Home and Foreign Journal, April 1858

SIOLIWB Hi VH. RICHMOND, V-A., MARION, ALA., JgSHVILLE, TENN., APRIL, 1858. NUMBER 10. PUBLISHED BY THE BOARDS OF TIIE^SOUTIIERN BAFITST CONVENTION. Lvriox. X „.,..1 Circulation of the Jour- “cri'''im]. Who will К e\tiemcly desirable tlwt all the 14 “of the Journal should use their in- »• "г"'"”; I led into every Harlot hm\j m I. territory of the Southern Baptist Cm,- I' loM to make it a channel of com- Г i, lobe relied on by all the II of the Convention, we could nf- Charge and improve the paper in I vic-pecl-lo pay for well written ar- К Sr in columns, and make ita м.ре- B; „per. Will not all the friends of L,rw male the desired dibit? The Now Year. Рве present number of the Journal tjmeaces a new Financial Year. Up .lie present writing (Maicli 111) our re- ф for the Domestic Department have p ea -hurt of the receipts lor a cones- dale of last year by nearly 53000, i u the Indian Department of near „500. Unless funds come in тою la¬ ity Han usual between this and the 1-t pjpul, our next Annual Report will ,ule a sad exhibition of the interest oar Churches take in the cause of Domestic id Indian Missions. We still cherish 7. that several thousand dollars will aches during the remaining IS days of It present Financial Year, j We now appeal to our bretlucn to take II.is subject into early consideration, and ike liberal arrangements for the incom- , year. It is our desire and design to sbte all ohr’ operations in both depart- •.eats entrusted to us. We apptiseyou illy of it. Unless you provide the «is nc cannot do it. If 'it is not done, >th ourselves and many who are wanting id expecting aid, и ill he glievou-ly die- pooled. tical institutions, 29 incorporated colleges, I We hope soon to. Testablish a Sabbath and 20 not incorjioratcd, and 134 female School and monthly concert of prayer. 11Л||||ргтлк I'iDid l'mr« niro tLuir liml Vita» ... ! _ _ _ „4 at.. academies. Filly years ago they had but 1 diocese, 2 bishops, GS piiests, 80 cliur- ; dies, 2 ecclesiastical institutions, 2 female | academies, and 1 college. There has been an increase of 10 dioceses and 37 bishops. While the population of the country has increased but four-fold during the 50 yeais, Roman churches have increased 23 , fold, and their piiests 37 fold. In view of I these facts the editor makes the following ! pertinent remaik'on the silence and irulif* There is an improvement in the number and interests of our congregations. There is material sufficient here to build up a large church. I dcsirt^an interest in the ‘ prayers of tho Board for the success of the cause in this place.** Rev. J. G. Rutter, Appleton, Mo., on account of severe domestic aillictions, has been unable lo mecY’the demands of , Ids destitute, but promising field. Reports I'erence of Christians in regard to this fear- 1 the щ;1т of six W||U£ persolls aml ,hc ful heresy : j conversion of ten otherTnot yet baptized j “ With these facts before us, and know- j two Sabbath Schools with 200 pupils, also ' ’ " . i two Bible classes : ^Constituted one church. Ip? Rev. 7. G. Henderson, Pensacola, Fla. siness, he states : f}"- ing, as we do, that not less than а пили- ter ov л .Mii.i.io.N of dollars are annually sent into the country from the Propagan¬ da in Europe, in addition to the large amounts rai-ed here to prosehte our citi¬ zens educate our youth, ami in various In axecent |clter lm ( ways to set forward Papal interests ; when ; , we know, too, that we are feeling the of- “Thcre « verJ SrMt ОТ0*"'?» to »ur in- ] feet ol these dibits more and moie every | '«rests here. Yet the-^ord is adding to j year, not only in our political affairs, but | our number almost cjtTy week. 1 have : "in our public school system, in the public es ■ j baptized four whites, two of whom were limnte of lb sanclity of the Sabbath, of the Мс(Ы;а,3. 0ne of t)/e other3 ia a latc / га/ие nml sacrettness of the lUbic. ana upon | . . , t.r » ... , . • our national morality ; we see not how we J «ouvert-the other has been living out nf can justify uui selves in maintaining a si- ; her duty fiom her youtL, Others m the . Icnce which would but encourage the dc- congregation are serious— one other has Insion that Romanism is not rapidly gain- obtained a hope in the'jSuiviour. A negro ing upon the land-or that it it is gaming I , , ^ ш it is but of little account, and wilt die of I . , , J , -V- , ' it-elf if let alone: that Christians have penence before the phurch, but her mi- but little responsibility in regard to it, and j tress refuses her the ph|ilege of baptism, may safely neglect it, and the spiritual i because of my supposed "Landmark” condition of its deluded victims.” 1 proclivities, though I„0e' never said one word on that subject irv public. Presbyte¬ rians and Mcthodists’ij)|rc .lake the posi¬ tion that baptism is essential pic- gives all our members work lo do, which they cheerfully perform. The negroes are very apt; they remember much belter than whites their lessons. Some of the teachers tell me that their scholars can repeat, for some weeks hack, every hymn, and chapter in the Bible, they have learned. I find those of them who attend the Sabbath School much more intelligent when they relate their experience— not so many " dreams," " voices," &c., but true knowledge of God and 4he Scriptures. — The blacks are very much neglected in many instances.” Rev. J. A. McGuire, Monroe, La., re¬ ports the baptism of two colored persons, with an increasing interest in that portion cl his congregation. Rev. J. G. Rutter, Appleton, Mo, re¬ ports the baptism of G whiles, and the ad¬ dition of 12 by letter. 2 Sabbath Schools j>ry an interest- in the prayers of the brethren. Will they not remember this servant of Jesus while on his way to the scene of his labors? Brethren ol the Bethel Association, remember lhat brother H. is our missionary, and that he will look to us lor sympathy and support. Let him net look in vain. Yours in Christ Jesus, H. C. 1IORNADY. The above letter is from the Index. The departure of this estimable brother for his new field will be gratifying to the friends of Indian Missions. It was his purpose to start early in January, but sore domestic afflictions prcvonlcd. Wc re¬ ceived a letter from him, dated New Or¬ leans, Starch 2d., and much regret he had not received our letter of instructions as lo the method of reaching his field. We trust, however, he received il before de¬ parting from that city. He will occupy the station in the vicinity of Armstrong Academy, Pushmataha District. He will with 200 pupils, and 2 Bible elasscs-2 ,llvo an i"terttUn* ЙвИ-ь"‘ wil1 « /-Л M ,, 1 1, .1 m n .. . . .... — . — * ft . . T T dice the public | Tito Future of our Country. The President of the Illinois College os- . . , . tiinates the population of this Country, in requisite to commumjjgjTbe Methodists , the year 2000, at one thousand millions — ' the present estimated population of the j world. He adds: I "This is not given аГа’ prophecy of life future, nr even as a proximate prophecy. But it is given as showing the magnitude accountSjfShe', doctrines of V yoUnj&nia'. said to me lift ll • Modest Pretentious. Rer. В. M. Hill, Cor. Sec. Am. Bap. Itat Miss. Society, New York, claims the whole missionary ground of Ninth •America" as hi- peculiar field, lie does м recognize the Southern Board as Щ the things that arc. l’o-«ihly he *s cot regard the slaveholding States as Aging to “the missionary ground of Mh America." The Home Mission /<ie(j has not now, nor has it had for * fears, a missionary in the slave- ling States. In what light he regards r*- or where he locates us we arc a little "iocs to know. R». Hill must be an “Old I.andmaik- r|°i" '• of the most straitest sect,” for 'seems to ignore the "American Home loion Society" with its more than one ' ewsred laborers on this " Mi.-ionaiy j '■“ndin North America " Al-o he pa-scs j I the Presbyterian Board of Home Mis- 1 l0IK an,l other bodies at work in the1 ;Иг ®eld, without a nod of recogni- iilif are doing much to p| against us on account; " election.1 'W*-A- _ tSsl'ev?nTrtW1htnil-»S?S«sVVetftlj>rbported that we believe God made a portion of the human family expressly lo damn them. ’ of that force which wearcdealiiig with in our such are the monstrous perversions of our Home Missionary enterprise. I wish also V;BWS of lhat .,rec;oua Вц,|е doctrine in to^how. that in ourordinarv conceptions of . , . . . . , r this subject we set much too narrow | ovculaliou to poison the mind* of the tm- limits for the probable future expansion of, wary against the truth. I feel that I stand this amazing lorce. upon the rock of truth, and none of these " When I have reached this stand-point, move me.'' I seem almost audibly to hear the same voire that said: ‘Go net into the way of the Gentiles, into any city of the Samaritans ; Rev. D.inicJ Cumming, Vienna, Md., enter ye not ; and urging in our ears, go i supplies 2 churches, and 5 other stations, teach, /сосЛ, te.vui, the English ami A met- : |a for ,hc (c[ 67 acrmons and 30 ican emigrant. Let every emigrants: 1 . . . « agon that crosses the prairie, be a sanctu- ; baptisms. He a.lds : 1 he we. k here is ary ol God; let the voice of Chri-lian prayer, an iip-buildingof waste places. The field and praise ascend from the cabin of every i has long been destitute, and di-cipline neglected. My work has been repaiiing of breaches, and cxploiing the field. — Three members have been received since the report was made out." Rev. W. D. Rice, Sumter, S. C., bap- b.. to their graves the triumphant song tizeti one w bite and two colored persons — shall go up: The kingdoms of this world rcce|VwJ „,rc(. B|,;tes by letter. Ho says: are become the kingdoms of the Lord and • his Christ. prai .-learner on the western waicrs; let the clui-tian inini-ter and Christian teacher accompany the woodman, the hunter, and the gold-digger, to the wilderness ; build the church and the school-house, where- ever the squatter builds his cabin; and the earth shall soon be the Lord's and the fulness thereof. Before our grandchildren go "Tiite River Baptist Convention, Arkansas, la dissolved, and each Association of '••kb it was composed, has resolved itself a missionary body auxiliary to this "4rd, and is co-operating with it in ын- missionary labor in the destitute “■“И if that State. 1’пдеим of Romanism. The editor of the American and Foreign | J1**1*11 Fnion, after laborious research, Cached tho unpleasant conclusion that 1 l|B,*ni;m 'H making decided progress' r 6 l-mteil'Stalcs." " It Ins made, anil 4 "«Wng such progress as has not1 Parallel in any other land known to| i W ЕсС«*,дИКЛЬ SritESCTIJ I * con.pd^es 11 dioceses, 39 bishops, P'iests, 2033 churches, 33 eedesias- j "The number baptized duiing the quarter _ j is small, but the number (37) baptized du- т , ... . . j ring the year encourages us very much. Nows from our AlK-lonailo. Qur «hole number of whites has greatly Rev. A. II. Conch, Mobile, Alabama, ! increase since I first came here, tin re states: "We have not commenced our, years ago. Then tho church numbered house of worship, as it is impos-iblc to 30 whites— now ICO. If these were all collect subscriptions for such a purpose rich we should be able to assist the Mari- here now. If the times were ordinary we on Board, instead of calling on it for aid. could build ra-ily. Hope to be able toi But the great majority of them are poor report progress in building by the clo-c of men. Wc have now some young men, the present quaiter.” ! lawyers, physicians, and merchants, who, - : if successful in business, will in a few Rev. Win. Davi-, Randolph Co., Ala., | years be able to sustain the church without has con-tituted two churches and ordained other aid. The money-strength of the deacons in them. He says there is great ‘ church has grown somewhat with its mem- destitution in the county, and in all proha- bers. We have sustained a great lo-s this meeting houses commenced— 3 young men pieparing for the ministry, and 10 persons professed conversion whom he has not yet baptised. Sickness has prevented his performance of a full quarter's work, j Prospects encouraging. Rev. R. L. Butler, Sullivan Springs, Aik., supplies 4 churches and 2 other sta- ! (ions, has a large field and is unable lo answer the numerous calls made upon 1 him. The principles ol the missionary Baptists are rapidly gaining ground, am! 1 all that is necessary for the triumph of truth, is a few more faithful and laborious ministers. Rev. W. S. Childress, Shelby County, Texas, has baptized 12 and received 7 by letter — has 4 Sabbath Schools, 133 pupils, and 32 teachers— S Bible classes— consti¬ tuted one church. i i Rev. S. L. Suminar, Burksville, Ky., j says : " In the bounds of our Association ; there is much destitution of the Bible and the preached Hold, with but little Baptist | ability to supply it. Our expectations in j town have not been realized. We have an interesting Sabbath School, and our la¬ bors in tiiis department have, we trust, I been much blessed.” INDIAN MISSIONS. I _ _ _ _ _ _ . Departure of ti .Missionary. Ameiiicis, Feb, 23d, 1S5S. [ Dear Brother Walker : j This morning Brother H. J. Hogue l .-tailed for his field of labor among the Choctaw Indians. A few brethren and I liiemis met him at the depot to bid him adieu and to see him slait on his journey. I Atlho it-quc-t of the writer the friends i were a.-.sembled in the Ladies' Saloon of the passenger depot, and a few brief re¬ marks were made in reference to the sac¬ rifice which our missionaries are called ' upon to make in their c Hurts to spread the go-pel over the whole caitli. At the rlo-e of this slim I addles-, we all bowed to¬ gether, and IJiother G. K. Cooper earnest¬ ly and affectionately commended Brother Hogue to the' protection of Almighty God, even the God of Missions. We then pro¬ ceeded to give the right hand of fellow¬ ship to our missionary, in token of our sympathy with him in his woik, and as a Hedge of our determination to remembei 1 1 linn in our prayers when he shall he far away towards tho acting sun. Truly, it . . was an affecting time as this humble and 8и|Гег „|е;Г т;„;опаг;03 to live in such ’ 1 ' follower of Je.-us arose to guc counter many opposing influences. He will need our prayers and sympathy. CilEROKEES. Rev. J. A. Collins, agent of the East Alabama Convention writes: "I believe if a suitable man can be procured for the Chcrokces, I can raise Ilia means of his support. If a brother should offer him¬ self for this service, please inform me in time to present tho matter to our, people. The old Cherokee nation lies in our terri¬ tory; and there is a fitness in our doing the work. Wc wish to support a white man and a native preacher and interpre¬ ter, and others if we can.” We are in correspondence with a brother for that field, and hope soon lo be able to present him to the East Alabama Convention for tbeir support, -*“■**•" Mission Houses Again. Jn a late communication, Rev. J. S. Murrow, missionary to the Creeks, makes an earnest appeal to the Board for a house to dwell in. He states there is a place for sale, already improved, in the midst of a dense but destitute population, close by a Church edifice, where large assemblies may be congregated, and at a convenient distance from Brother Buckner. A few hundred dollars will purchase this place and put it in a comfoitable condition. In a former number allusion was made to the necessity of providing comfoitable dwellings for our missionaries. They ask not for palaces. The sum of $G00 will cover the expense of a home for these messengers of mercy to tho red man— a less sum than many pay for a stable for their horse. Let us lake a view of Bro¬ ther . * SI.UVER’S " HIRED HOUSE.” He resides at the Capitol of the Chero¬ kee nation— T.ili-li-quah. We visited him at his house, and tarried with him anight ami a day. His accommodations consist¬ ed one end of a double-log cabin, compri¬ sing one small room, and a common inter¬ est in the passage which separates it from the other end of the building, conlaining another family. Here we found Brother S. and his fami¬ ly, consisting of his wife in feeble health, three children and his wife’s mother, nur¬ sing her sick daughter. Here they lived, cooked, ate, drank, slept, entertained (heir company, &c. We ask, is this right ? Can a denomination so numerous— so wealthy, btlity will remain so unless help come from abroad. year in the removal of one of our best member'. This seems to be a great draw on и-; but the Lord has done great thing* for u*, and vve will trust in Him for the Rev. II. II. Tilford, Independence, Mo., says: " Fifteen months ago, when I look j future." charge of ibis church it numbered only IS | Combed SaneaTH School. members, all discouraged— bouse unfin- ! ,i „ r„ti, • , l i , 1 1 nf airtnn ainin-t it The1 Bro. Rico furnishes the following inter¬ filed, and a debt ol clbOll agamsl it. IIIC| , (5,1,1, ,,h membership has increased to 43. the house ,П. "" finished and the debt reduced to $550.; School for the blacks of h„ charge . Our church is not as strong a* its numbers ( " We have a Sabbath School for the would indicate, a large majority of them blacks, young and old. They attend m are females, quite a number of whom are J large numbeis, and seem to be very grate- poor widows. Wc have a weekly prayer ful that so much attention is paid them, meeting which is generally well attended.! The instruction given them is oral, and devoted loiiuwcr ui jcmis arose ю give Lot ,hose who live in expres-ion lo his feelugs in taking leave auJtcl 1” \ , , , of his brethren. He .-aid he felt grateful splendor, spend their thousands yearly for for the kindness and sympathy which he the superfiuilies of life, think of these saw manifested lor him, anil (hat l>c : men, who, in imitation of their Divine should carry the remembrance of them to, Мач,сг have voluntarily taken poverty the scene of his labors. He felt, he said, j * (hemaC|VP9i lhal |hcy may make more firmly lhan ever in Iiih purpose to 1 1° give himself wholly to the Lord, and to | others rich. Think of them — then think His eau-c. He then took an affectionate, of Dives and Lazarus. • leave of his brother arid brolher-in-law. bade adieu lo bis friends, and is now on his way to the field of his operations. Iliollier Hogue i« a quiet, unpretending man, but lie will doubtless make a frith- lul and useful missionary of the Cross, and when the Domestic Board shall have tried him, they will bless the Lord (or giving them the services of this exceljent 1 minister. I bespeak for our dear mission- yc и have read and heard much of Bro¬ ther Buckner. Many of you have seen him— all of you admire his self-sacrificing spirit and unremitting devotion to the In¬ dians welfare. You may feel some inter¬ est in looking at his . y COTTAGE. It is near North Foik, a principal town