FOREIGN MISSION JOURNAL.
J'lililMicil Monthly by tile Foreign Mission Board of the Southern Baptist Convention.
•‘ALL POWER IS GIVEN UNTO -ME IN HEAVEN AND IN EARTH. GO YE, THEREFORE, AND TEACH ALL NATIONS.’
Vol. 14— New Series.
RICHMOND, VA„ JUNE, 1883.
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Telegram to the RichmoiKl Dispatch
brings us news that the Bible Convention at
Saratoga, May 23d, by a vote almost unani¬
mous, recommended "that all the baptist
Bible work in foreign lands lie done through
the Missionary Union at Boston, and all the
Bible work in this country lie done through
the Publication Society in Philadelphia."
We accept the result, only insisting that
Southern baptists, instead of “ .Missionary
Union at boston," must read "Foreign Mis¬
sion board at Richmond.” We have
already been doing a little towards the
printing of versions made by our mission¬
aries ami circulating the Scriptures among
the heathen. This action will require us to
do much more in the same line.
In reviewing the year thus happily closed
we have abundant reason to thank God and
take courage, to lengthen our cords for the
coming year in linn reliance that Our breth¬
ren will do their part to stiengthen tile
stakes. •
We
THE MEETING AT WACO.
give below the impressions of one
who attended the recent session of our con
volition. We, a thousand miles away, and
forming our judgment from a variety of
sources, conclude that it was a great meet¬
ing — a monster bouquet in which the lilies,
the peonies, and the japonicas were so
numerous that no one attracted much atten¬
tion above the rest, in which, too, the vio¬
lets and heliotropes were so thoroughly in¬
terspersed as to lend their fragrance to the
whole mighty mass, The general efiect, we
judge, will tie very fine, first, in giving us of
tile Atlantic slope a yet warmer sympathy
with our brethren beyond the Mississippi,
iwc shall not soon forget their hospitality,)
and still more in rousing the baptists of
Texas to some sense of the immense power
for good which they can wield by hearty
union in doing the Lord's work.
The Convention sermon, by Dr. broadus,
on the Authority of Scripture, seems to
have been unsatisfactory to extremists on
both sides. We judge, therefore, that it was
sound and as one says, “clear as crystal,
strong as steel.”
Ttie reports of committees were generally
well considered and wise, looking to pro¬
gress in the work. The Convention granted
authority to each of its boards to obtain
charters of incorporation, so that either of
them may receive bequests and hold prop¬
erty. Our board lias not yet taken any
steps in this direction ; it will be safer, there¬
fore, for any one who desires to make a deed
to follow tlie form elsewhere given.
SOUTHERN BAPTIST CONVENTION.
ISN KOUTIi.
Dining in Richmond on Friday, the 4tli of
May, a party, hound for Waco, Texas, break¬
fasted in New Orleans on Sunday, and. after
spending a delightful day in the Crescent
City, reached Waco in good time for supper
on Tuesday evening. Tile return trip was
made in much faster time— just forty-three
hours— from San Antonio to Atlanta— a dis¬
tance certainly not less than a thousand
miles. Several pleasing incidents regaled
the way; hut nothing gave more solid satis¬
faction than the worship, morning and even¬
ing, observed on the through palace-car.
The journey seemed a picture of life, and
tills religious feature gave it the appearance
of home-life.
WACO
is a grand city — not because of the number
of its people or of its bouses, but because of
the big hearts of its denizens. Three thou¬
sand visitors were entertained; and yet at
every session of the Convention the baptist
bishop warned the multitude against the in¬
justice to his fellow-citizens of either paying
hotel hills, disappointing housekeepers by
not going to the places assigned them, or re¬
fusing to drink the free soda-water furnished
in every part of the city. The hospitality was
only limited by physical boundaries, and even
these seemed likely at one time to be tran¬
scended when, in the great anxiety to have
the ladies seated in the church, it was -sug¬
gested that the Convention go out into the
yard, but a number of churches were
opened for divine service three times a day,
and the prairie was dotted over with buck-
rnbbit-huiilers, male and female; so that
everybody was accommodated with some
place anti engagement, according to his
taste. It had been projected that the dele¬
gates should approach Waco in semi-organ¬
ized companies, and by different routes, so
that the whole State might enjoy the privi¬
lege of meeting and entertaining them ; but
the grand plan failed, Dr. Carroll told the
Convention, by some little miscalculation,
which is liable to occur in the best-conceived
enterprises to control the movements of
sovereign baptists. To say that Waco is n
beautiful city, and that Dr. burleson’s col¬
lege is a grand college, and that the baptist
church is a gem of a building, were trite, but
a distinguished member of the Convention
announced to the body that “at no meeting
of the Convention lmd heeversecn so many
beautiful women.”
Till! CONVENTION.
Dr. Moll was elected President by unani¬
mous acclamation, as were the secretaries
4>f the body. The reports of the boards
were unusually encouraing, which served as
a key-note for a cheerful and harmonious
meeting. No question arose that gave the
least disquietude to any body. One of our
weeklies bad referred to the notion of trans¬
ferring the Mexican mission to the Home
board, but that will never be done so long
as the Convention lias regard (1) to the
just definitions of Foreign and Home mis¬
sions; (2) to the past and emphatic decisions
of tlie body as to the principles involved in
such a notion ; (3) to the wishes of the
principal patrons of this mission ; and (4)
to the views of tlie board under whose in¬
fluences this mission has originated and been
fostered, and is now greatly prospering.
The Convention decided that funds received
at that meeting might be represented in the
body; and that hereafter funds collected in
the conventional year, though not received
by the boards until the meeting of the body,
might be represented in it. Important
changes were made in the by-Laws, which
render them more practicable and useful.
One of the most interesting occasions was the
speech of the Indian, Wesley Smith, who
represented, with great candor, the red man's
view of the white man and his government,
and wisely urged the Convention to so con¬
duct its affairs as to assure his people that
the baptists of the South desired the pros¬
perity of the men of the woods. Among
other good points he said; “Many say 'tlie
only good Indian is tlie dead Indian.' Jesus
Christ did not come to save the dead Indian
or the dead anybody else." At the mass-
meeting of the Home board brethren Hager
and Felix made admirable speeches, and
lawyer breeillove, of Texas, raised for the
board some two hundred dollars. The
Theological Seminary, by the speeches of
Drs. lioyce and broadus, and ex-Governor
brown, was aided to the amount of some
53,000. At the mass-meeting on Foreign
missions Dr. Wharton made an elegant ad
dress on Italian missions ; Dr. Curry worked
up the audience on the grandeur of China
missions and the worship of sacrifice for the
world’s redemption, into white heat ; and our
missionary, l’owell, secured over 55,000 to
build five cliurcli-houses in Mexico. In ad
dition to this, the Foreign Mission board re
ceived 53,300 in cash, and the promise of a
check for 51,000 from a noble Christian
woman. Mrs. Crawford did good service to
the cause by talking to the ladies. Several
candidates were examined for missionary
work.
The next meeting of the Convention will
be held in baltimore, which will do grandly,
but cannot surpass Waco.
Of the quaint, old city of San Antonio,
with its famous Alamo, its picturesque ruins
of Spanish "missions," its venerable cathe¬
dral, its many bridges, and its plazas nightly
illumined and filled with a mixed crowd of
Mexicans anil Americans, partaking of the
national dishes of our sister Republic; of
the free and grand excursions to .Mexico;
of the vast prairies, feeding countless llocks
and herds; and of a hundred other matters
of interest, which will make this meeting of
the Convention one of the most memorable
in its history, we have no space to write,
and really have no need, as our weeklies
are teeming with glowing accounts of the
grand tilings recently done and seen in the
Empire State of Texas.
big a chain of stations up the Yang Tsz.
brethren Halcomb and Pruitt are pushing
inland towards fields white for the harvest,
and before they go far the veteran Crawford
must be reinforced so ns to bold our base of
operations in Northern Chinn.
At the meeting of the Convention in
Waco four candidates for foreign mission
fields were examined by a committee of the
board. Final action in these cases will be
taken by the board at their next meeting.
There are before us a number of other ap¬
plications more or less formally made by
men and women, by preachersand physicians,
all anxious to glorify God, feeling specially
called to the foreign work and ready to start
as soon as arrangements can be made for
their outfit and support.
We began last year on a basis of 54,000 a
month, and were led in tlfe good providence
of God to increase our expenditures to
5-3,000 a month, Tlie brethren responded
cheerfully and supplied the full measure of
contributions for which we asked. We be¬
gin this year on the enlarged basis and hope
to be in like maimer compelled to increase
to at least 50,000 a month or 570,000 for the
year. If it is the voice of the Lord that bids
us go forward, how dare we hesitate ?
Tlie American baptist. Missionary Union
report for the year just closed : receipts,
5310, S0G.93; missionaries, 100; native assis¬
tants, 1,304; churches, 1,075; baptized, 10,045;
total membership, 105,145.
Among the recent graduates of the Rich¬
mond Institute (Dr.
С.
H. Corey’s) are Revs.
J. II. Presley and J. J. Coles, who are under
appointment by the general organization of
colored baptists to sail within a few months
for Africa. We understand that they will
endeavor to carry the gospel inland from
Liberia.
A GENERAL ADVANCE.
The board will be called on at its regular
meeting in June to enlarge the annual ap¬
propriations to each and every one of its
missions. All our brethren in foreign fields
are finding open doors set before them, and
arc calling for more money and more laborers
to enter in and possess the land, brethren
Powell and Flotirney, before the meeting at
Waco, bad asked for a score of preachers
and a large increase of funds for schools and
houses of worship ; their attendance on tlie
Convention lias no doubt encouraged them
to insist more urgently, if not to enlarge their
requests. Brethren Ilagby and Taylor call
earnestly for two more laborers and a larger
supply of means for printing the truth in
Portuguese, brethren David and Eubankare
in pressing need of others to help them bear
the heat and burden of equatorial Africa,
brethren Taylor and Eager tell us of good
men and able ministers seeking appointment
as evangelistsin Italy, brethren Graves and
Simmons, in spite of bitter opposition, are
pressing northward and westward up the
Canton River and its tributaries, brethren
Yates and Walker have made a real begin¬
ning in the long cherished scheme of plant-
BOOKS
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The American baptist Publication Society
lays on our table four elegantly printed and
beautifully bound lOnio. books:
The Faylcsmere Trio, by Rev. Edwin
McMinn, pp. 225, price 51, sketches the
devious paths of three young men, each one
of whom led a very eventful life. The de¬
sign of the book is to advocate prohibition
of the sale of liquor.
Quince , by Miss L. bates, pp. 318, 51-25, is
the story of the orphan son of a drunkard
father and a pious mother. The conflict of
evil and good, shame and hope, is drawn
with graphic power, and the overruling
hand of C.od is seen everywhere, bringing
answers to tlie mother’s prayers, barring
tlie use of “ insistent,” " speckled beauties,”
and some other such objectionable words,
tlie style is admirable, and the general tone
is far above the average of such works.
Daisy’s Friend, by Hazel brown, pp. 25(1,
51, is a picture of school life anil its friend¬
ships, well told, instructive and elevating—
an excellent book for girls. The scenes are
laid in New York, Maryland mid Delaware.
Grace and Her Step-Mother, by Miss Adah
E. Smith, pp. 25(1, 51, we have not lime to
look over. It seems to be o( a loving step¬
daughter, who gradually wins the heart of
a worldly woman,
It is pleasant to know that nothing re¬
ceives the imprint of the A. Ii. P. Society,
without first having a very careful reading by
one who would reject anything of evil ten¬
dency.
At-'KICA. — All the civilized nations are
looking towards Africa. Expedition after
expedition is now entering the Continent,
and intersecting it from East to West, and
from North to South, to find out more of
the resources of a land upon which large
portions of the enlightened world will, in no
very remote future, be dependent.
