- Title
- Home and Foreign Journal, May 1857
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- Date
- 1857
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- Volume
- 6
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- Issue
- 11
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- Editor
- ["Poindexter, A. M. (Abram Maer), 1809-1872"]
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- Creator
- ["Southern Baptist Convention"]
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Home and Foreign Journal, May 1857
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VOLUME VI.
IlICUMOND, MAY, 1857.
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PUBLISHED BY THE BOARDS OF THE SOUTHERN BAPTIST CONVENTION.
NUMBER 11.
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Arkansas.
Rev. A. J. Morrell, Clover llcnil : “ Dur¬
ing the (|iiailer lias oiganized one clnirch
j and one Sabbath school, lie says, when
. I commi-nrcd this quarter, there was not
, , . , a Baptist church in all mv field. Now we
In the commencement of any enterprise, ^
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a
...l.„„r„„bhconir,va.ein.erest,d.sof
Л |Ь|й|и
cllllrch,
1 a home lor a missionary in his toils.
l’eihaps you cannot well appreciate the
On
in¬
train
neighborhoods are
almost entirely under the control of these
influences. Hut the go-pel is not’powcr-
less here. The people come out to hear,
and are generally quite attentive, and quite
anxious to Know what llaptists believe and
teach.
wjvjnran \mm,
MARION,
Л1.Л11ЛМЛ,
.MAV,
Ш7.
Beirin
amcncenientc
whether of public or priva
(lie fir.rt iniportanee to give our
right direction. In the erection of a house,
to hate a sure foundation— in planting a J
crop, to hive Hie ground well fallowed— ! con,l'Hon of our section of counlrv
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in mating a journey, to lake the de-iied [ (,lc Hdo of Hlack River wo have ir
road— in planting now colonies, settling up . temperance, inlidelily, and a|| tjlcir trai
new countries, that true religion anil all immoraliliee. Somo
ill in dilutions and blessings ’ " *•••■*•
be the first
tlemi-nls in llio organization of Society.
A brief allusion to instances in the history
of our own country and that of others is
sufficient to establish lliepo-ition assumed,
and to guide our conduct in future. The
following extract from the Report of the
Hoard in 1S.53, is in point:—
"In Ihose new Stales and Territories in
the great South-west, theie arc springing1
up with almost unexampled vigor, Iowii- ; i-.... . .
d, liiieil soon to become cities, largo and, \P ,nlcci fernies-eo loier.lssee:-
p^nlnm, and a population that mu-t short- J
ly be most wealthy and influential on the ' .. I,BV" , "J1 between Misd.-ippi an I
future destiny of the millions that will All ' 1 :l/"" R'\er.<, .Mi-.,
those leiritorics; and in fact of the whole 1 F- tiriliiili. C
country, whose geographical centre is ra- Hilbert Minim, A
pally moling westward to the Ali-.-issippi
river. The moral cl.aiacler of a Stale,
like tbit of a man, i- formed in its youth,
ami the whole subsequent mass of the
|юр-
Georgia,
ulation, to most distant generations, is cast 1 ri . .
„и „ „„
in the mould II, u. prciMied. Mexico Ins ' aUc “* *" ncw
•ТР'"-""™-
thrown ofl'tlie yoke of the Spanish crown,
bin not of the priesthood that accompanied
Cortez: ami New England retain., in all
their vitality, thu-e idigious principles,
wlto-e seeds were brought over in the May¬
flower. Scotch
Ггс
is the
Al'I’OIX't'Air.XTS 11
У так ИОАНН.
Гоп
All Ren.
Hev. .1.
И.
Whitten, In tho Fncbiry people,
Cnlunibus, tlenrgia.
Cnliaba, Ala.
Alauihe-tcr, Va.
Rev. S. I,. Seminar, liiirksvillc, Kv.
U-i.
С.
X. We-t. Sierra, Nevada Villey.Cnl.
Hei.ll. W. pope, eol .red penjilo, Wilkes Ce.,
BIBLE BOARD.
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Good Example.
A brother willing from Zebulon, Genr-
himself "
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Friend
sends fourteen dollars
for homo dis
Gregory at Canterbury. Whutcicr sy»- tnuution, two aim a nan for China, and
leia of religion takes possession of these as mi.ch for Africa,— and the same for
young territories within the next forty . •
years, will hold a
who shall flock there to future ages
UVlHii . . ^
natu-il embodiment of the religion i taught - im|
ы
by the mi-sionaries ol Iona, and English t, ,,
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. , ,
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n ,
Epi-copacy of the doctrines taught by ‘ 0 l,e ‘!cmsl‘led, send.
Augu-tin and the otlieremissaiiesof 1’opo | Hie Uiblc Hoard, five fi
Greemy at Canterbury. Whatuier sys- tribution, two and a half f(
for Tai Ping Wang ami his dynasty, so
long as he and H shall thus encourage and
require the study of God's word.
Х'кгЛ и
revolution as lias already taken place, is
unparalleled in history, and that which
will be effected in a single generation, by
the operation of this laiv, is utterly incon¬
ceivable. Oh, if the three .hundred and
fifty millions, of China could by any j
means become at once familiar with tbo '
Word, as they have lung been with their j
idolatrous religion, vvliat wepders would ]
God have wrought. And this, so far as
we can -see, is coming. This is likely to
be the result of the reveCaitiorr begun
some years ago, and still regularly pro¬
gressing in the very licait of the great
empire. What a field it will open for the
missionaries of the cross !
Л.
C. 1).
.T. II . 1)., of Georgia.
Sends us fourteen dollars to be applied
as directed in the letter. This is the se¬
cond remittance wo have received in a
short time from the same unknown source-
The oilier was ten dollars. We take this
method to inform the dear brother, that
his cnuti ibulion was received, to thank
him for sending it, and to express our
hope iliat many ollicrs will follow so
praiseworthy an example.
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о
. , • • liumiah; with a dollar and a half for lla
rear.-, hi 1 ho . a swav over the millions . .. - • . . ,
'who shall (lock there to future ages : and 1
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vh™
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n'f
when those vast territories are settled up ml. He have no means of knowing who
with a teeming population, and that pop- 1 this dear brother is, and therefore take
ulation consisting of our sons and our i
(|,;э-
,1!0an< [u lc|| ],;m that the contrilm-
brethren by grace and by nature, already ,i()n can|e ,afclv aild ttc ,hank him fur it.
flocking there with their families, then will 1
[lie seeds of all faithful missionary labor, 1
indigenous in the soil, yield in each gene- 1
ration a glorious harvest of uiidyingsuuls. |
It mu-t seem astonishing, then, that our .
efforts aie so comparatively, iu-ignifica:it. |
A. C. D.
The Bible in China.
•
The Chinese arc comparatively an edu¬
cated people. The influence of the go¬
vernment ha. for ages been employed lo
stimulate the whole male population to
The Bible Society of Union Uni¬
versity.
It is the understanding, I think, that j
this society will represent itself in Hie
Convention at Nashville. H'c have re- .
ceivcd from it already near half the need¬
ful sum, which they direct to be expended
equally in China and in Africa, for the .
distribution of the Scriptures, under the |
direction of those who hayt gone from '
that instilution to the foreign field.
The University was ncyi'jjihUq.ppM-j
I porous a condition as at present. It is
‘ expected that the Theological class will he
j greatly increased another year. Arrange¬
ments arc being made, which will make
it the most attractive school of Theology
in the South ; ami whether the three
hundred thousand dollar Theological fund
which has been talked so much about,
«hall be raised and located there or nut,
it is from its geographical locality near
the] centre of the Southern States, ami
from the nature of the system of Theo¬
logical education about to be adopted,
destined to become the
штат
school
lor ministerial education. Tho-c of us
who live five year.-, will sec the truth of
this prcdic'ion verified.
A. C. 1).
The
Sncrmnento.
It will be seen that llro. Shuck is lie (
blowing a reasonable share of labor upon ! H;c acquisition of certain kinds ol know-
the colored population, ami that these cf- ledge. And evciy one whose leisure
forts arc crowned with success : ' 1 will permit is accu-tomcd to devote much
. . . of iiis time, from childhood lo early man-
1ыогЫ
Uiurcl Ori'anizrrhon — llicKev. . .
,|лол.|, л<* «л_
• «i,A
Alr ck.i.i. m i 1 . i.i boo J, say lo the 30tli year oi
аде,
in the
Air. Miuck, on Monday
Ы,
completed a 1 J J , , , r •
new organization among our colored ie-i- earnest study of the sacred books of their
dents, to bo called the “ Siloain liaplist idolatrous religion. Certain honors can
Church of Christ." The Society expects 011|y be obtained by familiarity with these
soon to purchase a lot and erect a house of; boub_
рлег.-
Chinaman, therefore, so
worship thereon, but for the time being1 •
«ill worship in the Chinese Chapel, corner j llr 11 P™c"C»Mc, to* been thoroughly
of Cth and 11 streets. They al.-o contem- j slrueled in the idolatrous religion or Ins j understand from rumor that the young
plate before long to call and settle a regu- ancestors. Thus it is, and has been tin- ladies raised some half a hundred dol¬
lar pa-tor. Wo understand that their ,|cr
ц|С
establislicd rule or that of tlic 1 |ars. T]ICy uj|| be entitled lo at least
галдят.
£Sl£ 1 ? «r- 7 V
ы
i "r,M“ m *• -
1 - - - : of Tai I'ingUaiig, the so-called rebel, I Jxniisville.
who has already made himself ma«tcr 1 . - -
of some of the most important provinces
and whose empire is evidently extending,
j and acquiring the dements of perpetuity,
] the liiljle is substituted for the books of
the old idolatry ; and thousands and thou-
' sands will consequently spend large por- [
gregation of their own people, is quite flat¬
tering.
The Indian Library.
The following letter may, wo trust, en¬
courage ollicrs to do likcwi.-e.
Forkund, March 2Sth, 1837.
Bible Society of tlie Mary
Slmrj), at Winclicstcr.
This Society had its regular annual
meeting some weeks since- We have no
ollicial report yet of what was done, but
A.
С.
1).
BOARD OF FOI!EI(i.\
ШЮ,
lilCHMOXD, AIAV, t«7.
Home and Foreign Journal.
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Journal, RiciiMoxn, V.i.
; Library.
A Fnir.N0.
Have not the Indians many more suc/t
“ Fiiends?"
IVc need, greatly need, more missiona-
tics in China. The opportunities for mis-
sionary labor are increasing. The facili-
ties for influencing the people arc multi-
plying, and the probabilities of success'
arc being more and more developed. It
is a great work in which we are there en-
K'lged. A population of from three to
four hundred millions of immortal beings
are groping their way to eternity amidst
aM the darkness of debasing superstition.
"e have unJtrloken to enlighten lAim- to
lead them to the knowledge of salvation.
Upon ti«, together with other Christians
who are sustaining missions there, they
are dependent for the Gospel. 0 how in-
adequate the few missionaries whom we
have sent to inert the demands for in, true-
tion ! And yet, we know not where to look
for other laborers. Is there no one, anx-
mii-ly desirous (o glorify Christ who will go
and preach his gospel to these benighted
''"Hicns ? No, not a single man among the
thousands ef our churches, who for the
love of Chii«t and souls, is willing lo fine-
Й'>
the comforts of home ami the privileges
of a Christian land to preach the Gospel
in China!
Hnw does the enterp.isc cf bu-ine-s
men shame the followeis of the Redeemer.
Commerce and trade find their represen.
tallies there in numbers equal to their
every demand. Men go to China, and
live there to t,dt
тпгц.
Fleets and ar¬
mies are sent there to piotect these inter¬
est-, and to enforce, if necessary, ‘their
demand-. Hut only a few,
«
,-rry /rr, of
the servants of Jesus are willing to go
there tor the promotion of his cause. Only
a little hand of the Soldiers of the Cross
can be induced to go tlicio to invade the
kingdom of darkness.
There is evidently a want of thespi.it
of consecration in tho churches. There
'*■ loo-iti3 apparent, a want of failh in
№ prediction regarding, the triumph of
He Alesvnk. and of confidence Apoeeer
, Of the Carpel. It is likely that none ones-
j 110,1 bul lllat " 'ho kingdoms of this world
I
яге
10 bcco,nc
Ию
kingdom of Clni-t,"
! but the event is in the dim, uncertain fu-
| Hire Jar off, and hardly an object of Impc.
i I'lin'-lian would deny that the " Go-
! Pcl i,( I,IC l»wcr of God unto salvation lo
every one that believelh," but when this
.Until is to receii c a practical application
1 10 1,,c mi-ionary ivoik, their minds recoil
l,cf",e l,lc ohrtacles which seem lo foibid
' that the Go-pel will he believed by the
j Chinese. Alas! for this stale of fiiilhle«s-
>«
an,i ‘"oiednlily. The ini-sionary
J ",'ork an novpr progress as it should while
' Chri-tians are so little expecting success.
"Attempt great things fur God, expect
gnat things from Hod." The spiiit which
ptompteil these words fiom the devoted
Cary mu-t more generally peivade the
hearts of Chri-tians before the heathen
will become the inhciilanco of the Re-
deemcr and the uttermo-t parLs of the
earth his possession. Christians inert Lc-
tiivc God ; and they must feel that desire
to glorify him which will prompt to vigo¬
rous and self-denying ellbrt.
_ _ _ 1>.
Cmitoii.
The letter of brother Graves gives our
latest advices from Canton. From the
papers we learn that the English, in con¬
sequence of the weakness of their force
had been compelled to abandon all the
forts they had taken except one; and that
they would lie unable lo effect much
j agoin-t tho Chinese until they received
Bov. John Day.
It will be seen by tho letter of brother
Day, that, at the time of writing, brother
Day was suffering from sickness. We
trust that before this, lie is in his accus¬
tomed hcalih. and engaged in the suc¬
cessful prosecution of the labors to which
he is so eminently deviated. Tho heart
of our brother is deeply interested for the
pio-perity ami religious progress of Li¬
beria. He ha- labored much, and very
efficiently, fur the promotion of Hie cause
ef civilization and religion there. He is
peimiilcd to see some of the fruits of Ids
labors. We trust lie may be spared to
reap yet more abundantly. He is, how¬
ever, now an aged man, and, as will be
seen from bis letter, is beginning to feel
that bis pilgrimage is drawing near' its
dose. We wish special prayer made,
that God will .-pare him to us until his
plan’s are In .successful operation, and we
havo more of ellicient laborers in that field.
• 1*.
Who will do it ?
Wc are very so'i itom to extend the
circulation of the Journal and the Com¬
mission. Why should not the Journal
have thirty, ill-lead r.f liom fourteen to
fifteen, thou-and subsciibcrs? H’c feel
assured that there arc that number and
more, who could be induced to take it, if
proper eflorts were made. We have no
doubt, too, that there are thousands who
would take the Commission if it were
brought to their notice in a suitable inan-
ucr. lie leant an agent in every church
| for these papers. Ono who will bring
them to the notice of the brethren and
fiicnd«— procure subscribers, forward mo¬
neys, and attend each year to collecting
dues anil correcting list of subscribers.
Wc know it will be a somewhat trouble¬
some business. Hut no worthy object is
gained without trouble. . _ . _
It has become the fashion to offer pre¬
miums for sub-criplions lo periodicals.
Wc arc always willing to conform to the
fashion when it c.m bo done with propri¬
ety. We theiefoie offer the. following
premium to every one who will act for us,
without icgard to the number of names
sent:
Гкпмпг.ч:
The consciousness of doing
goad ; mid the satisfaction of aiding to
promote the cause of Christ ut home und
ill/road.
Wc will also send to every one who
will agree to attend thus to the business,
a copy of each of the papers free, so long
as there aic five of the Journal lo single
ub-ciibers, and live of the Commission
taken at his ollicc and the payments reg¬
ularly remitted by him. I1.
Volunteer*.
Chattanooga, Feb. 10th, 1S/57.'
Dear fiirl — Knclo«cd von will please
nnJ §3, for Indian Missions.
Respectfully,
Friend to Missions.
says, "The Eastern l’rince has staled in.1
writing, that under the rule of Tai Ping, 1
" the Uiblc lias been suh-titulcd for tin- sa¬
cred books of Confucianism as (lie text
book lor the public service examination s "
Tho Shanghai Mksion.
If there are tho-c who think that nolle
mg worth Hie effort has been accomplished
in the Shanghai mi-sion, we would a-k
Death of Deaeon William Col¬
gate, of Nett* York.
This valuable citizen and devoted
Christian closed his useful life, on
Wednesday, 25th of March, 1857. Our
space will not permit the in-ertion of any
detailed account of Deacon Colgate, but
wc cannot refrain* from expressing our
high estimate of Iiis Christian excellence.
He was, at the time of his death, in the
7Glli year of Iiis age. lly a life of hon¬
est industry, lie had accumulated a large
estate. He was an earnest Christian and
a liberal supporter of every Christian cn-
terprbe. We copy Hie following:
" ACTION or
Т11П
OrriCERS or THE AMER¬
ICAN SIDLE UNION."
"The day after Iiis ifeeease, (MardR
2Gth, 18.57.) the officers of the Union met
March 10th, 1857.
Sir,- 1 enclose $10, which I hope you
•ill receive safely and use for Missionary
purposes. Respectfully,
Marv E.7Mielt.r.
.,w„ ....
...»
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The effect of this will be, that no man j them to read the letter of brother Crniv-
cait be promoted to any public office who ^ ford published in this number, and to pon-
I i- not familiar with Hie Bible. The study tier the facts which lie states. Every
j of the Bible will be Hie road lo honor, and thing indicates progiess. The advance
with this stimulus lo its perusal, it cannot! I|ai not been so rapid, in any re-pcct, as
be long before Ibis portion of the Chinese J wo could have wished, hut there can lie
empire will be even more familiar with it.s , no doubt that the go-pel is gradually win-
teachings than the masses among our- i ning its way among the inhabitants, and
selves. j that hy continued and adequate exertion
In view of this fact, who will not pray' it will prevail.
reinforcements. It has also been staled , _ _ . ...
that the rebels, (of Canton we presume,) i A'0 M’l® K°?ms, an'I
.... ... ! ..Mnl lb»
Гогогоннг
i
and the imperialists hail concluded a truce
for two years and that the rebels were in¬
tending to aid the imperialists again-t the
English.
Wc tru-t much prayer will be made for
our mi-sionaiies ; and also, that Gnd may
overrule these troubles to the advance¬
ment of the mission.
Our ml-sion premDes at Canton have
been burned. Wc cannot slate tho amount
of loss. It is probable, that as was the
rase at Shanghai, the ameunt will be re-
unanimously
funded.
Г.
adopted the foregoing narrative, with the
following minute and resolutions :
Our venerable brother, Deacon William
Colgate, after a life of toil and benevo-
lenre, of faith, and love, and patience,
has hern called home to his reward.
In his decease, the American Bible
Union Ins. sustained the loss of a warm
and devoted fiiend, a kind and courteous
associate, a prudent manager, and a judi¬
cious counselor.
His name will always be Intimately as-,
sociatcd with the history of tho Institu¬
tion as one of Hie four persons who called
its first preliminary meeting, and the one
whose house- was offered and accepted
. .
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