AFRICAN MISSION
APPOINTMENT OF A MISSIONARY
At the last meeting of the Board, Boston I. Drayton, a
colored brother, was appointed their missionary to labor on the
coast of Africa, in connection with those already in the field. It is
expected he will sail in a few weeks. We have now four
missionaries for Africa, and the hope is entertained that soon the
number will be doubled. The attention of pastors is called to this
subject. In their meetings for the colored people, by presenting the
claims of the Africa mission, and allowing them an opportunity of
aiding in the work, their dimes and their dollars will be cheerfully
contributed.
LETTER OF FREDERICK 1. JAMES
We have received a letter from brother James, one of our
missionaries on the coast of Africa. The destitution of which he
speaks, and the need of additional laborers, exists not only in his
particular field, but for three hundred miles along the coast. At
this very time we could give profitable employment to twenty
additional evangelists in that interesting region. Will the churches
enable us to send them out? Bro. James thus write: —
As an opportunity presents itself sooner than I expected, I
hasten to write you, acknowledging the receipt of your letter, dated
July 22nd, bearing information of my appointment by the Foreign
Mission Board of the Southern Baptist Convention as their
missionary. I assure you I cordially accept the appointment, hope
with Divine assistance to be of some use in the missionary cause.
It is proper for me to state, that in view of the destitution in this
country, with confidence in the Board, brother Day thought fit to
authorize me, soon after he had received his appointment, to take
charge of the field and station I now occupy, viz: New Virginia
Settlement, with the surrounding villages. Without delay, I came,
leaving my family at Monrovia. There being no house here
suitable for divine worship, nor one which I could get for my own
accommodation, I was obliged to build temporary houses in the
native style, for my own residence and for a house of worship,
until I could hear from you more particularly on this subject.
These houses being only temporary, were built on leased land,
which I obtained for the term of eighteen months, but I have since
drawn a lot from the governor for missionary purposes, as
