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why IN attempt to claim for these books divine
origin, and thus make them an artificial founda-
tion for new religion, failed. r.

The successor Of nam Mohnn Roy, the presen
! oellent Debendranath Tngore, was for
| the vedss as the sole Foundation Of til
! new faitb. But this could not last. As 500
] as the true character Of the Yedas, which bn
! fow people in India can understand, beoam
known. partly through the efforts Of native
ers relinquished the claim OF divine inspiration
in favor Of their Vcdas, and were satisfied witt
selection OF passages from the works Of tn
ancient sages Of India, to express and embod,
the creed which the members Of tue B1ahma
San,ai hold in common.
formers have been doing In India is ex
celent, aud those only who know wha
it, is. in religious matters, to break witt
the past, to forsake the established custom of
nation, to oppose the rush OF public opinion, te
brave adverse oriticisu,, to submit to social per
secution, can form any idea Of what those mer
have suffered, in bearing witnoss to the truth
that was within them.
scu1sM IN THE BnAu,lA-sAMAJ.
They could not reckon on any sympathy on
the part OF Christian missionaries; nor did their
work attract much attention in Europe till very
lately. when 8chism broke ont In the Brahma.
Samaj between the old conservative purity aud q
nav party, led By Heshub Chundar Sen.
KEsuUH cHuNDER BEN.
The former, though willing to surrender all
that clearly idolatrous the ancient religion
and customs OF IndiR, wished to retain all that
might safely be retained; it did not wish to See
the religion Of India denationalized. The other
party, inspired and led By keshub Chuuller Sen,
went further in their zeal for religious purity.
All that smaeked OF the old leaven was to ba
surrendered not only caste but even that
sncrod cord-tbe religious ribbon which makes
aud marks the Rrahman, which is to remind him at
every moment OF his life, and whatever work he
mhy be engaged in, OF his God. OF his ancestors,
and Of his children-even thai was to be ahandon-
cd; and, instead Of founding their creed exclusive
own country, nil that was best III the sacred
books Of the whole world Mas aelected aud
formed into new sacred Code.
The sohism between these two parties is deep
" to be deplored. But it IL = sign of life. It
augurs success rather than failure for tho fs,-
ture. Il ia the game schism which ST. Paul had
to heal III the Church Of Corinth, and be healed
it with the words, 80 often misunderstood,
!" Knowledge puneth up, but charity ediheth.'
RELATION OF MISSIONARIES 70 THE BnAJIMA-sAMAJ.
In tho eyes Of o,r missionaries this religious
feform in India has not found much favor nor
need wo wonder At this. Their object ia to trans-
plant . full-sroun tree. They do not deny the
moral WORTH the noble aspirations, The self-sac-
rlfcing zeal Of these native reforuacrs !; but thuY
fear that all this will but increase their
dangerous influence and retard the progress
OF Christianity, by drawing some Of tbs best
minds OF 1ndi., that might have been gained
oger to our religion, into different carroue.
They feel towards Keshub Chundcr Sen as
as;a D;aisa - 49, s so"ss oiuas, tIs
it ntaa' Nsnop o. .1.e uoan Iaa r., Nnas HouIo
those Gothic races, but for those Arian heretics,
who were considered moro dangerous than down
right pagans
BR4HafA-sAMAJ 4 TRANSITION TO NEW CREED.
1--WE think Of the future Of India, and Of the
influence which That country has ksways
oYo yri0nH fHa Fudt }f,a ri
religious reform which Is now going on
in thIs momen.ous century. II cur missionaries
feel constrained to zopuliate it as their own
Nork, history Will oe more jnst to them than
ahsass t nj n $ so re os5E d
hereafter % the Fork Of those missionary Chrls~
tlans Erho have lived In India, as examples OF
true Christian Lie, VINO nave approached the ns-
t,Ycs IN truly missionary splilt, IN spirit OF
truth and III tne spirit OF love whose brght
presence has thaWed the zee, aud brought out
beneath It the old soil, ready to blossom into
new life. These Indian pur7tana arc not
against rs: Tor al the highest pur-
poses Of LIE they are with US, and We,
trust, ~lth ehezn. what would tile
carly Cnflstlans have aa'd to men,
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