Literary cadet, and Saturday evening bulletin. [volume] (Providence, R.I.) 1826-1827, 1826-12-09

pie, Deiore zoe ininiacuiate chrNuuhs upue'tooA ~
piou, / K Of fmending their morals, aud of corrce
ting their manners! It's believed that contrary
salt has marked the christihnzing scheme. and
that the Gentoo who before he was made acquain-
ted with the christian life, worshipped his God in
that way which was taught him by his parents, and
his native education, was much happier, and much
more yirtuous than he has been since Msssrs. Ca.
aFY. MARsHmAs, and WARD. made him familiar
with all the nrlcacies arts, and myster es Of pseu-
do christianity.
But who are these individuals who assume to
themselves the only certain knowledge Of the de-
signs OF the Almighty, and who kindly, and through
charity, undertake to lead TO the gates OF Hea
ven In six cases out Of ten they are individuals,
who, either from ncapacity or disincnaion for the
common laborious vocations Of life, resort to the
desperate method of obtaining livelihood, by
practising on the crcduity of the supersiitious--
the weakness Of the ignorant-and the indulgence
Of the humane and benevolent. Arrogatng to
,hemselye, powers and functions, which Heaven
never yet delegated 10 rail mortaiity, they sally
forth to teach us the way TO the gates OF Heaven;
and with an impudence only equalled by their te.
nerty, tell us we must subscribe 10 their opinions,
or we mus, sink in endless ruin. No matter who
they are, or from whence they came-or it. as POPE
has il,
"their blood
Has crept through scoundrels since the food,"
they assume all the pomposity OF LEO Tenth, and
threaten Us with destruction and the wrath of God,
FIVE DO not freely give to them the contents of
purses. Too often is il the case, that though unac-
credited, without character, and without name,
they succeed in draining the pockets of the credu-
ous andin Stripping the last iarthins from the Wi
dow and the orphan. No art is left unused by
them, to carry on their plans, and "cursed is he,"
who is so unfortunate as to fall within their grasp
With consciences scared against every compunc-
ton, and dead.to Sesery ennoblins principle. they
wrest the last shilling from the hand of honest in
lustry, and-ieave the unhappy INDECENT to suffer all
the ills Of poverty whilst they tear from them, even
the necessaries Of fe' Aciuated by spirit which is
rather demonioc than otherwise, they suffer 20 op.
portuity to escape unemployed, by which they can
succeed in working upon the passions and credulity
of the gnorsnt and unsuspecting and the du-
ped aware Of it, they wheedled out Of that
little, appropriated and saved from their hard la
bors, rock the cradle Of declining life, TO give
comfort to bed Of sickness and msery.t
1t does appear TO us, to be the du of society to
make effort TO put stopper on The proceedings Of
tne " head and front" of these missionary schemes,
nj expose the canting hypocrites who are concer-
ned in them, in all the hdeousness ofther depravi-
ty and dclormity The scheme has been too long
and too successfully carried on, and it behoves the
good people to frown upon it with Indignation. Un-
Ter the present existing state of things, even our
aupers are put under contribution 20 support the
schemes and ill the Golfers Of theological specula-
tors, who have already amassed nconsiderable
'ums, which instead Of appropriatug to the objects
proCessedly in view, appropriated to personal
aggrandsement.
Looking over he ofpapers few dhys since, We
were shocked on reading the following paragraph,
which is there set forth with degree Of arrogance
and chucklng, which ought to excite the disgust Of
any consideraie mind
The cause of Missions rapidly progresac', and
happy to state that all classes and conditions
of society cheerfully cooperate in accelerating the
OF our acquaintance sincerely devoted to the best
Of mankind, informs US, that the last week he
visited the Aims House in this town, to pray with
the unfortunate inmates, and that after the devo-
'ions Of the morning were over, he spoke to them
On the importance of missions, when two Of them
rheerfully gave to him all the money they posses
ell, and which had been given % them by visitors
enable them to purchase some Of the luxuries of
life, to them perfectly useless. The example is
gorthy of all praise and it is hoped that it will be
followed, by those pious souls, who although i'm
nersed in an Aims House. are not iusensbe Of the
oecessity of enlightning and redeemins the benign
ted sons and daughters of Adam, who dwell in the
lesolate parts of the Earth"
Thus it will be seen that these sehcmers not
ontent with taxing the benevoence of the aflu-
.nt, visit the abode- of poverty to add mite
to the gloroas fund.- founded for the support OF Fo-
~eisn Missionaries. Further comment is unneces-
Sometime since we read the following paragraph in
paper devoted to the causoof Missions
"The Rev. Mr. S----- informs us that he has received
a donation Of twenty five dollars from Mr.. John A.,
a WORTHY but POOR MAN, residing the Of Rut-
land, Vermont, which cheeriuy given further the