Vermont telegraph. [volume] (Brandon [Vt.]) 1828-1843, 1840-03-25
From the New York Observer.
MEM AND HELP WANTED.

ION have received pledge on which they
are warranted to employ missionary IN
The State Of Kentucky, for at least one
year.
q A clergyman writes 10 US from Mem
uhis. Tennessee. Can you not send
sanday-school missionary to the western
district OF tennessee and the north Of Mis-
,sssippi2 A door Of usefulness is here
omen 10 the diligent, persevering, selfde-
nving servant Of God, which might well |
be coveted by many young sons OF the !
church. | do not know what language
10 use 10 urge upon your committee the
importance of this field, and nothing could |
give me more pleasure than 10 see il occu-
beA By true hearted soldier, enduring
bsrdness for Christ's sake. And, more
over, there is nothing hazarded in saying
that if you will send the IMAM, the church
es 10 the district will provide tor his sup
pon. Several brethren have pledged
themselves 10 this effect
8. Administer sends us the following
representation fromthe State of Arkansas,
dated 10 January -
Il take the liberty of addressing you
10 behalf OF the thousands of youth grow
Ing up in our state. have together with
others long looked for som, thing to be
done in our new but destitute state with
regard to the Sunday -school cause. But
so far as can learn, there has never been
an agent for Sunday schools in the state.
There are now upwards of one hundred
thousand inhabitants, and rapidly increas-
ing bv emigration. And vet it is pa nful
10 reflect that not more than four or five
Sabbath schools are TO be found in Ar
Sansas. There isno Depository Of Books
nearer than New Orleans, or Natchez,
and what is worse-but few of our cili-
zens seem 10 take any interest in the sub
jecl.
MY object in writing at present is to
know whether any thing can be done, in
our behalf by the Union. feel, 10 CON-
mon with some others, that some effort
should be made, TO establish schools, dis
libule books, and extend the blessings Of
religious instruction among the youth oil
our inllnt State. There are thousands OF
grown persons here, who never saw one
eiyOur publications. And yet they would
willingly engage in the work, if they
were urged in suitable manner.
Al have come to the conclusion that
can probably do more good eventually il
the cause Of our Redeemcr by engaging
ia his work, than by combining my min
hlerill laboIs totwo or three sing lie neis b
borhoods, especially as the population i
50 scattered. We have had school II
operation ent this place for nearly tou
Years; bat nearly all the books we hav
used / purchased myself; and now W
wish more, but there. is not sufficient IL
terest felt by the parents yet, TO Undue
lhenlto give Of their substance for this OF
Jet.
"There is indeed, a lamentable deficier
cy IN regard to ministerial labor, Bib
Tract. Missionary, Temperance Societit
&C., as well as in the Sunday scho'
case. Very li!tle, too, has yet been don
ia Agard to education. Whole countl'
are without respectable school, and m
by grown persons have never heard
gospel sermon. OIL can our wealth
and privileged brethren Of the elder state
cfoar happy confcderacy, learn our lru
situation with regard to religious privile
6, and yet do nothing for US? am tt
Oaly minister, SO far as know at prcsel
WITH any thing like liberal educatio
within $50 mics, except the brethren
he Choctaw nation. The whole Of Sou
Arkansas, the part Of Texas bordering
Red River, and the Northern and Nor
Western parishes of Louisiana, | consi
Tiny parish?"
The writer Of this letter who has be-
Engaged in ministerial abors in the sta
1fthree years, is willing to devote hi
self 10 The work Of promoting Suad
schools in Arkansas, and the adjoini
paus Of Louisiana and Texas. L
Bo,rd are satisfied of his qualifcatio
and have long been anxious to sustai'
Missionary in that important and destlt,
legion. Shall they be furnished with
requisite means now that they can obt;
proper miSsionary2 And in re:4rer
the first two cases above mention
snail they be able 10 find two men "
viii enter immediately upon such in
lng 6elds2
All communications lns relation to
subject may be addressed TO any of the
acers of the American Sund,y Sch
union lao Chesnut st Philadelphia
Trough the Repositories l52 Nissan
New York, and Cosnhill, Bos,oa.
REMARKs.-The foregoing call fsom the lal
@alleuism, in these United States, must aw
'eau'beeding reflections 10 the minds Of all
christians who read heartcle. When viii
40 are 50 jealous to carry tho bread Of lie /
saAen abroad, and to the hungry among
"ut population Of The South learn the true
the wresciled condition Of the latter class
0ued. Can eommnnty whose laws rear