Home and Foreign Journal, March 1859

/ , * ж • -я К >ж- ^гТ- RICHMOND,. VA, MARION; 'ALA., NASHVILLE, TENNi, MARCH, 1850. •. • . ,r, I "WfiAi M.l Up/ JUMBER 0. PUBLISHED BY THE BOARDS ~ «ill eUg»d OIVTHE /SOUTHERN '■Л' ГГ ‘wjAli !.'№ BAPTIST CONVENTION. tj Missip AT THE ГЕВ. MEETING. 1_,Г g' q_ iVatson, Little ltocfc, Ark. Г »' 0 Mly> Sa,cm & 'vinston> N' C- I « jJl.i.LWolp, ТаЫо «°ск. Ark- 'k-appoi-vimems. 1 1 Via, Kellcl, North Fork, Ark. I. ;q'W. Kcniiard, Uatcsvillo, . I , Л'йЬал Yo«k,£urry w, N-lQ*» I ИуПГВгса£сг> ^rccvlll°’ Rl- ", 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,».”. « Ц is with much pleasure r.j jou the enclosed quarterly report, ijilv'The Lord hath done great things 1 к, '«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 Г lii . campi^&^Jpfo'tractcd РхЙЙфПй’.мЬтШто, J.havo.rc- И |in'c^ott_ jbtonsjntqithyfello'p ship of jf.wfeai ffiT h<J-‘! Lord 'has dorie-'great ЬЖ 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 »Ув couiitry/from' this to the mouth |.“S.hioGrande, with a small exception, Inpitit^pr'lbjitlat preaching.” |({j$iE v. * . 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 кФ'? 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* E0 ТПЕ 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 « this-WdV goods.”' - • It may bo said, “she hath given того 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. ; / iVfa1 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. i * • in / V w “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 - , „ Commenced September 5th, 1858, Churches tho usual California blight; unsettled land; g nl;nistcra Ц . members 299; baptized titles, some of them in San Ramon being as , jur;ng thc year 51 ; received by letter 07. Ж: ^4 Convention,' jY.’nprnbrici o-Dear ,'Btto. ''HoLJiArfMb caaso m Ala., as it is deiintblo tifcloso California^ t evidcntlycJoJkmg- up. -The T ’ " - / 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 *" * . ■ . - ■ «л . *. . j» i "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 того 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. ^ \% , » {' • 'V 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 » tcasd/of honour sfiffi- cleat to cause them to enaottho' mcet ztiin- . - - " /O.'VhV'VV -;o ft 7 \f>h, /Ai_.