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Vol. 18 — Now Series.
RICHMOND. VA„ APRIL, 1887.
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Address. FOREIGN MISSION JOURNAL.
Richmond. Va.
FOREIGN MISSION BOARD
OF THE SOUTHERN
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OonmerONDiNO StrnxTAnv— It. A. TDPPER.
DiHBium— J. O. WILLIAMS.
IlecoiiDnui Sechutabt-A.D. CLARKE.
Audit on— JOSEPH F. COTTRELL.
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Hutton, V7. V. Thomas, \V. W.
Landrum, W J. Shipman. Gen. Ocnper. 1L W,
Powers. C. ll.Itylaml, Ii, C. Dnrneli, T. P, ATntlinws,
BSTAll communications in reference to the
business of this Hoard should be addressed to
H.
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Tupphk, Corresponding Secretary,
Richmond, Va.
THE JOURNAL.
Wc have received so mucli encourage¬
ment in our efforts to enlarge the circulation
of the Journal, and have found that it is so
growing in favor with the brethren, that we
have been led to make a forward move.
With tiie next number we propose to enlarge
the paper iiity per cent. This will be done
by adding one column to the page, and
lengthening the page correspondingly. To
help meet the additional expense involved
in this change we shall give two columns on
the fouitli page to first-class advertisements.
By so doing we can give our readers a much
larger paper without increasing the sub¬
scription price. The rates will remain as at
present. And now will not the brethren
meet this effort to give them a larger and
better paper, with increased interest in, and
work for the paper? With a little effort,
every pastor could have the Journal circu¬
lated in his church, thereby disseminating
information about our missions in the homes
of the people, and stimulating them to more
earnest efforts for the world's evangeliza¬
tion. We hope to receive very substantial
evidences of approval from the brethren at
the convention.
Wc will say just here that the May
Journal will necessarily be delayed in order
that we may give our readers the results of
the year’s work, and these cannot be known
until the last day of April. The Journal will
be Issued early In May Instead of late in
April.
Now for an earnest ellort to largely in¬
crease our subscription list. Remember
that all money received for the paper, over
and above actual expenses, goes into the
treasury of the Hoard for the general work.
"SHRINK THE PATTERN.”
Wc were peculiarly struck with this ex¬
pression as used by the editor of The Church
at Home and Abroad, the new missionary
publication of the Northern Presbyterian
Church. ; ie insists that every church, even
though il may be supported in whole or in
part by tiic denomination, should be " mis¬
sionary ” in. the sense that it reaches out its
hands lo help save the heathen. "The
Master,” lie says, “ delining the meaning of
tiiat term for the church of the ages, puts
the impress of world-wide catholicity upon
it, and nobody is at liberty to shrink the
pattern." The church which is not world¬
embracing in its labors of saving, shrinks
tiie pattern which the i.ord made for it.
That church shrinks the pattern which says
it lias enough to do at home; that “charity
begins at home," and that it must first save
all the people about it, and then, and only
then, cross the seas and try to save the
heathen. We know that these fall far short
of being what the I.ord meant them to he —
we are ready to call these hard names. Hut
those which say these things are not the only
churches that "shrink the pattern.” Are not
those so doing which expend hundreds ami
thousands of dollars on themselves, and
measure their gifts for world-evangelization
by dimes or dollars ? What shall be said of
those churches whicli build for themselves
lament the occasion of Ills resignation, and I When will the Southern Baptists' awake 'to
pray that God may enable him to see and | their duty, and “buy up the opportunities ”
know the full truth of these matters.
that God is presenting to them ?
Who will fill up the gap thus made in our |
missionary ranks in Northern China?
OUR FINANCIAL CONDITION.
Another month is drawing to a close, and
the financial condition of the Hoard shows
no improvement. Jty an examination of the
published receipts, on our fourth page, it
will be seen that since our last report, Feb¬
ruary iytli, only $6,012.26 has been received.
This, with amounts previously received,
gives a total of $55,763.56. And but six
weeks remain till the meeting of the Con¬
vention. As this is written the Board is due
in bank and to individual lenders $26,800,
and not enough money is coming in to meet
current expenses. What does tiiis state of
things point to? The answer is suggested
by the following, which we copy from one of
our exchanges : “ The cry on all hands is
elegant and costly houses of worship, and ] 'Reirjorce' ; but the actual condition of the
deny to file mission fields enough money to
build humble chapels and school-houses ?
What shall he thought of those churches
which make their heavy "home expenses”
an excuse for giving niggardly pittances for
the redemption of a lost world ? ' Surely
there are lew of our churches but have
shrunken the pattern whicli our I.ord cut
for them when he made them " missionary,”
putting before their eyes, and seeking to lay
upon their hearts a world lost and ruined :
when lie hade them "disciple all nations,
teaching them" also. Yea, when he
promised to the Church so doing ids con¬
tinued presence.
Brother, is your church up to tiie pattern
whicli the I.ord made? Are you striving to
make it so ?
RESIGNATION OF REV. N. W. HALCOMB,
OF TUNGCHOW, CHINA.
Some time last fall the Board received a
letter from brotiier Halcomb, stating that be
had come to entertain views otherthan those
held by the great body of the Baptists on
tiie subjects of Inspiration, Revelation,
Miracles, and indeed of tiie Supernatural in
Religion, and along witli this statement
tendering his resignation as missionary of
the Board. His resignation was accepted,
and lie so informed. His reply has just
conic to hand, and we arc under the painful
necessity of announcing his separation from
the work of our mission. Brother Halcomb
has acted most honorably in the whole
matter. As soon as lie felt that lie had
settled views, out of accord witli those who
sent him, he at once notified the lioaul. nnd
not only so, but of his own accord proposes
to refund one-half of his expenses and
salary, as he feels that his short term of
service— lie went out in 1882— does not re¬
pay tiie Board for the full amount, of its ex¬
pense in sending him out and supporting
him.
Brother Halcomb was making prepara¬
tions to return to this country when the
death of the American Consul at Ciiefoo
opened to him the position of Acting U. S.
Consul. It is probable that he will fill the
position permanently. He says in closing
his letter, " I am still in heartiest sympathy
with the Board’s work. Theological dif¬
ferences ought not to destroy people’s com¬
mon sympathy with that which is uplifting
to our needy fellow-men. it may he that
my position will enable me to be of more or
less assistance to your work. Directly or
indirectly I may be able to help on the good
work of christianizing and civilizing China.
If such opportunity oilers, 1 shall he most
happy to use it.”
Brother Halcomb gave promise of being
a most useful missionary, and wc can but
Society’s exchequer seems at present to
suggest ' Recall’, Which shall it be? Tiie
reply rests with the churches and our
friends.”
URGENT CALL.
All agents, treasurers, societies, and
others having funds for Foreign Missions,
are earnestly requested to forward them at
once. Heavy drafts have been and are
coming upon the treasury, and money is
needed to meet them. Brethren can save
the Board not only great inconvenience, but
expense as well, if they will at once forward
any money they may have in hand.
H. A. Tuppeh, Cor Sec'y.
."KIND WORDS” HELPING.
We are glad to note the increased and
increasing attention which is being shown
by tiie Kind Words publications to the mis¬
sion work of the Southern Baptist Conven¬
tion. Tiie issues of Kind Words for the
month of February, especially, were full of
interesting and instructive articles about our
Home and Foreign missions. And we learn
that the next quarterlies will pay special at¬
tention to the same. These publications
can supply a long felt want in our Sunday-
schools, tiie want of information for the
children about the missions of our own con¬
vention. We welcome them as fellow-
helpers in our own distinctive work.
BRAZIL.
Our Methodist brethren report successful
work in their Brazilian mission, in the city
of Piracicaba the progress of their work at¬
tracted the attention of the Emperor, who
recently visited the city. He urged the
priests to more diligent instruction of the
children in the faith " in view of tiie Protes¬
tant propaganda, and one public teacher be¬
ing an infidel and another a Protestant.” A
correspondent in the Advocate of Missions
says :
His Majesty was greatly surprised at the
intluencc our cause is having there, and so
he advised strong resistance (~ course lie
meant lawful opposition! to tl. pread ol
Protestantism, which, said lie, " is dominat¬
ing the place.”
From our missionaries, too, are coming,
from time to time, encouraging notes, tell¬
ing of the open doors before them, and of
the gospel truth finding lodgment in the
iiearts of tiie people.
We believe that no grander or more
hopeful field of missionary labor lies open
to the Southern Baptists than that presented
by the lMtin peoples of Central and South
America, especially of Brazil. We ought to
largely reinforce oar missions in Brazil, and
at the same time plant missions in some
other countries of South America.
BOOK NOTICES,
Commentary on Mattiiiiw., By Joiin A.
Itroadus, D. D., LL. D. American Bap¬
tist Publication Society. Price, $2.25. .
For a number of years past Dr. Aivah
Hovey, President of Newton Theological
Seminary, lias been preparing for the Pub¬
lication Society a Commentary on the New
Testament. His work is to edit and unify
the labors of a dozen or more of our fore¬
most scholars, North and South, whom he
lias called to his aid. The book before us,
660 double column pages, will be Vol. I. of
the completed work, though in date of pub¬
lication it has been preceded by volumes on,
Mark, by Dr. W. N. ‘Clark on Revelation,
by Dr. J. A Smith, and on' John, by Dr.'
Hovey, with critical notes by Dr. Broadus.
To the present volume is prefixed a valuable
discussion by Dr. Hovey (printed already
in Mark) on the Canon and the Greek Text r
of the New Testament.
To most of our readers, knowing Dr.
Broadus as they do, we need hardly say
more than that it embodies the ripe fruits ofi.
over twenty years’ work. The character¬
istics which strike us, so far as we have
read, are these: First, common sense, in
noting carefully the connection of thought,
eschewing far-fetched explanations and
treating the words as addressed to ordinary
mortals. Secondly, reverence— the com¬
ments show familiarity witli the methods
and results of German scholarship, but no
taint of its rationalistic spirit ; they address
the reader’s heart quite as mucli as his head.
Third, and cliicdy, scholarship, wide, accu¬
rate and honest, seeking to explninjust what
the sacred text means, and, especially, con¬
versant with Jewish notions and modes of
thought, whicli are so important to a correct
appreciation of this gospel and .of its dif¬
ferences from tiie others. Designed for
persons who do not know Greek it gives
them the benefits of the. author's life-long
study of the original Scriptures,
In mechanical execution, from stereotype
plates, with a map of Palestine and a plan
of Jerusalem, the book is fully up to th<;
Society’s high standard. O11efau.lt oniy wS
notice, which better eyes might have, failefl
to observe. The references to other Scrip¬
tures, when put in parenthetically; with no
word calling,nTtention to them, are in type
too smalhto be distinct. The publication is
timely, for’the International S; S. Lessons
from July '87 to June ’S8 are from Matthew,
and every teacher ought to have a copy of
this Commentary. The price is low for the
size of the book, and compared with its
value— only think, about ten cents a year
for the time spent more or less actively in its
preparation.
Harold's Helps; or, The Pearl of
Prayers. By Mrs. R. M.- Wilbur, author
of “Whatsoever,” “The Hospital Rose,”
“Turn to the Right,” etc., etc. 248 pp,,
1 2mo. Price, $t.oo. Philadelphia:' Ameri¬
can Baptist Publication Society.
’ TRACTS. *
We have now on hand a. good supply of
the following tracts, viz: “ Our-Mcxican Mis¬
sion,” “Our Italian Mission,” “Our Afri¬
can Mission.” “ Go Ye; or Send a Substi¬
tute.” and “ A Mute Appeal for Missions.” .
We will gladly send to sucli persons, as will
make good use of them. ' Others will be
printed after a time.
“ Go Ye,” or Send a Substitute, is by Rev.
Dr. J. P. Greene, of St. Louis, and is. a
trumpet call to Christians and churches to
send'substitutes to the mission field.' It will
do good., •
