Home and Foreign Journal, February 1869

FOREIGN JOURNAL “PREACH TIIE GOSPEL TO EVERY CREATURE.” — “FEED VI L/JMBS.-” — “MY PEOPLE ARE DESTROYED FOR LACK. OF KNOWLEDGE.’ Vol. 1— New Series. RICHMOND, VA-, 'FEBRUARY, 1869. Jv esb< Number IO. _ _ AJontlily by fcbc Foreign and Dome^c Boards oi* tlie Southern 33a.ptn.Kt Convention. jilt gwnw & <#отар imtwiaJ. 3lst,18G8; Rev. Peter Falsom, native Chootawprench- TEKMS: AVe earnestly request the Pastors to attend to this5 ^ "_'.a,ttCJ’ alld Slve to tllc Hoard tin- once an extra con-j w, during qnarterendingOetober 1st, 18G8,17 Indians JRemembvr the month of ALaticii. * 14 tribution. - . — Cftil 3 00 i I w ^ 1,0 M103t l,ainfid feature iu the present embarrassed' “ il j" j condition of the Board of Domestic Missions, is, that .А1гг«ы .° on. r^n. . . is oo ! its indebtedness Is to brethren who have faithfully S^*mxb!»of1thelonSrw,nr I pcrfbruMxl their work, and are, for the most part, dc- | l>cndcnt upon their scanty salaries for the support of ^rsrrs^sasti'l'cir faulfe, and themselves. To all of them the '.irp^v*’ C“°llUr with 1 ьгс«1 ГО..П.1. u-t. anj tho mm.., nreic-^i. ‘ disappointment, growing out of 'the Inability of the Menr rfc*k, in F^UI ordrn*. registered l«tter*. or cb««-k*«n ... _ Rf®' b- ' _ . v Board to pay them promptly, is serious, in some cases ***** distressing. Л\ hat «lmll be done, is a painful and constantly recurring question. How shall we meet cants i-ithin the geographical limits of the Southern Baptist Con- tT j . A on ' constantly recurring question. IIow shall we meet DOlllC.StlC \V gJ H U 1 ill! ! these liabilities, and relieve these sutfering servants •* 3UKION, АХЛ. ,of TesusV It is a question for every Baptist within Is there a Necessity for it? A most .useful and able minister of Georgia, writes: and 2 colored. • . j "After mature reflection and prayer, I have conclud- ? At this writing the above arc all the reports in tor ] cd that it is my duty to devote my time to farming or the last quarter. Duty. some business by which to support my family. I have talked freely with the brethren last year and this. They know my ardent desire to continue in the work, Interest is a strong incentive to the worldly man, i and my inability to do so without being in part яия- Ufut Christianity move* a holier sentiment. Duty! *я".с<1 by- the churches I van see no prospect of be- ... . ... -nt I ing able to hold up, and -have -therefore given up the fteLab'gh. and ennobling incentive! None will c|1(lrcllcs> |,OJ)inf. Ьс яЫе to labor in fnv Master’s deny that it is a Christians thi/y to do whatever God vineyard in other capacities than that of pastor, requires. The Bible is God’s great trestle-boaVd, on I Should thcjiberality of the churches and brethren Which his designs for us are drawn. Whatever he rc- ever put it in ' the’ powcr.oQliaHloaiA to • aflbrd mc- . ' 1 ->e to hear 1 i-onT' УтИП*** l.‘-wilL try* to time to engage in the work.” ’ Thus are our brethren in the ministry, one after Which his designs for ns arc drawn, whatever he re- ем r pm. u, in me quires us to do, is found there, and not the least, nor ! *IC.I>> J hope , , ’ . . , ’ „ , . , ’ , ■ he ready at any ti tile most obscure, is the work of preaching the gospel »i,„ ...„-l.i _ „-„„I...... To i:„. ! Thus are our I Rev. M. T. SUMNER.. Cor. Secretary, i vcnti0n, at least all who are the friends of the Con- \il coomanicelioas to tho Domestic and Indian Mission Board [ vention, to consider, and with it eoincs another, “ have v.ldbf nddrewed to the Secretary, Marion. Ala. J I done my whole duty towards relieving them?” It Г imt* c»n be sent by Express, Cheeks oo Xew Votfc, Post-office j Jg a debt Of CVCrv Baptist represented by the Con- И* "" Pdms, (nearest point.) or brioa.l. j vention. Blame tlie Board if you will for having in- A few Words with our Headers. j crcascd tWs dcbt> b,,t remember that you l.lamo them |( ,ias been the poliev of tho Domestic Board to ■ f?r,not possessing a foresight that is not tl.cgift of short- 4l(.h principles in' the n.a.iagemcnt of its bmi- ■ "**«! When the appointments were made, the ■'I 1 ,, ,, state of the Treasury, it was thought, authorized them. № an» approved by our most practical men, the ; . . , , - , • . . , „ .и т .1 ■ Appeals for help were manv and pressing. ^Vt that islom of which has been apparent to all. In the, 4. 11 1 .•./.* .. . i • j . - „ r ■ time there was a promise of returning prosperity, •iiplovmentof agents it has aimed to give a fair com- ‘ . 1 1 ‘ i - i i ,P, But two years of failure m the cotton crop, groat -nsit on for the talent and services rendered. Ihosci " .. . ,. ~ a V. .i-i , , I scarcity of provisions m portions ot the South, with h.. have received the largest salaries have returned I. ’ . , , . ... , , , , . . ,, . . , r . I the uneasiness created by the unsettled condition of v far the largest receipts, and demonstrated the fact. , , , . A- - , , - . 1 . , . . ! tlie country, have cut oil, in a great measure, the re- -ai the cheapest men are not always the most oeo- ■ i> i it . 1 ; sources of the Board. IIow long tins is to continue 1 . .... , , 1 human wisdom cannot foresee. When it shall please 1„ the appointment of missionaries it has had rc- , (o Jift u,e с1оиЛч that overehad0w the land, and rriye to the destitution of the field and the import- ; ^ ^ a ^ ^ cmbarnissmonts of tbc r..v of holding what has already been gained. In / , i ,r, , , . . , ~ . cut wijl be removed. Ihey can be removed now. ,anv rases to dismiss a missionary would prove sm- • Tr , ' , ,. .' , ,, J , 1 Hard az the times are, limited as arc the incomes of lal and ruinous to the cause. It has not been able оцг , a little> a very little of the Spirit of Ilim . iwpv every point presented for its patronage for ; . „t, h ,lc wa4 rfch, vet for our sakes he be¬ am of adequate means. It dors not claim all the ет1ие ,,oor » into tbc hearts- of his people, isk.ni and foresight at the disposal of mankind but • wou]d el>Ccd.;iy, ffingd cy-ery dpbt^uuLmmbl^.thc, ia-l>x*n coniryUfti l))' sucJi knowlcclgG xis it | to «mj forward upon its grand miseion of giving in-nml by the experience of many vents. That it , tbc , to tbc 1KPOP. o- erred in some particulars, is not strange; that it Pccun;aty difficulties are not peculiar to this Bpard. .3- done as well as it has, under all the changing, Jf w<j niav jwigo from their papers, other Boards, cn- reum=tances of the few past years, is, to say the least, {n ' l;ke wnrkj in ,be more favored North, are м .«vasion of gratitude to God. 1 prKswl, some of them heavily, if not hopelessly Ai -юп as tlie Board found that its receipts would -n (lcbt_ y-ol. ^ tlicse embarrassments confined to ■"! n,№t 1,4 liabilities, it took the precaution, in jus- rd!ff!otl„ botlic5 in any section of the country, hut is ,n‘ 10 ‘he missionaries and itself, to curtail its opera- i fc,t -n cvorv department of business, and by all claw. ' 1,1,1 consequently informed tlie appointees, most ! Ts ;t w01Klerf„l th.. , that in such circumstances this •f ili^ui, of its inability to continue them in service, 1 jjoan| clIOul,l be in arrears some fifteen or sixteen .ml advised them to make other arrangements for . tll0‘llsand dollars? And is that sufficient to justify ■Ьнг >uPi)ort. What else could it have done? But j alarnb aud dissatisfaction, and tho suggestion to dis- 'h-r**‘M> Iar8e a number of appointments n‘“dc? 1 so]vc tbc Convention, and transfer tile workofDo- Км1ч«е the business of the country seemed to justify mcst;c Missions to the Northern Society, who have 1,1 lnd ‘he receipts of the former year encouraged jjo‘ .L<].cd for ;t> апд wjIO (i„ the opinion of the l"- h'’]>e of increased means for the year to come, j writ(!r WOuld be as little inclined to receive it, as we but were the expectations realized? No!’ Cotton ! of t]ic g0|jt]l B]lou]d be to surrender it. But if it >11 in prire.ond trade generally declined throughout i wcfc ])ot]l d^irable and practicable, what relief | ,b’ an'1 ‘he spirits of our people were dc- j wou](j sucll an arrangement affiml to the missionaries au'1 :L4 3 rreuIt ‘be treasury soon became near- j tQ whom (Ilo Boar<1 ;s indebted ? Some of their pa- .Mvhansted. The Board could not pay; and more i mcntion their own liabilities as quite up to their ; ‘ha, so great was the outcry against agents for i rcsollrccSj and beyond their receipts. If they were ..j ,0" of fun,,3> ‘bat the Board determined to will; t0 takc ,bc work o(T our hands, and assume , , "ie aec,,U from tbc fieI(1> and ‘O’ the | the debts, they would naturally and justly look to T "{юп tlus voluntary, systematic plan. AVhat i tbc gouth for thc means 0f liquidation. Now, if wo I ■ the biicccss-hV/fc money. A few only of;,ViH not^tain onrowi. Board and our own men, v* h- Г laV° ad0ptc<1 1!‘° plan> and’ wl,,le thcsc 1 what could they expect to raise upon the field? The ■hj which God requires, anil it is onlv opposed ano‘bcr, f,m-od ‘«> abandon tho active duties who are real Christians, as thc result of ig- 11 7,0 /л ггеромШс" May the e: arise in every Christian mind, am I? to thc world — to every creature. This is a work for | the church by those norance, inordinate love of money, or early-formed prejudices. God works by means; lie has bestowed gifts upon his church; He has given to his church some members as evangelists, as well as pastors and teachers. See Ephesians, 4: II. All these are given, “for the perfecting of thc saints, for tho work of the ministry, for the edifying of the body of Christ.” Each member of Christ’s Kingdom should work in his proper sphere; and as these ministers are gifts to tlie church through whom she is to perform this great work, no member should refuse to act liis part, though it might he hut a little port. - «Lift a little— just о little !” I Let every one do this, and thc great work will go burdened. How easy, If all of the enquiry Hcv. E. Heddon. " >■ Rev. E. Ileddcn, Clay County, N. C., writes Jan¬ uary 1st, 1SG0: “Thc time has again arrived when I should make a report of my labors for the" quarter ending Decem¬ ber .‘51st, 18G8. I feel thankful to the Lord that in his merciful providence, I have been spared to close another year in his service, and in retrospccting the past I see much cause for gratitude. I have enjoyed unusual good health, and my poorefi’orfs in his cau.-e seem to have been abundantly blessed in thc salvation of many souls. Wherever I have been, I have met with success. I. have labored mostly in this and Ma¬ con Counties, N. C.” Brother Ilcdden’s labors have been greatly blessed would help buta little. Who can assume the respoif- of God. Tho Board needs money to keep him iu oil, and no one will lie sibilitv to refuse when the Masccdonian cry, “come over and help us,’ is borne upon every breeze? M. P. L. ve done well, the balance have done little ^ or ‘cticai resultof amalgamation would he. repudiation; ■'"g, and in most cases, the latter is true. ' jjkc tbe frujt Qf аЦ constrained alliances, a discredi- state of “flairs tlm Hoard lias been ! ьЫс offs,)r;ng, a monstrosity. But we cannot trans- „«lonl- t0 TUCC tlie number of !ts missionaries, f(!r our work alui our responsibilities to others, hnw- здтс fo“r‘vcn (14) have been in service <i“-'cvcl. wjli;ng and able they may be to assume them. •«П bv ГГ1 .}гаГ’ and ,Па,,у of tbcS0 s“staincd in This is our field, and wc must cultivate it. It is our •h, r U Rations and Conventions. Six-tenths of jcrlisalcln where we must begin our work, and cx- ,rm‘rt8 ,haVC bccn appropriated to tlie liquidation u.ml ;t a4 {llc ficId widens, and ripening harvests in- •^f-tenth j""8’ (scrv!ccs rendered in 1807,) and { у.{с t]|0 s;ci£ie> „„tH the “gospel” shall be preached ‘Hour •! -° cu!rcnt expenses. To have dismissed | ovo„. crcature.” To recall all appointments, and n' ‘‘-‘’ deficits. We hope our course will meet thc °“r brethren generally, and they will feel .f J;j'0nar- "°“,d have closed the channels j дЦетрЛюНГтд but the payment of the present in- «%Iv 'T,l°J"r trca^ and °,,r WOTk debtedness, would be to “imstpone indefinitely” thc i -nu .eft the Board without the means to j;qU;dation of the debt, and to commit moral suicide, to die, slowly perhaps, but surely; to grow 'tittuilativl i i . i “Small by degrees •1ц, ‘‘ooo more for the missions of the South! And” jnliouily “less.” ever done. Give the Board the money] Let us rather be up and doing with loving hearts tork ’ Jflgatmn will be punctually met, and the|nnj liberal hands, as God may prosper us. •Wald"; ,J0 cxtcnded without delay. Anil why ] Jfarion, Ala. w- ,Г- лг- thei- lc great Baptist family of the South allow - - fliev i.^n'ei!*'0n's Hoard to bo crippled in its labors? I Baptisms. •h.' , tllc means, they only need the will, and : Rev. E. L. Compere, Fort Smith, Arlc., during the (-'щТс t0 [aab0 a11 right. The Southern Baptist ! quarter ending December 31sf, 18G8, baptized 3- •jil П lon "'AI meet in May, why can’t the churches ] whites, and during the year, 57; Rev. M. P. Low- .7iJp0W resolve to take up collections for the Do- rey, general evangelist, Miss., during the quarter ЧМ ar<1 dl,ring thc month of March, and for- ending December 31st, 1868, baptized 17 wlutes; Rev. Alfred Com, Ga.,' 5 xvbitcs; Rev. D. G. Dar- lricll, Ga.,2 whites; Rev. William Huff, Middle Tcnn., 3 whites. and 12 colored; Rev. E. Heddcn, N. C., 8G whites, during thc four quarters ending December 'let |,e arn°unts to thc Corresponding Secretary, Цц reP°rt to the meeting in Macon, Ga., all 'i'4f ’ an'l work moving on to the glory of * Minutes. We have receivixl minutes of thc Etifaula Baptist Association, Alabama, Cooso Baptist jVssoeiation, sirgia, Yalobusha Baptist Association, Mississippi, .pels! Otatc Coil vention, of Mississippi, General As¬ sociation, of Mobile, Baptist General Association, of Texas, and thc Л\гасо Baptist Association, of Texas. We again earnestly request the clerks of our Asso¬ ciations and Conventions to send us a copy of their Minutes. We would be glad to give a synopsis of their work in the Journal. It would l>o valuable. SEND THEM. German Missions in Baltimore, Md. Tlie German Baptist Missions in Baltimore sustained mutually by thc Domestic Board of the tho field, and many others, whoso labors are demand¬ ed. Who will send us a little help? Reader, can’t you i Hampton, Va. ILvMITOX, Л’л., December 3 1 si, 1SG8. Rev. M. T. SiTMitutt, Cor. See. D. B. S. 11. Q.- - — Deah Brother — Herewith T send my quarterly report to (late. J am sorry to confine it merely to statistics as given in the formula. Yet really this is about all I am able to do, so fiir as my immediate field ■ of labor is concerned. So much of my time and at¬ tention Ьам been absorbed in our building, that ncarly half of thc last quarter has been spent on agency for tliat object. Having exhausted nearly or quite all thc liberality accessible in this region, 1 spent part of October and November at the North, visiting Bal¬ timore, Wilmington, Delaware, Philadelphia, New York, New Haven, Hartford and Boston. I was every where kindly received. No objection was made are by any one, so far as I know, on political or sectional grounds; yet my collections were all small, amount¬ ing to about $400. Our new meeting house is now Southern Baptist Convention and the Maryland Bap- ,HS 1TI . , • ,, ir r, , . , . nearly completed, Jacking only seats belore wc «ran list Union Association. Rev. Henry Schneider .* cm- ; ',у> tbo‘ ,, j* an „„finisliLl conditio... It will ployed as missionary. Ilrother Schneider, in lus last ; vct ncc,l painting, blinds, window weights, baptistery, report, says: “Our German population in thecity. o^itc. Ac. All tlicse, we can fix from time to time as Baltimore is between GO and 70,000, one-half of these ! our means will enable us. are Roman Catholics, 3,000 -Infidels. Wc have 11 ' Hitherto, owing to thc poverty of our people, to the t , t о t\ . i i> r 1 О ЛГ .1 j - . TT , fact ol our using a house ol another denomination, Lutheran, 3 Dutch Reformed, 2 Methodist, 2 United^, оцг ^ olleof our OWIIj J have been Brethren, 2 Evangelical Methodist, 1 Swcdenborgcn, | prevented from collecting any portion of my salary and 1 Baptist, Cliurchcs. The German Baptist Church i on my field. One of these obstacles at least, will be has not increased as fast as thc others, hut with thc reinovetl very soon, and in spite of thc other two I help of thc Lord we have done a good work. Our membership is 48; our Sunday-school numbers 90 scholars.. Л\ге have 2 stations lor preaching in the city. Our meetings arc very well attended by stran¬ gers. I preach the greater part of the year 3 times on the Sabbath; morning and evening in our church, at 3 P. M. on the street. Tho hearers on thc street will try to do all I can in behalf of your Board. I confess that so far, this has been rather an un¬ profitable place for missionary operations, only six or seven baptisms reported in two years! Yet consider¬ ing both tho past and thc probable future of this church, I really think it ought to be aided, and hope your Board will continue to extend to it your generous assistance. 1 believe all you do here will prove ultimately as sced-corn. Our congregation even in the “Shanty” are gcncr- ' This ‘o despair. Let me beg of you to try at least another year. The field I believe will prove fruitful, though the present incumbent may not be the right man to occupy it. Of this, I leave you and thc church to judge. Grace, mercy and peace. Yours truly, George F. Adams. square number from 4 to 500. After the sermon I distribute German tracts, and visit the people that at- 1 ally good and always remarkably attentive. Thi tend my meetings. I have built thc German church, encourages where otherwise I should lie disposed ti my dear brother, by out-door preaching. One of my out-door hearers, on his death-bed, told me .that thc Lord Jesus Christ had converted his soul. One groat Infidel found peace in Jesus. During the week I have 2 meetings for preaching, and one prayer-meet¬ ing. During tho dav I visit from house to house; .... - <*»"* 1 *»* '»>' ™- i ос .iu.ti.4 „Jical denominations in Cincinnati, recognized the ren and save many the coming year.” fact that the church of Christ in that city has lost its The following is his report оГ labor from Novcm- power over the mass of thc people — that church ber 15th, 18G7, to December 31st, 18G8: members live too much like the ungodly and worldly I’reachcd 207 sermons, attended 107 praycr-.ucet- -a,,d tl,at. thc-v ,m,st мТ'1' тп"!о ,Йокт;тГ . . , mercy and grace, or all will come to desolation. mgs, made 3,129 religious visits, distributed 41,4-38 Am0ng tbc measures adopter! by it was, that each pages German Tracts, distributed 2,750 pages Englisk clairolf should organize itself into committees to visit Tracts, sold 35 Bibles, baptized 14 Germans. Tlie Domestic Board has hitherto had German Mission Stations in Louisville, Ky., New Orleans, La., Cape Girardeau, Mo., and St. Louis, Mo. We from house to house, sixteen streets around its house of worship), which will bring nearly thc whole city under visitation. The Goodness of God’s Law. — What if the hope ere long that our work in this direction maybe j law of God were perfectly kept? An answer to this tended iqucstionrevcalsalikcitsnaturc,andtlicpatcriialHi- - - - I forest and kindness of its giver. Perfectly kept, there Prayer for Children. — At a meeting in Lon- i would be a spiritual harmony between earth and don, not long since, for prayer for the conversion of heaven; thc sympathies and joys of litavcn woul< " ~~ . . be the sympathies and joys of man. Eartl i children, Rev. Mr. Brock, (Baptist,) cited manv cases within his personal knowledge, where all the children of pious parents had become Christians, and many others, where widowed mothers had seen all their children converted. — .. — and joys w — — — , . . one wide Eden, and every one of its inhabitants linked to every other, by deeds of charity, and ever} heart a fountain of practical virtue; a how oi mora glory would encircle the globe.