Vermont telegraph. [volume] (Brandon [Vt.]) 1828-1843, 1837-08-16
o.S. MURRAY, EDrroR AND PRopR1rroR.

the birthplace Of intellectual glory, become
radient with the light Of salvaiion2 At no
former period in the history of Hams de-
graded posteriiy, have the indications Of Di-
vine Providence presented greater encour-
agements, to labor and pray for their de-
liverance from civil, intellectual, and r1oral
bondage. At various points along the
western coast, from Cape Palmss on the
south, to Sierra Leone on the north, there
are at present about thirty missionaries en-
ployed; and Sabbath schools, in which
eleven thousand children are learning to
read the word of God. There are also Sc
veral other benevolent institutions and
more than six thousand emigrants, many of
whom are pious, and ready to cooperate
with our Society, as soon as We shall be
prepared to put into their hands the volume
OF divine revelation. The Board Of Mana
gers cannot conceal the deep solicitude
which they feel, that your benevolence may
plains of benighted Africa, where one hun
drpd millions Of souls demand the sympa
thies Of the Christian world.
Whatever means may be employed to i'm
prove the African race, and give them rank
among the nations: the Bible affords the
only light BY which the darkness of ages
. can be dissipated, and the land of Cyprian,
Tertullian, and Augustine, become again
illumined with the knowledge of salvation
by the blood Of the Lamb. As American
Christians, we are bound to promote the
welfare Of that afflicted race, and we can do
much in cultivating this field, with COM
paratively little expense Of either money or
time. A voyage Of thirty days may land
your agents upon their coast, aud although
the people are heather, yet they have never
been idolaters-no temples and pagodas
consecrated to gods of wood and stone,
meet the eye and aff1ict the heart Of the
Christian traVeller-the people are proven
bially mild and eachable-unfetteIed by
any caste, or long established system Of
false religion. so that no impeachment 10 the
messengers Of Christ, exist, save ignorance,
and that depravity of the human heart, which
is common to all the fallen race"
"EURoPE.-It is generally conceded, that
Divine Providence has afforded to US as de-
nomination peculiar facilities for distribut-
ing the Bible among one hundred millions
OF idolaters in India eighteen millions of
Burmans; more than fifty millions Of Shy
ans and Karens and the four hundred mill
ions who inhabit the celestial empire-pos-
sessing moreover the advantage Of having
the Bible already translated by Baptist mis-
! sionaries into numerous languages and dla-
lects-the Board cannot but rejoice that
Germany, Denmark, S1etten, Norway, Ind
Holland do also invite the attention Of this
Society; inasmuch as the versions used
III these countries contain translation
Of the word DaptIZu ana frs eaanates. which
goes to establish the primitive simplicity Of
our practice, in the ordinance Of the believ-
+, ers' Baptism. In France, also, we have at
! present eight Baptist missionaries and their
| assistants, who will no doubt cheerfully CO.
4 operate with the American and Foreign BIZ
= bic Society, in laboriug for the benefit of the
| thirty-two millions of that nation. In Ger
many too, our devoted brother Oncken and
his colporteurs, are prepared to become your
efficient agents. Already has brother Onck,
T en- published an edition Of the Psalms, (foI
: the Edinburgh Bible Society," and an edi
ton Of the New Testament; copies o.
which have been forwarded 10 this country
They are The most perfect specimens oil
German printing and binding, that have
come under our inspection, and can be at
forded at a price below the cost of equa
work executed by any Bible Society II
. America. From Hamburger and other ports
i ON the Baltic, access may be obtained Il
millions Of Hungarians, Bohemians, Wen
: dish and Poles. Recent events also prove
that the sixty millions of Russia, are once
1 more in condition to receive the Bible, un
/, restricted by any imperial edicts. The fol
! lowing extract Of letter from counSeifo
. of the Russian court at Odessa, under DAT
: Of September 5, 1885, shows that the peopl,
8 are anxious to receive the word OF the Lore
0 Sir" The welfare of souls IS begun I,
e be sought and pursued in the villages, VIII
a earnestness and zeal. The word OF Goo
m 81 oil
ri mind. and searched daily. Christian meet
= ings are held in many families in the coun
: try around. This is not 10 be wondered a.
:. seeing that MANY have a hungering atte
n Bibles and tracts. Therefore permit me
e beseech you, urging with Christian 6olo
Q ness, to procure for me six hundred Gree
Bibles, &c. &C."
II appears by the extracts given from th
: report Of the American and Foreign Biol
Society, that large amount Of funds
d necessary to carry forward their operation
>, E-that $1,000 year, the amount formerI
J. received, by the Baptist Board of Forelg
d Missions, from the American Bible Society
il is far from being suficient-that $5O,"O
- or even 5000 may soon be advantage
or ously expended. When our operation
,. shall be Sufficiently extended, and IN
- y Lord Of the harvest" in answer to praye
en- shall send forth laborers into all parts oil
rs harvest, it is impossible to calculate VIII
,lr amount Of funds will be needed. An err
he neous opinion isentertained ny many, who
n ought to be corrected; that the PoPuId'7'
70 Of the A. r. B. 8. has already provided
MT with ample funds. II is true that, with
be few exceptions, the A. F. B. 8. did recel'
e the appreciation Of the BaPtists In q
United States. And many Of them readl