The Sun. — 1818-01-13 (London, England)

ISM-jou' mei!, n (he inst. after a manly vindication of his character from lie attacks of an snonythous 3ailla!,t, thus e,:2reqes his -tieniiinents Of the above-named :society  OR the subject of the far-lathed Pt'iitest of Mr. Archdeacon Thorakis, and the Church Missionary Society, as connected with it, 'I conceive have sliewn as sufficient degree of impartiality, by poblishing :vith his Protest the only authorised and a.ithenticated answer that had appeared 'to it; while tinder the inyossibility of printing 'even a small portion of the a,uonytitous letters, daily received on the subject, I have reserved to my. self the liberty of selectiug such as .1 think proper, and are most in unison with my own fet;ings. As to the Church Missionary Society itself, am free to say, that my views of it have been materially altered since its formation in this city, not so much with respect to the principle as a means of propagatiug the Gospel on the basis of the Church of England, as to the method and details of its proceedings, and the conduct of several Of its supporters amongst us. Ott this view I may conscientiously contribute my subscription to its general purposes, while I disapprove of the amalgamation of a Church Society with every party of Dissenters, and detest the low artifices by which contributions to its funds are in a manlier extorted front children at school, from servants in families, and from the bard savings of the poor ; and abhor the illiberality of imputing to unehaiitahle and irreligious motives any refusal to join the Society *.  4, 1 could addace proofs indispntable of all these charges against the Society; but one shall suffice :—A child in a visit to his parents from school, informed them, that it was his master's with that he should subscribe, as his school-fellows slid, his penny per week to the conversion of the heathen; and, as an indhcement, he put into his hands some numbers of the " Missionary papers for the use of the weekly and ~uontlily contributors to the Church Missionary Society ;" in Nu. of which the following stimulant to contribution ;3 related :  " A Missionary among the Indians in North America bring one evening attacked with fever, resolved to go into his hut, and lie down in his hammock. Just, however, as he entered the door, he saw a serpent coming down on him from the roof of the hut. The serpent darted at him ; and in the scuttle which followed, the creature stung or bit him in tiro or three places, and, pursuing him closely, twined itself several times round his head and neck, as tightly as possible. ktpeetitig tiow to be stung or strangled to d.ath, and being afraid lest his fellow Missionaries, when the; found him, should sus— pect that the Indians had murdered him, lie, a ii siogular preset:ce of mind, wrote with chalk on the table (h: py el, cum tance that a piece of chalk was at hand) " A serpent finS killed me." Suddenly, however, that promise of the 11,. deemer darted into his mind : " They shall take up serpents, and shall not he hurt." Encouraged by this declaration,and lifting up his heart to our Saviour, he seized the creature with great force, tore it loose from his body, mid flung it out of the hut. • Ile then lay down in his lumnock, in tranquillity and peace, praising God for his merciful care! !" Credo Jurla-la Appella !!—I have contributed my mite to the Bartlett's Building Society for the Propagation of the 'Gospel in Foreign Parts, and I have contributed a mite also to the Baptist Missionary Society; but bare not heard of Mean, like these being adopted, to swell their lists of subscriptions, and to delude the ignorant and illiterate.