Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1848-05-19
Newspapers Abroad.
NV YoRK. April Sd. 1913

New YORK, April Sd, le4S.
Some recent meetings in this vicinity in ref
erence to foreign Missions have been character
lied by unusual interest. At the Anniversary
of the New York and Brooklyn Auxiliary Of the
American Board held last week, after an able
by Dr. Condit, of New Jersey, Dr. Vermilyc OF
this city, and Rev Mr. Calhoun, from Aft. Leba-
non.
This anniversary it was especially noticed was
attended by much larger number Of leading
merchants and active business men, than have
been seen on such occasions in former years
thus indicating growing interest in the great
mission cause among the wealthy and infuen-
tial.
At the public meeting held this afternoon, as
usual the first Monday Of the month, at the
American Tract House, for communicating the
latest missionary intelligence preparatory to the
numerous church meetings in the evening; Rev
Mr. Calhoun said, that in all Syria, with popu-
lation of a million and half, not single neics-
paper is published. And in the entire region in
which the Arabic language is spoken, compris-
ing Syria, Arabia, Egypt, and the Barbary
States, including n population Of 40,000,000,
there is now he believed, only one, IL indeed,
one newspaper 10 that language, and only three
or four in English or French. In the Turkish
empire including 60000,0O0, there is but one in
the Turkish language, and that conducted by
an Englishman. Such facts he said, afforded an
| illustration of Mohdmeddnism A religion which
has no tendency to improvement either in in
tellect morals, or economics.
The first newspaper in the Turkish domin-
ions, as well as in several Of the heather coun-
tries, was started by American Missionaries
And il is an interesting fact that Armenian,
Greek and India Journals, and, it may be added,
those Of China, Africa and the Sandwich Islands,
are now copying religious as well as political in
telligence from American daily papers. Our
missionaries, he said, had already translated ele-
mentary school-books and standard evangelical
authors, as well as the scriptures, into various
languages of the East, and these were extern
sively regarded with favor. They had also be-
sides preaching the Gospel, in connection with
most of the mission stations, founded permanent
Seminaries, which were considered most eff
cient instrumentality for furnishing future chris
tan ministers and teachers to pagan nations,
and bringing them to full enjoyment Of our
high privileges. The greatest opposition, he
said, which our missions in Turkey had encoun-
tered arose from the influence of the Jesuits,
especially such as had been instigated or pro-
tected in their opposition by the French govern
ment. And he regarded the present revolution
in France as ominous of great success to free
dom and christianity, wherever the French in
huence extended In reply to the cayils Of in
ndeis ana WorlullnSs, mat tne neatnen, DeinP
ignorant of the true God, were in no danger Of
punishment as sinners, he said they uniformly
regarded themselves as great sinners, and all
their neighbOrs as such also, and then when they
were converted and made acquainted with the
Redeemer, they always felt that they had expe-
rienced great deliverance from conscious gull
and deserved punishment. 1t was not necessary,
he said, that a murderer in prison should tpotc
his Judge in order to feel himself a guilty man
in need of mercy, which the poor pagan knew
not where to find CORES. Northampton Courier.