ABSTRACT
In 1840, the year in which Long arrived in Calcutta, there were five Protestant missionary societies operating in Bengal. The oldest society, but not the first in the Bengal mission field, was the Anglican Society for the Propagation of the Gospel in Foreign Parts (S.P.G.). The other four were the Church Missionary Society (C.M.S.), which was also Anglican, the Baptist Missionary Society (B.M.S.), the London Missionary Society (L.M.S.), conducted by Independents, and the Church of Scotland Mission (C. of S.) which entered the field in 1830.
