Home and Foreign Journal, July 1873

yol.*KNeW Series. AND b()'" - ^ Fubltebed Monthly by the Boarda <%j%hB Southern Baptist Convention. IRIGECIMlOlsriD, V? p, JTJX/5T, 1873. E2, t SO . 1 00 -2 00 •A 00 S^I.C-bONO-^; Y==^'|^HED MONTHLY 11T THE |SB*r*oft« Southern Baptist Convention. '.TERMS: ,М< *Urw" K,ri~ r" * 7. _ IS crali per copy. _ ,s£.Ml*rfi>u <~I thepepv И.Я aSSTS»»»*» J^er#»T Fjcjti. Mffflon Board. Richmond. Vo.— AM . *25fiia5!i« rrferrnee ы ib. thtoftwd I» nil. IL A. TEITEH. D. 1), Ccrr™- 1 2gs( SeAtu/T) EicboiooU, Та. Г* XZa Indian Mission and Bunday- mrffd. Marion. Ala. — All cemmunieelloiu -W"-** I. «... »l T. SUM- n [(Vrw^odir* .WOTUrj. Merlon, A U. VftSSzVgJ ^Д5,1^! on-N.wVmk.lK.l- ^sVcis jJ-iiral* birtritl SccrHerv of lb. Dootm- -*' "M bi«o Mi*»" R»m (or 0«*AAUl*mi and Дои 1миЯт.Л»«м*«*' о*. - *'» 1OT1. «.Ill for Trial. Гоа1ч>Шс», Пошит, on of E*r 1. B. Link. e riiub!. SormnteoJeot of tka Colors! Ml— loo. ^Sii^ZiOnablUrnt- Г0.1А.И... J/oriow, Ala poon be known only in binlory. The onco row- erf ul tribes, the Creeks, the Chcrokces, nnd tbo Scmlnoles, have dwindled to » handful. The wild Cooanchcs are surrounded by an ever nar¬ rowing circle of fire. The poor Indian ! No man of true sensibilities can look upon him . BAPTISTS AND ITALY. Dr. Jeter furnishca forjhis'popcr a long and interesting article on tho.Alesion to Italy. At the risk of repeating some thing» which we have already mentioned in tbetjjboBNAT., we give his ;rr ч?ъТг ■"» - ~ ! sr;s.”,:;r.,,,f ■ ,,u passion. If ho liaa been resentful, cruel, treach- jfe crous— if be baa emarted under wrongs, real or I 1 con,idcr I(°ly an Inviting Cold for evan- im, Binary, and terribly avenged them_if be 5L Bnd°^ ргоГаЫЫу&^Л^т^Г hae been unwilling to be torn from hie native I No tax la imposed by Gomramcnt for the sup- bunting grounds and to change his bomo at the ! P0^ nt .Catlioliciam. Itdis quite pleated, I command of power— in all this he has but shown : J , KC> ,ti,,b the progreaa if evangelical know- ы»„„г ьы.н«...а^|!й;,“Г.&ЛГ1^Г.Г1*ь: we would probably have acted na he haa done, I Rev. Sir. Nevin, the rector of th& American and the atory of our wroDga would have filled I Episcopal church in ltomr.on,tho lavipg of the tbe.worlila - . :^oruex-etone of а bailee oCVorebTn in the city. Homaniem hae eTidcntlj lbet much of its power ^ . Komametn has eTidentlj loet much of Ив тюкег Bat whatever may haye been the character or in Italy. The people havj not become eJnRel- lie conduct of tbo Indian*, they ore waninjr, j ,cal Cbnetione, but they have but little confi- ni we can only think of them an a doomed . Й5псе in PrieBJe and ifi* the Itopc bimeclf. m'reiv Г тт; ,o ‘t «<■ 1 3ST The7^lnhKuX*fe.« 1 а:эд purely a work of humanity. They ate of the ! and prejudice. They fcci(thonccd of aveligion nature of kindneea to the sick and the dying, j “ore sanctifying and comforting than tho beart- We would rescue them from their blindness and Jeaa mammer‘csof Popcryl .Baptiste, especially, ;-y -у и ь». I ш!ЬЯКЭДЗД5!Зай. i for their own sake, and for Christ’s sake. From 1 Their ancient baptietrire hear constant irstimnnv ! RUSSIAN PERSECUTION. We were talking a fow days since with an es¬ teemed Episcopal friend, n man of piety and extensive reading. Ho had the mistaken idea that tlie Baptists of Virginia, in recalling their past history, were making war upon “ the Church " of the present day. We. explained to him that they were only showing the influence of church establishments, nnd the agency of our brethren in overturning them. “Ah!” said he; “is that all! There is nothing wrong in that ) but you know the union of Church and State is etill an open question.” It Ib no doubt true that there are many persons in America who feel so. They honestly believe that the Statashould-prondo for the Church. It-is-well- for os, therefore, to he constantly reminded that a union of Church and State necessarily leads, in a greater or less degref, to. religious perse¬ cution. In Russia there is a State religion — in Russia there is persecution. The Quarterly lie- porter, Mr. Onckcn’s paper, says : ^ . Our friends will all rejoice to hear that the circulation of the new version of tho New Tes¬ tament, ordered by the present Emperor of 3STo; 1— "Wiiole ISTo.' eS^. - . . ' - --"2^ THE GREAT BAPTIST FAMILY OF THEias” _ . . SOUTHERN states: -IwieSSPy It would bo unjust to the cause of Jesusjind: . to our “ pet family " to uudcjcs.tlmato thcmizi£ bers,- talents, culture, work, and religiousand eocial importance of the people о t whom, wp writ e". It would be selfish and wrong to overestimate-** them. . Am} yet (t roay he impossiblgtciiyrife^ With ‘positive cxactncse:'J ЛгГ approximation’^ all that, any man can mako of the grand esti¬ mate/" In numbers wo fall not far under 'one тфюп of communicants; profceved^.egeneraied^ baptized bcli'evcns. • Tbcorcticaliy- pot a -singie probationer — not- one awaiting confirmation. This suggests immense spiritual strength? Upon the Baptistic nropiwitipn ilu(t rnrh.ts-an.inrle^,- i - pendent thinker, permitted to make up his mind upon cTery.subject taught in the New TeetameAf, u it is simply wonderful lion- euch a multitude, should be so nearly agreed. Upon the great doc¬ trines of. genuine Christianity the whole ‘.South¬ ern Baptist family am almost perfectly agreed. Eo also we may say of church .ordinances .and,-, government. Here, too, ie strength. ■ In point‘d of talent and culture, ae it .applies .to ministers»" *■ * A GOOD PLAN. . i?Sad*y -school in a large church in a large ’Saties city ins a good plan. It uses the uni- fsna.lswn series. That, however, is not the ped flia we refer to. It devotes every -Kth SoaUj— one Sunday a quarter — to a sx-s- meeting for foreign missions. At this : sxfiag the/ have singing and missionary ad- Ьяеее, kith accounts of missionary work, mis- coaarj incidents, and each other things as make . ficraeetiags interesting and profitable. This aapartof the good plan. The other part, which ' they have tot pot into operation yet, contem- fiaiM the support of • miesionary or native ■peither. The brother who informs us of this vlaviaa a lively imagination, and gives a plcas- щ aad graphic sketch of what might be the resdt U all would act upon it. And truly a tn iajetos would thus be given to our mission- cyaori, while the ehurehee would be trained Й paler usefolneee, and a far higher type of Ajartcf this plan is sow In operation-fa at kast cat of our Southern schools'. The- Eucday- kK*1 at Greenville, S. C., supports a native^ rxacher. Several church missionary Societies" So tie lame. We believe this is true of the Gadel bpiare eharch, Charleston, S C., of one Zf fie Baptist chinches at Louisville, Ky., and d the Second Baptist church, Bichmond, Va. Тешаег wonder that more of our wealthy and kfcestialyfiurcbcs do not do the same. Such Irak weald awaken new life In them, and de- ilbfe a power among them which they hardly beam cf poeeeeeing. та cot onr pastors think of this matter I Or, if lie psetor is already burdened with work, и ’A often the case, will not enterprising pinte members take the matter in hand Г It ГЛ, we believe, about one hundred dollars to npport a native preacher in China or Africa, ud many of our Sunday-schools could easily r&e that amount. Hundreds of oar churches ttilddoft. Ciewordmore: What of our Domestic Mis-, nn.vorkr Ought not our missionary Soc'.e-- t" include in the objects for which they pray and labor the building up of the waste places ^™rffwn',n^f It would be a thing worthy utteamMUonof any church to keep alive a ' J “‘‘««tiu some city or noighborbood, or t tanew church in some frontier place. '“o»cf a village church in Virginia which ncoongtti and tapported b yt я missionary 10 its infancy, which in forty years hoe a thousand vrhitc members, and ’hat it received . hundred fold. It is a D,r "v'° f,anl “ church like that, and onr f. I ' lu,lon Eoard has planted many such, vb. „ bear ®°re" of the Sunday-school 11*anic7mt”"lentl'!ISEiTen UB,be,eIt for A FEw'rOR CHRIST, i”,"" Inhabitants of the Sandwich ,5,И Sound! ’Ti1' eojinf’ “The palm tree 'bn win, *^e cornl •ball grow, but man fo b* i;e- ww-ay-.**’ This saying seems likely tfal It, y fnlhUedof tho people of thebeau- ahti0- 811anEtonP- Tear oftcrycar tho pop- I'blerJ'!'1"*"’ nnd !n conrso of time the 1 leopiewill probably be extinct. 'kid » nt ,0 ,hink ,hat ‘be religion of ** ron6h‘ to them in their day of ■•7uf0' ,a , a<oonS ‘ho “ all nations ” who ^]'7Г bow before tbo' throne of onr Lord, &iadi r ' rcPretentalive8 from tho Sandwich f” tbo “altitudes of the dying na- Cb-j,. ,,c been saved by Christ and for rf ?tber peoples upon whom the seal VV- The virtual extinefion of the Й, '7' 01 North- American Indians is -r of Й“е. The brave Modocs wUl ! Their ancient baptist rim bear eonstnnt leotimnnv i Kuf«iai,ia already prrducing tho most powerful ! and private memberr, thcrecanhono misUking J i I» / _ _ _ # >. wwwe . - . * ! ЙШ1 uiTinir Piftwli nn lha mlmlo nf man v «mnnwet I . . - ... • .* the aborigines of this North American conti- Д‘ ;* Constantine \ I our вй‘и». Whoever will attend our State Con- to these ignorant, unhappy people, there will come upon ns the blessing of bim that is ready to perish, and the blessing of Him who said, rove^on.” 2м”вЙЙгг,?»В' H? read God’s Word, and tbsy.W. summoned “and a°Ieenn fI mkd.“«h.’ .Ig^rt&ng upmtk wha, ttbey meantb/sneb. .endue, J They- Inasmuch a. ye did i, ,0 our cf the Iras, of SJok”?, hX'^m.^^ref^aXthi- *“ f ‘“Я «и’ these, my brethren, ye did it unto Me.” A REMINISCENCE OF MR. SPURGEON. In the winter of 1851 I was attending a Sun¬ day-School Teacher’s Confcranco at the Mission House, Moorgate street, London, presided over , . . graC1 . dox style, tho motions suitable to immersion. , was told by pet sons not favo - principles that many Italians . adopt them. 1 We must not, however^ 1 geliiation of Italy will. Romanism bos culminated in skepticism on tho one hand, or in a dehosing|sunerstition on the ira had better steal than read the Bihlo. . .J t -con- Southern- Baptist- Theological Seminary, Union- ‘ University; lyako Forest College, .Richmond vi College, and Merccr,JUnivcrsity,.nnd. w^k^ovv. ^ prison tbem. from them. vlers were then given: to-Bog-attd IbWl Societylo furnUbjreligious reading for.this lam- ■' „’^ie!.rK«v,,'^.?,'iir."K‘0^eiab*a.' jlj aSd the тШГоД>"у7, ипЬЫп.’ f&rely. G~oI. by Dr. J. Angus, and addressed by the vencra- I Thehefrareh'-T.'l С0!Г^Г*- ! fW sistcre were beaten with jnde',lwcMy-fire LL«'s''a^rcaf work Torus to do. May he give ив Ые Sheridan Knowles, the then recently-con- ;« a m;I-htvooierfo?evl1 etripee cach’ ®nd- another, ecTCUty years old, grace Jo. do it 1— ГЛе MaplLst. verted tragedian. During , be conference a wild- with n^m'ntX rets, .ЭТХйе. о? b^l eighteen rfriinm on her bare Jrnck Four 1. - - - - - - _ , , , . ' « . 1 au 1 u,gn*/*r>” o* brethren Lad also twenlr-fiTe etripte each. The The number of mxfiuonary bibo* ere. sapported looking youtli arose t? speak on the teacher’s variou, orders having large possessions, and maJor cnme bimeclf to the Aeeting, drove out in the Southern Stats в and in Mexico be.t worl?(we learned at cicee of meeting that it was lnflaence 10 ‘h° the congregation, -and allowed the window» to Rev’. С. II. Spurgeon, just settled in London). 3d in tn the EiS rite? 1 b'broken.^ ^ AnOfherofficiatstrnc'khrpiWSison Among otlxf geed things which charmed the, :em., Toneglectorrenoiinre RomanhmlnvoIre»|^,ti\tl°lle^,t,n}l-l,',^qagdS;.4bwugLg3vasl :^.Wieneeiwag'xaTHwm:15-wwIe»irTe'uHTtnTjerl-OiIg-S^y‘?88~op*ehftrmctl!r, PULibvggrriTCF" pTangelidal - - . - - - ’ — V . done to another brother and four sistcis. When • Of these- about JOO have t ism m inramous. As yet the converts to evan- they were bringing food ,0 the prisoners, , heir seven theological institutes, gelical principles are mostly poor and illiterate. . jiehee nere hrokln and the fhod taken Irom 1 In America that fact wonld present no serious tliem. л meroorinl to tho Governor-General ; discouragement. The poor of ono gcnerat.on produced n0 cffect. Tw0 broIhren have now ... .1 L.I-U Л1 .„J mill.,., piuuueev. **v* A « w. o.ltu.vtl UUW ЛВ01И1Ш1Г I inU.Lt., Ui VlUVluu keeps pscetuJm.t^i.l 'prreperity. In ilaly *“а П1°С Ь'Ье" аП|1 “ bidden ,hc Са,Ьо1!с сЬ№“ °f ‘ poverty is hereditary, as well as general. It 1 take books out of the Public Libi cr^eI?:.e'-ir»«rtTIwwSvlr'“wle»u г*ыошъегуП115к!*‘‘‘|*гв1М:Ь*гтсгег, hue ^yianrece-evangelicaT-" nlj h"^ ),jm tied fast to a post. The вате was bW/: “My grandmother, withfwhom I n*ntf *® Л!Т?".“*Г «lone to another brother and four sistcis. When my childhood, had a room shccalled her museum, stocked with a variety of curious and interesting objects. She kept it locked generally, but on one rare occasion, finding it unlocked, I delighted myself in exploring its wonders. On the man¬ tel-shelf 1 observed something which greatly delighted my curiosity— an odd-shaped, bottle with a very fine apple filling it out. How came the apple in the bottle Г was the question X vainly strove to solve, yet did not caie to. inquire, but strove to discover for myself. “ On descending tbe stairs os e day in the fol¬ lowing spring, my attention was arrested, by a similarly formed .bottle hanging in the apple tree near the window.. I was eoon as c lose aa. I could in the Southern States and in Mexico bv.the Home Mission Society during the year has been. 103 ; the ntnnbor-of churches organized on this dents ‘under inetiuction, between 700 and 800. Of these- about 700 have been taught in our- porerty is hereditary, as well as general continues from century to century. It is yet to be seen what an open Bible, free schools, and fall religious freedom, can do for Italy.” A DESTITUTE COUNTBY.- A brolber, in sending a club for the JoniXAn, writes of his part of Louisiana : A country more dcstitnte.of the Gospel is i A QUESTION ON “APOSTOLIC SUCCESSION.” The strict Episcopalians, in common with Ro¬ man, Greek, and other “ Catholics,” hold that no man is n minister of the gospel, duly autho¬ rized to preach nnd administer sacraments, un¬ less he hss been ordained by a bishop, who was ordained by a bishop, and so on tc‘ some bishop hard to find. Baptist churches are scarce, and j who 'Bas ordaincd ЬУ an °Poe,,c- -Ministers eo> . ministers are still more scarce. To give you an i caI1fd> in “,he maF bc recognized get, and found the bottle was. tied there, with | illea of tbe Iabor imposed on some of the minis- ’ EOod mcn '"ho do somc б00*1’ but *htlr nHnmte- tfce apple just foimed from the blossom gently | te„ cf tbjB country, I ride on horseback a die- rial /anclionB n,c pronounced null and of no ef- . • • .1 at 1 n .«.и и • ' f-.i *n.:. «к.... _ _ т _ _ x * _ fixed in the small neck. Happy in the idea that I had unravelled the mystery, I kept watch of its growth as it continued to devclopc, till one day I missed it. When the museum* door was unlocked, I beheld the new wonder beside the old one. “ Now, Sunday-school teachers, this is what I wish you to aim at : instil the truths of the Saviour’s glorious, character and mission into the minds of your youthful charges, and eo strive to train their tender hearts in religious W3ys, that when they grow up, itlwUl be as im¬ possible to extract them as was to remove tho apple from the bottle.” — Examiner and Chron¬ icle. WELL PUT. tance of eighty-five miles to preach to a church once a month, which I trust has becn-planted by tbe hand of God, through my instrumentality, on tbe gulf coast in this State. The church was organized with nine mcmbcrslaet November; it now numbers seventeen. It is located in a very destitute section. I do this without salary or proepect of one.” 1 But for these mcn — some of them, as the writer of theaboTe, poor in this world’s goods — who go a warfare at their own charges, what would become of tbo poor; scattered people f While Baptists felicitate themselves on their great numbers in the South, it might bo well for them to remember that their prosperity is due in no email degree to tho self-denying and un¬ paid labors of their ministers.- Ought we not Rev. H. F. Buckner, who has devoted twenty- tQ heJ them bcar tfco burdon Г five years of his life to tbe cause of Indian mis- | _ sions, writes an interesting article on that sub- 1 _ i ject for the Central JJaplist. Ho may well have I IaronrasT testimony to tho efficacy of the act joy in the thought that ho has not labored in j of baptism, ns a source of strength to Christian vain His name will be prominently connected | converts, is borne by Rev. Mr. Wall, nowlabor- with’ the history of evangelical labors among ’ bg as a missionary in I?ome. Ho finds that that unfortunate people. Ho thus states the those convert.! who are willing to rccc.ve bap- case of the Indians, and states it well : , *»» a™ ‘be most to be depended upon of all the “We should reflect that Indians are Литап 1 Italian population. Ho says. ‘If a man has beings — are susceptible of the same impressions , ad°l«d Christianity, and .ratified his conversion that our people are. They can be made better by bapt.sm, ho has cut himself off from his old. or worse by the same means which benefit or . associations vrith Горегу in an Irremovable injure other people. Nothing more is necessary manner, lie has by this act given a strong pre- thsn to allow the Indians such advantages aa i *e»‘ aga.nrt .nfant baptism, with all its super- essential to tho well-being of the white peo- ! atltions, winch ho has undergone at tho hands end .her- too. will he happy- Human na- of the Romish priest. It is. Indeed, pnseiag the Rubicon ’ with him. His faithfulness, so far as earthly instrumentality con go, is assured.” These statements were lately brought up at tho annual meeting of tho English Bible Transla¬ tion Society, held In London, and referred to aa peculiarly significomt. “ Repent and bo bap¬ tized, every ono of you, In the namo of Jesus Christ, for the remirsion of sins, and ye shall receive the gift of tho Holy-Ghost.”— Horning Star. - 4 : w‘.> pie, and they, too, wiU he happy, ture is the same the world over, and If wo were denied every blceslsg that comes from an en¬ lightened Christianity, -Jo would all bo Modocs— we would all bc savuge and revengeful. Wo charge upon them a want of discrimination be¬ tween good an! bad white men, while We are guilty of a similar crime. We confine Satanta and Big Tree in a Texas penitentiary because Captain Jack, of a far-distant tribe, has com¬ mitted a grave offence I feet. This theory is ingeniously questioned by a correspondent of The Congregationalist in tbe light of certain Scriptures which certainly do not yield themselves very easily to agreement with the prelatical theory : When Apollos came to Ephesus he knew only of the baptism of John, and that his instruction in Christian theology was all given to him by the kindness of Aquila and Priscilla, who “expound¬ ed unto him tho. way of God more perfectly.” Then it seems as soon ns ho hail thus completed his education, the brethren at Ephesus wrote a letter recommending him ns a preacher! There had been no apostle at Ephesus since tho time when Apollos began his gospel studies, and yet without waiting for tbo arrival of one of the twelve, he is sent out as an accredited minister of the church! But thcmattersccmsto grow worso and worse. When Apollos arrived at Corinth, Paul had un¬ doubtedly departed from there, hut ho threw himself heartily into tho work which the apostle had so grandly commcncod. But during nil this time it is evident ho could bavo no oppor¬ tunity to get any better ordination than that which had boen given to him by the brethren of that little church In Ephesus. And yet only a littlo while afterwards, wlich St. Paul wroto hia JOTTINGS. ABCHBisncr Pcxcelz., of Cincinnati, has for- that city to Library, on the I ground that American literature is immoral. The same high authority would foibid the read¬ ing of the Bible on the ground that it leads to heresy. The reading of our Catholic friends must bc of narrow limits. The facts of the caie almost justify the use of an illustration we heard used lately. Tho speaker said that, ac¬ cording to Catholic authority, grace, knowledge, salvation, and all good things are treasured -up in a 5 rent reservoir called tbo Church, whence it issues to certain great pipes, called archbish¬ ops, from them to other large pipee, caUed bishops, and from them to a multitude of little pipes, called priests, from whom the people re¬ ceive their supplies. Ввотпев W. M. Goccii writes to the Texas Baptist Hcraldt “The missionary cause in northwestern Texas is progressing, nnd we trust some good is being accomplished. The mission¬ ary of Shiloh Association- has been operating with considerable zeal nnd good results in the frontier settlements of Cook nnd Montague countiee. Recently it has been ray privilege to organize two promising churches, and will, in the providence of God, soon organize others.” - Dr. Jeteb says : “ It is due to Dr. Cote to state that his dismission by the Board was not caused by any immorality on his part, but they were of the opinion that bis com plication .with the unfortunate difficulties had excited preju¬ dices against him that would prevent, or seri¬ ously injure, his usefulness in Rome.” Wc be¬ lieve he has Dr. Jeter’s undiminished confidence. Brother J. J. Toon, for many years proprie- , , , . . , tor of the Christian Index ami Baptist, hao Epistlo to.tho Corinthians, U referred to Apcl- q( ^ Ые„,4 ,hat p.pcr to Messrs^ J. P. Harrison S Co. At tho time of wrjting^r- this it has not been announced who is to1 be-itsf > editor. Will Dr. Shaver risumetho chair which bc so long adorned ? Judging from what tho papers 6ny, Dr. Win¬ kler mnst bavo mud-) a flno impression at the Mississippi Convention. Ills speech for the Orphan’s Heme is spoken of as .one of those “ enthusiastic outbursts of eloquence which theR- ' real orator givca.vcut to but once or twico.in a , ' los ae a minister to Christ like himself, and en titled to like respect. Ho might cosily bavo said that ho thought Apollos was a good man, nnd that ho was glad to все his Christian zeal nnd knowledge; he might have made a remark about tho uncouenem- ted mercies of God, but lie ought to liavo told tho Corinthians that this man was nol a minis¬ ter. His words arc very extraordinary, consid¬ ering tho position wliicli Apollos occupied. “Who then is Paul, and who is Apollos, but ministers by whom ye believed, even ns tho Lord gave to every man! I have planted, Apollos watered; but God gave tho increase.” Could the church at Ephesus make Apollos a ! lifetime.” minister or not f “ The Raven and the Ring ” was originally Sublishcd in the Examiner' and Chronicle, of lew York. Tho author wroto it for tho nmueo- ment and instruction of his own children, and republishes it In the liopo that other people’s children may read it with interest and profit. It is found on the fourth page. - a at 1 Brother Botkin, who happily survives the i death of tho Sunday-School Board of tho South- -- ern Baptist Convention, reports Kina Doras as doing weH. - Kind TTmi c*n never die." _ Brother W. D. Rice, of Silver Street, S. C-, ~ represents bis churches as Industrious, well-to- do; liberal, and progressive.' -They are constant readers of, the Hone and Foreign Jocenal.