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be of immense benefit . I earnestly wish to lay this my statement before my respected English and American Unitarian friends for their mature consideration . The printing when commenced will not be done within three years ; therefore I should not jwant __ tlie _ jaioney at once . As the
work goes on through the press , if had money enough to pay in the end of every year it would do . Even I will not wish them to advance anything till the work is gone through the press six months , If my friends should think it fit to authorize me to
commence the work I should think it a joyful task in my time of life , if heaven should prolong it . I have also written notes on the Acts of the Apostles , which contain 190 pages . Of the Old Testament , I have written notes on Genesis and part of Exodus . May the Being to whom all intentions of human
undertakings are present dispose agreeable to his _ good will is the prayer of , Reverend Sir , your ever grateful and obedient Servant , William Roberts . Pursewaulaim , Madras , 10 th Sept . 1832 .
^ The funds of the Unitarian Association are by no means equal to so large an expense as must be incurred , according to this excellent man s statement , by the proposed publication . It has therefore been suggested that a separate
subscription should be immediately commenced for the purpose of raising the sum required . And surely in this country and in America there can soon be found an ample number of persons willing to contribute to * wards such a work .
Those who have enjoyed an opportunity of seeing the writer ' s * Answer to Anantachary , or Unitarian Christianity Vindicated / ( a few copies of which have been sent over to this country , ) were surprised at the clear reasoning , the critical knowledge , and the forcible language
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which that pamphlet contained ; and they have formed a very high opinion of the author ' s powers and labours . His punctual _ and _ satisfactory cor * respondence with his Unitarian friends in this country , which has been continued through many years , bears ample testimony to-his zeal , iirduTstrypdiscretionv-and-usefulnessv His letters display an admirable union of practical sense and rational
piety , with an earnest desire to spread the knowledge of pure Christianity amongst bis countrymen . His long and faithful labours in that distant field deserve to be con * templated with respectful admiration and . even enthusiasm . He has broken up new and otherwise impracticable ground , we know not for what future harvests . There is reason to believe that such a work in
Tamil as he proposes , would emulate , if not excel , the translations of Dr . Carey , while to give him all the encouragement in our power , presents an opportunity of practically rebutting the sarcasms of a late
contributor to the Congregational Magazine upon the lukewarmness and indifference of Unitarians , and , stilt better , of gilding with happy sunshine the evening hour of a most worthy labourer in . the vineyard of the Lord .
I will only add that Mr . Horwood at the Association Office will receive the names of subscribers , and remain , Sir , Yours , very respectfully , Edward Tagart . Addison Road , Kensington , 13 th March , 1833 ,
P . S . Since the above was written , a letter has been received from Thedphilus Roberts , which gives an interesting account of his proceedings at Secunderabad , and states that his father , though growing " weaker and troubled with a severe
cough , is employing himself in preparing the notes , &c . referred to in the foregoing letter , and in writing a memoir of his life in English .
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Monthly Repository (1806-1838) and Unitarian Chronicle (1832-1833), April 1, 1833, page 114, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/mruc/issues/vm2-ncseproduct2611/page/18/
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