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 our version of the story," -finally impelled me to resume the narrative. After his departure from this world, I devoted much time to self-examination and prayer before finally making up my mind to resume it with the thought that, 'fact is fact, and history is history, let me record the facts and leave the readers to form their judgments.' I have tried my best to do so, as the reader will observe. In all cases of conflict of opinion I have tried, as far as possible, to state facts in the language of the parties concerned, I have laid bare, to the best of my knowledge, the state of things as they existed during different periods ; and shall indeed be glad if my readers find the book really useful towards giving them a succinct and correct account of the progress and development of the Theistic Church of Modern India.

In compiling this history I have used every available source of information ; such, for instance, as Mr. G. S. Leonard's "History of the Brahmo Samaj", Rev. Bhai T. N. Sanyal's History of the Brahmo Samaj in Bengali, Miss S. D. Collet's Brahmo Year Books, her short "History of the Brahmo Samaj," and her life of Rajah Rammohun Roy, Rev. Bhai P. C. Mozoomdar's "Life of Keshub Chunder Sen," Rev. Bhai Gour Govinda Upadhyaya's Bengali life of Minister Keshub Chunder Sen, Banka Behari Kar's "Life of