Home and Foreign Journal, November 1857

,01.0И': Л i'to !-fi RICHMOND, VA„ MARION, ALA., NASHVILLE, ТЕ NN., NOVEMBER, 1857 * x ® * • \ ‘ ‘«VH I i- I'UBUSIIED ВУ THE BOARDS OF THE SOUTHER* BAPTIST. CONGESTION! n,umber4~ ■ЧУ- - . lu H'l"’ Ilf . . ил1пмлдаши, ihst. •i-.unnif Hewponsen. (ИНГ brethren lias not been ffe . . raging Idlers are coming i ,| few which have been „I ji. l-.it the beginning of more „I,!,,, „ ,p, Columbus, Miss., onclus- (ni'iin Minions, the conlribu yet. Money nmlters have been so very tight, we have thought it bad policy to commence before the opening business season. We have not sufficient room in the house we now occupy. A good house is all we need now to make our prospects very good. Wo recently closed a meet as it may be needed, I have promifa3 to act яя their agent, and expect that ft be my principle business for the lemamder of I lie year. .i**' The churchos were in good ronjilid ’. when I left. .1 havo reason to ЬсПеу. . - •- . there is о good work of grace roinineBCin» mg of 0 week я continuance, commencing among the colored people, u hi. h fMio nt the St. I rant. h Street Church, and do- ; will continue till many are ron.-erfed — sing at the Mission. They were interest- Many were deeply impressed at in/- last ‘“S' 13 or 1C were teceived for bapli-m. meeting. During the quarter f llnvlhe- About equally divided between the two reived 4 colored persons bv baptjjJn** (j rhiirclies. Ihplized during the quarter white and t colored by letter." ®Л' 9; received bv letter 15 ‘ preached 51 „ . - „ „ , ...... 1 Report of Rev. 1. J. If «//«*, Richmond, ginia. % latterly ьегтопа, attended 27 prayer meetings.” j „7 .!, -nt sister, with regrets I Virj •sinents, and hopes fort Joae, 1Мш, о I Galveston, lex e i.,M <i ! as reports the baptism of two whites. Georgia, who supports a RrPorl °f >**• » • " 1'°P‘. Missionary to . .• . гм,п.л. i Ihe fulored oeanle of Willra flnuntv. \ .4 и» I Ml I,,, and family in the Choro- 1 1 1 „.its the remaining three i ,n t,.r the year, 8450, only 1 the colored people of Wilks County, Georgia : “ From the 30th of June to the 30th of .due, "hoping that other September. Г have held -16 meetings on „ ' . . . . | „„ plantations and at churches; traveled 900 ,11 none ,n to meet the ex- ^ Thprp ^ Wn ^ fte ^ a continuous revival, among the colored ..f Front street llaptist • people of the Washington Church, and . •■stosi. N. C., sends 55.75 . the promise that a harvest will be gather- lion of said church, I "l on the plantations where the gospel is ' We truly symPa-;l,rc*fM'i9Very flllterin6" , any embarrassments, Ле of Rev. Л. S. Morrell, Darien, . - e. ' thing at our apprnarh- 1 Georgia : .ii i.-lieve you. We have , "This closes my fourth quarter. I have " I herewith send my fourth quarterly report. God has blessed us during the past year, in adding lo our numbfc by bapiism and letter, many artive, efficient young members. I am now cnudiiitlng a proclracted elTurt. and hope to keep-it up several weeks— prospect encouraging.— Our regular congregations are fully >qual lo the capacity of our house of worship. Our Sabbath School is a most interest¬ ing feature connected with this field ef la¬ bor. 4 baptized last quarter. J Western Association, (ia. This body met September 19lh|'ffit!l Antioch Church, Troup Co. 33 clinches represented— 315 baptism reported»;. Vis- к, - Appeal, and will try baptized this quarter, three while and 45 | Ming brethren present, representing im- i colored persons, and have on hand a num- 1 portent denominational Hoards, Revs/. A. M" ' „ , , ... her of colored persona for baptism. Du- j Cami.b.-ll, the Foreign Mission iryiTjlro. M Iiriispondcnt, With the „рц year t nave baptized a white per- i ™ 4 „ „ s ,. ■ f "A Friend” writes: 1 sons— dismissed 5 and exrltided 2. There 1 ' 1 ' I , I,' vmi $20, lor Domestic ! Iras been a loss to ii- of one ; the denoin- **■ *• Missionary Hoards. »gp -ad- h ум will appropriate ‘nallul1 has gained three." , dressed the Association in their i£<pee- Report of Rev. 0. Ilrmm, colored Mission, I tive Missions f Washington, D. С. I 1)nl,nS the pendency of the report on • ... . ... I the state of religion, a lay niemtniriif the “ He are progressing with a protracted . ° ' J |l; meeting, in which the members seem to j Hehadkey Church made some mteretung be united, and many sinners deeply inter- 1 statements, illustrative of Hie inducjjM pi ,n u ,i„ran con fm- ' estl‘d- during the quarter four have been fervent prayer of the Church, u. «шее* V ; Tnd " r Dorn ‘ Ь^Гй ,hT [?ТйпУ с' ьь ж 1 un, anu tor uomes- \\e everv Sabbath. Our t-abbuth .... I i Ms : " I have also 1 School i> kept up, and is as flouii-hine as ! Cburch was constituted b jea.s ,1 mi pledges by brethren of ; could hit expected, in the ab-cnce of so ’ ИЗ member-. Since that ‘mm ^3t№sS \ "inition, to sustain a niany, as is Usual, during the summer sea- . been baptized into Iter feliotvsInjfc'V'Tiur' 1 'u, ile I." -I". I "A Fiienii to Mis- mcwi'.Ii S-O, with instructions uni |ii.lgment in its applica- andthcit -numbers >мт, destined to con- slant diminution.' The restless wave's of Iho.sutroundicg population, using tlie'En- ghshJangWgc, will essentially modify all tliCjyhSnnels .of inlclligencc, to, or even (wiong-theia ; and it, it very doubtful how }Щ iho .tribe njay may continue to use their oten language, eveiiin communica¬ tions among ihemselvjK ■ \Vhetber seKooIS,arclto'ih'o instituted, and; what languaga •,sSall‘.be taught,, the English or their own,;— • . .„ Whether translations are to tie made in¬ to their tongues, or Ihe English scriptures to be gradually introduced .— 1 ‘ H’liether the missionary .is lo-^orinect himself directly with the Jodiatf fiiind' by- learning to address them. in Uii-ifAo.vH tongue, or speak to' them through the'iii- tervention of an interpreter: — ' These questions, and others growingbut of the topics assigned the committee, they fell incompetent 'to answer, until h comprehensive view of the ca-e,. and.ta careful induction of fact*, lino been ta-; ken ; which only those connected with the practical working of missions among' I lie j tribes can take. • • ' i 1 The committee, therefore, suggest that I the Convention commend these inquiries ( to the attention of the Domestic Missiona¬ ry Board — the results to be hereafter com¬ municated, in some form, to this body, provided' thop find the judgment of this body desirable- in the matters involved. П. MANLY; Chairman. ! Early last spring, wc received a petition • ■for ministerial am! other ajdj signed by! five native Choctiw preachers, missiona¬ ries of the Hoard— one of, whom is^ chief of Ihe nation ; in winch are. the fiillow'ing: statements: ‘ . , l " Wc iiapli-ts are loo muclrheholderi jp l’edo-baptiits for hooks. They Kaye tranq- lated the New Testament mid hymn books . ... into the Choctaw .language, according to Por*lun If one riiissioniries acquiring the their peculiar views of' cqri^t'uui bantisnv languages of Меи tribes, assumes a'difier- jThese ore the hopks we, are compgli^d ’to as i (•;, .r„tPe Nation . There i 8on' j Church has never experienced a season ol -I - 1 u these pledges, which ' RePor* "f Noah Davis, colored Mis- , coldness or declension : and there are but 1 hav sion, Baltimore, Md. i two persons over IByeais of age, within "Although we have hnd no additions by | lb° sounds of the Church, who are not b. sustain a missionary Ч**'.'" тУ '“s1 №P?rt- У1'} our; members. ... ! church anil congregation are in a truly en- The average atten- . . I have retained this fund -.и * h’i.-ii in November, to see if Clue Lee Indians, cannot be j ' j couraging condition j dance Sabbath alternoon and evening, is , u | iiij.u to be present at the I from 200 to 300. Meetings lor prayer ' mi-, iin.r and aid in this good and conversation during the week are ''G- a growing interest in' be- i Bttendod by members of the church. „ , j Hie babbalh School, dunng the warm sea- ! - bees, H о trust it will , Mni ,|a> not ,„.en so ^ many 0f ti„ 11 'A lr":i' g0dd Missionaries teachers end others being absent. lam ■’Mu mill. . pleased to say they have returned with — - - renewed health, and resumed their great \| ,r Viuitom. a,“l b'°°d work " Rev. IF. D. Rice, of Sumter, S. C., re- poits 4 additions of whites by baptism, 1 ro'orcd and 2 whites by letter : ’I1 I/ hii "П. I.a. r..vi-„i Report of Her. J. Whitten, Tactory Mis¬ sion, Columbus, Ga. ■Delivered 63 sermons, 27 exportn- i . i uni Louisiana Baptists, •I. -nil ably edited Baptist 1 i-bed in Jnckson, Miss., *41 -n, I.»., have recent- ! HrP"rl »/ ,Ur -i. u-gular weekly visits H'i- are greatly pleased ." quain lances, and hope ! (il>ia-. MS public prayers, 24 prayer meet- iligs, paid 122 visits to the sick, 15S ic ligious vi-its on olliei occasions, distrihii ,i w lB.ll.ro Their Mission to the Mach has been highly prosperous, Their Missiouary has vi-ited 20 plantation, regularly once a month— and during the year made occa¬ sional visits to 73 plantations He, and others, related pleasing instances of hap¬ py changes among the servants thus visit¬ ed. The owners and overseers gave in¬ dividual testimony to the improvement ol the slaves, and Ihe greater ease with which they are controlled. Two years ago, this body, with some resolutions, resolved to sustain Rev. D. N. McIntosh, a native creek preacher. This , year, they renewed the resolution with hearty good will. A proposition was introducc4 to sustain i я missionary in Central Africa, »t a salary of £500, which was ably supported by white' and 3 liril Campbell. The proposition was heir continued call “ '"..".ilioiui weeklies, South | leed зв0 ,nftai baptized 1 1 '■> •' -vtpt one, come lo tltii colored persons. i . , ■ . ... "'"i ■" "4>et there is an excep-j About the time I made ту Ы report , 11 "fj fl wl °u '’PI1051 l0n- ■' •" ir ui the Not III, we receive ' ouf church estahli-hed an arm in our mis- lllC &. 1 • bociely, mot a hearty w 1- 1 1 i.uiielp, The Examiner v. v '!'■ bet sion house- Our number is now 16. Our ! come, lo Ihe encouragement of its Finan- •I It cm A nn,l nr • и I Sl,bk,ll‘ Й1'1;по1 encouraging, averaging cial Secretary, „and Illinois Bap* I 4tiQ scholars. I preach twice each Sab.. geveta| lnMS roPCtihg, wore appointed J bath, and one night during each week." fol the purpote 0, awakeninga того gene- ,i I, , | ° . "l*' e!" : Report of Rev. A. P. .Yorrit, Grantsville, j ra) missionary spirit, autl devising ways s“:Si f S-‘h 1 — ofyaocLpli-hi,.g the work they 1 Fhri.tian Review Will ‘ " During the quarter, l have baptized | have undertaken. a „ i ti i. !- , “t Grantsville, 17 whites, and received 3 i Although this body is for, very for be- , Hub I i , г lp Fjm,ly i ЬУ , Al niucksva'p. 12 by baptism : hlnJ ila abi|ity alld int,.||igeiice, yet the '1'Ы- COmM re8“" j j,nd 3 by letter. Among (hose baptized. which , j- now advancing, l in II. aie several gentlemen of talent, I f “ . . ... ’wealth and inlluenee, if indeed these 1 « “-"Ij’ gralifj'ing. ГЬе Christian spirit , needed Itcrc.’* With reference to these facts the last | Annual Repot t of the Board to the Con venlion, speaks thus : — ! "The petition suggests a topic which ; has for some time interested your Ibard — that of sui'li an acquisition of knon ledge , of the Indian tongues, by a portion of Ihe | missionaries, as to enable them to preach in those -languages without the inteiveu- i (ion of interpreters; and, if need be, to translate the Scriptures into the Red , Man's dialect. This subject your Hoard respectfully submit to the consideration of , the Convention.'' I’pon this suggestion the Convention ap¬ pointed a special commiltee, Dr. Manly, t chairman, who submitted the above re; I port. 1 It will be seen from this report, that the . committee labored under the same diffieul- - ty that embarrassed the Board— the want ' of knowledge of Ihe facts in tlm case, which could “ be obtained only on the ■ spot, and from a personal and familiar ac¬ quaintance with the working of mission» 1 to the Indians." To secure the necessary information on this topic, and all others ; connected with lb- mission work, we i made a personal vi-.it lo the field, both I in Kama- and the Indian Territories, and 1 now feel prepared to give an opinion upon | this subject, In regard to the various tribes in Kan- ; sas, we cannot say. “The Indians with- ! in the range of our work, are compara- ' tively few in number, and their numbers, 1 ' -si- V ui • ,•;««!»'« ••• ■ The state, of thingiiwilh the Cherokeesi- Creeks and Choctaws,' is Very different.-^ They are more numerous, and their hum; bers are increasing every year. They are improving in education, agriculture; .the mechanic arts, civil government, anU.fcli-'. gvdn. And if protected from 'НЦе res<- Ы wave, of 'thei surrounding population''; nsing the. English language,” they/, will continue lo inyriaSq and improve." uMost . of them seem, aliVe to their lruc interests. The Intercourse with the, whites upon their «orders, bod ihe practical workings of a iTerritdte'G^nmejpt JiV Kansas have , 'daugbt .them, afteabpthe ;sad , lesson that v their 'safijty.'and perpetuity! cannot be so- cure under (he dominion of the, while mans. They twill, as theyvouglit,-’ reject any overtures for ‘the opening- of -,1 heir, country lo. the unrestricted influx of the ‘white -population. Such an opening would ’not orily arrest the' progress of their va¬ ried improvements and elevation, hut It would bo the most certain and speedy me-- thod of their downfall and aiinihi'latianA' • Such ore melancholy facts; they ’are. icofk>t' roborated by the unbroken Lbtciry'ofVur ч country:" „a- ! » >• • |A't4pL' -But these ' t'hcW ■ tribes, ' so AtiWero"*^ -and contiguous, possessing tucii^aTji|f.^, ecopc of cob a try, having such friendijf In¬ tercourse with1 each other, and sd ’harifio- nibus in' their views as to their danger;' (iio real cause of it, anti Ihe meansof protec¬ tion, that they will be nblcforalong lime, and we trust very long, to resist any such encroachments 'upon their rights, peace and safety. The question then, a-i to a ent aspect and importance; "From a care- .ful Uollation 61» factl 'obtained -on- thi, .'sjlotT we - o’reriU'tisl 'pfofoim dly- ItjipfcKscd . arics Sent to these ’-tk thorough knowledge of their language-.— We say " a portion" — not all of them.— This is not neres-ary. Some congrega¬ tions ate so mixed that services confined to either the Engli-h er Indian language would be unintelligible lo a considerable number, At such stations it is better to preach through an interpreter. Mission¬ aries occupying such posts, with the press¬ ing demands upon their time, can, no doubt, bo more profitably employed than in Ihe acquisition cf sufficient knowledge of the Indian longue, to enable them' to address public assemblies. This is a la¬ borious and difficult task— an attainment which but few secure. There are many place», however, where there is oot one who can either speak or1 understand the simplest sentence In En¬ glish. No intercourse, cithe.r public or private, can he held with them, except in their own language, An ability to speak to them " in their own tongue the wonder¬ ful wotks of God," gives a missionary great advantage. This is not indispetisai hie to preaching the go-pel even in such cases, lor it lias been, and can bo preach¬ ed with success through the intervention of a good interpreter, when Iho preacher cannot speak a woid of Indian, nor l|ic hearer understand a word of English.— Let the difficulty of securing a sufficient number of competent interpreters among the full-blooded Indians, the (rouble of ob¬ taining one (o always accompany on pri- The Christian spirit ■ "'if Mi-Jvioiiai-jcu | worldly advantages ilu o.vrt any influence; menife l during the entire session, was I in favor of Ihe cau-e of Christ. Sermons' ацС|, a3 |0 lead every lover of Chris; to J В и. Dacia, Randolph j during Ihe quarter 104. Ten persons pro- •i п Heard County, Ga.— - fessed hope in Christ, not yet baptized. — V'"' iiiU-re-ting meetings The - Sabbatl' Schools at both places in a pros- ' "'I Mes-ed this people.- 9«rous ct"ldi,ion' 'it was good to be there," sectn destined to constant diminution.— j vale visitations, the ability to address tho The reslle.-s waves of the surrounding! Indian, at all times, and under all circuin* population, using the English language, ' stance.-, without such aids, the influence will essentially modify all Ihe channels such an acquisition always furnishes the of intelligence to, or even among them; possc-sor, and other advantage-, which WO ° V-"1' г. I havo travelled 310 . M’ sermons and -17 ad- "I'liz.-d .,'j white, undone color- .1, 'bn number 13 wue from ‘‘"У ■ 2 °f them 27 years. itil' ' ' of the afflicted, and l,e Lo* гГ"П,С' ИЬпеа‘‘ <>f Iho presence -I tf"4 riascharga оГ duty." 4J Пп 11 Cwch, Mobile, Ala- klvc not commenced h'd ding Report of Rev. V B. Cooper, Brunswick, Georgia. “ Г informed you sometime ago, that INDIAN MISSIONS. Drenching autl Teaching mnoitg In- tliitns. The committee beg leave to say, that circumstances made it necessary for me the questions growing out of the topic as- to change my field of labor. 1 am plea- signed them, appear to require a large anu sud to inform you that a good minister, by! caiet'ul collation of fact-, to be obtained the name of II. E. Cassidy, is to occupy , only on the spot, and from a personal and my place. < I familiar at quaiutanee with the working ol Our Louie of worship war commenced missions to the Indian-, before they, or almut two weeks ago, and they raising this body, can arrive at any satisfactory or the frame when I left. The subscription,! safe conclusion. , are nearly sufficient to lini-li the build- 1 Tho Indians, wilhin the ran0e ol о c ing, but I fear it will he difficult to coll. ' I, work, arc comparatively few in number, and it is very doubtful how long the tribes may continue to use their own lan¬ guage, even in communicalions among themselm. More than this, it is very doubtful how long they will exist as distinct tribes. — Unless they are remoicd from that Terri¬ tory, they are destined to early extinction. Sortie of the smaller trilcs have diminish¬ ed one half since the treaty of 1854.— Any cflbrt lo acquire sufficient knowledge of their languages for the purpose of preaching, leaching, or translating, would net be judiciously expounded. shall hereafter name, are consideration! worthy of serious attention. The acquisition of the Indian language is more important for tho purposes of translation than for preaching. This leads us to consider the work of translation 6f the scriptures and other books into the.Iii- rliatt longues. Its importance, its augus.t neces-ity will appear, if wc attentively- consider a few tliipgs. - "* I. The ardent desire of tho Indians la . mature life, lo learn to rcaJ, when (Ley be¬ come rlirislians. Tboso totally indiflerent lo this accomplishment previous jo ibu