Vermont telegraph. [volume] (Brandon [Vt.]) 1828-1843, 1836-07-14
AGENCIES.

The Committee regret that their plan
in this department, the past year he's been
but partially carried into effect They
divided the Atlantic States into agency
fields, and then sought dig, nt'y for men
to occupy them. 1t is no easy matter to
find men exactly adapted to this service
men, who are able so To- present their OBJ
ject to the understanding and heart, as to
elicit the liberal contributions, and the fer
vent prayers Of the people The giver
the almoner, and ultimate recipient, arc
then, all blessed, Tut the first most. Nor
will he at a future time, dread the reCur
renee Of an application.
Besides the service in this department
rendered by the Secretaries, who have
collected or got subscribed, nearly $1,000,
principally in the city Of New-T ork, the
States Of New Jersey, South Carolina and
Georgia, four brethren have been employ
ed small portions Of the year, VIZ: Rev.
Ezra Going, in Mltnc; Rev. Timothy
SpnuIljng, (since gone as missionary to
the West, in Vermont he was succeed
ed in this field during the winter, by Rev.
Alvin Bailey from Illinois; and Rev.
Horace A. Wilcox, in Connecticut and
Rhode Island.
In addrion to these, others have Eeen
appointed bv the conventions Of tn States
Of New York, Massachusetts, and New
Hampshire, respectively, to raise funds
with which to redeem the pledges several
ly given BY them to our treasury. Their
agents therefore, are performing work for
us, and they might with proprlety be en-
rolled upon our lists. 1t Is bu. AN act oil
Justice to the first named Convention here
10 acknowledge the receipt at an early
day, of the amount Of their noble pledge
of ten Thousand d0ILurs This is the
best guarantee that their still more gencr,
Gus resolution Of hreLre houS1n dollars
this year, will early lie accomplished
MISSIONARY AGENTS.
1t is proper in this connection to ad
vert briefly to another class Of laborers il
the employ Of the Society, denominatec
Missionary Agents. Their business i
usually unlike that Of the missionary, In
asmuch as they have no charge ofspecit
ic churches: and unlike also that of al
agent, inasmuch as the collection of fund
Is not their principal employment, an
what they do collect is paid into the treas
uries Of the local societies. They hav
for field, perhaps State or Territory
they travel extensively; encourage fee
bic churches ; assist them 10 procure pas
tors when practicable; seek out new field
Of labor preach, and give tone, and d
rection, and impulse to the general Gauss
and keep the Committee informed of an
thing that may be profitable for them t
know. Such is oar interchangeable brothe
Rev. Ebenezer LOOMS, Of Ohio, late
Michigan. He has travelled the last yes
land mostly on foot) four thousand fl
hundred and fee miles, preached tTo Au
drcd and ninety-serpn sermons, solcite
funds extensively, baptized several, besid
performing other ministerial labor
Brethren J, NJ. Peck, Moses Lemon. S N
ucl Love, Reuben Winchell and Pet
Chase, are also appointed in a similar g
paclty in Illinois, Missouri Tcnnesse
and in the provinces of Upper and Low
Canada; but as most oftheir appoin,mer
nre Of very recent date, or their returns !,
perfect, we cannot speak definitely oftht
lahorS.
To be COnttnpcd