Home and Foreign Journal, February 1858

Л с'х /**»/*/ yt sjTO/e^^ VOLL'MB RICHMOND, VA., MARION, ALA., NASI I VII A, ТЕ NN.. 'FEBRUARY, 1858. NUMBER 8, .» »лЬ‘ PUBLISHED BY 4 nil tT.HIlUAF.Y. If 4*. ,,v ИЛНЛЯЛ. II,,. iv.~-.4it Number. 1Г *< nomfmeil lo tl.e sick cham- ,4 weeks, and ninth of ll.nl .си Uii' i nl ainl slid too feeble (o i isf |U, , ,„i in I.' walk without crutche», . . write much for the pres* , i ihii'iu t in (soitant corn's pondence. ,u i.nsi -hint aitifle.s is all vve have piepaio lor the present num- n i Sumner, who is Imre inn- '•incuts for his luliire labors, и! the balance of tho cop}’. , 'и- able in a few. days, to ro- il.tic'.if the office. Brother nl Tiuasiircr, who has been ■ п.Ч'Г of the Hoard liom its I- ijiiitc mtim tel}' acquainted ih Ians of business, lias kindly .1 liie same during our sickness absent. THE. BOARDS OF THE .^UTIIEIO BAPTIST CONVENTION. t At such time» the aervices of | ntant labor of the boardJ'iif connection Financial S’eeietaiy will be needed in tho i with the untiring am! petseVcfiog i Ifoits 'll' aia-'.l AVtuiijf. ■ pit rcgict lo see this paper dc an. ilegiee, to matters of cur- ejliil jii}ii} debut.", especially to *n from the declared „I tin' paper. It is the united oigan ollice, at tho business lias so increased that one man can be usefully employed all devoted friends ol mission., that are found the time at home. Hence it will be seen ] scattered throughout the Itaptbl Churches that the Financial Secretary of the Hoard I ol the Southern States, our Domestic and of Domestic and Indian Missions is no I Indian Mi-sioni have increased to that sinecure.. None but a inun possessed of j degree of importance, which demands no the energy and love for Christ’s cause, • small amount of prayerful Inil constant which have marked tho pa »l history оГ| attention. How vast in csteot must be Brother Sumner, is suited to such a pnsi« , 0ur field of tabor, and how numetou* tho lion. Wilh all his toil», cares and respon- ; demands from destitute and unsuppljed sibilitiea we. commend him to the sympa* sections. When we coasirfer what, is tides, prayers and encouragement of the j being done, not only' by^This board, friends оГ Hie Iledcemcr. \ but by the different 'Statp Associa- i churches and individuals, da we and one 4t home to preach to the coloured people. Who etae will came into this MUsiou Boxen. linn- The bdie, оГ the Marion llsptisl Cl, и rch,!l°L,C* 'Ы. Ш ”. "P '>Ml have made up . Urge ho, of clothing for ° 1’'СрЗГШ” ,Ь*гР*°Г,в *♦-«» Hie family of Urol her Buckner, consisting 717 ‘7 Г 7 of almost every variety of valuable, use’ „Р'Т ^ ° m-T °“n m,nJ ,Ы •* lul and substantial article, for every mem- 1 ' " h w Г'" П0"Я"' ,,0"e,rr her of the ‘amily. They have done much ‘ Ь° “Ы "C, credit lo both their kenrvolccc and good ! *’/ nn'' ,hie U.te, Their call, upon the brethren ’ lh ™ * were, generally, responded . о wilh п„оЫ«! 'led m Г.1 r !, "*“* generosity. The I, die* of the Tuscaloosa , JuTsu re ч Churrh have forwarded a «ilar ITJSJ i'""' 7Г7П a.l.|"l} foreign from the declared nnx for the family of Rev. J. Л. Slover of'l,.,', 1Ьв Ы Hh the Cherokee Mission. In a few week- 1 “ .... Ho., d, of tho Convention. To »c tr„-t, those boxes will reach. rheer77'* ‘ 7 ' 8I“!! M , i hi objfvl*. of ilK«t€ iJoards, ami menurajje ami comfort lhe-e families «ho# it. °ГШ^ °, CV0‘etJ : , !-e -huuld its columns be devo- j Cnidd our brethren and sisters, who ate .i., ' i !• 77 7 110 r'ir,IJ ' 'ul I,.- •; of a Souther. Baptist ! " fating sumptuously eve, у day.” pay ",C Pul,"lh”bwo o. .truog vv „I'-iiii'/ation is one of strife, and j "ccasir.nal visit lo these self-denying mis- 7 "U|i 7 . . . muic and more so. In our si'inaries, witne-s their scanty supplies, I , , \ ^ц11" U ^°Ur ul' 1,1 M|rion, II'' upuii.ni It has no place in this' Wl' frel confident all their wants would he I : •' * ".""."’I 7 al'P un'"’n* fur i and Us in' induction into it was j gcnero'bly supplied. Wc arc gratified to , j .i. .„ I<!' n°1' >t°ug io»t t ic oiajiy "g. .HU most earnestly protest the general chrrif, lines, with which ! ГТ Г "f ^ ^ .„•« iL Let us have one paper ul tb^e ladi„ nnJe irti ,d prosecuted Ihh t. mein.'«J,i lu»V‘bern VZ' tariS'in r, a. jiaper 0f: work of benevolence. We Irusl other jr:ci. .hmnlinr i ,i • c , , U.ltaw »;n .1 • , . , ncl1 а®чи dance, and Hie inquiry would ladies will imitate their example in fur- ! illvi, ‘ . ir, . | have gone up into the. cars of tho^Mmt trail, one missionary paper, a. paper <eire, I'Stt ! ita.tn mirjflf yc..iiaveTno I)Ttlie"ifi-|«i-iiinn toiierotetTIh" muter-. The legitimate duties as- i- '} the Ciinu'iition who appoint- s 'о ..uc .ilia-, moie than fill our • diiri ti nr. FiiiiiiH-iul f'l'i'i'OUiiy. ■ 'lie last meeting of tho Southern •i l .ii'ii'ii'ioii a resolution was adopt- ,11-iviii' the appointment ol a Fitian*. S' i пилу by the Board of Dome-tic Indian Mis-ions. The ncee.-ity of hi I'llieer ha- beru sen-ihly Ic'.t by P. .... n-r since the transfer ol the i, M.'-nni', A dc- ire to exerctae all 'ile . i "immy, and the difficulty ol in; the man of icquisitc .qualifies- • l"i 4ii'li an office, have kept the • l."ir mm mg in this matter at an 'lav. We aic now happy In an- r dial the Ri v. Marlin T Sumner, ■ '.inil, hi« acrepted Ibis appointment .• enteied up, ll hi* labors. И- * i- the lleeoriling Secrctaiy of llie ;n Mi'sioini} Board tor six or seven • uni I, is In on iht* (ienei.il Agent lor l и, и hi Tiael Society, ill Die South, llie last lour years. These rela- l"ve lurnislied him with that kuowl- a.d rv|ii'rieiiri' which emiueiilly 1 • I. ui lor hi- new aphi'ie. H Чет Sumner i* well known to many ’ • s.n.ih To such he needs no mm- lalmn fiom о*. To those who are not d Mill him it i- only necessary to ' — lli.i-c who ’(now him best end have ' "“i-l intimately associate d with him r di" tir-t to recommend him to llie 11 '"I *‘ii the office to which lie ha* been "Ued- As hi* office indicate*, hi- . ' *'H I'" routined ina'uil'/ In Die «"ul di-pirlinenl of I he Bond— Го ' 41 1 ihrnugh llie several Soutbern Stales •rl'il suitable local and Suite agfni*: I 11 ттецГитч, associations, chinches '"dividuata so far as practicable, and II ,|U1 the objects, pirn* and want» ol l,u aid agents, pa-tors and others devising l he mu-t effirient ways and Jn' ''f awakening the churches to their •“V and privilege lo labor for Chi is! : to -uiUble mi «inn a lies fof Die Inili- ’’ and destilule while sdtlcmr|i!s, and luinls in nippott tin'll,. , .There ace.a-ioni when i| vyjll к npcc>.4»; D f°r the Corresponding, Secretary lo bc1( elf and inteipreter.rtf $(100 ppr annum The ladies of Tu-caloosa, Alabama, have 4'cenliy sent him a box of clothing. Now will not sonie brother, church or associa¬ tion. undertake to build a mission liou-c for him to live in ? Aleut ?' 00 will do it. Brother Morrow has readied bis field цп^1|т [n living my old md familiar among the Creeks. The Belmboth .Wo- 1 nf |a|l0ri ] anl ц,е lnor„ reconciled as ciaiion, Georgia, fiimi-lied Ids outfit, dc frayed Ids I raveling expen-e*, and pledged In supfioit him. During Die ap¬ proaching spring or summer, it will be de. siiahle for him lo go to house-keeping He will need a liou-e. Who will ori-r and build it? Brother Hogue of Amman, Georgia, will soon be in Die Choctaw field. The " ЧЦ. »'!l be Bethel Association of Ceorgia, in ike up 1 your servant yet for Christ’» sake? From his outfit, defray hi> upm-irs out and rus- 1 Maryland to Tovj*, from Missouri to Ism him in his vroik. He will require a ( Florida, your missionaries arc lound, and liou-c to live in. Who is ready lo lurnisli j i|,ia ja Die aiea of our work: and more il? than this. Is not Shuck in California Thus far. a* suitable ministers have re- p, etching Chri-t to the people? We eponded lo our calls fur the Imi hi field' ! Р|,н11 visit the different Slates ns fast a* we '•Here am I, send me,” individuals, ! nlni BMJ (щрр ю fimi » warm and hearty churches and a-sociaiionshave been ready j welcome. May we he able to show to adopt them and pledge their support. цг,.а1(.г ,Prl,|U at nor next hienaiil meet- Thi. reidinr .-a has grcally encouraged min I inj.. j„ Birbmond, than wc have hitherto our woik. We presume our hielhren have i done. Wilh a concert of effiirt this cno be not thought of these houses. We hove not | done. We then look to our Sta'e Associ. caltad llit'ir slltntion to them bijfoie, — wiijalions, chuches, pa-lor«, individuals, lo designed doing so l.i-t month, but *iekne.» I aid us in this glorious work. In the hope prevented May we not hope that the (of a blight immortality same teadinesa will be manifest in this rp* spect as in regard lo Die eu/qmrt of these missionaries. To tlie Bnptistn of the South. In respoti-e to the call of Die Domestic ] of its secretaries, seconded by the body of : list ? Tho Board at its last meeting made . . . . . several new appointments, and other ap. plications weic befoic them. Shall they al ho made,— and who will, trusting in the Giver of our blessings, come forward and say it shall be done? Lumpkin, Ga., Nov. lltli, IS57. Поли Bno. Holman : V At the late session of our (the Bethel) Association a propo-ilion was made lo raise $G00, bv individual subsciiplion*, to sustain bi ol her B. J. Hogue, of Amer- lieu., among Die Choctaw Indians. The jertort succeeded in raising about $110, I lr°ni delegates and brethren present. The balance will doubtless soon be pledged, of which you shall he informed immedi¬ ately. We have wiitten lo brother H. and informed lion that he can hold him- sell in readiness to go. Several consid¬ erations moved the lovers of Jesus to this undci taking : First : they fell the money cri'is would materiall., diminish tho contributions of типу— and that, ihinfore, we mu-t do the mow. Second; we understood the Board had accepted brother II., and had not the funds to send him; ami we felt if we would give ns the land had prospered us, wo luiii tho funds to spare, Third ; wo believe broiher Hogue pos¬ sesses Die ability lo make him eminently ii-elnl in the field Die Board dcsiie him to occupy. As a committee, we have no iloiibi the funds will mm he pledged. As an indi¬ vidual, I will sav. consider them as pledg¬ ed, and act accoidingly, lor if any fail, ami the J>»rd givelli ability, (anil he will loi that purpose.) il shall be furthcoming belorc hi* first year is out. We had a most pleasant and profitable session— sent up mine niia*inuary money lh, in u-ual and made arrangement* lo sus¬ tain, in addition lo brothers Claik in Af- ica ami Ferryman among Die Indians, an¬ other io Africa, broiher llngun to the Choctaw;, and a.gnoil brother in our own Ьоши1ЛиПнГ Jesffiffie* nrgroeTaT” $№(!.'• So we aie beginning, I liu-l, In leel Dial we, anil w hot wc have, are Die l.oiil’e. We have and are Ihn* pledging nui selves for about $2,. '100 annually, lo give the blessed gospel to the destilule. Hut when we sha'I possess a larger men-ure of Die spirit ol our Master, we shall find I lul we have not by lulf " laid by in sloiu as the Loiil Inlli prospeied ns." We have now a " Domestic Mission Committee" for our Association, &c. In Ciiri.lian aliection, i: w. Wamm, ch'n. A (!whI Work. Brother De Volic, in writing from Co¬ in mlius, Ga., Dec. 2.1th, IS.07, gives th« following cheering intelligence : " I have been requited by a committee nf brelhieii to petition the D. M. II. S. II. Convention to ic-appoint Itev, James Whitten, missionary to the factory people. The dibit thus far ha* been Micce.sslul. A house ol vvniship co-ling (wilh the sloven and ga- fixture.*) about $1201), has been creeled and heed limn debt. . A Sabbath school ol’ from sevcnly-five to one hundred scholars organized and sus¬ tained, between fifteen anil twenty mem¬ bers received by li-ller, nml a good coo- gicgation a-sHnliled. The laciory people are pinir and llnab'c to do anything tosim |Kirt llio go-pel among Ihem-elves. Vet io all"i ding in-ii ucrittn to these numerous ihildlitl.a woik i- performed the results of which are iiiralrolalilc in the far dis¬ tant luture. For instance, one little eirl while working with her Ihhle before her, commillril Ir, memory ninety-nine vcr-cs ol our IiOid'e sermon in one week. An¬ other scholar, in two week*, lntrntd tij hmrl the whole sermon. Who can calcu¬ late Dili i Her! of llie divine seed Ihn- planted in Ihe-p two young hearts? A number nf Die best member- of our church attend regularly to teaili in this school. If у <ш will make Die appoin'ment at $300, the Columbus Baptist Mi-simiary Society vvrll pay one half thereof, $130, through your ll-MIll, " Yours truly in'onr Redeemer, "J. II Dr Votie." Tin Board at i‘s last .meeting re-ap ajqs inlcd brother W., and we are pleased at Die prospect of good nmong Me poor fishing similar, supi lie?J to oilier fairuRe», 1 High.'’" Laid, what wilt thou have > V\ e have three misemnanes airoag the ' >vhu |u,e bcPn rcjccmt,| by |,is |,)uod Ul Indians who aic unprovided with com- ! CIinlP ,inJ |lf.|p ,hem. They cannot be dis- furlaWe house» lor their lamilic-s. Bmllier ' » p|KJitilf J. Hi- people know his voice Shiver, among ihe Cherokees is supported i a,ld |eaill t|,at lt ls mute bleed lo give by one brother in Ga at a salary lor him- i Dian to teccive. In attempting to discharge the duties a* intimated in the articln of my associate, I trust, dear brethren, that [shall have your assistance, that these laburs may prove in soinn humble sense, the means of ad- r .Hiring tho interests of the Redeemer's how that the Iricmta, with whom I have аг,‘ I for to many, years been ('«-laboring, in Old Virginia, (God bless her I) will still send up their piayera to heaven for one who feels no abatement uf attachment for them, and who will continue to tememher Die as lie bears his own numerous wants to the throne of grace. Bill, brethren, wo are working together still, am I not personal matters)— I find it hard to get a place' to preach in. I intend to take the stump at one place if any opening doci not offer. I am in good spirits, — nnff why? Because Guvl says his word shall have its effect, and I cannot doubt Guvl. I believe ju.-t what he tells he will do. Some of the people are beginning lo say one to another, “Come, 1 ham heard a man that lias told me all I ever did. - And lie says he is a Baptist. I want you t* hear him." And if 1 can get them out to the go-pel lick-log, why, I can, by and by, pen them. (My sheep at home somet times get shy, anil they have to he »atted several limes hefuic 1 can get them in llie pen.) You know it will not do to pell them with pine-knots. I am виге I couM do good among’ Die Catholics with books and’ Bible». That is a good way to salt shy sinners. I want the riglft kind of books and tracts. The old priest is after me. This child of Mrs. Babylon is quite stirred up. lie Says Baptist» arc a verr ilangeiiius folks. By llie help of God, Paul said, he could do all things. Well, so can I. Il is the same God, the same gospel, Die same kind of sinners, and the same power,— these I cannot doulR. I hope the Board will pray for me, that the God of missions will he vvilh me. Yours in love, N, II. Boat. I ain yn«r«, M. T. SUM NCR. Financial Sec. Do. Я M. Miv. II., S. U Convention. From Toxiw. , • '* The clerk of the Columbus Baptist As¬ sociation, Mi*s , has sent us, by order of the As-ociation, a letter of Bio. W. 1\ Hatchett, labouring in Texas, formerly > member of Dial body. It will he inter¬ esting to our readers lo know somethin; of the slate of Baptist sentiment in that quarter. Under date of Gonzales counly, Texas, fjept. lOtli, 18.17, brother Hatchett says; "Needing ministeiial aid to labour in this part of our Ma-ter's vineyard, I send this letter to he read ill your body to con¬ vene this }ear, ( 18.17 ) 1 am on the fron¬ tier of tho Baptist churches of Ihe West, land have been called ,lo_ .’allemlmthe... I ikurchb’ MFInsr «ЙгалмЗД «Jffn ЬосЗегД». Baptist ministers are very scarce all along the settlements of the large and populous counties lying on the Giudalnepe, the San Antonio, the Colorado fioin Bislrop up, and the Brazos aborc Waco. I have travelled through Hiis section recently, and have found the inhabitants strongly tavuuiing Die pure Bible doctrines of the lldpti-ls ; and in almo-t every neighbours' hood Dm cry i*, ' Come and fettle among us. We want Baptist preaching.’ Tne Jew Baptist ministers here Have to peg- led many calls (ur help, and even then they are fiequrnlly worn down, and have to iie by or leave the country to get reel. " Now, brethren, if any ol you vvi-li lo come hern to get rich in the good thing! of ilita vvoilil, let mo say In you, don't come : but if any one, no matter how humble ami pour, can come to preach the go-pel, and i* willing lo live on brail nod btrj. and sometimes sleep under a Irfc, (as 1 liavo had In do,) while following ihe example pf Ihe Saviour in preaching lo- the poor, lei me entreat you to conic on iinioediately, for the fields are ahead; white to the harvest, and the Inlourtn nrr few. If vve don't get help, others will leap the harve-t, or it will go unrcnpctl. With aid sufficient a large number of rhuiches could be organized, that in a few year» would he srlf-.-upporiing, and even help lo r.vrry on the woik of Christianiz¬ ing the world. Shall we let this field go uncultivated when the fence is already made and the timber cut off, and the toil lich, and go to I’nieign land» in the wil¬ derness, where evciylhing must be pre- pared and cleared off and then huta small number brought in for years ? Not that vve ought nut to do Ihe latter, but the other ought nut to he left undone. Dear brethren, send u* mnlerinl aid if )oii can, and'iit least pray for in that Dm blessing of God may attend our libour*, and ’that lie would send forth labourers into thii part of his vineyard. Your brother in Chri-t W. F. Патент. Ail Interesting Lettur. We would call nttention In tho letter ol and Indian Mi-slon Board, located in ,\|a. ' brother К IV. Warren. It is truly cheer- lion, Alabama, I Irtvo an eptgd Ihe ap- ' iog to get hold of -u. h a communication, pninlment Of Financial Secretary lo Dial 1 We thank our brother for it. Tl is looks Board In doing so I am not ignorant of I a li'tle like Ihe old Goshen in Virginia \ficlory people of C. Ihn arduous duties involved, the difficol- j |; |< gi stifling lo see our Association* en- tie* to he met, and the importance of an lering upon the work of missions in such humble reliance upon Him from whom ipiiit, — God speed them. The Belliil cwnflli all help. But my dear brethren, Association in Georgia, is Dm*, by hiolhef may I promise myself also your»} mpathy j W V 'account, supporting fee n!i«»lonarie»,‘ and liberal co-operation? Though the eon- 1 — two in Africa, two among Ihe Indiana, Letter from lifo. N. II. limy. Ana coco, Sabine. La. j April 20ib, 1837. J Rev.. It.. Holman: - Dear Broiher.— (After «peaking of some Letter from Uro. It, Ilotvnrd. flmtNBTT С. II., Texas, Sept. 30tli, 1S37, Dear lino. Holman: I have jurl returned from a lour of . l-rraching through the frontier counties of Tampa**., Dornanche, Karath,' ьп<1 Bos- , qne, where I finind gicat ctaslilution, Nol a Baptist mini-tor did I lit. 1 in all these , four counlie*. I heard nf one near I he east line of Karath, but il is laid he il young and does not preach buljillle, fort), lie .is a poor man with Ihe 'clmgeipLi , family. I found a number of Bapliltsie