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 The rise of the constitutionalists ; the Samadarshf party ; the Five Lamps party ; the history of evolution of these parties ; how thereby the- Church became divided into two conflicting parties, the sactrdotalists and the secularists,. as Miss Collet described them to be ; how from 1874 the constitutionalists take up the question of placing the Bkaratbarshiya Brahmo Mandir into the hands of trustees,, but are opposed by Mr. Sen ; how failing in that matter they take to the attempt to* organise a Representative Assembly for con- stitutional control over the affairs of the Church ; how Mr. Sen limits the scope of their operations ; how before any lasting results are achieved the Church is involved in the Kuch Behar marriage controversy ... 260-267

Great changes are noticed in Mr. Sen's preach- ing and practice almost from 1871 ; he becomes more and more self-assertive and decreasingly less and less appreciative of the difficulties of others ; he lays great stress on adesk or Divine command, and accuses those, who fail to agree with him, of infidelity ; he begins to preach and practise asceticism ; begins cooking his own food ; classifies his immediate followers into four orders of devotees ; purchases a garden within easy