Vermont telegraph. [volume] (Brandon [Vt.]) 1828-1843, 1840-07-08
Miscellaneous.
AvoICE FROM THE HEATHEN.
Physician heal hyself' Luke A.: %
Ok 1oslAH BREWER,
Missionary TO the Mediterranean.

Missionary 10 the Mediterranean. w
My Greek Testament! was open in nv
hand, and l had been. dwelling on the
passage, go We into all the world and
preach the gospel to every creature.'- |
thought OF the wondrous love of Him
who gave that farewell command to his
discipes;-the priceless ransom then
freshly paid for the deliverance of self
enslaved and guilty man. The obliga-
tons Of his redeemed people next rose be-
fore my mind, to live, not henceforth unto
themselves, but unto Him who loved them
and who died for them. Then passed IN
long review the wide realms of Pagan
and Mahommedan darkness; India. Bur
nah, China, Persia, Turkey and Africa,
until at length l insensibly fell back il
my chair and was buried in sleep.
Instead Of the quiet village Of nv tenn
porary sojourn on the banks of the free
rolling waters of the Connecticut, where
had been proclaiming gospel liberty to
the unhappy captives Of vice and crime.
and l now fancied myself on the busv
wharves of the metropolis of New-Eng.
land. Methought it had been decided 10
send bold and self-denying mission, TO
plead the cause of the late martvred Chris
tians, before the prosecuting rulers of
Madagascar. Our instructions had been
received, and the vessel was ALREADY un-
der weigh, which had been chartered 10
land me and my devoted associates on that
great African Isle. The voyage was
soon accomplished, and under the counte-
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PRODUCTION TO the court of the Monarch
Among his attendants were some youths
who had been trained in Britain, so that
we met with no difficulty in holding com.
munication. As ambassadors for the King
OF kings, we sought and obtained an au.
dlence. A full council was convened,
before which we fearlessly, yet meekIy
and tendenly, spread out our errand. In
humble imitation of Peter and John, we
endeavored to convince them of their ex-
ceeding guilt, in condemning and execut.
ing by a cruel death, Raferavy and the
other Christian martyrs, of whom accounts
had reached us. We were heard with
great patience and occasionally falling
tear from some of the courtiers. Our
message being delivered, we were request.
ed 10 go aside out of the council, to which
again, after long elaboration, we were
summoned to receive the following an.
swer, pronounced by the king in person.
Missionaries of Christ much that
you have said 10 US is well. But in the
sacred book IN which you profess to fol-
low, It is written, 'PhysiciGn, heal thgseIf'
My subjects are four millions of peonle
whom you would fain persuade TO en-.
. brace the faith Of your cruci6ed Lord
The bodies of some few of these who
were active in teaching the Christian
Scriptures, have indeed been tortured but
If the doctrines which they held be true,
they have thereby only found shorter
pathto Paradise. Their souls we could
not hurt; and as to what the body suffers,
that il matters little, l infer, from the
treatment to which almost as many mill
IONS OF the same complexion as ourselves
are exposed, on your Christian SOIL Be-
sides, Il can not be- a more grievous sin to
hinder a Madagascar peasant than an
American slave, from reading the white
mans Bible" Saying this. he held up
before us pamphlet of a hundred or
more pages, on which, to our amazement.
we. read the.tille. Slavery as i Is p
We stammered out lame apology and
Withdrew from the ball of audience. BE.
fore. however. the assembly broke IN. =
decree vas issued. in biting mockerv Of
orr slave code. that If these American
missionaries or any other persons should
attempt 70 teach the people to read. they