Home and Foreign Journal, June 1853

VOLmiE, I Г.. c'ii? ' ..... .. - d'“" . 4. ■ Miff- NUMREItig ■' ' Ob* DOMESTIC ;;'ЛЛ!Ц ,FpitBjb?p MISSIONS OF THE SOUTHERN BAP DirilBiill Heeling of 1% JoaljMr^l^ll/f CoOvVsilon. 4}^«>Р!ОПЛгом iwiuts of older • ifjjlkiog, ualii’rt n"u* П?лАт|Ы.,ЛГм‘11пя>.и? »Ka RAtiH.^vH'UnniVi» lAYO*fCU*lra«.ine*Tflcet>tMII of tuft pp.rnft. »!ie (inriltv ml.i Ил .1 . v n .1 . .V «* BAPTIST CONVENTION. (ended ly brethren flora differvpt jlgrU of Ih^SoniS1 ! . ' “ювд С1опа?ША ^r«.»l>poutJcd by the Chair. ,11 country, aud tho deliberation? wecochaftHsterizeil by * • JW^rtSW?1' byJb'ft. hjitjrs. *nii of harmony and enlarged Ohtiilisn benevolence. e 1, ■ ; n ■.once nf our retained missionary brethren, J. I,. I i -IN.1 Ur. G. W. Burton of th' China Jl union, T. J. , , ,1 . t Ceil til Africa, and ,T. II. Lacy, арроЫЦ mia- . ,iv to (Antral Africp, and also of T. G. Dinney, re- ч..“1 ru.ssiciiarj of th» Baptist tlte.’ionory Union froui ' ;i. , 11. gave additional interest lo .lb Mansion. It is* .. e dut a f c.’h impulse to, tho iaijso of missions has been ••'.and that with now, tl«ftUcn, our'.'bathrf n will 4i'" themselves to the work of gtving tho gospel to , :.l. , 'ц • ‘ '' I’.vouiiou чае called to ordor by tho former I’ree- •. It. a. It. It. C. liowoll. Tho tamo of delegates i Icon 01 rolled, an election of officer» took place, ,, 1 . -olied as follows I Itov. It. B. C. Howell i’rooi- il- •• К Fuller, Rev, .Г. B. Jelor, По». IV. C. ,1 1 Jiilai Storks, Vice Presidents, IV. 0. Pressley, . ,i* r, If. h. Kllyaon and W. C. Crane, Secretaries. , 1 1 ,rt of the Bible Board, as elated by the True г , . .4 io id on Friday afternoon by Кет. W. C. Buck, , 1 1 om,; Secretary. This report, which was quite .• !■>. gave encouraging «tatomonts of the progreas , I .Mo eauus in most of the Southern State». Aux- iitieH have been formed in many elates, and largo . . been made to the Bible Board. Some о -ми have colporteur» in notive labor, others bare 1 ., •■•'il societies, wliioh are in atraeessfnl program. Iiipi-dtorv at Nashville has succeeded ns well as 1 1 1 lAjifvteil. White value of books purchased • • -.I, v Ы $370,17. V • li'urd have made arrangement* with Messrs. Lip- 1 , 'iruuhn A Co., and Messrs. Miller of Plilladolphia» , ,| pi) of liibloa at a cheaper rate than tboy can bo e1 . ••! of any of tho societies. ■• u unt 1 ocoivcd during the last year was, from Ten- •• . >'f.f.'W, Alabama, f 1,168 91, Georgia, «301,10, •1| pi, $ HO, 35, Kontuoky, $882, 01 , Virginia, «2,250 . Mi.-iou Hoard, 57-15,07, othor source* $382,80. i 7- ,"7J,4i, of which amount thorn remains »n hand, I . ''1 Frnni Maryland the Hoard ha* as yet not to- • I , r, pi rt. X "V," lion had boon made to unite -he operations of B'J" If' su'd with those of tho PuMioatioa Society, ■ • ,.i V.4n necedwl -te Uy-tlrchtterw . nin Iras made the largest contribution, vix: $2,250. 1 '";nri «a* onlorcd to bo published iu the minutes, ' rred in appropriate oooiruiMees, lo report ou its I- ,ilL".’C-'lil,U(. . "• u 1 lb Annual Report of llie Bourd of Domestic 1 «.is read by the Secretary, Her. T. F. Curtis. '.• .isnipt.. for tho past year are, from Alabama, ■JJ.-J Georgia, $2,91)4, ИЗ ; Virginia, $2,145,85; 1 i\imlinj, $1,025,81, Tennessee, $650, Mississip- * '••2.17 . 'lurvbiud, $125; Louisiana $100; Kentucky 1 1" Mi-*oiri, $48,80: Florida, $30; Texas, $12. ••'. n hand . ' - $8,012 62 . • 1 - . - • - «18,074 47 J^uYo-^ayyr oyjrrft, мш, , .'4 , . , In the evening thfJtee.zlb., 'Howell ргр«Ы the Vur- pipi MUeiorvsormou frotu 2 Cor. viii. 9v, Jlis theme was MhvpiUhtiob of Christ. 1, Л» on Illustration of Ы* lb “ubo was rich" iu the posiessiou of Ы1 things? iu his.own perleclione, and 111 suprtmr happiness, “beraaio poor, V literally ргаег, and a man cf sorrows, that, wo rebels “suigbf 60 UadJ rieli.’’ 2. As'Un imfreasive eviimpl,. 8.' As an ar^r.r^uj fo'r tile prayerful ajd vigorous prcscim- lipu of ,»«alti[C.s for (1(9 couversion^f the woill. 'i'hcaa pdiuts wore pfimeated in au earliest and soiomn manner,' and at die clone, applied lo the teal Is and ccnselcnco» of Ohristiana. Acoording to resolution, tho moroi ig hour was employ¬ ed in reading tho report of the For sign Mission Hoard, which was read by Itcv. J. B. Taylor, Cor. Secretary. The receipt» frciu all eooroe» for tho past year were $21,188,45, tho disbursoiucots $21,129,25, leaving in the Treasury, together with U10 provi, us balance on hand, $11,694,11. Tho largest eunlributhu niaile by* any one State, was by Georgia, vis: $5,545,93, the noxt'by Virgi- nio, $8,911,74. Maryland had contributed but $959,83. Appropriate allusion was made by the report to tho death of Dr. Mendoolull, late Treasurer. The circulation of tho Ноше and Forvign Journal ia more ei'cnaive than both of the former jeriodiuala com¬ bined, boing about 12,000 monthly, but th » is much lesa than it ought to be. At leuat 30,000 eipiea should be circulated. At present there is a serious deficit iu tho amount of receipts from thb source; about $100 annually, Tho number of missionaries has been increised. The sta¬ tions are at Canton, Shanghai nnd Africa. ft further appear» by a review of tho vort, that there arc- connected with the Missions iu China, two Billions nnd one out station, eight male nnd six female n iiwionaries, and two assistants, and ono boarding and live ley schools and chapels. Identified with tho Afrioau Missi ,ns in Liberia, there are tliirtecn stations, ninetoon mission! rice and teach- ors, and eleven day school» with about 400 scholars. Throo stations aro proposed in Control Africa to л occupied by «ix raintimrie*, four of whom aro already si-curud. Total atations and out stations, nineteen; missionaries and assis¬ tants, thirty-nine, schools, sevontoen; svbolais, four hun¬ dred and eighty; churches, fourteen ; with a membership ’ of six hundred afid foitjr-tbor. . . *' The-Hoarfb a ve scon ho reason tb chang. tiieir decision j in dismissing Rev, I. J. Roberts from their service, Rov. J. L. Shuck and Dr. Burton have returned to this country, though the latter will shortly sail agaiu for his field of labor. California was earnestly commended to the Convention, j nnd Africa was represented as n very important and invit- j ing field, both on nceonnt of the constantly increasing emi¬ gration from tho United States, and the facilities enjoyod there for evangelising tho heathen tribes. Tho advantages of Central Africa for missionary labor were dwelt on at length. Several now Holds were nllujed to, and especially Italy, 1 •Ьи''т*'пЫ - - - $10,587 2!) - $14,330 41 ml . $2,231 88 ml icceipts have exceeded those of any ptcccd- -й«зд ..,, c importance nf the work- Boston has spent h’jlf a ИШй-™ introducing teeter for th.l.tiscof her citischi; vwjiro we doing to give the uwfer ty' lift todyjng na. Millions aro eipindod by tho govorniuonC of tho WEd-Htales on her army.and navy. What .are 50 or ilulUrs to bo oijiended by iHiistianv In Solidity ipsl to the world I He also spoke of the onoourage- .U to tint work, as illustrated in Hannah. Already hep! are 10,600 converted heathen, bosido multitudes xWbvo dfed In faitli; their churches aro dUtingulshcd 'jj^ir csrvful ejaiuinatiou of candidates far meulecship, ап,1 Jlrietiwss of their discipline, J>y their ic- .cliwcot aaqualutauco .with, tiro lliblo, and by the care with, ruitlr they tra' Central and South America, now groaning under tho aupor- siom gft'V lj distressed The ipcakcr presented many strikkr faob illustrative of tleso assertions, and closed with a fern v-tit appeal to Christians to practice more self-denial nnd m8r ^.entire cousooration to the great work of saving tho worj'l, 1Й*; 7. J. Bowen, missionary to Central' Africa, then miifo tn address nljah' o6»M not fail to lindlo in every ЬрЦ, thrilljng jmjtimu, . A/R-r a rapid sketch of tho ro- li^gjs condition cf' the Western coast of rrhich (.0 dfpCribcd as containing iron 76 to 106 churches, with lljtfct 10,606 membert, 1m proceeded to speak-of Yomba, ile interior. He doretibed (he country as apparently Д^у, moderately fertile, with a delightful climate : tho as far abovo savages, polltoju thoir manners, quite agent, dwollug iu' walled citio.s,j«inatf thfcm cover, ,fi ifea as largo as New York. Thoy ore prepared by ip teligion to appreciate tbe vaUm cf the great' mrijlet J .miiiiuor Jesus, aro willing and nnxiou} to liear the ipd, and somo of them, dariog his short stay tf eight dy, gave evidomw of a change of heart and of faith in Christ. He was tho first wliilh man who had evor ed some parts of that oountry, and his narrative was со surprising and cnoontaging. Ho will soon return ;p!unt tho staudxrd of tho cross. At tho closo of his ro- itks a oolleetion was taken up anw-iiitiug to $120. When tho report on African missions by Judge Stocks if taken up on Monday morning, by requost of tho Con- stion, Ucv. T. J. Bowen made many interesting stale- •tts ht regard to Central Africa. lie thought that Urn rtqf rcvofatfo’n must lmvo been iu former ages shod in'jbo Africans. Many praolico cirmtnloliion, anti .fojncidenoes in ousUiirm, arts, Ao., with lloso nf an. ■SgTyk'ebe’» that- the civiiixithra of Central Africa must havo been derived from Egypt. Ho regarded it ns pointod out by God as a pwuliar field, promising tho richest harvest, They are not savages, lint a people who could, if oonvertod, support mdepeudent, solf-nuslaiuing churches. Ho had seon a market two miles long. Tho staples are com and yams. The currency is the cowrie or little shells. Tho sheep have no wool. They have only palm wine, and an alo made from Indian com. On motion, Bov. Dr. Jetor was requested to lead llo Convention in returning thanki to God ou behalf of tho encouraging tokens of Ills favor given to the African Mis- stitidns of Humanism, and barred by many obstaoloe against the introduction of thorpure gospel. Various committee* on the report of the Foreign Board wore moved. During Iho ponding of tbe motion interest¬ ing addresses wore made by brethren Jetor, Binnoy, I Brantley and Oraves. j A resolution was offered by Rov, Jno. Berg, that as j Divine Providence is evidently pointing to Central Ameri- j oa as an interesting nnd promising Bold of missionary ef¬ fort, it is tho opinion of this Convention that British Hon¬ duras ho occupied hv them at an early period, and that a-i Rev. J. Kingdon, of Baltimore, has labored in that Hold fur several years and translated several looks of ‘be sacred Scriptures into tho Maya language, whioh is spoken (bore by a population of a million, that ho he requested .iy this Convention to labor in that field. The propriety of occupying Burmah, and British Hon¬ duras, wa.' referred to the cormnittoo on now fields of labor. On Satnrday evening, at 8 o’clock, brother damncl Tho ropm-t of tho Comraittco on New Orleans wus road by Rov. J. It. Graves. It preaentod in glowing terms the importance nf tho Valley of tho Mississippi as tho grand field for missionary work in the U. 8. Now Orleans is the commercial emporium of that valley, and exert* a vast !n- fincnco over it. It is moreover a moral mnoletrom, and thousands of young men from ail parts of tho land are there ruined. To prevent this mighty loss, wo must at¬ tempt groat things to establish a pormsnont Baptist inter¬ est there. It recommended the raising of $25,600 to be added to the $15,066 now in tho hands of tho oxeootors of Mr. I’anlding as a building fund. To accomplish thin, it closed with a recommendation to all tho pastor* through¬ out the South to take a collection for this fund on the — - Sabbath in - — , also suggesting Dr. Fuller, of Bal¬ timore, as a suitable person to undertake the onterpri*o of establishing a Baptist Church in New Orleans. Laid on the-taUo until 4 o’clock. Prayer by Rev. Goo. W. Sam¬ son. Adjourned. •Д report on finance by J. C. Crane was read, also a re- • . by шит than $2000. Some churches formerly 1 b. il, 1 R.iard have boffomo contributors. The pros- • I ■lend f»r aid has, however, increased more rapidly t1"' nrreoio of funds. Mnrh gratuitnu* labor has . formed by ministers as ngents. Tbe employment • y. t- vis strongly recommended. I '.•• rum, her of missionaries has been 77, 58 havo made I. . being i,*n more thsn during the list year. A few • и - aro herewith presented. The misaionariea have ! 'U more than 20 cities of the South and Soutli- T li j have supplied 217 stations; preached 5058 ' о- made 8712 religious visits, aDd bapliied 042; i ;• i-o.i., havo been converted, but not baptised; 21 ' hv 1 'instituted; 17 meeting houses commenced, nnd 1 Baker, of Tennessee, preached attbe First Bupti-t Church, . ’ 1 -• ministers ordained; eight uro preparing Cor ; |>om iuke ;V) 43, <1 [ шц>1 ргвас1, th0 kingdom of God port on the impo-tanoo of some plan of general operations tni'iiitry. J to other citiu also, for therefore am I nent.”' ; for domestio muaions, by Bov. N. M. Crawford. Tho . '’wired 'and seventy-four Africans havo boon bapti- He JiscusMa lhrea рп|п„ . [. That Christ wai. sent " lo . 'lUMlion of m,k:n< 'Ь“ "|М‘'П8Я i",‘cad of b,cn' |'"'ug the year. Great interest was expressed in the ; preocl, the k;„gdom of 0oj о 2. That Christ wis а Ите nW ™ ond linsl1)' **' “,ldtd ‘ 7nl° 10 • .-v I' iiuprovemont of this class. Tho missionaries are ; jnmaMry, 3, That Christians should labor to evange- vi'leomed by most of tbe planters, and offered I t,,„ ci/itl „„4 ilrge tmr„, especially, in imitation of ■ ' iluy for prosecuting their ltbors. i their Lord. After the sermon, brother Slephm W. Price ill' largest contribution from any eburoh was that of «a* ordained to labor a* a Hume Missionary in Western to worrhip and teach, which are grin ted in this country to ■ 't Franeia -St. ehurcb, Mobilo, Ala. 1 Marvland. Rev. J. W. M. Williams offered the ordaining | all foreig-ors, was referred to a committee. An interesU I Board has devoted more labor to Texas than to any i prayer, Dr. FuUer gave the charge ,nd Rev. F. Wilson ! ing repe 2 on the distribution of the Btble was road by !’V '•■'„re. The tide of emigration to this State was no- the right hand of fellowship. It is an interesting fact that; Rev. E. Ball and adopted. , ' tier than at present. Louisiana was represented j brother 1’rire is the son of a former missionary and of a • The Committee on California reported through Rev. 8. - tn 't interesting field, and the importance of at onae ( converted l’urroan ; that hi" earliest years were spent with Bakor. California contains 100 square miles, three limes "ring New Orleans wa. earnestly advocated. Hie 1 Roardnan -ad Judson. Hois probably the first person : as large as Virginia, Ac. It will one day contain 20,00^000 •'f niton was urged to select a suitable miniate-, and to \ lorn in Burmah who has over entered upon the ministry inhabitants; its wealth und prospective influence render it ■t ,'t.tko .1,0 niost liberal meoenres to erect r. home of in the United States. a roost important field. It will fora, too, a grand centre ' Ц1 worthy of the denomination. Tho subject of cron ' a g'-ncral building Fund was alluded to. make no change. In lhn afternoon, tho question of memorialising Congress lo seonro the same privilege to oar citizens in other lands - j On Sunday, тару of the pulpits of different denomina- of Influence on China, Japan and other heathen conntncs n - . . . . tion, throughout the city were occupied by member, of’-»* great mi«ion»ry nursery.’ Thousand, have gone M'ttv requests for establishing a mission tn California, the Convention. On Sunday afternoon, а там nrisaionary from our qudrt. Soathon Lap 1st. and citizens are then! ' ' made, but no one ha, yet Ih'C found to go, meeting ms held in tho First Baptist Church. Wo have 'm large numbers. Rome rs at work there. Idolalo U several havo been invited. Tho report also con- seldom attended a more deeply interesting service. The there with a its vices. ere it l_-Jr a jJ.'v^f tie 'd nuny irapor taut views in reference to tbe Home Mia- spacious house was literally crowd, d. After prayer by between the demmrd snd Il ^ u tho dnycf tho «V/ ehtcrprisc, and urged tho necessity of comliuiag Iter. Dr. Sharp, of Buxton., Row. Dr.. Haney, formerly of . Home Mremrn Rosrd ef Southern laptrsts to aid m grv.ng, "oneentrating the mivsionary operations of tho variom Btirloah, made an address, in which, after spewing at tha tbe-gospel to Califom». , , ”, which are now conducted in iade^ndeno. cf each sublimity and vastnes, of th. missionary enterprise, he, Jh, committee en th. futureopcratrcn, of _tho_Bd.e u.n d ■Mur, tad “tJtc Hv. BUvblUlltl la, 14 U»t tub 1 inaoioi»^ f <1 , , . . < ■ .■ dwelt on the trifling nature of tU efforts wild. CLri-liao, ! Bo.rd, m-gesting the employment of colporteurs sn l the иаЦ of, the, RiMj ,I(«trd aqd .Publiextjoq Society in tills • . - wpfk,te^ud, г .. 'Xb-jZZT it(e c.eiumtlioq pp tupoTaud .ptetfiriejl narqtiejyj-. ported thp wood Friday ia ,Jt»y, 135 j, .at Montgeoatry^ Ala., Convention sermon by.Roy.'Wm.jlloppejr, of Altornate A. 1>. gears, Ky. Adopted. - , Rev. J. II. Kendrick read the rvpCrt'ju 'niTt fields, for; foreign niissiourt It recommended the occupation of But- rush, Britisli Honduras and the cldcs cf South Ataerks, especially l’auamn. Remarks were made. by bin. BrihRy,' " Mell and Adams. On nioticu of Kev. Mr. Braatly, Bur- ■ . uiali was stricken out of the report. - if' I «7* &&• The goinmitlco on the instruction of tho colored jopidtP’ ‘ tion reported by Rok. Mr. Kingdon, apytovitig- tlnr plans * cf the Board on this subject, and recomnieudingniord yigoc-V,. у 1оё» efforts oubchalf'ofliU class, especially lltlus ciitceof? ^ . ' ’Wiithfiiglbit and Haiti mote, and ou the coast of (’ioorgta.' Adopted. ' *v ' The oomruittco on pew flclds for domestic missions re' ported through Rev. J. li, Cuthbcrt, alluding. to New; Oilcans and (Jolifutnia as.iinportdnt fiolds, suggesting also 1 New Mexico, but not urging its itnmcdiato oeeupatioti.'. The citits of tic South were presented n, the great points 1 at which to aiiu, fCr, while in the country we are eonipara- ‘ lively sitocessfil, wo are loo feeble iu (ho cities. Favor-;' able opportunities are now offered, aud cities abound wid¬ th oso who sro depraved and detitute. This report also' commended Florida to tho attention and care of thd Board.1* Adopted. Adjourned. Prayer Iro. Anderson, of Ky7 In tho evening addresses were delivered in helialf of* . home mission», by Roy. Messrs. Shuck and FuUer. ' , Mr. Shuck said that the China mission hod met with to. verses, but this was tn bo expected. W'p must, therefor?, prepare for them, snd net only submit, hut redouble "Vb ohr effotU to ovcroomdlheiir. llo spoke' of thu irdpbrtetKqb.*j^. of China. It contains 350,000,000— onc-IhlrJ of tho popn-' . J- latiun of tho globe. Il is na intelligent nation, wilt libra*! ' ' rios, and tho arts in an advanced stale. The catalogue of the Iniperi.il library comprises 120 large volumes. 'No'1 ttltrnal obstacle prevents the spread of tiro gospel there. : Mach has been done. Eighteen years ago there were but ' three missionaries— it was death for a native to harbor one. ‘ Now there are 150, 75 -chapel», many Christian schools, Iho Bible has boon translated, religious books published* ami about 100 converts mado. He then spoke of tho Chinoso in California. They are1 in n peculiarly ffvoralk position. Tho Habbaih' is there1 obttrvdl j' thzy will 'fogdlsrly nttend church f they are*' . afftctcd'by Chrisiiih kindness in a strange land ; Ihey will' not meet villi ridicule and reproach for becoming Christ-’ if, Vi there.' It'olfers therefore a very premising field, and. should ho efficiently cultivated. lie closed by relating the case of tho conversion of a Chinese priest at h'haugbai, aud earnestly exhorted Christ¬ ians, “do not forget China." llo was followed by Dr. Fuller, and, at a very Into hour, tho audience was dU- missed. s On the morning of Tuesday tho Board cf Foreign Mis¬ sions In Richmond, Vn,, tho Bond of Domostio Missions, in Marion, Ala, and Iho Bible Board, were severally ap-- pointed. Rov. T. F. Curlis, who had been nominated ns' Cor. Hoc, -of tbe Domestic Mission Board, declined the ap pointmeut, nnd subsequently Rev. Joseph Walker, of 6fc’ Louis, wns elected. Report* cn China mission, on build-1 ing fund nnd on oolportago were adopted, *- The committee t r whom was referred tho resolution of-" fered by Rev. Ocnrge F. Adams, iff this city, that a eon-' mittoo of fire bo appointed to consider tho subject of memo¬ rialising Hi* trealyinakingnuthoritlen of the United Btato»' for the purpose of securing to Amerioan citizens in foreign! lands the mine religious liberty there which laaecorded to' all penplo in this country, submitted their report, which," after Interesting remarks by Rov. Dr. Bacon, of Washing¬ ton city, ns adopted. ' On motion of Mr. Oraves, all tho pastors connected with tho Convention were requested to obtain copies of the me- morial, and after having it signed by tho members of their respective ehurnhe», transmit them to tho national author!1' lies at Washington. The report of tho committee to whom was referred tho. subject of the New Orleans mission, and which was re¬ ferred back to them in the morning, was next called up, and after a very warm debate, adopted by a largo majority. After it had been adopted, on motion of Itov. Dr. Fuller, which struck out the aaggeslion for missionaries for that field of labor, and authorized the appointment of at least four missionaries, in order jo the effectual propagation of tho gospel In that oily. The other resolutions adopted recognize New Orleans as a very important post for a pormment rnluion, calls for the appointment of a board of seven trustees to manage' age the mission in concert with tho or center of thft Pauld¬ ing fund, and recommends the raising of $16,000. In aid' thereof— providing the ono-half of that sum can bo raised in Now Orleans, which ha? been confidently promised by the Baptist church there. On motion of Mr. A. D. Kelly, of the Seventh Baptist Chureh, Baltimore, in was resolved to commence a nub- scrip'tion instautcr, ia order lo carry into effect the lustre- ^ solution, when the following sums were guaranteed ; f Seventh Bsptist Church, $500; Iter. J. II. Do Votie,' of Alabama, $500; Mr. Freest;, of Charleston, '$500;' Archibald Thomas, $100, Jss. Thomas, 5100; Went, worth Street CaplW Church, of Charleston, $300 ; Jamos; C. Crane, $100 1 William Crane, 5100: Rev. Mr. Ken-, dricb, of Charleston, $200 ; Rev. Wra. 0. Crane, of MiV sissir.pi, $100; Rev, Mr. Tucker, of Georgia, ЮО^Вогб Mr. Manly, of Virginia, $300; Rev. Franklin WBsoff, $200; Montgomery (Alabama) Church, $100;: First , Bap- ti„t Church, Baltimore, $100 ; First Baptist Church,