Vermont telegraph. [volume] (Brandon [Vt.]) 1828-1843, 1838-09-12
VOL. X. NO. 81.

bVotherS on which he Wi! not be able TO
call. 1t is hoped none will wait to be Wis
iteJ: but, at the most favorable time, PEI
form the work, and God will bless and a.
bundantlv reward them. For the cherish
ing Of benevoe n, disposition is peculiar
~ pleasing to him and he "loveth cheer
fuI giver.' On the subject of purchasing
books for Sabbath School Librari at the
Depository Of the Union, and giving a
more extensive patronage to the Sabbath
School Treasury, as means of sustain
ing the Institution, the Secretary proposes
to remark in future communications
Wishing all the churches great prosper-
ty, and abundant success in all your efforts
to do good,
am yours in the bonds of the gospel,
}. ALDR1CH, Sec'y.
NeWiIl each Of the Baptist papers in
NeWEngland give the above communica-
ticn place in their columns? j. A.
CTRCU LAR
of the Board of Foreign Missions.
BosToN, Aug. 2, 1888.
DEAR BRoTHER:--Yhe missionary
operations of our denomination are now
IN posture peculiarly delicate and critic
al. By order of the Convention at Rich
mond, the Board enlarged their opera
tons, and were encouraged to expect at
least 100000 per annum. The annual
income previously had been 100000,
nearly half Of which was made up by
. the Bible and Tract Societies, and gov
ern'Ient appropriations for Indian reform.
Had the Board acted up fall ~ to the Rich
monl resolutions, they would have incur
red debt of $4,000 per annum; for
the contributions from the churches were
not increased. AS the case now is, the
Board, at the end Of three years, have ex-
| pended less than $4,000 over its income,
and this has been supplied from funds ac-
cumulated at a former period.
Our rate Of annual expenditure is now
so fir beyond our regular income, that,
without greater receipts, we are shut up
to one OF two courses. Either we must
recall some missionaries, and stop some
presses, or we must 60 annually deeper
and deeper into debt. The first of these
courses is manifest y inadmissible. We
have sent out these men, and have induc-
ed them to spend large portion of the
best period of their lives in reaching their
field and learning the language. In ma
nv cases they have endured acclimation,
and performed many preliminary services.
TO send for them to RETURN and thus throw
away all their toll and preparation, and
, cast them, with feeble health aud estrang-
ed habits, upon the world, would be a
, great wrong. We entered into a contract
with them, and unless they forfeit the
claim by misconduct, we are most SOL
EMMY bound to maintain them. To 90
annually in debt, is not more consistent
: with propriety. We must not lay bur-
dens on our children and successors. Ev-
en- then we should in a very few years
} come to a full stop, through accumulat-
Jog debt.
: The on1 ~ alternative is for the church.
7 cs to rise and meet the exigency. This
! we are well able to do. Even in those
r States where most is raised, the amount
= ia proportion to the number Of communi
t Giants, is very small; and some States give
J. almost nothing. This is evident from the
j. following summary Of the payments into
4 our treasury during the past three years
e that is, from the Convention in Richmond
a TO that in New York {; showing the aver
ri ace contributions Of each State per an
: mum, and the average for each member
1t ['Ihe column will not take in the whole
n table,