Foreign Mission Journal
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TOWER IS GIVEN UNTO ME IN HEAVEN AND IN EAliTIl .
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Vol: 13.— New Series.
RICHMOND, VA., SEPTEMBER, 1881.
No. G.— Whole No. 138.
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II lull MONO, VA.
foreign mission board
or THE 80UTHEHN BAPTI8T CONVENTION,
I.OCATKI) at RICHMOND, VIRGINIA.
I*iiKfilt>KKT— .1. I., M. CURRY.
ViCi-l’nreiiiKSTN.— Hiram Wooils, Mil., .1.
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Hackelt,
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\V. D. Tlmmii», V»., H. It. McOallum, Kin., T. II.
I’rlltli iril, N. (!., .1. I,. Harrows, Ky„ I. T. Tlcbemir,
Alabama, It. S. Duncan, Mo., .1. II. Link, Texas, W, I.. Kll-
lutlrUk, (III., dun. Manly, N. 0., Matt. IIHIaiiian, Teiin.,
J. II, Searcy,
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Whitfield, Mlsa., M. Klllaon, W.
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Ooiiiiknconmno skciiktauy— H. A. TUPPKR.
TiiKAauiiKU — .1. tl. WILLIAMS.
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H. OAVATIIMIIY.
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ok Manaukuh.— .T. It, Hawthorne, .T. Il.Watkliia, II.
K. Klly.un, W.
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Ilalcher. K. Wortham. Henry McDonahl,
W. Gudilin, II. H. Harris, J. Pollard, Jr., ,T. W. Jouee, A. It.
Clarke, .1. II. Wine ton, .1. H. Hutson, (J. II. Winston, .4. O.
Clopton. _ _ _
gSTA ll communication* in reference to the business
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this Hoard should he addressed to II.
Л. ЧЧчч’кк,
Onreyiunding Secretary, Richmond, Va.
REDUCTION.
Special Attention Is called to our reduced rates
of subscription. Ono hundred copies of the Jour¬
nal, sent to one address, may be had for fifteen
cents per
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CORRESPONDENCE AND COMMUNICATIONS.
As Ilm Journal of August was tilled b}- our pen,
tills number will ho given largely to letters from
our missionaries and other interesting communica¬
tions. Prominence is Intentionally given to “ Wo¬
man’s work,” according to promise in the last an¬
nual report of the Hoard.
CHEERING PROSPECT.
lights and shadows attend the works of men as
the works of nature. Day ever follows night. In
the urgenc3' of life’s duties thcro Is no time to be¬
moan tlio past, we must press on, and forget disas¬
ter In earnest hope and toil for a more prosperous
future. As all the country knows, our Hoard has
had trouble enough of late; but the cheering In¬
dications are more than a silver lining to tlio
clouds. Tidings
сото
from Brazil thnt our mis¬
sionary Bagby Is In tlio midst of a remarkablo re¬
vival, hi which seventeen souls have professed con¬
version. A choice brother applies to join brother
hagby in Brazil. Dr. Yates has disposed of an
old chapel and will soon erect another in a better
location. Dr. Graves has forwarded to Canton
ROO to secure a lot between his house and brother
Simmons’s, which will make the missionary pre¬
mises compact, commodious, and very valuable.
1'he North Georgia General Association has assumed
the support of brother C. W. Pruett nt tlio South¬
ern Baptist Theological Seminary, and engaged to
take care of him ns a missionary to China. Rev.
W.M. Flournoy hns been appointed our mission¬
ary to Mexico. The Alabama Convention is con¬
templating the support of a special mission in
some foreign Held. Our Board has appointed Rev.
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P* McCullough, of Tennessee, a graduate of
lloehester University, as a missionary to that coun¬
try ; and hopes that another highly recommended
brother will accompany him. Throe well qualillcd
Indies apply for appointments, and one at least of
them will probably be appointed. The missionary
party will sail in October with Dr. and Mrs.
Graves. If our expectations are realized the States
will be, at an early day, represented by mission¬
aries In the foreign field thus : Maryland, 2 ; West
Virginia, 1; Virginia, 4 ; N. Carolina, 2; S. Carolina,
2 ; Georgia, 1 : Alabama, 11; Mississippi, 4 ; Tennes¬
see, 3 ; Missouri, 2 ; Texas, 3. Let the other States
sec to It that eacli has nt least one missionary in
tlio field by the next meeting of the Southern Bap¬
tist Convention. Let all the States understand
that tlio Board is making these advance movements
In reliance on tho churches for ample and prompt
support. The second Sunday In October, ap¬
pointed by order of the Convention for prayer and
contribution, will be the Sunday before the sailing
of our missionaries. Let them bo duly remem¬
bered In the supplications and almsgiving. In the
meantime, the laborers in the field are drawing on
our Treasury, quarterly in advance, and funds
should come spnedil}- from tlio churches to meet
these obligations.
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MISSIONARY ADDRESS,
• The address published in the last Journal is In
good demand. Earnest Christians are applying
for a large number of copies. Some send for fifty
copies; others for a hundred copies ; and one bro¬
ther, distinguished for Ids missionary zeal and in¬
telligence, applies for four hundred copies, with
the promise that each copy shall be well disposed
of by himself. Some fifteen thousand have been
distributed. Leaflets, and other missionary docu¬
ments now prepared and preparing, will be scat¬
tered broadcast among tho churches. Persons who
will engage to distribute them judiciously, may
send for any number they wish. A word or two
on a postal card will suffice.
NORTH GEORGIA GENERAL BAPTIST ASSOCIA¬
TION.
This body met with the Flat Creek church, some
nine miles west of Gainesville, on the 22dof July.
By the courtesy of the Association some four or
five hours were given to the consideration of For¬
eign Missions. This body Is destined to be one of
the strong missionary organizations of the South.
It sustains already a missionary among the wild
Indians, and a native preacher in Son Chow, China.
At tlds meeting the Association adopted brother
Pruett, of the Southern Baptist Theological Semi¬
nary, to he appointed by our Board, and supported
by tho Association, as a missionary to China.
3Vc were rejoiced to make tho acquaintance
of many brethren full of the spirit of mis¬
sions; and to meet again beloved friends of
other’ days, among them, Drs. DeVotlc, Irwin,
Wood, and Wilkes. Our missionary, Dr. R.
II. Graves, mado a lino Impression on the As¬
sociation. Dr. DeVotic preached on Sunday a
sermon of wonderful unction and power. Tho
venerable B. S. Rives Is Moderator of the As¬
sociation, assisted by Dr. Wilkes. Such an “ amuse¬
ment” at tho farewell handshaking wo never saw
before ! 4’hn region round about tho church, in
Hall county, is high, beautiful, and salubrious.
The Clarks and Browns, with other excellent peo¬
ple, nrc never to be forgotten.
LETTER FROM MRS. G. B. TAYLOR.
Bacini di Lucca, Italy, .Tune 30, 1S81.
Dear Dr. Tupper — Your kindness In writing to
me, l have often acknowledged mentally, nnd, If
it, Is not too late, I will now do it so audibly as to
reach you across the Atlantic. Your letter arrived
during my severe illness and was like a draught of
cold water to a thirsty palate. I was grateful to
you for writing to one so little known, nnd wo ap¬
preciated tho tnone>’ enclosed for the mission. I
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you will kindly convey our gratitude to tho
Baltimore Indies.
Tlioro is, I am sure, a work in Italy which Is, ns
yet, not commenced, nnd which awaits some wo¬
man, who, possessed of the needed strength, and
fired with love aird zeal, shall visit families nnd bo
a “ house-going pastor.” Such an ono would, in
time, draw children to the Sunday-school, and
make a ” church-going people.” Men cannot visit
here, as in England or America, and so a double
responsibility rests on us.
In our women’s meeting, in Borgo Plo, there
are evidences of this. The women who have been
visited bj' Mrs. Cocorda and me arc always regu¬
lar, respectful and attentive. About GO women
nttond that meeting, most of them mothers, who
sew, and at the same time receive religious in¬
struction. Twice, recentty, when the sewing was
suspended, the day being a “Festa,” wc liad a
room full of those who came for tho religious
services alone. During the first month of our llfo
in Rome, wo had no way of working among tho
people, and getting into their homes. Now, while
difficulties still exist, we have access by means of
Mothers’ meetings, and by visiting our members
and their friends, finding that attention and kind¬
ness win their way here as elsewhere. Tho amount
of work that may be done now is limited only by
the strength of the worker.
Our meeting in Borgo Pio has not been without
proofs of Its utility. Among the sick in tlio pub¬
lic hospitals, several have expressed their pleasure
la recurring to the texts learned, and to tho expla¬
nations received there. Ono or two have repeated
to us tho verses memorized witli us, and have de¬
clared that thoso verses were a great consolation
to them In tlio loneliness of the hospital.
One woman who had been for two years an at¬
tendant at our service, said she had stopped pra>'-
ing to the saints, and repeated again and again
that she looked only to Jesus for help. As Igno¬
rance In Pilgrim’s Progress got easily over tho
river, so here there is a fearful apathy and callous¬
ness in view of approaching dcatli nnd judgment,
and wc constantly hear wicked men nnd women
declare that they have no dread of cither, since
God is too good to punish them, who have done no
harm to any one. This woman showed nono of
that feeling. Her death was a sad one, hut she
prayed earnestly to Jesus, and to him alone, and
wc trust she was saved by him, and had been led
to 1dm hy those instructions.
It is our hope and prayer thnt by such means we
may he ablo to push forward our work in Rome.
Wo have just reached our homo for tho mtmnier,
and though It Is warm, the air is fresh and pure,
and the scenery is exquisitely beautiful. 1 feel
ver}’ thankful for such a retreat. Tlio little ones
aro dining with an Italian family. Only Mary Is
at home ; she unites with me in kindest regard to
Mrs. Tupner and yourself, and to tlic young ladies.
Very truly yours, Susan S. Taylor.
