Home and Foreign Journal, January 1858

ц "Ьшк ‘I*J | '.РЙ1!. •ihijp «(к )LUMU RICHMOND, VA., MARION, ALA., NASHVILLE, ТЕ ' )*. if PUBLISHED BY THE BOARDS OF THE SOUTH ЕЮ ■К NN.. JANUARY, BAPTIST CONVENTION. NUMBER 7. Jill- r.- be „ay soon be able to resume the .«of his otlicc. [Secretaries of It. 1 . At. To Whom it may Concern. } fid that ought to he pondered by some Persons. b seeking material to enable in to com- uilh the request of brother Holman, hire examined more than forty num- .nf different Wecklv Journals, inclu- , . .Muiiiertm . of the I I'lctllri1 overdrawn ? Haiti more, New Orleans, Louisville, and. elsewhere answer. I.ct the disgraceful rowdyism >o often witnessed in our Leg¬ islative Halls testify. for aid in making up the Foreign Mis department of the Journal,- oiir search aid have been just about as fruitless. P. mestic Missions— Their relation the interests of our Country;,' there are considerably ^portions of- dition, without the .regular services of i who sat as queen upon the Seven Hills of Sanctuary, and .other portions which the Tiber— so shall it be with us if we у these only as they are supplied by 1 go on to till up the measure of our па¬ че can In some of our cities, and in the more Southern and South-western States gene¬ rally, this power is strong; and it is vigi¬ lant, active, and increasing its resources. Secondly. The influence of candidates for otlicc — we say not politicians, because there are many olliccs not strictly political which aie in the gift of the people— the influence of candidates for office is, not unfrequcntly, a fell-power of destruction. Men want votes. To get them they must plea-e the voters. They expect sober minded, intelligent citizens to vote accord¬ ing to their convictions of right. And, as the differences of opinion among these uch time to the preparation of, will, to n great extent, neutralize (heir would have done under ! votes, even when they constitute a con HlOS, ALABAMA. JAXU.VIIV, 1857. Tilt) Scerclttry. \ tetter bas comc band, stating that Holman is Иск. and unao le to h copy for the present number о -I the 1,Л This we shall cheerfully do as Hut as i .cess s informfitioii was received until the copy ought to have .„bud. and the approach of the M holidays does not permit any iT i0 the printing, «e shall he unable siie и m' 'wl1 “ ccs. Wc sincerely svm- j siderablc portion of (lie community, the •' with brother 11., and trust that his j votes of the less informed and less virtu- S may be of short duration, and ous must decide the contest. Here then - is opened a field for all the low tricks and mean ami contemptible arts of the un¬ scrupulous demagogue. And, alas I so fearful is the power thus invoked, that sometimes men of otherwise unblemished character, and who would he an honor in office, to their country, could they gain the po-ition by fair and honorable appeals to the good sense and patriotism alone, of their constituents, fall before the tempta¬ tion, and thus increase the evil. Is this , „ r , picture overdrawn? Let the scenes in -nearly all the Baptist papers • .'.I, and have found but one article rc- ajt: the work of the Domestic Mis- n Board, and that a communication a the Secretary. Had we been look- J These things imperil our national safe ty. Unless they can be counteracted wo sink lower and lower, until our national fabric will be submerged in Hie torrent of our corruptions. There is at’God who teignelh over. the earth. Not'forev’ervrill, ,th^iWjb6America*ibe jjermilted tojio-’ '“‘-Rhejaoibj. AsrtvitbkSoJonmh'iLGcrt afiT'S^IfR’I'y remand "Siifon" “as Wit Jeiusalem, the Holy City, and with her i-ioaaries. The Baptists of Virginia, example, are sustaining some sixty •ioaaries within the Commonwealth, yet the destitution which appeals to sympathies is far from being supplied. •"Ail the slate of things in Virginia, it must it not be in other States— es- ully in the newer States of the West ? know, not only from report, but from ■omI observation, that there are very "У of our fellow-citizens who never ' the voice of the ministers of Cliii-t any regularity or fiequency; who 4 no sanctuary privileges, and who no Sabbath, except as Sunday may ■pant in unprofitable or wicked amu-o- afi, rather than the labors of the shop «field. bder our form of government, these ,fM eilj°y the rights of freemen.— 7 vote in our elections, arid they thus 'lllule a port, ofien the rontrolingparl, be political sovereignly of the Slates d.e Nation. tionnl sins. Now to what agency can wc look to stem this current of ruin ? What can slay its destructive course, and dry up its des¬ olating waters ? Wc answer, the agency of the followers of Chiist, pul forth, in the innumerable forms of Christian dibit, for which Divine Providence affouls op¬ portunity. But, especially, the labors of the Domestic missionary. Wc need this agency to rcacli the lower cias-cs in all our large towns, and to bring under the influence of the Gospel atl classes in our growing towns and villages, and our scat¬ tered frontier population. The pa-lors of our churches cannot do this work, Where thcic are settled pastors their hands arc full of other and not less important woik. But where it is most needed, alas, there are few, or no pastors, and but little depo¬ sition to have them. No — wc who love Christ and have some ju-t appreciation of the value of the Go-pel, must send out, to This population is made 1 Hie ignorant and debased, to the destitute and demoralized, the messengers of Christ. Our duty as lovers of our Country, as good citizens, earnestly desiring the per- principle, pebul.V of our government and the happi¬ ness of our fellow-citizens demands this service at our h'nds. I’. •o a considerable extent, of foreigners, 1 »e hut little moral culture, and of ““fro® Ac older States, wlm, with- * e restraints of religious J'er- ignorant and corrupt in morals, * Ao-e States, not more from a “e t° better their condition, than to he ., r0m Ac restraints imposed by so- 1СПМ ,l- '* Шп1ГЫ ,l,al' if °tl,rr Г(М( * "‘lldicld’ !'ucll_ a population : same general character as that of the dif- -hrrnT. ‘ 10 incrM>c '8nn- ferent Associalional and Stale Boards, so Wees t M|- ' ai" Ct'lnc- ala» ! ^ f,lr relates to Domestic Missions proper, en mg to augment tins deteri- j< such as can ,be performed by no other organizaiion. While it is its policy to co¬ operate with the Slate and Local Boards, power of' ;п supplying the destitution claiming their Tito Domestic Mission Rout'd. The uoikof (his Board, though of the see, and Kentucky, for- example, have j bounden, more urgent, more sacred, more more and stronger churches than Florida, I full of promise, than to evangelize this Mississippi, Louisiana, Texas, and Mis- Ij'^t and spreading continent; to leaven soiiri, while the latter should do all they \TS^lV ЗТ’?ьЬ?1,Ю,,'.ГвГ,ги111 „„„ r ... „ , J and grace; and to seek the salvation of can lor this Board, it is to the former it these millions upon millions of immortal must look fir the principal. part of its i souls who crowd our land, and throngthe means. Let State and Associalional 1 "'аУ ,0 Heath ? To fill up our continent Boards do all they can for tie fields com- ' ?hri;,jan '."Aicnces, will open iip a , -„„,1. и ■ , . , , VI. i i lountain or blessing which will help Iowa- milled lo then- charge, hut let the churches ter „ц ,|,e da, к valleys and waste places BIBLE BOARD. NASHVILLE, TENNESSEE. remember, that over and above this they should contribute liberally to.lhc Board at Marion. Л P. Intlian NlissioiiS. In the absence of recent' information regarding the Missions ’of the Board among the Indians, wo can, only avail our¬ selves of this opportunity (p express our earnest interest in them. Vfe owe much to the Indians— more than i jo any other people except the Africans. Our farms spread over the forests and prairies where their fathers held undisputed possession, and chased Hie red deer apd the buflalo, and are enriched by the-'ashes of their wig-wams. We have taken from them their country and their homes. Can we do less than to impart to them the know¬ ledge of Christ? .' i?i The success of the Mission with which brother Buckner is connected, has been such as to encourage to renewed and still more vigorous' exertions. . pla of the earth beside. The full enlighten¬ ing of our gathering millions with the power and grace of the Gospel of Christ, must send out its light and truth, and bring the nations of the eartli to the holy hill and dwelling of our Saviour ami our God. Tlie thunder of a mighty continent is ever sounding in our cars. If its voice shall be heeded and its calls obeyed, it will he but Hie forerunner of Hie “great voices in Heaven, saying, The kingdoms of the world arc become the kingdoms of our Lord and of Ills Christ, and He shall reign for ever and ever!" But with all these wants and motives crying in our hearts, sad and evil times now usher in the year. Men’s hearts arc failing them for sorrow and fear, as losses and reverses have come in like a flood, and the very air, daik with anguish, pro¬ claims, "That riches take to themselves wings and fly away.” The times are indeed trying, but hope- j fill, in all that pertains to the spiritual ami eternal, Their evils may even bo over¬ ruled to the immediate benefit of Hie va¬ rious calls and claims of Christian be¬ nevolence. It was so in 183S, after a similar commercial crisis : the iccripls for Missionary operations were not diminish¬ ed, but rather increased; it lias been so with the. English Societies since the re¬ cent disastrous war in the Crimea am! Hundreds have been baptized, and have proved, by their subsequent conduct, that they were truly converted. ‘ Wc met with brother Buck- . CWK aifWf01B UIC ьптоа ami ncr last fab, at Nashville ^.though Iron; . India, ami it was so in the experience anil being sick, we saw but litllejof him. We 1 example of the early Church, when St, were told that he also viaS'/sick while in 1>aul commends the Christiana of Mace- Nashville. He looked ' feebil and wan- ! d“"*|. l*cau\e. " "!al °,ul of *Shl ■Й, , Л.у, -i . . °f allliclions the abundance of their joy A*;i!*'^9'0d $}!psPa: v ^ог "1апУ and iheir deep poverty abounded unto the riches of their- liberality;” He Jias given us also the secret of this apparent .pava- L. ' Г dox, tATheyiflrjt gave t.hejt, owii;aejvej jo Missions, home and foreign, fare tht The' source 011(1 ?пг|"- of natural out-working of the ^Christian Spirit. The new-born soul fejls, as onu of the first impulses of Christian life, a desire to tell others of a Saviour's love. A brother, a sister, a friend, who knows not the blessings of pardoning Grace, may- first arrestattention. Then others around. But if the feeling be unchecked by the apathy of older professors of religion, and unrepressed by the chilling incursions of selfishness, lie will never be satisfied until he has done what he can fo spread ; of uncertain riches and treasures laid up the knowledge of Christ to all Hie igno¬ rant and lost. Home anil Foreign Missions react, ben¬ eficially, upon each other. When the heart of a Christian is aroused to sympa¬ thise with the heathen — to pray, to weep, to- give for the deluded Chinaman, the de¬ graded African— he cannot fail lo sympa¬ thise with his own countrymen. So al.-o, | and judgment, all come in to do their if one have a genuine Christian sympathy i work, with his own countrymen, he cannot lie j The sums generally given for good oh- ■ i-ir . , ,i i ,* г , .| ; jeets, too, are not so large as lo be inateri- indifferent to the salvation of the heathen. , J „ _ ^ „vi| P. Was Virginia Represented in the Sunday School Convention at Nashville ? Whether she was or not, is a matter of very little consequence, except that, a mistake in so plain a matter of fact may- make the impression on the minds of tin readers of the Journal, that he who makes it is a very unreliable reporter of any facts which concern that particular subject. It sccras that Bro. Poindexter did not regard himself and Brother Walton as members. To s how with what reason I supposed them to be members, I quote from the official report of the minutes. " Resolved , That a committee of one from ench State represented be appointed by the Chair to nominate the ollicers required by the Constitution, and recommend a place lor the location of the Executive Hoard." "lb0 Chair, ( Dr. Howell) thereupon appointed the following gentlemen : Л.М. Poiwkiter, oj Virginia, J. J. Toon, of S. С., A. E. Sharpe, of Geo." foe. It seems, therefore, that if Virginia was not represented, Bro. Howell had no sus¬ picion of it at the time of Hie convention. Nor do I recollect that Bro. Poindexter made it an objection to serving on this committee that Virginia was not repre¬ sented, though I do lemembcr that he had previously stated that lie was not special¬ ly delegated lo represent Virginia, and did not know what her opinions might be. 2nd, Brother Poindexter very kindly^ states that I was mistaken on onej'pjh'eCj. point. I said, “ there wai gTeatunaplmily-. in regard to the propriety and necessity of some organizatioiVfor the purpose of secu¬ ring a greater interest in behalf of Sab-. balli,SchoolSi;andproyidihg..for^outhej:^,-^ - Ir зиПаЬГ?35Ьда_1 lure." I did not mean by-'grtaEtjMnTmf-M ty that there was perfect unanimity^ihJtj no one nor no two thought differently— hut only that the feeling was very general, almost unanimous. And I am sure that this was true so far as there was any pub¬ lic expression of opinion, objections were raised to immediate organization by bro¬ ther HilNman, brother Toon, brother How¬ ell, brother Jones, and others; but they' all, if my memory is not at fault, express¬ ly staled that they favored an organiza¬ tion. Brother Poindexter ulone publicly, in Hie convention, stated that he did not favor any organization for the objects pro- po-ed. Brother ilillsinan, who was the brought nothing into this woild, and it is |ca,|er 0f (lie opposition to immediate or- certain wc can cairy nothin,; out. In j . ь , Jc[|arcJ ,ы ,,/iC times like these, many a heart unu-ed to | » J serious thoughts learns to look upon itself, «’"* warmly .n favor of the object content. ami onward to Hie. grave, and upward to ! plated, and thought some such organization God, and Christ, and Heaven. The , H,ii would glee, us a Sunday School litem- thoughts of mercies, love, steward-hip, ,ure т, шеМ» Sl) ..ffect said the others. They were opposed lo present organization, and to .Yus/ail/e as the place, but not to organizing. Having said thus much by way of ex- The- source and spring of these happy issues was, in the simple power of self¬ consecration, hearty, sincere, full, "keep¬ ing nothing back,” but with themselves " a living sacrifice to God," writing on their time, and influence, and treasures also, “ Holiness to the Lord." In prosperous times self rules the heart, and vanity, the pride of life, luxurious living and extiavaganco take all that can be spared. Butin the day of adversity, even worldly men will pau-c in the din and eager race of life lo ask, “ What is the piolit, if they gain the woild and lo-e the soul?” and valuing aright the claims in Heaven, over the wreck of crushing changes and disappointed hopes, they oomlcr well the warning words: "We ally interfered with even in hard and evil limes, and we will hope that now, in- 1 pfonatlon of my unintentional mistakes, stead of growing less, Hyy will he multi- i jf ;lu|L,cj j WM mistaken, and having plied ami enlarged, as the frmi nf a w,l- 0|licial abstract of the mi- ling sell-denial, and deep and serious re- • . „ . r . of Missions of the Protest illlt ' Hec.ion. We tm-t that in such scion, mules lor the information of all who feel I thoughts and good impulses of the heart, intcicsled in tins most important moie- j tlie poor Missionary, in his scanty portion, meni, I • ” - - Extract from the Report of the Do¬ mestic Committee of the Hoard | ling self-denial, and deep and serious re- ' lendp- ПСУ arc exerting a potent in- «natality. lrs|. 'here i, t|,e jebnfin Homi'b Priesthood. "’e have n. ICpiseopal Clmrelt. ■ The facts and arguments of Hie follow¬ ing extract, are no less pertinent, as ad¬ dressed to Hie members of our churches, than to tho.-e for whom they are written. P. In closing this Ueport, the Domestic Committee would, with renewed e-rnesl- . . nens, press upon their fellow-members of 1 self, and luxury, and extravagance, and the Chinch, (lie wants ami claim-, anil j love nf the world, and sin have ruled and i pro-pects nf Iheir great and ever-growing ' icigncd, the Church shall reap an amp c field. They ha c endeavored to present 1 haivcst of renewed souls, of holy hearts its vast exient, its urgent and imploring and lives, and consecration ol the powers wants, its promising and inviting pro-peels, land substances of her members to the They have dwelt upon the ability and re- 1 glory of Go,!, and the cau-e and kingdom sources of the Church, and have shown of her Lord and Head, 1 " ‘ 1 " us in the coming shall adopt the suggestion so Id- pressing wants,' I, is many sorrows, may 1 ki|lJ|y mtjc bj. ni). jelr brother Poinde.x- have Ids proper place. j (сг and avoid a further discussion of the So shall our vast and imploring field ц d except so far a, may be which has been too much burdened ami ‘-uc [_ . J cur.-cd with absorbing worldlincss and reckless speculation, be thickly sown with holiness and peace ; and in the older por¬ tions of our land, where too often pride, and necessary in self defence. Л. C. D. 1- We are no poll- 1 immediate ‘attention vet it is chiefly in some of the modes in which their cause | So may it be with us in Ae coming "'"[“"г” /'"tf 1 11 a Chr' i- K ^° ",'=l,ln- or ore very feeble, that the Domes- 1 [gf lv|iatevcr (l3, jone> an,l for any ! try shall be as good and blessed as it is nrtian, we appeal lo Christ-' tic Mission Board is expc " ' l~ “ . . Js a° Ameri . lcan, to Americans, in .ГЬГ."3'"'6 СГ «nanism a-s a sys- , 0( ilnd s,ubi«t'on in religion, to the ill n e. ric.'*’ an(1 in view of its fruits tushie if it be not °rahzing and dangerous power. is emphatically for the slip titute. As such its' claims upon tribnlions of the churches in any Stale in¬ crease, just in pioportion to their capacity In supply their own wants. If Virginia, the Carolina!, Georgia, zllabama, Tennes- lected to labor. It encouragements which cheer them in their ! great and glorious; and "IJewhc .„only of the des work, they cannot but feel as if nothing j the sea," and "scttclh fast the mo iins 01.0,, the con- ™ done, while so much remains to be by b power, t done, and so little is accomplished at all commensurate with the wants of the field, or the numbers and ability qf the Church. What greater work can move and warm our thoughts and hearts, what duly is more mountains and from mountain to mountain, through¬ out our spreading land, » make righteous¬ ness and praise to spring forth before all the nations." — Spirit of Missions. . , [гйу- See Studio»!.] Stall Wo Uttve It? Shall we have a full Convention, at Amcricus next spring? Will brethren come full of the spirit ofioveforthe cause, ready to yield Iheir own opinions where they arc likely to prevent harmonious and united action and determined, by the help of Cod, that all shall bo done that ought lo he done and can be done to make the Southern Baptist Sunday School Union all ... ...ка ru(e Hi | that such an organization ought to be. .hi 'maintains f 'Vo attach such vast importance to this. movement,, and f?el that It is of so much j consequence for our brethren every where ,-; to be familiar with the objects proposed •, and the means by which they are to be accomplished, that we have' given four ' J