Excerpt from Memoir of the Expediency of an Ecclesiastical Establishment for British India: Both as the Means of Perpetuating the Christian Religion Among Our Own Countrymen; And as a Foundation for the Ultimate Civilization of the Natives It may be presumed that India has of late Occu pied more of the public attention than formerly, and that the minds of men are now gradually con verging to the consideration of the subjects of this Memoir. Our extensive territorial acquisitions within the last few years, our recent triumph over our only formidable foe; the avowed consequence of India in relation to the existing state of Europe; and that unexampled and systematic prosperity of Indian administration which has now consolidated the British dominion In this country; - every cha racter of our situation seems to mark the present aera, as that intended by Providence, for our taking into consideration the moral and religious state of our subjects in the East; and for Britain's bringing up her long arrear of duty, and settling her account honourably, with her Indian Empire. 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.