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« And who is the Angel of their Church ?” (alluding to the form of the seven Churches in Asia, Rev. ii. 1.) “ They have none!”
CONTENTS.
CHRISTIAN RESEARCHES
IN ASIA.
Page
Introduction
13
The CHINESE
19
The HINDOOS
23
JUGGERNAUT-A disaster-Temple of the “ Horrid King,” Festi..
val of the Rutt Jattra_description of the Idol-his lascivious worship-a libation of BLOOD-death of a Woman-expences
of the Idol—a young man devotes himself to the god 2433
Juggernaut in Bengal
34
Immolation of females
35
Number of women burned in six months ·
36
Burning of three Ladies
37
TANJORE
40
Letters of King George I. and Archbishop Wake
41
Tranquebar
45
The late Mr. SWARTZ
46
Palmyra leaf
48
Rev. Mr. Kohloff
50
Tritchinopoly
55
Versions of the Scriptures for the Hindoos
56
Death of the Syrian Bishop, and Mr. Augustus Desgranges 57
The CEYLONESE ; Mr. and Mrs. Palm
58
Cinnamon Groves in Ceylon
62
The MALAYS
63
The SYRIAN CHRISTIANS in India
69
90
91
ib
92
The Christian Tablets in Cochin
The Malabar Bible
Syriac Bible
ROMISH CHRISTIANS in India
INQUISITION AT GOA
Account of an AUTO DA FE; by M. Dellon, a spectator
Translation of the Scriptures for the Romish Christians
The Colleges at Goa
The PERSIANS
94
103
113
114
The ARABIANS
119
134
Nathaniel Sabat
123
Arabic School for the Translation of the Scriptures
125
Jews in Asia
128
Jerusalem, or White Jews
133
Jubilee Trumpets
Ancient privileges of the Jews
136
The Black Jews
Jewish MSS. of the Holy Scriptures
138
Peculiar inscriptions on their buildings
142
The Ten Tribes
144
Restoration of the Jews
146
Versions of the Scriptures into the Eastern Languages for the
Jews
150
Bibliotheca Biblica in Bengal
152
Translation of the Scriptures
153
The ARMENIANS
155
VESTIGES of the DOCTRINES of REVELATION
158
Ecclesiastical Establishment for British India
163
Letter on this subject from Dr. Watson, Bishop of Landaff, to
the Author
172
Conclusion of the Researches
175
MEMOIR
On the Expediency of an Ecclesiastical Establishment for
British India.
Preface to the first American Edition
Dedication
Introduction to Memoir
181
183
187
PART I.
On the means of preserving the profession of the Christian
religion among our countrymen in India.
CHAPTER I.
PRESENT state of the English church in India
189
CHAPTER II.-
Of the establishment of the Romish church in the East
190
CHAPTER IN.
Of the extent of the proposed ecclesiastical establishment for
British India
193
CHAPTER IV.
Considerations deduced from the propriety or necessity of an
ecclesiastical establishment
194
CHAPTER V.
Objections to an ecclesiastical establishment considered
196
PART II.
Civilization of the natives.
On the practicability of civilizing the natives
201
CHAPTER II,
On the policy of civilizing the natives
205
CHAPTER III.
On the impediments to the civilization of the natives. The
philosophical spirit of Europeans formerly an impediment
to the civilization of the natives
214
The sanguinary superstition of the natives an impediment to
their civilization
217
The numerous holidays of the natives an impediment to their
civilization,
220
PART III.
Of the progress already made in civilizing the natives
of India.
Of the extension of Christianity in India, under the influence of
episcopal jurisdiction
223
CHAPTER II.
Of the extension of Christianity in India, by the labours of pro-
testant missionaries
228