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

wrath of Almighty God"
Thi. is language which none can misunderstood
this is settling the question of the need Of Foreign
Missions in direct opposition to your scep'lcal am
unsolictous reasonings on the subject. After this
attempt to ex pl ain my design in the extract, shou
YOU still complain of the want OF perception in the
| case. you alone will probably suffer the inconveB.
| ience of the deficiency.
You must also understand that the friends OF
Missions have a confidence Of success well as
| consciousness Of promoting the benefit OF their TEL
low men, of which you seem 10 have no Conceptions
The vivid ami captivating descriptions OF the pas
sage under consideration are IN perfect agreemtnl
| with the, settlei sentiments ef their hearts. MI.
1 Wayland has touched upon chords winch beat III
| unison with their fondest hopes aud expectation.
This fact will The best explain the unusual pOpula
rity o: the disco urse. When they considered the
| influence of christianity IN former ages upon thu
nations of Europe and the East end also upon these
| western w'lds when they reflect that the awful
| and cruel Druid, the wOrshppers OF Thor ana Wo.
demand other bloody deities whose affairs human
victims in countless multudes were made to bleed,
| and consider by whom they have been succeeded,
they do not view 1t as visionary anu futile cn cula
ton, that similar salutary changes may be wrought
| among the remaining barbarous and idolarous na-
| tions OF :he W orla.
| Acain-the friends Of Foreign Missions have no
appreheusons that any injurious effects will follow
I ,h-ir contributions TO its aid that the widow
|
| quenCe Of the exhausted treasures of christian
cnarity, and should you still continue to sound your
notes of alarm this head, and exercise your kind
guar danship oi these affairs, you will doubt
ctive all the grateful acknowed sements from those
| who think with you, to which the amount Of your
benevolent services shall enthe you but it is hi, b.
| y probable that your opponents viii continue la
dispose of their property in sums great or small,
Just they may feel disposed tor the support of this
obnoxious cause, all your alarming iears, and your
pro ou nd legal decisions against them, to the eou
| Irary Notwithstanding.
The friends of Foreign Missions find enlisted on
their side the promoters of Bible aud Tract Socle
ties OF Sabbath Schools and Bethel Flags, together
with all that moral machinery now noperation
| for the regeneration VI lost and ruined world
hey have also associated ~ their ranks the advo
Gates Of religious revNas oi experimental R,lsr q,
and all those evangelical sentlm lments which unite Tie
sufrsges aud cOinn and the fellowship and estcem f
| the truly pious ofevery nation and every nane.-
| Aud they have asce tanned from long experience.
that devotion 10 Foreign Missions, iustead OF di-
vertlng the attention oil lis advocates, from other
| charitable pursuits has tendency to expand the
soul and lead forth in deeds OF generous II not mu
n'fceut donations to every object around them, aud
have the satisfaction OF rejecting that in tn
gon, the most distinguished patrons OF the cause oi
issIons instead q! being reduced to circumstances
oi destituton aud pauperism, have sull hHle re-.
inipg Tor your lavo1rite Objects et caarity as
they will no doubt convince you suitable apph
catlon, and such am confident is he matter OF fact
~ other parts OF the world notwithstanding all your
| lear,ul suggestions TO the contrary.
| Your comparsoE OF modern Missions 10 the Cru
| -ades. which would seen to be OF your favor
| lie ailusious, by the frequency Of your calling IT
Orth, must ntor.n you - peculiarly offensive and
mai-apLIcu hat u sci oi men so Innocent and
amlabe as our missionary brethi en-, who nave been
in, COMPANIONS OF youth, and Of our acau.n.cai
| hav ta., IA. fa, Hraf hv
| lheIr respective churches, and then again by the
Missionary Board who carry no weapons, not even
| lor their own defence, should be compared to the
| molly, wretchcd multitude who sail ed forth sword
| in hand, most visionary enterprise, which all
| classes OF mankind tor ages have condemned, you
may well suppose will excite III us, sentiments not
altoge geher favorable to the cearness of your head
| or To the goodness OF your heart. You are at full
liberty to reiterate the disgusting and unappropri-
ate figure, and you may enjoy for the future with
o 4 opposition all the satisfaction 1t can afford you.
| You affirm with much emphasis and proprle,y
| that iuregn missions were originally started by
| good and vrtuous men, who had nothing hut the
welfare of the world nj heart" This rs very cam
dad aud generous confession. But, unlucki!y for
| you, 1t turns, OUT that the East India Mission,
which Of all others seems to be the ect Of your
severest iuadversons, Was rginall started, be.
ore some Of us were born, by that odious trumvi-
ae, Carey, Narshman and Ward, whom you have
| - ott en- psraded to public view, men Of "A very
| dlfIere ut character iron" " good aud virluous."
The Rev. LuruER RICE was also one Of the
orisina,ors Of the Mission TO Burmhh.
The corollary Of your argument ! will leave FOR
| yoursehe e. and the public to draw.
a second specimen Of your logical and historical
correctness, will proceed to exhibit You contend
that if these same good and vrtuous originaors &c.
we're now alive, they would frOwn indignantly Oh
these modern schemers, &c.
Now II so happens that three, out ofthe four gen.
tlemen whom you have often named, are still alive
- and il your account OF them be correct, you will
| have the goodness to exhibit your proof The
| whole story Is new to me.
A. you have asserted much, and proved but lit
| tie, before you bring forward any new mpeach-
nens against the hlissond, les, snd the cause OF
Missions, request you TO sustain those you have
made, and exh hit the testimony oi which you have
| made such frequent AMI ,auntns boasts.
Accordin. To the I,ondon Missionary Register for
80 the number Of Missionary stations, Of Protes
| isut Missions throughout the world 289 the
humber of Missionaries was So. the sci,ous under
| ,heir care contained 5000, children; while the
lumber OF Church members, consisting mostly OF
| converted Heather. was almost $1,000 ! his may
serve ms a short answer to one o. your positions,
that nothing has been effected by the efforts OF For
riyn Missions. Doe, al tbs amount to nothing p
! The sight Of between 1 and 5000 children ~ the
Castle Garden, New York, at the anniversary of the
Sunday school Union of that city,is ALWAYS regard
| ell with unusual interest by those WHO have wit
| nesseI the scene how much more interesting
would he the spectacle Of zen or twelve times that