Home and Foreign Journal, October 1860

volume X. RICHMOND, VIRGINIA, MARION, ALABAMA, NASHVILLE. TENNESSEE, OCTOBER, 1800. NUMBER 4. PUBLISHED BY THE BOARDS OF TIIE '{SOUTHERN BAPTIST CONVENTION. jRlOS, ALABAMA, OCTOBKIt, IMA What is to be Done 1 fti treasury of tiro Domestic anil Tn- j4„ Hoard is in want. Only twenty , hundred dollars id hand, and seven .esaod dollars required to incut t^C lia- •j,, tf the October tneeting. This я, mould luro been much larger, but felt compelled to reduce tlio number of ««мГу appointment*. There nro now thirty applications laid upon the table • not of funds. Shall wc go on to re- ,till more, and eontinuo to decline any ikr appointments? or, will the broth- isend up their contributions at once to ( treasurer f No doubt the short crops •».'l»t the Southern country will have ffct to reduce our receipts. Hut, ;ta, remember the cause of your lie- atr, and have faith in tied. Ynur As- ими are now meeting, and will you fend up through yofir mossengeis the аи to enable the Hoard to meet it -sent obligations, and increase the nuin t ..f its missionaries ? The harvest is sat, shall the labourers be sustained ? Remit your funds to Win. HornlncUe, uarer, Marion, Alabama. M. T. Sf.'is'Kit, fbr. .S V. subscriptions, over two hundred dollars. " c ' Isilid about twelve elmrclies, and . re than one half of them were very weak, rlcaso give the following churches within the bounds of the Mu-cle Shoals Assneia- tmu credit for the amount as below. Court. [and llaptU Church §15 ; Tuscumbia (for brother Heed) SIS; Salem 50 cents. I will send you some more money soon, for Domestic Mi*siuni. I remain very Iruly.yours, .’ouKt'L'tps StMCKKUonu. Thank yon, brother S. Your churches will be benelitteil by this work; they will I've I it. 0, could all our pastors do like- wise! Happy the result. We could not Help It. After writing to a brother in South I'aro- ii that we could not eontinuo his apprec¬ iation, in reply lie says, “ f,et me add, bra teen driven to the necessity of epinja mill to assist me in supporting itoily. Yet I have confidence in the •tI that oar wants will be supplied.” No, brethren we could not help it— our ralsare the basis of our operations. No to promise and not fulfil ; better that i brethren in the mission — any field — null depend upon mills, than broken Ц» hut what say you. shall we take is brother out of the inffl, ami let him ' from Ьоич to house during the week, caching Jesus? He would gladly do though lie is not ashamed to work, you see. The First Effort for Missions. Luke's Si'uiiK, Ark. June JSth, 18H0. I'Bro. Штат bclwcdl send you four dollars, (SI,) motnbution from the Lebanon Church 1 congregation of AYaehita anility, Ark. Ihu is a part uf the contribution — tin- * Ф>1 for minium. ™ F°vti_')n 1 have sent to the Foreign ud. This I send for the use of the Do- ‘M Board. I expect to make ellorhs of 1 Ы annually, if tlio Lord permit. 7 ем blessing attend you and the efforts “«Board you serve. Fraternally yours, T. J. i’lt.tKCB. a nolle beginning, my dear brother! lrc =1:|J 1“ hear from you. Hrotlier lrt0 *M a missionary of this Hoard “« labouring as ,hc devoted pastor of Vist elmreh at burin, ville, S. C. '«signed his commission from lids “d'a November, 1858. AYe Ьоркз his "wc been greatly blessed in Ar- 'U' and bis life will long bo spared to ' . "тк for Christ. Will not every '0'"1 Arkansas make the first dibit for . ncsti° «card? If but little, send '“will help, At this time wc need CP м all our pa-tors and brethren. ;"St Elforts of the July Missionary Mass Meeting. MciLTo.v, Alabama, Г p „ Jll,y -H ‘SCO. Holman; flrothrr. — Enclosed you will Indi-i V- ш 1 % touts, (§:!0 SO,) rotriiint of which is to be ij. a .lo 'he support of brother l Uu 4,00 aa J°l,r Hoard maydi. «on,,. an,0.'l,lt плч collected in our i in-rf, “'tdmgs which no have held *l«t»i»i u ier Nicholson, formerly l*o wcol '? 1,“war'L and myself devo- ’iriom * 1 ie work, and we obtained Missionary purposes, in cash and Another of the July Fruits. Fo.vmi's, All, July 31st, 18(10. W.w. iloimsiTKi.K, Em|. : _ J/'"r Hnilhrr. — Kudosed wc send you Fifty Dollars, to he divided as follows, viz : Domestic Mi.-ious SIS go ; Indian Mis- «ions •?“ -o ; Bible Board §15 25 j For¬ eign Missions § 15 Bo— Mai Sol). You will please arrange with the Foreign Mission Hoard the amount to them, and al'u with the HiMo Board. 1 ’lease let us know when you receive this, t„ iliat we may be satisfied that it is соте safely to band, Ac. This is our July collodion, so far as has been paid in ; some is not yet paid. Fraternally, . N. AY. ITtiNci:, Tri-a*. Grant's Cent, Jlayt. Thank you. brethren ; this is the way. Thank You, ’sister. A young sister sends m SIS, and says, “ 1 have taken your paper for the last year, and I am truly glad I took it, lbr it 1ms interested mo in the missions more than 1 ever was before. I would nut bo without it. May Hod ble-« your paper, and may it be the means of doing much good. May tlio Lord bless the brethren of tlio Marion Board. Items from the Missionaries. Orson Lmen lira, Alabama : “I have ju-t returned from my extensive field, and am resting a few days, in order to recruit my feeble health. I hope to he able to at- tend my next appointments, which com¬ mence Saturday next, when I shall baptize one or more I have baptized others since I wrote, and hope that my next rejHirt will show more success than my former one.” A If i nl Cam, Ml. Kolia, Git. “ AYe have ju<t closed a meeting at the Union Church, one mile from my residence, in which wc enjoyed a time of refreshing from the pre- seme of the Lord. The meeting continued nine days with great success. My own dear children were among the anxious inquirers.” ./. .1. McGuire, Mamie, La. “ 1 cannot supply the demand for preaching in this region. Hut, all me! I cannot see the ef¬ fect I desire. There arc many calls for preaching on the plantations to the colored people. I am doing what I can, pray for me.” T. I’. Girin, (‘iillnun Co., Ala. “ Г have just returned from some excellent meetings, where Christians rejoiced, and many sinners were made to cry for mercy, and 1 4 or 15 pro- fes-cd a hope in Christ. At tlio three meet¬ ings 1 left 50 mourners, and the work seems to be spreading, and when I write again, I will give you more information. 1 com¬ mence again tu-uiglit at Host Oak Spring.” I'/alt Stout, Cnitral Institute, Ala. *• I uni hopeful as to Huchfbrd. For the last three meetings there hive been obvious signs of religious awakening in the church and congregation. On Saturday wc bad u solemn searching sea«on. ' 0, Lord, revive thy work,' ‘ visit this vine.' " I. 0. Mr l future, Williulon, S. C. “ I have a hope that the Lord is beginning a a good work here, in stiring up Christians, and convincing sinners. The Church at liosemary, (the other one that I serve,) is in a prosperous condition." John C. Harris, IlnMiam Co., Git. “List Sunday, (1st Sunday in July.) I held two meetings ; the first service seemed won¬ derfully blessed; many professors gave vent to their feelings by loud shouts, and sinners by no means were unmoved. Yet all the success and power must come from God, to whom be all the glory and praise, now and forever more." •/nines T. IF. Vernon, :Ihirtieell, Georgia. “ Mill-Town church is ini prosperous con¬ dition, more so than at another time since connection with that people, end I know them well, for I preached' the first Baptist sermon that was ever preajbcd in that neigh¬ borhood, and baptized this first one in that community. The Sabbat) School is well attended.” Xw . ./„ M. Лту, Лй-»ЗйагАг. 6'., meets with much opposition, liot from the world, hut nominal CbmtianAvcursing, drinking members of professed Christian churches— but notwithstanding, tho work is going ahead and doing good.” J Southern California. An intelligent brotlicrin California, who is anxious that the Hoard should increase its number of Missionaries iti that country thus writes, “ I would plead fo'rall Southern Cal. ilbniia, if I thought you had means to send men to this great field. ' Southern Califor¬ nia desires to become a Southern Slate. The matter was placed before the people, who carried it almost unanimously. A bill to this end has passed tho State Legislature, and has been signed by the Governor : the matter now awaits the action of Congress, Southern California will make a magnificent Southern State. Cotton of the finest quali¬ ty grows with the greatest luxuriance, the climate is tho finest on the Hacilio Coast. Its hnihonr at San Diego or Monterey will become the terminus of the Southern I'.iei- fie Hail Kind. Its population is Southern, and the adjacent territories, .Vow Mexico, Arizonia, will be occupied by the same pen- lie. This whole field properly belongs to the Southern Dome-tic Board." Rev, J. L. ShirckVlUpift for 6 months. “ The half year of my itcncraney is com¬ pleted. I find its toils arc pressing mo sore¬ ly, but as it was my own-seeking, I will cn deavour faithfully to hold on, the Lord willing to the end of tho year, I will then a,k the Hoard to relea-c me, and consent for me to return, with my family, to your side of the continent, where it is my earnest desire and intention to devote myself to the active woik of tlio mini-try. “ Since 1 have entered upon iny new ap¬ pointment as your general missionary, Jan¬ uary 1st, 18(10, 1 have made nineteen mis- sinnary excursion», preaching three times nearly every Lord's day, often in loth Lug- li-h and Chinese, and after attending meet¬ ings during the week. I have travelled fourteen him li ed and forty six miles. Dur¬ ing this time I have al-o delivered fifty-four discourses and addresses in the Chinese lan¬ guage, in the Chinese Chapel in S'acramento City, besides a number of Chinese addresses in various regions! have visited. Numbers of bwks, tracts and papers have been dim (ributod, I have attended one general con¬ vention of H.iptists, preached two ordina¬ tion sermons, preached twice at dedication of new- church edifices and once at the re. cognition of a new Bapti-t church organiza¬ tion, and in addition to the above, I have issued a thousand copies of the Baptist cir- ouhtr rcgidarly each month, and performed pastoral labor for the Chinese Baptist church in Sacramento. “ livery where I find great destitution of preaching and ministerial labor, yet I must in honest candor say this is mainly the fault of the people themselves, for I have found tins population every where, as a general thing, an iiiicli ur cli going people, and clier- i-liing very little reverence fur the Sabbath day. Those who cure but little for the Sab¬ bath, and arc as seldom found at church as others, aro those who were church members before coming to California. The people, as a general thing, seem to have very little dis¬ position to support the gospel, and have very little money to do it with, even if they felt inclined. Hut the great difficulty is not mainly in the lack of means but in the lack of heart and will. “ While I feel it my duty in all faithful- nqss to state the above as the real position of this country religiously; I must not omit to mention that an honored few are every where found ready to greet and welcome the preacher, ami listen with respect to bis mes¬ sage. In some places improvement is evi¬ dently apparent. Some more important vis¬ its have been planned, and I look forward to my labors during tlio coming six months with great hopefulness, if health and lift) bo spared. During this month (July) I have arranged visits for several places, among them Colusa and Sonoma, both new regions to me.” Chinese in Sacramento. Brother Shuck says, in speaking of tlio labors of the first six months of this year, “ Funk, Fn, and Chong (native Chinese) have all three continued to nffiinl mo valu¬ able aid in all tho services of tho Chinese chapel, My frequent ab-eiiee has of course been a draw back upon onr Chinese enter- prize, and this point lias given me constant anxiety. My heart's de-ire is to see the work of the Lord prosper among the Chi¬ nese. There arc some interesting impiiiers. Sincerely do I hope brother Foarey will come. I can now conceive of nothing that would ever tempi me to return to California except to establish a Chinese mission at 8a n Francisco. About 700 more Chinese have arrived this week, from China, The intense and growing hatred ot the Americans to¬ ward them, is both unrighteous and unrea¬ sonable, and will work disadvnntagooiisly against our Chinese Christian efforts. There are some eight or ten of our Chinese disci¬ ples nin-t generally residing in or near Sac¬ ramento, and they are usually at every ser¬ vice. I have recently, letters from Wong Mooey, (converted through brother S.’s la¬ bors in Sacramento,) who is actively engaged in preachiug Christ to his countrymen in the great city of Canton.” Brother West. Hrotlier С. N. AYcst, of Santa Cruz, writes in good spirits, Juno 110th, ISijl); lie says, “ Never since I have been here lias there been so much interest manifested as at the present time. Onr congregations are steadi¬ ly increasing, and there is a spirit of enquiry in regard to the subject of baptism al*oad in tlio community. ii.U'tist's hooks. I have taken sonic pains to distribute Bapti-t Hooks which Icgin to produce visi¬ ble results. The Congregatinmlist deacon, of whom I have formerly written, lias been active in disseminating his new views of baptism. lie is a man of much ability and influence ; and coming from their own ranks be is exciting a greater bapti-lie influence over 14’do-liaptists than we Baptists can ex¬ pect. Hut it has brought upon him that rf.ltSKCUTIO.V which invariably follows the recantation of error Ho lias been arrayed before bis church and tried for heresy. He plead guilty, . 1, instead of asking mercy, lie in¬ formed them that there was but one course which they could pursue with him consis¬ tent with their mage, viz. exclusion. But ■for fear of tlio effect it would have on some others of their own members, they gave him a letter to the Baptist church ! llefuro they did this, however, their minister came tonic, and tried to get me to refuse him member¬ ship in the Baptist elmreh, unless he should obtain a letter fiom them ! on the ground that a refractory member of a l'cdo-Biptbt church, would be the same in a Baptist church. I answered, that in the first place it was a matter I had nothing to do with — it was an affair of their own — they could pur¬ sue any course which they thought Lc-t with thcir'ovvn members: and, secondly, that we should probably differ, as to the acts which they called disorderly, and, lastly, I bad the fullest confidence in the Christian character of this individual, and if he should offer himself to the church, I should not hesitate to baptize him and welcome him to our |>rii- ilegcs. Not succeeding in this attempt, they next sent a committee, composed of a renagade Baptist, to him, unit informed him that if he would not change his views that the Congrcgationalist minister would im¬ merse him! He summarily dismissed thU committee. After all means of retaining him failed, they then tried privately to cre¬ ate a prejudice iu the community against him. But the result lias been an exposure, of their puerilo tricks to support a tottering • cause, and lias kindled a fire which nothing, I trust, will quench but baptismal waters. We have bad ono addition, by letter, since my last, making our present number - fourteen. Some tnoto arc expecting to join **.. next meeting. P. S. G. Watson, " Obey Glut rather than mini." I.ITTLR Hock, Ark., July Oth, 1800. 1!kv. M. T. Sumnkr, Cor. See., Ac.: Dear Urother — AA’e have bad a meeting every night for ton days past, and this morn¬ ing have baptized a young lady of much in¬ telligence. She is a school teacher in this place — was born and partly raised in Ireland — lias been in this country several years, but had never witnessed but one immersion in her life. She is the daughter of a poor but very respectable widow of ibis city, who is an Kpi-eopalian, but was willing her daughter should be immersed, though she thought it unnecessary hern'll; but her brother, who is tlio head of tlio family, is furious becau-c of her attachment to the Baptists, and threatens to leave the mother and daughters to provide for themselves be¬ cause of it. AY hat will be the end. of tlio matter I can’t tell. The young sister is resolute in her purpose to “ obey God rather Ilian man.” Our meeting may last some nights longer, but I lmpo to give you the result in my next. Though tlio opposition to us is very strong, yet our congregations are increasing, and our Sabbath School, though small, is very interesting. Fray for me, your lellow- laburcr, and for the little church under my charge. My bands arc running over with labors of various kinds, tho paper, Ac., Ac., hut all having a direct bearing on the cau-e of Christ. _ 1 remain yours affectionately, l\ S. G. Watson. A. P. Norris. Git.\.Nm:vti.r.K, S. C. Dear Urother Holman : Since my last letter to tlio Board, tho darkened clouds, which then hung over us like 11 s.ilde pall, have withdrawn, and the Sun of liiglitcou-ncss has arisen upon u- with healing in Ids beams, and the day- spring from on high lias visited us. Twenty- seven have been added during tlio present month; twenty of those for baptism, ono restored, and six by Idler. Your brother in Christ, A. F. Nonius. Corinth, Miss. Corinth, Mi.-s., July 2nd, 1800. Dear llrotlrr Suiamr : The brethren here feel greatly encouraged, they say they have and are succeeding be¬ yond their most sanguine expectations. Our white congregation lias become large. AYe closed tlio last quarter with tlio largest con¬ gregation in town. AYe have good order and excellent music, The coloured congre¬ gation has grown during the last quarter from fifty iu two hundred, and they have interesting meetings and the best of order; no wild fanaticism so common in meetings of the blacks. I lliiuk our cause is looking up hero — much labor, however, is yet re¬ quired before we can become a rclf-sustain- ing church, yet 1 am fully satisfied that with the blessing of our Heavenly Father, no shall seo a working, self-sustaining Baptist church in Corinth. Khali wo not have the prayers of all that cast their eyes upon this. Yours, G. AY. Silvidok. O. Lord I How Long! Brother AViii. Fasching, German Mis¬ sionary in Now Orleans, says in Ilia report of labor for July: “After another month you receive again a dry report, about which 1 feel very much discouraged, bccui-c it seems to mo all my work this year is in vain. Our German people, generally, do not earo anything about religion. Among all I have visited 1 bare no hope but of one, who seems to be not only anxious, but professes to have found pearo with God through our Lord Jesus Christ. Her husband, also, who is a backslider, feels himself to be a sinner, and attends regularly our meetings, so that we hope to receive them both as members of nor church. But what aro these among so many? Arc not these circumstances calcu¬ lated to discourage? 0, Lord I bow long? But who am I ? n nun of dust. Is it not the Lord's work to awaken the sinner out of sleep; is He not the giver of life? 0,Lord!