Foreign Mission .Totten at,
I'ubliHliod Monllily l»y the I’orelgju
ЛПьнТои
Iluunl o£ the Southern ItiipliHt Convention.
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DOWER IS GIVEN UNTO ME IN HEAVEN AND IN EAllTIl. GO YE, THEREFORE , AND TEACH ALL NATIONS."
Vo!. 1 1.— New Scries.
RICHMOND, VA., NOVEMBER, 1879.
No. 8.— Whole No. 116.
»l tin1 I*o4t-Olllco :it lilelimoiiil, Va..
пч ЯгсошЬ
class matter.)
FOREIGN MISSION JOURNAL
RATES
РКП
ANNUM:
One ni|>v . . . Mi cte.
1-uni eiipli'h iiiwl nvnr. to nun iiililirss, cat'll . lift cts.
en-l'lt'iiini I'l'inll hy Draft, 1’natal Order, or In Ht'itMeroil
l.i'l ler, iiiut nolifv tie
сноп
I'Tl.v of liny eliainiii In aililrcss,
Aildietw, ' I’OHElflN MISSION
.КШ1ШЛГ.,
RICHMOND, Va.
FOREIGN MISSION BOARD
OF THE SOUTHERN BAPTIST CONVENTION,
Ых-лтки
AT IlKJIIMONl),
ЛТ1ШШ1Л.
riiKSiiiKNT— J.
Г.,
M. OUKIIV,
( Jolt iiKsrnsnt sci SitniKTAitY— H.
Л. ТШ’РЕН.
Tu
клип»
mi— .1. U. WILLIAMS.
Kki'oiihinti Ski.'iiktauv— W. II. OWATHMEY.
Arntrmi— .lOSKUH 1\ COTTRELL.
Пении
ok
Млнлокак.—
K. W. Warren, .T. It. Watkins, II.
К. КПумш,
W. K. Hatcher, H. Worlliam, Henry Mcllunald,
W. (liHldin, II. II. Harris,
Д.
K. IHiklnson,.I. W. Junes, A. 11.
tJIarke, .1. II. Winston, T. .!. Evans, U. II. Winston, S. O.
t'lojitou. _ _
&J1'AU communications in reference to the business
of this /loiinl should be addressed to J J. \. Turn:»,
Chrrv.ymiulhiy Secretary, Richmond, Va.
FORM OF BEQUEST.
“ l hereby give itnil hctpicath unto tin: Southern
Iiapt 1st Convention, formed hi Augusta, Georgia,
in the inonlli of May, 1846, ami chartered by [lie
Legislature of the State of Georgia, hy tut act
pax-eti anil approved Dfeeinher 20th, ISIS, ( here
insert tlic amount, if in money, or 'subject,' if
other property, cither real or personal,) for Foreign
MisMOIIS.”
OUR EUROPEAN MISSION.
Ранг
IL— 1S7G— 1877.
Dr. Taylor as a Traveller.
Tlie trnlii Wits
и
earin'! Dieppe, anti it was miil-
uighl when tlie conductor came for tickets. I,
who had travelled so
пишу
thousands miles with¬
out any mishap, and who rather prided myself
upon being a good traveller, searched my pockets
in vain for my ticket. What was worse, it was a
round-trip ticket, and I had my son’s
аз
well. It
was bail enough to have to stiller such a loss, but
to be regarded by conductor mid passengers as a
rascal trying to steal a ride, was even more trying;
hut 1 proved myself a good traveller, at least, by
preserving a philosophic calmness in circumstances
so annoying, by paying the money without n word.
Dieppe reached, and the crowded car cleared of
its passengers, 1 made a careful search, which was
rewarded by ll tiding the tickets upon the lloor.
My reputation as a gentleman being thus rc-cstab-
li-hetl, It remained to recover my money, which
was clVcetcd, though not without a disagreeable
walk ot a mile around the harbor iti the darkness
and falling rain. Fortunately, the boat was wait¬
ing for tlie tide, or I should have been left. Or,
diall l say unfortunately? Certainly that channel
trip was not a thing to he desired. It was what
our "English friends, more expressively than elc-
gtutly, call a “ nasty night,” and I, iti eight Often
hours, snivel ed more from sea-sickness than in three
Atlantic voyages. Various preventives and reme¬
dies were tried in vain. As ior toothache, tlic only
sure cure is to extract tlie discontented member,
so against sea-sickness, tlie only absolute security
is to stay at home. ******
I cannot say I sympathize with those who find
travel so unfavorable to religious life. It may he
so when the travel Is for mere pleasure and with
lively company, though even then it would seem
that a life so varied and changeful would nourish
the sense of constant dependence upon divine care ;
hut certainly the lonely Christian traveller, mid
scenes and company not In sympathy with him,
should Ihitl himself driven closer to the one ever¬
present Fiientl. Tills, at least, is my experience.
I Hud it easier to ho spirituil in my long, lonely
journeys than in the routine of homcllfo ; and often
on rail-ear or in a hotel, prayer and the word of
God have a now sweetness. It is, on the other
hand, a great error to think that any track is so
beaten that one does not need divine guidance and
support, or that any homo life is so delightful and
consoling that one can afford to walk less near to
God. Who has not found himself in the most fa¬
miliar circumstances surprised hy temptation, and
his soul in tlie most endearing scenes starving for
an absent, because neglected, God ? * * *
Going in first-class one comes in contact with
another sort of people, and lias the chance to speak
of the gospel to persons who tire not so apt to have
been reached hy it as are those of plainer condi¬
tion. This was certainly my experience, and I
had interesting religious conversations with sundry
persons, among whom was a member of the Ital¬
ian Parliament, with whom I spoke also of reli¬
gious liberty and of the important bill which was
then pending, which has since passed, to repress
the abuses of the Catholic clergy. As usual, I was
well provided with tracts, which were read hy many
with whom I had no opportunity of much conver¬
sation. Indeed, after nearly four years of expe¬
rience in Italy, I have come to regard a railway
journey as ollering excellent opportunities for
evangelistic and colportcr work.
Sundry places and persons.
Earth lias no joys like those of friendship, and
rich as London Is in attractions, my pleasantest
hours there are those spent with dear Christian
friends. Prominent among these is Mr. Oliver, an
old-fasliioned gentleman and Baptist, for many
years as now the treasurer and main-spring of the
Baptist Tract Society, which takes a deep and prac¬
tical interest in our Italian mission-work, lie is
eighty-eight years old, hut lie lias tlic vivacity of a
child, and attends all his committee meetings, and
performs all the duties of ills ofllce with punctual
assiduity". He affords a beautiful practical illustra¬
tion of tlie Psalm, and Is; indeed, like the palm-
tree bringinglorth fruit In old age, while his cheer¬
ful lace and words always do me good like a medi¬
cine, or, better still, as a cordial, alike pleasant and
refreshing. In tills bouse I feel as with a good
Virginia Baptist ; while lie honors me, as such men
as Win. F. Broadilus have done, hy treating me as
a dear son, L feel sad in thinking that if I continue
from time to time to visit Loudon, I can not hope
much longertoseeliis face; hut, as L wrote him, wo
hope to meet hi another city, bigger and brighter
than London. * * * * * * - *
I have never entered into tlie rather profane re¬
mark often made to express the American fondness
for tlic capital of France, that “ good Americans,
when they die, go to Paris.” Besides its utter irrev¬
erence, it does not express my conception of that gay
metropolis, which, to me, seems tlie embodiment of a
high material civilization, dissevered from what is
tonderost, dearest, anil most sacred to our spiritual
nature. Other graveyards may he sad, hut tlic fa¬
mous one ot Pore la Chaise, with its splendid monu¬
ments of tlie rich, and tawdry offerings upon tlie
graves of tlic poorer dead, the common pit for tlic
pauper, and tlie heartless, seml-hcathcnlsh ceremo¬
nies 1 have witnessed there, lias to me a dreariness
which I have no language to express. Even tlie
beauty of Paris half revolts me, fori see everywhere
vice gilded, and made to appear less hideous than she
is ; whereas in London and New York she stalks
forth hold and defying indeed, hut in her true
character. * * ******
I made a very pleasant visit to Sig. Iiracchetto,
pastor of the Free Italian church In Turin. This
dear brother was my travelling companion for a
short time in England last summer, and impressed
mo favorably. * * * * *
“The work in Turin, in connection with tlie
Free church, was commenced several years ago hy
Sig. Bracchctto. At the ftrst meeting only live
persons were present besides himself and bis wife ;
hut these live brought a low more tlie next eve¬
ning, and at tlie third meeting there were about
forty present. Now there are, I think, 140 com¬
municants.” * * * * *
After such testimony as to the work in Turin, and
as to tlie pastor, Sig. Bracchctto, and bis able co¬
adjutor, tlie physician anil professor, Sig. Sccimdo
Laura, you will be pleased to hear that these two
brethren, having become fully convinced of tlie
duty of believers’ baptism, were, oil tlie 2Ctli of
July, baptized in the river Po. In their investiga¬
tions, tlic “Seminatore” was useful to them; hut
their conviction was mainly produced hy tlie study
of what I regard the best text-book on baptism,
and which, I am happy to say, lias been well trans¬
lated into tlie Italian language. Need I say that I
refer to the New Testament ? * * * *
At Milan I passed two pleasant days with Pas-
clictto and Ills family. lie is full ol plans for
pushing forward the work. * * * Ho is work¬
ing away at a Ilebrew-Italian Lexicon, a hook
which docs not exist. But lie is not without a cer¬
tain practical vein, and I was much interested hi
the Sunday-school— which is composed of llfteen
or twenty bright youths— and is well conducted by
him. ******
Modena scarcely seemed like Modena, with tlie
dear Mnrtlnclli and Ills Brigida away. * * *
Professor Count Torre would not allow me to re¬
main at tlic hotel. * * * On Sunday morning
wo had tlie usual meeting, at which lie took part,
and also Garuti, who in Martinelli’s absence comes
from Carpi for tbe purpose. In tlie afternoon
wo three went to Carpi, half an hour distant hy
rail. Torre more and more impresses me as a man
of guileless, generous heart and tine mental powers.
He willingly got with Garuti in the third-class
