Vermont telegraph. [volume] (Brandon [Vt.]) 1828-1843, 1841-08-11
VERMONT TELEGRAPH.
BRANDON, SATURDAY, AUG. Z, i84i.
Forthe elegraph.
TRANSLATION OF A LETTER
rpov erv prTF, q. MosNsrER,
Copenhagen, May IL, ls41
v. PETER c. MONSTER.

Copenhagen, May IL, 1S4l.
Dearly beloved brother Summers:
Your highly acceptable letter Of 9th
December last, came to hand on the 1st ull.
With Joy and gratitude do ] comply with
YOUR and my own wishes, in commencing
correspondence with you, and thro' you,
with our beloved American brethren in the
faith. May God our faithful Lord and Saw
ior, grant his blessing upon our fellowship,
that i, may continue with heartfelt brotherly
love until the end Of our days, in spite OF
all the snares and assaults of the devil, the
world and our own sinful hearts.
With not less interest than you seem TO
havsMritien, have read your communica-
lion, and can not sufficiently thank and
praise God who is 50 wonderful in council
and mighty 10 working, binding together his
gospel-enlightened and obedient children,
in both hemispheres, in holy and efficient
commonly, and we, as yet in our infancy,
present TO you our.hand Of fellowship.
We believe you are both willing and able
as means in the hand Of the Lord, TO FRO
mote our own, and the salvation of many
other souls, unto the honor and glory OF tht
name Of our Lord Jesus Christ, and thc
final triumph Of evangelical truth, and tina
the light Of the gospel which our Lord has
set us upon candlestick ia this our native
land, may scatter the Egyptian darkness
from the present and future generations.
The reason why I did not Immediately
answer your welcome letter was, that since
The Cd December last, have been kept il
very close confinement, and il is exceeding
" difficult for me TO CORRESPOND, as no on
is permitted 10 come near me except M
beloved wife, who with great difficulty OF
iains permission TO see me for momen
during the day, in the presence Of consia
BILE. It's only through her that can loo
for the means Of conveying this letter fror
|. my prison. Since the 1st February last.
criminal process has been instituted again
me. as well as my brother and one of ii
members Of our Church IN whose house "
held our meetings..
Asl wished to ascertain the Judgmel
which would be pronounced upon our ca
before wrote you, have delayed until u
present; but as the decision is likely 10
procrastinaied, | have determined TO della
no longer, but 10 communicate TO you, b.
lcvcd Christian brother, brief siateme
concerning the Baptist Church in Denmar
AS soon as our case is decided the who
will be published, aud I will immediate
send you a copy, which will mske you
quain,ed with every thing that relates
myself and every other member OF
Church. Ia the mean time would renal
that through our beloved brother OncFen
have forwarded to the Baptist Missicua
Board, ia Boston, an account Of the Bap'
cause in Denmark. up TO the day OF
arrest, This you have probably seen,
If not, will here give you abrief accO'
Of the origin Of the Baptist cause here
some Of thee events which have transPl
since that period, and Of our present pr
poets.
Until the year 1880, when l lived in S
eelse, I-was what is called a Rational
aud besides that, q worldly man, and y
fond Of what is called ''good sQcieiy-"a
a that time tbe lord in very wopde
manner on. nav evee Nv means. Of