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REVIVAL SCENES AND INCI
DENTS.
The revival of which I spoke in my
last article, during which I was baptiz
ed, extended along the whole seacoast
of Georgia and South Carolina, affec
ting all denominations, and embracing
in its influence all classes and condi
tions of men. The high and the low,
the rich and poor, masters and servants
were seen “ flocking together as a
clouds and as the doves to their win
dows.” Several prominent men, who
had been out-spoken infidels and per
secutors of the saints, renounced their
unbelief and became followers of the
Lamb. Christians became zealous and
confident, and were found every man
in his place round about the camp.”
The young converts were not over
looked and neglected, as is too often
the case now-a-days. But, so soon as
they were converted, the older mem
bers managed to draw them out in the
Master’s service. "Young men’s prayer
meetings” are not a new invention. In
such a meeting I was induced to take
part in public prayer and exhortation
before I was sixteen, and in less than
a year thereafter, was in the habit of
going into the pulpit with the preach
ers and following their sermons with
exhortations. Christians spoke freely
of their personal religious experience
on all suitable occasions, and social
gatherings were often turned into pray
er-meetings. Being on a visit to a
neighboring church, I went with father
Conner (as he was called), to spend
the night with one of the members.
The afternoon was spent in singing,
prayer, and religious conversation. I
heard father Conner ask a poor widow
if she took pleasure in reading the
Scriptures? She replied that “she had
only a New Testament, the print of
which was too small for her eyes, but
she had her children to read that to
her.” I said nothing, but resolved to
make an effort to furnish her with a
Bible with suitable print. Returning
home, I applied to Col. Law, Presi
dent of the Liberty County Bible Socie
ty, who gave me an order for a Bible.
That Bible was conveyed fifteen miles
on horse-back, and then three or four
miles in my arms to the church at their
next meeting. Upon receiving it the
poor widow was affected to tears, and
laying her hand on my head, pronoun
ced a blessing upon me, the benefit of
,whidi I believe,remayi.s with, we till,
this I th*fs became a Cotpftrfeur'
before I ever heard the outlandish word
spoken or saw it in print.
The next revival that I witnessed was
in Sunbury in the fall of 1827. Chris
tians had relapsed into comparative
coldness, and iniquity was abounding
more than for years previous. Yet it
was known to the faithful, that some of
God’s elect were crying unto him day
and night, especially as we had heard
of the great revival that was prevail
ing in Middle Georgia. 1 was residing
at the time on my father’s farm, a few
miles from town, having been compell
ed to relinquish, the prosecution of my
education on account of his death,
learning on a certain evening, that
Rev. Jos. C. Stiles, fresh from Middle
Georgia, would lecture* in our church,
I set out at once to hear him. The
meeting was held, not in the church,
but in the pastor’s parlor, the remem
berance of which would naturally lin
ger with a man throughout a long life
time, and may be revived in the eter
nal world. He did not pretend to
preach, but simply gave an account of
the wonderful work of grace of which he
had been an eye-witness, and by which
thousands hail been brought into the
Kingdom. In closing he requested all
who desired to have a similar blessing
extended to us to bow at our seats.
We were all on our knees in an instant,
the power of the Holy Ghost came
down, and a revival ensued in which
many were brought to Christ. Other
churches (some of them other denomi
nations,) were embraced in its influ
ence, and great good resulted.
Several conversions (like those of
Saul of Tarsus and the jailor,) were
sudden. Some weak Christians don’t
believe in sudden conversions. Let
me give two instances: James C.
Screven, the pastor’s son, was a wild
and prodigal young man, whoso course
had given much anxiety to his friends.
He was arrested by the Spirit of God,
turned from his evil ways, embraced
the Saviour, made a public profession
of faith in Him, and soon
commenced preaching, and was
one of the most devout and godly
men the State has ever produced. I
have never known a better man than
James C. Screven. Yet his change
was sudden, and there were some who
doubted its genuineness for a time.
(Fora fuller account of this good man
see “History of Ga. Baptista.”). Mr.
L . was my brother-in-law. Up
to the commencement of the revival,
he had been a careless, hardened sin
ner. He attended the meeting occa
sionally, but there were no indications
of a change for the better. On a cer
tain night Mr. Stiles preached a pow
erful sermon to the impenitent. No
sooner was the benediction pronounc
od, than he grasped his wife’s hand,
hurried her out of the church and into
his carriage, and started for home at a
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break-neck speed. I had been detained
in the church a few moments. Upon
reaching my carriage, a gentleman
(who was going home with me,) said,
Mr. G is acting very strangely—
you had better overtake him, if you
can.” Knowing my horse was faster
than his, I set out in pursuit. It was
a bright moonlight night. In two or
three miles I overtook him, still driv
ing at a Jehu rate. Hailing my sister
to know if anything was the matter,
she an’swered, “No; don’t be anxious
about me. Only prav that my hus
band may not quench the spirit.” Next
morning before sunrise, I received a
note from her, saying, “Come over,
and rejoice with me. My husband is
converted.” I went accordingly and
found him as happy a mortal as I ever
saw. He said, “If you had known
what an awful sense of my lost condi
tion was upon me, and how the wrath
of God was hanging over me, you
would not have wondered at my con
duct last night. I could not close my
eyes until I found peace in Christ.”
His change was genuine, as was attest
ed by his conduct in after years, and
until God took him to himself.
There are some who would have the
cause of Christ advancing steadily and
gradually, and sinners to be converted
without excitement. They have not
much objection [to other kinds of ex
citement ; but they have a horror of
religious excitement. Would it not
be better for all to consent that the
Lord shall do his own work, in his
own way?
I may be permitted to say in this
connection, that I consider Dr. Stiles
the greatest preacher I ever heard, ex
cept Dr. Richard Fuller, late of Balti
more. I have no idea there has been
the equal of the latter on the earth in
the last hundred years.
J. H. Campbell.
Columbus, Oa.
RESOLUTIONS OF TH ANKS.
Danburg, Ga., August 16, 1879.
Dear Index : lam glad to say to
you we are in our new house of wor
ship in Danburg. It is neat and even
elegant. We held our last meeting in
it. The following are the resolutions
which were adopted by the church :
Whereas, Bro. John L. Anderson, in
consideration only of our old building,
has constructed, at great trouble and
expense, this building, and conveyed
the same by deed to our church;
therefore,
Resolved, That our thanks are due,
and are hereby tendered, to Bro. An
derson and his wife, Sister Fannie T.
Anderson, (she having given the work
her supervision,) for their princely lib
erality and artistic, skill displayed in
the construction, ctnvenienqf, camfort
and taste of this building.
2. We will ever pray that they may
realize the sacred truths—“lt is more
blessed to give than to receive,” and
“The Lord loveth a cheerful giver.”
3. That these resolutions be placed
upon the church book as a memento of
their liberality, and that the Clerk be
instructed to transmit a copy to Broth
er and Sister Anderson.
We have had a very interesting
meeting of seven days in Danburg.
The church was greatly revived, and
there were four members added, tWo
by baptism.
We have also had a good meeting at
Friendship, where we received eight by
baptism. This church is in good con
dition.
I am now in a meeting at Fishing
Creek It promises well. We are
praying and hoping for great things
from the Lord. Pray for us. There
have been other meetings of some in
terest around us.
Fraternally, J. H. Fortson.
THE APPALACHEE ASSOCIA
TION.
The session of this body for the
present year has been appointed to
convene with the church at New Hope,
Greene county, on Friday before the
third Sabbath in Septemlier next.
Owing to the effect on our crops of a
long and protracted drouth, some fears
have been entertained and many spec
ulations indulged in relative to the
ability of our vicinity to entertainthat
body. The recent mins and the resus
citation of our late crops renders the
question no longer one of doubt, and
we say, come on, brethren and friends.
We may not be able to entertain you
with as many of the luxuries of life as
in former days, but we have plenty of
the substantiate. We know it is de
sirable that this body should hold its
session, but we desire to change the
time of the meeting from Friday to
Tuesday before the third Sabbath in
September, Tuesday being the annual
time of its meeting heretofore, and we
think the change will not only las
agreeable but desirable by the churches.
Therefore, be it
Resolved, That the delegates compo
sing the Appalachee Association are re
spectfully requested to convene at New
Hope church, Greene County, on Tues
day before the 3d Sabbath in Septemlier,
instead of Friday, as published in the
minutes, and that a copy of the above
preamble and resolution be sent to
The Christian Index for publication;
and that the Church Clerk notify the
several churches composing the Appa
lachee Association of the action of
New Hope church.
Done by order of the church, this
19th August, 1879.
• J. V. Thomas, Church Clerk.
MR. MOODY IN BALTIMORE.
THE MAN, HIS PLANS, HIS WORK.
For more than six months Baltimore has
bad the labors of the evangelist, Mr. Moody.
And whatever else may be said of him, cer
tainly every one who knows anything about
him will say he is a most -emarkable man.
He is a two hundred and forty pouSder, to
begin with, so we have heard, ana his looks
justify belief in the statement. His perpen
dicularity is not unmual, but his circumfer
ence may well come under the above used
term of “remarkable." It does not, how
ever, render him awkward, as we h»ve seen
him in full run to one of his appointments.
His very appearance is strength personified,
and herein is a wonderful power over his
audiences He stands so firmly on a plat
form and look- so strong, that fifteen hun
dred people feel very much dieposed to let
him do or say what he pleases, and to be
satisfied with it, whether they consider it
well done or not. We have seen him at
times when beseemed for a moment to fairly
lift his audience up and hold them right and
left by sh--er physical force. Standing be
fore a congregation, however large, he looks
as if he is “master of the situation.” In
keeping with his strong bodily presence, he
has a real power of endurance, which has
been simply amazing to every one who
knows what he, has gone through with dur
ing the past winter. On all hands we have
heard it said, “Howcan he stand so much?”
In no other specirl gift have we considered
Mr. Moody so far beyond ordinary m-n as
in that of simple physical endowments. And
yet we are very far from intimating that he
is not remarkable in many other gifts for his
work. He is, with all his appearance of
fore *, a tender and deeply emotional spirit,
and shows great kindness of heart and sym
pathy towards all men. He is gifted with a
large measure of that subtle power which
can be called nothing better than personal
magnetism. Another of his best gifts for
success is strong common sense; and still
another, which is a twin sister to this, is
tact. He has, with all these, great decisions
of character, and manages somehow to carry
out his purposes, Impressing people, however,
not so much with his determination as with
the r eeling that he is righl. He is quick to
lay hold upon things that are for the mo
ment, and produces electrical
effects, which seem to come naturally, rather
than to have been strained after or forced.
Besides these natural endowments, he seems
to have been laid hold of very powerfully
by grace, and was genuinely and thoroughly
converted from Unitarianism. He cameout
of the conflict with a firm grasp on Christ
as his Saviour through faith. And all his
preaching is the testimony of a man who
says and feels, “I know whom I have be
lieved.” He dwells much on assurance, and
speaks even with a dogmatic confidence, that
is often most unsatisfactory to logical minds,
and to [lersons who may not be entirely as
sured as to the Bible is like wheeling in
circles; but to the multitude this is power
fully persuasive and sweeping. His faith,
which to men seems so bold and assertive,
is, when he comes into the presence of Deitv,
like that of a little importunate child. No
one can fail to mark this who has beard him
pray. We have l>een w>th him when a
dozen or more brethren had iieen called to
gether for social prayer, and heard him call
upon God with strong crying and tears for
power from on high. Histc^aracterand life
are evidently pervade <l/ experi-
mental piety; and those who come closest to
him mark most of it. We have never heard
one person who had com in content with
uim question his honesty, stnceriSy or piety.
With all these gifts, is it any wonder that he
produces a profound impression wherever he
goes? No one of them alone would doit,
but possessing so many elements of power,
so finely adjusted and well balanced, he
seems specially fitted to do a great work.
His sermons are not by any means homilet
ical. They would often be more satisfactory
if they were more so, provided they could be
so and retain their peculiar moodyishneu.
But that they could not do, and so they are
far better for him as they are. They con
sist principally of sharp, clear joints,stated
practically, and, as he says, ‘‘peppered” with
illustrations, which are drawn from Scrip
ture and every other available source, espe
cially from his own exjierience and oliserva
tion. One hear.- over and over the expres
sions, “I saw,” “I remember,” “When I was
in England,” etc., etc., which shallow criti*
cism may sometimes censure as savoring t ,o
much of the first personal pronoun singular,
but which shows really a kind of self forget
fulness, by the very fact that he has not
thought enough of self-effect to insert the
more egotistical “we.” His illustrations are
sometimes pathetic, moving him and his
audience to tears; sometimes they produce
rolicksome, uproarious mirth. We have
heard sermons from him whose chief good,
as it seemed to some i.i his audience, was
rather as good bait for another haul. What
ever may have been hi* aim, they were well
suited to make men want to come again,
which, perhaps, is not so low an aim as
many who preach to empty seats and scorn ,
so-called “sensationalism' 1 would seem to I
think. Mr. Moodv’s chief strength in
preaching seems to lie the way in which he
reaches men with the word'of Ood. He
knows two books wonderfully well—namely,
human nature and the Bible. Much of his
preaching is so called “Bible reading,”
which, by tho way, might be very appro
priately called system tic theology popular
ised, provided it would not frighten people
away from it by the name. At any rate, that
is what it is, when well done. And would i
there were more of it, as also of consecutive i
Bible study from the pulpit! We hail this
new set in the direction of Bible readings as '
the dawn of a more general acquaintance
with the book of inspiration, and we trust it
will not be long until a popular demand will
allow and conqiel preachers to confine them
selves more to their legitimate doty to
“preach the word” rather than deliver ora
lions from the pulpit. Mr. Moody seems
specially gifted for this work of "Bible read
ing.” He has incorporated the doctrines
into his faith, and we nave heard him otter
few things which we believed unwarranted
by Scripture. The first portions of his ser
mons ate oftentimes not by any means re
markably good, and in some'of his exegeti
cal remarks he gets sound doctrine rather by
the analogy of Scripture than by strict exe
fesis. He has evidently read much of Me
ntoeh and spiritualizes a good deal, gener
ally with good sense and excellent effect
He preaches enthusiastically, much of the
time with Bible in hand, and whatever may
be the effect of the first part of his sermons,
people are wonderfully awake at the close.
And it is their own fault if they do not feel
that then and there they can and ought to
settle the question of their soul’s salvation.
When he has finished preaching, sometimes
scores press into the inquiry room to know
what they must do-to be saved. When
preaching is done so well and so powerfully,
it seems almost wrong to make a small criti
cism, and yet it would not give M correct an
idea of Mr. Moody’s preaching did we not
I say that his audiences have to get used to a
I good deal of odd grammar, such, for exsm
| pie, as “He hadn’t ought to do it,” (which,
though German elegance, is not standard
i English,) and other expressions both un
grammatical and inelegant. He has also
some queer pronunciations, and is not an
impressive reader. His great effect as a
preacher is produced in spite of these things.
It has seemed strange that many people
whose flesh would creep all over them at a
slip in grammar or a slang word or expres
sion used in the social circle or in their owa
pulpit, will apparently fail to notice these
things in Mr. Moody. The most cultivated
and refined in Baltimore have crowded to
hear him to the last, and, as well as the
common people, have heard him gladly.
F. H. K.
P. S.—Will say something at another time
concerning his plana and work.
DR. WEAVERS RE-IMMERSION
AND A SCRAP OF HISTORY.
[As we have heretofore said nothing
about Dr. Weaver’s case, it wiil be
necessary to state the facts briefly, in
order that our readers may understand
what follows. Well, Dr. Weaver, of
Kentucky, has been performing for
some time all the functions of a Bap
tist minister. He himself was bap
tized, not by a Baptist, but by a Meth
ohist preacher. Much dissatisfaction
arose in consequence of the irregulari
ty of his baptism, and to quiet this,
Dr. Weaver submitted to rebaptism at
the hands of Dr. J. P. Boyce. The
rebaptism was administered on the re
sponsibility of the two parties named,
without the authority of a church.
Various practical questions have arisen
from the facts. Many persons have
been baptized by Dr. Weaver, and they
are scattered in all directions. Are
they all to be hunted up and rebap
tized? Suppose that some of those
baptized by Dr. Weaver are ministers
and that they have baptized many, are
they, too, to be rebaptized? The ques
tion is not what ought to have been
done at first, but what ought to be done
now. Having said this much, we let
our correspondent speak for himself.—
Ed. Index.]
In Campbell’s “Georgia Baptists,”
(edition of 1847,) page 213, is found
the following record:
“In October, 1788, the session of the
Georgia Association was held at Clark’s
Station. . . . One thing, however,
occurred on this occasion, which de
serves a passing notice. Mr. James
Hutchinson, a Methodist preacher, ap
peared at this session and requested an
opportunity to relate his experience and
faith in Christ, with a view to his lie
coming a member of the church at
that place. But although lie gave up
the Methodist discipline and doctrines,
and embraced fully those of the Bap
tist denomination, he did not feel at
liberty to give up his baptism, having
been. tmniersetMipon a profession of his
faith, by the Rev. ?Jr. Humphries, a
regular minister of the Methodist con
nection. This was made a question
for the Association then sitting; and
to the body there appeared so much of
Gospel order in it, that Mr. Hutchinson
was admitted by the consent of the
body, upon his baptism thus re
ceived. But in the end it terminat
ed unfortunately. Many were not well
pleased with such a course, and there
fore it led on to strife and confusion.
However, as he was an eloquent man,
and truly fervent in spirit, many were
conciliated by his zeal and persever
ance ; and strong hopes were enter
tained that much good would be effec
ted through his instrumentality.
“Not long after this, Mr. Hutchinson
made a visit to his relations in Loudoun
county, Virginia, and commenced
preaching in the woods. The people
erected a commodious arbor and stand,
and there he continued his ministra
tions with great success for the space
of twelve months. He received and
baptized about one hundred persons as
the fruit of his labors, and they were
formed into a church. But here end
ed the joy. For no sooner did they
apply for admission into the association
than the validity of their minister’s
baptism was called in question, which,
of course, involved a question of the
validity of the baptism of the whole
church. It became a subject of deep
interest in the association ; a majority
prevailed against it, and consequently
the church was rejected. At this par
ticular crisis, Mr. Hutchinson submit
ted to a re-immersion, and his people,
with two or three exceptions, followed
his example.”
Thus terminated a most fierce and
distressing controversy. So much for
admitting a pedo-baptist administration
of the ordinance of baptism.”
J. L. U.
Camilla, Ga.
I ROM A NATIVE INDIAN.
Middle Creek, I. T.,1
Aug. 4th, 1879. j
Editor Index,
The readers of your paper would
like to know how the mission work
rnooves among the Creek Indians First
allow me as a native of this nation to
congratulate the Western Aossociation
of Georgia for the appointing of that
noble young man (the Rev Orange
Broch ( as ther general missionary
among us. Bro Broch is an excilant
young man, entirely devoted to the
masters work in all things. It was
through his preaching that the Princi
pl Chief was brought to seek the Lord.
He was babtised by the Rev John Mc-
Intosh in a short time after his con
viction under the preaching of this
noble young missionary Bro Broch.
Our minister and deacons meeting con-
▼eans at Wewoka Chrurch sth Inst
where we expect to listen to one of bro
Brocks noble sermons on the distruc
tion of Sodom and Gomorrah.
Father Buckner who has been our
missionary for the past 30 years has
established him self among us a last
ing friendship. Dr. Buckner and bro
Broch is the only two white missiona
ries we have among us and we pray
the board to continue them as they are
good men and ther hearts are in the
work.
Our Association will meet with the
Wewoka Church Sept 10th instead of
the 3rd.
I hope the people of your State
(especialy the readers of your valuble
paper) will enable us to obtain S. S.
Book for our Sunday schools.
I will close by asking an interest in
your prayer for the cause of the bap
tist missions in all lands.
Please correct all mistakes if you
see fit to publish this as I am not an
expert writer.
I am Your brother in Christ
A Native Ministir.
[We have thought best not to cor
rect the little mistakes in composition
made by our good Indian brother; his
letter is more interesting just as he
wrote it, and in printing we have fol
lowed copy closely.—Ed. Index.]
AMONG THE BOARDS.
To facilitate and expedite work for
the Master the great bodies of Baptists
have appointed the Boards above re
ferred to. These Boards are not self
constituted authorities; they have no
power except that delegated to them
by the conventions. They are not
self-sustaining; they have no funds
excepts as brethren may contribute.
They are not the judiciary to hear ap
peals and redress the wrongs of breth
ren and churches.
Baptists have but one court of ap
peals. The highest judiciary known
in ecclesiastical affairs is the church.
The Boards do not constitute a legis
lative body to enact laws for the gov
ernment of Christ’s kingdom. Bap
tists know but one code and no man dare
to amend, substitute or abolish a single
injunction there set forth by the Great
Head of the church. The Boards are
simply the servants—and in many in
stances the veriest slaves—of the
church. They receive their orders in
directly from the church and make
their reports to the same body and
dispatch their work in accordance with
the will of the brethren. They are
not permanent institutions but are
creatures whose life is dependent en
tirely upon the churches. Neverthe
less they are useful—almost indispen
sible—to the prosecution of the work
of the chuach. They ccmcentrate the
powers of the brethren, they send bad?
information from the fields, they for
ward supplies to laborers in distant
regions, and they, in a great measure,
keep the brethren united at home.
They stimulate the disciples in their
comfortable homes and they encour
age the heralds in their efforts abroad.
They wave one hand back over the
christianized lands and say to the
children of the Father, “Let us love
one another,” while with the other they
point to farofl - fields and shout, “Go
over and possess the land.”
the state board.
The State Mission Board is located
in Atlanta and consists of A. T. Spald
ing, Chairman; J. H. DeVotie, Cor
responding Secretary; R. B. Headen,
Treasurer; D. E. Butler, D. W. Gwin,
G. A. Nunnally, J. G. Ryals, V. C. Nor
cross, F. M. Daniel, J. S. Lawton.
This Board has monthly meetings at
the cost of the individual members
comprising it.
It has a ten-fold work.
Ist. The necessities of destitute por
tions of Georgia. The appointment of
missionaries to labor within our own
bounds, and the collection of funds to
support them. It has at present about
twenty who are fathfully and success-
the gospel in different
parts of the State. (In our next is
sue we will give their names and sta
tions.) Some are among the moun
tains making the very hills and cliffs
ring with gospel echoes. Some are in
the middle belt treading their way
through cotton plantations and preach
ing to the colored people and laboring
in destitute neighborhoods. Others
are on the seaboard mingling the mel
odies of Zion with the dash of the bil
lows and breaking the glad news to
desolate hearts along our coasts.
2d. This State Mission Board also
has committed to its care the collec
tion and forwarding of funds to the
other Boards. It is the business of its
Secretary, Dr. DeVotie, to represent
the interest of the entire field from his
office in Atlanta, Ga., to the uttermost
parts of the earth—that is, so far as
the collection of funds for the several
fields is concerned. Brethren are re
quested to send all moneys through
him, no matter for what purpose in
tended. By doing so, they will get a
receipt immediately for the same and
get due credit for it in our representa
tion in the Southern Baptist Conven
tion. If you wish to know anything,
write to him. It is his business to be a
moving, traveling, portable compendi
um of all missionary information. If
you wish to give anything, for any pur
pose, send it to him. He is the distrib
uting office—a kind of religious quar
termaster from whom supplies are sent
to the different divisions of the grand
army of the Lord. There is very little
red-tape about his office, but there is
considerable demand for greenbacks.
THE HOME MISSION BOARD.
This Board is located in Marion,
Ala., and Dr. W. H. Mclntosh is the
Corresponding Secretary. It has for
its field the destitute portions of
those States which have no State
Board, the Indian in the far West and
I the Chinese in California. This Board
. has the following missionaries in its
| employ:
W. A. Forbes, Little Rock, Ark.
J. H. Hendon, Birmingham, Ala.
W. H. Dodson, San Antonia, Tex.
J. H. Campbell, Columbus, Ga.
H. M. King, Fernandina, Fla.
T. P. Boone, Fayetteville, Ark.
W. J. Hughes, Webster, Fla.
Dennis Spencer, Orange, Fla.
N. T. Byans, Brown co., Tex.
J. M. Butler, Richmond, Va.
J. B. Hartwell, raising funds for
Cal.
CHINESE MISSION.
W. H. Barksdale, Memphis, Tenn.
J. T. Shaw, Arkansas.
H. F. Buckner, Creek Nation.
John Mclntosh, Wild Tribes In
dians.
Willis Burns, Chickasaw Nation.
A. F. Ross, Choctaw “
J. M. Berryman, Creek “
Washington Kennon, Creek “
Lewis Cass, Choctaw “
Such is its list of workers, and what
a glorious work they are doing. Un
der the benign influences of the gospel
as dispensed by them the desert and
waste places are blossoming as the
rose. The lion of the wild tribe loses
his mane and becomes clothed in the
fleece of the lamb. The vulture's tal
ons lose their ferocious grasp and the
voice of the turtle is heard in the land,
the war whoop has been changed to
the voice of prayer and praise. In
stead of the wigwam they have a
pleasant home. Instead of the bloody
tomahawk they use the sword of the
Spirit, the word of God.
Any contribution you would make
toward their support should be sent to
Dr. J. H. DeVotie, Atlanta, Ga. It
would be a pleasure to him to receive
large amounts for this field. He is
peculiarly identified with this depart
ment. The Home Board was for a '
long time under his charge and he
looks upon it as his daughter, while he
regards the Indian as his brother. He
has lieen among them ; he loves them
and it would be the joy of his heart to
see them all at the feet* of Jesus.
THE FOREIGN MISSION BOARD.
This Board is located at Richmond,
Va., and has Dr. H. A. Tupper for Cor
responding Secretary. Its field lies in
the “regions beyond.” It takes in all
the world outside of the United States.
Reader, do you have any idea how large .
the world is? “Regions -beyond”—
"beyond” the wild Atlantic out of whose
avatery depths a thousand islands rise
and beg for the bread of life. “Be
yond” the confused tongues of Europe
and the priest-ridden land of Italy.
“Beyond,” and Turkey from beneath
the shadow of the Mosque calls for the
light of truth—“beyond;” and Arabia
and India and China, and still the
millions crowd along the shore—“be
yond ;” and Africa, black under the
tropical sun and benighted under hea
thenis superstitions, stretch forth as
Ethiopia still crying for the true altars
of our God and the waters of our life
—“beyondit means on and on and
on until you sail into port upon the t
placid waters of the mild Pacific and
touching again your native land you
praise the God of your salvation and
wonder at the matchless grace which is
adequate to save a “world that lieth in
wickedness.”
Here is the working force of the
Foreign Board:
CHINA.
At Tung Chau—P. 0. Chefoo.—T.
P. Crawford, Mrs. Crawford, Mrs. 8. J.
Holmes, Miss L. Moon, Woo Tswun
Chau, (nativepastor.)
At Shanghai.—M. T. Yates, Mrs.
Yates, Wong Ping San, (native pastor,)
and one native assistant.
At Canton.—R. H. Graves, Mrs.
Graves, Miss Lula Whilden, Yong Seen
San and eleven other native assistants
and Bible-women.
AFRICA.
At Abeokuta—P. 0. Lagos.—W. J.
David and two native assistants.
At I jAgos.—W. W. Colley and one
native assistant.
ITALY.
At Rome.—G. B. Taylor and Signor
Corcoda.
At La Tour.—Signor Ferraris.
“ Milan.—Signor Paschetto.
“ Modena and Carpi.— Signor
Martinelli.
At Naples.—Signor Colombo.
“ Bari.—Signor Volpi.
“ Barletta.—Signor Basile.
“ Island of Sardinia. Signor
Cossu.
At Venice.—Signor Bellondi.
If you have any funds for this work,
send them directly to Dr. J. H. De-
Votie, Atlanta, Ga.,and he will send
you a receipt, forward the money and
enter the same upon the books of his
office. Such is the work undertaken
by Southern Baptists. No one pos
sessed of the spirit of Christ would
have us contract our field or call in
the laliorers; and no one, however
zealous, could ask us to undertake
more, for we are struggling, weeping,
preaching and praying to bring the
whole world and lay it at the feet of
Jesus.