Foreign Mission Journal, January 1888

Foreign Mission Journal. I’UlUilSirUD MONTHLY ISY THIS FOltlSION MISSION ВОЛ1Ш Of THIS SOU'L’HISItN ВЛ L*TIST CONV13NTION. ~'-A 1 "ALL POWER IS GIVEN UNTO ME IN HEAVEN AND IN EARTH. GO YE, THEREFORE, AND TEACH ALL NATIONS/’ Voi.. 19 — New Series. RICHMOND, VA., JANUARY, iSSS. No. 6 — Whole No. 234 °r missionary books from wind, they can . . . . choose. r. . r _ _ , • Why not make missions an interesting: Foreign M ission Journal. ^»‘«у ^ а» ш. гон»? LIBERAL CONTRIBUTION. 'Che American Baptist Publication Society 10 same semis ns, through its Bible Secretary, Dr. С. C. Hitting, one thousand dollars Гог «piece. 1 Bible work. This is not the first time this 4. For «mctaiRM rent to one pnrroit, who «hall be I gra ml institution lias done this (rood thine. our copies for *1. or more ,,t . ям», apiece, j 9°d bless the American Baptist Publication Society, giving to it length of days and .T-Pton-e remit by t.mn, fo.1,1 „rder.or ,n Hr*- . ZV T!'C dona,1ion u*reti Letter, and notify и» гномгтьу of пну chance was received (December 22cJ)just too late TddrV». FORKtr.N MISSION journal, • -,n,° ",t; acknowledgments of this KtCIIMOSn. Va. I month. RATES PER ANNUM: I. For paper* uejuxmlely niMroeseU, either or to different poet 0Ш00/1 : One copy . . . ........3 r, cts Three copies ®*l, or . 33 И cts I res; Four copie* for 41, or more «it . 23 cts. apiece. Twenty-five copies for ♦ft or more at . 20 cts. apiece. Ono II unit ml copies for 4 J 5, onnoreat..lflct* apiece. ADVERTISING KATES. 1 12 SI’AOli. Mouth. Month* Monllis Month* One Inch . 1 24 3 45 0 M 12 00 Two Inches . 2 40 (l 44 12 54 22 60 Thrcelnchea . я m 0 20 1H 00 32 (XI Quarter column... Half column . 4 75 1.1 00 2:. 00 40 00 0 2Л •Л 4У (Ю Ь9 1И1 One column . is on M no 92 17* 00 CONVENTION NOTES. In the last number of the Journal we , concluded our " Notes " with an account of i (lie Arkansas Convention. Since that time 1 we have had the privilege of attending | three more annual gatherings of Baptists. ; The first of these was the GENERAL ASSOCIATION OF VIRGINIA. This was emphatically a meeting to tell of FOREIGN MISSION BOARD . work done, and to plan for work to be OF THE SOUTHERN baptist convention. : do,le- Лш1 the reports of work done were so cheering that it might well have been Located at r.wlIMONl», MRO . * . turned into a praise meeting. Hut we can 1 there were some good speeches, nml what - - , only note here matters pertaining to our j was belter still, some good work. It I’iibsidsht— 11. H. Harris. . not rC|)0rt meetings. This body had | seemed that all that was necessary was for tile brethren had gone home, and so came to pass that the very men who should have had their hearts stirred by the elo quent speeches of brethren selected to speak on Ibis subject, and their minds stocked with the facts about our wor! which arc generally brought out on such occasions, were so far away that only dull echoes of eloquent words could reach them, and the facts not even In eclio. For tunately these latter can be supplied in other ways. But the missionary spirit is abroad it: Virginia, and she will not allow any other Stale to assume the lead in this work, not easily at any rate. Till-: NORTH CAROLINA CONVENTION. It was n joy and an inspiration to be the meeting of this body. Everybody seemed to be in a good humor over the results of the past year’s work, and bright, cheerful, hopeful spirit pervaded (lie whole body. It is true that some speeches that had been prepared, specially with a view to working the Convention up to the point of giving $1,500 to cover an anticipated deficit in the receipts of the State Mission Board, were spoiled by the fact that the churches had sent up enough money for that purpose, but for all that Vjcr-I'rsbiixcxth.— .To.hmi Levering. Mil., C. W. Torakl». La.. .1. 1,. Hurt own, Vn.. N. A. lla'lev. №.. leported the largest contributions to foreign WhlUletit Dlls CORRKSPORDIXO SKCRRTAUY— II, Л. TUPI’ER. Тнялнинка— J. O. WILLIAMS. IIecordino SUCIIKTAIIV— A. II. CLAltKE. Лештон— II. C. IHMINIUT. Hoard ok Masai k,w_— H. K. Ellyson. J. П. Wr- а little inclination on their part to rest on their laurels, and not press on to yet larger achievements in this department of labor. Indeed, allusions were frequently made to Abon. d. H win. cm, w. E TiRicfcr. XVitlard. the I*rgc amount given last year not as an Jr., a. o. » H. Hui-n. w. b. Thomas. encourngemciU for yet larger giving this W \V I am! ruin W .T. Sblnnvi И. Про (Jroijer . . - . пи t : via mi. H. C.UurofiuT. г Muiiiew*. it if. ‘year, hut as tlic result of an extraordinary rut. T. I*, lieu. ; effort which it would he impossible to re- tSTvlif communications f,i reference to Ike port. Why not? Was this $13.317 more business of this Hoard should be addressedto • than Virginia ought to give .to this cause’ H. Л. Tutter, Corresponding Secretary,' is it more than she can give? Brethren Kichmond. Va. CHILDREN AND THE JOURNAL. We are much gratified at being able to , spoke of a falling off in receipts for this 1 cause as a matter of course, and their so speaking was a very good way to make it so. But surely there is no necessity fora . falling oil'. Why not " attempt great things for God," and ’ attempting, expect great things ? The subject which elicited the warmest some brother to present a good cause and ask for help for it, for the help to bo fortli coming. It seemed to be a joy to the brethren to give, They made holy sport of giving, and were as happy over it as school-boys over a good play. I T brother Dixon, of Baltimore, had been there he would have said : " Here is a fountain and not a pump. It flows freely." This was especially noticeable, when, after several speeches on foreign missions, a proposition was made to raise enough money to coni plele the sum asked by Dr. Yates for ! house for brother Bryan. In a few minutes over eleven hundred dollars was sub¬ scribed, and then enough was raised to send a telegram to Dr. Yates, announcing the fact. Dr. Theodore Whitfield, who for several years did excellent work for our Board in the State, as Vice-I’resident, having re moved to another State, the Convention unanimously recommended as his succeS' state that the subscription list of the Jour па/ is steadily increasing. Several times of late subscriptions have come in so freely as to entirely exhaust our supply of papers, ! discussion of the meeting was the Com- jsor, Rev. W. I.. Wright, of Reidsville. We and make it necessary to enlarge our issue. . niillce.on Co-operation’s report on woman’s | feel under obligations to the Convention This increase is largely due to the kindness , work. This committee, in view of the great ! for this excellent choice they made for of brethren in the several States, who have ' increase of woman’s societies during the j and under brother Wright’s direction we worked for the paper in their churches and l)abt year, recommended that a central [ hope to see North Carolina take her place associations, believing that the news it car- committee or board, composed of ladies, 1 in the very front rank of oonlributois to ries to tiie homes of the people will he . be appointed, which should have the over- 1 this cause. She might well content with helpful to them and to the great work sight of this work, and report to the Gene- ] Virginia the leadership, which it represents. Into thousands of ral Association ns other boards appointed j We were sorry to have to leave this homes all over our Southern Zion this paper by the body do. They further recoin- , pleasant meeting before its close, but other goes, bringing our people into direct com- 1 mended ili.it these societies should be tep- I meetings must be attended, and the secrc- immicatiou with our own missionaries, and 1 resented in the Association as oilier orga- ! taries had to " move on." at tiie same time giving them glimpses of. „izations, A <\, on a money basis, and by! Our next visit was to the work being done in other fields by mission. : brethren selected by themselves. A mini- 1 south Carolina convention, aries of other bodies. 1 her of brethren thought they saw in this , Which met at Sumter. This was a visit We wish now to ask that in every home movement a step in the direction of a sepa- j " home,” and was greatly enjoyed. For a into which the Journal goes, it he put into rate woman’s work, separate from that of , number of years we hail been meeting with the hand* of tlic children, and that they be 'our Convention, and also a tendency to the brethren of this Convention as one о encouraged to tead it. A wise brother in lessen the efficiency and weaken the in- them, and it was hard to play the part of South Carolina in giving the money for a I Huence of the local church, and so they |a “ visiting brother." Several times during copy to he sent to his home, directed it to , strongly opposed it. The recommend*. I .he meeting we found ourself on the point he sent in his son’s name, that he might : Hons oldie committee were rejected and of voting when the fa.mltar vo.ee of Col. feei that it was his paper, and he all the ! a committee appointed to address a letter Hoyt was heard putting questions to the more interested in it. On the arrival of the j to the women of the churches, urging them | body. Journal let an evening he given to its per- 1 to do their work in sal. After supper gather the family together ; cnui dies. atound the tea-table, the children having 1 - ... . , their Geographies at hand, and let mo- . bearing on the movemen which had Us titer, fattier, or one of Hit older children ; origin in the ladies niectii к read the paper through. As the reading : Inst May, looking to progresses, let the one best fitted for this. explain such articles as need explanation. cuss. „-ork for while the atlas is used freely by the smaller I general committee of woman s work for Г 7 in ‘T7 Г rcrffZS £ tifit " for mom ЙУК US £U*£ 5 US ,S". ! efiicient wL. in connection with the work Encourage the older children, who study and through their This action is of special inter : from its at Louisville meeting of ladies in it is enough to say that the missionary spirit is as strong as ever in this body. The honored President of our board, Prof. H. II. Harris, was present, and made such an ex¬ cellent speech tiiat we tried to escape from .in attempt to follow it ; but we were or- 1 Richmond nest May, for the purpose of dis- 1 dered otherwise, and obeyed. We felt the advisability of organizing a I impelled to say a word here, as at other geography and history, to tell all they know about the countries mentioned, and let the parents occasionally relate some incidents which they may have picked up in the course of their reading, which will amuse the lit¬ tle fellows. It would be well to have some good books on missions to which occasional reference could he made for Information. If those desirous of getting such hooks will send a postal to the American Baptist Pub¬ lication Society, 1420 Chestnut street, Pliil- , they will get in return a catalogue of the Southern Baptist Convention. This action of the General Association puts the body on record as opposed to this advance in woman’s work. But it remains to be seen whether the women of Virginia will concur with the brethren in their decision. Women are the important factor in this problem that now faces tis, as it once faced our brethren at tiie North. What relation shall our women bear to the work of our Convention ? The consideration of foreign missions was postponed to Monday, when many of churches, and to our homes.' Conventions, calling the attention of tire brethren to some thoughtless ways of speaking to and about our missionaries who have come home to recruit their health, or rest for a season from their ardu¬ ous labors. Wc were gratified, as we be¬ lieve our returning missionaries will be, that the following resolution was unani¬ mously adopted. We believe that it should be the policy of our Foreign Mission Board to bring home our missionaries lor rest, especially when the condition of their health seems to require it. “We shall ever'wclcome our returned missionaries to our Convention, to our The Woman’s Central Committee, ill its annual report to the Convention, made mention of the proposed meeting of Indies in Kichmond in May, and asked for advice from the brethren in regard to tiie matter. It was referred to a committee, who re¬ ported, recommending the appointing of delegates to that meeting, Inasmuch as tiie object sought to lie accomplished was not tiie organization of a work separate from that of our Southern Baptist Convention's, but merely a more efiicient organization of the ladies for more efiicient work order di¬ rection of our boards. We were glad to note among the people of this State a more hopeful spirit than we have known there for years. God lias blessed the people this year, and they are encouraged. Our denominational work is feeling the effects of this, and advances are being made in tiie work in all its parts. An opportunity to preacli In Columbia, in our mother church, took us away from the Convention. And the good people of Columbia made our visit a profitable one for missions. And so tiie round of conventions for 1S87 closed— that for 18SS begins in January, when we go to attend Hie Florida Conven¬ tion. We have had abundant occasion to thank God for his goodness and mercy to us per¬ sonally during the year just closed, and to rejoice with our brethren in many places over tiie blessings of God bestowed on them and their work. The more we have seen and known of the Baptist brethren all over the South the more thankful have we been that God has made us one of them. DEATH OF REV. E. E. DAVAULT. UV REV. С. IV. TRUITT. Tungciiow, China, Oct. 1 1, 18S7. Dear Brother. Bell: 1 sent you a few days ago a short notice of brother Davaull’s death, with the hope tlial it might reaclt yon in time for the December Journal. It was written in haste and at a time when it could not he carefully done. I think the fuller sketch which I send to-day may do away with the neces¬ sity of using that. We feel Bro. Davaull’s death more keen¬ ly, that it follows a series of severe provi¬ dences connected with our work here. Mrs. Pruitt. Mrs. Halcomb, and Bro. Da- vault have followed each other rapidly to the grave. Bro. Halcomb lias resigned, and Bro. Joiner stays in Chinn at tremen¬ dous risk to liis life. But we are not wholly discouraged. I admit that the prospect looks dark sometimes, but God lias blessed me with an usually buoyant disposition. If others oan come and help us, we shall go of vexing questions to settle, with which we, in the older settlements, haye not been troubled in a long time. Bro. Davault was, withal, particularly enthusiastic and anx¬ ious to do Ids whole duty as a missionary. His work lias been a short one, but lie did much good up to the lime when lie was seized by disease and forced to suspend all action. Though given such a short time in which to doit, lie told many men of tiie Saviour, and let us hope that some of them may be jew¬ els in his crown. He at least fell in the full discharge of Ids duty in the very fore¬ front of the battle, which is all that any one can do. For some months we here have been quite anxious about Bro. Davault’s condi¬ tion. We really thought lie ought to seek n more congenial climate, but his convic¬ tions were too strong for Hint, and it was only when he was on the very brink of the grave, and when it wns sadly too late, that he would listen to any suggestions looking to the abandonment of the field. I. am very sure that lie would not have done so then but for the fact that he felt he would, in all probability, never he able to engage in active service. His determination was worthy of imitation, and I trust will appeal strongly to many a young preacher in the South. A little less than a month before his death, Bro. Davault and family came over from Ilwnnglden to Tungciiow, where he found a home and kind friends at Dr. Craw¬ ford’s, After his arrlvial here he can scarcely be said to have left Ids bed. While he was, as a rule, free from acute pain, yet there were times when his sufferings were intense and Ids nervousness distressing. Apparently his last suffering wns on the evening before bis death, after which he fell into a quiet sleep, to wake up in eter¬ nity, before tiie dawn of another day. '* Asleep In Jesus, blessed sleep.” Dr. and Mrs. Crawford and I accompan¬ ied Mrs. Davault on iicr sorrowful journey to the port of Chefoo, where we buried our brother just before the setting of the sun, Thursday, Oct. 6th. To me that friendship was precious, anil my grief is hard to bear. But we sorrow not without hope. Our bro¬ ther’s testimony wns emphatic and clear. To him deatii was life. Who will volunteer to take the place of our fallen brother, and continue the work begun at Hwnnghien? When, in this year, the English Baptists lost by death three mis¬ sionaries in one day on the Congo, the vol¬ unteers to take up tiie work were more than could be accepted. And will not the fell of this warm-hearted, loving brother move some one to n conviction strong enough to induce him to come on to Hwanghien and undertake a little part of on with tiie struggle, and hope for victory yet. Bro, Joiner is now at Hwanghien alone, j the tremendous work to he done there? Brother Davault Is the first student of Seminary to die on tiie foreign field. Instead of one family, we ought to have three at that place. For it should be re¬ membered that there are no missionaries of other Hoards there, and hence the neces¬ sity of a larger force of our own brethren. [Bro. Joiner has sailed for this con-jtry.— Eu.J KJSV. E. K. DAVAULT. October 19, 1SS4, brought to the writer of Нише lines tfic great sorrow of his life, when his home was smitten by the dark providence of God, and in one short mo¬ ment lie was deprived of all lie held dear. This same d ay^ wns to our brother Davault one of supreme happiness, for It was then that he, with many others, in the Broadway church, Louisville, received the parting words and kind wishes of friends, and with a warm heart and fervent love, turned his face to this land of heathen darkness. Lit¬ tle did our brother think, in that time of oy, that in less than three short years he would be called upon to surrender-the work of his choice and enter the infinitely greater joys that are forevermore. Rev. E. E. Davault was born near Bris¬ tol, Tennessee. March 31, 1856, and wns in his thirty-second year at the time of his death, October 4, 1SS7.. At college and at the Seminary his studies were industriously pursued, leaving him little surplus strength for the calls upon his system in the process of acclimatization. Moreover, Bro. Davnult’s missionary w ork was performed under pecu¬ liarly trying circumstances. In connection with Bro. Joiner, undertaking the estab¬ lishment of a new station at a very early period in his missionary life, lie had scores To all our fellow-students I extend a sor¬ rowful congratulation, and let us all breathe a fervent prayer .for his dear ones— Mrs. Davault and their little son. Your brother in sorrow, C. W. I’ruitt. Tnuj'chow, China, Oct. //, rSSy. TRACTS. • Wc have on hand now the following tracts, which we gladly send to those who will use them in their churches, or in other ways in which they will serve to inform our people as to our fields of iabor'and stimu¬ late them to pray and give for our work 1 Our North China Mission Field— by Mrs. Crawford. Our Italian Mission— by Rev. J. H. Eager. Our African Mission — by Rev. W. J. David. The Canton Mission— by Dr. R. H. Graves. Our Mexican Mission— by Rev.W. D. Pow¬ ell. The Bahia (Brazil) Mission— by Rev. Z.-C. Taylor. “Go Ye," or Send a Substitute— by Rev. J. P. Greene. ' From Him and For Him— by Rev. F.,M.' Ellis. Г 1’ersonal Obligations to Missionary Work— by Rev. F. M. Ellis. Wiiy Should I Give to Missions— by Rev. J. C. Hiden. ' ’ \ An Appeal to Our Women. , ..... God’s Call to Southern Baptists;'. - su A Mute Appeal for Foreign Mission's,’' - - - i PAete cl "HI hit