Foreign Mission J ournal
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Vol. 12. — Now Series.
RICHMOND, VA., JANUARY, 1881.
No. 10,— Whole No. 130.
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FOREIGN MISSION JOURNAL
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Address. FOREIGN MISSION .lOUHNAT,,
Richmond, Va.
FOREIGN MISSION BOARD
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SOUTHERN BAPTIST CONVENTION,
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HIGH MONI), VIRGINIA.
Piikkiimcnt— J. I,. M. OUIiKY.
Vick-1‘iik«iiiknt«.— lllrain Woods, Mil.. J.
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W. I’opi- Yeainaa, Mo., .1. 11. I.mk, Texas, W 1.. Kilpatrick,
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U. Furmiia. S. <’.. Matt. Hlllsinan,
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K»py, Aik., M. 1’. I.osvry, Miss.
Ooaiits'l'oNinvii HkchktauY— H. A. TUl'PKH.
TitBAStatKH— .1. O. WILLIAMS.
liKConnikii .Shi.-icKTAitY-W. 11. OWATHMKY.
AuniToit— .1 OSKl‘11 F. COTTRELL.
IlDAimtiP Man'aOKIis.— J. I!. Hawthorne,.!. H. Watkins, H.
K. Klly son, W. K. Hatcher. 1C. Wortham, Henry McDonald,
W. Gudilin, It. H. Hurrls, ,1. Pollard, Jr., J. W. Jones,
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(llnrke, J. 11. wiusloa. T. J. ICvnas,
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H. Winston, S. 0.
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All communications in reference lo the business
of lhvs> Hoard .ihoultl be adit revved to II.
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tXures/ionding Secretary, Richmond, Va.
EDITORIAL CORKKBFONDENCE.
Sunny Side, Ga., December 7th, ISSO.
Dear Journal. — It Is it good :intl jiliitisimt thing
to make a break in the tail of life, anil sit down
fora day or I wo In the home of a country gentle¬
man. 1 am disposed to emphasize the last word.
This is Miinethiug that is lwrn and not made, albe¬
it, the perfection of it only appears where there
are culture and rellniug surroundings. It is some¬
thing as dill'eront from personified etiquette and
ostentatious elegance as a sun-beam is dillerent
from the glitter of pinchbeck. The couidry gen¬
tleman also, with ids repo«o of manner, his easy
hospitality, Ids lordly hearing among Ills depend¬
ents, his multiplied comforts of life within the en¬
closure of Ids broad acres, strikes me as the most
complete of gentlemen. Hut 1 must not indulge
my pen in this line, under the inspiration of one
of the happiest homes of the Sunny South.
SOUTH CAROLINA.
I attended the convention of this State, which
met at Camden. The weeklies have given the de¬
tails of tiie meeting. Enjoying the. hospitable at¬
tentions of Judge Kershaw’s house, I had the op¬
portunity of seeing quite thoroughly the town,
which is the abode of much intelligence and piety,
and is rendered historic by the battle which
bears its name, and in which just a century ago fell
Hie noble Huron he Kalb, who “was a German by
birth, hut a citizen of the whole world.” Many
things worthy of note were done and said at the
convention, lint there is one tiling that was
“ new under the sun.” Favorable opportunities had
been afforded for the presentation of the claims of
tiie Southern Baptist Convention. A maes-meet-
hig was held in the interest of the State Hoard,
but that Hoard having some $701) in its treasury —
and here is tiie new and noble tiling— turned the
proceeds of their meeting, viz : some $250, into tiie
treasury of the Home Board, of Marlon, for Dr.
Hartwell’s mission in California.
The writer lias been charged with being partial
to this State. Never was a charge bettor sus¬
tained. Tot, I do not plead guilty. A man is
partial to Ids mother — and guilty of no ollence.
in South Carolina I drew tiie first breath of natu¬
ral life; in tills State [ drew the first breath
of life in Christ. In my native city “by tiie sea,”
my mother lives in green old age; and under tiie
sod my father and my grand parents and my great
grand parents lie, awaiting tiie trump of resurrec¬
tion. This is the Mecca of my heart — this its Je¬
rusalem. And whether l live in Georgia, or Vir¬
ginia, or in the uttermost part of the earth, my
heart, like tiie eye of the filial Jew on the bunks of
tiie gray osier-lined Euphrates, will ever turn to
the homo of my birth with the solemn vow : “If I
forget thee, oil Jerusalem ! ”
But there is something that I love better than
South Carolina. Better than native land,
• I lovu iliy kingdom, I.onl,
Tim house of thin» abode,
Tim church our bleat liedeemcr r
Willi Ills own precious Moot!."
ivod,
In that kingdom there arc no State marks — no
color lines. Its territory is the world ; and all the
earthly sons of God are enlisted under tiie same
banner, and all look forward to a common home —
Jerusalem the Golden, “ with laurel-girt battalions
and sure victorious folds.”
But when I say “all Hie sons of God,” 1 do not
moan to imply that "tiie daughters” arc not to
touch elbows with us in this glorious eonllict. I
heard in the convention another new tiling under
tiie sun. It was tiie prayer: “God forbid that
any heart should be jealous of the good works of
tiie consecrated women of Zion.” I had never
dreamed of the possibility of tlio necessity or pro¬
priety of such a petition — especially in the gallant,
ehlvalrons Palmetto State ! My heart feels nothing
hut gratitude for the Christian women, who arc
such helpers of us In the Lord, that 1 am sure, as
Paul said of certain women who helped him, their
names arc in the hook of life. One young indies’
society gives us $500 a year. Another society line
been supporting our first Chinese convert, Youg
Seen Sang, for thirty-live years; and lias been
working for foreign missions since 1S10, in which
year it contributed $000. These societies arc not
of South Carolina. But I do not hesitate to say
that, of tiie three hundred woman’s societies that
co-operate witli tiie Foreign Mission Board, none
exceed tlio societies of this State. This year these
woman’s societies lntvo contributed to missions
sonic $1,500; and this is only a small part of -/hat
they have done. They have stimulated tiie contri¬
butions of tiie whole State. From November 3d,
1S70, to November 2d, 18S0, South Carolina gave
to our Board, $-l,02S.SO; and from .May 1st to No¬
vember 23d of tills year, $3,000.12. Tills is $333
more than any other State has done in the past six
months. Tims this little State seems to be leading
the States of tlio South. And wlmt if a woman
should hear aloft Its banner ! Abimoleek implored
that lie might not die by the hand of a woman ; hut
who would not rejoice that the forces of our God
arc triumphant over the God of this world, even
though led to victory by a Deborah?
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woman
gave the Saviour to tlio world. Anil I suspect that
women will bo the most enthusiastic soldiers of
the Cross until tho acclaim shall- strike the
heavens: “The kingdoms of tills world are
become the kingdoms of this world and of Ills
Christ.” On an arch in Bosolyn chapel is the in¬
scription : Fir fortis, vinum fortius , femina for¬
tissimo. Woman is strongest in faith, strongest in
fortitude, strongest in self-sacrillco, strongest i:s
the Christlikeness which deplores a world’s ruin,
and covets tiie distinction in laboring for its re¬
covery awarded to her, of whom tlio Master
said : “ She hath done wlmt she could.”
THE OTHER STATES.
But four months remain for the other States to
overhaul the little State who seeks with a gener¬
ous ambition to be tiie Banner State of tiie
South. If South Carolina gives for Foreign Mis¬
sions $0,000 tills conventional year, as she prob¬
ably will, wlmt should Virginia, and Georgia, and
Kentucky, and tiie other States give? And what
shall I say to encourage tho other States— not to
overtake their little sistur State— but to do all in
their power to bring our fallen world to Jesus?
Let mo say :
1. That despite tlio tremendous forces to lie
combatted, caste, false religions, tiie depravity of
human nature, the structures of paganism seem
to be tottering. Dr. Stevenson declares that in ,
going round the world ho did not see a single new''
Temple. The time to press an adversary is when
he is giving way. Never in the history of the
church was there a time when more vigorously
tiie hosts of Zion should go forth fair as tiie sun,
clear as the moon, and terrible as an army with
banners.
2. Let me say also that this work of giving tiie
gospel to tiie strange nations of the earth is the
best demonstration of tiie reality and power of
our own religion. Go to a carnal soul and ask
him to give something to extend the gospel to the
heathen. Why, lie will not accept the gospel
gratuitously for himself, and will lie pay to give it
to strangers? No, no ! But many peoplo do give
to tills cause. Baptists of tlio Soutli give, on an
average, three cents apiece annually; the Chris¬
tians of the United States, eleven cents eacli ; tlio
Christians of tlio Church of England, $1 ; tiiose
of Scotland, $1.1S; and some heathen converts,
$2 each a year. And all give some six, or eight
millions per annum. Now this is not nature : it is
grace. Tills is tho power of God— Christ formed
in tiie heart tiie hope of glory, and is a demon¬
stration of tlio existence of a new force, which is
tiie religion of Christ controlling tiie conduct of
men. And tiie more wo properly give, tiie stronger
the demonstration to hilldels and to our own hearts.
Thus Is our light to shine to lead others to our
Father in heaven.
3. 1 only add : Jesus commands it — Jesus who
lias saved our souls: Jesus who died for the world;
Jesus whose kingdom must lie extended by human
agenby ; Jesus to whom all power is given in
heaven and In earth, and who says, “And lo, I am
witii you til way ; even unto tiie end of tiie world.”
Jesus commands : Go and disciple tiie nations.
Anil can we be faithful disciples wiio do not in
person or in proxy obey the command ? If ye love;
me, keep my commandments.
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