Vermont telegraph. [volume] (Brandon [Vt.]) 1828-1843, 1840-04-01
VOL. XII. NO. . s

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Protestant hearers, and fourteen fa;,hc,I
Iet'honS are presented there every Sabbath
gay Eight hundred children are in Sab
pain schools-two-thirds of them are Ro-
man Catholics.
RELIGION IN POLYNESIA Iti.s,.,-
co that ia the Navigators' Islaod -.
aae <o,ooo natives receiving Christian in
s'ruc',on. In the Harvey Islands. the
schools contain 5000 children. In The
Georgian Islands, an interesting revival
OF religion has been witnessed and many
ADDED TO the churches And in The Soc;,
ely Islands the congregations are verv
large. How great the change effected
oy the progress of truth ia the islands Of
the sea, within few yearsI What a
blessed illustration of the eosneI as ,b..
power OF God In the divine renewal OF de-
PRAYED human nalurel
MORALS OF CHRISTIAN Avn Mou.
mEDAN GOVERNMENTS. Il is remarka-
oie' that while nominally Christian GOV
ernments are licensing the sale of poison
In the form of ardent spirIts-the govern
ment OF Turkey is prohibiting the culti-
walton oil poison. Ii is stated that The OF
loman government has dispatched into all
'ne districts IN which opium was cultivat-
co. nrmans addressed 10 the governors.
requiring them TO cause grain to be sown
IN all the fields, which have here,ofor,.
been appropriated to the production of
that drug.
IHE MISSIONARY INSTITUTE AT
6AsLE, SWITZERLAND. This Seminary
which during the life Of the venerable
Blumhardt sent into The field of Mission.
airy sacrifice and toll. so many faithful
men, continues in a highly fourishing
condition. DR.. Blumhardi has been sue.
cee1ed IN the superintendance of the in.
Stltutlon by DR.. Hoffman, who is repre.
sented as possessing eminent qualifications
Tor the sta.lon-having made the subiect
OF Christian missions the study of his
whole life.
WEST INDIES. The missionary intel.
lllgence of the United Brethren states tba,
tnere has been visible Improvement in
attendance on public worship, and lnereas.
ed eagerness 10 learn to read the word ~
Goo' among the colored population, since
.he'r emancipation: and that the work of
instruction on the part of The government,
ana oil the missionaries of all denomina.
Ions, is carried on with unabated yioor
several churches, and nine new school
houses were built al the stations of H..
United Brethren in 1887. Two-third> Of
the expense of the school-houses was f,r
nlshed by government.
CAPE VINCENT, N. Y. An in,erex,-
ing work of grace commenced At his
place. with sudden power about the mid.
die OF Septe mber last; and abopt seven,-
nse are numbered as the fruits TIE
church has been aroused, purified and
strengthened, and many of the voptb and
fold. INV Tue
BALTIMORE. 1t appears by the Phil
aaeipnla Episcopal Recorder, that the re.
VlVal IN Baltimore has reached the FMS.
ccopal church, upwards of two hundred
nave been confirmed In two of their
churches. within few weeks.
The American Board of Comm;ss;o,
ers Tor Foreign Missions, are abop, .and
ing printing establishment and nr;n,ar
to the mission of the Reform..J nnu'
Church on the Island of Borneo.
The Baptist churches in this State re-
ity. prosper
VOLUME DISTRIBUTIONS Srurc
About sixty individuals beIonoino 10 he
different Churches in the civ me, IN ~
depository on Monday evening last and
eacn' agreed to aid in the distribution of
Inc bound volumes of the Society. in
particular section. On Tuesday ater
moo noon the work was commenced. and by
/, thursday evening more than t,co hun.
urea la0rar1es and thousand single noI.
@meS' were sold-in all about four tkon.
'ana c6tnmes; and yet perhaps not more
han third part of the city has been vie.
ted This shows what can be done ~,
private members of the church. VIII
ney engage in any good work with en-
lghtened Zeal. Boston Recorder
COMMUNICATIVE NATURE OF CHRIS
rIANITY-l IS interesting 10 look not on
Y at the communicative nature of Cbr;..
family with respect 10 the diffusion of
knowledge, but TO the probable permanent
y OF Its influences, compared with that Of
lncient Kingdoms. Take Egypt for ex-
nipple. The wisdom of The Egyptians
vas proverbial, yet how little has the
world prohted by them. They were once
he people, and their wisdom died with
hem. The world. instead of being taught
" them, sends her wise men TO spell oot
what they thought and said. from their hi.
'roglyphs. Concerning the KNOWLEDGE
which these emblems were intended 10
m mart nsefruct,on - -