Home and Foreign Journal, July 1855

vM ) * УА 1 'Г « 111 С HOME AND FOREIGN JOURNAL VOLUME V. RICHMOND, JULY, 1S55. Al T NUMBER 1. PUBLISHED BY THE BOARDS OF DOMESTIC AND FOREIGN MISSIONS OF THE SOUTHERN BAPT 1ST CONVENTION. BOARD OF DOMESTIC MISSIONS. MAIUON. ALABAMA. JULY, l«o. Operations of the Fust Year. We append below, from the “ True Union," a condensed report of so much of the proceedings of tho Southern Baptist Convention as relates to the Domestic Mis¬ sion lteport, making simply the following corrections and explanations • Instead of • 99” missionaries, that was only the num- of missionaries appointed. .Vine of these were agents, who, however, performed mis¬ sionary work. Some cf the missionaries did not accept tho appointments, and some labored only a short while and retired from tho hold, so that the whole number who re¬ ported regularly was about 75. Rev. К J. Owen, in St. Louis, as well as Нет. J. Teas- dale, has enjoyed good success in his work. Both those missions have done well. The other facts given are substantially correct : “Jos. Walker, Cor. Secretary of the Ilomo Mission Board, read its report. It opened with u graphic lamentation of tho calamities, disease and death, through tho South and West, with a very touching re¬ ference to Иго. Iteynoldson’s death as a great loss to the cause of Christ. FINANCIAL OPERATIONS. A larger amount was received ami ex. pended, than in any year before, being an advance of over §9,000. Georgia, Ala¬ bama amt Virginia gave (be largest contri¬ butions. Georgia takieg the load. Xinc Agents have been employed during the year, four constantly in the field. Number of missionaries 99. 90 in largo towns, others in destitute country places. There are two missionaries in Washington, one in Baltimore, one in Richmond, Va., one in l’ctersburg, Va,, two in important points in North Carolina, otto or two in South Carolina, I! in Georgia. Florida also is well supplied. 'J'hc Board welcomes Kentucky into fellowship in co-operation. Though Tennessee has no Agent, yet there are S missionaries laboring there, la Alabama S missionaries are employed. In Mississippi s missionaries are em¬ ployed. In Missouri Brother John 'J’easdalo in St. Louis has enjoyed great success. In Arkansas S missionaries have been employed, six of them baptized 159 per¬ sons. In Texas the Baptists have greatly in¬ creased in numbers and injlucitcr. Excel¬ lent men are employed there, and a good foundation laid by Brn, Hnokins, Witt and Croath. One missionary baptized 15(5 in one year. LOUISIANA. No State is more in need of misrionaries. The Board arc not able to meet the call, and only two have been actually employed there. The great point is -Yen' Orleans. The Board has been trying to meet the demand. Bro. Duncan lias been supplying tbo church. dedicated tho new building on Coliseum Иасо thcTst Sabbath in May. Tho church has become self-supporting as to the sup¬ port of its minister. CALIFORNIA. Bro. J. L. Shuck was employed 8 months in begging money, and one month in traveling to tho field, only 12 months there. Ho has been laboring among both dlmericans and Chinese. Erecting a Chinese chapel to cost §1,400 complete. The prospects arc very encouraging. Tho Board acknowledges the kindness of the Goshen Association and of the Judson Fetnalo Institute. OAKLAND. The Board having no man to send there, God mado a promising young lawyer a minister and put him to work. lie is doing a good work. A neat edifice has been completed, cost §1,800. Tho conclusion of tho Report stated that more has been accomplished in «eery way than in any former two jars. INDIAN MISSIONS. Bro. Moffat his sought help from this Board, saying, that if not aided tho mission must go over to the Pedobaptists. Accord iugly, correspondence was commenced, but tho Board declined taking any step to con¬ flict with tho Indian Baptist Mission Board.” Periodicals. There are some Southern weeklies which aro not sent to the mission room. Neither tho Texas Baptist, nor the Gospel Banner, are sent there. We had hoped the proprie¬ tors of those papers would have put the mission room on tho free list. Wo want these periodicals if Hoy can by furnished as others, free, for the good of tho cause. Sotton Bapibt I’onvealion. Once more the disciples of Christ met in their biennial convocation. The delega¬ tion vras large, and the proceedings inter¬ esting. A few questions were raised, which drew oat some warm dlsoussion. They ueed not, and perhaps ought not, to havo been mooted, but though tho debat on them was animated, its conclusion was peace. Baptists often talk fast and loud at their public meetings, but they generally part in good friendship. Reports on fo¬ reign and domestic missions showed pros¬ perity, and presented new claims to popular favor. . Alabama Baptist Stale Convention. This body convened at Montgomery two days before tho biennial convention. Tbe delegation was much larger than had been anticipated, though the receipts for benevo¬ lent objects, owing to the holding of the con¬ vention in the fall Fa F iTew" monlhTbcfore, were small. Its next session is to bo held in April, which, it is thought, will bt an advantage to the general interests of /ion. Tbe Drought. For nine mouths past there has been an almost constant drought in tho South and Southwest. Christians havo been talking of the dry weather almost constantly, but we have heard of none praying for rain. July. This is the harvest month on the borders of Mason’s and Dixon’s line, and tho month for vacations farther South. May it bo a month, Ho, distinguished for its harvest of souls ' May the crop of tho Lord, now so white to the harvest all over tho land, bo gathered by our missionaries into the garner of the church ! But to effect an end so de¬ sirable, they must bo sustained. Churches j must pray and give, and give and pray. I Oh! brethren and sisters, look, look over1 these vast fields. See how many thousands dwell thereupon who know not tho way to trusted to tho stewardship of Christians, and how large a portion of this might bo applied to missionary purposes, without the least inconvenience or detriment to tho owners, but for their want of faith and liberality of spirit ! • IIow much of thisjsurplus wealth will ho squandered by profligate children, after the Christian owners, by whornit was hoarded up, are dead ! 1 If Christians would contribute of their substance voluntarily— tint is, without being applied to by] agents— it would be more to their honor) and more pleasing to God! How silly to croak against agents when the church will not do her duty without them ! The greatest grumblers in churches, or eomplaincrs against the cost of benovolent societies, are those that pray the least, give the least, work tho least, and just such per¬ sons as are not worth minding! - - 4 California Missions. The fund for the Chinoso in California is exhausted. By the time this number is is¬ sued, every dollar devoted to this object will have been remitted to Brother Shuck. What shall bo done? The chapel is now op, and Le is just in a fair way for work. Shall he be called borne? A little help from many would relieve the Board. Can it bo had? Whatever any one may choose to send can bo mailed to Wm. llornbuckle, Esq., Marion, Perry county, Alabama. Indian Missions. It is known that at tbe Southern Baptist Convention, held in Montgomery, Alabama, in May last, that tbe Indian Mission Asso- ciatiOfpasSe'd overall1 pert^rifil^tmlnt institution to the Domestic Mission Board. What can be done for the red man— the man who once owned the farms on which the whito man lives, and hunted tho deer and tho buffalo where tho towns and cities now stand ? A debt at present is due the missionaries, winch the Board, of course, is unable to meet, and which calls on every Baptist to lend a helping hand. Give the Domestic Board a fair chance by cancelling this debt, and it can easily go on thereafter. Tho whole, denomination is bound for tiiis debt. Absent. The Corresponding Secretary expects to be absent during this and tbo next month, but communications can be addressed to him at Marion, as usual : they will be attended to. There Neetl be no Fear. Much apprehension was felt on the part of some brethren in the last Convention, that, being conducted by tbo same Board Indian Missions and Domestic Missions heaven. The Board will willingly act as; ' .. , , . 1 . . would necessarily conflict to tho Utsadvan- your agent in supplying this immense desti¬ tution if you will only furnish the means. Tilings that Encourage. Thcro arc now some brethren and sisters scattered all over the land who give syste¬ matically, regularly, conscientiously, and, wo trust, prayerfully, to domestic missions. Two sisters in Baltimore give each, an¬ nually, §50 ; a brother in the same city gives §100 j a brother in South Carolina gives a §100 annually, and one iu Georgia §200. Wo mention these facts because they cncourago us, and foreshadow the dawning of a brighter day. It is the vo¬ luntary spirit of benevolence which boards can rely on ; it will be blessed of God. Valuable Rclieclions. How many thousands of souls are perishing all around us for want of the gospel ! How selfish it Is t* be content with tho conversion of our own souls and those ef our blood relations! How magnanimous and Christ-like to aid in recovering the lost, though not of our own family lineago ! What immense stores of wealth are en- tage of one or tho other. They need not conflict, and they will not, if churches and friends of these enterprises will keep the Hoard in funds. But tliero will be a ruinous conflict, not in tho Board, but among the mission stations of cither cause, if supplici aro withheld. Tbe Domestic Board did not seek or ask for tbe Indian Missions, but being selected by the Conven- ion as the prefernd agency to conduct this business, they will do it to the best of their ability. But tho Baptists all over tho land owe it !• themselves, to tho Indians, to tho immense multitudes on the home field, above all to Christ, to be prompt and liberal just at tbo present time. If they will help the Board along now, so that former embarrassments may be overcome, this double t3sk of doiog good will not be тегу difficult. Texas. The Domestic Board need an Agent for Texas. That State has been most liberally patronized, and now funds ought to come back to the treasury. This is tho proper lay of circulation. Ai sooa as a proper man can bo found— tho Board want no other— that State will bo occupied. In tho mean time, will not Brethren Burleson, Orcatb, Stitclcr and others, remember this Board in their associations and conven¬ tion. Мияш left gin nits. (•to. Baptist Stale Coiueiition, prr Cor. Secretary, . $611 35 Blue Kiel Church, per Kcv.TL Malison, 13 01) Iter. Jo«cpli S Baler, Ga.. Thomas W. J^flfrLon, Hopewell Baptist Church, Terrs counit, Ala., Rev, Wm. T. Hill, Augusta, Ga„ Mis Francis Baldwin, Ga., A friend of missions, (la., Res-. Uni , II McIntosh, Sitoam Baptist Church, Ala., Ocniul-cc Baptist Church, per W. Wilks, Rev, Wm. B. Jones, Tustejcc, Ala., Thomas II, Miller, Montgomery, Ala., Bid. T. XV. Lewis, Va., per Editor Hands, Mrs. Ann Gridin, H. C., per I)r. McWhorlcr, Mrs, Г.. Nulliran, S. C., per same, Mr. Poulioi, 7lh Baptist Church Balt,, per William Crane, 31rs. Sawn, per same, Mr. Prcsiej, Treasurer Southern Baptist Convention, per Charleston Ass., ProtT. Goodhue, per- Ala. Baptist Slate Convention, Selma Baptist Church Ala., per Rev. A. G. McCrasv, J. \V. Burns, per M. hide, S. C., Dr. C. Battle, Tuakeceer, Ala , It. P. Ude, Ala, J. C. Hill, per Iter. J. 11. Devotie, Rev. J.C. acriler, Auguila, Ga , Wm. Mclrcr.pcr Dr. Talbird, Ala.. Profl'. Bacon, Tuskejee, AL. Miss Mary Sherman, Ala., Mrs. (Italy, Ala., Rev. E. Dodson, N. C , Mrs. James Wilson, Baltimore, Md., per Rev. J.B. Taylor. Mrs. Henry Pn,tlcr>on. Baltimore, Md., per Rcr. J. B. Taylor, at friend in Va., per ller. A. Baglay, A Andrews, per Rev. J. II. Devotie, Mrs. Clay, Julias Mitchell, Rev. A. J. Uatllc, per Her. J. at. Collins, Ala., Rev. Jes«e A. Collins, Agent Ala., Baptist Church .Montgomery, .tla , per Kev. J. T. Tichctsor, II. Talbird, Chairman of Finance Com¬ mittee of the Southern Baptist Con- ■'-йвийГ'Ч' v - W. II, Gwathmey, for Tuchahoo and. ■ ’ James River Railroad Stock, 12 Oil W. II. Gsvatliracy, Va., own subscription, 50 00 Mrs. D. II. Gainer, . Mississippi, 1 00 Mrs. Fieli, Ala,, I S3 Mrs. S. tV. Ilrunetle, Va., Я Oil .Mr<, Sarah II. Bacon, Tuskcgee, Ala., for California, 3 00 tV. HORNBUCKLE. Treasurer. BOARD OF FOREIGN MISSIONS. KIOIIMOND, JUI.V, tecs. To .Subscribers. BRING DESIROUS OF COLLECTING ALL AKKRA RACKS, Wi; III!. SIT? TFULI.Y ask TTIO.SF, WHO at It LI INDEBTED, TO FOIL WARD mil AMOUNT DUE, BY MAIL. AS THIS IS THE FIRST NUMBER OF TIICSTII VOLUME, WE BEG ALSO THAT ADVANCE PAYMENTS MAY BE REtlllTED. 1 00 73 71 00 50 0) 3 00 3 00 01 50 12 00 3 Oil Я 1)0 5 00 1 01) 3 00 3 00 1 00 3“G 33 300 80 41 30 20 00 20 00 10 00 1 00 07 00 5 00 3 00 3 00 5 00 50 30 00 50 00 10 00 10 00 5 00 2 00 3sl 00 20 40 80 00 J. Green Foster. Seldom do we 'record the death cf a Christian with deeper regret than wo feel in publishing tho notice which wo give below, from a Tuscaloosa, Alabama, paper. During our late trip to Alabama, wo formed tho acquaintance of Dro. Foster, and con¬ versed freely with hiat, regarding his be¬ coming a missionary to Central Africa. During tlac Convention at Montgomery, wo received n letter from Dr. Manly upon tbo subject, iu which bo writes: “He is, indeed, a very solid working fellow, a good scholar. * * 'He can receive, and he ought to havo a thorough theological training, so as to lit him to become, if the occasion demand it, a teacher of the preachers in foreign lands.” To this letter I replied. On arriving at Richmond I found a letter from Dro. Foster, Ho thus wrote: “When I first joined the church, A. D. 1849, my sister (now Mrs. Craw¬ ford] * was to mo both an adviser and a confidential friend. Wo almost daily made a mutual interchange of feelings, which was always more cheering and enlivening to me than tbo weekly preaching which I attended, and to which I listened with pleasure and profit. These conversations, together with some of the same character with another sister, and with my father, planted in my bosom seed which I hope have sprung up and continued to grow until now, and which urge wo on so effectually that I havo been convinced that I can be contented only when I yield myself implicitly to the guidanco of Providence. * * * I find it a very great task to consent to leave my native land, and go among tho heathen, with so few qualifications as I have. Bnt when I remember that God often makes use of slender means to accomplish mighty results, and that Ho said < My kingdom is not of this world,” I am contont togivo up lay slender claims on this world, and be guided wholly by tbo hand of Providence. And if I can consistently say that I am growing in any of tho Christian graces, it is in submission to tho will of Got, and in that one I am so deficient that I mourn when l think of it, But if God says ‘ go,’ I will endeavor to obey.” I replied to this letter also. In tho extract now given from .a letter dated Tuscaloosa, Ala., Juno 1, 1855, allusion is mado to theso replies : “ Your letter addressed to my sou, J. Green Foster, bat Land, bat with it is grief that I must inform you that my dear son died just two days previous to its arrival. He saw the one you wrote to Dr. Manly on th« subject, on his death bed, aud his remark was, ‘ well, I bad consecrated my life to the cause of Jesus Christ enthusiastically, and supposed that I should spend many years in bis service, but be seems to choose otherwise. I am not afraid of death. Je¬ sus will sustain me in the hour of death.’ And after exhorting Christians to be more faithful, sinners to repent, aud his class- matos to seek Christ, and singing a few verses of a hjtuu, he died triumphantly.’’ We see in this record the unspeakable value of right home injluence, and that the. very preparation needed to ensure conse¬ cration to the salvation of the heathen, is that which fits the Christian for the hour ■■Of 'dt.lh. . . - - - Wlto of our young brethren will come aud take the position upon which our de¬ parted brother would so cheerfully have entered ' Wo need, much need, additional missionaries in Central Africa. Who of our educated young men will go ' We ap¬ pend the notice • I’. Died, at the residence of his father, .John L. S. Foster, in Tuscaloosa, on Sun¬ day morning, May 97th, Jess к Green Foster. lie is a brother of Mrs. Crawford, mis¬ sionary in China— was a member of tho class in tho University of Alabama, which is now about to bo graduated— and is (he eighth member of the class that is known to havo died since its formation — a circum¬ stance very peculiar in the history of any in¬ stitution. But no one coaid have died, having a purer example or a brighter testimony of his acccptanco with Christ. Ho was a native cf this county, and early mado a profession of religion, having been baptized at Grant’s Creek Church, (Foster’s settlement,) in Oc¬ tober, 1S49. To Ibis profession, and all its pure and elevated responsibilities, lie ever adhered with constancy, fidelity, and well regulated zeal. He had devoted his talents and Ыз life to missionary labor, and bad chosen Central Africa bis field. Tho first fruits of his intended consecration wero being real¬ ized in his active and faithful co-operation in tho religious instruction and training of the colored people connected with tho Bap. tiet Church in Tuscaloosa, and, generally, in all the duties of a church mcnibor. Ex¬ pecting to close his collegiate courso very soon, arrangements wero in progress by which ho might bo placed under theological training, with a view to his future designs, tion. But just in tho moment of expec¬ tancy and hope, it pleased tho Master to dis¬ pose of his servant otherwise. Finding that he wa3 approaching his end, he expressed his earnest and triumphant confidence in his Redeemer, and spent the renmant of his failing strength in com¬ mending Christ and his salvation to all that came about him, beseeching them to meet him in heaven. Previous to the removal of his remain* to tho family burying ground in tho coun¬ try, tho college body assembled at the resi¬ dence of his parents, together with many neighbors and friends, and gavo. expression to tho heartfelt grief which pervades a'brg» circle, on account of the early, Unexpected fall of this amiablo, excellent young man.' lie was just 21 years and .4 months old- tho day he died. £- . о c _ “Alas! mybrothor!1’ :J r 'jYAd’Jt’X _ $?•.{ •Wife of Пег. T. P.'CriwfotJ, of Bbieghab- minion.