ON THE STATE OF CHRISTIANITY IN INDIA; IN WHICH THE CONVERSION OF THE HINDOOS IS CONSIDERED AS IMPRACTICABLE. TO WHICH IS ADDED, A VINDICATION OF THE HINDOOS, MALE AND FEMALE, IN ANSWER TO A SEVERE ATTACK MADE UPON BOTH BY THE REVEREND *** BY THE ABBÉ J. A. DUBOIS, MISSIONARY IN MYSORE, AUTHOR OF THE DESCRIPTION OF THE PEOPLE OF INDIA. Cujus vult miseretur, et quem vult indurat. ROм. ix. 18. LONDON: PRINTED FOR LONGMAN, HURST, REES, ORME, BROWN, AND GREEN, PATERNOSTER-ROW. TO THE HONOURABLE THE COURT OF DIRECTORS, AS A MARK OF HIS GRATITUDE, AND AS A TESTIMONY OF HIS MOST SINCERE WISHES FOR THE TEMPORAL WELFARE OF THEIR HINDOO SUBJECTS, AFTER HAVING VAINLY ENDEAVOURED TO PROMOTE THEIR SPIRITUAL INTERESTS, DURING A LONG RESIDENCE OF THIRTY-TWO YEARS AMONG THEM, AS A RELIGIOUS TEACHER, THESE LETTERS ARE MOST RESPECTFULLY INSCRIBED BY THEIR MOST OBEDIENT AND FAITHFUL SERVANT, THE AUTHOR. |