Home and Foreign Journal, July 1872

A Gift frcrr Mrs.L.W.Lide <* Darlington, 5. f . Home and Foreign Journal Monthly by the . Three Boards of the Southern Baptist Convention. VoL 5~New Series. HQME&FQREIGN JOURNAL Bev. J. C. X.ONO, ..EDITOR. rUBUSUED MOSTHLI'BV TUB Boards of the Southern Baptist Convention. TERM S: <1«1- "t*. r»' * . .r tii an .* SO 1 w pit-eiuoneMaw*,— •— . . . » w ' 1., *n«I more to one adJr««, 2l»c. per copy J£‘b^lml cqin - 1» 00 не a. litres*, - id w ,„municaru/ns ar*l remittance* for the paper iriQ bt 'addressed Цоя* an» Ковыох Jovhsav, Ск**ц»пм- i ii.lk. V A. _ _ Mlaaion Board. Richmond. Va. — All *°25bffiS. 1“ refeveuc to tli. "< 1Ы. U>«r<l ZZTtoSSS** 1.. K.T. II. А. TUlTElt, I). D , Cum». |“йаЕ SKrtUrJ. McbinooJ. \ a. „..tic «ad Indian Mission Board. Marion. Domeslic ann to Ibe IVmc-tlc an.! ln.lmn Cr !.nbl«M to .'Мг~-с1 «в Кет. M T. SUM. i FE П P* <Vne.l4m.lin. Secretary. M»n...i, Ala. ‘ tiiinlt in le f-nt i.j ИГПЛ ebecL oil >t« „ t-nler on S*eloia. or by mail. ' к t tf N OlM'lH'lN Is District Secretary of tlie IVyinos- ik an! Irnlian Чнвкю Board for tieurgU,Alal«uiM nnJ pivriUa. Toet-ufficc, Jo> ивоао’, О a. Agencies of tbe^ontesti^and Indian Mission w N CHACP0I5.Pi*trict Secretary *»>г0*«рв**» Alabama, and Florida. Го* Ю Bice. Jonesborv', Ga. g Uba*^» Agent for Теппемсе. Tuet-office, lltnry “ ,c т RreSfLL, a^ent for Texae. Toat-omce, I lout tan, Ji^oreof Elder J. B. Link. A П PBnXIffi. Superintendent of the Colored Mit'ione of the Board, and General Agent. Teet-odce, JfarKwi, л1а. 4iind*y-Scbool Board, 30 1 Main St.. Mem- D«hi, Tpna. — All Communication* to this lbatrd muet U-ad in^l to Кет. S. DO V KIN, Correeiamding Secre¬ tary. Memphis, Teun. 0UR PAPER. This number of the Ноль 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 пен 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 оГ edu- 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. UN" o. l— W Hole lESTo. 49 We wish 'favor "KIND ЛУОеЪв- ' . . . . * • j undcrslood. When J&nsel’s Elmits of lleligious of our reader* ’ll •''‘l!’ '‘V ® Р<1?*Г Г° ,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 very бГ Ind! ‘ y Scbo°1 lcte0De аге I “ pl«e«. They were disposed to think it ire know pome teachers who | an affectation of profundity. In mentioning the ХьаТГЛ.'ьГ1-0* the U,,il0rm L~. circumstance tea Mend, he said, wRhautin! Ld „ Jrnkene , к .!“‘treet Sa ,bCm wrtM«d !‘,or aud Bimpiicity : VThe truth is, I did not 1Гоп/Т ^ ‘e “ОП Ра1'егв iD 1Cmd | 6Qd •'Ian8tl difScult: Ю understand. I had ,V'S.- . .thought over the whole subject before.” Know- spenkimr thua 18 r°, iD,rPrie,y |П 0Ur 1 iDS 'he Era'P ““d ol bis thoughts, we do speaking thus of our little eietcr in Memphis. *•-* *i.. .t.tl - - 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 а тегу 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, Га. 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 чйулгу 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 "ЫсЬ be held made !t ЫЫà ,bat j 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- Ыв с1Гог,в Kichmond Col- . 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 пМГ ‘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 оГ 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. Нет. 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 я тяп 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 < 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 петег 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* _ _ . . , . . . ,t« г t о 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.