Home and Foreign Journal, June 1869

HOME _ “PREACH THE GOSPEL TO EVERY CREATURE.” — “ MY Ш)РЬЕ ARE DESTROYED FOR LACK OF KNOWLEDGE.” . 5 я - Vol. 2— New Series. RICHMOND, Vj JUNE, 186S.- [Published IMTontbly by the [Foreign and fli t §mn ft Jump jtoTOial. Domestic Ш No. 2 — Whole No 14. ЗЗоа of the Sonfcliem Baptist Convention. weekly, give that, five cents, or one cent If only fifty, twenty-five, ten, S nt, weekly, give that. Give itfU TER3IS: ™e Г"*0" . . . 1 «®™» >'mc'n . Тя 'T'Vt" -.Hrwwd to cos person. . '•"'’'ТГигт— J lo cos rcrsco- Il°t grudgingly^’ blit generously, cheerfully. Xcvcr). — so cents. I °m,lfin'>ng if you have anything unless God lm ceased ГДУ Y^i,- addrcsse-l to on* person . - . — - - - - uuoJr^* ty* 1 . ..... gbe*t has been load «ml preselnR. It Is я necewitr TV l *£ ““J all lh* Board*, аз тгеИ as the churches of the South. Г,у eUbbA.. b<*n "-I .1 u ^ жЪ1в to bting before our people the earliest Infor- ^eoetbly . creat objects contemplated by the Southern Baptist Con- .n |tln(o their churches will be able thus to make f>atwo. with the whole mi*eionary enterprise, «nd secure more r*Z}&e'r ‘^FTwIth'the brtrst po-sible U?*, «ml the money enclosed. IJ"P МопаП, at “«г riik, in poeUl orders, registered letter»-, or checks on “J^A.Urea-.no** a*d FoRXias Jou»sau Richmond, Va. " 6o to give to yon. <m 3 00 5 00 — 10 00 15 00 f0WS» С» Kiciiaiorsno SeT. JAS. B. TAYLOR, . lx$Ui\ Щ$№&. ТЛ. . . Cor. Secretary. Send your Subscription. ThL- is the second number of the second volume of •j* Journal. We need all the subscriptions to pay .‘др printer. Our brctliren who have secured clubs 4,11 please nt once forward the money for their papers. ' The Pastors. Will not pastors favor ns — favor the cause of nris- .„n—iavor thcmsclvca by securing the largest pos- ■ Ые rlnbs for their churches? The Ladies. The ladies can do much in giving 1 и iilcr circulation. c ; our little paper The Southern Baptist Convention. The meeting of the Convention at Macon will not -non be forgotten. It was largely attended, and all -oemed to breathe the spirit of their Divine Master. tV. Wre fovored with the presence of Brethren Reid Ы Phillips, of the Yomba Mission. They seem tn patient to return to their field of labor. The ad- irew* of these devoted missionaries produced a p ro¬ und impression. One of the peculiarities of the «n?ion was a resolute purpose, frequently expressed, «■increase in zeal and liberality in the prosecution of ill the objects of the Convention. The Domestic Mission — the Sunday-school work — and the Foreign Mir-iun cause, have all a higher place in the affections i the Southern people. Expensiveness of the Work. The expenditure incident to our Foreign Mission '•тк is necessarily heavy. All our remittances to missionaries arc made by bills on London. These tlL-are purchased at a large discount on the present nrrenev, so that our receipts, by being brought down 1 p)U value, are reduced to something like txvo- innh of their nominal value. Beyond this incidental -’■«sitv, the Board liavc conducted their operations ti the most economical manner. ЛУееЫу Contributions. The new fiscal у dr brings with it new responsibil- llw- c hope to increase the number of our mis- amariis— of our schools — of all our facilities for an •frient working of the foreign field. But in order to 1,1 (*’’s we most have an increase of funds. Will you, ’’З'Ц keep your bag, or box, in which you will put 'w '''-‘Posits weekly, and send from time to time the minnnt3 °nr use. The pastor of the Lynchburg r'"reb thus addresses his people on the subject: h,e Р“фозе* in his heart, not crndginglr or of песез- f0r God lores a cheerful giver.''— 2 Сот. 0: 7. «' iV' g10 ('u*-v aa'^ tT,e privilege of every member ,KT*» *° S*vc .'“mething, “each according to [ ''7’ (°wanls the support and the spread of „.p'®1 *1|е ordinances of the gospel. The othont st[ rc4u'rfi this, anil wo cannot <1 is regard it Mrs. Hartwell’s Letter. We call attention, especially of the ladies, to Ггя. Hartwell’s letter. It will, if wo mistake not, produce a thrill of solicitude, aiid a tenderness of Sympathy on behalf of their suffering sisters in heath¬ endom which will lead to profitable results, v Sisters in Christ, read that letter. Information Needed. In order to a proper development of the churches ccived has been sufficient to sustain all our missiona¬ ries, and, within a small amount, to meet all our in¬ debtedness. A Question Answered. In the last report of the Board the inquiry wo made, “Shall the work cease?” This question seemed natural in view of the depressing influence of the л\аг on the minds of the people. Some were ready to fair a necessary' abandonment, of the missionary fin the work of missions, information is absolutely lie- enterprise so far as southern churches were concerned, j pessary. The aims and objects, the means employed, but the results of the year just closed will serve to &)j<I the, success of„the missionary enterprise, must be dispel this delusion. With no other than the ordi- ffpread before tlieLcfrcl’s people". ** Cliurchcalnay con- nary methods of appeal to the churches, and with [fain an unconverted membership. Those in the only one regular agent in the field, the amount re- j churches who know nothing of the constraining love of Christ, may and will be inert. Where there is no spiritual life, there will bo no action. But every true Baptist, who has been taught of God, will be inclined as be knows bis duty, to perform it. It is therefore important to conic ns nearly as possible to the churches with such facts and scriptural appeals as will move them to the performance of duty. With this view, our Corresponding Secretary has, ns far as time and his knowledge of the churches would allow, sought to bring before them the claims of perishing heathen, and the will of Christ in regard to their evangelization. By a free use of postal fa¬ cilities be lias communicated with the brctliren, send¬ ing to them numerous tracts, circulars and letters. He has also visited a number of churches and asso¬ ciations in different parts of the South. Our success has proved the importance of this plan of operation. in> QOf, -v ‘^jitnbutions, although of smaller amounts, noix— raised, secure larger aggregates, and on ’he £ i° c oscb' to Scripture injunctions. “ TTp- «a j,, "] da’-1 °7 week Id, every one of you lay by ri 2 C "* God Prospered him”— 1. Cor. Th" * * *Ь Polioses that each person, old and young, I?a ° and female, every one, shall help, 'ion, but t, 'n Lamoilnt, nor by tax', nor by'compul- ^abffity” « ;rr,,Ic’ “cach according to his sev- 4/ of ,,0I] ) Upon the first day of the week let every '•д."— ] су oy likn in store as God hath, prospered 'osr оЬсЛ;Р,?Г' XVI' “• This will test your principle, ^entim^00’ ^0ur gratitude, your self-denial, your are vni. ?cs?aa(T your liberality. Do you wish He to follow the Scriptures? °2sott]etb;„S ° t ns P*an depends on cach one giv- “as God has prospered.” cf an,i iyc J 1чг you. Will you not in the fear U^cfiil, loving disciple, honestly, ^ rontrilir i 3n i Wltl‘out reference to xvhat others **4 ircpi- ftc’ yourself, “How much am I.give,' ^thti’am lIlCS° Wcsscd purposes?” ЛУс may 5Te’ kn ilnllolU"n tovary, but whatever у ou” can ro, five dollars, two dollars, ono'dollar, An Onward Movement. The Board arc prepared, in view of the results of the last year, and of the necessities of the missions, to recommend an enlargement of our work at no dis¬ tant period. Will it be too much to ask of the churches that they give us during tlic coming fiscal year the sum of §30,000? With this amount the fields now suffering for an increase of laborers, and other facilities, may be supplied. If the Convention can sufficiently trust God and the churches to recom¬ mend such a policy, there is reason to believe the suitable men can he found as soon as the means arc at hand to send them forth. With the increasing readiness of the churches, as such, to contribute to our work, the sum proposed is small, compared with their number and ability. It will be no extravagant calculation to expect thissum, if the proper energy shall he put forth. Let us “ ex¬ pect great things,” and “atfempt great things.” This Policy Necessary. A wise economy suggests such a progressive mea¬ sure. Indeed, the continued existence of our missions Schools in Hoathen Lands. Our good brother Curry, who represented the Fe¬ male Missionary Society of the First Baptist church of Richmond, Va., at the recent Convention, made an urgent plea on behalf of schools in heathen lands to ho conducted by females. He referred to an ex¬ tract of a letter recently received from Mrs. Hart¬ well on this subject. The Board desire liberally to sustain these schools, depends upon it. The laborers in the field rannotEnnd ti,Cv ]iereby hejr theJadics in difibront localities live always. . Each of , our stationsTiseo.x.npitdJi^^T'jb^rorm Societies with reference to this object. lone missionary. If one he called away by death, his position is left undefended — the work lie lias pros¬ ecuted ceases. ЛУс ought not to wait until Iris strength is exhausted before aid is sent. Nor can we shut our eyes to the vastly extended openings for missionary labor which God is placing before us. In each of the provinces occupied by our brethren in China, accessible millions are ready to hear the xvords of salvation. In almost every part of the Empire, preachers of righteousness may go. And so with Catholic Europe and benighted Africa. As Baptists we must not lie indifferent to these calls of Providence. Let us go forth in the name and strength of our Redeemer, nothing doubting. Let us strive to make him, Iris truth, Iris salvation,, and Ills institutions, known among the benighted of the earth. ' . . . Tho Monthly Concert. The concert of prayer on the first Monday of every month or day before, we are glad to know, is begin¬ ning to he observed in many of the churches. At every such meeting an opportunity should he given to make a contribution td our cause. The Journal. ЛУе are receiving numerous tokens of the increas¬ ing interest our churches arc taking in the circulation of the Journal. ЛУе must aim to send it every xvhere in the South. Greenville Seminary. It xvas our privilege to he present at the com¬ mencement of the Greenville Theological Seminary, which occurred on Saturday, the 1st of May. More than forty young brethren have been connected with the school during the year, and it may be said of most of them, with gratifying success. Two of them, brethren Broaddus and Townsend, both from Virginia, are full graduates. The public exercises were full of interest. . ЛУе arc glad to announce that the failure of the in¬ stitution is now no того to be feared. ЛУАЬ perhaps the ablest faculty in the land, so far as Baptist schools arc concerned, and a course of instruction suited to every grade of students, we cannot doubt that xvitli God’s attendant blessing it xvill he among the most ef¬ fective instrumentalities for good employed by our churches. . ' . . God bless the Greenville Theological Institution. ** Bible and Tract Funds. ЛУе have no funds for Bible and Tract distribution in heathen lands. Shall it always he so?^ ЛУс trust not. Who will send us a donation for this object, in addition to Iris or her regular appropriation.- ' Encouraging Fact. It is a gratifying fact that a more ready acceptance of the doctrine of responsibility in giving the gospel to the xvorlil is beginning to he cherished by the churches. The duty also of the entire membership to contribute as God has prospered them, is receiving more serious attention. The influence of the xrar lias been seriously felt in diminishing the number of large contributions to our treasury, hut it is also a fact full of encouragement, that many more churches and church members than ever before have sent up their free-will offerings. If every church will take action and arrange for periodiail collections, there xvill be no want of means to carry on onr xvorlc. Bible Women. Brother Graves has found txvo or three converted xvomen connected with his churches in China, xvlio are employed at a small expense, say about seventy- five dollars per annum in currency, to distribute co¬ pies of the Scriptures and religious tracts; also to converse and pray with those of their oxvn sex. This is true also of other stations. The happiest results have already been realized from this instrumentality. ЛУШ not the ladies of some of our churches form societies, and become responsible, each, for the sup¬ port of a Bible xvoman? Something to Think of. Tho Pope and his priests, with the aid of European gold and emigration, are determined to make Amer¬ ica, in time, a Roman Catholic country, as much so as Sjiain, or Portugal, or Mexico.. For this object Austria contributes §S00,000 a year, and other Cath¬ olic countries according to tlicir means. For this ob¬ ject one-half of the earnings of the Roman Catholics in this country arc cheerfully given. Even serx-ant girls contribute §40 and §50 a year; and men who cany' the hod not unfrcqucntly give §100 a year; xvhilc brickmasons, airpenters, and other mechanics, have given as much as §200 a year. Priests, xvlio die rich, leave their thousands to the church for the same purpose — to close the Bible 'and ox'crthroxv the gospel in America. Hoxv much will Baptists give to spread a pure gos¬ pel in heathen lands? • ' ' _ Encouragement to work. ■ . Brother Carmichael, of Alabama, thus refers in an able report, to the incentives to labor in the foreign field : “It must he gratifying to the advocates of Foreign Missions, that, marked success has hitherto attended the preaching of our brethren in China and Africa. Brother Yates,' and Iris self-sacrificing lady, hax-e been toiling, laboring and soxving the good sec<l for about txvcnty years; our brother T. P. Crawford and xvife, for nearly tho same time; brethren Roberts, TobeyJ J. B. Ilartxvcll, R.-H. Stone, nud their families, xritlt many others, lia\-e tor years been teaching and preach¬ ing Jesus to the dying and the lost. The xvord of truth, under the blessings of God and the Holy Spirit, hath taken hold upon the hearts of many precious souls, that have been led by the grace of God to Christ the Lamb of God. The leaven is xvorking, and has hitherto been spreading; until several churches have been constituted at a great many preaching sta¬ tions, xxlrich have groxx'n to a respectable number of members, and arc having the bread of life regularly broke to them ; xvliich also arc being trained to be¬ come self-sustaining. A. goodly number of China¬ men, during the present year, hax-c given’ evidence of a change of heart, and liax'c been baptized upon a profession of their faith into tho name of the Holy Trinity. Tiie xvork is spreading rapidly, and now, pretty much the xvliole Empire is open to missionary operations. The brethren there need our prayers arid our contributions to sustain them in their arduous la¬ bors. New fields every xvhere are open, xvliicli, to be occupied, demand many more faithful preachers.” ' Little Workers. Here is an example for tlic young people. ЛУе hax-e received the folloxving note from one xvlio lov'cs the cause, enclosing the sum mentioned. ЛУЬо will do likexvise? “My little sisters send you seventy-five cents for the Foreign Mission anise. They xvorked hard tor it, and hope it may do some good.” Pastoral Influence. It xvill he aisily seen, if all our pastors are. faithful to their commission, “toiclring their membership to ol>ser\-c all things commanded” — if they arc prompt and skillful in training the baptized to the right- per¬ formance of duty — if they aim to devclope the pecu¬ niary, intellectual, and moral capabilities of their churches, hoxv mighty xvill he the influence for good! Tlic number of missionaries xvill he multiplied, and the means of sustaining than will be abundant. ЛУЬсгсх-ег there has been negligence .of the minis¬ try in this particular, it has operated as a great, hindrance in the missionary xx'ork. Some of them are far hehinil f hoir people .in ltu* e^al witl. wbloUJl is prosecuted. They hax'c not called attention to the spiritual xxant of the xxorld, or urged its supply. The year passes, and no arrangement has been made to collect the frce-xxill offerings of their members.. But the Board are satisfied that a nexv efficiency on the part of our pastors is beginning to he developed. The Bible Plan. A good brother on the subject of giving, tlius. x\-ritcs: ' The Bible plan is the best — weekly contributions, according to Dixrinc prospering. I have proposed the folloxving to the brethren: Let one-tenth of income he minimum, and the proportion increased at the rate of an additional one-tenth for the doubling of income, beginning at tlic amount necessary for support. For example, supposing §1,000 deemed necessary for sup-’ port: • ‘ $ l,o.oo . . . onc-tcnth, . . . S loo. M S 2,000 . -tivo-tcntbs — one-Gftli . -S 400. _ . S 4,000, . three-tenths,... . SI, 200. t, S 8,000, . four-tenths— two-firths . S3, 201)1 “. $10,000,...' . . ...five-tenths — one-hnlf, . $8,000. These latter amounts seem large. But, hear ill. in mind the hypothesis that §1,000 is all that Is 7ic- ccssary for support, and it xvill appear that, though; one-half of the income is donated, the excess. beyond • necessary expenses is large, and large enough, is it) not? to satisfy the Christian mind, duly impressed xvitli the urgent demand of charity. Action of tlio Churches. M : • A most important result to be gained in our be¬ nevolent xvork, is a cordial co-operation by the cl m relics of Christ. They are properly the repre¬ sentatives of their Lord, his xvorkers in building up ' his spiritual house. They are “the light, .of the. xvorld,” “ tlic salt of the earth.” It is their legitimate mission to sound “out the word of tho Lord” — to “teach all nations’* — to “preach the gospel to ever)* creature.” It is tlieirS to pray for an increase of la¬ borers — to look for an answer to this prayer — to call and send forth those whom God shall indicate to he his chosen and qualified ministers — and to sustain them as they go forth, every where preaching the ЛУопк And arc not our churches, composed of bap¬ tized hclicx'crs only, and xvitk a ministry deriving its authority alone from them as from Christ, tho appro¬ priate instruments of accomplishing this xx:ork? The> appointment of ,a Board or committee may be essential ; in carrying out the will of the churches, but a sound, : hearty co-operation on their part lies at the founda-| tiou of a large success. _ , ,f t Pastors to Train the Churches. / ' A xvritcr from Kentucky, in the JHaccdonian, says: “All the churches in this country greatly need sonic,, one to train them to labor in the vineyard of Christ., Onr ministers are good enough preachers, and are pretty successful. in. gathering persons into the churches, but fail in getting them to do anything after they. get; them in.” 1