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Vol. 13.— New Series.
RICHMOND, VA., JUNE, 1881.
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Address, FOREIGN MISSION JOURNAL.
RICHMOND, Va.
foreign mission board
OF THE 80UTHEBN BAPTIST CONVENTION,
Looatkd at RICHMOND, VIHGINIA.
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Hnckett,
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*rd, N. (J., J. I.. Burrows, Ky., S. Henderson, Alabama,
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Yeiiiiinii, Mo.. J. 11. Link, Texas, W L. Kllimtrlck,
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Espy, Ark., M. P. Dowry. AID*.
OOKHKSi-oNblNO SKCUKrAliV— II. A. TUl’PElt.
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WILLIAMS).
Kecoiioino SKCUKTAiiy— W. II. OWATHMEY.
Аиштоп—
J OSKPH F. COTTRELL.
IlOAtmokMASAOBiis.— J.U. Hawihorne.J. H.Wntklns, II.
K. Ellyeoil, W. Ei. llntchcr, 14. Wortlinm, Henry McDonald,
W.Ooddln, H. II. Harris, J. Pollard, Jr., J. W. Jones,
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ODrke, J. II. Winston, T. J. Evans,
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II. Wlnuton, S. 0.
Olopton.
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U communications in reference to the business
of this Hoard should be addressed to
И. А. Тоггкк,
Cbrrcsjiouding Secretary, Jtichmond, Va.
EDITORIAL CORRESPONDENCE.
Dear Journal:
To edit a paper on a railroad train, or with bis
hat as a desk and the stub of a pencil as ills goose-
•liilll, Is one of the occasional prerogatives of a
secretary who attempts to run the organ of Ills
Hoard while lie runs over the country to stir up the
churches or to attend big meetings, yclepcd Asso¬
ciations anil Conventions. The best that wo can
do under such circumstances is to do the bust that
we can. Our best is to jot down some notes of
our trip to and from the Southern Baptist Conven¬
tion. In company with the President of our Hoard
and three sweet little girls — to drop the we edito¬
rial— I started on Friday, the 2'Jth of April, for
Columbus, Miss. The little girls left us at mid¬
night for their mountain-home in North Carolina,
and f hade adieu to my distinguished compagnon
de voyage at Lula, the point of diversion from the
Piedmont Air Lino road to
ATHENS, a A.
The first Sunday in May having been set apart
t°r special prayer on behalf of the missionary
work of the Convention, the Athenian Hialiop re¬
quested the Secretary to conduct the morning ser¬
vices; and, as the Bishop had baptism at night,
be requested the Secretary to conduct the night
services also. As a general rule, it is not the wisest
thing to bo tlie early guest of friends who have
Just enjoyed tlie entertaining of a great deal of
company; but, tlie gusli of welcome and tlie easy
hospitality received at one of tlie reilned and
elegant homes for which tills classic town is famed,
2&vo no Indication of satiety from the Georgia Con¬
vention, which had just adjourned. Among other
things enjoyable, were interviews with the lady
Principals of tlie Lucy-Cobb nnd Madam Sos-
uowaki’e Institutes, who fully appreciate their
mission, and liuvo less apprehension of tlie higher
education of Hie future women tlian of the coming
men of our materialistic and utilitarian age. At
4.30
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started westward, accompanied with a
Miss of
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own Ilesh and blood, and accompany¬
ing Dr. and Mrs. 1’. II. Mell. While tlie cooks
were crowing, and tlie ladies— eacli to herself —
seemed to bo doubting whether ltwasdayor night,
the learned Doctor was giving mo an analysis of
Personal Influence, which demonstrated what 1
knew before, that tlie Chancellor of tlie University
of Georgia and tlie President of tlie Southern Baptist
Convention was a man wideawake. Horner some¬
times nods; Mell, never. Committing my young
charge to tender hands at tlie depot of Atlanta, I
arrived at Montgomery, Ala., just in time to be
driven from the ears by order of my most excel¬
lent host, T. L. .Tones, to the Baptist church to
hear
DK. CUKItY ON GLADSTONE.
Some years ago, reading Dr. Palmer on Dr.
Thornville, I did not know whether 1 admired
most tlie biographer or his grandly handled subject.
So, tlds uight. When tlie lecturer sat down I could
not say whether Gladstone or Curry most filled my
head and heart. I have no power to reproduce
thunder and lightning : so I say nothing about the
lecture. I only refer to a little side-flash of genius.
Stepping out of ills way to magnify Popular Edu¬
cation. tlie speaker, not thinking tlie applause
equal to tlie value of tlie sentiment, stopped and
said: “Tlie audience must do better than that.”
The sentiment was repeated, and, of course,
brought down tlie house. Thus wisely did the rep¬
resentative of tlie Pcabody-fuud. Gladstone gave
good occasion for ills statesman-eulogist to de¬
nounce tlie corruption of American politics, which
lie did with vim. A speaker at the Southern Bap¬
tist Convention said that this lecture, repeated In
tlie interest of the Theological Seminary, would
bring a thousand dollars to its treasury. Tills may
do to say iu a body which rests on a money basis ;
hut there is a realm of thought and sentiment
where values find no measure in silver and gold.
COLUMBUS.
In
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social aspect my visit to this beautiful city
was all that could be desired. New acquaintances
wero formed, and delightful ones of other days
were renewed. I was soon at home In tlie mansion
of James Cady, Esq., where every tiling abounded
that gives cheer and content to tlie outward man.
I was happy to meet our former fellow-townsman,
Rev. S. A. Steel, at whose church tlie Convention
was held. He hud lately delivered himself on
“The Round Dances.” I told him wlmt tlie Chi¬
nese Ambassador at London said to Prof. Lcgge,
of Oxford, after the Celestial iiad attended a
State ball : “ England is ahead of China in mate¬
rial civilization ; hut, of course, Professor, you do
not think your country equal to mine in morals.”
CONVENTION.
The missionary spirit of the Convention was good,
and tho Corresponding Secretary received grate¬
fully for Ids Board, $1,620.57. Reports of its pro¬
ceedings 1111 all our weekly papers. I might refer
to the lucid and comprehensive introductory ser¬
mon by Dr. Landrum; the warm appeals of Judge
Hardy apd Corresponding Secretary Walne, In
behalf of New Orleans, as tho centre of Southern
Commerce, and as tlie point for radiating the gos¬
pel upon the West Indies, and Central and South
Americas; tlie carefully prepared and well de¬
livered paper of Dr. ICcrfoot, on the dtfllcult pro¬
blem of reaching tlie Baptist masses ; tlie noble
speeches of Drs. Hawthorne nnd Curry on Foreign
Missions, and tlie equally grand addresses of Drs.
McIntosh and Winkler on Home Missions ; tlie line
Impression made by missionaries Graves, Stout,
and Bell ; the earnest statements of Dr. Boyco for
tlie Seminary, and tlie exhaustive appeal of Dr.
Wlmrton, whoso epitaph, though long may it be
unwritten, might well be, “ Anil tjie beggar died.”
I might refer to able speeches by Drs. Broadus,
Tlclienor, T. G. Jones, L. Burrows, and others,
and to excellent reports of committees; to Dr.
Tucker’s sermon on Sunday, which was clear as
crystal, and strong as steel; and to what people
said of sermons of Drs. Burrows and Broadus,
and other
ргеасЬогз
; but why go over the same
ground with the general reporter? It Is only left
me to give some brief abstracts of unpublished re¬
ports on tlie report of our Board.
On Mission to Cuba — Dr. Winkler, chairman,
reported tiiat while recognizing the claim of Cuba
as a missionary Held, the time lias not come for the
Board to occupy the island, in view of our other
labors among the Latin peoples, and the proposed
work in Now Orleans, whence the gospel might bo
readily conveyed to tlie Queen of the Antilles.
On China — Rev. R. II. Graves reported for his
committee that, as l’aul went to the great centres
of influence we should go to China, the most popu¬
lous, and tlie mightiest power of the pagan world.
That as Providence seems to have assigned India
to England, so China seems to be committed to
America, whoso western face is set toward tlie Ce¬
lestial empire. Chinese immigration to our coun¬
try emphasizes tills obligation. The converts to
Christianity have increased 42 per cent in tlie past
three years. There arc some 18, COO, or 19,000
Communicants; some 3,000 Baptists. Our mis¬
sions arc making great progress. While rejoicing
In tlie appointment of brethren Stout and Bell,
the Convention should reiterate its order to tlie
Board to aim to send out a hundred missionaries to
tills vastest territory for missionary labor on our
planet.
On Mexico— Dr. Win. C. Crane represented our
sister Republic, having 761,040 square miles, and
9,276,079 people, with an annual commerce of
$54, 721, OSS, as having strong claims to our sympa¬
thy add aid. Internal railroads and advancing
commerce furnish facilities for missionary work.
Romanism has no political advantage over other
religions, though cruelty may he exercised illegally
toward promoters of evangelical truth, as evi-
i deuced In the murder of our missionary Wcstrup.
| Tlie report urges that “ tlie mission be strengthened
| and advanced until tho songs of Zion shall resound
! through the Halls of tho Montezumas, and tho
Cross of Christ bo erected in tlie temple of every
heart.”
On Brazil.— Rev. J. M. Phillips gave statistics
with regard to tills Held, and urged, among other
reasons for the enlargement of our work, that If
