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plained . After asserting the necessity tor mankind to acquire knowledge respecting the Supreme Being , but that this knowledge is limited to very narrow bounds , the author argues from the Vedant and Veds , that creating and governing power cannot be attributed
to any of the various objects to which the grosser Hindoo theology attributes it ; such as the void space , air , light , nature , atoms , the soul , any god or goddess of the earth , the sun , or any of the celestial gods . He asserts the unity * spirituality , omnipresence and omnipotence of the Supreme Being ; —that he is the sole object of worship ; —that the adoration of him , is required of mankind , as well as of the celestial gods ; - —that moral principle is a part of the adoration of God , with reliance
on , and self-resignation to the only true Being , and an aversion to wordly considerations ;—and that devotion to the Supreme Being is not limited to any holy place or sacred country .
44 rise of this new sect , the zeal and subtlety displayed by its founder , with its obvious tendency to undermine the fabric of Hindoo superstition , are objects of serious attention to the Christian mind . * Who knows / asks one of the friends from whom we have
received these communications , * but this man may be one of the many instruments by which God , in his mysterious providence * may accomplish the overthrow of idolatry r * What may be the effect of this man ' s labours / says another correspondent , * time will shew . Probably , they may bring the i * raft of Brahminism and caste into
danger ; and God may * be in this manner shaking the kingdom of Satan . However this may prove , that great work will be done ; and though Reason and Philosophy may not have a voice powerful enough to reach the hearts
of these poor captives ; yet the Christian Missionary , whom Christ sends forth , will find a mouth and a tongue which no man shall be able to gainsay or to resist . * " Large extracts are given from the tract in question , which would swell this article to a tedious and
in-¦ convenient length . For these we must refer the reader to the work from which this is taken * . —Missionary Register , September , 18 * 6 , pp . 370—375 . In the same publicatton , feu 'September * A 817 , p . 366 , the following particulars are giveu , as part of the
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Report of the Baptist . Missionary Society : " A Brahmin of great opulence and very considerable learning , resident in Calcutta , named Rammohun Roy , has lately published in the Bengalee , one or two philosophical works from the Sungskrit , in the hope of
leading his countrymen to renounce idolatry . € He has paid us / say our brethren , ' a visit at Serampore ; and at a late interview , after relating an anecdote of Krishne , relative to a petty theft by ttm god , he added , The sweeper of my house would not do such an act ; and can I worship a god sank lower than a menial servant ? He is at present a simple Theist , ad- * mires Jesus Christ , but is ignorant of his need of the atonement . Not having renounced his caste , he is admitted , without hesitation , as a visitor ia the richest Hindoo families at
Calcutta ; and several of these have lately embraced his sentiments , and united ia a society , with a view to mutual assistance in adopting a system of worship conformable to their faith /
" Surely it is not presumptuous to hope , that , as they have been led thus far in the paths of understanding , they will be guided into the knowledge of the true God , and of Jesus Christ
whom he hath sent . Ihe language used by the Brahmin already mentioned , in a late letter to Mr . Ward , will encourage such a hope , and deeply interest every pious heart . — In the discovery of truth , our faculties are of course to be used : but at the same
time , We should look up to God as our best guide , as it is Gocl that leads us on in his true way . We , . poor insignificant beings , feel very often our dependence on the Supreme Regulator ,
even in trifling affairs : this sense of deficiency will , I hope , relieve me entirely from self-confidence , and induce me to call on God with all my heart , for his assistance . * J . THOMSON ,
P . S . May I be allowed to express my satisfaction at seeing so many Auxiliary Fellowship Fnrtds foritacd in Unitarian Societies , and to throw out one suggestion ? In the rules of some
of these Auxiliary Funds , fas published in the Monthly Repository , ) the «? & * n age meat is entrusted to a committee , and in one ; fund , at least , tire pow ^ r fff voting- J 9 restricted to » the mender * , of
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Unitarianism in the East Indies . S&l
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Monthly Repository (1806-1838) and Unitarian Chronicle (1832-1833), May 2, 1818, page 301, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/mruc/issues/vm2-ncseproduct2476/page/13/
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