Vermont telegraph. [volume] (Brandon [Vt.]) 1828-1843, 1837-08-23
TAvoY, Sept. s, 1886.

IANOY, Sept. 8, 1886.
Dear Brother,-Like Luther's pasting
up his Theses on the doors of the old
church at Wiuemburg; and Carey's Not
tingbam sermon of Expect great things,
attempt great things" the resolution of
your Society to supply according to its
ability the world with the Bible, forms
an epoch in the history of the church
; that will be remembered when q" Earth
keeps jubilee thousand years." The
resolution will meet with a ready re-
Spouse from every missionary, animated
as he will be by its spirit 10 put forth re-
doubled efforts for the people Of his
charge, both in the departments of trans
lation and circulation of that blessed book,
which has been well denominated, "The
Star of Eternity l should have been
out the present month circulating Bur-
man Bibles in some villages that | had
purposed TO visit, had not circumstances
compelled me to inoculate my children
with the small pox, and | am now at
home watching over them.
In the first years of my residence In
this country, supplied every house in the
city and province in which | am located,
with tract and portions of the Bible, the
whole at that time not being printed; and
were not my labors almost exclusively re-
quired among the Karens, l would take
up the work Of supplying every house
with the New Testament at least.
In reply to your inquiries concerning
the Karen translation, have to remark,
that have translated three Gospels, Mat
thew, Mark and Johp. Luke is in pro-
greSs, but will not probably be finished be-
fore the season for travelling and direct
evangelical labors among the people COM
mcnces, when the labors of the study are
wholly suspended for five OF six months.
The TRANSACTIONS partake of all the in
firmitics Of first essays, yet they are such
as nv associates are anxious to have
printed. Mr.. Wade has recently reduced
the other Karen dialects to writing, for
there arc two, as you are probably aware;
and we trust that parts Of the Scriptures
will soon be ready to print in that dialect
also, for the language is essentially the
same, and when a version is made into
one dialect, it will be an easy task to rem
der it into the other.
In relation to your enquiries concern
ing the opportunities for the circulation OF
the Scriptures in the European languages,
| would remark, that in Tavoy they are
few. During FIVE or six years residence
| have however probably distri buted TWEEN
ty-five or thirty English Bibles, and had
| a few copies of the Scri ptures in the
Portuguese language, which have never
had, a door stands open for their useful
distribution. | have met with but one
Frenchman in the country, and be being
destitute of the Bible, gave him copy
that had in my private library, thinking
that though it might be useful to me for
reference, 1t might Re far more useful to
htm for the sGIoation Of his soul. | have
distributed parts of the Scriptures in Chi
nese, Siamese, Hindoostanee, and Ben
galce; and could distribute more, especial
Iy the former, were supplied with them.
And now, my dear brother, having an
swered all your questions, allow me TO
ask one in return. In your large church
can you not lay your hand on some one
or two young men, and thrust them INTO
The work Young men willing to come
, over to Burmah to help usl Notning so
pains our hearts as the sight Of the har-
vest perishing around US for lack OF la
; borers. The missionary cry is no longer
, ."who hath believed our report, and to
r whom is the arm OF the Lord revealed =
l but who are these that fly as a cloud
E and as doves to their windows2" Where
= ever he moves, his reception is asthougn
: voice tkundered to the churches, . en-
!. large the place of thy tent. and STRETCH
: forth the curtains of thy habitation:-
!, What blessed reward for. any sacrifice
real OF imaginary. that missionaries may
!. make, to hear Burmans or karens' o