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The Pilgrim Tax levied by the Indian Government on idolaters going on pilgrimages, whatever was its design, has had the acknowledged effect of sanctioning and Icgali/.ing this destructive and wicked superstition. The Rev. .1. Peggs, late a Missionary near the Temple of Juggernaut, has recently published a Pamphlet, in which he has collected abundant testimony to the duty, facility, and advantages of the entire and immediate abandonment of this pernicious system - Peggs s pamphlet on Suttees being in my hand at the time - Mr. Peggs s Pamphlet, which, to the feeling testimony of AN EYE-WITNESS of the horrible practice
William Bampton, Orissa.
{{cite book}}: |work= ignored (help)James Peggs had been for some years on Anglican missionary at Cuttack in Orissa. As evidenced by his other publications (against suttee, infanticide, slavery, etc.) - He was at the same time convinced of the Missionary Society's view that "the subjection of India to Britain is doubtless, next to the introduction of the Gospel, the greatest blessing that country ever enjoyed". Peggs here describes in considerable detail the so-called "Pilgrim Tax" which was levied on Indian pilgrims visiting many of the major Hindu shrines. In his view, the system not only enhanced the status of "idolatry" but also resulted in the grossest abuse of the pilgrims themselves.
{{cite book}}: |work= ignored (help){{cite book}}: |work= ignored (help){{cite book}}: |work= ignored (help){{cite book}}: |work= ignored (help){{cite book}}: |work= ignored (help)These pioneer missionaries to Orissa were William Bampton and James Peggs.
on 12 February 1822, missionaries like Bampton and Peggs reached Orissa with the specific purpose of spreading Christianity among the Oriyas.
James Peggs (1793-1850) had been a missionary at Cuttack, Orissa, south of Calcutta, and published this edition of his book in 1832 when Parliament was again reviewing the charter of the Company. Then residing in England, he sought to influence Parliament to give firm instructions to the Company to exert greater control over Hindu social customs and religious practices that he considered evil.
James Peggs had been for some years on Anglican missionary at Cuttack in Orissa. As evidenced by his other publications (against suttee, infanticide, slavery, etc.) - He was at the same time convinced of the Missionary Society's view that "the subjection of India to Britain is doubtless, next to the introduction of the Gospel, the greatest blessing that country ever enjoyed". Peggs here describes in considerable detail the so-called "Pilgrim Tax" which was levied on Indian pilgrims visiting many of the major Hindu shrines. In his view, the system not only enhanced the status of "idolatry" but also resulted in the grossest abuse of the pilgrims themselves.
{{cite book}}: |work= ignored (help){{cite book}}: |work= ignored (help){{cite book}}: |work= ignored (help){{cite book}}: |work= ignored (help)James Peggs (1793-1850) had been a missionary at Cuttack, Orissa, south of Calcutta, and published this edition of his book in 1832 when Parliament was again reviewing the charter of the Company. Then residing in England, he sought to influence Parliament to give firm instructions to the Company to exert greater control over Hindu social customs and religious practices that he considered evil.
{{cite book}}: |work= ignored (help)These pioneer missionaries to Orissa were William Bampton and James Peggs.
on 12 February 1822, missionaries like Bampton and Peggs reached Orissa with the specific purpose of spreading Christianity among the Oriyas.
Rev. James Peggs was a Christian missionary to Orissa, and he inscribed this presentation copy of his Suttees' Cry to Britain (1828) to Rev. Daniel Corrie.
Rev. James Peggs was a Christian missionary to Orissa, and he inscribed this presentation copy of his Suttees' Cry to Britain (1828) to Rev. Daniel Corrie.