The Middlebury register. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1850-1882, 1852-05-12


New York, April 90, 1852.
Fair, spring-ish, diy and dusty. The po~
liccricn IN broadway look ike milers, De-
desirinns ave blinded aud strangers are as
Ionishcd that we can siaLd il. a sort o.
vulgar mnrlyidcm will thus attend all who
visit the cliy during the Anniversary week
now close 1T hand. Sill here will man,
Ihcust nos tome, ms more Than usual iuicrps
Is expected to charrc ciizc shs great ANNUAL
gathering Vi Tie prominent religious men
AMI lhlanihfopsts, ui 10 h scAvs.
luctcd the occasion L. rAI c.ttd to inipart
not only gfeht rncou'n g n'rnt To Tie reli-
gious revival which recently blessed sOln'eu
churches ia this city, but TO give Ills i'm
pro'rmeht AN impetus that shall u.akr It felt
throughout the rommlnily.
heard an interesting account yesterday
illustrating how much good may result from
md, idual Effort. In II South American
pot, where the people aLd piics ", re- much
opposed to 'lc spread OF the Gosrcl, all the
urotestani BiLles that could be found were
seiz, d, aud placed in the loft of store pre-.
aaraiory TO burning item in the public SQUARE.
a n,uiatto women who told The story ~ The
Duane 81. church The Other niahD resided
depusit,d, and. fired with Chrisrian zeal, de-,
icrmincd 10 sase them With this view,
she went to the Captain Ct al American,
steamer which lav in the liver and dough
he was a stranger, conlided 10 him her plan
anu obtain, his ready cooperation. The
came night she entered the place of their de-
post, ih.uugh the scutilc window, and lass
ed out the precious volumes, which were
then conveyed on board the steamer, ana
scrreicd under the engine.
The next morning, here was a great 'o,rss.
she SAID, among the ignorant aud binni.
ted people who were thus robbed OF Their
intended sport, and they induced the author.
ties to search the ship ioi missing bilil,s, buI
being too sui eislilOus 10 20 utdrr tie en-
zine, they all went AWAY, DISAPPOINTED H.
their search. Capt Williams tot the siran-
cr) was fortunately christian ~ ennes-.
lie made the inusi judlcious use of the IN.
bl,s, and scattered them pretty successiull,
whenever occasion offered in thai neiuhbor.
hood sowing the good seed all alon. ;ln
banks of the fiyer where his vessel traced
The consequence was AN increase Of ronveris,
AID u little cree OF christians was iofnirH
which Cap. W instructed in singing hymns
and other devotional exercises Tor " Itch lie
himself had acquired love at he Duait
street church Indeed, he lod 20 much ~
bout The uan, pleasant hours which he had
passed III that society, thai aiirl he had been
wears away from south America, the narra>
tor of these circumstances (which | &c, III
second HANDY burning with desire 10 wiimes.
with her own eyes the scenes 20 pleasing ,
described had determined TO Visit New
4 ii,
last Sabbah went mo the church aud reia.
ted these facts adding that sinre Cap,
Williams left ). America, n small bible soc .
ely hdd gone into operation in the plac,
where, yeas before, but for him 80 manN
bibles would have been destroyed, and lwo
ciuirhts iuru.t Il, ore called to lis memo ,
the Williams Church ana the other The Dn-
ane Church.
During this narration, qnl'e ~ much SUI
priscd as anybody else. and accou phuI,,
by his aged father, here sa; tie ,ene III,
Capt W Hams himself, his presrn,e u
known to the old niulatio woman, who ha.
TO idea that shc should ever see him mon
OIL Tins side oil the grave. When be a ose
II was her turn TO he aslonished. lie cor
tolerated her occount Of the iheser,atiol
of the bibles but ascribcd to er mncl
larger share Of credit than she had awar,le,
| herself.
MIR. Weimore. the originator Of the cit,
tract mission il the leader in another cooo
work, not yet ia ly III operation. il is al
in-lituilon for juvenile Dci' quenl>, and i,
intended rs .. home and workshop for hun.
drrds Of the destitute Idle boys WHO roam II t
streets during the day taking and practising
| vicious lessons, and at hight sleep under