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    fcing effects of pi ^ ju ^ Uce ^ P 3 # 8 * o > n , igncK ranee aMdRerv ^ sepes ^ withpnt ^ temper that cm p ^ tientjy ? 4 fttafii % ? repeated ^ failure of Ipp ^ -matiirea schemes , arid Jhe frequent disappointment or flatteripg bopes , a inind elevated far a ^ ove , al | me re earthly objects , a heart invmoyeably fixed on the attainment of the great end of

    his labours ,, arid an eye steadily directed to the crown which % \} e righteous Judge liath promised to bestow on those who c nni * h their course , having kept the faith . ' Such are the demands which are made upon every Christian missionary ; would

    but the Unitarian m ^ sion ^ ry be called to additional trials . | iis fortitude would be exercisqd , not only tyy * ' perils in the c % , an < l p erils in the wiljderness / but also by € perils amongst false brethren . ' H 5 s patience would t > e proved , not only by * perils by the Heathen , * but

    l > y c perils by his own countrymen . ' They who now reproach us as deficient in zeal , if we should grow zealous , would T > raiid our zeal as unholy and polluting . They who now blame us for our indifference , if we should rouse ourselves into action , would , to . the utmost of their

    power , oppose and thwart us in all our measures . They who are now most forward in challenging us tP produce from among cod vetted ¦ Heathens the fruits of our toil in the field oi % he gospel , woul 4 be the first and most strenuous to render

    all our toil painful and unavailing . They would strew with thorns the rugged path they seem to invite us to tread ; they would sow with salt the ground we should be preparing to cultivate ; they would lay waste the harvest which might promise to reward our labour . They would leave no means untried to excite in the

    mind of the untutored Heathen , suspicion and prejudice ; and they might , perhaps , encourage them , rather than listen to our voice , even like the men of Ephesus iu the apostles' days ., tumultuously to extol the object of their idolatrous worship . '—Pp . 21—23 /

    By a felicitous application of his text , lie adds , " But the state of things has ^ e . en recently changing , ancf a door is now qpened to us by the Lord himself , which will , in the end , I trust , b £ * a great door and effectual , * though many and bitter

    adversaries may attempt to shut it against us . There standeth a man of India who beseeclieth us , saying , ? Come over and help us ;* and this entreaty is addressed to us iii such circumstances , that . we may assu redly gather that Jhe i * qrd hajtfi now called us to pursue $ uqh measures ap may suppl y tftose of indie . yitti more effectual means than they liavje yet enjoyed , of

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    hearing the jpire and uncorrupted gospel of Christ preached to ttem /' rz-rv . M , Mr . Wcllbeloved next describes the character ^ of Rammohun BitrV aad

    Mf . Adam , atid gives an account df their labours and of the pre ? ent fftate of Unitariahisni in the ' } 2 f ^ V ^ ft frpr » sourcesVhich mu ^ t fee fa npihar to enr readers , aad th ^ n concludes with the following appeal to Unitariau liberality and piety , which was effectual on the hearing- of the sermon and cannot be unavailing on its perusal :

    " And now , my friends , I have put tlie case fully and fairly before you , and I cheerfully leave you to determine what duty demands of you ; persuaded that you will determine wisely and act conscientiously . I would hold out no fallacious hopes ; I would not deceive you by promises of speedy and brilliant success , attending eveii the best directed and the *

    most strenuous exertions . The fruits of any labours of this kind , undertaken in that part of the globe , our eyes canftot ? expect to behold . The fields there , are very partially , if at all , ' white already to harvest . * The seed is yet but sparingly sown . But , as in respect of the blessings of the gospel , we have reaped that ow which we bestowed no labour : other

    men laboured , and we have entered into . their labours ; ' it is but right that we should do our part to prepare the field for those who are to succeed us ; and this we may do , in the full persuasion , that hereafter , * they who sow and they who reap , shall rejoice together . ' The

    kingdom of God is still like a grain of mustard-seed . If the seed be not $ own it will not vegetate ; but if it be committed to the earth , though it rise not up immediately , it will , in due course ^ be quickened , and become a great tree , and all the fowls of heaven shall securely lodge in its branches- The progress of

    tjie conversion of the great native popu lation of India , from a debasing idolatry to pure Christianity , must necessarily b £ slow and gradual ; for a lopg timej it may scarcely be perceptible ; but if no beginning be made , I need not say , this most desirable work can never be accomplished . The questions for us to decide are these : Is Umtarianism the genuine doctrine of

    Christ and his apostles ? Is it that form of Christianity , which reason and experience would lead us to e * pe < # % q fee wore readily and cordially eii ^ r ^^ tjiftn any oth , er , it * which Christianity is $ 09 con > mp » ly represented ? i ^ re tjhe circumstances whicji Jjiave recently taken place in Hindoostan , an < i particularly iu

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    Review . ( - ** WeUkefov $% * Sermon in difk ojf Galqutla Chapel . 353 ,

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  • Monthly Repository (1806-1838) and Unitarian Chronicle (1832-1833), June 2, 1825, page 363, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse-os.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/mruc/issues/vm2-ncseproduct2537/page/37/