The church in Madras (Volume 2): being the history of the ecclesiastical and missionary action of the East India Company in the Presidency of Madras in the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries . 2,714 ; but this includes thebuilding itself, the wall, the punkahs 2 supplied in 1845 insteadof more expensive improvements designed to obviate the heatof the building, and the repairs up to that date. It wassolemnly consecrated and named in honour of St. Thomas onOctober 31, 1830, by Bishop Turner of Calcutta. The Church is handsomely furnished ; this has been donechiefly by the civil and military of
The church in Madras (Volume 2): being the history of the ecclesiastical and missionary action of the East India Company in the Presidency of Madras in the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries . 2,714 ; but this includes thebuilding itself, the wall, the punkahs 2 supplied in 1845 insteadof more expensive improvements designed to obviate the heatof the building, and the repairs up to that date. It wassolemnly consecrated and named in honour of St. Thomas onOctober 31, 1830, by Bishop Turner of Calcutta. The Church is handsomely furnished ; this has been donechiefly by the civil and military officers of the station in timespast. Over the altar is a large and striking picture of theappearance of our Lord to St. Thomas and the other apostlesafter the Resurrection. It is the work of Major J. B. Richard-son, formerly in command of one of the batteries. It wasrestored and renovated by a professional artist during theGovernorship of Sir Arthur Havelock. There are thirteen tablets in the Church to officers of the oldMadras Artillery, including John Noble, who 1 Official Return of Churches, 1852. 2 Letter, June 10, 1845, 2, 3, Eccl. ; Despatch, March 10, 1847, 18,
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