This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can usually download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1814 edition. Excerpt: ...of the whole It was for some such reasons as these, that Sir William Jones recom mended that extracts from the Prophet Isaiah should be left for quiet circulation among the heathen people. world. The Hindoos themselves will furnish interesting notices of the Atonement; and will sometimes suggest striking ideas concerning the necessity of a Divine Expiation, and its infinite power. As soon as you can transfuse the following sentence into the true idiom of the native language, fail not to make it the frequent text Or subject of your discourse: God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Sont that whosoever believeth on him should not perish, but have everlasling life. Be Prudent.--Speak well of the zeal of the Hindoos in worshipping an unknown God; but say unto them, Whom ye ignorantly worship, Him declare I unto you, . and try to exalt HIS praise and glory in such strains of scriptural eloquence, as may tend to captivate their minds, and induce them to inquire, and to hear you again. And here I cannot help observing, that the view of the religious enthusiasm of the Hindoos, will sometimes lead you to make a painful reflection on the state of public worship in your own country. When you behold hundreds of thousands worshipping before the great idol, rejoicing to see his temple after a long and painful pilgrimage, and sending forth shouts of exultation which rend the skies; while, at the same time, their princes and great men abase themselves before the image, renounce all distinction of caste in his presence, and mix with the multitude in their adoration;--when, I say, you behold these scenes, you will reflect with some emotion on the apathy which reigns in your own christian country, in resorting to the temples of the Most High;..