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David , of the tribe of Judah . Ram was the king of the Rughoos and of foreigners , while , in like manner , Jesus was king of the Jews and Gentiles . Both are stated in the respective sacred books handed down to us , to have performed
very wonderful miracles , and both ascended up to heaven . Both were tempted by the Devil while on the earth , and both have been worshiped by millions up to the present day . Since God can be born of the tribe of Judah , how , I ask , is it impossible that he should be born of the tribe of Rughoo , or of any other
nation or race of men ? And as the human form and feeling's of Ram afford sceptics no good argument against his omnipresent and divine nature , it must be evident to you that this deluded sect of Unitarianisin can lay no stress on the human form and feelings of Jesus Christ as disproving his divinity . "
This is pretty strong . Ram Doss goes on , ic You may perhaps urge , that there is a wide difference between a belief in three Persons in the Godhead as
maintained by you , and a belief in three hundred and thirty millions of Persons in the Godhead , entertained by the Hindoos : but as all such numerical objections are founded on the frail basis of human
reason , which we well know is fallU ble , you must admit that the same Omnipotence which can make Three One and Onp Three , can equally reconcile the unity and plurality of three hundred and thirty millions ; both being supported by a sublime mystery which far transcends all human comprehension . "
The Hindoo writer concludes with reminding Dr . Tytler that " the vain and narrow-minded believers in one invisible God , accuse the followers of the Trinity , as well as the sincere worshipers of Ram and other Divine Incarnations , of being idolaters / ' and that therefore , policy required a good understanding and brotherhood between the two sects , that they " may go hand in hand in opposing and if possible extirpating the abominable notion of God , which strikes equally at the root of Hindooisrn and Chris-1
tianity . " But it is not too late , he adds , for the Doctor to atone for his indiscretion by expressing his regret at having written any thing calculated
to create dissension among the worshipers of Divine Incarnations . " The reply of the Trinitarian Doctor is worthy of beinir inserted entire , as
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& specimen of " the true agonistic style . " To Ram Doss , u I have received your letter , and beg you to receive my best thanks for the
trouble you have put yourself to in sending it to me . It was my intention this evening to have proved that Hindu Idola * try and Unitariamsm are the same , and that they both proceed from the Devil . — Unfortunately , Mr . Robison , in consequence of the number who were anxious
to attend , ha 3 requested me to postpone the meeting , to which of course I have acceded . But I am ready , —mind me , ready , —to meet you and your runnagate friend Rammohun Roy whenever you
please , in public and private discussion , and let you know what a humble individual unsupported can do , armed with no other weapon than the sharp sword of the Gospel , in bringing to light the hidden works of darkness which are
at present displayed in the damnable heresy of Unitarianism 9 of which you are the wretched tool . But neither you , Rammohun Roy , nor the second fallen ADAM , dare meet me , because you fear the WORD of TRUTH .
Your inveterate and determined " foe in the LORD , ( Signed ) "R . TYTLER . " May 6 th , 1823 . " This Christian epistle the editor of the Hurkaru inserted , with a remark that " there is a wide difference
between the belief which maintains God to have appeared in the flesh , and that of the Hindoo who believes the appearance of the omnipotent Being in the shape of a Thakoor , which , ( says the Editor , ) if we are not mistaken , is composed of stone , metal or wood . "
Ram Doss replies to the Editor that no Hindoo imagines " that the divine Ram , the son of Dusruth by Houslulya his mother , according to the flesh , was composed either of wood , stone or metal . " The images of the
Hindoos are , he says , like those of the Roman Catholics > they are not identified with the sacred person they represent , but are mere helps to devotion . —With this letter the Editor
inserted some candid explanatory observations upon the controversy , treating Rain Doss as a real person and a sincere Hindoo . The next letter in the collection is from Rain Doss to the afore-named Editor , and is entitled " Ram Doss ' s First Challenge to Dr . R . Tytler /'
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Review . —Ea&t-lndia Unitarian Tracts * 297
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VOL . XIX . 2 Q
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Monthly Repository (1806-1838) and Unitarian Chronicle (1832-1833), May 2, 1824, page 297, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/mruc/issues/vm2-ncseproduct2524/page/41/
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