of Serampore College during the incumbency of H. S. Wilson commissioned vernacular bibliography lists to be prepared for which the Church Historian, Ravela Joseph with the assistance of Suneel Bhanu took the onus to prepare a comprehensive list of original Christian writings in Telugu language in which one of the writings of M. Theophilus was also listed. 1935 (with L. E. Wilton), The Light of the Harmony of the Gospels, 1935, Life history of William Carey, 1941, Pioneers of the Canadian Baptist Mission Studies Scholastic and collegiate Theophilus hailed from Krishna District and schooled at Gunnanapudy, a mission station of the Canadian Baptist Ministries and during the course of his scholastic studies, he was transferred from one place to the other, first to Akiveedu in 1907, Samalkot in 1908 and finally to Kakinada in 1912 to the CBM-McLaurin High School. For collegiate studies, Theophilus enrolled at the local Pitapuram Rajah College in Kakinada in 1915 and also taught as a Teacher in 1917 at his alma mater, the CBM-McLaurin High School. Theologiate In 1919, the Canadian Baptist Ministries sent Theophilus to the Serampore College, Serampore to pursue spiritual studies leading to Bachelor of Divinity. Theophilus lived in the old Danish town studying at the theological faculty at Serampore College which also had students studying for arts, science and commerce under George Howells, then Principal of the historical College. The study companions of Theophilus included P. K. Abraham, V. T. Chacko, M. I. Daniel, A. Hyder Ali, J. S. Choudhary, G. M. Kanagaratnam, D. Naik and P. Premanandan. After nearly three years of spiritual formation studies, Theophilus took ill in 1922 and was sent to the Tuberculosis Sanatorium, Madanapalle where he spent nearly a year between 1922-1923 recuperating from his illness. In October 1923, Theophilus returned to Serampore in 1924 to complete his graduate studies. A year later, the University awarded the degree of B.D. to Theophilus in the ensuing convocation during the Registrarship of The Rev. John Drake. Academic career Ramayapatnam In July 1924, Theophilus moved to Ramayapatnam, a mission station of the American Baptists in southern Andhra Pradesh. Incidentally, the Canadian Baptists initiated their mission together with the American Baptists during the 19th century. Though the Canadian Baptists moved to Kakinada and started a stand-alone mission in 1874 on the invitation of Thomas Gabriel, and also started a seminary in 1882, it was shut down in 1920 and the