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Excerpt from Letters to Indian Youth on the Evidences of the Christian Religion: With a Brief Examination of the Evidences of Hinduism, Parsiism, and Muhammadanism Very few words will be required to explain the character and object of these "Letters." Although many excellent works on the Christian Evidences exist in the English language, yet there is perhaps none that can be considered we suited to the wants of Native youth. In the following pages the attempt has been made to present this all-important subject to the educated mind of India in a form at once simple and attractive - the reasonings and illustrations having, as far as possible, an Oriental reference. Utility has been aimed at, rather than novelty. The writer has never scrupled to employ the argument that seemed best to answer his purpose, whether it was original or not. On the Christian Evidences he has in particular consulted the works of Paley, Chalmers, Sumner, Hartwell Home, President Hopkins (of America), and T. Erskine. With regard to the Oriental systems of religion he has been careful, in questions that could admit of any doubt, to append the names of the authorities relied on. He trusts that the spirit in which the work is written, is in harmony with that love which pervades the religion whose claims are here unfolded. Polemical discussion has of course, been unavoidable; but he trusts that the tone on the argument, however earnest, is never acrimonious. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.