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luaiter ^ KB make theai Unitarmo Chaistiaas . Although Unitarians * they wi )> wt receive * aad they should uot bcexpected to receive , with implicit &hh , whatever is taught eren by Unitarian-Missionaries ; a # d , therefore , it is
probable , that it mil foe only by a slow and gradual progress that the force of the $ v \ dence m favour of Christianity , atfd & conviction of its divine origin and authority , will gain ground amongst them . From my own limited experience , I sfeouM judge that when Unitarian Missionaries
cotue into closer and more freqaetit contact with them than they har e hkherta done , their chief objections will be directed against ( he miracles of the Gtospel , aud particularly against the resurrection of Jesus , Even , however , if these difficulties did not exist or were completely
removed , Che great disrepute iu which , from the caose formerly mentioned , the name oi Christian ts held when applied to a natlre , will probably long operate to preveat any respectable and independent Hindoo from publicly and voluntarily assuming it . This will appear the more
extraordinary when it is considered that the government , aad potver , acid feftuence of the whole eountry , are in the hands of a Christian people . But the fact is unquestionable ; and the Unitarian Missionary , therefore , must rest contented ,
perhaps for a considerable number of years , with exhibiting the facts and evidences of the gospel , explaining its truths , and enforcing its spirit and precepts , without having to boast of any whom he can call converts . "—Pp . 90 . 91 .
Lest the closing part of the paragraph appear discouraging , we mast add the other side of the prospect . u The present state of things is on the whole so encouraging , especially in
Calcutta , and the general effect produced by imperfect and mistaken endeavours already made , has been so beneficial , that much greater good would undoubtedly result from a course of well-directed
efforts to make known the purer and more rational system of Unitarian Christianity . " ~ P . 92 . Mr . Adam proceeds plainly to inform his American correspondents , and through them informs us , that the
efforts to be made must for a considerable period owe their chief energy to the aids derived from Unitarians jn other quarters of the gjobe : and after adverting to the means of transmitting their pecuniary aid through the " London Unitarian Fund Society , of which the Rcir . W . J . Fox is Secretary , " he
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giv&s them information respecting & Unitarian committee in Caleutta r which is very satisfactory lo * 8 & 4 t If it should be determined ueitheE to send Missiouanes from the United States .
nor , through- the medium of the LontTo i * ^ cltariair Fimd Society , to patronize those sent from England , the only remaaniirg ' course which 1 can suggest , te to transmit to the Cakutta Unitarian Committee > the pecuniary aids which you may be disposed to afford to the cause of Unitarian
Christianity in India . To this Committee I have acted as Secretary ever since it& formation , and , exclusive of myself ,, it consists of several gentlemen , both European ? and natives , of respectability , judgment , and experience , who will , I am
authorized to state , with much pleasure ^ charge themselves with the faithful application to the purposes which may be specified , of those sums which you may entrust to their management . "—Pp , 93 , 94 *
Mr . Adam then p roceeds to state the purposes for which pecuniary supplies are immediately requisite y and to this point we wish , particularly to call the attention of our readers . " Until the number of Unitarian Missionary labourers is increased , the *
following ar £ objects for which , chiefly , funds are required : —First , for the erection of a Unitarian chapel in this city , and for the support of Unitarian wdrship and preaching in the English language . Towards the farmer of thestf , nearly twelve thousand rupees have been already
sabscribed by the friends of Unitarianistn in this country ; but it is not expected that either of them can be accomplished without foreign aid . The estimated expeuse of the chapel alone is thirty thousand rupees ; but on account of the increased and increasing value of landed property ,
it is uot improbable that forty thousand may be ultimately required . Secondly , the Anglo-Hindoo School , already mentioned as being principally supported by Rarnniohun Roy , and in which sixty Hindoo * children are daily instructed in the English language , and in the rudiments
of general knowledge , might be placed on a more permanent basis , and rendered a more useful institution , by the purchase of an eligible spot of ground and the erection of a commodious school-room , by the employment of more able teachers ,
and by increasing the number of the pupils . All this cannot be accomplished without more ample resources th&u are at present possessed . Thirdly , funds are required to defray the expense attending the preparation and printing of such works in
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234 QtifasfoHttl * N&tiee * of American Pu&iicati&ns . 9
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Monthly Repository (1806-1838) and Unitarian Chronicle (1832-1833), April 2, 1825, page 234, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/mruc/issues/vm2-ncseproduct2535/page/42/
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