1825.]. 
minor articles of their creed. It may 
be observed; however,’ that:some of the 
best! parts Of ‘this'system'seem to have 
been' borrowed from that of the Jesuits 
of Pafatiayo ON 
On the subject of the Reviewer’s at- 
tack upons:“\the: Home Missionary: So- 
ciety,” swhich) (the “outburst of zeal’: 
has produced, “for the general evange- 
lization ‘of: Great Britain,’*) we shall 
onlyosay, that thougli, ‘on’ the one hand, 
there: is;~perhaps, a large portion of 
our® home \ population which stands 
quite as‘much in need of conversion to 
Christianity, asthe savages either. of 
Africa: ov, 4 merica; yet;on the other, 
it doesnot seem. that-the Evangelical 
Home Mission is'at all likely to direct 
its labours’ towards’ the classes we 
allude:to»; and we: are ready to admit, 
that-guch conundrum catechisms as the 
specimen quoted from the Evangelical 
~ Magazine, are not likely to be of much 
use.except to the hypocrites, of what- 
ever class, who may think that the 
cheapest mode of appearing holy, is to 
cant-in the riddle-me-ree of unintelligi- 
ble nonsense. 
- But there is one passage in this ar- 
ticle (lengthy a8 our animadversions 
already are) which we must not pass 
over ; because it betrays the cloven 
hoof of politics] purpose, for which all 
this jumble of orthodox piety is af- 
fected. 
_. Speaking of the obstructions to the 
propagation of Christianity in the East 
‘and some of them seem to overwhelm 
even the Reviewer with absolute de- 
spair)—he thus proceeds— 
VORIe TI ? 
> 4Phereis also a jealousy of those who 
eiieavour to introduce the Gospel. We 
arélthe masters in India, most happily for 
Tndia itselfiie>°But: there: are native princes 
inothat country who would gladly recover 
thevabsolute authority that their forefathers 
possessed; tliere are adventurers and rest- 
less spirits (even in greater proportion than 
in Europe) -who eagerly desire to see the 
tiaves of ariarchy renewed, that their law- 
Jesstandireckless ambition may once more 
have free scope! and the only possible 
means by which a hostile feeling could be 
cited in the great body of the people (and 
in ‘thal class especially who are the ver 
sine 8 Of our strength) against an equitable 
loptiva In potipbasyitg A OS ADDI 
In_point of taste, really, we hardl 
Ki  Wwhiethér Ioré to hainife the’ dudburee 
of the orthddox Reviewer, ‘or the évangeli- 
ziiki of ‘the Home Missionary Society ; 
Fhaps, our attempts toconvert either 
of theni tua due serise of the grace of Eng- 
lish composition, would dlike be fruitless. 
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. and beneficent government, the blessings of 
which. are felt and understood, would be by 
persuading them that their religion was in 
danger.” saadets’ tomamenath 
Thus the jealousy entertained by the, 
most, Christian-like, . East-India ,Gom- 
pany against proselytizing | Missionary~ 
ship, and which: so ‘painfully »restrains. 
their otherwise benignant, solicitude far, 
our holy religion, is attributed. to. the 
fear lest the native Princes should take 
the alarm, and the, European,,dema- 
gogues should inflame the» apprehen- 
sions of the ‘people, that’ their;-native 
religion was in danger. _ The very book, 
however—the very passage of that book. 
(Capt. Seeley’s Voice from India—See 
M.M., Vol.48, p. 536, and Supp. p..609), 
of which the above is a sort of parody, 
gives a very different account of the 
matter. Capt. Seeley insinuates, and 
the speeches of East-India advocates in 
the House of Commons have openly 
and explicitly avowed (See also Sup- 
lement.to Vol.59), that the jealousy is 
not so much of the pretences, as of the 
thing itself—not so much of the native 
Princes and restless European dema- 
gogues, as of the illumination which 
preaching the gospel might diffuse. ~ It 
is Christianity itself of which’ they are 
jealous. The security of the East-India 
Company’s possessions, say they, “de- 
pends upon the preservation of the long 
established division of castes ; “the 
smost admirable institution, ,that..ever 
was devised for keeping a. people in,ab- 
solute subjection to their rulers. ‘Break 
down the barriers of the castes (which 
the introduction of Christianity’ would 
inevitably destroy), and the most-just, 
humane, benignant, and, bliss-dispens- 
ing Government of the East-India Com- 
pany is at an end. Farewell monopoly! 
Farewell India-Stock! Farewell aes 
of pagodas and rupees!” In other 
words, the natives of India must not be 
converted to Christianity; for if they 
are, our forty-thousand Europeans will 
no longer be able to exereise a despotic 
dominion over a hundred million, of 
native Indians; and the East-India 
Company’s charter may be cut up for 
ladies’ thread-papers. - a a:}, 0s 
Why did not the Quarterly Reviewer 
state this part of the subject fairly 2— 
Was he ignorant of the real binge’ of 
the question ?—No : but the East-India 
Company, with its blessed rant A 
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