Vermont telegraph. [volume] (Brandon [Vt.]) 1828-1843, 1840-06-24

LOIuEu WuH OObCIdA . ACd III LICII IdllOO n
1t will be necessary for you TO come as :
soon as possible, for [ have stationed ST. .
mon Peter at Bango's to take charge of .
the little flock there, and he is under pay.
Besides, | have hired four American SOL
diers to stay here until you come up. l
wish you would immediately see the gov.
ernor, and send US up a bfg gun.
MY hand is so weak | am obliged to
close this letter without farther interesting
particulars.
A~feclionately yours,
GEo. S.. BROWN.
1t seems that as soon as Mr.. Brown had
satisfactorily ascertained that their heath
en- enemies were coming, he resolved on
killing as many of them as possible. In
order to be successful in his righteous work,
he sprang from his bed-dressed with all
speed, and called upon God to help him!-
While on his knees, his prayer must have
been something like the following:
60 Lord, thou hast sent me here to
preach the great truths of the gospel of the
Prince of Peace, to these benighted heath
en-. Thou hast, through thy Son, told thy
5 servants to resist not evil, but when they
should be prosecuted in one place, to flee to
r another. Thou hast promised to protect
. them until their appointed time of depart
ure. Thou hast promised the bealhen TO
thy Son for an inheritance, and these are to
. be won to the principles of thy word by the
foolishness of preaching and the influence
Of tn inc Holy Spirit, which thou hast said
y should be poured out, on being asked for If
d faith. But l distrust thy power to advance
a ,hy cause, and protect thy servant on Thu
ie occasion, without the aid of powder an
~ ball! We have one hundred cartridge
. ready made, and a key of powder besides
or We will load and fire as fast as possible
ne and ask that thou wouldst so direct tn
shots that scores of those heather invader
* may speedily be killed and sent to hell
1i We ask Thee to aid in destroying a sub
-. Gent number of them to deter the otheI
,ht from again molesting US. Do this, ar
ID thy name shall have the praise, amen"
red Should any one call this impious, let hi
look at the professions of the Rev. gent
He non He WAS sent out as a missionary
ore the cross Of Christ. He protested 10
he willing to follow the pattern OF his gr'
II Exemplar. in laying down his lite Tor
ned GOOD of mankind. But when he learned
the coming of the ignorant natives Z
S, | surprising it to be from hostile mo'lves'
wing stead Of attempting to flee, ne delloera'
IRE resolved to kill as many of them as pc
'uu bic. and asked God to assist him.
have been taught to believe 1t WI
roll for a minister of the gospel to light, e
o TO in splf-defence, but that it was perle
But r,oht, for other men, to defend themse
two through blood. Others have held tina
10 was right for ministers to defend themse
VIM when assailed. | have been trying
: 40. wear or two past, to see whether L
1tb;cL Ca onx license from the New-festal
n the for sucb action, but | can fnd nothing
the ON oven construe into a license 10
watch deliberately to kill a human being IN
: slug 49, 7, sosns ,ba, those mission
harris u ..e.lh l., tho natives A
hair could not be SatIsleu ny AZ
back, bu, they must follow them, and
house the sabbath day in getting the heao :
door /; chief Of their assailants! Perhaps N
thought this would Offset against the !
How his nice watch key tube which was
s'rons' away during the battle! In ci0sins
: hood Brown, instead of calling upon the -
4 ,be;r On 81 the Universe to melt the hearts
Harris natives and bring them to knowle
If hams the Savior, sent a special request u
gather s governor of Liberia would sena
ttne pest Gum that they might effect the
! g hod;ps death more thoroughly the next TIN
nos of;ar should be assailed.
= 70 see In view of the principle involved
been let foregoing transaction, and others OF
We made lar kind-the effect it must have
ng, than whole world, in promulgatlng gosf
heirswar- ~c;nles. and the Observation-Disclosures
-in concentrating the glorious +"
~ mere which Christ came INTO the woflo :
ground it seems TO me cse4'' ~"