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PRIZE ESSAY.

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INVESTIGATION OF THE TRUE RELIGION;

BEING

THE ESSAY TO WHICH WAS ADJUDGED,

BY

The Lord Bishop of Calcutta,

THE PRIZE

OFFERED FOR THE BEST

REFUTATION OF HINDUISM AND MAHOMMEDANISM,
AND ESTABLISHMENT OF CHRISTIANITY,

IN THE URDU LANGUAGE.

BY MISSIONARIES OF THE CHURCH MISSIONARY SOCIETY.

(Translated by one of the Writers of the Essay.)

SECOND EDITION.

"O Lord...... the Gentiles shall come unto thee from the ends of
the earth, and shall say, Surely our fathers have inherited lies, vanity,
and things wherein there is no profit."-Jer. xvi. 19.

"Every plant, which my heavenly Father hath not planted, shall be
rooted up."-Matthew, xv. 13.

CALCUTTA :

PRINTED FOR THE CALCUTTA CHRISTIAN SCHOOL BOOK SOCIETY,
BY J. THOMAS, BAPTIST MISSION PRESS.

1850.

***The plan of treating Hinduism, Mahommedanism and Christianity here adopted is found by experienced Missionaries the most efficient in reference to the natives. It dispenses in a great measure with the necessity of historical knowledge, in which it is well known both Hindus and Musalmáns are so lamentably deficient, and therefore so seldom feel the force of a historical argument.

It was not thought necessary to insert in the original language the Sanskrit and Arabic quotations, (amounting to upwards of two hundred,) as they can be consulted in the Urdu and Hindui Editions of the work.

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Examination of Hinduism by the above marks.

Chapter I. Concerning the Divine attributes,

God is holy,

God is just,

God is merciful,

God is omniscient and all-wise,

God is true,

God is omnipotent,

God is one,

God is immutable,

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Chapter II. Concerning the Creation of the world and man,
Chapter III. Concerning the relations between God and man,
Chapter IV. Concerning Miracles and Prophecies,
Chapter V. Concerning various other points of Hinduism.

Appendix,

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Sec. 1. On the Yugs, and the eternity of the Veds,
2. On the Hindu Religion being only for the Hindus,
3. On Caste-its origin,

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-in what it consists,
-its evils,

Sec. 4. On Pilgrimages, Austerities, Idolatry, &c.,

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5. On Transmigration,

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6. On the immoral tendency of Hinduism,

7. On the saying that the " Mighty is not to be

blamed," &c.,

Concluding Section, ..

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Examination of Mahommedanism by the above marks.

Chapter I. Concerning the Divine attributes,

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Concerning the relations existing between God and man, 105
Concerning Miracles and Prophecies,

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