Literary cadet, and Saturday evening bulletin. [volume] (Providence, R.I.) 1826-1827, 1826-12-23

l
elias ofreaders who will call for something more
lhan hard names, and ipSf dire', 10 substsnti-
ate cur statements. This may be truc-we 10 uot
doubt the ac, and whilst rejoice ourselves, that
thc rejecting aud liberal part of the community,
w II agree with Us, oct "a; all PANIED 10 think,
! hn. those who VIII not believe &" proofs strong
| holy writ" require something more than cur ipse
Iiret, aud the proof Of COOL men, and tho argu-
ments OF common sense aad com!aon reason, 10 cen.
vince them.
Our correspondent has remarked. tha. he is ~
! formed, by good amhortty that we have taken W
tie subjec, offoro:gn missions, with expectation
ofIeriyng additional patronage by adopting such
course. Whiis, we acknowledge very freely, thal
we hope such will be lie result of our lnbours,
leoy most pos,iyely and without peril yhrass or
equlyocation, TINT we have been influenced by any
such hopes or feelings. But for tic i4o,mation Of
| our correspondent, We will remark, that since
have aken up the subject, we have reo.ized a
| than ordIaary increase of patronage, although that
| which we have heretofore weekly and daily rsce
we'd. has been quite sufficient TO crafty ous toude,t
| expectations. We know not where he obtained
has good authority, for his assertions, bu il becomes
us TO say, that he who gave it, was either grossly
deceived, or uttered that which be knew 20 be with
out foundation.
Our correspondent, has very modestly asserted
thai in error altogether, and partlcularyas
! 20 tie ao3us operandi of conducting the foreign
missionary discussion, aid although, we are ex-
Gee lugly obliged TO him Tor the information,
sure him, that net at this moment in any
particular need Of his aid assistance in conduct
Ing this, or any other discassion which may fAll
wi,'l.a uar province ;-althoush we free to ad-
nit that Ne are not insensible of the boaeit, VIC
might derive, from the councils OF prolhsts ard
! sagcs.
lie aliudcs-and not very happily. in our opin.
ion--tn what was said in this paper, some months
since, relative Ia the performances Of the nev.
FRANCIS WAYLAND JR. as il he thought that he
would thereby convict US Of some gross iEco sisten-
cy-and inimate:, that the views of tha' iist;n-
suished Divine are cordially in unison VITA those
of tie fanatics engaged in the East India Missioa
As to Mr.. WAYLAND's views, relative to foreign
missions, va know them TO be just and liberal, and
are perfectly aware that he is among those, who
would further their usefulness and progress. But
That he would app!aad the = of the sehemers,
| who visit Aims Houses and distress the distress
ed' to get from them the little they possess, to
~ on a Crusade to Iindostan, we do not believe
we have had abundant and satisfactory proof that
he woGlL not WhateScr VIC have said, relative 70
this gcnlleman's Sermon "On the Moral Dignity Of
the NJ s-ionary Enterprise, was said in reference
10 its literary merits, and had connexion with il,
sentiments, in relation to the practcabihty Of ,sris.
anIzn, the native East Indians. What we then
snid o this work, we would now iepeat, if we
thought ii necessary to do so and we will add,
that the sentiments we then entertained relative 10
The talents Of this eminent Divine and scholar, have
not il the least been altered
Ia his eighth proposition, the gentleman has re-
marked that we are either nisufornlcd, or not in.
formed at ALL as 10 the real matters Of fact in tho
case, as 20 the amount o: good which has receatly
been performed by Missionary exertions in heather
lands. Ia offering dissent to this rropositon we
have 10 say, that although we have been attentive
observers, of the proceedings Of the foreign mis-
.ions, We have not thus far been enabled TO disco.
yer that they have produced any good, and as we
are anxious to be correctly informed on this as weM
as every other subject we make call upon the
gentlemen for information and for persons and pa
pers." Our reading on .his sub.ec, has = been ve-
ry extensive" and hence we consider ourselves
somewhat qualified to canvass it, the opinion Of our
friend /" to the contrary notwithstanding"
We have not said directly, nor have we from
any thing we have uttered, led any man 10 suppose
that "ths friends and supporters offoreisn Missions
arc ofall people the most deficient in the duties Of
Domestic charity, ofeducation, and Of pity for the
, wrctched aboriginals," and if our opponent has
drawn any such conclusion, he has drawn it from
false premises for distinctly declare that we ne
YER uttered such an assertion, aud for the truth Of
| this we refer him TO former essays the sub
y iect and which seem to have elected his yeculiar
i, ire.
i The gentleman has ventured 10 snoer al our sin
CERTIFY aud TO doubt us, when we say, that we have
taken up the subject of foreign missions, under
full conviction that il is our duty 10 10 So" and re-
marks, that in ayirg this, We declare in effect that
2 ave feel ourselves called upon by our Maker 10