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- Home and Foreign Journal, October 1857
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- 1857
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- Volume
- 7
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- 4
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- ["Poindexter, A. M. (Abram Maer), 1809-1872"]
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- Creator
- ["Southern Baptist Convention"]
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Home and Foreign Journal, October 1857
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VII.
RICHMOND, VA., MARION, ALA., NASHVILLE, 'l'ENN., OCTOBER, 1857.
NUMBER 4.
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PUBLISH HI) BY THE . BOARDS OH THE SOUTHERN BAPTIST CONVENTION.
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1837.
A Time ot‘ Need.
truly a lime of Croat
The present u
-ill, the Board of Domestic and In j
iw Missions. Evidence* of embarrass- ,
' ,ar« too apparent.
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rcce.pb or ,
' |,.tt«o quarters do not exceed the,
^titles of one. The large balance
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,
c treasury April W, has kept the Hoard |
e vMt. That balance is exhausted. j
l amount repot ted by the treasurer at ,
j rf,mlar meeting for September will not ,
are than meet the salaries of iniwiona-
'es which fall due October 1st. If the
jme decrease continues the Board will
lat he able to pay the drafts due Decern-
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Arompatison of the receipts from April
.t, to September
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with the receipts of
corresponding period of the preceding
ear, shows a tailing ofT of 84,327 58.
tVe feel the necessity of calling earnest
I r.) prayerful attention to this subject.—
• here is need of a speedy effort to arrest
IU retrograde movement. Otherwise
icre must be an entire suspension of all
;;ressive movements on the part ol the
hard. It will be necessary to go beyond |
!,.. There must be a reduction of the i
slides of missionaries, or a removal of
ame of them from their fields. A rcduc- 1
ion in their salaries would drive many of,
hem to the necessity of the abandonment i
if their work, or of devoting a portion of i
heir time to some secular business to |
ate bread for their families. Indeed the j
neagre appropriations in some cases have
een wholly inadequate to furnish a com-
triable support, and the self-denying mis-
ioaaiies have with much pain and reluc¬
tance associated their ministerial labors
4th worldly avocations.
Brethren, our appeal is to you. With I
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are the means of relief, and with you j
W rest the responsibility of crippling
^embarrassment. Shall this state of affairs
ontinuc ? .Must all aggressive action be
impended? Must the present number of
W-sionaries now in the field, bo diminish-
J, or a portion of them become seculari-
ed ? Shall those interests which have
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planted at much cost of money and
amistcrial labor be abandoned and relapse
ato a more deplorable condition than they
'fre in before these efforts were underta-
en- Bielhren we ask you to pause,
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pray and act.
growing tip in ignorance and vice, and
destitute of a Bible. This we supplied,
and requested her to semi her children to
the Sabbath school. She declined on the ^
ground that they were not suitably clad, '
and that she was too poor to improve their !
condition in that respect. This objection I
was removed by apiomise to provide them '
with apparel uf which they should not be
ashamed ; and lierlconsent gained for the
children to attend. Their wants have been
supplied by the benevolence of friends,
and they are regular attendants, rapidly
improving and are the first to meet and
greet us on Sabbath morning !
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this is
delightful and encouraging to us."
California.
Brother Shuck in a letter dated August
•llli, gives an account of a visitto Auburn,
ami remarks: “ I wish we had an assist¬
ant Chinese preacher stationed at Auburn.
There is a large Chinese population there.
As I was detained over Sabbath, I preach¬
ed twice to the Americans and once to the
Chinese. Very seldom is there any
preaching at Auburn. I suppose llieio
will be a very large Chinese emigration to
California this fall
I do not know but it would be best for
the Boaid to arrange it so that I can get
loose from the pastorate of the first church,
and let me do more in exploring among
our own people and also the Chinese. —
Delegates from a number of churches aie
to meet with us in tins city, in about live
weeks, to fnim a new Baptist Association
for the Sacramento valley. Another As¬
sociation is to be formed this month in
the Petaluma valley.
Cap, you not send a man to Maysville,
and one to Sonora ?
Records of California.
The “ Steamer Union,” a newspaper of
Sacramento, of July, records 76 marria¬
ges, 22 births, 13 deaths, 8 murders, (i
accidentally killed, 4 drowned and 3 sui
cides.
Texas!
Sabbath Schools.
One of our missionaries in Texas wiilcs :
Thaie organized three Sabbatli schools,
me in each church which I supply. And
have made arrangements to organize
*l,ee or f°ur more in other ncighbour-
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ICs hoped that all our missionaries will
‘fare no pains to establish these excellent
institutions where it is possible to he done,
jdiaps no form of instrumentality has
en more signally owned and blessed of
to the advancement of true religion
rai Sabbath schools.
ANOTHER,
Si-ter Summar of Burksvillc, Kentucky,
•frites:" Wc are toiling on, and each
ee 'displays some fresh manifestation
‘d oar bbors are not in vain. We have
"=01 the most interesting Sabbath schools
.. ever had the pleasure of attending.
,te n*ter Seen from the school since I
J7°uin Louisville in May. We feel
pi * u.i to GoJ Ibat he has given us a
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•l*'e J,e,r*s de parents and
^'s Place, notwithstanding the
Ikj "je °r opposition with which we
i|iet ,a ,0 ooniend. During the year
in rc8l,lar attendance 92
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l,0Pe by the end of the quar-
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100, " e have a sma|l library
e “a .much need of more books.
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circums,ance of interest
|,v, e '’"I1 •his department of our
• bill briefly relate it. fn one of
for qj' !r ‘l,e counlO' soliciting children
’ we V‘3'"C(1 a P00r> afflicted,
*idow. with a large family
Rev. R. Howard of Burnett county,
writes : “ I have ju«t returned from a tour
out West. La-t Thursday I visited Fred
ericksburg, containing a population of 600
inhabitants, all Germans, except about a
dozen. A majority of whom are Roman¬
ists. Tlie next in numerical strength arc
the Lutherans. No Baptists. I attended
a Lutheran meeting. The confusion and
disorder exceeded anything I ever witness¬
ed at a meeting professing to be religious.
After service I accompanied the minister
to hits home. Here I discovered a new
mode of making friends— it was by shak¬
ing hands and kissing. This exercise was
kept up for some time, until there were
evident signs of devoted friendship in the
company. These are emphatically hea¬
then in our midst.
A German Trial.
The Lutheran minister of Fredericks¬
burg, Texas, whipped one of his members,
for which he was brought before the ma¬
gistrate to answer charges, and plead guil¬
ty. He was fined the full sum of five
cents by a German court."
In a subsequent letter brother Howard
gives the following interesting statements :
" I have been holding some meetings of
late which have been of much interest.
There were some 25 or 30 professed con¬
versions, 21 of whom were baptized. Hav¬
ing no aid, I am compelled to labor alone.
I preach once and twice every day— the
Lord is opening a door ef utterance, and
is pouring out his blessings upon us. To
him be all the glory. Pray for me— this
is a time of need. I leave to-morrow to
be absent from my family four weeks.”
Mississippi.
A letter from Rev. B. Hedges, received
during our absence contains some impor¬
tant facts in relation to a large scope of
country lying between the Yazoo and Mis¬
sissippi rivers. There is perhaps no field
in our country in mote need of missionary
labor.
He writes: “This vast field contains
six new counties, and embraces a small
poition of five or six of tlio old counties.
And there is but one Baptist preacher in
all this field — and perhaps the richest por¬
tion of tlie world. This field— this vast
field, once inhabited by wild hca-ti and
wicked raftsmen, is now rapidly filling up
with the most intellectual and wealthy
people of our State. The traveller will
sometimes pa-s fields of a thousand acres
each, of the richest land thseye over be-
held. And the Baptists as yet, the Yazoo
Association excepted, have never sent one
•single missionary there. I love foreign
missions, and would detract 'nothing from
the noble work, but why should our Asso¬
ciations and churches turn their attention
to Foreign, to the negled of Domestic
Mi-sions? lVhat else cam they expect
than that the fountain will dry up? Home
evangelization forms tlie foundation of our
social, civil and commercial interests.—
"The Greeks are at our own doors," in
their rags and nakedness, •'l uting the
past year some of these counties increas¬
ed in population more than 2,000, princi¬
pally blacks. This year, from present
pro-pects, the increase will be 'much great¬
er. A large portion of these blacks never
hear tlie gospel in ils purity."
and send such an one here, our cause,
would soon be in the ascendancy and be
self-sustaining.”
tions.
I desire an interest in your prayers
for my prosperity and success."
All our missionaries close their corn mu-
Rev. J. W. Miller, Wild Haws, Ark. , ideations with the icqucst to be remem-
" I have no good missionary news to com- ; tered at the throne of grace. Wc desire
mnnicate this quarter. God in his All- ; the churches and brethren, who are can-
wi-e Providence lias seen it best to rorely I tr'ibuling their means lo sustain these mis-
alilict my family with ‘Scarlet Fever.' ] sionarics, lo make mention of these sup-
Myself and wffe only have escaped. It [ pliants, when they bow at the family Altar
i,;'4 frnm "* A'M“" - or in the secret closet. Your self-dcny.
has taken from us two darling children—
-a son sixteen years of age, and a daugh¬
ter. five. Our family has been a scene of
di-tress for two months. The surviving
have not yet iccovercd their strength.
Brethren remember your poor, unwor¬
thy missionary in your prayers, that (he
blessing of God may test upon his family.”
We deeply sympathize with our afllict-
ed brother. Surely the hand of the Lord
lias rested heavily upon him. None but
those who have passed through like trials
can adequately appreciate his alllictions.
It is a happy reflection that lie knows tlie
source from whence coinfort is derived
May lie fully realize the consolation of the
promise, “ All tilings work together for
good to them that love God, See.”
Alabama.
Rev. Bailey Bruce, Princeton: “I have
devoted 74 days to actual service, rode
760 irilcs, delivered 59 sermons and ten
lectures, vi.-ited 150 families and aided in
the constilution of one cliurchjj
The cause of religion, though low now,
Tennessee.
Rev. Wm. R. Green, Nashville : " I
have labored hero to build up the cause
until my physical strength is so nearly ex¬
hausted as to render it necessary for me
mg missionaries feel they need your
prayers as well as your money.
Itev. IF. Jlarnhursl , St. Louis. “Our
iillle band is very united and encouraged.
We will Irv to walk alone next year.
Such will be our elicit. Still we shall not
(ergot Ihe Domestic Mission Board. Prob¬
ably this fall wc shall try to leir.ove our
little debt, which done, wc shall lie able
to breathe more freely. We are hoping
for a precious blessing, May God grant
it."
INDIAN MISSION'S.
Mission Box.
The excellent sisters of the Baptist
church in Marion, Ala., have resolved to
make up a box of clothing for the family of
Bro. Buckner; and they are actively en¬
gaged in the work. They will have it in
readiness by the time the Arkansas river
is navigable. The Juvenile Society has
to suspend labor for a season. I desire j determined to make up a little box
you to release me as your missionary ai j •*1C samo purpose, and are more zeal-
is improving. Increase in congregations,
and of general interest afford'okouraging
evidence that my labors have not been in
vain. If strength permifp'l-sbjSfcfion-lipld
a series of meetings at tlie several church¬
es where I regula.ly preach. My gene- j
ral health has been giving way so lapidly j
for several weeks, that I fear a resignation
of my mission will become necessary."
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communication just received from Dr.
Rice of Princeton, gives the sad intelli¬
gence that our missionaries fears have been
realized. Though he has not left Ins field
and probably will not, yet Im is unable to ,
render much service at picsent. The coil- j
tcmplated meetings were held. The Dr. i
adds : “ There have been revivals in quite !
a number of our churches since our pro¬
tracted meetings commenced. I flatter
myself that in this Association we shall
he much strengthened before tlie dose of.
the year."
ENCOURAGEMENTS TO PRATER. |
The I)r. continues: 11 Dear Bro.— You [
cannot imagine how rejoiced 1 am. Eigh¬
teen years ago, when quite a boy, 1 set;
out alone, not knowing that any of the ,
family were professors;. Since then it has j
been my constant prayer that God, in his I
mercy, would arrest them in their down- !
ward career. And blessed be his holy i
name, I have lived to see my father's en- ;
tire family, sons and daughters, all mem- •
hers of the church. My father, 62 years j
of age, was baptized a few days since.— |
Our minds are now burdened with our
children. May God enable us to tiain
them as we should.”
Here is an example of a pious and use¬
ful physician. His talents are as actively
employed for the healing of spiritual dis¬
eases as for the cure of bodily suffering.
South Nashville."
At brother Green's request, lie has been
released and wc have no missionary, at
present, in charge of that interest.
Camden, Benton County, Tenx. )
June 30M, 1857. ]
Dear P.
Holman, — Herein I send
my report ending June 30th. i have been
able tojnjet all my appointments in this
quarter." SincSmyjIStTJome thhigs-lure-
taken place that I will relate. I have been
pleaching in a Methodist meeting house
ever since I received my commission ; and
this war at their own lequest, sometime in
November last. Some prominent mem¬
bers of their society requested me to
preach a sermon on Baptism; that is, to
pleach what Baptists believe on this much
vexed question. Tlie subject has been
urged from time to time till my last ap¬
pointment. I complied and preached the
sermon. But used uo personal remarks,
confined myself to the scriptures, and his¬
tory, and the confessions of Pedo-Baptist
authors and commentators, which the Me¬
thodists stated to me were correct. But
now comes tlie bane of contention,— an
old, white headed member of their socie¬
ty, said there were objections lo my occu¬
pying the house any longer, though he, as
an individual, did not object. I then call¬
ed for the objector to rise to his feet, and
who should rise but John Andrews, the
very man that said he was not opposed to
my preaching there ; and tlie only one
that did rise, though he called on one of
his brethren to get tip. Yet it would not
do, there lie stood alone, a sad monument
of the Ibice of sectarian bigotry. I very
politely returned my thanks to them for
the use of their house, told them they had
done nobly. The sermon, I think, will
have a good cffecl. In fact the majority
of the society arc in favor of Baptist prin¬
ciples; the worldlings are enlisted in my
favor, and say that they intend I shall
have a house to preach in. Wc have no¬
thing to fear, this cause will make for the
interest of Baptists. I shall still keep up
my regular appointments, at a school-
house one mile from the former point, un¬
til the people can build a house. I hope
I shall be able to report some Baptisms
before the end of the year, i ask an in¬
terest in the prayers of tlie Board.
Yours truly,
J. F. Arnold.
ously employed than their mothers.
These little Misses have taken their
own private funds, and purchased the lie-
nccessary materials, and their own fingers
are engaged in making useful garments
for the self-denying missionaries.
it is pleasing to see these early bud¬
dings of benevolence. These humble ef-
forts to contribute to the .necessities of
l nosc"w ho afo'jireaClfiBgrfltSrgtepcno'
poor, will leave impressions upon their
own minds, which will exert a benevo¬
lent happy influence upon their future
life.
It will be gratifying to the missionary
family when they look upon nnd handle
the garments, the handy-work of those
little, willing fingers. Hope for the fu¬
ture will lie inspired.
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more zealous
generation is coming.
Arkansas.
Bro. Kennard of Brtesville, says : " 1 1
assisted in the organization of a church in j
Fulton county, Arkansas, consisting of 12 J
members ; one of whom, Bro. Cochran, is ^
a promising general licentiate. At their j
next meeting there will he some 8 or 10 I
more additions. !
Datesville is, and will continue to be, an
important place. It is rapidly improving, j
The Baptist church is weak, it numbers j
49 members, three of whom are black.
Most of the members are poor. We ought J
to have a man of commanding talents and ,
dccp-loncd piety, to devote his entire time .
to this point. If the Board could select
Missouri.
Rev. E. K. Fort, Stulville : " During
the last quarter I have travelled 550 miles,
delivered 40 sermons, and 8 exhortations,
More Boxes Needed.
Two more— one for tlie family of Bro.
Moffatt, a missionary to the Choctaws,
and one for the family of Bro. Slovcr,
among tlie Cherokees. To each of these
families, a box of substantial clothing
would be equally usofnl and acceptable.
Tlie salary of all these missionaries is
very small compared with their neces¬
sary expenses. Clothing of all kinds is
extremely high in those nations. Mis¬
sionaries also must entertain a great deal
of company, which greatly increases their
family expenses. All public meetings
and Associations are attended with much
expense. The missionaries are expected
to bear a very considerable portion of it.
I heard them stale that they rarely passed
through a camp-meeting, or an Associa¬
tion, without its costing them fifty dollars.
Will not other sisters take up these
last mentioned families, and
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them
a good box and forward?
Others might send them a bill of gro¬
ceries. Coffee and sugar at twenty-five
cents a pound, makes a large place in a
small salary.
baptized 2 persons.
My field consists of four entire counties
and one-half of two others. I have a hard
time. There arc but few missionary Bap¬
tists in my field. Thcyare mostly Metho¬
dists, Campbellites and Anti-mission Bap¬
tists. The Lord being my helper,
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hope
lo accomplish some good here. I have
succeeded in gaining their attention
my last tour of preaching there was unu¬
sual feeling manifested in the congrega-
Creeks.
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A letter from Bro. Buckner, received
during our absence, contains statements
of interest to the cause, and we give the
following extracts:
“ We do need two more missionaries
to the Creeks,— one to the Seminoles,and
one or two more' to the Cherokees and
Chocktaws. Besides, we are rather in¬
debted to the Osages, from the fact that
a certain sistn bequeathed $500. for the
support of a missionary to that tribe, and
the old Board at Louisville failed to ap¬
propriate the money to that object . 1 have
an indistinct recollection, that brother S.,
, of Ky., mentioned such a fact to me. I
“ know that others have spoken of jure-
^ out-posts here are net well
“ Our
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