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○ ケ তত্ত্ববোধিনী পত্রিক। V ** 3 零T? im»h tlw- wholo correspondeněe on the subject From - the above facts, it will be evident to our readers that the meinbers of the Adi Sonnaj are not backward in sympathizing with, and encouraging, the Thrists of other nations aud receiving sinimilar en“ouragement from them in return in a respectful spirit Another impression also prevails in the public mind legarding the character of the Adi Saluaj which is as much without found ition as those mentioned above. It is this that the Saunaj is averse to the propagation of Brab moism *mong the followers of other religions t ham II induIsui. Th. wigh the principal attemtion of the Adı Samuaj is dırocted to the Hindu community, it is not backward in carrying on in its owu way the sort of propagation alluded to above. As a proof of this, it may be stated that cortain nuetmbers of the Sat Sabha of Lahore, an association allied to the A di Brahmo Santaj, ha ve caused the L cture mentioned above to be translated into Urdu by a Mit honouaedan friend of theirs. This tran. s!!!.ion has caused no “mall sensation among the Masiomedans of that city. The writer of the Lecture himself intouds ! ) publish Վլ :{ ) : book { 0, be :alled “ The Hindu Theist's Brotherly Hints to English Theists " in which, among other hints to the latter, he shall give so ne ainut the necessity of their com willing a Book of Theistic Texts ex'ricted oi. im the Çhristian Scripturos, tarni-hing then, with selections from the Bibl hy way of specimen how suuh texts are to be coni; iled , THE CH \ I I, M A ; ; l; I A(HE BILL, „Er- - I July 1861, 1}, boo Jochendranath Tago:ę, the venerable ('lief Minister of the Brahmo Samaj, married his | | second daughter according to Brahmic rites. This was the first instance of Brahmo marriage in the country. It was solemnized according to the form laid down in the Anusthan Paddhati or the ritual of the Adi Brahmo Soinal. Among the forms of marriage prevalent among the Brahmo coin. munity, those, celebrated according to this form, can strictly be called Brahmo marriages. As the word Brahmo means the worshipper of Brahm, or the One True God, the supreme deity of the Hindus, or, in other words, a Hindu Thoist, such marriages only can be properly called Brahmo marriages, being Theistic in spirit but II indu in aspect, retaining as inuełn of the old formu as could be kept consistently with the dictates of conscience but not totally excluding a new element in the shape of alditional prayers. The orthodox community recognized such marriages and considered them to be valid, nay, mole valid than certain other kinds of heterodox litarriage celebrated with idolatrous rites. Before the broach in the 13ranmo Saula) took place in February 1865, several marriages were celebrated according to this form. After the occurence of the schism above alluded to, Haboo Kosub. chunder Sen introduced a new form of marriage among the Brahmo commu nity, very widely removed from national usage I)oubts arose, and very properly they could arise, in his mind about the validity of the new form of marriage. These doubts were confirmed by the opinion of Mr. Cowie, the then Advocate Ceneral, who declared Hiahmo marriages to be illegal in proportion to their departure from orthodox rites. This may fairly be considered to be the drift of his opinion on the subject. The statement, furnished by Baboo Kesubchunder Son to Mr. Cowie on which the