Home and Foreign Journal, June 1857

VOLUME VI. NUMBER .12.* 1’UBLISfIKD BAPTIST CONVENTION. 'Is J Vi, Mi/ | English. There i» nn need I preler at this point. I have not vet I found one for those places where his ser- 1 . . . ,, .j i---. ,Г,ЛВЛМЛ,Л1:КЕ. W7. I vices will he required. I can preach a J0lfc ln 1,0P° that'l M.U‘1U" • ~ great deal u ilhuut the aid of one. I do- better times ore at hand. I (ml much \Monrot Г re- Jas Spring opens, ►ire you lo impart to me all the in-true- 1 good insulting from religious visitin'' and! ; (tons von can, which will he of service to ’ C0IIVcrsati. n. I honolbo shortly to have L’llOCt'lW'4 1 Cl,mru «pon niy тгемип immeniaiciy i AnM HerJer, of January 17th,j\fler Третей.:’ The severity of; . . . . tales that he has so far .ccovered his I Wfa4ier has pro vented extensive travel. ‘ nitv о roads and water- ' health, » to enable him to preach when ■ JjTeb are country rapidly facilities to some the weather will admit of IraveHing, and ! “I Indian Mk'iotw. arv. It. F. Ub'OKKtR. I r i о , m(*, ‘"У inexperience in missionarv life, , lielovv we give a portion oi tiromer j and ц,с „d „tale np rc|jgl0US jufairs'lieir, ! !ome “cession, to ourTmembcrship. We j «miner's first letter to the piescnl Sec- ( will lender my labors arduous with alt ■ b.ivc many dillicultie^sto encounter hut , lie is assuicd that his sentiments |he aids I can have. Г commit all my la- 1 we trust in Cod Гог support and nro-ncritv 1 d Ugh regard a,e fully appreciated, and J* МЫ. ^ ‘"'for ^ . * I U'C - ; «**• ff* ‘4"-; 1 Л' his confidence am! sympathy reciprocated, may attend the nission ” ' ''' "l'cfp-R | able to preach moie 'fr^ucntly. | H.nnre wri..enseverj U4.ers to that! ,lr0. S|0W is «.„«гЫ by the liberal j arkansT*. ' devoted missionary, and made rcimttanp s contributions 0p one hrother. JlrvMn.ll’ wit wn „ ! Hit are due to him and to his co-labor., - - hn- lo/‘n 11 ■ Mil[cr, II it, l I hies : • m. up to last dates, he had not re- , Choctaws. ! " 1 en,«eil upon my mission immediately reived them. Fiom all accounts, it ap- j . . . . . . pars that the severity of the weather, j states that lie has so far iccovered his I lJu' weather haspre vented extensive travel. | ami impas causes have cut oil' man - - - . „ - eilcnt. Read his letter : *he assembling of the people. His aOlic- 1 c°nSreS“B°ns— the missionary is received ,'ltar llrollrr. — Yesterday 1 rccciv. '“м ecm to animate him with fresh I an|l a willingness to support him eJ fmm brother Walker his last official zeal. He says: . I bears a reasonable pioportion to their! letter, in which he informed me that you i “ By the help of Rod, Ihrough Chri-t i ability. Ministers arcscarce and the des- j arc his successor, and that we will have I intend to travel and preach more than , titution great. I expect to supply four : ihe plca-uro ol your company among the I have ever .lone. It has been so ex- churches AJ- , , Indians ^oun after the Biennial Convni- Iromely cold, that we have not bee " 3 "° olller. stations during lion. You are the eighth Cone-pond- lo travel fur from hom.e to preach." ■ng Secielary in connection with the 1 ][e remarks that, in consequence of Roril which has sustained me dining my ц,„ ,ir„„n1 i. . . • i A* missionary life. It is but natural , Г ., ’^ 3 ’ "m“ arc vcr-v , ALA"AMA- | should feel son, о anxiety u hen a change j" Territory, -more so than at j П„. НЖшв Dm- c . occurs ; since next to my dear lamilv, lln.' I"»*' previous, since the settlement .. u, ' , / :he Secretary of my Board occupies .he of the Choctaws there. In relation |o i '^ ^eenHy en.ered upon my h.bors, Ы place in my Directions. It is he who book-, be ,»v* : • 1 lme ,!cvolcd ‘he g.calcr pait ol my i< most familiar with my wants and cares. |ri< he through whom I -peak to all my ц0,,|(, ether fiends, and through whom they books' 1‘ | the year. I have baptized five per- oils — shall soon organize two new churches." he says : have but one -end to me the token- of their regard. I do net know that 1 ever had the pleas¬ ure ef an introduction to von, but Irnm llie testimony of brother Walker, and other reliable friend-, and my confidence mlhc choice of the .Marion Hoard, I am •a'isfied that 'thy heart is right, as mv i time in making arrangements for future book, ‘The Bible at | operations in this extremely destitute 1 have found many aged, infirm I stand in need of other good . . I wi-h Ihe Board of Mission» to1 ^ feel for me, and send me Scott’s or Rill’s ; and “Meted, to whom I have administered Commentary, and a Concordance: if Ijlhc ronsolations of the .gospel. 1 met haw to pay for them, I wish them or- ; with one dear old sister 10G years of age, dcred and sent.” j of sound mind and substantial hope in He is also much interested in the es- 1 Christ, patiently waiting Iw. coming of the tabii-hment of a day-school in his neigh- Lord and Master. She ' as greatly re heart is with thy heart.'— 2 Kings, x : 15. horhood. A small fund can he secured | jniceil at«ny visit, as no mmjiter had seen { will not hazard my reputation tor vcrac- for that object ; hut not sufficient to ц. j horin.tevernl year*.1.' . ■ha by announcing to' the Indians that cure a campe(cnl toachor wmillbciuth'wraPcr Iho Coftvpiilioii, . . „.««I»..,,', . . . ... I , ask,-forJ • \mcs В^т^Шки:-"6ог Иг they would by no means credit me. nddihonal aid, and a teacher, either nialc : congregations heie are increasing every Л Rriig Ilapti-t Secretary would lie a or female. _ _ _ , month, a "ood state of feeling prevails in euno-ity among the Creeks He would , R g | the church; last night some dozen came be sure to attract crowds of gaping ad- 1 1,1 1 lll"ul' iTiiiers, So many have promised to come, том dev. Joseph smuolfy. anil моле having fulfilled such promi-e, " Last Sabbath I baptized one я' . 'he Indians will surely be surpii-ed to , The company of spectators was larger j eouroging.1 sec you. However, I will have a camp- ■ than I expected, and depnilment quite or- ! meeting sometime in June, so that if you deily. Since I wrote la-t. 1 have per¬ du come, you will see several teg.'tlirr funned but little mi.-ionary woik. The прав your arrival. 1'cdo-b.iptisl Score- -now has been six inches deeper than tiries are lure alino-t annually.” it ha» been known in twenty year». Fur a ''ales providentially prevented, wr ' **”* '!» Гп0')г .crVfl '"""'"S * - * ' orrooiIm-'U' mimioiH to IlOr?CS, there : forward for prayers and religions inslruc- lion— the attention to tucacliing is en- SOUTII CAROLINA. Rev. Л. P. Xorris, GrnnilniUe and Jlfnckville I cannot report that success which has formerly attended my dibits here. Vet I am encouraged by the large there is a sinner in our midst crying for mercy. At oui; baptismal scenes, we have reason to believe that many have been fa¬ vorably impressed with the beauty and simplicity of the ordinance. Some indeed' have dated their convictions from witness¬ ing these solemn administrations." NORTH CAROLINA. Rev. L.M. Jlerry, Agent: — "This bro¬ ther is engaged in a two-fold work— that of missionary and agent. Much the larger portions of the churches and neigh¬ borhoods he visits, seem to have more need of missionary service than ability to contribute lo aid others. He says: "1 find great want of Baptist preaching in many places in N. C-; and, worse than all, I find many opposed to missions, and not a few of them who never heard of the Southern Baptist Convention.” JIlSSOURt. P>er. 1Г. Harnhurst, St. Louis : — “The second Baptist Church is yet without a pastor. And except Brother Crowell, of the Western Watchman, l am the only Baptist Minister in St. J.ouis. We arc hoping, by the blessing, a brighter day is about to dawn upon the Baptist cause in this city. Our own little band are very united. Becoming more and more, I think, swayed by Chri.-lian principle, in¬ stead of moving by impulse. Quite an increase is noticeable in the attendance upon the prayer meeting». Wc feel greatly encouraged. I have a Bible class in con¬ nection with an inquiry meeting on Mon¬ day evenings, which is becoming more and more interesting.” DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA. Лег. Customs Brown. Washington: — " Owing to the severity of the winter, and aburjrfpnt-pfAttTsaniforuviex ship, "this mission has suffered rtiuah du¬ ring the past quarter, in the abandonment of the Sabbath School, and scattering the congiegation. As the Missionary truly says, " experience has shown that a Church cannot thrive without a Sabbath School in which many of the warm-hearted ber’s Guide. Ho invited me in. On an¬ nouncing that I was a Baptist ministor, he eagerly grasped my hand, and exclaimed with joyful expre.-sion : '! Welcome 1 Wel¬ come И" At this moment his aged com¬ panion came in, to whom he introduced me. It was a joyful meeting. She said, with tearful eyes, that ” nearly all hope of ever seeing another Baptist minister had left her.” She loves her Bible’, which lay open upon her table; and evidently bad not been left but a few moments, and that for the purpose of private prayer. Oh how charming, in this far off wilderness, to meet some disciples of the meek and lowly Saviour,— seeking divine guidance from the holy Scriptures, good religious books and prayer. I left them with a promise tovis.it them, which I have not yet been able to do. I also pledged them my influence to procure a missiona¬ ry for them. But up to this time my labors have, been fruitless. Cannot your Board send them one? I feel my soul drawn out from them. They arc as 11 sheep having no shepherd." Oh that the Lord of the harvest would raise up and send forth laborers into this field. OPEN COMMUNION HERESY. In a communication received a few days since, Brother Howard states, that in one of his tours, he met a minister who claimed to be a Missionary Baptist, and had been for thirty years; but lie had been teaching and practising the heresy of Open Com¬ munion. The Chuich of which he was pastor had been organized upon that prin¬ ciple. The fidelity of our Missionary convinced both Church and preacher of their error, and both now embraco and practise the_trut.il- in Jbia.matta KANSAS MISSION. shall surely surprise (he Indians by -w j foiiovu-d heavy railiTwhicI |"риГоиГ»^|со."8гееа1''ОИ1 lllat roSu!'ir,-v "'lit 0,1 ll,e personal presence among them, sometime ler cout!.ta Uj,. This detention has i ministry of the word. Our Sabbath School in Ihe month of June. The interest.' of 1 thrown me once into the company of; hrre in Rranitevitle i in a flourishing con- iho-eimpoitant missions require the per- ! Bimyan,^ Baxter, ami others, once the HUian. It numbers ISO pupils. At Black- «ml vi-it of the Secretary to Ihe field of 1 jml}S Chiistian heioes of my native ; уще t)|r h the instrumentality of two . 1 . . , land, flic careful ге-рспна! ot Baxters ,,, , , r operations. There is a species of knew- ||(,follncil ра,|оГ1 |ш struck me dumb ! '’«client young ladies, late graduates of ledje required, arrangements to tic made, I JPcver have I been so forcibly struck with 1 the Madison Female College, a small but positions to be occupied, men to he cm- ! Ihe truth of Baxter’s views on visiting | interesting Sabbath School has been put in ployed, etc., etc., which cannot he done I an|l private teaching. Little are preach- , 5UCCessfu| operation. Paul made honora- advantageously by correspondence mere- ' crs ble mention of the ‘women who labored 'У- It is the purpose of the Board greatly ^ml' (.„„„года,;™,, both large and small. Ьцп in ihe gospel. 1 lake great b enlarge these missions during the I My feelings of shame, and, I trust, of pleasure in reporting the valuable services present year, if suitable men can be I proper regret I am unable to describe. If rendered by these two young sisters, who '“«J lo enter the field. I sparen,. my declining years will prove I unUcd wiU| lhe church at Biackville soon hr. B. Buckner, of Missouri, and unde ' aiouHoin^oud'!'0^ ' ° "П " '° ' “Ror I lnok charge ol it. It is a matter of en- 'sour missionary, has been appointed to | Things are gom" on pretty well nn ! courngement to the friends of Missions, Cherokees. He preached among [both sides uf the Indian line. Before I ; that during the last two years, sinre wc them several years when they lived in ! write again, I hope to visit the Creeks. • |,ave been under the fostering care of the *1* * « I XI' L .A _ ..I., l.„„ kn.xn memi-rlit nmnnn 1 cacti Sabbath in training the young for Rod and immortality.” He Imtheradds, “the re-establishment of our school is my only hope of again gathering our congregation. Wc cherish some hope yet that a kind Providence has some plan, yet imrevealfd to u», by which we may possess ourselves of a comforta¬ ble place nf worship. Our house, as un¬ comfortable as it i», wc keep open every Sabbath, and the Lord, wc trust, has not left us to ourselves.” Tennessee, and is well acquainted with | 'Vhat a r*7u° ail tl .. 1 them and the Gnucmi* нпсс I fir.st lo- Ч'еоЫ men among them. He ami the j calc(| атопг Ц„ latter in 1833. '«Mr of our ' ' Domestic Board, near two hundred be¬ lievers have been baptized into the fellow¬ ship of this Church. If I mi-take not, we . . . . . Twenty missionary, were the com-' years ago there was not a prolessor ol . „.„„.Ког.ЫппГ Non, of Humphrey Po-ry end Jes-e' Religion in the Northern District of the now have the largest wh lc member up of W»b,ad. They all preached, baptized, 'Choctaw _ nation. ! any Church South. Yet o„r people are -4a„ized churches among the Che, « ^ Amen? to ' -У poor, and able to do but little to su, »• He is quite advanced m year»,— . ^ ч.ц| |ar,r,,r accessions have been ! bin the gospel. Our Church is making an aoout ».i« _ k.,i .: . . i _ I . ”, . _ ...Ti.:... ..... ... ait..:...... c about sixty,— but vigorous and warm- heaited, and is admirably fitted for the pNon assigned him ; and tiiere is but '•tile doubt that he will accept it. YY'e aan others for the Creeks and Choctaws. and Clicrolvces. FROM REV. J. A. STOVER. "Having received my commission m entered my field, 1 ha-ten to inform you °I my locality. I am in Tahlequah. at *bich point you will address me here- after. ."Host of my lime since the reccp- 1юп of my commission, lias been occu pud ie made, but the change not more striking To Roil be all the glory. YVhat Chris¬ tian dare turn cowardly away from such a contest? The victorious banners of the cross arc waving conquests in every di¬ rection." Reports of Missionaries. TENNESSEE. Itiv. Wm. 11. Green, Nashville. — "The prospects of building up a Sabbath school are very encouraging. During the last four Sabbaths the average increase has been eight each Sabbath. 1 think wc shall have 150 pupils anil teachers in less tlnn two months. Our* congregations have increased rapidly recently. For the m)' field, consequently j I, i-t two weeks we have had prayer-meet- i jj. , “'prcachHl much yet, This is1 ings almost every night at private houses. ,ir?t'ru! I'bce, surrounded by a beau-' ' ° ' ' ' ’ ' " ’ " ptr,n|pC "J Tine water, and friendly ■"'г.""'' 'amistry. The citizens all speak 1 entertain strong hope.* that Gpd will soon visit sinners with his saving mercy. ■Pray for us, that Ihe word of Rod may have free course and he glorified.’ ” effort to organize a Missionary Society. Though poor, wo are not insensible lo cur duty.” MARYLAND. Bet J. jYoah Baris. Baltimore: — “The labors nf the past quarter have been ardu¬ ous, hut pleasant and profitable. IVe have been engaged in a protracted meet¬ ing lor six weeks ; and Ood has gracious, j ly blessed these efforts to the edification of his people, and to the salvation of sinners. Eight happy converts have been bapti¬ zed— two more will follow soon— several j enquirers are at the anxioui scat every! night earnestly requesting prayer. I have J been more encouraged in my' work during! this revival than at any previous period; during the history of the Church ; and we feel lo conlinue these mcctinjs as long as Rev. J. II. Luther left South Carolina early in March for his new field. On his way lie wrote the Board, while at Savan¬ nah, Ga., March 11th: he says: “lam now on my way with several of my rela¬ tives— hope to be in Nashville next Sab- Chri-tinns arc willing to spend a portion of j bath, and in the Territory'on the Lord's day following. My present impression is that I shall commence slated services in Lecompton immediately. Should my life be spared, I will write to you on the last week in March, or the first in April,” During his temporary agency he was not as successful in securing funds as he had anticipated. The obstacles in his way were many and serious; the weather was extremely unfavorable, numerous agents had immediately preceded him, and not a few lacked confidence in this enterprise. Yet he awakened a considerable sharo of sympathy, and secured pledges from Churches, benevolent societies and indi¬ viduals for future support. In view of which he remarks: “I am cherishing the hope, that when I get to work, and send to this State the wants and prospects of the West, the Carolinian, wi|I enable you to support, at least, one Missionary.” If ardent zeal, persevering energy, and willingness to sacrifice and labor, are guarantees of success, Brother Luther will succeed. Wo commend him to the confidence, prayers and support of the denomination. Whether this Mission will meet the expectations of its friends, the future must prove. It has been com¬ menced in compliance xvilh Ihe instruc¬ tions of the Convention in session at Montgomery, Alabama. CALIFORNIA. We lay before our readers several inter¬ esting extracts from Rev. С,- N. West's letter, of Mariposa, California. His ex¬ tensive acquaintance with the country, its moral condition, and its importance as a Missionary field entitles him to a candid hearing. “ Bear Brother: — Permit me to present to you a subject very dear lo my heart,—, the promotion of Christie kingdom in Cali- . fornia through the instrumentality of the". Baptist denomination. California; is: a> country, the moral condition of which.!* as little known to the Churches :of/.-the States as some of the most distant , 'fields Tux «5. “ COME OVER AND HELP US.” Below will he found some interesting extracts from one of Brother Howard's re¬ cent loiters. He is the Missionary of the Board in Western Texas. “ Bear Brother ;— I beg leave lo trouble you with a few lines in relation lo a Mis¬ sion on the western frontier of our Slate. Some one lo labor in that vast and desti¬ tute region is gicatly needed. The tide of emigration is westward ; and wc inu-t keep up with it. To do this, some per¬ son must be employed and sent by some responsible body, to whom lie can look lo for means of support. Our State Conven¬ tion is doing well, doing much, hut it is not able to possess this whole land, — we still need more aid from the Southern Board. Allow me to call your attention to some important places. The fiist is Elpa so County. Thu Senator from Hint conn ty informed mo, that the only minister who preached in that rnunty was a Roman Catholic Priest. Another section of great destitution is Camanchec County, about one bundled miles distant from me, And I suppose there is no Baptist preacher living nearer. During last fall, I visited that county, where I found several Bjpti-t.», — among them was an aged brother and sister by the name of Hicks, formerly from Ala¬ bama. On approaching Ihe house, I found the old man reading James’ Church Mem-