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:''To be distinguished from Amos Sutton Hayden (1813-1880)'' Amos Sutton (1802 in Sevenoaks in Kent – 17 August 1854 in Cuttack, Odisha) was an English General Baptist missionary to Odisha, India, and hymn writer.〔Henry Sweetser Burrage ''Baptist Hymn Writers and Their Hymns'' 1888 "AMOS SUTTON. 1802-1854. This devoted missionary of Christ, of humble parentage, was born at Sevenoaks in Kent, January 21, 1802. When his school life was over, he was placed in a large business establishment in the metropolis, but the temptations of a great city proved too strong for him. Returning to his home in the country, the faithful ministry of his pastor was blessed to his conversion, and he was baptized, and joined the Baptist church at Sevenoaks. Soon he was actively employed in Sunday-school teaching,"〕 He published the first English grammar of the Odia language (1831),〔Current Trends in Linguistics Thomas Albert Sebeok- 1976 Volume 14 - Page 135 "Oriya teaching material. The Practical hand-book of the Uriya or Óḍiyá language by T. J. Maltby (1874) is a very important landmark in the publication of Oriya grammar (with text) after Sutton's Introduction to Oriya published almost a generation ..."〕 a History (1839), and Geography (1840), then the first dictionary of the Odia language (1841-3).〔Manmath Nath Das Sidelights on History and Culture of Orissa 1977 - Page 463 "Sutton wrote Oriya grammar in 1831, History in 1839, and Geography in 1840. The Calcutta School Books Society published Sutton's Oriya Primer and Padartha Vidya Sara (elementary science). Sutton compiled Oriya Dictionary in 1843."〕 and translated the Bible into the Odia language. He also composed a hymn to the tune of "Auld Lang Syne": "Hail, sweetest, dearest tie."〔Don Carlos Janes, A Trip Abroad p173 "... to the tune of "Auld Lang Syne": Hail, sweetest, dearest tie, that binds Our glowing hearts in one; Hail, sacred hope, that tunes our minds To harmony divine. It is the hope, the blissful hope Which Jesus' words afford - The hope,"〕 and wrote a ''History of the mission to Orissa: the site of the temple of Juggernaut'' 1835. 〔Amos Sutton, (''History of the mission to Orissa ) American Sunday School Union〕〔(【引用サイトリンク】title= History Of The Mission To Orissa: The Site Of The Temple Of Juggernaut (1835) (Paperback) )〕〔 〕 == Biography == At the age of 21, he was recruited by General Baptist Foreign Missionary Society for missionary service. He is trained for the ministry under J.G. Pike, founder of the Connexion's Missionary Society in Derby. After a brief period in home ministry, he was sent as a missionary to India in 1824 by Baptist Missionary Society, two years after William Bampton and James Peggs, the first two Baptist missionaries, had entered Odisha. Sutton along with his wife Charlotte Sutton (''née'' Charlotte Collins) sailed to Calcutta (''present'' Kolkata) and joined the missionary work at station Cuttack on 11 March 1825. Soon after their arrival to his mission station, his first wife Charlotte died due to sickness at Puri, Odisha; later, he married James Coleman, second wife and an American Baptist missionary widow.〔〔 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Amos Sutton」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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