Vermont telegraph. [volume] (Brandon [Vt.]) 1828-1843, 1840-01-15
Religious MISCELLANY,
From tn Blp. Missionary Magazine.
AMERICAN BAPTIST MISSION.
c I R 9 U L A R .
Necessity Of Increased Contributions.


Necessity Of Increased Contributions
It : estimated that The expenditures o,
TIE board Tor the year ending April *.
1910, exclusive Of appropriations from
bioe and Tract Societies and the u. S.
Gjgernment, will amount 10 $4,000, =
10 ether words, the B)4rd viii need thar
'nm from auxiliary soci, ties, churches
unl Individuals who contribute 1lrectI,.
'oAeN funds IN order to carry forward
mer operations without embarrassment
I.heexrend lures of the preceding wear.
asgle Ton appropriations as above, were
stS475 81. Two thirds OF the financial
year nave now gone by, and the amount
already realized from the sources sneci.
hel Is $4,000. or less than one.haIf Of
Ae sum required, being an average
rcrlp! OF $3.50. A similar ratio for
'1r Ionr remaining months would give
an add tional sum Of $1,000, making a
i1h OF only $4,000 for the year, and
showing o deficiency OF $4,000.
The necessity of an immediate ENLARGE.
mcnt of the receipts Of The Board 10 the
amount indicated, viewed simply in con.
nection with the number aud resources Of
The community whom the Board renre.
sent would be occasion for slight solicit
hde. In times even of pecuniary embar-
iassment, very small amount of Christ
,en seIi-denlal and sacrifice in the pro-
Used disciples of Christ, Of the Baptist
denomination, throughout the land, would
not only forestal threatened deficiency
lew thousand dollars, but enable the
Bard TO prosecute their work with a
@adlness and vigor proportionatp, in
some measure, to its claims. The ground
y our soI,cltude lies deeper. 1t is the
oegfee OF pl'ty-of devotedness to Christ
among this portion of his followers.
winch IS lntimaled by the small amount
" 'helr offerings on his behalf and bv
we efforts which need to be made to in.
auce even these. Can 1t be, that the pie
genuIne,-one with the spirit that
S'ought our Lord Jesus Christ from
ae1ven to die on the cross-which waits
y Oe entreated TO extend the benefits OF
ny death to the perishing. and even then
contributes only by the rule of the pres
!" emergency Can such piety, at best,
eeaIthlul and vigorous, ard can it
"'1lster honor TO Him whom it PROCESSES
% love and revere!
~ years that are past, it was n reason
%na some for Withholding their contribu-
"'us that sufficient funds were already
4 ft'umnlaied, in the then existing dearth
~ suitable laborers. There were chan
:, ~ OF Christian bene6cence more scan.
ny y. supplied, and objects of sympathy
d., uu'y IN more immediate need. Bal.
s :, season Of comparative sufficiency is
an end. The available funds of the
'aru, on the disbursement Of which no
Fictlons were laid by the donors ar.
.]p'nded, and the only dependence If The
a'ss'ons henceforward, for maintananco
IVA enlargement are benefactions usI -
%sade. This impoyerishment Of ,he =
saas, the current receipts not beinc
sssal'y enlarged. had been clearly fore,
s sII and has been distinctly and repeat.
~ announced; but the announcement,
ME- ME- nad with few the effect which feryen,
su,. NY ana oenevolence seldom fail 10 Sc
has oy many, very many, we fear 4
~ been heard to be forgotten. " A''
Glne indifference which has 81 ev,en
my prevailed in regard to the mos
IN; representations Of the Board ~,
ion ~ oeen owing, 10 pan, u an Impress
GEM. ny missionary appeals commsn,
op;s, o. attention, and are favored viii
'S returns The Board j. is said