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The Brahmo Somaj.—An extraordinary proclamation is published in the Calcutta papers as coming from the hand of Keshub Chunder Sen, of which the following paragraphs will serve as a specimen:—“Keshub Chunder Sen, a servant of God, called to be an apostle of the Church of the New Dispensation, which is in the holy city of Calcutta, the metropolis of Aryavarta, To all the great nations in the world and to the chief religious sects in the East and the West, To the followers of Moses, of Jesus, of Buddha, of Confucius, of Zoroaster, of Mahomet, of Nanac and the various branches of the Hindu Church, To the saints and the sages, the bishops and the elders, the ministers and the missionaries of all these religious bodies: Grace be unto you and peace everlasting. Whereas sectarian discord and strife, schisms and enmities prevail in our Father’s family, causing much bitterness and unhappiness, impurity and unrighteousness, and even war, carnage, and bloodshed. Whereas this setting of brother against brother and sister against sister in the name of religion has proved a fr…tful[2] source of evils, and is itself a sin against … and man: It has pleased the Holy Go…end unto the world a message of peace and …e, of harmony and reconciliation. This New Dispensation hath He in boundless mercy vouchsafed to us in the East, and we have been commanded to bear witness unto it among the nations of the earth. Thus saith the Lord—sectarianism is an abomination unto me, and unbrotherliness I will not tolerate. I desire love and unity, and my children shall be of one heart, even as I am one. Let Asia, Europe Africa, and America with diverse instruments praise the New Dispensation, and sing the Fatherhood of God and the Brotherhood of Man.”
A NATIONAL SONG OF INDIA.
(Theosophist.)
In an article, headed “Superiority of Hinduism to other Existing Religions, as viewed from the Stand Point of Theism,” Babu Rajnarain Bose, Presedent of the Adi Brahmo Somaj, says:—
The following song, originally composed in Bengali by one of the friends of the writer, is sung at the Hindu Mela or the annual National Gathering at Calcutta. The Banga Darshan, the best of the vernacular magazines of Bengal, reviewing his “Superiority of Hinduism,” says with reference to this song:—“Let flowers and sweet scents be showered on the pen of the composer of this song. Let this great song be sung in every part of India, Let it be echoed in the caves of the Himalaya! Let it be whispered through every tree on the banks of the Ganges, Jumuna, Indus, Nermuda, and Godavery! Let it resound in the solemn roar of the eastern and the western (the Arab and Bengal) Seas! Let the chords of the hearts of the two hundred millions of India beat in unison to this song.” The writer entertains a fond hope that this song would, in course of tim, come to be reckoned as the national song of India, and be translated into every vernacular dialect spoken in this vast continent. The writer thinks it necessary to inform the reader that the original of this song in the Bengali edition of his “Superiority of Hinduism,” is much superior to the translation given above, although he presumes that he will find the latter to be a close and spirited one.
Ye sons of Ind! her glory sing |
Editor's notes
- ↑ The Brahmo Somaj. by unknown author, Independent clipping quoting a Keshub Chunder Sen proclamation; publisher and issue date not established
- ↑ The clipping is torn; some letters are missing.
- ↑ A National Song of India. by unknown author, Reprint of the song and commentary in The Theosophist, v. 4, No. 2, November 1882; the reprint’s own issue date is not established. The introduction quotes Babu Rajnarain Bose; the Bengali composer is described as an unnamed friend. Handwritten above the clipping: “Indian Mirror”. Blue pencil strokes appear beside the heading and beneath the closing refrain. The writer has not been identified.
Sources
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The Theosophist, v. 4, No. 2, November 1882, pp. 35–36