Home and Foreign Journal, January 1873

..«•SjErSssi в S*V Д' Home IGN 3?и.ЪЦкЪ.есГ Monthly by tbo Three Boa^sfof the Southern Baptist Convention. Vol. 5-3STew Series. RICHMOND, V^.Jjr^lsrTT^BY, 1873 ISTo. 7-- W hole USTo. 55. ' HOHE&FOREIGN 1 JOURNAL „■BUSHED MONTHLY BY THE Boards of the Southern Baptist Convention. term’s: . > SO . 1 00 _ 2 00 Z . - . . . » 110 ’?'! IvXmn, впГед1« »aJ Г Ft)» ••*“**" . _ . 15 rente per copy. '^.ZZiZZi anJ wi ttmtn/cr tbt Г’Ч" «Я <Mtr‘ ary. lie lias done a good work, and -will pro¬ bably do a better work when bo becomes better acquainted with the field. It would doubtless be greatly for tbo advancement of Baptist prin¬ ciples in Maryland, if tlie brethren could bavo several able men to travel among them ns evan¬ gelists. The Association proposes to raise ten thousand dollars during tlie year, a largo pro¬ portion of which will be used in strictly evan¬ gelical labor. UNEMPLOYED PREACHERS. In a small Association'll! ono of tbo Southern States there are fifteen, unemployed preachers. The wholo number of preachers in the Associa¬ tion is twonty-eix ; of these .four have nil their time engaged j three ore employed three-fourths of their time; ono preaches one-half of his time, and three one-fourth of thoir time, while fifteen bavo no ministerial employment what¬ ever. There may bo circumstances which would Think of it. Only a little over five thousand | justify a minister of Christ in abstaining alto¬ gether from ministerial functions, but nn un¬ employed preaclior should. always fool himself called upon to explain is not working in his Master's— vineynn£^J'ho simple ‘fact of his being unemployed is^against him, and the intlucnec of his lifo is a weight on tho causo of Christ. i; Baptists in Maryland and tlie District of Colum¬ bia ! But they are noblo people, ready for every good won! and work. May the Lord bless them and make them a great multitude for. Hie own name’s sake. to Dr. Wilson, of Bombay; one to tlie Free church college in Edinburgh ; two to friends; and ono to myself — now in tlie cabinet of coins in my museum. Somehow or other the medal attracted notice, and engravings of it were published in various books — for example, by the Religious Tract Society, on the title page of Tract 455. “Tlie Testimony of History against tho Church of Homo.” This fact of course be¬ came known in Rome, and I am informed that in consequence tho rale of single. medals has rorsim WW rSESa.iib«.M j NOT MY WORK. '‘Tw'Sltwv-l t- K". IL ТШТЕН, I). D, Oorree- . Now and then we see a young man who lias *orurv. EKhnion- . O. ^ Bcmrd jjarion j disappointed all the reasonable hopes of his ' ‘ pnrente and friends. He line learned idle and vicious habits. He frequents bar rooms nnd billiard saloons ; be swears, nnd there nro evi¬ dent marks of dissipation in bis face, hie dress, nnd his gait, lie is я perfect wreck — a moral ruin, from which men turn with mingled pity and disgust. It is with feelings of relief that we remember that we have had nothing to do with bringing him to such a condition. We in¬ wardly and heartily thank God that his tempta¬ tion and degradation were not our work. We want no part in the many evil works that are going on in this world. But there is another side to this question. CLIPPINGS. . ' Tn* minutes of the Massachusetts State Con-' ference of Congregationalists show that there" are 503 сЬпгсЬев of that denomination, in the State, of which 299 bad, at the date of the re¬ port, settled pastors. Of these churches 220- . have been organized since 1800, nearly one- half; 107 date between 1700 and 1800, and 37_ were formed previous to 1700. The oldest churches are : West Barnstable, 1010 (organ-, ized in England) ; Seekonk, 1623 ; Taberna- been stopped, nnd nothing sold less than a com- clc church, Salem, 1029; First church Charlcs- plete series costing upwards of £100.'” Dom„,iC.nd *on. AlV^S. -M to Нет. M. T. SUM- Secretary, Marion, AU. If ««if by MIW, /beckon -New \ ork,|4*t- ’S.'v's’SrM'i'»'*1 Secretary of tl.ePomee- JSltoi» «Wien Do.nl for -Georgia, ЛЫ .ml ПоЙ. r«t-m«-J»5BD,*KU 0л- w T K«.lL .gent for Тех». Гое1-еШсе. Пои. ton, Отт .ire of ElJer J B. Link- ft, иша Soper! llenJent of the Colored Ml, .ion. OOi, Board aoJ Oeoera. Agent. Toet-oBice, .Vonon. Ma. „ , _ ч-ь„„1 Hoard, 301 Main St.. Msm- Saankalloa. to thi. Hoard mart feunf' Be> S- BOYKIN, Corresponding Stere¬ os Mampbn. Ten". town, 1032. The largest churches are: Wor-, ' cester, rirtt chnreb, 535 members ; Pittsfield 571; Wlnnesimmet church, Chelsea, 596; Park-street, Boston, 1,057. Of the 299 settled-, . pastors, 33 have teen settled over the same '] people отег ten years, eight over twenty years,- and 19bavebcldthe same pastorate more than, ! thirty years. - _ Puts BYTE RIAN. — The A GOOD WORD NOT LOST. Field Marshal Alexander Suwarrow, the com- mander-in-cliief of the Russian army during t 1 the reign of Catherine II. nnd Paul I., was es- ■ We once heard Dr. W&h, of Missouri, -ay, j There can bo nogrcotercjir*e toa church than j tion't, being alwaje higlilj 0 «lighted -when Lin t to bavo half a dozen tom^tit preachers in it." ■ rn<*n failed to discover him, and this happened j They are neither ono thing nor the other. You j pre,t£ °rtcn ' for, thanks to his small stature Presbyterian. — The Btrald and Presbyter- can t treatthem as preachers, showing tiiem pro- 0f |,fe dress, the great marshal looked as little | Pr«cnts the following Statistics of .Preshyte- fcssional courtesies, nnd thoy arc often unwilling ! like a general ns a man could do. In this way he | riaalsra in the United States: There are tbirty- to he treated as simple members of the church, i fot lo understand thoroughly tlie character of five synods. Philadelphia is the largest, re- ' doing any work that may come , о hand. How ‘ !;::Г1п7к\^1^к^?еЕгаГ^ГоГеЯоСгГаи:гГ hiT. . -‘"'г communicants. New WeyriG often is a good, unemployed brother prevented Hie mnrvclloue power of enduring fatigue, his comes next, with 37,705 communicants. New- sj from serving on a church committee, or superin- ' insensibility to heat, cold, or hunge-, and his ' Jersey Synod covers the whole State of that ‘ ' ‘untiling energy on tlie field of battle, (in all I „„„„ „i.n. • «• л- , wliieli noinis 1,0 Burnassral tho havUi.it of l.i. . name> whlle ш New York there are six synode, nd in Pennsylvania four. Ohio has four WHAT SHALL IT DO FOR US! , him to be made a hack of, and in tlie second. It bas pleased our Heavenly Father to permit J xh0 people of Christ are trying to do something | ho might possibly steal away the affections of One division of for the children of the land. They have gatli- tho people. >| cred hundreds nnd thousands of them into the We know of no position that more severely Sunday-school, and Sabbath after Sabbath thoy j trioe the character of a preacher than that of teach them the precious truths of tho Word of , membership in a church of which he is not pas- God. This work has been greatly blessed. It 1 tor. He has an official character to support, tending a Sunday-schooljor teaching a Bible . «“‘«'«45 energy on tlie field of battle, (in all l _ _ _ .. , . which poinls ho surpassed tho hardiest of his ' class, or attending a prnyer-meot.ng, simply raado b'im tbe i(W of tbe rou b i a because he is a preacher. There are two reason* ' soldiers whom ho commnivleil : nnd a word of [ sjnods : . Cincinnati, with 18,353 why he should not ргсасЦГог tho pastor. In reproof from Father Alexander Vaeilevitcb, as • Cleveland with 17 733- Columbus w the firet place hi. .elf-Xcapectwiil not allow W “°re \ .nd Toledo, with 7,476, making ’ a to live to see a new year, time, with i4 lights and shadows, its trials and opportunities, its sufferings and joys, has passed i*ay, anil we hare entered upon another. The «rtb has begun anew ils annual course, and, as hsseo often been tbe case before, the days vill be measured out to us in their ceaseless (accession, "hat shall they bring us ? What (bail they do for us ? .for which ho wns famous, and some of which are remembered nmong the peasantry to this day. “ My children we are going to fight the French. Remember, whatever you meet you must go forward. If the enemy resist, kill them; but has been the means of converting very many to , and yet muet labor as if lio had no such charnc- hcr'th^l^itis'e'ian s'ohUcr is nofiTrobb^lut Christ, and has made many a Christian stronger ter. He finds it very hard to assume a subor- j а Christian. Now go and tell your comrades and more doTotcd to the cause of the Master, i dinate position, and to net precisely as if no j what I have said.” It seems to иэ that kind and tender hearted j ordaining hands had ovwVbccn laid upon him, j ,4 [fT ',а4и Iatcr a 8roa* bat‘,.,! Place> ‘n 1. ITe hope they will bring us an increased people, who love their race, and who truly wish | and unless he can cheerfully do this he can j bcgJn to "retreat' abouf^ ""sunset, and'a' solXier to honor the Lord, must haven feeling of eor- rarely be thoroughly useful as a church mem- named Ivan Mitroplianoff, who haddietinguisli- rowful regret as they look on and say ,*• This is ber.' If he has been "truly called of God to ! eJ himself by his bravery throughout the whole not my work. I have no part in tho Sunday- preach, it is his duty .„’seek rem. , fi.ld, how- j ЖпД ever humble, lor the cx_cre.se of his ministry, his men. Mitrophanoff bound np tbe officer’s But if the desire <• preach does not burn within him, and he can be perfectly, content to neglect the work to which hc jjnybcen set_ apart, we Ttrf ar liT,v,-fur liim-tbriveup members ; • ith 14,494, total in the Before one of his Italian campaigns, Suwar- 1 State of 58,060 communicants. Indiana has * row gathered togctlicra number of his best men, | two synods: Indiana North, with 10,272 mem- > for1 which I b««. bdiana South, with 14,634 members, a total in the State of 24,905. Illinois ■ has-1; (tore of worldly goods. Me wonll have our icm broader and richer, onr barns larger and (oiler. It does not seem well that three hun¬ dred and (Uty days should pass away and school.’ leare behind them no puoofs of successful toil I There is work going on, too, for the benefit of sod prudent economy. It would show as if we j the heathen. Devoted men and women have bid not been diligent in business. — left their homes and gone into distant lands to 2. "e bone thev.will_bring_us_a.0_incrCa6ed+garew-Ab--naw^af-a.1valian,-.and»olb^w-wba-AbcHeve n fond ol knowledge. As we grow in years we (hould acquire a broader and deeper acquain¬ tance with facte and principles. "With many men tho difference in what they know makes tbe difference in what they can uo. To success- folly invade some field of thought, or science, or (peculation, or history, and to bear away with1 ns the epoile of the field, is a good and vorthy thing. Especially may we rejoice if car daye briog with them a better acquaintance aith the will and ways of God. wounded arm, and, seeing that the prisoners appeared faint from want of food, Bharcd with three synods : Central, North -and Sooth, wilh 'j^.; a total membership of 40,900. Iowa has.two *^ synods, North and Sonth; its number of com--.’ municants is 15,900. Kentucky reports 6,084. - Presbyterians ; Wisconsin, 6,439 ; Missouri, . 8,469; Minnesota, 4,942 ; Kansas, 4,873 ; Michi¬ gan, 12,891 ; Tennessee, 3.568. New York hasp 113,820 ; Pennsylvania, 107,553 members ; New- Jersey, 37,705 members. The whole numbor.' of members in all the States and abroad. is 478,164. From the report of the Secretary of the Penny sylvania Baptist State Convenrion we learn that- stay at home are praying for them and comfort- j his credentials, and to cense to be in name wliat ing them, and encouraging them, and contribu- , he has ceased to be in fact, ting of their means to their support. And this work is not in vain. Little churches, like etnrs in the firmament at night, are dotting every land. Almost every week sees some new lamp lighted. Through the labors of his servants, the Lord is taking possession of the gift of His Father. It is a great work — a work in which men are co-workers with God, and yet there are ' hundreds of God’s people who have no part in 3. Tae new year will certainly biing with it . it. It woubJ be to us one of the saddest things may opportunities of usefulness. No year of ; in tbe world to be compelled to say, “ Iliis is our> has ever passed of which this wns not true. not my work.” Whit wc should desire is that along with tho; There is, too, a work at home. Follow- opportunities. we should have the wisdom and (he heart to use them. May this be the year in xhich wo shall do more and giTe more to Christ md nis cause than in any of the years that have gone before. 1- Aootherthinzthatweehould most ardently xi(h is that our days shall bring with them eome decided improvement in ourselves. We ought ing the law of Christ, which requires us to bear one another’s hardens, generous men nnd women are helping to support feeble churches, nnd to plant new churches in frontier and desti¬ tute regions. They are thus carrying light and blessing where, but for them, light and blessing would not come. They give to their less fortu- , nate fellow-countrymen houses in which to wor- khc tetter to-morrow than we Ьате been to- | ebjpj and the privilege of hearing tlie voice of y. « very far better at the close of the j ,bc iiTing minister. Their work makes solitary «Г 'I l"e beginning. The highest ambi- pbc08 gIad, and causes the desert to rejoice and me eoniof man is to be better and purer, biose0m. Brother, friend, arc you helping in this, or must you turn away and say, “ This is not my work f ” It is the work of the Lord, and it ought to be the work of all tho Lord's the happiest (tale of man is that in whieh he is «liming this highest ambition. As tho wish . Ihc “i>cr >« for “ more !”“ more ! ” so the < , ' »» * A AA V/ 1 c ; PV) 1111 anti it 1 Mb ol the tree man should always be for a people. j»”** ГВМв.*0 • t Let us cultivate a sort of holy jealousy. Let life the , "h0n . br.‘nS UB *° tbe cl0Be ot 1 «в be unwilling that our brethren should have lad' a n.t °д’ ma^ br‘nR U8 a crown °f life, I opportunities and privileges of labor, and of (Wi “ aniianl entrance into the kingdom of ; giving which we do not have. Let us be unwill- - , . _ 1 ing for anything great and good to bo dono with- AfABYLAHD BAPTISTS ! out our aid’ and in CTCry "а-“ let ue bc' .BD<1 re‘ "e have rece' ed th * I joice to he “ fellow-workere unto tho kingdom «veniL m,nQlee of Hie thirty- | 0f God.’- ... . “““! n>«ting Of the Maryland Bap- | - - - - - K[ :en A«socia(ion. It is a valaahle docu- ‘ A LOUISIANA ASSOCIATION. '“-■nd ha* interested us far more thau such ! We have before us the minutes of the eleventh -i..'*1.1011” “«Hy do- At a glance, it per- annual session of the Bayou Macon Baptist bite na In в ix » per- the strength, or rather the weak- Euu. ~-i«lon in one of the original Ireth 1 Ье Union- 11 BhowB us, too, that our a|.jSj I“i*,rbl'l™Sg,inS manfully against great fbt future 11 tbey Association. It is a prosperous little body. Six new churches were added to. it during the past year, and all the churches вате ono are in a condition of vigorous growth. It had a net in- are laying the foundation I creape of membership of more than twenty- m. _ v v . _ ... . _ i tlets in xr ,acccss- The whole number of Bap- 1 eight per cent., and, judging from its various Wet dp?1*"?’ including tlioBC in tho Die- j reports, it is thoroughly engaged in every good 325 i D“b‘a> ‘8 3,528. During tho year i word and work. у ,K .• ; 213 were received by letter ; i Among the corresponding messengers were ft, by experience, and 21 By restore- ! Пспгу Bell, Пепгу Scales, and Richard Eastern, ,lof582- The losses from all causes I (colored). Their presence calling for special Hayfc ’■ lcf y,nK a gain °f 237 members, which! action, Elder K. S. Jackson offered the follow- Йе йсгем *еГИ1 * hop'fa1’ bnt not 8 remark- ! ing resolution, which was adopted : renm» " « I "Jlesolved, That we open correspondence with ‘ “ “ tho Ouachita and Bajou Macon Colored Baptist Association, nnd recognize her delegates, and extend the right hand of fellowship.” of lhe Executive Board of the As- 'RfKion с'". ,bat P,ane have been put into E(v. aro likely to yield good resulte. lie радо- ,x who wae for several years actio- ■■ , “e Georgetown church, has been ri ngeliat and Sunday-school mission- Etbjwixt is n day without yesterday or -to¬ morrow — a line that has no end. them the coarse rye loaf which was to have) the total "number of churches in the State is- served him for supper. He had scarcely done I ... - . & so When" Up "came thvTe'orrour'Ruesian'-greua-l diere, hot with fighting, and raising furious J decrease by deaths, exclusions, letters, etc., cries. ~ | 3,800, showing the total number of Baptists in “ 'Уь?‘ Ort®1.1 Hicy, “ three of these French > the S(ate connected w ith chnrcbes about 62,000. еЛ'Ч^ ^О^ ran Ur0D ",еРПе0П- I Tbcre are about 425 ministers tn charge of "Hold my lads I” cried Mitroplianofl,” “I’ve | churches, leaving nearly 100 churches without green them their lives, nnd no one muet touch , pa9tors. About $15,000 was collected during them now.” Bnt tlie soldiers would not listen to him. and •I P Vi 1 the year by tbe Convention, bnt tbe expend»- . tares exceed this amount, and tbe organization ^r- dogs living jet!” anil they ran upon the prison THE POPE’S MASSACRE-MEDAL . It may be interesting to our readers to ob¬ tain some reliable information about tbe medal which was struck by Pope Gregory . _ _ _ _ _ XIII in commemoration of the St. Bartholo- 1 were rushing forwnrd, when a stvrn voice from mew massacre. The late Alexander Thom- ! b?bind eho.u,c'1 “ "alt an? is Dhont $2,000 in debt. • dirty-faced man, urep«ed only in я coarse linen eon, Esq., of Banchory, Aberdeenshire, was a . elai, t nnd a nair of tattered grey troweers, Tn* Journal of tbe Episcopal Convention of gentleman of wealth and position in the north stepped into the circle. Ijut ragge^and^ dirty j Pennsylvania for 1872 reports 19,318 сотой- of Scotland, and occupied one of the public offices in the country with which connected before bis death. When the British \ “The general/* muttered they, Blinking off. \ clergy, 2,503 Sunday-School teachers, 22,779 Association last met in tbe city cf Aberdeen, | Ay. th® general 1” roared Suwarrow, " who ’ the late Prince Consort, who a be north eteppeu inio me circle, imi raggeu aim am j j pennsvlvania Гог 1872 reports 19,318 commu- ' l“ked more *f right cned’had*^ SS?.%S?S ®burcbes, 4..805 sitring, .5 ehspeis x he was 1 fuR armor. I with 3,185 sittings, 113 parishes, 176 resident his presidency, was a guest of Mr. Thomson, at his estate. Mr. Thomson formerly belonged to the Established church of Scotland, but at tlie disrnption, 1343, formed one of the party who then originated the Free chnreb of Scot¬ land, and at tbo time of his death was one of its elders and leading men. It is from the “Memoir” of this gentleman, edited by Rev. Professor Smeaton, of Edinburgh, that tho fol¬ lowing extract is obtained, having reference to a question which is now a topic of discussion in all the religious circles of England : “ While Mr. Thomson wa3 in Rome, he was at pains to procure a medal struck in commemoration of the slaughter of the Huguenots. He thus de¬ scribes the application made for the medal and bow it was obtained : ‘Members of the church of Rome have often denied, both in speaking and writing, that Gregory XIII struck a medal in honor of one of tho greatest crimes ever committed by man. When in Rome, in 1828-29 I resolved to try to ascertain the fact. I went to the Papal mint in the Vatican, and presented a Het of a few medals I wished to purchase, among which I named Ugoaotornm Strages (the slaughter of the Huguenots). The Си »- lode read my list and said, " I can give you all of those bnt one, of which I am not certain, but I will go and look for it.” Ho returned in a few minutes, and said be had found one im- pression of it, which he banded to me, point¬ ing out that it was badly struck ; he, however, told me they had tho original die, and would bo happy to throw off a few, of which I might have my choice. I secured the damaged one and arranged to rcturnln a fortnight, when he said the others would he ready. I did so, and he produced six, telling me to choose nny one I liked. iTo his considerable suiprise I chose the whol£, instantly paid for them, and walked off with my prize. In order to make them of general use, I distributed them among friends in different parts of the world. One I gave to Rev. Dr. Davis, Episcopalian clergyman in New York ; one to Professor Tholnck, of Halle ; one i- i •* • will liavo вотс of you shot presently if you honored it with cannot ]carn to obey orders better ! “ And you/’ bc added, turning to Mitrophanoff, “ wbo taught you to be eo good Г” “Your bigiincFs' own pelf taught дпе,” no- Bwerod tho grenadier. “ I have not forgotten what you told uelaet week — that a Russian sol¬ dier is not u robber, but a Christian.” j /‘Right !” exclaimed Suwarrow, with a bright¬ ening face. “ Л good word jh never lost, you вес. Give me your hand, my lud ; you shall be a sergeant to-morrow, and a right good one you’ll make.** And the next day bc made good bis word. — Sunday School Visitor. A WOMAN’S QUESTION- An infidel wns lecturing on bis favorite topic, against the Bible and Christianity, in one of rhe large towns of tbe north of England. He was particularly bitter against tbe Word of God. At the conclusion of the lecture, feeling much delighted with bis effort, be eaid : “If anyone wishes to reply let him come forward and speak.’’ “ After a brief period, a middle-aged woman came up to the stand and said : 11 Sir, I wish to ask you a question.” Well, my good woman, what is the ques¬ tion 7” «• Ten years ago/* said “she, “ I was left scholars, 71 parish school teachers, and 1,494 scholars. JOTTINGS. Tn* Catholic Kfvietc says : “The evangelical missionaries ” sent from America and England to the rescue of the benighted Papal population of Rome are having a bard time of it. The funds sent to them from abroad are pretty well exhausted, and as tbe money dwindles so does the number of proselytes. A letter from Rome says: “There is every reason to hope that be¬ fore next spring tbe heterodox Sunday services in the Holy City will agaia be restricted to tbo second floor rooms outside Porta Del Popolo tolerated under Pontifical rule. It is well enough for us to know wbat Papists think of tbo matter, but our readers are probably of a different opinion. Dr. Cote and others have determined to settle permanently in Rome, nnd they are building a bouse for their permanent occupation. Tn* brethren of.South Carolina are making . vigorons and successful efforts for the endow¬ ment of Furman University. They have al-\ ready secured §100,000, and expect to add $50.000 more to that sum in a short time. When tbe endowment is completed the trustees propose to receive students who are qualified •* *. 'd; I widow with eight small children; my husband died poor; ire left me not much except a Bible, j ‘cntcr tbe coiIcge ctasse3 free of'tnition. That book has been read daily, and I’ve found : Tbis thcy win do for ten Jeare_ At a recent sweet comfort and great support in its gracious | mcetiDgj tbe Board conferred the degree of truths. God has blessed me and my children, . Doctor of Divinity on Rev. С. C. Bitting, of and has mercifully supplied my wants and I Ricbmond ya. theirs. I have n good hope in Jesus Christ, and expect when I die to dwell with him for- ' TnI Chicago Standard fears that Sunday- ever. Now, sir, what has your belief done for 1 sch°o1 workers are about to overdo the mnt- yon?” Rather confused, the infidel replied: “My good woman, I'vo no desire to interfere with yonr enjoyment." “That is not the question. IVhat ha*s your way of thinking done for you 7” Mach confounded, the man beat a retreat amid the laughter of a large congregation, who felt the widow - had surely "and effectively si¬ lenced the infidel. ter; and that “Sunday-school teaching is in a fair way to become a highly elaborate thing.” Tho warning is not nnneeded. IVe have felt for a long time that system, method and organization were far too much made the pria- ■ cipal thing. The National Assembly of France appointed • the 17th of last November a day of s'pecia prayer — a significant fact. Jl is to be hoped that France is growing tired of infidelity.