Gods and devils of mankind : the whole dark picture strikingly contrasted with the beauty and purity of revealed religion / by Frank S. Dobbins ; assisted by Hon. S. Wells Williams (1897)
Dobbins, Frank S. (Frank Stockton), 1855-1916 · [S.l.] · leaf 222
lladd to these, and to themultitude of minor sectsinto which they are di-vided, the greatest of mod-ern sects, which is calledthe Brahmo-Somaj. In the year 17 74 was born f 1 1 „U:1:«-,, SCILPTURED IDOLS ON A PILLAR. a man of marked ability, named Rammohun Roy. He sought to suppress theSuttee, the… … 2 22 HINDUISM AS A SYSTEM. modern sacred Hindu books, back to the Vedas, andsought to prove that they taught that idolatry was wrong,and that one god should be worshiped. To this SupremeBeing he gave the name of Brahma, and hence his sectof reformed Hinduism was called the Brahma or Brahmo-Somaj,…
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