Vermont telegraph. [volume] (Brandon [Vt.]) 1828-1843, 1839-05-22

Out colonies 10 form new churches. That
formed in Amity street, took Several OF
our wealthy members; and the members
who went out last year TO establish the
j Tabernacle Church. carried with them
perhaps half our funds. But, Sir, instead
OF having nothing 70 say am in danger
OF speaking too long. [Go on, go on,
there is time enough.l Well, Sir, as nv
resources were thus diminished the pres.
emf year, resolved to apply to some
members OF the congregation, for had
not hitherto solicited them to any extent.
zone gentleman had been in the habit of
giving me a certain sum-. To him | an
piled, and begun to state the case. %
yes, Mr.. Cone said he, we understand
1t all you often tell US about the Foreign
Mission cause-you want TO make up
your $1,000. will cheerfully give you
Tour times the amount have heretofore
done Three or four others readily gave
S25 each. saying must have my $780,
land they would give me more if necessa-
Try. A few weeks after, one of the gen.
itlemen accoSted me as | was entering the
church, inquiring if had completed the
sum. 1 told him | had. .Wen,' said
he. we (naming two or three others,) are
glad you called on us-it has done us
good
Ministers are, in this work, the oxen
they must bear the yoke. Iwish they
might go home and set about it. | wish
they would task their powers on this sub
Ject, as they do for the direct ministration
of the word If they do this, they will
md the members Of the churches acting
conscientiously and Systematically.
sit down, with only one more fact
A good old sister in our church died
lately. Her husband. who is not mem
Der, sought out the treasures of the vari-
Gus female societies, and paid the sub
scrIption, saying that he found the money
for each laid aside, and marked for its
intended object and he had come to pay it
for the last time.
pr. Bodies, Corresponding Secretary,
said be wished to impress pastors with
sense OF their responsibility. Some were
fearful OF urging their people to contrib
ute to benevolent objects, lest they them
selves should be deprived of a mainten-
ance. They say, L hardly get nv bread
now; il press the people to give too
much to other objects. shall not get more
than half loaf All! my brethren, if
wanted whole loaf for myself, | would
urge the people to do as Jesus Christ had
told them, and l should expect that he
would take care Of them and me. New
er think Of, getting your bread~by robbing
the perishing heather. Duty 10 Christ
requires you to plead this cause. Ionce
proposed an object of benevolence to a
man who was not a Christian. After
stating the case, I told him should not
press 1t; he must decide for himself; |
wished that at the great dav of accounts,
/ might be found to have done nv duty.
'OhP said he, eff there comes any ac-
cusation against you in that day, you may
refer to me; will answer for you that
you have done your Duty
| was pastor of church twenty-one'
years. When took charge of the church
in Salem, Mass, it had just been consti-
tuted of a few members, who. if all their
resources bad been put together, could
not have purchased cow without being
embarrassed. In fifteen months, they had
built brick meeting house at a cost Of
(Sl6 or $4,000, and paid for it. At this
time, the only religious charity we had,
was The Mass. Missionary Society, for
sustaining domestic preachers. Ii had
been serious question with the Board,
whether the churches would sustain them
in the appointment of a missionary for
certain section, to labor three months at
S. week. | was unwilling to press
my people on the subject, for that wear,
so much had they been doing for them
selves. But being providentially detained
one day from the meeting of the Board,
at which this question was to be decided.
| had voluntary offerings TO the amount Of
SIS each, from several persons, till had
the sum of So. to take to the meeting
a larger contribution than had ever been
received from the Society before.
The Secretary continued. 1.-THE 5reth-
rem will bear with me, | beg to say word
2or two more. You have heard, Sir, The
Report, but in such an abstract as has been
read it is impossible to give clear and
adequate idea of what is done. The Re-
port states that we have school in Afri-
ca of Is boys, some of whom are reli-
gious inquirers, and one is hopefully con-
verted. Il is a school, Sir, of about IS
children of head-men, or kings. They
are the children who will soon be on the
throne, (such thrones as they have) and
will administer the laws of their country.
You may Judge what kind of laws they
have from one fact If a person is taken
4 al Il
certain who bewiiched him. He points
out an individual who is called up and
asked if he bewitched the sick man. He