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The suggestion made at the close of the preceding letter was 

 fully carried out, and an " affecting tablet/' as YVailich calls it, 

 was erected to Bottler's memory in Vepery Church, and several 

 Rottler's scholarships were founded in the Seminary attached to 

 it. The Society with which he was connected have recorded a 

 lengthened minute upon Dr. Rottler's death, in which, after re- 

 counting the principal features of his Missionary career, they pay 

 the following pleasing tribute to his memory. 



" In his public and private character no one could be more deser- 

 vedly beloved and respected : for many years he persevered in his holy 

 calling when heavily afflicted with sickness : for the first ten years of 

 his life in India, he was a constant sufferer, seeking his recreation in 

 the most becoming; and innocent fields ; and in the end he was brought 

 to his heavenly rest in peace. A worthy associate of Swartz and 

 Guiche,the last but one or two of those holy and apostolic men who were 

 the privileged few in earlier years that had committed to them amongst 

 the heathen in this land of darkness, the ministry of reconciliation." 



The tablet in Yepery Church is by Westmacott, and bears the 

 following inscription, 



"Sacred to the memory of the Reverend John Peter Bottler, 

 p. d. , Missionary, who fell asleep in Jesus on Sunday morning» 

 January 21th, 1836, aged eighty-six years, and seven months. 



This venerable servant of God having for the cause of Christ left 

 his country, kindred and father's house, in Germany, labored as a de- 

 voted Missionary in India for above sixty years, formerly in the service 

 of the Royal Danish Mission at Tranquebar, and latterly, at Yepery, in 

 the service of the Society for Promoting Christian Knowledge. He was 

 also for several years Chaplain to the Madras Female Orphan Asylum. 



As a testimony of reverence for the memory of this excellent 

 man and as an acknowledgment of the mercy, faithfulness, and 

 grace of God exhibited in his life, labors, and death, this tablet is 

 erected by the united subscription of European, East Indian, and 

 Native Christians. 



' Be not slothful, but followers of them who through faith and 

 patience inherit the promises.' 



1 The harvest truly is plenteous, but the laborers are few ; pray 

 ye therefore the Lord of the harvest that he will send forth labor- 

 ers into his harvest. 3 



