Vermont telegraph. [volume] (Brandon [Vt.]) 1828-1843, 1840-09-09
LETTER FROM C. H. v1NToN.

LETTER FROM G. H. VENToN. 81
The following is copy of a letter II
rom c. H. Vnton, Missionary in Bur b
nah. 10 the Female Missionary Socieiy Of e
he FL Church in Danbury. CT, which n
vas forwarded to us for publication in the
5ecrelarv-C Secretary.
NEVILLE, Jan. 81, l84o.
Dear Sisters in Christ About a month II
since we had the happiness of receiving IA h
b K of articles made up by You for the /
benefit Of our Karen schools We indeed :
feel grateful to you for your kind remem S
berance of Us away here in this heather
land and especially does it cheer our
hearts to be assured that you pray for us.
The Lord is blessing our labors, bat how
much Of our success depends upon the
prayers and Efforts of our brethren AMI
sisters n hone can only be known at the
Judgment day. Pray on then dear
friends believing hat praying breath is
never spent in vain although you may nor |
know all the instances of conversion in |
answer to your petitions till you go TO reap
what you have soWn III your heavenly |
Masters kingdom.
We were sorry that you did not feel
sufficiently acquainted with US to writ. us
a long ietter, giving US an account Of the
STATE OF religion with you and all lha, re-
gion. Be assured that though far from
home, friends and country. yet the inter
eSts of our American Z on lie as near to
our hearts as ever. If Zion prosper we
wait to rejoice with her, if she langnish
es we had rather Weep over her than re-
l main 10 ignorance o. her condition.
have thought much e late Of the case Of
good old Eli He could hear of the de-
feat of Israel and the death Of his own
sons aud still sustain the shock But
when they told him laat the ark Of God
was taken, he fell ard died Thus with
u.s. almost every arrival from America,
informs Us of the death of some friends.
brothers or sisters But @! may God
grant that we may never hear that the
ark of God is betrayed into the hands Of
, her enemies; | know that II is dlffi Ut
for our American friends to feel our iso-
lated condition ani our need of religious
/ corresp ,ndence wi friends at home, YOU
are surrounded with all the means Of
. grace, YOU have christian society in abnnd-
ance every week religious newspaper
comes to your door aud perhaps Other PEE
riolicaIs in abundance How different
are oar circumstances at this moment in
t which [ write do not suppose that there
is another white person within 81 miles
5 of the. Mr.. Vm,on is still beyond me
f wandering upon the Shan mount Gus
t preaching to nultItulrs who never saw a
' white min before. In travelling from
1 Il /
. has no kind host such as christian broth
er 10 receive him-no: nor Il tavern 10
# PIT up at. bat sometimes stops, READS out
S his portable bed in a native hut, or open
1 shed, and sometimes the distance is SO
V great that he cannot arrive at either and
n spreads his bed beneath the open sky. |
D received letter from him last week STAT
II ! ing that he Suffered somewhat with the
. cold, it being colder on he mountains than
e ia any place since b. left America And
now | will leave yon to iJge-do you
!, not think that when thus separated from
e our brethren and sisters in MluImain, and
1t from each other that COMMUNICATION
II from friends at home is rich treat? |
= do not say this 70 complain Of oar Amer.
Y i:an friends They are kind many ot
> them very kini in sending Us letters and
II periodicals and Articles for our schools =
lie For al these we feel grateful. But like
% other christians we need t. be excited to
D. love and go3d works And how can
n this be done in The absence Of Other mean,
ST of grace bat by religious correspon lence
l. and hearing Of the prosperity of Zion in
l. other places Though many are the oh
b stlcles which the enemy throws in the
y way, yet we hope the cause is CONSTANTLY
h progressing. We DO not receive such
" rich harvest as the Missionaries do in the
q. Sandwich Islands yet we have our yearly
J. increase. List year we bap'iz-d 80 K4.
e rens in this region. Oar schools con,in
! ue prosperous aud God seems to bIes.
) this as much or more than any other de.
: partment of labor. Ii is not amlng the
1t karens as among most other nations thal
e we find them able to read, and ready for
i. the written word to be put Into their hands.
i No, that Bible so precious TO us. is IA al.
: ed book t, them, till they Commence their
S Alphabet and 90 through with their spell.
e ing book 1t is deli shfnI 10 see som.
d who have been converted through The
J. preaching of the word and e,nno, spend
time to attend our regular s.hools, com
81 home weary from their paddy fields and
r sit dowa with their spelling books. and by