Vermont telegraph. [volume] (Brandon [Vt.]) 1828-1843, 1839-12-11

en- ashley are expert in trades which may
oe OF value 10 the people among whom
they are to live. Twice in this manner
mas Pastor Grossner sent about twenty
young men, and the accounts he has from
Them from time TO time are most cheering,
very lately he had six more ready, and
called to join their brethren laborino in
India, Indeed the request for such miss
lonaries is far beyond his means of sun.
pIy,) and he wrote to ask his English
trends assistance. The latter hesitated
said he would wait till more intelligence
was received from those already laborino
" course such an answer was unexnec5-
ed and disappointing. Pastor Gossner
called together the young men and com.
munlcated it to them-thev did not Iono
hesitate, but came forward obseryino2
We believe ourselves called to The mis-
slonary field, therefore we can denend m
on being provided for by Him who sends
as, and who careth for the birds Of the
or. After this conclusion in strono
laith, supplies came in from unexnected
quarters, and Pastor Gossner was enabled
10 send them out stocked with all that was
necessary [ often wonder that the Lord
GEARS WI WIN our puny, wavering faith -
now dltferent would be the conduct Of
man under similar circumstances He
would Spurn US from him, and leave rs in
our deserved poverty. Not so our won
dertolly-!oving and impassionate God
he entreats US to believe-teils us how
soon our enemies would all be subdued-
What JOY and sweet peace we should have
ana even uses the astonishing language
we lind in Malachi, iii. 10. And are not
the Psalms full of similar promises?
ENGLISH LADY MISSIONARY ON A CHIN
EsE ISLAND.
A very devoted young woman of the
nelghborhood OF London, who is of GOOD
property after waiting eleven years ere
the way opened for her to go as mission
ary' has now to her souls delight settled
IN a Chinese island on which missiona-
rIes are not allowed to labor. She resides
in Dutch family, and has opened two
schools, one for boys, the other for oirls.
she superlntends and provides for her
mission entirely herself. She writes that
10 the town she is known by The Eng
| lsh lady come on singular errand .
During the last few years Of her waitino
to 60 she acknowledged that the deIavv
was In great mercy in order to DEEPEN her
feelings CT religion. How often does the
christian require to be made passive that
the Lord may work in him of His good
pleasure. My heart delights in such mis-
slonarleS, and long to see more in the
Held 60 in simplicity and faith. Phvsi-
clans might be most acceptable laborers.
lear we shall not live to see the time
when the Christian body shall be one, and
sectarlan divisions considered of SO litIe
value as 10 be overlooked. Nav the dav
be fastened, for from the words of our
blessed Savior in the 18th of John. we
may then expect multitudes added to the
body of believers. My firm opinion is
that until Christians live more like mi
grlms, and have evidently their only treas
ure in heaven, the day of full gospel liph1
will not be manifest. Let it be the obiec,
OF each to live so under the banner of di.
vine love, as to draw many to the Lord
May the very countenance testify that we
have been with Jesus.