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«All Power is given unto me in Heaven and in Earth.
Go ye, therefore, and Teach all Nations.” — The Son of .God..
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RICHMOND, YA.; JUNE, 1876.
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No. 12.— Whole No.
FOREIGN MISSION JOURNAL
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FOREIGN MISSION BOARD,
Located at Richmond, Va,
,. Pbmidwt— J. L. M. COBBY, Yiboims.
‘ . " II. A. TUPPEB,
Сокпмгоятхо
SECRtTSnr.
• ~ ' J. O. WILLIAMS, TiiRAsunr.R.1
W. II. OWATIIMKY, Buuordino Szcatianr.
J. F. COTTRELL, Avpitou.
Board or Manaoers — J. B. Jeter, C. 0. Bitting.
А. Б.
Dlcklnron,
II. H. Ellyson, A. II. Clerk, J. W. Jones, K. Wortliam, T. J. Evans,
J. B; Winston,
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II. Wliiwon, II II. Harris, J. B. Watkins, Wel¬
lington Qoddln, W. E. Hatcbor, J, B. Oarllck.
SST'All communications inreference io the business
of this Boaril should be addressed io
П.
A. Tuppeii,
Corresponding Secrelury, Richmond, Va.
0DR PAPER.
Tlic Southern Baptist Convention has ordered tlio
discontinuance of tlio Journal. This number closes
Ibe'yolumo aml tbo existence of t b o<p c ri :c "J
HSplfeai rT rto" Inst1 twelve months have exceeded the
£6ceipta some twelve hundred dollars ; and the Conven¬
tion thought llmt tho work might bo more economically
done through our weekly jlcnoininntional. papers. It
Is hoped that our brethren of the press will afford us
all the facility they can consistently with tho interest
Of their journals. If .each of our Southern Baptiet
papers could givo us n column monthly, as some of
them bavo volunteered to do, we would try to mako
Our contribution of missionary intelligence of value to
them, as welt as proraotivc of our common work of
spreading tho gospel among tho nations.
* To our subscribers, wbo bavo paid in advance, we
will he happy to return the amount, if they will sig¬
nify their wish for us to do so— otherwise, their pay¬
ments, will bo regarded as
во
much aid to the missions
to wtiich tho Journal lias been devoted. Our delin¬
quent subscribers will oxorcieo their judgment ns to
'their duty in tho promises. Wo hope that tho Journal
.has done thorn and all of its readers good, and that it
•• has sowed seed whoso fruit shall appear through many
years.
DRAFTS COMING ON AN EMPTY TREASURY.
-jThe. Southern Baptist Convention requires that our
missionaries. to lieathon lands shall bo promptly paid.
■This is right. It is a crime to send men to China and
Africa, and not givo them regular nnd rcliablo support i
To bar. againet tho possibility of such injustico, tho
missionaries aro authorized to draw, in full, on the
■Board of Foreign. Missions. As stated at tho Conven¬
tion in Charleston, heavy drafts are daily expected.
Kotico of them lme been already received. When they
come(,'tiioy must, be }) aid. But liow shall they bo' paid
it the peoplo'do not supply tho funds? Tho churches
.Cry .onfc against, debt ; and yet will thoy force the Board
v to create a 'debt ? ‘Will not our pastors and brethren.
Jill fate £liis matter squarely and honestly £ As th'efc
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aro no funds given in advanoo, thS missionary work
can only bo conducted by faith in Chd and reliance on
tho churches. If tho churches foil, 'tho only alterna¬
tive is a mirnolo I H
The children of this world are wier iu their genera¬
tion than the children of light, Tley do not look for
miracles to pay notes in bnnk or towrepare for forth¬
coming drafts. Tiie
снопспез
must send tub money.
Thoy must send at once. They ore it to their mis¬
sionaries j thoy owe it to the heatlim; thoy owe it to
God. . Let each pastor say earnestly to his church, and
each 16vcr of Jesus to himself, now much oweet thou in
this business? andthero will he mjdcbt to our mis¬
sionaries. Tho Board is commended by the Conven¬
tion; but in vain are commendations, nnd vain is nil
our labor, unless the people send the money to meet
the drafte of our missionaries.
EXTRACTS FROM THIRTIETH ANNUAL REPORT
OF THE FOREIGN MISSION BOARD OF THE
SOUTHERN BAPTIST CONVENTION.
FOREIGN MISSION JbDPVAI..
Tho exponsee of this paper will exceed its receipts
by somo §1,200. The Convention will docido whether
it should be continued at such an outlay of .missionary
funds. The Home Mission Board has paid its obliga¬
tion to tho
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and Foreign Mission Journal.
NEW MISSIONARIES.
Tlic Board lias reason to hope that a suitable man
may soon be Bent to Tung Chow to relieve brother T.
I*. Crawford, whose failing health demands relaxation
of his arduous toils. Mrs. N. M, Llewellyn, of Texas,
bns been upnolnthd. tn:,C. 1 n nn-_nuJ-'Yr«TOS'lit^L-f“v«T-'-
-i^vAthnity- to take'kor. aep irfuro. B?ot her ' w ;
X. Diivid, and brother W. W. Colley, referred to in our
last report, have been sent as missionaries to Africa.
OUR TREASURER'S RErORT.
It will be seen that tho Romo Chapel fund, amount¬
ing to §21,791 88, has been invested, as the beet secu¬
rity to it, in United States 6-20 bonds. From tlic in¬
terest ($1,200 61) the rents at Rome will bo paid.
The 82,218 Gi due the Bank of Commerce, of Rich¬
mond, Va., was borrowed, according to tho instruction
of the Convention, as will be hereafter seen.
OUR TREASURER.
On account of feeble health, Edwin Wortham, Esq.,
one of the ablest nnd most respected business men of
Richmond, resigned, at tbecloso of our fiscal year, tho
trcnsurersUip of our Board,- which office ho has tilled
with raniked ability nnd Christian courtesy, and with¬
out compensation, for somefifteen years. Tothis faith¬
ful and self-sacrificing servant of God the Convention
owes a heavy debt of gratitude.
Tho Board iias elected, as his successor, brother J.
C. Williams, whoso appointment, they hope, will bo
confirmed by the Convention.
AMERICAN TRACT SOCIETY.
The Board would record their thankful acknowledg¬
ments to tliie society for a recent contribution of §200
to our Canton and Tdng Chow Missions ; and also for
electrotypes, valued at §310.60, which have been fur¬
nished to the missionary Indies of the latter station,
who have been authorized to publish a paper in the
dialect of Shantung.
REQUEST.
Tho Board has been notified of a bequest for foreign
missions by our deceased brother, Eugene Lovoring,
Esq., of Baltimore, Md., of §2,500, which amount the
executors propose to pay on or about tho first of May
of this year.
AFRICAN MISSIONS.
Departure of Missionaries.
On the- 8tli of January, brethren W. J. David and
W. W. Colloy, after appropriate services in tho Taber¬
nacle church of New York city, Eniled for Monrovia,
and on tho 8th of February arrived at Sierra Leono.
The Work in Liberia.
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P. Yates and J. J. Cliocseman, with
somo voluntary service of ‘our suspended missionaries,
to whom the Board appropriated, a gratuity, of '.§600,
have done what they could to keep alivo tho int'ereeia
of tho several stations ; hut r.o official rcports.of. thi>
conversions or other statistics of tho churches have
been received. Whether our missions in Liberia shall
be prosecuted will depend upon providentiol indica¬
tions with regard to other fields in Africa.
Good News from Toruba,
Brother David was instructed, if lib saw no prospect
of reentering tho Yoruhnn country, to mnke another-
attempt in tho Bier territory east of Liberia, from
which our missionaries were driven in 1872. From
Sierra Leone he writes, February 16th :
‘■‘Missionaries can enter Yoruba. Mr. and Mrs.
Townsend, white missionaries of tho English ohurch,
have gone to Abbeokuta by invitation of the king.-
“ The people there say that the white man’s God ha«.
killed all of their princes who were concerned‘in driv«.
ing away our missionaries.
“ Bishop Crowther lias visited Ogbomashaw, and ad¬
dressed thirteen of the native Christians, whom he
found in worship in the very spot where our chapel
stood. Mr. Nicholas, who, as secretory, has spent
several yenrs at Lngos, says the prospect was never so
bright as now, and he thinke that the authorities of
the. above places will be glad to givo up tho mission
E remises so soon as we get there. Truly, I am cheered
y. these wonderful works of Providence. Let God be
praised 1 After arranging business at Monrovia, -I
shall proceed to Lagos.”
The following is from sisterS. W. Harden, of Lagos ;
“ Some converts from Oghomashaw have comedown
to look for missionaries. You aep how welcome a mis¬
sionary would be. How auxiouely the people must
have prayed nnd waited beforo they came to Lagos for
i a missionary. I hope our good friends will .not bo
; discouraged, but will take pity on us andjielp us;”
. Our Colored -Churches'? .
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^iViicruw.^tiWoui.jtS.'-ut—.'rrrlcatl'UiiBaioiiB'litie-bCcn-'
presented to'our'colorcd brethren;- tkoyihavo'manifcsted
a lively interest in tho cause.
Brother David kindled something like enthusiasm
among them in a tour which ho made in the west and
south. As an incentive to our ministers nnd 'other
earnest workers for Jesus to lend our colored people
to the eupport of this work, which hel- ngs to them na
well ns to us, we commend tho follow/ <g :
Liberality of Converted Degrees.
In tho Commission for August, I860, the beloved
and lamented A. M. Poindexter says :
“ We have never appealed to a congregation of col¬
ored persons for aid in sending tlic Gospel to the hea¬
then -without meeting a liberal response.
“ If sufficient care were taken by pastors and others
who have opportunity to instruct them, to impart in¬
formation and secure contributions, the colored mem¬
bers of our ehurchce would more than sustain our
missions.”
jBroiher James B. Taylor also writes in the Commis¬
sion for October, I860 :
“If the colored membership through tho South can,
be properly instructed on this subject, their liberality
will abound to tho praise of God’s grace. ‘ Let the
trial be made.’ ”
Our Purpose. ‘
With the sympathy and support of tho churchesand
the blessing of God, the Board propose to press' with'
vigor this work in Africa, in nowfso daunted by 'tho
past of trouble, and in remembranco of the epitaph,
proposed for himself, by the noble MilvillP S. Cox :
“Though a thousand full, let not Africa be given up.”
CHINA MISSIONS.
CANTON.
Jft scellaneous. •. ..
Daily preaching, tract distributions, nnd missionary
excursions nre parts of the regular work.
Brother R. 11. Graves continues hie training class;
under the conviction that China must bo converted
through Chinamen. The work among tiio wom.cn ia
carried on chiefly- by native E-ible-women, under the
supervision of Mrs. Graves nnd M’ss Whilden'. Seve¬
ral converts wero brought into the church by the teach?
ing of these Biblc-womcn. V'-*1
The health of the missionaries is good. Thoy li.dyo
been deeply and gratefully impressed by God’s ejg.mil
dclivcranco of brother N. R. Williams and' family;
caiiglit in a fearful typhoon on the coast of China;
