Vermont telegraph. [volume] (Brandon [Vt.]) 1828-1843, 1837-05-10

airy sermon, and Thursday afternoon
which was yield led to the Home Mission
Society for holding its annual meeting,
the Convention continued its session with
out interruption, from Wednesday noon
until Saturday evening, having three ses-
SONS on each day, from 9, A. NJ, until
l. +. NJ, from 8, p. NJ, until 6, and
from IL until 9.
We have opportunity at this time to
state little more than the result to which
the Convention arrived. The question to
conhne the operations ofthe Society to for
eIgn tongues was lost A Society was
formed, and is restricted to foreign
tongues, until the wishes of the denomina
ton can be expressed. AS will appear
from the following resolutions -
Resoired, That the Society confne its
efforts during the ensuing year to the
circulation of the word of God in Foreign
tongues.
Rcso!red, That the Baptist denomina-
ton in the CnIted states, be af1ectionateIy
requested 10 send to the Society, at its an
nual meeting during the, last week in
April, 1889, their views as to the duty Of
the denomination to engage in the work
of home distribution.
Resotred That the President and Sec
retarles ofthis Convention be requested to
prepare and address a Circular to the
Churc hes of our denomination, laying be-
fore them these resolutions.
There was manifestlv a difference Of
opinion in the Convention, as to what
was proper to be undertaken Some re-
garded all foreign distribution of the
Scriptures as being appropriately part
ofthe work oGforeign missions, and would,
therefore, make the Board of Missions the
medium through which it should be &C.
complished Others believed a separate
organization to be Indispensable, but were
willing to con6ne its operations to for
eign distribution. Others, again, believ-
ed distinct organization necessary, and
belie"ing, also, that it was necessary to
the success Of such an institution that it
embrace both home and foreign distribu
ton. Upon these points there was d.
versity of opinions, and consequently, a
pro.racted debate. But, Notwithstanding,
these conflicting opinions were frankly
and free y expressed, it was quite appa-
rent that those who participated in the de-
bate were governed by the pure precepts
of Christianity; that they were "kindIy
atfectioned one towards another" ready to
confess" and ready to "forgive - that
each had a supreme regard to the great
cause, for the promotion of which the Con-
vention had been called. Upon what may
be denominated the spirit and courtesies Of
these deliberations, the Editor of one of
the po!itacal papers published in Phladel-
phla, has the following remarks -" We
dropped in once or twice during the ses-
sion, and were pleased to observe the per-
feet order, harmony and brotherIy feeling
which prevailed throughout an assembly
of FIVE hundred, mostly divines; an agree
abe contrast to the usual spirit Of theolog-
ical polemics, and extremely gratifying to
the lovers of true religion. We listened
to some half dozen very splendid orator.
cal efforts, and indeed the whole proceed
ings presented indications of clerical talent
j highly creditable to the denomination
Polished dction, profound learning and
lofty eloquence were all there, and occa-
sionally western brother" would demon
strate bya little sled ge-hammer-logic, that
the tree was only the mightier, for being
sturdy and rough barked'
Thursday eUening-The American
Baptist Home Mission Society held its an
nuaI meeting in the Baptist meeting
house in North I'd Street this afternoon,
(Aprll 27,) at 3 o'clock P. NJ The
President, Hon. Heman Lincoln, took he
chair and called the Society to order
After prayer and singing, the Treasurer's
Report was called for, and read from
which it appeared that the whole amount
received, since the last Report, was 3d.
68O,40; and that the amount expended,
was Sl3,556,4O; leaving balance in the
Sreasury Of 1924.
The Report Of the Executive Board
was read by the Rev. Luther Crawford
one Of the Secretaries. From this Repor
1t appeared, that the number of mission
aries employed the past year was l20 =
the number baptized by the various mis-
sionarles 1882; these missionaries had
assisted in the ordination of 27 ministers
and had assisted in the constitution of 8;
churches.
The acceptance of the Reports wa:
moved by the Rev. William Hague o
Boston, Mass, and seconded by the Rev
Mr.. Dunbar of New York; each O
whom addressed the meeting Sundry
resolutions were offered and ably sustain
! ed by Messrs. Wayland, Peck, and Ben
nett.-CAristian Watchmau.
The ENGLISH BAPTIST UNION
AS we always suspected, it now appear'
that one of the chief objects of this body