Vermont telegraph. [volume] (Brandon [Vt.]) 1828-1843, 1840-12-09
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encouraging prospect Of success.
Samuel B. Ryder Jr. has been in 1
the employment of the Board dur
ing the year. Arrangements were
made at an early date, for him to
spend one-fourth Of the time at Eaton
and Stanstead; and three-fourths at !
Sutton, Potion and Bolton. He says |
that the Sabbath is generally OBJ
served, the cause of temperance IS
advancing, and that considerable at
tention is paid to the instruction OF
youth insSabbath Schools.
Marshall Britain received an APP
pointment at the last annual meeting
ofthe Board. His labors have been
chiefly confined to Stanbridge and
Armand. Although no special revi-
walls have been enjoyedrnstill the
churches have been blest with a.
good degree Of union and prosperity.
The political strife has nearly sub
sided the Papists are enquiring af-
ter the truth, and asking for the
Scriptures.
Edward Mitchell has been with
the Stanstead and Hatley church
during the year. From that point,
the word of the Lord has been pro-
claimed by your missionary in all
directions. During the past year,
he has preached two hundred and
twelve times, AMI travelled in con-
nection with preaching, one thousand
and five hundred miles. He speaks
of refreshing season enjoyed by
the Stanstead and Hatley church,
where he is located. Twenty-eieht
persons have been baptized, and add
ed to the church during the year.
Your missionary speaks of the or
ganization Of new church in the
south part of Stanstead, consisting
now Of thirteen members.
Missionaryzaborm Tcymoat. Broth
er Jonathan Baldwin has been EN-
ployed as missionary during the
year in the north part Of the State
under the direction of committe,
appointed for that purpose. You
missionary, soon after his appoint
ment visited Enosburgh, South Fair
field and North Fairfax, where ht
attended protracted meetings. Abou
thirty persons were added to thu
Baptist churches in these places, a
the fruit of his efforts. The mex
place visited by your miss;onar,
was Swanton. He found the churcI
in this place, very small and feeble
but God blessed the visit, the churc
was revived, and about thirty adde's
to their number.
From Swanton your missionar,
proceeded to Colchester, Williston
Bloomington, Burke, Williamstowl
and Hardwick, rendering assistanc,
to pastors where he found them, AM
encouraging churches destitute O
pastors to hold on in the ways o
the Lord. Aside from these visit
and protracted efforts in the State
your missionary has several times
visited his former field of labor ii
Canada. During these occasional
visits at home, he was not idle, bu
rendered important aid to the miss.
ion in the Province.
Your missionary, in reviewing his
itinerant labors, says, that since the
last Convention, he has attended
eleven protracted meetings, preached
twice and three times a day, and
that between three and four hun
dred persons have been hopefully
converted to God, of whom about
two hundred have been baptized
The churches where your missionary
has labored, have contributed to his
support, so that these contributions,
added to the generous donation of
brother Parker of Waterbury, will
nearly make out the sum pledged
your missionary.
Brother William Grant has been
employed twenty-six weeks as a>mis-
,sionary in the State. He has held,
within that time, SIX protracted meet
ings, in which he has labored faith
fully, and in most instances success
fully.
Feeble Churches. Many such church
es we have in the State; but only
two or three have been assisted by
appropriations from your treasury the
past year. Such were the embar
rassments of the Board at the com
mencement of the year, that it was
deemed inexpedient to make appro-
priations to sister churches. The
frequent applications from feeble
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