Part 3

Great-Britain 680 300 12,000,000 Protestants, of many denominations. Ireland 285 160 2,000,000 Protestants and Papists. France 600 500 24,000,000 Catholics, Deists, and Protestants. Spain 700 500 9,500,000 Papists. SWEDEN including 800 500 3,500,000 The Swedes are serious Sweden proper, Lutherans, but most Gothland, Shonen, of the Laplanders Lapland, Bothnia, are Pagans, and very and Finland superstitious. Isle of Gothland 80 23 5,000 ---- Oesel 45 24 2,500 ---- Oeland 84 9 1,000 ---- Dago 26 23 1,000 ---- Aland 24 20 800 ---- Hogland 9 5 100 Denmark 240 114 360,000 Lutherans of the Helvetic Confession. Isle of Zeeland 60 60 284,000 Ditto. ---- Funen 38 32 144,000 Ditto. ---- Arroe 8 2 200 Ditto. ---- Iceland 435 185 60,000 Ditto. ---- Langeland 27 12 3,000 Ditto. ---- Laland 38 30 148,000 Ditto. ---- Falster 27 12 3,000 Ditto. ---- Mona 14 5 600 Ditto. ---- Alsen 15 6 600 Ditto. ---- Femeren 13 8 1,000 Ditto. Isle of Bornholm 20 12 2,000 Lutherans. Greenland Undiscovered 7,000 Pagans, and Moravian Christians. Norway 750 170 724,000 Lutherans. 24 Faro Isles 4,500 Ditto. Danish Lapland 285 172 100,000 Ditto, and Pagans. Poland 700 680 9,000,000 Papists, Lutherans, Calvinists, & Jews. Prussia[4] 400 160 2,500,000 Calvinists, Catholics, & Lutherans. Sardinia 135 57 600,000 Papists. Sicily 180 92 1,000,000 Ditto. Italy 660 120 20,000,000 Ditto. United Netherlands 150 150 2,000,000 Protestants of several denominations. Austrian Netherlands 200 200 2,500,000 Papists and Protestants. Switzerland 200 100 2,880,000 Papists and Protestants. The Grisons 100 62 800,000 Lutherans and Papists. The Abbacy of St. Gall 24 10 50,000 Ditto. Neufchatel 32 20 100,000 Calvinists. Valais 80 30 440,000 Papists. Piedmont 140 98 900,000 Ditto, and Protestants. Savoy 87 60 720,000 Ditto. Geneva, City 24,000 Calvinists. Bohemia 478 322 2,100,000 Papists and Moravians. Hungary 300 200 2,500,000 Papists. Germany 600 500 20,000,000 Ditto, and Protestants. Russia in Europe 1500 1100 22,000,000 Greek Church. Turkey in Europe 1000 900 18,000,000 Greek Christians, Jews, & Mahometans. Budziac Tartary 300 60 1,200,000 Greek Christians, Jews, & Mahometans Lesser Tartary 390 65 1,000,000 Ditto. Crim Tartary 145 80 500,000 Ditto. Isle of Tenedos 5 3 200 Mahometans. ---- Negropont 90 25 25,000 Ditto. ---- Lemnos 25 25 4,000 Ditto. ---- Paros 36 in compass. 4,500 Greek Christians. ---- Lesbos, or Miylene 160 in compass. 30,000 Mahometans and Greeks. ---- Naxia 100 in compass. 8,000 Greeks and Papists. ---- Scio, or Chios 112 in compass. Greek Christians, Papists, & Mahomet. ---- Nio 40 in compass. 1,000 Ditto. ---- Scyros 60 in compass. 1,000 Ditto. ---- Mycone 36 in compass. 3,000 Ditto. ---- Samos 30 15 12,000 Mahometans. ---- Nicaria 70 in compass. 3,000 Greek Christians ---- Andros 120 in compass. 4,000 Ditto. ---- Cyclades, 700 Ditto. Delos the Chief. ---- Zia 40 in compass. 8,000 Ditto. ---- Cerigo or 50 in compass. 1,000 Ditto. Cytheraea ---- Santorin 36 in compass. 10,000 Ditto, and Papists. ---- Policandra 8 in compass. 400 Ditto. ---- Patmos 18 in compass. 600 Ditto. ---- Sephanto 36 in compass. 5,000 Greeks. ---- Claros 40 in compass. 1,700 Mahometans. ---- Amorgo 36 in compass. 4,000 Greek Christians. ---- Leros 18 in compass. 800 Christians and Mahometans. ---- Therima 40 in compass. 6,000 Greek Christians. ---- Stampalia 50 in compass. 3,000 Ditto. ---- Salamis 50 in compass. 1,000 Ditto. ---- Scarpanta 20 in compass. 2,000 Ditto. ---- Cephalonia 130 in compass. 50,000 Ditto. ---- Zant 50 in compass. 30,000 Greek Christians. ---- Milo 60 in compass. 40,000 Ditto. ---- Corfu 120 in compass. 60,000 Ditto. ---- Candia, or Crete 200 60 400,000 Ditto, and Mahometans. ---- Coos, 70 in compass. 12,800 Mahometans and or Stanchia Christians. ---- Rhodes 60 25 120,000 Ditto. ---- Cyprus 150 70 300,000 Mahometans.

[Footnote 4: The rest of Prussian dominions being scattered about in several countries, are counted to those countries where they lie.]

_ASIA._

EXTENT. Countries. Length Breadth Number of Religion. Miles. Miles. Inhabitants.

TURKEY IN ASIA 1000 800 20,000,000 Mahometanism is most contains Anatolia, prevalent, but there Syria, Palestine, are many Greek, Latin, Diabekr, Tutcomania Eutychian, and and Georgia Armenian Christians. Arabia 1300 1200 16,000,000 Mahometans. Persia 1280 1140 20,000,000 Ditto, of the Sect of Ali. Great Tartary 4000 1200 40,000,000 Mahometans and Pagans. Siberia 2800 960 7,500,000 Greek Christians and Pagans. Samojedia 2000 370 1,900,000 Pagans. Kamtschatcha 540 236 900,000 Ditto. Nova Zembla Undiscovered.thinly inhabit.Ditto. China 1400 1260 60,000,000 Ditto. JAPAN contains 900 360 10,000,000 Ditto. Niphon Isl. Isle of Ximo 210 200 3,000,000 Pagans. ---- Xicoco 117 104 1,800,000 Ditto. ---- Tsussima 39 34 40,000 Ditto. ---- Iki 20 17 6,000 Ditto. ---- Kubitessima 30 26 8,000 Ditto. ---- Matounsa 54 26 50,000 Ditto. ---- Fastistia 36 34 30,000 Ditto. ---- Firando 30 28 10,000 Ditto. ---- Amacusa 27 24 6,000 Ditto. ---- Awasi 30 18 5,000 Ditto. India 2000 1000 50,000,000 Mahometans and Pagans. beyond the Ganges Indostan 2000 1500 110,000,000 Ditto. Tibet 1200 480 10,000,000 Pagans. Isle of Ceylon 250 200 2,000,000 Pagans, except the Dutch Christians. ---- Maldives 1000 in number. 100,000 Mahometans. ---- Sumatra 1000 100 2,100,000 Ditto, and Pagans. ---- Java 580 100 2,700,000 Ditto. ---- Timor 2400 54 300,000 Ditto, and a few Christians. ---- Borneo 800 700 8,000,000 Ditto. ---- Celebes 510 240 2,000,000 Ditto. ---- Boutam 75 30 80,000 Mahometans. ---- Carpentyn 30 3 2,000 Christian Protestants. ---- Ourature 18 6 3,000 Pagans. ---- Pullo Lout 60 36 10,000 Ditto.

Besides the little Islands of Manaar, Aripen, Caradivia, Pengandiva, Analativa, Nainandiva, and Nindundiva, which are inhabited by Christian Protestants.

And Banca, Madura, Bally, Lambeck, Flores, Solor, Leolana, Panterra, Miscomby, and several others, inhabited by Pagans and Mahometans.

The MOLUCCAS are, ---- Banda 20 10 6,000 Pagans and Mahometans. ---- Buro 25 10 7,000 Ditto. ---- Amboyna 25 10 7,500 Christians;--the Dutch have 25 Ch. ---- Ceram 210 45 250,000 Pagans and Mahometans. ---- Gillola 190 110 650,000 Ditto.

And Pully-way, Pullo-rin, Nera, Guamanapi, Guilliaien, Ternate, Motir, Machian, and Bachian, which are inhabited by Pagans and Mahometans.

The PHILIPPINE ISLANDS are supposed to be about 11,000;--some of the chief are,

Isle of Mindanao 60 40 18,000 Pagans and Mahometans. ---- Bahol 24 12 6,000 Ditto. ---- Layta 48 27 10,000 Ditto. ---- Parragon 240 60 100,000 Ditto. The CALAMINES are Sebu 60 24 10,000 Papists. ---- Mindora 60 36 12,000 Pagans and Mahometans. ---- Philippina 185 120 104,000 Ditto. ---- Negroes Isle 150 60 80,000 Papists. ---- Manilla 31,000 Ditto, and Pagans.

The Ladrone Islands are inhabited by most uncivilized Pagans.

New Holland 2500 2000 12,000,000 Pagans;--1 or 2 Ministers are there. New Zealand[5] 960 180 1,120,000 Ditto. New Guinea 1000 360 1,900,000 Ditto. New Britain 180 120 900,000 Ditto. New Ireland 180 60 700,000 Ditto. Onrong Java A Cluster of Isles. Ditto. New Caledonia 260 30 170,000 Ditto. New Hebrides Ditto. Friendly Isles 20 in number. Ditto. Sandwich Isles 7 in number. 400,000 Ditto. Society Isles 6 in number. 800,000 Ditto. Kurile Isles 45 in number. 50,000 Ditto. Pelew Isles Pagans. Oonalashka Isle 40 20 3,000 Ditto. The other South-Sea Islands. Ditto.

[Footnote 5: Two Islands.]

_AFRICA._

EXTENT. Countries. Length Breadth Number of Religion. Miles. Miles. Inhabitants.

Egypt 600 250 2,200,000 Mahometans and Jews. Nubia 940 600 3,000,000 Ditto. Barbary 1800 500 3,500,000 Mahometans, Jews, and Christians. Biledulgerid 2500 350 3,500,000 Mahometans, Christians, and Jews. Zaara, or the Desart 3400 660 800,000 Ditto. Abyssinia 900 800 5,800,000 Armenian Christians. Abex 540 130 1,600,000 Christians and Pagans. Negroland 2200 840 18,000,000 Pagans. Loango 410 300 1,500,000 Ditto. Congo 540 220 2,000,000 Ditto. Angola 360 250 1,400,000 Ditto. Benguela 430 180 1,600,000 Ditto. Mataman 450 240 1,500,000 Ditto. Ajan 900 300 2,500,000 Ditto. Zanguebar 1400 350 3,000,000 Ditto. Monoemugi 900 660 2,000,000 Ditto. Sofala 480 300 1,000,000 Pagans. Terra de Natal 600 350 2,000,000 Ditto. Caffraria, or the 708 660 2,000,000 Ditto, and a few Hottentots Country Christians at the Cape. Isle of Madagascar 1000 220 2,000,000 Pagans and Mahometans. ---- St. Mary 54 9 5,000 French Papists. ---- Mascarin 39 30 17,000 Ditto. ---- St. Helena 21 in compass. 1,000 English and French Christians. ---- Annabon 16 14 4,000 Portuguese Papists. ---- St. Thomas 25 23 9,000 Pagans. ---- Zocotora 80 54 10,000 Mahometans. ---- Comora Isles 5 in number. 5,000 Ditto. ---- Mauritius 150 in compass. 10,000 French Papists. ---- Bourbon 90 in compass. 15,000 French Papists. ---- Madeiras 3 in number. 10,000 Papists. ---- Cape Verd Isles 10 in number. 20,000 Ditto. ---- Canaries 12 in number. 30,000 Ditto. ---- Azores 9 in number. 100,000 Ditto. ---- Maltha 15 8 1,200 Ditto.

_AMERICA._

EXTENT. Countries. Length Breadth Number of Religion. Miles. Miles. Inhabitants.

Brazil 2900 900 14,000,000 Pagans and Papists. Paraguay 1140 460 10,000,000 Pagans. Chili 1200 500 2,000,000 Pagans and Papists. Peru 1800 600 10,000,000 Pagans and Papists. Country of the 1200 900 8,000,000 Pagans. Amazons. Terra Firma 1400 700 10,000,000 Pagans and Papists. Guiana 780 480 2,000,000 Ditto. Terra Magellanica 1400 460 9,000,000 Pagans. Old Mexico 2220 600 13,500,000 Ditto, and Papists. New Mexico 2000 1000 14,000,000 Ditto. The States of America 1000 600 3,700,000 Christians, of various denominations Terra de Labrador, 1680 600 8,000,000 Christians, of various Nova-Scotia, denominations, but Louisiana, Canada, most of the North and all the country American Indians are inland from Mexico Pagans. to Hudson's-Bay California, and from 2820 1380 9,000,000 Pagans. thence along the degrees south latitude, and so far inland as to meet the above article All to the north of unknown. Pagans. 70 degrees Cape Breton 400 110 20,000 Christians. ---- Newfoundland 350 200 1,400 Protestants. ---- Cumberland's Isle 780 300 10,000 Pagans. ---- Madre de Dios 105 30 8,000 Ditto. ---- Terra del Fuego 120 36 5,000 Ditto.

All the Islands in the Vicinity of Cape Horn Pagans.

The Bermudas extend 16 5 20,000 Half English, and Half Slaves. The LITTLE ANTILLES are Aruba 5 3 200 Dutch, and Pagan Negroes. ---- Curassoa 30 10 11,000 Ditto. ---- Bonaire 10 3 300 Ditto. ---- Margaritta 40 24 18,000 Spaniards, and Pagan Negoes. ---- St Trinidad 90 60 100,000 Ditto. The BAHAMAS are ---- Bahama 50 16 16,000 Pagans. ---- Providence 28 11 6,000 Ditto.

Besides Eluthera, Harbour, Lucayonegua, Andross, Cigateo, Guanaliana, Yumeta, Samana, Yuma, Mayaguana, Ynagua, Caieos, and Triangula-- Pagans.

The ANTILLES are ---- Cuba 700 60 1,000,000 Papists. ---- Jamaica 140 60 400,000 English, and Pagan Negroes. ---- St. Domingo 450 150 1,000,000 French, Spaniards, and Negroes. ---- Porto Rico 100 49 300,000 Spaniards and Negroes. ---- Vache, or Cows I. 18 2 1,000 Ditto.

The VIRGIN ISLES are 12 in number, of which Danes Island is the principal--Protestants.

The CARRIRBEES are ---- St. Cruz 30 10 13,500 Danish Protestants. ---- Anguilla 30 9 6,000 Protestants, and Negroes. ---- St. Martin 21 12 7,500 Ditto. ---- St. Bartholomew 6 4 720 Ditto. ---- Barbuda 20 12 7,500 Ditto. ---- Saba 5 4 1,500 Ditto. ---- Guardulope 45 38 50,000 Catholics, and Pagan Negroes. ---- Marigalante 15 12 5,400 Ditto. ---- Tobago 32 9 3,400 Ditto. ---- Defiada 12 6 1,500 Ditto. ---- Granada 30 15 13,500 English, and Pagan Negroes. ---- St. Lucia 23 12 5,000 Ditto, and Native Pagan Caribbs. Whites. Negroes. ---- St. Eustatia 6 4 5,000 15,000 Dutch, English, &c. ---- St.Christopher 20 7 6,000 36,000 English. ---- Nevis 6 4 5,000 10,000 Ditto. ---- Antigua 20 4 7,000 30,000 Ditto. ---- Montserrat 6 4 5,000 10,000 Ditto. ---- Martinico 6 4 20,000 50,000 French. ---- St. Vincent's 60 4 8,000 5,000 The 8,000 are Native Caribbs. ---- Barbadoes 24 4 30,000 100,000 English. ---- Dominica 28 4 40,000 Ditto, 2,000 of them Native Caribbs. ---- St. Thomas 15 in compass. 8,000 Danish Protestants.

This, as nearly as I can obtain information, is the state of the world; though in many countries, as Turkey, Arabia, Great Tartary, Africa, and America, except the United States, and most of the Asiatic Islands, we have no accounts of the number of inhabitants, that can be relied on. I have therefore only calculated the extent, and counted a certain number on an average upon a square mile; in some countries more, and in others less, according as circumstances determine. A few general remarks upon it will conclude this section.

FIRST, the inhabitants of the world according to this calculation, amount to about seven hundred and thirty-one millions; four hundred and twenty millions of whom are still in pagan darkness; an hundred and thirty millions the followers of Mahomet; an hundred millions catholics; forty-four millions protestants; thirty millions of the greek and armenian churches, and perhaps seven millions of jews. It must undoubtedly strike every considerate mind, what a vast proportion of the sons of Adam there are, who yet remain in the most deplorable state of heathen darkness, without any means of knowing the true God, except what are afforded them by the works of nature; and utterly destitute of the knowledge of the gospel of Christ, or of any means of obtaining it. In many of these countries they have no written language, consequently no Bible, and are only led by the most childish customs and traditions. Such, for instance, are all the middle and back parts of North America, the inland parts of South America, the South-Sea Islands, New Holland, New Zealand, New Guinea; and I may add Great Tartary, Siberia, Samojedia, and the other parts of Asia contiguous to the frozen sea; the greatest part of Africa, the island of Madagascar, and many places beside. In many of these parts also they are cannibals, feeding upon the flesh of their slain enemies, with the greatest brutality and eagerness. The truth of this was ascertained, beyond a doubt, by the late eminent navigator, Cooke, of the New Zealanders, and some of the inhabitants of the western coast of America. Human sacrifices are also very frequently offered, so that scarce a week elapses without instances of this kind. They are in general poor, barbarous, naked pagans, as destitute of civilization, as they are of true religion.

SECONDLY, barbarous as these poor heathens are, they appear to be as capable of knowledge as we are; and in many places, at least, have discovered uncommon genius and tractableness; and I greatly question whether most of the barbarities practiced by them, have not originated in some real or supposed affront, and are therefore, more properly, acts of self-defence, than proofs of inhuman and blood-thirsty dispositions.

THIRDLY, in other parts, where they have a written language, as in the East-Indies, China, Japan, &c. they know nothing of the gospel. The jesuits indeed once made many converts to popery among the Chinese; but their highest aim seemed to be to obtain their good opinion; for though the converts professed themselves Christians, yet they were allowed to honour the image of CONFUCIUS their great law-giver; and at length their ambitious intrigues brought upon them the displeasure of government, which terminated in the suppression of the mission, and almost, if not entirely, of the Christian name. It is also a melancholy fact, that the vices of Europeans have been communicated wherever they themselves have been; so that the religious state of even heathens has been rendered worse by intercourse with them!

FOURTHLY, a very great proportion of Asia and Africa, with some part of Europe, are _Mahometans_; and those in Persia, who are of the sect of _Hali_, are the most inveterate enemies to the Turks; and they in return abhor the Persians. The Africans are some of the most ignorant of all the mahometans; especially the Arabs, who are scattered through all the northern parts of Africa, and live upon the depredations which they are continually making upon their neighbours.

FIFTHLY, in respect to those who bear the Christian name, a very great degree of ignorance and immorality abounds amongst them. There are Christians, so called, of the greek and armenian churches, in all the mahometan countries; but they are, if possible, more ignorant and vicious than the mahometans themselves. The Georgian Christians, who are near the Caspian Sea, maintain themselves by selling their neighbours, relations, and children, for slaves to the Turks and Persians. And it is remarked, that if any of the greeks of Anatolia turn mussulmen, the Turks never set any store by them, on account of their being so much noted for dissimulation and hypocrisy. It is well known that most of the members of the greek church are very ignorant. Papists also are in general ignorant of divine things, and very vicious. Nor do the bulk of the church of England much exceed them, either in knowledge or holiness; and many errors, and much looseness of conduct, are to be found amongst dissenters of all denominations. The lutherans in Denmark, are much on a par with the ecclesiastics in England; and the face of most Christian countries presents a dreadful scene of ignorance, hypocrisy, and profligacy. Various baneful, and pernicious errors appear to gain ground, in almost every part of Christendom; the truths of the gospel, and even the gospel itself, are attacked, and every method that the enemy can invent is employed to undermine the kingdom of our Lord Jesus Christ.

All these things are loud calls to Christians, and especially to ministers, to exert themselves to the utmost in their several spheres of action, and to try to enlarge them as much as possible.

SECT. IV.

_The Practicability of something being done, more than what is done, for the Conversion of the Heathen._

The impediments in the way of carrying the gospel among the heathen must arise, I think, from one or other of the following things; --either their distance from us, their barbarous and savage manner of living, the danger of being killed by them, the difficulty of procuring the necessaries of life, or the unintelligibleness of their languages.

FIRST, as to their distance from us, whatever objections might have been made on that account before the invention of the mariner's compass, nothing can be alledged for it, with any colour of plausibility in the present age. Men can now sail with as much certainty through the Great South Sea, as they can through the Mediterranean, or any lesser Sea. Yea, and providence seems in a manner to invite us to the trial, as there are to our knowledge trading companies, whose commerce lies in many of the places where, these barbarians dwell. At one time or other ships are sent to visit places of more recent discovery, and to explore parts the most unknown; and every fresh account of their ignorance, or cruelty, should call forth our pity, and excite us to concur with providence in seeking their eternal good. Scripture likewise seems to point out this method, _Surely the Isles shall wait for me; the ships of Tarshish first, to bring my sons from far, their silver, and their gold with them, unto the name of the Lord, thy God._ Isai. lx. 9. This seems to imply that in the time of the glorious increase of the church, in the latter days, (of which the whole chapter is undoubtedly a prophecy,) commerce shall subserve the spread of the gospel. The ships of Tarshish were trading vessels, which made voyages for traffic to various parts; thus much therefore must be meant by it, that _navigation_, especially that which is _commercial_, shall be one great mean of carrying on the work of God; and perhaps it may imply that there shall be a very considerable appropriation of wealth to that purpose.

SECONDLY, as to their uncivilized, and barbarous way of living, this can be no objection to any, except those whose love of ease renders them unwilling to expose themselves to inconveniencies for the good of others.

It was no objection to the apostles and their successors, who went among the barbarous _Germans_ and _Gauls_, and still more barbarous _Britons_! They did not wait for the ancient inhabitants of these countries, to be civilized, before they could be christianized, but went simply with the doctrine of the cross; and TERTULLIAN could boast that "those parts of Britain which were proof against the Roman armies, were conquered by the gospel of Christ"--It was no objection to an ELLIOT, or a BRAINERD, in later times. They went forth, and encountered every difficulty of the kind, and found that a cordial reception of the gospel produced those happy effects which the longest intercourse with Europeans, without it could never accomplish. It _is_ no objection to commercial men. It only requires that we should have as much love to the souls of our fellow-creatures, and fellow sinners, as they have for the profits arising from a few otter-skins, and all these difficulties would be easily surmounted.

After all, the uncivilized state of the heathen, instead of affording an objection _against_ preaching the gospel to them, ought to furnish an argument _for_ it. Can we as men, or as christians, hear that a great part of our fellow creatures, whose souls are as immortal as ours, and who are as capable as ourselves, of adorning the gospel, and contributing by their preaching, writings, or practices to the glory of our Redeemer's name, and the good of his church, are inveloped in ignorance and barbarism? Can we hear that they are without the gospel, without government, without laws, and without arts, and sciences; and not exert ourselves to introduce amongst them the sentiments of men, and of Christians? Would not the spread of the gospel be the most effectual mean of their civilization? Would not that make them useful members of society? We know that such effects did in a measure follow the afore-mentioned efforts of _Elliot_, _Brainerd_, and others amongst the American Indians; and if similar attempts were made in other parts of the world, and succeeded with a divine blessing (which we have every reason to think they would) might we not expect to see able Divines, or read well-conducted treatises in defence of the truth, even amongst those who at present seem to be scarcely human?

THIRDLY, _In respect to the danger of being killed by them_, it is true that whoever does go must put his life in his hand, and not consult with flesh and blood; but do not the goodness of the cause, the duties incumbent on us as the creatures of God, and Christians, and the perishing state of our fellow men, loudly call upon us to venture all and use every warrantable exertion for their benefit? PAUL and BARNABAS, who _hazarded their lives for the name of our Lord Jesus Christ_, were not blamed as being rash, but commended for so doing, while JOHN MARK who through timidity of mind deserted them in their perilous undertaking, was branded with censure. After all, as has been already observed, I greatly question whether most of the barbarities practiced by the savages upon those who have visited them, have not originated in some real or supposed affront, and were therefore, more properly, acts of self-defence, than proofs of ferocious dispositions. No wonder if the imprudence of sailors should prompt them to offend the simple savage, and the offence be resented; but _Elliot_, _Brainerd_, and the _Moravian missionaries_, have been very seldom molested. Nay, in general the heathen have shewed a willingness to hear the word; and have principally expressed their hatred of Christianity on account of the vices of nominal Christians.