£»мЫЗнНе<1
Monshly by the Forclga Mission iSoanl of the Soulliorn HupOst CoutciiUoii,
"ALL I'D WER IS GIVEN UNTO ME IN HEAVEN AND IN EARTH. GO YE, THEREFORE, AND TEACH ALL NATIONS .”
Vol. 9. — New Scries.
RICHMOND, VA., JULY, 1877.
No. 4. — Whole No. 88
FOREIGN MISSION JOURNAL.
KATES
РЕК
ANNUM t
One copy . SO cle.
Five or moru coplm, to ono pi-rson . 40 “ n copy.
Twenty or inoru copies, to one perron . 30 " *•
Fifty or
того
copies, to one person . ...25 “ “
es-l’lenso remit by Draft, 1’ostnl Order, or In Registered
Loiter.
Address, FOREIGN MISSION JOURNAL,
Richmond, Va.
FOREIGN MISSION BOARD
OF THE SOUTHERN BAPTIST CONVENTION,
LOCATID AT RICHMOND, VIRGINIA.
Piiesidsnt— J. L. M. CURRY.
VtCE-PnESlOENTS.— Hiram Woods, Md., J. A. Hackett,
Miss.. K. Courtney, Ln„ J. II. Jeter, Vn., II. II. McCallum,
Fla., W. M, Wingate, N. C„ J. L. Hurrows, Ky., S. Hen¬
derson, Alnbam, W. I’opu Yenmnn, Mo., J. II. Link, Texas,
II. II, Tucker, Ga., J. O. Furman, S. O., Matt. Hillsman,
Tonn., J. II. Iloonu, Ark.
COimnSPONPINO SECnETAUY— II, A. TUPPER.
TiiKAfiUiiKH— J. O. WILLIAMS.
Kr.eoiimso Skciiktakv— W. II. OWATIIMEY.
Auotroit— JOSEPH F. COTTliELL.
lioAim ok Mans
о кия.
— E. W. Warren, J. H. Watkins, II.
K. Ellyson, W. K. Hntcher, E. Wortham, Henry McDonald,
W. doddin, H. H. Harris. A. E. Dickinson,.!. W. Jones, A. 11.
Clarke, J. .It. Winston, T. J. Evans,
О.
II. Winston, J. It.
Oarllck. _ _
S2T A ll communications in reference to (fie business
of this Hoard should be addressed to II.
Л.
Turrsn,
Correspond ini/ Secretary, Richmond, Va.
FORM OF BEQUEST.
“T hereby give anti bequeath unto the Southern
Baptist Convention, formei! in Augusta, Georgia,
ia the month of Jlay, 1845, and chartered by the
Legislature of the State of Georgia, by an act
passed and approved Decembor 2'Jth, 1845, ( here
insert the amount, if in money , or 1 subject ,’ if
other property, either real or personal,) for Foreign
Missions.”
During tills and the next month wo expect to bo
frequently absent from Kiclimoiul for a week or so
at a time. Tills will not interfere at all with the
regular publication of the Journal, nor with due
attention to its business management, but may
sometimes occasion delay in answering letters or
in supplying new subscribers.
SHALL THEY RETURN 1
Three at least of our missionaries now at home
are ready to go back ns soon as they can bo sent.
A friend of missions proposes to bo one of twenty
to raise $2,000 to send them to China at once. Why
should such a woman as Miss Moon bo kept, by the
lack of a few hundred dollars, from a Held which is
crying aloud for iter presenco? Why should Mr.
and Mrs. Simmons longer delay to resumo their life-
work? A returned missionary writes : “I feel that
brother Simmons
1з
just the man for Tung Chau.”
Kev.T. P. Crawford of that mission says : “I am
glad that Brother Simmons is thinking of coming
here.” In a recent letter from brother Simmons
himself aro the earnest words: “I hope at your
next Board meeting you will dccido definitely when
I am to start back to China.” What say the breth¬
ren? shall they return or not? 'Let your answer
come not in words only, but In something that
speaks louder. _ ,
Our Largest Club, (100 copies,) Is sent to the
Broadway church, Louisville, Ky. — J. L. Burrows,
D. D. Pastor.
APOSTOLIC ANB MODERN MISSIONS.
Our readers who use the International Series of
S. S. Lessons will find It interesting and instruct¬
ive, as they study the labors of Barnabas and Saul,
to compare the work of those separated and sent
out by our churches. We cannot now enter into a
minute comparison, but will Indicate a few points
which teachers and otii’er thoughtful readers may
elaborate for themselves.
Tim first point of similarity which occurs to us,
is found in the preparation of the world. The old
world was made ready for the rapid spread of
Christianity by the dispersion of the Jews, with
their spiritual hopes, by the diffusion of Greek cul¬
ture, with its feeling of unrest, and by the exten¬
sion of the Roman Empire with its laws, which
made travel safe and easy. Analogous to all this,
wc have in the present century an empire “on
which the sun never sets,” vast regions, long
closed against foreign influence, are now opening,
a feeling of dissatisfaction is prevailing the vota¬
ries of the Pope and of Mahommet, and com¬
merce, witii its motors, steam and electricity,
binds the whole world together. The voice of
providence speaks to us as clearly, and the cry for
help comes as distinctly as when a vision appeared
to Paul in the night at Troas.
A second point of likeness is found In the diffi¬
culties of the work. As Paid was persecuted by
the false Jews, and mocked by the idolaters, so our
brethren have to meet not only the opposition of
the heathen, but tiie more grievous opposition of
so-called Christians, who have gone to heathen
lands for gain. As Paul’s motives were miscon¬
strued, and ills conduct misrepresented even' in the
church at Jerusalem, so some now lack the hearty
sympathy which they so much need. As the an¬
cient laborers had contentions both between them¬
selves and in their churches, so it is now — the
most devoted of ministers arc but men, the best of
churches have their troubles; And worst o£ all,
source of all, is the. sad unchanging fact, true now
as it was eighteen hundred years ago, that “ the
carnal mind is enmity against God.”
A third point of resemblance may be traced in
the utter inadequacy of tiie means, coupled "with
Divine assurance of success. Tiie Apostles were
men of like passions with us. They needed and
sought tiie support and tiie prayers of their-bretli-
ren. They recognized as wo must do, that the
work is God’s, and will go forward, beeauso ho
is faithful to his promises, lie cannot deny him¬
self.
Many other points of comparison will suggest
themselves to tiie careful reader of the New Testa¬
ment, and therewith also some points of' difference.
The chief advantages, as it seems to us, enjoyed by
tiie ancient laborers, lay in their personal inspira¬
tion in tiie novelty of their theme with the .enthu¬
siasm which it thereby excited, and in tiie miracu¬
lous attestation which accompanied and enforced
their preaching. Wo have not these in our day;
but wc have instead great advantages of which
they did not know— sucli are our means for travel
and for writing and transmitting letters. If any
ask why we hear nothing of associations or mis¬
sionary societies in the N. T., the easy answer is
that under the civilization of tiie first century,
such organizations were impossible. Wo have
another incalculable advantage in the jirlntlng-
press. The living voice rouses tiie mind and stirs;
the heart ; but quiet study settles convictions and
establishes in the truth. Willie, therefore, the
converts under our labors may not be so numerous
nor so devoted, wo shall be derelict If the churches
we found are not more stable in doctrine than even
those planted by Paul and watered by Apoiios.
The same God, in both cases, gives an increase
according to tiie seed sown.
A CONFERENCE OF MISSIONARIES. ,
A large number of missionaries representing dif¬
ferent evangelical denominations in China, pro¬
posed to hold a conference at Shanghai, May 10th'
to 22d inclusive. Tiie programme contains some
thirty subjects for essays, addresses and discussion,
and more than a hundred laborers were expected to
participate in tiie meeting. We notice the follow¬
ing sulijpcts assigned to missionaries of our Board :
Woman’s Work for Women — Mrs. M. F. Crawford. .
Advantages and Disadvantages of the Employment
of Native Assistants — Rev. T. P. Crawford. How
shall the Native Church be stimulated to more ag¬
gressive Christian Work— Rev. R. H. Graves, M. D. .
Ancestral Worship.— Rev. M. T. Yates, D. D.
We hope by our next mail from Chino to hear ,
that this conference lias resulted in binding to¬
gether the friends of Jesus, giving them better,
plans for work, and stimulating them, with re¬
newed zeal, to conquer China foe Christ.
BAPTISTS OF ENGLAND.
The Missionary Herald, (Londdn, May, 1877,) '
contains tiie cighiy-fifth annual report of missions
conducted by tiie Baptists of England. It presents
cheering news of progress in Italy, Norway, and
especially In India, where are their most numerous
and oldest stations. The funds collected during
tiie year amounted to £33,950 15 s. 11 d., being an
increase of about £5,000 over tiie previous year.
The report concludes as follows :
Tiie year now opening before us, politically, com¬
mences- In gloom, and may end in blood.
Л
great
crisis is impending In Europe, tiie magnitude and.
tiie issues of which, God only knows. Tito Chris¬
tian heart grlevesover the sins and the'sorrows 'un¬
der which our poor humanity groans ; but Christian
faith may be calm and fearless. We wage a war¬
fare, to whose assured victories the Lord God om¬
nipotent, who relgneth, make* all national catas¬
trophes and changes subservient. There Is In them
a Divine “needs be” even in wars and rumors .'of -
wars, to which it ought not to be hard for
из
to sub¬
mit, knowing as wo do, and perceiving, too, more
clearly, year by year, the “far off result”1 towards
which they tend. Tiie kingdoms of tills world
must become— aro becoming — tiie kingdom of our.
God and of His Christ. To tiie believer, tiie -whole
history of tiie world, .until tiie Saviour’s advent, ’was
an announcement of His coming. The burden of
tiie Gospel is," Christ
1з
come 1” and the whole his¬
tory of the. world 6lnce-thc Ascension Is, “Christ is
coming again : ” a continuous coming; so that. He
is more completely, to-day, in the world He died to
redeem, than ever before. Still, the cry, of the
Church is, “Come, Lord Jesus 1 come quickly!”
To tiffs cry may tiie, zeal and consecration of the
churches increasingly correspond,
A Brother from Western. Missouri sends
for 8 lx copies, and encloses a $2 00 Kansas City
warrant, which is, we presume, good money in his
region, but does’nt pass east of the Mississippi.
