This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1902 edition. Excerpt: ...they are always out." The following is a copy of the first of two notes received from the President of that institution: --" My dear Sir, --Accept my best thanks for the complete set of Channing's Works which you have kindly presented to the Library of the Presidency College. I have placed the books on our ...
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This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1902 edition. Excerpt: ...they are always out." The following is a copy of the first of two notes received from the President of that institution: --" My dear Sir, --Accept my best thanks for the complete set of Channing's Works which you have kindly presented to the Library of the Presidency College. I have placed the books on our library shelves, and students of the institution will have free access to them. " I am, dear sir, yours very truly, "J. Sutcliffe, " Principal Presidency College. "October 26th, 1855." The second note is to the same effect, acknowledging the receipt of four other works; and is dated June 21, 1856. 7. Classes of Young Men have been formed, once and again, and commenced regular courses of reading at my room, to the number of ten or twelve; but either from the difficulties of the climate or from the instability characteristic of Bengalees, they have not continued for many weeks. Only the Bible class, formed in September, 1855, has continued to the present time, having been latterly incorporated with the Sunday school. 8. Finally, our own Publications have gone forth, limited by our limited means. Each issue of the press, in fact, has been paid for by a special subscription among our few subscribers, already pretty heavily taxed for current expenses, 1. One native gentleman who is with us and calls himself a Christian, Baboo Hurchunder Butt, Actuary of the Government Savings Bank, has printed and circulated, wholly at his own charge, a neat pamphlet of Original Hymns, which, being his gift, have been occasionally used in our Sunday service. One half of these hymns were composed by himself. 2. We have succeeded, with the powerful aid of the Englishman newspaper press, in printing and widely circulating ten different tracts during the half-year. They...
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