The works of the Rev. William Thom, late minister ... - waughfamily.ca

'342 LETTERS, TRACTS, tsV.the fame important purpofes. Indeed, wc cannot "nnraginc how they will otherwife be maintained.Knowledge is an enemy tO' trade, and we fuppofe itis equally unfavourable tp every other kind of induftry.And really from the great noifc which the friendscf thefe academies make about the importance of cha—rlty, we always fufpecred they had fome intention tofetup in the begging way.But this blefled academy will not only infpire u&with a tafle for literiiture, we are alfo told, in the fe- .,cond place, that the knowledge which is to be got at \it will enable us to make a better figure in company.impu-Some people have really a prodigious ftock ofdence !—Would any body, who was not loft to allfenfe of fljame, ever affirm fuch a manifelt falfehood?.Who, in the nam.e of wonder, appears witii greateft.''dignity in a company of merchants or who is liften- x.ed to with the moil reverend attention ? Is it not thericheft men ? and the m.an who can talk experimentallyof the largefl tranfaftions ? Was it ever heardthat literary fubiecls were topics of converfation a-mong the inhabitants of this city ?—We believe nofuch thing could ever be laid to our charge. Youfee, Brethren, it is not ail fcripture v/hat thefe academicianstell us. This is a f-.rnple of their fine m.orals.'But befides thefe great and imiportant advantagesVvhich the inliabitants of this city will derive from theucadenn'', wc are told it will likewife be an excellentnurfery for young clergymen. But we wifh thefegentlemen would inform us haw a clergyman can be-iny thing the better of a great deal ot knowledge*Will Ids being a knowing and ingenious man recommendhim miore efiecluaily to any patron ? We believen.ot. We remeuiber very well that a certainclergyman was oncerecommended to a noble peer,who v/as long the patron of this city, as a properperfon to fupply the vacancy of a neighbouring borough.The clergyman's friends, to heighten hi§ me-