Home and Foreign Journal, August 1858

AND FCP RICHMOND, VA., MARION, ALA., NASHVILLE, TJENN., AUGUST, 1858. - . л — : number 2. •<* ' ./• г .гишшшп BY THE BOARDS OF THE 'SOUTHERN BAFTTST CONVENTION; п ч W-' XT ” 1 - T~"T~ . ,i. ТТГ-“П*5*ГА^" чт _ HU Л1М1ЧЛ0. I ,?3 P"V‘'ef d !° b/pl;ie'l,tt0 frn8l<-? ! fre“ent andyo>mg ininul’ry remember the i closed another fission of Henry Female _ — ! to prenenco of about GOO people. This ■ trials arid hardships оГ these our fathers, . College. , АР0118Т^»8._а | was the first time that the rite of baptism { end patiently endure all things for Christ. ! When we ’ ”''a ; was administered in this place by allaptist i U’c heard tho venerable Vaughan speak 1 tainmrnt wi wo shall enjoy a similar enter- , tainmrnt with ourfiiends there we cannot say. May Cod’s blessing be upon them. eutll®. АЬАИЛМ A, _ . . . j was administered in this place by allaptist > We heard tho venerable Vaughan speak itiiv l’apci'. ! minister. 1 have since had the pleasure of . his early advantages, (?) how lie gained . ibmir N Foreign Journal is the or, ; 0f baptizing two others, . man and female, j knowledge without the aid оГ school, and j Elder J.*S. Та^оЛ.рТноГоГ To Ha'S „denlytlieiul organ,01 the Hoard the 'former a prominent citizen of this • colleges, and how he had at last been Church here and an efficient broUm. At A, s, В. С. П has a circulation of, town." • 'dubbed D. D., the most foolish thing a ,„ И tlHisand, Is this right ? We hope it will not be the last. May college .ever did, -to use his own language. ’ и ,, f..t indicate the amount of in- i|,e good work go on, and our brother liai- 1 domestic and miuN missions .ilen in the subject of missions',- ; |ey be greatly riicourageil. ' received their share of attention. The ,,,. ind Foreign, by the members' of j _ , Report was read by Elder Л. IV. Li Rue, [ -hurcbe*- ‘ f cannot think so. Г know , . ! and confaified many raleabUSuggeetiens. ,. ,o We have been negligent of ; biller \ . L. hartley has becu appointed Alter. «everal addresses from Bros, Dillard, ineiu.ig ei, dilation to this paper. Oen’l. Agent of the Domestic and Indian Sumner and ot|,er3j a cojiecti0:i was taken „ * my iate tiip West I was a, ton- ( Mission Homd of the S. В. C. in Kentucky, ; up in aid of ,!ro. Baeknert !ni,sion ,t fjiui that «I lew of our ministers j aud is-autlioristd to collect funds for the n(lich amolmted lo $ [OQ 25 besides a gold ilmg it. I am not surprised tint j Board in tliat State. _ ring presented by a lady as her donation AVuyeillo Note* | Ю this object. We closed our last montlia’ notes about ! N- °- baptist сними, Him, and Ij by letter as |1|0 result .of 1 meeting which closed on the ' 20th of June. “ Three of those received for baptism,' have not yet been baptized. One of these has been forbidden by her Methodist grandmother— all from 'Methodist prrju- the Geo1). Association in Georgetown his ш5е' A 'bird is a lad of fourteen years,' interest was manifested in Indian Missions " e мЛ н il.'V w,a“tj l“ и . , , . see mm baptized, but is unable vet to get l “У 1 promise lo make the effort to raise out to Church." J b ’ i some $500 to support a missionary among ! j these poor neglected people the coming j year. We»wisb him succcjty, and Ьда.по; Now Orleans City Mission. Brother И. E, Hempstead, our mission»- U 1 П \* ЛН* I 1«1«A A . A A J A...?.*».. ... '« . of the churches generally 1 „„Hung ol it- We commend this i doubt but the. brethren in New Castle will j ry in Now Orleans and vicinity writes ; furnish him material aid. j ,.jfy pIlccJ of prml)iDg Jt0 AL„ ,n j no spent the night with Bro. Everts, < Gretna, you know |iovv they are situated and took tlie cars at New Albany for St. I in regard to New Orleans. I labor one f.ouis. Rapidly we moved on. At Milch- ■ '!alf оГ тУ. limc at eac1'- 1 have obtained ! ell’s we changed cars and took our seat in 1 l-hC f00m of th° Pclican Flrr ti. .„it VUiimi. i .abaci ibers. ■ i . | 1 I» v VWivu UUt laal IIIL/lllllO llUlto OHvUl " e 0Ug ° t matters in Nashville. Tenn. On leaving ! This matter was allowed J5 miaules of ; Hie 0. & M. train. We passed on beyond • Vincennes and could go no farther with N. the Gazel took us safely down tho | remaining time of the Convention, , our iron-borer, but the company had pro- ! Cumberland,' and on Thursday morning j $25 in cash and $100 in nqtes were so j vided a small fleet of boats, well manned, ' we had a full view of the Ohio. Much of euteil. Rev. F.. I). Isbell okas appointed | and we soon rowed the mile which was Company, No. 1— a comfortable room for preaching in at Algiers, and the public' school-house at Gretna. The peoplo re¬ ceive me very kindly, and I doubt not Ihat in the course, of next winter we shall be able to build a house of worship in. Al¬ giers, and in twelve months we can build Accepted. ’ и „..i„ I. nf <{, . i w" 1IJU “ 1U,‘ ,,DW Ul l,,v w“,u- I . , . . . | — " . . . . . . . . . i giers, ami m twelve months we can build i ■tupi.v wiin uie r»ijue«oi . lhff h„d on eit|,er eido 0f the river was1 08 » voluntary Agent to secure what ho : under water, (the road for this distance had j one at Gretna. We have a few members, • |t,,i>!l am! endeavor to lurnisli a , overflwedi an(| grfa( |oss(,s musl be ] could during his vacation, in order, if роз- | been washed away.;) on we moved again, 1 *°mo of them excellent people, at both „ ,op\ Or each number of the . ([ . j siblc, that t|ds thing tiling may be closed i when, onco more, we had resumed our Pl3ces- 1 ,;n0"' >'ou wil1 rej°ic<! vilh ш • iiunl'ime пн preventeo us iron 0n Saturday abeutlO, A. M. ■ Thepastor ; 'v|4> <bc Virginia one, will enable us ttf of St. buis the morning light revealed to ; o;!C of my motherless daughters, thus , i, „ t„ the matter Гог, the present , fl(. |ye|nut st,, l)f . W. W. Everts, was ! p»y off this debt without deby. | us that the boats must bo brought into re- j : blessing the seed which that mother '*• _ I punctual to arrange our work for the com- i gcorobtoivs female .fOLtnuE. ] quleillon again, for the rushing waters had \ ®°Ve<1 5ni.1 Cl1 licr tC3rs w!icn Dm Shiver’s! Letter. i ing Sabbath. His heait is with us, indeed j "’c look tea with our ,gi$d brother Q. I carried away the track and nothing of it J .l'.0.?’ .! ^'at.anolhei,on?'. ni tin- ihtldwintr «criDturo * " He ’ 111 Hie v\ ainut St. ami Jelterson at. ышгеп- . — - - . о . — — t- . . •‘•u“ “““ ,.v....v., ( •• i am glad td inform you tli3t the quar _,.h flirl.. ,nd "I,, bearin'- nre- i ез' 'Ve r,)UI111 Ilr0- Edmunds, the inde- ,lie l’rinc,P:l1 ? we wer| more than j with tins country that j ter past lias been one of great interest TOth forth and reapetli, eann„ pr , Qeerelnrvof Revision at hisnost I pb!tl1. "'c "'cr0 dolighfi'd with the i ST. LOUIS ■ both to me and the Church I serve. God и wil, -Ы1 doubtless come again with j ^ 1 ° rn Recorder ’’ ! arrangements of this establishment. The (has. We found our old friend Dr. W. j j‘?8 been with t as and Messed, and caused nit, brine ne us sheaves with him.” uro' Ull,< 01 шо н eaiern кесошег, ; ° л ... , 1 lus face to shine upon us, It has been • with his атШп„ facei gri,cted us coidially, l,mll,mS' Srouвd,,' sllu“tlu^ 8,1 r,:Com- Сг0№‘11 a< I»8 ofhee, pen in nand, ready j one of great interest to me because I wa* mend it to (he confidence kind patronage | to slay some presumptuous opposer of the ! permitted to baptize one of my children of (lie people. During, th? last session j truth. The Dr. is making his mark upon j (my oldest son) with a_ number of other lurch, N. 0., is dearly removed. Louisville has a large German population. ^ ^ . ,ng. brmginu I New Orleam. , . . | j , ., , c, baptized. So that not more Ilian 3 or 4 Thu Church is aided bv tho \\ aiimt St. | 1 . , . , , ... , , , remained in the family not members ol Chinch, and may hereafter come umicr i . the supervision of the Board, as we are ' 1 IC c lllrc '' | and spoke freely of the. interest he took in Hreibren of the South, the debt that i the Southern Board. The German broth- .. »■ .. . n _ _ i,,. .. i АИСО nut Church us been leduced from $15,000 to $3,000 iibin Hie post tew weeks. It remains i si to raise tins small remainder, - ич ЬоГчгр we can coiled in Hie con- •il subscriptions. Will you not help nonce, and permit this mailer tore¬ ro oo longer a disgrace to the Baptists 'ke South? Elder С. C. Bitting, in ■tutio, ami Elder E. D. Isbell, in Ken- ! This is situated in the hill ■ij. have volunteered their services to 1 Ky., and is a charming place. The homos t «s Agents for three months, and, if ; are neat, and many of them fine sped- n«4, secure this balance. Brethren, ! mens of architectural beauty. Among tho and the Churches throughout that 1 F№,°n’- 11 aaa of Ercal inlertsl l? r" —ch because slip was very much атПпсГтапу added toTieVnuirfS"" i\»i_,.,,.» „in „r i the Church because slip was very much i.e wcth! -vrill -imbibe ilia epiritot- .-nu- (revived,'— sions if they cherish the editorials of the | |,ег_ iVc had the pleasure of at „ , „г i lending the Concert on Monday night in paying more attention to this class of our ° B 1 J f , ... i,„... connection with the annual commence- populauon than formerly. Vie now have . ' 1 ... . . . ... .... inent exercises. 1 hey were excellent so German Missionaries in Missouri and I, oui- ... far as we had the ability to judge, we Some of the oldest members say they- have never been in such a mceling, n meeting in which there was so little ex- GEORGETOWN. re m earnest about this thing and | public buildings arc prominent those of soon tho Conductor informed us that we Western Watchman." The Second ! Church is slill without a pastor, though I they have ono elect, who is expected to, . , . . c . . ! citement, and so much good done, I | enter upon Ins labors early in September. ; borC(| a|on(, „„ on„ *igbl> for seven I Bro. Rage is supplying the pulpit at pres- j weeks — not alone, for my blessed Saviour | cut. IVc addressed this congregation in 1 was with me ; but for his presence I do were obliged to leave the next day in or- I the morning, (June 27) and the congrega- no1 think I could have labored half eo 1 tion of the 3d Church at night. This latter [onS- \ 1™п .Г™ «*•« nwh“ , , , , know, that the brcllnen were never more, church lias been aided by the Marion Board and is now sustaining tier own mlnstry. Indeed, she suppoits a native preacher among the Indians this year and •country of dct 10 sllcnd a fpw daJa will* 0llt relative ‘ aod old associate in NEW castle. We moved along rapidly in the car and if as mucli united as lliey are now. WiJ have a very interesting and nourishing Sabbath School. A congregation as large as the house will accommodate, notwith- to find lliat'yon are. It is our last The iMit mu-t be paid now or wo ■one with it toreier. Let it he jiaid, tr reply. Georgetown College. These have a com¬ manding situation ; the grounds around are extensive ami well shaded. Tho Col¬ lege, uodor the care of President Campbell, is prospering, and deservedly popular among the Baptists of Kentucky, KENTUCKY GENERAL ASSOCIATION. This body met here on tho I8th of June. wore at " Eminence." The Omnibus was ready, and in an Hour were onco more standing its uncomfortabieness. Elder l’ralt, of Lexington, was elected ; exercises of the annual examination were | has already remitted about one half of Ids | j lhi“k hfrelll(,r UlJt Tennessee will: • salary for Ibis year. " Cast thy bread up- do murj, morc for your Board than shr under' tho roof "of Elder S.S.Sumner'e ! on the waters, &c.," this Is literally fulfilled I has ever done, f trust that alt the , . ,, . j, I j,, this cue The Banli<ls are exteniliu - Churches in our State as well as in every hospitable mansion. Her. Ihe young la- » a ",Cl 1” 1 * j oilier Southern Southern State, will soon dies, by scores, welcomed us as they were , t,ielr ‘uHucnct. in tins city. An imj orlant , ^ and fef| ,||e jrnpCttanCe of sustaining all enjoying the hour of evening recrea- ( helB an[l should be well cultivated. the Domestic Hoard of S, В. C." ' ' ' i DOWN THE RIVER. On Monday we look tho noble steamer ' " lliawal ha” and commenced our trip tion. At night wo were entertained with the music of Hie Piano and Guitar, the Baptism?. " ifj™ from the Reports of our Mis- *>■ reeeiaed at the last tnoulldy °f the Board, that' they had <d, during the Iasi quarter, 470 ,01' LTG colored persons. This is ■'Je,ng. The Lord be praised lor the •ug enjoyed, IV Colored People. Jamps \\ bitten, our Missionary ill . [|10 Jlncual itepon ш uik u*- ■“«- 1 . - . . ■- i .... . p . 1^' С’-, reports that liu has bap- Lj ;n Louisville. They had rereived a! of essays from the graduating class, a , passengers for religious scn cc Cap - Пи‘^ little more than $2,000 during the year i poem by a resident gradu.t. of the Col- l.tosom led the .,nging;.nd all that could, lio IV “*r - 7~n to the support of their Missionaries, j lege, and an address from Dr. W. U. joined m, and asa kind I rov„le„ce watched 00 Ni'"'3 >«»ni V С. ! M 0f ,|,V District Associations support Everts of Louisville. Of these produc- j over us on our passage down the noble ’ L M. Beiry, June 30th., 1ЭДЯ, t directly their own Missionaiies, so that lions it is only necessary to say that they, j Father of waters, the song of praise as- cemled aa on exprcsnion of our gratitude Moderator, and Bro Cooper Secretary, j in progress. The Baptist Church The introductory sermon wss preached by 1 crowded and all seemed delighted. The Elder Helm, on Friday night, from tho ! examination of the several classes was , . , words of Paul : '• Bred, ion, my heart, du- 1 conducted by their respective teachers, ; manly and attentive о t h.ir business. <ire he.” An admirable discourse, and'ond were exceedingly creditable. On , One thing we must not fad to mention, well delivered. Elder A. Broaddus had ' Thursday, (the 21th June) the commence- , he pieas.nt gathering m ^ the Меи on the Annual Report of the Ex. Board, loca- 1 ment exercises came off which consisted . Wednesday ^n.ght of the officers^ ml Brother Ford lias been greatly blessed in his labors in. this Western field, lie lias secured tlie sympathy and co-opera- • 11 1 am yet pursuing my work as j ц1е tcporp 0f ц,е Board does not give tlie . were all of a deeply interesting character. , cemled as an expression of our gratitude •"•“WJ and Agent in N. C., and the ! w,|0|(, amounl 0f Missionary work done in [ The subject of the Dr’s, address was J and love. We arrived safely in N O. and ’■ bleifing our feeble efforts in trying' ц|С sta|c д resolution was adopted by - Woman in reference lo the industrial, so- j look the Boat tho next day for ilo i e. * ,oul' 1° Christ. You will see from , tlie bodv to «CCUre mote extensive and 1 cial and moral relations of life. Truly a At Bro. Miller's office we were introduced “port that GO have been added to the 1 accur3|e statistics of labor done by the J practical and useful discourse. Silver cups ' lo Elder A -Fitzgerald who made himself :»e* w.thin the last 3 months, 33 at namists of Ky. ' This is desirable, and we land a silver tankard of great richness weie ; a pleasant companion up the Alabama to 11 ;,lk- 1 al Greenville, N. C., and ’ bo ‘ it л;ц bc „ivcn. . presented to the female teacliers and the | Selma, where we found ourself on П ed- “ , n,nvvilll>- We organized, atll.is j j,cr0 wn Ы lhe pleasure of seeing Ihe I Principal by Mr. Lewis, one of the true- n«,hv morninz, fJulv 7lM ready to take l'8fc, a Sabbath School and Bible p;om.cr8 j„ ц,е ciu„n, Hie Uhcrain Israel, j tees, in behalf of the Board of which he , ' brethren say that they will i jyc jav.c ij,a„c 0|d mrn. It does us good j was a member, in considefu'iou °f lbeir ' “P » prayer meeting. Some of the | [o scc ’fbeie was Wm. Vaugbai),| valuable services in behalf of female edu- # .. ЙЧЮМ 10 'he Church were fnen of in- j „ T ШцаГ(1 and j0|m цГТсе, who have) cation. A silver cup was also presented acquaintance with so many brethren and ".and we trust will become useful1 |jbor'cJ ,on„ and hnrd anj ;on imperi-ha-t to Mrs. S., the lady of Ihe Principal, by .friends that take a deep interest in the ™',I,0S lllc mu' of the blessed b,c bonor,° Many a church have they! the same geotlenian, in behalf оГ a grade- , advancement of Hu Kingdom o_f_ Chnai. planted iii these Western fields, and many>| ale of the College who had received kind : a convert have they led, in obedience to- and continued attentions from Mt*. S, , homeward, which we by uo means reluc- t;0ll 0p our brethren in Nashville. We tantly did, aRer an absenqe.of eight weeks. wtte pica«e,l tj SCc him and preach 1 Wc found tlie officers of tlie Boat gen tin- for f,;m 3n,| |0 his people when in his city a few weeks ago. And wc congratulate him upon the Jmplistn of his son, and pray that he may live lo be a useful minister of the gospel. Mississippi. ' . Brother B. F. See, writing’ from Missis¬ sippi says : • ' • ’ * "There appears lobe a considerably in¬ terest at nearly all Ihe places where I ant preaching. «„mtr." '|iIl<11' ^linintsteredjortlic First Time. ’ A,1‘’ f0 'vrltes Bro- T. M 11 "On Hie first Sabbath in April I ihe cars for Marion. Ail at home were well, and wc felt thankful lor .the oppor¬ tunity we had enjoyed of forming an M. T.S. the Redecmei’s command, into the baptis¬ mal waters. 'May they find their descent to. ihe grave as those do who arc supported during a protracted illness while a mem¬ ber of -her family. W<> reluctantly left lliis quiet and riir^l .vilinge for the cars, in i’.i e • .1 l' TLm iW.lllc Jjlw'l •” ‘Ityau uo i •• ' t , J I i . . ,. *• . i. n rr|,||j by tlie .rod and tlaff of David. Let the, .company „with our friend Dr, b. inus Vicksburg. Brother I). S. Snodgrass, pallor of Ibe 'Bapli-t, ' Cbur.f Ii at Vicksburg, Mis?., re¬ ports the reception. of 25 perjoas for bap- Vi у , ' Seven arc now waitisgbpp:. turn." Brother Charleston, Arknnsa?. D. Buckley, writing from Arkansas, May Gtb, 185S, и д;псо my labors commenced in this re-ion I have received 8 persons from tho Methodists, who were once Baptists, and 10 from the Anli-nomian Baptists, Pros, peels arc quite flattering in this Лап/ field, of labor. Congregations are larger and more attentive, and brethren more of one- _ ness than ever boforc. So great the' de¬ sire to hear preaching tliat many. persons . ride 20 miles for the purpose of ascertain-, in- who Baptiste arc, and what (hew,;, belief. There arc many neighborhood» where 1 have preached the first Baplul sermon ever heard Hierc, but Нн>'1лг(М»."4 i. • .... i *» ,w«i