Vermont telegraph. [volume] (Brandon [Vt.]) 1828-1843, 1839-02-13

villages. and had an interview with about
forty karens. Gave away few books
and tracts among the Burmans, but found
only here and there an individual who
was disposed to listen to the gospel. The
Karens at first were cautious and tacturn,
but this gradually gave way when they
heard me read In their own language
! Chrlst's sermon on the mount. NV time
was limited, and promised as soon as
possible to visit all the Karens in that
part of the country.
10. Brethren Mason and Bennett ar
rived yesterday, having spent about
month among the Karen villages and bap-
tized above forty.
Sickness Excursion to a mountain I'll
logs-Repeoted baptisms
IA. Mr.. Mason and had made an ar
rangement to spend three or four weeks
among the Karens east and south of this,
but on The evening of the 18th was hro't
down with fever, and yesterday the brelh-
rem set off towards Tavoy. Brother Han
cock accompanies them.
Is. Lord's-day. Preached In Burman
and in English, and baptized one, but the
labor was too much for my strength.
49, Baptized one today, and preached
in the evening"
20. Set off in Burman canoe to visit
some Karens, twenty We miles Distant
found the village delightfully."- situated
on the margin of mountain stream, but
the most pleasant part was to witness the
eagerness with which they focked around
me TO listen to the word Of God. NV fee
IDLE, emaciated appearance drew from them
the tenderest sympathy.
| "a. Though unable to sit up more than
an hour and a half at time stIll bad
strength TO preach to them every morning
aud evening. Ny congregation averag es
about sixty. They sing the songs of III.
on in the sweetest manner. The breth
rem in Tavoy had furnished me with
hymn books, and l now distributed then
to all that could read The book is near
ly as large as Watts, and contains HYMN.
on every subject, arranged after the man
ner of Winchell's Watts. This afternoon
finished the examination of ten, aud bap
tIzed them In their own pleasant stream
while the congregation occasionally sun.
verse OF che OF their sweetest songs.
: was expected to visit other villages, an,
some where the gospel has never beer
preached, but my strength was gone an
| could go ITO furtner
e %. Lord s-day. Preached three time
S today IN our own house. twice in Burma
y and once in English. and administers
: the Lords supper. Thirteen of US CON
: memoraled the Savior's suferings.
l. VISIT to the meighboring islan7s-Deg
/ radatiom of the islanders.
, March s.. Returned today from yisi
+ ing some wild people, inhabiing the is
. ands sixty or one hundred miles off Can
Mcleod kindly offered 10 take me to Sc
- this people, and thinking the trip out ;
sea would be serViceabe TO nv health. W
0t. went OIL In a small Burman boat. "
lie ieIt on the first of the month. Nv obie
eS Is 10 try and get some OF their young me
'e to educate, and hope to succeed bv az
he by. The poverty and degradation Of III
people exceed any thing l ever saw b
in fore-lt was heart-s:ckening. They
va not cultivate the land, and they build
nd houses. l saw one chief He spoke b.
Use man tolerabiy well, as also one or ty
ed others, and they interpreted TO others WI
as had to say. You may Judge of tn,
est poverty by this fact-the only CLOTH
an the females had was piece OF CLOTH t
the or twelve inches wide, fastened round tn
aIl hips; the children OF course were emit
| to y naked. They are not numerous,
to they are our felow-be beings, endowed w
err intellectual powers and moral feelin
ms. and as such have claims upon our sym
ons thles. Our ancestors, the ancient Brito
MIR. but few hundred years ago, were, /
Ia. this people, poor, degraded, naked sa
mi ges. By what influence have they sh;
en- off such mental and moral darkne
hot such abject poverty, and savage degra
r.'; ton? BY the light of science and rev,
~ ~ ton. 1t is possible for US to kindle
1 ~ this hghtin every land.
49, In letter of the 18th April, Mr.. K. writes,-
70 Altogether on this coast, (Tenasseri
"A have baptized thirty-two, and have
! he names of as many more who wish for h
tho tism. Tomorrow expectto leave ho
,h.r 10 be absent fourteen or fifteen DAYS, G
ron tour among the islands, and along
coast about 1870 miles south of this city
left Rerisit to Karen village-Baptism
Don. Passage Of the Tenasserim mount
,ret- "A tropical storm
March %, 1888. Left home this M
up ing to visit Karen village, about TIVE
,und FIVE miles distant We were overta
h!ful on the way by severe storm of rain
nga- companied with the most terrific thun
Ham Night came on, and the storm increas
ably but, aided by almost incessant fasht