American watchman and Delaware advertiser. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1822-1828, 1823-11-04

!" ''0 County, you ulay TEST assured, as fay az M,
Information on the subject goes, that no,wi,b,,."g
ing the pompous reports made by several anon
them, all their endeayors to make convert, bay. u,
now proved sboru'e, and that their successes a..
only to be seen on paper" "'
These are strong arguments on the question =,
proseylism, and the following are dficu nos,;' "
on that Of circulating the Bible: ''''''
al will" says the Able, "resume nv ,rh;...
and show that the naked text Of the Bible, exhb,.a
without long previous preparation to the u;nSos'
must prove detrimental 10 the Christian ReTa;oa
and increase their aversion to it, nasmucb ,s,b;,
sacred book contains in almost every page accounts
which cannot fail deeply to wound their feline hs
openly hurting prejudices which are held most sac
red
ITO you who have some acquaintance with II.
education and customs of the Hindoos, viii W..
the following simple questions:
"What will we'll bred native think when !,
reading over this holy book, he sees that Abr,b,m
alter receiving the visit of three angels under /
human shape, entertans his guests by causing =, I
to be killed. and served TO them for their fares tn
plejudiced Hindoo will at once Judge that bo,,
Abraham and his heavenly guests were nothiOI
but vile pariahs; and without further reading !
will forthwith throw away the book, containing nj
his opinIon) such sacrilegious accounts.
i What Will Brahmn say, when he DER use
the details OF the bloody sacrifices prescribed in III
Mosaical law, in the worship oil the true God
he will assuredly declare, that the God who cou
be pleased with the shedding Of the blood Of !
many victims inundated to his honor, must On
doubtedly be deity Of the same kind liar be ron
me the blasphe my as the mischievous Hinlo
ldeities Cohly, Mahry, Darma-raiah and other in
; formal gods, whose wrath cannot be appeased bv
by the shedding Of blood, and the immolaing OlIr
ing victims
!; But, above all, what will a Brahmin or sny cb.
well-bred Hindoo think, when he peruses in Cd
!, holy books the account Of the immolang Of cr,
utres held most sacred by him! What will be h
feelings, when he sees that the immolsting oil oSc
and bulls constituted leading feature in the relg
Gus ordinances Of the Isrselites, and that the bloc
of those most sacred animals was almost daily sh
at the shrine OF the God they sdored! What
Ibe his feelings when he sees that after Soomon hsI
/ at immense expense and labor, built msgni6ce
temple in honor Of the true God, he made the pr
tista consecration of it, by causing % 600 oxt
10 be slaughtered, and overlooking his new Temp
with the blood Of these sacred victims? lie vi
certainly, In pe'using accounts, lin his opinion
horribly sscregous,) shudder and be seized vi
+, the liveliest horror, look on the book conaDr
such details as an abominable work (far be fromm
once more the basphemy, am expressing
feelings of pre- JUDGED Pagan throw it away vi
indig nation, consider himself as polluted for havf
touched it, go Immediately TO the river for The Fu
pose Of purifying himselfby additions from the
Element he thinks he has contracted, and beiO
he again enters his house, he will send Tor Poor
. hila Brahmin to perform the requisite ceTsmon
for purifying it from the 6rhlemeni 1t has contra
ted, by ignoranly keeping within its walls sOpOD
ted thing as the Bible.
Z" In the mean while he will become moTea
i more confirmed 10 the idea, that religion WIN
| derives its tenels from so impure source is al0
Their detestable, and that those who profess 1t, OF
be the basest and yilest Of men.
"Such are the effects which, in my humble
MON, the reading Of the naked text OF the BlOlec
not fail to produce on the unprepared minds oil
prejudiced Hindoos.
81 have only cited the above instances Del
the first which occurred to my mind in writing
letter but could point out in almost every chap
OF holy writ passages nearly as excepIIonaOs
4 which it would be equally dangerous TO eS0'
without long previous explanation to the PREV
iced Hindoo."