The heavenly inhabitants . . . remain in eternal youth.
--Jonathan Edwards (1703-1758)
(Quarterly lecture, November 1747)
Grant saw hope for India only in westernisation through education. He considered that Britain's obligation to India could only be fulfilled by "introduction of light ... for the Hindoos err because they are ignorant; and their errors have never been fairly laid before them.' - Andrew L Drummond and James Bulloch, The Church in Victorian Scotland, p.169
... violent opposition from the directors (of the East India Company) who had 'a vehement determinations against the principle of introducing Christianity among our subjects'.- Andrew L Drummond and James Bulloch, The Church in Victorian Scotland, p.170
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