The Portland gazette. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1818-1824, 1821-01-18
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ether Missionaries, and 5F private gsniiemcqs
Tue change N the views ~ the British
government IN India, in the minds a the
white population. aud ID those ~ The natives.
IN favor oflke labors Of Missionaries, during
the last twenty years, has been most aston
ishag. Many rich natives IN Bengal are
subscribers to native schools, and are united
with the white in various Christian Institutions,
as in ID Hiodoo COLLEGE, the School Society,
the School Book Society, &c. Before NJ
Ward left Serampare, depuisliuns ot Hindoas
from the towns around SeFampore. were DAT
1 ~ coming, entreaiing that the Missionaries
would erect schools ID their villages. The
Calcutta Auxiliary Bible Society have prned
tie Rev ilenry Nartyn's translaiions IA tbs
Persian and Hindonst'banee NewTesia-
nents. the Malay aad the Armenian Bibles,
! the Tamu and CinEaIr-e New festamauis,
SC ,nd BIBLE Societies have been established
1t Madras, Bombay, The Isle 81 France, Ma
| Iacca, Batavia Columbo, Bsnco0en Prince
| Of Wales island, Amboyna, &c. The Tran
quebar Mission has been blessed To tie con-
version OF several thousands Of llndOos 10
| the Episcopal missionaries and 70 The English
| Independents, considerable num1er have
! been added and he Missionaries sent froR
lht United States have very pleasing pros
poets before them. Ia short, the moral revo-
luton daily progressing in India, j. most
cheering to every benevolent mind which has
! witnessed il.
Still Il !, confessed. that The universal diff
| fusion Ut Christianity throughout india, a.
mongst population Of $50 millions, i
" 1rk too vas ever I'd be completed Jy IoT-
| e.gn missionaries they have Gone much, and
are still doing great things; and All that viii
| he dane must IVY originated and nourished
for years by them but 10 meet the whole
\ case, we must call the converted natives 20
our aid. Seventy Ave thousand foreign ms
si0naries Gan never be obtained. can never be
supported ami yet these would Ue. neces-
sarY to teach haF the population, giving one
\ houzanj souls ~ each missionary. M, ID
Y ali India is ever 10 he taught, 1t must 0e by
The Christian knowledge, Tue talents and zeal
.of its own christianized population and,
blessed 5e God. tie Serampore missionaries
have already fly native preachers n the
fed aud these native preachers alone, with
out the aid of foreign missionaries have been
\ lie means Of raising several very large socie-
/ ties or churches Of converted heathens, AND
/ the talents of some OF them are most respec-
\ table
Having been thus blessed Dr. Carey and
his Colleagues have commenced
( .N'at;ve Missionary College at Serampore,
For Illuminating India by lis own converted
and educated population, and thus delivering
it, and ultimately all Asia from the most cruz
/ el, the most degrading. and the most impure
system Of superstition that ever existed OIL
earth
\ IN point ofezpense, knowledge Of .he LAM
gusges, capacity OF enduring the heat Of The
4 climate, &c. the native missionary, (suppos-
ing hrm to bq equal To grace and CHRISTIAN
| knowledge) IS far superior agent 10 a for
eigner native may be supported Al his
college for As dollars year md should he
have the gift and success Of Krishnu, Sc
buz Ram. pr a R1m-Mohun, To What higher
purpose could a christian devote As dollars,
than TO prepare such an interesting substitute
IL heather and ?
I TO form fund for giving, in this college,
divine knowledge To these native eFangeIIsts,
| Mr.. Wsrd has visited the U. Sta;cS. This
/ fund will be left in America, and The interest
be annually sent out to Serampere, and exclu-
svey and sacrsdly applied 10 this most I'M
Portant object.
BY All ikst Is degrading and dsPorabie IN
/ the present moral circumstances, and by all
hat i tremendous il The future prospects, XIX
I $50, O00,000 Of beings, equality rational and
immortal with ourselves by the cries Ol all
these dying infants by the suIlriugs and
whitening bones OF all these pilgrims by
I the anguish d al these victims u superstition
On lie swinging post, with heir pierced
/ tongues, their bleedisg sides, their scorched
feet by ihs untimely deaths VI All these
! unhappy beings drowned ID The Cages, and
ly The groans Of all tbe dying % It. banks -
~ the screams of these seven hundred Wild
on: conyuls.d with agony in the hamss Of the
faneraI pile, g. by the tears and misery y the
thousands of orphans surrounding these hnrI-
ole fires in the name Of all "A sc millions
NJ Interesting youths rising Up IL the m0st DE-
piorable iguoranCe-ot these IS 100000 o.
females, soliciting human and divine knCsl-
edge Al our hands-and III The whole llOgIia
,isn of Indie in the name Of the GREAT
PHLANTHHuPI,r and by al that j. civiLIzIug.
moraiizmg, consoIng aud Tedeemns in Chns-
tlauity-the missionary iromGeranRore makes
nis appeal II aIi that J, Christian III tic United
States and present appearances indicate that
h,s appea will not b. made IN vain.
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