Vermont telegraph. [volume] (Brandon [Vt.]) 1828-1843, 1841-02-03

| The following communication, we have conclud-
ed to insert, that the writer and some o,h-rs as he
says, who seem dissatisfied with the mana cement
Of the Baptist Board of Foreign Mission $, may re-
ceive an explanation from the Board themselves,
to whom he is referred, should they think proper to
notice the article On looking at the Mag azne for
June. we find the salaries of the Secretaries and
other items stated but in relation to their ex-
Penses or the amount of their labors we know very
little. We hope the Board will give such inform
alton as will satisfy correspondent and others
of like feelings that contributions to the missionary
canse may not be withheld either from ignorance
In relation TO the actual income Of our brethren,
who manage its concerns, or from want of Just
apprehension Of the amount of labor which their
duties require. ,.-.
For the Vermont TELEGRAPH
WHAT BECOMES OF THE MONEY.
Dear Brother Brown:
1t is not my intention, in what am
about to communicate, to wage war or COM
mence any attack upon great bene yolent
enterprise, nor to attach suspicion TO it,
My object is, to satisfy myself and others
|
agement; and, until see cause to think
| otherwise, shall expect. from the parties
| concerned, candor, frankness, and readiness
| for investigation.
To come to my subject at once then, al
low me to say that have heard dissa,isfac-
ton expressed in regard to some of the ap-
! preparations o! the Baptist Board Of Foreign
Missions. These expressions came from
| those who do not harbor suspicion or dis
trust without examination o. the facts and
attention 10 the reasons. On my asking for
the facts and the reasons, was cited 10 the
last annual report of the Treasurer, to be
| found in the Baptist Missionary Magazine
for June, 1910. have examined that doc
| ument, and find in it, on page 152 OF the
Magazine, the following among other items
in the list of appropriations: g.
Salaries Of Rev. Messrs. Bolles and Peck
Secretaries, S 200 each per annum, So, 10000
Clerk hire for Secretaries & Treas
urer, = $4,000
Messenger and Porter, 1890
Postage Of letters, papers and
pamphlets. - 246,1 IS
Rent of Missionary Rooms, 10000
Wood and coal, 64.75
Repair of stove, wrapping paper,
lamps, OIL candles, nails, &c, 69O4
Cleaning rooms and windows.
transportation for various mis-
sionary stations, 3e "a
: iAtufes Tor the Rooms, boxes, &C., 645
rfelSh' and wharfage, 1871
Travelling expenses of the Secfe-
tarles, Treasurer, and members of The
Board, in attending Associations,
State Conventions, & othermeetinps, 321 90
The thing to which my attention was
more particularly called was, the salaries
Of the Secretaries. have copied the other
items, accompanying, such as Clerk-bir
Messenger and Porter, Cleaning Rooms,
Travelling Expenses, &c. &c, to show tha,
their salaries stand independent of contino.
ent expenses, and over and above the ey.
pense OF much labor performed in their
department and paid for out of the Treas
ury Ii appears TO me that tuenfu four
Observation-Disclosures salary for the two Secre,a.
rles, and elereu hundred and serenfu dol
tdrs Tor clerk-hire for them and III. Troas-
urer, besides one hundred and tffiy n;ns
dollars for messenger and por,er-and alli
travelling and other contingent exaenses
elrayed-is an extravagant expenditure of
money IN cause that depends for supoorr
on the charities Of the benevolent.
Allow me TO inquire in regard to The inst
ness, OF these transactions, as connected
with another important department of The $
enterprise Canyon tell me, brother Brown G
what the salaries of the missionaries. are
put this inquiry 10 you, partly because you ;
have brother in the missionary field, under a
he direction Of The Board. That brother Fl
lear TO you by the ties of consanguinily and
1atural affection, is cherished and precions a
n the memories and spiritual affections of
be readers of the Telegraph. Ihope. there
ore, that for the sake of the latter Won will
i've inform alton on the subject, if il be in :,
Tour possession; and if not, presume thar :