Addresses to medical students : delivered at the instance of the Edinburgh Medical Missionary Society, 1855-56.

  • Edinburgh Medical Missionary Society
Date:
1856
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Credit: Addresses to medical students : delivered at the instance of the Edinburgh Medical Missionary Society, 1855-56. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    gentleman studied medicine and graduated at Glasgow. In tlie midst of a gay and thought- less career, he was arrested through the eflfectual preaching of the cross, and constrained to devote himself entirely to Christ's service in the field of missions. He offered himself to the London Missionary Society, and was accepted, with the view of being sent to China. Meanwhile ]\Irs. Kalley sickened, and was advised to spend some time in Madeira. Being in independent circum- stances, Dr. Kalley resigned his connection with the Missionary Society and accompanied his wife to Madeira. This was in 1839. Having soon made himself master of the Portuguese language, he opened a dispensary for the sick poor, w^hich was resorted to by persons from all parts of the island. Dr. Kalley read the Holy Scriptures to the assembled patients, and distributed copies of them in Portuguese; many purchased bibles for themselves. In the course of two or three years, a considerable effect was produced on the minds of many previously bigoted Romanists ; crowds of them came to hear Dr. Kalley expound the Scriptures in his own house and garden ; and he was frequently invited to go to considerable distances in the interior, where he was encouraged