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WE did not think that we should have been again called upon to thread the mazes of that more than Dædalean labyrinth, in which the British and Foreign Bible Society has contrived to enthrall its unwary admirers: Implet Innumeras errore iras, viæque ipsa reverti But the circumstance which gave occasion for the publications now before us, is one of no ordinary importance: and the Letters themselves are highly interesting, as furnishing the best account perhaps which can be obtained of the actual state of this society, and of the good and evil which it has produced, after an experiment of eighteen years. Once more, therefore, we feel it to be our duty to bring the subject under the notice of our readers; and to solicit their attention, while we lay before them, as fairly as we can, a summary of the VOL. XVIII. DECEMBER, 1822. latest evidence which has been produced, both for and against this powerful association. If there are any who think lightly of the British and Foreign Bible Society, and imagine that its growth, its prosperity, its character, and its labours, are matters of trivial import, for them we do not profess to write. To us the Society has ever appeared an engine of tremendous efficacy. If the system it adopts, and the means it employs are as unexceptionable, as its avowed object is, abstractedly considered, meritorious, the highest strain of eulogy in which its enthusiastic panegyrists have indulged, can scarcely be deemed an exaggeration. But if, as has been urged against it, it distributes the mere letter of Revelation, at the risk of darkening and corrupting the truth which that letter was designed to convey; and if it combines the sworn defenders of sound doctrine, with the advocates of error, by an unhallowed compromise, destructive at once of the unity of the Spirit, and the bond of Peace; then the size which it has attained, the power it has accumulated, and the energy it has displayed, are well calculated to awaken our liveliest apprehensions, and to justify all the vigilance with which its operations have been scrutinized, and all the severity of zealous indignation with which they have been described. It is well known that a considerable majority of the clergy have withheld their support from the Society, in consequence of the alarm which its character originally excited, and which its conduct has since increased. It was at first the endeavour of its advocates, to represent all who would not join them, as indifferent, or hostile to the distribution of the Scriptures. But the stubborn fact, which those who took the lead in the controversy alleged in their defence, that they had been actively engaged in this pious work, through the medium of the Society for Promoting Christian Knowledge, for years before the new scheme was devised soon rendered this calumnious imputation as powerless as it was false; and the increased, and still increasing support which was given to the old Church Society, soon proved that no disinclination to promote the object, but a conscientious disapproval of the means, influenced the conduct of those, whether Clergy or Laity, who refused to be enrolled in the motley ranks of the novel Association. On the other hand, the Bible Society was warmly supported by Dissenters of all denominations; and by those of the Clergy, who have in some measure separated from their brethren, and permitted themselves to be designated and known as a distinct body; as well as by many other very zealous and pious individuals, who were captivated by an attractive object, and high sounding pretensions, without having time, or feel |