Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1843-10-20
THE NESTORIANS

We copy the following from the London Record
Va church OF England religious paper,l which ex-
presses farther the feeling excited among persons
Oh Mr. Badgers own communion, by this event.
mere Is not yet from any quarter even whisper
OF oaine against the American missionaries, ex-
cept that they went to preach the gospel without
being Eplscopally ordained.-V. Chronicle.
From the London Record.
"Wlth respect to Mr.. Badger, whose name is 80
prominently mentioned, we doubt not he must feel
deeply moved at the results Of his mission. With
bis history many OF our readers are acquainted.
Having been taken into the Church Missionary
Institution at Islington, the committee became ac-
quaned with his Tractarian opinions, and having
therefore resolved to drop their connection with
| him, he was xpectedly taken up by the Bishop
of London, ordained by his lordshp and sent on
the mission to the poor HISTORIANS, among whom
the Americans had been quietly and successfully
| laborng.
| awhile at Malta, he boased that he would
soon eject the American schismacs, but he little
dreamed of what might be the consequences OF
sectarian warfare among barbarous, savage, and
hostile tribes of Mussulmans, filled with hatred to
Christianity, jealous of oil interference with their
own creed, little acquainted with the contending
claims of Professionals and Romanists, and still
more ignorant of disputes about Episcopacy,
Presbyerunisin or independently questions
faposoic descent, baptlsmal regeneration, con-
subsantiation, robes, yostmests, gCnufeclion5
and other matters Of which Traclarians make so
much account.
ave shall await further intelligence with in
terest, and in particular we shall be glad to hear
Mr.. Badgers own account of the amentabe af-
fair. The destruction of the ancient and inoffen-
sive sect OF the HISTORIAN Christians is scandal
TO Christendom, and the interference with the A.
merican missionaries is Justly calculated TO cause
the holy name by which we are called TO be "blas-
phemed among the Gentes" From Rome and
Romsh priests we could expect nothing better
than The conduct of which they are accused but
that the labor Of our transatlantic brethren should
have been crossed, thwarted and maligned by any
persons protesting connection with the Church of
England, is greatly to be deplored No doubt the
unforeseen result will be most distressing to them,
but ii is easier TO set a stone in motion than to
arrest its descent. When the French Romanists
were striving to build up not only spiritual but
q political influence among the HISTORIANS, it
would have been the path Of wisdom to have
paused, before any attempt was made to interfere
with the American Protestant Missionaries who
had previously occupied the ground, whose la
bors had been crowned with much success, and
whose right TO preach the gospel none but Papsts
and Puseyites could deny. But what were a bar
barous and jealous people, such as The Turks,
likely to think when they saw, not only French
Romanists, but also so-caed Anglo Catholics,
each striving against the other, but both agreeing
to denounce the Americans?
1--WE repeat that the whole story is heartrending
and deplorable, whether consider the suffer-
ings of the murdered or tortured HISTORIANS, or
whether we look to The intrigues and stries which
had been going on. Such things may be consist
ent with the policy of Romanists, but it was not
by such means that the great Apostle of the Cen
tiles carried on his missionary labors.