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LETTER FROM TEXAS.
Great Revival in Nivasota —Interesting Details—
Some Wnnderfnl Conversions —Penn, the Texan
Revivalist—His Work.
Navasota, Texas, Feb. 29, 1876.
Editors Index— We are passing
through a wonderful revival. A letter
in a late copy of the Huntsville (Texas)
Item, gives a’ tolerably fair outline of
the work, and I send it to you, hoping
you may spread it before your readers.
In addition to what “ N.” states, I will
say, there were thirteen baptized last
Wednesday, (23d,) by Rev. Sam. B.
“McJunkin) who is a native of Georgia,
and there were three united with the
Methodist church last Sunday, who
are converts of this revival. There are
about twenty more to be baptized, and
every day new converts come forward.
Several more have joined the Baptist
church by letter and restoration. There
is a genuine awakening, as is evidenced
by numbers of the most abandoned sin
ners going forward for prayer.
One gentleman, who has been a reg
ular gambler since he was fourteen
years old, and who is now about forty,
was amongst the first to be converted
and baptized. As an evidence of his
sincerity and the genuineness of his
change, he burnt up all his cards, his
dice, dice boxes, his faro-dealer’s ap
paratus, and all pertaining thereto. A
man offered him seventy-five dollars for
the outfit, which was probably not half
their cost, but he promptly refused,
saying they would do harm, they had
done harm, and he was determined they
never should do any more. See Acts
xix: 19.
Another was keeping a bar, and he
has quit it and gone into other busi
ness. Last night the principal bar
and billiard saloon keeper went up for
prayer, and he it was, who tried to buy
out the gambler’s outfit.
The youngest convert is a girl aged
nine years, but the large majority are
adults, and fully as many males as fe
males.
Brother Penn has set the time twic“
or thrice to leave aud go elsewhere,
but each time the encouraging nature
of the work has induced him to stay a
little longer.
He began his labors last October, at
Tyler, Texas, has worked at four places
—Jefferson, Calvert, Bryan, and wit
nessed the conversion and restoration
of over four hundred people.
I leave you to make comments, and
your readers to break forth into rejoic
ing at God’s wonderful work.
A. R. Kilpatrick.
From the Huntsville (Texas) Item.
A NAVSOTA REVIVAL,
February 14, 1876.
Mb. Item —The Gospel ministrations
of the Baptist lay preacher, Mr. Wm.
E. Penn, of Jefferson, Texas, are going
on in our midst. I presume you have
heard of him in the last year or so, as
rising up in imitation of, or emulation
of, the lay preacher, Mr. Moody, of
Chicago.
Mr. Penn began preaching here on
Sunday, 6th instant, having been in
vited by the Baptist church. He
brought the new song books of Bliss,
containing the songs sung by Sankey,
Bliss and others, on revival occasions
with so much power and effect. As
we were entirely ignorant of these
songs, Mr. Penn organized a singing
class, ar.d has taught many how to sing
them and accompany with an instru
ment. Mr. Penn takes things calmly,
patiently, and really carrying out the
saying of “ not crowding the mourn
ers;” arguing that gradual evolution
and development is the great law gov
erning all the works of the Creator.
At first every thing was cold and phleg
matic, if not antagonistic, but the wise
man says, a constant dropping weareth
away the stone. Gradually the apathy
and frigidity were followed by energy
and warmth, until now there is quite a
degree of zeal, power and vital heat.
About a dozen have joined the church,
several backsliderslhave been reclaimed,
and some who held letters in their
trunks and bandboxes till they were
crumpled, creased and rendered almost
illegible, have come forward and handed
them in for membership.
As Mr. Penn is not an ordained
minister, so he does not feel obliged to
conform to the usages and practices
followed by minis* era in their clerical
office. Before singing, he sometimes
speaks several minutes on that subject,
or the theme of the song. Before
prayer he generally gives an exordium
on prayer, its objects and purposes, as
well as its needs and the condition of
the petitioner, thereby preparing the
hearts of all to enter upon prayer with
proper feelings and due solemnity and
earnestness. He reads small portions
of Scripture as a nucleus, or point of
departure, but he makes no regular
sermon, or set speech on the text as is
usually done by clergymen. His aim
is to reach the hearts and concentrate
the thoughts and feelings of each one
on his or her own individual state or
condition, as they stand in relation to
God. By earnest appeals, addressed
apparently to each individual, by re
peated prayers, causing each and all to
identify himself in the words used ; by
joyous and grateful praise by every
person inthe house, thus bringing them
to feel that “ I am worshipping here,”
“ I am praying for my soul’s salvation;”
each one is induced to cry out, “ God
be merciful to me a sinner,” “ Lord,
what wilt thou have me to do?”
“ What must I do to be saved P”
| Penn makes no attempts at eloquence,
THE CHRISTIAN INDEX AND SOUTH-WESTERN BAPTIST.
or oratory. He speaks as one dying
man to another, urging them, “To seek
the Lord while He may be found, and
call upon Him while He is near;” for
“now is the day of salvation!” He is
of commanding presence, dark skin,
hair and eyes; full toned voice, clear
and harmonious, and fluent speech.
There is an earneslness and intensive
ness in his words and manner which as
sure the listener that he (the speaker)
believes every word ' e utters, and feels
the great necessity for you to believe it
also. He leaves the stand and walks
the aisles, approaches ycu and appeals
to you directly. I can see only one
defect in his preaching, and it is that
he so seldom quotes Scripture to es
tablish a point, or illustrate a subject.
I judge by this, that in his youth he
did not attend Sunday-s bool and fail
ed to memorize verses. He is (or was)
a lawyer in full practice in Jefferson,
but has laid it aside, to go fully into
this work, and intimates that he will
confirm himself to Texas. He is about
fifty years of age, married, but child
less. Mrs. Penn is with him.
Crowded houses attended him day
and night, and last Friday nigh* he had
the most complimentary attestation of
his popularity, for the people manifest
ed their appreciation of his services, as
well as showed their good sense and
good manners.. The Wallace troupe
performed that night, and it was
thought and feared the church would
be quite thinly attended ; but the house
was full, and he complimented them.
Nevertheless there were some who had
been on the mourners’ bench, who
went to the theater, thereby showing
the weakness and frailty of mankind.
Prayer-meetings are conducted at
several residences at the same hour
every afternoon, and at 10 o’clock am.,
every day at the Baptist church. The
other preachers waive services at. their
churches for the nonce, and throw in
their oars in the revival. As in all in
stances heretofore, the recruits are
gathered mostly from the children and
youth. Wickedness abounds here and
everywhere, and we hail this revival
with joy aud gladness, and bid the
Evangelist God speed. Yours, N.
fissions.
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'MISSIONARIES FOR AFRICA.
DEEPLY INTERESTING LETTER FROM
THE WEST COAST OF AFRICA.
A STIRRING APPEAL FOR HELP —ACTION
OF COLORED BAPTIST CHURCHES.
We have received the following let
ter and “Appeal to the colored Baptists
of America” from Rev. Henry Morgan,
Chairman, and Rev. Emanuel Love,
Secretary, in pursuance of action re
cently taken by the colored churches
of Augusta, which took form in the
following resolutions:
Whereas, The subject of missions in Africa
has become one of much interest to us;
Resolved, That we have another meeting to
be held with this church, and that the action of
said meeting be published in The Cristian
Index ol Atlanta, Ga., with the letter we re
ceived from Africa. Adopted.
The following persons have agreed
to go to Africa : L. S. Ingraham, C.
T. Walker, Jos. Lanier, Jackson Law
son and F. H. Drayton. Most of these
are pupils of the colored Theological
school in Augusta.
On March 2d another meeting was
held, largely attended, at which Rev.
Dr. Watts, and Rev. Robert Kent
preached able sermons on the subject
of Missions. At this meeting it was
Resolved, That we earnestly hope that the
white churches will co-operate with us in pre
paring young men for this great work. We
are not able to educate and send them there
without help.
LETTER TO THE STUDENTS OF THE THEOLOG
ICAL SEMINARY.
Lagos, Welt C. Africa, Dec. 13,1875.
To the Students — Dear Brethren :
I send the enclosed “appeal” to you,
hoping that it may call your attention
to the great work before us as a de
nomination, and praying that the Lord
may impress upon the minds of some
of you the importance of your personal
engagement in the work. Brother
Calley, a graduate of the Richmond
Institute, is here laboring very earn
estly with me. We are the only
Baptists out here, and are trying to
get some brethren of America to sym
pathize with us to that extent that
they will “come over and help us,” for
the harvest truly, is great. May God
help you to consider it. If you desire
to write to us concerning the matter,
we would be pleased to give you all the
information we can, and would be glad
to hear from you, and have you to re
member us in your prayers for our
Mission prosperity.
I am yours, affectionately,
W. J. David,
TO THE COLORED BAPTISTS OF AMERICA.
Lagos, West Africa, Dec. 14, 1875.
Dear Brethren. —Permit a few
words on a great subject in behalf of a
great people—the cause of humanity
and the cause of God. I have been in
your motherland almost one year.
During the time I have ftei much of
the sad condition of your people, whose
history is one of the darkest of heath
enism and henighcedness. Great
wretchedness everywhere abounds—
darkness covers the land, and gross
darkness the people. “ Social evils
universally prevail; confidence and se
curity are destroyed.” Licentiousness
abounds in all sections with its bane
ful influence. The fatal ordeal of Sas
sy Wood, fetichism, human sacrific.
and devil worship are devouring men,
women and children by hundreds and
thousands every year. They have not
the light and liberties of the Gospel,
and consequently are living aud dying
without hope in God. Their lives are
full of sadness and wretchedness, of
slavish and demon fear. To make my
statement more explicit: The ordeal
of Sassy Wood is on this wise: If a
person is supposed to be guilty, or the
devil priest says he is, of witchcraft or
some other evil, they at once extract
the poison from the Sassy Wood tree,
whence its jname ; about one quart of
this is given in a wooden bowl to the
unfortuuate man, when he is forced to
drink against all possible resistance on
his part, knowing but few ever vomit
it up and escape death. While the un
fortunate man is passing away, he is
drawn through the streets by his feet,
and peited with stones until his spirit
takes its departure from its suffering on
earth into the dark unknown.
Fetichism, which is the worship of
any material thing, may be seen on ap
proaching any town or house. Some
times they are made of feathers, sprink
led with blood, of mud, wood or stone.
They hold as sacred birds, snakes,
beasts and animals. They have their
gods of thunder, seasons, rivers, etc.
There is quite a renowned snake tem
ple in Dahomey. The power of these
reptiles is relied upon to save the king
dom from the conquering armies of
Agajah. No person would think of
killing one of these snakes purposely,
but sometimes they are accidentally
killed. During the reign of the late
king of Dahomey the person who was
so unfortunate as to kill one, was at
once sacrificed, and his wives and prop
erty were confiscated.
The punishment now is more cruel
than formerly. A meeting of the
Fetich priests is convened, and a hut of
sticksthatched with long dry grass, is
erected before the snake house. Tho
victim is seated within this structure,
his clothes and body are well daubed
with palm oil mixed with the fat of the
murdered god. Then the Fetich
priests, or “snake wives” take sticks
etc., and stand around the house. The
signal is given for fire to be put to the
hut, which being so very dry is all in a
blaze immediately, also the clothes of
the poor man ; he makes a rush with
all speed to the nearest water, but the
moment he leaves the flaming house
the wicked priests begin their merciless
wi rk of flogging, and pelting him un
til the unfortunate wretch either makes
his escape, or, which is more certain,
falls clubbed to death. His very sad
exit from this life is only a foretaste of
the eternal world he is so barbarously
ushered into. There is much more
connected with this snake worship, but
I shall forbear mentioning it.
The more nefarious custom of hu
man sacrifice also abounds. There is a
native chief under a large bail in town
who has made a practice of going every
year into the interior to engage in this
diabolical practice. lam glad to say
that in the Yoruba country, where we
are operating, it is not engaged in as
formerly; all are made secretly, but
no one can tell how many are thus im
molated. There is a powerful tribe
bounding this on the west which sacri
fices hundreds of human victims evert
tear. Many other customs could be
spoken of, but it is unnecessary. Simp
ly to state that there are many millions
of men and women dying without the
Gospel, should be sufficient to move
any Christian heart. Enough has been
given to create a demand upon the
Christian world for teachers and
preachers to engage in the evangeliza
tion of this country. I believe it to
be a dutv devolving upon every Chris
tian, whether white or colored, to take
part in this work. But it is human
nature that you should be more inter
ested in the salvation ©f your brethren
than others. Feeling deeply interested
in the work as I do, and aslbelieveyou
would also sympathize with the work
if you were acquainted with the facts,
I make, this appeal in behalf of the
perishing millions of Africa. They
must have the Gospel, or be “cast into
hell with all the nations that forget
God.” “How can they hear with
out a preacher ?” “How can he preach
except he be sent ” For the sake of
the Master, or saving some of these
souls from endless woe, will you not
send over some earnest and consecrated
men to “ help us” in teaching your
heathen brethren ? You have a grand
opportunity before you, if you will
only concentrate your efforts and con
secrate your means, and, young men,
glorious results would follow for our
Lord. You have many young men in
the different schools in the South, who
are preparing for work in the Lo r d’s
vineyard; then why not encourage
them with your prayers and means to
come to this part of it, for it is the
Saviour’s last command to you. Your
opportunity is also a g, eat harvest
field ; we have Lagos with her suburbs
of 65,000 inhabitants, Abeokuta, Iba
dan, Illouin, each 175,000 people, while
many 6t.her towns in this country
(tribe) have a population from 10,000
to 40,000. It is said over 3,000,000 of
people speak the Yoruba language. I
have traveled considerably since I have
been on the coast and have been received
with great kindness and joy, also, in |
every instance, have been insisted upon
to stay and teach them and their chil
dren. While writing this there are
three man sitting by, who are from a
distance of 80 miles interiorward, and
want to know how long it will be before
T will come to their town and teach
them. When there is such a broad
field before you, and Christ is com
manding “ Go and teach,” and they are
crying “ come over and help us,” I
earnestly ask what hinders the colored
Christians of America from entering
upon this great work ? Such a grand
and awful necessity, cover'ng a vast
continent, touching the best hopes and
endless destiny of millions of men,
ought to stir the souls of many self
sacrificing spirits, and quicken them to
lofty purposes and noble deeds. When
you consider that never before in your
history, has such a grand and noble
work been opened for you, and at a
time when you are best fitted to do it,
one would scarcely doubt, that you
would allow your Heaven given oppor
tunity to pass unaccepted. Native
teacher’s get from SIOO to $275 per
year here. Then can’t you make one
united and giand effort, and send half
a dozen teachers and preachers out
during 1876, to engage in the evang 1-
ization of your brethren in this country?
I have written this in behalf of your
perishing kindred, whose dying cries
are “come over and help us.” shall
they rise up at the judgment and call
you blessed, or shall they say you
“ cared not for my soul.” May we
sound the trumpet in their land, so that
their blood will not be required at our
hands. Ezekiel xxxiii: 6.
WORK.
Sweet wind, fair wind, where have von been ?
“I’ve been Bweeping iho cobwebs out of the
sky;
I’ve been grinding the grist in the mill hard
by ;
I’ve been laughing at work while others sigh ;
Let those laugh who win!”
Sweet rain, soft rain, what are you doing?
“ I’m urging the corn to fill out its cells ;
I’m helping the lily to fashion its bolls ;
I’m swelling the torrent aud brimming the
wells;
Is that worth pursuing?”
Eedbreast, redbreast, what have you done?
“ I’ve been watching the nest whore my fledg
lings lie;
I’ve Sung them to eleop with a lullaby;
By and by I shall teach them to fly,
Up and away, every one !”
Honey-bee, lronoy-boe, where are you going ?
“To fill my basket with precious pelf;
To toil for my neighbor as well as myself;
To find out tire sweetest flower that grows,
Bo it thistle or be it rose,
A secret worth the knowing I"
Each content with the work to be done,
Ever tire same from sun to sun ;
Shall you aud I be taught to work
By the bee and the bird that scorn to shirk?
Wind and rain fulfilling His word I
Tell me. was ever a legend heard,
Where tiro wind, commanded to blow, deferred :
Or the rain, that was bidden to fall, demurred?
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S. Boykin, editor. Terms, including postage,
which has to be prepaid at the office of publica
tion : W’eekly— single copy, $1.10; ten or
more, each, 63 cents. Semi-Monthly— single
copy, 75 cents; ten or more, each, 33 cents.
Monthly —single copy, 50 cents ; ten or more,
each, 16 cents.
Premiums—A splendid Organ, worth
$215.00, will be given to the school sending the
most money, subscriptions or renewals, in pro
portion to number of the scholars, by Decem
ber next. A magnificieut Communion Set, (five
pieces,) worth $40.00, will be given to schools
sending largest sums, renewals or new subscrip
tion, by November next. A splendid Bible,
$20.00 ; Pulpit Bible. $15.00 ; Family Bible, $lO.-
00; Family Bible, $8.00; Family Bible, $5.00, (or
same value of library or singing books,) to
the next five schools sending the largest amount
by November. Address simply KIND WORDS,
Macon, Ga. jan24-tf
Agents wanted for
THE LIFE AND LABORS OF
LIVINGSTONE.
INCLUDING HIS LAST JOURNALS.
The only complete history of his thirty years
travels in Africa. Vividly portraying his many
thrilling adventures and the wonders and wealth
of that marvelous country.
805 pages—loo rare illustrations. 12,600 copieß
sold in first seven weeks. For terniH and par
ticulars, address National Publishing Cos., 7
and 9 Marietta street, Atlanta, Ga. novlß.6m
A NEW BOOK ON
MOODY and SANKEY
And their Work on Both Sides of tho Sea. By
an eminent Chicago Divine, a neighbor of Mr.
Moody for three years, and an eye-witness of,
and participant in his great revival meetings in
England. Indorsed and approved by eminent
Christians. Says President Fowler, of tho
Northwestern University : “ May Gcd grant this
book a million readers, and many converts to
Christ.” Send for circulars to P. D. RANDALL
A CO., 38 West Fourth Btreet. Cincinnati, Ohio.
dec23.l3t
THE OFFER
The American Baptist Publication Society
wish to mark the Centennial Year
by an offer of
JGIP Unparalleled Attraction!
The Churches that will introduce, during the
first half of the Centennial year, our new and
universally popular
Baptist Hymn Book,
WE WILL FURNISH
100 HYMN BOOKS FOR SSO.
This offer includes the most popular editions,
as follows :
30 Hymn and Tune Books Price, $1 00
25 Hymn Books, (Pew Edition,) “ 125
30 Hymn Books, (Pocket Edition,). “ 75
14 Hymn Books, (Cheap Edition,).. “ 50
1 Pulpit “ 400
100
Those Bookß, at regular prices, amount to
$94 75.
i®” To small churches we will supply
50 BOOKS FOR S2O.
15 Hymn and Tune Books.
15 Hymn Books, (Pocket Edition.)
12 Hymn Books, (Pew Edition.)
8 Hymn Books, (Cheap Edition )
(3T In these offers no modification whatever
will be make.
6vT All other quantities will be sold at regular
introductory prices.
®sT This offer is limited only to the first half
of the Centennial Year, from January 1 to June
30, 1876.
tjfvS" Churches ordering must state positively
that they have not got the Baptist Hymn Book
in use.
The Baptist Hymn Book has already been
adopted by over two thousand churches. Send
for circulars. B. GRIFFTH, Sec’y,
1420 Chestnut St., Philadelphia.
Branch Housrs— 2 Turnout Temple, Boston; 76
E. Ninth street, New York; 61 Washington street,
Chicago; 20U N. Sixth street, St. Louis. sep2tf
AGENTS WANTED FOfi
THE WONDERFUL CAREER OF
Moody & Sankey,
in Groat Britain and America. By an Eminent
Divine. Has over 600 pages and 20 illustrations.
Prtee $2. Best book to sell. No other com
plete. 300 agents made first month. Selling bv
the thousands. Address H. S. GOODSPEED &
CO., 14 Barclay street, New York. jan2o.3m
AGENTS WANTED FOR RIDPATIPS
HISTORY OF THE U S.
Embracing a clear account of the Aborigines :
the Norse explorations of the Eleventh Century
a full scries of progressive Maps; numerous col
ored chronological Charts (after the plan of Ly
man s Historical Chart); the largest and finest
gallery of Portraits ever incorporated in a work
of this kind, and topographical diagrams that
accurately locate every important military cam
paign, battle scene, etc. These distinctive fea
tures, ana its many other excellencies, make it
the most rapidlv Beilin* book ever offered to
agents. Ass BOOK FOR .$3. Send for illustra
ted circular and terms. JONES BROTHERS A
CO., Publishers, Memphis and Atlanta. felo-18t
TAS. P. HARRISON A CO., Printers, Publish
fj ers aud Blank Book Manufacturers, Atlanta