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It was only lately that
the writer of these pages received the first annual Report of the
Glasgow Society for PROMOTING THE RELIGIOUS INTERESTS OF THE SCOTTISH
SETTLRS in British North America, and not before he had almost finished
them for the press: and after perusing it, he felt some hesitation as to
whether he should prosecute his first design of publishing them, as that
report contains a very powerful appeal to the Scottish public partly
coincident with that here attempted to be made. Yet, as he is desirous
that the expediency of a Society more comprehensive in its object than
what either the Glasgow Society, or the -Society of a similar kind
lately formed in Edinburgh is, should be seriously considered: and as he
knows that no particular case of Christian benevolence can be injured by
repeated advocacy, he hazards these remarks, such as they are, before
the public.
It may be thought that he has indulged in a style too discursive for a
mere religious appeal, and in this he may be faulty ; but the train of
reflection which he prescribed for himself was something like the
following: Some general views of emigration—the propensity of Scotsmen
to emigrate—the character of Scottish emigrants— an estimate of the
religions exertions made in their behalf—the importance of a Colonial
Missionary Society—encouragements to the formation of such a society—
the character of suitable missionaries. He commends these pages to the
candid judgment of the Christian Public, and the blessing of his Master.
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