Home and Foreign Journal, June 1861

v ;s < |voi.rMR Ч— RICHMOND, VIRGINIA, MARION, ALABAMA, ’NASHVILLE TENNESSEE, JUNE, 1801. NUMBER 13. ^ PUBLISHED BY THE BOARDS OF THE SOUTHERN BAPTIST CONVENTION. OF 1Н111Ш1С IIISSIIIAS. • | lint boj-in by ilcnnunoing him ns a find, and tl us iiiiiki' uiir presence Past a sombre hue I lrt"l7 j"'1 **а»гегаЬч| spirit, like thick thuds E ,• ,i JUNE. 1j*01. I)!,',*1 ‘ilnlcii the dark of the sea.’ The ImKlON. AI.- • _ j I iLitlmi* statue of .Memunti was symbolical л, n,„. Cmntrv • 01 " p,,ilt 111,111 R was of luck ; its face ftjytr for Oar Country. turned to», Ms the .Mug mi. and iV rjic«Pp,,,Mn'i|'c 1 ' thiistiatisuf; (irih pulMiicim. melody when the fust ye- Jpninii'iiat'i'iiSi in this tiiwii.l'iivei jiiid rajs I’idl U|niii it. So man is dead, his 4 towards visiting and benefiting the poor and ignorant. 1 ' "After laboring eight month i with Ibis church, permit me to gay tint it has never ■ been tuy privilege to soo a band of be- bevel's more united, and pw .ieally devoted 1 1) the work of the Lord T fA'ilh eucl| men and women to pray^^jS^ inriii' c.a,-i- havo’no fears that .tny labors will bo in lillU.” -_fir all b I1"1) l’"r mtr country I 'or in;: with those whoso creed is most opposed I ...on of eur c 'iintry he the burden ) to "iir own. ginlly to boar nml kindly to Г Tin tin rUt, at the family altar ll"' ll»'1 м ('"""blent ■! * .» \vi Tblian*, can ilo. (»uml wonN arc ulun\.s I u the ei 'at «"'gicg-i ш i. ^ 1 1 1 teller than li.-nd Linns, and no persons dc- , mil prudence dictate a ju-t еот- ,ч.цс kindness inure than such as hare most „ f oar numbers. wealth and muni- oiih those of our enemies, yet md lb vine teaching inform us that sufitred in the stuiiii* uf life. Sympathy is the b.din of friendship and the strongest lund of the l/c-t souls, Thu best policy iu llie Km hi would be to lul-btuto tlie cross el , l . . v» »'» ruyiiiuiguiu vitwui ittle I* ''nt ]° ,l]° Christ and the panoply nf Christian benev¬ olence in the price of ini Iccling coirciun and dungeon glomus. Nothing keeps bad men Ц- ibd be Ibr US, who e.ui he """'ll as har-h and cruel ttoalmeiit; *' ‘ 1 nothingsn llroruiiglilj' (MiifiriiH good ineniii " , , . | tfu.ii* gouiJrie», ami inclines them to useful нс example ol рюш llezefela.i "e ' deeds us cmiltcouslulhearanee and judieious ivlii'.lhreaieneil uiili invasion and j piraisu Let us remember the rule laid down die wicked mul iii-ulciit Senu.iehe (by 1 lirysnsloui ; ‘Have hut one enemy— „I svria. Tim good man, 1110 | 'he devil With him never he riconeiled; , • , , , ,, With tliv brother neier fall nut.”1 c din iicneil danger amt u sense ot ,.u>, d nnje-ly, lep.iired, eoveied I .. Mil to the In el -•* of prayer, and m.nl; ia к urn's insolent ptnckiiua- n die laud, all i oil, led prayer for t,m;cclion and deliveraliee. I li- I. , a.isiui"t siiigidaily alisnored in the iiliioiv nf hi- em niies. |i \i • si reciijii./c God'* supremacy a I, -loti rp'-mg I’ruvideiice. 1 1, m ,i,l lui'idlia'ioii must at- ir '. and <1 \ .tens llaiialiline." > ': ' all il nee and lll'logllllt bnilst- i,_ и g lo u-, ami will not aid our “Ili/cUih rent his clothe', and il bun-elf null raelelotll.” i I'mait our ean-c to (led iu earnest I Tec motive of our success should be i airy of tiud. “ Nmv theiefore, ( ) Lord, 'I'1 -I, sir,' in from lii« hand, that all the о mol die earth may know that thou lainl I i'd." ii e .filing pray.'r tuul dependence is Ir woli ilm employment of means. i mil not о ly prayed, hut at once made '• " l" cut off the supplies of his ' H- to threw up defences, organize the '■ 'iiomlitjiy companies, and provide '•«a of war “in nhundai.ee.” Then 1 ' hu Sulller i, “ lie strong and coiua- H be nut afraid loir dismayed for the ud. Assyria, nor for all tho nuillitude " * (h ban ; for there he mure with it- >i(b bun : with him is an m m of fic.-h : ' ’b IIS IS tlie lull'd ,,|||' Cod to help u*. figf.t our l.attles.” Hence ismirlmpe S'leigtlj. '1 hen let all the people pray '«! tiniatrv. " V/ e Don't Begin in Time." Л biotlicr iu Eolith Canilina, enclosing 55, 1'roui las S-ildiath school, says, <• 1 Г chil¬ dren are not taught lo give, men and women will seldom be liberal. Our enterprises suf- ibr buainc we ate too old when help ate presented liist to it-. Wo don't begin in time to briii" children up to the holy of the Loul. If we want future liniusls, we must sow in tlie soil of the young l.cuit." The blether inu-t have rend un old writer who .«id, "train tip a child in the way he should go." ft would he well if we not only lead this writer's -ayingJ, but put them in practice:. We hupe to hear from all oin Sabbath svhuhls this year. Mountains ari made up of grains. E. Ford, Va=trr of (lie (Tieny St, Hi; list cluirel,, NVhville, .Maiidi Hist, “ 1 halo гоачт I" belies c that (led is about to tnisiu-v die prayt'isof his unworthy servants. On list Sunday solemnity and dei|) liaditig «coined to peivade the eeligVegation dining mo t ol the sermon. (In Monthly night we had a deeply interesting prayer-meeting. Should cireum-taiUT* justify И, I • cxji'-ct to have meetings every ntgld next week. Wc ask an interest iu the praycis if the Hoard." Lincolnton, North Carolina. Hrotlnr I’etry, March 2Sth. " This town is now nearly ninety years old, ami no l!ap- tist meeting linu'o in it yet, and nut many in the surrounding country ” Ihe Power of Kindness, full"-, lino extract from l)r. Mngonti's ’"in 1'Й, belbio the American and ' 5" Christian Union, contains thought! ‘'tnneiils itriLirigly adapted to the rericty, in „И pa its of our land, ‘'("land religious. \7 1 ' Jr’’ to eiriteinplntc sinners and apes- ■ n.nS "moo, as Chii'tiau and Hope- ’ i. " l«»"ig through Vanity Fair. jU'htng t"^ r,rjjcr|'uj i„.iirl4_ tal l" " "Л' i" alnays m.i'tsuc- ms .I rc, ""nK 'he wandering, in con- s etminruui, nml in eh rating the . Je a. vice which Cliatliam gave [«I'ving Hie American eu!,.- ‘ .nl"'aJ‘i (ippropriatn in c.i Wieiliau,," is a duty, and will t "i revolt against oppression, was judi al"l и nlvvav ' ' era, ' lhc *4 f "r peace. Ir ii 'heir limits n little Wind, to their viiiugs very kind.* ■cla i' T1 ot'Uedhim arc of- » j.. И 1C^ 10 sanity, to a higher and Clay Street Baptist Clutrch- Eichraond, Va. Brother Willis, pastor. April 1st. "The progress that we arc making is a guarantee that at no distant day our chuich will bo a self-Mtstainiug, iflicient body. Our great need, next tithe spirit nf entire con-ccra- lion to our Master's cause, is u neat, sub¬ stantial, eoml'urtabli) church building, ruth as will give assurance that the enterprise is pci nianetitly established. 1 have strong hopes that the ll.iptists of Hiclnnond vvillat an early day put us in р of such a building. convinco a Roman Catholic of 'in, , "0<1 him cordially to em- •r thco'-gical belief, vre had Letter J. B. Hardwick, Pa«t(ir of tlie -ml Baptist cliuich, Peters¬ burg, Va., April 1st: 1SC4 “ ve I'nre not bc.n blessed with a pcbt revival of religion, our congregation liu* increased in numbers and seriousness о our Sabbath School lias 133 scholars registered, and now additions are made nwrlr every week. The Young .Mens Missionary Society has more than sixty dollars in' bank, which will be incr.ased considerably before the dote of the ation il year. The members of this hoocty go out every Fabbath ' by twos, ' circulate tracts, converse and pray with fimihw, and proetno scholars for the .Sunday School. In this way wc hope Iu canvass tho most dcsti- tuc parts of the city— and do what wo call What a Pastor Says. „“We are moving yn tnely. Tho old First is iu better health and i-piiila than aim lias enjoyed for many fears. “Since 1 have bunt promoted lo the de¬ gree of Й. S. S., (Sa Idra ih School Supeiin- teinleiit.p a eherishul 'wish of my heart for many years — a (’mil ini; ulse ha. been given tu dvery thing conuceltjd with the church. The pastor lias imjnocrtl in liiaprcuMiy— (he cliuich in their duties and interests— and the people in the’ uttendunec on all the. meetings. The chi uge win he seen and fell. 0, sir, it is gluiit is to have the hearts of id! the children of у ur congregation, •‘If any minister vv, nts to increase his influence /<« ГиМ with Ins people, and to it crease his power— ju- let him hog (lod l''_i' Hfiii'f етиук to bec mo Superintendent of his own Sabbath Schbol, And then ask the church tlie privilege uf au thing, and li.cn eiitir into tho work with nil 1ш luarl. “ We luvo been I'avorml witli a gracious levival this winter, sd have tho other chutihesiu town.” | I praycis that have well nigh filled us with! I amazement. ! ! The fruits if tho meeting must fiot be ; sought so much in tho number of conver¬ sions reported as in tho happy influence it has exerted upon the church and commu¬ nity, i At this writing 1 report 15 cnnvcrj rieusilWd'fereril YFsoT bf'coiivfctloii. The meeting still goes on. Next Sabbath I ex|oct to baptize most of those whose eonvei'.sion I report. In much love, Wm, K. llATCllt.lt. Brother Shuck's Journal. Dear /hollar .ST imiirr: During tho lint six months of my tr.iv- ' clling missionary appointment in California j 1500 I kept you fuly informed ol'j ■ fur Tho Beginning. A church in ALbania| that “ has hither- to cultivated the aati-mierinn spirit," send, live dollars fur the missions, and has de¬ termined tn uiaku her annual contributions without tho intervention of a traveling agent. This is just wlnjt wo want our chinches lo do; and why bavo agents been suit aiming the churches, lo do wlmt they would not do, but nluit this church now determines to do. The Domestic' Board has no ago lit in Alabama, ur lieurgia, and yet these States contributed tu this livaid, the last two year*, ini'J of). Thu churches can save the expense of an agency, if they will. Hill llvy iln il ? Wc ho;c the hiends of the cause will send their contributions i hint Iu tho Tna-urer, Wm. lloinliuckle, Marion, Ala. Worthy Examplo- A pious and intelligent physician, in Alabama, thus writes: “ Kuelosi'd you lind twenty dollars for Domestic Missions, a part of I lie piw'ds uf a Sabbath day's prolissional labor, which I tru-t tlie Lind lias wnt through me in this tiiiio of distriss iu our sull'eiing iiiUso'ii-," It is with iiiileigi.vd | leasuru we iccuid this noble example. Our physicians me compelbsl to labor, in thrir pn.li ssioii, on the Sabbath. Were they to cou-cerntc to the laird's Treasury the ] rotetds uf their labors on this Holy Day, they would add immeasurably to their iKl'uliiebs, by becom¬ ing tlie. physiriaiis of the soul as well as of the body. One of the most useful and prosperous physicians ol' our uei|Uaint.inec, has lol lowed this praetiee lor years. May these instances inspire olbit'-s lo do lib. wise. Gracious Revival. MASCiii.STi.it, Va., April I, I SOI. lhar ISnllur : It in with liclingsof unaffected gratitude that I reconl my cun plile locoveiy ITom the ilhicss under which I was nulliring at the time 1 rendered my last report. Dur¬ ing my detention trolli duly the pulpit was rigitlarly supplied by tho etuililil» ol Rich¬ mond College. We aie in tho in’nlst of a mo«t delightliii and gracious revival. The interest ip ting up in the prayer meetings — the flint tokmi uf it appearing among the young mm, ol whom we have a noble, lliuugh eump'ira- lively small band. Excepting lour sermons by Jilder (Л Чугес, the work has progn>4d in the liirin ot a prayer meeting. W c inc t nightly, and remain tngclhcr just un hum' and a half. It is indeed a glorious m-ik. God is with us beyond a doubt. I have never witncs-cd such .signal proofs id His presence. We have realized a degree uf solemnity in the meetings unl'elton any prr- vious otcasii.ii. it is gralilying to uennl the fidelity and zeal of tho mcniliersliip. They have woike.l man lolly. 1 regard the success of the meeting' us the re'iilr ol' .«pe¬ dal eflurt. We fasten upon individuals and labor and pray lor them till Hud luars us. We have had sotao instances of answered I my labors and movements month by month, 'and then at tho end of tho sad six months I I scut you an epitome of tny doings fur tin* l whole half year. Month by month also of tho l-t'Uix months of 1 SCO I sent you teg¬ ular eumniimicatious detailing tny opeiu- j lions, nml now I bog tu hand you another six- months epitome. | i My travels and labors for tho last bull i 'yiar of 1 SCO were principally Connected | j With the following places chinnologieally i arrange I. viz: t'mtis’ Settlement, Brighton, | * Chinese in. fticiamrntn, (Irainl Wand, Red I ! Binds, I'Tinoma, lono Valley, Wilson Stile- 1 I merit, Camp Meeting iu Ivliluradn, 5au J!a- 1 ! phael, Fan llamnii, Brisllyn, Vnciaville,j ] Napa a d Hodgkin Settlement. Tlieio were | jellior places visited mul explored, mid the j people i reached to, besides my attendance | upon tJie Sacramento Valley Baptist As sueiatiiiii at the must interesliiigand inipnit- j ant meeting it ever lit Id. During theso six | months I aided in the organization til' the Red llluir, (lr.mil Wand, Napa Oily and Sail Raphael Baptist Churches, mul in tlie oidination of Messrs. Kidder and S; nicer nf Slui't.'i, and Messrs Isaac and lloppsol San Ramon, to the lull wink of tho Chris¬ tian ministiy. I a l-o preached tho dedica¬ tion of tlie beautiful new hiiu-c of worship at lono Valley, had an inti resting biipli'iii at Grand bland and baptized another pro nosing Chiin se enliven at Sucrammtii. Sev¬ eral acccssiiiii'- wile the Icetills of the r oup meeting in Elder Dariics legion in El Do lado ei-unty. 'I lie whole number of my baptism* during my roridiiiee in Califmini uiiiuunliil tu aliuul sixty, and represeiiliug Europe, A.-ia, Alric.i, awl both Nunli anti Cinlral America. Ju-t twuity Chuiese vino, baptized by me in California. Six ol those returned, miiiih well' n'lilteied in the mines, two went away liaekwaril, but there are hnpi's uf inducing their return. '.I lie Chinr-i' uiteipriso siiiTeied during llieje.n ; from my 'I, mt absetiic, vvhilu I (licit haul I tu give tliein at leii'l one Sunday a month. | ’I lie Chinese u-ificcs item legul.nly kept up iu my iiIim nee during the whole tear, and the laillifuliic-s and devotion of lliesc tlisiiplis gave mu most I, catty salisliietinn. I hung was tin: legnlar preacher left in i lmrgo w hell I came away, and lie vviinbl be aided iu tlie services by the ileiicon, Ku- Ah Kay, ami the elniioh ilerk, Yong-fu We made lull aiijiiguiieiits for the sirviees and for taking care of the ehipel ЬеГоге I left, and I pul ihe proja rly iu eliarge of deaenus Speiiier find Aveiy nf the I'ir-l Bapli't Chtuch, nliu will look alter it for ihe lb i.tnl. 'i lie lilellireli if the Fist Hip- ibt Chiiii'h priniiiM'd mo to visit the Chi- lii'se eliapcl nluiulcly at the tune uf tin Sunday si rvii e« iu Older to I'tieoiiiiige the (him»» b.tithrcii until Iritlier I'einey should arrive. Wong Money was tlie first | Chinese convert I baptized iu California. i lie became an able preacher, nml is nun i l.iburing in tlm implny of the l!iehiin>ieJ ll.iaul in Cal. toll ill eoniiciton with Yung ( Seen Sang, vvhniu also 1 ba| lizcd ill I liina lif teiii yeaisago. I . inug (, 'link, annll crone ol die Cahlbrn a cniivriLs. beeamo all exeellmi | pr. .u-lier. llealoi, with ilcaeon Tsoy I'nok. I lulnniiil lo China. 1 siueeiely llUst yon nillbealiloto eniilinuc die missinn to the j I'hini-e in Calilbinia. By all means luotli- ! er I'caiey slnnild go, | I-'or six years I was elo-cly conlineil in I pastoral and misdi.iiary toils in Suerannntu, I iiiid it was o.dy in the seventh year, viz; I IS tt, that I was able to Havel and ixplnie. ! All the six yean I hail the largo |'.i'tni'ato | of the First ItiptistChurehauil the Chinese I inli-rprise U|sm my hands at tho same lime, i idifitig tlie Bapli't paper Ibr sninetimc in ! a Idiiinn, and interpreting also in the courts. Three years ago 1 organized a colored lliptist Church in Sacramento, who bad, when 1 left, a gooJ house of nut ship nearly paid for, ami wein keeping up a Sunday School in сити ctimi with their rerviees. Thus I aided in Ihe organization of two Baptist Churches film Chinee and the col¬ ored) and in tlm dedication of three Baptist Louses of worship iu Sacramento city. The money to pay for these houses was' nil col¬ lided on the ground, except seven' hundred dollars, which your Board contributed to- waid tho erection of the neat Chinese chapel. This chapel is the property of tlm Board, with tho lot on which it stands— (ho title decd,U)..which you- wilUtind iii'-iyoiir’-x***- nrehfvM signed by me. During my rcsi- vlenee in California I aided in either the hocusing, examining ur ordaining of four- tacii Baptist ministers, some of whom arc now i ccupying prominent positions in avow¬ ing cities on Loth tlie ГаеШо and Atlantic sides of tlm Continent, When I first reached Sacramento tlm First Baptist Church was in existence, but its incmlieisliip was scattered and discour¬ aged, and they had no house of worship, tin Sunday Sehuiil, no pastor, no Sunday ser¬ vices, and the church overwhelmed with debt. I left them with a large membership, increasing congregations, a flourishing Sun¬ day Schmil, well attended pmyir meetings, a commodious and neatly finished house of vv in ship, and nearly out of debt. My labors were very arduous ail tlm lime in California, from the fact of having twit distinct enter¬ prises on my hands, nt the same time re¬ quiring the me of two ullctly diverse lan¬ guages, atid pu'tornl attentions of two on- tiiely distinct races of people. But I look link upon my California i n to rp rises, n |osi- tive siii-ei's-i's, sineis'-i'S dependent alone upon the grace and blissing of (led. 1 tnn.-l not Inoilil" you n il Ii further details. I have resigned my einuiiiissiiiii link into y.nir hands, and 1 lnii't be allnwi'd to say, that my cinincitiiin with your Ifoird lias been to me fraternal, pleasant ami satisfac¬ tory. Every kiiul wish. Grace, mercy and peace, fraternally, J. lit.vvis Sitni'K. Jlimurill (■'. II., .S', .IjinV.1, 1501. •vbt INDIAN Dlil'AUT.MKNT. Distribution of Books, March 20th, Brother Buekmv writes, “1 unite you IT от Foil Gili'on, Cherokee na¬ tion. I opened my luniks, Ibniid all light, and left half out Ibr that DiMricl. A gin- iT.ll niuiieil leal j Ii't adjourned when I nr. liied, but many had nut returned to their homes; so I had an op; intimity of distri¬ buting scviral hundred looks. I wish you could have vvitno'-iil the cagiriit'M of lie Indians to obtain copies, ami tho. facility with which they could lead them. I tool, a lot el' llieiii tn meeting enily on Sunday ninriiing and ilislrihuletl them .liming the ineiii hcis. We Ibrmcd ouiwlves into a i)tnu:iT„iss, and read verse alsmt in John, S« intu- rexleil were they iu this exeieisc that we . . . reading until after 2 o'elink, I1. M., and I did not get In pleach any that day. Л Visitor. A brother Harrison, ft от Waco, Texas, chan red to be present, w Im beeamo so af. filled at seeing tlm (Jinks read the Woul of God in tlmir own language, (hat his feel- ings forced him (though nut a preacher) tn make us a pathetic speech, which tlm In. duns took Ibr a liist rate sermon, All tlm mi-sionaries and native preacher* will now add COLPOItTABK In their oilier labors, and thus increase their opjsiriunities for doing' good. Tlm day 1 began to distribute my translation* would have been tlm proudest day of my life, Let alas! tlm rend lection that the who bail so bravely shared my toil* was not here to re- juice with me, brought sorrow to iny wound¬ ed soul. But is she not rejoicing in a hap¬ pier world ? tuul may it not be that she still lakes delight iu the good results if her past s-aurilieis? Brother Buckner's letter. From tlm tenor of tlm following letter, wc presume it was intended for the public eye. Wo most heartily join with brother Ii. in regret that any should have made these publieations a matter of controversy. It was with great reluctance tlm Board un¬ dertook a deftnej of its courso in this mat. ter, which, in the judgment of tho wiso anil prudent of different parties, wm tho only i