Foreign Mission Journal, November 1881

Foreign Mission Journal t*ubIlNliti«l Monthly by tl. c Vorolgn itllNHlo.i «card ol iho Southern JUuptbrt Courcutlou. rOWHIl IS GIVEN UNTO ME IN HEAVEN AND IN EARTH. GO YE, THEREFORE, AND TEACH ALL NATIONS Vol. 13.— Now Series. RICHMOND, VL, NOVEMBER, 1881. No. 8.— Whole No. 140 Vn ternl tit lint I'ost-OlUco ut Ulclimoiul, Vn b cluse nmttor.] а» н eciiml- FOREIGN MISSION JOURNAL KATES 1*ER ANNUM: I cu. One copy . • . • Pour ciplce ami ovor. to on« |wi'»oa*a atlilrcea, t-nct>....2& cU. Fifty ciiplce toono (iiTsuit's .vlriri-Hs, eneli . BO cu. One lititulretl coplit" ami ovor, to oiib person’» ndtlro»», each- . I6 cts. «irl’leasit remit hy Draft, Postal Ortlor, or In Heitlatered Letter, mat notify ui I'ltOJtPU.V of any clmniro In addroae. Address, FOItEION MISSION JOURNAL, RtciiHoai', Va. FOREIGN MISSION BOARD OF THE BOUTHEHN BAPTIST CONVENTION, LoOAren at RICHMOND, VIRGINIA. medical education of the appointee should not tax the Treasury of the Hoard. The expense of a two-year course of medicine in Philadelphia will he some Four Hundred dollars. Relying on the assurance that the needed funds would be raised by a special effort, the young lady has gone to Philadelphia, and entered upon her studies. Sev¬ eral friends have signified their willingness to give each ten dollars or more for this good object. Are there not forty who will send us, at once, ten dollars for our Medical Student ? Few Missionaries have the prospect of doing so much good as this thoughtful, cultivated, and pious young woman, who prepares herself to go as her Master went, administering first to the body that she may get more effectual access to the souls of the perishing heathen. Pukhiuknt-J. L. HI. QUERY. ViCi-I'iiKSiDicNTS.— Illrnm Wood», aid,, J. A. Hnckett, 1л.. W. 1). Tliomns, Va., II, II. McOallum, Fla., T. II. Pritchard, N. U.. J. L. Harrow», Ky„ I. T. Tlclienor, Alabama. If, S. Duncan, Mo„ .T. II. Link, Тиха», W. L. Kil¬ patrick, Cla., dins. Manly, S. O., Matt. Hlllumnn. Tenn., I. H. Searcy, Ark., Очогке Whitfield, Ml»»,, M. Е1П»оп, W. Va. O'mitKsros'm.iii SaenKTAitY— II. A. TtfPPKH, Тиклкшпш-^Т. O. WILLIAMS. HitCOitru.Ki Skcuktauy— W. H. OWATHMKY. ACDlTOn — JOSEPH F. OOTTUKLL. Полно Of Мл улик»».— J. II. Hawthonio, .1 . U.Watklne, II. K. Elly»on, W E. Hatcher, E. Wortham, Henry McDonald, W. Goddln, H. II. Hard», J. Pollard, Jr„ J. W. Jones, A. II. Clarke, J. It. Winston, J. II. Hutson, О. H. Winston, S. C. Oloptou. 1ST All communication* inre/ercnce to the buxines* of this Hoard should be addressed to H. Л. Тиггкк, Onrespoudiny Secretary, Richmond, Va. Г0НМ OE BEQUEST. “I hereby give and bequeath unto the Southern Baptist Convention, formed In Augusta, Georgia, la the mouth of May, 18-16, and chartered by the legislature of the State of Georgia, by an act passed ami approved December 2Dtli, 1845, (here insert the amount, if in money, or ‘ subject ,’ if other property, either real or personal,) for Foreign Missions.” MISSIONARY DOCTOR. Several years ago Miss I foward went as a Mis¬ sionary Physician to China, where a man is not ad¬ mitted to the sick-room of female members of the family, The wife of the Viceroy, who is the sec¬ ond in authority and influence in the Empire, was desperately ill. After the best native skill was exhausted, Miss Howard was called in, and by the blessing of God, the royal sufferer was restored to health. The result of this was that, when Miss Howard walked in the streets, the people made obeisance to her, ns they do to a Mandarin ; and the Viceroy established a Dispensary, where, un¬ der the Superintendence of Evangelical Mission¬ aries, medicine and medical treatment arc dis¬ pensed to all who apply, at the expense of the Vice-roy. When Mrs. M. T. Yates was in this country, she prged that a woman Missionary Physician should be sent to Shanghai by the Southern Baptist Con¬ vention. After correspondence with several young women on this subject, the Hoard of Foreign Mis¬ sions has accepted for this service the daughter of an eminent Baptist minister of Virginia. The ac¬ ceptance was on the condition, however, that the TO THE KIND-HEAETED EVEHYWHEHE. Our missionary to China, Mrs. S. J. Holmes, lias arrived in our countiy, where her only child, J. Landrum I lolmes, has been for several years. Not knowing of his mother’s coming to the United States, Landrum left his home in West Virginia, and, it is supposed, is working his way to China. His mother is in intense agony. Any information as to tlie whereabouts of her son will be received with the greatest gratitude ; and any expense em¬ ployed for his detention or restoration to her will be promptly refunded. Her address is Parkers¬ burg, W. Va., care R. A. Little. EEINFOItOEMBNT. The failing health of some of our missionaries in China make it imperative that there shall be immediate reinforcements. Rev. N. W. Holcomb is on his way to Tung Chow; but, that is not enough. The question arises whether brethren who propose to go next year should not go at once. Two missionaries, with wives, should start at an early day forSlianghai and Tung Ciiovv. The case is urgent. The hearts of our people should be burdened on this subject, and constant prayer should ascend tiiat the Lord of the har¬ vest would so open the way, by his providence, that other well qualified missionaries, men and women, shall start before next year to the whiten¬ ing field of China. Mrs. Crawford, worn down by toil, must soon return to America. Other changes are probable. Who will go and take the places of these noble workers, who must rest or die ? DEPARTURE OF MISSIONARIES. Our Missionaries, Dr. R. H. Graves and wife, and Rev. N. W. Holcomb, were to have sailed from San Francisco in the steamer of the 20th October for China, and no doubt did so. REV. N. W. HOLCOMB. литошое.клешсл!. sketch. This brother was accepted by our Hoard in September as a missionary to Tung Chow, China. The following skctcli of himself was written by our request: 1 am the oldest son and fourth child of a family of three girls and four boys. The youngest sou died in Infancy. The rest of my brothers and sis¬ ters, as well as my father and mother, are all living. 1 was born in Kentucky on January lltb, I80B, and so am in the 28th year of my age. During my third year my father removed ’to Illinois, re¬ maining a little over a year. In my fourth year we moved to Missouri and settled in Cass county, then on the frontier. During the war, by order No. 11, we were compelled to move from the county or into the military post. With many others we chose the latter alternative, and moved to Harrisonville, the county-seat of Cass county. We remained thereuntil the close of the war. lathe fall of 1805, a meeting of days was held at Har¬ risonville by Elders A. H. Deane, Caleb Blood, and Henry Farmer, the last named now sainted. The meeting was very successful, and with my father and two sisters, 1 received a change of heart. joined the church and was baptized by Rev. Henry Fanner, at that time pastor of the church. My mother, a very devoted and godly woman, was at that time a member of the Index Baptist church. During the next few years my other sister and two living brothers professed a hope and joined the church. During the fall of 1S05 we moved to the old homestead and united with the Index Baptist church. My mind was early turned to the ministry, and especially to the work of Foreign missions, In the summer of 1871 I was licensed to preach® YORKTOWN CENTENNIAL. This was a gala week for Virginia. Richmond was in a blaze of decorations and illuminations, and a constant stir of military movements, popu¬ lar concourses, and entertainments of every sort and almost without number. The several pro¬ grammes and many performances of the great na¬ tional celebration have been published all over the country. We only note, that among the able addresses of the occasion, one of the ablest was made by Hon. J. L. M. Curry, President of our Board of Foreign Missions. The appointment of Dr. Curry was regarded felicitous, from many con¬ siderations, and the expectations of all were fully met in his appropriate, eloquent, and powerful oration. by the Index Baptist church. The next September I entered Wm. Jewell College as a student for the ministry. I preached first in December, of 1871. During the years of college life I preached occa¬ sionally. In the summer of 1S75 I held two short meetings, in which there were thirteen conversions. In 1S70 I graduated with the degree of Bachelor of Arts, and in the fail of that year entered Crozor Theological Seminary. My system was over¬ worked hy long and laborious study, and after remaining in the Seminary a few months my eyes became sore and I was compelled to quit study. By medical advice, I threw aside all study, went West to the mountains of Colorado, and engaged in business. I steadily improved, and after a stay of three years, in September, of 1SS0, I fell my¬ self sufficiently restored to re-enter Wm. Jewel College and complete the course of study there. This 1 did, and in June last graduated with the de¬ gree Master of Arts. By invitation I then went to Kirksville, Mo., to preach two months. At the end of that time the church at Kirksville enthu¬ siastically elected me pastor without a dissenting voice, although I had informed them it was doubt¬ ful whether I could serve them, owing to the un¬ certainty of the issue of my correspondence with the Foreign Mission Board. The issue of that correspondence you know. 1 have not yet been ordained, but expect my ordination to take place soon. My membership is with the 2nd Baptist church. Liberty, Mo„ where my parents now live. Hoping this sketch will be satisfactory, ami wishing you and the Board the richest blessing of God, and praying God’s grace to accompany our common work, I am, most truly yours, N. W. Holcomb.