American watchman and Delaware advertiser. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1822-1828, 1822-09-06
From Pain Truth.

| lately conversed with an cmigrant from Eng
land who had left that country in order to escape
the abominabe oppression OF hthps. He was man
OF integrity and property, and brought letters OF
ldsmission and recommendation from an English
to New York Presbyterian church. ] congratu-
lated him on his escape from an oppressive heirsr
chy. buI he assumed grave look and did not seem
to esh m, remarks "You call yourselves free
people" said he "but you paw dearly Tor your tIee
dom have been housekeeper twenty-t ur years
twenty Two of which | lived in--shlre
il Eng and two in New.York. have kept all exact
account oil my religions expenses ever since | was
married When in England paid seat and tof, !
The Kings's taxes and maintained my family decent-
Iy During my two years esdence in this uHtdred
Icouniy with all my economy find my estate to
be rapidly decreasing In this book keep an ex-
act account OF all my disbursements for religion,
leo nmencing with Jan. LIST 798' He then read
over long string oil Items too tedious and complex
for me to repeat. found thar, his religious tao
was carefully looted up at the end of each wear -
What was INV establishment on seeing that the a.
mount OF his religious expenses ending December
5lst 1921, exceeded by SO per cent those of any
previous year during his residence in England -
He explained in lew word,. Making due allow
lance Tor the. preludlces OF an Englishnan fear
thcrr is too much truth in his remarks re-
sumed. "My family consisted of two sons and
four daughters. Soon after my arrival my suns
were earnestly solicited to Join the Young mems
NJ ssiouary Society" and finally did Join My
daughters required no solicitation but joined with
the fastionabte pIrt of their sex Although the
youngest is scarcely years old they all Joined
Female Missionary Societies. My vile. once a
notable woman, joined SO many societies that can
not repeat the names OF half OF them. merely
know that the OF the 'pDor heather engrossrs
her time for seven days in the week My daugh-
tiers divide their time between reading the Mission
ary Herald, Don attending evening meetings.
and the dancing school My servant maids, neither
oil whom can read, were urged to contribute their
nile towards defraying the expenses of Coltece
education tor piDuS young men. They actually
gave crown piece each. and affixed their mark to
a subscription paper then in circulation I enCea-
vored to shew them, that they could afford nothing
in charity when Mary interrupted nae with them
int duzzent girp n0fhin for to corrart the 10, p
Hnd1stans is iatdptS.' | asked her where she
learned this 'Frnm Parsons--who tetLpd US as
h0ic lof he kno,red that the pre- HindtStdns were
starving for notitch and worshipped Lggernot II
'NpoSe as how the HindOs'anS live in Hireiand a.
mong the PdpiShpS, or IN Scotland where thew h0lf
hoihi" t. eat as | nerer SEED one in Hngland -
Besides young msti esses sirpS s. why shouldn't
We stopped the torrent nf Mary's eloquence--
gave her crown piece and dismissed her to the
kitchen --lluw could blame her for aping my
vile and daughters | found her threat con-
crrning 'i'fdet,' not vain one NV vile lie, me
I'M" the secret. Every society had members whose
duty It was catch their neghbors II any one
expressed any louhts Of the propre.y oil foreign
missions he was forthwith to be branded as an inf
del and hunted dowa as such Tn England we h ID
heggars IN rags-in America you have beggars in
THERE'S little difference between being
tdrpd out oil my money in England and being bpg.
Anna / has r,npi.r I~tf.l
and prefer the former. ! shall dispose OF my pro-
per and return to my native country. ,egreting
only that ever lett IL" could not help thinking
the Englshmans case hard one While in his
naive country he met the sneers of the High
Church party as puritan and dissenter-and here
he was called an "inHdel.' | would ask the friends
OF the Missionary cause if this preudced foreigner
has made a true statement of his grievances III
his statement be true how can they defend them
selves against the charge of avarice and noerance?
JOHN KNOX.
From the .Npac Fork Statesman, Aug. 10.
Extract Of letter from one of the editors, now in