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 A CANDID INQUIRY. 
 
 In this day of increasing light and information, when every 
 subject which comes within ihe range of human investigation is 
 brought to the list of actual experiment, we may naturally expect 
 that the sayings and doings of all public men, and bodies of public 
 men, will be held amenable to the tribunal of an enlightened 
 public for the manner in which all their official business is trans- 
 acted. This is necessary in order to prevent corruption and 
 deception, by which men of base principles often hope to trample 
 upon the rights and liberties of their fellow beings, and escape 
 with impunity. He who sees such principles in operation, to 
 the manifest injury of the unsuspecting, and does not endeavor 
 to counteract their influence, ought not to be regarded as a 
 friend to mankind. 
 
 Having for several years past been acquainted with the 
 Methodist Church of this Province, and becoming somewhat 
 familiar with the various methods to which they resort, for the 
 purpose of collecting large sums of money; at length I perceiv- 
 ed, or thought I perceived, a great want of that candor and 
 horc'sty which they recommend to others, and by which they 
 professed to be governed in all their transactions. Unwilling to 
 come to a hasty and uncharitable conclusion, I determined to go 
 through a thorough investigation of the subject, in order to 
 ascertain whether my suspicions were well grounded or not. 
 Having frequently attended their Foreign Missionary meetings, 
 and listened with attention to the pathetic appeals of the preach- 
 ers in behalf of the poor benighted heathen, I was induced, with 
 thousands of others, to contribute my mite for the purpose, as I 
 then supposed, of assisting to send them the Gospel of our com- 
 mon salvation. But, to my great astonishment, I at length dis- 
 covered that the money collected by the Wesleyan Methodists of 
 Nova Scotia was not applied to the purpose fov which it was 
 avowedly collected; but was indirectly put into their own pockets. 
 
 To this conclusion I was led by their Foreign Missionary 
 
 
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Report, which goes into the hands of but few of the people; 
 consequently, the public in general are kept in the dark. Believ- 
 ing that many, as well as myself, have been grossly deceived 
 and imposed upon, I have been induced to undertake the unthank- 
 ful and painful task of making a plain and fair statement of facts, 
 and lay them before the public, and then let the people judge 
 how far the Methodist ministers of Nova Scotia are governed by 
 the principles of the Bible, the contents of which they profess to 
 believe and teach to others. 
 
 In the year 1842, the sum of £941 3s. 74d. currency, was 
 collected in Nova Scotia district for, and in the name of the 
 poor heathen. This sum when received in London amounted to 
 X713 173. 8d., sterling, which is £48 IGs. 6^d. currency less 
 than the amount collected. Consequently, printing the Auxiliary 
 Report, collecting the muncy, and sending it to London, 
 cost the sum of £48 IGs. G^d. Each person who gives two 
 shillings or more in aid of this fund, is furnished with a copy of 
 the Auxiliary Report, which contains the names of all those who 
 subscribe to the Missionary fund, and induces them to believe 
 that they are doing something towards sending the gospel to 
 those in Pagan lands, but in this they are unquestionably de- 
 ceived. 
 
 The Methodists in Nova Scotia do not support their own cler- 
 gy, and large sums that are collected in England for the benefit 
 of the heathen, are drawn out by them for the purpose of making 
 up the deficiencies of their salaries in this Province. In the 
 year 1843, the sum of £743 10s. sterling was sent from Nova 
 Scotia to London, which, with the amount collected and sent in 
 1842, make in two years the round sum of £1457 7s 8d sterling, 
 and if applied to the purpose for which it was said to be collected, 
 might be the means of doing much good. But what will the 
 reader think, when he is informed that in the above named two 
 years, viz., 1842 and '43, after the above sum is collected and 
 sent to London, at an expense of nearly £100, for the purpose it 
 would appear of blinding the eyes of the people, the enormous 
 sum of £3418 6s lOd sterling, or £4272 18s 6jd currency was 
 taken out of the poor heathen's fund, and brought to Nova 
 Scotia to pay the salaries of Methodist Mi.-:.sionarics in this 
 enlightened Province ! ! ! 
 From the above statement it will be seen that the Methodists 
 
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drew from the fund of the poor heathen in London, in two years, 
 £2451 3a 11 Id currency more than they collected and put into 
 said fund. 
 
 If all Chris-endom were to act upon the same principle, how 
 long before the heathen would be converted to the Christian 
 faith, and when may the commencement of the Millennium be 
 expected ? 1 have examined several of their Foreign Missionary 
 Reports, and find the* the larger the sum that is collected and 
 sent to Lon»'in, that the larger is the, sum drawn from that fund. 
 This statement may serve to account for the untiring zeal that is 
 manifested in collecting in behalf of the poor heathen. In 1842 
 there were fifteen missionaries in the Nova Scotia district, and 
 when the above named sum is divided among them, with the 
 amount collected purposely on each station for their support, will 
 make up a pretty good salary. Will it not ? But the question 
 will be asked. Why collect money in the name of the heathen. 
 
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 give what I ci>. 
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 at au annual expense of about £oO, 
 .?unt''/Xt their own ministers. I will 
 I be ^f ' rtot a*i.«" er to this question. — 
 ac'.oM-v ! ' Ihe a .lount they get annually. 
 Cf"*n ' * o\ n ia.. e, or for the Home 
 ., r. . '. V Hve fevverai ways of doing this 
 tai to a re, per table amount. Then 
 they make use of the name of the pt " heathen for the purpose 
 of collecting money that could not be obtai.icd in any other way, 
 for many will contribute to send the gospel to the heathen, who 
 would not give any thing towards the support of a Methodist 
 Missionary in Nova Scotia. Thus, by this sort of deception, 
 for several years past, over £900 annually, have been collected 
 to support the gospel among t c heathen of Nova Scotia. The 
 poor bereaved widow and fatherless children are called upon to 
 give something oi't of their scanty earnings towards sending ths 
 gospel to the pagans, and their state is described in such pathetic 
 language and glowing expressions, that the generous hearts of 
 the widow and fatherless have been called into action, and they 
 have been filched of half of what they possessed, to send the 
 bread of life to those who dwell in the " habitations of cruelty." 
 The ministers have publicly made these statements at their 
 INlissionary meetings, and then to induce others to give, have put 
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 Now, I will ask the question, is it honest, is it according to the 
 dictates of the Bible, to leg, persude and extort money from the 
 poor tvidow and fatherless child under the pretence of sending the 
 gospel to the pour heathen, and then put the same into their own 
 pockets. Examine the Auxiliary Report and you will find the 
 names of some whose children are destitute of bread a considera- 
 ble part of the year, because their parents are too poor to supply 
 it; others are clothed by charity to enable them to appear de- 
 cently at the Sabbath School; again, there are many others who 
 give, who should appropriate that money to the payment of their 
 honest debts. But how to get clear of these lon^- winded beggars 
 they know not; they might as well try to escape from the inllu- 
 ence of a March wind. Does the Lord require such means to be 
 made use of in order to support the gospel } Did St. Paul, or 
 any of the other apostles ever practice or recommend deception 
 to obtain money under pretence of advancing the cause of Christ 
 in the world ? Are such men the called and sent servants of 
 Christ ? Are such men deserving of support and encourage- 
 ment from the people of Nova Scotia ? The proper answers to 
 these questions may be given by a discerning public. I am 
 aware that you will be told in answer to what I have written, 
 that all the Methodist ministers in Nova Scotia are considered 
 by the people in England as Foreign Missionaries, and as such 
 should be paid out of the Foreign Missionary fund. This 1 may 
 grant, but why collect money in the name of the Home Mission, 
 and apply it to pay their own salaries if they are Foreign 
 Missionaries .' If they are Foreign, then we have no Home 
 Missionaries, and they collect, acconMng to their own account, 
 double the amount obtained from the Missionary chest, and put 
 the same in their pockets. They do not send this home, nor give 
 any account of it in either of their reports. In some stations, 
 they get what they say is their salary. In others, they allow 
 there is a small deficiency. Ask a Methodist preacher what is 
 the amount of his salary, and the answer is only £3o, but he is 
 allowed a certain sum for his wife, for each child, house rent, 
 travelling expenses, doctors's bill, medicine, furniture, servants, 
 &.C., &.C. This method of dividing the amount seems to be 
 intended to mislead the mind of the inquirer, and would iiave 
 him think that their ministers were poorly provided for. Why 
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 the amount of a Methodist preacher's salary, and then the people 
 would no longer be kept in the dark respecting this matter. 
 Now, if the sum that is annually drawn from home, and the 
 amount collected in Nova Scotia, in the name of the Home 
 Mission, were put together, and equally divided among fifteen 
 missionaries, the nuniier in the afore mentioned years, it would 
 give each over ,£'300 per annum. This sum is exclusive of all 
 other perquisites, viz., dwelling house, completely furnished; 
 horse and carriage, marriage fees, with all the other presents 
 which they receive. Now I say, when all these sums are put 
 together, the salary of a Methodist preacher is much larger than 
 they are willing to own, and might present to the money lovers of 
 this age a pretty strong inducement to enter into the ministry for 
 the sole purpose of gain. A person in England taking up the 
 Foreign Report, and finding that fifteen missionaries in Nova 
 Scotia receiving f^:26 sterling, at the same lime know that a 
 dwelling house, with many other articles, were furnished by the 
 people, together with all their perquisites, would he not conclude 
 the salary to be quite sufficient, even though he were among the 
 heathen ? And when he saw the sum of JE742 sterling sent to 
 England, would he not suppose that this was the total amount of 
 all they collected in this heathen country ? What would he say, 
 if informed that the people in Nova Scotia were not heathen, 
 that they were able and willing to support their own ministers, 
 and actually gave them more than treble the sura transmitted by 
 them to the Foreign Missionary fund ? 
 
 I do not wish to be understood as objecting to the amount of 
 salary received by the Methodist preachers, so much as I do to 
 the deception they practice in their manner of obtaining it, and 
 the want of candor in not being willing to own the amount which 
 they receive. I know an individual from whom many a pound 
 has been obtained by the preachers pleading their poverty and 
 telling him that their salary was only thirty-five pounds currency, 
 and of this small sum they had to give some four or five pounds 
 to charitable purposes, and support themselves upon the remain- 
 der. He believed those 'atements to be true, and felt it a duty 
 to assist the needy. All that I have written I consider to be 
 strictly true, and can be made to appear from the statements 
 contained in their own reports. 
 
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 endeavored faithfully and candidly to perform, I have not been 
 actuated by a censorious and prejudiced spirit, nor from a mere 
 wish to expose the faults and failings of my fellow creatures; 
 but from a love of honesty, truth and candor, and for the purpose 
 of preventing the unsuspecting from being imposed upon by 
 selfish and designing men. 
 
 If I have made any incorrect siatements, they are requested 
 in the spirit of candor to point them out, and I pledge myself, 
 when convinced of such mistake, frankly to confess them. Let 
 them not affect to pass these statements by in silent contempt 
 because the author has not thought proper to put his own proper 
 name to this production. Fads are stubborn thinf^s, eith'jr with 
 or without a name; and it is to u discerning public that I make 
 my appeal. " I speak as unto wisj men. Judge ye what I say.** 
 
 RECAPITULATION. 
 
 Amount collected in N.S. Distrif-t, say,* £2600 
 
 The half drawn from home in the above two years, 2136 3 
 
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 This sum divided among the fifteen migsionaries, the number 
 in Nova Scotia district in 1842, will giv^to each ,£315 ISs 3d, 
 as 8- salary per annum, exclusive of all other presents, viz., a 
 dwelHng house well supplied with furniture, a horse and carriage, 
 marriage fees, doctor's bill, with presents, Stc, &.c. Although 
 the minister does rot acknow'edge'as a salary only £35; yet the 
 above amouut is received by the body, and applied to their own 
 use, according to their Report. 
 
 * The amount collected in the name of the Home Mission, which the ministers 
 receive, I have put down at £200 on each station. In Liverpool, Barrington and 
 y.iimoiith, it will average abo-jt that sum, but as this collection is not published in 
 any of the reports, and as the ministers have told ^ne t!.?t 'hdv draw but a small 
 part of their salary from home, I cansiot be far out of the way. 
 
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