Home and Foreign Journal, January 1854

VOLUME III. PUBLISHED BY THE BOARDS OF DOMESTIC AND FOlU’IOSjf; MISSIONS OF THE SOUTHERN BAPTIST CONVENTION. VRl) OF DOMESTIC MISSIONS. lmown hl 1110 lille 11 limes, ic, Missions,” »hioh beiug 1 atxktarei of other brethrtn, by lheiruniio(feouna«l,~gavei MARION. ALABAMA. JANTAHV. IWt. 1V i'W». avuij lUu by dosigntting „.r Iknrd «* TA« JfMo* ' . ... ,Л towarl-. Л- ~ .'I. *»l -I- . I-' h A. Bo„rJn w,iehi theB,h it мЫ ,00 „ obubl, ‘ • "" •"I” " *'• |,;n,a' "■? w** |“"“J . mil. to present mistakes. Tl,, A„„b« „„d individual., iv,;- 1’ .'.'iih' .j*. ’ < tout the to lit nntat bn v. itu BOtuo ' . . I -..Hi Wh. then, «in. send up funds to tin next nuneiiiioit for tl.o Do. niumo Missionary Hoard R. li Г , «:II, as heretofore, do- ,i;t ' , «ignite them for the IWcalio MU-t-- ppi Board at, Aferion. efftt bums II. ’1 v. iddo. of Si. I, мгё, is authorised to Ou thv whole, wo Inf. the Miaiou.iy Baptist Convirttion «ui i.iilnMni lot ibo Pen’.. .t'. Mi-duti Board. uiuoh phwod with the brethren otui.prising It, They aro , k,'f! , , 4 ., tlitMuf, loft ut tl.B "fltoe of tl.o Wost-ru , a body of active, zealous, benevolent disoiples of Christ, '“f: . .. n, , г ми! to lb: city by jtidiiMtuLs may he j .id . and, she., Id no live, и hope to meet tho.o lignin next yeu '*ij ' rural urn 1 •' liar, lune In n v.nit us lately iin- ■ ' I. of I ■ ■ limn friend, in \ itgmio, for I in¬ i' - 'll', f". vlibli no are Ihiuhfid: rt.uld n •! I:, III Miidi *i "d we1 ba on I in llm f, line 1 u tier, nidi O' I, a gold lll.ll.ll' III il, ' '.utev d.dl-ari. nliieli ivoiild sos'u.ti I In' seed - i ie die piiurer. tho sane as ,thal of the Homo Hoard of tho Southern Dap it cfjta. This child ’ has teen poorly fed and thinlv clad 1 ,tm Convention, migEr, ™1ем explained, ho simietimes >«fe, oight yean, and it is about time that it should ' , milurtunate for the I nter, as funds mionde.l fur it might m$n a plreutVcSre, to keep it from starvation. ! vuvltmaulfb» applied to tho former. lint our brethren _ - _ Ancient Baptismal Fonts. , or vessels for holding tho water used nt, baptism, [OOerally larger in unciont limes. than they ore nt • They wore Ihroo enough to allow n mlcher.lo ho 1 Into them, in'order that there might uo a copious ! ISh of water itpnn tho head of tho enbjcot, as repro- 1 Й in the foregoing engraving, A candidate is twin. Iff hf tho font, offering his prayers to heaven, and a : ihints from the clouds in token of the divine sppro- Dtber candidates a kneeling upon the ground ro- J baptism, tho waier being poured upon them out of г pitcher. 'Thin seems to im to be morn n mvenlent , ; seemly, than scooping up water with the bend toj ton- the subject. This engraving is copied from a! i lisptis.u. louud in our catalnguo ; aa aUo the fol. , which n-pre-eon a very ancient font in tho bap- ! Constant iue at Home. -il..' I .a . tin: ju-t '1 •' • .l.'iimal. tL-.r ioo|lo t ■ • i-r - lull a | :<■!, it is a ft tdi >' Ie V,- .11 in l j.istor- -d! Лч ' l\ 1, :t is I Ilf VfW Vciti ••• I *■: иг.* ourjl *i •: • |4*fiin£ yc\f to • и !i.b the j i -i м ir fl« «I iijci • i • ‘iutll1 lot u.' >tltlfl of MbJIll I '1, ' alval .••!» of i'll* |rt>t 11 »>W ll'l - tl- . •lOU'* HI 'i i l.i Yt Imw Ik;. f| 1 , It«nv,«li" W! I with UN la-t y< tr Л1.и! where .no tl"/' The yrf.Mi torf цгвлич .»!• «liim'N t.u liivir i'r.iv'4, but tl t\ u. r. •• ue I *r i ; "A Vt * яге it *t Ikiv l«i h« Iivrd It 'Iho » .1 ЙВЙро'Лы alfceiions rcoi- «"«"f1"- *Ш rt* wv" n <)l-“,cfer'' i..t tho -' -I ni 1. .n', fiercely, but they heed n ...*ii r, «call, i'i" I ill nabs, Dud hi llmi over tin* wtlios ll. .a ti.il. Tlun -b 'p, jn, it bn I'.'b, they ilivp tlio-l'ipof death, llow notivi.- - iin'tiu rvo.' fne living! .V thou -and occurrence- .•cut, ooimavd with tho lii-tory of dopant >1 i - • r.og up in 'ho mind. How trifling they set'iiicd и ' ■ jb-unt ueru still with us, hut how full of interoit i 'l' hail we but the. opportunity, lmw many things u mid еогге-С* i i e i art, whit’t oit^iat » e. i hat counsel appreciate, what tavnrs 111'., til a. . n *r mlcr fur thoir hoalili ami -alvatiun ! Hut и о • и was toll undone cannot now l-' done, and a.* ,' f. и by the pait, and improve the prompt iiiomnit, ' у 4. t, i the good of these whonro still living. Yes, , i • r . do, and this we ought to do. ie'\ no shall be at nil loss for objects on which -.nr *v mpsthies and our bencvolcnoo. There nro и In; ami the stormy occnns, and hoie aro tho •a our own land. China, Burundi, Africa, and . . r tin? ‘too, vend voices for help 1 1 American . vl.i'c all orou'id u«, withal sr/iny distniioo,aud a" rccion.nl '-тон and ti rrituri".*. men arc li . -it of lb ' eo'pul . nninf aflliTiiaudn. Alabiiniti Hapiial Siaic f'onvcnllon. On Saturday, НсоошЬег 3rd, v.c left our i.llioo to attend the Baptist convention at Solum, thu city of wells. By il.vi’o n'clnok wc arrived at tlin Kiptist uioeting-housd— fnni, d tho cinronthm oremi/cd, and Dr. Talbtrd in tbs chair lll'nllii'r Lundy wa« Secretary. Tho usual .burst- li',* of 'ipiniu'me conriniltci',, 'o report on Monday, was |,.i. ad tlir.inali on Saturdav .ifioruoun. At night, in tho a lin'iic'i if brother Keen, the introiliiotury aormou was pi‘‘"'!aul by ч brother from Marum. On Ssbbnth morn- ii'gi hrurlior Shuck, -our luisAimiiry to the СЫпею in Cali- ■ vital, preached In a very lirge neigrega'iiui, and woa lis- loni I in widi deep ri'vuib n. At n "lit, tho lilblc aormop a.i- [ i • -a in d by hnnticr J. II. lv Yuli", and its claima ; и ,.'ii'id nhcil the si i Haiti . . included. Ily tho able adii.ijoy .if -Uii Hlbln <..ilcr| ii>.' by this brutlior, over it r"" li i iii'l -I wl ib'llars win i.ii.'ul bof.iie the ooiigrogatitm “•is d'-.i.i-,,"il. Tl.o difii'imt, pulpiti of the I’cdo-buptietn wire 'Uj f !'"il on l.nvd’s day by members of tho uouveu- li'in. tijent libiT.tl'ty I'liaraotoii'/ d tliia cnnvenlinn. About m i IlniiMind ilnllar», including what, Imd been collected by bf.tber lb, wen. were roc cud fur furi'V't uiisaiona, ui" lli'iii-and inn linudri'd, ini'liiilii) r th" (dlifiirnu, for •IrtiM- >ii' mi-.iion.-, eleven bundled for Indian iiuesi'ins, bo* i uiili'i ptiipurtiomt! sums for iitraiiis other (ibjoiits. Howecd I I'ollego was the absorbing top!" fur di-cussi in. An atront was appointed In solicit fund» f"r its endowiucnt, oud i hiipoa Hero ontorUiecd that ho would accept, Л roaolui too was |'nv«o'l, requesting lnoal missionary bodies in tho Slnto to or-o|«rnto with, or r^ergty fhroutli llm Honiesiio Mission Board of tho ?atitba»n.$i!p^jp-i oils conflict br- t won binlios tlnir nm doing 'lie мнив work, In cnnoln- • i.n, we must say, brethren r/ooV /brjcr rAe Djium'ic poty-i ovo appinrod lately in the Sunday School Visi- Sllalied in Charleston, R. C. Wo found it in tho t Set, oid hi Chattanooga, Tenn.,aml by tho fuvorof tanobors wero permitted to toko it with us for eotion on >< ancient” baptisms. Wo cannot gko which' illustrates this « ar.oiout” rite to tho [but tho reader can iioagino it from tho abovo es- rcniarls, Tide is the way ottr pedo-Baplist ; brine up their children ip, tho nurture nnj nd. of iho Lord,” by perverting God'it word, nod them error, instead of scriptural truth. Here, oiisr* hve another argument to support Ihu no* j don o-'ic misdoni. Thoy must labor for tho aimers, and nleo for the .oouvoraiott of the I sta fiom th> error of the it lioys, | rnnls.vT of 111 Щ r'oi.fcfa |..:ocd es'raet is taken frno '» c.'rmpp recently Jy Bov. J. W. M. Williams, of Baltimore: inna' not slop hero, iho world ia опт field. i nee 'Sfity of oslomaling oirher our aviupathios jus upon oar cities, or our nsseeisiional boondu. •ujiiei! l,v the Homo and Foreign Bonrds of grp Ripii-1 Conveniinn, tovhiohwuaro auxiliary, jjallv “bite *o 'he harvest, iv'l AVi'-r, ui'h its ttiirtcen millions of inhald-j flv fillin': up «wi.li iiiOdo!., pip'sls and err.oi.ls 1 pholdiri'v «eii.it -ents diree.lv nt v.irianee with lolvriliidi.il and our free insliialioi.s. 'elioril laborei'j; Hi Wo thank brother Williams for even this tnnnh *nid in favor of drnnoslic missions. The great danger of the jiro- . «• nt ape seem» to ho either to heenmo loo modi forrig n ’ . 1/|«„лй«, but let thorn Imvo an ."pul place m your аГ.е- ' nr ton ,oe„,M_ Thc ?,а(с „|||оЬ ■ . . . benovolen l enterprises. Lot ns ell labm t,r,„|,„ r(9idl), has done nobly for foreign minion.,. No i! State, no imagine, bus done better in proportion to its po¬ pulation, and it is pleasant to tea somo of her mia-isters now ami then fiinga glance at tiio destitution in tho homo field of the Southern Baptist Convention. in tliis pond work. A Miller fur Wise Ifpnils to ililnk nf. Well, whir is iit AVhv, r he rnnfic’ior i/i.i/iftr of /'ir mriout itnmesric rnmion t,n'erpris<*s . Ve*y s'rinpe is il, indeed, that mu'll should bo tho ease, but ilia' il is, , , ,, „ , . , , -I , . Ho clip the following from tho "Home Miminn Ho-ord,” tlic ea*e, no one with liabus of but ordinary observation 1 , , . ... , „ . . „ , .... and hope it will bo r.nd by IVo'cslanlsgcnerslIy, and par- pre-Hincs to doubt. No mm и to blame for the csistr ace , , , „ .. . „ . r ' , ... . . i ttciilarlv bv Baptists. Tho .Mi-stesippl A allev is unrtuos- nt sneti a condition of tlnogs. ibo different iius*Hiu.iri 1 - * , li. s ii.rcevlanl eocn nripinulod wirli tho best nf momcs.l I ti.-nnbb to bo a largo portion of tho field to bo cultivated bv Doiresdo Mission Boards; audit is filled with Outho- , ,1 '.It win- wo do nouli, u done ; /II- ” Iras become a rollon whether wouod ing „.У.' , ]л( Атег'иао Christian, ponder srtH tho prineipl» ami "„0..Г, of wars -..'iting ,bo ' done in mako ta , ioc.l cmlliet, ft,, dernomu. ^ ^1 . ,ni] ihe „f ^ imi|1|tiil, if lh |UJ „„ |n i in li,*' <1,1 v oild. The h in".’ ill nasties . ll,e t'c:i''r'1 т«,'*°,*|я оГ |||й b,ln,° Re1,1' So ™nv nr' ,1m ascemleucv in this oountrv. tohling to tl.ei* foundation.. | рашмПопа doing 'lie sanm work in different puts of ilie the isoendeticy in this country. ItOSUXISVt PNOIIANOKD. d b; .'real C.iiaii. III' PI. ten. i liberality for tho difiiision of ui. I are i.ll'.ip till e irtli with at irui and dealt. ' IWA "i'll"'" pbni "> co-operation, or means of .1 tliiiiu .'I i- an- llccii'i’ i.mii their nativo ’ diowiti:' die «gpcgale nf eoDirlbitlions for ilnmeslie ini.- Wh>le.vor progress i« mailo in tho nrls, or iliaeoverira in . . o, loves. , ,1 . t,,,.,, t„ ! -tons, are scrion* bimlnuees to tho viperous prureculion of 'ch r,ce--whatorer bcoodil, or sfflitonce is given to litorl- 7 " Ль ,1 Г C,, ! «п, work MU all ,.*ч -оеит, are desirous «о . . . I profitnd ,у or ripeness aeemes to A. at- ..nt. amt о iv., ir o\cr, is tbe ninii tor . tins. | . .... I unments of seholarlv study, llonianism. reniamn tho aaaio it, and dob ... И rim ,..ar I О I i, l„ be dis- , U n"' ,"-'p ,||Г' пГ un.'' nf l|,,,,e " , in nature, tlm same in dootrino, rho sanai in spirii. Itself , ti- war- .и d .'dimities, lei it also be dis- ! 1,1 'i'01, ' "fecMcd, I nr no do desire to sec some plan adopt- 1 „ sinpeadniis lie. stereotyped, yot for a while endowed with cl, !.y which they may work ill harmony Willi each other I 'ho power of motion and aetire bite, it seeks to compass -mil к rogcAer for tho inert, speedy pvangolijation of (lie ' j" ««"J ,teedilT- 'f '.«'*»* '»e»l'bily : now, if need bo, io the , . i j ц» у ,, I f«»rni of я яттюп», ||«л iho fitlher of wn in iho garden : dosl.tute rcpnins in oar own lend. Ho know very well I „„„ in ,|ie bnl,|nols of n lifll)' MIII|„„t nng roaring^ for bis that many almost msuporabln birr.era aro In the way of , |licy , „„,1 „gain liko a grim Old giant, at roprosenled by any plan for eentraliiuig ejr domesiie opeiniona, owing 1 liunyan. to tlic preiudicos and local pnjforencos of brethren, but in | Hut eircumstanecs only change tbo outward form, the a work eo noble as that of missions, the only ita|ttiry should 1 oalmisib'o policy, not. in any dogton tbo essential ohnractor be, how can wo togcMer do the met good in tho be,, wav’ , !'r rcal ,"a7c,'1 i|lusl«'i«"» of thU have ........... . . - , , , i'J»i сесЬ rfd in tnte oily and elMwbero. AVn think Ihu. in the рп'мп! o*n»*ct of Iho еже, would «... . , „ TL , - , i « • и ■ » a ,» • • - . , , . A frw Palbiha amee, ihreo Потяг, «aibolio bielioM The house of bra- , be feasible: Let moll missionary MC-et.es, winch have but . in ,be Mott-.trrel cathedral. Misvi.'slppi Baptist Convention. tside . md influential body mot in' the city of ■ iti November last. Olfered n soat in brother i ' biii" v. wo left Marion fur the above named 1 ii rived nuitoin tirao to witness 'ho proceedings witim from it, beginning. T IHeweil was uur eomfortable homo during the ‘one or two imse’onuries employed, dissolve their Boards, " . ii.d nben wo loft, It was with gralltudo for (he | to.nl their funds to tbo Dnmosiio Mission liourd of thc 1 • -'v.unipnt we had received from hbn and his Southern Baptist Contention, and turn the whole mat ter n' Vn.l'. We felt sewrv for the ftoblc health of . of appointment over to it, and let State conventions or . - - . . > hut -he his grace to support her in her do- j K-eiati-ns, which arc d.ing a ..tger work. Previnua to tlm eenimenoitment of the ceremonies, print¬ ed propromiiesworccironliited through Ihe homo, In which din T.ntrn poriimu of services wero professedly rondered • into Knplish, but .if the oath adn-iiiistcrod and taken, eev- w ill not be in amj rooms/, union, or /reiey,:in abfeli _ ihall be plotted ngainse oirr ea‘d Lord, and the soil Ro- nnn Chtrcb, nnytMng io the hurt or prejudice of their person,, righ), honor, slate, or poictr: mid if'.l- shall knou) и чу jued tAing to 4« treated or agitiUiif. 4y amj uhatsoectr, I will hinder il tony power: nnd kispon.ii/ I tan, will signify it ю о nr said Lord, or'somi other, by whoa il may came to his knowledge. TbhTuIcscf.tbb 1Ыу Fathers, the apostolic decrees, ordinances, nr dispos- aU, reservations, provisions, and mandates, twill obsetyp with nil my might, and caused tn be observed by other*. Heretkr. echiimiattcy, ami rebels to our said IiCrd^ ot lits aforoiaul aucccacors, l will to my power persccmo and 'op¬ pose. ( l will uemo to a oounciUben I am called, tintess I bo mndored by u canonical impediment. 1 will, by my¬ self in person, visit tho threshold of the Apostles every three years; and give an icconn! to our Lord, and Ins aforesaid aucee.ssorr, of all lay pastoral office, aud 6Г all • things onywiso belonging to tho ststo of my church, 19 Ihe discipline of uiy. clergy And people, and lastly tn tbe.eal- vmiiui of aoula committed to my trust : and will, in likp manner, buuiblo receive ami diligently oxeeute tbo apas- tolio eomniands. And if I bo detained by a bwfu| Imped- linen', I will perform ell tbe things atbresnM.hy a ecltaiii mossenrvr boroto spoohiUy CMpowUrefl, a member cf tnjr obnptei, or aimte other in oeoloaiaatio dignity, o« else barl¬ ing a parsonage ; or. in default of tbeso, by a -priiHt cf tho diocoio, or in default of от of the c‘erd'L {°? the dioeote.) bv somo other Secular qr regular priest of epprp- vrnl integrity and religion, fully instructed in oil thillgh abovo mentioned, rln l such imprilipwni I mill mekroitt by lawful proofs 'o be transmitted by Mo afonvud mes¬ senger to the Cardinal proponent of the Atdy fi.onyt) Chkrth m the congregation rf the Sucrci found'/, ' ТИ possessions belonglig fu my table I will never dall^iw give away, uor morlgago, nor grant anew in ftc, 1№г' any¬ wise uliepatu, no, not oron with tho consent of thb chapter of my ehurol,, wiihout iwnanlting tho Вопив Гоа till. And if I shall mike npy alienation, l will thereby inoyty llm potialtics contained in a corlnm constitution fut forth “bout ibia maltor. So help n't" God, and those holy Oo»- pols of God. Another proof tltal tho spirit and vital policy of llo- punispi are unchsmod, is found in tbo present ilifficultits among the Sonnn Oatbolios in Buffalo. The trouble* arc . of limg cmitinuanro, and nro briefly but_ fully stall'd in these few lines, wh oh wo copy* from a rhoont doounnat, sent by the “Trnslcos of St. Louis Church” (o the 1’apal Nuaoio соя i0 this country, upon somo Jesuitical embus- say: ‘•We ecn nollihig in your Kwllency’s answer, but a repetition nf tint ilmtiiui'l nude It lit. Itev. Bishop TlMOV, that is, , mire submi rerun, mid that our jht of incorpor - ah m should be nnn tll.d, nnd 'hit rh* appointment of a ('■i.a-i'ttf.' in, ‘rad ■’ r Ho ml oj Trtis'ee, should l/e .onlr hr 1,11a, i Mu' У V, t„ .it th спаи > nt nil our tlijjicfll- Vp in tlic • uj'0*'-f tho.lKH'Uiiiing.ol' llicso diffillllties,: , » btuygrAn^.iw |i iw/jssj |ет]г' " v' * 1 jMT-tVss у eC, 'otloif Of the 'jlj'cl.t Tliv, l!l»hop' hpd Paitwjfppjti any time within tlm li«cnl year,) over thc amount expend¬ ed nnd received, and which Iho Pastor always found cor¬ rect ” tlf rninii' tlic decision of llm Pope's l.ces'c was NOT in fnvnr nf ilm tu-nplc of let. launi Church, uor will tliat of Pius IX be, This is a part of Ilia reply : “Now, then, it becomes my dmy to fay that, your an¬ swer i.i truly painful, especially tu :iu liavny of llio Holy Fathor to whom joii referred your o.no. Tho and copriOi tlnn forces itself on me that you disregard altogether (Jntholin principle — consequently, lint if you petlist, It only ronmicis lot mo to depluru the sad position In •which you plncn yoitrsolvc, in tho faoq of tho Church ; but the responsibility of this r'-*s entirely ou yourielvos. “U. Bcoisis- ' “Atohbishop of Thobes, Apnatolie X'uncio. “Bbwaxo, Hot 211, 1863.” ' /гош (Dur 3iii55ioiiarir3. can jttdgo us well as ourselves', upon tinting carefully the oath itself, and the special and full significance of the ports ; oiiiiiiod. which we publish in italic,. Bend and ponder the following oath— iho Pontijcalr Romnurn. , wi'h (ho General Pnnp>alic B"nrd, by reporting annually ,'■ S. S. l,altimoro was elected President ; M. W. their receipts nnd tlisbnrsoments, Io ho incorporated in the ,' Tic'i-nrer J. T. Proomon llccnrding Secretary : ' annual reports of thc General II,.me-iio Bnard. This plan, 1 -' McCloud Corresponding Roeretary. Key. M il- though it might not accomplish all we wish, would lessm ■■ 1 .try liruiio un, the only minister present, whom wo tho difficulty, slid show, at one view, the omount of eon* I , r°u)i or Till; oath. I known in Viridnia, and wc wore, of course, glad to tributions mailo for homo mir.iotn in tho Soutliqrn States. ' I. N'., elect of .he ohitrch of N'., from hcncoforlh will ' l l.i'u in tl. it lmw nnd important field of his labors. Ono thing is mo«t nnnifesl, cither some of the smaller J he faithful and obedient to St..Peter the Apostle, ond in iv non acquaintance* were made, which, wo trust and ; organisatious ought to R giron up, or tho Hoard located j Ч"''шп Church, nnd to our Lord, the Lord X., j i ' I Pope N., end lo hii successors, canonically coining to, / 1 i rill neither advise, Consent, nor do anything that they j may host li/t or member, or that their persons may be' seised, or hands anywise laid upon lam, or any injuries ojjered to them, under any pretence whatsoever. The 1 .юн', nil. ho for Iho interests of Zion generally, and the ! at Marion ought tu lie abandoned. AVe aro ready for В ,...os'ie . Mission ontorprwo in particular. I either, as llm brethren shall decide. It is loo dimmrog- ' * ry gild were we to find that the brethren generally j ing to hare onr agents bluffed off in the different Slates ‘‘ ' ■' e fast friend.s of our domestic operations, in common | by the current oxcu«e>, “ Wo giro to our oun General *"h i.inarcd ontorprisee. This is all wo ask. Wo do not t Association,” “We support one ' • i ' i>e put nhi'tid of other bonovnlont object*, but only j “ Our rhttrcli supports a missionary ! ’ »" shall not be left too far behind. And wo think busy,” “ Wo liuro as much ns no can do nt home.” "„r.oti". " сочне l which they shall in-rust me with. I by thmsdoes, n ss.ormry our.elic», M,„ „wn.{tr/or , vW bouting/y rr- :, “Our city keeps UJ lW lMl. F„j,ulicC. I will help thorn to "I un i of our Board aro well understood and duly ay .'' "«'I by tho Mississippi Baptists. Reveral brethren, 1 ill" public oollootion for domestic missions was Ukeu p. gave us individual pledges, to ho paid by instalments. Tim bom" oporalions of the convention for mi-sior-, is Well, in conclusion, all wo buys to sny is this : The Board of Domestic Missions was originated by iho South¬ ern Baptist Convention. It is ope of bei adopted child¬ ren. Such men as Dr. Johnson, Dr. I'u'lir, Dr. Jeter, l’rof IWnnlde, William and James <’ Г rane, tbe Formans, dofa-id and Iroap the Roman I’npaey, and the roytihies of St- Piter, saving my order aj.itwt all nan. TA« legate nf the Apostolic Set, guitgaad coming, l will honora¬ bly ttedt, and help ia his nice.siiia. The rights, hon¬ ors, prlrilegM, s'nti authorltv of the holy Iloman Church, of onr lujrd'tite Pops, and his aforenld sucecssoff, l will eodesvnr to pre>«r*", defttrd. inertaie and idvaaoe 7 UAnvtAttn., , Rev. Noah Davis, of Baltimore, after mentioning tn I.U lest report some causes of discouragement, adds this picis- lOg mfornmliou : “ Jhe Subhalti scbool, wo are pleased iq му, is in a prosperous statu, none more so in our oily. I» numbers over one hundred scholars, with from sixty to seventy in regular sttondanco. Rovoral of the adult S!ti0* lars attend my preaching. Tho Sunday scholars, gsoeralj- ly, arp.advar.cing in Bible knowledge, and soyetal have bseo presented with handsome Bibles or TostampnU) fpp having committed ond recited a lorge number of Reriptarb verses. The most of our tosebers are member» from ttii white ehurobes, who aro kind and attentive.’* VTEUINIA. Wo extract tbo folbwing from Iho Oeloter rdpOptjt Jlev. J. S. Koynoldson, agon» for Virginia : , . “It berome* my duty to give n sketch of ray Ubdt* during tho past month. Three weeks of that (hub I'wSs engaged in a modi interesting meeting and revival.»! ihllg fax courthouse. Tbo church, which was almost extjnet, js now in that important point, pluccd appatcntly cn a firm footing, Conversions 62, baptisms, before I left, SO, abdnt 16 more will bo added to tho above number. Among'thekg aro many men of standing and usefulness.” KlDTa CAUOUNA. Brother J. L. Shuck, writing I гои Cbarlwlon, Novem¬ ber 22nd, says : " I drop you a line just to report myrelf, and my wheie- abouts to your Board. Judging from apptaraocos, ranch good has been done in kolulf of the California mission, by my vivits to North ond South Carolina; and within two week* I have received seven huudred dollars in «lh.” [Wc aro glad that our brother Shuck succeeded so well, in Ibo Carolina!, aod that tbo Goshen Aisociatiop, Va'., has so generously niJod this mission. But DOUiihstanJ- iog three timely helps, tbo Board will be hard pressed to! meal its engagements. We rely, howerer, ou tbe.bidoro- lence, liberality, aod Integrity of southern Baptist», »ot\ have wc any idea that cur eipcotatbnx will hr diiap*' printed — Ed I