Home and Foreign Journal, May 1868

“PREACH THE. GOSPEL TO EVERY CREATURE” _ “FFFn mv th™ ... * t!- _ • ■ *- K" FEED IMY LAMBS.- -— "MY .PEOPLE ARE DESTROYED FOR . LACJC OF KNOWLEDGE. Vol. 1— NcwSeries. 3r4oli>.Hsb.e<3. jVJontlily BJCHMONS, VA.,/b£A.Y, 1868. Ъ.У "ЬЬ-'о tliriS'd Boards Number 1. rjtc Ш ...gat.. u ... iMKm - Hundred rrf!*TSi лЗ - I — s eo - » oo . . lo oo - . - is og Is pF the* Southern. ZBaptiat Conv^htion. ’ - — ; - - x -v. nlft й11 mnnU iu mrinrr 4«-» liiu olnirnli tuna. ■ л'Т пг«а i, ИГ wirt» tbe w bHe ml«*Wn*fy entofptfea, arwl w<bw Га- tor* i -ртяТ*1" й,гт,И" ;,7 ГГ • ^wi Ih А» Wicwt pc^fbl»* IWt.*n4 th« tofT»y «MU*hI a* »» HMk.le !««*•* ****•■> or cb*ek« on if-tMi fmmw* Jovial, IMnmift ▼». Oar Terms.' , - г , gf Men and women, rusting as if life ami death d*-l fc hi aiming the issue ot out little moettilv pended upon a moment. Guards were stationed tri tore put the .price, do.w* *S kw ae (lie lriRf^OP and M£4h§Mt4. ЧЭЙПЖ* рлТтк mf- ) ч,уега1 Boards will justify. Т1ц* ether miseiep- ... organizations of the land expend Jarge-feimsoyer .] а)»'"*' their subscriptions, !!» Cendhotkig- and efr- btmg- their periodicals., . Ip the present state <of nnaiwes.- we must for Hie present aim to make . |,appr, us nearly as possible, self-sustaining. At future time, к may be in our power to diminish ,. .ubseription price, by appropriations for printing each Board. We now beg tl»e friends of Sunday- xwis, and of Missions, .to exert themselves by se- ,ri;ig- and forwarding, at au early period, as many '.bribers as possible. .4V * •• .» . Teu Thousand Subscribers Wanted, if every one who ricei’.'fes tllis number will "at once .,k« an endeavot to secure names, and forward tbe • ■□ey, we shall be aide in our second issue to. $end : 10.000 copies. Write the neniee carefully, with . т post -offices. Address, Home and Foreign ;rnal, Richmond, Val Up Pastors. U is the design of Jhie. pi»j>er to bring .before tbe iirches a monthly oompend of what ie done in our reign and Domestic • Mtesions and Sunday-School nrk, will) such kindly arguments as the Word of ■d will warrant. We wish for it a general c-Freu- юг.. It will do our cfntrch members good, pro¬ ving their spirituality, and better preparation for dr work on eerttv, o* wel l ль their, rest in-heaven. • you, deer brethren, wwk*»k, *».4he leadtat/Fn тог oir [ft SrtifrP Йе iVfiStftjl1 ЙЙ»! hear from yon-itmnedifttelV. НеяЛ&г—Тяке Notice. ЛЧ send you, the present iiufober With the l«ope you will consent to ho a. subscriber. . If you con- .,1 to do so, remit, at once, the sum of Fifty Cents, 'dressed to Home and. Foreign, Journal, Richmond, But be sure to loolc around and secure*» list of ‘'•'r names, to be sent, with the money. It was full tile day we were there, as лее weft it always is. As soon as we came to the ' Sides of tlie buildincr. at the end,. is extended *"и l'™ mbc!l 18 °'Ting to Ins church, espe- • None ofHDbeso Tilings move -mci'1 form alKHit one-third Я 1'Ы‘ h* 0,Tlccre- Пс > «<* exited to sjxn^d i l„ titR,. adwdrtWy emuluctod p^ier tht, ШтшН the side naileries ® ,1,e(oncf between , lmltfefe tunc, or any part of it, i« i*ftond riritteg. 1 11поГм ,,nrrnnt ^ я №Г|По« ftora our Brother the first ’ T ’ £ Be B1,eakf °" a svcI Vth Hc «od «(ltivatra the a«maintancc of hi™- ^ around thSTSSfimPlSTi ® Pent»1eilPP> ™. \"Щ Pic m tlieir Ы6М- meeting-. 'Aey come to sec Aim, Л' "ь Л/' Bo1,1- Tlle tblfowmg is an eirtntot: - strictly enea&i J Т.Г’ьо 1 «able and chair , so that, , antUU» duaconS do the visiting for him. A nrstem Bretlwen, letus ooetemphite the w<wfc in whudiwc His dJSZ 1X0 №** b,,t,-a Pbtfcrm.iwhA, Ьлжишс^ it would take the American j ««> engaged. What magnitude aitd importance «tees rear— a kind of 1ЖГ „ ! * in 5’K cl“&4 a .time to acquiesce in; and one wlncb, a«mue m view of the command, “Go ye rate makes Ids Р„1г» У g4anl_—»v)i° follow him ns be nll Sfogs oTOiiMer».!, да not. desirable. ' , Uie world то<1 preach the gcejiel to every creature. , . entrance. So Ins congregation is below, Wy • . ;v . ' He that believed i and js liaptized shall be «iyed;‘ but ,'e’ ’jldu .,“nd around liim. It is supposed tl*e - 't.«>Out«-rWoaItIi _ Hew W Tfae Tf ' i ho that beiieveth not shall be damned.” Mote than Tabernacle wn! scat from five to six tl.pUand neft . i- W® lX‘ eighteen hundred y«ra l*ve passed since Chret gave •Г . nY B,8UOP . J- AM»»*. ' . . Uiie commission to his disciples, and still the. world is la the daV*' of Our prosperity we gave to God and , lying in wickedness.. Idolatry, \-ain»h ihuHjjphy, lalae a small portion of our means ; -#aroe- .' religion and skeptickmjtHl bmd miTlicnis or cur race we gtye more than ora- surphw. We always ! in servile chains and ermsigu. them to the m^onsof yiyw Jim Atotimooi)t of oerftin Wwrldb- ob- \ etertod <h-sth. Bwt while Act is the ease the word - ... I - this .world an^ 4^1 - „ wftHgtetAedTJ^ie-etoift W-kieh Nebpdu^b»e»«r j -rcbaeed 1M dovetecl lands MJ ftti.WW cut out of the mpfmtaiu without Inuule, and . •. ... — :.i -- • » — -»• — «—I.. i_ -j - я- - <i -lil,eilver, braes, mounHtin, Kfid grow all over his Ace, moustache and alL i hwrfiWaioHap if, After- ax^lirfd giyen bur lild^lriiers a i ^the kingdoms mf tlus world shaU ^ become tluikiBg- wlucn 1 confess I do not admire on a" taiuly not on pueli -r face, as Upttrgeoi: ministers would have more regard to the _ _ ( . _ . ^ a . _ _ _ _ of rhe ir feces, and not unnecessarily disfigure them- ' miss it, and we will Kberri I iy^ cont ri but ( ; ■'ur mite to - this to be brought about? God says by his prophet selves. ' . j the Ibjqiort of God'u cause. Ip not tlus rhe caueeoflDniikd, “Many shall run to end fro, and knowledge There ie nothing commanding or intellectual about ! the ftilura or the' languishing oonditioii of almost |siudl be iimreased.” Already thousands of. MJeeioe- 90m. informed street leading и the Tabernacle, we knew it by the h cuereot of mortality setting tl»t лтау— a solid eti-eaai ; ly At Ultil urn«i« •> w. _ . . . vc ‘ * mitomce into the vestry., and then toav choice sea» TO Spurgeon’s amvenrance, either in- Ace, head or perribu. j eve»4 cliaritable interart among us? We have ca- ' aries, imbued with the mind and spirit of ourgreftt He looks like a well-set, well-kept Englishhuin, ! terett io self first, and the claims of God aud charity : apostle, have given up country, home, kindredandall about' forty years of age. You would never take j arc heeded onlv after all other demands are attemled 1 that is dear, and braved the dangers of land and гея, him to be a man of mark, or select him fiom among | to. 'Rut let us not mistake. God requires, sacrifice; I to cany tl»e glad tidings of salvation to those sitting a crowd as a man of [«wer. Yet he is, he must l>e, ; and the men or- women who are liot willing to make; “*u the region and fehadew of deatti.” When cou- a man of power, of great power, to attract such im- large sacrifices cannot claim to be God’s children. ' templating tlieir success in tlieir Christ-like work we mouse oongregations, year after year, with no seem-; W c foar that tlus i-thipg of holding on for our own ; П,ЯУ л'-сП exclauM, “What liatli Gpd wrought?? ing diminution of numbers or interest. He has' little 1 us«^ to all except 4 veiy small amount for God, is the “But the end is iiot yet.” Wliile much lias, been or no play of countenance when sjieaking; very little jilagtid-epat hi the church. Wfo'cncourage in our cliil- 1 douc towards evangelization, much more remaine to variety or flexibility of voice. It is a tenor voice, j dmt at a very early age a fondneee for show and be done. As лее con template the million^ of degra- pitched pretty high froiii tlie beginning. Ho eseese 1 finmy, and they grow up in the belief that these aroj deil heathen, Wedded to tlieir myriad forms of idol of action. He is no aetor. His utterance ia -clear , to be the ]>aramount -considerations of their .young' worship; and then the vast numbers in Christendom, and distinct, from tlie first' word to tlie last. lie has 1 lives.. ' Is it auj- wonder that, trained .thus, they ! under tlie blinding influence of skepticism, vain phi- 110 confidential ллЬЬреге. should make pleasilrC 'tlie deity of their adoration, j lowpby and false religion; and then think qt_ the There were no great doctrines- discussed in tlie ser- ' Hence they are found amOrttf {hose who betv at the j amount of effort, sacrifice and suffering liecessary op nion I heard, no great trutli? uttered, no attinjU. atislirinc of fashion у they imbibe fron* meternnl lijis | the part of God’s people to "meet and welcome treee, argument, no effort at oratory;. yet he held that im- j principles of extravaganee and selfiBhnees) they arc ; wc may well exclartu: H<y# great the work-1- now mense audience spell-bound for fifty minutes. W'liere i#jqw to any good work ;. tliey bold on to the church j vast chd intereat involved !, limv. short the time until лл the secret? Hc tvas evidently" in s\*mi>atliv with • by к very slender thread, v hich js easily broken by 1 aH those millions and ourselves idiall be 111 eternity 1 the jieople, and they . in sympathy with him. Hike j any^tleinand which tfiredtenr to rob, them of their aim how shall лге give account of oureelvee to <Joa5 hie divine Master: “The com moil ‘jieople heard him cherished gratifications. And this too, if may be, is j Brethren, if we Would take l'art in tins great Work gladly.” lie aimed to draw forth the full meaning - the reason why so many ol'our children go off juio ot’ {hitn aud love; we have no time to lose. If we of liis text. He sjioke plainly and simply to. tlieir 1 other cbiirrhes. They desert tee fold where tliej- , woiild euor^Hl, лее must poesese theiumd and eptnt hearts ami tlieir experience, ami told his own experi- ; were reared, because they think the tax upon their | Raul, л^ЬпА. Wes the. mind ami spirit- of dmet. enee, which abonmfcd- ifr ?ftik2iig f»lt*twtk*s whiro UO^|Uta'aSl rad,, be яр. burdensome in come other ftnder a iull-srose of ourobligations all. could underatend. Spuweon w а <ЦЫ man, mqlft ЗДрШу »>»{* of, ieqpect and | .®*4t оГ :tlte dt^rcli, гве superior toall»ej|r- adopt as our motto ttie touching aim guaec of the text, “None of these things move me." With tlie one great fixed and paramount purpose of Paul, for widen like him we are willing to sacrifice -A. -• w.v He is a man- of much prayer; therefore, like a I’rincd, , of tiiem kindly aud in tones of pity, as befog behind 1 ai'0l lie prevails lioth with Owl and man. The people tlie times, in tlieir religious opinions and practices; ;CJJ®.£ have confidence in him. 1 but they are hardly allowed to be enlightened Chris- | ” ,l' Ho commenced the sorvios by saying: “I^etus tinna, because they have not walked by the flickering woralii]» God in pray er.” Then, in what we rail an 1 light hckl up by their лл cliildren. Iuvoculion, he offered ail earnest, short, heart-felt Нолу let us lcok back to the time when we were Our bams and gin-houses What did лее do with it? ргауёг — such a prayer as made us feci лее come to . prosperous In this land, worship the Great Sovereign. He then read a long j лл’еге foil to repletion, hymn, and announced the tune to which it- was to be i What a small titlio лл into the treasury of God, or sung, and requested all in the house to sing, ami to j charity! We continued to add to our acres and our and suffer all for its accomplishment, difficulties will I vanish, and mountains become mole hills. Let us then resolve, “In the name of our God, W0 will/ftt up our banners,” and enter upon a now campaign against sin and Satan. . Те the Ladies. ~ ' v ^ We look to oursUtfTo in Clirist'fbr -their efficient p in bringing our little paper into general circfthi- They cau do much for us. , Wil}, not eacli one -•ure a list of subscribers, and forward iiwncdi- - !y? Sec tbe- terms, wlikfe cm bo eut out *nd .-ted on a sheet of- paper, or they may be copied, -ho will he helpers in this good work? Spurgeon. rrora the Western Recorder w<? cull, the following rences to Spurgeon, furnished by the pen of our vemed Brother J. ЛУ. M. Williams, jiaetor'of the 1 rst Baptist Church of Ihiltiiriorei .Vmong the first pluces an American - Christian en- • ires for in London, is Spurgeon’» Tabcmaole. . "It - .tter- not to what cliurch a man belongs, he thinks he sjioDd? a Sabbath in London, he must hear ' surgeon. There nitty be S<Sne- exeepfiotis to this uark ; but I did not meet a layman, or minister- of ;• denomination, abroad, лл ко, if lie had spent a ' jhbatli in IiOiMlen,.had not giveU part of the day to i- irgeon. Unless you have a ticket, or doenment of •ie kind, you are not admitted into the Tabernacle 5iil after the services liave commenced. -Then you vc to take your c! unices for a seat. I лгае fortunate ueh to secure a letter of introduction from. • the wrable Dr. Evans, the Baptist historian of Great -ttain, to one of Spurgeon’s deacons. This secured immediate entrance, an excellent, seat, and an in¬ duction to Spurgeon after the services. *t лгав doubtful when лл с left our boarding-house '“Лег he was in the city; for Spurgeon, like other uLstens, is made of flesh and blood, and bis people |v® humanity enough to .suppose thnt recreation is rdful for him ; and лте wore told that he had left °ky for his summer vacation. Нолуеуег, I лл-ав - ermined to see tlio Tabernacjc, if I could not hear c minister. I heard the minister;, but did tiolsce r Tabernecle — cm tbkr occngiou. Hearing that 1m ‘n the city, I was so 'anxious to secure a seat I ‘"“fd ini without jiausing a moment to look at the aiding. After tlm 'services, I was so absorbed in ,аЕ I had heard, I walked away without looking ^ at the exterior of the edifice. On my second ’’It I remedied lliis defect- ' . * A. - 1 fce buildfov is «blong — not very imposfog. It two gal kune»., rurmfog^ entirely around th° four '§sm* •/- — ^ . . God’s Time. “Doomeil to disappointment, as usual.” •' " "1* gretearion rose to their feet and sung with the spirit; 1 lisheil-scarrily able to give to the devoted men “bon’t say ‘as шшЛ’» a soft voice replied. “Y«h fliough I confess it was not equal to the descriptions 1 whom лус had sent tliere to preach Jeans and the rvs- wonderfully proep^ed. • b .. . « _ . » _ 1*1 _ _ _ _ _ _ _ *i.„ eburcli ' Acs, I say , as ноши, ллаэ the quick and sing in “quick time.” A young man then stopped ( slaves", лл our colleges ллегс not half ondoived, to his side and stnick the tune, and the whole eon- j and our foreign mission — the only one лус- lmd eslab- - .. .и. au - 1 - — :u. л„ able to give to the devoted men some writers have given of the singing heard tliere. • urrcction a very meagre support, because the church It лга» not equal to what I heard in a Baptist con- j at home, after it had boughfcall flic lands and negroes gregation in Camavon, ITales. He tlien read tire ! deemed desirable, had scarcely any surplus left to 41st chapter of Isainh, and commented on it for fif- J .divide between the different claimants sent by God teen minutes. The comment Was equally as good I to demand from these, his debtors, rvhat лгав due to and instructive as the sermon. He then announced ! him. that they were about to pray, and said: “But there ; But let us look a little more seriously into this were so many rrants in the rirngregation that lie could i matter. S«eh луце our course лл we were at the not mention them all to the Lord,” and requested 1 flood-tide of fortune. Besides being industrious in that they should spend two minutes in silent prayer, j laying up for our children rvorldly goods enough to When “each one coiild pour into the car of Godhisindj-j rniii them, or render it at least very doubtful about yjdnal desires.” Tlien hc would “prav aloud.” For ; their salvation, some parents who felt a little consci- , to the various departments "of, .. But, then, if they sliouhl not experi- 1 ,aUure* '-riq res]>onse. - I find the path blocked up whiolreyer лтау I turn: try hard as I may, something Or 'Other upset» all my plans. I might as well give up one Hum oo aiKltllPr . , “rerhai* it ‘isn’t tlie right time,” said the soft voice again; “may be God would prove ypu beforp hc blesses you; perhaps he sees that you are not pre¬ pared for prosperity. We muet tako the bleeamgs thankfully as they come, John, arid' the disappoint¬ ments too, as part of his loving discipline. Every¬ thing comes best in God’s time.” Yee, joy ot sorrow, suosJiine or cloud, plenty, or poverty, all eome*in “Goal’s time.” However much our own efforts may bring to us, it, is well to re¬ member that God alone orders onr"suooeee or our coming cknvn to the felt necessities of the people, and J by liberal bequests dealing in what we ллоиМ consider very common-, God’s cause. But, - ------ , place tilings, not allowable by some of our fastidious | ence a change of purpose, because of a change oi for- pcople Then folhwed another hymn, лл being tune, tliere arc a thousand contingencies лгЬюЬ may linwl out ; he lined out tbe first hymn. Tlien came 1 prevent the саггл but of this purpose. But allow- the cennou— a meet appropriate text ami discourse, ing tire ллйН nmtle as intended, is there iro danger that for ne— awav from our heines, and going, as .some ■ his cliikhran or "otiier hoira may prevent, by a course thought, upon a iieriloufc journey. « Fear not, I am' of lew, the fniUiful carrying into effect of tire provi- iththee.” sious of the testament? Have we not known many His introduction лгав on tire sin, the great sin and ! m.cli hwtaures in the course of our history? evil of fear. Said his text луп» like _» haq>. Pavid ' ' ~ ~~ ..c ««. . - — used the harp to drive the evil spin- out of Saul. \\ в arc made poor by л-Ли.Г лл e inirf, ай^лл ell as 03 1 <i (],ough the earth be renioveil, and though the mourn- Tlie music of his text ought to drive the evil spirit ; what лте loee; a little more patience, a little more Ыпэ be carried into the midst of the sea; though ..c n.<» «С fin.1V rbilclrcn. and he nroposcd to! constancy, atul to - wliat might we' not have attaine<. ' the -«liters thereof roar and be troubled, though foe imacy with Christ, to what satis, у- щоип tains sliake лл!1Ь tire swelling thereof.”— rriiwwf- “ God’s time” — -tire best time weishaU alwaye-And it to be, if we but look for his guiding ami wait 0» him. Disappon ‘mente, viewed ami received aright, - may prove the richest bleeeinga. “God’s time” — not that we must idly лл for the sun of prosperity to slrine upon ue, but humbly, ear¬ nestly, faithfully do eerii duty as it arises, leaving tire vest with God. His time will bring ue gtadneee ami prosperity, if he sees it is for our good. Thue trust- ‘ ing, we shall ahvays “be glad in tire Lord,”^ even of fear out of G oil’s children, and he proposed to J constancy, play on this harp for that purpose. And 1 assure , to what tender intimacy vliat you he touched f ive strings most skilfully, and drew j fog communications, to лл rest, лл power, out 'such злл music that its melody charmed, freedom! cheered, and gladdened my heart from that hour to. Gold.— I am «arth’a fcariequie ; “f1. , ’ b J I buildup palaces, put «laves, . on threap, > this day. . Krtkeo the *1>o4* from treasoa’sWeleee'coa^ A stenographer sits inuneiliately in iront. 01 1114 м»пЛв1в w*rm.Touth to J' platform, a little belotv him, and takes down every, Ke-cfiHeten fools sentence just as lie utters it. He— the stenographer— . ttrifces the two sermons one on-AIonday. bpurgeon makfog ‘ScT *Uofe su . Ate m“nd.S (Spurgeon never writ» hb. sermoue, or uses l«i«Jent andTI 1 n pvl ay^t^^'^ara Г4 r uric in atopEW | milSrityin supporting *li&- pa»tor. Attfwir i^u, can JUssionaiy. Re-efiftelea fools most wise and learned пит, ^r. Ami lmmpet villains honest. Doufflat Jtrroid. every Thursday; so thatilie preeehes week^io thou¬ sands. and tens of thousand»; first, from and tlien from, the prf-se. * Hc is, he mn=t bo. a man of potver - iv, :-s. яь "Wbo are tlie Great? A revietr of the multitudes who have thronged tire highway of time may convince us that it is the moral, rather than tlie, military hero, whose, в»ви> stands highest on the roll of Arno — wbope life daily sacrifice on tire altar of philanthropy. . * "Who noble end* by noble means ©btajnd, — , - Or failing, smile* in exile or in chains, .‘if , ,,1 ‘ uouaent pdye the following compliment to Manhattan I,ike good Aurelius let him teigu, or Weed • z, aro printed, Wtft eiiUrelr, ЬаГапп: Ь “Tills Hforch Wb«4>- . * •_ - - a* 4>taa i^u- It ie winding words to kilk of to-the sence of good now. As -well might we .феи! c-Q&y- inal lifti'wathoat breath, or of matter wrtrioutjftR’glfc or of bodies without form. That ш1^я1вТ life-power of charsreter is attested,. at *4^ ■' ‘ Christian A dvocaU. '. ’ - 4^?" * . T •« •