Mr. Walter made a good speech on Friday last at
the annual meeting of the Berkshire auxiliary to the Propagation Society. He showed that the society had two objects—the extension of the Church in the Colonies and of Christianity among the heathen. The former work cost them 39,0001. out of a total revenue of 96,0001., and was, he thought, a work of supererogation. The Colonies were very well able to support their own churches, and the heathen wanted more teachers. He animadverted, too, on the excessive expense of management, 11,5001. spent to collect 67,0001., an expense which is mainly due to the discreditable platform system—the raising of money by means of sensation sermons. Mr. Walter's remarks always excite public attention, and the society must reform itself considerably if it does not want sub- scriptions to stop. It is curious, that with the wealth of zeal which exists in the " higher " section of the Church, this society has never yet secured a missionary willing to go out and labour at his own expense.
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