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C()NVERSION T H E III N D O o s, 110W TAR Pl:ACTICABLE. 一呜令柴●铲一 Those pious Preachers of the Gospel, who I roceed to India, for the purpose of converting the Hindoos, merit the thanks of the Church, sor their good intentions. but their zeal is misapplied, and their labours will be fruitless; no Hindoo of any respectability will ever yield to their remonstrances. To forsake his family, his friends and his station in Society, is a dreadful alternative for the prefered boon. Irreparable loss of Cast, and expulsion from “his Tribe, must be the neéessary result of embracing the Christian Faith. Can the whole, circle of penal statutes exhibit a punishment more severe, than thus degrading a man in society ! What is life, when retained only at the expence of what is most dear to every sentient being,