AN 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, 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 "Every plant, which my heavenly Father hath not planted, shall be CALCUTTA : PRINTED FOR THE CALCUTTA CHRISTIAN SCHOOL BOOK SOCIETY, 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. 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, Chapter II. Concerning the Creation of the world and man, Appendix, Sec. 1. On the Yugs, and the eternity of the Veds, -in what it consists, Sec. 4. On Pilgrimages, Austerities, Idolatry, &c., 5. On Transmigration, 6. On the immoral tendency of Hinduism, 7. On the saying that the " Mighty is not to be blamed," &c., Concluding Section, .. Examination of Mahommedanism by the above marks. Chapter I. Concerning the Divine attributes, Concerning the relations existing between God and man, 105 114 120 |