Home and Foreign Journal, May 1861

RICHMOND, VIRGINIA, MARION, ALABAMA, NASHVILLE. TENNESSEE, MAY, 1801. NUMBER И. PUBLISHED BY TIIE BOARDS OF TIIE SOUTJERN BAPTIST CONVENTION. it I^OX, ALABAMA. MAY. Wl._ Aid Still Coming. I Shall wo toll them to gain work ami we Joign Missions must, iua natural consequence, «ill take rare of them? Brethren inu-t go down. deeide— tlio Hoard arc shut tin to their dc- 1 , ~ . . | . . , , '..i Cherokee Indians in north Carolina, j rbbtfl T .'li'Mcnnrics nni't take care ut ] their families, nml iiiilw the Board nr some l.ot.t.a, G*'.| ЬЬ. Ltil. Aid Still Commg. inl|,cr . funii0l lhcw llic ЕопЫч/Мшт», S. 11. Ommtimi, iht- -в a Irutbor i» ЦчгЫа, « m writes. I niea ц,РУ ,„Пч1 tn wo,b. with their1. ‘ r v J'tV. . , i ° , I .„„,.,1 iint ...nr ltieinl i , . , . 5 ... , . . Dear lllirrmtEX — t Berta ith кЫшу sea fm»' ,lw J,,'!ni''1 ’ , «wt hands, and turn aside from their win. rct.ci|ll of f.,|ar>. for ,,шги.г cn Jin„ i>CCci,.- I'cr . * l >t j lMiO, and also acknowledge the re¬ ceipt of a commission as missionary within the limits of the Iliwassco llajitist Associa¬ tion, and to the Cherokee Indians in the Maryland. Brother Be Witt commenced i 28th, and if I cannot get them sooner, I his labours with us in the Christmas week, j will then go for them.' and continued smuo four or live weeks, j Affectionately, The lord blessed his labours in an unusual ; 1Г. 1’. Buckner. manner j sinners soon began to fall under! - — • - the power of the word, and were led to cm* J Chcrokece Supporting a Missionary, brace the Saviour of ninncn.. The moet-i T1|C foU4wIn lcUcr from brother Heed ing* continued until tlio ll>U\in>tant, when . c : | res-c'l for funds, you may draw on ксг;;|, ^ , flM, and the draft will he duly Voluntary Effort — The Eight Way. CONtltltirriON roil Missings. • I. ,4* “Friend of Mk'imis," «Im savs: ,szz rf * r"u;J !lc Ist uf Al,riL I Ibr Brother— I h„ recently read Vour I Uf "‘"Т° Sh .^whether itwasny duty I к. g| II m.'UIII ....... . . . . . ... munev is 1 had already eon- ! l»'t »n'l Home and Foreign .Iminial, in he- J|y l.resent npipoiutnicnt' embraces the «more money, as i 1 i j l.-.lf „г dm iWnuie 1!.,,,..! wl.i,.!. r...t;:J,\. V . . . . . . Ml ings continued until tlio 1 Gill, instant, when ! , wo brought them to а close, after having ! Лмн a STst,9,D8 TroR™ among tho , continued them for eleven weeks. During i Chorokeos, Tho gospel is working its way • the meeting 1 baptized every Sunday for and producing its fruits, Wo should bo cn- ' nine Sundays in succession ; making in all, cuura^tl, not only to eontinuo our labors : baptized -ITS restored 1; nml receive, 1 by aIllp bul „ . l0 infrMS0 it , letter 2. 'J lie church has been greatly re- .... n . ' vived and encouraged to continue to lalwur, " Ьо »*«•* *■ ronlnlu,,co 1,0 h” '“Jo ; nuil tiu-t in the Lord. Hoping still to to Indian Missions? Bead this letter and : share your sympathies and prayers, I nib-jnl-o the minutes of tho Convention in , scribe mySe-lL iis ever, your uiiwoitliy lei- ■ iiiuither column. Bless tho Lord, 0, my ] low-labourer in the (in-pel of Christ. ! ,, ,1 1 Хили Davis. ! 1.KTTKR ГНОМ IlUOTtlEU ПЕЕП. - ..... — - i S. B, Convention, - CIiiivIms — Miui^tri Mutiny— S&xrijl. Will meet in Savannah on the 10th iust. j /уы A/ibrl- Olr>tition— Giclny I We hope to meet there a large delegation ; и; Fruits. -the interests of missions should iceeivo M.USVILU:, С. X., March (i, 1Ш. | a large share of our attention. I.et no' ]iMr llruthor Funnier, -1 have jn-t re- t trilling excuse prevent our going, it is an turned from Babbit Trap, where the Minis . . . . fit,. j important period in our liLtory. I OIU sill til/d tiro live dollar hills', Suit ' ne for llii- Indian and tho other fur I fc} '|P n#r h.iimcrs. • .i-iii- Mh-i.iiin" t l.rnther in Christ," seiuh ?2 fioin „ I andgisid wiik-i, | sill siy that I preached ■V * rB "f the Moriah baptist ( liurc-h, a iiiissmnaiy seinmri at the l.’apli«t Church ■ iid S'), one of our Mixsiun cliniuhes. nt Loaeliapnka; alter wliieh 1 vi-ited my Ibpli't Chnii-li at l.'nehajinka, Ala., ' "ill-tegati"|i ^r/iot./y, ami giivo them an eiani'ii. But this will all he right, ns 1 leairn that Klder James Kinitey will supply the , - , lake •Insilll.l and Call., цш C,imr .iuiuva iiium.,1 то • j," j >.i. , i Г old. let и. resolve to go up at once ami I destitute portions of that field under nil ap- ! is-i>s the l.iml, for we are «ell aMe. hi | pointment from the V’cstcrrf Coiivintiuii of iruvoke other pa-tn|'s mid churches to love INDIAN DEPARTMENT. . - 1 1 i.tipoiluiiilv to contribute; ami sneceeeded 4», a voluntary effort in view of onr . • . ., mills. 'either in Abidina sends S27, and ta .!M, part fir Fonigii Mis-ions, Anethcr in Uib.'ima gives S2 fit) to case nrii another in Ahbama'an old and true iid,giri4 ui.S.iOll. m1 .-г .чти liave aLo liocn received. Wo l ink our friends for this linn ly aid- 1 arts of Hod's children are in Ids in collecting forty dollars. which 1 now send ( , you. Two dollars and sixty-five cents was I world to given bv our colored Is 11 . Holman. -I Yontspdn GhrUtuTes n«, K. 'V. Hrmurmix. pniiilcii North Oariilina, l'lea-e inform me in your, next if this change meets your approbation. This Is "lie of tlio poorest fields l iuuhl find on earth, and yet one id’ the richest prospects fur doing go. “I in the hounds of niyac'|iiaint- ancr. 'J his people have nut enough of the dim! their miiid^ to spiritual ■ ‘mi I Wish not to Stay. ,v ri.xr.vsncu, nv и, г. тч'кхЕв. Am— "Tlio Ituwcr of l’raji-r " ter'.* meeting io tho .Southern part of the Nation «as held. j We had the pleasure of explaining the ! following passages of Scripture : John 11, , : lice. 22, IS. IS; Acts 2,17; Luke 1 12, 21; Matt. Et, SI.BJ; 1 Tibi. 1!, 10; Acts It', 2S ; anil of preaching on tho great cuiiiuiissiuii, alter which, four persons сото forward for prayer. Afierintorink-iuii, br-thcr Plover preached on. то штат aim sosiy-me veins nos i norm m itnmi men иным .u с,т.ч. rivc-n by our colored friends. -| hope the : things; nml, ] i,nr ил tin у mV, |deie iim.li Lord will ahiindaiilly bless you and the nnti.nititi'imiii/ iDm.iiy f/nirt • llnard Volt lepre-ent. My love to brother My interpreter is an excellent man, a h: ' i-l -j и- . 3&a и.» itnir, "Shall the Work Cease." Mii.mhik. I, A., March 14, let'll. .. .V. Sunn, i r : Dr.Vll Bltoritl.i'. — Klielosid Г send rcpoit _ _ ; of labor as mi-.-iuiiarv of the Buird for the bcearin; Oar* Circulation. Who' | aiding M.,r,). Jl-t JmII. Will Trv? 1 regret vuy nine'll the tailing nlTol the .. * ! contiioilli'iiis to aid the Boaid in this great tie urge upou our Blends the duty el - w„lI;, ,ч||;1|| t|K. юч,| „г .shall the- 'ini'.' an extended circulation to nnr l.iltle 1 lahnurs goat their own charge? or shall ' that comes to their homes, iadcucd i they he eoiiijelhsl to stay at homo and tbh with news from cur mi.-don.nie-. ! n‘,,k ,‘l11' their "«iihaml- Гиг tlx supj.irt lllhl,ft . 1.Г tlii-ir r.imilio', aii«l му to the иитепки t> «у that 1111 Ollier paper in и1н, m lo |lcar - lk. » -"Miry Contains nn.ro Valuable mi-lon- ! u JV Mlvaii..ii," I cannot go ? Shall tlm otdligeticc, and certainly there is no | multitude of servants on Foiitliern pl ni- ■' l'Jp'r that eoutains llm snnni matti'r. I tatimis, who are anxinii-ly em|iiiring “ vvfiut f articles arc principally from onginal I '''П'1 1 '^to he-aved," lx neglected? May sms -it, .I -IT . i ,i Г .. lli«l influence his ehihlrm to lake pleasure ,ЫсГ * in the work, and aid by their c.tnliUtions rot Их 1Ш-МОМ ol the Fuiillicrn|.u,kvi|i1| ,,|JC„ lime, when "the pen- .M Cisiventiuii. Wo could liirnish 1 pie had a mind to work." 1 am still en¬ couraged to labor with our colored luaiplc. A lady, who is nut a member of our denom¬ ination, told me a few days since that two servants of hers, whom 1 had baptized, she Ixlioved were truly pious, mid that liny were much better s. rvants than before they |«i-sessci| religion. •• He that watcrclli shall he natered." 41 1 1 ml loveth a cheerful giver." Yuurs aHectiunately and cheerfully, J. A. MclinitK. j-.v.v, .o .... ....client lino, a half breed, and lives convenient {to. the Italfalo (Tiirndi- Ho vvTTT fako'“grratp!easiire in going with mo to dually Town ns often ns lie can. Brethren, pray for lids иЫип. Yours truly, At.ntr.l) (,'oliN. There is no objection of the change al- lulled to. Ho on, my brother, and may Hod make you a UcSsing to these red men ! M. T. s. , While far I'min my father and mother 1 on the (ext, " llovv shall vro escape if wo ravin, _ neglect so great Falvatinu,” in his earnest Far away from kind sisters, nml l r.itlicr, т;1|Ш1,г< mid li'.iric, My «ire now in glory, mid I on the way— In tins world of tru'uhle should I wisli to ►lay? No— I wish not to stay. 2. 'Wher* frtcnJs е.т»»и Н-.Г1п(-«п<Н'ЯГЛМ renmin. IIIIIV ( • At night «e took up a subscription of S2.iii0 lo aid the Southern Beard in sus¬ taining brother 1-augli-At-Mush, a Mission¬ ary, The week before, yvas our meeting it ] Batitfa., ^I.'raliio/,, Two' Joiiicd • 4 by2*.c*4 Тетш?11!'|-п-м;|1Г tyM.tt it: -Alia wtnror up a subscription of ?20 for the above ob- ч. uant testimonials of the regard in k ike Journal is held, but deem it un- ;.-iry, "ill imt the brcllnen try to increase our tuition li-t ? A new volume will cum- *itli the July nniiilxr,' and tbi* will ’god liuio to sub’Cribe and renew old Hpiioivs. What say you. Incline!!— •J"U4'C «bat can he done for your Mi-- “ary Journal ? v Hen Kow Knocking at the Door for Appropriations. ■'* '*"1/ 'llbr "I’ll 1‘ciill' II fuvnurnhl,. liny hivr /«Ytt luhl III iritil. - lf«e I4fj !"*J i hull tin- i"j U Lift in Htijitiisc? 'i n till us? And thou-amli of ini- ■“zl Uings are interested in the answer Noah Davis, . ’aster of the Saratoga Strict Afiiean Bap¬ tist Church, Jialtimoie, Mil., liaptined dur¬ ing the last rjnartcr 17. He In* been as- si-tid by Вег. II. (!. DeWitt. The ihureli been greatly revived, as will he seen from tin inquiry ! Sent! Up Your Donations! are needed. Four Baptist Convcn- ч» meet this month, the Kentucky, South- 1,1 1! if ti-t, Mississippi, and Virginia— a ’v-t admirable time to do this «oik. Let '4 delegate bring a donation to tho Dn- "Zf ami Ixtu.vtt Mission Buarh of № SeUTIIFUX B-VlTtlST CllXVt.Nrl'IN. p1 not the dUturhed state of our public 'bin longer furnish an excuse for inaction, brethren— remember souls aro too pre- la he neglected — the work of death is brother Davis' letter in another column. Missionary labors in Missouri. /’.г. ./- (I. tin Iter. The following item vva* furnished tbc Wc.-lcrii Hicordcr by brullur 1!., fur пипу years a missionary of the Marion Hoard. Wo republish it as showing gratifying intel¬ ligence : MtssnwAiiY 1.Л11Ш1. Until i Oli’ii: — 1 foil a.s-ured that your readers will be oncuuiiigcd to rend of tlio liiiiinpli* of Irulli in tlio liackvrmsls of АЦ,. soiiri. Klivm years ago the Providence of Hud l.ronght me to Sinllicm Mis-unri. i wa« pour, mid have been often sick ; I al-o bad the charge of a family, but, trusting; in lii'il, and finding a few uf the Sect every whiles/»'//// iignin-t, I commenced my la¬ bors fur tlx hml, by mi unceasing elfurt to organize tiiissiiuinry Lilies Ibr the pro, not ion uf mioi.-luriil and general iihniliun and the domestic mwlmiii/ labors of Southern Mil- sonri. I cannot doubt the hand of Hod being in the vvoik. We are now well organized, lmv- ing a Baptist Convention, and scviinl di*- liict icsMieialion» rugageil in the grind wink of evaiiuelizing the Ftito. I liave been constantly engaged as a missionary, must of the time under the patronage of the Ikvinl of tlx Home Mis-ion Cuiivcnliuii of the Foiltli. I have travelled over 11,1(10 miles ; prctndicil 2,11k 1 sciimms; I have received, ai a preuniary reiinmcntion, S270 ; 1 have - witnessed l.u.'it) conversions, and of that j And kindred jint inu-t In be parted ngain, ] j')’," •' 1 Kouhl nut riiiiliiiue ii iiilgrim alwny— d’,, . , . ... In H.is world of parting si, „old I Ivi-I, to j 1[l're lj 'll0 : ,[.,j / t i-r II I inn r Tl! No— I wi.-h not to stay, ii n vvilderncis, lonely ami !’. This wurl ilnwr, And I Mint pa's through it with trembling and fear ; F-i Howard Fit lia-luii, nud make no delay, lor on this side i'f JnrJ in slioai.i I wish to stay ? Xu— I wish nut In stay. So 00 d 00 2 00 f. 00 2 SO I 00 no 5 CO I. In Canaan I'll meet with my friends gone lief, ire, And livu uitli them there, lo be pin Ini no more ; OI then, Mcs»ed Saviour, haste on ihoglad day, For from those now in Hoillcn, should I wiili to stay '( No— l wish not to stay. . IViili Abraham, I mac, and Jam!, and Paul, Ajiiisilcs mid Prophets, nod Jesus my nil — U hero crowns aro unfa liiig, vvliere joys ne'er decay ; And vvliere is i„ pariing-OI tlnrc I would star— les— l/i'iii I would slay. Muni, Crt'k Xnljnn, Fch. 23. 1801. ffi 00 f> 00 й 00 r. 00 Arrival of the Creek Books. It «ill bo nyii from tin; following letter from brother Buckner, that his hooks have arrived. Thu money for freight Inis been piinctiially forvraided, vvliiili embraces the last item of expen-e for tho “Translator," lie Nothing more lemains to he paid. The cn- , ... ,„v „ . . _ tire cost of piuMieatinn, including printing, j incut,” and a great many such things. ЛТ НАШИ Г THAI*. J. A. Sluver, T. Wilkison, ... L. Weaver, T. I '.Taylor, - - A. .Manic, ... J. Fallen, - - - Spails, J. II. Owens, at turn's I'HAitm:. II. Owen, ... Г,, fuel min, ... Walker, Isaac Heed, It is due we should state, this is (lx first time our brethren li vveevor bail the opportu¬ nity to give aid to our Mission. Considering their pou-lly, they have responded to this call like Christians imlml. Brother Mania was baptized about H o'clock, and nt night subscribed S2.50 ta send the gospel to others. Is not this pruof of conversion ? But dear brother, turn buck and look at the history of our Mission hero and eco what wn have paa-cd through to get to our present condition. Brother SloVcr began his labors here in January, 18 j'J. lie found Northern ll.iTitists, Cungregatiomilists, Mo¬ no inns and Methodists. zVo/ic uf thm liinl to hclji him tiny. But tlw X. Baptists Missionaries told tho |xople “ perhaps he is allied to the Mormons of Salt laiko and Inis сото to prenaro tho penplo lor tlio extension of tlio white lavrs and lovutu a pio slavery Territorial Horern- •• • I 'И - ,ly binding, packing, forvrarding, insurulice travelling ехрепче, etc., of brother 11., and his interpreter amounts to 82, BOO Г» I. The amount paid into the treasury for this ape- these means, Mr. Jones has excited tho people against ш. Wo think lie is the linn who inured llicni tobici.k up our meet¬ ing at Delaware Town last Summer. In- ill'll the trhu/i: thiiuj it mutiny out. О Lord * ’ 1 - ’ 'I - J, J. Fleming. I •i— ; . , . Brother J. J. Fleming, Sumter, S. C'J Tll,cr> ! I|,:,V1' lu,!,,crfl Ь'-'-О; I hare ,... , .. | also organized ten elture bus, and ordained rays : •• Notwithstanding the ,»,h..cal cxci.e- ' |s lhinijlw. AiJ> anJcr 3nJ ,,y ^ ' - — ■ *L« ti'-M Itiili uimhatcil meiit throiigh vvliiih vv'e are paving, the . ynirr, I am yet in the field, with unabated “‘,5:, «... tel Wn ЛГ «***“ . rtu. . more N'lioiisly atti-ntivc, and we hope that this year will yet be one of signal blessing! and utereiig, and revival infliiince.1’ -n-*‘iv,v»— щ uvaui и °a Ood will hold every one respon- Misjionaries Waiting, V,. П.Г’' "bctlicr the Board can do any rdwthem. What shall ‘ * I wo язу to them? I. И. Berry. Brnllicr I/. M. Bury, N. C, rays: “Sonic brethren aro making suggestion.! to abandon tlio Domestic Missions, and throw all our efforts together Ibr the rc<cuo of the Foreign .Missions. Г do not think this can bo done,' fHutiiUt, .V», il'‘»"'lh 1ЫИ- llUTTt.lt. . _ _ _ — ««•*' “ — Saratoga St. African Church, Baltimore. Baltimore, .March 22d, lSCl. Br.v. M. T. Summer, Cor. iS'rr'y, ’Morion, Mil. Dear Его. Sumner. — You will find enclos¬ ed my Hopurt, for tlio ryuartcr ending April Ist; and I mu happy to say it is the Mission!, i un mu . . . ,i most cheering I have ever been able to as past experience will fully demonstrate the i make. Through the kind favour of tho fact that our efforts for Foreign Missions nl-j ;'bf?bnd Board, we «ere supplied with the , , . ml- .• : inralu.ible nwisbocc of tlio Кет. II. O. ways have and always will be m proportion, ,)e w|(t ы bccn |alourin,, iu- t) onr cnort.1 For Domestic .‘плким. Тпспл^^ prcrioui ул r, with great acceptance if the Domestic .Missions godovtn, the For. I and success, as missionary of tho state of einl ol-jict ii SL7'1'"’ HI. b.l-8 ? b';B‘"!ttS^rfir.K of 23, which has been paid out of ""’1"" . . tlio general fund in the treasury of the In¬ dian Department. Most of this is already pirovidcd fur in reliable Mihseriptions, which we hope to receive in a short time. MlCCO, Creek Nation, March 1, 18(11, Dmr Urn. Sumner. — I have this day re¬ ceived a letter from O. 0. Word к Co., Fort Smith, Ark., informing me that my Creek books have been received by them safely, according to direction; and that the freight and charges amuunt to 8147 SO from New York to that place. I would like to order them ns they aro yrcatiy nenlnl here, hut 1 have no money, and will he compelled to wait for a draft. I’leaso I forward soon. Thcro aro 4070 lbs., and fora any person joined tlio church. In 18.78, lie got up mi interest nt two pl.icei and constituted a eliureli at llnyou Menard with sixteen members, and one al Bethle¬ hem niilt Inn ini'inbem. During this year, fivo native Ministers were unbilled and appointed, by the Board. In ISO!», a church was constituted at llabbit Trap with nineteen members, and «lien wo arrived wo found there llirco churches with оно hundred and eighteen mcnib'is mol five natiro Ministers. In 18110, four churches have been consti¬ tuted with fi/ity-sii members and threo Ministers ordained. Two of which have been appointed by the Board, Wo hare now two white Missionaries and freight from Fort Smith to this place (85 miles) is never less than 81 50 per lmn- My wife’s funoral will he preached April their families, eight ordained natiro preath- .1X11 I u, - - cm, seven of which arc appointed by the Board, and four licensed preachers. One is very promising. Wc bavo seven churches with two hundred and ono members.. Were "4^