Home and Foreign Journal, May 1869

PREACH THE GOSPEL TO- EVERY CREATURE:” _ “ MY «PEOPLE ARE DESTROYED FOR LACK OF KNOWLEDGE. 7oL 2— New Series. 3? ttblisLeH IMIontlily Ъу lit ЩШ ft gmtjf» _ _ _ _ • ! to suit their Caniinitira. "Vrin ч.«71 .lair.il TBBMSl ' f. on« f«™ . ' : , ,urr~4 i" i—*» . 1 - , - „Mr— rd rr, m pm,.. ‘ | i*n*j»»4\ to onr ptrr «m- ..„ir- i -.'pi -* adilreewe to on Hsnw* I «к—» ha JQO ^K^v“:v.._^;rrrrr“ S S 1 ,'r .Ы- IUI1« лт 1«и Ь«ш Ш ud tumtnc- ШицаМр . ' ,, f. и by »il lb. Roar*. » mil •• the ehnrelm of th* Sank, lly .. .ЫН b* "-M- яМцрМпакм(>|ЬкиМЫ»- • „ lh. cm! ubj-rl" nmtrtnpM'd by 1V> Sonthon lUptM Onu-, ' ■ nil — iotr.JnHns It Into thrfr скпл-Ц. wOI book*» IMkiutf -- f.m'Uar «Mb the ■«hoi. too : vour cl* iu Spain to urge forward ita operations in that conn- т, ,. , _ iT^nuTh ' "i ttv&.Mmuw» -which ].m hitherto been impoeribte. To Baptist Females of tho South. Large supplies of the Bible in Spanish havo already The lethargy of otfr chnrchee in tl»e тмвкнигу beet waft out, and depots for the sale and distribution 'work, both at liotne and abroad, shoo hi Jill - о very ! of then are to lie established in all the principal ‘ pious soul with grief, driving them to the feet of Je- | towns.. The Society announces that it will epa'fo | sns, humbly to plead injhdr behalf. Tile Journal— Please Rnerl • ' Ж ' tieither labor nor money in carrying out tide work, What does this indifference imply, but that there AVtbUV Abimu. if ! ' ' Г1 -« ... .kil_ л.. 1 t _ Ll:n 1. На лП2>Р<а 111- Л<п atiirit пГ .TnsHt 4tul fJlta* fiuipA IB в lllU* their capacities. You will attempt . M mlI. : "nt* “Tat too mueli when you ask all jjgjtoa missionary concert. (ui.-ltar «lib lb. -hole .itodon.r, «WpH Md nnn mm ’ lh 1 lb. Ьгрй imiMe Mrt,»«S »>« м..»иЬ«1 ч1 .mr rbk. In p>-i-l «dm, rrritolmd. Mtam. or chrrk. <u e-w ; ,J«M Hu«i ...» ienyu. ^Ihis lnimbcr commenoes the second volume of* Journal. • l\e beg brethren wltoee subscriptions,1' out,' to forward the amout due tor this volume- j the clubs 1ю continued, and if poralWe, ehlugeifc RIOHSIOND, Va', ;or. JAS. B. TAYLOR, . :...Cor. Secretary. Monthly Concert of Prayer. W, rejoice to know that our recommendation to •mo the monthly concert of prayer, is securing the |lr,,val of many ehurelies. Let all make the trial, ir esteemed brother Beverly, of Anderson, S. C., 11 i thank God lor our success in the concert praver. Mr people now look forward, to the first iMwth afternoon with feelings of anxiety and pleos- a, a time of peculiar religious enjoyment. Ea¬ sed rind a check for ten dollars and fifty cents, the •ait of our collection bet Sunday afternoon.” ь.-х ЛЛ-. . Who -will work? Wf want 20,000 readers of the Journal, r reader? will help us to secure them? Who of We need much Prayer. * God alone is the awtlmr of salvation. He must ;*n the heart to receive it — He will answer prayer. / 1 as prove him — and see if li is promises1 are not . thftil. Dear reader, will you make speeal prayer r our missionaries. '~a A Timely -.Warning. Female Missionaries. r • A good Christian lady who, thoagh redubMl Jh her ' }VouB K* * WS China* cpnver^ irtw ,mr- — — - smug a course of study nfc Coltimbiaa eotlej|.f, spent ■m-fisW .lays since, and interested them niucli in the great wc,rk oi Christian missions.- He was brought to a kno^ ledge of salvation through llic iuetruraeirtality' of Mrs. fi ^mnstances, sends us a free-will oScrnig mis- . cause and bemoans the feet that When лгав eeed with the means of giving, site gave no more, «says: “Do, my brother, warn the brethren that ict give to the Lord now, while they have the op- rtmrity. They will then be favored with peace of Msience and be better prepared to meet their Mae- - in the judgment.” * ’ ' The Southern Baptist Convention. When this number of the Journal readies oursub- ribers the Convention will be-in session. It meets at i accessible point, and will, no doubt lie largely at- nded. The meeting will be important. Wc must rikeout new plans. An increase of our force in reign lands will demand attention. Let all who >y *t home, pray earnestly that tile divine presence ay be vouchsafed. anif it app^ib* to tiie public to support its efforts by is wanting tlie spirit of Jesns, and that there is я d»- epeetal eon tfi buttons., The National Bible Society of ‘ regtml of the great work he loft tis to perfonn? Seotbuid at n meeting of the Board on Monday Every element of hie spirit, as sliown by his life, in- aditoteir arrauefcnient* whereby full advantago mi^lit ’ structioim, prayers, and voluntary death, was mission- hv jmeaediuteiv token, of fl№ opetiiug fovtbe diffusion ary — hence a neglect of this wbrk must lie tlie result of j-be Seripthrt* in SjieiB. ■ ; of a decline of holiness, and an absence of faith. . . . . — . Aina! I fear it is that many of our church members oim' t he tliemselves kloletera. Their idols are not visible 1 , . \ - to the natural eye, but erected m tbesacred receese* ,r. rr„. . a. , ... . . . | Brother Garmidmel, of the Lilierty Af*oemt>o», the soul reigning there, protected bythfe sins of a ... "\ПП Lugliah Bajitist nnssioi»^ at |,решн^е€е .bus гсязоив on this great questioiu «foeei ved heart, while Jesus и cast out. TlioK eme- INmgim, Clunn, time appeals for help, in view o#l.e ’ of Miesiona is oue of great of the soul which should aecemVin те sunjeit ь , , jHtert*t to tion, as sweet incense to the throne of God, burn лпШ Thatwis- worth and destiny 0,1 immortal «mil. Only dunk of the vast muUit,*x*t of souls in tlie Empire of The Vastnoss of the Field. vusteoe» of the field : f Missionary interest in the religious welfare ofjUie i nation is not erpml to nvhat it лгав yeure .ago, and -Her 1 vast jHijiulation and urgent claim* do not move, as they should do, the compassion ami Jove of our oBfis- tiau friends. China proper, with its eighteen provin¬ ces, lms been comjvarcd to ‘eighteen Great Britnlps;’ yet it is one country, of one race, ami of onejan- guago. The enormous extent of this empire supplies the wants of 1560,000,000 of people, under tlie gov¬ ernment of one man, whose subjects look io olirirabm nations fiir the bread of life and U*e grace of peace and salvation. Tlie capital of this province, as'iyou know, is Hongcliow', and most of the provincial capi¬ tals of China coutain from five to seven lumdretl thousand inhabitants; several of them from, oofe to two, or even three millions. In this province-' we have eleven fbos, or wlmt may lie cal loti county towns, or cities. Ningpo-Foo is one of tlie eleven, and con¬ tains six walled towns in the districts, liesidee all the market towns and villages spread over this extensive plain. ЛУе have a territory and population large enough for the devoted energies of a very large num¬ ber of warm-hearted Christian missionaries. 'But llbw few the labourers, few for every- district» and few, indeed, for China, while the fiekl'is to wide sod the harvest is eo great. ■, ОимП Prayer-ffiretingg not easily kept np. A minister complained to a secretary of ForeigK ивооя, that he can interest but few in the concert P^yr. The secretary replies in tfM Macedonian This being so, you will not commence a concert for mums ш the general prayer and, conference mcct- !• So beginning, you have not moral and spiritual 'wr enough for so great an achievement. One or о fervent spirits will lead о If, aud tlien you will to a standstill. Not another « adequate to the * demand of him. He cannot pray for For- * Missions. He is not strong enough, and lias not e*“8ent faith enough. He can [way for himself, A v *1’ 1,18 family, his friends, for those in contact ri nimself. He cannot reach out hie hands to the “f the ra.th. It requires a stronger arm to hold V^mdrod pounds weight at the finger ends than -toelbow nr th«- shoulder. There are hundreds who 1 "ght battles which they can see, while there are f?6 ! ten who can figlit battles wiiieh are out of »od far away ; battles whose vasteess and im- are appreciated only by faith. Just here is "“jeon why your concert failoL You took, it in nb!r аш* ^ead it over too wide a surface, вда not fuel enough to feed so great я fire, nre rather went out for want of suitable fuel, ^fifimst begin with tlie few, as I hinted before. Ghnst, when He would introduce His holy rc- * 1Р^? °,,r w*Hd, began with the few. Human being as it is, He could not succeed otherwise. I П1л *n R® X>ower to fill this terribly dark and *°nd at once with light and love. Of tlie few •” fo Him, He selected other few, He made , ‘ •* -mailer, reducing it to tlio number of ’i-i in view the great end He wished "i- He gathered them ллЧк Him into г-ппгел and friendship, and poured into i ule 1 , little, His own truth and life, •us pm- j. requiring infinite patience, | Holmes, Avitli whose school be wns coimeete<l, nve Gi six consceutivo years. ЛУс have been sirOnglv inqjresseel with tlie Value of female influence in conducting our Foreign Mis¬ sion work. Many an efficient helper may thus be employed at small expense; especially would tl% be advisable in cases where young ladies could be Con¬ nected with missionary families. A writer iu (Jie Watchman and Jltjlcdor thus discourse* on jhc 'ul>- ject; i . • Let it be knoivii that a school iajj; want of a teacher, and there wall be-from twfeiljjr (q fifty' applications for that school, showing tlyt there are many unemplbyed laborers, who wait only an opportunity to work for .God and Icmianity. In otir Christian churches end fomilica hoiv many unemployed females there are, who wait and watch for an opening where they can do something in the great work of teaching and evangelizing the world. Let the churches furnish work for them, and give them their daily bread, and they will work with a will, and with efficiency ; end the work of world-wide evangelization drags for the want of them. Many' a father could support his own daughter in mission work, which an angel would deem it an honor to do, for less money than it costs him now to support her in idleness and fashion, and I expect to live to see the day when fathers and mothers will not only send out their own dangliters to Burmali, but support than there. The Lord hasten the day. The yvork of female education in India is going forward glori¬ ously. Senana schools arc increasing all over the country. A zenana is that part of the house which is set apart for women, to which a stranger is never supposed to have access. Christian women have, by God's blessing, unbarred these long-dosed doors, and carried the light of life to many a perishing mother. Eight years ago there лгеге only two ze- nauas under visitation; now' there are three 1иии1пч1 in Calcutta alone. In Bengal and the northwest provinces there arc seven hundred and ninety-four fe¬ male schools, with fourteen thousand four hundred and seventy-five pupils. China! upwards of t hundred millions ! with the multiplied thousands o.< Л* sable eons and daughters of benighted Africa! tli.ix'twt of whom are without God, . ami without liope, '‘***•11 1 * P«*cli«l gmqiel, without the living ministry,. llP ,n t,№. darkness of heathenism ami idolatry. ^ •*«. C,'T.?’ ^’Su arise in the mind as to what the destiny of thote will be — who live and die wedded to itw-wotship, to¬ gether with the many millions of humup «emgs, who Five without any knowledge of the true «G Ш, except the uncertain and flickering lig’ht of nrfture* other answer can be given, when guided by - tlie ,Vgnt of unerring truth, than that tliey must be -Ms- Wlterefore? Because the Spirit laUh revealed, 'pe that believetli not shall be damned.” How then shall tliey call on Ilun in whom they have not beneved. ami how shall they believe in Him of whom they lwve not heard? and liow shall they hear witlioiita p readier? ami how shall they preach except tl*w be sent? For it is written, “Faith oometJi by bearing, and hearing by the wore! of Gml.” . Serious Inquiry. . ^ . Dr. JDoan, iu the Macedonian, л veil asks: . ' “How many in America, standing ou the very lieights of. Zfon, having tlie light of heaven in tlieir dwellings, enjoying Die instructions of the sacred min- \£rc, Tr. Hev 'Лёг^ benefit* of soda’ >tder awt Ckr»- tian institutions, 'vhostill put their light under a bushel, or cover it with the sliadow of tlicLr farm or merchan- diee, or lose it in their struggle Cot fame, or politics, or worldly ’ promotion! All this while the dark- haired races of paganism, with darker’ homes and still more darkened hearts, are marebing on by myriad millions, to the still more dismal darkness of the heathen’s eternity. And yet who of tht’ni holds np for these the lamp of God; to scatter the darkness of their way and lead tliem to shun its fearful j.ierils and turn their feet to heaven? Who listens to the words of a risen Redeemer, “Go ye therefore and tcac.h all nations” — because 1 have commanded — because they die in darkness — 1 because you neglect them at yonr jieril — and yet, who. goce, who even thinks jtliis Aity to go, or who, amidst his engrossing cares and dfce struggles of life, takes time, seriously to ask lunu’-eif whether he ie perseafcHy-concerned in this momen¬ tous matter?” - Complaints of tho Expensiveness of Missions. Let all such complainers look at tlie amount spent by individuals ami those mostly poor, for the ine¬ briating cup. How large would lie tlie -s»im total, if in small contributions, our jieoplc were ready syste¬ matically to give to the eauee of Jesus? The following oxtract from the statistics of Rove- tine Commissioner AYclls, in Ms report to Congress, shows how fearfully tlie people tax themselves. These figures relate only to. the sales over the counter, q f retail dealers who have made reUtrne, ami paid then- tax. The figures are given by States, and relate to the year 1867 : li&inrt '-rtf sun or KkTAiL mqcob Mum. . -VerBioDt . . $ S,7S9,oe5 Kariims . 8.503,956 LouUii»n»..., . . 48,631,730 Топпевяге . . 26,*83,вЗБ Georgia . A . 3S,S«,4G& Virginia . . . 16,132,905 Alabama . 23,6*5,336 Te*a»_„ . 21,751,350 South Carolina _ 10,010,025 North Carolina . 13,224,340 West Virginia _ 8,806,235 Arkanaaa . 7,838,450 Delaware . 3,770,355 HiaBteaippi - . 4,483,305 Oregon . 4,261,240 Nereda . 4,838,735 Xobneka . 3,280,515 Colorado . 3,748,203 The Territories . l4,l(M,l60 New York-. ........ *246, 617, 520 Peuiuylvanln . 152,663,495 IUinoht . . 1 ! 9,933484.'» Ohio- . . 151,734,875 ilrtpeachueette . 27,979,875 Maryland . . 40,061,620 Mimonri . — 5-1,627,865 Indiana...,.: _ 51,418,630 California-. . 39,924,030 Kentucky.. 50,223,115 Wisconiin . 43.818,845 Michigan— . 53,784,170 Iowa- . . . 35,582,695 Connecticut. . 35,001,230 New Jersey . 42,488,749 Maine . . . 8,257,015 1 Rhode Island. . 10,231,240 New IlampeMre... 12,629,175 Minnesota- . 14,394,97» Dlit. Colombia . 1 0.370,450 Total . . . - . . . -$1,4,83, 191,865 aimalwdy tlame before the altars of i dom wltk which God has endowed man, akin to his own, is exorcised to enthrone and worship* god of gold. The great conflict between the true living God ami the god ef tliis world, is now going on, and thousands arc blindly felling into the ranks of the latter even- day, while only a few are heeding tlie voice of .Jesus, as lie cries, “ Follow me,” and are alive to the dignity of their commies ion, in preparing tlie world to receive- its Lord. Oh, the glory of doing something to pu¬ rify this sin-polluted earth! Tlie power of Satan could as easily have kept the Saviour in the dark domains of death, a* can tlie com- - billed power* of the world ami tlie Devil keep his truth entombed. “ They shall not hurt nor destroy ш all my holy mountain; for the earth shall lie full of *he knowledge of the Lord, ав the waters cover the 8эд.” The question ie — does God’» penetrating eye rccpgpize us as faithful in our affection* and our la¬ bors к>4мш? ... . . . . , . Cap. we bdoice ш view of lus coming, aeeured that лус »iia}l, Цт ашЬ and reign with him? If not, re- inemlier.tlie peyqeity of his judgments upon his own chosen jieople „wiwae ^earts were turned away from him. Dear sisters, may qre<potr,ione in you, that through year prayers ami efforts,! .tlue^pirit may be revived? You remeirtber-tliat when 'ihe piaciples, ami oven tlie belooeil one, could return to their, homes from the re¬ cent sepulchre of their Lord, Ma'ry’3 Iqye caused her to, linger and weep there^ and she V^ceivejl tlie .kh bdmkling him apd bearing ,bi9 : voice, and the honor of being the first to proclaim the glorioua news of his resuriection. I trust риг love is strong enough to cause ps to linger" around this neglected eauee of our Saviour, ami here weep and pray till lie conies and speaks words of jieaco. I have little oonfideuee in tlie power of the wisest words of man to influence lib fellows to wisdom, but my confidence is in Ac Spirit of God, which may he brought down by our importunate, bumble petitions; by this we may move Uie arm of Jehovah. A few of us in Baltimore meet on the first Friday of every month at II o’clock to offer prayer in behalf of our missions. Will you not meet with .us on that day and at tliat hour? "i pray tlmt *e may JHjar.pf female missionary prayev-meeriHge being inaugurated throughout the South; then »ba*l we hope for brighter . prospects in Zion. . . ’ Yours in Gkriet, С. К. МТЫЛЛМЯ Htdfitnore, February 10th, 1869. A Plan for the Convention* ’Wefltave reneiveil a letter from Brother Crftwforei, in wliiA .be suggests tlmt a list of all tlie cburriio* of the South be published in tlie minutes of tlie Con¬ vention, wifji.edumne opposite for tlie autolints сон - tributed by «teb for the different olg'ects, ami that every church l*e «requested to raise its proportion of tlie amount requisite .to meet the claims of these ob¬ jects. He sal’s: “ I have been thinking a good deal about the state of our churches in tlie South. Times have greatly clianged eince the war. The wealtliy have become poor — many ef .our old stand¬ ard-bearers are gone — a new generatiou Jias risen up under a new order of tilings. The Convention can no longer rely on a few wealthy nion ami churches for funds to carry 011 their Mi.sRions, Home and For¬ eign ; but they must adopt some plan by wliicb toget « tittle from all the churches.” “This plan would Only add 30 or -10 pages to the mhiutes of the Convention, and would not cost more than 30 dollars to get its wants before every cltnrdi in the South, in a most influential and definite manner. The churches would be pleased to have the matter brought thus directly and personally before them, and they would take delight in even going beyond the small sum needed by the Convention. There would always lie some brother in every church who would interest himself in the matter, in his church’s name, and the sum asked would all tlie time be before liie mind. The yhole church would think about it also.” Telegram to Bnrmah. The following message was received ill Bnraiali on tlie, other side of tho globe, in three days, ftoiir Ил secretary of thq Missionary Union : “ Carpenter frane- ferrect to Bassein-Smith to Ration-” Says Mr/Bixlv, Of'tbcSliau Baptrit Mission : , . ' Missions in Europe. Spain open. We have felt deeply the need of crlucatdt native ’ Au "dcUigent brollier, who lifts taken a deep in- V „_i.^ at tl»ell''on>cn il1 f»ir mission at Toungoo. Burrnan and forest in the European MJeeions, time л\ткев : TIils1 Catholic com try, S . . ISban boys arc taught to road iu their ICyoimgs, but | “I believo Italy is the best place for ftiiow miss!..' gospel, Is about to be opened to Christian uinueii • girls have no education. It would bo cousiucrcd a'j for the reasons I have given in my notiee of Pr. General Prim hns declared to Scnor Cabrera, one desecration for them to step within such socrcd cn- j Baird’s lecture. Other denominations are at rk be H,„ ru^e. He did not tire in iti ! of the agents of the Edinburgh Spanish Evangeli za- 1 wes ■mi lift the twelve to a higher piano oi. 1" -°n, He did not take them all into "3”- iguration. All were not prepared H -lectcd thre . t lie more nd \ nticcd ЛУс seldom find a Burnmn man who caii-: there, Presbyterians and Methodists especially,