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ligion is the only way. Tt is not the custom also of tio natives of this country to inquire which of the religion: known in the world 1s suited to the nature of all nen, or fitted to make men better.
Dear friends! if your religion were true it would be sutable to all men, and if you believed it to be true, it woull be your desire and endeavour that it should spread every wher: and overcome all other religions. If you use no endeavours of this kind, may it not be concluded that you do not believe your religion to be true? If your religious teachers believed in the truth of their religion, should not som: of them leave their temples and convents, and visit various forcir countries and islands, and give struction to the inhabitants of those countries and endeavour to convert them to Ilindiism. Besides, do not the white men also who have com to this country and who dwell amongst you need to be savad You must visit them, therefore, and make known your relizion to them also, and exhort them to worship gods of brass and of stone, that they may not fall short of heavenly bliss. If they should eonzent to worship those sods vou must not sav that they have gone mad; for if the worship of those«ls, is3 not mrlness bat an allowable practice, then itis a duty, anid if it is a duty, it is their duty, and yours, and th. duty of all men. Ir it is true that deliverance from sin and the favour of God are obtained thereby, surely those blessings are not required by you alone, but by the white men also: exhort them therefore to worship idols lik»
vourselves, If vou really believe the worship of Siva and
Vishnu to be the true worship of God, It vour helier
appear in your actions. Moreover, it will not only be necessary to convert the white men who reside in this country, it will
also be necessary for vou to visit Europe and to endeavour b
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