Foreign Mission Journal, July 1883

FOREIGN MISSION JOURNAL. Published Monthly by the Foreign Mission liourd of the Southern Unptist Convention. “ALL POWER IS GIVEN UNTO ME IN HEAVEN AND IN EARTH. GO YE, THEREFORE, AND TEACH ALL NATIONS.” Vol. 14— New Series. RICHMOND, VA„ JULY, 1883. No. 12.— Whole No. 168. [Knleml al tin* l’osl-O/Hce lit RIcbmorM, Va., n$ ei'coml-claes matter.] Foreign Mission Journal RATES PER ANNUM: One copy, separately folded and addressed . J 50 Three copies, addressed to one person . 1 сю Ten copies, addressed to one person . 3 сю Forty copies, addressed to one person . 10 сю One hundred copies, addressed lo one perron . 20 00 4d*I'lease remit by Draft, Costal Order, or in Regis* tered Letter, anti notify us promptly of any change in address. Address. FOREIGN MISSION JOURNAL. Richmond, Va. FOREIGN MISSION BOARD OF THE SOUTHERN 0AP1IST CONVENTION, LOCATKD at RICHMOND, VIRGINIA. FiutbiDKNT— J. L. M. OURRY Vic*-1Mik8Iuknt8.— Joshua bPYerlne, Md„ J. A. Duckett, L.i., J. Tj. burrows. Va., О. K. Allen, Fla., O. F. Gregory, N. О.. T. T. Eaton, Ky.. J. .T. I). Ren¬ fro»*, Alabama. R. S. Duncan, Mo.. It H. Carroll, Texas, W. L. Kilpatrick. Па., Ohns. Manly, S. C., Malt. Hlllstnan, T**nn., J. II. Searcy, Ark., George Whitfield Miss. W. I» Walker W. ''n. OOHIIK8POKDINO RKriiKTAiiY— H. A. T UPPER. Тн KA8UHKH— J. O. WILLIAMS. Rbcoupino Skchktahy— W. II. GWATIIMEY. Лиштои— JOSEPH F. OOTTRELL. ROMtnor Макаокия,— J. H. Hawthorne, J. II. Wat¬ kins. H < Elly son, W. E. Hatcher. E. Wortham. W. D. Thomas, w. Goddln. II. H. Harris, J. Pollard, .Ir., J W. Jones. A. H Otnrkn, J It. W|n«ton, ,T. II. Hut¬ son, О II Winston. S. O. Olopton. МЗГ'ЛИ communcia/ions in reference to the business of this Hoard should be addressed to If. A. TuiM’KK, Corresponding Secretary, Richmond, Га This number doses volume 14, new series. Among its contents have been letters from nil of our missionaries except hall" a dozen of tlie ladies. Some of these we know can write most charmingly, and we shall hope to have something from them before another volume reaches its completion. The circulation of the Journal lias in¬ creased greatly during the year. To a number of friends, who had rendered valu¬ able service in securing and forwarding names and money, we have had the pleasure of mailing copies of Dr. 'Flipper’s History of Our Missions ; to all we have felt sincerely grateful. Encouraged by these tokens of the favor of God, and of appreciation by our breth¬ ren, we shall begin volume 13 with a con¬ fident expectation of profiting by past ex¬ perience, and making the paper more in¬ teresting, more valuable, and more service¬ able to tlie cause to which it is devoted. We ask a continuance of the two-fold assistance cm which we depend— from our laborers abroad to write what God is doing through them, and from our workers at home to extend tlie circle of interested readers. MRS. T. P. CRAWFORD. Tlie visit of this missionary to tlie United States has done untold good to our cause, ller presence has been an inspiration; and her talks in private and in public, ns well ns her publications, have greatly enlarged our store of information with regard to China and the missionary work. An eminent brother, who traveled with her to San Fran¬ cisco, writes : " Tlie quiet spirit, the confiding love, the unshnking faith of this noble woman, greatly humbled me.” Mrs. Crawford sailed for China oh the 30th of May, and ten thou¬ sand prayers attend her on Iter voyage and through tlie journey of her self-denying and Christ-iikc life. In spite of the utmost care some typo¬ graphical errors will occasionally creep in. It must have seemed strange, ns reported in our June number, that two admirable speeches before the mass-meeting for Home Missions at Waco raised only " two hun¬ dred dollars." The amount really secured was “ninq hundred," and so our informant thinks lie wrote. ONE HUNDRED THOUSAND DOLLARS FOR FOREIGN MISSIONS. At the last meeting of our iioard it was resolved to raise, if possible, the above amount for tlie present conventional year. The following letter was authorized by the Hoard : • Richmond, Va., June, 1SS3. To II, c Vice Presidents of the Jloard of For¬ eign Missions: Dear Ukktiikkk— Proposing to raise this year #100,000 for Foreign Missions, our Hoard suggests an apportionment of the amount among the States as follows: Virginia . #12, non 00 Georgia . 12,300 00 Kentucky . 12,300 00 - # 37,500 00 North Carolina . # 8,000 00 South Carolina . 8,000 00 Mississippi . 8,000 00 Missouri . 8,000 00 Texas . 8,000 00 - $ 40,000 00 Tennessee . # 5,000 00 Alabama- . 5,000 00 - # 10,000 00 Maryland . 4,000 00 Arkansas . $ 1,000 00 Louisiana . 1,000 00 - # 2,000 00 West Virginia . # 500 00 Florida . 500 00 - # 1,000 00 $ 95,000 00 Special pledges made at S. H. Conv’n, for Mexican houses . 5,000 00 Total . #100,000 00 Will you. dear brethren, give us your best counsel and endeavors to realize the quotas suggested for your respective States ? lit co-operation with your State Hoard or Central Committees do see— 1. That proper apportionments of the State’s quotas are made among your district associations, and presented to them for their approval. 2. That suitable brethren are secured, not only to advocate this interest at tiie asso¬ ciations, but to engage brethren, who, in co¬ operation with themselves, will sub-divide tlie quota of each association among its churches, and make earnest efforts to have tlie same collected, This is substantially the plan recom¬ mended last year, and reported to the Con¬ vention. I need not repeat that all expenses in¬ curred in executing this plan will be promptly paid by our Hoard. In behalf of tlie Hoard, 1 am Yours fraternally, H. Л. Тшчт.к, Cor. See. I’. S. — Tlie apportionment to tlie several States have been suggested somewhat by the quota of #12,500, recommended for Vir¬ ginia by her General Association. II. A. T. Hut, neither tlie Hoard nor their represen¬ tatives in tlie States can do this work. It must be done by tlie people, influenced by tlie last command of Christ, and quickened by the divine Spirit. Will our brethren rise to the occasion, and do this thing in the name of the Lord ? If there lie tlie will it can and will be done. The single motive we urge is, the highest and most powerful of all motives, run love or Christ. We need not cite any testimony of this love, " For ye know the grace of our Lord Jesus Christ, that, though he was rich, у cl, for your sates, he became poor, that ye, through his poverty, might be rich." Miss Edmonia Moon, formerly one of our laborers at Tung Chow, desires a situation as teacher. She is well qualified to give thorough instruction in English brandies, French, Latin, and Music, and is a most ac¬ complished lady. Address her at Scotts- ville, Va. THE APPORTIONMENT. In another column we print an apportion¬ ment of #100,000 among the States, made out by our Committee on Agencies, on which we beg leave to remark — 1. Tlie sum named is clearly within reach, and is, in fact, but a small part of what South -rn baptists ought to give for Foreign Missions. When reached it will not be a goal, but a stepping-stone to higher tilings. Hut even this will not be attained without systematic and persistent effort to collect many and larger contributions. 2. The division among the States is a sort of rude compromise between what, as tlie Committee thought, they ought to do and what they would do. It is manifestly not ac¬ cording to their several abilities, nor yet ac¬ cording to their willingness indicated in tlie measure of previous contributions. Some States can but will not come up to the figures named; others, perchance, may will, but cannot. Some, as e. South Carolina, in our judgment, both can and will surpass tlie quota ; others, which we need not name, must necessarily fall short. 3. The distribution is not made by any authority— has no binding force. It is offered simply to set before every one a more defi¬ nite aim. If several States shall exceed what tlie Hoard venture to propose, we shall honor them all tlie more ; if some fall short— well, the Master will honor them, if lie can say, "She hath done what she could.” NEW MISSIONARIES. Miss Emma Young, of Greenfield, Mo., daughter of Rev. D. G. Young, of that place, was appointed by our Hoard on the 10th of June, a missionary to China, to sail tlie first favorable opportunity. Miss Young is highly commended by President Maupin of tlie South Western College of Missouri, of which she is a graduate, and by others who are ac¬ quainted with tlie many excellent qualities, that seem to adapt her eminently to the work and life of a missionary. Tills young lady was examined by a committee of our Hoard at Waco, Texas, who cordially recommended her appointment. Miss Mattie M. Roberts, of Louisville, Ky., appointed in April last by the Iioard, has been adopted by the Sunday-schools of South Carolina, as their “Mary Harley Mis¬ sionary.” This arrangement does not alter, at ail, Miss Roberts' relation to our Hoard. It signifies merely that her support has been assumed by these Sunday-schools. The Hoard desires Miss Roberts to sail in the fall for Chinn. It would be pleasant for tlie young ladies to go out together; and, no doubt, this will be arranged. Miss Roberts will probably go to Tung Chow, and Miss Young to Canton. Two more gifted and promising lady missionaries have rarely, if ever, been commissioned by the Hoard. They made very pleasant impressions on our experienced and sagacious missionary, Mrs. T. P. Crawford. WOMAN'S WORK. On Tuesday, tlie 19th of June, tlie Board of Foreign Missions adopted tlie following; Resolved, /. That the attention of the Vice- Presidents and agents of tlie Hoard, as well as that of pastors, should be called to the subject of enlisting more generally the sym¬ pathies and energies of ourChristian women in giving the gospel to the heathen, and of forming Woman’s Missionary Societies in all our churches where such societies would be approved and fostered. Resolved, 2. That our Woman’s Societies be respectfully requested to report to the Central Committees of their respective States all amounts paid by them for our work to parties other than the Central Committees themselves, in order that their full contribu¬ tions may be known and duly reported. Resolved, j. That the Hoard lias noticed with pleasure publications in tlie Heathen Helper, of tlie statistics of some of our Wo¬ man’s Societies, and the Hoard hereby ex¬ presses tlie hope that all of our Central Com¬ mittees will publish in that paper the work of their societies, that tlie statistics of our woman’s work of tlie South may be more readily collected and made as complete as possible. SUBSCRIPTIONS FOR MEXICAN HOUSES. At the meeting of the Southern Baptist Convention in Waco, Texas, some five thou¬ sand dollars were subscribed to secure five church-houses in Mexico. The subscriptions of persons in Texas will be paid to the agent of our Iioard, Rev. A, T. Hawthorne, who has the subscription-list for that State. Sub¬ scribers outside of Texas will please remit directly to H. A. Tuffer, Cor. Sec’y, Richmond, Va. N. B. — Kev. W. D. Powell, our missionary in Mexico, lias bought a lot in Saltillo, for the church there, and drawn on the Board for #1,300 to pay for it. H. Л. T. AFFECTIONATE COUNSEL, ETC. The following action was taken at the last meeting of our Hoard : Resolved, /. That our missionaries be af¬ fectionately requested not to make appeals for special objects without the approval of their mission and of the Board. Resolved, 2. That the treasurers of our mis¬ sions be requested to include in their esti¬ mates the expenses of all tlie work of their missionaries, whether said work be sustained by special contributions or from the general fund, In order that the whole work of tlie missions, authorized or approved by tlie Board, may be covered by our annual appro¬ priations. SUGGESTIVE CONTRAST. Tlie meagre receipts, as acknowledged in this number, are in striking contrast with the heavy appropriations just made by the Board, and tlie heavy drafts coming in upon our Treasurer. At this rale of income and dis¬ bursement the Board will very soon be in ar¬ rears with their hanks. Does not this state of things suggest that tlie friends "of our cause should see to it, that funds come in more regularly and more abundantly? Heavy payments demand heavy receipts. Our correspondence this month is un¬ usually valuable to a thoughtful reader. Among so many good tilings none is better than tlie wise, earnest letter of Mrs. Yates, addressed to a lady in Tennessee, and kindly copied for us. We commend it to the special attention of ail who are engaged in woman's missionary societies. We iiave a score of letters returning hearty thanks for copies of the '■ History of Our Missions," and expressing a deservedly high estimate of its worth. Some modestly aver that they have done nothing to deserve such a mark of our grati¬ tude. We may remind them of tlie witty Frenchman's definition of gratitude — “a lively appreciation of favors expected." The Mould of Doctrine, by Rev. J. 13. Thomas, IJ. D., is a small volume just issued by tlie American Baptist Publication Society, a reprint of a series of articles which at¬ tracted much attention when published in the Examiner, of New York. It is among tlie clearest, strongest, and most readable of all tlie discussions on the baptismal question.