Literary cadet, and Saturday evening bulletin. [volume] (Providence, R.I.) 1826-1827, 1827-01-13

y that TO convert the seven hundred millions ot
If ofpersous spoken ofby Mr.. Wayiand. one hundred
and forty million. of years must be consumed. and
oue hundred aud forty thousand millions Of doau
must be expended. II we were to adj to hi. esti-
nate the natural increase of mankind, which may
oe estimated at twenty five per cent and that n
9eiv moderate calculation-th the expense and time
would he augmented. in proportion. and present o
,un. total almost beyond mathematical calculation
From this must infer. that the project of chris
tianizng the heathens, is useless and hopeless
lnde ertakng. The consideration Of the project is
appalling, AMI for the sake of our brains we retire
rom il (; we leave our correspondent to demon
trate the practIcsbty Of he undertaking.
In relation TO that part Of our correspondents pa
-agraph where he asserts that have said that il
: OF hut little importance, what opinions the hea-
hen forms OF God. we have To- remark, that we
have uttered any thing OF the kind but in the
same breath we will admit that we do believe, that
# 10 not material to the ultimate fate Of the hea-
then, what are the opinions he forms Of the Ruler
pi the Universe so long he acknowledges his su-
premaHy, lives virtuously and in accordance with
ruth. We believe that that all-wise being. who
formed the world from chaos, md whose existence
IS displayed by the boundess pillows, the starry
kes, and by all the works Of nature and Of art ;aud
>ho formed man from the dust, ami endowed him
with the faculties Of perception and discrimination,
will in his wise providence, dispose of his creatures
best suits his ise purposes, and that he will mt
Dom O perd ton, the child of the desert, or the
offspring Of the wilderness, because they have been
deprived Of the lights o: modern chri.tiantv.--
W!th this expression OF our sentiments, and they
expressed in spirit Of candor, VIII ch acknowledges
rur cor 'espondents essay.
~, hall not stop 10 notice the pa ragraphs which
immediately follow the last noticed, as they are
100 puuy to occupy our attention-and 1t becomes
us to come to a close soon possible, since we
are persuaded that our readers have already be-
come wearied with the subject.
Ia the next paragraph which arrests our notice,
the writer quotes the following sentence from
lebrated author, whose name il is not necessary to
repeat at this moment "lt is in vain to talk about
the innocence Of these chl lren of nature dying
in their present state, they must be exposed 10 all
that is awful in the wrath Of Almighty God"-and
then our opponaut r;um. hnnty aud exultingly ex-
caims, 4" this is language which none can ni.under.
stand-tn 8 is SETTLING THE auEsTIoN OF tie need
of foreign missions. in direct opposition TO your
sreyp,ica and unsolici,ous reasonnss on the sub
Jcct."
II 10 fcrf fha hnn
logical opinions of Others, and that regard which
we entertain for our religion will not suffer US to
notice the extract, quoted by our correspondent as
an nrgumenium ad hominem. and whilst we assure
him he has a very felicitous manner in settling
questions, cannot refrain from giving way to the
impulses of merriment, and laugh at the absurdity
Of his propositions.
In one part Of his essay, the gentleman has
thought proper to attempt to defend those individ.
uals who are engaged in the Missionary cause,ia
the capacity Of itnerant preachers; and would
if he could make US believe that they are ell ac-
tuated by the noblesi purposes, and have thing
but the happiness ofman al heart.
As we have always doullei this, and have had
the hariihood to believe that many Of them il.
Auenced by some Of the baser motives, and th;.t
niute en:itsths Of them have nothing but their
personal aggrandsement in view, we will copy de-
scrpon Of :wo Of them, which will answer for a
portrature ofa majorityof the concern, from work
entitled Thoughts on Missions" written by the
Rev. John Taylor, ofFranklin, Kentucky, vene-
rated Baptist Clergyman, distinguished alike for his
zeal aud unpretendng piety.
About eight or ten year. past, (and previous TO
any Baptist Missionary Society in kentucky two
Young men, by the names Of Mills and Sch. rmer-
horn be p. on a missionary tour from the Presbyte.
Ran Board of Missions in the east, by their direc.
tion, were 10 travel through the States of Ohio.
Kentucky, Tennessee, the Natchoz settlement, and
t. New Orleans aud then return to the Board who
sent them, make report 10y faithful journal, OF
all the Missionary and Bible Societies they had
formed all the money they had collected, their sue
cess in preaching, &c. From Cincinnati. IN the
State of Ohio, their object was TO travel to l'exing-
ton, in Kentucky. BY an acquaintance OF mine In
Ciuc cnuati they were induced to travel sixty mios
out Of their way to me. then living IN the lower
end of Galatin county. Thtir object Of ON IN er"
view with me- was to know the state Of the Baptist
Society in Kentucky ani shape their course nccor-
dinghy They were at my house about enc day
aud night. They were respectable looking young
men, we'll informed, and zeulo1a in the cause in
which they employed. They gave me full
history OF the ordination anil m ss"n oil hessrs.
Judson and lice. aud the ighty effect had on
,he people Of New England aud aruculary this
good effect, that many poor Ministers could scarce