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    gate the truth . was hot altogether in vain : now , by the favour and support of my European friends , Unitarian Christianity , through my humble publications in my own language , I think stands unassailable , but able heads , men capable of writing books , answering controversies , corresponding with ™ my ~ En ^ lish ~ aud ^^ m"ericun friends , ' new publications in various forms , schools and learning must increase ; and Unitarians must become

    a numerous , respectable , and conspicuous body , before general inquiry can be excited in our countrymen , who are deeply immersed in heathenish superstitions . Now from whence are we to look for all these blessings , but from those and their descendants

    who have already been the means of opening our intellectual eyes , by their indefatigable labour and benevolent aid ? We are beholden to you for the light we have received , and for its present preservation , and for the hope of its future spread in our country . Without your sending out Missionaries , or taking and educating some

    of our youths ; from time to time , sending and supporting them as your Missionaries , truth cannot make speedy progress . Let these my statement be before the friends of truth , and let them act as their superior knowledge and wisdom will suggest them , for the glory of God , and good of mankind .

    * You know that I receive from my English Unitarian friends 100 / . sterling per annum , and my brethren at Madras subscribe trilling towards the school ; but as several of them remove from Madras to other places , and others sometimes gets out of situation , their pay is irregular , and I

    cannot depend upon them . . Out of the 100 Z . abovementioned , 60 J . is appropriated to myself , and the surplus 401 . gives at present 466 rupees : out of this—monthl y payment to my catechist , 5 rupees , which is hardly sufficient for him : school-master 7 rupees : Marriapah , 2 rupees , which

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    amounts to Madras rupees 168 In the year : the remainder , 298 rupees , is appropriated to the printing of tracts , binding of books for the school , &c , repairing the chapel , and other pecuniary aid towards charitable purposes . ' Hitherto I have not been able to

    employ anyregular assistant teachers ; as the horror and disgust which Unitarianism excites at its first hearing , seems now somewhat a little abated through the circulation of so many English Unitarian and my Tamil tracts , it is time , I think , that we should send out some to preach our

    views of the Gospel ; for this purpose , if I am enabled to employ to preach in Tamil two or three , young men that are pretty well qualified for the business , it would be stirring up our light , and it will be a consolation to me in the evening of my life . To make such men tolerably comfortable so as to devote their time to the

    missionary duties , I must have 10 to 14 rupees each per month ; if their usefulness becomes interesting , they would have to plead to add a few rupees more . To this purpose I have in view our Pursewaukum

    schoolmaster David Savery Mootoo , who now has been under my tuition more than six years , and is free from vice , also endeavours to learn English , and another young man of our school I earnestly beg to draw the attention of our friends and well-wishers to

    this laudable object . , - « , - * The confidence placed in me by the friends of truth is great , but I trust that the great Being , who through his good providence procured me their inestimable friendship , and who has hitherto guided me , will stillgujdejme in the path of duty ; and

    when the time for reckoning comes , that they and all others who have contributed towards our being enlightened and brought to happiness , may rejoice over us , and we in them . May , by His blessing , your benevolent Association , and the means of

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    UNITARIAN CHRONICLE * 25

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  • Monthly Repository (1806-1838) and Unitarian Chronicle (1832-1833), March 1, 1832, page 25, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse-os.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/mruc/issues/vm2-ncseproduct1807/page/9/