The Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1837-1867, 1857-10-24
Our Martyred Missionaries in India.
From the New York Observer.

From the New York Observer
The last ray of hope has been dispcllcd b,
2 the late arrival OF news from India, and W,
, must now record, with feelings of the pro
foundest sorrow. that there is every reason
to believe the four missionary families of thu
Presbyterian Board at Futtehgorh have per
l>hcd in the massacre. They have beer
traced to the vicinity of Cawnporc, and it wa,
, hoped that when General IIavclock arrived
there, he would find them alive. and rcscu.
them from the insurgents, but he reports but
; one white person as saved. and her name is
gwen; SO that the painful fact is pressed
upon our hearts that our hrcthcn and sisters
our dear friends Freeman. and Campbell. and
Johnson, and McNIullcn. and their wives.
and two children of Mr. and Mrs. Campbell
have fallen victims to the awful in>urrection
in India
Rev. John +. Frcemen went out in 1898.
and has been faithful missionary for about
nineteen Years. He married Miss Beach, in
Newark. y. j.. who died about ten wears ago.
Mr. +. afterwards married a valued friend of
ours. Miss Nrcdcnburg. . lady of great accom-
pllShmentS and WORTH with a large circle of
friends III this city and New Jersey.
Rev. David \. Campbell was from Wis
consin. and his wife from Ohio.
Rev. Albert O. Johnson and wife are both
from Western PENNSYLVANIA.
Rev. Robert f. Mc\ullcn was from Phia-
dclphia, and his wife was Miss PicrSon. from
Paterson. y. J. All of them were amorr
the most able and useful missionaries Of the
Board and their loss is a blow to the work,
compared with which the destruction Of
100000 worth Of property in India is not
to be mcntioncd
The discussion of the revision of the
Bible hy the American Bible society still
continues. ard is likely to become troublesome
to the society. That the revision IS no,
scctarian in is character there can be no
better evidence than is afforded hv TIE names
of the committee to whom the work WAS en-
trusted: Gardner Spring. PRESBYTERIAN:
ihoma> Cock. Quaker: Samuel II. TurHor.
Eri>copalian Edwar! Robinson. rrc>hv-
terrain; Thomas T.. Ncrmilvc. Dutch i;.torm-
ed: John Mel tlintoch. Methodist; Richard
:. Storr>. ConGrcgatiouali>t 50 far as we
have read the criticisms upon the work Of the
committee. their omission of the words Christ
and tn" Church in the headings to the
chapters OF Solomon'> Song. gives the most
serious oti,n>c. Considering the fact ,ha,
there have always been many biblical >chol
arS who doubt whether this marr.t-c >onr
has any reference at all to Christ and the
Church. OF any thing else out>iI, Of lis
proper and natural scope. and that the mum
Der Of such doubtcr> WAS never grcatcr than
now. the committee certainly did we'll 10
remove the dcgnat;c headings. aln. would
have done their worn still more faithfully hv
striking out all headings Of chapters. which
are sheer interpretations and no pa,t of the
scriptures, 1t is unquc>,:onaby the duty of
the Bible society to give US the sacred book
in the pure>t possible state and with tie
greatest fidelity to the original Sprin,G,iI
Ecpnhlic0u.
NEw CHrECH-Wc are informed that the
Congregational Society. of this village. are
making arrangements for building a new
Church. on Court Street, near the new Post
Office and nited States Court House, now
III course Of constructon-Hn HnN4Ad Crr,i,l.
Miss Catharinc t. Bccchvrs new book
having led >cmc editors to class her among
thit;tiatiS. she COMES out with a statement
in which she SAYS =
Il hold the doctrines of the Trinity. AID of
the Divinity and the Atoncmcnt Of Jesus
Christ. just as my father ever has. At the
same time. hold the same views concerning
native dcpravity as are and long have been
taught by the New Haven school Of ,iiyinc>.
1t was for his connection with this school of
divincS that my father, after being invited
by DIR. Wilson ard others of Cincinnati to
preside over Lane seminary. was brought to
trial before first the prc>bytcry. and then the
synod and lastly the general assembly of the
Presbyterian church. (bciorc it was divided
into Old and New School.) and he was s,,>-
tanned by all. as not having departed from
their standards of faith
Father SAWYER, the Maine ccntcnarian.
was lO2 years old on the 9th. His sight and
hearing are impaired, but his mental faculties
are bright and strong. He was a volunteer
to assist i'll repelling the tories and Indians
at White River. Vermont. and at the taking
of Burgoync-bcing at the time in prcpara-
ton for the ministry. lie received no pension
and has never had even land warrant. as
he mas outlvcd all living evidence of his
service. and the record connot be found.
SHARP SAYINGS-NIr jenkins was dining
at a very hoSpitable table, but piece of
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