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"ALL POWER IS QIVJSN UNTO ME IN HEAVEN AND IN EARTH. GO YE , THEREFORE , AND TEACH ALL NATIONS."
Vol. 11. — Now Sories.
RICHMOND, VA., JANUARY, 1880.
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Aildriiae, FOUKIGN MISSION JOURNAL.
Richmond, Va.
FOREIGN MISSION BOARD
OF TUE BOUTHERN BAPTIST CONVENTION,
Looatkii at RICHMOND, VIRGINIA.
I’ubsidknt-J. I,. M. CURRY.
Vlcu-FiutsinuNTS.— Ulrnm Woods, Mil., J. A. Hackeit,
I, :t., J. I). Jeter. Va., H. Ii. McOallnm, Fla., T. If. Frltch-
aril, N. O., J. J.. Harrows. Ky., S. HenJerson, Alabama,
W. I’oiin Yeamaii, Mo.,
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II. I. Ink, Texas, W. I,. Kilpatrick,
(In., .1. U. Funniui,
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O., Matt. Ilillsmun, Tenn., T. 1’.
K-py, Ark.
OOllllKRI'ONlllNll Skciiktakv— II. A. TUPFER.
Tiikahuiikh-J. C. WILLIAMS.
RsroiuuNO IIkchktauy— W. II. OWATHMEY.
AClilTO»— JOSEPH F. COTTRELL.
HoauijokManaukhs _ J. It, Hawthorne. .T. li.Wiitklna.II.
Ellysou, W. K. Hatcher, K. Wortham, Henry McDonald,
. Goddln, It. H. Harria, A.K. Dickinson, J. W. Jonea.A. II.
Clarke, .1. II. Winaton, T. J. Evnna, U. H. Wlnaton, S. C.
Clojiton.
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A II communications in reference to the business
of this Jloard should be addressed to II. A.
Тиггки,
Corresponding tiecrclary, Richmond, Va.
FORM OF BEQUEST.
“1 hereby give :iml bequeath unto the Southern
baptist Convention, formed in Augusta, Georgia,
in the month of May, 1845, and chartered hy the
Legislature of the State of Georgia, by it’ll net
passed and approved December 20th, 1S45, ( here
insert the amount, if in money, or * subject ,’ if
other property, either real or personal,) for 'Foreign
.Missions.”
THE HOLIDAYS.
Let ns sweeten this season of gladness by the
moderation and generosity of extending our good
whiles and gifts beyond ourselves and our personal
friends, into tlie broader circle of poverty and woe,
in which t he majority of our race are so wretch¬
edly lying. Our heart sickens at. times as we itear
of the most, lavish expenditures of no practical
utility, while our Jesus among the nations vainly
implores for the crumbs which fall from the table of
luxury and extravagance. It would be a wise tiling
for us to show encli other, and our children, during
this festal season, how to heighten the use of God’s
benevolence by our own benevolent sharing with
the poor and perishing, the good things of God’s
providence. Tims would there be a merrier Christ¬
mas and a linppicr New Year.
OUR 8UNBAY-SCH00L8.
Let. us lie careful lest in training our children in
flic Sunday-school to contribute merely to their
own support, we lie merely strengthening In them
Hie already strong principle of self-love, at the ex¬
pense of tlie weaker principle of benevolence and
love for others. Churches should support their
Sunday-schools, and let the children give to benev¬
olent objects. With such education, the next gene¬
ration would do a thousand-fold more for tlie cause
of Christ than is now done. Lot touchers, super¬
intendents and pastors, give due attention to this
subject, and fall not In u matter in which such mo¬
mentous and far-reaching couscipicnccs are in¬
volved. A deadlier evil can scarcely he conceived
than tlie wrong training of immortal and account¬
able spirits. No grander work is possible than the
moulding of imperishable beings to be and to do
like him who said : “My meat is to do tlie will of
him that sent me.”
Since writing the above tlie following, in tlie
Missionary Magazine, lias fallen under our eye :
“What are tlie Sunday-schools doing for the
cause of Foreign missions? A few are closely
identified with this work, and arc making regular
and liberal contributions to carry it on. Hut very
many, a large majority of them, give nothing
whatever for missions, either at home or abroad,
and never have tlie cause brought before them in
any way, that they may be instructed in missions,
and unlisted in contributions to tlie great benevo¬
lent enterprises of tlie day. This is wrong and
grievous. In their making contributions every
Sunday, a< nearly all of them do, simply to supply
themselves with books.aiul papers, and other tilings
in Sunday-school work, conducive to their own
gratilication and welfare, they are being taught
and eonlirmed in sheer selfishness.”
IS-IWO.
In our youth we read a letter from a venerable
man, which was published in a newspaper of our
native city, dated 1SS0. The far-seeing man pro¬
jected himself in tlie future, and described many
things which, at the lime, were thought extrava¬
gant and chimerical, but which have really come
to pass. We remember, among other things, that
the time was depicted as a period not only of great
progress, but of great prosperity. This comes to
mind, as oil every side we see the evidences of ad¬
vancing prosperity in the land. Tlie crops are
good ; tlie people are cheerful ; there is more spe¬
cie in the United States than in any country in tlie
world; and there is something in tlie very atmos¬
phere of business and society which makes us feel
that we are coming on “good times.” History is
only repeating itself. Seasons of depression and
disaster are followed by periods of elevation
and success. During our long and dismal spell of
darkness, tlie lessons of economy and thrift have
been learned. These may serve us now and save
us, if not forgotten, from future business calamity.
Tlie heart of every lover of God should rise in
gratitude to him for tlie incoming of these better
days, with tlie prospect of yet bettey days and lives
to come, lint, let us not fall to give practical
proof of our gratitude. The great causes of the
Hcdcetncr make necessarily large drafts upon our
energies and benevolence. Let us not fail in tlie
demand. Our institutions of learning, and our
Seminary, must be sustained ; our Sunday-schools
and our clnu'cbessliould be well supported ; and the
waste places of our land and of tlie heathen world
must excite our sympathy and Christian charity.
Our Hoard should send out at least ten missionaries
this year. If our observations anil calculations are
not at fault, they will be sent. The Hoard
have heavy obligations to meet; but, our people
arc more full of tlie spirit of missions than we have
ever known them to be, and we feel sure that they
will send up ample supplies to meet those obliga¬
tions, and to press forward our work. Two of our
missionaries are now on tlie deep; live others
expect to depart within thirty days. ‘ The means
arc not at hand— but wo trust God and our breth¬
ren. Hrcthrcn, as God lias not forgotten you, .do
not forget us— rather, do not forget Him whose
cause is tlie end for which He gives you these sup¬
plies. A recent trip through the South lias tilled
us with the fulness of hope. If we arc not capi¬
tally mistaken, glorious tilings are to bo at least
begun in tills good year of our Lord, 'eighteen, hun¬
dred and eighty.
BROTHER AND 8I8TER DAVID.
These earnest and devoted servants of God sailed
from New Y'ork on tlie Stli of December, 1879, for
their Held of labor in Africa. Absence In another
part of the country prevented the Corresponding
Secretary from accompanying them to New York,
and seeing them comfortably settled on ship-board
for their long voyage. Hrother David wrote : “Can
you not get to New York in time to see us oil-?
Sincerely do we hope that you will be back In time.
If not, may- God bless you in-your work. Tell the
brethren to pray that he who hath power over sea
and tempest, may grant us a speedy and safe voy¬
age to our African home and labor, so dear to both
of us; and that God will make us instrumental in
pointing many of tlie sons and daughters of that
dark land to tlie I.auib of God. Tell them for the
sake of the blessed Jesus, and the perishing
heathen, to send brother anil sister Simmons, with
Miss Stein, to China at once.” Wo feel assured
that these earnest words will not fall unheeded on
tlie hearts of our people. In answer to our prayers
for missionaries God lias raised them up, and now
we will not make a mockery of our prayers by
refusing to accept tlie answers of our own petitions.
SOUTH CAROLINA CONVENTION.
On November 20th this body met at Aiken, fra¬
grant in our memory with some of tlie pleasant¬
est associations of our younger life. Foreign Mis¬
sions have imbedded themselves in tlie heart of tlie
Baptists of tlie Palmetto State. Since tlie organi¬
zation of the Southern Baptist Convention they
have given to this work over one hundred thousand
dollars. Tlie Convention endorsed most heartily
tlie call of our Hoard for live thousand dollars
during tlie present conventional year.
Judging of tlie future by the past, the last dol¬
lar of this amount will surely be paid, unless the
heavens fall or some other great calamity lietido.
BROTHER DAVID.
Brother David writes from New York, Decem¬
ber -1th :
"We have a Presbyterian missionary going out to
Galioon — a man seventy years old. Two young
ladies will sail on tlie loth Inst, for Liberia.”
DOES IT PAY I
While there were, last year, some seven converts
to eaeli of our preachers in tlie United States,
there were some seventy converts to each of the
missionaries in Asia.
