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evokes wide-spread agitation and press criti- cism ; how the day concludes with a whole-day festival and Mr. Sen's lecture on Regenerat- ing Faith, which Lord Lawrence, the Governor- General, attends... .,. .... 222-224

Mission operations renewed with redoubled energy ; Mr. Sen starts on a mission-tour to the North- Western Provinces; he leaves his family at Monghyr and visits Bombay ; a whole-day festival held at Monghyr on his return, which is followed by a new and unprecedented revival ; extraordinary reverence begins to be shown to Mr. Sen ; Rajnarain Bose raises his voice against it, but it continues, till at last Bijay K. Goswami and Jadunath Chakraverty publicly bring the charge of man-worship against their friends ... ... 225-231

The agitation subsides after publication of a tract by Thakurdas Sen, in which Mr. Sen declares his want of sympathy with such manifestations of extraordinary reverence ; B. K. Goswami returns to Mr. Sen's party but Jadunath Chakraverty does not ; Mr. Sen proceeds to consecrate his new Mandir and initiates 21 young men, as a sort of reply to his adversaries ... ... 232-236

In the beginning of 1870, Mr. Sen visits England and does important work there ; he