FOREIGN MISSION JOURNAL,
Published Monthly by the Foreign Mission board of the Southern Baptist Convention.
“ALL POWER IS GIVICK UNTO .ME TN HEAVEN AND IN EARTH. GO YE, THEREFORE, AND TEACH ALL NATIONS.’
Vol. 14— Now Soric
RICHMOND, VA„ SEPTEMBER, 1882.
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1’. I’nrker writes of the Chinese :
"Country people are more simple in their
eliaiacU
and manner of life, not so "sclf-
(-onecitud, and hence easier of access than
, . , , , . I Hie city people. They arc more devout in
is in Chnst reconciling the world unto him- ! worship (lf falsc KOl|s> im,i |lcncc more
self and hath committed unto us the wind
strong bulwarks of long-established custom,
and enchanted by the waving banners of
continuous revelry. The power to break
down such strongholds must come from
above, but it were in vain to invoke it unless
with our prayers we unite our best efforts to
provide means and instrumentalities. “Hod
FOREIGN MISSION BOARD
OF THE SOUTHERN BART 1ST CONVENTION,
I.ocatxd at KIGIIKONI). VIRGINIA.
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OUR HOME MISSIONS.
Our leaders will remember that the South¬
ern baptist Convention, at its last meeting,
leinoved tile Home Hoard to Atlanta, Ga.
The brethren on whom this new burden was
laid lost no time in completing their organi¬
zation and calling Dr. I. T. Tichenor, of Ala¬
bama, to be their Corresponding Secretary.
They began at once lo survey the wide Held
on which they are to conduct operations; to
stir up their own hearts to a deep and hope-
fill Intel est in the work; to examine its needs
and its signs of piomise, and to select strate¬
gic points. Their work embraces the
preaching of a pine and simple gospel to the
black race in all the Southern States; to the
white race in destitute sections which can¬
not he. reached by Slate organizations, the
immigrants crowding into Floiida and
Texas, and the Roman Catholics in Louisi¬
ana; to the red men of the Indian Territo¬
ries west of Arkansas ; and to the brown peo¬
ple who have come across the Pacific to
California.
To move successfully upon this mighty
host, embracing the four great races of
mankind, the brethren at Atlanta have
formed a wise plan of campaign, and piopose
a vigorous and a general advance. In Cali¬
fornia they desire to leinforce brother Hurt-
well, so that his important and promising
mission to tlie Chinese may be no longer de¬
pendent on the uncertainties of a single life'
Among tlie Indians they will hold the van¬
tage ground already gained by brother
Huckner and his co-laborers among the
civilized Creeks and Choctaws, and push for¬
ward their messengers of peace to the rov¬
ing camps of tlie wild tribes beyond. In
Texas they appropriate for this year £3,000,
on condition that half as much more be
raised in the State, lo occupy the hundreds
of towns and villages which are springing up
along the new railroads. In New Orleans,
the moral and religious, (or we may say, im¬
moral and irreligious,! as it is the social and
commercial, heart of all the lower valley of
the Mississippi, they propose to concentrate
a force of at least half a dozen strong men,
with perhaps twice as many ol the gentler
and mure powerful sex — a force which by a
combined attack from so many quarters,
may produce some perceptible oiTect upon
the votaries of hoary superstition, even
though they are entrenched by the deep
moats of human depravity, sheltered by the
of leci.nciliation."
Tlie execution of these plans, together
.with holding and strengthening other points
all over tlie wide field, will require a large
increase of contributions. It is estimated
that the Hoard at Atlanta will need for the ,
current year about £.V>,000. Many members I 'T adverse circumstances."— Gospel in
of the Home Hoard, and notably their Sec¬
retin y, have been, and will continue to be,
most liberal supporters and able advocates
of I'oieign missions; it gives us all the more
pleasure to assure them that the members of
the Foreign Hoard heaitily approve their
plans, and «ill co-operate with them to the
full extent of our ability. The work is one;
the cause is common.
A MISTAKE.
About a year ago it was announced that a
young lady of unusual promise desired to
prepare lieiself for the woik of a medical
missionary to the women of China, and a
call was made for special contributions to j tongues,
pay her expenses during a course of study
in 1‘hiladelphia. The call met with enthusi¬
astic responses from many quarters. Tell
dollar bills came in freely. Miss McCown
entered at tlie opening of last session, and
has pursued tier studies with diligence and
success. She is more than ever confirmed
in her purpose and tlie Hoard more pleased
at the prospect.
What, then, is the mistake ? In nothing
that lias been mentioned, but in something
which can yet he corrected. The Corres¬
ponding Secretary was absent from his office
during the summer ; lie got at second or
third hand, information to the effect that the
course of study embraced only two years,
and that £300 a year would cover necessary
expenses. As soon, theiefore, as £400 had
been sent him, lie requested that no more
conti ihulions for this object he made. This
was a mistake, for the course, as in most
medical schools, embraces three years, and
the cost of board and tuition, (not including
personal expenses, clothing, Sic.,) is over
£.100 a year.
Miss McCown will return to her studies
next mouth. Whether she shall complete
(he course and go to China fully equipped
for her work may depetztl upon tlie prompt¬
ness witii which the unfortunate mistake is
corrected. The case is so plain, and the
demand so urgent, that we need not waste
words in its advocacy. .Money should be
sent as before to Dr. H. A. Tupper, Corres¬
ponding Secretary, Richmond, Va., and will
lie acknowledged in the Journal. The
editor begs leave to head tlie new list with
a contribution of £10.
easily iullucnrcd to accept the truth.”
The Romish church lias, from time imme¬
morial, made conversion to Christianity easy.
Heal the hurt slightly, so that a change of
faith is no more than a change of raiment,
and such a faith will often fail when pressed
all
Lands.
“Of those who become Christians, (in
Japan,) it is believed that two-fifths are led
to accept our religion by its redemptive
aspects, two-fifths by its morals, and one-fifth
by its civilizing power."
iloth Corea and Japan seem likely to be
open soon. In the latter Christianity lias
made wonderful progress, hut missionaries
are still confined to certain treaty ports.
“The British and Foreign Hible Society has
just published tlie complete Bible in tlie
Ilasuto language, at a cost of £20,000. This
is tlie ninth completed Bible in African
We had the pleasure, July HOtli, of attend¬
ing the anniversary of a female missionary
society at Massaponax, near Fredericksburg,
Va. Dr. J. R. Garlick preached tlie sermon,
and the pastor followed by taking up a pub¬
lic collection, which, with n small sum
already on hand, made £99.25. Brother S.,
disliking fractions, made it a round hundred.
At another similar anniversary held two
weeks before, the good sisters, we hear, de¬
clined to allow a public collection for their
society, holding that tlie church, as a church,
ought to raise all it can, and that they ought
rather to supplement than to anticipate tlie
work of tlie church. Boaz with his young
men, they think, should reap tlie field and
make up their sheaves ; it is Ruth’s part to
“glean and gather after the reapers."
An active man or woman can get up a
club of subscribers in any church that de¬
serves the name ; and the regular reading of
missionary literature «‘ill induce Christians
to give more intelligently and more liberally
for the spread of the gospel. Try it in your
church.
At a certain ministers' and deacons’ meet¬
ing one of the questions for discussion was,
"what part of his income ought a Christian
to pay for the support of public worship? ’’
The brother who framed it thinks that every¬
one is under obligation to /oyonc-tenth, and
to give something more.
Tlie reduced rates on tlie Journal are
offered only to clubs addressed to one per¬
son. So then, dear brother, please keep tiie
list to guide you in distributing tlie bundle of
papers, and send us with the money only
your own name and address.
“The Moslems are not at all bashful about
saying their prayers. When prayer time
came, they would rise, turn their faces to¬
wards tlie south, and go through with the
praying, and bowing, and touching the head
to tlie ground, ns it no one were present.
Others in tlie room, who did not pray, would
keep on with their conversation, and occa¬
sionally a remark would be addressed to the
man at prayer, to which he would reply, then
resume his devotions. When we read from
tlie Bible, they would listen with interest,
but as soon as we began to pray, they would
go to talking among themselves and walk¬
ing about tlie room." — Rev. .Vr. March.
The Foreign Missionary, (Presbyterian,)
says: "Some documents have recently-
been forwarded to us from tlie South which
give almost startling evidence of a lurking
fetichism which still exists among the more
ignorant classes of the colored population.
The papers are descriptions given by eye¬
witnesses of the various performances of
what are known ns ‘ witch doctors,' the
charms and juggleries by which these im¬
postors profess to cure diseases. * * *
They afford a good example of the fascina¬
tion which the grotesque supernaturalism of
heathen error lias for ignorant minds, and
the tenacity with which it holds sway even
after the light of truth has been revealed.
* * * It becomes an interesting query
whether, with the withdrawal of direct re¬
ligious influence, some such communities or
races, grossly ignorant and highly suscepti- .been possible this month,
hie to tlie tricks of the marvelous, might no
in time drift back into utter heathenism. A,
least we can see enough in this recognizer
tendency to understand the process In
which men ‘ when they knew God glorified
him not as God, neither were thankful, but
became vain in their imaginations, and thei
foolish hearts were darkened;' how ‘they
changed the glory of the incorruptible God
into something baser, more sensuous and
grotesque.' "
The Methodist Episcopal church nurnber--
nearly 1,700,000. It is officially stated that
“considerably more than half the member¬
ship give absolutely nothing to any benevo¬
lent collections. Six hundred thousand
more give an average of ten cents, being
what they would put into the ordinary bas¬
ket collections.” From which tlie conclu¬
sion is drawn that “more than twelve-thir¬
teenths of our members take no interest at
all in the matter,” and yet, adds the report.
it must he admitted that they have done
about as well as they have been asked by
their pastors to do, if we take into account
the manner and spirit of the asking." Pas¬
tors are blamed for the short-comings of
their people, but it is unreasonable to ex¬
pect one mail, however gifted and earnest,
to infiucnce every one of a hundred faint
hearts as much as they all combined influ¬
ence him. We commonly say, “ like priest,
like people;” the spirit of inspiration puts
it correctly, “ like people, like, priest."
“ Late news from Chinn reports the failure
of a conspiracy against Li Hau Chang, Vice¬
roy of Liang Hu. No man in the empire
has done better service to his country; and
none lias shown greater talent or a purer or
more exemplary life, not only in political
but in domestic relations. The hospital
which he has established at Tientsin under
the care of the missionary Miss Dr. Howard,
who had cured his wife of a grave disease,
reflects honor equally upon his enlighten¬
ment with respect to foreign medical science,
and his true devotion in his domestic relation¬
ships. It is understood that one of the chief
occasions of the enmity against him is the
fact that he lent his whole influence to the
scheme for educating young Chinamen in
this country." — Foreign Missionary.
"You are told sometimes that tlie converts
in China and in India are not genuine.
Those who tell you so know nothing about
it. Sometimes we are told that the converts
are the worst people you can find in those
countries. That is simply and absolutely
false. I do not mean to say that they are all
genuine, or that all of those who are genuine
are all that wc could wish them to be ; but 1
do mean to say that we have genuine men
in our churches, and there are among them
strong, manly, loving, working Christians.
1 have seen no better Christians in this
country than I have in China, and since my
return tlie Chinese Christians have risen
rather than fallen in my estimation.” — Rev.
(7. Johns, London.
We had the pleasure of meeting Mrs. S. J.
Holmes at tlie session of Potomac Associa¬
tion, held Aug. 1C-I8, at Charleston, W. Va.
She will spend several weeks with old friends
near Upperville, Loudoun county, Va., and
the ladies of that prosperous region will
make her visit a help to their societies and
tlie occasion, we hope, of organizing others in
adjacent churches. Landrum Holmes, who
was with his mother at Charlestown, has be¬
gun a course of medical study in Philadelphia.
The editor has been travelling through tiie
country forsevcral weeks, breathingmountain
air, and cnhaling the sweet perfume of luxu¬
riant corn— he hopes before tlie next monthly
issue to be at home again, and to give tpore
care to its preparation for the press than has
