Excerpt from Colonial Ecclesiastical Establishment: Being a Brief View of the State of the Colonies of Great Britain, and of Her Asiatic Empire, in Respect to Religious Instruction; Prefaced by Some Considerations on the National Duty of Affording It Hindostan. - Civ1lization of Hindostan ought to be the chief and ultimate object of our maintaining empire in that country. - The commonly received maxim, That the tranquil enjoyment of commerce, is alone a justifiable ult1mate object, shown to be utterly repugnant to te vealed Religion, to Charity, and to Humanity. - Bishop of Oxford's Appeal to Britain in 1762, to send the Go spel wherever she sends her sword. 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.