The Religion of the Brahmo Samaj (An Old and Rare Book)

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In the course of my missionary tours in Southern India I have been constantly asked for a book in which the position and principles of the Brahmo Samaj could be found and I had to admit that we had no such book in English. It is a matter of sincere regret that our leaders in the past did not compile a book of this nature. We must still wait for a 'master hand' for adequately and worthily fulfilling this long- felt want. The demand, however, is so persistent and legitimate and presses so keenly on one who has to meet hundreds of new inquirers, that I have been compelled, much against my own wishes and inclinations, to write out the following pages somewhat hurriedly as a temporary and tentative substitute. I would have much preferred that some one more competent had undertaken the work. Indeed, it was in that hope that I waited long. My apology, besides the pressing demand for such a book, is in the consciousness that in the free and progressive atmosphere of Brahmo thought, there is no apprehension of any statement of mine being mistaken for an authoritative, complete or final exposition of the Brahmo creed. A great assurance to myself and I am confident it will be so to many others, is that Pandit Sivanath Sastri went through the entire manuscript. I am also indebted to Mr. V. Ramkrishna Rao who very kindly corrected the proofs with great care.