Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1877-02-03
THE BRAHMO SOMAJ.
\ Hucrinct Account Of che sew and At
ilnatINr ThcIaIIc RciigI u of ndlM.

4 Nuccinct Account Of 'hc sew 'nd Nt,
irn'tiV" TheiSti" H"iisi II of I"di".
Every year, about Christmas, writes
Moncure d. Conway in one OF his letters
from London, 2 little pamphlet is sent |
around to those interested in the religl- !
Gus phenomena of India, giving some ac- !
count Of the years progress Of the Brah- |
mo Snmai 1heistiC church Of that coun-
try. This year we learn thot their
branches that It's churches, each o.
which has small affiliated societies
amount to, one hundred This repre-
sents thr lahrrs # lcrty se'rn yeafs, and
| the results are not small if the condition
of India and the far.reaching nature Of
the religious and social hereses or the
new society are taken into consideration,
t.e eo,4xfri
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me me b DrallIp 7on'a owes iTs 4ilsIn 70
itaJan a9n' If lTIlun ho{, Il' G ;o"i'urI J,n,i
'IlCe i go" 80 tcs1t 5' ye' }t-l ',r u,,,''I
Ji Ja4 = ts@V'' Whe' o' 'a''sp s3GisLy .;I o.
Woq' ' @ "no 'lG anl!iye's"ry 'S IyiIi HePC
WiSh c siC@I aoienlnlIl u"lleH i MJsnot;"D it
h s",t =, %"h' & OF S$uai5 rR SnJ SnI I%s.n cr
"pouy "GeN' MS i'J'I i'"u 'o' NE
'HJ''' !" I''""Ve H,' NoIn'' l'ie. " '0i
crce5. IN q gi,nrio nonof6e;st;c wor.hin
/ Ito tron.Iotod tbo nooroI nortions of No
| Now Toston,ont' 'onitting oil n,i,arlas a.
tonJi,a in H. ominjnn tS foser LaIicr in
si,~IIa+7 r,lraclo, toIJ ot II,ndn cods and
,borofaro iiloIi, IL onco,,ra,lo ,, yrnor.tition
Tho nnti,nnIv doo+h of tLo ro.dh Iolt NO
.nniotr v,ithn"t loador f,r|
nina ,,oors wLo, tbc.. ,ro.o On
oMo Nan ijeboodro Notb Tagorc
Who gatborad nn tbo ,ociotv e..
talIisbGJ iournaI nrintod soma iraat-
isoy tor di.trihution and did thn .t;ll
mare imnorfant work If indur,nr thn
,ycrshj,,ary ,n a,yo ~, +boir holinf in tho
divine antLoTity nt tLair b;bIe (the
vodasl AEortho Prob,no. coasod Nm.
to Lo rodontic yont tbcy Ho,,rishod
ytoodiIv and bad oIro,Jy a onod n,anv
Lranrbes yban tboi, nresont icodcr
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hA'' 'h7u' y CIV y ''Eh @HN'
united with them. Before his time 1t
had been chiefly IAN intellectually hercticaI
movement, but Sen was much impressed
with the Inconsistency OF their position
with many Of the customs and practical
| principles Of India, which had grown
out OF the Old creed. 80 he began to
preach OF a new line OF reform, the aboI-
ition Of caste, and the emancipation Of
the women from Iezana. lhls gradually
caused a divergence between the CON
sertativt and progressive elements OF the
~omaj and at length the younger wing
detached itself-elcyen years ago-leay-
ing behind all the property, but carrying
Of all the Tital principles OF the move
ment The present "Brahma Somai OF
India is this fresh organization Of 1866,
which elected unanimously God as "the
head of the Soma" and has never bad
any human president, The principles OF
the society were successfully started IN
,i,a Sfat-aani;+or oI,rroL oc tLo so|iot,,
in Calcutta.
"To.day, By divine grace, the public
worship Of God is instituted in these
premises for the Use Of Brahmo commu-
nifty. Every day-at lcat every week
the
ONE ONLY COB
without q second the eporfect and infinite.
thorro,tor of all ommfprespntalmirbty,
alI.Lnowino aIl.mercifuI and all.boly,
| sboII he worshipfd in tbpseprcmiscs. No
created object shah he worsbippd here.
IA man or inferior being or natural OBJ
iert shalI he worsbipcd here A, identical
With Goi ar ike unto God, or as
an incarnation of God and no
nroveror hymn shall beotfered orchan,ed
nnto % ar in The name of onv pxrept God.
N,,n,rved or nainted imeoa no external
symbol which has Locn or NAV hereafter
bo uyod by anv sect for thr nprno.o Of
worshin ar thc remembrance Of a par-
t;cnlor event shall bopro,eryed here. No
nroat,ro sboIl hn sacrificed hone Neither
oatin,, ,ti,,,, nor Jrinking nor ony nonncr Of
mirtI7 i7 ar % a,nnsempn,s shall hc allowed
hnro \" craotad Loing' or object that
bos hoan or nav hereafter he ridicuIpd or
n",+on,nod j., tbo comrso of the divine
service to be conducted here. No book
.haIt 9G acAhowIcGEGu OF Ieye!eU AZ I} I'iy