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Unitarian Controversy at Calcutta.
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Clapton , Sir , July 6 , 1822 . AN honourable friend of mine who passed several years in British India ., and since his return has distinguished himself by his attachment to the freedom of the Asiatic press , as
conducive to the moral and intellectual improvement of the country , has very obligingly communicated to me a publication which he has just received from Calcutta . It is entitled "The
Asiatic Department of the Calcutta Journal of Politics and General Literature . " No . VIII . for August 1821 , contains what may , perhaps , be justly considered as the first discussion on Christian Unitarianism which ever ap-¦»• . I 11 * 1 t * T ~ % a * 1 _ ^ L _ . _ . _* . K . ¦ . — ^^^^ ^ k-a ~ & _ K ~^ b j ^ k - in ^^ b . B ~^ r ^ k ~ a » A * *^ -i V ^^ in the of British
peared public prints India . That it has thus appeared , can be attributed only to the absence , in the metropolis of our Eastern Empire , of that " base censorship" which , at Madras , forbad the pious and blameless Christian Unitarian , William Roberts , to print his Tamul Liturgy .
Of this discussion I shall now , by your indulgence , offer to your readers all the different articles , verbatim , in their order ; presuming that they have in recollection , or can easily refer to ,
the . earlier notices of Ram Mohun Roy and his interesting pursuits , as they have appeared in your former volumes . ( XIII . 299—301 , 512 ; XIV . 561—569 ; XV . 1—7 ; XVI .
477—484 , 515—617 , 527 , 528 . ) The first article , in the Journal of August I , 1821 , thus occurs at pp . 105 , 406 :
" To the Editor of the Calcutta Journals "Sir , Ham Mohun Roy may be known by name to most of your readers , and it is probable , that many of them have heard he has forsaken the idolatry and all the superstitions of the Hindoos ; but
ex-< opting those who are personally acquainted with him , few are likely to be 'luty informed of his acquirements , his conduct , and his present religious belief .
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The Second Appeal to the Christian Public in defence of the * Precepts of Jesus / a work lately published by him , will make us acquainted with his religious belief , will enable us to form some idea of his acquirements , and cannot fail of producing in every Christian , great regard for the author , and a strong interest concerning so illustrious an individual ; and the more we learn of his conduct the more will he be raised in our estimation .
" The worthy motives by which Ram Mohun Roy is actuated , have caused him to print the work in question , and several previous works , at his own expense , to distribute them among his acquaintance and such other persons as are likely to take an interest in the important subjects on which he has written . His last
publication , that above mentioned , is too large to be reprinted in a newspaper ; but its contents are so important , and do the author so much credit , that I hope some competent person will prepare a compendium thereof , and have the same
published in the Calcutta Journal . In the mean time , you will oblige me by printing the two portions which accompany this Letter : the first portion commences in p . 159 , and ends in p . 164 ; the other commences in p . 172 , and extends to the end of the work . If such
persons as on reading these extracts feel a sufficient interest to desire to peruse the work with attention , apply to the author for copies , it is probable he will readily comply with their request , as far as the number of copies printed will admit .
* Here we observe an individual , born and bred in a country benighted under the most gross idolatry and superstition , who , by a just use of that understanding which our gracious Creator has given to mankind to guide them to all truths , having discovered the falsehood of that
system of idolatry and the absurdity of those superstitions , conscientiously abandoned both , and thereby subjected himself to inconveniences and dangers of which persons living in more enlightened societies can hardly form an idea . Next , he directed Iris attention to the Christian religion ; and that same just and honest use of his understanding , which discover-
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Unitarian Controversy At Calcutta.
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Monthly Repository (1806-1838) and Unitarian Chronicle (1832-1833), July 2, 1822, page unpag, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/mruc/issues/vm2-ncseproduct2514/page/1/
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