Vermont telegraph. [volume] (Brandon [Vt.]) 1828-1843, 1839-05-22
VOL. xI. No. So.

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We want to be God-men-we bax. - -
Gus 10 me Woods to pray as American
hS Soes l have had Eve ieilers from these
oOyS, written oy themselves. which would
1 VIII mention another circpms,ance
ne Report states that Mr.. Oncken made
a vlsIt 70 Stuttgard, and baptized % ner.
sons. Bun who are these. One or ,bern
IS distinguished professor in one ~ ,bs
German Uniyersiiies-ano,her . nrsa.La-
of the Gospel. OF these only Eve or s;r
al flTst had their attention called % ~.
subJect-were convinced Of the dutv &C
believers baptism, and sent for Mr.. 0nr<
Ken 10 oaPtize them. The practical exhi.
ohlon OF The ordinance induced others 10
examine into Its nature, and thew were
baptized; so mat after three davis laLor
our brethren returned to Hamburo. leav.
Ing Church of23 members with a heIov.
ed and well qualified pastor. The ebnrrh
is not dependant on us, but will sus,ain
itself: vet, when these brethren. in their
perplexity, could have found no one else
to administer the ordinance. our missions.
ry was at hand to aid them-himself
about five years ago baptized by INV be.
loved brother who sis near me. IAllud-
ing 10 Professor Sears
AT Hamburg our missionary In con-
nexion with his brethren, Is actively en-.
gagged IN difiusing tracts and giving awav
Bibles, Notwithstanding the civil persecti-
tons which have attended almost every
step OF their progress. | cannot repeat
the number of places where those private
brethren have gone, distributing tracts
and lnculcating the truths of the posoel
In these labors they meet with great sue
cess, as do the Colporeurs of France
who carry about Bibles and tracts for
sale, gaining sccess to all classes of peo-
pie, reading and conyersing as they have
opportunity.
L will add, sir, single consideration.
Some brethren seem to regard our diff
culties as ended. Ii is true we have oot
round Point Judith. But sir. some
months ago my heart quailed, 1 knew
that drafts to the amount of more than
sixty thousand dollars would soon come
upon us; and | expected we should be
nailed to the counter In Boston. | said
we shall all be disgraced. Our mission
aries will have 10 beg-to come home
But relief has come Yet II should be-
remembered that our means are a river.
not pond-the fountain must be replen-
lshed as the stream flows on. Our me-
cuniary liabilities are constantly recur-
ring. The week, previous 10 our COM
ing here, we paid upwards of 10000 dol.
lars, and we have as much more 10 nav
IN three weeks. and we have not got it.
but we think we know where NE shall
get It, Q, Sir, there are millions ia dark
nesS-we have The Lamp of life-have
pity on them.
In the afternoon, aRer prayer bv DIR.
Chaplin, DIR. Bolles resumed his remarks.
In reply to an intimation made the previ-
Gus day, that some persons regarded the
results OF Foreign Missions as disoropor-
tloned to the expenditure of men and
money-he said that 10 look no further
than ten years, would reach the period
when Boardman first set foot in Maui
main. He did not know the languages Of
either Burmans or Karens. Judson was
then the only preacher on the ground
VINO could speak the Bdrman language.
Boardman was soon after placed in Ia
voy, surrounded by Burmans, Karens and
lallngs. Now, though we have about
loriy men In foreign fields, not more than
I'VE or SIX can speak TO the people in their
own language. A great number of these
nave gone out within three years. Yet
we are told in the Report TO-DAY of near
two thousand converts among these men,
pie. The preaching of converted natives
Is the grand lnstrumentality. They 90
out among the people. and in the Ian
guage OF the new convert say, come and
see. In a recent instance, where our
orethren went out-into the Karen Jungle. +
andgbaptlzed sixty-fve, white face had
not before been seen there Six hundred
conversions are reported within the last
year. with six preachers What six pas.
tors In our own country would not consid.
er 1t cause CT grateful acknowledgment.
if their labors had been blest to The con.
version OF even fifty each in a year7 q
The wilderness does begin to blossom
the rose of Sharon is there-the lillyof
the valley is there-the scent of Lebanon
Is there. | could not forbear ungrateful
as L am when God is giving US such plo-
rious fruits, and such promise of future
richlngathering. could not forbear some
expression of gratitude for such tokens Of
favor. M
do not know what Gods designs may
bel wish TO be submissive child TO
what my heavenly Father directs. Icer-
tainly have no wish for war but I do
desire that II any of those governments
so provoke. The British power as to cause
another invasion Of the English. it NAV
be made the means of Kidding that land