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


shich you have set yourselves most seriously
mpugn. -.
Now. as all the characters in du stioD are acting
under the solemn profession of religion--as they
profess to he governed by the prncIples OF intcgn.
y ind uprighness. an are entitled by an evcrlast
'ng rule Of law aud equity. 10 10 be held innocent
nil .hey are proved guilty. call upon you-
LIST. To point out the numher, aud give us the
names Of those Missionaries who possess those uu-
worthy aud debasing characters, you have so Often
"cr,bed to them. which | need not now repeat
81. What part Of the large amount Of Nissiona
~ funds have named, has been collected by the
lnprinciple agents, and the exiortion. deception
and other mapractses, to which yon have so often
cferred? At present, neither affirm upon these
.oins, as ] am unwilling 10 commit myself IN,
vour hands. Wh"n you have adduced all YOU
testimony Of this moral delinquency, which yo
iave loudly proclaimed to the world, and siven
he bottom line OF your account, you may hear fran
ne again.
81. request you, without leading them again u
tantaliz,ns parade to the place OF execution, to
publish items and details Of the sentence Of condenl
| uaion against the miividuals you have go often
| named. especially the Odious and III fated CAREY,
MARsHMAN aud WARD.
On all these points, ask for that kind Of proof
which will produce convection on the minds of the
candid aud rejecting such as you yourselve.
could demand, were you the party accused.
In the second paragraph of the essay, tho writer
has something to say about our complaining of the
length Of the extract, copei 10y him into his Sc
cond number, from work Of the Reverend Francs
Wsyland, Jr., and although we compelled to
say, that 40 such plant was ever uttered. W.
will remark, that we would have gladly copied
thrice the quantity that was then given us, il i,
would have gone in the least to nva.idate the cor
ecncss of our positions for certainly should be
most heartily rcjoccd TO see him produce any thing
in supper, OF that which he avows himself capublp
OF supporting.
In he next place, the reverend gentleman, sepsi
bly, alive to best interests, aud anxious to tear
the film from OH, eyes, AMI to awaken o lr duh ap-
pa tensions, ocee,is 10 furnish Us wnh an analysis
OF the extract in question: and TO tell us how pecu
liarly opposite it was. and how judicousy aud in
geniou,ly it was fitted to the place it sacuped, aud
concludes by saying that " no two writers can te
more at variance than yourselves [oursclves and
the Rev. Francis Wayand.
Now, although y e feel ourselves 1artered with
the assim milalon-ior We never dreampt of Icing
simulated with MIR. WAYLAND-w, will be allow
ed to say, that if that distinguished Divine intends
by his writings, to be understood TO be advocate
for the dissemination oi light sud knowledge
through the world. and as one who stands forward
the fearless advocate for the propagation OF mo-
dern Christianity among the uneulish sh,ened Of crea-
tion-when our means will justify the undcrtak,us,
and when honorable and piuus men eau be engaged
IN the cause-we agree with HIM precisely: aud
We defy the most ingenious critic to draw any other
conclusion from what We have thus ar written.
Ia his third assumption, our antagonist has deem.
ed it to be expeent, and essential to his purpose,
to charge us with petit mfdelity, because we have
contended it is hopeless and an useless task to
attempt to convert the Pagan. to Christianity -
aud without our consent, makes us say, that +" Il
is Of out little importance what opinions the Hea-
thens form OF God and relsio,I--or what rites of
worship they maintain--what aliment sustains
them-or what secular occupations they pursue"
That il 10 a hopeless and an useless task to attempt
to convert the heathens 20 Christianity, appears 10
US to he most palpable and Mr.. Wayland IN his
discourse has given US some proof Of the inutility
OF the project.
this field saiisiicauy and nd that Of the eight hun.
dred millions who inhahit our globe, but two hum
dred millions have any knowledge ofthe religion Of
Jesus Christ. OF these, we are willing to allow
that but one half are his real disciples, and that
therefore there are but seven Of the eight hundred
millions to whom the gospel must be sent"
According to Mr.. Wayland, as will be seen from
the foregoing quotation, there are seven hundred
millions ofthe population Of this earth who are un-
acquainted with the Christian Religion, und who
must acquainted with it, ere the designs of;he 70
reisn missionary schemes are accomplished. Accor-
ding to his hypothesis. it will be well to inquire
how this immense multitude are to . converted
when the work will he accomplished. and how
much its con.umation will cost.
live take the most authentic accounts, that have
been received from the Foreign Missionary agents,
and il they are TO be relied upon as correct the
Missionaries have succeeded in converting or rather
IN forcing fifty Of The heathens to our creed, on an
average, for the last ten years-one half OF whom
have returned to their former idolatrous worship;
one quarter have apostatized and espoused other
creeds, whilst the other quarter have remained f. m
TO the faith leaving balance in favor Of missionary
exertions, Of twenty five annually, or two hundred
aud fifty in ten years. To convert these two hun
Dir d and fifty to say nothing about the apostates 1t