Vermont telegraph. [volume] (Brandon [Vt.]) 1828-1843, 1836-02-11
No. 2O.....VoL. VIII.

to the people of the east for laborers sn,[
as were needed, and for their support
We entrel y agreed with the speak,,
as to the comparative importance of4
mest1c missions. The American Con
ventlon at Baltimore, last April, resoIvai
to raise 100000 for foreign missions .oi
only $4,000 for domestic missions w.
speaker considered this bad economv .,l
So DO We The subject was shown - J.
vastly important The characteristic, ~,
the discourse were, clearness. candor ,r3
soundness' The speaker kept to his SUBJ
Ject' was direct and to the point. He is
practical man lie speaks from cxncr;
ence. He has been on the ground. It's
manifest that his heart is in the worl
We believe the impression made to ba,r
been good, and trust that his effort here
Will not be lost. We bespeak for him AID
MS cause open doors, open hearts, onrn
hands, and open purses in Vermcm. l.
is not money alone that he wants. H..
; wants and needs, for himself and w..
cause, the prayers Of the saints. Tfo>o
ne has Alright to claim. It is 4 p~c>jo~>
consideration that in this respect. the poor
can contribute as ahundantly as the ric}.
! One word here 10 the latter And i,m4,
apply on other subjects as well as On ,na
one before US. Let them not thiuk ,i,,
their prayers alone will accomplish m,,>h.
tor If they have not that feeling that WI.
produce aims IS well as prayers th~,
nave not the feeling requisite to very eti-
c1'lt prayers. Prayers and aims should
60 together. then the blessing is sure.
~ the request Of the agent, We give tie
follo~jn circ>!ar
AMER. B,r. TIovr Mission Roox.
Me YORK, JuIy 2In 1855,
" Whereas th' Bopti>t Cc1rr2I.on or.l.
STATE or Nc'c lcr4: rctcd to raiss, -
0'd o'the American Baptist Home W..
Mo4 Noc1e'N during Tie 1c1J 1874
81 Thousand DoNGrs, end for IT.
uc0r 1885, Ten YHousand Dobnr,.--
hFSoLVED, That It Is the dufv NO.
thurch"S, IN the several States ~ IT,,
and S1m1l0r m0drs to contrilufe Iorr.
Iy and promptly to t4r cxhaustcJ Ir<0,.
4n;Ty ot|A0f Soc1cty; and that at lfe,,
nc sum Of Fifty THOUSAND noI.
LARS: IS this gear nNcIcd by the Soejr,a
and IS due from the CHURCHES"
10 THE CHURCHES, ASSOCIATIONS.
AND HOME Mission Soc1Er1rs ~,
THE BAPTIST DESoM1HATIo>. ~
The ATLANTIC STATEs:
MEN AND BRETHREx,
The resolution above rccited was ~,
substance, adopted, and Nv an un?n;n7ryS
1o'e' at very large meeting Of brcthrcr
from various portions Of orr country ..
s"mOlcf IN the city of Richmond .r~
there holding, first. the Triennial Conv,,.
t no for Foreign Missions and next H..
lhlrd Session OF our own Society tor,'.
promotion Of Home Missions. It was i.-
lroduccd by the Rev. JESSE MERC1r -.
georgia. Many Of the brethren CONVEX.
co. we've earnest IN advocating an cfTnrt,.
ooUOte the amount and deemed it the l,:,.
OF The American Baptists to exrrnd in 49,.
great work oIeyangclizingthcir ON, y l.,
inc annuaI sum of One Huulrcd Thou.
sand Dollars.
NE brethren, to whose more i,n:n,d-
ate Charge, rs the Executive Conmi,,.,
o. me Society, the Churches have crtrn>,.
ca inc management Of this cntrrrrisc. f~:.-
'1 that even the amount actua]!y fixed ~
on was beyond the standard which M.
'celln3S OF the churches had rs vet attain.
9d They knew that for the CRYING VEINS
81 our teenlng population. more than w..
largest amount proposed was now urgcs
) "eeoeo; nut 1t was their fear, that IEr
churches would not come M to the work
with the requisite spirit and promr:itud,,
ana that the affective di>crcpancy hctwc,p
ne amount voted and the amount na,hpr.
,d, you'd expose the Society to sroTn. AMI
ne brethren who had commended the o..
oTt to the taunt of having begun 10 hunj
while they had not WherewiJh to fn;sL
The brethren delegated from our cburch-
s throughout the Union1 were nrcna1If
o hope better things ofthe Christian Land.
hey represented They wer> entitled to
udge, and to their judgment tn" Execr-
I've committee submitted and, ht,fn-c NJ,
world, brethren, the Society now Stands
pledged 10 attempt the co!lertion Of this
'um. Is not the pledge reciprocal one
hat the three hundred thousand Bant,s,x
If the Atlantic States, will not withhold
he pittance necessary to accomplish tho
object2 BY subsequent resolution in
reduced by the Rev. Thomas Meredith
If North Carolina, the Executive CON-