Vermont telegraph. [volume] (Brandon [Vt.]) 1828-1843, 1837-06-07
RELIGIOUS MISCELLANY.

t. We invite attention to the following
thrilling appeal, it speaks for itself.
The pressure Of The times should not be
allowed to bear upon the benevolent opera
rstions Of the day, whether religious or moral.
lrIt should be taken upon the shoulders Of
brsuch Of the rich as have money to lind in
: these rimes-such' Of them as are out of
debt-such as commenced their specula-
tons in season to enjoy the benefit of the
FIVE or three last prosperous years; and es-
pecially should those to whom God has
given "neither poverty nor riches for
this numerous class is the backbone "
OF society, and of all other classes TO be en-
! WED, if envy is ever to be indulged-c
forward, TO a man woman and child, and
bear their full part until the struggle is over
4 Our appeal is not more for the Home
Mission cause, than for others, according to
their respective claims. We speak in be-
half Of the great cause of benevolence Let
each one prayerfully seek out his department
! of action, and then take hold.
ADDRESS.
ITO the lamentations, Church. s, Ministers,
,ol and Members fine Baptist denonlind-
tion in III. United States, the Erecutire
Committee Of the American Baptist
Home Mission Society send Christian
sdlUtdtion.
BELOVED BRETHREN.-Our lines have
fallen TO us at period Of the church when
I God, BY his providence, is opening wide
po6elds OF moral and philanthropic culture
and his summons to labor, considering our
Numerical and actual strength as a demon
nation, comes not to us in the faintest ac-
cents. He has given US great work to
do-to do al home, to say nothing OF the
part he designs US to take in the labor
! und honor of carrying the gospel, writ
ten and oral, to the ends OF the earth.
The committee do not come at this late
day 10 ask you to recognise Home MIS-
<eions as charitable and benevolent inst
ltition-; this you have long since done, ant
.ome Of you have clearly perceived tina
= its primary and ultimate bearing upor
|he destines Of the world, 1--WE speak not ii
.pperbole,) on tie destiaes of the WORLD
Ifs second TO no other 1t seeks not t
divide the palm with kindred societies, al
Of which are Of paramount importance II
their several spheres, but it does cIalI
10 be primum mobile, a generator /
bower. the big toheel in the system, whc
has its place indeed in the basement, !
less seen and less admired, but whic
lends motion and velocity through all tn
manifestations Of the moral machinery.
With a deep sense Of responsibility
lbs Committee would respectfully sole
Jour candid and prayerful attention to
Itntement OF facts in reference to the soci
9ywhh whose management they are Ell
|trusted.
They have now commenced the six'
year Of the society's history. The Cor
nittee have felt not only justified in e.
urging their operations year by year, b
|nperionsly called upon by public expe
btion to do so. Thus they judged al
nus they have acted and, thanks to &c
hey have hitherto been sustained. B
Ipw,hey find their way hedged up. o
liabilities at the present moment are We
considerable, though we are happy to Sc
ihe Society is not involved in an accum
lated debt We explain when a man
appointed as missionary, the amount
bis salary is liability, but it does not
|pme debt only as the labor is perform,
The committee have rs yet. though W
1feat difficulty, met all their demands.
ID IS about the future they feel the deep
solicIude; for means 10 sustain aud exte
heir present operations. There are n
about ONE HUNDRED AND THIRTY lab
ers in the field, most OF them with ia
lilies, who are more or less dependent
them for their subsistence. To sust
them will, require constant influx i
abe treasury. In this time OF almost u
versal commercial distress, the Comm
ARE doubtful what TO do; they there
make their appeal 10 the churches.
Where practicable, the committee
retrench the society's expenses. Tho
This had been thought impossible ex
by Elimination Of numbers and cont
ron Of business, yet il having become
aispensible. the officers and missiona
must, ior the time being, bear the IN
venience.
should there be, any suspension Of
meut i would create actual distres
mong the Lords harvest men. Man
Su. missionaries anticipate their due
tns neeessarie. Or fife, and having no
S source Of income, they could nC
eou ls meet their ehgsgehents, IF