Home and Foreign Journal, December 1860

The Closing Month, fouler with this month the year 1SGO It has been an eventful year. Wo , у cur joys and our sorrows. Never had deeper solicitude for the Mis- ilMi this state of anxiety. The excited | State, whose voice will be heard in the day work— only let us have enough of them— ...of the Baptist mind arising out of a of trial. We blessed Clod for the honor of a full shower. Щ •„pity of sentiments in regard to agitated 1 being associated with such men. ft - '"“Й* — “ am, producing morn or less of a spirit 1 - - - From Onr Misaonaries. '^tuition among brethren ; the condition Western Baptist Association, N.C.-Salem G. If. .1/. Hums, I iklMnih Comity, WtZrn. . . . . . . . jggslt*»* ШМк' I“IH ffv . . mini: VOLUME X. RICHMOND,* VIRGINIA, MARION, ALABAMA, NASHVILLE TENNESSEE, DECEMBER, 18G0. ' .. -t NUMBER G. PUBLISHED BY THE BOARDS OF THE? SOUTHERN BAPTIST CONVENTION. ISIOX. ALABAMA, ПКСШ1КП. 1800. .. Many have been the causes to pro- ?*• . . rrl. . :..i gin Stale Convention. There is no Associ¬ ation in the Southc-n Country, of its size, that is doing as much as this fur benevolent purposes. These arc the fruits of the seed sown by Mercer nnd Marshall, and others, who originated our -great Mission enter- prises, and watered them with their tears. Shall they be scattered to the winds, and be known only to the historian ? No, not while their sons of the Old Georgia suryive, and such sens arc found all through the T “The Sea is Composed of Drops." A kind lady in Arkansas writes: “ J,cnrn- g from the АгЫптЛ mg from the Arl;anuitTjJI<nilUt that your hoard 1 is in want,’ I enclose you оно dol¬ lar, which I wish applied to the Indian Minors. The ашоипСТз small, but good as far as it will go. The sea is composed of drops, and tho univer^v'of atoms.” Wo thank our Arkansas friend, mid bopo .it may .( иейигаяеЧйЦд^ do. jikeniw.,. These drops con.stituto.4ho basis of our the country, incident upon i ipirlant President's! fb'eimn, the at- 1 We arc more than gratified, on reading i : . j „i opts of 1 malicious and ill-des'gnmg not j |„1С ,-UUIld ; - - - , _ ....... ! 1 “• C "IJ"J 1,1ыа"* j 29(h) a most delightful itti?iute our country “»;-;,.»У previous time in its history. It has а ь„>„,о '.he llsp.i-ts th&fnfhicncc’ ofthe 10 wirrwtion , u,n ^ . ' _ , destitute held to occupy, and we are pleased ; neighborhood. On SabbMi before last 1 Ilillyer of Mercer University, nnd Dr. Mcll I result ; also, two other brethren tried to do ol' the University of Georgia, rendered it, but they left Baltimore after a .few weeks, much valuable aid ; lfi were added to tho church, 12 by baptism, and 4 by letter. — We still feel encouraged in tho service of our Great Master, for he has abundantly At last, I received a call, and with the firm resolution not to bo fearful of any difficulty, l accepted it as from the Lord, Hut now began the persecutions. All dendhiiiiationj united themselves against tho “ new sect.” meeting-house was empty; no one blessed us. Our congregations are still in- Tl,e. njeeling-housi was empty ; /4 , , . . . . I would hear me. In that time J shed more crcusmg. Our church sent up to our late tcariaWlt th0 wickdneiw of men than in d.me no little Inwards embarrassing the j ||leir спигьс towards the Marion Boardin' Union Association, cn&ng the third Kgre-S of nnr iinssiomiry enterprises. But|vicw „(■ ,|lu number of missionaries sin- Sabbath in this montli.'-ffiliis Assoeialiun •*“" «| fiord by that Board in their State. The )ia3 been in cxl-tcnce aOiUix years. It jreontbeen without tho niainlestatinns ui brethren of North Carolina have never | formed 0f churchcsUnt of the Can- uHirmn favor. 1 ho libum of onr Mis- done mucli for this Board, and even now, | ntinchc (Anti-MIssionarynSwciatii.n. By lurc bci'" Nuiarkably , cJ; and i under their present system of operation, particular request I proaefjed the Missiona- Association, for various objects, 8101. This sum, though small, is much ^trgor than wo have ever raised heretofore. ’ I liopo wo shall be able before a great while to raise a considerable sum for the Board that has so materially aided us in our time of need.” ./macs T. I V. I rrnon, Ilarticell, Georgia: “The church at Mill Town has been blessed with a revival since my last report, which continued nine day». During the revival we received into the church by baptism thiitcon members— three by letter, and one by restoration— total 17. Sabbath-school and prayer-meetings well attended. We have had a revival also at the Line Gliurch, which continued nine days. Duiing the meeting we received by bapti-m 22 mem¬ bers— by letter:!, 1 by restoration— total 2G. Among those that have joined ns during our revival are several Method sts, who ore veiy worthy citizens. Four of licit number have been nicinbeisof the Methodist Society for nearly Ui years. They are tho fathers ami my whole lite before. But, 1 said with Da¬ vid ! “ Deliver me, 0 Lord, from mine ene¬ mies: l fly unto Thee to ludo mo. Teach ; me to do Thy will; for Thou nrf'my Gild; thy Spirit is good ; lead mo into tho land of uprightness.” (Pstn. 143 1 9, 10.) To show our enemies that wo were not afraid of men. we resolved to organize ourselves as a church, which took place the 17tli January, 1859. This caused us new tribulations, hut soon we could with tho Psalmist say: “The voice of rejoicing and salvation is in the ta¬ bernacles of the righteous: tho right hand ef the Lord doctli valiantly. The right hand of tho bird is exalted: the right hand of the Lord doctli valiantly.” (l'sm. 118: 15, lfi.) The ice was broken, the strewed seed had grown, and 1 could reap the liist fruits. After six months' labor f baptized the first two souls into the death of Christ, with feelings of gratitude towards Grul, which cannot bo described. It was the 10th of April, 1859. From that time were onr meetings better attended, and sonic souls got convinced of the truth, butal-u the persecution increased Take only one example: When a young girl was converted, and wanted toliohip- al mis of souks have been brought to lri-1 through their labors. If our solid- ilcsharc driven in closer to the Saviour, produced in us dce|4-r humiliation of pint, liny should he regarded rather as the simians of a kind and faithful I'lieml, ibwoald teach us lessons of wisdom, that rill the better qualify us lor the work in Inch vf’Src^rigagod. Wo have done a Mil »ork, aud many feeble eluirelus have ten aided in the support of their pistor», iaJ new Gelds occupied by faithful mi is- in if the Word, But bow much moie sjht have been aceomjkshid if we had ' :en more impressed with a sense of our Mig.itiuii, and come up to the lull measure f ИГ ability. Shall uc not increase our •tit and do more in time to come!' We art lunch to say, but our space admonishes itost'ip. May lUir souls lie filled with e love of our woik, and such be uureuinsc 1 to provoke the smile of our Ihavcnlv Inter. The Georgia Association. This eld and u-eful body held its Annual eson wish the New Providence Church, 'arrin county, Georgia. We arrived on “Wood day of the Se-hni, and liuiiul Melt in the Chair, and brother -illon with pen in hand. The intrndiic- vry Ferniun was preached by bvothi r Kil- 1IriA, and was highly spoken of by all. Лг К. is said to he one of Georgia's Mr companion, and feel under much oh- 'ali"n 10 him f„r that daily seat in that "c were both the guest» of our have excluded the Marion Board from a place in the columns of their card subscrip¬ tions. And yet the 1'oavd expended hun¬ dreds of dollars within the limits of that State during the past year. We know that some must excellent bretl rrn in North Car¬ olina are liieudly to our Board, (and we don't know any that are its enemies, J'nml leel mollified at the cmiisc things have taken in this regard, and are determined, if po«-ible, that the Dome-tie and Indian Mis-iunsol the Southern l!a,iti-t Conven¬ tion .-ball ueoive its merited share of their I ut loll age.. This in lice will not appear till alter the meeting "f the Slate Convention, and wo do ho|o to sie maml'e-led a deeper interest in this department of ourvvuik r* Baptists of the South at (hat meeting. We hate penned these lines in the best of feel¬ ing, and hope In find hei caller the co-opera tiun of our brethren in North Carolina, find bless the old State— she ha- sent liulli some of the brightest ornaments of the ry sermon on Sabbath mottling. The col¬ lection was tho largest ever: received in the Association, $82. I hopc'by the assistance of the l,oi d that I madcniany friends lor tho Marion Board. 1 herein send you the names of subscribers Old lined there for the Journal. May the gooiJyfjoril bless the lit¬ tle messenger fu'Fbeirgiiod, and make many friends to the cause it advocate-. God bless the Union A-snciatinn, they have ninny nuMp spirits, ami they are waking tip to their duty," '/’. /’. till illll, H!nc Mnlllllllin, North Carolina : “ We have had some good meet¬ ings in my field nf laW. I have nltenihd nine piolraoted meetings (during l.i-t quar¬ ter,) one at each of the chinches I siq ply. These elmiches vveie gieatly revived, and many sinners vreic awakened and made to cry for mcicy. 'I here were addetl to the Post, Oak Spring Church 20 by baptism, nnd 20 by letter; to Hebron church 2 by baptism, and 4 by letter; In the churches l inulhviH who have followed the examples of Iclali„ns' ,ril4| all they possibly their children, whom 1 had the pleasure ol cn„|,| i„ prevent it— pei.-iia-ion and threat- baptizing iihmit one year ago. The truth is mighty, and will prevail. To God bo all the praise." T, (1. Ilullrr, Sinkillr, Mmniri: “’I here is at this time a fine prospect of doing much g-mil in my field. 1 attended a meeting of eleven days and nights recently, which re. suited in the eunversiim of 29, with 1 1 ad¬ ditions to our church.” IP. 'i. (Irhjtr, llriihcillt, Georgia: “I protracted onr last meeting at Mount Zion. Our congregations were large and attentive. (Tie chin eh was revived, ami a good many hutch, ami linni-hed tier share uf tho pn-| ||aV(, vj,;tu\ Biore have been soveral aihli- triuts of the eniintry. Good Indications. Then- will he I'oiiml many iiulicatimv* nf tin- Divine ilivur upon the Mi-sions ol the Bnanl, by refeirnee In the extracts from letters of our Mi-sionaties in the | resent number of the Journal. They have m- jnyed many prccinus revivals, and their ehurehe» have been much strengthened. ,M promising sons; (ho mantle of the While God has withheld the corn and the 'd'tr is falling upon a worthy sneer- or. j cotton in a largo measure, lie lues not with- • suoiir guoJ fortune to have brother K. | drawn the inlliniicc ol his Spirit. Blessed be his holy name ! live. It is not all of life to ,л f - . . _ Brother Shock's letters. I „'"I" ,n "lo ministry, ami pastor of The letters Irom broilur Shuck will lie ‘'I'oiiilfiioe Church. Klder Gunn, vvhu-c pu|1I)l| р„ц 0p interist.aml wo call the alien- This'll" l>lltleS 'VC.slial1 l"r--ct- tiun of our readers to them specially, a» , J' . У "Г Christians nre unsurpassed J f„rl,;s<!iin^ an idea of the pmgre-s of the .‘Jr.fiuy in Ию Mu-ler’s service, a mm |>,,|,|j,t (..ms0 in connection with the Mis- an); The business, and a lirgv ^"t. 'L was transarted with the ut- p* dispatch, so that by 10 o'clock oil Wl they were ready for adjournment. ,rt «te «nine. 47 churches eiaii| ixing this iation. Tim cliiirch. к nut up fur •“'''"ary ригрпнм i,r,WP( n S50U0 mid ' ft!ls ascertaiiu d that the amount "!’ ^‘r hi other Preston's dwelling- ln 1,10 Crci k Nation, was not enough Ml“° This amount was secured tiffi - Я200 sion work of our Board in that far off laud. Wo regret that brother .4, still maintains his detoimination to leave California the first of the coming year. He may yet sec it to he his duty to remain upon that field May the Lord direct h » servant. Subscribers by a Missionary.. Brother Williams, our mis-ionary in Me- Intii'h county, Georgia, sends a list of 21 new subscribers Ibr the Jonrr.al. Bead the lions; to Pilgrim’s Best 9 by baptism j to O.ikbuiy fit! lor baptism. I wont in com¬ pany with three other uiinis’ers to a settle¬ ment where there is no church, and held three days meeting, nnd there vveie li or S conversions ; we left 25 mourners. There is yet great destitution in parts of this country." G. Ill i S-lciilgr, i'nrinlli, SlisGisiflii : — "The catr-e here is evidently locking up. Wo have bail a protracted meeting of 1 1 cuing were employed; even iicr Ibrnier pas¬ tor tried to impose on her. All was in vain. They came to my liou.-c, acted like crazy, and threatened to blunt me, if [ would dare to baptize her, etc,, etc. 1 gave them the plain answer: “Wc ought lo obey God rather than men,” (Acts 5: 49.;) and bap¬ tized, trusting iho promise of tho Lord. Mutlh. 1»: 28. 1 Hum. II: 45. Still I nDo had joyful experiences. One example: One afternoon I went nut, and no one wua lift at home, ln this time a woman, who had utlcuilcd the meetings lur nullictiluo, eainc. tu my house, and as she found lire .door locked she sat cn the step and cried Mildly. The neighbors asked tier what sinners convicted, and Sonic hopefully eon- • Wll4 ,|ll; her siirrow, she answered: verted. The rest of my churches м cm lo j ())i! I am a great sinner, and in here lives be in a tolerably fair condition, though they the ими who can show me llm way to luav- en ” .So I found her nil lay return all bathed in teats. She aud her husband arc now members ol my ehuicb. have had in increase during the last year.' 0. hnernn-r, lilnnnt Ciiiinlg, Atnlnnnii: “ Уин will see Irom my го|юи that we have Our litilc lloek, which, at the foundation, been abundantly blessed in onr feeble I numbered only twelve souls, lias now in- efforts in this destitute ngioii. Other creased to I'm ty -eight members. By di-mis chuiches near my Gild of labor have been bles-ed with precious revivals during the past few weeks, and many additions, mostly by li.ipli.Mu; aud I cxpict to baptize at least 2ll others during my next round." . M. Опт II, Calhoun Counli/, Alabama: " Wc have held a protracted meeting, ju-t- now closed, near my house under a bu-li- arbof. 80111c conversions, uric of them my oldest son, lor whom 1 have felt a great so¬ licitude fur ss.uie thico years. I have yet au uneunverted daughter. U, Lord, have mercy uu her. (), brethren, pray for my family and my field. I have baptized 12 at tins place and expect to baptize some .0 or li otlicrs soon." I,'. J-'iinl, iVu.-/iei7/e, Ttnnmcc : 11 We nre ' in » tc.y lew mi, Kites, making in extract from Ms letter, fall of interest to a meeting-house at Lea *n,l 'hen at a single suggestion,' the Christian reader. Cannot all onr Mis- is going on. . .. ; «100 was given to sister l'res- ’ sion cries do somclhiog to increase .lie cir- j //. R. L Alh-w, Grorga, ^ /arm, urc. Th„ cl„lrcllc4 0f e„h, ion of our li.Hc sheet ? Try, brethren, During the quarter our ehnreh held . «ho send up fund, ю the Gcor. and rend on your HsU before January. | meeting that continued three weeks. Dr. days. Wc had the efficient lalmrs of I'.ldor | ,,„w (September 29th) engaged ill a pro- J. L. l'ri i man, formerly l.ditor ol the Mis- j Irj(.tu| mCCting ; some I! or 4 persons have si.-sippi Biptist. It resulted in 111 addi- 1 1 r,i|'i>3ed faith in the Itcduemer. Others tinns by baptism, 8 whiles and 2 <-i>I»rr<I ; and among the number bnjtized wa« my own little daughler, 1 1 years of age, which mikes the filth child I have 'lie pleasure of hoping are Christ’s I have two little sons left, who have not. yet crossed the lino of ncrnimtiihility, and foil grateful to my Heavenly Father Ibr Ids im-reiis. There is a steady increase of interest manilested in rair church and congregation. Wo have had Mimo important addilinns to onr church during this last quarter” II. ('. liaj/lg, Sulim, North Carolina : 11 It will he seen from our lie; art that I lie Lord lias blessed our labors with some suc¬ cess. May he have all the glory. 1 have secured something more than SfiBO, to build a meeting-house at Lewisville, and tho woik IT jaiu enquiring vvliat they niu-t do to be I saved, I trust Chat our labors in the meet- | ing new in progress, will result in the con- I version of many souls to God. I expect several to join our church lismorroiv — .some by baptism and some by letter.” German Interests of Baltimore.— Progress of the Work. B.vt.rntnia:, October 12, 1890. lb nr llrolhrr A 'ninnrr; I know that it is yi.ur dcsiie to hear about | the work ol Christ among the Gcnnans in | Baltimore. Willi pleasure I would have I answered lo your desire long ago, but I am j not experienced enough in the Hnglish laa- I guage tu give you an interesting report of my important field of labor, . But I will try, j us much as it is iu my power, to give you a | sh >r* report. Tlie Grraiao population ef Baltimore ! numbers about 4», 1 0). Tlieso belong to i dillcrcnt dciieininations— among which the j majority are Catholics. During three years a brother was laboring here, but without sion by letter and exclusion, wo lost seven, so that the real iiunilier is forty -one шит. Not afraid of any double, I preached lioin la-1 now-yiar III! the end of July, at two diffeient places, three times every Sunday; and dining the vvnk there urc three praycr- mcel.ligs held regularly. Alsu, inside the church we luid ninny hard trials, because tiiu ullaeks ol the inemy were not a bray? Iiuitiess ; ami only whoever works bim-eif among thu Germans can know the difficul¬ ties we have to combat. Still we work for the Lord, aud in Iiis mime, and so the ser¬ vant shall nut have it better than the mas¬ ter.. (Jell. 15 : 49.) Now peace and union exists, mid wo can hope In have better times in future. The animosities of tho world have ceased, and we only have to sufier those, which call themselves true Christians, hut I pray with Isaiah: "This also coineth fortli 1'roiu tlie Lord of hosts, which is won¬ derful in counsel and excellent iu working.” (TVs. 28: 29.) Л great disadvantage for из is, that we have nut our own meeting-house, hut the laird will also iu time help herein About n у special missionary activity I refer to my quarterly re; orts. l’crnitt mo, iu conclusion, to bring my best flunks to tlie Hnglish Baptists of this city, and all tlie brethren of the Southern Hoard fur the warm interact they take in our work. The Lord will be their reward I Uceommeoding the work of Christ in this city, and myself to the prayers of the brethren, 1 uni your trim brother in Christ. John Мили, MUsionurg. Sonoma, California. Леи (!..urrh, anil /■.'inoiirognl. ЙлсплмЕ.что, Aug. 0, I860. l)air llrolhrr Sumiirr : Last Holiday week, according to previous appoinlnivut, 1 was at the old town nf Sono¬ ma in Sonoma county. I Iclt home on Thursiky. on tho boat for San Francisco,' spending Friday, in. that city, and tailing an¬ other boat for Sonoma on Saturday. • Wo were about seven hoars iu tlie trip, and oe