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 . the Directors paid thefees; but the ceremony was postponed in anticipation of theearly arrival of the first Bishop of Calcutta. The delay wasunfortunate, for no record has been found that either theChurch or the burial-ground was ever consecrated at all. Ithas apparently been assumed generation after generation thatthe consent of the Government and the authority of the Arch-bishop were acted upon when
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 . the Directors paid thefees; but the ceremony was postponed in anticipation of theearly arrival of the first Bishop of Calcutta. The delay wasunfortunate, for no record has been found that either theChurch or the burial-ground was ever consecrated at all. Ithas apparently been assumed generation after generation thatthe consent of the Government and the authority of the Arch-bishop were acted upon when they were given. It was theintention to dedicate the building to God in honour of St. Johnthe Evangelist, and the Church has from the beginning beenknown by his name ; but being without proper dedication ithas no ecclesiastical right to the name by which it is known. In 1833 military guards were withdrawn from all militaryChurches in India, and one or more watchmen were appointedin their place. Two such peons were allotted to 1 Letter, Jan. 10, 1812, 37, 38, Public. 2 Despatch, Jan. 29, 1813, 7, Public. 3 Letter, May 27, 1834, 1-4, Eccl. ; Despatch, March 18, 1835, 17, LU o z< zz< O l o en X a o < a CHURCHES BUILT BETWEEN 1805 AND 1815 187 In 1850 the accommodation was found insufficient, and theGovernment sanctioned an expenditure of to enlargeit by the building of wings or transepts. It was proposedlocally to build a new Church in another position nearer thebarracks, and the Church Committee undertook to raise aconsiderable portion of the cost of a new building if the Govern-ment approved of the suggestion. The reason of this desirewas that the Church was 920 yards from the barracks, whichseemed to all in the station an unnecessarily long distance forthe soldiers to march. The Government did not approve of thesuggestion. The application for rebuilding the Church wassent through the Archdeacon. In forwarding it to the Govern-ment he remarked
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