Vermont telegraph. [volume] (Brandon [Vt.]) 1828-1843, 1842-03-30

and co6deo.ly expected that no one would
fail. There is no man that can go to
every church in the State, and collect and
comniIe its history without compensa-
tom. But a committee. or On individual
II each church can do il. by spending J
lille time, and thereby equalize the ex-
neucs through the whole. and when they |
are collected they become the property OF
the Convention, and each church share In
the benefits
am not much in favor OF those ex'
pensiye travelling agents. who cost per-
haps nearly or quite all the funds they
collect. Yet, have no doubt but that an
ageu. riding in fine style may bring funds
into a missionary treasury which would
never have arrived there was it not for
the services Of the agent. Put an agent
who receives Sl3o6, 90 for his services must
draw from the people s26l3.46 in order
to get the amount of his wages into the
Treasury. Then there are the Managers,
Clerks, &c. to have their $4,000 per
year with pay for porter, walters, room
rent, postage, fixtures, coal, lights. station
cry, periodicals. with innumerable other
articles OF convenience, charged and all
taken out. And from that, proportionate
expences to continue, and 10 accumulate,
until it arrives TO the individual whom il
is intended to benefit. This makes il
necessary that large sums be drawn from
< the people in order that our missionaries
be much benefited. This reflection bring:
/. to my mind an anecdote / once heard OF
man who probably had made some calcu
lations on the subject. Being at collec
ton for missionary purposes; as the ha
came round, he presented York six
pence, saying. :" give that for the benefi
Of the missionary" he then presented I
five dollar bill, saying, 81 give that t
carry the sixpence where it is needed.
Perhaps, persons on reading this, ma!
suppose that am not 10 favor of missions
but this. is not the case. I believe it i
ourduty 10 send the Gospel to the heather
and support it at home also; but at tn
same time / believe in exercising III
strictest economy in that as well as j
other things. I am not at all acquainte
with city life, or with the expense
living and doing business in cities, nor
the wages, city folks require; but this
suppose, that men in great business mu
have great pay the world over; especial
those who know nothing Of the cost ,
money by earning it BY hard tugging an
sweat, at from IS to so cents per da.
Gut one thing more ] am very much at
loss how to reconcile with strict econom,
That is,after paying an agent his $3.50
for years service, then give him S4al,e
for travelling expenses; making ]; Sl3o6
90 per year. about Sl09, copper month, S25
l3 per week, or s4,ls per day. And a
this when he travels with his own hor'
and Wagon, and nothing in il all ver
elegant to give him veneration in the ey'
Of the people; but all things comfortable
while he and his horse are furnished wit
every thing necessary for their conven
ence by his brethren and sisters where
calls, and that without the least expenc
TO him. This is problem very dificu
for one TO solve who has been accustom'
to labor hard all day for so cents or @i(
90 per month. Will some one who
versed in such things give Us the solution
know that these are delicate things, al
should be handled very cautiously by I
hard hands Of a hard laboring farme
Perhaps he better not NEEDLE at all. b
ye,.it may be excusable for laboring ma
when he gets fairly puzzled, to propose
query to the wise, merely for light on I
subject. This ] now do. But l ha
rambled off from the subject in which
commenced, and run my article to thr
times the length intended.
Yours, Cor economy,
AMOS CHURCHILL.
Hubbardton, March LIST, 1912.
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