Vermont telegraph. [volume] (Brandon [Vt.]) 1828-1843, 1838-09-26
RELIGIOUS MISCELLANY.
From the Philadelphia Observer.

we have been kindly 1urnlSned LOT pup
LEGATION, with the following extract of a
letter from the Rev. Mr.. Schauffler, an in
teresting missionary of the American
Board. 1t was addressed 20 a young,
clergyman, who, for some time, was fav-
ored at the same institution with Mr.. S.
with many seasons of prayer and religi Gus
conversation with this useful missionary.
These seasons were doubtless fraught
with The rich experience of the grace OF
God : and we know not how far they
were influential in inducing Mr.. 5. and
the brother yet a. home, to consecrate
themselves to the service of God, among
the heathcn. A happy conversation, tru-
ly: and full of happy results, we trust, to
nations sitting in the valley OF the shad-
ow of death. :.
CoxsTANT1NoPLE, Feb. 20. 1888.
1T is very stormy to day. and the city
is covered with snow. My two amanu
enses, baptized Jew and Rabbi, who
ought to have come &c attend WITH me to
the revision Of the Old Testament in He
brew Spanish, have, it seems, not been
able to cross the water. Thus | gain a
scrap of time to write few letters this az
ternoon.
You seem to entertain fears for Amer
lea, and who does not! But if America
mast deteriorate, perhaps it is merely that
she may 60 through process of purif-
cation, like Germany-or if she mast ev-
! en- fall, the kingdom of Christ will not
fall. But trust and pray that America
will stand, in spi'e of in6delity. immigra-
ton, popery, politics, and every internal
machination-sta till the kingdom Of
! heaven shall come with power and great
glory. But, there is grand, | had al
most said wild contest, going on between
| light and darkness. throughout Christen-
dom, and even in Mohammedan and hea-
then lands, and we cannot expect that A
merica should be permitted 20 sit at ease
Every where the old fabrics of supersti-
ton arr tottering and crumbling into heaps
and rubbish, whilst Truth and In6delity
are standing over the ruins with drawn
swords, blazing shields, and waving BAN
ners, 10 decide whose the ground shall
be-and how can America sit still ? Satan
knows that his time is short, and there
fore his wrath is great, and will he leave
America interrupted and unsifted2 And
how can we expect IN battle field, which
is actually and literally as broad as the
earth, that even the victorious army shall
not have here and there her partial and
transient reverses2 But let notthis thing
displease thee, for the sword devoureth
one as well as another; make thy battle
strong against the city, and overthrow IL.
! To me there is something sublime in this
, vast moral contest. When | look into
? the religious publications of Germany
: France, and America, my soul stands
erect when notice the different feature:
t of the broad battle; and the partial and
local reverse of our cause, I'LL me with
higher expectation against the next. en-
| counter and my faith grows with every
I blow which the enemy aims at US. Fol-
as to the ultimate (yea speedily issue, my
7 mind is as easy as bird, and as an eagle
soaring in the highest atmosphere; anc
J my faith strong as the nethermost granite
: of the everlasting hills. When | look A
4 this contest, | could shout for Joy already
could sit down and write about it--nU
: letters. but books.
i You know that my part of the battle
0 nelQ Is not one Wnere man may SIT uoWI
: and spin silk as the German proyerl
says-but wherever we may be. 1t is suffi
i cient for US to know that infinite wisdom
e and power are on our side, and who will
+ be able to stand before us2 One thing
v however. is certain; we want TO seize hot
d of Gods promises, and keep hold of then
j, to the end, or we are undone Willis
e we have hold of them, we may, like Lu
t. Their, scatter mountains, like chaff befor
10 our faces We must decrease, and H
Of mast increase in US, till we can say wit
l. Paul, am cruci6ed with Christ: nev
s. ertheless. live; yet not |. but Christ Ii,
T. eth in me- and God forbid that shoul
ct glory, save in the cross of our Lord j
as sus Christ. by whom the world is crucif
iy ed unto me and unto the world