Home and Foreign Journal, January 1853

VOLUME II. ilICIIMONJ)j .‘JANUARY 1S53. PUnUSHED BY T1IE BOARDS OP DOMESTIC AND L’OAKD 01’’ DOMESTIC MISSIONS, MARION. AUUAMA, JANUARY, ibK. The Bapllst Cans* la New Orleans. It is generslly known that th, first Baptist Cburcb in Orlonni Imre lost their bouse pf worship, although у bare by no means, dissolved their organiaatiun. [0 ■ овал lime Iba executors of the will of the Ute 0. nrldiiig, Esqr., bare sold the lot end buildings, the pro- -di of which Ivors to" bo applied to the emotion of' a iptist house of worship. The sale has produced $21,000. .e terms of die trill are suoli, however, that this money or . ,• bouso of worship purchased with it, cannot he made г to the first .church, but must bo transferred to some urob to he constituted hereafter itt the new house. This ., eviaion of -the will is unusual and difficult to be complied . 'h. Tlo executor» «го not mombcrs of the Baptist do¬ mination even; they have nut therefore the necessary ..era of tbcinsolvcs to fulfil the provisions nf the will. -I/ cannot constitute a llaptist church. It is howcvor II understood that as professions! gentlemen they feel a -t and honorable desire that the intentions of the will Mild he fully complied with. Any two or throe llaptist uistors, with half a dozen members in regular standing, old eoastitute a ehureh that could legally receive I In ■репу. This however would he a very irregular way. might be, of carrying out llio intcutiuns of do will, uu- , the Baptist denomination at large were more fully i icsenled in do transaction. Morsuvcr $21,000 may oe quite inadequate in such a city as New Orleans, to id ahottse adspted to meet the wants of suoh a church’ ■ light easily he gathered in that great city. Го moot this, at the last niccling of the Mississippi llap- ' Convention a series of resolutions weie adopted, re- vting the Conventions and tionerul Associations of Aht- Louisiana, Georgia, Kentuclpand Teunessee, to send ehurohes. eh one delegate to meet jn Now Orleans at some early .reaient time, appointed by the Board uf Domestic Mia- • us, confer with foe .executors of the Paulding estate, •..*o measures for raising, if ruecesaary, on additional sum m the erection of a suflablo hou>o or houses of worship; ami endeavor to leotire the objeot of the will m die most vtual mantier; nimely, that tLo vburch to be constituted, il be constituted on auoh principle» and in such a rnan- , as oray lest'eecuro them th- full confidence and co- ratbu of do whole denomination. In tho meantime, a series of resolution» were proposed ehureh i NUMBER 7:‘ -ION MISSIONS OF THE SOUTHERN BAPTIST CONVENTION. lint intention of do testator; „ _ _ . .... A. wTrifc» "fr'l 1 bal ',4 Стгм,‘пп* 11,111 ОепсгД Tho following is tho reply just received from a minuter st: isasssas *■“ l" - •• •• .••*» . representative; » ho, together with tho President of djl ■ N'ovEJIOtn 23/1 1>, 1§52. \ end tho Corresponding Secretary of the IW4; , ^car ,c,,oc’ informing too of niy.appoinlnient м aims- « " bse/clsstht'ltslfe": .VI .1,1 „Г M tlaplnt residents and also of the immense number who ай-; W . 1 ennessec, for the purpose of carrying into effect nually visit that city. ff do Nashville resolutions, published in the “Tennessee •2nd lodrreu, we leurn that the lecmcvof tho late Curl baptist.” nehua 1 uuliling, Esq., for tho erection of a house of wort ship, may prove insufficient fully to carry out tho bone' ' “Who \illl ‘go, and wlio shall wo seo4 ? ” Convention . . . milom V'™111'' ™. ‘o' шмГ|| sierrary И California, has been on band several wools, and Of cn-opemiing in' “о’^Гп^Гтипшит,! '^d. to^ * hurcho in OrLan.*, ami of ruining funds to aid in- <%Пла. I am hew n prwoncr, mnlcr the ward of 1 10 -reel, ,,n „1 one house of worship, or ns.ie, and to carry Effulgent and lind jailors, who are willing to give huu- Kiit ** C‘ ^ Iff “ *F T. but not a dime ,0 get mo a tay. I, 2. Rtsolwl, Thai tho executors of do will nf the late ^ 11114 1 rt"uU S1" to for. Corueliua Paulding, Ksq.,ur- hereby res pool fully requested? M“ m>’ !mscnt I1™4 1 K4 1 litorally frail of California, to corilcr and cu-o| orate with tho said conuuitlev, as far at. ah^ regard it as tho mo){ important field now offered to may he consistent with their duty in carrying into effo-t imoricim Christian enterprise; and fondly have I some- рпжаздайагя “ar“ *: house of worship. * 4,1 *оше c*tcnl o4llll« for tl.O 11П of rjy youth, 111 0. Resolved, That the Board of Doineatio Missions a! Marion, Alabama, is hereby requested to notify tho Boa of the aforesaid Conventions end General JUocinthi , — — - . . ..«sue unions. and appoint u suitable time or times nf mooting for si ’ committee, and labor to curry into effect ibe geii-rali jecia of those resoliuions, and that in so doing, we pledge! ilioiu our hearty e.i-opontuni and support, d. Raolwl, That when, in occur lane» niih due notlfo cation, any thru nf the above cninnurtco meet in New Or. leans, they shull form, in tlo1 view of this Convention, »’ quorum for the transaction of lu-mtss. rttifling tho voice of conscience, which pointed mo to a for- |«ign field. But, I trust th» good Master will accept my irvices, where I аш nut permitted to make a sacrifice torth the nmno. ■■/гаЬ <0up 3}li35iBiinrif2. ’fidjiS.KMiou jiv.tbe..Il«atj»t Aiibmi. йи;5^1{!яг.,[г1 ■ о «tiff' responded to by iltsslsaippi, proposing tb ! that four fiat Misiiuuarieo should bo siistainod by tho Board of I' (noetic Missions of the Southern llaptist Convention io » Orleans, so as to make a strong effort with some of f strongest men f,.r that great city. The Stale of Ala- ’■** "вега ‘n bear tho expense of supporting a man, if any ■ of tho Slates uf Mississippi, Tennessee, Kontuoky or ■•-gia will do the same. Are there nut to be found in each of those States, or any Jicin, fifteen men who will contributo $l(tO a year each ■"«.srds the tarrying out uf the enterprise’ We are in- ■’d to ask this question, by a brothor who offers to bo ' fo do it and wbo mentions tliu nirne of another brotli- wltu offers a donation of $50. Cclost are the resolutions of tho Mississippi and Alaha- ''onventiona iu regard to this great enterprise. '' boreal, in the opinion of this Convention, it is expe- ■i to have at least five able and efficient ministers of ro'pcl of tho Baptist denomination permanently Inea- in Clio city of New Orleans, in order to effect tin's de¬ al I'd* result, ■'■V it riiolveil, That a proposition is hereby made fur • Convention to support a minister in said city of New 1 -ans, and will furnish the menu» neeessury to do so. Proportion of MinEWs in Members. Tho Baptists in the 1'iiited States have about 1 1 ,00 anil about ti, bin ministers. Muny ministers? Wisconsin and Minnesota territory, lii vttki, but doling all the time my pulpit was well supplied with preaching. This accounts for. tho blank m шу report as to .family visits. ' . * . 1 can sco very plaiuly that my abac nee has rut'us back a little, but it was unavoidable. Our Sabbath school and congregations beeanm a little scattered, but they are grad: ually filling up again. During this quarter, three того of our best members moved from the city. True, wa received ihrco ucw ones, but they have yet to ho proved, ’tf Xfiau have kralth, I do not despair of ultimata success, though my health is precarious in this climate, I cannot, trust myself hero again in. July and August, Dr. J«t»'rts^>- moral has depressed us some, .but the 'cause ip God’s; and;.., I'ftftrwti-spLjLiv*.. . . During my absence, I preached to a colony of lirolhren®' that went out from our little ehureh and oettlci|.atT,raino Ii. Crosses, Wis. it was on the occasion of opening a neat littlo houso for worship, which they had just complctod. It was a delightful season. , Wo are endeavoring to secure a lot for a meetiog-houbo. I ha vo obtained pledges and money to tho amount of ,ouo thousand dollars, hut lots are so dear here that wo can’t begirt to buy with this amount. I hope, того will bo forthcoming in duo season. 1 propose holding n series of meetings soon, snd trust tho Imrd will Men us. I shall also hold a meeting as^ soon as business resumes its activity, for the especial ben¬ efit of the domestic mission treasury. Our cburch have decide1! on tho matter, and are only awaiting a favorable opportunity. The ehureh, Г am glnd to tap, 'Contributes frooty for the Genera! Association of our State, Sabbath school», foreign missions, the Bible Society,’ nndhlio nexY ! offort is to be for jonr IJuard. I hope wo ihalTraiso the amount of ono quarter, at least. however, that LOror.lNHA. { waxmcT Qff'&U'uruA'. Wtuhington— Report of Rto. S. 1’. Ш1. I send you my last report. After thia, we «bull not ask ву того aid from your Society, but will endeavor to re¬ turn, as we may bo ublo, what you hare already been so ’ aid as to afford us. . proaob to more oburehes tbnn one; and типу others are S Me feel very grateful to tbo Society for its timoly and ! destitute. Tbo comparative scarcity of 'ministers ота$ &Ывааи1»псе, and trust it nny be like bread cast upon ! bamiony, but no have had no additions to our number» Baptism, as compared with other denominations, ПиуЪо water», to be found after many days. ; 't0 havu'disiniucJ obo by letter, .leaving 6ur ptvscnl tram- seen in the following table, furnished by Rev. t}.‘ M.- r<. *,'• ' Iiavi Spratt, agent of the Ponn'a Edaoalim Socioty:- Epiuoiipaliaua have 1 uiiui-tcr to (IScomunioicant». t'ongreguttnnalists, I “ 111 Presbyterians, Methodist», Baptist-, II.) till ]:i2 »• (IranJ Chiaur.—Utpon of Rio. I!. П. Carttr, The church at the Grand Chineer has boon in peace and ,V< ti 9C{4f ' , „ . The following if tf*^giBpT5™mf.iw’ on ijpreipn and Domestic Missions, adopted by the above body at its roeent sessions; The report was niisniniousTy adopted, anJ pledges to tho amount of $.'!lff 70 were obtained in behalf of tho California mission. ltd. Mat. HiUsman, chairman of the committee, read us follows Your committee arc fully impressed with the importance and obligation to aid both these important enterprises, and commend them to tho favorablo notion of all our churches. We arc nf opinion, however, that the cause of foreign illu¬ sions run best he subserved at this time by this Associa¬ tion, through the Domestic Mission Board of the Southern Baptist Convention, in an enterprise tnoa'nbHsh missions in Californio. The field of operations of the above named Board is both foreign and domestic in its population, and present» tho most interesting work which American Bap¬ tist» have ever been eallml upon to perform. Tint vast territory is filling up with a rapidity unprece¬ dented in the history of the country, ifhd is drawing to it¬ self tho sons of cur own State, and of tho whole South. — many of whom are Baptists, and all of whom need the '•'dci etch or any one of the Conventions of Misausip- blessings of tho gospel. Georgia, Kentucky, or Tennessee, each furnish the | In addition to this, China is pouring avast population ms necessary to support an aide minister— said minis- ;nln ,|ш1 oountrv— a population of idolaters, who worship s to be appointed by the D.ime-ric Mission Board of the , ^ and „lincs_,„„|, „f-rbeir own make There is niiern Baptist !,emontmn,and the means to he forward- : , . . , >-.v each oi the sev, ral Conventhms to the said Boatd. olr< I‘1,N “ popula.mn of nearly fifty thousand Uiineso ш Rnnlonl, That our delegate» to these several Con- ! the territory, and advice» fr.no tlm celestial empire inform lions with whom 00 correspond, present this matter to ' ,ц font the depths of that cast country have been agitated 1 Gonveptions. And tlmt tlm «ecrolnry of this tlouvon- | willl ,|1(| .,го,.чч!1 ,,f California gold, and will continue (0 I tnr* to forward a eopy of those resolutions to , ^ nf mn int0 tta J several Convontiood. ami ti> solicit thoir Meeptoueo of * , , , 1 .... * t 'П.Л.Л toon aun tbnn ntlii ВЙ1 These Inen are heathen, olid seem to hnve been sent to proposition hereby submitted. , , tc » 1, . . . . , . our very doors by the providence of Uod, foot they may 'he following arc tho report ot the coromittoo and the , ; ’ . . , , . . , , . I,.,. .? . ,. ... .learn tbo news of salvation, and boar it back to their ditfions of tho Mississippi Baptist State Convention, on . , Alabama Stale Convention resolutions, in regard to or"in,r.'nmn “ nm ■ , , ... Southern Baptists have become impressed with the idee, that in California Uod has opened the door of access to » Orleans : ’ho committee appointed to respond to .1,0 resolutions 111 t-nuorma.o о» у»» »» “ be Alabama State Conventinn, with reference to the Cluno-po.otcd out the most certain mean, of it. eonver- (»irt cf a missionary or missiotiariee in the city of Now sion to Christianity ; and they liavo urged it upon the -an», beg leave to report; _ Southern Board to make a vigorous and special effort to CluutMoo'jn—Rrpor! of fin. If. Hood, о Our church h.ia suffered «опт trouble, through a disor¬ derly, trouUcsomo man, who intruded himself among us ynr organization. Wc Ьяч-поа g.,i rid of him, and I wo shall hale sene j-o r Onr churvli и growing *'.h>'c'iff^td:'u5iui'dkfo'*proir«Si?&ci,r^it!’^55!^t№wp^|>Tfjjp5i'it«,iIifh^i*5Mmi1 ■first ffabbetl. in next month. I returned., a fosr days ego , intellect Lui toInralTo T.iigliali' WuStlon . ffiBf frniu the Hi«Maco Assoc i.it‘u*n, of which we aro now a brought up on tbo water. • ' ' member. It was a very pleasant and interesting meeting. Andrews settle . . № miles nnnh, is very inconvenient This body is waking cp In earnest to the importance of fo[ l0 hUcnd. J \a„ nct b„c„ ,b!o to attend hero on domestic missions. fiflli Sunday». Seven uiado profession of religion, but I отшил. have net opened a dour at this place yet. Manta— Report of Ute. IV, 11. Robert. , Mmon'i Парой.— Our mootings aro becoming more in- Dnring the last quarter my internal encrou.ed much in tM*li"3 14 ,llis Г»11'4- Three were haptired at our last my field of labor. I believe that the general progresi cf ■ uie'lli"ff’ “"nl oll’ers fulinJ fl,or nllb (,c"1' lnJ 1 tcn°- the cause was nuire marked than at any previous time this year. Wo had a very interesting meeting, which lasted over a week, and resulted in tho addition of four whites by baptism. This meeting was only discontinued because of the excitement incident to the agricultural fair held iu the city, and tho India» fair of our church, which was advertised for tho some time at nights. Tho Spirit of God seemed to rest ral feeling seemed to spread through the congregation. We )>opo to cmililirto a church thoro soon. fLoitm.t. AVy lit и and Tamp 1, — Report of l!ev. J. II. Rreaktr. A largo portion of my labors during tho last quarter, have been devoted to Татра rind Hernando. I have liocn induced to turn my attention to this section upon the people, and in the close of the meeting many ^ 0f fo, country) from tho favorable indications of success In loomed enquiring the way to ’/.ion- Wo have now ten can- ( establishing permanent religious interests among tho dcsti- inctropiili» of the south-wo.t, of vital cnrisoqtienre to upon that object, progress of our principles in the west. Impressed Your commitlio arc of tbo opinion, that this object will ’ ,,kc importaneo of this great mission, they suggest g( ogfe cnm,ucnfi re the liberality of nil our broth, lour efficient men, of promising talent» and fervent admirable object to call forth their co¬ lor Christ, should bo sought nut and commissioned by гоп, enn wni oe . j Marion Board of Domestic Missions, who shall go to orgies and uarlod activity. Coinbming, as it does, foe ’ Orleans, lay off the city in four districts, rusiritain features of both foreign end domestic missions, it will em- 1 didate.i (colored people) waiting the ordinance of baptists and several whites who desire to join, and probably would hove dune mi hut for my sickness. _ I was provenlod from doing sny visiting during tho month of September. My pulpit has only been closed twice, as I scoured supplioa the rest of the time, so that my congregations arc el ill ro- apcolullc, large end attentive. aitnonr. Da,h Co. — Report of Ret . S. L. Rickie.). Thre’ baptised, and one received by letter. T visited the General Association of the State of Miseeri- ri, held in Saline county Mo., commencing on foe ‘25th of August, at which meeting, there seemed quilo a feeling in fovor of the mission cause ; and a large collection was taken up for Domestic mission», about fifteen hundred dol¬ lars, including tho amount sent up he tho ohurohe». I traveled about 800 miles goiug sod returning to that meeting. I elso visited a camp meeting in Го!к County, Mo., whore wo had a good meeting, many souls ^converted. I also visited the Cede’ Association north of Dado 00. This was also an uncommonly good meeting, and very many a good feeling on there two last meet¬ ings, 1 trevoleil auoui uu mu»», mi uie whole distance I bavo trended in this quarter is about 612 miles. I have, during the present quarter preached 8 funeral sermons, and assisted in preaching 5 others. St. Louie.— Report of Rev. Edward J. Otren. Our Sunday school is in 1 very flourishing state; the -eat ерше в . hie tffJZJ&ZSSZ Wi' them both, ГпТГгетйьеи^в^оУ onr Vrelhrea to I average «tendance duriog fo.sumnrerb, been on, Ыга- 1 prayer /.reeling», and establish .\bbiitb scbimls, and - , . which wiH ■„„„ under Ood, » more »trik- , *«d. Our oongrogatrons will generally averags rnnoty. ar Mat once a mouth кише together to h»l«l a conterence, , rpmlt | We thmk our [roifecU are того favorable now than ovef - once a mouth кише ошш io now а «ашмташи, . . - - , uudk our froipec l-er eipcricnccs of graco. and receive candidates for W .rid gforrous revolt. ,t,J before. 11 'Ч«т. To carry out this project, ynur committee recour- We therefore present /he following resolntion» for the '*"d. that tbo Baptists nf this .'tale be urgently solicited ,,|„.,iion of the Association : ' . u, ..... I . 1' ... .. f,.. * lit# nteot . t е «»• < .st.li.. _ .l. и.,1 Яллп havinir f ■Report of Rtc. Joe. Il'alker. iailetil, That wc cordially approve the action cf the | ?oon after having forwarded my last quarterly report, I Board of tho Southern Baptist Convention, at Marion, in , war again taken lick. Tho disease was billrous dysentery, making . vigorous effort to occupy with Baptist mission.- • wbieb at that season of foe year .sometimes terminates m rierr the whoio of California. 1 «bolero. By tho attention of two skrlfol physician., I was limited, That we reeomm.nd to our Rxteodn Hoard ’«* far m lord .1 to be able to leave the etty on the 20th ч '"ulriLuta,?»' largo amounts us possible for thus great “"’к They suggest that all tho minister» of our State ho ’«quested to present this subject to their respective cou- onions, AH of which is respectfully submitted. - -ЙЙ ' w-*=sU= * a is. 1 a J* . « tv n* I was absent in ■S-t her 87. The common number of our congregation 100 attentive hearers. The prejudices of cor Catholic friends seem to gite way slowly. Ono of them sent mo an.miita- " tion to preach at his house in pushing, width I intend to do. Cali asieii Paie. — Our congri'gatiou is always attealtyeiP berc, about 50 iu nuirjrcr ; cur sea-faring I ШЩМ lute. Tho j resent prospect of an immediate removal of the Indians from tho State, will at once open a wido door to emigration, and a very extensive field will snnn bo open fur missionary labor in this section of tho State. As yet, I have not tsien able to do much того than sorvey tho field. After lily arrangements arc made, and appointments permanently fixed, I hope to givo you an account of more effective icrvios. AHKAN8 IB. Communication from J. C. llrikep, etjr,, Cor. Sect. IVhiti Ilivtr Convention at llalueillt. ■ 1 have just returned from the 3rd quarterly meeting of the Executive Board of tho White River Arkansas Bap¬ tist Convention. As usual wc had a very harmonious meeting. ' It is truly interesting to mo, to see in this section tbo advancement aod improvement in the Baptists, since tho organisation of tho Whito River Arkansas Convention, The cbnrcbos sro beginning to discharge their duly to¬ wards their ministers; wo hear in some parts of their fields of labor that many souls sro brought to the knowledge of the truth through tho [reaching of tho blessed gospel. Ia the White Hirer Association, where Elder John Wolf, one of your missionaries, travels aod administer» the word of eternal truth, some fifty or sixty bare Leon rnado the hap¬ py recipients of pardoning grace, ar.d many old saint» strengthened ou their journey to tire promisoJ land. And that is not all; a unanimity of sentiment prevailing, orthodoxy, ami consistency. I know of hat 000 Associ¬ ation in and near to uj but what is in good standing and fellowship. I learn from Elder Cox who resides in the Eastern por¬ tion, siy in Philips or the adjacent county, that through^ foe instrumentality of Elder Wm. M. Lea and himself, tw¬ in that section they will be able to form a missionary; association, consisting of вошо fivo or six churches, lb!», fall. ' i And bit year about this time or little before, there **», - bat one church in that section, and that joined the Воску- Bayou Association, in 1851. The Board took up your suggestion trpoa tbo lubjeofef distributing and selling liiblcs, TcaUmeoli,' Hymn; *ngj ^ . i 0/