Week 1 - The cobbler's conversion
At what age did boys have to start to earn a living in those days?
Why was William sad when he studied geography and looked at the countries of the world on his map?
He knew that the people had never heard of Jesus, so that they could believe in Him.
What did William do all the weeks and months on board the ship as the ship sailed to India?
He studied Bengali and began to translate the Bible into that language.
How long did it take for William to translate most of the Bible into Bengali?
Five and a half years.
The steel pieces were important parts of the printing presses in the plant which could print the Bible translations.
Who protected the steel pieces in the fire?
God
Although William started off as a gardener, what kind of job did he finally learn?
Shoemaker
What country did Dr John Thomas tell the ministers in the missionary society about?
India
What did William do when they ran out of money in India?
He prayed and trusted God to care for them.
How did God make it possible for William to have the printing press which had been brought from England?
A friend bought it and gave it to William.
What did more Christians in England and America do when they heard about the fire in India?
What finally made William realize that he had a sinful heart and needed Jesus as his Savior?
He cheated his boss out of a shilling and lied to him. Then he was ashamed of what he had done.
Who did God lead to be the first missionary sent out by the churches of England?
William Carey
In what special way did God answer William's prayers after their money was gone?
An Englishman invited them to live in his house as long as they needed.
How did God protect the first Indian believer Krishna Pal from people who were angry with him for becoming a Christian?
The governor sent guards to protect him and his family.
What other kind of college did William want to start even as he was teaching languages at the government college in Calcutta?
A college for Indians to train to be preachers.
When William's second master died, what did he do for the man's family?
He stayed to run the shoe shop and help care for the family.
What happened so that William could stop his job as a shoemaker and concentrate on studying and preaching?
A man gave him ten shillings a week to live on.
When the people in the Indian villages did not believe in Jesus for themselves, what did William do when he went home in the evenings?
He knelt and prayed for the people.
What did the people need to be able to do before they could have a Bible?
Read, or know someone who could read it to them.
Into how many Indian languages was the Bible translated by the time William Carey was old?
Thirty-four languages
Why was William sad when he read about many different countries and tribes in the book "Captain Cook's Voyages"?
Because they had never heard about Jesus and how He can save us from our sins.
What did the ministers promise to do for William when they sent him out as their missionary ?
Pray for him and help him as long as they lived.
Even if there could never be enough missionaries, what other way could people learn about God?
Through reading the Bible in their language.
God's work in India was growing and there were machines and people to help print the Bible translations.
What terrible thing happened just when everything seems to be going so well?
The printing plant caught fire and many books and translations were destroyed.
Many children learnt to read and write in the schools William Carey had begun. But what was the most important thing they learnt?
They learnt about Jesus, the Savior.