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Foreign Mission JCourd of tlic Southern Ilaptimt Cntncnllon.
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Vol. 9. — New Series.
RICHMOND, VA., NOVEMBER, 1877.
No; 8. — Whole No. 92
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of l fiis Hoard should be addressed lo II.
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Corresponding .‘secretary, Richmond, Va.
FORM OF BEQUE8T.
“I hereby give imtl bequeath unto tile Southern
Baptist Convention, formed in Augusta. Georgia,
in the montli of May, 1S45, and eliartered by the
Legislature of the State of Georgia, hy an act
passed and approved December 2‘Jth, 1S45, ( here
insert the amount, if in money, or 'subject,' ij
other property, cither real or personal,) for Foreign
Missions."
PRAYER FOR CHINA.
We are glad to hear that the day of prayer
named hy the Missionary Conference at Shanghai,
was observed with suitable services in many of onr
churches. It has already proven a blcs-dng to all
who heartily participated, and we hope to see yet
more direct and abundant answers to the petitions
then oll'crcd. At a prayer-meeting held that day,
a brother not passed the prime of life, spoke with
much feeling of a somewhat similar meeting held
in his earlier years. The fathers in Israel then
were rejoicing over cheering news from Burniah.
In the midst of their thanksgiving, they agonized
in prayer, and the burden of tiieir request was
that God would break down the wall of separation
around China and open that vast empire to, the
Gospel, lie lias lived to see the answer. Perhaps
our children may, II wo do not, see the Chinese a
Christian people'. For this let us continue to
patiently wait, earnestly pray and faithfully labor.
“KIND WORBS."
Witli the beginning of a new year, many Sunday-
schools will be subscribing for a supply of papers.
To those who see it, we need not say a word in
commendation of the paper published!)}' flic Home
Mission Board of our Southern Baptist Convention,
but if any of our readers do not take it for their
schools or for their own children, we would advise
them to send at once to Kind Words, Macon, Ga.,
for specimen copies of the monthly, semi-monthly
and weekly editions.
MIBB LOTTIE MOON.
This modest, Intelligent, devoted woman, spent
three days, Oct. 16-18, in Richmond, on her way back
to Tung Chow, China. It was good to be in com¬
pany with one who feels specially called to labor
among the far-oll' heathen, and who, after experi¬
ence of Itsliardships and dlfllcultles, returns to her
work, not merely with cheerfulness, but with a
spirit of quiet Christian exultation. We shall not
soon forget the delightful hours spent in talking
with her about China. She expected to sail from
San Francisco on tiie 3rd of November, in com¬
pany with some Episcopal missionaries on their
way to Japan. With- a prosperous voyage (for
which let us pray) she would reach Shanghai In
four weeks, and thence in two days travel by boat
and 6G miles hy land, she would get back "to what
she calls her “home.’’
The Woman's Missionary Society of Richmond
furnished the means to send her back, and agree
to support her, if the women of Georgia, who for¬
merly had this honor, (lo not claim it again.
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THE WORK OF GOB’S ELECT.
Annexed are given tiie contributions of the
Southern States for tiie spread of the gospel in hea¬
then lands during tiie Conventional year ending
May 1st, 1876 ; also, tiie receipts from May 1st to
October 10th, 1S77 ; together with the remainders,
which tiie States should respectively make up before
May 1st, 187S. To supply the lack of donations in
tiie summer, temporary arrangements were made
to meet tiie drafts of our missionaries. Now, those j
obligations must he met, in addition to the .current;
expenses of tiie Missions. The Board, as the scrv-1
ants of the churches, look confidently to them to |
afi'ord the means necessary for the work under- j
taken by their command, anil for the discharge of i
indebtedness contracted in their name. Will not i
the pastors and alt earnest workers for Jesus do ;
what they can to realize the full sums expected of
their several States? This burden of preaching
Jesus to the nations is a blessed and perpetual one,
which the elect will rejoice to endure for Him who
gave his life for them, and for multitudes of the
race, until the kingdoms of this world shall become
the kingdoms of the Lord and of his Christ..
WHY 18 IT 1
The Northern Boards of all denominations receive
frequent anti sometimes large bequests— at tlio
South such donations are very, very rare. Why is
this? The men who make bequests to religious or be¬
nevolent, objects, are generally either those, who have
no children or those who have more than enough
property to give their children a comfortable start
in life. It is doubtless true, that more of them
live in tiie Northern than in the Southern States,
but the disproportion is not by any means so great
as one would infer from a comparison of sev¬
eral Treasurer’s Reports. It is so rare among us,
that very few who would be glad to make such a
dispositipn of their property, ever have it brought
to their attention. Have you in your church or In
your neighborhood a good man or a noble woman,
who might wish to leave something for missions?
Seek some opportunity to suggest the idea before
the last will and testament is drawn up. If the
idea could be kept prominently before onr people,
either by precept or by practice, much that now
goes to thankless heirs at law, would be turned
into the treasury of the Lord.
1S7G.
1877.
To be
made tip.
Maryland .
2,252 05
2S2 37
1,970 58
District of Columbia...
272 SO
11 00
201 SO
Virginia .
0,203 01
1,9S5 79
7,277 S2
AVcst Virginia .
•170 01
48 85
42S 00
North Carolina .
2,GS1 03
239 42
2,441 01
South Carolina .
0,088 SG
1 222
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J.SG5 91
Georgia .
7,174 70
7G4 SO
0,409 S4
Florida .
G2 7S
I 00
01 78
Alabama .
1,371 13
203 05
1.108 OS
Mississippi .
1,028 00
003 57
1,024 43
Louisiana .
•190 16
127 35
371 80
Texas .
1,CS0 02
108 40
1,581 22
Tennessee .
1,64S 02
314 90
1,203 00
Kentucky .
5,924 87
1,238 37
4, CSC 60
Missouri .
710 03
435 OS
275 55
Arkansas .
192 00
SS 90
103 10
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month for China. Will not the prayers of God’s
people ascend continually for the safe voyage of
this noble woman? Anti will not their alms he
ofl'ered with their supplications that they may he
heard of the Lord? _ _ ,
Richmond ,
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II. A. Tufpeu, Cor. Sec’y. j
PATRIARCHAL DYNASTIES,
By Rev. T. P. Crawford, of Tung Chow, Chi¬
na. Richmond, Va. : Josiah Ryland & Co.,
1S77. Price 81.
We cannot, as a rule, spare room for notices of
new books, but this little volume, from the pen of
one of our missionaries, well deserves to be made
an exception. The author, long intimate with the
antique language and customs of China, brings this
knowledge to bear on the interpretation of the very
ancient genealogical tables which we find in chap¬
ters V and XI of the Book of Genesis. While engag¬
ed some years ago in preparing in Chinese an epi¬
tome of ancient history, he one day casually asked a
bricklayer how long he had been at- the trade ; the
native artlessly replied, “two hundred and fifty
years.” And it was true, for he identified himself
with his ancestors who had preceded him in tiie
same vocation. Tills clue led Mr. Crawford to
these two propositions: 1st, “The antediluvian
patriarchs did not live as individual men to the
marvelous age of over eight and nine hundred
years, hut on an average only one hundred and
twenty; and the post-diluvlnns, one hundred and
twenty-eight. 2nd, The two tables of Genesis pre¬
sent a regular succession of nineteen houses, dy¬
nasties or governments, covering a term of at least
ten thousand live hundred years.” In support of
these propositions lie advances many ingenious and
cogent arguments drawn from the Hebrew text,
the customs of mankind, the dicta of modern sci¬
ence, and the general tenor of Scripture. We can¬
not enter into a critical review of the theory, but
must content ourselves with remarking that it is
as striking ns it is new, and while it may not con¬
vince, cannot fail to interest the thoughtful reader.
We regard it as a valuable contribution to tiie very
unsettled subject of ancient chronology.
Tn mechanical execution the book does credit to
the publishers. We noticed some typographical
errors, but fewer than might be expected in a work
printed without the author’s supervision'. "
