Home and Foreign Journal, January 1871

:,ИАСЯ THE GOSPEL TO EVERY СЩЗДТ1ЛШ.”-... JrY ^ОГЦЗ liffl J3E STIUWED F ТТГ FOll LACE: OF. KNOWLEDGE.”— “PEED MY Т АЛГПЯ » lyj № Series. RICHMOND, у A.; JANUARY, 1871. ~TT 3? ublislie d. =j«c =4=W= SoutKgrn. Baptist ( Gonjvention. No. 9— Whole No. 33. ™1™И v/ 4 -re. т T3B3IS: _Б0 C«QtS. _ l 2 00 3 OO S 00 -10 00 . 1& 00 imWi Wad And |*Pf>e^t?HC- It Ь* аП*е«Л5Пт ^ ^SLSMwrilMftcrWurcb^ttf th* Booth. D> brtflit c-nr p*<’pfc* the mlbt Шог » * *b^i- v(bUrt* coatp«npi*te*I by the 9ootbern Baptot Oon- “ »b*4r •harafcw will be &Ne tons to голКв ~7wth «• whole гшыиллгу reUrpri*», *n* eecor© to Ото ■’'"„"л. ,„™t рс»«1Ы« BK, .nd tk« ШШ. J- «Kloeel. ,-*.ar rb*. 1» f»*1 ""**•». Wtwi; »r eh««»s on , „ ^ ru~»r JoTM.i. RW— oo-l. IpHiaw Ц-оШ. Ricir»xoivr>, v^v. - B. TAYLOR,; . iglous places or most re ‘ lessons to read/ about quentlj Inquiry? by tho ' those : And otj man wi for re jouug, ^ they mu God.* ’ day. pc in the reque; that a! were nlal.’ Chr souls,, j tension gospel, the At grat still at) ..Cor. Socrotary. TH8 OLD YBMt. . J— forever gone ! How mbmontoue have . Great changes in tho earth have The Redeemer on his throne lias been ihe-e changes for the spread of truth and . . 3J1 of his empire. He will glorify' him- - ii-dple, what will be the record of this .-yet to thyself? Have deep waters been - ,_-h daring the mouths which have passed? л. mercies marked thy history ? Hast - cn in grace. Does tlie remembrance of . i heart, or gross sins, embitter the menm- , i : Hast tliou been a faithful steward, of gifts of the groat proprietor? Has •r>- daily trust, aud hast thou been wait- . .paring ? How mnch has thou given to uiowledge of Ins salvation in the earth? -■a with thee an object of supreme desire , .or to see his Kingdom prevalent among . ■ -i rious questions — hut they are not im- .et them sink into the heart, and have • " priate influence. Tlie past cannot be re- ":t the гесоИев&ш of the past may have a -• Уа^псе, pWltii ®“~ : “ ' ai-n consecration in the future. DIFFICULTIES TO BEi MET. It ought not to bo concealed- that in tho endeavor to preach- tho Word.injtho hcatheh lands, serious ob¬ stacles are to be met;- intervening seas are to be crossed, at heavy expense; new aud difficult lau- piagcg are to be acquired; customs and habits, here-, tolore unfamiliar, meetftho eye. But, above all, • tho long; cherished. superstitions and bitter prejudices of the people present a harrier not easily overcome.' 1 ho carnal heart everywhere is enmity against God; bnt here, that enmity is outright and bitter. Bjit. those difficulties aro no greater than in the day^f .Qlvrj^qndffimAjie^Ut*^ , ‘‘BehoW^i^U^M, lAlastcr, Ik»id you forth as sheep among tho li. wolves.” The Holy Ghost witnceeed to Paul, that bonds and imprisonments abided him. The early pror. clamiers of the Gospel were everywhere; derided and persecuted. They were stoned, put in prison, and in many instances put to death. Tho groat leader -was himself cruelly crucified. The obstacles in our way arc no reason for delay ш preaching to the heathen. These obsteOles may be overcome. The Gospel will'be the wisdom of God, and the power of .God unto salvation. ЬЙШопв in their blindnoss will go down to liell, if the Gospol is not proclaimed to them. Л\то must not withhold tlie word of life. Tlie Master's command is, go — we must obey.' ^ If we cannot In person go, we musiaid those who are sent. This we will do. FOB,' WHAT DO WE LIVE? Is it to eat, and drink, and sleep ? Or, is it to get gain, and acquire worldly position ? Or, do . we aim mainly to secure the salvation of our own souls? Our.Hivtne Master is willing that ^we should secure and enjoy what may bo needed for ,qur support and, comfort. But tho great cud of our continuance on earth, is to represent, hiuq-aml to lnbor for the ex¬ tension of his cause and glory in the world. These ends are not effected by miracle.” Nor does lief com¬ mit their accomplishment to angels. His redeemed опта are his agents in the spread of his Goepelyabd Т''1У- Then, too, let us ' aim to do more . ■'oming months — more oureclvcs and того "r — and let ns aim ‘more td glorify God л- and spirits, which are his. . ua-' ’ hi i &HE WE DOING OtJE DPTY; -■ a-.tien are perishing — they лге inevitably sa-.cd by faith in Christ. Bnt. how shall 'J' of whom they have not betird:? a.! they hear without a preacher ? and they preach unless they be senh? tbe preachers, sent of the Lord to pro- •'>--pel. Scores of them arc not fully cm-' , c work. Have wo done all. that we. sustain thetn ? Have sve urged with bc- i ^ earne3t‘ie8s, that some of the’ laborers whom Inl° the .vineyard, shall go otlt into'th‘6 V"' ' portions . оГ die earth, and, Oiero work. Master? . ■ | u"hiors to the heathen. Having freely re- ■ a\c wo freely given the preeious boon’of-the ‘T j t°~c who liave it not? Cliristian disciples, r < c its. Yon liave the light. Bet it shine t ar™ess of heathenism'. L,et no onc'be sat- - Vnl ° n0,I"'ng hi- this . blessed enferprisc of i ° °at {he ivord of the. Lord in regions be- safuty. timially^ar be allov awhile, let prayer be mado for, them eon- let no lack of mofcns tb sustain1 Uiciri, tbo Who' lade to I tending ■ The letter : 0 LonI can clear the ilnrkeet eklee, tan gire u» 0»j--for oiglit,- ■■ ». nko drops of sacred ploasuro rise . s ■ - •""о rtrere of delight. .'-a ^ . 3D GLOBIOUSLY WOBKTNG.* ; ■ road tho following without” adoring grati- tlie wonderful tokens of lib favor a£- limionary onternrise : rjdusal Magazine, of London, oonlains a |vev».C. Jukee, who lias been traveling in he.jBrs -. “The spirit of ifi- iry which I. found prqvailingin rnady • way where there are no Christians, was able and interesting. I was asked for people of all ages who wished to Jeam bad to answer innumerable questions fj* РгаУ*п5-’ My palanquin, too, -was fre- jlped On t be road that I might reply'to some jut tho ‘ custom of tho praying followed fetiane.’ I was asked such questions as was Jesus?’ ‘Wliat did ho do?’, I was «xjueeted to ‘tell about the go6d lied to substitute tho guilty.’ The furore J le.ss.6fts was most cxtraordinaiy. Old and all classes, sought to possess a ‘paper, that t, as they said, iearn to read the word of uy day, and almost every half hour in tlie le applied for ‘ lessons,’ and when I walked ее* they gathered round me with the same (It was perfectly useless for me to tell them had left were for other congregations, who sting, my arrival; they would take no de¬ lict, speaking of the progress of lib island, containing 6,000,000 of , i such growth — no such rapid ex- tlie ehurclfc — no su.qAjl- earnest grasp of tbe “ been seen in any nation since tbe days of ж. And it is with adoring wonder and -that tlie missionaries and direotors ‘stand the salvation of <3©d.’ ” n cansolattoa : the building up of churches, jilffllHJM. <l"prii»B;ina34aw>J?<6' sccrate<l in estate, to Ilkn f THE HEW TEAS. .j) r, jder, we wbh you a happy Isrew Year 1 i' iiion of time, you have reached a period when you may well form plans for n"t only in respect to thb world, but the I-. The present year may be your last, i know tliat it would be so, how solemn Mirvey of the path to be trodden 1 would the question of preparation ‘for How circumspectly’ would every .k‘"i. Let it tlien he an object of, desire I • =i>end tlieeommg year as if it were last. • t. of God's goodness, bringing to the "t a new year, may well excite grateful ’ raise an altar, and inscribe upon it, ' т гнккто hath the Lord helped i tiiank offering be' made to the Lord — '' "mg as ooets us something. The Lord's! ,u^ ’ved in the endeavor to give the Gospel 'pr^aqher, might now. preach, and teach .tlie way of It b an' endeavor involving expense, the Lord.. Will we not do it? - ~ - , on Yew Year's day, remember it in -a : Head brother Co tee’s letter. THE EUEOPEAN MISSIOW. Never before were such openings for the proclama¬ tion of the Gospol in Papal lands ns at present. Govermental influence in few casoe will interfere. The people are intensely excited — the -spirit of in¬ quiry is awake. Whore the sent* of the beest was, the missionary preacher may now appear, and lift up hb voice, proclaiming Jesus' Christ and him cruci¬ fied. Will tho Baptists of the South take part in the sublime mission of holding up the light of Gospel truth among these anti-Christian nations? Are they willing to leevo the whole work of moulding the re¬ ligious sentiments and practices of the people to Pedo-baptiste ? We ought to have, in Germany, where a glorious 'wgrL: b' already begun by our north¬ ern brethren, : representatives of the - Board. In Эщп, Дп France, in Italy, . in Switzerland, -our - DEPART USE OF BEOTHEE SIMMOItS 1 On Saturday, .flie 3rd nit., our brother Simraone and Ыз wife loft - our. shores, for their field in Canton, China. They took the Panama route, via San Fran- cbeo, from which port they will sail to Hod g Kong and Canton-. ---flfo feeling of- despondency scorned to possess their .hearts in bidding farewell to native land, , j and beloved; kindreth They rather rqoiood in tfio privilege of going in tho name of tlie Maetor, to pro¬ claim hb love to bewildered heathen tribes, prayer bo-teade continually -for-tiiem. » • While they make this .sacrifice, b it an unreasona¬ ble thing to ask tho disciples who stay at home to con¬ tribute- to their comfortable support? Brethren in the Lori!,' now is.thc time to send your conlribntione. W»a4o greatly needing them. > :- • - - - - — ytr-T -'• ■ yu THE SHAKTtTNG MISSION.. Al'fe arc happy to knowjlta^qr jniseionarioe in Tung Chau have no idea of abThdoning their work on ac¬ count of tlie trials through which .they have recently Pa&*sJ.. The fichools will still receive attention, and Vno preaclting ofjbn Word continued. Che Foo, the city to which oar brethren ancLsistcrs fled, is only .about ■fifty mile? from TuSg Chau. • Tliey would hero he h^^br condition. ., Ere thb, they have all been ajhlq to return to their homes, as wo learn that Mr. the American Consul, has- given the anthoritica f o understand that an armed vessel >Ш bo at luunl AFRICAN MISSION. ' ' 'Wn that brotlier Phillips has been for some us to .leave the country, for tlie purpose of for the resuscitation of tlie African mission ; delayed on account of the, numorous ap- htidaaddcesc them, itione have evindfcDanTTiW!WWtth(Wg* our people in tho African mission. Our esteemed brother is expecting soon to embark on hb work of faith and labor of love. He b hoping to eecuresuch locations as will be favorable for the dbpensation of the Gospel, and to find from among the colored peo¬ ple of thb- country efficient workers to carry on tho enterprise. Т1кгтапУ friends of the cause who have been visi¬ ted by our brother, will not forget to pray for'him-— nor1 to oailtributo for the supply of his -necessities. The impression made by. hb appeals lias been abiding. ~f : ,ji OPEN DOORS. G«l is opening doors of usefulness among tlie. heathen. In almost every direction in the Great Empire of China and in Africa tlie opportunity is given to preaoh Christ and-him crucified to’ tlie su¬ perstitions idolaters. Shill w«r riot as Baptists he held guilty if we fail to enter these wide opfcn doom? The men who stand up as proolaimers of the Gospel, are plenttous in our land. Will none' of them vcn-. ture to go among the heathen ? ВШ they seek com- {brtablo positions and pleasant homes, where, Jesus and hiS salvation are known, or will they go to heathen climes, where God’s lovo to tlie world has never ^et been proclaimed ? Will the churches enter into tills mission of love, and send these -proolaimers forth, ^ninbtering freely to their necessities ? . M. T. YATES. . —Thb brother passed through our city a fow days eince, expecting, shculdi-Jns physician allow, to leave our:a|ioree on tlie let of , JaiftMTy. It has gratified inanyof the friends of Cliriet once more to see '• him in Цге iLjgsh, and tliey. wjll. more tlian ever cherish for him a special fraternal lovo, and be interested in lib mission. The following, from, the pen of brother Skinner, of Columbia, Ga., extracted from the N. C. Biblical Recorder, ехрхеебсе the feelings of not- a few in thb land rv * ' ^ountiful]y shall reap' also bounli- ,or «od foveth a cheerful giver. 'Z • . for in due resent any interferenre - with the m|ssffin^ ^ leap if we faint not. Tffiio authorities of Tung Chau, аде, pledged for-thcir “ Ills lest -yrorde, at I walked along with tho moving car, clasping bis bead, unwilling, to 1*. go, tmafcle to bold on,, wefe, “ Uemcmber, my brother, I an in the advance, yon in the rear.” One minute of gating attention, and ИЙ* tmoIAs of tbe ftcdmb- tive was aU that wae left as, as it cowed out of sight. Then how vacant within, and the reflection- silently swelled -On add over ns, “ In the advance — In the : ir." О yes, we must send forward supplies — w^ mn«t sappo- the van gnan L Wo rtmtt daily appeal to the great Capteii, a^ove, and oak Christ’s com¬ missary generals below to farmeh supplies- In quantity and quality, thodargoet and the beet. Georgia holds entalier hand to the “good oM North State.1' Yes, good yet, despite all eho- mies and afflictions, to enter the lists of Chrht In Qhinn. Jeans Is over these, brethren, opening a door wide and effectual. For every true missionary we send there and support, he wiU give ns two truo preachers of righteousness here, and crown them with honor and blessing/ The hope of the people bDOod/ In these. out-of-joint and blaok-slidden times, is to rise above our own selves, and plant.ttm gospel of peace and salvation - tn.-tho. darkest regions of earth*» domain, and then stand, challenging the faithfulness of Christ's word' of- promise; -Lot'-tisxkilldn ой агЦ<Ял1 abd tiicn*In tbf> people»*, ’that dfctriwt: «ie л when bo boW by ооштавй:. “Gel preeoJi tlHu. ° °Ve7. «?*Ь***'П.**<1*Ъеп cheered м br iho w^nTof - “And lo I I ani^ritU joo alwtf>¥.w ' u — — — . — - — . . ti ' NO REGRETS. * • . >1 The ibllowlng from a dear brother, -who, • every -иlotr«^-, daring tha Iget jrsnr has sent-Tis » donation, ->viU eipigta He has no regret. He will hare none in the dying boar. 1Ш reward is found in giving as God hath prospered. Ibis lndfltd”* a reward ,lo be prised. He verities the saying of the Lord, Jesus*—" It "is 'more blessed lo givejthan to reesive.” Itendsr, make the experiment. Yeti wfli have lio'regrel In the retteV^'ef” grateful consecration to Him who bought yon Witt bis prt* ” cions blood. Dsar Brother Taftor: -- EOetosed Snd ту сот tri (melon fbr tfce lest month in tbe j'hss have>» cause ■ftir regreb bneaass et my. deeatioH ta jittirr Board and olberi ; sn the oontrary have «ansa of rejoltieg., I; . have been wonderfully blessed, i am often aetoaisbed at tta Ob- , era! returns made to me. Once I had some rafstfeiet as to лЪрЩрж ' being able to make a competenty ; bat bow I have По». . 1FTT bat gi e of that I make, I will always have ah abundano*.' • God bless tho Foreign Mission cause. OUR MISSIONS. SHANTUNG MISSION, CHINA. The following from brotlier Crawford ouglit to. bo read by all the cbnrohee of the South. He says: Dear Brother Taylor: I feel tliat I must say a few' words urging tbe Baptist churches of the South to Increased interest in our China missions. Many Jong years have now . passed since orut new man has come to this greet; and deeply interesting field. One after ^notlier of our little hand fells 'at hie post, and none come to take their places. Why is ’ this? Have we been unfaithful to our trust, or in 1 any way deceived the denomination ? Is China un¬ worthy of salvation or proved more difficult of btm- version than other Asiatic, nations? Or liave the brethren lost confidence In the power of the Gos¬ pel? Do the. brethren know that the Chinese asapeoide ' arc beginning to turn to Christ with largely’ iuert**- ing numbers at all tho open ports ? Do they know tliat missionaries everywhere are having as many baptisms per aunum as pastors on an average in America? Do they know that the Southern Board have Some $40,000 or more worth of property in China ? That there are now only two men to preach Ond labor for thee? millions, and they both in this city ? ‘ ‘llWttt а», ятпл1 -Tbft, your war is over, your means and men are atYieuct. China is now near yonr doors. Little churches have been gathered, seed has been sown broad-cast for years, and It is now beginning to Spring tip. Chapels and mission houses have been built, and all tilings are now ready. Arise and reap'; procrastinate no longer, or all will be lost. T. P. Crawford. ANOTHER LETTER FROM BROTHER CRAWFORD, Dear Brotlier Taylor .* • ' I fear you have had all sorts of reports as to the state of affairs in China, and fdt great uneasiness for our pcrsonal’safetj*. We arc all safe. No Protestant missionary has yet been killed, and we'arc now hop¬ ing to tide over thcjprescnt “anti-foreign Tnania” uit-' injured, both in a personal or moral sense. Foreigners are now all armed and on the alert at every place, and it is' no longer easy for tlie ire nettles to attack them. In- the latter part of August tlie ex¬ citement amoDg the people' became so great, and there was so much _Ык of exterminating all foreigners with their native servants and converts, tliat we thought it host1, both for our own safety and .for tlie benefit of onr flocks, to withdraw to Che-Foo for a season. By the request of the American Consul, an Eng-, lish man-of-war and gun-boat came up to Thng Chau on the let day of September, and brought: an' the missionaries, both Baptist and Presbyterian,; down to tliis place. Our houses were left ia charge of faithful native Christians, the local ofiicere ' agreeing to sec that they were unmolested, ' I оя tincd explain all the reasons which caused ns to take this step, neither would you lie able at so great1 a distance to und'irsfcand some of them ; hut we Are fully convinced mt we acted wisely, and that very happy results Mill follow. It aroused the Mandarins of Tuug Chau, as well as the -Amerioen Minister at Рекщ,1о look after our safety, and the efleci upon the minds of the people seems very salutaiy; the bubble has hurst and ita contents been poured out into the aic in-, stead of on our heads. I went np lo Tung Chau'last week and spent four days there examining into tlie situation. On my re¬ turn AD. Moteer ffient Up, and is there now. We havo-nbout ceased to fear anything local,' *ml expect to return next Week and Resume ohr- labors as usual. *” * No one, however, can toll what a day may br’r. forth; ns theftf ie-'a* strong “ anli-forCign party ” v Qhina;'end many of them ih high office. The <lif Acuities in Europe, anil the fell of Napoleon,' the J fender of Catholicism, ■ may embolden thelH вое /; ' make a strong effort to drive all foreigners from ti Empire. Tho Lord reigns, and all- these events shall conspire to establish hie glorious"kingdom' in the earth. The -times are intensely interesting and a cow ago is dawning on the nations. Our withdrawal from Tung Chau has cost hut little money, our house- and converts hnvo not beon molested, and we Jmp" soon to renew otir work with!rcdouhled enerer and power. , iAt the elmrehes continue tlicir prnye contributions,- and let new men ahd-itomei? сото f - and joimm, the'-blos^d JahoDthfe saffio ae .f noth-