Home and Foreign Journal, December 1852

“4sMr*W4jW|p I VOLUME II RICHMOND? DUMBER 1852. 1 PUBLISHED BY THE BOARDS OF .• № it--, л Лг: 1* шшт шм:ыт. T.v * jjoARD OF DOMESTIC MISSIONS. MAHiO.W Л1.АВЛ.МА, DECEMBER, 1832. Kelts of a Tour In the Southwest.— Xo. 2. 0(t, 4— A ride of abouttwcuty Ьоагз by railway and a i, „jught шо again to Chattanooga. Tbs railroad is * faded to about 12 miles below tho tunnel, probably at ili moment tb? longest railrpad tunnel in use in tho world, leiog 2293 feet long. Ii was blasted out of tho solid rock, ,bout 13 foot high, by tlie ordinary drill. Three relays of игктсп were employed night and day on tho wort. Tho (,,t man who attempted to pass through, paid tho forfeit of his life. Hurrying too closely after tho blast that united tte CM»v?fion3 from each ond in tho contro of tho uioun- liiti, ho was suffocated. Tho staging is still about silly niles, and the road trarrongh is posslbWn-*’'*-*^ A Baptist house of worship must bo built in Chaltanoo- gs before any thing of consequence can be accomplished bj out denotninition. About 83,000 is required for tho „Л. Half of it could probably ho raised in the place, at cnee, for there is much public spirit, and all arc interested ibo own property in tho town, the religious denominations bring all placed on a rcpectaUo footing. Ono gentleman, a Mailer of another denomination, kindly offered §200, paya¬ ble it any time, for the work. Should this meet the eye of uj liberal brethren, to «horn God has entrusted wealth per¬ haps they may feel that a portion of it could hardly bo bet¬ ter employed than iu etcoting a neat Baptist house of worship, in this important and rapidly growing young city. Oct. 0— No steamboat being up for Knoxville, tho cars lobk mo in two hours to Dalton, and then on the arrival of the up train from Atlanta, by about G P. M., another train conveyed us to London, about three miles from Knoxville. Anight ride from 7 P. M., to 3 A. M., brought us to this chief city of Eastern Tcnucasec. Here о few brethren of enlerpriso arc struggling to build up the Baptist cause. Ifforts arc being ш idu to pay off tho debt hanging over a teat and commodiou^liouso of worship. Tho pastor, Rev. M. llillsman, is a very valuable, accession to tho cause in ibis part of the State. The hearts of brethren ore already isjived, and tho congregation is increasing. ‘This place was formerly' the capital of the State. It cow has ono or two State Institutions— a college, hand¬ somely located on a hill commanding tho city, hut with a Stalo endowment of only §50,000. It has got pretty much into tho hands of tho Episcopalians, and has run down to 30 students. Tho Deaf and Dumb Asylum on tho edge of tho city, is a neat brick building, costing about §23 000. -It was a pleasant sighMo aco these mute children playing otherwise, .and olasiug^each’* other with good humored aportivcncs3. Plicate enterprise is rapidly making this a brisk manu¬ facturing town. An iron foundry, which we visited, had just run its daily allotment of castings, consisting of cook¬ ing and parlor stoves, and iron fence railing, for a new cemetery which is handsomely located at the edge of tho city. There is also a large glass factory, and a marble quarry, where white, variegated, and black maiblos are va¬ riously wrought. Hero tho marble ornamental work for the speaker’s chair, iu the capital, building at Nashville, is being prepared. Oct. 9 — Л riJo of nine miles took us to tho East Ten¬ nessee General Association. The morning proved rainy, but n large delegation were iu attendance. The Introductory Sermon, by Itev. Mr. Kean, was half over before our company arrived. The subject of it was Ministerial Support, which was very clearly deduced, both from tho Old and Jfetv Testament. ■ r.cv, Mr. Snood, ono of tho noblest looking men, and ono of tho best, as I was afterwards glad to learn by per¬ sonal acquaintance, was rc-clecfcd Moderator, by accli¬ mation. ? DOMESTIC AND FOREIGN* wliSSIONS XiF THE SOUTHERN -BAPTIST CONVENTION. 4M-. 4 •* _ _ _ 'At ' ' д *. ebott thuo $310,75 eta. wS^ebscribed for a musionai/to California, and as lie basis of a represontatioh’m tho Con- yention at llaltiuioro. If was agreed that they wquld act with the biethren of Middle and Western Tennessee, off the basis cf tho Nashville resolntions.- On Education, it was resolved to establish a Female School of a high character, to bo located, thoro is no doubt, at Knoxville. Deep interest was manifested in Chattanooga, where, as brother Wood is anxious to resign, a minister of ability and piclyj it was urged, should be secured for next year, A house of worship must bo built there too. , ‘ There was much other busiuess of . intercity bnt I was called away on Monday evening, deeply impressed with the, noblo spirit, ardent piety, and rapid progress, of' tho Bap¬ tists iu this section. • j— -.^aa.rv-^^v.v^oguizedVysVthatj-^- anah^dhattrnthTld lel'runchtftbo piesentwato , ;\fs Irue, it^si" said, ''thar'lf'atiy'yonng aid the' ministry! however, niuoh' !e- unrsmKegolbmJind a thousand fslfe'aoiives inay.be it tho ЬоЫк &о matlerj tbo churches, fearing lest they should I ЬО • “1' "(ill _ l _ '1 t.a If _ IIoTshill-MlssIoMFlffto procured ?•. --- M о want at this moment, several prayful, laborious, ed¬ ucated ministers, for the various fields of extensive useful¬ ness connected with tho domestic field. Ono or two for California, some for our cities, and other important fields, and much as wo often need funds, tho want of aten of tho right stamp, is much greater. The followiig from the sermon of the Kov. V. R. Hotchkiss, preached be¬ fore tbo Baptist Missionary Union last May, is worthy all consideration. May God ineiiue tho hearts of many to tho domestic missionary work. “ I.et us examine tho relation which the prayers of tho church sustain tu the furnishing missionary Hilda with men. How shall these men, tho complement of foreign laborers, preachers, printers, teacher», colporteurs, bo secured in adequate supplies for tho multiplying mission fields of our ffajlh I That they, ore numbered and are not wanting 'amongst tho people of tho Lord, who can doubt ! Tho ejmroli of tlu first centuries furnished и ministry for Ms world, from tho pillars of Hercules to tho fartberest India, and from Gaul to tbo deserts of Africa. Can wo call Iu question the ability cf tho church of tho -present cen¬ tury, with its fur more numerous membership, to do the samel Without hesitation or peservo wo affirm our be¬ lief, that there are at this moment in tho keeping and trust of (ho church, sons and daughters who might be well spared, in numbers sufficient to occupy and ciiltiratcercry open field of evangelical labor throughout the world. How shall tbeso children ot1 tho church he enlisted in tho service of Christian missions V _ _ . ... lb opto sec tho true indications of suoh' n саПТМштшг ШЬлШЛ0 check tho presumptuous, and more earnest and in bringing forward tho diffident hut pious, and ffg all to work in tho prayer meeting, and Sabbath seSoffitrying and watching for suitable gifts. illustration, a caso was mentioned in which ono of tbo^ttinisters present had at ono time twenty-flec young at his church, who used to meet him every Saturday ig to pray for light, and the manifestation of Hie will on this subject. «.listened to this conversation, it struck us more for|l)ly than ever lefure, that the distinct and devout re. coalition of the Divine Will as the source of oar duty, is til first step ia tho rectification of past errors. This trulifhoworer, must he recognized nut only by ministers, buTjtojWies also, iu all their relations. • Supply of Ik Ministry. // The Congregational Journal quotes some remark* under tho inquiry, “ WiiEsr. shall they 'con в моя)” and adds thereon tho following very just comment : .If.TdpTh'at^yc^causes thj„ diminution. of candidates'! s; 'ministers rimy bo геЙггсУ,' 1с!ЛЖс??сТ the inereasing'fnSR^ ЦДг uncertainties, aud poverty of the ministry, the low dogreo of piely iu young men connected with tho churches and lit¬ erary institutions, or tho alsence of revivals and tho Spirit of llod, by reason of which young men are not converted, the fact remains tiie same, in all its reality, its bearings, and results. A thousand theological sea.in trios and Col¬ leges can do nothing iu this direction. — They can educate piott3 young tt.cn, and prepare them for the ministry ; hut they cannot я tkc them pi«ns any more than they can make new creations. Tho Holy Spirit alone is adequate to tho work, who can sanctify young minds, and animate them with such lefty and disinterested purposes, that they shall rise above ull fear and endurance, and counting all things loss for Christ's sake, p.uilt forward to proclaim his gospel. “General revivals in tho churches would correct the evil which nothing clso can do.1’ A fetv Christian brethren wore hiking freely n fcwdtys ago on tho probable cause of this great failure in tho sup¬ ply of luiiiUtcr;, particularly educated ministers, while tho members of our denomination were so rapidly iuercaring, and tho lumber of Baptists of education, demanding a much greater supply than ever cf enlightened preachers. firing with a Divine ' call, “looso him and lot him 11 ccil*ro “К spoken of in Scripture, while by лог. ecjidagiag those of earnest, pious, modest worth, who by ibetf jrtlf distrust and backwardness, show a better appre- ciit1oJ.6f.the duties jof-tbo ministry,- the wortly.aro kept PrMtlmptuou3 allowed to push themselves .TrfAus ii'was replied, that it was just precisely because tboOT of God .was so superficially considered; that tho chttrelpj.thus noted, and that more prayer to the -Lord eat, , by loth pastors and people, would lead jilrcss of (lie Sail Francisco lljplbt Association. Hie late meeting of tho Baptist churches iu Califor- niaftlie following brethren were appointed a committee on ;J, for the year ensuing. ;V; J. \V. Capon, Ilov. 11. Brierly, Rev. F. E. Pro- and Bro’s. J. II. Coghill, C. L. l!uss, Geo. Wyckoff, Gilbert, of S.tu Francisco; Rev. О. C. Wheeler, and S-E. J. Willis, of Sacramento ; Ucv. L. 0. UriitucU of 'Jose, and Bro. C. Davis, of Santa Clara, ha Committee organized on tho 12 th hut. by electing f-Capon, Cboirunn, B. Utterly, Secretary, the same meeting the Secretary was appointed a coin- “to prepare an addrosj to tho Baptist Boards of «TOis.'at tho East.” At a mooting lioldon July 2Sth, the Brother W. A. Montgomery having declined serving on | One brother suggested that tho many uew enterprises account of business in court, brother J. J. Moses of i opening up for young men, and offering them wealth, was a Knoxville was chosen clerk. j great canto— California for instance— engineering on rail- Ilithcrto the constitution of this General Association | roads — openings fur speculation and industry of every has confined their attention to “Missions in East Tonnes- character, to say nothing of Law and Medicine. This was ICO only." The constitution was amended by a unanimous vote, so as to embrace Foreign and Domcstio Missions, ami inch other benevolent operations as they see fit. Commit¬ tees wero appointed : ono on Foreign and Domestic Mis- rions, ono on Education, ono on Sabbath Schools, ono on the Southern Biblo Board, and ono on Colportigo. concurred in us one cause. Another brother thought that tho very unsettled lifo which a minister led, who had nothing but tho ministry to depend on for a temporal support, was another great cause. None of our churches give a pastor enough to lay by any¬ thing. Ho must set on example of benevolence, whilo yet On the Sabbath a sermon was preached on Missions, and ( ho often docs not receive as much as many a smglo young “ collection taken up of 23 dollars, for those who have la- j man receives as a clerk ia a store, or earns as a good nie- bored under tho direction of the East Tecncssco Associa- ■ caanic. On this ho is expected to he “given to hospital- ... linn. 1 i[j n nu,l bring up a family. j indicate tons that some now living, may live to too itrcacb In tho afternoon, Rev. M. llillsman preached from 1. i But tho chief difficulty is that he seldom can remain j tho lower of tho above numbers. God evidently intends Jobrz, v: 8, preparatory to the communion. ItwasanaUo mso than threo or four years before his church gets to raise up a mighty people upon this coast. Wo can discourse, eloquently delivered, and produced a deep im- ; tired of hint-wants newer and more showy gifts to draw scarcely comprehend the vision of greatness which rises f'eision. After this, Rev. Mr. Sneed and Rcv.Mr. Wood, 'acrowd, or if tho majority aro satisfied, a discontented administered tho Lord's Supper. It was a season of deep ; member or two con quarrel, and make a pastor's situation solemnity. Rev. Mr. Wood niado some allusions of touch- 1 so uncomfortable that ho has to leave. This involves not to tbo Boaids above referred to. ADDMSS. By vote of tho San Francisco Baptist Association, its Missionary Committee was directed to superintend «II its missionary operations in (be State, and wasalso constituted Ike Official Board of corrc'pondonce with tho missionary Beards of tho East. With feelings of responsibility painfully oppressive, we accepted a trust which it had be- coaio necessary to commit to some portion of tbo brethren in the State. As we survey tho field over which our su¬ pervision must extend, and contemplate its magnitude and importance, we nro homo down and perplexed. Wo have wished n thousand times that you could see it as it ist but as this cannot he, wo have as frequently wished that ivc cCitld giro you such a description of it ns would convey to your minds, a correct idea of its importance ami tho urgen¬ cy of its demands. As neither of thexo wishes can he met, we must give you .rich thoughts ns sooin to us tho most pertinent. For the purpose of order and clearness, wo shall class them under tho following heads : EXTENT О" ТПГ. FIELD. California contains about 199,000 of square miles. It is, therefore, about three Вшсз ns large as Virginia, four tines largo as New York, twenty-fire times as largo ns Massachusetts, and one hundred and forty times as large as Rhode Island. CAPABILITY OF TUB FIELD. ■ By this wo mean i'.3 capacity to furnish employment and support. The population of Mass, is about 100 persons to tho square mile. If eventually, the population of Cali¬ fornia should become equally douse, the State will contain 19,000,000 of inhabitants. If its population becomes on¬ ly half as dcuso it would amount to more than 9,000,000. Our inexhaustible mineral wealth, unsurpassed agricul¬ tural resources, and facilities for a world-wide commerce, ing interest. Ilis prayers aro highly impressive, from their only great expense, and often loss of income, hut such a rimplicity am) appropriateness. - perpetual unseltledness and uncertainty, that tho head of before us as we contemplate its future, and we cannot de¬ scribe tbo sense of responsibility which it imposes. Tha infancy of this giant people is committed partially to our training. Its future history will tell tho measure of our fi- 'ri'y aqjl appropriateness. i perpetual unseltledness and uncertainty, that tho head of | delity. On Sabbath night there was preaching at soveral places, a fumily often feels it his duty to his children to engage in r ' , ' . . . ,i„.m but-it seemed scarcely to diminish tho number who flocked other duties, enabling him to live permanently in ono place. | owover ex rarV > " ... . , .. , • •• b«r Roy. William Wall, whom subject was, The Son of While young men looking forward to such an ultimate no- - «•«»•*■ ' , l * П°' Ь*Ь"Г God, manifested to destroy the work, of tho Devil. He „ssi.y, choose some ether profession.-Sala,ic, formerly oor statement of tl kwnsoi th, ^ “nt' *as followed by Roy. Mr. McNutt. A bad headaeho pre- , sufficient, are now becoming notoriously too little, in con- , *• cr°'5'", ' , ’ . .. ««ted the writer from following these discourses as closely ! sequence of the rise of prices, produced by the influx of *blch 1» .Mr away ben • b -b, man . *i be could have desired. California gold. It was, therefore, suggested that greater .«fluence. Ita I On Monday the Association met at 9 A. M. The Biblo ri„y in rAurrAu-lcading to greater appreciation of tho «о >* JM ' ^ . u]Unl pa[,ui(Ji ,Ьп |Ь! 1 cause was taken up, and the courtage plan of the .labors of the ministry was the great aud immediate rent- . ^ 'j ^ ^ ^ 3JDJof ,bcmj °рЫ' cJJ/ .. .. . . . S1,!emn and open 'bro seale acquamlance with the Spanish, a missionary ! IcoKnlisfehctj' wouidq^ind^ tbeVpovcrDmQnW.tojestabliabi; iem/fof j- tbo edn&tliii;.' еШгеп^' Thujyrti' belief e,tts jii.ffnqoaly hi, 'Indian treatlei." !la other cates they bare beeupebaaded to accept of aohools, iq this they demand .them'.' ,ТЬё canse оГЛ1г, kffaypei> baps, oxlstin the fact .that' the mission /Indians? owing to' - their better knowledge, . have gained' a fdwerfo] Influence^ , ra thcir rospective tribes. -They think, too, tha^.th^ whlta |/r man’s superiority arises from his knowledge,' aud.tienci' . tjfoir.-wish for Schools for their children. Tcaoher» and.i-y^'. ; • 'V* - » « i ug tbem, men of fgmllies, men of S p On the presentation of .be report of , be Committee on , A third brother suggested that a more solemn an open bre -«* «1— Homestie and Foreign Missions, it was resolved that the . recognition of a Divine call to the mmistry, would have ( speakmg thlt language would once bo nselul anmn , Aviation should represented in the Southern Conren- ' the desired effect ; with fervent prayer to th, Usi of the them. Some of t o into are so anx ^ us «^owledgc, | tinnk. n .*..... , n... . j:-. и*-..- . am! fnril, 1.W,. Into tho harvest. that according to the statement ot one oi me u. a. snuiau •ioa by brothers Sneed, Uilbman, aud Connor; and in a hirvesl to send forthlahorers into tho harvest. mimslers are needed among piety,' prudence, and energy. It is the reproach of (th»£ ? church hero, as clsowliore, that she' has ellowhd thoyioei'i,,' of tho civilized. WorlJ to,preecde its Christianity. > 2d. There 'is also in tho Stato;'n population of native, (» * CalifornliinSi*' amounting to several thousands. Now, thoy ' • "KvSTnir lilllo Stftiiyrctlgtrur" tUUl p'eiyf‘tjut»iwW«r!hable,1WS'tfatl ~t and readily listen to religious instruction. The Roman - church in hor.religioua operations among them, has given us another illustration cf her immutable mutability .- Sho ■ has shaped her religious instructions among them, with re¬ ference to conversions to herself, rather than with reference to conversions to Christ. Many of Iter measures wero adapted to the meridian of California, and would not havo been undertaken in tbo East. The Spaniards see tho.au- periority of tho Americans, and attributing it chiefly to tboir faith, havo come to look upon piotcstantism with favorable», feelings. Wo admit that this is a mere worldly preference, hut it opens n door of usefulness which wo should not neg¬ lect. At present theso old Californians have ncithcr'tlio bigotry, nor tho prcdjudico of "European Romanists. Thoy nro ready to rcueivo bihles ami missionaries, hut up to the present time, there lias not been a single Protestant iui..is- (cr that could preach to them, and not more than twoor' '* three that could convorsoin privalo with them. They need ' ministers, and nc do not know of a people among whom a minister could labor with letter prospects of success. 3.-d. There is also here, what exists nowhere out of Chi¬ na, a large and rapidly increasing Chinese population. On Iitie occasion, during tho present month, there arrived at tills port in a single week, over 2,700 Chinamen. There nro non in this stats about 15,000 of them, and will ba , 30,000 ly the close of tho present year. A few of them are converts from tho Chinese mission, and under tho guidance of n suitnllo man, could 'he made very useful. Cud seems to ho reversing the order of missions, llo is bringing those that need tho gospel to our doors. He is, taking them away from inimediato gontact.with tha initiln**, .J* щ j , lions antinational JnflnqBMj.whiohMl4ye'so'gr<!MlT,Hm!to4'jvIj)l:v?w' Mf6‘^?riCTaryS^IeAiluosT.«mdngftfiSi*i~t;i)iljj3;'^isilife,'g!6b^'tytp; them in our midst, where the man of God can got access e'-"iTf'¥^M to them, and gaining their confldenco and sympathy, as ho meets them, speaking tlioir own langungo in a slrango land, lie can labor hero with fewer obstacles to encounter and letter prm-pects of success, than lie could iu China. Two ycnrsa’oa good Chin-se missionary should have been stationed at this point. If this hvl boon dona, wo havo no hesitancy in a lying, tint long before this ho would havo had a much larger congrogition thin usually assorablo at any Christian service in Canton, and’ many oi his hearers might, perhaps, havo found tho true riches, and been ready to return to their homos, disciples of Christ. Wo wish, dear brethren, that you could stand for half an hour at tho door of brother l’rovoimx’s some Sabbath nftornoon, and see tlio hundreds of Chinese, which throng tho etrqot In that portion of tho city, or at tho windows where this is written, and look upon tbo equally largo number asscmUo around their Pagoda. Wo should not havo to plead long fur a missionary for them. Font own hearts would give you no rest until you had supplied them with the moans of grace. If, to supply them it is necessary to withdraw a missionary from China, we hope he will be withdrawn. Tin return influence he will send batk, will bless China mart than he could by remaining there. There can be no fanaticism in this belief. 4lh. In addition to the wantsof the aboveclassoj, there are tboso of our own countrymen. Tbo present American population is nearly 800,009, wlticli will bo increased in tbo epaco of a few weeks, at least 40,000, by tbo overland emi¬ gration and is daily gaining by the accession of hundreds who rcacli hero upon the crowded decks of steamers and sailing vessels. The people are coming by thousands. Whereon the preachers 1 Tho disproportion botween tho demand and supply is alarming. Along the GOO miles of Califor¬ nia sea coast, wo do not know of a single protostant min- liter, except in this city and Santa Croz. With tho excep¬ tion of Nspcr, Sonora, and San Jose, which aro Ы par¬ tially supplied, tho wholo range cf valleys extending from Oregon to Lower California, and laying botween tho coast range of the mountains and tho great valleys of tho Sacramento and San Joaquin, is without a single proteatsnt preacher. Tho two great valleys are bat partially and in¬ adequately supplied, and ia the mines tho destitution ise still greater. The Baptists should havo men immediately at each of tho following places, viz; St. Diego, LosAngt ; los, Santa Barbara, San Louis, Obispe, Monterey, Santa Cruz, Valley of San Juan, Santa Clara, Mission of San Jose, Contra Costa, Nevada, Grass Valley, Marysville, Downcsville, Trinity, Union City, HaDg Town, Coiumnos Valley, Dry Creek, Jackson Creek, Moquelumno Hill, Stockton, Calavera, Sonora, and Mariposa. Tho places in italics, would immediately support a man who could combine (eachiog with preaching. In the sgricullural lec¬ tions small tracts of land can be obtained by gift, «.oth¬ erwise, while in the robes, industry would provide forall actual necessities without infringing roach open s pastor's time or materially affecting Ids usefulness, provided Ы»* bored ss Paul did, 'under the pressure cf » limiUr nMeuity'.. j,; -/.e-V-» 1’*. ■-•5 i '