Vermont telegraph. [volume] (Brandon [Vt.]) 1828-1843, 1837-07-26
LATE FROM BURMAH.

LATE FROM BURMAH.
A kind friend has furnished US with tn
following extract Of letter from one of tn
Baptist missionaries in Burmah. 1t is da
ed, Tavoy, Dec. 20, 1886:
The small pox is making great sIaugh
ter among the inhabitants of this citv. 1t i
supposed that no less than 900 have alread
fallen victims to this disease within the las
few months, and the work of death is still
going on. l: was equally fatal in 70 city
when we were there, about three week
since. Since my return have usually de
voted the morning and evening 10 visitin!
the sick and dying. never before saw
such frighttul spectacIes of human flesh a.
have recently witnessed. You doubles
have heard of the horrors of this disease. 81
need not attempt to describe. Suffice it t.
say, it beggars description. We had ;
pleasant excursion 10 70, a small towr
about midway between this and Maulmen
situated on river Of the same name. 1t i:
beautifully elevated some feet above the
level of the river; the streets are lined with
thick shady trees, Ono unlovely sight in this
sultry cIime) behind which are seen the
low-r rooted bamboo cottages peering through
the green foliage. The old wall is nearly
entire still, though it is many years since il
was used for defence. 1t is bounded on
the west and south by the river, on the
north by extensive rice fields, and on the
east by large natural tank-beyond which
is gradual elevation of some extent, COW
cred with low shrubberv of the richest per-
petual green. A few heather temples are
seen lifting their heads above the delightful
verdure, beside which you see no traces of
inhabitants on all the extended plain. The
whole is enclosed by lofty ranges of noun
tains in the distance, whose tops frequently
reach above the clouds. think this site is
one of natures happiest productions; but
alas what contrast between the natural
and moral aspect of the scene! Not Whis
per Of the great Creator in all that city -
No songs of praise ascend from those de-
Ightful hills-no incense Of prayer from
those verdant wales. Death, moral death,
reigns victorious there. But, blessed be
God, it shall not always reign The day is
to dawn among the Karens in the
surrounding forests. Numbers, since broth
er Wade was here last year, have renounc-
ed their false worship and now present their
alteration to the God of heaven, -Four gave
good evidence of having passed from death
unto life, and were baptized before we left.
L ue SOOu WOIh Is VII oil Tue NdIcu
settlements about US. knowledge is in
ners are alarmed. Brother Mason is now
on his southern tour. Sister Wade is at
the Christian village, (Meeta.) Brother
Wade and sister Mason are on an excursion
to Toung Bvack. Thus you perceive we
the present When sister Mason returns,
I io;r
brother Wade and accompany him by land
from that place to Meeta, distance of about
ten days travel. We are to take circuit
Gus route, that we may visit a number Of
Karen settlements in that section that
Brother Mason does not pass in his tour
Mr.. Wade has baptized another Burman
since his return from 70, and there are
some good inquirists still in town, who
hope will soon be brought in. Our hands,
and, | trust, hearts, are engaged in glori-
Gus work-a work that will eventually tri-
umph though our bodies may have long
mouldered to dust e'er its full accomplish
ment.
"Dec. 81. This morning I received in
telGqence from brothers Abbott and Vinton,
who have just returned to Maulmein from
an excursion among the Karens in Ran
COON. The Lord is doing wonders there.
In this tour they baptized one hundred and
sixtv-seven believers, and left hundreds Of
hopeful applicants. Behold, what hath
God wrought! Surely, the redemption of
the Karens draweth nigh. Do pray that
we NAV soon be able to give them the scrip
lures in their own tongue, and pray for that
church, way in the jubile, that must neces-
sariIy be left alone most of the year, with
out the revealed word of God, and but two
or three small tracts to guide them in the
right path. o that the Holy Spirit may
guide them! Farewell, till we meet on
high. A. P. G."
IA brief extract of letter from Mr.. How
ard appears in the Baptist Magazine fol
July:
left Rangoon Nov. IS, with brethren
Vinton and Abbott, for the purpose of visit
ing the Karens in Maubee and vicinity
among whom no missionary had ever been
AS brother Vinton sends you journal Of
the whole affairs, it is unnecessary that
should detail particulars. | will only ado
my testimony, that the persons baptized
(l67) during the week which was spen
among these children Of the forest, sustain
ed as good an examination as any of al
equal number ever witnessed in America
! The helpless condition OF man as sinner
and the alone way of salvation through
Christ, were truths apparently we'll under
stood by all; and though they had ever!
reason to expect that cruel persecution
would be the result Of their protested allie
glance to the Savior, yet theirs was tn
confidence and the JOY of those who coul!
say, know in whom | have believed.
In this section are probably a hundred o
more believing Karens, who are still wait
ing for an opportunity to be baptized. Tn
most who are believers, profess to have bee
so for one, two, or three years, or from th
the time they first heard the gospel. Th
Lord has carried on this work, so far as hr
man fundamentally is concerned, by nativ
= Karen assistants, and Principally by K
. Thah-byoo.-N Y Eran'