Here I cannot refrain from reporting an earlier specimen of the bad faith the Society has experienced at the hands of those whose dislike it may have merited by diligence in the Church Pastoral-Aid. The facts are known to the subscribers generally; but are again introduced here, to shew, that when the “_minor matter_,” as Lay-agency is _now_ called, was urged as the _major_, (before it had fallen so many degrees by Dr. Molesworth’s _disciplinometer_,) the Society was not a jot the less liable to misrepresentation and unkindness than now. The following statement appeared in a work of a popular character, published in 1838 anonymously, and called “_A Voice from the Font_.” “An Incumbent of a populous town in the West of England applied for two Lay-teachers, who were granted; but who, after establishing an acquaintance and intimacy with the parishioners, became Dissenting Ministers of the town, drawing to them those whom they had visited as the delegates of the Incumbent.” This stood in the relation of a note, containing the proof, or substantial part of an excellent argument against Lay-assistance and the Church Pastoral-Aid Society. Alas! the whole was pure invention. But all men are liable to err, and to derive information from incorrect sources. The publisher was therefore apprised, and the Editor of the Church-of-England Quarterly Review, _which had copied the objectionable passage_, written to. The Author of the book, understood to be a Clergyman, was appealed to: there could be no doubt of the mistake (to call it by the mildest name); and the publishers, Messrs. Longman & Co., consequently received authority to paste over the note in all future and unsold copies. Now the Society thought that more was due to it: the libel had gone through the length and breadth of the land. So void of truth was the statement, that, in point of fact, no Incumbent in the West of England ever had two Lay-assistants _paid_ by the Society:—(to nominate them, I beg to acquaint the “_Poor Parson_” p. 5, is always left to the Incumbent himself); and _not a single instance_ has occurred, since the formation of the Society, of any Lay-agent, supported by its means, becoming a Dissenting Teacher. Yet all attempt to obtain further redress was hopeless: no sorrow was expressed by the party who had circulated _the false report_; no proper feeling shewn for having wounded a much-called-for Christian Charity;—no apology,—no reparation,—_no answer_, in short, was given to the Society’s appeal! I know not what effect the relation of such injustice may have on other minds: it made me the zealous friend of the “Church Pastoral-Aid Society:” previously content with being its well-wisher, I had taken no part in its proceedings: since then, I am thankful to say, I have.