Home and Foreign Journal, August 1860

k * ■ A ' V RICHMOND, VIRGINIA, MARION, ALABAMA, NASHVILLE, TENNESSEE, AUGUST, 1SCO. NUMBER 2. PUBLISH ED BY TIIE BOARDS Ob' TIIE S UTIIEUN j BAPTIST CONVENTION. „И*. ALABAMA. AfflUCT, ML | corp-i ol teachers, parents ami guardians ) та)' well conclude to pl.ite their daughters lilt llio •Iiiil.niM, Prof. Pavia и peculiarly ^„Mitchell. tnbeiuiiary in Kj,< Appointcients of tlio Hoard j IV. CalmLa .Wo- fostof Cahaba Uiver, Л1л. _ > m,t Baptist home at Winston? .31,000 is all we ask fur the present,'1 We hope brother It. will h*ar from some , ,itl1'11 |,or Ь” l"’"1- Tl'« hoarding depart- of the rich ones— this is a good object, and • nicut ia under the care of Mr. bide, than deserves well at the hands1 of Baptists. - . . . . . . . . . . * i “Л?- «-С- ”■* si“- * «. - ! SSSh,. i... -I . . . , 35-nj k nut only sustain themselves, hut, we trust, do ; FEET.lNns OF mtATlTUHE. We give below an article from the "Bap¬ tist Circular, 11 edited by l!cv. J. Lewis Shuck, missionary of tho Board, and sustained in part by the Goshen Association, Vo. Tho Baptist causo is onward in California ; fur n few years they will require aid to sustain their ^"tv H Walters, Mt. T.thor t'hiireh, i hrly ol malten. in eonneetinii with these in- 11 ' j stitutions of (canting if u'n had room. and ли congratulate the Principal to this office, and wc will forward, uith- j *h:it Mr. li. remains at tiie .liaison the com- j ing year, Wo would speak more put lieu to sinners what a dear Saviour ho has found, Two Sunday Schools liavo been' organized, and I liavo eight preaching ap- (■ointments; our nicctitig-liouso commenced. Mothers' prayers liavo been answered; souls have seen tho salvation of tho Lord, and happy converts have trod tho path that . Д. Gupton, 1‘oitl.iml, К у. ni.,\iToiNTums. X G. preenian, Gamili-n, Ar.k ^ Lewis Parker, l'iiiey Glove, H. C. д j. Gander, Columbus, N. 0. Extracts, h Brother If. //. Geiger, latnal\. County, Georgia : “ llcligion seems 1ШмГ at a very low ebb in my field; wo have' Lid hut one accession to my congregation this year, hit 1 hope and pray ere long'thogood Lord . : i. . at. i : . c • * _ l Missionary Meetings, fi'jny of our ehnrehos faild This Little Contribution. МОНЕТ. I.KTl'EU. />■ ir limitin' II, ni hill kit .- ! m3Y '“-'it ns with Ids Spirit, ’and revive his “ Will you add this little contribution to] Kulk 1,1 “«r I earnestly solicit an in- the Miv-ioiiaiv olleiings to the cuit-e of our I ll'ri-'t in tho prayers of tho Board on behalf, Redeemer. (A draft lor $10.).) of the no ssions in this portio to hold in the Ы month, there is ; .a they should not .vcl he enjoyed. I (!od bless the donor! -, Cor. Sec. much to carry tiie Gospel beyond. Tho min- 1 Qur brethren and sisters appreciate thu istry of California is ipiito efficient ami cum- j assistance of tho Board, and' feel assured posed of self-denying men. The Board ia now (|iat without their aid they would hc~dc- • milking appropriations to brother J. Lewis i privod of tho preached word. Our hro- Sliuck, general missionary of tho State, Geo. i tlicr Hupps is labouring for the salvation J-i. Davis, Alamo, J. B. Hupps, Martinez, II. ! of souls, and is doing a good work Oh. Gilbert, Oakland, and O. N. WeM, Santa I ['“У "'0 Hod of missions bless our work by- Cruz. We commend tlii-sa brethren and tlieir ' m the prayer ol _ co-labourers to H.o sympathy and prayers of bur brother, ш Christ Jesus, our churches. While tho California mbewn ... . , Missionary of the Jliiiinl о. II, (.. of the missions in tins poAion of Hods’ » an expensive one, it has not been in ram Vineyard. Wo have opposition on every ! ln 1 10 “"r< ‘ . Chinese Inquirers, side, and our little Land of Missionary Bap- i The Responsibilityofthe Baptists of j In a note, dated Sacramento Cahfornta. . 1 1 . Caltlorma. I May 2.ini, 1800, brother bliuck says: t.sts is small. („«I grant that tho time may 0un b ft 1>ctiul!ar Thr„„n ] " bon, о interesting Chinese Inquirers.” he near when his cause shall prosper here, \ as «о aro amid the chaotic elements of u ' 111 INDIAN MISSIONS. ■-I"" dear ,,„vo«r heart-, my dear hietliren. ■ 'k'1' '™u Antioel, B,pli.-t Church, in Edge- * ^ . .. :,tw if von tliiuk ■ A‘<"oiati"ii. 1 have enneluded to take 1“ ™ с _ I up cidlections in tins church seim-armnal y, l,r J you pray earnestly iur them, you, 1 ... ■ , гм' i 1 . . 1 and retort by vouchers to the Association. 'ItV very apt to part with your money. ' , , . I • 1 . , .... Let even' pa-tor do tins ami the treasury ,E,ics .oipure support, wc are -от I ^ ^ ^ 1:1 but can t help it. brother B. “ Appointments of the Board. A Good Idea. • , , , i,i: t,,F„i I Brother l>. D. Brunson, Himtiinsville, - , , . „ . , .avo proved to bu ilcligl tint ratl.e - , „ , , opposition he put down, andlliis Kingdom ' tho, wind eimvcrgin» influences, wo nre to ; ,, ,i t„ further the missionary spirit M^3 11 11 1 1 “ miL "l ■ 1 I , » Й nmuld-wo are to la-lmm. 'Гииигат rcccui _ *u , , .1 i ..„„с I vou 3.) Ibr lhniiostic Missions, a Cimtribu-i bct "l1' 5 | Irum the ipnirry «11 kinds of in:ilcri.ils, nnd , -сКч-, and l-romote tie to _ p_ . ... ! ]l„,lhir Mn C. llunU, 'Jlatcsvillc, (hi i ''ilh ^ m"1 ||Я1“'"ег Ьеашу un.l | .... , , . , blinpo j ilirtt wo may tuiom tho tcmi-lo uf our j Kc\. (u4ir*;o native С1»егокос; to , 1 ll:IVC bl'CM c"c''uril^d j>X. bearing that . | |ul(ll. |,clawnrc |,istricti о. K, tho good l.nrd has blessed {some of my la¬ bors. I still have calls to preach at other ! places, which arc pretty :nu$i destitute of! iif To oar Missionaries. litis important that the misjioiurie- tin- |: , u c appointment of the Board should я the 1 iii/riti'tiinin in making out their ■Italy reports. l.ct all the blanks in tiie be filled, expressive of the facts in ■ He. And it is desirable that facts, mn« the destitution of the field, (if any.) ■■lWited to encuurago tho contributions dte mission fund, siwuid to furnished ac- ipnjmg tho reports. Ohscivo puiirtu i 11 to. in forwarding the reports. The ill v meetings of the Board arc held on 2nd Monday night in each month. Ixrral of our missionaries have Failed to Live punctually- their «ju.utcrly remit- l.wof late— this is owing to some irreg- ply in the post office dcp.|itmeiit. The {«««re ordered tu be paid, on the rccep- luf the reports, by the Hoard, and the i mitj sent rdf without the delay of a I м mail. There has been nunc irregu- f 'y of late than usual. We regret it. Efforts by our Missionaries. 1 mnot all the missionaries of tin.- lloird -i 'purterly colli'ctinnsnf their churches? *'0.-30)- good reason why, in their Ice- ' * even, the |Cople should not be early ► J to habits of heiiclieencc ? iart scr- TiMt- lc preached at proper times, enforcing '“'factions of the Word of find in re- |‘ 10 'km duly, uddres-es made to the I 'bm of the Sabbath Schools ami “ dime Portland Baptist Church, Kentucky. An appinprialion was made fur the sup¬ port of Ilev. A. Gupton, pastor uf the Bap¬ tist Chinch in I ’uitl.mil, Kentucky, at tin- last meeting of the Board. This church has been kept up principally by the breth¬ ren in Louisville, and promises well. We hope much good may- lie done here. From the Moutain Region, Noith Car¬ olina. Brother James M. Bryan, Homan's Bluff, N. ('., writes : “ I have met with considerable encour¬ agement in my mission. The people seem very anxious that 1 should visit the various settlements in this ninniitaiii region. I vis- iled a small church mi yesterdayf.Iune 171h) . that had had no preaching in twelve months, smiianes, and lias done a great work m ( al a preached gospel. I ’ray it me, that my , ad-! l.ilmrs may he greatly blessed to tlm , variceinent of Christ's Kingdom upon earth.” ГЙ! ]l rollin' 1. J. Brinson, Jacksonville, I'Ll. As yet «о nre greatly in a Babel -talc, har¬ mony and beauty are reserved b-v the future, i Whal .-lull that future Ik-2 What shall the present generation of B.ipli-t do in its right \ moulding? Shall we take a mean, low uiul contemptible view of uur duties, obligations | Brother Preston and wil'o arc now in the Greek Nation, at present with brother Bucl- ner's family. They will locale as soon is and respoiixihiliiics? blull wokmimHidl.i'l ] the>- fix upon the best mu, at, on, and ,f the links ul'ii h hind m to thu present 1 will need a dwelling-house. This will cost Из here gain- ve a very neat “ I would state that tho ca' ing ground; wo will soon building completed, GO byl 10 feet, with steeple 100 feet high. I ath eipatc the ad¬ mission of three very into, sting persons next Sabbath, l’ray forn|H)rclhrcn, and may Ooil-contiiiiie; -av bo -I, on a-jTiogSrtrti:' the efforts of tiie Board in the spread of the glorious (iospel of the Messed Hod. and future of uur Statu nnd race? The typo and mould ol tin) B.ipli-t elnirehes ten years hence— is their Intuie typu nnd mould. .Inst as wo incline the twig, so will be tho unbend¬ ing oak. livery well directed nnd successful elliirt made, will be more potent in good, than n dozen in so many years. As is the clay in tlio bunds of the potter, so greatly under dial is the future of tlio B.ipli-t eau-e in ours. While the field is the world, yet the Baptists have no other ao ripo nnd inviting u field us s j ibis. Destined to bo tho great Uierougbfiire_ ' bfnalions, luuT c li l til’s great Jcpot, whiTt i* llio ICsponsibility of the Cliri-tiaii who lay the Foundation upon which her future rcli- about 61 ,000. On}- brethren and their fam'- lies must be provided Fur. Many are their plications, and certainly they should have comlbrtahle homes at least. Brother Heed is much encouraged in his new field of labor. Ho will need a new house ton, as well as brother Preston. He has already assumed obligations in tills mat- tt'rj'w'Tdch must hcTnct liy ihoTsl”brDcto-"*" her. Coine, brethren of tho Hast Alabama gi.ms fabric is to be ereeted ? If llio Baptists | Gonvcntiim, and lend us your help. Hod i- Broilin' Г. Cnlhiroj/, Montgomery, Ala. holding the euinnmndiiients nnd ordinances as once ilelivered to tiie .S.iinls, fail in extend Tho people gave serious attention while the Go-pel of the Him of (bid was preached. I shall visit several other destitute settlements timing the next quarter. The ANTI-MlSslONAUY SPtltlT prevails to some extent in this country Home preachers are doing all they can tu stille every effort made by the Iriends of missions, and yet strange Hi tell rhey slill remain with the Missionary Baptists. They tell the people that the Mk-iunaiy Baptist.- have the richest bank in the l/nilcd States, and that tho missionaries are nothing hut money speeul.it. rs, and all sue-h stuff as that, and are turning many from tlio right wav. These I have to contend with, and it wifi he sometime before the difficulty can be overcome; but I hope by per.sevcn.nce anil trust in that Arm that i.s stronger than I, that [ shall succeed at hist. May Hod help "W secured. We received a letter Dm-, nnd while I remember the H.mtlicrn 1 Board in luy humble petitions, 1 claim an interest in their prayers." It «missionary a few days since with 32 It the Sabbath Heboid children. Hu--h a |SII1S «ill soon make the elnirehes self- r"iirg. Don't bo afraid, brethren, to "tuyour congregations about their iln- i,l° il ‘n the spirit of Chri-t, and blessing will follow you. The Howard and Judson. ' *e send off our copy Ibr the present "r or tho paper, the citizens of Ma- ll!d the many visitors present, are on- J*" lke'r T'nii.il festivities. The com- I'-'emcnt exercises of tho Howard have Bi tu-Lincd its former reputation, nnd " fWfceLs of the College were never 'Huising, We wish our young friendi 1 adieu to their Alina Mater a pleas- . ,0D?c through life. ()Ur personal' re- | "! avo always Leon of the most satis- |,r7 character, ami we shall watch their ‘worse with deep interest. ’ ubo0n has had a fair complement of , C has! session. Their progress has «Mcdingly creditable. The friends In , ,Sll,ul° have no reason to regret L: 34 fallen into such hands as have I, « of its affairs. With I'rof. N. K. j |Ц head, and his aocomplislied “ l think the prospect both in the eliureli, and in my mi-sion are better religiously then [ have seen it this year." Brother C.ilhnt is one of our own mis' What Say you, Brethten? 81,000 Wanted ! КЫог U. 0. B.iyly, one of our missiona¬ ries in North Carolina, writes, “ It is now very intieli desired that wc build a Baptist meeting house of worship in 1Гш«?оп, (N. vi here I labored last year. There are a few brethren nnd sisters at this point, hut they are poor— not. able to do much towards this enterprise. There are, however, some friends of the Baptist cause in Winston, who would do something for us, if brethren and friends clscwhero would talc the work in hand, and go forward with it. It wc could get enough money to commence with, we could no doubt succeed in obtaining the balance from* -rich brethren round about Winston. But something must be done first by Baptists themselves, in order (o give tho enterprise a start. Winston is a growing town, and, if we had some place of our own where wc could preach and pray, vre could collect a little band, which, in a short time, would become a largo one; and, above all, the truth as it i.s in Jcstls would, at Win¬ ston, have ‘ the pillar and support.’ Can any plan be suggested by which to build a ilbrnia. Wc give a letter of Ms to brother Hhuck, from the “llii/i/ist llri'iihir." Jt will he read with interest by tlnx-e who have given their money Ibr California : .M.VltlX T'lH'XTV. J.ilh г /гош Iln'. Mr. (li/hirl. Нлх H.vfali., April 27th, 1HG0. Iknr Broilin' A 'liiii'li — I liavo not forgot¬ ten my promise, although there aie times when we don't Icel like writing letters. Sin llal'ael is a small torn, ami it must not he expected that we rail inlcrc-t others every month, by giving a relation of facts anJ inciduit.3 which may transpire within so short a period. Vet there are some small things which may serve to keep Juu ami others acquainted with the progress of the spiritual and temporal concerns in the vi¬ cinity of my missionary labors, including the I'rison, Marin Center and Han Raficl. The School is in a flourishing condition. There is expressed every where entire satis¬ faction in the ability of teaelieis and tho ad vance incut of the scholars. Thu order and gisul behavior of the children is a com¬ mon i email. We anticipate a good time for every body in Han llal’ael, when the children's leslival comes off about tho dlh day of May. 1 would like for you and .Mrs. Shuck tube here and enjoy it with us. We can now say wo have a weekly prayer meeting in Han llal'ael and a Sabbath School, growing both in numbers and in¬ terest. The meetings in Marin '’enter are held twicu each nmnlli. preaching, prayer nnd conference after the sermon. Bequests for prayer have been made, so that on the whole we may speak encouragingly Ibr that por¬ tion of Marin county. Things are improving very fast in this luce in the way of building since you were ,i ' ' ' ' ■ "lie r - ing n pine Christianity, on the shores, wliu, wo ask, will? If wo separate not nnini-nt from JVote-liinli-m, who shall? If If iptists fail lo hold filth the pure word of life, wo know not «here to look. Aru vre yet few nnd feeble? De-pi.-o nut the day id small tliingi. It may have seemed a liltlo thin» that the son of Zerali mis called from G’r ol the Chaldees, or that Mo-ei was hid amid llio rn-lies of the Nile, or that Gary changes his field of lalmur, or Jinbon Ida belief on bap¬ tism. And yet from each what overwhelming and far lunching eou-equeiils, Ho, to a de¬ gree, is our mission. Be labour in results, not ulotie for our own generation, but Ibr others. This noqmnsibillty of the Baptist cause, is not met alone by the faithfulness of the mill- i nor by vigilance on tlio part of the churches, but by the union of Is tli. Let os feel a deeper, more la-ting and abiding in¬ terest in the advancement of the eaii-o Jesus, than wo do in thu accumulation of the wealth uf earih, which thieies may sli-al— moth ami ru*t destroy, corrode and scatter. 'Tis oars til sow lira, id cn-t the good seel of tiie Kingdom — it may ho others to trust ia the (iospel sickle titol reap down llio gulden har¬ vests. C. W. II. I’dntiimii, May 10th, Mb Contra Costa County, California, as a Home Mission Field. Alamo, Contra (Junta , Gal., ) May 2d, 1HGG. J llttv. T. S. HuM.NT.it, Cor. Bee., Ac: Щ Dtnr Brolhn\ — * t * May the Ma-ter reward the Board and the churches for their liberality towards tho poor churches of California. МЛКЕХ'ПО V.VI.I.EY. Wc had an interesting season at this ap¬ pointment, On tho List Habbath in April I baptized a young vvoiiun, she having been the subject of uur prayers fur some time; also received one by letter, and wc felt that Hod was there and that to bless. hero. A large brick hotel is in the course of being completed in a short time; it is- fifty-four feet long, and three stories high, with an addition running back seventy feet and two stories, the property of Mr. John Simons. Other improvements are being made which give an appearance of pros¬ perity, and 1 pray that fioil may send down spiritual blessings in rich prolusion, so that this once neglected part of Christ's moral vineyard may hud nnd blos»om as the rose. Yours truly, H. Giluert. CONTRA COSTA COUNTV, ns a home mission field. It is a little more than a year ago I came to this county, by the advice of brother J. Lewis Shuck, who is, under God, the lather of many young men in tlio ministry in California. I found it a hard field. Baptists had been carried away by unionism. Wo commenced with a church of four members, and by the as¬ sistance of your Home Mission Board, and tho churches through them, wo have la¬ boured .to preach Christ to tho people. And what is the result?, Tho little church of four now numbers thirty-three. An¬ other church of sixteen members has been organized at Benicia. Two of our mem.- blessing your missionary. Don't let hint bo embarrassed; show to him that you have- not forgotten him in your prayers, or the distribution uf your means. And there is brother Viindivcrc also, who has purchased his home at an expense of 31,200. Every cent of which is tu be raised. For the Translations. "’care receiving something for tho trans¬ lations by almost every mail, luttnuih yet is iii'i'ilnl. Hind on your contributions, bro¬ ther and sister! This must he a cus/i trans¬ lation. When you have to do witli prinkn ami Itnilrra, there is no cnilit. From Brother Hogue. AiutaruiiMi Acahemv, C. N June Gth, 18G0. Ukv. >1. T. Sumner: I hit r Brother : Yours of April 2!uh is at hand. Thank- you for your remembrance of ш, My health, for some time past, has been quite feeble, and [ feel so unwell to-day that 1 am Marcely able to write. True, l havo nothing very special, hut if I felt otherwise I could say something of matters in general respecting uur work in this quarter. Last Sabbath wo had the largest collection of people that 1 havo seen at preaching in this part of the Nation at any time. A goodly number from tlio several denominations eamo out to Lear ns. I labored Saturday, Saturday night and Sunday to the extent of my feeble strength, which leaves то тега loch c than ] was. I feel deeply interested in the vvuik, and am trying to do all I can, but as yet there seems hut little effected. I have had no interpreter this year, till tho 1st of May, only as one could be picked up for the occasion ; but 1 have lost but little time on that account. Thero seems to bu more seriousness among tho people just now than usual. Tho sickness that is abroad, the number of deaths, and tho great scarcity of bread-stuffs are calculated, or ought to he, to make them serious. If tho present crop fails, I cannot tell what wc shall do, I hope, crc this, brother Holman has recover¬ ed the health of his eyes. Yours, ns ever, in Christian bonds, K. J. Iloacr. lers havo been preaching for some time ; another feels that ho has been called to tell From Brother Reed. MavstiLLz, Лак., Cherokee Ха1шг May 21st, I860. Itzr. R. IIoi.xi.vx— Dear Brother: 1 have just returned home from a p reach irg tour, nr.d last night wo clnasd onr regular monthly meeting at this church. I will givo a few notes of my trip. I visited