Home and Foreign Journal, January 1855

VOLUME -II. * -Л' -it «эйм» Numb 11 OAK 1)$ Г’ DOMESTIC. MISSIONS. MARION, ALABAMA, JULY 1652. Missions to the Negroes. During the past urfralh two newtnwionarics Live been appointed lo the colored people, »nd one oilier las been re-appolnled. The Board is desirous of hying before tho AsseciitioDS and ehurcLcj tho plan which they hare adopt¬ ed, ia regard to this department of religious enterprise. ■Where any of car Baptist Associations or churches art) desirous of haring a mission established, they should havo aome executive committee, consisting of responsible, pious, tod prudent brethren, -usually deacons of the churehoa and planters residing in tho ricinity of tho proposed mis¬ sions; to this committee the imnwdiato supcrmteitdcoco of the •» hole jurark, anoh аз selecting suitable stations for*] Hut umnjr of tho churches who contribute to' .. and slate with us the luxury of doing good,- as V«fi opportunity, have been recently V’ecoiying to &/$?.■ ti. . ■hip joyful cqtirerta. Tho past few months hare, in tlilsjj in Boston, in 1’bilxdclplm, and in scorch of.'othorfphr1- been rendered memorable Tor tho trophies cf Л1ий grace.1 Oh, that the revival spirit prevailed 'itifin eburch, at all seasons! ,\nd that thus, of ChrKliai our highly tutored land nnd ago, it might ho.said,"/!) had the churches rest . and were edified an<f- . iog in tho fear of tho Lord, and in tbs comfdrtfofi Holy Ghost, were multiplied.” American Home Missionary Society^ The twenty-sixth Anniversary of tho -ЛшепсапТН* no Missionary Society, war held at tho ' Broad*’ ay Д aloraa j|, k.-4, .. , .. Wednesday evening., Tho C.UowioglLjajuSnjryel |h« $11^ tkrttaeelmgx.;. Nominating, iha^ist! revolt; af^tho past year1» t*(. « committed to our Board.' "Wk'ere any Tucli The Socfety b miuisteis of tho gospel, in 2$ different States and ■fTcrnyp rioa: in the Sew Englaud States, 305; the Middle StM». ‘dill, thd Southern States, 14; tho Western States Jf ml Territories, 6do. Of these. G19 have been tho mstola'ftv worthless for saving pul poses. ..Others would have looked i *{. h“lj sacrifices hi was willing to make, and have admired ‘ him, Jesus looked at thoso hb was unwilling to make, and pointed out to.'hiru .his danger. -The disoiplea looked at what he ga re-op, his station snd his.rxnkpaud were aston¬ ished at mots' boing demanded. Christ lookod at what ho kept lack,- and exposed to him tho hollowness of his dVa heart. Wo hsvs been led t$ theae/obserrations by observing that at this t'uao there, is a spirit of enlarged benevolence, of consecration of properly to- Christ in почта instances, »hich shews that tho rights of the Saviour to control tho pecuniary affairs of his followers, arp . beginning to bp felt. In Montgomery, .Ala., for instance, aim. inJividt.ul sub¬ scribed $100 to iSo Bible Society. Ho' went homo, pray¬ ed and thought over it, and increased it to 5200; at last ho camo forward and; gate a three story house on tho main sionary wDl be executive committee reports to us their anxiety to under¬ take a mission ia s tegiou where the black population is numerous, and funds are secured to defray at least half or more of the espouse, tho Board of Domestic Missions will, as far ts their umans permit, be happy to aid suitable mis¬ sionaries in this great work of Christian love, they report- rag regularly both to tie-executive committee of tie -ifno- 'кШ’ол, and to our Board. Suitable Agents Wauled. At oor annual meeting in April, it was strongly urged bj the committee on Ageney and Ппааеа, that it was the duty of it» Board to take immediate stepe to increase tho number of its agents, until it had secured the labors of one for each State in the south and south-west. The enlarging extent of territory to bo supplied, iho rapid increase of its population, the necessity of domestic missionary iutelli- genco being conveyed to the churches, of frank and full explanation» as to all onr operations, the o, uslant need of more /uJowa ia tho field, all make tbs Board deairoua of communicating with enitablo brethren throughout the south and south-west, who are willing to becomo agents fur this Beard. The executive Board or committee of each Baptiat State Convention, or other suitable hodica in thoae St.ni in which no have at present no i gent, tie invited to nominate some individual in whom they герозе confidence, to aot as agent for dorm lie missions, and eonununicato the nomina¬ tion to onr Board. The Board will «fdcivor lo «осоте tho individuals thus nominated. imiou l«|d. A Short Strata with a l’nctlcal Illustration. Then Jems hihohling him loctJ him, and «oil trnlo him, Out (ling thou hithut ■ go Ik у wny, Kil idsiwi imr lieu kail, о» I girt f„ t!u parr, and Hum Ml inn livswwv ia hum a.’’— M x: V!l . Our Saviour dees not mean to my that thero re not many things lacking In this young man. There doubtless were. . But there was one radial defect in his character — ono defect which, if not repaired, stood between him and that « eternal life " for which ho panted, and the terras of inheriting which ho had just enquired after, when ho Slid, "Owl Master, whul «hall 1 do "tha! 1 may iahcril iltrnal lift It was as if the Saviour had «aid, "I sec in you many amiable and excellent qualities, you ore not , and Others are expecting to do ao. Most p„ ffuID tha kingdom of God; thero is no gross oppwaition oung persons, connected either with thoTmlml U1 j0UJ chancier to true religion, and thero are many ex¬ cellencies ; but there is still ono radical defect which mint bo Revivals. •п£са*л‘ 3 'iM гаИШШШжтгъхгъм1пргл which is «о generally observable now throughout our coon- 'rj- It may not be nninterojtiug to tho friends of the Board cf Doineilio Missions at a distance to know, that erer ainoo tho time of tho bolding of tho annual meeting of that Board, (and of theWudian Missionary Association,) with the church in Marion, a very interesting work of grace has been going ou in that boJy. From the Sth April, the day when thono meetings commenced, to May 10, more than a month, thero were religious eervices hi tho Baptiit church eeery day with ouo exception, when a violent atorm prevented, The enquiry and prayer meetings were diligently attend¬ ed. Tho paster of the church (who is the president of the Board) considers that about fifty give evidence of b iog converted. About thirty hivaalreaJy joined the Ba list church thceo are young persons FemaU Institute, underlie elargo of N. 1’. Jewett, or tho Howard College : several cf tho members ef the seni¬ or clasa of which are among the convert». It is loped that some of these latter may hereafter becomo ministers and perhaps missionaries cither of the Domestic, Foreign or Indian Boards. Throughout tie whole of iho meeting there has not been tho least confusion. Tbu preaching was chiefly conducted bj llcv. B. Manly, ju’r, of Bich- uionJ, and He». J. T. Tichenor, cf Montgomery. It was remarked by tho pastor, out of the first twenlj-llirco lap- tired, that fivo were the children of Baptist ministers. Near the close of tho meeting ono ynnng person died in the. triumphs of faith, ssho hod hern awakened coly about a fortnight before. Bov. Dr. Sparrow, of tho Presbyte¬ rian church, preached and laboreJ with much teal and Usu-. fulness. Seteral bavsSbccn converted In hh congregation. In a meotiug commenced aoou aftor by our Methodist brethren, wc havo been informed that about as many more professed to lo contorted as at tho Baptist mectiog : Tho letters from our misAlmarioa ibis uuiuth, are unusu¬ ally interesting. Neatly every ono of them reports moat pleasing tokem of tho Dirino presence aud glorious man¬ ifestations of God’s rich, loroteign grace, in the salvation of aiunors. At these things every Christian rcaJer must rejoice, for thus tho goepcl is magnified 1 and tho cdorablo Saviour eefs «Jwtlie travail of his soul, is delighted . and' thus, tbo, tho condemned and perishing are saved— saved through Instrumentalities employed by this society, and Of theso, 019 have been tho pistol s' ft stared supplies of (inglo congregations; and 110 hatjjd- mioisured to two or three congregations each, Or ucmmiiid «till wider Golds; the itinerant sy-teia being embracec).™ tho policy nf the society, as auxiliary to its peat ohffit— tho p-croxnont ostallishuicot of the pastoral rvllfon. Nino missionaries have p, reached to congregation» сГЙТог- ei people ; and 60 in foreign languages— 13 to VVobdraihd 59 to German eongregxtmus . and other» to congrcgapplis ef Norwegians, Swedes, Swiss, Hollanders an d F%> men. The number of congregations supplied, in wh; in part, is 1,913; and the aggregate of ministerial performed is eqnal to SG2 years. The pupils in Sabbath schools amount tn CG,5tj0. have been added to tho ohurcbea ti,82ll, vix : 3,3 profession, at$ 3,010 bv loiter. Fixtj-ono miser nake mention their reports ef revivals cf rclig their congregations; act 819 missionaries report,? hopeful conversions. Forty-five chureliCJ have been.t* ixod by tho missionaries during tbo year ; and foi that had been dependent, have assumed tho sup; their owu ministry. Sixty-fire houses ef worship boon completed; fifty-five others repaired, and thcKUdy ing of sixty other» commence!. .Ninety young w®?ip conneetbn with the missionary churches, are in prepaftloh fur tho pwpel ministry, llccoipts, 5100,0(12 2a. П Mi* nos, $174,20:1 7T. Bajments, 5102,331 11, laving 511,132 63 still duo to mi'sionaries for labor perfjpedj towards cancelling which there is и balance in the (n «игу of 59,907 15. 'Л With ’bo «amo ntur.bcr of laborers as were in 1* loisj «ion tho preceding year, ugkiitn more have bren A*Toya cd in tho western States and Territories; nine rndTijiiri of miisionary service have been performed, oic/d’ ami rumry-e igAr more congregation» hare 1-ecn .\iljvd with the preaching cf tho gu«pcl, and ode Ui&J Щ1 (»:etl<.y-fe*^ttgtyn'lirijuallxto^ton<^dil ' ' Tbs' rrceipl» eaeetvl thowi pf tho pr’cccJnj year byf^' $9,122 09— the greater part of tho inereaso being front tho regular contributions of the churches. ... _ __ . Ia Jfiihile,. a morehaut of largo' means hi» 'given 'сц only a largu and valuable house, but 512,000 to the Tract Society, arid resolved to devote At msilf to tbo rnanago- uicnl of a religious book warehouse. To us it seems that Christ. Is at this tamo «ayiog to many men of property, sell that thou hast and giro to tho poor, nnd room fu!bw mo and thou «halt havo treasures in heaven. Many icein to ho obtying this call. In this country and thia ago of commerce, property ac¬ cumulates suddenly and in шазя‘а that would have been quite impossible and iocrcdilb a few years ago. For a man only to give now what would have been liberal a few years ago, is often to bo much less than liberal now. God Op, cos up avenues and demands now what would have been too much for tho Christians in. former day», but are not too ouch for us now. Tho gold of California is poured into tha lap of com¬ merce. Millions arrive each week. For every million coined, tho circulation, by means of paper and credit, is increased far more than ten millions. The result is that money la becoming each week mnra abundant. Tho same money giren to benevolent oljccta will not go any thing like as far. Let every mau give as tho lord hath prosper¬ ed him within tho last live years. Ildw many a planter has made linear two or three now plantations, cutef tho cropaof tho .last five years, llowiaauy n merchant has made houses and lands. How many a professional man lays by largely, and haa Invested in lands, or hauk aleck, or a plantation, largo auras every year. Supposing Christian to deroto one of thoso pieces of property (o the Lord— to domestic jnhuldna— would, or .would ho not bo laying up a Ireasare u^))csven|.( . BAPTIST CONTENTION; rerough Instrumentalities employee oy inn „ ’If , auitained, in part, byyout donations. The Groat Head of tho Churou, whose olouo is tho effectual working, is pleased to own our efforts, to accept our offerings, and to near our prayers, Nor is this all ; these revival Items will servo to awakon, wo trua^ in older and stronger churches — churches that are benefactors— a trofoumlor «enso of tho imports»» of the Spirit’s special agency ; a deeper and more ‘biding ifii- presiioa, that Haul or an Afollos can only plan! anJ tor, and that nnltis God giro tho increase, souls perish, Zion languishes, and preaching becomes a «aviit of oentli unto death.mAnd tf just and scrip turf 1 views of tho Spirit’s prerogatives and Irresistible might, obtain and produce their I'gitimato results, tho refill mfiaenco of removed, or it will exclude you from eternal happiness. !. Aud whit wax that defect 1 Jesus does not fill Urn. The youug man would not havo believed him If ho hvd told him. The great 1’hysioiau of sools prescribed the proper remedy, but did not suddenly name tbo disco, its showed him that cf which lie had too much— his love of riche», hut did not directly tell him what it was of which ho had too little— ins tovt or God. Had ho douo во, tho nan would lmvo denied it And yet it ia clear from tho result, that there was all 0» til jo tho lack of a su¬ preme love to God and allegiance to Christ, and that tLls was the radical defect of his character oven that while ho liked religion, he loved money. Ho kneded to Jesu.-., hut ho prostrated himself lo mammon, lie regulated hla life by tLo ten commandments, hut his heart by t'10 lore of gold. Uc had a certain degree of instinctive rospect nnd lore for religion, while ho saw its beaoty reflected n the teachings cf tho Saviour ; hut it was cot tho mpreini, the first, the greatest, tho ruling affection and principle vf his heart. -' To a certain extent, and a very great extent, hi was willing logo. Ilia heart was really moved. Chrir., d'. unpopular as ho was will, priests and people, hu was will- log not onij to admire, hut openly lo admire, with tho generous ardor and impetuosity of a noble spirited young man. Ho was willing to do what few are area uow.to forfeit tho good opinion of tho worU, yea, of Iho «0 criled religious world. Ho was willing to kneel to Him, despised and rejected of men, and from whom men tnroed away their faces. All this he bad, and Jesus leering on bun, tovU him for il. Ho «aw in him a disinterested love of truth, virtue and excellence Up to a certain point; tbit ho came forward hoping for no applause, but willing to па е tho sacrifice of much for Christ'» ssko, and to put himself, to a certain extent, under hia guidance. But ho also law that this lovo of. religion was only partial where it ought to have been supreme, "and Aercfor. that itwx.uUcrlj **a»Uri(lel4»a< • Bajdbt Association. The one hundredth anniversary of the Charleston llap- tist Association was celebrated last November, with tbo First Church in Cbarlertoo, S. С. A brief sketch of what had been done, and what was doing, for varioua objects of Christian benevolence was presented by able committees. Tho following is tho concluding paragraph of tho report of tho committee on Hamuli c Million ■— It is ipparcut from what has been written, that while tbo Charleston Association has done much duriog the hun¬ dred years of ita oxistonee, to give the gnspel to those living within its own hounds, comparatively little has been done tntitcnd its knowledge ami nlesviogs to mere distant parts of our land. Thia is a sufficient reason for attempt¬ ing, nor less at home, but much того than usual abroad, in tbo course of tho century open which wo have entered. Scores of young churehoa, occupying the most prominent points in our frontier States, niter the cry for missionary aid; and wo are confident that they deservo, and that it 11 our duly to aivlst in hcatowidg It. That portion of oor land which, in the dispensation of pruvideucc, has been undo our iouucdiate spliore of labor, contains a population of nrer eleven millions. Ono half of this multitudo are without the adequate rueana of grace. Many . portion! are entirely destitute. Thousands of families have not tho the oeripturos; regard not the SabLath; havo neither Sun¬ day schools, or meetings for prayer, and to in alarming degrto are ignorant of the way of salvation. How deplo¬ rable is tho famine of gospel privileges in Texas, Califor¬ nia, and N«w Meaioo! liut wo are not ignorant of tho deposition of those with id to this Statu is, that they are ,loo numerous. Each . oh wisho* a chunk in his own loose,. &Л, iMioaonpy,) tUrt mile» from Ocala, la also a' flourishing- town', hut .‘dfioVnc (it present contain' «0 many inhabitants кд. Ocala^ It* in portanco is owing t'q the fact of it* being., t^e imf.oftli Metlodiat High School of East-Eloridxf'padei'ao ' at )». conference. Numbers of Baptists arc 'settling around ! Wo corutituted a church there with 30 while members b January;, and. thero are others whom fro are .expecting t jinito with tho church. Bel tho want of houses cf 'worship at loth those place is felt ni a serious evil. НШл^ц.чЬе 'Mathodibfs Uj ppened their churches t» oi In botii towns. Recently have occupied fro courthouse in Ocab, and expert;, to’ld so until wo can finish our house of worship, now In proces of. erootion. Wo lack sows funds, however, and I.wou] most respectfully, request, the.- 'Corresponding. Secretary о Board, as tho huso may lo,- to- Send -niq a letter, recoil mendiog roe. to (bo churches as’ their missionary, Aq.j wit Й?;гЫ^й#“?;,??'А/>\Аг.«АсМ1ес1-{ипф.,1ег canopy. I ora at prevoif lc6ilectbg>iml V(!cmvlng-v«ul Kriptions. I fed that this is a step absolutely domandci This is tho very heart of Eaat-Florida. Without onr ow housex of worship wo cannot got Oven those who hoi letters of dismission to 'unite with uj- wo cannot fin them all oat. And although Baptist» of property ruoi in, yot they generally сото without money, , nnd lave I clear land» before they ore able to do much towards build ingebnrebes, Ac. Thua time, valoablo to Iho donominl lion, is lost. 1 nilgb t «ay much more upon this point, bu a hint to thoso who hare porhaps experienced the «am- evil is sufficient. I havo raised about ?.Q00 towards tb building of the church in Ocab, width, considering th newness of tho conntry, may ho regarded a largo auiount About a thousand dollars more than liai been alreadysnb acrihed will he needed for tho ohurcbea in this place an- Micanopy. Aey B’eitjpEcc. J. II. Briaker’i Repcrl, It may ho interesting to the readers of tho Journal t know yomelliing того of my sphero of labor tban ia usual! oxpeetod in a general report. ..A , history of the rcligiou efforts in Key West was published in the Missionary Jour nal nearly two years sinoo, from which it appear» that thi i»lo of tho ocean has lecn regarded as an important Gel for missionary labor, bj variona religiout-Jeuoir.mationr aince the year 1833. Thia field hat been occupied by th Southern Domestic Jlisaionory Board einoa 1849; andb niiasionaries of other religious denominations ainco 183: Our effort» lutvo not been entirely lost In eaUillUhiog permanent religioua interest here, though many obslooli have appeared, somo of whlcli. yek.remaln. Thoso vtb population 01 ■> otw )«ч» w»*., > .. „ ' " whom wo labor, end to whom wo address ourselves. The history of past years encourage» ur to ref nao confidence in their real and liberality for the causo of Christ. According to their ability, so wo believe will to their readiness to ex¬ tend the helping hand, and go with ui for our whole South¬ ern land, our God, and triuh. On aueh roadicsss depends (ho pivwueritjr of our own uourclvs ; tho encouragement cf thousands of Ood’a poor who are asking tho bread of life at our hands, and the wlvation of tens of thousands of our countrymen, who are perishing in their aim. /roiu (Dnr Ншшшпгз. , rt,onm*.‘- Ocala. — Bn. Bn. RoyaTi Bcporl. * Ocala isafiourishing town containing about fire hun¬ dred inhabitants, and on tho increase. It U thought to ha destined from its aituation and natural advintagos, to ho tho largest town of Eaat-Florida. There are several Bap- tlvt families in the town and otheri within good distanoo for attending church- at it. Thoso residing south of It, belong to a church about 8 to 10 miles off, which I supply monthly) le ing .it present too weak to procure and aupport a pastor. I intend, if it И not objected to by tbo Board, to male a proposition to from to unite will tho little band at tbia place, and thus form ono respectable body. Aa tho country, la rapidly filling, up, I. think in tha course of two or threo years, tho old .organiiatloni may lo rovired aj at prevent existing, both, if Ood.imilos. upra ’.nr, able to 1 и tain themiolva*. Tbo. fault with. our cburchsi'u trials aud difficulties with which the fidaalonary must 00 tenJ, In prosecuting hit labors among th!» olasj of poop. Aa a largo portion of thoso to whom I preach are trs aient persons, во their religious Impressions are in mai instances equally transient. Our house li sometimes too amxll to admit the emigre; lion, at other times wc bare many vacant scat*. Л ч emn religious. feeling aometimea pervade» our congrogatic at other timoj fre pooplo appear wholly unconcerned. В still tho miisionary may not relax hie efforts, hut pun an untiring lino of duty amid tho perpetual chang around lira. A Urge mea.mro of graco aud divine 00 «elation ia iudisponsallo to tholr arduous work. The Homan Catholics have rooently boon putting for an extra effort to revive their intoroat hepo. A priest а bishop bare been lecturing here every night for sever weeks. But tiioy will probably mako but little Impress!' as the majority of thoao who heir them are well acquab ad with tho abomination» and absurdities of their syste A recent arrangement has been made by which wo ha regular communications twice a month by ateansvrith Tai pa Bay, St. Marks, Appalachoo, l’ensacoh and New О leans. I expect lo visit Taiupa iu tho conria of no month to preach, and diatributa tracts, Bibki.Ac. I ho to auceced in cstahlisliing a permanent intcroat, there ) areount of which will appear in my Doit report* V 1*01311. ■I •if, :r. Tf Whirling. — Bis. Eduard Ely’i Г •#«". I send you tho report of tho clinreh hew; for the pa year a* approved by a vote of tho church. , Tho pulpit has beon filled every Babbatl\ 'during t year. Л prayer meeting has boon • maintained during t year on Wednesday evening without a single cmiiiic Also, for Iho last two months, there has Icon a fern- prayer meeting, and one for tho young people each wee Added to the church as follows! 8 by baptism)' 16) letter ; 8 by eiperioaco. The Sabbath School has he austoinod, average attendance daring the lost year 'll scholar», 23 teaoLcrs. There are threo Biblo riasjca connection with Bio school. liaised for Sabbath ache books, Ac., ?35. A parsonage bouse has been purchase Improvements have been made to tho amount of 512- including gas fixtarca, painting, Ac. Missionary collections 517 05, was sent loKiihmond'i Juno hy our delegate ; |3 has Icon aent on i aiaee, and w hare 511 07 now ir the treasury. Ia conclusion, tho church would. unite in an siprcoio of thanks to the Bjard. Я. H. Noato.w, Church Clark. Tho Board wDl «со by tho foregoing lUlomcnt. tha some gradual progress hat been mado tho put year. Wo tbs church determined to do. far mors the year I- Como than any provious year. They havs .adopted *a ott- tirrly now syalcnfor the aupport of tbo pastor ) . боа that will reach tvary.osmbar of tin church. Tbey will_,ie fti- \rm tv/ *•'/,' • 1 '