Star.
London, England, 1831-06-21 00:00:00

RAMMOHUN ROI"S SPEECH

AT THE •NNUAL MIZTIIIO or THE BRITISH AND
!OREM UNITARIAN ASSOCIATION, HELD OH WED.
NESDAT THE 26TH OLT• IN TININIRT CHAIM,
LONDON*

Woodbridge, June 17.
5111— I observe in your paper of the 14th inst.
an article headed " Rammohun Roy," wherein it
states that " the result of contemplating the divine
records led to his abandonment of the idolatrous
faith be had previously held, and to his taking up
what may, in some measure, be viewed as a species
of Unitarianism • but he by no means denies the
divinity of our Saviour, though he withholds his
assent to the doctrine of the Trinity." As a con-
stant reader of your Journal, 1 feel an interest in
the correctness of its statements, and I shall
therefore feel obliged, when opportunity offers, if
you would have the kindness to insert the annexed
Speech; which, I trust, will be fully sufficient to
confute the insinuation that Rammohun Roy sanc-
tions only a part of what may be truly termed
Unitarian Christianity.
I am, sir, your obedient servant,
J. C. D.

RA3I.IIODUN ROT-I am too unwell and too'
much exhausted to take any active part in this
meeting ; but I am much indebted to Dr. Kirkland
and to Dr. Bowring, for the honour they have
conferred on me, by calling me their fellow-labourer;
and to you for admitting me to this Society as a
brother and one of your fellow-labourers. I am
not sensible that I have done any thing to deserve
being called a promoter of this cause ; but with
respect to your faith, I may observe, that I too
believe in the one Gon, and that I believe in al-
most all the doctrines that you do; but I do this
for my own salvation, and for my own peace. For
the objects of your society, I must confess that I
have done very little to entitle me to your gratitude,
or such admiration of my conduct. What have I
done ?—I do not know what I have done. If 1
have ever rendered you any services, they must be
very trifling—very trifling, lam sure. I laboured
under many disadvantages. In the first instance,
the Hindoos and the Brahmins, to whom I am re-
lated, are all hostile to the cause ; and even many
Christians there are more hostile to our common
cause than.the Hindoos and the Brahmins. 1 have
honour for the appellation of Christians, but they
always tried to throw difficulties and obstacles in
the way of the principles of Unitarian Christianity.
I have found some of these here, but more there.
They abhor the notion of simple precepts. They
always lay a stress on mystery and mystical points,
which serve to delude their followers; and the conse-.
quence is, that we meet with such opposition in India
that our progress is very slight; and I feel ashamed, 1,
on my side, that I have not made any progress that
might have placed me on a footing with my fellow
labourers in this part of the globe. However, if
this is the true system of Christianity it will pre-
vail, notwithstanding all the opposition that may
be made to it. Scripture seconds your system of
religion ; common sense is always on your side ;
while power and prejudice are on the side of your
opponents. There is a battle going on between
reason, Scripture, and common sense ; and wealth,
power, and prejudice. These three have been strug-.
gling with the other three ; bat I am convinced
that your SUCCESS sooner or WIT, is certain. I
feel over•exhausted, and therefore conclude with
an expression of my heartfelt thanks for the ho-
nour that, from time to time, you have conferred
on me, and which I shall never forget to the last
moment of my existence.
One hundred and twenty treatises on cholera
*orbus have been sent to Russia by different fa-
..
culties. That disease is now acknowledged to
differ materially from that existing in India—being
less rapid in its progress, but more contagious.

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