… themselves rich at the expense of the Mission and demanded absolute control of all property and finances from the home base. They began to treat their star missionaries as if they were fiddling the Society’s books. They became so grasping that Carey threatened to give them all the assets of the Indian Mission and go off and found another mission, run by the missionaries alone. Nevertheless, the Society advertised the work in India as their prime target for funds. Thus, people thinking …

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