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and other Hindoo sovereigns, we cannot any longer suppose the 

 conversion of the Hindoos impossible. 



I have hitherto confined myself to human means, but what are 

 all subordinate agents, compared with the last command of the 

 great founder of Christianity? " Go ye, and teach all nations; 

 baptizing them in the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of 

 the Holy Ghost: teaching them to observe all things whatsoever I 

 have commanded you; and, lo! I am with you always, even unto 

 the end of the world !" If the compassionate Redeemer, who 

 gave this command, and promised to continue with his future 

 teachers, shall bless the present endeavour, if the Lord gives the 

 word, and the Spirit of Truth influences the company of preachers, 

 no earthly power can withstand the heavenly mission; no prince 

 of darkness, no apostatizing emperor, no spiritual wickedness in 

 high-places, can prevail against it. If the Desire of all Na- 

 tions is once more, to appear in the east, if now is the appointed 

 lime, the worship of Boodha shall cease, the shrines of Brahma be 

 forsaken, and the idols of India fall to the ground, as did those 

 of Greece and Rome in the apostolic age! 



1 cannot enter upon mathematical demonstrations or metaphy- 

 sical discussions on the tenets adopted by different Christian 

 churches. There is great beauty and simplicity in the expression 

 of a royal teacher, who well knew the truth of his assertion, 

 4C When Thy Word o-oelh forth it <nveth light and understandino; 

 to the simple." That the poor and simple Hindoos, more than the 

 wise and learned in the higher tribes, now engage my warmest 

 attention, I candidly acknowledge. That the Sudra and Chandala, 

 now deprived of all religious instruction, (by an artificial and cruel 



