- Title
- Home and Foreign Journal, March 1859
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- Date
- 1859
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- Volume
- 8
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- 9
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- Editor
- ["Poindexter, A. M. (Abram Maer), 1809-1872"]
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- Creator
- ["Southern Baptist Convention"]
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Home and Foreign Journal, March 1859
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RICHMOND,. VA, MARION; 'ALA., NASHVILLE, TENNi, MARCH, 1850.
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PUBLISHED BY THE BOARDS
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BAPTIST CONVENTION.
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AT THE
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MEETING.
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g' q_ iVatson, Little ltocfc, Ark.
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0 Mly> Sa,cm & 'vinston> N' C-
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Ark-
'k-appoi-vimems.
1 1 Via, Kellcl, North Fork, Ark.
I. ;q'W. Kcniiard, Uatcsvillo, .
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", D. Ii. Bale, Shelbyville, Term.
INDIAN APPOINTMENTS.
Alexander l’opc, Choctaw. ,
. tValker— A-dah-kec, Cherokee.
| lYbat is Pone oil the Field.
nJ. A. McGuire, Monroe, La., i.u his
hnjort,».”.
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is with much pleasure
r.j jou the enclosed quarterly report,
ijilv'The Lord hath done great things
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'«hereof wo aro glad/ I have, in
fane, attentive congregations, but. no ad-
, of white members ; much interest
juifestod by the colored people, and
j have been riccivcd by baptism, and
i ly idler, since my hist report, and
nsre expected. The little church at
sew, (four miles distant, on the
eside of the river,) of which I wrote
enjoyed n recital indeed. It was
I dead— numbering only 17 members
il no pastor. As I wrote you, the house
I worship io Monroe is occupied by other
Inainations also, and I agreed to go to
IrMmicw ono Saturday and Sabbath in
Lh month, and the Lord has blessed them
il refreshing season. Tucnty-thrce have
l radio! there by baptism, ami fee by
r.uul |bcm js_a. prospect of more.11 ..
in July
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lii . campi^&^Jpfo'tractcd
РхЙЙфПй’.мЬтШто,
J.havo.rc-
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|in'c^ott_ jbtonsjntqithyfello'p ship of
jf.wfeai ffiT h<J-‘! Lord 'has dorie-'great
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Os/wjierciffAvy arqglaS, and Still
ime luffered jnrt!le .tost twelve
«f-jfom. tbyosiilo jntiaps.j '.The lat-
'■p{rt bf laat October/they murdered Mr.
№yfamiIy,V^fepP£er-'tbem 'they
ll/prisonm,, _and*>.eat ^apd.,, starved
thik&UtoVIcath'iibuti'tbey have.bccn
atde'll waj a dreadful rfiassacre. Time
ШьЛ
deliil’ailthe horrors on tho
s of Texas m/the last twelve months;
|j(*e hope for- better 'times. I think it is
itant for 'us', to, extend our missionary
i still further West and. South-west,
it
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couiitry/from' this to the mouth
|.“S.hioGrande, with a small exception,
Inpitit^pr'lbjitlat preaching.”
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1 1 Tho Now*Orleans. Churcli.
I “»ill be gratifying to the friends of the
rft..Co.'|Vcntion throughout tho South,
ytid Treasurer of tho. Trustees of the
Ьйщ Имо
Baptist Church, New Or-
hw^.Jnmcs II. Low, b abb to give
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tjjclqw.- “It only remains for the
pW^to.Como up punctually now and
We amount of their subscriptions, and
ill* *1 B9.1ong standing,. will bd removed.
ri/Wh' brethren, ' to pay vp your sub-
M1 Kve Thousand Dollars
(«5,000)
|*e Tubed iu the Coliseum Place Baptist
"Тл
n the last' Sabbath in January to
! “ 6 c*°so' this business. Wo arc
b report to tho. Convention, in
/i.bat thisVrhf ,u paid',
1Ыив^1™1*
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Coliseum
4li-“f'-'PTISTClIURCII,‘NEwORLEANS.
j i»W 8'v« notice to the Subscribers to
.Hteum Plac„ Baptist Church, „New
rStanf-i 1 n. amount of Sl.5,000,
WIl/i hquidate tho ilpbt 'upon, the
LYa" ?** ^eetf's&ured in cash or rclia"-
“cpiptions; and I now callfilpon all
rrfpcraoiu.who havo made subscriptions,
PtlAf ,t?“cunl °f the same to the Trca*
Kt£'hT,4 ^"tcstic Mission Board of'the
this business before the meeting of the Con¬
vention iu May next JAM 1.3 II, LOW,
Treasurer if the. Board of fruiters of Col,
Place Baptist Church, A no Orleans.
New Orleans, Jan..2oth, 1858.
Response to the “ Dime Plan.”
Marion, Feb. 9th, 1859.
Dear Bro. Sumner, — Enclosed I hand
you (827) Twenty-Seven Dollars for Domes¬
tic Missions, made up on the “ Dime Plan"
by tho Sabbath School of tho. Siloam bapt¬
ist Church..
Yours truly,
A. 'B. GOODHUE, Superintendent.
ij/This' ia tho first responso'to' .big- Dime com
tributions. A good beginning. Thanks to
the children. Who will send us No. 2?
Wo wait to see.
Our Colored Missions.
Hro. Henry II. liutler, Washington City,
D. C., in a late communication, says, “Wc
aro now settled in our new house of wor¬
ship, and everything in our midst, and oven
around us, bear a favorable aspect to our
prosperity, lirotherly love, and a spirit of
peace and harmony, seem to be permanently
seated in the hearts and minds of tho mem¬
bers; and the people of tho neighborhood,-
both white and colored, visit us and treat us
witli rill duo respect. Our Sabbath School
is coming up again, and our congregations
increasing.”
From our Friends.
It is cheering to receive such proofs of
intercut in the work of missions as the
following. May such friends uever grow
less.
Greenville, S. C.
Enclosed I send you a clicck for 840 on
Now York, in payment of pledge of Sun¬
day School and myself, for completion of
fund iiir Indian Mission House. The
School had the amount raised by Christmas
as they promised. Next year our school icill
raise 850 cuch for Foreign and Domestic
What Other schpol.wjll .follow thp above
example, ad^et once, set about the work . of
raising a hundred
(Миг^||1^;усагД1859)
for,' our .iplssiorisf .iV'.cari^ Ssil/bc idonq' in
many, of pur 'schools if proper, • stcpij prg ta-
k'cn.-- Tho Lord bless tho children- and
teachers 'of tho Qreenvillo' Sqnday iScn'ool.
* - 1 ' ‘ AhyustafGa. ,
1 Fleasc find enclosed5 a cheek on Union
Bank, New York, for 8200. My New YoaVe
offering to the Southern Baptist Mission
Board.* With kind wishes,
Truly, " - :•
Thank you, my brother, for your annual
gift. May your heart bo cheered as you
shall witness tho happy fruits of your libe¬
rality.
Efimjham P. 0. Marion Dis., S. C.
Enclosed you will find 85 20 for Indian
Missions. Five ccnt3 a week which I have
laid aside since I was married^ Though it
is quite a small .donation, yet is a pleasure
for mo to remit it'for tho furtherance of tho
Gospel, f'
Youra,' — •
Wo inVitc tho. attention of our sisters in
tho clinreh to the above note., Would'nt
you increase your annual donalionsUrtlio
cause of missions by adopting a systematic
course of tills kind ?
Albany, Ga.
Please accept tho enclosed mite SI, from
a lover of the causc'of missions,who is poor
in
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this-WdV goods.”' - •
It may bo said, “she hath given
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than they all.” "As God hath prospered
you, Ac.”
Liberty, Mo.
Enclosed picaso find 810, five dollars for
Domestic Mission, five for Indian Missions,
Yours, Ac. - .
Wo would be glad to hear oftencr from
our Missouri friend. Thanks to Brother M.
for this kind remembrance.
Clinton, Im.
“Tho above, (draft on New Orleans for
§100) is for the cause of Domestic Mis¬
sions.”
Yrs. truly, -
This is another New Year’s offering’, and
like (lie one front Augusta, Ga., conics an¬
nually/ Tho Lord bless the. donor.
, '. — From Californio.
I LETTER- ntOM^BEy. j- LEWIS SHUCK.
Sacramento, Dqc. l7, I85S. _
. it _ V'tiwn l
two last numhors of tho " Baptist Circular"
which I herewith, jeqd you, will show de¬
nominational advancement in this hard field.
But’ wo must ‘ have more nicril “Jusi now
there 'aro four most'- important, openings —
all vacant, about which}. cherish a sort of
consuming anxiptyjto fy^fillcd^,1 These are,
Pint. The growing', 'city .of. Marysville,
containing eight or ten thousand inhabitants,
but no Baptist minister'"- _ 4 •
Second A iiiost proto isfog'-circuit com¬
posed of tiro three .fanning bcighborhooda
of. Putah Creek, Cuc/ie^Creef, qtd Knight's
eit composed of the thriving hitif of Afar-
Fourth. A "ricw'aniL'promisihg field“at
Piuta Arena, ninety miles on tho coast
north of San Francisco.,
Cannot something bo done to meet tho
wants of tho above places? I hardly know
which is the most important. If you send
any laborers, it would bo well to direct them
to come direct to Sacramento, and from this
point tho whole field can ho surveyed and a
minister can dccido understanding^ ns to
what position he should occupy. The “Cir¬
cular” is really doing good, and the pros¬
pect being that subscriptions enough can be
had barely to pay tho printers, I have an¬
nounced it monthly for tho whole of 1859.
It gives me additional toil and anxiety, but
in tho hope of thus increasing lay useful¬
ness in this land, I gladly Jay myself out for
tho work. My doctrine is, that a minister
necdjliave no fears about over-working him¬
self in the cause of Christ; Ail well,
church matters onward, nnd tho Chineso en¬
terprise truly encouraging. Thero is a new
case in the person of a lino looking, intelli¬
gent Chinese gentleman, quite a scholar and
who lias really studied Christianity. Leong
Chak as a preacher is one of ray crowns of
rejoicing. Wong Moor// ta 'not only tho
same fine preaehenbut is one,, of the best
men I ever knew. Pray forjm. God is
evidently with us in this fearful land of sin
nnd npostacy.
Grace, mercy and peace. '
Fraternally, .
J. Lewis Shuck.
Jiff?
in doing what he'ean in’ conjunction, with
onrBro. J: ll.IIopps, who has recently been
duly licensed to preach the gOspel. While
these few brethren havo a few acres of land
and a house for sheltering their wives and
little ones, they aro entirely destitute of any
promised support os preachers of tho gospel.
As they wero tho only poor men we fell in
with during our visit to those regions, wo
feel assured that while they continue to work
as faithful preachers, tlicy will, not bo allow¬
ed to suffer by (heir neighbors. Wo sin¬
cerely wish it were possible for somo Baptist
minis-er of cducotion and experience to
move into one of those important valleys
and .'cooperate with tho above brethren in
^advancing tho interests of qur Zioni . .
”'f'.\Ye' left't’Sacramcnfo “'on’tlftidiy'ri • boat,
spent tho night at Benicia, and on Saturday
crossed tho bay to Martinez, tho county scat
of Contra Costa, and tlieneo we wero con¬
veyed to tho excellent and neatly finished
Union Meeting House at Alamo, about the
ccntro of San Itamon Valley. Wo there
preached on Saturday nfternoon and Sunday
morning, and at Wall's School House on
Sunday afternoon and night. The congre¬
gations were good on Sunday and closely at¬
tentive. After preaching in tho nfternoon
on Sunday, wc united with tho littlo church
at tho Lord's Supper, the first time this ordi¬
nance was ever observed by Baptists in all
that region. Things will change there for
tho bettor, There is a great Baptist clement
in thoso valleys, and we believe that tho
present unfortunato looseness mi tho subject
of communion thero, will give place to strict
liiblo nnd Baptist principles on this subject
Tho Baptists in San llainon ought long ago
to havo had a churclx organization of their
own, ministers and a liouso of worship, but
in an evil day a number of them joined the
Cumberland 1’rcsbyteri.in Church, who have
there u large and respectable membership, and
threo ministers livingin San Itamon Valley.
We onco had ordained Baptist ministers re¬
siding for a long time in Martinez, a few
miles from San Itamon, and also licnicia,
but they neglected tho effective wovk oi
preaching and organizing churches in those
regions, and consequently, n harder task is
left for ministers who aro now to come after
them. Alas ! how our beloved Zion in Cal¬
ifornia lias suffered by ineffective and delin-
p.qucntJZAtirijmenA’Qut'zbTCtbreiv-ott.lta-AU
■ WjA'grcali portion , of .the .nitive;Califor-
niaris.niight ho,' reached, if w} .had, a- man
'that'bcould, fluently ppcak the 'Spanish, Jan-
»Jj4 ,1 . ' /J I I»'
Tiimppcng. a new, mission Geld in the land
of ,Goidc4.‘.ljilbA:,Cari;wc.,>nqS have a mis¬
sionary' among the Spanish as yell as among
tho Chinese? Inhere is tho man who says,
“ Here am I; send me.” (
Visit to San Ramon Valley.
Wo clip from the “ Southcri Baptist” tho
following- article, which wo re d with inter¬
est. At tho January meeting if tho Board
tho llcv, Messrs. Davis and I opps, ns will
bo seen from the last liumbci of tho Jour¬
nal, wore appointed mission tries of the
Board. Wo have tlftro five missionaries
preaching to tho American p pulation and
two to the Chinese. Our caufc is looking
up in this distant state of our Jnion. Itcad
the letter of Bro. Shuck, published in ano¬
ther column.
“This beautiful and fcrtiloJVnlicy is in
Contra Costa county. It' is surrounded by
fivo other valleys, viz: Pacheco, Taylor,
Urccri, San Pablo, and Mt. Diablo valleys.
San Itamon is the flower of tho flock, and
no old county in Virginia is apparently
more thickly settled up with thriving aud
well-to-do farmers'. Tho only draw-back is
1 'flfl ‘O'* .1*^' *
in many other ways nourish and spread till,
same spirit, of inveterate hatred against
themselves and Christianity. ;
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Mourning nnd Lamentation!
In keeping with the abovo, a , Geneva
Catholic paper has
сото
ont with a, heavy
black border of mourning, over tho success
of the pious Waldcnses in/tho erection of
n chapel, and their own failure to secure a
Romish edifice.
INDIAN-DEPARTMENT.
Results 'among Hio^.Chtictavys;^
It will be seen by reference to tho ex¬
tracts from our reports in the Choctaw Na¬
tion, that tho missionaries have been great¬
ly cncouruged. Many havo professed hope
iu Christ through the labours of, our .native
brethren, and been added to tho" church by
baptism. This is cheering to the friends who
aro contributing to sustain these missions.
Tho door is opened for our entrance. Shall
wo go up and possess this land ? Six more
missionaries of tho right character could at
onco bo put to work. Who will go?
liuckner and Slover and Iloguo aro each
asking for
того
help. Shall they ask in
vain? Wo hopo not. Read the news
from our brethren.
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“Indian Talk”
Yastoochcc, ono of our native* Creek
missionaries sends tho following ' ". Talk"
to tho Board : ' 1
“iantic side will ricVer know all the difficul¬
ties which beset tho Baptist denomination
on those ,1’acifio shores, And yet wc who
are now in tho field, must not look back, for
we havo indeed much to encourage us, and
to inspire us with new faith and unflagging
zeal and perseverance.
Glad to Hear it.
The Supremo Court of California has de¬
clared the law prohibiting tho immigration
of Chinese into that State unconstitutional,
and null and void.
Backslider’s Confession.
“Tho Circular," tho new and oxeellent
Baptist paper of California, edited by
brother Shuck, contains a frank confession
of a backslider. Ho said,. “ Before coming
to this country I had such confidence in
my own integrity that I supposed nothing
could turn mo aside from my Christian du¬
ties ; hut coming here, I first forspok my
privato devotions, then my Bible, then the
house of prayer — then my God forsook
tac.”
’ Sucli a confession well becomes many
emigrants from tho older States who. havo
stopped far this side of California.
• Pacific Baptist Association
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Commenced September 5th, 1858, Churches
tho usual California blight; unsettled land; g nl;nistcra
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. members 299; baptized
titles, some of them in San Ramon being as , jur;ng thc year 51 ; received by letter 07.
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^4 Convention,' jY.’nprnbrici o-Dear ,'Btto. ''HoLJiArfMb caaso m
Ala., as it is deiintblo tifcloso California^ t evidcntlycJoJkmg- up. -The
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v\ a oj , <••• ® ;,i • "'v’
many as three or four deep, piled, ono upon -
another. But the farmers aro making tho;
best of it, and having at their comniand the
finest soil in the world ‘for growing wheat,
they aro literally securing to themselves
from their well-fenced fields n snug little
fortune. each year, Our friend Captj.lVa)l,
whoso fine residence is right on the toad,
loid as while there, that between thirty nnd
forty' teams during six dlvs-'q? the' Week, for
more than a month, hail been passing his
door drawing heavy loads of wheat to the
warehouses on ihe Bay near Martinez, For
several ycare'wo'havc felt a deep interest in
the religious welfare of San Itamon, and
nnxiouslyland prayerfully ■ hdvjwe. desired
to seo a competent Baptist- minister .located
in those parts, But nono could ho found.
About four months ago, Bro. G- E* jDavis
went there to seo if he could not do some-
Dip. Circidar.
■ Sad Indeed.
An Oregon correspondent of tho Baptist
Circular says, “ There is not ono Missionary
Baptist preacher in all Washington Terri¬
tory. I have been told that there is "one
old Anti-missionary, but I do not know his
name."
Spirit of' Romanism.
Tho editor of the Roman Catholic Vis¬
itor, St. Loais, days, “ Wc hato Protestant¬
ism ; wo detest it with our whole heart and
soul, and wc pray that our aversion to it
thing byway of pioneering and hunting up' may never decrease.” ;
the scattered Baptist wanderers. And lire- This is the uniform spirit of Romanism,
thcr Davis, although yet, a becipncr in the-; y ,han,e
юу
many Protestants send
upon'his hands? Ho is zcaloody engaged! utc to build .Romish heave, rf worship, and,
Zco ' - Mi. . w.-„ --4 I f *" *
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"You are all strangers, to; mo except
brother Holman, yet I remember ;jou ail m
my daily prayers; end- 1 hope you will
pray for mo, that ifj wo J never meet on
earth wo may meet in, (heaven, where we
will know caco other, and; where there will
bo no
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parting. , Since brother Jake’s
death, I have had, much more to do than
formerly, as 1; have' been chosen pastor of
•■MostrohurGhareh.'-W - -
“■Brother Jake"- referred to is. Jacob
Hawkins, tho oidcsl Baptist' preacher in the
nation, who died last fall. Yastoocheo is a
full-blooded Creek, 'a nioSl zealous" ahd'dc-
voted Christian. ^
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Sewing Circle and Sabbath School.
Sister Buchner has formed a, Sowing
Circlo among tho female members of the
Baptist church at North Fork. This will
result in 'a' threefold benefit— knoxvledgo of
nccdlc-work, tho cultivation of tho pririci
plo of benevolence, and tho promotion, ol
somo good enterprise to which, tho pro¬
ceeds of their labour will ho devoted.-.- .She
has also organized a Sabbath School for
tho bolter training of tho Indian children.
It is hoped alio will bo greatly encour¬
aged in there noble efforts.
A Good Purpose. >
Brctlicr Buckner writes: " Day after
to-morrow will bo my fortieth birthday;
and tlio ,13th of last month, (November,)
ended tho nineteenth year of my ministry.
God helping
то,
1 hopo s'tili to labourjor
the Creeks. I do not fed like giving up
tho ship.”
„
A Moveable Doggery.
Tho Agent for the Miamies and Weas
relates tho following mode of whiskey traffio
in hisjurisdiction. He says":
“ It is, called a patent gutta-percha
moveable doggery, or prairie bar. By, this
inodo drugged whiskey is conveyed by white
persons in jugs,- bottles, flasks, viols, , and
gura-clastic snakes or belts, to different,
parts of tho country, and concealed in tho
woods, on the prairies, or about their per¬
sons; and whenever an occasion may offer,,
by night or day, is dclt put at places and
in quantities lozu.it the Indian purchaser at
tlio meet exorbitant prices.”
"Whiskey and Pottowatomies., ■
Tho Agent of that friho says ; jMVitii.
tlio facility afforded them for obtaining li¬
quor by the degraded whitoi settled around
tho borders ef their reservation, itanpeara lit-
•torlyimpossiblc to suppress it entirely. These
white" 'people are 'guilty' of' the' -two-fold:
crime of robbing nnd poisoning tho "poor
Indiaae; and I, trust the next legislature of
Kansas! niay 'be composed'of 'tnen'o’f.iba-.
mane principle and
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tcasd/of honour sfiffi-
cleat to cause them to enaottho' mcet ztiin-
. - - "
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