Foreign Mission J ournal
Monthly by tin; I'oroiu u 2tlim«ioii iieard ol the Moutliei'ii itnjXiMl Convention.
"ALL POWER IS GIVEN UNTO ME IN HEAVEN AND IN EARTH. GO YE, THEREFORE , AN1) TEACII ALL NATIONS,"
Yol. 11. — New Scries.
RICHMOND, VA., MAY, 1879.
No. 2. — Whole No. 110.
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Aililic»». ' KUKEKIN MISSION JOURNAL.
KidiMiiND, Va.
FOREIGN MISSION BOARD
01' THE SOUTHERN 11APTIST CONVENTION,
EoeATi:» at RICHMOND, VIRGINIA.
Piiksiiiknt— .1. I- HI. CUHKY.
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W. K. Hutdicr, K. Worlham, llcary McDoaalil,
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of this Hoard should be addressed to II. A. Turrmt,
Corresponding iSecrelar//, Richmond, Va.
THIRTY-FOURTH ANNUAL REPORT
OK THE
FOREIGN MISSION BOARD.
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In introducing tliis report, Hie first thought, which
arises is of tin- Resolution, which, like a Miimoiu, has
swept over
от;
of tlie fairest purl ions of tins Con¬
vention. "'lie memory of ils horrors, ami fal¬
len heroes, anil eninil less ileail, anti Hit! millions
ln-t in business, anil given for the relief of the
»iek anil the dying ami the burial of tlie dead,
swallows up all repining with regard to reduced con¬
tributions for Hie general work in the " regions be¬
yond. ’’ As countrymen, worthy of tlie martyrs of
this scourge, anil as Christians not undisciplined by
the awful providence,
лее
would bow before the
Divine will, in the wisdom of silence. The en¬
during monuments of our liohle dead are their
deeds : the most appropriate words of tlie lament¬
ing are: “Jt is the Lord.”
DECEASE OK A VICE I’lt ESI DENT.
On the 27th day of February. 1S79, tlie Rev.
Washington Manly Wingate, D. D„ President of
Wake Forest*, College, and Vico President of our
Hoard for North Carolina, fell on sleep, mildly and
grandly as the setting sun. lie was a true and
strong man; an hunihle and earnest and devoted
servant of the Master; and an unwavering friend
of Foreign Missions and of the Southern Baptist
Convention. Ills sleep admonishes : "The night
couicth, when no man can work.”
FOREIGN MISSION JOURNAL.
The circulation of the paper is slowly increasing.
The subscription price lias been reduced. With
the aid of the Board, to the extent, of paying for
tlie issue of May last, which was given entirely to
our annual report to the Convention, the Journal
has been self-sustaining. I L will he sent gratuitously
(o all ministers, who send for that purpose their
names and post olllcc.s.
The Princeton Missiouanj Review says of our
organ: “Let tlie constituency of tills Board sub¬
scribe for the Journal by the hundred and thou¬
sand, thus giving it means for growth and im¬
provement; at the same time, by this very process,
extending Information and interest more widely,
enlisting every family ami individual of Hie mem¬
bership to pray more and to give something to this
work of Cod among the heathen, so as to make
the present $32,000 fully ten-fold — $320,000 — in a
Single year. Brethren, you can do it, and if done
it will bring a thousand-fold blessing Into your own
souls, vitalizing nil your home work as well as that
of the perishing heathen.”
CENTRA!, COMMITTEES.
In concurrence with the Home Board, it was
concluded that tlie action of the Convention re¬
quired that a woman's committee for each Board
should be formed in eacli of our States. A sepa¬
rate committee for our work was regarded also
essential to Its greatest success. The committees
are formed ; missionary societies are organizing ;
and their llrst fruits already cheer with tlie pros¬
pect of abundant harvests. So far as the Board
are informed, the committees and societies are op¬
posed to any other general organizations tliau
their present State Associations ami Conventions,
and tlie Southern Baptist Convention.
aiMCClAI, CONTKinUTIOXS.
The Board carry out scrupulously tlie requests
of contributors, with regard to tlie objects of their
contributions. The Board are aware that a special
object is titled to stimulate and increase contribu¬
tions. The Board desire, however, that their Used
policy of covering all tlie expenses of their mis¬
sions by their annual appropriations, should be
clearly understood. Donors should not. think that
their donations are superadded to our appropria¬
tions; but that they furnish tlie means to pay these
appropriations. If funds arc given for purposes
approved by tlie Board, for which no appropria¬
tions have been made, then the Board make appro¬
priations to cover the special eases. The Board
would take wise forethought to guard against the
trouble which tliis subject lias given to other mis¬
sionary bodies. At the last anniversary of tlie
American Baptist Union, tlie following action was
taken :
“That contributions to the Missionary Union
should, as a rule, be for its general work and not
designated for special uses. The comprehensive
knowledge of the whole foreign Held by the Ex¬
ecutive Committee, their impartial interest in every
part, and their conscious responsibility to the
churches at home and the missions abroad, make
them wiser and better distributors of tlie bounty of
the churches, than the donors themselves can be.
District. Secretaries and other agents are urged not
to make special appeals for special objects, but for
the one great work as a whole, and missionaries
are respectfully desired not to ask their friends or
the churches for money for particular points or
particular enterprises, unless those requests are
formerly approved by the Executive Committee.
Only embarrassment, hiudcrancc and injustice can
come, as they have so often come in the past, from
the designation of contributions by the. contribu¬
tors to narrow and special purposes.”
NEW FIELDS.
Two former missionaries to Greece have urged
the Board to consider the claims of that country,
where they think a mission could he conducted
under the same superintendence I hat conducts our
missions in Italy. In reference to Cuba as an in¬
viting Held, Rev. .T. B. llainberlin, of Mississippi,
addresses the Board thus : “There are now three
Baptist ladies who have just returned to that island
from this vicinity. They were refugees here (lu¬
ring the long civil war in Cuba. They were Catho¬
lics before, but while hero they learned of Jesus by a
sweet personal experience, were received Into one
of our G ulf Coast churches, are now full of love to the
Saviour, and are anxious to work for Ills cause.
They beg me to call the attention of our American
brethren to tlie Island of Cuba, ami to assist in
sending them a missionary at the earliest day pos¬
sible. They have wealth, intelligence and zeal,
anil through their aid I believe tlie Lord is opening
a special door for a pure gospel in that benighted,
priest-iiildon land.” More prominent have been
tlie repeated applications of the “First Baptist
Church of Brazil, near Santa Barham, in the Pro¬
vince of San Paulo,” who desire to bo received by
the Board, as a self-supporting mission, because of
tlie moral aid which tlie church would receive from
tlie Board, and the material aid which tlie Board
would receive from tlie church. They say: “AVe
neither ask nor desire any disbursement of the
finances of tlie Board for our support. We con¬
sider that we are self-suslainlng in every relation
connected with the temporal duties and responsi¬
bilities of Hie church.” Their pastor, Elder E. 11.
Quillin, writes : “ l am well acquainted with the
church, ami am assured that she has the ability to'
aid tlie Board. The. members are prosperous In
their basket and in their store, and are on tlie high
way to wealth. * * * lam fearful that, prosperity
will make ns worldly minded.” Rev. Richard
Ratcliff, of Mimdcn, La., to whom tlie church and
pastor are intimately known, urges importunately
the favorable consideration of the Board. Under
these conditions tlie Board are disposed to think
well of the application ; and should tlie Conven¬
tion have no definite instructions to give, they will
decide Hie matter, with all the lights before them,
and agreeably to their most deliberate judgment.
RETURNED MISSIONARIES.
Rev. AY. ,T. David, forced by extreme illness,
sailed from Africa August 31st, and arrived in
Richmond, Va., October tlie loth. Rev. T. P.
Crawford, of China, attacked by paralysis, was
granted, by tlie Board, twelve months "leave of
absence,” on his own proposition io pay himself
one-half of his traveling expenses. He reached
San Francisco on the 2-ltli of August; and Rich¬
mond on January 21st. Rev. G. B. Taylor was
summoned home by the Board to collect funds at
the North for the Rome chapel. He arrived hi
New York March 24tb. All these brethren expect
to return soon to their respective fields of labors.
Rev. and Mrs. E. Z. Simmons will bo sent back
just so soonas the treasury of Hie Board shall jus¬
tify. It is hoped that two young and earnest
Christians, who have applied to tlie Board, may
receive early appointments as missionaries to
China. For them all, will tlie churches pray— for
