Home and Foreign Journal, December 1856

RICHMOND, DECEMBERS 1^=7^ NUMBER 6 PUBLISHED I»Y THE BOARD SOUTHERN 1W ■1ST CONVENTION. Swtfjom ДО. ALABAMA, PKCRMBKR, 1*30. greatest (rials, in Marion I The Lord bless Ilia flock Д, , called rncclin. h.iO'j Boar .cation. Oe'- Ctfi. ■A WORD ГОП THE .NEW SECRETARY. Wc know that Bro. Holman «ill bo cheerfully receded wherever be may (ra¬ id, but ue a>k licit lie may bo liberally of the Domestic sustained in bis office by prayers and con- of the Southern Baptist | «rihutioiw. Ii is no easy position. No! Resignation. U?- br W .The lirolbcr bad especial reference to our i slated in my letter of acceptance that the communications from Kansas. Wc arc Baptists here did not believe that the half inclined to the belief that our good ^ шт vmmf bv such » discus- l sion, and that if evil followed as a neccs- ‘ | tary result, it must Beat the door of Pedo- Secretary, wo fntiinl, wlial we In paled, a gemrul preference in far eign Missions. Churches, Ass^Unons^ Societies and Conventions wenran the. habit of contributing annually fojmirciin, Missions, while little or nothing given to Dnnioslic. They needed liglf, '.which ' fusion of an extraneous official whom he Ш our feeble way ive cndeavorediltj tro- 'desired to oblige, lie this as it may, we onc_lo maintain our ground? ■ ото ,t»»meil it 1 nan needs covet it, anil Brn. II, did not 1 part. We did say that a soul inpraeyc* ( do know that tbissame brother copied**- 1 There arenow five learnedPresbyterian tracts from thoe " long letters" into his ' preachers in this nation, and but one little paper several times ; especially when wc 1 hntchetfucetl Bapti-t missionary. _ Sn ul said handsome thing, of Baltimore. We 1 « T.'ft Jl'f?. М(гтГШ I brother was prompted to pen this para graph. That it was not the spontaneous [eduction of his own heart, but first the in- Baptists. Brother McIntosh has conies of our correspondence, which we will for¬ ward if you wish. Do you not see the ne¬ cessity of sending another missionary— a ss.'ta)» * month. After repeated induce m our mind a clmigcof pur-. I lighten his cares bv a i i | . , . at, since in the absence of all nlliers 1 We rc-.anl ibe if ™|L mASCCS- j '' l,,e “,,c ""l l“'1 ,u «"•« bodily ...jury -ustabic, I during our last prosperous condbiou— II Vl 31 in 3 , CoU,i '*c h»« «>«"•, , to Kansas, is of itself a sullieie.it rca- 1 ,i,|, ,,s comli.io , „‘,7 - compared Jw " '"out .objecting ourself на coml.i,.,,, a, ,|ie ilme0f,||c ,,ails I charge of unfaithfulness? / .W' of llie fn,,iun Missions. TI.0 Ъ'": we found ,|u„e OUR successor.. , 'c'’ha(c all linen canceled, the . . ' churches under lb. peonage offoi b affords a, >cry much pleasure to be 1 IC 0,1 »»"«• »>ns bee,, recoiercd, nn.l ; '"«lie Board that were givin- Жге&п to announce the election of Rev. I °r"° ""«ionaries at the cb.sc j MMoim ami nothing ю Domest^Soine 1Й l,0,'"3n' p"l0r of 1,10 Bnpli-l lle la*« qtnrrer «ere promptly paid. *«• prin-nt тисЛ.ю the Fore&frd ircb.it Ncwbcrn, Ala., as the Corres- "ero arc- hoivcAor, these new demand., i B»% uvn receiving f, от the Dmel'c „ling Secretary to sueceed us. Ц. ! "ou' upon ibe Board : First, nl ' U’e fai|l to those churches- 1L’ after several . . . . _Ж •' ,s, jccrpled llie в bu official duties either before nr by j " ■’ v« m s - ■ It... rr..t . |,A I Hurilly, All. Moey— native Chines. , , . , on tho part of redo-bapli,la to drive us are sorry that lits suggestions have. come ; from thjs field ; but, with God’s help, I at so late a period, when it is notin our j will ask for ho truce ; with the New Testa-- ] power to profit by them, lie is the first ment in my hand I will never ask pardon man who ha, lo our knowledge com- 1 being a Baptist ! and I if I fall, I will I - ° 1 full fast hold of the pillars of Et-ial Truth. Send me hooks per mail— I have Donnegan’s Lexicon, the Greek Testa¬ ment, Mosheim, Calvin, Wall, Chalmers, piuluC ’ rv m yuccpfii u*. не* • " * ... ’ , ; altbrj to give au what yoa recAiefrom ry . . , | , . I l*a?l three wlnl.j fuiiitics uiusl be secured ^ e . . 't* * % dar* oi doubt and lic«i- ... . . .. „ the Dome.«tie Board, then ton cab. afford •’ . . as missionaries to ihe Indiaiw; secondly, . , , , ^.» ibe «filer, ami will rnicr . , . . , I to «usi.vn тлиг^еиг^, ami Ine monevip* . . г i | a mi'HOtinry и lo be >ent ю А ля w; and i . . ; ’ . til J 1 «III. or 1.ЛГ..Г.» ЛГ I ' |-t of January. Bro. Holman has i feted — haling acted in the same cn up for a period of six' years— and was . ,1; instrumental in bringing this Do. [ it Mission enterprise before the puli, j anj filing it a character for efficiency tsefuluess. If deep piety, zeal for cause of Christ, business ipnliiies and • us, mildness of temper and general 1 ■Parity in the denomination are ele- ! its of success, then Domestic Missions not suffer in hi, bands. Thu Lord | bin grace for the work committed to trust! — - Tilt board.,. . fe cannot think of closing our labors lis department of Christian eli'orl lh bearing testimony to the pnnetn- ibility, ami fidelity of the Board with lia, |W*priated to you can he sciiljHjSOmc ■elves, and the business to ho dis- •I of was attended to with order and neb, and, as we believe, .with an eje e glory of God. We ham had some Balance with Board, in various pin- and know of none, more efficient, Kokand trustworthy, than i, tlm Do- r boon appointed to a,‘i«t Urn. Shock. Mo- rney to Mi-lnin these will be needed. SECRETARIES AND EDITORS. It seem, proper — though we regret the necessity fur doing it — that wc should no. lice on retiring from office, the criticioiH on our official conduct by scieral of our most valued brethren. Strange, indeed, would it have been, if no one could have been found lo Ii nil fault or animadvert. While we can forgive our brethren, wc cannot allow their censures lo pass unno¬ ticed. We claim lo be their peers in the church, ami neither talents, wealth, lilies, position' nor -influence, Shall ptevent us from placing ourself right before the pub¬ lic. Wo notice, first, Rev. .1. M. Poindexter's articles in the l „ l, . .n , , .( «А ov ember numl>er of the Journo/. " Hi * Aiibai bern our priulrge anil lianpi. „ , .. • « , -i i , Z ‘ , 1 rrjreb in reference to our “ \ alcJic- buoU in good works for the upaco ,*»»,.• , . i mission- к three years. No, I, in- ha, cia',*4, шпЛ 1,и "• 1 М to am: the peace or disturb , " «У I-.piphica! errors,’* dec., .nigh, be % оГ Hie monthly meeting. N.. I l’1>’C'1 "v"r ""ll0"1 3 re‘''>’ °"' (,H' "J Males, no petulant rejoinders, no ' сЫи.сг 10 W"' W™1* f "Ы lb* ш1' — I. ... . .. , ,, ter, since wc had bcltetcd up lo the lime other place more needy than yoitr&j. Wc arc willing that you should diwit .your contributions between the l’oragh', land Domestic Boards, hut wc are nolpyjlliug to make the Domestic Board a.lilrf CpL leeting agency for the Foreign.”. UVe iro happy to know that this unjust pmet ce of “robbing I’etcr to pay Paul” waiynWb- ral cases cortccted. -si • Once more. Wc found a tenfie cjr in' Associations and Contentious tbf/o eslall the Domestic Board. The Forelal.l oafd, or the Publicat.on Society and olffcr ntcr- e.-ts could generally have the fi-stlhe ring. The fact was, Domestic; Missions uriilerstooil, anil cten mm feel or appreciate their importance'. Of course, wc prcsicd their claims by all the abilily at our command. Was thi, wrong? Wo a l,o took ground against llie “ Com- the niagaziuo now issued by the Foreign Board. We do not regret having done so, but being overruled by pastors, editors, ami others, our opposi¬ tion has ceased long ago. That brethren ' ' ICT, SIIICU at v II.IU ...w . . ... insinuation, ever developed ! f diirercllt ;пГ„г1И,|!о|1 imparted by Bro. ,,r "llI"e"cf a'"1 P0Mll°" h3'f con,n!c!"1 . I .1 . I • . I I* t 0.1 I lira a I* e\ r L* lit.- Iinl rhuirra-ll ПНР Г n II I It 1 1 P. himself, that the "printer' only person with «born no bad anything in do. Wc never held the Foreign Sec¬ retaries responsible for “ the accuracy" of the impression in the Domestic Depart¬ ment, nor did wc " censure" the printer, hut simply regretted our inability to clear * Mis-io,, Board of the hem • . 0f ; in" person, of errors that mayi' « CT“-’ :■ M'“". АЫ"“- ь Я L„ oi...... P™r iva, the i Cl* l*'c 'VQr*i' 'ias 1101 changwl our opinion that it, appearance between the Сошен- lions wa, premature, unnecessary, and dtscuitrlcous I» the Domestic Board. Wc arc not iilonn in those lieu-s, and the "Commission" might have been brought out under more favorable auspices, if a ilispOMlioii lo advi.u with the partner, of III the 'tier selection of brethren could not been made. THE PUBLIC AT LARGE “ acquaintance has been ■ iucIi ex- But enough on (hi, point. Brn. Pnindcx ter, however, lias giicn bis readers, under the bead of "The Krt'ECT," a long niti- cle which requires some notice from us miles. Everywhere we ‘been welcomed and cordially re- 'в- Whether on the scahord in the absence of such a disposition, when the Prospectus canto out, we gaic due notice of the fact that the Journal had never paid expenses, and that the Domestic Board . . , had no official interest in the " CoMMiS- over the South and West by the’. A largi share of that clfiisinn was mien -I s|oj. „ Дп(, „с clrc 110l ,|iougli all the i no have held a, Corresponding | ed for us — the Domestic ecrctary am 4joclor3 tj,0 |an,l commend the book, and ')'• In the course of three years I vve are willing 10 ,IICC1 lls ci‘3rf’c|3' a",'. ! all the pastors heenmo contributor-, tho ' ole, I, not less, vve think, than need he, the "comparison, xvitli wine" ( ^ llgrM, II1C„ arc not always our brother seemingly wishes to inlimivl itr , ^ sli|1 |rue_ Moreover, vve mod- ns. That brethren have spoken the Ian- , и|. (ent,jr0 t|,0 expression, that the guage our brother lias attributed to them, . | [cthrcn иЬо hltc f,,|icd about the C..M- it. or on the vast prairie plains in the ^ ’и douhtles, true, just as i heard a brother , j|(ss|u4 af[er ц waJ known lobe unaccep- 'kw* have found the Biplist., a pccii- 1 i1t i|lc Gen. As,"- of Tennessee, pre cr (Q die Secretary of the Domestic lbl> the same people. A people dis- {he Af icon Mission to every other. Brclh- ^ ||,lown bl|t pule sympathy for by their religious faith and practice rcu will have their preferences, am w t|tl| [iome evangeli7.alion, or impartiality ""У other people, and advancing js perhaps ипГоПшШе, they vv ill ^ beUvccn ,he Boards. Thi, much we have ibis free country, just «hat they tfaink ; , j h we wou|,l not have said ,„d no " comparison," of the respect.vo у “ . claims nf Foreign and Domestic M.ssions, will prevent them from expressing their ■*‘h in cities and in the country — 1 ,',ews. fcl'eso kindly entertained us during | Wo will now simply tccilr 10 " 131 "c "tessary peregrinations to and Iro in |щС said and done, and stale reasons vv ty acted as we did. We have several . ,lPr'ST church IN MARION, ala. limes been censured for spea in It Js . ,h,t^ vent to a “ regret" or. l»M„,io„ Room being in the build- writing in behalf nf ' ec of yor.j our account. He was not q«Ue satisfied Л|г principles with a strength and ra- J «well must ultimately sway a con- ‘t talluencc in this great nation. We 1 heartily thank the hundreds of fami- but for Bro. l’.'s article under the head of •‘The Effect.-” Wc have done will» this subject, and shall not reply though Bro. P. should write again. the editor of tiif. true union. This . brother— generally prudent and kind— has been pleased, in his paper ot * "ns Cl, — vnurclt, we Inve had the privi-1 as to uniiervume ..I» . — -mhraein» manv* association with the broth- [ eign Missions, and the article of Brother vnth «иг lo« rt «» writing in as to undervalue tlm and !|sters composing it. It is a pi- j P- is hut the old accusation "tieHigem, and liberal hand of disci- 1 dress. Wc have no. doubt but that lie ami 3,111 a church that compares favora-j a few others really thought that wo were *'!h *"y of our city churches. To an opposer hf Foreign Missions, but they ,0ni this lovely church is among bur j misunderstood us. " L—~‘ When vve became of uur "notes of travel.” IV e do not believe with him that they have been "of no general interest." They J may liavh been of nu interest to him, anil '• Turretinus, Ncander, Carson, Hinton, and for this there may have been good rca- ! -‘'«f31 olhet important books, but I want ... I i i ' И rs s JSoles, Ilurket, llowell on Com • sons, hut vve have heard them commend- ; ni ’ ^ book |hjt wiU aid ed more than once by men whose jiulg- me> | „.;ц rcaj dj}. anJ nigilt, hut 1 must ments wc have no reason lo think les- ' preach four time- a week ; and my fjicnds;, sound than his, and as wc are very par- j must excuse inc for not writing untiU lha" ery par. licularly interested, wc rather lean to the views of those who speak kindly and fa¬ vorably of us. Come, Old yokefellow, try if you cannot speak a little more agreeabjy to us the next time. You are not very intimately interested in the mat u jjMie.. Ides of November arc gone. In haste. Yours, as ever, ;'рт II. F. BUCKNEIHa A Chinese Wedding in America. Wc clip tho following from the Sacramento ter any way, and we would much prefer a l "">“ ' ' 1>,111,‘гг ^rl‘ lift upward in this hard, troublesome! 1леЕ.-Авпиеттх.-М»пщАГ.Е.-Лп U V. ' , i , , . i , ali.wr smacking of the romantic, but nev- , than a back-set, or a set backwards. | erlhclfM i||u,,rativev of tlm power of love Besides, you are mistaken if you think 1ц overcoming obstacles, camcoiTin Chi-, fhat Mission papers must have nothing in nadoni about 11J o’clock yesterday morn them hut missionary matter. There is t-« a—— . ..i /’.v— *-<• such a thing» choking a « small paper" to death, by the vice of a. sanctimonious, oft-repeated note on the same string. No, ing. Two young, Americanized Celestials had become enamored of two frail daugh- ' ters of the flowery land, who resided in a house on I street, near 3d street, and de- . sired to .become united to them in inar- let us have a little innocent humor even i riage. Tho fair ones were equally willing in our religious papers, and the cause will I l? cnlfr "c proposed contract, hut be the more prosperous for it. there existed what they deemed an insu- ■ perablc objection — an old Chinaman — a Celestial ogre— held them in durance, andpi had forbidden the bans. The young loV-g.,5 INDtAX DEPARTMENT. , ,..,.un,luluur„ »„BJuuu5«p.v., Dear Bro. Walker : . - . , , . , r . led tlic lasses in, seated themselves by 1 b»** Ьмг.1 front you stnee you. ,bfir ,уе lhe wink ,0 lbe JrTv„, wai in a?bing on i v . I and away thev went to the residence of 1 ir.vrji.«t i etui tied from Ibe Musltokce . ,hc Rcv/Mr. §,|lick> tt., in a Urink|ln?, camp meeting, which, in >omc respects, , M „ kno, lliem !omn K|,ole,ome ing I ever . . ,i.._ . — I..—? _ exceeded in inteic»t, any incelin. attended. On two occasions during the meeting, we hail at loa-t une hundred uccp- ing penitents. Elder Jacob Hankins ban- 1 , . • lised five on Sunday, and I baptised twelve I resistance on Monday. Wo adjourned Monday evening. Two Sundays ago there was a advice, and sent them away rejoicing. — The whole affair was witnessed by a po¬ liceman, whom the lovers had called in to from the custodian of their swcciheaits. The old man being aroused lay one of tho . women of the house, and advised of tho Minnltaneous attack made on Baptist views i , , m 1 .. .. 1 abduction, ruahci out ution the mi ewa к tv l edo-.\ 1‘Monaries a over his Nation' • , , , by Her. Mr. Ruble, of the Methodist mission preached two hours at North Fork, and proved to the satisfaction of all his Meth¬ odist hearers, tint we are the lineal de- jii-t as tho whip cracked, and the horses started Being unable to control his auger, lie danced round and gesticulated like a madman, and vented his indignation in sccndants of the “ Mud men of Munster." Г™*"* Vnlli'*' BroblU-V of “ in- Rev. Mr. Lougliridgn preached long and It10' _ _ _ _ _ loud at Oho-eka. proving to the Preshyte- . ПптеаЧс Murinn Ucrcinli. rians that the Rapti-ts are a narrow-mind- 1 IIiniM of U'etuuipka Bap. Oh- by I’ev. ed, bigoted, ignorant, proscriptive sect ; i T. •!. Henderson, $100 while he was the мл clnmantis in Jeserlo, [ H. b. Blending ror hilgefield Association soot to put spittle ?nJ а'аУ "" .'VP'i^’KIintUiverWtln J ,y.I .aScriven, 0 1 W1 eyes. lien I aimed at Muskokc our , T|lllllla, A. |Sc||, „.ilcctosl on his field, 25 00 brethren urged mo to defend our peculiar . \ym, p. Bill, (la. 35 00 views, and in eomplianre with their re- 1 B'ui. II. .lulmsun, S. С. 12T I») . . 250 00 70 00 have preached in the last eight years. | 'il'ill' IS*.' ' '' 123 И I here were three I rcsbyter.an missiona- , u-m p раггвг, jb,,., f„r two persons, 10 00 fins present, and at the concliwon оГ my ' ц10 'eal„c— f.,r TlmniM K.n, Trca. -10 00 sermon the Rev. Mr. LauTtu'idee arose t T .1. Нипют. (In.. Kuvtn inWnmarv. 132 20 a 2* 42 X6 views, anil in (ompiianrtt win, uieir re-' mu. ii. .inimsnu, a. v;. la, ш quest I preached on Sabbath, without an Je«-o Л. Cnllins, Ala. . 250 Oil interpreter, from Acts xxvtlt : 22 ; which N. Buiven, X. 0., cnllectcl on his field 15 7f was tho second sermon of the kind that 1 '[T? ''"l1!"'' ‘i!?’ ,. 4J® 00 sermon the Rev. Mr. Laughridge arose j T, .1. Ilurney, (la., Smln nijoinnnry, and asked leave to reply. This I refused, lly llie same, “ fur Hum. Miss, as I was unwilling to cliang- a revival into I )' ni. P. Hill, Gil, a debate, and as my sermon was a"de- B.v the same, " -иппл f.-iwe not an attack." He гом' three times I '/Nr'. 4- l,r"wn. -Ha., by .1. H.Bil hams, 310 00 fence not an attack.” lie rose three times I . , „ , - , ... 4 1” pv~ »’! I '!• 1а.'Ы7ДТ5. 1 s ceive.l from him a formal challenge, in A,wiaii„„, Ala.. . 22 10 « riling, to discuss with him the subjects K.lmiind King, Ala., by J. Walker, Я 00 and mode uf Christian baptism." I sent ! Ala. Il.m. Asso.Jiy Ilarrol-qn, 70 72 him a Idler of acceptance tlm next day. 1 t'a*h ndlccted, Cien. Asw., Twin, and N. **• ' Vl-I - o-.l TO new | personal incidents of no general interest/ and wisely suggests that "when Secreta¬ ries arc obliged to travel far from home that they should appoint some competent brother to edit during their absence." The discussion will commence' at Creek Agency tlm fouitli Tuesday in November, and continue four days. The projiosi- lions arc — 1. Infant baptism began after the Apos¬ tolic age, and is contrary to the teachings of the New Testament. 2. Sprinkling water upon a proper sub¬ ject, in the name ol the Trinity is Chris¬ tian baptism. As I have to be absent some time on a missionary tour, I have entrust¬ ed to Rev. D. N. Mclntodi the arrange¬ ment of further pieliminaries. This dis¬ cussion has been forced upon us. H’e could not avoid it without proving recreant to our trust. Pcdo-bap'iils have nothing to lose here but their mi-sionaries, and a very few converts ; ю they arc determined to risk their all in a desperate struggle. I Alabama, 253 70 . R. It. Rvl.mil. Г,а„ by Duncan, 20 00 Ww. 1’. Hill, Ua., 57 W Mrs. Л. II. Luther, $. C., 7 00 Wm. lMIilhfia., 85 72 Mian Mission Receipts. Receive! of 8. Jihinvling, S. C. fur Jldg. A«1".. ,?71 71 Youths Mi»*. So., 3rd Baptist Church, St. Louis, Mo., 23 00 Flint River A«so., Oa., by J. 0. Serivcn, 84 76 1 W. 1'. Hill, Oa., 27th Sen., $30, 11th О. Г.. $15. ' G5 00 Mrs. M. W. I'ugh, S. C., 5 Ot) Wm. 1'. ИИ1, Hi., 17142 Win. M. Kurrer, Mi**,, for R. Nutt, 55 cent», Mrs. Ferrer, $5, Thomas M. Fux, $0,50, 15 05 ; Yalobudiy Asso„by 1,. Aldridge, Tree., HI 30., From different persons at the Cuheba As- , , 5i<iation. Ala., by lhiv. J. Walker, ’ ' 5f 80 • Her. Jelin Dennis, 10 00