Litchfield enquirer. [volume] (Litchfield, Conn.) 1829-current, 1830-01-28

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20 hearers, four or five hundred are now
accustomed TO assemble, intent on secur.
ing their salvation. Not less than 5000,
or one fourth of all the adults, are rock.
oncd among the anxious inquirers. "The
! Choctaws," writes one Of their MissionW.
rieS, shave laid aside not only their vices,
but their amusementS. Instead Of assem-
bling for ball plays aud dances, as former.
", they now assemble for PRAYER and
praise, and to converse on subjects which
tend to their moral Improvement. A pow
erfal impulse has also been given to indus
try"
Accounts from other Indian Missions
furnish Us also with the pleasing intelli-
| gence, Of special seriousness, many hope
tIl conversions, and manifest improve
mcnt in morals and industry. Among the
instances Of moral Improvement, the form
alton Of temperance societies, on the prin-
ciple Of entire abstinence, is one which we
cannot but notice with interest and sraii-
tude.
The fruits of Missionary labor at the
Sandwich Islands, are of most cheering
character. "The labor of less than ten
years, has transformed nation before adj
dicted universally to stealing, into n nation
OF honest men ; a nation before abandoned
to intemperance, into nation Of temper
ate men; it has arrested entirely the hor-
rible practice Of mothers, numbering their
infant children it has reclaimed them from
tho desolating effects Of unrestrainod lewd-
ness il has caused tho Sabbath to be insti-
tuted, and observed with sacredness,
W hHs ONsn La L.
emulate it has built churches, in some Of
which are gathered, every Sabbath, from
1000 to 1000 hearers ; and it has given
to the nation written language, and pla-
ced them in tho high road to the learning
and the literature % tho world"
Such are the pledges Of tho future success
and glory Of the Missionary enterprise,
which God has already been pleased to
give. The experience Of tho last year cs-
pecially has furnished increasing ground Of
confidence in the wisdom and Importance
of this enterprise. Il remains for the be.
nevolent Of our own country to decide,
whether they will now sustain or abandon
It. The field which the American Board
have occupied, is wide. calling for multi
plication Of lObourerS. With only QUE OF
their Missionary stations-lhat Of Bombay
is connected n population Of not less
than IL millions Of heather, all speaking
the same language; two or three hundred
thousand Of whom are annually passing be-
yond the reach Of kindness or hope. Sur
voying this field Of moral dcsolation around
them, with the millions that are perishing
for lack Of vision, our brethren, who have
gone to their relief, arc every year sending
back to us the earnest cry, "Come over
and help u.s." Shall their entreaties DO Of
no avail
The cause which we advocate, dear
brethren ard friends, is ono which appeals
to your humanity. The condition Of GOO
millions Of your fellow men, shut out from
the light and influence, the hopes and prom
Uses Of the gospel, pleads for its support.
To this portion of the lost children Of men,
the only means which God has provided
for their salvation, have never yet been
applied. The remedy for them is in our
possession. Its efficacy has been proved
by the testimony Of God, and of expert
ence. The triumphs Of the gospel in the
apostolic age-,he conversion Of our own
heather ancestors by its pOwer--the incip-
lent success Of modern missions-all bear
witness, that it is mighty through God to
the pulling down Of strong holds. Can
we withhold from them this blessing? TIE
object which now solicils our a!5, is one
for which the Son Of Coz laid down his
life; aud shall zoe Ssadge any little pccu-
MARY sacrifice which it may require Of US :?
IT,: situation and circumstances Of our
missionaries, plead in its behalf. Two
hundred and twenty-five Of our friends and
fellow citizens, who have bid a long fare
we'll 10 home, and kindred, and country
toreeone the comforts Of civilized society,
and braved the dangers Of foreign climes,
are absolutely dependent on our annual
benefactions, for the means of usefulness
and of sustenance. Shall their operations
languish, and they be left to suffer and die,
because their brethren whom they have left
behind in circumstances Of afilucnce or
comfort, will not support or help them!
1t is with feelings Of no ordinary solic-
itude, brethren, that we present this subject
the present year. Our Frightening pros
pects Of success in this holy enterprise are
AZ this moment clOuded with others Of a
Threatening character. A recent letter
from the Corresponding Secretary disclo-
SEES the painful fact, that the +" Board must,
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