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Christianity and other Religions of the World' in Arya Patrika of 19th
July 1887. Later he delivered a series of lectures on Monier Williams'
Indian Wisdom in 1888 at Arya Samaj, Lahore. The little that remained
of these lectures till 1897, has been documented in these articles.
Mr. Pincott on the Vedas
This is a review of the article by an Englishman Mr. Frederick Pincott
on the Vedas. It is not known, as to when and where the review was
first published.
Mr. T. Williams on Vedic Texts No. 1
Father T. Williams was a resident of Rewari in Haryana. He had
written a few strong-worded articles and tracts against Arya Samaj.
Among these was an article by him on Vedic Text No. 1 published
in Arya
Patrika.
Guru Datta's reply to the allegations contained in
the article was published in the form of footnotes.
A Reply to Mr. T. Williams' Letter on Idolatry in the Vedas
Father T. Williams had written another letter on idol worship in
the Vedas, to the editor of
Arya Patrika.
Its reply by Guru Datta was
published along with the letter as footnotes.
A Reply to Mr. T. Williams' Criticism on Niyoga
It was an article in English, on Niyoga, which came out in 1889. The
Urdu translation of this article was titled,
'Pandit Dayananda Ka
Jhooth Aur Unki Gunah Alooda Taleon'.
This article based on Rig Veda
(10.10.10) received a perfect answer from Panditji, which was
published in 1890 by The Aryan Tract Society, Lahore.
Jivan Das had written a tract in Urdu in 1884 called
Maslah-i- Manz.
This tract had a reply to the fifteen questions by Brahmo Samaj
raised about the Vedas being
Ishwariya Gyan.
On his insistence,
Panditji had written a note on revelation. There was also an
unpublished article on religion. These were included in Part I of his
collected works.
He delivered a lecture on 'Religion' in January 1883. It was considered
to be a big on-slaught on the religious belief. Though already admitted
in the Arya Samaj fold, he was yet wavering. Some of his trusted friends
asserted that he was an atheist in those days and this opinion is
corroborated by the following entry in his diary dated 12th January
1883: "Lala writes that we should have to declare that we are
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