Foreign Mission Journal
I'lilillithcil Monthly hy the rorelpi iTIIsNlon Ilourtl ol the Southern HaptiNt Convention.
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all Tower is given unto me in. heaven and in earth, go ye, therefore, and teach all nations .”
Vol. 13.— Now Sorics.
RICHMOND, VA., MAY, 1881.
No. 2. — Whole No. 134.
IKnUTi'iI at the l'ost-OIllco at Richmond, Vit., as second-
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FOREIGN MISSION JOURNAL
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Address, FOREIGN MISSION JOURNAL,
Richmond, Va.
foreign mission board
OF THE SOUTHERN BAPXIBT CON MENTION,
I.OOATKO at RICHMOND, VIliaiNIA.
I'UKStPKKT — J. I.. M. OUKUY.
Vicn-I’iiKemnsTs.— Hiram Woods, Md„ J.
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sr.l. N. U., .1. I.. Harrows, Ky„ S. Henderson, Alnbainn,
W. l*opo Yeoman, Mo., .1. H. I.lnk, Texas, W I.. Kilpatrick,
(la., .1. O. Furman, S. O.. Matt. Hlllsmau, Tenn., T. I’.
l>py, Ark., >1. I*, Lowry, Miss.
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TIIKASI'IIKH— J. 0. WlbUilMS.
llKoouni.Mi SucnKTAUY— W. H. GWATHMLY.
Al/UITOU— JOSEPH F. COTTRELL.
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ok Masaukhs.—J. It. Hawthorne, J. R.Wntkhis.H.
K. Kllyson, W. b. Hatcher. E. Wortham, Henry McDonald,
W. Ooddln, H. H. Harris, J. Pollard, Jr., J. W. Jones,
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Clarke, J. H. Winston, T. J. Evans,
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this Hoard should l>e addressed to il. A. Tuppkk,
Corresponding Secretary, Richmond, Va.
THIRTY-SIXTH ANNUAL REPORT
OF THE
BOARD of FOREIGN MISSIONS..
DEATH OF A VICB-PItKSIDBNT.
On II ic "tli of February, 1SS1, Rev. T. B. Espy,
1). I)., Vice-President of tills Board for tbo State
of Arkansas, after a fortnight's intense sullering,
entered the rest that “remalneth to the people ol
Ooil.” One who knew him well says of him :
"As to the llfo of Dr. Espy, it was without spot or
blemish. A purer man never lived in Arkansas.
He gave Ids heart and life, without division, to
Christ and the cause of Christ. How we shall
mbs him in llio. church! llowt wo shall miss him
as President of our Mission Board ! How wo shall
miss liltn In the whole State ! We arc all crushed
with a great sorrow.” But tlio work at home and
abroad is the work of the Master, who lias called
to his reward the faithful servant. “Blessed are
the pure In heart, for they shall see God.”
RETURN AND. DEPARTURE OF MISSIONARIES.
In Juno last, Rev. and Mrs. R.
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Graves, of
Canton, China, after eight years of severe labor,
returned to this country, with the consont of the
hoard, In part to recruit their strength. Since
ihelr arrival, they have done much to quick on
Interest In the work lying nearest to their hoart.
They expect to go back to China In the fall of this
year.
Jhs. M. T. Yates, with her daughter, Mrs.
Seaman, embarked for Shanghai Inst September,
hr. Yates writes: “During the entire voyage —
worn September 11th, to November 14th— they did
not encounter a single storm. Such a thing is un¬
precedented. Truly God has been good to mo and
01 U. Blessed bs his name forever.”
Rev. J. H. Eager, of Mississippi, accepted by
the Board on August 4th, 1S80, sailed from New
York with his wife, formerly Miss Olive M. Board,
of Bedford county, Va., on the 18th of October,
and arrived in Rome, Ids Held of labor, on the 12th
of November.
Ilov. and Mrs. W. B. Bagby, of Texas, sailed
from Baltimore, in the hark Ynmoydcn, January
Kith, and arrived at Rio do Janeiro, Brazil, as an¬
nounced hy telegraph, on the 2d of March. They
started soon after for their station, Santa Bar¬
bara, In the province of San Paulo.
FOREIGN MISSION JOURNAL.
Ilcccijds and Disbursements of Journal from April,
1880, to April, 1881.
1880.
April 1.
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balance In hand, as per last
report . 322 12
To received of Board for pub¬
lishing annual report of 1879 05 25
To received of Board for pub¬
lishing unnual report of 1880 81 00
1881.
April 1. To received of subscribers . 750 22
$918 50
1881.
April 1. By Dispatch for printing Jour¬
nal . G44 25
By Dispatch for printing cards. G 25
By salury W. II. G., for book¬
keeping, Ac . 240 00
By postage on Journal . 24 14
By wrapping paper . • 3 GO
Balance In hunk . 35
$018 50
The office of the Journal Is to record and pub¬
lish the doings and writings of our missionaries,
Rnd to keep their namos and llelds of labor before
our people; to advuuco the plans and orders of
the Board and Convention for the salvation of
the nations ; to make monthly acknowledgments
of the oilerings of the churches, which present a
comparative view of what the States are dolug for
ourcausc ; and to serve specially our Board as occa¬
sion demands, and generally the enterprise forgiv¬
ing tile gospel to the heathen. This maybe best
done by an organ under the control of the Board,
and devoted solely to the interest of foreign mis¬
sions. It is designed to glvo more attention to the
rapidly increasing work of our women for foreign
missions : and to appropriate some space monthly
to a summary of missionary intelligence from all
parts of the world.
WOMAN'S WORK.
The Board cannot commend too highly the
ellorts of our Christian women. Yearly their
Interest increases. In the early future, it is hoped
that tho Societies connected wltii our Board, will
be
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perfectly organized under the State Cen¬
tral Committees, when the difficulty of obtaining
full statistics will he diminished. The number of
societies is some live hundred. The contributions
of three hundred and fifty of them amount to
$0,244.30. These figures represent very inade¬
quately the work of our women for Foreign Mis¬
sions.
JOINT COMMITTEE ON CONTRIUUTIONS.
Following tho instruction of the Convention that
the Boards should “appoiut a joint Committee of
three, whoso duty It shall be to prepare a paper
setting forth, if possible, some plan hy which tills
Convention nmy hotter succeed in reaching for con¬
tributions the masses of our Southern churches,"
the Bonrds agreed on the mover of this action,
Rev. F. II. Ivurfoot, D. D., of Maryland, as chair¬
man of tho Committee. The Home Board ap¬
pointed Rev. IV. C. Cleveland, D. D., of Alabama,
and our Board appointed II. K. Ellyson, Esq., of
Virginia, as the other two members of the Com¬
mittee. Tills Board understands that Its duty was
limited to tho appointment, jointly witli the Homo
Board, of tills Committee ; aiul that no responsi¬
bility attaches to the Board with regard to the re¬
port which tho Committee may present to the Con¬
vention. It is iioped that these brethren, emi¬
nently fitted for the work, may devise some plan
which, either harmonizing the several theories held
in the Convention, or superceding them by some¬
thing better, shall secure the hearty approval of
the churches, and accomplish, by the blessing of
God, tiie end contemplated hy the Convention.
TREASURER’S REPORT AND RUILDING FUNDS.
Deceits and Disbursements.
Tho Treasurer’s receipts have been $1G,S20.-JS.
His disbursements $40,170.43 ; leaving on hand
$011.05. Tho liabilities, $G,3S9.72, reported last
year, have been discharged. The Torre Pelllco
cliupel fund was $3,000. Dr. Taylor drew for
$1,000 of it. The remainder is temporarily in¬
vested in 1,000 City of Richmond S per cent bonds,
costing $2,050, which are safe and available. A
small additional sum lias been received for tills
chapel. The Treasurer holds also tho $5,000 Isaac
Davis fund. Tliis healthful state of our finances
demands gratitude to God.
Moon Building Fund.
In our last report, the reasons were given for
tlio Investment of this fund, ($1,951.67,) In United
States seourHics. Oii application of Miss Moon,
who does not need the money for a house, tlio
donors allowed its appropriation to a debt of
many years standing, (1,791.95 Tads,) on tlio
chapel at Tung Chow, and $2,001.3S was sent
to Dr. T. P. Crawford, who lipid the obligation
of the Board.
Second Canton Residence.
This liouso Rev. E. Z. Simmons expects to com¬
plete this Spring. Tlio fund collected for it,
($4,591.87,) is in the treasury of the Canton mis¬
sion. The lot purchased is near the present mis¬
sion house. An Intervening lot will probably be
secured by private subscription, which would render
the mission premises very compact, and ample, and
valuable.
Chapels at Rome and Torre Pellice.
The cost of tho Romo chapel lias been $30,519.73.
Since our last report $50 lias been received for tho
chapel. This amount, witli a balance of $189.7G,
held in reserve for contingent expenses, making
$239.70, will be applied, if so much is needed, to
drainage and oilier similar work on tho premises,
which tlio Board lias authorized Dr. Taylor to do.
The mission at Romo agree that another story
should he put on the mission house. The Board,
hecauso of pressing needs in other llelds, lias not as
