{"id":1284,"date":"2017-08-07T00:01:55","date_gmt":"2017-08-07T00:01:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/missiology.org.uk\/blog\/?p=1284"},"modified":"2017-04-29T18:10:36","modified_gmt":"2017-04-29T18:10:36","slug":"samuel-hebich-india","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/missiology.org.uk\/blog\/samuel-hebich-india\/","title":{"rendered":"Samuel Hebich of India – Master Fisher of Men"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"GeorgeGerman missionary Samuel Hebich [1803-1868] served for 25 years as leader of the Basel Mission in southwest India. His entry in the Biographical Dictionary of Christian Missions notes in part:<\/p>\n

Hebich was exceptionally successful in the conversion of young British officers, although his autocratic inclinations made him a difficult person to work with. His rather oversimplified revivalist preaching and his uncompromising fight against Hindu “paganism” aroused considerable criticism in India and Europe… Still, when Hebich retired after 25 years of service, a solid foundation had been laid on which an Indian church could be built. [p.286]<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

My thanks to Redcliffe College<\/a> for providing a copy of this book for digitisation. This title is in the public domain.<\/p>\n

George S. Thomssen 1855-1921], Hebich of India. Master Fisher of Men<\/em>, 2nd edn. Mangalore, India: Basel Mission Book & Tract Depository. 1915. Hbk. pp.315. [Click to download complete book in PDF]<\/a><\/h2>\n

Contents<\/h3>\n
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  1. The Successful Fisher of Men<\/strong><\/li>\n
  2. Hebich pays the Price<\/strong><\/li>\n
  3. Preparing for Life’s Work<\/strong><\/li>\n
  4. Establishing the Basal Mission in India<\/strong><\/li>\n
  5. Mission Work and Worry<\/strong><\/li>\n
  6. Work Begun among Europeans<\/strong><\/li>\n
  7. One Door Shut, Another Opened<\/strong><\/li>\n
  8. The Work of the Lord in Cannamore<\/strong><\/li>\n
  9. A New Departure in Missions<\/strong><\/li>\n
  10. Hebich and His Fellow-Missionaries<\/strong><\/li>\n
  11. Native Assistants<\/strong><\/li>\n
  12. Life in the Mission Compound<\/strong><\/li>\n
  13. Work at Heathen Festivals<\/strong><\/li>\n
  14. European Assistants<\/strong><\/li>\n
  15. A Remarkable Revival<\/strong><\/li>\n
  16. Work Old and New<\/strong><\/li>\n
  17. A Worthy Son<\/strong><\/li>\n
  18. When Greek Meets Greek<\/strong><\/li>\n
  19. Lengthening the Cords<\/strong><\/li>\n
  20. Hebich’s Own<\/strong><\/li>\n
  21. Fire<\/strong><\/li>\n
  22. On Tour<\/strong><\/li>\n
  23. Storm and Stress<\/strong><\/li>\n
  24. Last Work in India<\/strong><\/li>\n
  25. Eight More Years at Home<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n
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    • Appendix: A Letter from General J.G. Halliday<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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His rather…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"inline_featured_image":false,"_uag_custom_page_level_css":"","_kad_post_transparent":"","_kad_post_title":"","_kad_post_layout":"","_kad_post_sidebar_id":"","_kad_post_content_style":"","_kad_post_vertical_padding":"","_kad_post_feature":"","_kad_post_feature_position":"","_kad_post_header":false,"_kad_post_footer":false,"_kad_post_classname":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[2],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1284","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-missions"],"yoast_head":"\nSamuel Hebich of India - Master Fisher of Men - Missiology Blog<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/missiology.org.uk\/blog\/samuel-hebich-india\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_GB\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Samuel Hebich of India - Master Fisher of Men - Missiology Blog\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"German missionary Samuel Hebich [1803-1868] served for 25 years as leader of the Basel Mission in southwest India. 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