Foreign Mission Journal, March 1879

Foreign Mission J ournal I>ul)llNlti!(l .Tlonlbly by I lie 1'on laii .MiHMion Blouril »( the Sonllicni ItupliNt Oonwntloii. ■'AUj 1‘OfVER IS GIVEN UNTO ME IN HEAVEN AN1) IN EARTH. GO YE, THEREFORE, AND TEACH ALL NATIONS Voi. 10. — New Series. RICHMOND, VA., MARCH, 1879. No. 12.— Whole No. 108. FOREIGN MISSION JOURNAL KATKS РКП ANNUM: Ohh copy . M VtH. VUn or mur«* copier», to ом»* person . -И) u cony. TVM*Uly or ИЮГН COplt'K, to OHO p»'ll«OU.. .... .....40 " Fifty or того coplof*. to от* рв'гноп . ...'2Л “ fi-lMeiiHo remit l>y Draft, Postal Orilor, or lit KetfMeml ,'l‘"WAilili4-»«, FUKEION MISSION JOURNAL, ItlCIIMONlI, V.v. FOREIGN MISSION BOARD or THE SOUTHERN BAPTIST CONVENTION, I.IKATKI. AT ttlCIIMONH, V1KOINIA. Рикитсмт— J. Ь. M. OtJKKY. Vick Piikmiiksih.— Illrnm WmiUe, Mil., J. A. llin-ki-lt, Mi»- . K, l.'ourtnry, I.u„ .1. П. .leirr, Yu., II. It. McUallinu, I'm., W M. Wingate, N. CJ., .1. L. Burrow., ICy., S. Hen- ,1,-гмш. AliilHinia, \V. Popi1 Yetiintiti, Mo., .1. 11. 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" I hereby give ami bequeath unto tin: Southern Hupti.t Convention, foniicil In Augusta, Georgia, in tin- iiiinilli of May, 18-fii, ami chartered by the Legislature of the State of Georgia, by ail act | no. мч1 ami approved Lieeemher 2i)th, ISIS, (here insert the ittnuiinl, if in inline;/, or 'subject,' ij other proper/g, either rent or personal,) for Foreign Missions. •• EDITORSHIP ON WHEELS. The Miiietum of the editor of the .louiiNAI, lb to he found now in railroad trains between Virginia and Texas. If a rolling stone gathers no wool, no Hidden lleece will be found at least in tills and the next number of the paper. SOUTHERN TOUR. First Day's Stage.- Accompanied by a pleasant compugnun tie voy¬ age, I started from Richmond, at Id o'clock on Tuesday, the fourth of February, and, in twelve hours, wus In Athens, Georgia. L enjoyed the ele¬ vated hospitality of l)r. .1. S. Hamilton; and re¬ ceived an agreeable visit from my friend, Rev. C. D. Campbell, who has the euuse of missions very near to Ids heart. A fashionable wedding and re¬ ception, to which niy young friend was hastening, brought out, in the evening, the beuuty and chiv¬ alry of the classic city of the Empire State of the South. One seeing Athens, unlike Naples, does hot wish to die; bill lie wishes to live to see Athens again. General Toombs says, that •* Mid¬ dle Georgia Is, for purity of water, healthfullness of climate, variety of products, and desirableness ol residence, unsurpassed by any country of equal extent, on the globe.” The people are less in debt than formerly; but the low price of cotton basso restricted the "circulating medium,” as to leave a narrow margin for the perishing heathen. Savannah and Anyusta. Unfavorable dispatches from the Baptist Bishop of the former city were overruled by a kind provi¬ dence, to a most, cordial welcome of the Corres¬ ponding Secretary, by the three pastors of the lat¬ ter place, in whose churches 1 respectively preached on Sunday morning, afternoon, and night. Only good was heard of these faithful workers for Je¬ sus. 1 spent, a pleasant morning with Rev. W. \\\ Landrum, among Ills members, who responded gracefully to our applications, and made us feel that it was their work as well as ours. I made my home with the choice family of Major Kerr Bryce. Augusta Is rated In my mind as A No. 1. Savan¬ nah would doubtless he, also, had l been favored with the opportunity of vi-iting our good people there. Atlanta. The central point here is the Index olilce, and tie: head centre there is, of course, this distinguished editor of that paper. Despite the posting on his sanctum, " Do not trespass on the editor’s time,” t made my way in ; and perhaps deceived myself, as hundreds of others do, that the hint teas not meant for me. The Doctor is overflowing with en¬ ergy and brain-force, and will make the Index a power in the land. One evening with his genial family was a pleasure not to be forgotten. The First Baptist church, under the care of our courtly brother, Dr. Gwiii; I- beginning to prepare' for the Convention. It needs no spirit of prophecy to predict that the delegate,- and visitors will have a good time. One who does not visit Ids hoii-e. sees only the lialfof the Doctor. With Rev. Dr. Spalding, of the Second Baptist church, ami ldsablc coadjutor, brother .1. '1'. McGuire, par nobite fratrum, I re¬ ceived many free-will ollcrlngs for Jesus among the nations. At night, I presented his cause at brother Spalding's church. A collection was taken. The receipts of the day aggregated llfty per cent above the amount 1 asked of the church. 1 refrain from noting particularly a delightful visit at the home of the Right Rev. Mr. Beckwith, Bis¬ hop of Georgia, and fraternal and cheering Inter¬ views with brethren, and noble women not a few. I found Governor Joseph E. Brown bard at work as ever, and much improved ill health. As 1 no¬ ticed a telegram from Richmond painfully headed : ” THE CRIPPLED COMMONWEALTH," I COllld blit say to the Governor : "I wish we hud you in Vir¬ ginia to do for our State what you have done for Georgia.” Netcnait. This is one of the lice town- of Georgia. For¬ merly, some twenty or thirty bales of cotton were annually sold there. Now probably one-half that number. Bishop Hull, one of the most modest, and one of the worthiest of Baptist preachers, met me cordially and presented the Secretary to the brethren ” in authority.” An as-essiuent for the place was agreed upon. and In a few hours, under t ho guidance of Alvau Freeman. lOsq., a young lawyer of eminence, if I must not say preeminence, in the church and community, the last dollar of the amount was received. Our work having an otlicial representative In Georgia, with a grateful heart I took the train, on Valentine day, for Montgomery, Ala. As the school-girls say : More, anon. GIVE AND IT SHALL BE GIVEN TO YOU. The receipts of the Board of Foreign Missions of the Southern Jinpti-t Convention, from the first of May, 1S7S, to the llrst of February, 1S7D, have not met, by some Fourteen Thousand Dollars, the necessary disbursements of the Board. The ag¬ gregate receipts lmvo not been lc-s than those of the same period last year. The short coming occurs by tlie Board having to pay some seven thousand dollars of last year’s indebtedness, as re¬ ported to the Convention ; and some seven thou¬ sand dollars, beyond tho fluids invested, for the Rome Chapel. This deiicit must bo made up before the meeting of the Convention, in May next. Je¬ sus who is doing among the nations such wonders as have been unknown since lie was In person on the earth, calls for help, as the evidence of our faith and love. Shall we deny him? Shall we deny ourselves? The reports of our missionaries lmvo never been more cheering and hopeful. The present gives occasion for us to rise to a sublime moral obligation, and to enjoy an inestimable spiritual privilege. The times may he hard ; but, were they not hard with the Master, who said: "My meat i< to do the will of him who sent me?" Trust Him : trust God. Give, and it shall he given unto you, good measure, pressed down, shaken to¬ gether, running over. God says : Give. INFORMATION NEEDED- The following is from the Baptist Courier : Now, we suggest that our Foreign Mission Board have made a little book, with maps of China, Africa, and Italy, giving our mission stations, cities, population, names of missionaries, tho needs of eaeli Held, past success, outlook, etc., together with -ucli information as Dr. Tapper, In ills wis¬ dom, may embody in said hook; that the book be given away to all pastors and Sunday-school sUr periiitemleiits who will ask for it. It occurs to us that an investment of tins kind will pay. [f a pas¬ tor had sav twenty of them to hand out among, Ids- congregation for examination, then, after a week’s time, let him follow up the matter with a lecture,, solid information would lie gained and increased contributions would he secured. Long before tills, we hoped I о publish a book somewhat similar to tho one described above, agree - ably to the request of the Southern Baptist Con - volition. Olir prepared material was sent to Cliltiu to lie revised by our missionaries there, and bus not been returned, though for many a long mouth it lias been anxiously looked for. Perhaps the touches of criticism, like the pencils employed *n a certain picture expn-cd for improvement in an, ancient Forum, have obliterated tiie original per¬ formance. "THE GREAT MISNOMER.” The clearness and beauty of the style of tills work is only equalled by the strength and conelu- siveness of the argument. Assuming that the term Communion is misapplied to tho Lord's Supper, the whole army of assaults against us, on tlie ground of lack of Christian sympathy and fel¬ lowship, is pul hors de combat. It is one of tlie most readable of books, and gotten up lu tlie very best muniier by its publishers, Messrs. Mayfield, Otlcy & Patton, No. 22 North Cary Street, Nash¬ ville. .