Yours of the 12
th
Inſ.
t came to hand
yeſterday. I was Sorry that we could
[illegible]not See
you
before we left
Ed.r which we Should have waited to
have done on your return had
it not been for two
or three circumſtances which are too lengthy to
recite now. I Should moſt cheerfully oblige you
in Sending the Anſwers to the Objections, but hope
you will excuſe it for the preſent as I Shall
probably want them in the courſe of my tra
vils. & have not time poſſibly to tranſcribe them
at preſent; perhaps it may anſwer as well when
I return to
Edinb.r which will be in a few weeks.
As to the expreſſion which is not agreable in the
Societies recommendation, I hope it will give none
of
fence—#
however it would have been the Same thing
to us had it been expreſſed
otherwiſe, & the Same thing kept in view; for all we deſire is that the Society
& the
Truſt in London may may by
^be^ one in deſign
& action, & So manage the affair as to eſſae the monies for mr Wheelock the Same way &
thro the Same channel to prevent a claſh which might be the caſe in any other way than that propoſed
& agreed to.
The Objection made in a Company of miniſter, that
mr Wheelock is promoting Preſbytery in oppoſition to y
e
Ch-h of England you treat with becoming contempt;
for the
Church of E. had not a Single miſſ
ry among
the Indians — were doing nothing for their converſion, were educating
no youth for miſſions; but imployed all their money to promote Epiſco
pacy, not among the Indians, but among preſbyterians who
were
Goſpalized
& who fled from their Tyranny in
England
& found a more peacible
retreat among the wild Savages of
north
America. They were doing
nothing for the Indians, &
muſt the whole world lie Still, & follow
their example, or be branded with party if they do not! —God
will
take care of his own Cauſe
& one day Shew who are the bigots, yea
he hath Shewn it already if people would but open their Eyes to
See— With moſt
reſpectful compliments to you &
M.rs
Erſkine
&
Children, in which Meſſ.
rs
Smith
&
Occom join, &
aſking your
prayers, I am, D
r Sir
NB We have preached for the Rev
d
mr
McCullock, & if poſſible
will viſit the Rev.
d
mr Stoddart, but if not will write
to him our excuſe