VOLUME 3, NUMBER 1.
"Go yc into all the world and preachjtthe gospel to every creature.” RICHMOND, JANUARY 15, 1851.
Soiitljrrn Uttpiist fionomtion.
Correspondence
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tlio Foreign Board.
Cummunicalions relating to the general busi¬
ness of the Foreign Mission Board, may be ad¬
dressed, post paid, to
James B. Taylor, Cor. Sec.
Richmond, Va,
Communications enclosing donations, or relat¬
ing to the financial department, may bo address¬
ed to Arcuidald Thomas, Trcas.
Richmond, Va,
lor the CoramlMion.
A few Pacts.
Brothel Taylor, — As I havo just finished my
tour through the Goshen Association, I will give
you a few facts which 1 observed by the way.
COMMISSION AND JOURNAL.
Wherever the Journal and Commission were
taken and read, I met with missionary families in
deed, as well as word. Little children would
come with their dimes, to buy Bibles for, or send
tho gospel to the heathen children, of whom they
had read in the Commission.
This shows that light is what tho people need
on tho subject of missions.
EXAiiriS.
Where parents manifested much interest, it in¬
variably extended to the children, and sometimes
to the servants. In ono instance particularly, J
noticed a servant girl would not let her mistress
rest, till she had given her something to hand in
for tho mission cause.
beforo God, by virtue of their relationship to '
Adam, who by his own instrumentality, under
tho influence of tho enemy of souls, forfeited his
high estate, and that of his offspring j that as
they fell through Adam, they may be raided, re-'
deemed through Christ ; and as human instru¬
mentality, under evil, was the cause of the form¬
er, it may underGod.be tho means of the latter.
Not that man’s redemption is tho result of his
own works, per se, but that heaven has decreed
them as the means of carrying on the great work
of salvation.
For tbo Commission.
“In that Day.”
. “In. that day,” satan shall be bound and cast
into the bottomless pit, where he shall not have
the power to deceive the nations any more. My
soul rejoices that such a day is coming. — Revela¬
tion xx.
In that day, God will sprinkle clean waters
upon us, and wo shall be clean ; from all our fil¬
thiness, and from all our idols, will ho cleanse
us. A new heart also will ho give us, and a new
,| spirit will he put within us. He will take away
PASTORS.
Jv'evcr beforo have I been better convinced cf
fiUke priest.'Uke pebple.;^Yherfi,.thj)j)aaiprs
met with mo, and were warmly enlisted in the
cause, I was never disappointed in the people.
Fiom this, may not pastors whoso churches are
doing but little for missions, gather a useful hint
as to tho cause!
“home” arguments.
Of these, 1 heard but few, and invariably from
those who were doing littlo or nothing at homo.
Tho churches which were doing most at home, I
found most willing to extend their sympathy a
little farther.
“widow’s mite.”
I lectured one night at a good brother’s house,
and took particular pains to let the colored people
know tho moral condition of Africa, as well as
tho rest of tho heathen world. The next morn¬
ing an old colored woman came to mo with a half
dollar, saying, “ 1 havo got this, and if it will
help you in carrying the gospel to them people,
I want you to take it ; I always thought we wore
bad enough off hero, but from what you told us
last night, 1 think they aro worso off than we
are, for wo hero know enough to do better if we
would, and if we don’t, its our own fault ; but
tho people you told us about don’t know any bet¬
ter, and I think they ought to be told.”
I was struck with her intelligent appcaranco,
as well as the earnest and eincero manner in
which sho spoko, and thought at tho time that
her remarks were a most conclusive answer to
tho “ home” arguments so frequently urged by
those whose sympathy seem not to extend so far
as this poor colored woman's.
А. В.
C.
December 2
4/Л,
1850.
Tho force of the obligation varies in propor- the stony heart out of our flesh, and give us a
lion to the proximity of the relation, and tho des- heart of flesh. He will put his Spirit within us,
titution and ability of tho parties related. Wc . - -
do not mean that the value of the salvation of the
soul is to bo measured by miles, but simply, that
our obligation to labor for the good of others, is
proportionate to their wants, and our opportuni¬
ties and ability to supply them. i
The universal law of gravitation, affords a
happy illustration of tho great relationship ex¬
isting between tho members of the human fami¬
ly. Tho attractive force is always mutual, and
is exerted by cue body on anolhei, in the Mtioof
their masses, and inversely as tho squares of tfce
distances between them. It is denominated dif¬
ferently, according to the circumstances under
which it acts. The great law of mutual depend-
ance prevails throughout tho human family, and
is demonstrated in the helplessness of infancy^
and illustrated through lifo, in the various rela¬
tions of parent, brother, friend, neighbor, patriot,
and philanthropist. Whilst each of these posi¬
tions has r elations peculiar to itself, all are bound
together by the tie of common humanity, univer¬
sal brotherhood. ■'f'"
—Xho.foKaflf JhsJUasira tjnn -j a n
out further development, arid in this new of man;
in hie varied relations, we are furnished with an
irrefutable argument in favor of the great benevo¬
lent, missionary operations of the day. We see
that man’s obligations rest upon him with differ¬
ent degrees of intensity and weight. As a fa¬
ther, his first duty is to provide for the spiritual
and temporal welfare of his family; secondly, for
hr* neighbor ; thirdly, his countrymen ; and last
ly, his fellow-men every where. The same ar¬
gument which provee the existence of a relation
between a parent and his family, will prove the
existence of a relation between that parent and
his neighbor, friend or countryman. The same
argument which influences a father to contribute
his means to support thu gospel in his own fami¬
ly, ought lo be sufficient to induce him to give for
the support of the samo in every nalion on earth.
We da not mean that he should contribute to
each tho same amount of dollars and cents, bur
that he should do it in proportion to his ability,
and their wants.
And is it possible, that this obligation, which
was instantly understood by a simple child, is de
nied by any who call themselves Christians ? As
soon, it seems to me, ehonld wo deny bread to a
man starving at our door, as withhold the bread
of life from the millions who in heathen lands aro
dying without it. And yet there ate those who
would shun as an inhuman wretch, one guilty
of the former act, while in so doing, they con¬
demn themselves, while they commit the latter-
Let suck learn a lesson from this little, child,
and when you hear of the wants of a heathen
world, do what you can to “send them tlw Bi¬
ble.
For tho Commission.
Philosophy of Missions,
Where there is a relation, there is an obliga
tion. Man,
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a social, rational being, is bound
to promote by his instrumentality, so far as he
can, the happiness of his fellow men. Tho great
fact, that all the inhabitants of earth are kins¬
men according to tbo flesh, has never been suc¬
cessfully denied. The Bible most clearly teaches
that they all sprang from common parents ; that
the whole human family is under condemnation
and cause us to walk in his statutes, and we shall
keep his judgments and do them. — Ezek. xxxvi.
in that day, we shall teach no
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every man
hia neighbor, and every man his brother, saying,
know tho Lord ; for all shall know him, from the
least of them to tho greatest of them. For the
Lord hath said it.— Jer. xxxi., 31.
Reader, tako notice of two things: — 1. God
has said that this glorious day shall come. 2.
Notice the means by which it is to be brought
about. They shall leach every man his neighbor,
and every man his brother, saying-, know the
Lord.
The glorious millennial day will never come,
until Christians generally are absorbed in the one
great idea of the world’s conversion. But that
day is coming. Christians will be sick of love to
God, so that their affections will ho married from
earth. They will have such love for souls, and
such an affecting sense of their awful condition,
that they will run to and fro, every where im¬
parting to every individual, the knowledge of
Christ. 0 glorious day ! J. R. H.
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Tor the Commission.
The Love of God.
11 1 do think that is the prettiest verse in the
whole Bible,” said a dear littlo boy, as his sister
repeated the words, “God so loved the world, that
He gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever
believeth in Him, should not perish, but have
everlasting life.” And is not this blessed truth,
which arrested the attention of a little child, a
precious one to every Christian! And can any
one who has paitaken of the benefits of this gift,
and is an heir of that “everlasting life,” ever
talk of sacrifice! Can you my fellow Christian,
withhold anything you possess, property, friends,
children, or even your own life, when called upon
to devote them to the service of that God ! Will
you not rather lejoico that you are permitted to
be a co-worker with God in extending a know¬
ledge of this unspeakable gift!
Can you who are in possession of such intelli
gencc, even of life from the dead, withhold it
In conclusion, let us ask, Can we, or will wej f“>m those who are sitting in the region and sha-
remain idle, whilst our poor, benighted brethren, j death!
(accoiding to the flesh,) ring in our ears the When inclined to yield to self-indulgence, and
Macedonian cry for helpl Shall we cherish that forgetfulness of the claims of your fellow-crea-
anti-missionary spirit of selfishness, which would tares, who are perishing for lack of knowledge,
lead us like the brute, to live to ourselves, and to think of tho love of God manifested to us, in that,
act as though ivo expected to have a heaven to while “wo were yet sinners, Christ died for us."
ourselves after death? Shall wo, the boasted, Will not such a thought constrain you to asm-
sons of Columbia, blessed with a living minister render of anything, even of that which is dearest
to every 1,000 souls, rolling in all tho ease and’ in «his life, that others may partako with you in
elegance of wealth and refinement, enjoying the, the blessings of that salvation? E.
full fruition of religious liberty— shall we refuse: - , -
to contribute cur means for the salvation of des-| Fot ^
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tilute, perishing brethren in China, who have but: _ ,,, , , , ,,
one living minister to every four million of souls;! W°
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thSm th°
in Africa, where the sound of the church-going t So said a little girl, when told of the destitu-
bell in many places was never heard ; and in va-; tion cf the heathen. It was in Sunday school,
rious ether portions of the globe? Can we fold; and I showed her a picturo of some people bow-
our arms and stand idle, with an easy conscience, ing down to idols. She seemed to hear for the
in the face of those explicit mandates of heaven,! first timo, that persons worshiped gods of wood
which bid us “go and disciple all nations f”
God forbid! rather let us deny his exist¬
ence, than thus act, in wilful opposition .to the
dictates of reason and revelation.
J. W. R.
Clarksville, Tenn., Nov. 5, 1850.
For the Commission.
A Dream. .j
“ I dreamed that I saw one of tho Christian
Hindoos. 0 how I loved him! I long to realize
my dream. How pleasant will it be to sit down
at the Lord’s table with our black brethren, and
hear Jesus preached in their language. Solely
then will come to pa.s tho saying that is written,
In Christ there is neither Jew nor Greek, Bar¬
barian, Scythian, bond nor free, all ate cue in
Him.’ ”
So writes in his diary, that devoted eervant of
God, Samuel Pearce. And that which ten; but
a dream, is nous to him a blissful reality. Chris¬
tian reader ! did it ever occur to you what would
be the emotions of your heart, when you shall
meet on the shores of heaven some of those hea¬
then converts, for whose salvation yoa have la¬
bored 1 Will any sacrifice appear too great, or
rather, will anything you have dene, seem a sac¬
rifice, when you behold that multitude which no
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can number, of all nations, and kindred, and
people, and tongues', standing before the throne of
the' Lamb — when you hear the arches of heaven
re-echo with that song, “ unto him that loved us,
and washed
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from our sins in his own blood,
arid hath made us kings and priests unto God,
and his Father, to Him be glory and dominion
fur ever and ever.” Amen ! Say, dear fellow-
Christian, when you shall be introduced into such
scenes, will you not rather rejoice, that you were
permitted to assist in increasing that throng, in
multiplying the number of voices engaged in sing¬
ing that song.
Should your heart my dear Christian friend
e’er faint amid your discouragements — should tho
enemies appear many, and your successes few,
cast your eye forward a brief period, when your
warfare shall be over, the victory won, and Jesus
tho captain of our salvation, crowned King of
kings, and Lord of lords. ••*. '
and stone, and when 1 told her the reason they
did this was, they knew nothing cf the truo God,
that made heaven and earth, and have no means
cf kuowing him, being without the Bible, she
looked up in my face, and earnestly said, “ ice
ought to send them the Bible.”
For th«
СотшМгэ.
Facts illustrative of tho necessity
of early religious education.
Had I any doubt of the utility and duty of
leading children to Christ, and teaching them (o
pray to him, a knowledge of the following cir¬
cumstances would dissipate that doubt
In New Hanover county there lived, a few
months
втсе,
a finn lad, the son of a Mr. Carrol.
Whilo attending to his father’s businer: in the
field, he was kicked by a hotse, and very soon it
was apparent that ho would die; The family
stood around tho bed of the dying sufferer, anx¬
ious to soothe his pain ; deep grief was pictured
on each countenance. The father’s mental suf¬
fering was unutterable ; tho fond mother’s tears
flowed in rapid succession. Turning to his
mother, tho dying boy remarked, “ Mother, don’t
weep for me. I shall soon bs gone I knew; but
lam not afraid to die. I now feel the value of
the religious instruction given by you and my
dear father. The Loid has beard my prayers.
Jesu3 is with me, and sustains me in this trying
hour. Death has no terrors for me. Don't ciy
my dear mother; 1 shall soon
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happy.” Thus
did his spirit
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away. This youth had never
made s profession of religion, yet his conduct
