Home and Foreign Journal, December 1853

*• ' NUMBER 6*. SOUTHERN BAPTIST CONVENTION. О • >• rr .'Tffn.vr j-,*- - • *r j'Stl : .'IIo^anil.-Fotflgti Journal. s ^ 1)7' Wo' linpi)£.|]ie ^aiTttuUliotV-of tUo Journal «11th' greatly incrcjjuil.cinilba fleet ol4hd ensuing,. latiuntj,"^ Brethren^ \cu JC.i limping 4i>n*<i here,,- tf Theta efe jiorti.rsufoibttlfdguicsiti to bo madeyirat aio lull 'quito-'in fcyW'f.n: ‘Iho’p'crs. ' Should they- not- be toady for itiv l'egeiahet Wit) wr,,3bi(y "Will fos for-.the Jan- nary. "'I . ‘ _ * ' ' ‘ .f *•!.*> RtflttUun ■ £®TS 5*3mw*-«V .«■* ■ .Tnrelicg Oliservations. Ilrtlhmi — .Ml/1 .foijuiii'iliim/es—Store (fonureiMi— AlsMh llnw inscrutable orp tliiy. ways of Providence' Who, nt tin present tiiuo, can loll where ho ahull bo or wh.it Ко hill ih> nost year ! Who «bait divine what may bofi.lo I ini его another year shall Karo finished its eyele? Whit afflictions, and sorrow's, and sufferings, and bereavement may characterize the short period of but six mouths! Don unfeeling, too, is the over busy threug of a largo .■oinmcrchl city !- Itr your rl.anihor is a group of watohers vtiled in tho deepest sadness! Temples nre throbbing, iw irio arc aching, teem aro flowing, and wherefore 1 Alas 1 a «liter beloved, a yrifo endeared, or a precious child is passing into eternity! Dreadful, horrid are the throes of d»uth. Кого of his victim, he baffles all medical shill.1 liiwokrf nt tears, prayers, »nd entreaties, and with supor- liunati forco rends tho soul from the body, louring nothing1 but an oinaoiut»d nrrolt of organised matter. But all the ” In!" |lt" i|iiick tramp of business is hoard in the etroel, "mnic tniisio streams merrily from neighboring windows, tho mirthful laugh rings bud through tho yielding uhnov, phere, while every aspect, phase, or manifestation' of aoeioty at large, except tho persons immediately and painfully in¬ terested, proclaims a world devoid of sjMpnthy or 'coni- pl-sion. Well, bo' it so. Man is selfish ; his nature is depraved , ho catf Jonly feci for his tfinfred— thmo who aro horApf d. t ^oji_s,'nr4 flosb of his flesh. , Thanks to a merciful1 Pidridciieo', for* family affection. There is aW и clioSring, a rlptfitst^V^fr^SpeCihllyforXhe'Christjiu; ...В» w'lfl вдави» ЙЗШ'УИЙ i#.ilBt0.3 ' ilirr •, liH1 green liillork nr luetiod ho (Million upon by tho rude loot of tli'iiigliilvu olios, and tho odd luarlile do-fig- not" i Sid spot ivhoro tin. animal organism is slowly but -oi"4 io I lulling In il.s original elements — tbo liopo is this . Пик will roaninmte that dust, reconstruct thoso forms, !i"i'i'if' .uni glorify thorn, take them to himself, and endow tl • in i iih or Kooure for them lift eternal. Dill hero is tho Sam Gaty. Fivo o’clnok is the time sot I" г -tilling. No certainty, though, that she will leave at lbs' hour. Western eaptains have Indii i hi" a- to etnrting time. When they say Ji ns, they per- I, i| - и» hi i even o'clock, nr Bvo o'cloofc the noxt after- nn.‘. Hut the 11 Sam,” according to the papers was n ■■ iuA boat ” and wo took pa-sago in her, risking every- th'i mi the recommendation of her admirers. Well, wo !. i ■ iri ' 1 her, mid our verdiot is, sho is “ no grout shakes •t'fi , .dl.” The aoeomiiiudatinns arc i|«ite еошшоп, end il is hours from Ft. Louis to Cairo, is a little too i ., I- t>i lids ago of I'glitniiiB speed. .\ л 1,4 us see wlint and what kind of company we have. 1 1 Iih- to know something of those who are to to his . «-Haulers, even though the journey bo short. Well i , !i r" arc fifty men, thirty women, two sprightly lads, . \ Ail-, mid six babies ; ipiitcacrowd, but not very aehot . inti re-ting. Tbo tmplojSfiu may indicate tho tastes ,.„l I, ilnts of this company. Hards, novels, and story i i worn in grout demand. Tim barber sccuis to have • ,,i "'ipa'i'd the wishes of the passengers, by posting np in i1 -I н mg and wasli-ronin Ibis advertisement • “ЛЬ vets it ' /, re nr loaned nt fifty rents each." I soon disoovor- .•I tint Im hud not miscalculated, for I saiv tin less than ■ о or seven men, besides scvetnl women, intently poring oi er novels, with hut little cessation, for nearly two days, I'" .nting the stove sat a square built nion, of, perhaps, li" i-tiio : on his right, a ynnng man of, say twenty-soven ■i liitln farther on, a plain farmor-like looking man of So, I -I .mill think : and at a atill greater distance, a deformed, oiimpUcM man ; all thoso wore reading novels with a <— t that might livol tho anxious curiosity and irondcrmcnt . f a Mi«s in her teens. Well, exclaimed we, involuntarily, lb ■ problem of piles of yellow and blue coveted books at lie' corners of the streets in largo cities is now solved. Old book and pamphlet vendors understand their business. They on tor fur tho morbid tastes of the public. This book I ifiiiess— especially jiolicc fictions and lying novola — pays “fe.-t rate,” and no marvel that some professors of reli¬ gion, like «ото grog-sollnrs, rniso a “ hue and cry” against preachers who would duro to intimate that such a traffic и debasing and immoral. Lot theta continue this vile trade, but (iod will bold thorn responaible to Him for tbo "mils they ruin. Headers, did you over become impatient from apy cause! Ivt us inform you that you can scarcely comprehend tho meaning of that term, till you have waited for four hours, while your boat, which, according to promise, was to have carried yen rapidly to your journey’s end, has taken in freight, or till after fivo hours tugging and lifting and roll¬ ing. aim has relieved о aunkan craft of her cargo. Thus tlie Sam Gaty tried tho patienca of her passenger*. Hut the morning eun, on the third day oat from St. Louis, guilds the eastern horizon, and lo! wo aro mooted 2 г’Г Df‘ liaUr' »“* °f 11‘9 Firs' 1 directly on our route, and tho latter i, the point Utthuren, eanw ,n. With him W subsequently took tea, j of 011r ЬЫт, ,Ve ,„r0 { л,|гЫ ln Urry$ , iimteu to the prayer meeting, and spent a voryvgteciihlo ' ... (Wliich luvps its hanks, o'r'lha hanky, "o\ rjllritf/Ub bdtl on which it stands. Truly, syits nauin iaiportiMd'O! is beautiful river., Questionings, it арсфааЦ oftof/tiv’ .ipobavo over seen for its entraoeing beauty. ' — .J 04ioS 11,1 slowly up this stream, -«irapillg'fotV® on a foraiiUlhlo bar, wo arrival' at Smith!and,^Vjbd jut tion.of Ihq Ohio and the Cumberland rivers. Thtrfi thing vo 'did on landing, was to «cck a boat botS'(j NashvlilOj but jn this search We were doomed to bjjiliv scamtt. While at the bookstore, brother Graves, of tho Tennessee Baptist, wa.3 introduced to us. Ho showed us round tho city, to sco what was to bo seen, and laid us [under obligations for many obliging civilities. This bro¬ ther has hud for years to encounter tho most relentless Opposition from 1’edo-haptists ami Campbcllites. lii-s can¬ did, bold, ami fearless editorial course, has made hint U:o object of fiery und unreasonable attacks from many quar¬ ters. irooooinionds nn article without first nailing it; censures, without circumlocution, -immoral condnet; com¬ ments freely on the vanity of preachers and churches, and, pointciT llm water was low, and no boats ncrewuablas.i in mir view is, in all respects, one of ibo ablest editors hi \Jp:«n?!aded to layover a day. Did So. !ЙИ« (his country. A 1-ito editorial caused him to bo assaulted lighlful interview in ,tiio, Incan, tiiisj yrijh Sonio ineml^M^ and fired nt with a pistol. His life was in great danger, jjw; Baptist church, and, at their, reqpejt, prpuctu'd/cw and so were llm lives of his mlvorsurics. Many editors T Mem lhl.tr «id -Crm—OSjeeh „} VMt ‘?W'' ^Щв|М,,М H,lt felt *си»в1то« hound to pi.Ui-li the article i:.i fit’ll Ckiee,huf-J,ifiycil[e—,Wmlit~ut Clraii^e— Ifni' jjCfgviqe m tho umotmg over, no prepurpd for thpjSggqJ wliioh induced tho attaek, but Urnvos felt liimself morally Point .Jtiriwt. r. , ' I1 I 'ALoaoio'chick nn Saturday morning, only fmirljeq^S.h'iumf to ец it popular evil, anil, therefore -imiit bo eongera took tlieir seats— some inudo, sfiug on t|i5' (op|-j.idfed by ids omn conscience, and not that of another. Creak, thump, riuliMo— on wo dragged, up hjll, i,Ip»'i^lnjl| By Id» soul, untiring activity, and indoiniUblo energy, lie through the wild forests pf Old Kentuok, til! tho^ Dsifij lias brought his subscription list up to nourly nine thou- sun found us In liiu open country. about f.JdyvUIo^ J’reu^iW/ Wo say to him, bo prudent, brother, but nlivays that to Hopkinsville tho road was good, and the journey'' defend the rigOf, less fatgulng. I,.ite on Saturdiy evening wo drovesjufo! Tlirre are four principal objects of public interest in that bcnhli/ul iohnd town. Thn court i-cing iVeoksififfiuid about Nashville. The wire bridge, the Slate capitol, Uiohotots wcrO Somewhat crowded. In this ea«o wo fouglX president Polk’s tomb, and tho Hermitage. Wo made a tho house of tho. pastor uf the Baptist church, Нет. A, BijvMt to each place, except tlm last named, whioh Is three S., where we were kindly received end hospitably .отМгЦ miles out of town. The capitol is an edifice of unsurpass- tained by his lady, ho lnling absent, attending a jifiolraoiM led arehilnelnra! beauty and grundnnr. Out pctiotiuld not tapeting. On Prtbbath wprpacheJ at the Baptist ch^ctiV du it justice, hence wn abali not attempt a description. Wo wore greeted by «oVey.'U kind brethren nn! '•'lie house of the First Baptist Church, built during tho made sonic pew and vidtjaUe MqmintqitctS,, оДц?!^ p«st*>rnt< of Dr. Ilowcll, does uiueli credit to tbo Baptists Monday uftoroooit, no are meditating on", tlm poetry, Д « Of Nashville. The Second Church, in South Nnsluiilo, night ride for Naslitillo. Torribln ого опт forohodiugr. 'про a feeble body, and have but an indifferent homo. Tho thought of reeks, mud holes, gulli?s.*aud'no!^roaiis|Tliey, however, own the lot on, which it stands, and have agitato pur nerves, hut we liopo the re dily w'lfi.npt jillpot abuniloned the idoa of erecting a better house. 'I hat quito cdnal to our fears. . .• -’Драг! of the city presents a very inviting field for usoful- Beforc leaving Hopkinsville to resume our Journey soiiflyfbfss, aud wo sincerely hope that means may, In some way, ward, brother Bears, the pastor of the f JJeptist-'churc^i Д ho obtained to sustaiu preaching there геци1ат1у. that pleasant town, cauio home. Bight gUVoro wo td .'Having spent a day profitably, we think, in Nashville, greet our brother once more. His locks were slightly sip wo set out for Ciiattuuooga. “ !Vhoo-oiH»t,” shrieked глшъ! iKotinl 1.Л II in» Knil.ainil in ll., ..In. f l!#. vered, though ho .it yej, pcilispq iri tho prim, о of KRj Hopkinsville is somewhat rcmarkab’.o for its wsrty eseoj, lent church ’cdififc'si lot we saw none so neat, conrenlcfl? afid central, af lo'its lociiion, 4s Iho Baptis^mectjig-^biS.l tjw iron horse, mid off lie whirled ns, nt tho spots! of lfi ntilci jho Hour, over plains, across bridges, thruugh rocky fimhelp, op and around mountains, till ly mid day, wo had readied Iho magnificent bridge over tho Tennessee, in "tho boat," mured tho “ Oat b»ega«a for t . . . ,, . , , of irorsbip. If яеше one won I it ihun a Ioi on u.t r.utuotor.- lint еаоге \тпЬа{?& a lull or ill n swamp, lii"v would bo qmle apt to ,,nd psokages, “in tbo «hortost kind of a ivliiio.” From “6\‘ f ,, t..v„ 1,0111 b«t sho is quilo intelligent Uml d tarry jiebo a few days, before resuming our journey. , Anxious ns we are to get on— not being nccliuiatcil— wo liavd concluded to wait a while, and therefore tako lcavo of tlio reader) till Wo shall have arrived at Marlon, in Alabama. October «ill, 1853. At last wo aro in Marion ! Soolt „ ns a killing -white frost appeared, wo left West Toint, and in seren hours were in Montgomery. Tho yellow fever was still prevailing, .though not so fearfully as report had said. Vi о thought it l-est Hot lo tarry longer than neces¬ sary, and at nine o'clock at night, took stage— dark and rainy as it was — for tho point of our destination. Morn¬ ing found mat Seima— tho yellow fever was (till quite alarming there, ahd that was no placo to stop longer tltad lo tako breakfast. Brcakfait over, and off we were again in a wet and leaky stage, for Marion. A part of .tho mad was i cry disagreeable, hut wo consoled ourself with tho prospect of u rail road soon to ho couiplotcd from Marion to Selma. Then wo can go comfort iUy( without let or hindrance, from our pretty town, to any part of tho United States. As soon ns wo had gotten to tlm end of our Jour. ,noy, fatigued and worn down by tho loss of rest and sleep, wo took a bed. Before sleep took possession of us, how¬ ever, our good brother Be Yotie, for l -l years .too worthy pastor of tlm Baptist church here, called on us. Next morning, Bros. Talinrd, and since l’rof. Jewett, and sor- oral other brethren, Called. Wo think wo shall like this place, and ato sure wo shall tho people. Tho Domestio Mission liooni! It Is largo and conre- nienl, and with a little brushing up, will ho "a placo neat and desirable. But what mountains of work ! Letters to read and answer, reports to examine, drafts to draw and send off, commissions to Till up, «ml— but Its no uso to mutter over it, so wo’ll break off short. Wo hoard Dr. Jeter «ау once, nfter having read n emimrqlbat ho did not think the Lord ever called him to read sermons, and wo have been almost persuaded that our call to the post of Uorreoponding Secretary, cauio only from our Baptist con* .venlion. But if tin good brethren will only scud us funds) we'll do what wo can. >‘rom Фиг ЗШи'поиппгз. томим. , ; , Brother Houbcn b’ord of lliehmond, under dato of Oct. 1st, ШЗ, writes i " V.'o nro getting on rapidly witli our now houso of wor- twp build on it, just because the lot cost netting, whether there was a prospect of scouring a congregation or hot. But xvhat signifies u fow hundred dollars, if therewith an eligible location may ho obtained ! Bolter pny thousands, than to be content with less than tho very best location the place will afford. Shortly before eleven o'clock, on Monday night, we bid rubber consoi- adieu to brethren Sears and Campbell, and their families, and took stage for Nashville, in Tenncs.-co. An liimr'o detention, and our stcauiboat-Iike vehicle lumbered out of town into tho open country. Before we had proceeded far, silence reigned within, broken now and tlmn by a rugged cnoi-o from an oblique corner, a sneeze from tho eentre, a yawn, or tbo llnimp of sonio nodding pate on tire side of llm conch. For ns there mis no sleep, nml by the aid of tho bright muon, we occupied the turdy hours in making observations on the confused mass of flesli mid hones ii round us. How ludicrous tho scciio' Shako, shako, jolt, jolt, squeeze, eqneozo, hob, bob, bob. What a mixing of strange feet, nod jostling together of sleepy heads’ What a erode admixture of human forms' Largo ami small, short and tall, fat and lean, old and young, male and female. All distinction is overruled by the in¬ exorable demands for sleep. The maiden of alxteon thrusts her beautiful face „n the flabby chin of tho bloated g’ r- iimnilizer nt hor aide, from whom, wore «he awake, sue would recoil witli instinctive horror. Tho rich and poor nro on n level hero, whiln democracy and aristocracy aro loving ea twin brothers. ВциаШу of tho highest m ,lcr and tho most perfect in its kind, prevails among a group of stage couch sleepers. But morning comes nt len/Uh, and the «оспе is varied somewhat. Knob one looks wild at his neighbor and straightei s himself. And such gaping, twisting, rubbing of eyes, and hunting for benumbed foot, can bo seen in no other place. This scene, with some modifications, of course, lasted through nearly (ho whole of Tuesday, when, aficr having increased our numbers at Springfield to eighteen, inside and out, we drove into Nashville late in tho evening. Lodging for the night had beoomo a great desideratum. The Oily Hotel was the first place of inquiry, but there was tiu chance there. Hence to the Nashville Inn, but that, too, was crowded with strangers. On, to tho Y ei-an- dah, hut not a single vacant chamber crald bo got 'on. The last resource was Iho Scwnnce bouse, where, luckily, wo obtained admission and a tnlerablo bed. Tbo oam о of this throng in tho capital of Tennessee at this season, was tho convening of tho Stare legislature. The uieiuboi s of tho sonate and house of delegates, with any quantity of “ lobby members” and strangers, always attracted to tho oily on such occasions, literally gorged the hotols, so that wo incidental travelers wore woll satisfied to find a stop¬ ping place almost nnywherr. However, we bred better than had been anticipated. Having enjoyed a night's good rest, and a warm break¬ fast the next morning, no were of? beiimcs in search of Baptist brethren. At the Baptist bookstore we met with sovoral, who reooived us very courteously, and giro us the information we needed ami dciired. In the cobicm of tiiu hurry nml commotion of tho hour, a novico would have ooncludod there was danger of missing the boat, and boing left. AliiB, alas! we were detained there, at Jonosville, thirty-six loDg hours— two nights and nearly as many days ! Low watet bad hindered the boat, so that the connection conlil not bo mndo. Nn wonder there was a general and spontaneous jubilee on Saturday morning, when lie Fanny Malono came in sight. While at Janesville, juuscugcrs continued to accumu¬ late, loth fro hi up and down the river. Among those bound for Nashville, was our venerable and esteemed bro¬ ther Dr. Buck. We say doctor, because llm public has awarded him this title, and because ho is niuoh того de¬ serving of it tlmn are scores of preachers who have ro- coivod it from our best universities. His head Is quite white, hut he is as halo and vigorous, energetic and roso- lulu ns over. Lung may lie live In do battle for llm Lord 1 This is a flourishing village in East Tennessee, nml pro¬ mises to become a large town, Wo found only two Bap¬ tists tborc— a man and his wife, foruiorly members of llm lid Baptist Church in St. Lunls — but learned, that nltn- gethor, lln.-rc nro about a dozen in tho placo. lire. Slrodo, a missionary of our Board, Is tho pastor there. By his xenl and energy, he has suecoedod in hniiding a neat, and sufficiently commodious meotiug houso, whk'h is to bo open¬ ed for service in about a fortnight. Wo were sorry lint Brother Strndo happened to bo from home as wo pgssod through, hut glad to bear that, ho was usofully engnged at a protracted mooting in tho country. By invitation, we preached nn Lord's day morning in the Methodist mooting houso, and listened tu nn eloquent and ublo temperance lcoturo, in thosan’O placo at night. Monday morning, Oct. 17th. We are off for Alianti, In Georgia. Whirl, whirl, whirl, it is, for three parts of the day, and by four o’clock, we aro in town. We took a stroll, by moonlight, about tbo city. It Is в town com¬ prising acme sis thousand inhabitants, and a placo of some business. I inquired for Bro. Eobcrt, tbe Baptist pastor, bat learned he was absent. Thought ourself peculiarly unfortunulo in the matter of pastor finding. Thus far, all tbo places we passed through, sovo Nashville, seemed des- tilato of Baptist pastors. lieturueil to Iho bold, and took a bod— paid a half dollar for it, and napped therein till half paet d o’clock in tlm morning, when white apron summoned us to lira ears. Baggage in, and all right, the train moved off, westward, for La Grange, Beforo high noon, wo were at Ibis town. It is a placo of somo consid¬ eration, and celebrated for its educstional facilities. A large, wealthy, and influential Baptist cbuah is there, with the members of which, we would live Wen pleased to liooome acquainted, but time did not allow. Tic stages from this point, conveyed us to West l’oint, sixteen miles farther on our route, where wo nrrived in safety. And here wo aro, October 20th, in tbo house of our good bro. Kondriok— alternating, however, between his houso aud that of cur ministerial brother Woodruff. To our regret, we have learned that the yellow fever is in Montgomery: prevails as sn epidemic in Soirua, and that several ea.vjs have occurred in Marion. As the two former of those 'ССШ- tTnil^jwi quilo infcffigcti todly pious.” i. , ; A letter from bro, J. S. Bnynoldaon, dated Sept. 30th( 1 858, informs us that ho ntlcmlod various meetings during the past month, “ preached 17 sermons, aud witnessed the conversion of ti.lly-six inquirers.” [But, brethren, hero nro conversions attending tho labors if an agent .’ Will you dis[<nso with agents! — Eb.j ПШК1И. Brother M. H. Hubert, writes front Atlanta, Sept. 80th, 1853, ns follows: “ Tho mooting in our church hero, resulted in thirteen baptisms, and the reception of tlirco by letter. Several others liavo professed a liopo in Christ, who have not yet united witli us or any other church." tknxksw:. From Itogeroville, brother Cate writes us .' “ I am oorry I cannot give а того Haltering account of my labors. We nre surrounded by Pcdccs ; our congre¬ gations small, am] worship comforted in four places in the forenoon of tho Sabbath. At night, they are very goesl.*’ [Cheer up, my brother, sorrow may endure for tho night, but joy oometh in the morning. — Ft),] Brother Strode discourses thus, of Chattanooga ! “I am glad to add that our now homo of worship wiM lo coropJoled, and ready for servico by tlio 1lh Sabbuthin noxt month, (November.) * * * * It li a wonder- to many here, how such a building lias been crcotcd by д little handful of Baptists, and most uf thoin poor ; indeed, I bavo succeeded nbovo my expectations.” [When pulling recently, wo saw that now Imuso, and were botfi surprised and pleased at brother Slrode's suc¬ cess.— F.n.] Brother Cearloy, who labors at Camden, “ thinks the current of opposition is ceasing, public morals aro improv¬ ing, tbe cause of temperance gaining ground, and hopes to bo able to report something good shortly.” We lave received quito a flattering report from brother Mntlhow llilbmian of Knoxville. Ho remarks: “My success has been beyond my fondosl expectations. Wo have accumulating a respectable and intelligent eburch nnd congregation, and I doubt not that soon tbe Board will bo repaid for its labor hero — especially by the infla- enco that will In exerted on tbo surrounding country.” Brother S. L. Suramar renders a good account in bis last rgport, and among other items of information, informs tbe Board that he has “obtaiacd -18 subscribers to tbo Homo and Foreign Journal.” [This wss welL Let Missionary knowledge circnlale, and car cause must prosper.— t'D.J JIISSOItBI. Brother E. J. Owen of St. Louis, under dale of June 29th, retcarks is follows : 1 ' " “ ” Our 'prospects aro daily hrighfonmg. 'The Spirit of God is evidently in mir midst. Tie brethren sre тог» awake to their duties. Tho congregations aro benubg,