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all Nations.”— The Son op God.
Vol. 7. — New Series.
tlio Southern ltaptht Convention.
RICHMOND, VA., JANUARY, 1876.
No. 7.— Whole No.
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rORBtG-N MISSION BOARD,
Located at Hlohmond, Va.
Prcsipcxt— J. h. St. COltHY, Vtnni.-tn.
Yici-rnminr-NT»— tllmm Wood», Md. W. M. Wingate, N. 0.1 II.
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W. Wilson, J. 11. Onrllck.
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communications In reference to the business
of this Hoard should be addressed to II. A. Topper,
Corresponding Secretary, Ulchmond, Va.
MISSIONARIES APPOINTED.
• ’’’■•e ferpjj'.n^Ji^saion'
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recently appointed,
two missionaries-— Mrs. Lowcilyn, of Toxne, to China,
and Itov, \Y, W. Colley to Africa. The former is a
THE REASON WjIy.
A Protestant contemporary inquires wliy “
missions have accomplished
во
lijilo.” Tho
given is that “what tho church «met sadly needs is
missionary organisations — aesociatemissions — made up
of clergymen, married and unmjrried, of brother¬
hoods of laymen, and sisterhoods' of- self-saoriGoing
women.” Wo wondor how muc!).' modern missions
must havo aecomplielied before some good peoplo would
ho willing to acknowledge that, thoy are successful.'
If they had lived in the days of the Apostles it would
bnvo 'lieon oil the same. Thoy would have been
greatly troubled at tho failure qf'tho mission of Paul
and Barnohus. A few converts, in Cyprus and a few
at Antioch, and Dcrbe and Lystra, would seem so
Insignificant as not to he worthy of mention.
For our part wo are not willing' to admit that tho
results of missionary work have been small ; or that
other agencies than those now employed are necessary.
In our reading of tho Acts of the Apostles wo boo
nothing of “ brotherhoods of laymen, and sisterhoods
of solf-sacrificirig women.” These aro post-apostolio
human contrivances. The Apostles and early mission¬
aries went forth two and two. V/e read of Barnabus
and Saul, of Paul and Silas, of Barnabus. and Mark.
As nearly ns may bo tho various missionary organiza¬
tions havo been following Apostolic example. They
Jiavo sent out brethren to labor'll the same-field, or in
f.Mf near-enough together, for Vpntb.v.andco-opern-
tion; and in' the fofnmtion'of Ift.Uvo7' Christian- com¬
munities they tako the very best means of engrafting
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of wealth amt culture, who proposed to pay her j CIirietlnni,y llp0„ tll0 domestic and social and national
" expenses. Sho is well known and highly —
own
teemed in Texas j and will ho a valuable accession to
our missionary force. Sho will probably go to tho
northern part of China, and labor in connection witli
tho ladles of tho Tung Chow Mission. .
ltev. Mr. Colley goes out witli brother David to
Africa, lie was educated at tho Richmond Colver
Institute. Wo liopo that tho Board may have tho
pririlogc of sending out a number of educated colored
men, and tho Africnn mission may receivo tho atten¬
tion it deserves.
MEN FOB CHINA.
Affaire arc becoming critical with some of our sta¬
tions in China. Dr. Yates, at Shanghai, lias long been
deprived of tho
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of ins voice. He lias been ena¬
bled to give to tho church his vnluablo counsel nnd
direction ; but, in view of Ins disability and the many
«alls upon him in various directions, it is exceedingly
deairablo for hint to have an assistant in his impor¬
tant field.
At Tung Chow tho case is even
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urgent. Brother
Crawford's health is such as 'to make it proper for him
to have somo respite from labor; but ho hesitates to
come to this country becavso thcro is no one to take
charge of Ids work. In cneo of hie death, or even
temporary absence, tho mission would greatly suffer.
Havo wc no young men, * 'io for tho love of .Christ,
aro willing to go to Tung Chow ? What sny our breth¬
ren in our colleges and seminaries ? Tho question is,
who will go ? Who will answer, Hcfc am
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send me ?
THE HOUSE IW CANTON.
Our brethren must not forget tho liouso in Canton
for brother Graves. The ehurchcs in Baltimore pro-
poso to givo eoven thousand dollnrs, provided all tho
other churches in tho bounds of tho Convention will
givo tlireo thousand dollars. Bet them not bo disap¬
pointed in their expectations.
life of tho people. It’ there has been any lack of suc¬
cess it line not been that tho laborers are not of the
right kind, or not sent out in tho right way, huthccause
tho yaro fow. Pray ye the Lord of the harvest that lie
sond forth
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laborers.
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GRATIFYING TESTIMONY.
Tiie Examiper and Chronicle says :
“There is wide misgiving ns to tho value of Rev.
W. C. Van Meter’s work in Rome. So mauy represen¬
tations arc made of its working which awaken doubt
nnd fear, that we believe the Hoard of the American
Baptist Publication Socioty, under wboso patronage
tlio Mission is, would do a wiso .and needful thing to
appoint a committee thoroughly to investigate nnd to
report tlio facts. Tlio Southern Board havo a Mission
in Rome, under tho direction of Itov. G. B. Taylor,
D. D., against which no injurious report has reached
us Irom anv qnarter.”
What is here said of Dr. Taylor is just what all
who know him would expect to hear of him and his
work. He is a wise man, prudent, looks far ahead,
and worhe with a
вшееге
purposo.to glorify his Mas¬
ter. Ho may make no groat noiso nbout what he is
doing in Italy ; ho will sound no trumpet before him ;
hut long after he lias been called to his reward, his
work will endure, nnd grow. Ho is a eolld, true,
dovoted man, and as such wo are proud of him and can
trust him. Wo never expect to hear any “ injurious
report” of him.
MRS. LEWELLYN, *
This excellent Christian woman; appointed by our
Board a missionary to Chin*, will ho claimed by
the- Texas churches ns their missionary ; but tho
wbolo South will bo glad to unite -with the Lone Star
Stnto in sustaining her hands by their prayers and
contributions. Tho time of her departure is not yet
determined. Her address is McKinney, Collin county,
Tcxae.
. ’ SOON TO SAIL.
Our brethren W. J.'David and W. W. Coiloy, ap¬
pointees of tho Board of Foreign Missions to Africa,
expect to sail from Nqu; York directly to Monrovia,’
early in Janunry next. The preparation and other
expenses incident to going to their distant work will
suggest tho importance of the States sending' up their
quotas
ак
speedily as possible. Will brethren examine
tho account on our fourth page, end notico how great
is the arrearage of tho churches. How can the Hoard
make brick without straw ?
AN ILLUSTRATION.
Xenophon, tho historian, tells us, in tho Cyropmdla,
that when Cyrus tho Great, on his march of conquest,
approached tho boarders of Armenia, Tigranes fled
with, all his family, determined not to ho exposed to
tho tyranny of- suoh'a monster as ho had. heard Cyrus
to bo. The conqueror was too sharp for him j ho inter¬
cepted his flight across tho mountains, captured the
king and all his rotinue. To show his magnanimity,
Cyrus offered to allow Tigranes to pass sentence on ’ '
each one of hie own officers ns they were brought
before the court. Ho could not induce him to open his
llps until tho queen was presented. Then Tigranes,
leaping to his feet, said, “ 0 king, I would die. rather
than she should bo enslaved.” Cyrus, admiring his
conjugal fidelity, dismissed them, telling Ticranes that
ho -might enjoy all of his royal prerogatives, if ho
would become and remain hisfaithful ally.
When they had withdrawn from tho prosonco of
of liis soul, until they had nil exhausted their encomi¬
ums, when Tigranes, noticinc that the queen had not
oven expressed any gratitude, for their restoration to
their dominions, sniil to her, “And what dost thou
think, 0 Armenian Queen, of Cyrus?"
She replied, “ I did not see him.”
“ Whom, then, didst thou see?”
“ I saw only him who said, ' I would ratlior dlo
than that sho should bo enslaved I’”
Is it not a forcible illustration of Jeeue’ lovo for Ids
people ? Not only was Christ willing to die, but
actually did shed his blood on Calvary that lxis peoplo
might not be enslaved by sin. And ns soon ns the
sinner.csn appreciate this love, and realizo its fulness,
freshness, unselfishness, he cannot
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any other
object. No created being, no imaginary gratification,
nothing whatever, cnti attract him from tlio cross, nnd
from his zeal, love, adoration nnd desire to plcnso that
Saviour that first loved him nnd gavo himself for him.
THE WORK IN JAPAN.
Itov. J. T. Joy en, who is ■ laboring under appoint¬
ment of the Baptist Missionary Union, gives a hopeful
view of things in Japan. In a letter to tho .Chicago
Standard, he says ;
“ The English languago is being so widely - studied
among tho people, that oven tho newly arrived may
gather around them numerous scholars who read tho
Biblo in our language. It is- a delightful eight to
behold these young men busy eearching tho Scriptures
in our grand version. Many thus become converts,
and they never go back to heathenism, as tho priests
openly lament.
“ The Catholics claim several thousand ndhoronts
from many old families and but fow converts. There
are probably a thousand'eonverted Protestant Christian
natives, and this leaven is working both up and down.
Most' belong to the middle class of society, but sovoral
of tho highest officials aro professed Christians, nnd
tho most famous. of living authors and scholars is also
a Christian in sentiment, though not connected, as
yet, with any church.” . • . :
