Vermont telegraph. [volume] (Brandon [Vt.]) 1828-1843, 1838-12-26

and the frivolty of the children. is great
, achievement Now, In many places ap-
plicants are far more numerous than can
be received, and nothing but want OF funds
iprecludes almost unlimited extension of
the system. Even Brahmins send their
sons without hesitation.
need not expatiate on all the probable |
effect of these schools, many OF whose !
pupils are adults, and many more, who !
though youth when at school, ATE adults |
now. They have diminished priesily in
fuence by raising up an intelligent body |
Of persons, who though ever SO humble |
can and do argue triumphantly with the !
men who had before held the sway of
great veneration. They have dif.used
right knowledge of Christians and Chris
tianity;, overthrown erroneous systems of
philosophy and nature arrested fools OF
vice; prepared intelligent hearers Of the
gospel; proved the superiority of the
missionary; and in many cases, first and
, last have been the means of genuine
conversion.
Il Some of these are boarding schools
f where the pupils are wholly Withdrawn
+ from heather influence. Some of them
, are for the children of native Christians,
who receive at home impressions hvora-
' BILE to the permanently Of those they re-
D ceive at school. Some of them teach the
: higher branches. such as form a collegiate
j course with us. Some are taught in Ian.
s guages never before committed to writing
n so that the pupils are the first OF their
O tribes who have ever learned 10 read
J, Some of them are for females in coun-
), tries where the sex has ever been left in
l. total ignorance.
l. The whole number of pupils who have
at received education, or are now in the
Of schools, cannot be ascertained. From
s. the statistics furnished on this head, by
J. some societies, and the imperfect returns
10 of others, set down The pupils now in
" missionary schools throughout The world
" at 100000.
The blessings of christian morality
have been widely diffused. Some whole
nations have been converted to Christian
= i,y. liz Greenland" in Labrador, and ir
more than thirty islands of the Southerr
d. Seas, paganism has ceased to be the ma
I'd tional faith These have become, in tht
ng customary sense, Christian Countries
ne Instead Of poverty, wars, and plunderings
he are found plenty, peace and security. In
stead of murdered infants, neglected ch1
IN dren, degraded wives, and burning wild
on ows, are seen domestic peace and socia
no lendearments. Instead Of ideness, are III
IS, comforts of intelligent industry. Intel
in ectuai cultivation has supplanted bruta
act insensibiity. Rulers and kings layinI
ne aside ferocity and sel6shness, are see
n governing their people by Bible laws, an
ais anxious for the general good.
sr- There are, also, in the midst of heath
We en- lands, christian villages and districts
d. shining as lights in dark places. Sue
ere for instance as at Serampore. Luckantia
Ut pore, Tanjore, Tenevelly, Ceylon, Mat
nd and scores beside.
DO, "Dialects unheard
60 At Babel, or at Jewish Pentecosr,
: Now Grst articulate divinest sounds
ma And swell the universal anthem"
Id There are also single stations, wher
es' nominal Christians are reckoned by thor
US, sands 1t is true the degree to which th
en' fruits Of Christianity are produced, is NJ
u"' the same as in Christendom, where j
ny influences are corroborated in a thousar
- ways, and matured upon successive gel
erations. The conduct of these nomin
8, ones, often discouragement,a and som,
10 times disgrace. But the benefits pr,
'ne ponderate. Children grow up anon
Nh beneficial influences, and enlightened
ell know good from evil. Instead of falls
nos filthy, and damning mythology, commin
inu ling with their first and most lasting il
'iui pressions, they are instructed and restrai
leS0 ed by pure and blessed truth. The Sa
DC bath is observed, and the same people a
o0'r sembling from week to week, afford
o5 opportunity of impressing line upon lin
an precept upon precept; converts are
Guy embarrassed for daily bread, nor scorne
abused, and abandoned by relations. NJ
l leSe ny formidable hindrances to CONVERSE
'ole are thus removed l need not expa
His' this proposition. The reader will S
in that among such people. the mlsslona
lgle ,hos. hu nas,or j. our own land
rint- M yfd- -, ,ua,,a1 g. n,
>, .He Here is the great point. On this the
5 , can be no variety of sentiment. as to
ao oe value of the fruit, or dispute as to the
90 ailtY of its existence.
,"e Behold tbs midnight glory worlds worlds
thdl Amazing pomp Redonble this amaze.
hole Ten thousand add. Add twice ten thousand mo
a, n5n wIlga lhs soni Uno neenes Us '"e
per OF unntelligent creation, poor.
rices Manv converts have died in the faith.
may would be easy and delightful TO rehea