Fobeign Mission Journal
Pul»U«lica Monthly by th« I’orcJfgn IHIhkIoh IIouiiT of the Southern UajpUHt Convention. ' - y
“Ahb Power is given unto me in Heaven and in Earth. Go ye, therefore, and Teach all Nations. ’'^The Son of God.
Yol. 7.— Now Series. RICHMOND, VA., DECEMBER, 1874. ; No. 6.— Whole No. 78v
FOREIGN MISSION JOURNAL
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FOREIGN MISSION BOARD,
Located at Itiohmond, Va.
Г'иытгхт—
J. I.. M. CUltllY, ViRotiriA.
Virr
lllrnm Woo.lt, JM., W, M. WliiMte, N.
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Гпскег,
S. 1 1 oil. let eon, AIh.. J.
А.
lUckett, h. Ilur-
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, Henry McDonald, Ky„ W. l’ope Yeaiuan, Mo., J. 0. Knr-
mtn,
Й. О., Нам
Orcen, Ark., V. Courtney,
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II. Jl. McCollum,
Fit.. Malt. IIIllsimiB, Term., W. Cary Crane, Texsi.
II.
А. ТСРРКГ1,
ConnrAr.ixntao
Зхспхглнт.
K1IWIN WOIITIIAM,
Тпелпсккп.
w. II. nWATIIMKY, lUcvittusu SrcntTAnr.
С.
T. WOltrilAM.
Агштоп.
Aiard or MA.4AncR«— J. 1). Jeter,
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C. lllttliur. A. II. Dlrklmon,
И. К
Kltyion,
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II. Cl ilk, J.
К. Киме®,
J. 0. Williams. T. J. Evans,
3. 11. Wlnaton, O. 11. Wln.ton, II II. llarrli, J. II.' Wutklm, Wcl-
llDjflon Omldln, N. W. Wilson, J. H. tlarllck,
ЕёЁГЛИ
communications inre/crcncc to thebusiness
of this Hoard should be addressed to II.
А. Тиггии,
Corresponding Secretary, llichmond, Pa.
A WORD FOR THE MASTER.
Heavy payments nre. and roust
!>«,
lon.t®
our missionaries. ‘ Tho nverago contributions of our
States for this purpose have been, in the last soven
months, less than one-third their quotas for the year,
reooromended by the Southern Baptist.Convcntion.
If you can
враге
any
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from your poverty or your
prosperity to sustain these “ messcngcre of the
churches" for Christ’s sake, will you not, for the love
of Jesus an<t his caueo, send us your free-will offering
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GREAT OPPORTUNITY.
The Baptists of Baltimore propose to give, by the
15th of April next, seven thousand dollars for the
missionary residence at Canton, China, which is
groatly needed ; provided, that three thousnnd dol¬
lars shall bo elsowhero raised to make tho ton thou¬
sand dollars required for the lot and building. Are
there not six grand souls among our people who will
give five hundred dollars each and complete this great
work t At least, will not every Baptist In tho land
fcol that ho or she should ho interested in accomplish¬
ing. this enterprise, which will send such joy to tho
hrarts of our missionaries at Canton, and give n now
impulse to our work in China l Can the denomination
afford to lose this great opportunity ?
iGOOD NEWS FROM AFRICA.
Just as brother David is appointed as ft missionary
о
Africa tho tidings
сото
to us that tho white man
nay ho allowed to enter again tho Yoruhnn country.
Пив
cheers our hearts, nnd opens ft new prospect be-
’oro our.hrother. Let the hearts of God’s people bo
iow opened, nnd who can toll what awaits us iu that
lenlghted laud f The nows comes in tho following
xtractfrom a letter of sister T. M. Harden, of Lagos,
vidow of our late missionary, dated Sep. 7, 1871 :
" It is reported that tho people of Abbcokuta are
iow willing to receive the Bor.
В. 1Г.
Townsend to
cable timongst them ; so it is hoped that by God’s
Jessing the missions thoro will soon bo in ns prosper-
us condition ns. they were before tho shameful out-
ircak, which drove the white missionaries from tho
ountry. ' • 1 *
WHAT MUST BE DONE WITH THEM 1
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sister in Christ, whom we do not know, writes to
us a letter full of tho spirit of seif-consecration, and
sends n breast-pin which she has devoted to tho service
of tho Lord. Another lady, also unknown, donates a
pair of ear-rings, which belonged to her deceased
daughter. These trinkets seem too sacred to be
exposed for salo. They have a value far boyond what
they would bring in dollars nnd cents. The givers are
no doubt amply rewarded in the satisfaction which
such sacrifices have borno to their own hearts; but,
what shall tho Hoard of Foroign Missions do with
them? Brother W. J. David will start in a short
time for his field pf labor in Africa. As it is customa¬
ry in that country to present gifts to the great, whose
audience is desired or whose favor is sduglit, would it
be well to commit these jewels toliis hand f This does
not strike us as exactly the thing for some reasons,
and yet how can more good for missions bo done with
them ? The ornaments are quito simple, hut they are
beautifully adorned- with the pious spirit which accom¬
panies them.
MISSIONARY TO AFRICA. .
Brother W. J. David will start in a short time to
Africa. The love of Christ constrains him. Many
lovers of Christ aro not thus constrained to forsake
home and loved ones, and all that is dear in a civilized
'KlntTkAiliill
strained by tlio love of Jesus to do something for this
deTotod brother, to help him on his t cay J Think,
brother, or sister, what you aro spared, nnd do what
you can to aid this man of God to bear bravely and
joyously tbo weighty burden which God he-’ put upon
his shoulders to supply our lack of service.
KIND WORDS.
Wo are so wont to sec this paper in our Sunday-
schools and on our table, and in our nursery, and'
among tho children of oiir friends, thatJt :■ , Or oc¬
curred to us that many people might not eea it, and it
would do well to
вау
a word about it in tho Journal.
The paper needs no commendation .to tlioso who eee
and read it. It is simply admirable. The original
matter is well conceived and well put ; and tho selec¬
tions are attractive and judicious. The pictures, of
course, please ; but whut we like most is tho clear aim
of the sheet to save the sbuls of the children. For
many years we preached every Sunday afternoon to
the little ones, and not unfrequently nddreseed them
through the press. The result of this work and expe¬
rience was the fixed conviction that tho end of every
such talk or letter or story or volume to children
should be the conversion of their bouIb. Kind Words
seems to fall in with this notion, arid we would bo
glad to eee it in every Sabbath-school and every home
in tho land. If we wee sure that the editor would not
see this notice, we would be
того
tempted to
вау
what we think, that be is one of the loveliest of char¬
acters, and just the sort of nan to write Xoi children.
We invite attention to the following terms ot Kind
Words :
Wekklt— Single copy . 81 00
Clubs of ten or more, each . 60 i '
cte.
NEWSPAPER IN CHINA.
Our enterprising young missionaries at Tung Chow,
tho Misses Moon, propoeo to start, on the first of
January, a newspaper in tho Shan Tung dialect.
A WOMAN’S VIEW OF WOMAN’S WORK.
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sister in Georgia who has the
саиве
of Foreign
Missions much at heart, also has a just conception of
the influcnco of her sox in the work of regenerating
tho world. Bead what eho says :
This is a day of small beginnings with us. Indeed
it is mare than probable that wo may never achieve
distinguished usefulness in our spfcoro of effort. Nor
is this our aim. Is it uot honor enough for ue if wo
he hut permitted to bear the humblest sharo in hasten¬
ing tlio coming of that kingdom, so dear to tho heart
of every Christian ?
We can all appreciate the ’moral sublimity of tho
triumphant acclaim which shall announce the culmi¬
nation of tcrrestinl history : " Tho kingdoms of this
world have become the kingdoms of our Lord and of
His Christ ; and Ho shall reign lorover nnd ever.”
Let us, then, sco that wo do not contemn nor Withhold
tho rivulets of influence designed to contribute to this
result. Woman's efforts mny seem to bo among tlio
most trifling of theso, yet who can cstimato their real
I)°Whiio subordination to man in power is tho sphere
in the social scale assigned to her by Heaven’s irre¬
versible decree, woman yet unquestionably wields
tlio destinies of tlio races of mankind by the supe¬
rior facilities at her command as respects forma¬
tive influcnco over tho human character. It is hers
to mould tlio iufanlilo , cxistcaco almost at will, and
thus does she rulo tho world.
When wo labor for the salvation of tho perishing
millions of our sisters now enshrouded, in the debasing,
eoul-destrying ignorance of. heathenism, our efforts
cmhraco in their scope tho whole fabric of tho com¬
munities of which they are mott important constituents.
Monthly — Single copy...... . .....60 i
Clubs of ton or more, each; . lfi cte.
Payments may be made by installments.
The Monthly issue contains no lessons ; the Weekly
and Semi-Monthly issues do contain them.
Subscriptions taken for two, three, four or 6ix months.
Names will not be written on papers sent ,af club rates.
In remitting, address simply
“ Kind Words,’’ Macon, Georgia.
TO THE CHURCHES AND ASSOCIATIONS IN
MI8SISSIFPL
I take tbis menus of Bpeaking to. many that I could
not otherwise, perhaps, as I wish to call special off op¬
tion to our Foreign Mission work, by aeking'you'to
remembor the toils, cares, wants and privations of our
foreign missionaries.. They are looking to us to help
to relieve these. We can do this. Will not each
church give us a contribution ? We desire so much t*-
enlist every church in Mississippi in this work. Of
our seven hundred churches, tho half of them did
nothing lost year. We do not believe it the fault of
the oliurobcs, hut because we failed to reach them and
tell them our wants. Wo feel that this is all that our
brethren need in order to give to Jesus for this work.
•This is our faith in the Baptists of Mississippi.-
Then, too, let each Association yet to meet, discuss
tho great subject of Foreign Missions, nnd take up a
collection for this object. Our apportioned part of
this work for this year is 83,500. This ie email for
50,000 Baptists. Brethren, let
из
have amind to work.
Lot ua read nnd study this subject till our hearts aro
warmed by it. Fraternally, . ■ - •
E. D. Miller..
INMEMOBIAM.
The First Baptist church of. Charleston, South Caro¬
lina, expects to erect a monument to tho memory of
Wong Mui, the late native pastor at Canton, China,
who was converted under the preaching of the father
of Bev. L. 11. Shuck, the pastor of tlio First - church
of Charleston, by which Wong Mui was supported.
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