Home and Foreign Journal, April 1861

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I hi many us #|1(1 ,.ui(lfll by this light, I trust you «ill luetH of the timc'' 1,1,1 "l 4 IJ j lie able to navi-ale the rough sea, and move .jIp* than fume six .tlonramd dot- j fonvarU prosperously with your Missionary j -Й meet even Пю 'ilii'nnmls of the; Ihuk. a, \Ve hope our 1’iiends «ill,. 1 hope that a neir era is at hand in our re- ,,s ||„. „о- l,Sn,w rl!”,ls li'f *be colored race in our icaaJ рт"Т‘ " S0,li"V. ; Southern States. lVil.ut.s Col has ordained . jii We •haul; most sinrtrely our |'„ru,aii,ll, ц ц(|| -„vcriinient. that ne wads t«r their expressions of syui- 1 may occupy a more favorable position li.r •he pniinotioli ol til.* spiritual good of the de.eemlaots of Ham in our midst. We are not dnin- all uc.hnuld for their salvation ; our prco iit di hiinces should not he the oee i-inn of diminishing our veal, hut of in- eren-imj our iflbrts to bring them all uodci • be blessed iullueiice о!* the Gospel of Chii-t. .'lay the l.ord aliiu.dinliy bless you in your Urdu ins lalnrs. Kindest regalds In brother I hi! man and all the dear brethren Yours, in the Hies .ed liesleenicr, (Л II. .M.ll.l,AltV. ml s|*c-- ly fur til miihriiil iiiani- as they have riviMI ns of their ei n- lien's! in (lu! Minion !» »ir«l. .Nevor >. M-I'l through mi -h d.ii к time». мчи 1" at (ini ! and neicrmuro Tile llnd lelleis final Rii-liiinmil »n uill loay l"i remembered, may When I came here, 15 years ngo, there was uno missionary association in ihe State, with some 15 or 10 cliutchcs. Wc now number til or ‘.’5 associations and some J50 churches, and from 150 to tiOJ ministers. . Y e also have two State Convention. — Mastern and Western; and tiro Uollegis— tho “Baylor University,” located at Inde¬ pendence, Washington (To., and the “ Texas Baptist College,” at Tvlh '•Suijth county. As a denomination, t№t Baptist in Texas are ready for шгу^оЗДЛгку liemelnber me к iiidlrl'o brother It. Hol¬ man. Yours in Christ, J. W. D. CtiKATtt. Minutes. During Ibe past iii, noli loivo come to hand Minnies of the Aberdeen nod C-liiiul us As-o. eintioiis, Miss.; WeMi .Wek and (.'li.irhst.-n, S. 0.; lh-lliil, К у ; Salem, N. C.| Him: It'nlge, Vi.: li.ird.inelle, Ark,; .Maryland liaptist I'nion. „„b-inyi be upon these author i,, i .|,\, r.d exir.iels IVoiii letters .taring the pa-l liloiilh, showing to • n milk is in ihe/i.w-N ol (lull's line inn.* inn’ll, hi'itlil’in i'ii iilluiir tjmir luiiliViitliniis. Ilnfi'l Mr пн Ay Ills III eisilyuu. ,,.«1 It.itlicr in llieliinond, Va., says, luMviny ns tn draw on him f >r filly . -If I Gnd myself able, I «ill on- ■ w repeat the process towards the die year. I this day Ilf trouble, it will not do t" iliccau-eof our dear laird. Should •ope relax tluir eflbrl.s, hmv.di-asfnui- It, die TOMills upon all our great, de- itional and benevolent enterprises! tic tiui« Id Ilijiii/ Ihe LUXURY н/ ifnl. Ikies it cause a man to make [sinificc than usual to meet Ьм’оСИ- io tlice seuual oljict», then are the I'suie die le.s aecvplahle tn (led nr slilclotlie cause or to himself. We fdt milch difficulty in the I'oivigii "• Ye new Mivhmaries are pane ul. and uill not, probably, n Idle mat- |ailiistoiiatiy are so un-ottled. It i- 'utia such circumstances we he not '-tor presumptuous, nor Humid ve on ti land yield unduly to unbelief it 1st m look to Hod Jnrgiiul.im-c, and jbrdclirir.iii<-c only liuni His hand'" 'd'tr. “A liaptisihri.iher in this lieii.i- j'agiwd }"ur special appeal fir fund-. the tiieliN'd twenty (iJil, dollar.- "be Home-tie IJoau] in it, cmeigi-m-y fti. pil- tint (In) №j|J i ,,p j,|.| y. mdi brethren as you may need, and “1 nt-lain you in your il llii all and '“"o' la|,b| 1 am yours in the do. •'•her. “I send $5 for Domestic Mis- ,btr. “ Picnic find enclosed S5ll for ’■'.'T purposes. Ля Ihe country is in Mf «led state, you will know best [dll B“tueit "'«г. “You will find enclo-ed SJ, 'P . 1 * 4Tr"prialc to Indian Missions, l' small— -hut it i, given eheeiliillv Die prayer that the hearts of many 5u)’ bo opcncil If) contiibufc to tbit "Ч*. according “ns the |„,rd hath l 1 cm' Tb* times arc troublous, ^sacrifices tnu-t b0 made fero.tr 0lilC,' h"1 fflmrhmmt in ml nol J"!"" emits, remembering '“•ngs are accepted “according to Ml“ >"4h, and not wlut ho /mil, '*«'11 another. “ I pend you 8105 for Missions, to ho dis- discretion of the Hoard.” A Good Rule,' v- irv,UA’FA3'wi- ■' nd t c J of * ' 'tbo-! E " 05 c ‘-1 . 1 Jclnl 3'uu bli'lvouh r ,,0lds lrlbu,c ""‘"CY' h it " Y°?r I’fcseiit difficulty. : '1 lariH, In i,"mM “ I,llll'h- 1!"‘ cneral nil- '■•C ' ol' *n t,lc-'"! parbs. Honey wl,cn l get hold of a "pfu,|Y ‘a a diviiencd аз far аз I Retrenchment. 'По' Ibimestie Hoard has found it neces¬ sity. in ciuiictpiciiccnf the pecimiary егМ-. to diminish lety Coiisiderahly the numberul its inissiimaiies. This has been a sad noth 1 he field is latge ami its wants ate many Important stations hive been abandoned and others left unoccupied that promised well. This could not he prevented. 'Jl «ч iiiis-iiiii, tci|uires nmney. The re eeipts lor tho la-t three or Ilsur months ban fallen off greatly, as compared with tin -.пне period of the la-t year. The can-o¬ of this are (alniliar to all. lint, have m not the means to carry on our ini«-inn cn T.-rpn^h? " Are • wo-jmtified in sulfering it to he thus neglected ‘! Will not the Jla-lei hold us n.-pion-iWc ? Can wc not be goo,, and faithful citizen» and true and deiuted ('hri-tinn»? Why should we abandon tin best and tuo-t iui|ioilant of all Causes? Ihvllirm, ri-olie that your mi— inn tiea- urv shall he iiiiiucdiatily ic| lenislnd. that the field shall he occupied, that the broth nil called of (Sml to preach to ilia pm.r uno needy, 'hall tint longer he del, lined linn their calling. What report shall we make to the I'omci.tinii in S.ivaiitiali, in May? letter from Texas. We give to our mulcts the lolloiiiiig Id¬ ler ivilii plm-nri'. It "ill he mid with In teres t by the many old friiiids of luethir t'lealh. llrollier (.'. was futiiitily under ll.i ,i|.p,iiitment of the Marion liniid, and ее etipiesa proiiiineiitiiiid useful |o-ition among the Tev.ni l>.ip ti-ts. He is the only man in Теми from whom the I'omestic Doaul has received any aid for Ihe past two years, ihoiisli Texas has received Horn the Hoard fur the support of her missionaries since I SKI more than 817, W0! And yet we learn that Texas Baptists are doing imbly in the voik of home nib-inn». M e hive our children, and are not di-posed to do them injustice1, and wc yet hope to see our breth¬ ren null friends in Texas generous and prompt eoiilribntois to tho treasury of the Domestic and Indian MD-ion lioatd, We need their syinp-alhy and aid at this time. How many will follow the example of Iru- therC? ' C'm.u Ft'itiMif, Texa«, Jan. HO, 'til. lihler Я T. Sninurr : My Dlt.VIt Hint— Unclosed you will find ten dollars (310) to aid the Hoard in sup¬ porting brother ticiirgo Гсагсу in California as a uih-ionary. 1,'rother I’, and myself were at the Inch- inond College logetlur some twenty odd years ngo. lie is a good man. May the I, ord bless hit labors abundantly. This 1» the fifteenth (15) year since 1 came to Texas as a missionary of the Ma¬ rion Heal d. The bird lias greatly blessed the baptist during that period. The denomination owe a debt of lastiuu gratitude to the S. II. И, .Convention for the aid given to such men as Tryon, Hiirkiin, Witt, Hill, Chandler, nnd others who were faithful to the trust com milled to them. God has blessed every appointment made by your Board in Texas. From oar Missionaries. A’-r. Il’oi. Hawking, llerniaii, .Vow Or- leaus: -I.a.st Fnnday (January 27th.) I Imd ihe pleii'iiie of baptizing one s-nil. Our bouse was full. Dining my visits hum boii-c to house, I have found sonic v.-iy anxious Икни their soul's saliation. One ol Mir Seminary school scholars is very hopeful. We have re-opened our station in Algiers, and expect to estjhli-li one in the upper pail of the city. Our eolpotleur is doing well." Ih v. Пипсу (Ullril, Fan Ui.if.icl, Cal.: 11 Yi-ti-nlay (January 1st) I bid farewell to brother Shuck and fan ily on hoard steamer (I-ilden Age. Brother S. will ho remem¬ bered as a warm lieaited, faithful, devotid minister of the gospel of (Jhri-t. We hope he will ore long retina, if it he the l.ord’s «ill. We pray for hi, safe arrival on your -bores. It may he. well tu mention that some of the influential Catholic» hero <arc , S *.U~,' ;-‘5в--'-мч-5р. : . ; In coining Irienuly In our cailse, nnd openly' avow their preference to our priuciplcit. this place (understand) is an old Catholic •li-.-ion, but nmv on the wai-e. I lime been called on twice of late to peilorm the niar- riage ceremony in Catholic families The niest is imt pleased. My congregations are increasing." Ih r. I'i hr Kb in, German, Pt. (It nevieve, 'lo.: "We had some good meetings la-t month, (Januiry,) and two young men ('Jl mil J(i years of age) were hopelnlly eon- verted, and on the l-t Sunday in January I baptized them. Our little (linidi got a lit- lie revived and Hal, in commenced ijiiarrel- ling again. One of the.-e brcthicn had to seen for another hou-e since he wns bap¬ tized. Л young lady al.-o was converted, hut her parents I'urhadc her attending our meit- ings. .She suit several times to me to re- inciiibcr her in our praycis. I spioke to her lather and promised him I would biing her home at night if lie would let her go, but it was all in vain. I spoke to her mother, and invited her to Come with her daughter to our meetings, which she said she would do, if her husband would allow her to do so; hut they came not. O, Lord! when wilt thou open the eyes of the blind Germans !" Rev. J. lewis Shuck. This touch helmed bather has with his family safely arrived in Smith Carolina fnm California, where he has successfully labor¬ ed as a mis-ionaiy of the Hoard for .the la-t six or si veil year's. Ilis present address is Barnwell 0. II., H. C. The Georgia Convention Will meet in Athens on , Friday before the fourth Sabbath in this month, (April.) Wc hope the delegation will be large, and the several objects under the patronage of (lie body receive the u,ual attention. Will not every church in Georgia do something for Domestic and Indian Missions? Our re¬ liance must he principally upon Georgia to meet the present quarter's liabilities. If every Baptist in the .State will try, the Con¬ vention may do more than in any preceding year. Wc have had no agent in Georgia for the last two years, and are entirely depen¬ dent up-on the individual, voluntary action of the friends of missions. Jlegin uiilml < Itluy lo tee xchat can Le done. The Mississippi Convention Will be held in Maeou on Thursday before the fourth Lord's day in May. We hope there will he a general attendance of our brethren throughout the State. L.-t every church, as far a» possible, try to be repre¬ sented there. These Hirelings have always 1-can anticipated with pleasure by us. The brethren have always greeted us with a cor¬ dial ham! and warm heart. Will riot every friend in Mississippi try to send or carry np something for the Marion Board ? Our bur¬ den lias never been heavier than at this time. Don't cry, hard time 1 1 Brethren, where should you begin n-tmiehmeut? Germans— Louisville, Kentucky, lli:v. II. Hoi, man, Cur. рХ' Dutiirslic Mls.ii, in : lM:.\it Blliiilli.il— In sending my fir.-t qiiiitirly ii-poit m tlie Board, I desire to .ici-iiinpaiiy the siliio by some stalinicnt.- relative to my Wink. When I entered upon my field of labor among ihe liuinaii, in Loiisiille, Ivy.. I found Imt a poor remnant of a lumicr Ger¬ man church. Biuther Wagner, who had labored here some time, had succeeded, to -nine extent, in settling the di-seiitiims of the few loniaining lm-mhi-rs, ami in re¬ organizing them. My prospeet.s, therefore, wire «holly linin' iling at lir-t, so nilieli so that persons wondered at my decision to labor here. But 1 had been led hither in .1 way tl.ai I knew not; I thought that I could see llio hand of God in thus biiiigiiig me. involuntary uliuo-t, lo such a difficult field, and this thought has cheered, among many trials and i-niillicl», ever since. As soon as I commenced to pleach here, it plea-ed God to iiii-i'i-n-o the congregation rapidly, and some interest was soon iii inilest. The little chiuoli unanimously urged me lo remain and labor among them, but as they had no mi-ins lo su-tain me, we were Ibiccd to look again to (lie Baptists in the city and lo youv Buard. Former disappointments and in wli r .IT 1 iffi clil I ii-s , 1 1 - a d e - our^ehicL.ln-lper, the Walnut Hticet B.ipti-t Chinch, slow in pioflering the requisite nssislanee. I'lider the eiicamst.iiices, it could not. perh.-qis, lo otherwise. '1 !ii.s left me, |i-r a time, in quite an iinsetthsl position, nnd was ratlic ■ a hindrance in the Wink iihii-h I hail par- lially nuGi-r r.ikoi ; il hi-l/a-d. al-o, to no. ea-inii my absence lor a neck on ninithei field id' labor, ulieic I «as e.irmslly inviteil lo labor. But at la-t the Loid piovidcd way» and iiie.nis. 'I he ladies of the Wal out ■''Ил Baptist Chinch Hewing Hneidy lead, up the matter with their liinmr inter e-t, a n- 1 w il li their pledges, togclln r with jour proiiii-ed uppropiiatioii nnd a promi-e from the little eliureh and other brethren, about ?l!0l) «его si-eureil, the smallest sum that can support a ininisli r or ini-ioiiary in a city like this, hut sufficient for my pion-nl wants. Since that time I have labored from Sab¬ bath to Sabbath, with little inlctuiivinn, to preach the Guspel to my perishing counlij теп. I have piirpmcly preached chiefly on the fust principles id' Uliri-tiauity, as ihe hlindness of my poor people will not per¬ mit llicrii to understand more than these, and as I considered the preaching of (,'hlist crucified the very thing to re-establish the eliureh. and lo convert sinners. Christ has nut Midi-red Ilis Word to he pri-achcd in vain. NoUilhstnnding all the prejudice, igmirauce, sirper-tilinii anil infidelity which opposes ns, wo have always had attentive hwirers, and we ll-cl crrlaiu that mine of them have Ik-cii strongly impressed l-y the truth preai-heil. It lakes time to do all that preparitnry walk nhich is medt-d, to in struct our people in the very alphabet el' Chri-lianity, to tell then! what they had never dreamed of, that unless they lire born again they eann.-t he real Christians. Alas, these things are as new and strange tn many of them ns they would be to a healbeu But they shall bear it and know it. That simple Go-pel, which formalism and super¬ stition have perverted, sliull be preached to them again in its purity. They skull hear of t.'hri-t and Him crucified. When Jesus commences to work, safari commences to rage. One man, as soon as he learned that his wife was attending “Bapti.-t meeting," be- сипе infuriated, threatened to leave her, or to kill himself, lie actually took away her Bible and locked it up, so that the might not search at home. She stood it for a time, hut at last became intimidated, and I have not seen her in our meetings for a lime. But I still have hope for her. A company of men c.-uno in to hear me preach one Sabbath, simply as spies, to find something which they could carry to the enemies' camp, and then attack somo of those who came to hear me by means of it. They actually sided out something very aw¬ ful. Just think, I, that night, ventured to tell the people, to their faces, that they «ere miserable, helpless sinners. That ir, is really liHimiich! But they did not gain anything to our dUadvantagi, for whin they came to some of the congregation, tu charge my hardihood, they were answered; "l lie min. ister said the truth, wc are sinners; wo can¬ not and will nut deny it. In smiio cases, it seems that Christ is soothing the wrath of спешка One man, who lias frequently nitetnpted to hindcr-hia wife from coming to our meeting*, la-t .tun- lay night was here himself, and af.eij meet¬ ing invited me to his house. I went the day following, and felt joyful in speaking tu him and his wile on the way of salvation. Another man, who has been, Ibr a lung time, kept from our meetings timnigli llio skepticism of Ids emp'oyer, has conn- ngii-n, nd hi ms tu break ti e bunds which have kept him lack. Ilis wile has been attend¬ ing very rcguhiily, eairying her babe to eliineb In her in ms. Tin) Holy Spirt, I -oiilideiitly believe, «oiks in her hcait, and she listens with great interest. How thank¬ ful she was, l.i-t Sabbath, that her husband was again going «illi her to the House of God. n one house, a short distance fmiu tho eity, I spoke of the viay of siilvutiiin lo a family, «ho received me very kindly. 'Jliey were glad to listen. I spoke to I hem oil the spiiiln-il IdiiidiH-sH of man; that many did not know i)i< ir blindin'1». “Ah," said the w uiiiaii nf the hou-c, earnestly, “Wc lire Mind nmv, how shall we obtain sight?” relate these iiislanci-s to show that »e are not lalmring in vain, but that in due lime wc shall reap a harvest, if we faint lu-t. It takes time to teach and influence a peo¬ ple like ihe Germans, but when they do receive the truth liny will cling to it. As lor the eliureh itself, tiny arc now enjoying comparative [п-асе nnd haimony. We have pledged ourselves, in solemn covenant before God, to walk together in love, and to he united in the one gi eat wink of preaching the Gospel to our people, The members take an interest in the work, they speak tn sinners, they prny curueuly for them, and they encourage rue with their prayers. Wo hive two regular prayer meetings, and I prnieh twice a Sabbath in our own iliapcl, besides preaching every fortnight, in the iifieinooti, to a little, destitute Ger¬ man cliurrh in A’civ Albany, Ind. We have ills-) instituted a regular Bible class, la which nil the uii-iiibi-rs and friends arc in- i ilid to lake part; wc meet on Wednesday i- veiling for tl-at purpeso. We have coni- iim need Unmans, to study ‘- ju-tilii alien by faith," a line'll inc so litllc known to ihe ureal hulk, of our countrymen. Our Hub- bath school is well atlrndcd, and wc have ju-t had a viry huwIii! celebration, in «hieli our lion «а» filled and all were do- lighted. These (iciinan children learn to sing the sweet praise of the dear Redeemer. Wc suffer them lo conic to Jesus, but not by mi immeaiiing ecu- ninny. 'llio remainder of this week wc shall meet, daily- in private hou-es, to pray fur the outpouring of the Holy Spiiit upon us, and upon the whole world. Yniiuiis causes have hindered me f-oni visiting as many laniilies ns I desired lo visit. For some time I have lei n afflicted with a severe cold and cough, which threatened to settle ou my lungs, and uliieli hindered mo much in my «ink. Still I have vi-ited the mem¬ ber.» of tlm church and congregation more than orn-c. But 1 desire to do more than that even, to go from house to house, visit¬ ing those thousands whom I have not yet seen in on г church. May God strengthen me to do it. They mii-t hear the Gospel sunn hole, and if they will not come to me, I will nn hi llirin with the good new». The brethren In Ihe eliureh are, sonic of them, in quite distressing circumstances; Ihe Ladies’ Sewing Society, nl-o, find it dif¬ ficult to collect money, so that I am left, just ruw, with very little to .ivc upon, and several large debts, which I was forced to contract wiicn I made my arrangements to settle here, yet unpaid; but God will pro¬ vide, I will go on, labor on in hope, He will not forget my temporal wants. God forbid that the work in this city should be given up for want of шеапз. God will open lienrts and bands. Twenty thousand ‘Germans I shall, they not have the Gospel? Shall they be left to perish forever, from n want of willing hcaiti to help. '1 hey must be evangelized.. And if Christ be with uic, they shall bear the Gospel — I will not Le ashamed of it. J. Й. GutlELMANX. Louisville, Ay., Jan. 1st, 1SG1. Platt Stout. Wr.TUMfKA, Ala., Jan. 30, 1801. Her. M. V. Sumner, Cor.. SW.: Dear Bro.— Herein I enclose my receipt