Home and Foreign Journal, January 1861

Mbgty t' I Ц f( ■■ ir- Jo. 1 n ,’v r «■■ *■ КИ.П 41 "• . __ e _ ’ «vgJrA *t . 4 §0^’$ . MCIM0ND> VIRGINIA, MARION, ALABAMA, NASHVILLE, TENNESSEE, JANUARY, 1861. . NUMBER >. •* I - - i * ■ ; ' u • PUBLISHED BY THE BOARDS OP THE SOUTHERN BAPTIST CONVENTION. ! ®4ii, lrHh,, л, l,,4. X^uii*. I'll, ил. g) OF. DOMESTIC ШЖ дЬДВАМЛ, JANUARY, 1801. (jiiarlcr that closes March :51st ? Our in the ordinance of baptism: and 'though Jnciids must remember us or tr0 shall be ‘ ' she hail not made any preparation for bap¬ tism, site said, she wanted to be baptized Oot Mission. EBsioa is to uian, the noblest work «И uU,cr lU| ада)шп<№'1 EOul> and -the-oriiy ,f immortality that lives upon the pcUl »» Sib /1 lire Wii*. Mtic, " я«щ 7>ji " H.r-ea "wlm,-- hr J lib ■nlS, I twrurt ■nC Jim 41' ЦВ. ft5e.FI, '“•It :bj| '•IRHNtli. •N JV NcV H'l|,5l «'It К •Vll, «■1,51k I, ImJJ. I.JFli. I.TJF w,«U •nJn.kt. < '\l ,®даГ •W l “Ai Ь Mr А I 1 .in.; I* В ffe. Mi Willi *'• Her J N.ui»ii ••«f ft, unable to meet the salaries of that And then, shall we male no additional up- before she won’t borne, accordingly I bapti- [Himtuicnla . A\c cannot unless our re- zed her wi.h ten others. I have since been ceipta arc considerably increased. The brethren are not aware that they arc allow¬ ing tho political agitations or something the to interfere with their duty to the cause of „ . missions, You can send us 85, or 810, or ’ Yet this peculiarity of his Ьешк. ^ g20, or more, without ruatcriaHyr embarrass- adds to the. terror of Ins state, as his your „,|,cr obligations. Will you do it? ' «MSS 0, misery arc suspended upon his Г-е1Св й tho law of his Maker. Alas, /without repentance toward God, where lliiimpc? Tho law thunders out his | doom, leaving him upon tho verge Ifcjw, Then the work can go on, and wo shall be able to male a favorable report to the Con¬ vention in May. liratejmc to seek and to save the lost, »ft nrc ambassadors for Christ, as У God did beseech you by us, we pray , [j Christ’s stead, be ye reconciled to |уц 0tbcr objects sink in Comparison with tie miration of the soul. To promote J bodily health, to enlighten his mind |:fe extent of its abilities, to place in his ■ the possession of all earthly good, ild-ie an act worthy of all praise, aud, la would be left poor and naked, an ch¬ ef, the divine displeasure, the food of itfire which is never extinguished. |()ur mission then is not merely to pro¬ le his earthly prosperity, but to make an heir of that inheritance which is in- ipfalle and fadctli not away. To bring A nt .i. r . V. , >.i to Christ, the Lamb of God that tuleth the sin of tho world. It matters not may be his eundiHM; the eye of mie- luoks only upon the sinner who must sired or lost. We welcome all men to i. Cross, where alone can be found an itidote to his ilk The (Topic of every are our brothers, who may be made re sons and daughters of the Most High. tjo.1 our field of operation may be I'uuiiil representatives of Europe, Asia, Africa, America, To these we bear the story Jesus who cifnie not to condemn tho «11, hut that the world through Him ijlt be saved. Noble work I to tell the burner to dry up his tears, the penitent iever to dismiss his fears and trust in tlm that clcansctli to the ulmo.-t. To say tie weary and heavy burdened, there i.- thatcareth fur him, and, who is exalted the right hand of tho Father, where lie livcth to make intercession. In this labor the good of cartli are into- ted — to tho success of this undertaking Pr“jers, their sympathies, aud their ■an ate offered; angels are not iiiimimb ;l«f the result— far there is joy in heaven 'ft we sinner that lopenteth. Beloved readers, are you engaged in this oven-born enterprizo ? TV it do you give ® earnest endeavours, your untircing 5 *“r '* do J™ pray ? Shall it he turned >lc *Bd Suffered to languish while all «matters claim your regards? “ Let 0 4®! that he which conveitcth the “« from the eiror of his way, shall save Ml from death, and shall hide a multi- deer tins.” b these times of distraction, let not tho ‘me 0 ^ Rt'Mt be forsaken, the work of aB ueglectcd, and souls pass 011 to the vwe without your efforts to save them from * |кш cf the unrighteous. These are to try our faith, and test our love of MM' ^“4 the minister of Christ bo dis- from his field of successful labor? w he he told to abandon his pulpit, and 't the causo of souls perish? Shall all ??tal to you in vain ? We trust not. We ■an new year ; have we no offering r,ne to the altar, no manifestation of 'bvotion to Jesus to make? What I1 “e °'ur motto ? Though all other for- '"‘щщпШт I. 'jh , Our Wants ' Изп? ln'l continuous. The contribu¬ tor tho 1-all will tako ш through the “tter ending December 30th, nnd that is ,olj I- M hat aro we to do'for the Spring Alabama State Convention, e bad tho pleasuic for the first time of attending this annual gathering ol the Bap¬ tists of the State. It met in the delightful town of Tuskegre. II. Talbinl, D.D., was elected President, and Rev. I. T. Tiehenor and 0. Manly, Secretaries. Some of the ablest men of the denomiiiatioii were pres¬ ent. Mass meetings in behalf of Foreign and Domestic and Indian Missions were held, and from the attendance we should suppose much interest is taken in these de¬ partments of Clubtian effort. Between 81.000 and 81,100, were secured for these objects in addition to what had been sent up from tho churches. The Educational inter¬ ests of the Convention were not overlooked. Howard College, and the Jmlson Female In¬ stitute, are in a flourishing condition, and share largely in the confidence and patron¬ age of the people. Tho Greenville Theolo¬ gical Seminary, South Carolina, was repre¬ sented by one of its able professors, B. Manly, Jr., D.D., and also by its in’Jefatiga- Ido agent, Itev. A, Broaddu*, S3, 500 was scoured towards the balance of Alabama's i|Uota of the 8l0O,0o0, having about 87,- ol'O jet to bo raised, which wo hope will he done without much delay. This we regard as an important move. We need just Midi an institution as tho one at Greenville. A proposition uas made to transfer the a«'ct.s of the Alabama Bible Society to the Convention, and its business hereafter to be under tho direction of’ tho Convention— it uas referred to a committee with power to carry out the object. We hope this aim of our Christian cnlerpriic will be re invigora¬ ted, and the committee will be able to inaug¬ urate an efficient system of Bible and Book distribution. There is need, great need for such a work. Alabama Baptists will carry it forward when they Inotv what it proposes to do. If' we carry the gospel to every crea¬ ture, the Colporteur mu-t be commissioned. We understand the attendance was small¬ er than ii- tial, probably on account of tlm political excitement of tho country— but notwithstanding this, more was done by those present than is usually done when more largely represented. 'J he next meeting will bo held in Marion. We are under obliga¬ tion to our aged and much respected friend, and brother, Dr. Battle, for his kind offices to us while enjoying the hospitalities ol his house. Here we saw, for tho last time, the beloved Dawson; we shall never forget I lie expression of his countenance as he took us by the hand and said, “ good-by.” It spike of another world, in which he hoped to meet us. Never lived a purer or more manly spirit. He has gone to his reward. In company with several fiicnda, we visi¬ ted the East Alabama Female College. Win. F. 1’crry, President, and the Collegiate In¬ stitute, P. W, Dud-on, A. M, President. These institutions are supplied with able fac¬ ulties, and receive a large share of public patronage. They arc an ornament to the pleasant town of Tuskcgcc, in which they are located. informed that her hushamKw.is very angry with her when she went ho\jjytands*ih per¬ sists in saying she shall not live in tho IJjp- tist Church. At Providence wc have two waiting for baptism, both young ladies. The father of one of these young ladies says she shall not be baptized; that if she docs she ahull leave liis house. But she is resolved to follow Christ, though compelled to (forsake father and mother. O! my heart siykcns to think of tho opposition in this country, not be¬ cause it is against Baptists, but against Christ and by those who profess to love him. May the I.ord bless the Board. If it had not been the l-ord had used you as a means in his own hands, there would have been no Baptist Church in the town of linculnton. You will sco from my report,' that my little churches have contributed ‘^wenty dollars this quarter to your Board. ITIiis they did, not because they were s4f-siptaiuing, but ns a small offering in token of Sjhat wc want to do, if in tlm providence offGud we should eier be able. My congregations are in the . rt I, ПЛ.1 III .V tl. 1ЛЛ ll.S.MA main good. Wc need two *or three more preachers in this field. Many1 jfcoplo around iji the adjoining counties ncfcrlicara Bap¬ tist minister.” й From Our Missionaries. L. M. U-rry, Lincoln, North Carolina. “At my last meeting at Olivet, I baptized eleven, nine whites and two blacks. Three of the number were pedos, one tho wife of a Methodist class leader. She said she had been a Methodist fifteen years, but now de¬ sired to take up the cress and follow Chr st John O. McLrniorr, Н7//ЙИ», South Car¬ olina. “ I have just closcdj'a meeting of thirteen days anil nights at Koseniary. Wc had tho help of Bio. S. E. Woodward, part of thq.tioie, and Bro. S. B^flWyerJvo days and Bro. E. W. Horn, 'two' (lays. truly say of that place, 1 the l.ord hath doiie great things for us, whereof wo arcy'lad.' The meeting closed to-day, resulting tn the reception of thirty for bnpthiii, and one re¬ stored. Truly the hearts of God's children were made glad in seeing the work of the Lord prospering in their midst. May He continue his work till all nations shall know him.” John C. llarrif, liatmillr, (la.. “Anti- ism is rapidly waning. We have had some glorious meetings— some soul-stirring sea¬ sons indeed, hut no great ingathering into 1I10 church as yet; though I hope somcsced lias fallen into good ground, which will spring up mid bear much fruit to the honor nnd glory of God.” J. II. UnriMck, JhtrrJmnj, lYrymio. " I commenced my labors with this church on the 3d Sunday in July. It is emphati¬ cally the Child of Missions — a noble little company of brethren. Our Sunday school raises on an average one dollar per week for missions. One class has secured nearly twenty dollars since June last. Wc have prayer meetings five nights in the week — three times at the church, and twice at pri¬ vate houses in different parts of the city. Wc arc now holding a scries of meetings with cneournging success. J. A. Mr Quire, Monroe, La. “The church at Monroe has received during the ijuartcr, four by bapti-ai, four by letter, and one by restoration. At Bartholomew, twen¬ ty-three by baptism and three. by letter.” William Ласк, Ihanl County, Georgia, a Our people have bceo much revived and many mourners converted, sinners made to yield, and the Baptist causo to advance in our midst. (To God bo all. tho glory.) I might write you sonic interesting scenes that I have passed through this quarter; but suf¬ fice to say, that I have seen tho aged sinner yielding to God's truth, while the young and middle aged have come to the fountain of life, and all have met on one general plat¬ form of Gml's holy and divine love. I bap¬ tized one lady about seventy-five years of age, that gave glory to God as she was taken up out of the water, that caused a rebellious son with others to tremble and since have been found nt the mourner's bench. Out of the number that I hare baptized, eight have been from the Methodists. Out of the num¬ ber baptized by ether .brethren, a large number bvo been from the Methodists— I know not the exact amount. East Sabbath there wero twenty mourners; there is yet a great interest taken in tho meetings. On Friday before the 1st Sabbath in this inst., (September,) I called to my assistance Bpo. J. S. Weaver. and_wc constituted. \ cEuwh six miles west of Wedoivce, the county site of Randolph, Alabama, of twelve members. I stayed until Sunday night, and received by letter one and by baptism two, nnd I learn from a brother of that church that several others intend to join next meeting which will be next Saturday." A lone City, Cal.— Dedication, Baptisms, &c. Sacha mknto, Aug. hi, 1SC0. Dnir llrnther Sumner: I have just returned from Jone city, On last Saturday 1 took stage lor that locality in order to preach on Sunday tho dedica¬ tion of tho beautiful new house just com¬ pleted by our Baptist friends there. Largo audiences convened, yea crowded on Sunday miming. The Master was with us. After my discourse, 011 Sunday morning, the pas¬ tor, Rev. II. Richardson, made a lew re¬ marks, and requested me to male an appeal fur aid to meet the remaining indebtedness on the bouse of S50d. I made the appeal, and in about twenty minutes no raised about $400. The liiends 1'elt to thank God and lake courage. The former, lone pastor, Rev. II. II. Rhecs, now of Marysville, was present with 1110 and preached at night. We hid communion in the afternoon, and received two new members. Tho cause is onward in lone. The house cost about $3,51)11. Tlm pastor, as jet, gets a very meagre support, and unless some missionary Board help n little, for a year or two, Us hands will be tied. I reached home on Tuesday afternoon, having spoken to a large lone audience on «jSW.y'JwH-. о*, .. _ r September 4th, (my 4Sth birth'3hy.)-$I have just reached home from Grand Island, Calusa county I left home August 3Uth, by stage conch, to Marysville, and jhe siuuo, afti-i no hi, in a buggy with Rev. Mr. Rhces, the Maiysiillc pastor, we reached Grand Island, spent the uiglit under a hospitable roof in that settlement, We met n tine au¬ dience at the appointed place on Saturday, and held meetings all day. Brother Ithcos ] reached in the forenoon, and I followed with an address on the subject of church organization, doctrines and polity among the Baptists. Brother lllii-cs’ sermon was an able one on similar subjects. I an¬ nounced one object of the present meeting to be the constitution of a regular Baptist Church. I dismissed the forenoon service, slating that during the recess I would re¬ ceive the naiiies of those wlw would wish to unite in church fellowship. Having been so long living ns Mrny sheep, many li lt eohl and backward, home were ready, however; and alter the usual preliminaries, one lady ofstiriding and worth in the community, accepted the invitation to come forward, re¬ lated her Christian experience and was unanimously received for baptism. I preach- e 1 in the afternoon on the duties and privi¬ leges of church members. Wo had a good time. Broilier Rhces left ju the afternoon in order to be in his pulpit next day in Ma¬ rysville. Brother S. T. Davis, of Petaluma, arrived. Wc had a fine audience next morning, (Sunday,) although the .Methodists and Caiiipbellites were both bolding meet¬ ings close by. After I laid preached in the morning, wc repaired to the river and I had the privilege of burying the lady, Mrs. Wil¬ son, with Christ in baptism in prcscnco of many spectators, scarcely any of whom had ever before witnessed a regular Christian baptism in California. Brother Davis preach¬ ed in the afternoon, after which the newly baptized received the hand of fellowship, and wc then had the communion. The new church is composed of seven members; but there is a largo Baptist element in the neighborhood, and others will soon come in. Brother Josiah Howell was chosen deacon, and brother II. Jf. Hart, church clerk. They ?t once, on completing the organiza¬ tion, proceeded to the transaction of busi¬ ness, and appointed a delegate to the Asso¬ ciation. This is an important community, and they will do something to support a minister. Brother S. T. Davis is thinking of removing into that region. He is an excellent brother, but has scarcely any men¬ tal culture or education. The friends raised money to ray my ex¬ penses, and sent me to Marysville on Mon¬ day, I spent the night there with brother Wires, and reached homo in the boat next afternoon, finding all well. Srjt-.mler 13. — We have just closed in this city another annual session of tie Sacra¬ mento Volley Baptist Association. Tho brethren re-elected mo as their moderator It was a most harmonious and delightfu meeting. No more important aseociational meeting has yet been held in Califurnia- Among oilier things, wo appointed a Mis¬ sionary Board, resolutions in reference to’ a Theological School ar.d Academy, a resolu¬ tion on Associations! Boundaries, and a res¬ olution ndVisTngth’o churches hot to request tho ordination of ministers during tho meet¬ ings of tho Association. The report on missions spoke kindly and fraternally of my labors. I read a lengthy circular letter, which was highly approved, and ordered to be printed. I shall condenso it. Wo re¬ ceived the following new churches, Grafton, Texas Springs, Tscay Tih (Chinese) Baptist Church, Red Wuff and Grand Island— three of these I had organized. On Sunday night last, in this city, I as¬ sisted in the ordination of two fine young men, Messrs. Kidder and Spencer, of Sparta county. I was requested to preach the ser¬ mon, hut Sacramento being a Louie place, I prevailed on brother Rhces to preach the sermon, while I delivered the charge; broth¬ er Barnes, of Column, tho prayer; and brother Hackly, of Sparta, the hand of fel¬ lowship. \Vc have now eighteen ministers ordained ill our Association nnd eleven li¬ centiates. I will send you minutes. On next Sunday I am to bo (I). V.) at San Raphael with brother Gilbert, hoping to or- ' gauizo a Baptist Church. Pray for me. Grace, mercy and peace, fraternally, J. Lewis Shuck. Baptism of Chinese.-Mistakes Corrected. Sacha mento, Oct. 9, 1800. Dear Brother Sumner : In my last I mentioned to you that I had made my arrangements to remain near my Chinese people lor sumo weeks, nnd beud my attention to their interests. 1 intimated also that there was вето little, new and in¬ dividual religious interest among them. At our Chinese conference meeting 011 Friday night last, two young men presented them- «-ell ea fur- Ltiplixiu,^jnd ;|dalcd_ their. Chris- iin experience. One ol them, luF'ioSc^S — CCS? time, pciiiaps fur six months or more, had given me some encouragement touching his case. The other lias been a punctual at¬ tendant upon our public and private services mr two or three months, but I bad not no¬ ticed anything of a marked character in him. Both are natives ol the province of Canton, and both about twenty years o£ ago. To my surprise, the one w ho had been long¬ est under instruction failed to givo the brethren and myself tho satisfaction we re¬ quired and expected, while the other was iitianiinuusly received Ibr baptism, God winks in llis own way, often upsets our own -ottled conclusions, nnd revolutionizes our very convictions. Before this final exami¬ nation, there was baldly any sort of doubt in my own mind but that the one who wai requested to wait awhile would be received, while the Tate of the other applicant seemed uncertain and indefinite. IV irat a sale and nobly important onlcnl is this good old-fash¬ ioned Baptist custom of “ telling expe¬ riences,1’ which Alexander Campbell and his followers, when I was a student twenty- seven years ago, used so much to ridicule! A day of darkness and doom would it be to our denomination, should this custom bo abandoned. Would to God it were more carefully and thoroughly attended to every where iiinnng our widely spreading churches. Both of these young men arc interesting eases, but Ah Yen was requested to wait while Ah Choong was received, and on last Sunday afternoon it was my privilege to bury him with Christ in baptism in the little lake behind the Chinese Chapel. The new pastor of the 4th Street Church was tick, and I had to arrange for his services ns well ns mine for the whole day. It being com¬ munion day in both churches, I preached in the Fourth Street house to the largest au; dicnce I have seen there on any Lord's-day, for tho past two years. At the close tho Chinese brethren united with tho Fourth. Street Church at the Lord’s Table. Before, administering the ordinance I gave tho hand of fellowship to the young man I had baptized that afternoon. Thus, onward goea tho good work— very slowly, I. confess,, jtt onurird, nevertheless. Some of tho papers, in quoting, шу latter to brother Coleman, in which I mention baptizing more converts than nil, the Baptist missionaries at Shangliao combined during the same time, mistake my words and mean- ing, and write as though they supposed I meant exclusively Chinese converts. My letter, however, docs not sav so. In Shang- hac the missionaries have baptized a num¬ ber of converts who wore not Chinese. I have done the same in California. Indeed, on one occasion, in this^ily, I gave the hand, of fellowship to a number who stood before roe os representatives at once of Europe,. Africa, Asia and America. The vrboli:'* /