| Show from the chirstain Chii stain watchman TRE THE EAST INDIA COMPANY GODS BAND IN HISTORY THE a approaching pro aching termination of the east india compa Comp companas anys y s chat chaiter ter and the question or of removal are occupy occupying tg the attention of the people of england and occasioning aning vigorous inquiries as well as calling up strange recollections the intelligent english correspondent of the he independent has a passage on the subject which our readers will receive with pleasure mr haldane referred to one of those noble brothers scotch baptists whose fame is as wide as the world I 1 the state of things now both in india and in in england contrasts very broadly with that which formerly existed and suggests mattei for serious reflection to those who reverently watch the movements move of providence in in the history of nations and as linked with the brogi ess of bf the redeemer kingdom formerly For meily neither the traveler nor the naturalist and philosopher nor the ahe merchant mer cliant nor the minister of chrit could embark for india without the authority of the east india company take a sentence f from rom careys carels journal thursday lay june 13 1793 after being prevented going on the oxford d by reason of the abominable east india monopoly we embarked by divine providence Proy dence in the krom princesse Prin cessa maria mana a danish ship in in the morning hom D dover av er 1 it will be remembered that dr carey arid and the first missionaries found foothold fool hold not in in bensh india but in in the then danish set settlement lement of in british india millions wait tor for the word and the most serious serious question is how shall they hear without a preacher arid and how shall he preach unless lie he be sent however do wever the east indias andias company may have bave erred however much they may have opposed missionary opera operations tiow however much opium they may have made the indians eat how much th they ey may or may not nave have or now long or snort short charter is or is riot not to continue we will answer the questions I 1 how shall they hear without a preacher and how shall they preach except they be sent by laying abing aying no row how at the same time permit us to comfort the I 1 watchman by informing him that they do I 1 begin to hear with a preacher and the preachers preach because they are sent of god elders have gane to india from england and from great salt like dike city duly authorized in the holy priesthood and sent by the eternal father through the revelations of jesus christ wiio have preached in vatious various parts I 1 of india and commenced establishing branches of the church of jesus christ of latter I 1 day saints in those regions which are in perfect hearing faith and practice with the former day saints who once inhabited those countries and the I 1 watchman may console his troubled feelings by knowing that thai the priesthood will not be taken aiom that land again nor the truth cease to be preached and believed 2 until india is is again inhabited by the remnants of israel until jerusalem with its temple is is rebuilt re built and ungil the earth is is turned upside down many times physically aud and once fully in in its religious do domas dogmas I 1 mas aad superstitions supers timons and the way is opened up for the return of the son soil of man to earth again and if watchman the I 1 wants this time hastened let him repent of his and all his sins sins and be baptized for the remission of the same by an elder in in israel receive the holy ghost by the laying on of hands arid and then for ought he may be accounted worthy through the blood of the lamb to receive a share in in the heavenly priesthood and help bring about the bill and glorious answers to it his is quoted questions I 1 |
