Vermont telegraph. [volume] (Brandon [Vt.]) 1828-1843, 1838-03-21
yoI. x. NO. 90.


Of case and outer box. catalogues. 4 ! Up
must advert TO this subjec, again. and i
The mean time / send you lt ew ca.aIoeu,e.,.S
that you and your friends may Judge ofl the,
'ol'ection, Io44 agsf aa4a nee xii
u have already alluded 10 s,hesgenernl
character of these books, and there are uos-a
s'oiy one or more persons in maiony Of
the school Districts in New-England. Who
viii not subscribe to all the sentiments
t1ney lnccicate, The existence Of d God
the he inspiration of the Scriptures. . fo,urss
state Of retributiop, are facts, which some
men adeny--and strange as il NAV seems
the -lnculcation Of these > doctrines i ~
many called Sectdrism, and the book which
lnc'ulcates them is called a Sectaridn book
! L! do not understand the. term to anplv 70
these cases; but be this as j, may, i take !,
!hat every school district in New ENGLAND.
has right TO buy this orany Other ,librs,v
and put it upsin the school room for the snss
OF the school children. Neither the Leg;..s
azure nor ths Board of Education cal, con =.
,rol district II in this matter, so long as the
Jaw au1horlzes the raisingof money forthis
purpose, or so long as the district NAV ,ses
NJ IN any other lawful way 20 obtain poss
session of il Each district, Is 81 srssssn,s
independent government. If / am 4 Uni
y e's or Freethinker, resident in The
district, may, vote and speak and protest
against the introduction of the books. and
may remove my children from the school,
rather than have them INSTRUCTED ia such
sentiments or I may pfohibil them to read
or BRING them home; but so long j as the
majority OF the voters IN the district see titr
70 Keep the books there, so long j must SUBJ
nut : whenever lean bring majority aof,
the district to think with,me, we VIII turn
the school-comnittee and the library outiof
the house together; and put in such aeon com,
mlttee and such books as we prefer. s5.
But very important and most interest ,es
Ing subject still remains for our agent to
present to you, in its various and inde6nites
bearings, upon the interests ST many MILL
ions OF our race. allude to the use of lonr
books "e in the present form. at the mission
stations ia or translated into various lauguag-,
IS OF the nations where our missionaries
are or may be slaboring. We have yol-s
ume OF correspondence on this subisct4
every sentence Of which is filled with esi-s
dence of the utility of our books and eIe-a
neptary publications to these bre,hresDn..-
Already some thirty, Or forty of them have,
'een translated, and are now preparing tor =
ne press, and the children and youth sofs
france, Sweden Switzerland, Italy, Greece,
nala, Burmah, and many of the Islands Of
ne Sea, have access, through the iaborss Of
'or society, to those blessed and glorious
ruths of divine revelation, which ara to-
ne cnlloren OF New-England as familiar as
household words. The bright prospects Of !,
great usefulness in this department. of orr
operations which open before us, our our asent
to make known to you, and so far as he
nay be able to excite your sympaihy,and
0nnoence' so far we shall hope to share in =.
our bene6cence. Yours, &c. - -.
FREDERICK A. PAcKARD. D..
Ed. Of the Pu6. Of A. s. s. Union.
Philadelphia, March 3, 1888, @9s~
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