Vermont telegraph. [volume] (Brandon [Vt.]) 1828-1843, 1836-06-30

trust mat In answer w 4i'0 r." yN'' "l'N Ia
consequence Of the scrupulous and I'M
wearied care with which he has since re-
vised the whole, in connection with his
intimate knowledge ofthe language after
an nbroken residence in Burmah of
more than twenty years, together with his
we'll known scholarship, a Burmese
standard version of the Bible has been
prepared worthy Of all confidence, and
claiming Justly the widest possible circu-
lation 1t only remains that the church
at home vigorously sustain the enterprise
which has been so happily begun and that
no effort be wanting on their part to place
a copy of the Burman Bible within the
reach of every family that speaks the Bur
man language.
falling Ne,o Testament and Tracts
In the semi-annual report of June 80,
1885, Mr. Judson remarks, The transla-
ton of the New Testament into the Tai
ing language, has proceeded to the end Of
the I'd Corinthians The principal tracts
also are translated. Mrs Judson is en-
deavoring to prepare herself to assist in
that department. And as soon as the new
falling types are read y, we intend to COM
mence printing tracts and portions of the
New Testament for the use of the nu-
merous population in this place, and all
the country east of Rangoon; very few of
whom can read any other language" -
In the same report Mr. Judson also ex-
presses a hope of being at leisure, after
the printing of the Old Testament was
completed, to add few more tracts and
elementary works to the stock of Burmese
tracts. Mr. and Mrs Bennett are prepar-
ing few TRANSACTIONS tor the use Of Bur
mese schools, beginning with Gallaudets
ChiId's Book on the Soul.
Schools The English school, under
the care of Mr. Bennett, noticed in our last
Report, has since been opened and prom
ises much usefulness. At the date of his
letter July /, 1885, it had been in opera
= ton nine months, exclusive Of about one
!, months vacation The whole number
who had entered was lis, of whom 10:
t were still connected with the school, viz
-, Burmese 47-Chinese 17-Portuguest
I4-East Indians l5-Armenans 2
: Hindoos 5-Malay l-Shan l-EnglisE
!, LA ofthe same were girls, under Mrs
BENEFITS care,-and IS were boarded
= At subsequent date Mrs Osgood had TAX
= en- charge OF the female department, which
n then consisted ofabout 20
= HinerGcies. Beside occasional excur
D sions in the immediate neighborhood O
s MauImcin, already mentioned, others O
: greater extent were made into the interio
d in the course of the year, for the purpos
T. Of distributing tracts and preaching tn
e Gospel of Christ
missionaries, Rec. Abne
y Webb, Mrs Webb, Rer. Hosea Ho1t
+ ard, Mrs HO1carf. Native assistants
/ KO Thah-byOo, native preacher, K
i y Shpayba, KO>THah-a, native preacher
u Moung Shwa-hah, NOung Pyau.-
3 (Most Of the assistants, however, from
u various causes have been temporary
- absent)
r. AvA.-Missionarie Rec Eugenio Kin
n caid, Mrs Kincald, Rec. Thomas S.
20 mons, Mrs Simons. Native assistant.
p Ko Gaca, Ko Kai, native preacher.
g The second wear Of missionary opera
al tons at Ava has been marked, no les
a than the first, with mingled trials and en-
couragements.
ir Boarding School. The school mer
er toned in our last Report, has been contir
o. ued under the direction Of Mrs KincaiC
i'll The whole number Of scholars May 2:
s. was 8, though only had been in schoc
of at any one time, S of them were girls j
larger school might have been obtaine
had 1t been dged advisable.
= BaptiSms. Beside the five individu
ais, already mentioned, Moung Ma Ga
was baptized March %, 1885, making tn
30 whole number of baptisms at Ava, by NJ
bo Kincaid, IL, 8 men and women.
~ At the last dates the native Christian
!; had been threatened and annoyed by the
~ neighbors, but the hostility was wearin
- away, and the prospects of the missio
" were more encouraging than they ha
been for some weeks previous. Mr. an
Mrs Simons, who left MauImein June 2
but had been detained while at Rungoo
or arrived at Ava the seventh of Septembe
H. KAREN.
70 Mr. Mason, of Tavoy, in letter to
=. friend in this country, dated July 4, 1888
~ ~ says Of the Karens, "Be they Israclitc
~ or Gentiles, they are the most interestil
AZ people on the pages of modern history 5
., and verify believe, that, since the day
'a Of of the apostles, the power Of divine trut
vi has never been made so manifest as
nj their conversion. The language is
y. most eloquent one; and when l Sit as
'SS sometimes do, and listen to native, preacI
u ing the Gospel with more genuine Ell
quence than a whole university could pr
TO- duce and then think of his state and th
as of his nation halfa dozen years ago, I a
er, lost in establishment"
CT. The number of missionaries attacht
NJ. to the Karen mission since January, 1873