Home and Foreign Journal, February 1853

•.'GLUME II. RfClIMON Q|FERRUARY IS53. NUMBERS. I’UDLISHED I! Y THE BOARDS OF DOMESTIC AND FCjStEIGN MISS TONS OF TIIK SOUTHERN fflt BAPTIST CONVENTION. RD 0Г DOMESTIC MISSIONS. MARION, A LA GAMA, KEIIRUAnY, Ib33. California. - — - -- ; «unltlioa " the Jewish ehurehos by tiio Christian, wo , will not despair of seeing a lethargio church revived by u I lively pne. Reside ibis, however, the vigorous, healthy ihroes by Wh»l la our duty in regard to that golden region 1 t |;at is tbs dOly of Ibo Southern Baptist Convention in ■_-ard to It) .through its Board of -Domeatio Missions t '!,;s question has boon decided at the Nashville Couven- iii in 1851. Speaking of the Поте Sold, that body iopted. the following language . “It appears to your committee that California has pe- •iliar claims upon the friends of missions in tho South. > mv of tho members' of our Southern churches huve emi¬ tted to chtSipluce (hiring, tho Inst two years, auil tlioir ■iiuber i# роя imro tho iooroase. Cbyittiuna to (iijiforni* ,a exposecf'fo Influences peculiarly1 utifuvorab]e.tu tho i.Itivation of the religious feelings, The power which .. у niight esort over the population, if aided by tniasion- . ;.<s in tho preaching of tho gospel, the origin and support { Sabbath schools, and (bo constitution of ehurehos, will, ■ a few years, bo In a considerable measure lost, and tho ,sses, uninfluenced by religious experience, will, in alt reliability, form a oharacter exceedingly boslilo lo future coess in the cause of Christ, ’[heir locality, tho cir- oistaneos by which ihey aro surrounded, the employment which multitudes ore engaged, and the general influ- 'B for evil which aro brought to bcur upon them, call is loudly to send thorn tire missionaries of tho cross." 'a hardly a Baptist congregation of any 'importance “id' South-west, but has its representatives ost of our churches lmvo valued members « mothers in our Israel have their sons и- ristets iu Christ have (heir brethren Л gentleman from Ohio traveling in . , remarked to the editor of this papor, i , ihr 1 cmigiation from tho South* .■ uch larger in proportion than from lur 'Baptist brethren in California have tv ice urgently ealed to us to send them men, offering to support thoni soon after their arrival ai they could bccomo known mg tho brethren there. Thus far, only about $1,000 has been contributed espe- lly for the California Mission, aud a part of tins is not paid into tho treasury. This is probably entirely mg, not to want of sympathy in tho object, bnt to tho nl of thought, and of the habit of contributing lo Ibis jeot. , Л. more serious dfnicolty has been found in tho way of rocuring men— men of the rigbbkind for this work. Si* ivo heou urged to accept the appointment of,. t lbtw)Wthw!HlWirflcIIb,«di''l'*o lavd"’nof"ycf mate :oim their decisions to tho Board, and in ono ease tbo pointment was conditional, and flic way las not yet np- ared open for its completion. The truth is, our churches home have need of a great many того ministers of just 'so qualifications necessary for those who go I. .ro. ' licro is the supply of ministers to come front ' Ono of 1 most popular ministers in cue of our oily ehurehos '•'red, and was anxious to go to California, provided t ohurclt at homo would give him up. Another young nistor of more than ordinary aptitude for languages, and to, it is believed, would тако a most useful mission- у to tho Chincso in California, wrote to the cihurch to itch he had just engaged himself for tho ensuing year, to |Uost them to liberate him from his engagement. The ply was, that they knew of no where elso to look, and reforo could not relinquish their claim to him. 'Ve firmly believe, that not uu til a stronger missionary irit pervades tho churches and the ministry, rendering •'oi willing to send out several of thoir most valued ■ihron in the ministry to tho outposts, will Clod bless s’ churches at homo with a ministry at all adequate to : vir wants. Ono groat reason why we have so few ministers, is, that he life-blood of our piety is stagnating for Want of esc r- o. Missionary enterprise is ils appropriate exercise, ’■'l will roraody tho evil. For every missionary wo send "t to aid our brethren in California and tho now territo- M, God will raise us up ten at home. Another rooson why there is such a dearth of ministers, . that ins have not prayed for them .enough during tho “l twenty years, that they might be raised up. Such cu¬ prites ns these awaken prnyor. There ore now no doubt dtitudos of young men — doctors— lawyers, ihnt ought w lo abandon their professions, and devote themselves to in duties of the ministry. We trust soon lo bo abb. to announco tbo names nf two three brethren as about to sail to California. In tho '■au limo no suggest to our brethren, that it is an ontcr- • .se that can only bo undertaken in rolianco upon tho тгекез for very far larger contributions than have yet “n received for this object. Will those mothers whoso oidren have gono not contribute to send after them the “ionary of tho Cross I Will those fathers who have on their sons a portion of their properly to start them life, not aid to follow them with tho gospel, that alono able lo make (hem wise to life eternal I fn Kentucky, Tennessee and Alabama, liberal eonlribu* >ns have at once boon mado for this object where it bas m presented, and general interest seems to havo been ■ited. The following resolution* were passed at tho last meet- . e of the Alabama Association . Haol Old, That California, from its geographical nqsi- n, from iti commercial advantages, and tbo rapid in* ; ease of its population, presents strong claims upon the ■ novolence cl tlm Christian world. Resolved, That we believe it to bo tbo duty of Southern Raptists to semi out missionaries, as speedily as possible, 1 ■ that inviting field. t | (Tbo delegates came forward and contributed instanter j ‘be sum of sixty dollars, for Missions to California, lo bo , ‘cat up to tho Board of llomestio Missions at MaricD.) I Tho Clrculaiioa of the Gospel bj Пояс JllssI №it. a Condition of Its full Success. j There is, perhaps, no law so indelibly inscribed j very aurface of all thiugs as tins— There must bo Ci t tion. | blithesome ii I that is desirable . . . ,, , . , ,, , . Hl'w duos evangelical offort tend to strengthen i ■ , 0 ,7,°° .kub"ld lhe Tra,10n °r ,his ™ lb* 1 ЫМ» a gr,ro of Christianity t Surely, fuitb must here be steal world! 1 on may see “l pervading every thing, fern exercised. Truly, It shall thus bo strengthened. Or 'the the planet etrejrag in its 'rbit, or whole system* revolr»g • Ubor of lovo ■ Huoh a work eon well employ onr labors round И unknown centre, to the blood which eoursenuu j and our energies. Iforo is occupation for them all-time, _.aeh van, оГ the minutest insect. * ' j ^ prajor, ofIort. WlJ, 0llr unJerlliing i( ,;lerillj ,v« how full ot doviees nalure to keep water In <#i- J alupcndous! Nothing less than to infuse tho warm flow. 1a '/mul ,T 10 ы- WW-! Ир « » Surlourt blood into each oUm.wd vein of .hi», , Off Wbs to the seat or now tho Ru evaporates it, -to our globe, till its ovory part become instinct with spiritual descend in distant showers on the thirsty earth, , The | life. With such an object, what exertions shall , eem too winds ripple its burfji'e,— the lidos mid etirrenis move it* nervous 1 depllu Or observe how this law affects air. lUrifled' hy'j And if it be true, as true it is, that the very lifo-Uood heat, um pends and ascends, while frrali breezes hurry fo I of tho church is stagnating for tho want of aotoonhat to ! supply ifa place. Tho lightning divuJes-the thunder . stir it into motion, where may she And so suitable a reiue- 1 to'ea it. ’ - ' Throughout the vegetable world, too. tho same regu ■ Gon prevails. The ground, exhausted in a fop. years, elass of productions is spontaneously succeeded by ahf I thor, while tho seed, borne on tbo wings of tho wind, | grate in quest of a new soil. Thus, then, through I nuturo we sec this law extended. Wo sec it, too, as I oessary to preservation us to improvement. I.ot it Ын posed— stagnation, min, must ensue. Let it be ond all tho blossings of nature aro more equally diffu j more widely extendod, better preserved. ц ; And this law extends equally to tlm intellefllool as ; tho physical world. Ideas and priiicq les must bitd'ti (circulation. Alono in tho mind, however true. eg liiq j tent in themselves, they stnonite, ferment, put riff | bfyt| inp the most lontlixuine and pestilent heresies, ijltt 1 in contact with ether opinions, they are refined'frcro dro-s, at tho same time that they diffuse *Hoir truth. j dy, so healthful an exercise' This, aud th is alone, oaa avert | those fitful, foarful paroxysms of spasmodic action which 1 emr succeed to u state of relaxation, and seem often as if I about to upheave by their convulsive throbbing] tbo very' 1 sltars of tlie land. And further : By circulating tho truth, are wo not se¬ curing a supply for ourselves in tho day of adversity' The gospel has wilhored for a time, tike seed on au ex¬ hausted soil, throughout ell tho countries where it was Ural planted— the Indy city mournoth. Our inissionarwa arc ! re-1 1 nailing »horo St. I'atil and St. Luke trod, l'lvon the 1 lends of J.tnhor and tho Boformed ore largely ovorruu ■with scepticism. Where, too, is now tho seed of tho Hu¬ guenots t Ami who knows what blasts of irreligion and infidelity are on tho hind of tho pilgrims and the isle of tho ,een' Already ll.o skies are blackening, the winds aro «ling, “ tho sea and wavee roaring." And perolmnco, mold evils befall, and the tornado sweep clean tho face tho land, those far-off ones to whom ive Imve carried lie bread of life any restore the good seed to our own soil. Cast tkn tliy bread upon the tuners . thou shall find it .tier mini days, (live a portion to seven, and also to Henco it has eier b.en a fixed principle of wise govtrrw I inent to aid the circulation of knowledge, and this utiu , j for ils conservatiie than its progressive tendency., Праге, too, it haa happened that as in most European. govern¬ ments, this circulation has been most complete in' tbo tatd-fcbht, for H,ou kuowext net' wbat evils shall bo'uwm'tho die classes, so those Imvo usually preserved the Integrity *>.b,,h“ 'Twill tlejj hotly Iheo and thino with more bles- of the civil institutions, while both the extremities of wloty jj than number'. Biffuso iton the thirsty havo repeatedly given symptoms of decay. ,* ii ' -ТО?1Й|;%^авШ181ег1 Anil spring ;up and'hW- If, then, circulation bo thus a fundamei'»n1 _ i.0- moral world mt sueii is the lout. , .|„|| ,.;c|,l , ,s. |, harxrcs' in ' “ The Word of Hie Lord” must ham “free course," that |,t, Гг,,„ „ ,|r.. j, ,|иц 0|„lr owa{ ,ьс ,)CS|f„i vap„r, 0f it may -‘be glorified." The gospel muM go out from tlm s, „„q n„.t f.,|| tl,e bright -eem-ry el- bosom of the Cliri- ti.ltl, or it will slaennto til it. i Hero also the samo twu-ftdd blessing is observable wbioh i we have before traced, namely—' That it lends at once to conserve and to extend— to prevent stagnation at borne, < and diffuso benefits abroad— to return rich blessings lo tho ‘ lands from which tho circulation commences, no less than to cam- them to those towards which it tends. So that tlm si'.-. / Propose.! S. S. funifnllon at Mmontl. We tako pleasure in directing attention to tho oall for a S. 8. Convention, to be found in another column. The children now growing up are to witness and participate in '.ho Saviour represents the gospel as at onco flowing from ! B”n's ЛШщ “• TI‘oy nro tbo hope of tlm , the Christian in rivers of living water, and in bin, a well of ! of ",c яor,ll• AnJ я‘' n™ «bJ “c° “ m0¥C- water bubbling up with perpetual freshness. i UKnt fut 1,10 “'lc,,tlon of 0,,r ch‘,rol,M ™\° Tbo blossings of this regulation lo those lands toward fu, -V ,0 ,,ho ” ,hoic Christ, an tru.„ ng. t и ; wide!, lire circulation is directed, it is almost superfluous to j ^meetml wtl h I ho progress of Umst s kingdom name. Fourteen or fifteen years ago, it was shewn that^ ^ «»d abroad ^ e trust the Convention «,11 b. j tho foreign missionary eflorts of the last half century, iu- . “,,on'1^ »■"» Ьч»1? auecc.sful. ! с^1оп' ne b'iv" hccn' criPP^ rosouroes, op- 1 w< ub (1;i, n№aluu of o;rnestlj r 0 c of : posed by persecution, baffled by .l.«ase weakened b, tho MilllllC5 llf „very Baptist Convention nnd Association . deaths, delayed by translation, bad yet yielded on an avo- . tlirnugl,oul „,u 8oul)l and S,jUlh^Mt. i rago between three and four hundred conversions to each , i missionary who bas lived Ю learn tho language of tho no- • lives. A far larger harvest than has iprnng up lo reward | Applications, LOmmiinlcallOtlS, &C. ' an equal amount of regular pastoral labor. How, then, I Jlpplication of the Baptist church, Houston, Miss. ' may we account for this greater fruitfulness of (ho gospel ' |8ince tho following was written, a brother Lockett has in heathen than in Christian lands ! Thus only: It is n | been invited to tho two churches named below, with assis- i fresh spot, a first crop. The spiritual soil is not ex- (onco from tho Board of Domestic Missions.) ’ hnnsted. I Xbo population is about 800 or 1,000 souls. We have Tlm domestic missionary effort 1ms fow of these diffieul- 1 nll0nt 6(1 „^i^, |„ our c|,urch at this time. Tho usual ties lo overcome. Tbo benefit! wbicli recur to the lands congregations are very good, numbering from *00 to 500. I from wbioh the gospel emanates aro bets chiefly to ho con. j Thcro ш sn,,,rai ohurcbov in tho immediate neighborhood, . sidcrcd. Contrast them with tbo baneful results of s ' |,u( „ц Jrc ^applied with preaching save ono, and that ono nogleoted circulation. |e desirons'of obtaining aid from tho Board, being desli. | To tho Jews of old wore committed tho oracles of God, lale ij|CQ ourKlvcs. As to tho number of their members i but when they refused to circulate them, they foil from ; j cannot now give yon, but those of thorn I do knew are j thoir high estate. Religion soon withered in thoir own , „( ,|l0 <|Uality. beurls, and they were cut off foe unbelief. j Dro, .Intnos Davis’ health, I fear, would not justify biro On the other band, is it not obvious that those portions ja ипф]Г, siting the task of becoming our pastor. We of tbo ebureb which havo most engaged in circulating the 1 цр, ,0 |,ave (ho jorvices of n minister two Sabbaths d vino teaebingw, Lave been always preportionaWyfaronusfor ' ;n шип(],. ()„r chureb is generally poor, nnd not alio , tbo bcaltbfolncss of thoir own piety. "There is that scatter- 1 10 pag ong somo fl||| DOt pJy os much as they «re ; c'li, and yet incrcaselh, nnd there is that wilbboldoth more . oj,|Ci Judging from the past, I do not beliovo, in onr pre- th«n is meet, and it Icndoth to poverty,” , Mnt coaelition, that thero conld le more than $100 raised, How many are tho blessed effects of this law ! By its лцс|, „ (j,,- amount wo have heretofore paid, and that operation tbo primitive spirit of Christianity is reflected nrMOunl pa;,| by very few of the members; although I be. back upon the homo ebureb, and this equally by iboso who ]jeTl. t)lere ш^|,[ bo roach more raised if we wero in a ' go, and those to whom they nro sent. Truly, if any thing prMperoll, condition, ami bad a regular minister to attend ! short of i miracle may startla from thoir trance of supine- , M> one (|,nl w,,uld bo able to rightly divide tho word of I ness iboso who aro "at ease iu Zion,” tho itnngo of a g0j| SI1I| gjve ,.ac|, his portion in due season. The other i Christion brother passing slowly before them with apostolic . 0(,urc|, mcnt|nn(d would pay about tho same as ours, or ! spirit to diffuse tho Word of Life through the extremities i p^rhapw a little more, as they are much abler than we are. i of tho earth, will accomplish it. ! \Ve havo a large and commodious house of worship non I There is too, a more silent, though not less nlfeclive ' cnjcr con,plelio», wbicli has been a very heavy draw on a : mode by wbioh primitive piety is revived in tho older parte , 0[ USj n„t being alia to hear it. Onr situation rr ' of the church— namely, beholding tho spirit of tho younger j ^„]ros *jmeibing to bo done pretty loon. 1 'converts. As tho new converts can obtain but little . The Oampbellite.s are poisoning tunny of the mindi of traditional knowiedgo of duty and of religion, they aro 0Bt fdfoavcitlsetis, and hare taken several from tho differ- naturally led to a more unbiassed and original j(Bt chnrohei of tbiiphec. of the Word of Ood, gathering thence, if cot at once, a more complete knowledge, and what il of much greater Importance, fir more of tho spirit and fragracce of primi¬ tive piety. And if St. 1'icl could lopo to “ provoke to Done by otdrr of ibo church In conference. S. 0. Gmeswood, W. M. Mornr, J. T.Gwrrw, Con'e. letter from the pastor of the Cohesion church, Texas. (This church has long been kept weak by the removal of its most active members from the city.) •' I regret that I sm not able to send you a more favora- Vo account of the church In this city, end givo more satii- faetory evidence of the success of the efforts which you are hero sustaining. Hut duty is ours, success God alono can give; results aro with him. This is all that Г have had to sustain me. • •» Wo are still a ebureb, although much weaker than when I list reported to the Board. You will see thht we havo benirdismissing moro members, and as these were working members, we feel their loss; such bas been the character of tuost of thoso wo have dismissed the present ycar.'.'l am-bfermstUlhat Ibis church bas suffered- much since its organisation from tbo samo cause. I bad hoped, however, that it would bo otherwise. Had this hope been realized, tlm ebureb would luvo. been able next year to susloia'hcr pastor without assistance. This was the strong desire and expectation of tho church and myself. But God has or¬ dered it otherwise. Notwithstanding tlieso drawbacks, the gospel has boon regularly administered, and the affjirs of Ibo church conducted systematically, in peace an.l union, and I bopo for the glory of God. Somo of the brclhrca are not without hope of better times. As regards myself, I hardly know what to do. Tho church is determined to do nil in her power to raise the necessary amount to sustain mo the next year. They re¬ gard it ns of tho greatest importance to sustain tho church during the next year,— to be destitute cf a pastor is al¬ most equivalent lo giviug np tbo canso. But I know that they cannot nisi) my entire support,— it will lo difficult for item to raise what they havo been giving sinco iny set¬ tlement hero. Tlmy disliko to apply to tbo Board, no much lias already been done for them, and they profess no further claims; but Ihey dislike more to abandon tho cause, and therefore they instruct ir.o to apply onco more for oil. After mv.eh relloctiou and prayer, I Imvo concluded it to be my duty, notwithstanding tho disenuragcmeuls of this Held, lo continue hero another year, if tho Hoard think it my duty, and are willing; to continue their appropriation. Tho difficulties no encounter hero aro peculiar lonll now ■ countrios. Such » measure of prosperity may bo. granted J us tho next year as will pbco Ibo cburcli. beyond tluj heiJcf of help. Tb'ieh'Jtch will - с-.ч . — .Ini-rti. can bo raljed.. "\Vh«t|i -I can bettor decile t oMoVjp^t'WaTl.O lyjtod’kjioni-ol'd РмаггсЙ linn- that I shall r... longer itt.Inlgo them. 1 Micro ii Iby ' duty lu stay if try support rut ho raised. Whatever course tlm Board shall take, my Conscience will approve. It may lie proper to add, that Ibis able and cfficicut pastor bas been urgeJ to accept on appointment as Profes¬ sor in tho Baylor University, nitli special reference, wo believe, to preparing Iboso who aro studying with a view to Ibo miniatry, His final decision wo bare not yot learned. Jlpplication of the jhlniua Georgia Baptist Church. Wo boro been appointed a committee of the Atlanti Baptist church lo ask of your Board a continuance cf aid in supporting bro. IV. JI. Hebert for the ensuing year, Tho population cf Atlanta is over 1,000, and ronslantly increasing. OurcLuroh numbers 138 members, vir : 31 white males, HO females, and 1 1 blacks. There is noolher Baptist ohurch in tbo city or vicinity. Bro. Robert's labors for tlm put year bare boon well received, and tho congregation considerably increased. Thero havo been 21 persons added lo tbo ebureb by ex¬ perience during Ibo past yoar. Bro. Hubert is very ac¬ tive, industrious and zealous. Hit regular services during Sabbath, are attendance at Sabbath-school ill the niorning, preaching at И Л. M., again ot 3 P. M. to tbo black*, and in tlm evening preaching or prayer-meeting, as is tLought best, Thero is almost constant necessity through tho week for bis visits to the members of his church and con. grogntion, so that all bis time can bo well employ'd. Nothing has occurred to disturb the harmony and quiet of tbo cliunjb during the past year, ond much geM feeling marks their deliberations. We trnst our call on your Board will not b in vain, and bopo tho timo is not far distant when tho Atlanta ehureb will be one of the most liberal contributors to tbo Domestic Board. B. F. Homan, 1 c ;.. J. 0. McDaniel, j Г. 8. lire. Robert now lives in Atlanta, which will increase his expenses, aj well as his usefulness. Application of ths Pendleton, S. C., Baptist church. Tho Baptist ehnrch at thia place is under the necessity of renewing their application for aid in supporting a poster for the ensuing year, and offer for the consideration of tbo Board the following facts and reasons: 1. A majority of our members are females; several, of whom belong to the best families in tbo place, with largo and interesting families of children, who are regular At¬ tendants both of church and Sabbath school. The beads cf somo cf tbo families have, however, other predilections, and contribute but little to the support of the church. 2. Ours is tbo junior church in the pbco, and was erected by a few zealous members, by extraordinary effort. 3. Wo believe tbo church can only bo sustained by br¬ ing au educated minister on tho spot. 4. Tho church has had to contend against adverse lufla-” ^ cnees since it has been established. Wo Lave also bad to encounter tho hostility of Jhs Episcopal church, which war excited in consequence of one of (heir members leaving that. church and Joining (ho Bap- (ist. .The person alluded to Is а ЫуоГАм aeqoirymeoV, and is now ono of our most zealona and Mliyp. »«*#«£ . • - • • >1» h