Hills) on his tour through Lushai Hills. The book covers: Anderson's journey; the contemporary village of Serkawn; a discussion of...
Set on a Hill: the Record of Fifty Years in the Lushai Country [1944]
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This book came out of the author's 1928 visit to Lushai Hills, where she was asked to compile a book outlining a history of the previous decades' work. The book is thus an important record of the early days of Christianization in Lushai Hills (today's Mizoram), and contains valuable information...
Geared mainly towards younger generations contemporary to its publication in the mid-1940, this book characterizes the story of missionary J. H. Lorrain's experiences in Lushai Hills as “one of the great romances of the mission field” (p. 3). It contains some photographs. This book has been bo...
Light on the Lushai Hills: the Story of a Dream that Came True [c 1928]
Scope & Content:
A rare book explaining the history of Christianity in Mizoram from a missionary perspective. This book has been bound together with another book called Lorrain of the Lushais. Bound, hand-written booklet, measuring 125mm x 185mm. Good condition. Some underlining in yellow highlighter.
