Lamoille newsdealer. [volume] (Hyde Park, Vt.) 1860-1877, 1868-10-07

we LNuutlSer scHoiA'b 10 'hSse little !
Hassugc give each week sma! spg5s con7 /
lining EPsg Irsa the Bibiq,ssPoigQq
sc ia4JipIs blind BOY on The, other side
fAhe igqmf lie Tissq very bright boys.
ard shsn the cps''s are PasFod, be 0flepa
sasss ':.Giye nc, the longcst tgerse sop
hayc.' Sgme ofihese ythillgsu ,hsye ppd.
tqstmeTs,i but they learplthe yerfelpp9p
the card ard, tbs ncxt Sabbath reaiie it tqi
rs spd receive another, s,r,s es,1id, ID.
35lhe native style Of singing would !
SQUAD very strange leSou, fAsfsaa&hila'g
ren very readily leapi the sane tanes
thityOu sing 10 a aericp and sing them,
very vel We usually sing, several
hymns each sabbath, for they enjoy sing
ing very much We expect that some Of
these hright boys will become ministers I,
thy0aal by aud plcach the blessed gospel,
and that some Of these girls will bccome
teachers We aesi . great many more
preachers and teachers to tell these poor
igpfrant people of Christ aud his precious
salvation. q. eaisaete taealar Era gaal
We have several students in the 'rheo
logic,l School ut Mais1van. aud class
OF four men in Ceserea receiving instruct
ion from the pastor there. These students
io Ceslrea 60 out Into the vll'gcs near
ly. with bng of bppks, ore day in every
week, and du ing thsir vacatluns, every
d.y They sell copies Of the mble and
other good books. distglbutc traeis, aud
talk with the people in the markets AID
in the streets, about the truth, aad in
This way they are doing much good 0ae
OF these students il blind man, aboat
forty years old We, call him r'aadji
Mesroze" Hadji" means pilgrim
aud many Of the people make long pill
grimogo to Jerus llem, the scene of our
S,vior's Iabors aud cru iiixion, believing,
that by 50 doing. they viii gain the spec
al favor of God. his blind man made
tie pilgrimage before he became christ
ian, and Was. for long time. rcgar}ed as
very holy man, aud Vas mnch honored
by his neighbors and friends, bot since
he became christian he has been LAUGH
pcrsccu ed. He is a very earnest christ
ian and prcaches the gospal with mu,h
power lie can repeat fueutly the whole
of the gospel of Matthew and is costan'-
ly learning more During the present va
cation, he is cut among the villages, with
anb,her student at work for CbIist, aud
We txpcct he will do much good. These
students are generally sery poor. and ae
supported mainly by money from friends
lof missions in America The amount
which they need is from 80 $50 dollars
"a ycal in your currency | do not ask
yoa to give any thing for this Of Ject fer
I suppose you are still giving to support
school ia Marash, and you cannot do
! better, but perhaps some s sbsalh school
Ethatfwill hear this letter will be glad to
4 help in so good welke If 50. we viii
try to select good young msn, and edu-
4 cate him for tho ministry, witsthe money
.,hey mniy furnish, aud. from time TO time
will report Q them his prosresS ani they
lwaya hope, also, to receire occasional let
ters from him. which o. NO will translate
\ for them would like to tell you Of an
other school, svisitel last winter. 10 Gen
erek, nearly 10 miles distant, but my let
ter is already too long Tilis school Of
40 or so scholars met in large 'ooT
with a stone foor, ana without Windows
OF Gre. ( Most of them were pare footed
\ ard many Of them without pants or draw
4 ers. with only "a loose garment reaclape
a little below the knees, aud this, too, OIL
day, when the cold WAS belog the lreez
ling poiut, and was o0ly just camtortabl'
with warm boots, and my fur coat but
toned to the chin Yet. with all this dis
comfort, Ihave never seen, . school appea
more earnest and animated thanlthis,-
Their, lessons we're rccitcd admirably
They repeated long passages from the bl
BILE and hymns with great freedom ap
appeared anxious to learn. The people a
, this yillage are YER, poor wearing "
coarsest clothing. and seldom able to wea
shoes, but, instead, making rude mecca
sins Of goat skins, which they bind abou
their feet Bat a few years ago, GencreI
was,a village Of robbers, and some Of th
leading men now in. the, Protestant con
Lmuuity. we're leadefsof tue cruel band
/, Had you seen the congregation Of NOR
Q tahn hundred cheerful faces asEemtled 2
. that sab'ath morn, giving close attcptio
: to the word Of God, 10Y would not hay
: supposed that they had been, 20 recenll,
Q among the most wicked people in III
, land .s 5..- bAlu.ln ass iser al
! From what have now arid, dear OH
|, dreu, you may sec what encouEagccmucl
Q we have to labor for these poor peopl
{, | L. L,u o., lono hoan in dark ness. N