330 
Charges delivered to the Missionaries at 
_ different Periods, on their Departure for 
their several Missions. \ Published by Di- 
rection of the Board of the Soeiety’ for 
‘Promoting Christian Knowledge. 2. The 
Missionary Register, 1813—1824.” 
What in the name of common sense 
had they to do, on such an occasion, 
with sneers and sareasms against Po- 
pery and Jesuits, or with Catholic and 
Anti-Catholic Controversies ? Chris- 
tians of all denominations are engaged 
in this proselytizing system ; and if they 
are as sincere and wise as they appear 
to be zealous, they will go hand-in- 
hand together, exemplifying to~ the 
‘heathen abroad, and to the philosopher 
.at home, that they have the morals of 
Christianity in their hearts : that Chris- 
.tianity is not the bigotry of sects, nor 
the rancour of contentious dogmatism : 
that it is a religion of essences, not of 
forms—a brotherhood of sympathies 
‘that soften the heart and restrain 
‘the passions—not a struggle of antipa- 
thies that inflame and stigmatize and 
divide. Something of this kind is, in- 
deed, occasionally vaunted. There are 
concessions about “ benevolence and 
self-devotion, and good hearts among 
‘those of the corrupt church: but the 
article is full of inconsistencies ; as ar- 
guments are apt to be that are main- 
tained, not for a principle, but for a 
purpose ; and the purpose, in this in- 
“stance, is palpable enough : it is avowed 
‘in the running title of the pages— 
“Church of England Missions,”’—i.e. 
not missionaryship, but a sect of mis- 
sioners! — not Christianity, but the 
‘Church! And yet the greater part of 
that which is vaunted seems to be done 
-by those who are not within the epis- 
copalean pale—by baptists, evangeli- 
cals, methodists, &c. 
With respect to the Jesuits (a sect, 
“most assuredly, for whom we have no 
partiality !) the eulogist of missions, 
of whatever church, should not forget 
that they were the first who set the 
‘example, and prepared the way for all 
this missionaryship. Brother South- 
ey’s Tale of Paraguay might. have 
taught the associate Reviewer a little 
reverence for those holy fathers and 
their sacred colony of proselytized In- 
‘dians. 
But the Jesuit. colony of 60,000 
parishes, and Jesuit Christianity, are 
‘done ‘away with; and this is a proof 
that their religion is false! 
_, Not, so, good Quarterly logician,!— 
“hot exactly so, . Dr, Francia, it seems 
ms 
’ Philosophy of Contemporary Criticism. 
[Nov. 1, 
(the “new Veiled Prophet”), hasstepped 
into Father Dobrezhoffer’s shoes—has 
‘established an anomalous’ dictatorship 
in place of the pantisocratie theocracy : 
the Paracuese have changed’ ‘the name, 
not much the character, perhaps, of 
their automatonism ;\ but the Jesuit 
Christianity (be it true or false) retains 
where it was; and there'is no evidence 
yet of any equal number of conyerts to 
any other system—and ‘especially to 
Church of England Christianity. 
But, supposing it true that all’ the 
“boasted structures of Jesuit) /Chris- 
tianity have been broken up’ and so 
utterly destroyed, that in those parts 
of the world where they were most 
efficient, and seemed to be most firmly 
established, not a wreck remained:’’ this 
would not prove (what, nevertheless, we 
do not mean to dispute), that the Ca- 
tholic is the. false, and the Church. of 
England “is the true church;” . be- 
cause, although “ the Protestant. Mis- 
ssioners” (the greater part of whom; by 
the way, are not of the Church of Eng- 
land) “ have entered the field, and are 
pursuing their undertakings widely and 
zealously, with surprising exertion and 
various success;” yet the extent and 
permanency of this success have. not 
yet been ascertained by the test of 
time; and the comparison cannot yet 
be drawn. The Jesuits “entered upon 
the field of their missions, and pursued 
their undertakings with surprising ex- 
ertions, and yet unparalleled success,” 
about two hundred years ago! . By 
what gift of prophecy will the Quar- 
terly controversialist undertake to write, 
at this time, the history of the harvest 
which our Protestant Missioners. will be 
reaping two hundred years hence? We 
pretend to no prophetic inspirations ; 
but, even supposing the conversions 
wrought by the present Missionaries 
to be as extensive, and as permanent, 
.as the most sanguine imagination could 
anticipate, we must be permitted to 
doubt whether lawn sleeves and mitres 
will be every where a part of the Chris- 
tianity established — or the thirty-nine ar- 
ticles be admitted as the only charter 
of Christian salyation, We say not this 
as making ourselves any party in the 
dispute between “ the Churches.” . We 
have as little affection for.the.dogmas, 
miracles, and ceremonials of Popes and 
Jesuits, as the writer.of the article be- 
fore us: but. we would wish,to,per- 
suade those whoare solicitous forthe dif- 
fusion of Christian morality and Chris- 
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