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INTRODUCTION.
Mohun Roy was called a " heathen, opposed to the
grand design of the Saviour's becoming incarnate," and
also promised to take up the subject more fully in the
first number of the quarterly series of the Friend of
India.
These " Observations" led to the publication of the
First Appeal to the Christian public in defence of the
Precepts of Jesus, by a " Friend to Truth." In a subse-
quent number of the Friend of India (No. XXIII.
May, 1820) Dr. Marshman inserted a brief reply to this
Appeal; and also in the first number of the quarterly
series of the Friend of India, in September 1820, accord-
ing to his promise, he published a paper entitled " Some
observations on certain ideas, contained in the Intro-
duction to the Precepts of Jesus, the guide to peace
and happiness." In reply to this paper Ram Mohun
Roy published his " Second Appeal to the Christian
public in defence of the Precepts of Jesus."
Dr. Marshman published an elaborate reply to the
Second Appeal in December 1821, in the fourth number
of the quarterly series of the Friend of India. In
answer to this Ram Mohun Roy published his "Final
Appeal to the Christian Public" in 1823, to vindicate
himself, as he says, from the charge of being 1 an injurer
of the cause of truth' " by bringing forward his reasons,
as a warm friend of that cause, for opposing the opi-
nions maintained by so large a body of men highly
celebrated for learning and piety." The previous works
on the subject of Christianity had been printed at the
Baptist Mission Press, Calcutta. But since the publica
tion of the Second Appeal, the proprietor refused to
print any other work that the author might publish on
INTRODUCTION.
Mohun Roy was called a " heathen, opposed to the
grand design of the Saviour's becoming incarnate," and
also promised to take up the subject more fully in the
first number of the quarterly series of the Friend of
India.
These " Observations" led to the publication of the
First Appeal to the Christian public in defence of the
Precepts of Jesus, by a " Friend to Truth." In a subse-
quent number of the Friend of India (No. XXIII.
May, 1820) Dr. Marshman inserted a brief reply to this
Appeal; and also in the first number of the quarterly
series of the Friend of India, in September 1820, accord-
ing to his promise, he published a paper entitled " Some
observations on certain ideas, contained in the Intro-
duction to the Precepts of Jesus, the guide to peace
and happiness." In reply to this paper Ram Mohun
Roy published his " Second Appeal to the Christian
public in defence of the Precepts of Jesus."
Dr. Marshman published an elaborate reply to the
Second Appeal in December 1821, in the fourth number
of the quarterly series of the Friend of India. In
answer to this Ram Mohun Roy published his "Final
Appeal to the Christian Public" in 1823, to vindicate
himself, as he says, from the charge of being 1 an injurer
of the cause of truth' " by bringing forward his reasons,
as a warm friend of that cause, for opposing the opi-
nions maintained by so large a body of men highly
celebrated for learning and piety." The previous works
on the subject of Christianity had been printed at the
Baptist Mission Press, Calcutta. But since the publica
tion of the Second Appeal, the proprietor refused to
print any other work that the author might publish on