. Paganism, popery, and Christianity : or, The blessing of an open Bible, as shown in the history of Christianity, from the time of our Saviour to the present day. one observes, a matter of doubt whetherthe disciples of a Xavier, or the converts of a Loyolaand Dominic, with their partisans of the Romishchurch, should be admitted among the number ofChristians, or their labours be thought to have contri-buted to the promotion or to the hindrance of thereligion of Christ. Certain it is, that the methodsthese men pursued tended much more to make disci-ples to themselves and the pontiffs of Rome, t
. Paganism, popery, and Christianity : or, The blessing of an open Bible, as shown in the history of Christianity, from the time of our Saviour to the present day. one observes, a matter of doubt whetherthe disciples of a Xavier, or the converts of a Loyolaand Dominic, with their partisans of the Romishchurch, should be admitted among the number ofChristians, or their labours be thought to have contri-buted to the promotion or to the hindrance of thereligion of Christ. Certain it is, that the methodsthese men pursued tended much more to make disci-ples to themselves and the pontiffs of Rome, than toform the mind to the reception of evangelical ardent zeal, however, and unwearied industry,these apostles laljoured in this work. In 1662 wefind the pope established a congregation of cardinals,de propaganda fide, and endowed it with amplerevenues, and every thing which could forward themissions was liberally supplied. In 1627, also, Urbanadded the college for the propagation of the faith;in which missionaries were taught the language, of thecountries to which they were to be. sent. Francecopied the example of Rome, and formed an establish-. THE T^EVr YORK / GENERAL VIEW OF MISSIONS. 325 ment for the same purposes. The Jesuits claimed thefirst rank, as due to their zeal, learning, and devoted-ness to the holy see. The Dominicans, Franciscans,and others, disputed the palm with them. The newworld and the Asiatic regions were the chief field oftheir labours. Thev penetrated into the uncultivatedrecesses of America. They visited the untried regionsof Siam, Tonquin, and Cochin-China. They enteredthe vast empire of China itself, and numbered millionsamong their converts. They dared aifront the dangersof the tyrannical government of Japan. In Indiathey assumed the garb and austerities of the Brahmins,and boasted on the coasts of Malabar of a thousandconverts baptized in one year by a single sufferings, however, were very great, and inChina and Japan t
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