'Extracts of the Annotations in my Journal of 1834'

'Extracts of the Annotations in my Journal of 1834'. Begins at Berlepanatere [Beralapanathara] on 1st January 1834 with a 'Watch Night' in chapel and ends on 24 November 1834 with Lalmon commentating on his preaching of the previous day.

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Order number: MMS/Special Series/Biographical/Ceylon/FBN 23 (fiche 1003)
Date(s) of creation: 1834
Level: Sub-series
Format: Archive           
Main author: Lalmon; William Alexander (c 1792-1862); ordained & medical missionary, surgeon, interpreter

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title 'Extracts of the Annotations in my Journal of 1834'
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author Lalmon; William Alexander (c 1792-1862); ordained & medical missionary, surgeon, interpreter
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authorStr Lalmon; William Alexander (c 1792-1862); ordained & medical missionary, surgeon, interpreter
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scb_admin_history William Alexander Lalmon was born in c1792 in Colombo, Ceylon [Sri Lanka], his father being a Swiss military engineer (who came to India and Ceylon in c1787) whilst his mother was a Burgher. He trained in medicine and was an assistant surgeon at the Galle Hospital when he encountered Methodism. He was amongst those who attended the first service given on the island at the Galle Dutch Church in 1814. He offered his services and initially worked as an interpreter (knowing English, Sinhala and Portuguese), particularly for Benjamin Clough. In 1816 he was accepted for the ministry (the first born on the island to be so) and assisted John Callaway in Matara. After this his career took him to most of the missions in the Sinhalese District including Kalutura, Negombo, Seedu [Seeduwa], Belligam, Berlapanater, Weligama, Waskadwa & Morwak Korale. As well as being involved in the full range of clerical duties he was often also called upon for his medical knowledge. His health began to fail him in 1854 and by 1856 it had declined sufficiently to force him to become a supernumerary in Matura. He died there on 15 April 1862. Further reading: Small, W T J, History of the Methodist Church in Ceylon 1814-1964.
description 'Extracts of the Annotations in my Journal of 1834'. Begins at Berlepanatere [Beralapanathara] on 1st January 1834 with a 'Watch Night' in chapel and ends on 24 November 1834 with Lalmon commentating on his preaching of the previous day.
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language English
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scb_related_material Also within the records of the (Wesleyan) Methodist Missionary Society is the official correspondence for William Lalmon (MMS/Ceylon/Correspondence/FBN 1-3). Further information on Lalmon's work, as well as the work of his colleagues, should be contained in the relevant Synod Minutes (MMS/Ceylon/Synod Minutes/FBN 1). A few letters by Lalmon along with an account of his conversion can be found in Wesleyan Missionary Notices.
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