Home and Foreign Journal, February 1860

УОЫ'МЕ IX. RICHMOND, УЛ., AIAIUON, ALA., NASI1VILLU, TENN., FEBRUARY, 1SG0. NUMBER 8. PUBLISHED BY THE BOARDS OF THE SOUTHERN BAPTIST CONVENTION. LVTiP \! дазГ.ЛиВЛМЛ, KKliUl’.VUY, 1M0. Our .Vsnclale. Paring llic bt *«■> wir Moved ocnto. Lwilior Holman, lias been mi- j И perform any office «oik, in c.mso- il№ of in affection of his eye?, I'n.ni ho has suffcrctl severely. l'Y.irs .are дао.1 by phy-ioiaii tint lie my v.rireJ eulively ofsi^bt. Пекин been ;,wJby liim t" dr-i-t IVoiii all labor tint j„ Ы tat the organ-*. We regret ;Я.|ЧП'",|| of tin’ labors о1' m> useful an l’arke Hank, New Vink, for Two llumlreel PoIIjis, for the tioiiilicm Baptist Domestic Mission Hoard. Yours truly, W. 11. T. •To Vo и г Credit." MM't Л1». __ I liave ib'l'ii-itcil to your ciedit ill - l ive Hundred Hollar-, niy donation to the Domestic Mis-ion Hoard of the S. H. (!. Yours truly, T. I*. M. l'rsolmi, That in the death of our belo¬ ved brother, the cause of Chris*, lias lost л devoted friend, and an earnest and success¬ ful laborer, nliosc desire and aim were ever to advance the interest:! of humble piety, and the salvation of immortal souls. honor and bless to the salvation of precious snub. Besides theso are found several Chinese converts preaching Christ to tlio A few Words from Iiro. Shuck. Sacramento, Cal., Deo. 2, 1S50. “ By your last favour I received notice of willing hearers. Two church edifices are my. appointment as ° r .• i ,i .. I Caliturni». This is in consonance w in my now in process of erection under the super- : ,0|1„ сЬсг;аЫ w.ialic9. i hi„ccrely lift my vision of our missionaries. The money has ' |icalt t0 (-u(j j*or |-tes|, spiritual preparation An Enlightened I'oiNelencc. It КАП THIS I.KTTKIt. ("hmhii*, (la., Dee. Hitli, 1859. Di'.Mi Hun. Su.MMtit: Mince 1 saw ynu at the Association, 1 nm ( ciiii'inceil I did not pay you ач much in I т an I a of our brethren ui« interest , ought to bate done, mi hero are fifteen dob ir w.iyeri. that he may ho speedily re- Ur* <Slf,) more for the Marion Hoard. " ltd ,,| ю bcid lb. In the meanwhile, we jlJollie lest we can. 'and hope for the ,„nac J cooperation of the friends of the rnuiwo и eau-.'. M. T. Sumner, .V. .See. Appointments fur Jannarj. .,1V h. Geiger, T.ituall comity, (la. T 1’ llooil, H.i'e-villo, Aik. , .ff. Webb, West Point, Miss. BE.AmilMMB.NTS. r R. Ford, Xa-hvillc, Тонн, i. (loo. Mitchell, St. Louis, Mo., to the Hermans. ,T Harvey Gilbert, California, rJ.T.il’. Vernon, Hartwell and Mill- Town churches, Ha. 11. C Bay ly, .Stokes’ and l'ursy th eo.'s, X.C. ,v M. ijamtt, Гмоп, Spring Hill and Providence churches, Ala. |i 0. Lawrence, Mt. Gilead and Pvovi- iknee churches, Ala. Iv.Z.G. Henderson, Pensacola, Fla. Oar Receipts, lir.ng this sea-on of the year, are unit-n¬ it where you need it inn-t. I am now on my way to M., where [ shall settle tempo- rurily i,t lea-t. I will try my best In iirou-e the mkhmary spirit that seems to he slum¬ bering in a measure in that portion of the field, Vonrs truly, A. L. 11. ••In One Corner." We received an official letter from a bro¬ ther in Virgina, and in оно comer, very modc-tly e.\prc-.sed, is (ho following: "In the course nf the Spring draw on me lbr Filly Dollar*, as a contribution from mo to your came." Thank you, brother, in behalf of (iod’s poor, •* Inasmuch as you have ilono.it unto one of the lea-t of these my brethren, yo have done it unto mo." А Пне Imposed. Dear Hi'.orimt Sumner. 1 thank you for yours of the 17th, this moment at hand, notifying mo of my rciui.v ness in not long since remitting the Soli, subscribed in liicliumml k-t May, lbr the Hum’s Mission House*. Often have I thought of this amount when -away . from loi-lriis-, tnfil’ViijJijiiig the comforts of a ■juit t home, but tievir at the proper time, „ , , , , , viz. wlieii at and diiriue bu-im-s hours. .; small, and, thcrelore, we are under the xll|Wltl|lll K [ ulll wuher forgetful when at *4J ot гецие those who e.ib-eobed j bu-iinae, about matters outside, and apart mt salts! of Domestic and Indian Miv from regular bii.-inc.s-. I name this as an mat oar association» Li-t year, and have . c!.cii-o, but not to ju-tilv my neglect. I >ud the amount of tbeiv subscriptions, *"r< '""I;"*;' " f'"" '*'■ f ' Л1""' 'l'* -!Г . 1 the tault i have eolimultisl, I it So long with- wtitil tliein. a toon as convenient to unr . |lll!,|:|lf. ,|1;l, which iiuelit siv . . tin ngu a-uier, Win. lioriibuekle, Marimi, -M.i. • hum sent lbr the benefit of others »mrc Hu demands upon us, during the Spring. , ms tly, and more wolthy. I * nelo-o you my ■ * icy. llMhrm, rum-ink- mu- nce.n- "" -Vl'" Y"lk >'ir f*-b ami hope it will eolne sale to hand, and mii.uii, Vuur-, very truly. Plieek n-eeivid— thanks lbr this prompt reply and gi neruus gift. Thelunu-e is up, and brother Hums enjoying its comfort. Wlio is lint thankful till- cold winter i1 ISaplkiiN ‘ol during lie (jnarh t rwlimj J) rc.31. !*■»• •, 131»; Blacks, 53. Clerks of Association*. j" "i|uest (he Clerks nf nil the Haptist |">’,.itioii*, throughout the South, to lbr- ['Иь a copy of their .Minutes for l.'5'.l. “|ie this reipiest will he pnnnptly coin- 1 a villi, and our grateful thanks shall I * mimed. Address •• I), .mestie Hoard, И'-п, Ala,” The Right Kind. 'Fucked 1 hope y.-u will find S3 for !: m Missions. May a gracious tlnd bless I work.” I Herewith I semi you a draft nu New nn* for One Hundred Dollars, which 1 “ill please apply to Dome-tie or Indian I »nis. as ino-t needed.” Tours truly, _ „ "fi'ro. Sumner: "disc1 j SCII,i yftn So0 for j ‘Wan Jli»imn from a sister in Vancey- fsihurch, X. 0. Vours truly, Ik Dodson. hwtWizc all the ministers in N. C. I *° И brother D. has, — send us any Г* placed in your hands lbr Domestic . khan Missions, We would like to f ’J'uto all our ministering brethren agents 1 c Hoard. Brethren, will you serve? ‘'РУ и litre. Iw, , , lfimiihtit, Mo, Li*, ,. c«Jnscd 85, and appropriate I1n Missions, and m.iy the Lord |iifv и. . -.-ms, mm may tl I.: own name in the conversion of H»i- 1 "amo in the c F * uns. With much estc- tours, Л. s; “Once 3Iorc.” Tmn-i ,, . „ Atvjmla, Oa. t , e, 3 favor I al" permitted 10 hand you enclosed, check on Ksioali’dge Incwaslng. Wc are pleased to find upon our table " The li.ipti-t Messenger,” lief. M. I.jou lMitnv ami Proprietor. Mempids, Teaue- see, This is a valuable ad-litiou to the finn- ily of religion* Ncw.-pipir.-, and bids fair to become the lion of its tribe. We received the first number of tin* *• L-iiidni.irk Banner and Cherokee B.ipli-t," but have failed to receive any oilier num¬ ber, P.ditcd by Rev. J. M. \\o«*l. May it be a useful contribution to the cause of a sound religious literature. We liuve ill received the first two num¬ bers of the “ Baptist Correspondent,” IMi- ted by Bov, W. C. Buck, Marion, Alabama. The lvlitor will feel at lmme on resinning the Chair F.dilorial. lie will bring the ex- pevieneo of many years to bis aid. So wc see there is a prospect of having a sufficient supply of lloligioui Newspapers. We should have noticed the first two at an earlier date, but absence from the office in performance of duties, and pressing engagements, while at home, are our only excuse. /.Wwf, That we sympathise with the not been spent in vain, the labor not with- 1 for the great year’s v*rk before n.o. I am v ‘ ..... _ Г I.,... . . rant l riTllVOTS. bereaved family of tho deceased, .ami com¬ mend them to tho consolations of Him who :Cmd, « ever caretli for uvemd, wbinte grace is sulfi- lient under all the trials of life. lirvi/ml, That a copy of these resolu¬ tions be placed upon the records of the Board, and be sent lbr publication ’in the Mis-is- sippi Baptist and, also bo furnished to the family of the deceased. | By order of the Board, i W.M. II. MolSToSU, 1 ’residua. 11. Hot, MAN, ) c, , ■( M.T. Su.'iNrat, j ,<'u'rf,"r,c*; J iiriuii, Ait., Dec. llitli, 1859. California.: Нес. .A /,. Shuck mijnrd the jMilanite nf lit" Sucrttinatto Church— Gamut Mis- twnurj fur Ctllfurniii — His llr/.ttrlurr. It is now some five ot six years since bro¬ ther Shuck left the Eastern States for a res¬ idence in California. ' ' The L’nlcrpr!ze._ The expectations of the- friends of the Mission enterprise, which lie was coiiunl- sioiicd to sti| crintcnd, have not been di*a|i. pointed. The Domestic Board, aided Ay tliat noble land of brethren iu Virginia, the Hoard of the Goshen Association, entered red - t-chir тотк?" ire.h’as’cstaojeihed an effi¬ cient and working cfuircK In^Sicrbmento City. IJuilt a chapel for the u*o of tho Chinese congregation, and baptized many into the fellowship of both these ilmielics. Several of the Chinese convcits have been lieen-cd to preach the go- pel to their fellow countrymen, and have lurni-hed substantial aid iu promoting the cau-e i f Christ in that i’aeilic State, whither thou-niids of China's inhabitants have flocked in pursuit of the trea-ures of thin world — blessed lie God, many of them have found the putrl if ijrral price. " Ihiptist Cm idtir." In addition to these labors, bmtlicr 8, lia-, out tho most cheering results. Chinese CumcrU. Two nf the Chinese converts, Ah Mooey and Leong Cliak, who have been engaged for some time iu preaching to their country¬ men, in California, have returned to China and are now in the service of the Foreign Board as Missionaries in Canton. Remark¬ able providence ! But we rejoice that our brother Shuck has been able to see bis la¬ bors so much blessed, and that, thuugli lie could nut himself return to China, lie could furnish China's own sons made anew in Christ Jesus, through Ids hutule efi'urts to bold up the cross iu that idolatrous land, where re]ioses the mortal remains of his sainted llcnricttl. IIAHVI'.V aiLNUKT. Tlds good brother writes : “ For two weeks past 1 have been engaged in getting material fur building ■•SAX Г.Л1П.Ш, n.UTIST INSTIITTF. I have undertaken to build a house thirty by forty-ciglit feet, two stories high. The lower story twelve Icet, and the upper story nine feet, with a steeple fur bell. Height of building from the top of the first floor lo tbe top of steeple forty-three feet. The effort I make alone without calling on other churches. The material for the building is nearly all on the ground, and the carpen¬ ters hard at work. 1 have your sympathies and prayers, .vs оцо 1 struck tlic first lick since sure I Two days ago _ - bearing of my new appointment, by secu¬ ring an eligible lot, 100 by 130, for a Bap¬ tist church in the new town of Lincoln, five miles from Sacramento, at tlo cud ot the Hailroad. It was presented by Col. \V km, the proprietor of the town. " I bar e been sent for to preach the ded¬ ication of brother Gilbert’s new edifice at isan Raphael, and the first Sunday after my new appointment takes effect will likely bo there. 1 will keep you constantly posted of my movements, Jtc., Ac. "Tho Chinese brethren arc affording mo fine help in the servico of the chapel. There are several more eri(|uircrs on hand. 1 shall not be away too often, or go too far, so as to endanger this .interesting enter- prize here. 1 mentioned in my last the baptism of All Kec. There is one more unusually' bright man whom I hope soon to baptize, and have hopes of his useful¬ ness, “ Davis and Hopps are tangibly encour¬ aged iu their field. So is West. Gilbert is specially rejoicing in the promising pros¬ pects of his labours.” with fear ami trembling uponjthe re-|«m.-i- bility of sustaining ыу expensive a mission. Hut the effort has been generously and promptly kept up. Brother;. Shuck lias - - shown himself a man ^ rill, plastered and hard finished. And thus ur- am lipping to finish plastered ganiic a Baptist church, and open a board¬ ing-school under the Bapti-t name. Г have raised one tlnni-aml- dollars on subscription, part of it paid, and the balance l expect to get while the building is going up, and constantly increase the amount. I have lut so much as called upon one Baptist memlii r. In cause they are down in Marin county, mid aie paying me for preaching perhaps as much as they arc able to pay. 1 think by anil by the Baptist members will help « hat they possibly can. The Baptist denomination in this У lute havo tried sev¬ eral times to establish a Baptist seminary, but have always failed to acemupli-h any- ‘luring the past year, devoted considerable "dug for want of union and menns. 1 b Rev. Martin Ball. Whereas, in the providence of an all wise God, brother Martin Ball, our agent ia Mis¬ sissippi, lias been removed by death, from the field of his earthly labors, therefore, llcsnh-td, That while we deem it our duly to submit to this painful dispensation with Christian resignation, wc cannot but feci that a heavy blow lias fallen upon the Board of Domestic and Indian Missions of tho Southern Baptist Convention. of his time to the editing of tho " Baptist Circular.” He found it ncce.-svry to have au organ in C. that could be employed in sustaining Baptist views of the great Bible doctrines, and arou-ing a deeper feeling of interest among the scattered brethren found throughout this rapidly growing territory. General Missionary, But the time bad come, as lie conscieu- tiini-ly believed, when be ши break loose from these endeared relations and take into view the wants and interests of the whole State. He therefore resolved to resign the pastorial office, and receive a commission from tlic Hoard as its General Missionary, to look after the feeble churches, gather into church organizations the scattered Baptists, and encourage the pastors in their soui- saving work, as well as to look out and bring into efficient operation the young men of talent who might, under God, be made instru¬ ments of doing much good, A great work indeed 1 Who is sufficient fur sucli respon¬ sibilities 1 May the Great Teacher qualify our brother for Ids new position, and make him eminently useful. concluded then could bo no reasonable ob¬ jections to my doing all 1 can in every way In promote the Baptist cau-e. 'Jim build¬ ing will cost about 82,090 ; and 1 necessa¬ rily want faith tliat works by love, and per¬ severance also, unto tin: end, until the building is paid for, the church mid school established, and in successful operation. “ l'KOsl’KCTH. *• Tho Baptists in this State are evidently \ increasing iu unmbers, ami l havo rca.-on ; to believe in luve and good woiks.” Tlic (fermans. ST. (1UNF.V1F.VJ:, 510. . . “ I have ju't returned homo after an ab¬ sence of four weeks. I hope my journey was not in vain. Yesterday I had a very full Imasc, with a German Catholic family, fiv in number. Had some conversation, and read the Bible lo them till 11 o'clock the night. Tlicy wcro V5ryjri4idly„^<7-- .invitcd-niC'-lOlij'bMr T have- nopq of •*' them if they stay away from tho priest. I visited the “SOlTHUItN MISSOURI CONVENTION, on tlic 2nd Friday in October, 1859, and found enough talk, but I am sorry to say, a little missionary action. My dear brethren in the ministry neglect to teach their mem¬ bers their duty. We have wealth enough in our Plate and churches, but tho brethren won’t east their bread u|*on the waters; and 1 believe only because they are igno¬ rant, and know not that every believer is a priest of Giid, and if they cannot preach the Gospel themselves, they owe the great duty to God to sustain others, and if every,, minister would leach the whole Bible it would bo different. Wc have thousands of Gcim.au • Cliinc.se Convcrls. j Brother , Shuck, Nuv. 18th, 1859, rays: j On lust January evening, at the close of a missionary discourse to a large audience, 1 baptized atiullier interesting and intelli¬ gent Chinese convert, named All Kec. There ure still other inquirers. Indeed, this man is not tho ouo 1 supposed would ; lo tho next to avow Christ openly. It is tho Lord's doing, I'raiso lo his name!” Brother S. further says, “Tho Chinese 1 brethren are again refitting their “CHAl'EL, , and have in hand nearly all the money M e commend him to the prayers of all _ ПСС(Ы for thc cxpcnso. Thc.. arc activu who love our Lord Jesus Christ. _ anJ co.orerativo Christians. One of the J he Change. grcat hinderanccs to ministers in this coun- Tlicrc was no one in California that onr * try is thc lack of co operation on tlic part brother could regard as his co-laborer when of mcinbc s of thc churches, Chinese ho landed in San Francisco, 1854. How brethren set an example worthy of imita- greatly has God blessed this mission, now , tion by our American mcmbeis. These under tho appointment of the Board of Do- ■ good Chinese brethren, too, nialo it a point mcRtic Missions of thc Southern Baptist to share in tho Convention, can be found, Oilbcrt, West, D.ivis, and Hopps, all good and true men, whose labors the Great Master is pleased to “ EXPENSES, necessary in sustaining tho preaching tlic Gospel,” of “ IDOL-WORSllirrnttS in our State, (heathens.) Tin) Americans in MisNiuri have money enough' to send them the bread of life, but if it was not for the honourable Board of tho Southern Haptist Convention in Marion, these poor Germans would set in darkness and die as idol-nnrsliippers. May tho Lord ldcss your Ibeitd and people, temporally and spiritu¬ ally, in this у oi Id, and much more in tho world to come. Auien. “ Petek Kline. “AW. 23(5, 1859.” ST. LOUIS, 510. As a church, wo are in thc sowing time, but it seems to me, wo shall iu due time lo permitted to harvest again. Dee. 20th wo had a SUNDAY SCIIOM, CEI.L'BIUTION in ouv iiiceting-lioibc, which was quite full, wc made presents to sixty-threo children, as they al! attended our school regularly with few exceptions. Tho parents of these children attended this feast also, though most of them arc nut Baptists. BENEVOLENCE OI’ THE CllUItCir. My people paid this quarter $17 75 to our 8 и ml ay school. NEW ORLEANS, LA. Strong Faith. " Our cuemie.s,” writes brother W. Fasch- ing, “ do all they can to stop us in our work. Tho Lutherans and Methodists aro preaching agaiust us, and have forbidden their members to go to our meetings) Ac. But what arc all tho men to- Him who hid power iu heaven and on earth 1 Therefore, ' pray for us, and for tho work in our city. A Warm Breeze. Bro. Alfred Corn, Georgia, writes: “I have just closed a meeting of considerable ' interest, which continued ’ nine days ; and