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HALIFAX, N. S. PRINTED BY H. W. BLACK ADAR, 1835. / Xi K /. '\- -\ ) A PORTRAIT, &c. Reverend Sir, »r To take a little notice of your nnchristtanlike " letters, addressed to me on «' Christian Baptism," is a sacriHce of dignity I feel myself called upen to make. For you, Sir, who can make statements so utterly destitute of trutii, whilv in possession of proof to the contrary, andthat^for the purpose of doing me an injury, I cannot help fee'irig- that contempt \oiir meanness so well deserves. 1 have carefully read your scurrilous production, and am led to the conclusion, that it stands without an equal for calumny, and reproach ; and was 1 not to make ma ly, and ^reat, allowances for your youth and inexperience, 1 whould Juive to look upon you as a person too base to demand my nttention. And although 1 am enabled to say with a suf- fering Saint of old, •' Non-e of these things move me ;" ( Acts l!0, 24,) I feel it a duty, though a painful one, which 1 owe to God, to thf Public, Myself, and You, to expotie your Pvhominable conduct, hoping that tlieieby you may be led to repentance, and tind thut " mercy" you delight in refusing to show to me. You evidently appear, while writing, to have laid aside, not only the character of a Messenger of mercy, but that of a i'hristian also : and could 1 do the same, 1 should then con- sider it beneath my rank a? a man, to take up all the calumni- ous, mean, low, and insignilicant language, with which your " A'/^crs" are so replete. 1 shall therefore confine my re- marks to those glaring " faisehootis," and misrepresentathus which appear most to demana an exposure. You must certainly be aware, Sir, that I can look upon you in no other light than that of a Slandkrer ! a charac- ter of which If ell itself can never boast a tiend so foul. You have gratilied your malice in endeavouring to rob me of that which can never e?i?7t'/t yourself, but the loss of which must make me j^f^or indeed! tJad you have entered my dwellingat midnight, or have met me on the highway, a}id Lave stripped me of all that 1 posses:;cd, you would have 1 ?> *r i THE HYPOCRITE UNMASKED. 3 M \ f- ra Iv But no, .uch petty acts ot revenge are far loo rae.-ii f; vo„._>^.can think ot' nothing less tha" the cmn^le « ,.in\f boti me and mine. Yon, I'f ^Pj''^'" ^'.^J,'';;: Mev™l rvSu haie told yonr tale of stabler to an unfeeln^ nncharitahlo world : many -'' tf.'^/J^ " .'hlV ifof hence you have robbed me oi «iy i/" ' whicli nunex^lne than ry,c«^ riches; (^'-^Yu:. I'Lw neitlier iiuliistrv, charity, nor time, can fully repair. sha ow \vithout any further consumpuon of time rmLSuo W >lr «'ricT.KE" in tije best manner of ^S 1 am capable ; and as it is more than probable you wi have rtaL several painful sittings before .ve come to The Sing stroke, you rliust try to comfor^ yourself ^^^tU the consideration, that not only your family, l^»t ^he rHVRCH,Yea,audtheWOLRD too, will have your ' lik b- NESS^' to look at; whether you be present or absent, dead or '"And now, Sir, with your P--f -';r^^T![|;^\f l^'^^ the fourth page of your pamr.h.t, entitled f^^J^'f/J^. Commentator Reviewed," where you ace ^c n^ ». havino- " treachcroushj wo.'nded an absent iiicnd by ftiy Z^^s s^card :" and iii the rancour and bitterness or i^y u.^- ii^ l^vo .n./A<..«^/:..UlUhe redobaptrsts on t^Jaco ot ibeMobo" To these charoes 1 ans'ver 1 hose who fmt. ^ad my 'Pamphlet, entitled, - What the f^^^^^^ ' Y ol Christian Baptism,^' must certainly know t.u t your accusations are f.lse, and "»l-^' »'^^y^"i ^T"^;;^'! v Liier himself to be blinded by prejudice and inflamed b> ^'vonoe, he could never make such untounded a.ser ions. On^;ame pa,e you appear to be in great t-^dde -a say - You have publicly denounced me as a baptized inhdel.-^ A ihist a toi\o ue and pen like yourVdiere is no ^" Xut Lhl assertions, and let fly your envenomed daits, without ;' ; "ation , Ol- warning I ^V by did you not poin to he page oni-c^ison from whom you got your information? Hem. idlrm^lionl yes, information !-You are speechless, Sir ! ; " you wer'e writing a falsehood, to the in.jury of one who never injured you, when you wrote it ; and allow me to .57/7/ (4 ** 4 THE HYPOCRITE tell you now for your " information," that had I have called you a baptized infidel" you would have been called out of your name, seeing I believe you never were baptized. After telling me I need not expect, or, rather presume to ask," for mercy, yju remind me of having given the world a " portrait in the " Man of Sorrows :" and in return, allow me to remind you that I am now giving them another in the "Man of Sin." And let me ask you, what have you to do with the ** Man of Sorrows," unless it be to show your spleen, and expose yourself ? Surely, Sir, you must have thought, that those who read your book would never take the trouble to examine to see if what you said was correct, or, with all your thirst for revenge, you would certainly have had more love for yourself, admit- ting you had none for me, than to have told such malicious lies for the purpose of making me appear a public liar ! You say on page the Gth, — that after promising to ■' give a reply," you turn over and " lo ! I say, I shall not attempt a reply" You know it is not so : and yon knew it when writing it, as you acknowledged at the commencement that my book was before you. We have got no further yet than your eighth page : and though this is but our second sitting, I can assure you. Sir, that we shall find but little difficulty in producing a striking •'likeness :" for every time I take up my pencil you look more and more like yourself. And the leading feature of your " portrait," and that which must at once strike the eye of every beholder, is that of lying ! Tor had you not have been accustomed to it, it could hardly be thought that you would have made such rapid advances in so short a time. Having already made so many fuls;e assertions, and imagin- ing that others will readily believe all that ilows from your pen, without once questioning the truth of it, you grow bold in calumniating your neighbour, and fearlessly state as facts all that your evil heart would desire to be true. Maddened by revenge and blinded by prejudice, you madly rush on resol- ving either for '* death or victory !" and without stopping to reflect on its consequenc(fe, you unceremoniously slate that what I have written on ** Baptism" I have copied from ** Pengilly^s Scripture Guide to Baptism." You remind me also of the *' frightened Aorsci" standing by the water's edge." But I believe I should have said •* terrified horses :" — well be it so ; — and allow me to say that it happened very well they were not •* asses;" for I mi^hthave concluded that Z ^>v ." UNMASKED. O one of them in his fright had broke loose and run away. You iinliesitatingly affirm that *♦ All the passages of Scrip- ture that 1 have cited were collected for nie by that author." Allow me to tell you, Sir, that what you have here palmed upon the public for & solemn truth, is an awful falsehood ! and must appear so to any unprejudiced mind who compares the two books. That I have took up *he very same passages I will readily allow; for when that** Blessed man" (Ps. 1. 1,2) wrote to inform the world what was ** Christian Baptism," and to whom it should be administered, he took up all that the ** Scriptures" had to say about it ; and hence I was compelled to take up the s«/wc, or do as you have done, namely, '* teach for doctrines the commandments of wicw." (Mat. 16,9) But I need not tell those who have read both for themselves, that, I have not taken up those passages in the same order that "PengUhf has done ; having taken th'^m all up, in exact- ly the same order in which they stand in the " Scriptures," and that the attentive reader will perceive xMr. I*, has not done. And though I am convinced 1 know but little of the ** Scrip- tures, "compared with what I might, or ought to, have known, 1 believe those wlio sitregulavly under my ministry, would not be easily persuac^ed that 1 am not capable of collecting for myself. 1 am aware, Sir, that you have, though undesignedly, conferred an ** honor upon me and my little book," of which we are not deserving, in placivig us side by side with that great and good man (Pengilly) and his book ; for although there is not one solitary sentence of mine like his, the resem- blance is so great, '* that they do look like children of one family;" and go to prove the truth of those doctrines I am continually laboring to inculcate, namely, that ti.e ** Scrip- tures of truth are the only sufficient rule of faith and practice :" and that if men would be willing to be guided by the W.rd of God, instead of the word of man, there would not be so many contentions about what is so plainly taught in that WORD. And were you to be ruled by that WORD you would speedily ** repent and be baptized," and then there would be as great a sameness in i0ar views on Christian Baptism," as there is now in mine and Pengilly's." *' I have now advanced as far as your 9th page," and on v/hich I lind you there unblushingly state, *' We scarcely open your book, but the Reverend Mr. Pengilly's words are evidently^eopied." And can it be possible. Sir, that you have grownsc bold in your employment, that you would con- sider it a sin to speak the trutJi? — If not, why make such u«- A. THE HYPOCRITE warrantable assertions, without being ubio to produce oijG single proof of what you say ?— you must know you hav« not !— And I know you cannot ! Well, say you, but it " looksWke it ;" yes, and you may look like a Novice, but it is not that which xnakes you one. You must certainly be aware, that had you not have transposed, and distorted what I have written it would have borne but little resemblance to Mr. P'b. Pamphlet. I shall here remind you, as a speci- men of what you are capable of doinjf, you have taken niiiie in detached parts, and transposed it, to compare with Mr. Pengillv's,and then try to show that I have fallowed that writer in the order of my arranftenient. O Sir ! do you not blush for shame when you think of the irreparable injury you have done to me !— Was such insutlerable conduct to be tolerated, the whole world would be brought into confusion, nothing that was written could be depended upon, and no man would be safe in his own dwelling '.—In order that I may convince you of your unmanly treatment toward n:e, allow me to ask,— What do you think of the following pas- sage of Scripture ? " One of his dhcipks, whom. Jcsns loved, went and hamjed himself'. Go, and do thou hhetcise. —Is that Scripture ?—Yes ! every word ot it is Scripture !— 1 never— Never what !— I suppose you wish to ^^^y W^ never kncv/ there was such a passage in the bible. M ell, Sir, lean assure you it is every word in the New Iesta- MENT; but to make it read the way it does, 1 nave had to do by it, as you have done by ray writing, namely, tianpose and pervert it, for the purpose of making it read as it novv does. You will find , * ' One of his disciples whom Jesns loved, John 13, 23. " ivent and hanged himself," Matt. 27, 5, and "Go, and do thou /i/em-/se." LukelO, 37. I now turn over to your tenth page, and there I hud your senond sentence to be a gross - libel ;" for the softest term you canfind forme is, " Thegreatdespiserof Com meditators! and that because'* they know Greek ;"-and alhrra, that "before assembled multitudes,—! cried out agamst Doctors and Commentators." Suiply, Sir, you must have torgotten that some out of those " multitudes," had got memories, and that when your statements came before them they would know them to b3 false ! I " despise" no man ;— 1 love the wri- tings of good men ;— but 1 love the Sacred lorttuu/s of Scripture better : and I behve this is my crime, though it would not answer your purpose to say so. No man ever iieard me saj to the contrary ; neither do 1 believe tuat any 1 ii t V t in ac .4-- UNMASKED. 7 an, excel * yourself, would say that T " dGspis;;" a man on •count of his «' leainin;»" the thine; I so sensii)ly have h)n:^ felt the want of: hut still I say, the " Mon/ of f'od'' as given to us in •• English"is a " sufficicut rule oi'fni'th and practice:'^ and this is what I have constantly to preach to the people. — You next accuse me with having ott'eied for salt; '• Dr. Adam Clarke on the iNew Testament, Dwight's Theology, cS:c." 1 will give you all the credit that is your due, for your l;ist accusation as it is certaiidy true: but then i. is connectrd with so much falsehood, and miareprestMitation, that it will take me some trouble to separate the one from the othf r. liut as it does not do to think anything troui)lo, in these troublesome times, I shall conimonce, by renduding you, that more than a week, before 1 preached my " /a/x-ifv// ttei'tnon," you took the charge of my Church and congrega- tion. You.wi!l, no doubt, recollect also, that yon ro/u.«ed to take such charge while I had anything whatever, to do with it. You ma;v also call to mind, that 1 objected to giving up my charge till 1 had pul)licly took my leave of my people : - and that yo'i promised mo you would take what books I had "A.Clarke's Commentary, c^'c." to enable me to remove ui'Ji my family, to t'.ie V. States. And it is likely you may recol- lect that after you had got possession, and 1 was out of the Church, that i called upon you the next v»eek, with an in- voice of what books 1 had ; and that you refused to take a single volume from me. The next Sabbath evening before " assembled multitudes" I attempted to " preach," for the last time, in the " Methodist Protestant Church." You, Sir, were in the Pulpit with me, when at the close of the service, J told the congregation, that I had for sale, at ray house, the very books you allude to, and which you had promised to take from me. It may, perhaps, strike your memory, that I told those *' assembled multitudes" I had not " so much as one dollar toward my passage-money," which was a cir- cumstance you were previously P4ware of. Take into the ac- count also, that 1 was acting as " Book Agent" for the M. P. Church, and that when you took charge of the »ame it became your duty to act as such in my stead : and then you will find but little occasion to hold up to public view my offering of those books for sale, as a *' trait of inconsistency in my conduct." Allow me to say, Sir, by way of closing this '* book" concern, that you would have acted more the part of a christian in paying me for the " books" for which the Church did then, and still continues, to owe me, than by B THE HXiypOCKITK holding nio up to public ridicule, lor oirering for sale what 1 Imd OH hand. On page tk" en, you ajj;ain uialieiously charge lue with having <|uo'ted iVoni " Pengiliy," und have placed a loii<> exiract from my "pamphlet," in an opposite column to one taken froui that pious and learned author : yes, and yOiyjiave gone out of your usual track, by comparing ** notesTRnd pl^ms :" and still you are not able to produce one sentenojj^iofniine like cMie of his. But as 1 had to draw out of the same fountain tluit hedid, it surely cau be nothing strange for the water, not only to look, but taste alike, al- though drawn by tv\o ditlereiit persons, with two diiferent pitchers. But, Sii, every piige in your slanderous i»ioduction evidences that your desii;n is, witli your pcstilenlial breath, to blast my leputatiou, und at once plunge a dagger in my soul. Tor on turning over to the twcliili pai.',c, 1 iind that you there impiously declare, ihat it can "neither be fyiiud in the Old nor the New Testameui," ihat J*hilip was advanced to the degree of an Evangelist :" and tauniiugly ask, " ^Vhat chapter and verse of IJoly Writ is it recorded?" Well, sir, as you say you "do not mean what Peii^iily has written," 1 will tell you for your in forma i ion, that you will iind it " written" in the Otli chapter of the Acts of the Apostlea, and at the I'ii'lh verse, ihat " l^hilip was chosen for a deacon, or, if you please, to serve *' tcfilcs :" and in the Oih chapter and at the iJBi h vc i se, it is " written," he baptized the Eunuch; and in the 'ilst chapter, a>id at Jhe Bth verse, it is " written" *' Philip Ihe Evangelist," C\:c. And for your further infor- mation, allow me to say, that notwithstanding all the bold and unwarrantable assertions that you have made, and may continue to make, to tlie contrary, and aUhough there may be some resemblance between the two books, iu consequence of both writers keeping close to the Scriptures, I do hereby solemnly alJirm, that J never co(tied one single line from *' Pengilly's Guide to Baftism :" neither do 1 recol- lect ever seeing it, till I saw it in JVJackinlay's bookstore, the Saturday night that my " pamphlet" was carried there by the Printer, to be offered for sale the followijig Monday. It appeeirs, sir, that you can glory in noihing so much as slander, and stoop to notbiing less, than the slaughtering of my character, or you would never say, that my " ridicule of the knowledge of the Greek language, is ingufl^rable." — For you certainly know that it is out of your power to prove what you here assert ; and till you do 1 can look upon you in no , other light, than as being one of your " father's children." UNMASKKD. 9 On your tliirtcontU pa^e, you seem to be v^ry much amused williu'* CriuoLs Diai.cxue," supposed to liiive been ludd between youi •' unlettere 10 THE HYPOCRITE Christ, and you have no ri rht to believe any ing lijainst fj,U;e^S;:,"ow'it i., U,;t all Scripune" C„,«,^,..;o- «, widely dirter the ono from th= other ? f{,- •(—»"', ™ , ,.!i,i,. reason, because they are a 1 ■««»• ^".^ '.^"t L "^c " ,0 two men thiuk alike in all tluags, which si ows t >e "ee>,. sity there is fur our '■searchmglhc ^^''P'", 'f • .'"^ the Men'» opinions of Scriptures. And it you '"'l »' '^ 'f' J:,^ rouhle io search for yourself, and <=?"'P»7 .t;''P,'„7,,i I „ »prii,ti]re and be" of God to assist you in so do ng, jon will no K, iei w! n uncercamty and be Lwihleved — ndless con- ?, S res But niv business is urgent and we must pa t , ,u„ ',':Sl tJ it as I favor if you wiU call on -e aga", the h. time you come this way i I would also hope that >"»""' exniJe me for calling you "unlettered," as ^T" " ^^^^ iiit-oducod YOU to me as such, but I am aware, that he labms inuoautcu you !,<; ■■ ,1,.,; i,„ m-iv he considered u(«('. to prove other men/wfe, that he n ay ^e co-- i->ieK(/.— Good morning to you, Mr. Parson, a»^ .' "?1^ 1 Lord will bless you and -^.^^"yormy f lent ami terhas to work hard, and re:-^ mortal sting is still drawn like that of the J--lly4J' .^' ',„; , first soit out vour venom at me, and then lay t.ic l>l„ii,e on r'^^ridyours.dfibr.ij.iug^ch.-a^^.a^ erroi" to pass unnoticed ! And sm.Ai. >^"J^ " . .. , ^'IfJLm t^.at you considered every pavt - my body >..« alroudv wounded, and hence you now aredetcnnin.d a^t -.y . „ J." shall not escape ^ouren^o^^^ -| ^^ the bitterness of your rage c Y ut i I Al ^^^ UY HAND?' I can but i>ity yoi ku^w ^vhicl;demands my pity n.oJt, y^^J^.^^f^f ^f^,":,^^^ n.a'ke. But perhaps it may be some relief to you yo iir tii'.e, ;tion by savuia". 1 dm itiected to think" tnat ewr this TNM ASKED. ' H I (lid sprinkle infants, because theje is no authority in the Scriptures tor so clohig : " but 1 obtained mercy, because 1 did it ignorantly in unbelief." — I Tim. 1. 13. And I would nowrather lose that" UN WORT UY Ji.AND" than do so again ; for seeing that I knov/ better, to me it wl)uld be a xin. — Rom. 14. 2o. And I had rather die than sin. After having passed over much low and abusive language, that 1 consider far beneath my notice, I have come to your IDth page, where you give part of a sentence extracted from my " 31(171 of Sorroics,'' and have wilfully misapplied it, for the purpose of robbing it of its true meaning. The part you have taken is, "I became from this time more than ever popular ;" (allow mo to finish the sentence) " the iicws papers were spreading my ivdme fur and n-idc, and this occasioned many to come and hear for themselves, who otherwise would not have done so ; and afterwards thty became my friends." p. S02. Having given the whole sentence, 1 need only say, it relates to the persecutions 1 met with when 1 first came to Halifax; and the public will readily perceive your evil design, in a{)propriating the former part of the sentence to the purpose you have done. Does this look like Christianity ? On page 21 and 22, you seem to be in a strange way ! — I wish you would sit still, sir, vihile I give you another touch ; — and then 1 believe you will more than ever look like yourself. You first maliciously, and falsely assert, ♦hat I had *♦ access to Mr. Pengilly's book, and from it very largely copied ;" and then you raise a great dust about Mr* Crawley's manu- scripts. And forgetting that your mask was falling ott', in the height of your malice and rage, you fearlessly state, that my "assertion, or if you please, insinuation, is utterly false." Kut your assertions, sir, are not to be relied on, for having already made so mauyfa/se ones it would be something out of your ordinary track to make a true one now. Every sen- tence I have written in my pamphlet entitled, " What the SciiiPTUERS SAY ON CHRISTIAN BAPTisM,"is true, and 1 shall not recall one word. And though you say that 1 shall " lie under the blame, not only of being the MAKER, BUT THE LOVER or A LIE," 1 believe you will not lind many of the same way of thinking, for I do here state, with- out fear of contradiction, that there is neither man, icoman^ nor child to be found, who can hold me guilty of a breach of prom ise. A nd you know, sir, that is what you dare not say .' 1 on seem, now, to have detected the falling oif of your " mak,'' and having replaced it, jou assume a degree of soft- J.2 THE HYPOCRITE ness >vhich does not belong to you. After acknowledging the honor I have done you, in placing you m one of the .. niches of fame'Mn my ''3f«r»o/>SWrottV you give the following nole, at the boltom of page 22. " I beg leave to as^uiethopublio, that it is with extreme reluctance, that 1 u'e the saired appellation " Man of^orro^^r ^'^'Y^'^l bolonas so exclusively to our adorable Kcdeemer, and which perhaps, never was employed in reference 1.. any mere human e no- until Mr. J. published his life." Perhaps sir, you wTlfallov me to " beg leave to assure the public," that you Ta Y your best side ontside ; and allow me the privilege of examining your imide. You •' with extreme reluctance use the acred appellation, " Man afSorrr revenge is so great,lhat nothing less an my U>^a ruin will quench it. And you may depend up. nit, that > our iTst will lever be allayed in my destruction ; tor God wd never leave me in your hand.-'2. lim. 4, 1». liut let u^ ear your own ol)jection to the term. - A term which be- Inn os^so exclusively to our adorable Redeemer." Indeed ! ^^^^^ere did you get the term '^ BEV,nENn^> from ^-" a term which so exclusively belongs to our adora- ble MAKER and) Redeemeii I" It you were acquainted wilh the «.«.., yoii would certainly kn- tha^ ^t - a term which belongs #0 God flZowc; and so sacrcc/ is that name we ^nd i but once recorded throughout the sacred page ; rndb your information I would point you to the one hun- dred and eleventh Psalm, and the ninth verse, and woula the a k hit ^vith " extreme reluctance" that you sufter yourselt to be called by that name ?- and call others by it when you knorit be onL - exclusively" to GoD ! Had my book eeT called '^ The M«w o/IS'on-oirs," the dehnite article ig lit 1 avcTmade it objectio'nable, and even then it w^uld ha^ebeen buta name applicable *« .^^-..^^^f ^^'take ^e > 1 i „„ t^nn I think. Sir, it von win laive iu« trouble to search your " bible" you will find that the 1 lo- nhetEzekiel is called, ''son of man:' about cighty-mne fi^^s am t^' adorable Iledeiier" is called by the same 'r;,'' by the Evangelists, ^^outej^ times But no where in the Scriptures IS any man called ^ Rf^^^^^J^ -.nd still YOU have no " extreme leiuciaucc m bcii.B -"'*^» ivlhat «Morm.--which perhaps never was employed .« ;4re«ce to any mere human being until" men arrogantly V. UNMASKED. 13 .'> r ^ **"■ assumed to themselves that which belonged to GoD '' exclu- sively." And hence you may, if you will open your eyes, and see that it is from custom alone that we give and take the terra ** Reverend" without meaning harm to any one. And from this time, I hope, ii you can do no good, you will do no harm, but have pity on a «' Man of Sorrows." You complain abouf my having given you a *« distorted likeness ;" but you should not forget to make an allowance for my inexperience at thai time, as it was my first trial ; and, as this is my third attempt, you may depend upon having one more correctly taken. I perceive. Sir, on page 23, you have maliciously perverted another short extract from my " Man of Sorrows; "you bring forward the following middle part of a sentence, to show that I have proved ungrateful to the people in Halifax, and that '* ingratitude blackens my brow," *' 1 was almost everywhere branded -with the black mark of ingratitude." You had not the honesty to refer your readers to the page you extracted it from ; O no, that would never do, for then they would have seen that it was the Methodist's " brand'' and whose •* brand" you now are. Had you have referred them to page 218 they would soon have found out, that 1 was** branded with that ** black mark," in con- sequence of refusing to sell my conscience for •' thirty-Jive (hilars !" — The fate which every one may expect to meet with, who does not yield passive obedience, a^nd non-resistance to those *' men in power.'' Here comes Jeremy Taylor ! — You appear to have spent your strength, consumed much time, and occupied more than three pages of your invidious book, upon the question, *'Who is Jeremy Taylor i*," and the answer to it. Now, Sir, I can assure you, that I shall nei- ther recall, nor qualify one single word ; but as you have ho- n&stly confessed that you are the man, as far as your honesty goes, which is but a very little way, I will give you credit for it, and endeavor to assist your memory a little. You speak of w?i/ ** implacable hatred" to you; but be assured of it, sir, there is no hatred existing between us, other than what grows out of your own evil heart ; and this, no doubt, we shall make to appear before I have finished your picture. You maliciously charge me with uttering a shameful untruth, in saying ** 1 knew not who Jeremy Taylor was ;" and as a proof of my guilt you say,**Not long since you possessed a por- tioji of his writings which was presented from your house to a fripnil <»f mtnp" A n<1 tn mnUt-^ trniir sfnfomonf nr»r»*inr onr- rect,and my guilt evident you insultingly say, ** deny this, and B2 't THE HYPOCRITE L„ee."-So muchfov'' aport on ot Jeiemy^^ ^^^^^^^ Now, Sir it is my ^^^J^^^^^M-P Church with a Wbbatl^ recollect, that I ^"^Y^^^^'^'f J' „^ tracts, which were School Library, as ^^^^ ;^;\^^f;i [.^^T; and you may remem- desi^vned for rewards for the cliuu en , j ^^^^^ ^^^^^ ber llso, that I brought them >;^^tWj J^^^^^ ^^^^^^ ^^ ^^^^ for that purpose; «"^ ^^^^^ T 2^^^^^^^ selling, 1 suppose you ^f ^""2),f rbooks and tracts," that you, that, 1 did not read ^U these ^ ^^ • j t,,u yon composed the Sabbath School Library •> , ^^^^^ ^^^^ ^^^^ plainly 1 did not ^^^^^^I^^ZmcIo out -u friend lutho?s of them. Dut f»"f '^ J:\2^ . tracts" was a por- ofnnn^^ i"^^^"'^i"l'Xlcnw\ hth led n.e tosearch after tion oY -Jeremy Taylor ^^^^^^ ], the advantage of this c.v- one, knowing that y- ^^ ^^^5^^" a skani^^f.l .nUruUr cumstance to prove taat 1 Uh t ,, jer^cription o this And,«ow,ifyour!^as.,IwdUm,^o ^^^^^ ^^^,^ ^ wonderful portion ot ^is wo k.- ^ ,^^^ j^^ ^h is, / ^r..' maroin, for the size ot the booic, a ,.jv,/,f/is I and its . ";/£./ it«hreadth,^u2-c/.es^-; V'Il h^e now given thickness, ^^r^« ^^^r^f^^e^e • Ud this mawoUous-por- yon its full s^-^^7^^S' 'iv be'eon at Wdham IlouesCon- I 4 V I a f„U-grow„ monster m>m.^uU>>"^,,,,.„|P „ l>u. for having Jone you OTorf .1 ^.^e.^blcd muUa«aesat tho liiiii you so highly extolka bBio>o a^ aokmi«leo^c= olos.^ of your fere«eU sermon ! Vc- i^^^^ ^^ ^„ ,„ „,,. that 1 did hohl you us »'">?. ^a^„ti^i eircumstanco ot you h..art : ana consuloreJ it a >io. oe ^.^^^^^^ j„ ^i, J aid! I "ckno^leJge also, that 1«. , ^^^^^ ,,j^,^^^„^^t torn- recent conduct. ^ ^'^ ^^T ^^'^^'"^^ «''"""; kind for «;.ich you ^vere I"'' ""' '^j,^„, . ,,„!!, he it so, your but perhaps you vnll ^''y-y^^i^','^, tau.! foum.flst on the eriure is sUll U.e same, and ^dle^e ^^^^.^^^.^,^ ,„, crime black nothing surprising; . 1 ^ of inianitv caxuiuu,uc oi j-i--i ^ Your t(?rone who won id II t V tt- , rr, an( I qrornise,\\ ntilhehadgaiuec ■1 a femal'/i hear' ,u as to gain 4 UNMASKED. 15 cuni- .rksl" bably bbatU were miem- States book- 1 tell ," that ell you not the friend a poi- -h after ills cn- trutkV' n of this a lar-o and its cv given lesCou- >t. Ami joiHiuct ? )uring to know to n I Like vil of ijio «* Like ;des at thf. aiowlecl^^ near my ice of your ;ere in all inted vith e blac4n infant >op to, I ly written Bapti " I "1 )' must of 17 But ne- *' What the Scriptures say on Christian as 1 liave ur.devtook to draw your '* portrait,' cessity notice your most striiiing features. On page 31 , you prove yourself to be capable of committing any actofvillany ; for there you have aifixed my name to that which you know is not mine ! neither do you attempt to prove that it is, by jriving eitlier book or page ; but having committed the for- gery! you of course must palm it on the public as genuine ! i now turn to page 34, where I find you /or once telling the *rM7/i ;— but, to your credit be it spoken, you immediately dettct yourself in having done so,— " beg pardon" for the offence, and give us a lie in lieu of it. — Your pardon isgran-t- ed, S'r, for we would not wish your pages to be disgraced by the tntth 1 But I cannot be so ungrateful as not to thank vou for your high recommendation of my " book," in showing how nearly my views correspond with those of that inimitable writer on '* Christian Baptism,'^ Pengilly. On your next page, I find you guilty of another daring/or^/ert/ ! similar to the last one named ! — But lest this pamphlet should swell beyond its intended size.. I shall be able to do but little more than point out Si»me of your most glaring and iniquitous acts, and would assure you, that though by art and subtlety, you may escape tl.e hands of the public executioner, God will bring you into judgment ! Eccl. 11,9. After having travelled through much falsehood, filth, and mimicry, we have arrived in safety to your sixty-fourth page, where, without a blush, you again falsely and spitefully accuse me with having copied from Pengilly. — How awfully foul must that fountain be, from whence such assertions pro- cer^d ! — Every sentence you utter is tinged with the hue of maliciousness ! ! I have passed through more than 20 of your pages, since our last remark, and amongst all your raillery, trash, and school-boy nonsense have not been able to disco- ver one thing but what 1 should consider beneaih my dignity as a ma?i to stoop down to. And now we may truly say, With pain, and disgust, we have read yonr first ' letter," And acknowledge we must, your next is no bettw. We now commence at your 87th page, where you take a deal of pains to give me the meaning of the word ** villain.'* but really, Sir, you might have saved yourself much trouble by pointing to yourself, for then I should have seen one after the life. — Dosit still Sir ! or I may spoil the look of your face ; and thatwould be a pity after all the pains we have taken to give you a correct " likeness," — If it is not •' villa" B 1« THE HYPOCRITE \ l» you uro notable to '"jJ •-", ' ' ''"]Z '"-or of V.mkk Lexicons r_or ol '' <;/'«';^ ^^^^^ ," a,„„, ,„, i.hcv^. vvlio knov/ bcuor than to attsw m , " »^^ ™ , ,,^„ „„t v.-!,il. vnu were burnu.s your '>''S'; ' " '^;^ ^Ji^tauMu.r, while „, Ih. rive, they «..re shakn.g 1^ eu ^^^J» ^^ ' X,';,,-,^ ^f ito- crackmi:- them.— ^ on kn™ ' »"' '" ', i,',' ,ii,. cita^edni v-'-ulOentle,nenh,u.bee„o,,^a h^^n^^^^^ .U. to „>ake another ertort '"^"W^^'^i'tavc n. litheS .an you .justly clann as >-" -^^•..^^.^t.t^^.u.ndor.-fovge.U.s, boud., - rancour -iua..ce " . -_\- , ^j.^ps may i.iy AC., 1 believe they are al /o »• i ''^i 1 1 ; f, ,_^_ .,;.,U„al.otothat«^*r ..^ '-Muat^>o^^^, ,^ ^ ':'ii"Sos3l„g th A.hmtic, you .r.i.ht have exvoneuccd he truth of that line,-" .4 ''"''f ," ' ' ',^rtr^ '^^ °/ "-e^ent situa- auolhcr line too, « Inch seems '"'^ .''"'; S\.„'l,.'_ But in- t,o„,-" Stickin;, tUfect of «/<•« ' «' /'^^j^X «e shov.id „c.ed had «-e time to exam.ue . '^ '» ^ ^re I slr.ll not „.ve to conclude it was ^U you o Ux,eio__^^^ ^_^_ say to the contrary. 1 "ope J ou ^^..^^ ktviug rilently passed ovei Tom 5™r hA .^^^^_^ ^^ ^^ !-.- ^^Srerrm'Xingliie'of both my eyes a„,i ear. ; :-i'rtcJ.^^n%Yi!?;^s:^!">^s^^^ ^.//uonery, yon surpass all \^^'^,^'" ' „r ubysiosnomy has ^>S And such is th. -F^- ; t dc^\lhen your ''^or- ^^^'^^,''^T'V^T^^^^\^ acquainted .^•ith you, uil. naiV, 15 finished, but ^^^^^''^^^ . ^^i of course those Nvlu,do sriv. it resembles you to the, 1 ^' " ^^ ^^ ^Ve are now ..A know you. cannot be ^^-^^,^r and which cniue.Sir, to what y>u ^^•;. , .i^^, ^f ; thou-h 1 consi- V e f(=el it our duty to take a !^tlc notice .^ ^.^^^ ,.. it no small ^^f^^^^J^^^^^^y scnrr^ities anb':Vj)tists," instead of remaining " hehliur lliem, would, like the Hap i'[s'»'s remain IN them, all contentio.iS about '• infant spriuhHuf!;" wouhl be broujjht to an end. in answer to your question, " Do you mea?; to insinuate that liiia is the iienuiu'j spirit of Methodism ? p. 120. 1 mean to say, 1 bv'lievf we need not go out of Nova-Scotia, to prove that it is. And you are at liberty to ask your "friend,'' if he has not lieard a Methodist Preacher, even in Haiifax, " Thank (iml, that /i/i' was not a Baptist congregation !— And as it r(;i!;ards youself, your late y)ublicalion proves, that the '' bol- toi'dess pit" could not product? an enemy more vile ! Your next qaestion is one, that 1 answer more for tiie sulisfactii.n of others, tiian for the gratification of your malice. " When you lirst camoto IJaliVax, why did you not orenly avow ttuit you wtue a Baptist ? An^:'. Ior this plain reason, be- cause \ was not one, having neither been baptized, nor in any way connected with the Baptist church. But having so hni^ acted tiie part ot a %;K)cri7t' yourself you seem to think it quite •' mysterious" that 1 should not" openly avow myself to be, what in reality I was not. It is true, 1 was convinced of its beiuii- my duty to be baptized, and had made applicati- on for baptism ; but did all that qualify me for "openly avowing myself to be a baptitt ;"— ahd that in a straisge Laid were no one knew me ? — and especially so, when it nmst b(^ remembered that I had no credentials with me, but those lA'n Methodist Protestant Minister? — Are you not ashamed tu ask such a question ? — w hen you well know, that I had not been in Halifax two weeks be lore that very party, for whom you are now engaged in lying and slandering, syuuded theciy after me. Impostor! — and I was called upon to show my credentials to prove I was aiot an impostor ! Had I have called mvself a " baptist" do you suppose they would have required'no other evidence of it than my bare word ? — I can assure you, Sir you begin to show yoi.rself more and more to advantage : your vutsk is nearly oif ; and befo'-e I leave vou, we sluill be able to ascertain what are your true features: and the cause of all your hatred to me. Tor, it is IPV iiUnii(-.n tu huvc i-Ci.j muek quite oil b^ iuu I ik».vc dune 20 THE HYPOCRITE r? with you, BO that others may have an opportunity also of Keeinu you as you are. The uext ciuestion that seems to tle- uiumlevcn the smallest atteniiou, is,-" O >ir, are you uot aware thatitis generally known, that you would have been a Methodist Prot'lstant Minister to this day, holding tullcmn- DinnioM with unbapti/ed persons, had the »»e™b*^^« "^ \»;^ chuich bouiul themselves to obtain ior you a salary ot ;fcl-0 per annum f" Answer. JS'o Sir.-Butof ^Je.s 1 am " aware Ihatto raise that church, and put up the budding, cost me every thin,, but my ///'e and character, mi\ at the latter o Xhyou^renoimakinga deadly thrust 1/-',;-,^^!;, also, that though - the members ot that f ^^''cl, ... "^^^ knew half that me and my family were f »,^^\to ,s"ik , >e many of them knew that we frecpiently jacked the common necessaries of life. 1 am " aware" also, that they enderly lov( d me, and doubt not but many oMheni still do and 1 believe niost of them did all they could to help n^e ; but t^ weie like their Pastor, too poor to do much ; and desirable as it was for me to remove my family were we could be suppor- ted, I am - aware" that they know 1 was reso ved,ratlie to die with them, than leave them without a shepherd. Am l am also -aware" long before you took charge ot it, that! tl Its oilicial membJs that .fever I got one to veheve me from that " church," I would never have anythingtodo w tU another, that had got " Methodist," ^ an appendage to ts name ; and before 1 left it, as is known to most of the olhc ml board who were thenin oflice, 1 told them that 1 would con- ufue with them, and do as 1 had done, trust to Providence for a suDDort if they would allow me to have it as a Baptist church"%!ithera^. I^awaro," *-' ^hat Ij have^' o btaii. ed the desired siipend,"(though you asser 1 l»^ve) for no oi^e is - bound " to give me one copper: and you know 1 an supported by a Jnerous Public, and that is the reason why 'yo'u'have nLelhis mighty struggle to «P-- --, ->; l^' f,'^ character your monster tigured mantle. But it will not stick \Z^^ln..iii.oon bfow olf, and your eavenomed swo d will perce your own evil heart. You reriimd me ofh'^;"'^ f^l^^o'ttento'meution, that on '' ^^^ -^y ^^ J, r^^.^C i^^^^ by!mmersion-I turned my wet fingers on ^he face o ^" "»; conscious babe. "-Admitting that 1 did ^^^^ n't buffer ^Iw given an evident proof that your mahce ^^^^^^^^^ 'f'^Z - forget it ; ^;^^ ^^o^f^^^!!::^ f'ZtT^Z' Z:: ■^^'IS:^.^ w^^n^ in"my book to which you ' UNMASKED. 21 also of lo dg- ou not i been a illcoin- of tlmt iware," ;o9t me alter of I ware," ' never Ker, yet common lenderly 1 aud I )ut they rable as suppor- •ather to And 1 , that I ieve me ) do with ve to its e olKcial uld con- ovidence L Baptist * obtain- or no one )vv I arc. ison why ny public not stick ed sw ord ji havin<^ baptized of an un- y'ou have sutferyoM io defend : circum- vhich you ' profess to reply. BhI lest I should again prove forgetful I will here state, that had my views, on *• CiiuiSTiAN Bap- tism," been as clearthen as what they now are, 1 should not have done so, no, not even to have saved my " fini;ers." But w hy did you not tell how lonu; it was before 1 left the Methodist Protestant Church, that I publicly declared I would never sprinkle another infant? — To havedone so would have been acting honestly ; but that was more than you could do ; for your havingalready so well acted the pa t of a perju- rer, and vile seducer, to all who know you, has given ample proof, that you are destitute of every principle of man- hood. You s[)eak as thoue;!) you were astonished at my " incon- sistency in pledging myself to reply to a work that I had not seen." If you will apply to those ** unimpeachable sources" from whom you derivetl so much " information," I doubt not but they will further inform you, that I told them of several glaring falsehoods which I knew to be in your book, and which I assigned as a reason why I should reply. But O, Sir, are you not aware that much of your book was published abroad, before it was offered for sale ? If yon are not 1 am, and so are many others. And now. Sir, as it comes in its proper place, I shall give you credit for freely ac« knowledging that your remarks concerning Phillip the Evan*- gelist, are incorrect. And I shall only say, with respect to your remarks, that I hope in future you will know better than to condemn any man upon such weak circumstantial evidence. No\*', Sir, with your permission I will attend to the advice you have given me *• in expectation of my appearance before the public again :" and will see how far you have attended to it yourself. 1. ** Be modest." — Hatl you attended to this piece of wholesome advice, you would not have given such a display of impudence, boldness, and ignorance as you cer- tainly have done. 2. ** Be courteous." — It is well we have not to judge from your writing only, or your inelegance of manner might have led to the conclusion, that you were a stranger to common politeness, and had been bred in a forest. 3. " Be consistent." — You remind me of a notorious thief telling a man to be honest. 4. *' Be merciful. "—Surely, sir, by this you did not •* presume to ask," " That mercy I to others sliow, that mercy show to me ;" after so plainly telling me, that I need not expect mercy at your hands, and after- terward showing me every mark of cruelty 1 6. '* In oo THE UVFOf IlITF. ^1 •arefiil piece of ii:ti-o(lucing bravy acnisatioiis aii■HWl^l ;ttiT^ jktsjh, l.t c fhftt they Iki\l' Ijutu for tlair fcundutioii," — Tiiis pic advicr I'Miiln;!^-' i.'.r of w fintjiiv-poxt, tli.it, points, lii*; \v:iy to poin hI to wa.t on V (>u. 1 visited vou the next oav. 1 i'iforniid vou of the same ; and al^o that I was intenvung ^ )icce (»t' way to .'inonibcr ."—This irrilitios, ■lit, mid iric \v!!o 11 n-en." L how f:ir I siiall nv, Sir, :hat you )e at til 11 s tar as rumour yourself, )ntirm it each in. assigned I would ikl have not so ; church, itc. A lu called lie ate to England, t^cand Linriiihte- , nine in ) SUpj>GTt consent" pre4i_hcT, r dcpen- 0. 3 told II. You the next Liw it was omniittoo loxt day, ntcnvling UNMASKED. 23 to return to the United States; an 1 a-^sincd yo-i at the saiii • iiiiu;, that it' I did i.A meet with a f'lptist Cliurch wliu would receive uie astlieir pasfvir, I slioui I '!lil^• sorut; ph^cj to proucli in, and endeavor to raise on*' : as I could not ugrte in st n- tinient with any other. The next J^tl)bath I puhli^heii for i Special Quarterly Conference to he held (1 believe) on ii»a next night; — it was held, and oa showiijg y- nr crt'dcntiais you were accepted in lU) room and stead ; and it was uppoiiu- edfor me to preach my f.irewell sermon the i'ollowing S;'h- hath night ; and it was at tlsi.s mci'ting you engagod fo tak<-' t!u> books v» liich I have already alluded to. During that same week, are])ort was false 1 1/ circulated, that I IkuI enga- ged to take charge of the Second Ba«?tist Church — v'u came tome about it ; 1 told you it was not so ; you refused r:> keep the charge of the Church if I stayed in the town ; a-;! I believe that report caused you to refuse takiuj; my 1 o jks, Anollicr eil'ort was made to keep me in tlie town, a"d yu came to me about it — I had to call the Othcial l3<»aKl tiiUi.- ther on the Saturday night, — yoti were present, — I (ell you there, that though 1 knew of nothing to the contrary, l^it that I wasi going away, still I would not be hound to leave the town, whether you took charge of the Church or not. J pro- posed terms of " jwrace'' to you, stating that in case of niy sto[»ping in the town, it was evident none would be likelv to follow me, but 6f//>^i«/s ; and assured you, that the iVI. P. Church would ever lie near to my heart, and I should do ail J could to promote its welfare, seeing that I looked upon its members, generally, as the "children wliom God had giveri me." But all this could not reconcile you to the thought of i.iy al.iding in the town. On Sabbath evening, after preaching, you know, I publicly declared,, that 1 had made no engagement, with any person, or persons, but that, as soon as 1 could get the means, 1 should go to the United States; and that I should not thank any one for preventing mo ; and then told them what books I had for sale. The next afternoon a gentleman brought me the unwelcome news, I say unwelcome, for so it was to me and ray family, tiiat the public generally were notsatistied with my leaving the Pro- vince, and as a proof of it they had, that day subscribed up- wards of £50 towards a year's salary, and that the next day, ail that 1 rerpiired would be made up, and that I was at liberty, either to form a chureh or not; but stop and preach 1 must, and that a room would be hired for me to preach in, aud which v. as accordiuiilv done. And let me 1 •c*J y "gwgj i i 24 THE HYPOCRITE I W' it wan not the bare prornisa of £120 per annum, that tempted me to stop ; while I might have gone, were provisions was much cheaper, and have had nearly double that amount. But I became convinced from the striking token of public love, that my Master had other work for me lo do in Nova- Scotia. And you, like wicked Ahah, having got possession of n»y iiineyurd, would not be satisfied without having my itjtt also. Now, Sir, here lies the true cause of your hatred to me : / did not leave the Province ; for before you knew that it was determined for me to continue in Halifax, you neither complained of me or my book ; and from the mo- ment you ascertained that I was not going away you became my unwearied enemy. And, iest your people should follow ine, as a vile slanderer you have found constant employment in circulating false reports concerning my character. You have endeavoured to expose every act of my life which may be reprei'*;nted to ray disadvantage ; going first to one and then to another, telling them how very tender you were of ray reputation ; and enjoining upon them the strictest secrecy, you have then tilled their ears with /iCrt/sa^ rumours, to make them believe that 1 was a very " had man,'' — and you a " deceived niau '."— But still ihere are many who M'ould not beheve you ; and continue to speak of me as they have/oMwrt me. Anothevdisappointment which you have experienced, 1 cannot help noticing, as I am aware it has tended very much to heighten your passion, and inflame your revenge : — In consequence of your former " popularity" in the Metho- dist Church, you had formed the most sanguine expectations of a great accession from the same ; but in this also you have been disappointed, and you have been looking upon me as the cause of all your misfortunes, until your malice toward me has become deeply rooted, and your rage unbounded. You represent me as your enemy without a cause. But a few days atter 1 left the M. P. Church, I wrote a letter to the " Board on Foreign Missions" belonging to that Church, to inform them of the change that had taken place hi Nova-Scotia, I wrote hi your favor — I recommend- ed you to that " Board" in the strongest possible terms — 1 did not cast the slightest shade over your character, but put the mantle of love over all your imjjerfections. You v/rote to the same ** Board" and shamefully misrepresented my case, and character ! — and such were the slanderous contents of your letter that you would not suffer it to be read at the Oflicial Bo&rd," unless those who were friendly to me, i, 7 4 » (( ..mim i i i rM UNMASKED* 95 i, * ■ 4 » woiilour neighbours, a plague, and the blot of goodness. Like a rotten-stich in a dark night none can trust to you : and unless you repent, you will at last be found amongst all other " rotteii^ sticks," which will be " bound up in bundles and burned." Under a sense of my own insuiJiclency, I luive humbly endeavoured '* to drftw your " Portk ait,"— take oti your " Mask," and give you a summary of your most '* STUIK- 1n6 FEATURES."— Ami you will, no doubt, put on a ''^ravclrowr and ask, " Have you done it in the spirit ot • t \ V \ a a r t 1 *. *! > t UNMASKED.. IT r the meek and lowly Saviour ?"— and entleavour to insinuat« that I have not. BntI can assnre you that I Imve endea- voured to possess the " Sjririt of Christ" and have not written one word with an angry or resentful feeling. And you have only to read the twenty-third chapter of Matthew and the eighth chapter of John, to prove, that when Christ addressed persons of y,'Ortr description, it was with languag* much stronger than what 1 have made use of to you. And that the x\postles pursued the same method, 1 need only to refer you to Acts 23, 3, the Epistles of JuDE, and (he case of Simon Magus, Acts 0. 20,21. It was evident that th« Disciijles auif Apostle > were deceived by Simon, as 1 hav« been by you, for could they have known that he had been a deceiver,' they would not have baptised him ; but his subse- quent conduct proved that liis heart was not right, and that caused every thing to be wrong; they knew him as 1 do you, by his fridls. See Matt. 7. 10,20. But while like Christ and lii's Apoistles, I have manifested a hatred to your ,s.'«.v, like them also, 1 intend to make it evident that 1 still love you; and this I shall do — 1st. By noticing nothing in futui« that may appear from your pen, unless specially calied to do so. 2d. By doing you no mai.m.r of evil; and lidly, by doing unto yon and yours every possible good. Sir, you wind up your inimitable production by. giving me sj.r sniaH |)ieces of friendly advice ; and lest 1 sho^dd I* " branded with the black mark of ingratitude," you will please to accept the same nunsber in return from me. Flrft ' Believe on the Lord Jesus Chrisl." Acts 1(», 31. Snond, " Bepent and be baptized." ActL^ 2, 2a. Third, " Mak» the Word of God the n^^e of your life." Jolin 5,31). Fourth, J'ray for the Spirit of God to btsyonr Guide. John 1(5, 13. Fifth, " As ye would that n.en should do to you, do ye also to them likewise. Luke G, 31. Sixth, " Do nothing in 77methat you would wish to undo in Eternity.'" 1 (-or. 10, 31. 1 am now about to take my leave of you, and hope you will not consider nie your enemy, "because I have told you the truth." (iai, 4, Iff. And before you attempt to write again, I think you would do well to attend to the ad- vice that Darid the King gave to his servants. 2 Sam. 10, o. " W hether in your hUo work you have treated me justly let all lovers of truth and candor, determine. At present I have no more to add, than that I beseech the Father of ever- lasting cond'ort to show nujre inerty to you, than you hav* sliown to n;e." J am, dc.