Page:The Message and Ministrations of Dewan Bahadur R. Venkata Ratnam, volume 3.djvu/37

 Maharashtra, Vanga and Andhra did adorn ;

The first in loftiness of faith surpassed,

The next in majesty of love> in both the last*

And what more becoming than that a volume so resonant with the echo of Viresalingam’s, clarion-call to Duty should embody the reverent finish of an edifying tribute of appreciative reminiscence under that beloved name and, furthermore, ‘ dedicate ’ itself “ unto the deeply-Iionoured memory” of that “ever-trusted nat/aka'*? Jove nods to Jove ; deep answers unto deep ; and ours be the holy inheritance of this heart-homage from the “centre” of “the Brahmaism of regeneration ” to that of “ the Brahrnaism of reformation ” out of the very profundity of soul-communion !

It will not be out'of placb, at this point, to fix a moment’s pleasurable attention upon one notable event of deep-felt and wide-extended interest within the interval between this and the last volume# As the still-preceiing year