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Written by Mary Drewery, William Carey: A Biography, p. 91
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In October 1795, William Carey received a packet of letters in India. One of the letters criticised Carey for “engaging in affairs of trade” instead of devoting full time to his missionary work. Carey was hurt and angered by the accusation.
If he had not worked, he and his family would have starved since the support from England was so slow and small and sporadic in arriving.
He wrote back these words: “It is a constant maxim with me that, if my conduct will not vindicate itself, it is not worth vindicating ... I only say that, after my family’s obtaining a bare allowance, my whole income, and some months, much more, goes for the purposes of the gospel, in supporting persons to assist in the translation of the Bible, write copies, teach school, and the like ... I mention ... (this) to show that the love of money has not prompted me to pursue the plan that I have engaged in. I am indeed poor, and shall always be so till the Bible is published in Bengali and Hindosthani, and the people want no further instruction."
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