Home and Foreign Journal, September 1853

FOREIGN JOURNAL. VOLUME III. RICHMOND, SEPTEMBER 1853. NUMBER 3. PUBLISHED BY THE BOARDS OR DOMESTIC AND FOREIGN*, Kjj MISSION: MISSIONS OF THE SOUTHERN BAPTIST CONVENTION. HOARD 01' DOM LSTIC MISSIONS. l,cnk,Bl1 «'Ьпеч of thiscountry has but lately been dii-'slrai*nl i v i •„ . . covered mil „ . . Г ‘ ’"Roland, lour hoard mil often palpitate to hear of Albert," ' f "*T' 1Г0 Ш C'"Un'e'inn- 'b*4‘lf.re,torl„ ,vi|| ||, rob in anxious* suspense, tears I mo great thoroughfares from Kast to West are laid will Г - • - ------ MARION, ALABAMA, FF.PTRIIBF.R, IS.T3. , m r „„ Й . -C‘,Cm *Ш.Н 01 for "" 1-ок, one ВеГп Ьо“"ас^ TU F ?П " 'T *“* “ П°‘ l“4 Ы—Ы 'Lb cannot he. They ar, low your pillows at night ns you think of the fair ones, far, fir from tender embrace, one They aro separated mountains, from lliem this do HOME MISSIONS. To the JrienJsof this enterprise in the Southern am. Southwestern States: Brethren and friends-— Allow me to address you a fen- lines on behalf of home missions ; or, to ho more explicit, lllc' hut it is not just the thing for i|,o young ond robust, 1 oceosimTib "w7„h” T t T* Г" tiforls to evangel!» the thousand, of souls who are [eri»b- I "]l0 'iarc -heir fortunes to „the. The wl, i/wuer Д '» V‘» wet cm aga," in.hu your own country anh about your own home,. | "jV"1 '}* dncall* of their energies, and a гамм. for thin?' Why, send then, preachcls апГрту-^ for'their conversion. Yes, n son, a ItotLer, a husband or a father, in the pro- „„ i . . . , ..-v.™ uliu, „о nrresieu in ms career 01 siu, com ieted, “А* г! ■,Ы 'Mwritotlitr completion. Com- 1 donate and gathered into the family of Christ, us n pnn.es nio organizing weekly for amne now railroad elite.- . trojtf'if victorious grace, by the instrumentality „Г the p ire- These road, neatly all run through more or less of I very Missionary whom your money is helping to sustain. I к unentered public lands. Ileueo as мои us the laud ask, .focrcfore, of nlTeetionate females, by all the tender ° '№S ’"4; tlir0Wn "I""’ a S'115'31 rusb is •“ cuter 1 ties lilt sweeten life, and in view of gospel blessings to bo And may I ask, as an especial favor, that you will real ! ''on for lhe:r toils, wlial I shall write, and rtjlect thereupon, when yon base read! If the subject were not immensely important, I would not ask oven this. And first : ТИС ltt.I.ATlOX I NOW SUSTAIN- To DOMESTIC MISSION'S. This office, of course, was never sought by me, and was altogether unexpected. Indeed, I was reluctant to accept it when tendered, and could nidi, even n iWj I hilt suiiiti oik.' tm.il о. F л, i - 1 , conversion. Yos, a son, a brother, a husband or Iba utr , , /'‘'I."'" .t,l;nS * rf f‘r fr0Dl friends and loved relations, may, b Zl are nL 7' 'Г , ''“n I titof hf°oJ,lo arrested in I, ia career of sin, rth>lJii lire 11010 /turn C«/ OR laird td jh*ir mranlttiun l'.u„ 1 .«AL-’t _ _ л . . . t • . л r,. more energetic, and in all respects mure eniupctent, bad been appointed in my .load. But, from the liu-ce of various inllncnees, I lime been prevailed on to try and labor in Ibis department of Clnisluu enterprise, and -dull do what I ran. SHE МГПИГЛМТ. иг 1ЧМГ..-Г1С MIS'- IONS. Who lias hitherto uuilersti.nl it! Mho has given the subject matured consideration ! The churches liavn been nont to overlook tlio home field, and they lime east the greater part of their benefactions in faun- of the foreign. MTio can gi\ e a sound t eason for tins preference 1 I should like to see the nun trim can successfully defend thi« prefer¬ ence cut of tie Scriptures, or by apostolical piecept or ex¬ ample. Now, I intend not In institute an invidious enntra-t Lc- tneeu home ami foreign nna.,iou«. N'orvLi I advance views which aro novel in m.v case, hut vvbiili were held by me many Je.ii-, ago. I know that a soul in China, liiirinah, (J recce or Africa, is just an precious ns a soul in America, but it is not more prtcinus. My position is, that tin! home misdoii interpii-e deserves to be on the -nine platform with tin) foreign, and net one inch below it. On this I shall imiforudj insist. 1 will admit, tun, tint tbe foreign mud not be left destitute till the home field has been supplied, but I maintain that they ought to be supplied Minolta* ticou-lj, and tint our own land ought tint to be negltdml for tlio sake of other countries. Surely, llu-ro is no par¬ tiality inferable from tliis view of the cas". Hut I have hinted the impoitanct of the home field, and now let me speak more plainly. Bo we estimate the importance of a religious enterprise bvtho magnitude of the country jet to he осей- ■ • I'M 1 then, in tlio_words--omclyiAVril^Lltfluui,.li.Th«rtv.' 'OrTepiaraeili yet viry ninth 1 vnd to be possessed.” Tint vast area of American territory, bounded by the floods of two mighty rivers on the one side, and the Atlantic coast on the other, and stretching across the Becky mountains into the “ Kldnrado,” where men congregate, from every nation under heaven, in search of gold— ought to have in it, at tliis very hour, not less than one thousand new mission stations. The great Mi-aivipi i valley itself will jet re* eeive a p.pnUtiou larger than all these United States to- getbrr now pns-oas. Let lhe-o coming masses, instinct vvilli life and moral consciousness, ho anticipated by the home missionary. Or, if we estimate the importance of Ibis enterprise by 'lie amount of manifested viicl.edness that prevails, Mcthall, I trust, think favorably of vigorous dibits to counteract vice bv tbe go-pel. To look mi farther than tbe city of Ft. I-onis, mol taking it as a fair illustration of what exists in many towns from that point to the Gulf of Mexico, vve shall see that tbe ikvohipiucnl* of sin are considerably alieitl of those of tbe gospel. While there aro many l'rote.-tant churches in St. Louis, and also many pious mid excellent Christians, the combined action of nil forms sif vise, inter- poses a fearful, ami in hundreds of instances, fatal barrier to the march of I rut li and salvation. There cannot boles-', I should think, than from six hundred to a thousand liquor establishments in that city. And from these fountains of perdition, fiery streams are sent out which absorb or hum out the Lest affections of the soul , and when these golden threads have been thus rudely consumed, society becomes disjointed, disordered and reckless. Fabbath parades, dances, pleasure trips on railroads ami carousals in parks »nd gardens, allure the young and thoughtless from the - - - , -Г-» « n vvivu n.v, nuu us ui kH'Nlfl nds near he railroad,. ГЬо* thousands from New York, ; enjojti beyond lho shores of lime, ah. for the home mission I о and the herd only knows from bow many oilier | cntciSriso. Meet together, sisters and friends, fotm m- I'sKOs, t'cnnio owners in tlio \\Ы,ап*1 it, contrary to, cietiJL or inako your weekly nr men I lily collections ami perhaps, I lien first expectations, they cannot sell these lands 1 send ,o bounty of your liberality In the Treasurer of the ыт al 4 “r?c a'banee on ike purchase nmuey, they, nr j Horn, tlieir de-cend inis, will settle upon ihcui in self defence.' Ihvis, towns and v ill iges will spring up as a intural con- se.pivneo, ami churches will bo needed tn evaiig.-li/c the |CO|de: fur, bo it remembered, it lirge niajnriiy of those "ho adventure M'e«t first, are usually fioiu among the uti- cunverted. A distinct fid is tbe 1‘aeific tailimtl cntirprUr. Thai luaguifieeiil p reject will j-ist as certainly be rallied mi tn its consiinimalioii, as that the waves of that ore in now vva-li die American shores. M'hnt myria-l, of immortal beings, from all countries, will line either side of that stupendous national highway, from the father of waters mi the lia-t, to the gold region.- oil tbe West. The only other fact I shall mention, is the Jon .an im¬ migration. lines lint Ibis increase lho I’espiiiisiliilities of I.Tu'isliana in America! Instead of leipiiiiug ihcrii, as I'or* meily, to send missieiuiies, at a heavy expense, to foreign land-, tbe Lord- seem, tn be sending the people of tfio you I! Mission Hoard, nl Marion, Alabama, (led will bless tbi, labor of love. Ih f,' for tlio present, I take leave of this subject, hoping on th first of the ensuing October, to bo at my post in Mark i. j , dOSVUTl YYALKKll, Cor. Sec. I’.wi. As the Journal cannot reach ail who ouglit to lw- eomoOuterestcd in the home inis.-iuii effort, l would he thankful if Southern perindieah would enpy the above arliclf ,|, HOARD OV FOREIGN MISSIONS. 'i!- ItldlMONU, SF.PTKMIII-:it, It-.U Men lYantcii. Tbi chief want felt by the var'mns evangelic il societies of tli Lilly, is for men. Thu Foreign Mission Board of the countries over In tliis good country, oi their own прим ! Soutlirn’ Baptist Uonvention shires in thii need. Nay, The winds of heaven aic wafting the ships hither, which with' iem, this U the olio peculiar wan t. Wo a»!: ntlcn- enipty them«elves in our port-, and theneu up ever-, ceil- j lion \foct, and to the i/'/iiVi consequent upon it. Our vonient river, the hardy mounlninccr nml the stalwart 'sons j wnntmihy be contemplated in a two-fobl aspect. First, we ef oilier dimes, aro wending their ways in aenreh of peruva- i liivc^y/t to' tlu — work which can boaceqiuglisbod only by neut homes. Shall uot uc American* vvelcoiue them with raeuJltlhipds and meotitfgMiouses ’sro' useless, ^unless an evangelical gospel ! Have we not n foreign mission at home, when nc attempt to cva!^cJjro.tlpo_,jiiimigniajAj Why; Chlit.tffnrfllflS!WTlttU'fesTicoh'*frnnsferrcf to Chili- furniu. But cnoiigii lias been said as to now facts. RECEIPTS INADEQUATE TO THE DEMAND. In looking at tbe last annual reports of the treasurers, I was astoni-lied at live smallness of the amounts nisei in llm Fouiliern Stales for missions. It is Irne, Ihc foreign uiis-ion treasury showed nearly double lho amount of the domestic : but both were far hr-lovv vvliat limy ought tn Lave been. I, however, am chiefly concerned with the home hoard. Fourteen thousand dollars is certainly a sum much too meager fur Midi a work as domestic niWons, and jet ruble kind, and his death will awaken in many n heart iu Georgia, the deepest emotion. Our brother was permitted tn sco n gool old age. He had reached his sixty-seventh year. Ho was a native of N'cw Lngland; professed religion at an early ago ; entered the ministry when nineteen years of ago; spent a few years in ministerial labors in Massachusetts and Connecti¬ cut, and in 18fi:i, removed to Virginia. liver sineo that period, he has boon identified with all tlio great dcnom'ma- lioml movements of tliis stale, occupying various promi¬ nent positions in the pastoral office, and benevolent agen¬ cies. lie was indefatigahly industrious. Of him it might truly he said, “more abundant in labels.” It. was, ‘indeed, ‘.J . Ids meat and drink |o do tho will of Ood,. 'Hlij'nnBnfts" were prepossessing. Modest, unassuming, cheerful, with fine ' colloquial (atenta, be every where' won n placo in the' hearts of those with whom he associated. Brother Bill w 111 he missed by many personal friends, by tho churches, and especially by the cause of foreign missions. At the regular monthly meeting of tho Hoard in last month, the following preamble and resolutions were tinani- uiously adopted, os oxpressivo of their sentiments in view - of lids afflictive bereavement: M her cas lho Hoard have been called to mourn the death of their efficient agent and esteemed hrollior, Rev. Ell. В.Ш., therefore, Resolrel, That the Board entertain n high appreciation of tlio services uf their departed brother as their collect- ‘ ing agent in tlio stale of Georgia, and especially ns Ihcir messenger to their various mission stations on the coast uf Africa. Itcsolcrl, Thai while the unexpected decease of our brother has vli.ap|Kiinlcd the strong liopo of the Board in re- lerem-o to а м nntieipnli'd visit to tho oonstof Africa, they eaimnl but recognise llm kindness of that l’roviJpnco w liu'li permitted liiui to close bis days so peacefully, in the midst of bis family uml friend i. KmlceJ, Thai this di-qviistlion of tlio Divine hand should excite in ail our hearts, new purposes of dovotion to the cause and glory uf Christ, in semling his gospel to every creature. /fiwo/i'ii/, That we tender to the bereaved wife and rel¬ atives of our brother, unaltooted sympathy, and trust that tlio affliction may he eminently sanctified to their spiritual and eternal good. Missionaries Ncoilnl. In llm recent developments of Providence In different parts of tho lioathcn world, vve ducoyur opportunities fyti The exercise of consecration to the ■ inissupjary^irofSV saA; men-ynapei, .avr ^eree^oeses. .ro have never Wore occurred.- Tbe'ap'peal havifteVireaeliers.w'oScupj them.1 .Tracts .and fiiVH'V «Г- ■ ^Ifli^iS^elsab'iiLjuU'ffw’i^FutWrip’vam, home, when nc attempt to eva5gcjif0.tlip_.iiiiiuig{anjij;,qft;.<i •vul— ru... 'unless wo have tlio laborers to employ, Money alone cannot cross the ocean and preach the gospel, BlunpleasodUod by the fooli-hncs of preaching, to save them that believe. But bow shall they believe on him of whom they liavo not beard' And how shall they hear without a preacher! Hero lies the difficulty. The Hoard as tho agent of tlio churches, is ready to send all suitable men who may bu ready to go. Hut, secondly, men are, with ire, peculiarly srarci. Our churches are by no means loo liberal in tlieir contributions. Yet, with comparatively little effort on the part of the Hoard by agenesis, funds have no!, hitherto, been wanting. And ne hesitate not to say, that were lho demands upon I know not tli.it tve shall increase it the next year, biitlmpe , ... ... , , „ ...... ... 1 lie liberally el our Southern churches greatly increased, no shall. Gcnrgii, I think, was tho largost contributor-— i , . '. , i о.ш i . llioywouM be promptly mot, lliiiwe-ioiioiigh.vvoliave uvviiig paid in S3,CiO0—butexen llns sum, it is hoped, will I • ,, t-T- , , ! not been able to secure, hucii am tl.o (indilicalwns ro¬ be enUrgcl in licit . -tale v-t nohle baptists, J lie Southern ... . . , .. e , , „ , , ,, I ■■■ii-ila f<-r a missionary, and so severe tho trials limolrnt Slates ouglit to furnish annually net less than ^.iU, vital lor 1 r,„ , . r. . . ... to a loreigu field, lliat comparatively few — far loo few — home ino-sioiis ; mol they eoufil do it Willi peitccl ease, it' , , , . „ ,, , .... , . . „ , , ,,, , , have come forward and said to the Board, “ Send n».’ brethren Woull hut bring tins braneli of benevolent enter- . . . , . . Nay, more, ill answer to our urgent, oil ropcnlrel ap|o-als; Soulbcjn Haptista, froopFtauoc, Germany; Chinn, Bor, nialirl.1tferl3l'TdfilraI Amea and'Seutli "Aiimrloa, loudly urging them In «end suitable men to preach n pure gospel, and to build up the empire of the Sen of God. Have wo net sio-li limn among us! Will not the churches find them, ihnrsting them into llm harvest! Let Gel lie sought on this behalf— and, in accordance with this prayer of faith, lot each olmreli seek and call into exorcise, her gifts. Let tho jnung men among us, who lovo tlio Lord Jesus, bo pre¬ pared In consecrate themselves to this glorious work. Tlio Board particularly need a wkito hrollior for the I.i- lierian Mis-imi, and others for Central Africa; also two or three for the stations in China. May they lie speedily se¬ cured. ily heie and there, lias a response come. MV need men. These are the facts. It is our deign, in suh-eqm-iit niuii- licrs, In continue this subject, and present some r.f the pii-es prominently before the churehes. Let homo mis¬ sions, then, have a conspicuous place in every church and in every association. lot pastors of churches and me.-wire gers to association* fee to it, that this inostiuipnilanl ckdin - . - . . . " ... , . duties roireeipient upon these facta. In the meantime, vve on ( liristun benevolence H not crowded off, to mace place , |||Сщ |1[JJCrfu| consideration of for a less useful object. . i (|lu rca-k-r. HOW FUNDS MW REST BE RAIDED. The most usual reliance lias been on the efforts of agents. Well, we cannot yet dispense with tbe services of agents, any more than tbe churches can do without associations and boards. There lias been some loud talk against agents, Mill of Her. И Ball. Tliis sad event occurred on tho 21st of July. It has conic upon iis unexpectedly, producing a vacuum which Our esteemed brother bad ar- ... „ , , will not easily be supplied and recently, some intimation* from big , quarters, | j for s tisU „ fi.oooa-Uf Africa, expecting the churches are the proper missionary bodies. It may do ^ ^ Uu f„r wi.|,in three or four . - . - . о . - - ’rcl1 ,0 *' oir 1 *^b .n Ibis way before a p roans- ^ ы lllt;ripltril lbc ,crt|rc wilh thc liveliest house of God. There is but one way of cheeking these cunus assembly, lint if Uir.stians in their prevent state were , ^ pq^ for ,|,e chrgenicnt and iimrcascd cfficien- cy of oor Of'Critiom on lho coast, were m соШспцЛаиои outbursts of sill and shame, which is to forestall them by j'» depend on the churches, VI such, to supply- .be mis- 'i'ucs, by the organization of Christian clnirel.es at suitable siomrie.s needed, loth the l.omc and loreign fields would points. St. Louis ought to have, at this moment, not less than four additional Baptist churches, and, I doubt net, other cities in that grand, immense valley, have lihrucccs- litics. NEW FACTS TO BF. THOUGHT 0Г. M ithin thc last four years, the unfolding of events lias “'ado the duty of American Christian*, as it relates to homo missions, quite apparent. Tho Southwest is manifestly to Le the most splendid field fur missionary n]«i rations, that bs yet been known to the American churches. I except “o heathen nation, especially if divested of that enchant- Went which ilislnnce lends to thc view, and Christians can 'bake off, for only a moment, tho dreamy marvels which 'Le thrilling, aud perhaps too highly colored, narrations of foreign countries, exeito in the mind. Hut thc disciples of desus should not decide questions of this naturo by im¬ pulses of the imagination, hut by conclusions deliberately formed on facts presented to tho understanding. Well, what aro those new facts'! Why, first, that nn “пасте country lies west of thc Alleghany mountains, 'bich, аз Mr. Clay remarked, is to the Kast, as the palace '' 'o its portico. Every ten acres of these prairies, bottom 'tads, Tallies, or mineral hill», is capable, when properly taaniged, of supporting a family of medium size. Tho cx- ( may be left uncultivated. Much, yes, too much lias doubtless been expectcl from the corresponding secretary. J am very certain, the duties of tire office where the board is located, including editorial service, will necessarily occupy tho must of his time. lie may be able to leave homo occi- sionally for a short while, but it will only be to visit a-so- ciaiiou's and conventions. Pastors have it In Heir power tn aid largely in the collection of fund», ami could, no nml it was bis desire to spend several months at the mis¬ sion station'., for tlio purpose of maturing and carrying out llicte [dans. Tho Hoard were satisfied of the policy of tbe appointment, in the former experiment, and they wero entertaining strong hope in rcfercnco to tliis second visit, lint tlio Great Master whom ho served, has ессп it to bo wise and good, to remove him from our employ, call¬ ing him up to a higher and nobler vrerk in the heavenly world. Though disappointed in our plana and expecta- Too Lord A|ij)i)liilinpnl of я Missionary. At a called meeting r.f the Board, held on Wednesday tin- fid of August, on appointment was conferred on llev. (!. W. (1 retard of Mississippi, as a missionary to China, lie „ill probably sail in the fall, and be stationed at Can¬ ton. Brother G.iillard is a graduate ot Union University, and comes to the Hoard highly Commended as adapted to tho missionary work in a foreign field. He ci|-ccts to spend tv short tins- in an agency on behalf of tlio HuarJ, in Missis- mi pi. M’e bespeak fur him thc liiml attention of the brethren among whom lie may labor. doubt, -su, cr*cdc the necessity of railing the secretary from j jj^mt complain. ЛИ is* right. T hi- |est to make collecting tour.., , they would adopt he , „л Иг„, rl.joicc. 0nr brother, who seemed following plan : Let them reqinre there churches to emvtru j • ы tIl0 cl„w of furcl..„ mission., has bate yearly .„benevolent enterprises. Ы two or more, ^ u, ,,c ,.|l0 ,етЫ him, is brethren bo appointed in every church to wait on tin- mem- j |rantfcn|lontl ИОГО [п1сгся|с,1 i„ the cau»e than we can hers, to see what each one is willing to give for various on[| ,0 b№> „ilh „„murmuring heart, and to benevolent object», designating thc several sinus he is will- 1 |( Tt(_ ^ nf t]|(, ,_orJ ,Л JoM. „ ing to spare for cacli ol jeet. In this way, five times аз ^ ^ ^ l0 nolico in t[,is connection, the valua¬ ble service which has been performed by brother Hall, as our agent for the State of Georgia. For tho last three or Finally, I address myself to mothers, wives and sisters, four years, his labors havo been incessant, find remarkably In this time of excitement and change, no class of society is ! successful, lie has succeeded m winning over many of more deeply interested than yon are. Sons, husbands, ; our brethren in Georgia, who from misapprehension, have fathers, or brothers, may leave home never to return. ; stood aloof from the missionary enterprise, and m aug- Away from the infiucnccs of pious families at home, they mcnlingtke contributions of the churches generally. The may be expo.cd tn all tho vices of a mixed multitndo ia a impressions bo his left behind, have tecaof t»o moat fivo- Ing to spare for cacti olject. much as is ordinarily obtained, may be colloitcd. MOTHERS, WIVES AND SISTERS. L'nificerition of Children In (J«I. When the Christian dedicates biuoclf to Ood, should he not include his children! He cannot iuq.art graco or sal¬ vation to thorn, but lie can joyfully commit and commend them to his Heavenly Father, with the liumblo desire that they may leconm the sons and daughters of the Lord Al¬ mighty, aud a willingness lliat they shall he employed by him, a. bo ьЬаВ require. The author of tho lino* which follow, seems to he actuated by tbi* spirit. She had just been parted from her child, and that child had gone far nnay to live among the heathen, and to labor for tlieir be¬ nefit. In writing to the Corresponding Secretary, sbo says: “ Although it waa painful in the extreme to giro my child up, yet there was joy mingled with sorrow, for her mission was not for tho vanities of earth, but to sustain and advocate tlio cause of Him who bled and died on tho cross. It is Ibis, and this alone, lliat reeimoiles ruo to tbe separation. And when faith soar* beyond tho strifes and turmoils of life, my heart swell* wilh thankfulness, too great for utterance, to my Heavenly Father, for his good, ness in qualifying ami so well fitting my child to live and labor for Him. My constant prayer for years has been, that my children should livo to servo (red; audit lie sees fit to call one, nay, every one, to go to a foreign land, can 1, will I, shall I murmur or repine! Ood forbid I but rather may I bail it as one of the happiest periods of my exis¬ tence." _ Burmali Mission. \\'o have read with deep interest, tho appeals which have come from our brethren of tho Missionary Union, aa they plead that the number of laborers ia that field may be in¬ creased. A largo territory baa been added to the i posses¬ sions of Great Britain, and facilities for tho undisturbed proaccution of tho missionary work bvelocn greatlyoal- .