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- Home and Foreign Journal, July 1872
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- 1872
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- Volume
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- Editor
- ["Long, John C. (John Cralle), 1833-1894"]
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- ["Southern Baptist Convention"]
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Home and Foreign Journal, July 1872
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Home and Foreign Journal
Monthly by the . Three Boards of the Southern Baptist Convention.
VoL 5~New Series.
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0UR PAPER.
This number of the
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and Foreign’ Jour¬
nal, for eo many j ears the organ of the Boards of
the Southern Baptibt Convention, ie issued under
a new management. At the recent meeting of the
Convention in Raleigh a resolution seas adopted
requiring the Secretaries to appoint
and to make ench other changes as
prove the appearance and increase the
tf the paper. Under the new arrangement the
Secretaries will, as formerly, furnish informa¬
tion as to the necessities and workings of their
respective Boards, but the editor is responsible
for the form in which that information shall be
presented to the readers of the Jocrs'al.
In the discharge of his responsible duty it
will be his first purpose to show what the Bap¬
tists of the Southern States are doing for Sun¬
day-Schools, Domestic Missions, and for the con¬
version of the heathen, and to arouse them to
greater real and activity. After this he will
seek to show what others are doing in the same
great fields. By enabling our brethren to com¬
pare their work with that of others, he would
awaken in them a spirit of generous emulation.
Bat, while he will not forget that this is strictly
a Missionary Journal, he will not deem any¬
thing that may contribute directly or indirectly
to the advancement of his general purpose un-
suited to his colnmne.
The Home and Foreign Journal has had an
honorable history, and haa exerted a wide and
beneficent infiucncc. One of our Secretaries bears
striking testimony to its efficiency when he says
that those eections in which it is most read
are the sections from which be receives the most
liberal and regular contributions. We trust
that it is now entering upon a career of yet
greater usefulness. We hope that it may prove
a welcome visitor to thousands of Christian fam¬
ilies, and that wherever it goes it may carry
with it a blessing.
SEMI-CENTENNIAL CELEBRATION.
The present will complete the fiftieth year of
the existence of the Baptist General Association
of Virginia. Steps have been taken to
the
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meeting of the Association an
of the greatest interest. It will be held with
the Second Baptist church in Richmond. The
opening exercises will be conducted by the
venerable James Fife, the only surviving mem¬
ber of the Association at its organization, and
in former years one of the ablest and most effi¬
cient preachers in Virginia. Dr. Curry will
leliveran address on the connection of Bap-
1,313 with the history of Virginia — a theme
worthy of the speaker. Dr. Jeter will deliver
a discourse on the work of the Association, and
Rev. A. B. Brown will read an essay on the
i of Virginia Baptiste in the cause
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It is also proposed, during* the year,
to raise a fund of three hundred thousand dol¬
lars to be applied to the permanent endowment
of Richmond College, and to erect a memorial
•haft on the College grounds commemorative of
the services of the Baptists in securing the pas¬
sage of lie Virginia statute for religions free-
"ith so many thing* to awaken onthnsiasm
we see no reason why the General Association
of next , ear should not be the largest and moel
important religious assembly ever convened in
Virginia or the South. There will be no ball in
_jcbmond larBe enough to seat the delegates,
are expected by hundreds and
_ RICHMOND, \J-A-, J ULY, 1873.
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We wish
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of our reader* ’ll •''‘l!’ '‘V ®
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,he I °no of the xnoet abstruse and cloeely-
ance and i« filial _-'.i * “ band'ome m ®Ppear- | written books of the -present century, was first
matter D , ** *XC*,,*n‘ °"d in,cr«'inE I published, ho read it while travelling in the cars.
Hd l e’„ 'W". Bible Theology for j Some who noticed what he w«. doing expressed
the expositions of th° “‘Iormalion> | surprise that lie should choose such a book for
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I “ pl«e«. They were disposed to think it
ire know pome teachers who | an affectation of profundity. In mentioning the
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speaking thus of our little eietcr in Memphis. *•-* *i.. .t.tl -
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We have no wish to establish a “ Mutual admi¬
ration Society, ” and if Bro. Boykin should hap¬
pen to think well of the Journal he need tot
feel called upon to say anything nbout it in
Kind l lords.
TUE HOME AND FOREIGN JOURNAL.
We have put the terms of the Journal down to
the very lowest figure. The Club rates barely
cover the coel of printing; the mailing is done
at the expense of the Boards. In order to di¬
minish this expense as much as possible, when
a member of any church orders ten or more
copies we will encloee them iu a package to his
address, getting him to distribute them to sub¬
scribers from church or otherwise as may suit
his convenience. As we issue ten thousand
copies it would be
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heavy task to write
the name of each subscriber.
OUB EXCHANGES.
Thankful for the past courtesy of our breth¬
ren of the press, we hope tLey will extend the
same to us under oar new arrangement. They
will please note the change in our post-office
address from Richmond to CAarlotleiville,
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not wonder at the statement.
Dr. Poindexter had a giant’s strength, nnd
sometimes used it like^a giant ; but he wee as
free from malice
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TnaE we have ever
known. The fearlessness with which he eaid'or
did what he conceived to be right woe sometimes
almost sublime, and yet he wae a man of unu¬
sual prulenco and discretion. Often what
seemed rash in him woe the result of the niceet
calculation, and in the end justified the wisdom
of hie boldness.
But we must forbear. Our limits forbid that
we should attempt a complete analysis of his
character, lie had many great and many shin¬
ing qualities, but those who knew him best,
while they greatly admired him, had for him
more love than admiration. All the
preachers loved him. He was their friend
counsellor. He talked to them not as an
aud superior, but as a bi other and an equal.
His death ie a end blow to those who have been
associated with him in life-long labors, but it is
bittereet to those who were accustomed to seek
guidance from hie clear, etrong intellect, and
large, warm heart. They will miss hie
and eatielactory expositions of difficult
of Scripture, hie luminous discussions of great
general principles, bis sound, practical judg- j
ment iu matters of policy, aud, more than all,
his 44 brotherly kindness.**
will long since have heard of the death of this ! The officCB
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distinguished, honored, and useful servant of Le ehould eiert bis powers chiefly in promoting ,
Christ, hut hie long counection with one of the ,Lc cauee of location, and of Foreign Missions. !
Boards of the Convention renders it proper that ! In lh<*e *w0 departments of Christian labor he •
we ehould take something more than a passing ‘ did a 6r'at ''ork-
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notice of an event which has carried sorrow to lcPc Tae ,Kice end0Ked- and u ie t0 b»m that it
so many hearts. I 0KCS much of its present prosperity . In the
Dr. Poindexter died at bis reeidenc. , in Louisa . Jcars immediately preceding the war our loreign
county, Va., Tuesday, May 7th, after a briet i Mission Board was so generously furn.shed wAh
illness, which no one at £r*t fcupposed would
have a fatal termination. Even on the day of
Lis death he dressed himself and wrote a note,
in which be said : *4 The doctor, when last here,
reported ho thought rae improved. I did not
think eo. Now I think I am rather better. M —
says no ; no better ; rather worse. So I don’t
know how it is, but the Lord does. Disease,
bronchial cough and extreme weakness. God’s
blessing be with you all.” Thcee are the laet
words his pen ever wrote. That evening, while
hie wife was standing by his bedside, in the fast
gathering darkness, ehe noticed that a change
had come over him, and hastily rang for a light.
When the light came she looked upon him, and
saw that he was dead. So unexpectedly, eo
Dr. POINDEXTER’S LAST SERMON.
A friend has kindly furnished us the follow¬
ing notice of Dr. Poindexter’s last sermon. It
was preached at Lower Gold Mine Church,
Louisa county, Va., the fourth Sunday in April,
just two weeks before his death :
lie read, in a very impressive mnnrer, the
. PRESENTS TO PREACHERS.
44 There is one thing,** said Brother
44 which I will always be thankful for.
all my afflictions, and I have had my share, I
have never bu^i afflicted with a surprise party.
I have never had my people come to my houec
dressed up in their Sunday clothes, one bringing
whole of the fifth chapter of John, and preach- i a lil,le basket of eggs, another a bucket
ed with his characteristic force and earnestness
from the forty-second verse, “ Bat 1 know
the love of God
another a dozen sugar cakoe, another a ham of
bacoSj °ud all looking as smiling and conee-
that ye have not the love of God in you,’^u*^n,al ae lf tb,!T h«d drawn a prize in a lot-
addressed by Christ to the Jews who 1 am
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‘hankful that my brethren
to kill him “ herauae he not nnlr had and ei8,era don’t come in that way, bringing
to kill him “ because he not only
the Sabbath, but said also that God was
hie father." The passage in the thirty-ninth
verse, “ Search the Scriptures,” might be ren¬
dered search the ’Scriptures ; for in_tbem
ye think ye have eternal life. They had every
opportunity of knowing that He was the prom¬
ised Messiah — they searched the Scriptures,
which testify of Him — th
у
had sent unto John,
they had seen his miraclts, yet they would not
receive him; for they had not the love of
God in their hearts. " Ye receive honor of
men." It was their desire to appear righteous
in the Bight of others, and not their desire of
honor to God that prompted them to the ob-
eon
fifty dollars worth dj goods and expecting me to
be a hundred dollars thankful.”
Then you don’t think it right for the members
of a church ta make the pastor a present, once
wjiile, Brother Tilson ? t
11 1 didn’t say that. A present, when it
comes in the right way, is a very comfortable
tbiDg. Laet week Brother Hardy opened
his new goods. Alter night he sent hie little
son around to ask me would I please accept
from him a new hat. Sister Williams was send¬
ing to market, and told her man tocall and leave
my wife a half dozen spring chickens. They
did a kind and thoughtful thing, and made no
fuss about it. They didn’t expect me to publish in
servance of the law. Christ could see into their I tbe jjaptu t Tmtmptt that I had been “ on the
hearts, nnd discern their motives— various mo- | Sunny-Side.” Those little, quiet, thoughtful
tires among professing Christians— opinions of j things that the brethren do are the things that
others, fear
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future punishment, principle of | bring tears to my eyes and songs to my heart,
bouor. j That vase of flowers,” continued brother Tilson ;
Illustration : Several men owe each a certain j — ” you see how beautiful they ace— was a gift.”
sum of money. Each one pays it promptly, nnd | As he turned and looked at the flowers the
are alike considered honest men. But one, be- i light in hie eyes made hie old face loak young.
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A. M. POINDEXTER, D. D.
Before our paper can reach them our readers
of the death of thie
nd useful servant of
cause he would not forfeit the good
bis neighbor, pays the debt — another fears the
penalty of the law — another pays it because it
is right and just, and he is an honorable man,
and would scorn to do a dishonest thing. In
the ejes of the world the conduct of these
men is the same. But God looks at the heart,
and just as Christ looked into the hearts of
these Jews, so he now looks into our hearts.
A person whose dread ot future punishment
“ That desk,” he went on to eay, 11 waa a
gift, and eo was the pen that lice on it. The
desk was made for me by an ingenious friend,
out of black walnut. You might buy such a one
from a cabinet maker for $10, but I would
not take a hundred dollars in gold for it. The
pen ie of olive wood, and was benught from
Jerusalem. The bread we had at breakfast thie
also a gift. But my
things, did
give
him desire to be a Christian, may, after i beauae they thought me in need. A gift
suddenly did death come that he had no time
for parting words, and left ua no means, save
the brief note we have quoted, of knowing what
were his feelings in the immediate prospect of
quitting the earth. It is possible that be
not himself realize that his end was at hand.
Scarcely any minister of the South wbb better
known or exerted a wider influence than A. M.
1’oindextcr. In his various positions
Mission Board was
1 means thst.it callczLnspon the people to etav
I their hands. This happy state of things was
largely owing to the «fleets of his thrilling ap¬
peals. But, while hie labore confined him in a
great measure to a particular sphere of activity,
• ull our denominational enterprises had a warm
place in his sympathies, and all Buffer in the
UDtimely close of hie valuable life. But aa
1 great aa was the space which he filled in the eye
, and heart of the denomination, and as much
as we mourn his loss, let us not lose cour¬
age. The Emperor Tiberius checked the grief
‘ of the Romans when the beloved Germanicus
1 died by eayiog, ” Princes are mortal, but tbe
Empire is eternal.” In a far truer sense, the
; Kingdom of our Lord is forever. A great
man— a leader— lias fallen, but the cause to
I which he devoted his life must triumph. We
1 have reason to know that one of the most com
о.
* foriing thoughts of his later years woe that his
did ^ younger brethren would not let the work fail
when hc could no longer take part in it. He
believed that he «as committing it to able and
willing hands. Let them take care not to dis¬
appoint his expectations.
Columbian CoUcge and for Richmond Col¬
lege, as Corresponding Secretary of the Southern
Baptist Publication Society, and as Assistant
Corresponding Secretary of
FERE HTACINTHE ON THE BIBLE.
Let us return to the Bible, and there we shall
_ _ _ _ .. ... Foreign Mission find the elevation of our souls and of society. By
Board, he travelled extensively in almost every immediate and lively converse with the word of
State in the bounds of the Convention, and ; God, we shall be able to impart to our relipnis
wherever he went, whether in publioor private, i life that personal character without
he impressed himself upon the people. Such
was the activity of his spirit, the strength of
his convictions, and the powers of his mind,
that he could not be anywhere without being
known, and making a profound impression. In
whatever meeting he attended he took a leading
part. He spoke often, but alwaye because he
had something to say, never eimply because he
wished to say something. No man was ever
more fearless in the expression of hie opinions,
nnd when aroused by tbe consciousness of a
theme, or a great occasion, his eloquence
It was not the
exist; we shall rescuo true Christianity
from the attacks of Skepticism, from those of su¬
perstition, and from the false affirmations of
man, not lees dangerous than hie false negations.
The Word of the Lord-ialhe purified, fiery word,
the silver which has passed seven times through
the furnace 1 Let us place the Bible in contact
with the family, in order that it may be read
in all our bouses aud proclaimed in all our tem-
pics ! From this contnct shall proceed the re¬
generation of ieligious society, and permit me
_ to
вау,
the regeneration of civil society. I am
unsurpassed. It was not the flow of a great j not here for tbe purpose of engaging in politics ;
• graceful and majestic, but the rush of a ! but I may say that the great socal questions
-.ream, that consumes and bears down all touch the great religious questions of the day.
The grandeur of England and America is the
work of the Bible. Yes, at the foundations of
England there is something more solid than the
Magna Charta— there is the Bible ! In order to
construct an enduring Italy, we must have re¬
course to the same foundations. The Bible shows
us our common origin and ourcommon end. It
teaches us what the wisdom of. the
knew, what the science of modern
tests still ; and it invites men of nil
of all tongues and faiths, on to thatmys-
c'ty where the unity of th« world eLall
consummation.
a time, experience a sort of relief, and believe
himself converted. No obedience ia acceptable
in the sight of God except that ^vhich is the
result of love to him.
The strictest conformity to the most imposing
and complicated sjstem of ritualism merits no
favor in His eyes, as, on the other hand, the
observance of a rite, however simple, prompted
by motives other than that of love to Him, is
equally an abomination in Ilis sight.
It is not natural for the heart of man to love
God 44 because the carnal minil is in enmity
against God ; for it is not subject to the law of
God — neither, indeed, can be,” nor can any
power but that the Holy Spirit,
the heart and implant in it the principle of
Many will he deceived, and 11 when the
i of mercy have been closed, will stand and
i knock,” saying, “ Lord, Lord, open unto as,"
and he shall answer, and say to them, “ I know
' ye not ; whence ye are 7 ” Then they shall
begin to Eay, “ We have eaten and drunk in
thy presence, and thou ha3t taught in our
and shall receive the answer, 44 1 tell
I know ye not whence ye
me all ye workers of iniquity 1
He exhorted each individual member of the
church to examine themselves, and see whether
or not they have the love of God in them, and
said that he wished to take it home to himself-
He closed with a short address to the ancon*
verted, beginning, “ And if the righteous
scarce*/ be saved, where shall the ungodly and
the sinner appear ? ”
He seemed much exhausted by the effort, but
was very cheerful, and rode home that evening.
its brightest charm, all that makes it valuable,
when it is given as a donation or a contribution
to our neccEeities. A nobleman might eend a
a pheasant ; a gentlemen, by way of
may give a friend a pair of (new),
buty-when a church calls
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to bo itp
to the most solemn and dignified rela¬
tions that man can assume to man, it is not the
proper thing to say, 4‘ We will give you five
hundred dollars and a donation party,** or to
make him depend in any degree for hie living
on gifts of charity.”
CLIPPINGS.
lava stream, that consumes
opposition. In the zenith of his power he
thrilled his audiences ; the peoplo held their
brenth to hear him ; they listened with com-
lips, distended nostrile, and glowing
What we have here said applies more to
him 08 a speaker than as a preacher. HU sermons
were sometimes wonderfully moving, but it wne
in debate and on the platform that he was most
of
mets-
- and Foreign Bible Society have
onited five hundred dollars for Dr. Cote, to uee
r, the Scriptures in Itoroe.
He was a natural metaphysician. We do
believe that he was deeply read in books
philosophy, but his mind delighted m
1 physical speculations. He never seemed so
in his element ns when engaged in metaphysical
discussions ; a
would laboriously follow
trains of thought »ha. others I T..URU are 24 young men (Baptists, studying
Wlow he almost instinctively ! for the ministry at Wake Forest College.
TllERB aro 34 Baptist churches in Australia,
containing 1,703 members. The largest one is
at Melbourne, underthe pastoratcof Itcv. James
Martin, with 420 members.
Tiie North Carolina Baptist Convention hue 2 1
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A good man who was once visiting a famil_
asked if they had a Bible. The mother went to
a case of drawers, and with evident pride pro¬
duced a Bible, carefully wrapped in a napkin.
She said she thought they ought toliavc a Bible,
and so slic bought one of a pass.ng co![>orteur. It
was plain she regarded it as a piece of furni¬
ture, rather ornamental than useful, which it
was respectable to have in the house. But it
had
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been read. There it was, with its
binding and its leaves as fresh as the day it left
are 7 depart ; thc C0ip0rteur’e hand.
Tnu members and annual contributions of
four of the leadiug denominations in this coun¬
try are reported as follows : Baplist, 1,419,433
members, $510.000 contributions ; Methodist
Episcopal, 1,293,938 members, $937,000 con¬
tributions ; Presbyterians, 453,078 members,
$1,444,000 contributions; Protestant Episcopal,
176,686 members, $242,000 contributions ; Aver¬
age for each member, Baptibts, 36 cents ; Metho¬
dists, 74 cents ; Episcopate, $1 37 ; Presbytc-
rione, $3 17.
Dr. SrENCER, some days before bis death,
gave orders thut nothing — not even as much as
a thread of black on his coffin. ” For,” said he,
“I have been a sorrowful man these many years,
i lamenting the deplorable state of Christ’e church
! militant here on earth ; but now, being on the
; point of retiring into tbe church triumphant in
; heaven, I will nothaTe thcleabt mark of sorrow
upon me, but my body shall be wrapped up in
white for a testimony that I die in expectation
of a better and more glorious state to come.”
When* Christian Gcllert lay on his death-bed,
at Lcipeic, in great agony he said to one beside
him : “ I cannot understand much now. Only
let me hear you pronounce tbe name of the Re¬
deemer ; the very mention of him never fails to
inspire me with fresh courage and joy.” In the
paroxisms of pain he «as thus inspired with
courage to bear up, for be knew Christ
yet pa-
' tient and uncomplaining.
Tue Pilgrim's Progress, which has been
translated into almost every language, has lately
rendered into Chinese, by a natiTe pub-
the mere ground of its great merit as
j a religions nllcgory. It is said to be
• eomcly printed. The illustrations arc of
' ail Chinese in their cast, and Christia
JOTTINGS.
At n Superintendents’ meeting held in con-
witli the National Sunday School Con¬
st Indianapolis, there were sixty-five
endente present. Of these twenty-six
held a morning eeesion, and thirty-five an after¬
noon session ; and six held both evening and
morning sessions. B. F. Jacobs was aekod, what
arc some of the reasons ur^ed in favor of twd
sessions a day. He replied : 44 Wc get the chil¬
dren and part of the grown people in the morn¬
ing and the grown people and servants in the
al tern oon.”
Itcv. II. L. Witlind, D.D.t son of President
Wayland, hae become editor of the National
Maptist. He ie a vigorous writer and a man of
ability.
SuiTii A English, arc selling Dr Broadus* _ _ . . , .
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i sufferer, suffering amt dying
book on the Preparation and Delivery of Sermons ^ J , *
at the rate of one hundred copiee per month.
The demand for it increases.
missionaries in ite employ. They arc doing a j Hopeful each have their inevitable quat •.
good work in the State. I ling from their heads.
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