Foreign Mission Journal, February 1879

Foreign Mission Journal ■■iitilliihvd Monthly l\v the JFvreitrn MiwloH Jfouril of the Southern liaptiNt Convention. "ALL POWER IS GIVEN UNTO ME IN HEAVEN AND IN EARTH. GO YE, THEREFORE , AND TEACH ALL NATIONS." * Vob 10. — New Series. RICHMOND, VA., FEBRUARY, 1879. No. 11.— Whole No. 107. FOREIGN MISSION JOURNAL RATIOS ГЕН ANNUM: One copy . . . W ol". И ve orinoiH copies, loinio регион . 40 " iv tuny. Twenty or morn copies, to omi person . 30 " " Fifty or morn copies, to onu регион . 30 " " Si'l'leaeu rumlt by Draft, Postal Order, or In Нек U lured better. Address, КОНЕКЖ MISSION JOURNAL. RICHMOND, Va. FOREIGN MISSION BOARD OF THE S0UTHEEN BAPTIST CONVENTION, I, (ЮЛТКП at RIOILMOND, VIRGINIA. I'UKStOKN-T— .Г. I., M. GURRY. ViOK-l'iii;siUK.VT.4.— Hlrntn Woods, Hid.. J. A. lluchiitt, MUs.. V. Courtney, La., J. 1». Jeter. Va., II. li. McOnlluin. Fla., W. HI. wiiurntr, Hf. (j., j. I,. I jurrows. Ky„ S. lien* derso’t. Alnhama, W I'onn Vcumnn, Mo., .1. И. I. Ink. Texas, H. II. 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FORM OF BEQUEST. “ I hereby give and bequeath unto the Southern Baptist Convention, formed in Augusta, Georgia, in the month of May, 1845, and chartered by the Legislature of the State of Georgia, by an act 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.’’ CE0WDED OUT. Wc are glad to have our usual editorial matter crowded out by the Interesting communications from our missionaries and others. Some mission¬ ary letters also were crowded out. They will keep. A SABBATH IN THE NATIONAL CAPITAL. That was a delightful day to us, in the city of Washington, when we talked to the Sabbath-school of the First Baptist church, and received from the admirable Superintendent, brother Mason, one hundred dollars for tlio Rome chapel, and preached at the same church in the morning, where a collec¬ tion, (and a good one, we presume,) was taken for the cause of the Master among the heathen ; and discoursed to the men and talked to the ladles at night, in the new church of onr excellent brother Meador, where the women are a power in behalf of foreign missions. Rut most delightful of all was il to be again in the family of our beloved friend, Dr. Cutliburt, whom we have known and loved from our youth, and whose inagnillcent un- ole, Dr. Fuller, was spiritual father to us both. The life and labors of this great man formed the ehicf staple of our social chat. Among other pleasant friends, we met at Dr. C.’s, Mrs. Buell, former missionary to Greece, луЬо filled us with profound interest for the Lord’s work In that coun¬ ty i and we grieved that from lack of pecuniary ability, no encouragement could be given to the proposition that our Board would adopt that mis¬ sion, should It be abandoned by the American Bap¬ tist Union. Oil, that God’s people would realize more fully Hie luxury of spreading Christ’s king¬ dom amongst the nations ! ALMOST ELECTRIFYING. 'flic Elkliorn Association, of Kentucky, adopted a report on Foreign Missions, presented by a com¬ mittee of which Rev. J. E. Carter was chairman, ! which concludes as follows : “ A general survey of the Foreign Mission Work presents an outlook that is almost electrifying. What is God— the God of Nations as well its the god of men — doing to open wide the gates of the world to the ingress of the Gospel? A few years ago and China was walled in from the Gospel. Low, by tieaty powers and other influences, those Chinese walls have crumbled away, and the Mis¬ sionary of the Cross finds his footsteps free to go almost everywhere proclaiming the Good News. Japan, like her land-locked Gulf of Yeddo, was locked a few years ago against the Gospel. Now she Invites the Heralds of the Cross to iter Island in the Sea. “Italy, held under the iron heel of the despot who wears the tiara,, is at last free; and on the very spot where, ten years ago, a Baptist would have been arrested, and probably secretly murdered for preaching the Gospel, now stands a Baptist house of worship, in which is preached the doc¬ trines of Paul and the first church of Rome. And on events are moving, under the hand of the God of Providence ; the God in whose hand is the hearts of the kings, and step by step Empires and Kingdoms are unlocking their gates to civilization and the Gospel. But the end is not yet, thunk God ! I It is tlie opinion of good thinkers that the recent diplomacy of the Earl ol Beaconsfield, in. the Con¬ gress of the Great Powers in Berlin, in placing the Island of Cyprus In the hands of England, and giving to that government a Protectorate over Asiatic Turkey, is a grand juncture in the history of modern missions, which promises untold con¬ quests for the Gospel of Christ. lie who 1ms ob¬ served tbe work already done by Americans in Turkey, in their schools and colleges, and mission¬ ary labors, may well nigh accept the above conclu¬ sion as a sure word of prophecy. Be this ns it may, there is enough to stir every heart and stretch every nerve for Foreign Mission work as we look over the wide and extended fields opening and whitening for the harvest. “ We urge, therefore, that our prayers aud labors, and our contributions for the Foreign Mis¬ sion work, still prevail and abound more and more.’’ EAT AS DOTH A CANKEK. It was one of the choice privileges of our college life to sit at the bedside of that sainted man, Rev. Natlmniol Kendrick, D. D., and drink in his words ol heavenly wisdom. As far back as 1810 he made the following utterance on the subject of missions : “ Have we received the gospel, as tbe miser does gold, that wc may treasure It up in some secret de¬ posit, where It will be useless to ourselves and others? Surely not. Were we to use it in this way, it would eat as doth a canker, and eventually prove a savor of death unto death. Is it necessary to take the most parsimonious measures to wring from the hands of Christians a few cents of their abundance, to support that cause which they deem of Infinite importance? Wiiat shall we think of that conscience which can give dollars lor orna¬ ments to appear in the fashions of the world, and scrupulously withhold even cents In the cause, ol God?” MISSIONARY REVIEW. This review is the desideratum of those who wish to keep posted us to the progress of Christ’s king¬ dom In heathendom, and the interest manifested la the subject by the evangel leal churches of Chris¬ tendom. To many inquirers after the beet and most comprehensive missionary magazine,- л\'с say, send one dollar and fifty cents to Rev. R. G. Wil¬ der, Princeton, N. J., and you will get the Mis¬ sionary Review. FROM THE LITTLE ONES. “Little Perry Hawkins sends twenty-five cents, made by bis picking cotton.” “ I have a dollar that was sent, on Christmas, to my dear little girl, four years old, and she has very willingly agreed to send it to the little children who have no billies. and have never heard of Jesus. I enclose one also that was sent me. You can hand them to Dr. Topper for me. I only wish that eacli one was tun times as much.” “Little Richie was sitting on the floor at bis mother’s feet, while his father read aloud of Mr. Simmons’ anxiety to return to China. Immediately getting up, he said he wanted Ids money to send Mr. Simmons to China. Ills father, to try him, asked If lie would not prefer to sper-’it for candy. After a moment, he replied, ’no, sir; I want to send Mr. Simmons back to China.’ So herein you will please find it,- SI, for little Richie. He is a little past three years.” CENTRAL COMMITTEES OF GEORGIA. An earnest worker of the Empire State of Lite South, writes to us: “I may safely promise you that you shall hear of good work in Georgia. “May Georgia as a laggard never once be stigma-, tized.’ We are almost ready to begin our work, aud mean to work in earnest.” The Central Committee for this State will con¬ sist of twenty-one ladies, of svhoin Mrs. J. S: Wil¬ son is Chairman, and Mrs. Kirtdoo the Correspond¬ ing Secretary. The address of both of these ladles is Atlanta, Georgia. - »» t. - GEORGIA ASSOCIATION. Our space Is so limited that It is impracticable to give the items of the collections of our agents In the several States. It may be due, however, for us to say that of the $483.20 reported in the December Journal, from our representative in Georgia, 835S.29 were received by him from the Georgia As¬ sociation. These lines were written for the Jan¬ uary number of our paper. SHE HATH DONE WHAT SHE COULD. Through the personal effort and Influence of an infant-class teacher, contributions have been re¬ ceived to the Rome chapel, which aggregate one- third more than the donations to that object of three States of the South, whose combined square miles probably exceed the area of any three States in America. THAT HEN. Mrs. Mary G. Harley, of South Carolina, sends tons" $1.50 for Mrs. Stephen Saunders, as pro¬ ceeds of a missionary hen." Would all Baptists луеге as that hen.