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measures being taken for the eonversion of the heathen . What a rare specimen of logical acumen , and of d € monsiratio ? i ad libitum ! This is the species of argumentation by which , according to the legendary tale , the
monk was successful in confuting , at least in confusing the devil . As confident assertion appears to be with you a favourite figure of speech , I will indulge you in my turn , by averring that the Unitarians are not averse from
missionary undertakings ; but are as friendly disposed to them , as any other denomination of professing Christians . If they have not themselves set any foreign mission on foot , the omission may be accounted for , from the paucity of their number , and the want of means to execute a plan of that nature ; rather than from indifference to the interests of the gospel , and a deficiency in the
principle of benevolence , towards those of their species who are la * bourins : under the direful effects of stupid idolatry and cruel superstition . They earnestly pray for the success of those , 4 * who
have gone out u / ito the . heathen , " and sincerely rejoice in any instance , which comes to their knowledge , of divine truth being disseminated , with the prospect , however distant , of a glorious harvest , and of " the name of our Lord Jesus Christ , being glorified" in the actual obedience of some individuals to the faith .
The Unitarians indeed , in common with many other religious bodies , may have supposed ,, tnat *>
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" * -r ¦ .. ¦ \ ' ' ' - \ ficial effects , which are likely , to arise ifrom preaching the gospel to savages , previously to the
attempting of their civilization . The example of the Quakers , with respect to the American Indians , they consider as the line which ought to be pursued in these benevolent enterprizes . To
the main principle however , that it is the duty of Christians to endeavour to propagate their religion in Pagan and Mahometan countries , by all well-adapted measures , I know not a single Unitarian who objects . The mission to the East Indies , under
the direction of the Baptist society , has been spoken of by them in term 3 of high approbation . They conceive the people of that country to be in a state of civi ~ lization and mental improvement , which warrants the evidences and
doctrines of the gospel being laid before them , with a rational hope of being duly examined and ultimately credited . As a proof that such really are the ideas of the Unitarians ,
on the East Indian mission , I would refer you ta the approbation with which it is mentioned , and the recommendation to support that is given it , in a late number of the J \ lOnthIu
Repository * : A periodical publication , that I presume you will not be disposed to question , may be considered as the organ by which thesentiments of the Unitarian
community are decidedly announced . You will therefore , I hope , be inclined to withdraw an assertion , which has , it seems , been hazarded more as the consequence of a settled prejudice , that prompts you to suppose Unitarians can nei .-
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Mr . Severn to 3 Ir . A . fuller * on Missions . 263
Monthly Repository (1806-1838) and Unitarian Chronicle (1832-1833), May 2, 1808, page 263, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/mruc/issues/vm2-ncseproduct2392/page/35/
