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3 1, NUMBER 8.
Go yc into all llie world and preach the gospel to every creature.'’ RICHMOND, AUGUST 1-5, 1849,
Southern Baptist Contention.
Correspondence of flic. Foreign Board.
Communications relating to the genera] busi¬
ness of the Fotcign Mission Board, may be ad¬
dressed, pest paid, to
James B. Taylor, Cor. Sec.
■ Richmond,
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Communications enclosing donations, or relat¬
ing to the financial department, may bo address¬
ed to Archibald Thomas, Treas.
Richmond,
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For the Commission.
Go, or Send a Messenger.
An inquiry was made, “ who will go
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us!"
One replied, “here am I, send me.” When
Zacchcus was converted, ho felt so rich toward
'God, that no room was left In his heart for the
love of monoy. " And Zacchcus 6tood and said
unto the Lord, behold Lord, the half of my
goods 1 give to the poor." Header, who is so
poor as the heathen who arc perishing for want
of the bread of life? Wo believe that thousands
of souls aro sinking to everlasting woe every
year— why do we not Hasten by hundreds and
thousands into all the world and tell them of the
Cisco of God by which they may he saved?
Who will go for us! Who will pay his expen¬
ses? Shall dangers deter tho missionary! The
aulTerings of a few short years aro nothing com¬
pared to the endless hell from which tho gospel
has saved us, and from which it can savo the
heathen. Jesus says go, and if we refuse to go,
how can we answer in tho day of judgment?
Tho heathen, ready to sink into tho bottomless
pit, are actually calling in some places, “ come
and teach us;" and even Dives in torment, ex¬
claimed, “send and warn my brethren that they
may not come to this plat-o of torment.” No¬
thing is
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astonishing and monstrous thinthe
indifference of many professed Christians to the
eternal welfare of souls.
was angry with her, the Lord defended her.
But our blessed Lord reserved his highest eulo-
gfams for the poor widow who canio with her
two mites and cast them amongst tho Pharisees’
gold in the treasury of tho Lord. Now, if you
will pardon
то,
I will make ono observation re¬
specting the good friends in London. I do not
liko your collections. It is not on account of
tho gold and tho silver there, but because I see
so little copper in the plates. I like, not only to
see the gold of the rich man, and the silver of
the man in moderate circumstances, but the cop¬
per of the poor man. We want more of system¬
atic liberality, that all should contribute accoid-
ing to tho extent that God has prospered them
Then wo shall not need to recall missionaries
from the field of labor.”— Demon.
For the Commission.
Five Hundred Missionaries.
Tho Southern Baptists ought to send out that
number within a few years. We have almost
four hundred thousand members, and have as
many friends as we have children and servants in
our churches. God has given us great prosperi¬
ty, and notoue of us would be caused to feel the
sting of poverty— which Jcbus bore for us— if we
should contribute, on an average, one dollar a
piece annually for foreign missions, besides our
other contributions. Ilow many dollars do the
pooicst of us give for tobacco, for amusements,
к
c. Wc can average a dollar per member, and
never feel it— though it has been well remarked,
that our blessed Saviour felt what he did for
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A dollar from each would amount to almost foul
hundred thousand dollars, which might sustain
right hundred missionaries instead of five. This
we can do easily, yet wc have only thirty-three
missionaries in tho field. It is our duty to preach
the gospel to every creaturo; we have immense
means, and do not employ them. If wo are not
guilty, disobedience is no sin. But these eight
hundred missionaries might preach every week to
ten millions of people who havo never heard the
of Jesus. Would you not give ten dollars a name
year to have the gospel preached to ten millions
of people? You would not, and you a Christian 1
If you would, do it. We merely do enough to
acknowledge our duty, and so little as to condemn
us for neglecting that duty after it
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acknow¬
ledged. * *
The Fathers of the English Baptist
Mission.
Wo should emulate the conduct of those de¬
voted men, who must bo regarded as the fathers
of out mission, in so far as they followed Christ,
and left us an example to follow in their steps.
Let us, dear friends, for a few moments, see how
far we are actuated by the same principle and
the samo motives. Those fathers of missionary
labor of whom I speak, had but one great object
in view— to spread the gospel of Christ among
the heathen nations. They were animated hy
untiring zeal, by a righteous and hearty conse¬
cration of their whole spirit and energies to their
work, and they were supported by the strong
and undying faith they had in the glorious prom¬
ises of their God. Let us look back to the ex¬
ample of Carey himself, when, in 1792, he was
called from the humblest of occupations— called
by tho Spirit of-God itself to originate his noble
cn terprise — wo - may ' regard - him -aa-tho unques¬
tionable father of the numerous Christian missions
of this country. When so called to his great
work by God’s Spirit, ho said, ‘If it should
please God to give m° but twenty years more on
earth, 1 trust I shall -bo enabled to give the
blessed word of life to a million of heathen ; ’
and when we regard the fact, that lie was main
tained for a space of not less than forty-two years
in that field of godly labor, which lie had, under
God’s blessing, opened for himself, and that bo-
fora he died lie had the satisfaction of seeing
and. of himself originating and dairying out, the
translation of God's word to millions of the peo¬
ple of the East, I think we cannot hut look upon
this mission as the work of the Lord. And
when we remember, that for many years tho
government systematically proliibited the preach¬
ing of the word tn tho nations of India; that,
until the year 1807, the distribution of the scrip¬
tures, or of religious tracts, was prevented by
law, and tho preaching, of the word restricted,
except by their own ordained preachers, — and
that, by an ordinance of the government, Caroy
was actually forbidden to set his foot on Indian
ground— when we remember these things, and
consider what, in spite of ail this opposition, was
done, who can fail to perceive the finger of God?
Eng. Dap. Mag.
lid interest was not withdrawn from the Society
foi want of success. Want of success! Look
at the circulation of tho Messed word of God
which had taken place — upwards of one million
copies' of tho blessed book had been circulated
under tho auspices of the Society— schools had
been established in all lands— the practico of the
suttee had been abolished, and their Society
must go on uniil superstition had been utterly
routed from tho earth; it must be broken in
pieces; and great would be the fall thereof. It
was not, then, for the want of success that the
public, interest had been withdrawn from them,
for God had indeed abundantly blessed their la¬
bors in the field. There must be no talk of the
return of any of their missionaries} on the con¬
trary, every thing called for an increase in their
energy and earnestness. So far from lessening
their forces, they required to multiply them, for
God had greatly added to their field of labor.
China had been opened up; but, to the disgrace
of the Baptist community, they had not a mis¬
sionary there. Africa, benighted Africa, ought
to havo its thousands of workers in God's vine¬
yard, in place of only tens. The continent of
Europe ought to be filled with their missionaries,
as well as Brittany. On all hands there was a
loud cry, ‘Como over and help ua.’ "—llaijcrofl.
Systematic Liberality.
“ We havo two beautiful instances of Christian
evangelical liberality in scripture history ; the
first is that of the box cf alabaster ointment with
which the woman anointed tho head of the Sa¬
viour, anointing him for his burial. When Judas
Results of English Baptist Missions.
"Hitherto every report had been a triumph.
The seed had been scattered abroad, it had ger¬
minated, and was now growing up, and would
soon produce goodly fruit, to the praise and glory
of God. In Jamaica, 30,000 members testified
to the faithfulness of their missionaries; in Cen¬
tral India they had 2000 out of the millions of
that country, who testified to the truth as it is in
Jesus. In all countries, wherever their mission¬
aries went, they had made their thousands of
Christians. Sixty thousand of tho heathen had
been converted and added to the various church
os of the Society. Now, if that alone were the
result of their labors, etill it proved that the pub-
• The Dying Lazarus.
“There was among the intended victims hap¬
pily rescued from the hands of the Kundhs an
awkard, ungainly looking lad who was called Da¬
vid. .Great pains were taken with him, but he
was so stupid that all attempts to cultivate his fac¬
ulties seemed hopeless, and we'atlasl devoted him
to the menial task of sweeping out our premises at
the Mission House. At this time our school was
verj'l'ull. ar.d many of these young natives had
been converted. .All at or.ee a ray of intelli¬
gence seemed to break upon the mind of poor
David, like a light from heaven, (and who shall
say it was not a light from heaven?) He seemed
suddenly possessed of new-born faculties; and
one might almost have been permitted to say of
him, 1 All were astonished at his understanding
and his answers.’ He applied himself so dili¬
gently, and profited so much by tho instruction
afforded to him, that he was received into our
church. Soon after we put him into the printing
office, and such rapid advances did he make, we
made him a compositor. But whilst ho was thus
engaged, and interesting and amazing us all by
bis sudden proficiency, there’ appeared upon his
skin numerous white spots, which are the first
indications of leprosy, a very common and also a
very fatal disease in India. We sent him to tho
hospital, and cveiy care was taken of him; but
each of the white spots soon becamo a putrid ul¬
cer, and his limbs were eaten away. All which
could bo dono was to smooth his passage to the
grave. Nothing could arrest the progress of his
malady or savo his lifo ; and the doctor directed
that ho should be kept by himself, as contact
with others might communicate to them the in¬
fection; a tent was provided for him; from the
tent he would creep at service time to the door of
our meeting room, and listen to and join in the
service. A more intent listener I never looked
upon. One day 1 went with my wife to pay
him a visit. He was stretched on his mat, ap¬
parently absorbed in some deep reverie on a
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sage he had been leading. His testament was
close to his side. The hymn book was in his
other hand, and we saw that his attention had
been riveted to this passage:—
an heir of glory; for, though like’Lazarus he be
full of sores, liko Lazarus too ho is lich'in as-*
sured hope.’ I could not but'concur in the par¬
allel. Shortly after I determined to pay. him an¬
other visit. I found everything asThad left it;
Tho door of the lent was still open. There was
the testament, — there, was the hymn book, still
at his side on tho mat on which lie was stretched.
But his spirit had already flown to rest in the
bosom of Abraham! On this spectacle, Thought
I, I am content to test my plea on behalf of mis¬
sions. Here was a proof how tho communica¬
tion of the word of God could raise thus won¬
derfully the soul of this poor lad to the content-*
plationof the true Redeemer.”— Sutton. :
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Chinese and Karens.
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“ I have in my possession a copy of an origi¬
nal proclamation issued but a few short years
ago by the emperor of China, in which he threat¬
ens with punishment ‘ even unto death ’ all who
shall presume to introduce the gospel into the
Chinese dominions. Why China, as our brother
Boaz has told you of India, is non- more free for
the dissemination of the gospel than Christian
Britain. We have missionaries settled at Ning-
po, for example; they are in every respect more
free there lhan in Canton. They have perfect
freedom of locomotion. They go when and
where they like, without let or hindrance from
any one.
“ But it has been my lot, in the course of my
missionary wanderings, to go among the Bur¬
mese, and to travel in their country to the dis¬
tricts in which the Karens reside. They are a
people dwelling in the wildest regions of tho
jungles and the marshes of Eurraah, and who
had not been heard of, even by name, in Europe,
when Boardman first went out and labored
among them. I addressed, through an interpre¬
ter, a number of these pom people, consisting, I
think, of about 450, who had made their way to
meet and be taught by a Christian missionary to
a spot so remote from their homes that it was
under the very guns of the frontier post of the
British. They had braved and surmounted
every obstacle for this purpose, traveling by
night in order- to
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the native Burmese au¬
thorities, by whom they would have been cruel¬
ly punished for the course they had adopted. I
was profoundly moved on that occasion. The
Karen women came, with their children, the
youngest attached to their backs by neat lash¬
ings of the bamboo, to attend thus meeting of the
converts. They said, ‘If you will teach our
husbands, we will learn the good word also.’
As they rocked the cradles' of their infants with
one hand, they held the book out of which they
were learning with the other. I never saw a
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interesting, and I might say a more inter¬
ested auditory in my life than that which Lad-
dressed. It is but twenty-one years since thi
first attempt to curtivatc this field was made ; and
now in Burmah, where American as well as
British missionaries have labored earnestly, they
count their converts not by scores but by thou¬
sands."— Eng. Bap. Mag.
“Of all that decks the field or bower
Thou art the fairest, sweetest flower;
Then, blessed Je3us, let not me
In thy kind heart forgotten be.
Day after day youth’s joys decaf,
Death waits to seize his Irembliog prey ;
■ Then, blessed Jesus, let not me
la thy kind heart forgotten be.”
“ When we left his tent my wife said to me,
with great emphasis and emotion, ‘ There lies
The Concerted Brahmin. .
“ A friend cf mine some time ago was travel*
ing in the wilde of Orissa. As he pursued his
way he camo in eight of an officer’s tent. The
officer seeing he was a European invited him to
dinner. lie accepted the invitation, and after
tho repast the officer said, ‘ And so Mr. Wilkin¬
son you have come out here to try and convert
tho Hindus.’ ‘Yes, that is my object,’ an¬
swered my friend. ‘And a petty wild goose
chase,’ rejoined tho officer, ‘ you will make of it.
You -don't know these fellows so well
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I do.’
1 Oh, sir, I think I myself know something about
them already.’ ‘Ah, but you have not had to
deal with them
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I have. If you had been ac¬
customed to the command of a company of Se-
