Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1859-01-20
From the Vermont Chronicle.
Vermont.


Never was there more beautiful and
pertinent name given to State. From
south of Manchester, stretching away almost
to Canada line, there stand the Green Noun.
tains On each side there are other noun
tains and hills.
Spruce and hemlock on the higher oleva.
tions compose the great body oftmoer. These
are eyergreens. Take your stand on any one
Of these lofty peaks, and you will at once per.
ceivo that green is the prevailing color. YER
mont name which signifies verdant noun
tains. low down. between the mountains,
on the plains, defended all around frem drift.
ing winds and forked hghtnings, there nestle
some of the most quiet, we'll cultivated, and
prosperous villages in the known world.
But higher up on the uneven elevations
there are more neglected noighborhoods. The
inhabitants are hard working, honest people.
If their children are brought up far from
church and higher schools, they are also far
from the running temptations of village life.
There the children are taught to work 10
value an hour; to be at home evenings; to
be honest, Farmers always raise good wheat.
oats and potatoes; and it is here you find
healthy sheep in great numbers and the most
noble horses in the world. Indeed it is here
where you find the cattle on thousand hills.
Their butter and cheese must always COM
mand the highest price in the market, as it
does now.
On these mountain sides, far back from
travel, there are some of the most promising
missionary fields. Take one for instance.
This is the town of W., in Orange Co. Since
the world has stood, probably there was new
er settled minister in it. After all, it is a
town where good ministers and pastors love
to 90 and give q days preaching now and
then. But on the whole, perhaps it has been
very-much passed by. But look at the re-
suits of that very limited missionary work.
Out of their Sabbath Schools there arose the
following:
One Of the strongest Frce-wiIl Baptist
preachers there is in the State Presby terian
clergyman, who, after thorough liberal ed
ucation, was widely useful pious, well ed
ucated young man, who became a permanent
teacher in Western city, in whose school
there has been many revival; u merchant,
now in the vicinity of Boston, who is u Sec
ond Harlan Pagc two young ladies, who
after a good preparation became wives Of
gentlemen abroad, where they still exert a
decidedly Christian influence; young man
who, after good education, has lately be-
come the pqstor of one of the best churches
in Vermont; and quite number of mode
Christian farmers.
For morethan thirty years has the writer
been a missionary in these rural Districts.
Early in his ministry it used to make me sac
to see our best young men from the noun
tains, where they are SO much needed, g
away to the cities Bnt lately feel differ
emily. 1t will always be so. 1t must be so
He was an infant His mother loved thu
Bible. His cradle was rocked by her wit
sung as she rocked:
" Hush my DEAR lie still and slumber 1"
"The dear delights we here enjoy"
. He was bashful, but loved his books. H
grew. He was Woodworking young mar
EIe became teacher On such young ma
the temptations Of a city life come too late
His habits are formed Take him now t
tho city. Make him an apprentice. Pu
him any where. Give him room, and tn
. world will be the better for him. Such me
are now in the cities. They have wealth an
influence. From such men there come bac
to the hills of Vermont strong contributions
So it comes to pass-frst action and the
reaction. Under God these are the men tia
are to make the desert blossom as the rost
Thus the mountain of the Lords house sha
y be established in the top Of the mountain
= and shall be exalted above the hills, and a
c nations shall flow unto it.
: Sabbath Schools in the more favored POI
. tions Of this State have chosen the hills
g their field God speed you, my dear children
e Work while the day lasts Send on you
n money. Pray for your missionaries The
= is good day coming.
D, CHILDREN's MINISTER