Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1870-08-12

-Ncs,. P. E5ii0t.:
Al Old friend and patron Of the Cclou.ls;oa
tior S1clet, asks f5r lis ueiEhbCrs rather taan
70. himself. What is the society doing Some
people in this section have supposed hat is
work vas done, since freedom AM the franchise
have been given to the ca',rel people srl thsr
the sooiety bad retired t.ym the field" As
many intelligent persons hs,e gotten similar
impressions, allow ne TO snsTer these inquiries
by giving tcw
Facts AND FIGURES.
The Colonization Society was never 60 much
alive IS At The present sine. il hls had nore
applications for passage and has seat more emf
grants during the last four ~eass than ever be-
fore except once II four Consecutive years. Tie
hunter coior:7ed by ;hi. society since ls'3 $
&430, over SOD OF whom were members cf Chris
ten churlbcs and some twenty OF then licensed
preacher of the gospel.
More than FIFTEEN HyyuEED u tic Freedmen
are now pleaiiDE for the neans Of enigratng
70 the land from which their ancestors were tora
by violence and fraud TO be slaves to strangers
Among these applicants are several pastors and
licensed preachers and more than iye hundred
c.mmat ants in their churches, who are anxious
to q to imp.ose ;hs.r own c-nliti1n and 90
what they can for spreading Christian ci7i.iH.-
ton a:-o7g the * hundred thousand OF TIE
Eugi,sh-sIeakinr nations within the bounds oi
that Republic These nations already have
civilization Of q higher order than most OF the
masses OF ancient Greece and Rome,-.or it is :
civilization TAFT IS enlightened and moulded to
GONE extent by Christianity aud Is supplemented
By the introduction OF our mechanic arts ant
indictments. They are ready to receive the COS
pel-en-ious flr preachers ami teachers. Tie
chic, ard hea!men say send Us ministers, We
siu build houses for them anl support them.
While Col has been preparing the minds Of these
nations for receiving the e pei, be hes been
moving tie hearts Of c3lared qastor- and church.
es in tits country 20 60 aud settle among their
native population, establishing clurehes and
schoois. This work rust be done by Ali
ca owa returning children. They are n most
re.peets best fitted for it.
Africa is 20 be evaneclizel. The "ord Of Goo
makes his certain The proyideuces OF God
mase It equally certain tia; thc work cannot be
done Nv white men The average length Of Lie
to white missionaries in West Africa mas oeen
less than sersu years. Ashmun cane home to
de +. .ixy,ar= lis wife d,yd th.re IA oae
year.
The Christian freedmen Of thu country are
Gods chosen Instruments for doing this great
work. Like the Hebrews il Egypt they hsse
learned 8 thousand Lessons ;hat Fl. them Tor TINS
work. They have learned cur language, cur
Christianity, our agricultural and mechanic Sri'
They have learned all that We have learned in
two hundred years % tie proper limitations Of
civil sudreligious liberty and the practical work
ing Of a republican government Al this gar
nersd experience Is .lei= own and the @0,0f0,
who have gone to Liieria nave carried It with
them and applied il TO their new condition with
triuusph.nt success. God has raised up ;he
Colonization S-c;etv as great II visionary now
er. TO carr these waiting leborers TO their fed
Of tdl. C,i lao,td The heart OF a generous
Christian CJr. S,ercn,} OF Maryland 70 give /
the Society an5bler ship, CT capacity 70 carry
81, hundred passengers. This ship sails usual /
|, tgce a lear, IL May and November. In
nearly every voyage she carries out o-e or two /
e,lcred pastors with their churches or parts Of
their churches.
Take an example the Golc.nda sailed from
Savannah NAV -. Besides some 70 commu- |
meant, IN other Churches she carried one COM
ple;e Baptist Church from Macon, Ga, an edu-
Gated colureI Poster. two Deacon, and some 80
members. Gas; church settles in enc Of the
native towns every member Of il is practically
, Nissionarv.-a living Illustration Of the bene-
ht, and blessings Of Christian civilization.
Here is orgsni..d Christianity doing is wor.
much faster than by the common method Of
sending oue OF two preachers, WITH Their WIG
who must labor I've, ten or fifteen years before
they have converts enough TO form chureA'
The Colonization Society places Whole eaufcn
on the field Of effort It's members are adapted
to tie climate, are Of the same race. color and
sympsthies AS those whom they seek TO oless,
and the work # assimilation goes right on.
Africa Is 20 ne converted. Ii was the land
thst received and protected Him from the cruel
ties Of Herod Twas an African, (Simon the
CyIeHisn) who helped Hin carry the heayy
cross up the hill Of Calvary. And when he
stood for the last time on Mount Olivst
arl gave to tie church His l@si command Go,
preach the gospel to every creature lie did
not forget Africa nor her race that helped Him
bear the cross.
Yet Africa has been sadly overlooked by our
Foreign Missionary Boards From the appro-
priations-in lS6S-of the FIVE leading denomi-
nations, only one dollar. out SO 90 has been
devoted 20 the heather Of Africa Yet. il there
il any one portion Of the heather races that has