VOLUME 3, NUMBER 6, “Go ye into all the world and preach tho gospel to every creature. 4
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Soutljcrn Baptist tioiroention.
Correspondence of the Foreign Board.
Communications relating In the general busi¬
ness of tho Fpreign. Mission Board, may bead-
dressed, post paid, to
James B. Taylor, Ccr. See.
- 1 Richmond, Va.,
^Communications enclosing donations, or relat¬
ing to tho "financial department, may bo address¬
ed to Archibald Tiro.MAs, Treas.
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1 . < Richmond, Va,
sovveth. bountifully, shall reap also bountifully.’’
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Offerings to God.
1 sat down ono morning, ns. usual, to read my
Bible. The chapter in older was tho xxv of
Exodus, in which minuto direction is giren for
building and adorning the tabernacle. It seemed,
as I glanced ovor it, to bo peculiarly dry, and
likely to prove unprofitable. I was tempted to
pass it over. I, however, resolved to read it and
draw what instruction I could.
Tho second verso was expressive enough. It
taught that God required an • offering of his pim¬
ple, and that a Killing heart was requisite to
mako it acceptable. JIow well for Christians
in this day, who givo for appearances cako or
to satisfy an importunate appeal, or tho upbtaid-
ings of their conscience, to rcmcuibci this— “of
every man that givrth Ktllinglu with his heart,
yo shall tako my offering;” other offerings are
displeasing to God.
My attention was next arrested, by tho value
of tho offerings to bo presented. They wero not
the icfusc, tho worthless.— They wero not arti¬
cles which wero valueless for other purposes.—
They were not such things as could easily be
'lUperiscil. with: but. costly and useful, and caus¬
ing a sacrifice to bo parted with. From the
third to the ninth verses, they are enumerated,
and in tho list appi-jr: gold and silver, precious
stones, rare shins, fine linen, and a variety of
oils and spices. *
I noxl noticed that the gifts of tho children
of Israel, were to bo given and applied with a
special reference to the object to be accomplished—
lot the pommlulos.
To the Subscribers for tho Journal
and: Commission.
During my tecent tour through the South}!
obtained a largo number- of subscribers to tho
Journal and Commission; but, the .Board, with
the sanction of tho Convention, recently held at
Nashville, hard' determined to unito' the two
papers into one, unde: the title of Home and
Foreign Journal, containing more reading matter
than the Journal, at the 'extremely low price of
twenty-five cents per annum. All who sub¬
scribed for1 tho Commission, will thus get a much
larger paper in its stead for the same price. 1
will s'.sto for tho information of the many young
friends in thd Sabbath schooln, who subscribed to
the Commission, that tho brethren of the Board
have assured me that particular attention will be
paid to tho youth’s department of this new'paper.
No ptlnu Or expense will be spared to make it
just such a paper as it ought to be. When
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get
to China, 1 shall endeavor fo comply with the
promise made to many of yon, to give all the in¬
formation concerning tho Chinese I can through
this paper. I shall not forget, too, the request
of my young friends of the La Grango Sabbath
school-in Georgia. I havo directed tho publishei
to send tho Home and Foreign Journal font years
in those whom I obtained
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subscribers to the
Journal. ^As they will thus get more reading
matter yearly for four years than in the Journal
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year, I hope this arrangement will be sat-
isfactojrto all. .'•* -V *
In Conclusion 1 would state, dear brethren,
that 1 have bccn.vcry -much’ encouraged .by. the
interest you have manifested m tho work in
whicn I am engaged. In a few weeks I shall
bid adieu tu my nativo land and all the endearing
scenes of my early youth; hut I do it without a
regret, as the finger of Providence seems clearly
to point the way. I go, as I trust, not because I
love my friends or cour.tiy less, but the cause of
God mure. Tho only thing that causes me to
tremble, is my own frailty and weakness— my
not paid as taxes, but given to sccuro a specific
object in which they were interested. Query, incapacity for the great, the momentous work be-
Should not Christians save their money, econo¬
mise and calculate, in order to mako offerings to
tho Imrd, with the same zest and jnteic-st that
they do to securo some worldly gain or pleasure!
You may be suro, I was pleased on reaching
tho 22nd verso. Great care and expense wero
ro bn incurred in tho erection ot the sanctunry;
but rmi greater Ilian the importance of the end de-
mar, aed. In the ark constructed with so much la¬
bor, the Most High was to appear and commune
with Moses, and through him with the children
of Israel. "And thoro I will moc.
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thee,
and I will commune with thee
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mcrcy-.-eit, from between tho two chcrubims
which mo upon the ark of tho testimony, of all
things u hich I will give thco in commandment
unto tho tirilurcn of Israel.”
What man would now regret any offering
made! Who would not feel that if he had be¬
grudged "iviag his part, lto would ncideseivc
to enjoy -oil's presence! It lakes a good deal of
monoy
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support tho gospel, and to give it to
others. The building ol churches, paying of
pastor, sending out missionaries, printing the
Bible— all these things , arc expensive, and make
some, draughts upon a covetous man; but.
(Query) do not the means appear small, when
contrasted with the. magnificcuco of the end!
Can a Christian, should a Christian enjoy reli¬
gion if ho is too close to pay liberally for its
privileges, and for sending itto others? When
Christians give willingly and fresly to God,
he will '„less them; he “will meet with them
and .coatmuao witli them-” This is his own
arrangement: "Givo and it shall bo given.’!
"There is that scaltcreth and yet increaseth.”
“ThoJ-ord loveth a cheerful- giver.” “IIo that
foie mo. I do not distrust the cause in which I
am engaged, nor the God of that cause— no, not
a moment! The kingdoms of this world shall
become tho kingdom of our Lord and his Christ.
Begging an interest in your prayers, I remain
fraternally and affectionately yours.
A. B. Cabaniss.
find by engaging your-'fficlings and directing yom
efforts w advancing tho cause of the Redeemer.
fOfjtho results of thesu efforts in promoting
the ifcligion of Christ among you, you muss be
the jndges. Some good, 1 ttust, has been. done.
In increasing the funds of tho Board of Foreign
Missions, the result.has been most cheering.
Daring the twoyears ii havo laboicd. among
yon; there- have been forwarded to the Treasuier
of the Board ofiForeign. Missions about $ 11,312,
This las greatly delighted the friends of mwrions;
and has been particularly gratifying to myself.
i la regard to my
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Nabobs among you,
permit' me to 6ay, that I purpose to Tisit : all ,xhe
churches, '(and they arc very many,) that: havo
perinaliy invited me, and some: parts of the
State where l have not had time yet to go.. -So
long'. as I can see evidence toijnstify the belief
that my .labors are useful among you, and uiteful
to the cause of missions, I shall be willing to stay
in Georgia. • . .
Much as Testeem and love you
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friends of
the' iRedeemet’s cause, I have always kept, in
vieit the close of my lahois with you os agent. >
An? agent for promoiicq the objects of any
good institution may be. useful in spreading in¬
formation in regard to the particular S ninety .that
appdhiU him, and in gaining active friends. to the
cause which ho pleads) but whcnever.aoy people
who havo been roused to action by, lib labors
willjcontinuo to do ?s much trMi-ni/.an .agent as
tririj an agent, then the agent shoo’’ -cnaSe? his
labors there as agent. This is ntj.ji i* T
hiy^ no yvish to be agent one hour longer than it
b necessary. . .
, Ifjthe.pastor3of the churches, the committees
and nthers,.\vho feel interested in. spreading the
kinplp!v\ipf Christ, will send up their annual
contributions, to tha Absmiationsin the fall,:
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the Convention, so that as meeh may be done
without my efforts as with them, I will go to an¬
other Stale.
Accept, dear friends, assurances of sincere re¬
gard and high estimation.
From yours truly, &c.,
Eu Ball.
darkness of ages* uncertain of 'itc'imhro&lity,
without one sure star to guide it, and ready to
sink :,iri its certain: hom^pfirditionlil
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Christian would .qtar’t1 back1 with "horror iYltfe
thought, and ye? wfiy'ehouhf it ‘not lef'Wiiy
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have we a hope .of hyayen! yYhat 13. therejmuq
fit for a homoiwith God andthepum spirits, that
surround his throne!~But if you cling,®:(arid
who .w9iild.not,)'.io(ypur T.opf'j jirjght andjg|jyy
as jt. ts.wilVypu j>ej!atiif|ed .(ojcyhq miHiQnj.pi
souls, equally precious with yours, rem'-m in ignoj
ranceofit! Rouse 'jWiuxF'cp toSctiqttJP-Send
forth' your' money ^ your1 pen and. your. praycr^J
that, iHe dying may^hsarjspdjiyo.! Hold’ forth
the bright light iof-lho^gospel, arid at (evening
time it shall he', light! Yea, 'when; your.-'ow^i,
souls aro ready tpente^upphtlr^jajis.of h|avenj
wiU .it pot be sweet to,, fepl thqt j<yv have copmu7
nieated the same pleased tidings fq others, usd
that they through your means rejoice iira Sa-
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, ,. Bibles prtttl’.e.Bartb-if -ydtata
It is estimated that within ll.e last fifty years?
32,000)000 of’BiolesiEIve bdeh dmuButed? over
the earth, translat'd.. into, two hundred.dialects^
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For tho
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To tho Friends of Foreign Mis¬
sions in Georgia.
Dear brethren and friends, — While at home
for a few days with ray family, my thoughts are
drawn back to you, and to those lovely meetings
which 1 have been permitted to enjoy among
many of you.
As I expect in a few days, if the Lord will,
1 1 return to Georgia and Alabama, to resume my
labors, for tho foreign mission cause, it may not
be irapropet for mo to address ycu through the
Commission.
Let mo assureyou that -your kind co-opera¬
tion with, mo in the measures which I proposed
to you for tho advancement of the mission cause,
has very much endeared you to mo, and tendered
my laboraraoug you pleasant to myself and use¬
ful to tlm caus,e for which we have labored.
Permit mo to remind you that tho object of
my labor among yqu is neither to dictate to you
what to do, nor merely to obtain money for tho
foreign mission. My direct object is to diffuse in
formation in parts of the State where information
is needed and solicited ; to advance all the useful
institutions among you; to promote truo leligion
among you, by joining with your pastors in
preaching, and other efforts in your churches,
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tl.s Commijilon.
The value of Secret Prayer to an
Anti-mi3sionary.
A few days ago a devoted and active ftiend to
tho foteign mission cause, related to me the fol¬
lowing interesting incident, which I give
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nearly in the words of the narrator
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1 can re¬
collect:
"I was for several yeats of my life, opposed
to the plans of tho churches, in sending cut and
sustaining missionaries in heathen countries. 1
was an anti-missionary. One day'as I was pray¬
ing in secret, my heart was drawn out in pity
for sinners every where. I prayed to God most
fervently that he would fill tho whole world with
his gospel and save the perishing heathen.
“ The thought came into my mind
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fotce, as if to rebuke ma for my inconsistency,
•' You are opposing the very thing for which you
aro praying.’
"I saw my error, and determinid Iron, that
lime to advocate the missionary institution,
soon went to a meeting where there was a con¬
tribution taken up for missions, 1 gave my $5,
and have ever since been an advocate of tho for¬
eign mUsion,”
A Friend to the Heathen.
For the CommlHlon.
The Soul.
Is it true that the soul is of priceless value!
Is the soul of each person of equal value? What
would a Christian give in exchange for his soul!
Would he give up his soul, blessed as it is with
the hope of salvation, purchased ty
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bleeding,
dying Saviour, and receive in exchange the soul
of a heathen Chinese, enveloped as it is in. the
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Contributions jtf
орх. Р^рег^я
We shall soon start our new paper)1 co'nErftfntly
relyirigupon ourbietbren toj Support.. Suh’scri-
hers, (hough essentia), 'is, cot'
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that; yywiqcd.!
To, givo interest and .variety, wo., need- shorlp
spicy articles,- such as- we' k!ibwlmah'y'ar‘plit'
brethren can write, if Ihey wiH turn jbefclStefc,
feel interested in the mission' cause, or even on<r
fourth of them, were to resolve to devote two or
three hours once a month in putting their tni-aghTV
on missions to
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and- then forwarding tjtj,*a
the Corresponding Secretary fur publication, if
he deemed it suitable, what a valuable amount, of.
"copy” hd weald thus have, frotn.whijh^o*
select his monthly matter I At the’sa’me time'
the writers would bo increasing' their’own IntcP
est in missions and benefiting others. :The bro¬
ther wlio has a talent to write and interest othew
in the cause, is just as responsible for tha) ialcm,
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the brother who has money to support’: the'
cause. Let our brethren think of this, arid
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member that our time and talents belong. to. Grid1
as well as our money, There aro litile incidents
constantly occurring in the life of every pastor,
and even of our lay brethren, that wouMnffoiC a
theme for a short arlipje. .A. ministering bro¬
ther, who somerimo iigo' resolred to write regu-’
larly for. one of our papers, says ho has fen
surprised at the variety of topics that have sug-1
gested themselves to him— the increased facility1
he has acquired in writing down his' thoughts— 1 1
and tho little loss of time he has expenefed.'1
We arc confident all would experience the rarrie1
thing, if they would only Try. ’ •
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Advance in Civilization. -T-fi-; ;
A camp meeting was held, erne months since,
among the Cherokees, hy Mr. Jones, a Baptist’
missionary, assisted by Mr. Buttrick, -.of tho>
American Board, and several Cherokee preach-;
ers. In this settlement, which lias been quite
lately formed, they hare a good meeiihgTouse,
built of hewn logs, and a well to accommodate-
it with water. None but Indians Jive in this part
of the country; no white. peison(lcxcepling:Mr.-
Jones and Mr. Buttrick/was present at the.mect-.
ing; but all needful provisions Had been made
for it, and the tables were furnished'withJeVery‘
kind of food necessary ,in any country. About
four hundred were present, some of whom came
from the distance of thirty find forty miles, ’and a
few twice as far. Perfect order was observed 1
day and night, throughout. Af the close of -tho >
meeting r.ot far from twenty were found, lo.hej
atixious, some of whom wore in great' distress of
mind. A few wero indulging the hope of par-,
ion.— Journal of Missions.- - ?'
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