Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1845-04-18
From the True Wesleyan.
LETTER FROM REV. HIRAM WILSON
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Dear brother:-Having returned again to my
charge, after an absence of three months, and a
toilsome journey of more than 5000 miles, am
quite disposed to make known to your readers,
the merciful developments of Divine Providence,
in behalf Of the refugees from Republican Des-
potism
On my way home, [ stopt at Toronto few
days, and made arrangements for the distribution
of large grant of Bibles and Testaments, for
the refugees and their children, obtained of the
Committee of the British and Foreign Bible So
ciety, as part of the precious fruits of my mission
to England, in the summer of l943.
Thanks to the British and Foreign Bible So
ciety, that while American oppression is crush
ing immortal Millions and depriving them of the
light of science, and the lamp of eternal life, a
brighter day is dawning upon those, who, by the
mercy of Heaven, have found refuge and protec-
ton in the British Province
How great the transition from the deep, dark
damnng horrors and degradation of a southern
Aceldama, to the clear sunbeams of civil liber-
ty and spiritual light.
May God grant them in due time, the greater
and more glorions transition from the midst Of
these blessings and privileges, for which they
pant and sigh, to the cloudess cimes of immor
tai bliss. Hundreds of the liberty pilgrims have
learned in our schools to read Hundreds more
are rapidly acquiring a knowledge of letters
and many of these, we fondly hope will ere long
become not only burning and shining lights, bu
active lamp-lighters to the benighted millions O
their brethren.
Who would not rejoice and leap for JOY, Al
the divinely given privilege of laboring, toiling
enduring and suffering, if need be- in SO morally
excellent and god-ike an enterprise. As faS
as the refugees or their children learn to read
they are to be supplied with the holy scriptures
1t is our settled purpose to enlighten the igno
rant; and elevate the oppressed, and although
may not with propriety say much about my owl
experience in this work, yet l do know and fee
that there is blessedness unearthly, unuterable
connected with the work of administering to tn
necessities of the benighted, afflicted, negIecte,
poor.
The government is becoming more and NOR
liberal in its provisions for the education of col
ored children in common with white ones. Gu
Manual Labor Institute at Dawn, is gradual
progressing. We have 70 scholars, includin
), the children, who number about 80. They ar
T generally making as good proficiency as we couI
: reasonably look for. Three faithful teacher
y are employed, and they do not labor in vail
would gladly report larger numbers, but W
E should not despise the day ofsmall things Go
n in his wisdom and goodness has brought somt
thing to pass On this consecrated grounc
> where three years ago the heavy forest tmb(
r stood, and the nocturnal silence was disturbe
/, by the hooting owl, and the bowling wolf, OF
I school-rooms our dwellings are made vocal
i cheerful voices by day, and lighted up for tn
il best of purposes by night and we are pourin
instruction into the ears of rs of these lbert
u pilgrims, including the offspring of some
o them. | would to God the number were ince
y sed to 1872 Christian philanthropy ought, pc
& haps it will avail in swelling our numbers.
r. am happy to notice the very welcome Sc
n vices of fellow-laborer, who has recently com
over from Tie state OF MAINE, VIZ, the lie
y Samuel Fogg, Baptist Missionary now timer
y ting through the Province, among the colore
# people. Any assistance from the readers
e your paper, lodged in your hands, to be forwa
d ded, will be thankfully received and duly a.
is knowledged. May God bless you, my brothe
; in your arduous exertons for the purity ofre
. ion and the elevation of crushed humanity.
e Afeehonatey yours,
n HIRAM Wilson
n Dawn Mills, G. w. Feb. 9th 1915.