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RICHMOND, VA., APRIL, 1879.
No. 1. — Whole No. 109.
FOREIGN MISSION JOURNAL
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TRIP SOUTH.
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Monli/oiiieri/.
Here Ur. 1 lawHiornc still sweep- 1 lie lieltl. 1 lieartl
biin preach an able sermon on “Man's coiillid
'villi himself." I tlonlil not that lie himself knows
"hat il i» lo cry out, “ Oh. wreiehed man that I
•nil, who shall deliver me from the body of lids
death!" The Doctor labors under the popular
and perilous demand of sustaining a high reputa¬
tion for pulpit oratory. I IN
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hack to the Urst figure — ’1’. U. .Tones, .Ir., deacon
and treasurer, is a host. Somebody said lo me
"•lones is the Napoleon of the church." This
church has the good plan of a weekly collection
for benevolent objects. Hence, though n drench¬
ing rain prevented my preaching at. night, accord¬
ing to advertisement, a check for one hundred
and twenty dollars was handed to me, for Foreign
Missions. J spoke to the rfahhith-school, where 1
enjoyed, among other things, an allectioiiate greet¬
ing from some choice young friends, and from
"tilers equally choice in spirit and more gifted in
years.
Marion.
It seemed right ipieer for me to go to Marion,
and not to see my friend Dr. Winkler. The even¬
ing was Inclement, and having caught the prevail¬
ing Epizootic, | had to keep e.lo*e to the house and
the hearth. On my arrival. .1. It. Lovelace, Esq.,
took loving charge of me. None who knows his
family of charming little children, who present to
the visitor one of the mo-t interesting and touch¬
ing pictures of social life, will question that 1 had
"a good lime." Dr. .McIntosh, of the Home
Hoard, took tea with ns; nnil Treasurer Fowlkes
look my receipt for Foreign Mission money. 1
was glad lo hear that Congress lias appropriated
• he amount,
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$2,. TOO, I believe, due by the
United States to the Indian department of the
former Hoard. At. Montgomery I hud a pleasant
interview with Dr. Sumner, than whom I know
no man at the South who would make a better Dis¬
trict Secretary of Hie American Baptist Publicu-
tion Society. Doctor Mar.-ton was in Marion.
I think I was misinformed that Id* head qutir-
lers for the organization of Minister's institutes,
under tlie Home Society of New York, would be
in liielunond on the .lames.
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good place, how¬
ever. for every good thing !
Selina.
I found tins little city In tile inten-e-l excite¬
ment. .lust before I got in, on tlie IStli of Feb¬
ruary. the news bud come of a frightful casualty.
In some thirty minutes after the. morning passen¬
ger train, on tlie Selma and Dalton Kailroail. had
left, tlie depot, and while crossing a high bridge,
the engineer, hearing a crashing noise behind him,
put on a full head of steam, and bursting loose
I lie locomotive from tlie train, readied safely tlie
other side, while the whole train was wrecked by t be
falling bridge, and piled up in tlie ravine of tlie
creek. Tlie horror was increased by dailies en¬
veloping tlie ruin. The scene. a« described to
me by one of tlie passengers, was fearful in the
extreme. Four were killed, and a number, includ¬
ing several ladies, were seriously injured. The
telegraph odice was thronged. Anxious citizens
hurried, in an extra train, to the scone of disaster.
Sadness overspread every face, and the thought,
of the prayer hook impressed my heart : “In the
midst of life we arc in death." Under these cir¬
cumstances, nothing seemed appropriate hut the
expression of interest and sympathy. It was the
Lord : I knew lie would not let his work sutler.
Noble brethren, with the pastor, Dr. Cleveland,
will see that tlie church does its full duly before
the Convention. 1 received marked attention from
brethren West and Lee. of the Alabama Haptisl,
whose shadow. 1 hope, may never grow less.
When the name of Dr. Winkler was suggested
for New Orleans, tlie remark fell on my ear : “The
paper and people of Alabama will never give him
up.’" 1 value too much their favor In press the
suggestion.
Mobile.
Here 1 was tlie guest at Hie Hattie
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Lowry, pastor of the Sr. Fran¬
cis Street, church. The only objection I had
to Hie entertainment was. that it was so handsome
and mu-emitted, Hint I fea' I shall never rise
above the sense of my obligation to tills typical
South Carolina gentleman. On Wednesday night
I talked on missions, and said something about, the
ladies. The next morning I received a waller of .
handsomely arranged llowers, which were imme¬
diately dispatched by express to one, more, worthy
of the elegant coniplimcul. The next evening I
preached, by (lie courtesy of Rev. 'J'. A. Owens,
at the Talmetlo Street church, to some two hun¬
dred people — a big week-day-meethig for any city !
Tlie contribution of each of these elm relies was
unexpectedly liberal, in view of tlie fact that tliecity
ha« been deprived of its charter by tlie Legislature,
and is now merely a “ I’ort of Entry." Its chiv¬
alrous citizens do not propo-c. however, to repudi¬
ate I hull- two millions of debt! The drives on tlie
Hay, and through the suburban villages of Spring-
hill and .Semmsville, and the social character of
the people, all reminded me constantly of my na¬
tive Charleston, than which 1 know not how to
pay a greater compliment to tlie Magnolia City. I
had a look at General W.T. Sherman. Tlie honor
of being presented to him 1 modestly declined, as
I could think of nothing, at tlie moment, to say to
him more pleasant than : “ L am a native of South
Carolina. General, and 1 lived in Georgia in ISOS,
and I remember distinctly of hearing of youthen,
in Doth of those States.” In tlie Baptist Quar¬
terly will appear an article on “ The lb-ogress of
Biblical Scholarship,” which will add new laurels
to the bishop of tlie St. Francis Street church.
LOUISIANA.
New Orleans,
I arrived here in time to attend the last day’s
session of the Sunday-school Convention, which
met in Dr. Palmer's church. 1 heard Rev. IT. F.
•laeohs, of Illinois, answer extemporaneously and
felicitously a handful of queries, taken at random
from the “Question Box.” It. IT. lJrowne, Esq.,
of the ColWciun Baptist church. discussed as only a
lawyer and a thoughtful Sunday-school superinten¬
dent could do, “Our needs.” Dr. George A. Pelf/.,
of New York, followed in an easy and elegant talk
on “Our siifllciency.” Rev. Dr. Hugh Miller
Thompson, of Hie Episcopal church of New Or¬
leans, made a speech, handsome and heterodox,
on the point that Man rather than Woman was the
desideratum of the work. 1 felt like asking tlm
learned gentleman what lie though) of tlie reasons
of tlie ancient. Council of Macon for their decision
in tlie atlirmativc, of the question: Is woman
man? viz: 1st. Hccaii.se God made man male and
female ; 2d. Hceau.-e the Son of Man was the son of
a woman !
On Wednesday night T spoke at the Coliseum
Haptisl church, and received a line collection, of
which one lady gave fifty dollars! On Sunday
morning I beard Dr. I’eltz preach a sermon ns
clear as crystal and as strong as steel. In the
afternoon Rev. Ralph Wells, of Grace Mission,
New York, talked to the children. ' 1 might have
‘enjoyed him more had not the name of “.lesus”
been uttered so frequently and flippantly, and had
not T. myself, preached every Sunday for fourteen
years to children ! The Coliseum Church, with its
noble spirits and grand possibilities, should have
as pastor the best man possible. The beloved
Tucker ministers acceptably to tlie flock. Tins
sainted Wilson is fresh and fragrant in their mem¬
ory.
Being in tlie city on tlie 35th of February, 1 saw.
of course, Marti i Gras. 1 had Hie pleasure of
spending an hour with Mrs. T., tlie Poet Laureate
of New Orleans, and another hour with Mr. S.,
tlie anonymous author of tlie “Republic of Re-
