Home and Foreign Journal, October 1855

OliUMB V, RICHMOND, OCTOBERffQoo. NUMBER 4.. T" ЦЧП’.ЕШЕ!) 15V THE BOARD OF DOMESTIC AND FOREIGN IjllSSIONS OF Til Ё' SOUTHERN BAPTIST. CONVENTION. in, 111 II AV niHIKSTIO Ш(Ш, ! Гу' Tlic-"”0rk l,la>” lnove on ly- — j be bach Will not the rhurchewu^Iythl, yj.lllll * _ _ j Parents schooled in the superstition, of lack by tending on contribution*, ’ViMoii/ VicTOlirU 1ЯЗ. j “ Mother Church,” will be slow to believe; solicitation? i MAKWS. . . . j hut their dih/ren, living in Jlmtnrn, and " . . : growing u]> In manhood utulnr the inllu- i Please Corveet. encc of Iree institutions ami religious lib- j Baptist Chmvli in I\t^is'as. , , . . Rev. Isaac Jacob, of Kentucky, has re- , Fir-tto /Worst Brethren, when .von vrty, will embrace the true Go-pel. Tin- ccntlj- moved into the Kama, TrLorJ .|ic0ut vour notices from the HpiWtat и another ^, n why the Domestic Board ; Nu doubt, like all olher cmi.rantfL that- A Monthly Concert of Prayer for I or- j should he hherally palm. „zed. j country, he had in view the belling of ' fI,n Alison* Mil be hedd In morrow | - -- - ' his cat llily condition, but this ivaAot his St,« please amendhy say.ng, the month- Gods Exhortation lor Itieivnsud jonlv objecl. 0noofWs first а&йг not l'v”concert of prayer for Missions. . '1 Ins [ .ilid'nUty. the first, was lo build a 'Baptist* iLting wiU enable you to include Domestic ami Darin" the pn>l three months we travel* boii'C1. Thr limibo is 1$ by 20Ycct — wnill,' tulitm Miss'nms in the announcement ' ^.,1 i|lr00g|, twelve Slates of this Union. ‘l 's true, hut large, enough for present piei-cal-odindf the collcclmib ta.en up \\’e |o('t Alahama in the harvest sea-on, | wants. There are some IS or 20 Baptists it those seasons Ulu-trn the lu-n homi > o\ awj Mcrc j„ ц1С |ll)ru,4t цц wc rCacbed i fettled on Ten Mile Creek, where a church Foicign and Domestic, this uonh m^ the Kansas Territory, in the month of An- j has been organized to occupy this new кап!, and simply just. gust. Such corn, such tc lent, and such j hovi-e,. probably within six miles of the | ■ ndlv in .№««■?«•« Brethren; when ' mh‘ our l') « had never before seen. To , county scat of Baptiste county. Brother ( n ,i b-ocialimis and find no Sec- ’ estimate its abundance is quite beyond our | Jacob has had the honor of organizing the j "“’Twnls present to advorale the ' Р"""- 11 reined to us as if the good t first white Baptist church in the Kansas | ,J,‘V f the Domestic Board, give us a Gird intended to reward complainers in jTeriitorv. A plea-ant interview with him I ""'ll °but not onlii a speech Makeup a l,ie dmuglit season, with his marvellous i convinced us that he lias not gone lo Kan Tf i for In. Speeches ai'c mo- 1 e\- ■ himluess. Is not this his argument, his I without his Lord, and that while lie la- ||"nt"thia',s in their place— sometimes exhortation for incrimil Lemrolenccl Is | oors to provide lor the earthly wants of1 Lining to the audience— but wc cant ; ll •N0T •’ Missionaries with them. 11 0 Yu of Littlu Faith.'1 Thirdly, to .Ima'alionc: Bietliren, in , i,a,tyear was a year of drought: a sea- sir plans and efforts lor Uduealioo, Pub- ! temaikahle for its diy weather. Pro- his household, lie will do, what in him is, for the propagation of genuine Christianity. Missionary for Kansas. At the late session of the Southern llap- ii atimn, Foreign Mi-ions, Sec Лс., please |>j|C[l 310,e cv(!rj t(mn, There would Gist Convention in Montgomery, Alabama, oake some provbion also lor Domestic be a i;lmjllCi ,|ull ||icru would. The old- 1 a resolution wa« pa-sed that the Domestic ^ ili’sions, It is killing to our courage and e,t inhabitants had never before seen such , Board send, as soon as practicable, a mis- . ar hopes to run the eye over the minutes a fca.on, R„i„ an,| starvation were sure ' .'innary into the Territory of Kansas. Du- ! iad read of something .having been done i [0 comc. The planter looked at the river, ! ring !ii< recent visit to (hat region, the I >r almost every good purpose, -avo Do- |)r rat|,er ai t|,e j,]acc where the river once 1 Secretary was happy to learn lhat several , ,f/v llis-ioiis. Me involuntarily cs* . was: his cotton \vai on it* banfes. Then Baptist families have moved to that conn 1 him : " Well Ti- no u -c — the great plan a[ i|„. c|ou,|<| or where they ought to be, i try from the Smith, and lhat soon an open- f giving the (io-pol to the destitute it ,мдс thought, but there was no sign oiling will present itself foi’.tlie establish-; |'4!'is not appreciated !" T hen — and only . raj„. '1‘Jicu at the du-t, rising in expand- I’hea this neglect is manifested — we feel t jn„ ma«.cs with the gentlest breeze— yes, J.kc resigning. there would be a famine. Л /mine said Finallv, lo CW/m : Dear Brethren and ' ,ho to"" Г"'!*1'' cchocJ batk ““ -Ifislers.iullyoii not think of the thousands. country folks I So all said, but to prci cut Well, there is to merit of a mission in a place that promises , to be a very populous neigliboihood. A' suitable, minister, with whom a correspon¬ dence will be opened at an early day, it is . thought, can be obtained. The Territory, as vet at least, is South. lVlmthct it 'ball j . .ill |. . . • one, verv few prayed 1 immortal souls who are. living at your. ’ • . 1 . , . , , ,■ : , , 1 be no famine vet, if one may judge bvthc continue so, will depend on the Soltii- oonanil on the borders of the great conn- , , n , . , i , „ . . .. „ .. ; abundant, waving crops. How many ot . сел people. tv vou dwell in, in/ to»/ the Co-pel 1 1 , 3 1 , 1 _ _ _ _ . i • these prophets are now ready to thank Cod I lave you tears ami pravers for China and , i n,,,. «е И,., . 1 ’. * , fur Ins goodness t How many ol you will ! Uuo Ot .Thu .liouhles. lor Arkansas, I oxa> and D, . . , . , ; irid.i r Have vou nionev lo send he- now mrk fl’r (">'}~»"1 ■" on"ar,] ; One of the troubles — an<l it is not a light the cau-o of missions : Would reap the benefit of the preached Gospel it helped, to sustain. Or if they would send a part of these funds and ask the lio_ard to sustain a missionary within their bounds conjointly with themselves, | it would be done. -The time has comc when there mlist be a change. Wc must have more system and less collision in our domestic undertaking to spread the (Tospel. Dvcry Ilapti-t, espcciallyevcryminister is, or .ought* lobe, interested in this' matter. G'is ^io use. pulling at lcfosc ends of injoju. fra ry ilirectlooM fwo'vvRul ifdcfgood /'tu. must strive together for the faith of the Gospel.” One rea'on why missionaries cannot ea¬ sily be had for these limited fields, is the mill suppoit these bodies oiler. They ran get men for $200 per annual,' but they will be $200 mm. Another reason why preachers are slow to enter their service, is their tardiness in making remittances. The fiuard cannot be gotten together to hear reports or to vote appropriations. If the day appointed for Midi a purpose should he unfavorable on account of foul weath¬ er or pressing business; why, it is report¬ ed a failure, and no meeting cat: bo had till the Association meet, and then, as like as not, the Board will transact its business at the cloic of the meeting in a great hur¬ ry, and of course impcifdlij. We respect- lully ask, therefore, all such Associations to adopt measures by which they can in mme way — wc aic not particular as to the way — cooperate with the Domestic Mission Board at Maiion. Why should they null Was not that Board called into existence by the united voices of Southern Baptists? lias it not thus far met the expectations of its oiiginatora? Ihs any missionary ever waited long fur bis money alter his repoil was in and passed upon ? Think, broth' ren, think of this agency before it may b< loo late to think. We have written thus, because we leel— yea, A'/ioru — that this Board is not sustained as it should lie — as it might he— if it were lovnl by llm de¬ nomination at large”. Wc go to neighbor, ing churches, or to distant churches — it is >nd the sea, and none lo sit-tain simple . 'at toil, zealous and pious evangelists on j Jl (G ia-t piairies of the South-West. We iipomid tlie«e questions for your con-id- : Mon liecau-o we arc nrei/y. .Veedyjiisl ' Mu lime. Don't forget its ; do not tic- j'etur: help us, help us, help, help, and | iii'kly, or the missions mu-t stop. О ye of little | trouble— again-t which the Domestic Board : ! In' (o contend, i- the mint/ lilllc organiza- ” . itinn<fortheevatigelizaliotiof.!mrr//iieigli- Rivcr amt l l'olanih. iborhooJs. Now if di-tiiet association- Of all the profane swearing it was cvcrj nould or could carry out what they pro- our misfortne to hear, llialon the Missouii . ю if their Uonrik would volnnlaiily ' liver by boat bands, anil on Ihe public high I am| gratuitously tillcml to the business of. ways by st.igo iliiver-, was the most vul- 1 managing I lie missionary concerns of the ‘ . gar and dieadlul. They have a vocabnla- 1 Association, and if the men could lie found j ry which could only have been invented j tt|]0 arc i/tinlifiril to occupy these mis-ion 1 I lie \\ ays tliov Conte, nml A' here ! by the ptince of darkness himself. What | jjv|,j^ — why then, this mode of operation | a ueccs-ity for mis-ions ! | would do very well. And it this plan. j should beromn'general, there would be no I need of a General Dome-tic Beard at Ala- i lion, Alabama. But where is the rcstrirt- ( I eil local organization that i- ejjicirnl. We I How much money I iimv ; ployed? I low many | C|,jP|.~ '.I.. ”. . ' "к- I souls have been converted? How often all the same, and a for contribution^.— ’Tis a bad time, there is a cluircii debt, or they have a mis-ion sonety of their iiwnl!" As if Hie General Dome-tic Hoard were nol their own. Tliou-ands, in truth, do n"t eon-ider it as theirs. — Well, we'll do what we can. and when we cannot do, we can stop trying. AukimwliulirinuiiD. hack ride of half ip hour, brought' us to , the Shawnee Mission (Methodist) where J the Kansas Legislature was in session. There we met with Rev. David Lykins, the Superintendcr of the Baptist; Mission School at Wea. t. Weiiverc introduced by him to Major M.*M:Caslin, Indian Agent ' for the Government,- and Mr. Baptiste Peoria, one of the head men of the Гео- па nation. .Arrangements were made- wdthH'i^elwgentjcmcn to ac9prnpanj- . MM Jk" У> ea ..(he RcxtlTnoriYiiig,, July 2Sth.. The morningcamc in due time and with it a hot cun ‘and a strong wind. It v was ten o'clock before all preliminaries * were completed, and the cavalcade, or rather buggyeade— for there were two buggies and only one man on horseback- moved off in the direction of the Shawnee reservation, in the Kan-as Territory. Bap¬ tiste mounted on a noble bay, went on be- fore. At the end of the first mile, he commanded a halt, till lie could reconnoi¬ tre for an outlet into the vast prairie. He soon came in sight again, and beckoning with the hand to advance, we followed him. The prairie was now fairly entered, and on all sides, as far as the eye could reach, there was nought to be seen hut one mighty sea of waving grass ! riltsr IMPRESSIONS,” We had seen prarie landscapes before, and therefore were not so overwhelmingly affected by them as those must he who arc ushered in upon them for the first time : nevertheless, the iinprc-.-iuns of Ihe Kan¬ sas prairie will long bo remembered. At the great Santafee and California road, wc indulged the eye with a protracted sweep around Hie di-tant horizon, lying as a blue rim on a vast meadow of verdure and.wild (lowers. , The surface is undula¬ ting, swelling up at places into mounds • and ridges. The wind— which is nearly always high on these plain — kepi the tall grass in a constant motion, and— saving only Hie “white caps"— gave them Hie a-pect of ocean billows at their stormy sport'. Narrow strips of timber might lie seen occa-ionally in pa-ing, and dark shadows, cau-ed by intervening clouds, were seen for miles ahead, deceiving tins eye by their similarity lo clumps of trees or comp ict fore-ts. The scene was grand, and its impressions on Hie soul productive, of tlm purest emotions of sublimity, To bo appreciated, however, each one must see for himself: no description on paper tltoy Go. Thousands of the de-litute to w horn the • "“И is «ent on the Home Field, are./iir- 1 ген— many of them Catholics. They; 've Cork, Liverpool, and Havre in I'.n " and land : >E;|j:“l Xciv Orlc, Jl •» iv York they pa-s |,y the Frio Rail Road, l ||'K!"|r,n7i' '1 CliiriYTn nneix.i.i il.n M! . ! . ■ can convey a just idea of the reality. Tho Owing lo the Corresponding Secretary s I ,.(|!< of Х;акан antl t|lC ,,r,.at Western nl.-enee, the receipts for m,s.,ons have not I prair;4 wi|, f(ircvcr thc >Ы, of lho Irish anil Dnlcli Euliotots. Go to the I.evce— look at tlio-e who are i i .pM and Havre in i* p„Ui„s in the cargo and then work Ihe}^, |i|>0 ||rjr. Hmv mw,h n at I liihdelpliia, New Yoik, ,)lSll! they are Germans nn.U.i-h. Ma«,l| ы ,|liri lll(.y(.,ir? Z , tr'J's r0I:jlll,f l{ail 'Ш fCC"h“ <I1VC | many mi-io„aiies empbved ? How pass l,y the I'.rie Rail Road, • ,|IC ,|r.iy-i in the street- or act a- the por- ] ; l)f cn|u!(.rtpi| ; |Iow . I -аГмГГ ‘'"I ,W lll° : '!1СУ ЛГ,С ,ri:'! аШ| f;C" i.:.s the Boa. d met for bu-ine-s, and when fcil4l, i "vT T ,| T i Г, 1 ,ШП" Ш ' ,r0n,S '0,1‘ t! * Tl a'! 0,“ 1 i‘ -li<' meet, how often has it had а ерш- , ■л ь S : . ir, ifn n : i a11 ,« i - > . . . . . . been acknowcdged in llm Journal, will appear in the next number. Thu Yellow Fever. This srourge, tho pre-cut slimmer, has taken Virginia in its course, It is a lime lor Cliri-ti.ms to con-ider and do what they can, and while they may, lo give the Go- pel to Ihe destitute. m ihe Ice: В 0 l 1) *4 .1 U' s? [hill W '’У 4m. RJm-" land heavy woik is done by tl.c.-c ,«oplC. ^ .f ^ ^ an„tter. There; ' D i n, I f °П' Tr i TI,C ,,Crk °f ‘•vuryMoamboat on the ! an av0(.;!|io„ of (hi, lini, somewhere . ТГ "*ЫМ'Г,С” ЯГ° 'f • ,r,'h|T'lTin the Southern States which in the course .J anj ЛП • .У g,> *S °f gioes.and the former are d.ivcn and knock- i ^ arcimlH|aVl, onP thousand dol- 1 4.4.-,-, pp, rivers to All— ouri, , r(| about as if they were brutes. Wtlmyl,^ |o >||pport a mi.,|0:my within »t- liot only I ccn : hand, and thc , u-i * . ,T' ,, , ; i . . . . - ‘ , ; balance coiilil do coliecicu at any time, if №d SJaT. ",Cy. T ; S"n of ,!o,l! ,,l“ f,‘"' Co!l,0,f 1 '?1 h0"‘ 1 the aMonarij could be found. But tlm : ,|,e (,n'1 1 0M ! ever, or tract di-lributcrs arc to he -seen on b|f,hrcn |)avc looking, and look- r,n,. LuT ’ T T 'T Гг , 1 11,0 ?rral riVC" °r ,hC U est' U lial " ll,e : ing ; and writing, and w riling ; and inqui- ' I „v l; ' ' he™ ,0,1‘"„bml f 11,0 i rea-ot. Of this ? > rin"g am, a.kin„ }w „,е тЫшагу- but he v r 1 f tllC " Г 1 -TT— Г - Г I is not lobe bad. True, there is a. present c • non give them the Gospel. wli.Un-,'TTl|,P' "!"’!«! about as if they wore hriitcu. Wttey! a .liirJ' " hat a population . cn,]llrc ,|lc treatment without a murmur. , , t ^ RbveTf 4vnol|CC "TiT ?4,W 't" 'Vh,,t a firW lur "!C 'ff"!;0" "!' ‘fT’ ; pledged, but $600 of ills in In' 7' L,' - nn "ug of Hie kan-as ler-i aniI ,lie proclamatmn of the (m-pelo the d ° fouW bc co||fclf(l at Stn I . • It In «IVkl II. nil (ix.l.t iik! I . II 11 I Г ... ...I,.,. Ir.l.s I. mi- * I*iX|)tUlsl01t. Nothing is more needed among Chris- Hails than expansion of plans and benev¬ olence. Tlm merchant enlarges liis hu-i- nc.-s, llm politician arranges Ids srlie'rne^ lor success, the student i- nmtiniially add¬ ing to his -lock of ideas : why Vioiild nut the Christian study to mcrca-c Ins contri¬ butions in support of mis-ion-. 'G j tlm very best descriptive genius. But striking to Hie eve and exquisitely beauti¬ ful as these, prairies are, many farmers would not select tlmin as places of perma¬ nent residence. Timber and water are scarce, and these wants generally settle llm question with Ini-bindmcn or tillers of tlm soil. Vet instead of limliV/.llicrc are. ridges of lime-loiio rock lying on the sur¬ face which is well suited for building and fencing. G uiit'ij for Catlinlii'ism. ! Missioimi'V Report-!. | some Impc that Hie man Iras been found, 1 i Owing to llm long ab-euco from home |,ut „„thing i, ccitniii. Now there are, ' of the Corresponding Secretary on bu-incss, ,|0M,ns — puihaps '„оге— of such n-socia-1 ' ertaining to the Ali-sion- among the In- 1 tjou., t|)e Soiitlmru Stales that, by their Satan. тип mission. As tlm sun— who hid given in tho wannest kind of grcctingduringtlic whole of tlm journey — was smiling good night over thc myriads of (lowers lhat were as yellow as his Imams, and seeming to -ay, If I catch you out Imre, to- morrow I'll give you another scorching— as he was Hinging out liis last rays, wc reined in at tho mission. Tho hnii-cs arc of logs but comfortable. Л dozen Indian pupils— mo-ily girl-— were about lho premises. The vacation lias dispersed tho school, but bo filled up when the time comes. Ajivtits. Iljpli.- would become inuiliory lo the General Board — not in mine only — hut send their.. -criplures and tlm living preacher. , c foils of Mo-e.s swallowed tlio-e ol j к) will a pure CJo'm'cI ilis- __c-- I * , " ■ > ■ C«ho|iei.ln, when pLentcd in love. | What Ml we do for agents ? The Do- J funds to it, treasury the mney won h ^ he , ‘•fly met will, some converts from ; mestic Board need, at this time at kit a ! put m.tau ly at wo.L. SuuU n lc - " ,ur' l‘ ' f R me '• I, , ivero i„ fd- I, -f d . . good a-nt-, but H-v cannot \i-kan«as, Missouri and other border States If ши lie Такси. Tlm kingdom of Satan must be taken. Before Sebastopol, if a general dies, a new- one is at once appointed; if men arc shot down they arc replaced, if money is want¬ ed loins aro negotiated : let chri-tiuiw u-e ; ll wl „ _ tho same energy to lake the Sebastopol ol | ^ tho Slipcr.n.cndcr, . - J mth Mr. De A illio-s and Mr. and Mrs. White are tlm te. chars. In*a few week? thc school will be resumed. Bro. I,ykin> has labored long, faithfully, ami often with f deteriment to himself, to keep ,)ip tliis •. INDIAN UBl’AItTJIli.NT. Visit to the Tallinn JIL-vio/i?. . Having reached Woetport in Missouri, just on the lino between that State and the Territory, we immediately made prepara¬ tion, for a vD'it to the Wea Mission. A school for the Red man. •fit RESl'f.TS, '•>• ' ’(l г"-”' Wr¬ it is somo twelve years tince. this Man p. ua! labor school was established Goo)