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PROCEEDINGS OP T H E

EIGHTEENTH MEETING OP T H E

Southern Baptist Convention, HELD IN T H E

ST. FEANCIS STEEET BAPTIST CHUECH,

MOBILE, ALABAMA,

MAY

8th, 9th, 10th, and 12th, 1873.

LOUISVILLE: BRADLEY & GILBERT, PRINTERS, CORNER THIRD AND GREEN STREETS.

1873.

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Officers of the Convention , t Boards of the Convention Constitution . Proceedings and List of Delegates .. Action as to S. B. Theological Seminary it 17 Eeport of Committee on Indian Missions Report of Committee on Request of Modisett Report of Committee on Systematic Giving...... Report of Committee on China Missions Report of Committee on Time and Place of next Meeting Resolutions as to Day of Prayer for Colleges Report of Committee on Finances Report of Committee on Freedmen Report of Committee on W o r k of Domestic Mission Board, and its plan of operations. Report of Committee on Future Plans of Sunday School Board. Report of Committee on Italian Missions Report of Committee on N e w Fields of Domestic Mission Board Report of Committee on H o m e and Foreign Journal Report of Committee on Agent American and Foreign Bible Society.... Report of Committee on Indian Missions Report of Committee on African Missions.. Report of Committee on Sunday School Organization Report of Committee on Address of Abraham Jaeger

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OFFICERS OF THE CONVENTION.

PRESIDENT :

JAMES P. BOYCE, OF SOUTH CAROLINA. VICE PRESIDENTS:

M. P. LOWRY, OF MISSISSIPPI, JOHN KERR, OF N O R T H CAROLINA, H. H. TUCKER, OF GEORGIA, S. L. HELM, OF KENTUCKY. SECRETARIES;

M. B. WHARTON, OF KENTUCKY, W. O. TUGGLE, OF GEORGIA. TREASURER :

G. W. NORTON, OF KENTUCKY. AUDITOR :

N. LONG, OF KENTUCKY.

PKEAMBLE AND CONSTITUTION.

W e , the delegates from Missionary Societies, churches, and other religious bodies of the Baptist denominations in various parts of the United States, met in convention in the city of Augusta, Georgia, for the purpose of carrying into effect the henevolent intentions of our constituents hy organizing a plan for eliciting, comhining, and directing the energies of the whole denomination in one sacred effort for the propagation of the gospel, agree to the following rules or fundamental principles: A R T I C L E I. This body shall he styled the "Southern Baptist Convention." A R T I C L E II. It shall be the design of this Convention to promote foreign and domestic missions, and other important objects connected with the Redeemer's kingdom, and to combine for this purpose such portions of the Baptist denomination in the United States as m a y desire a general organization for Christian benevolence, which shall fully respect the independence and equal rights of the churches. A R T I C L E III. The Convention shall consist of members w h o contribute funds, or are delegated by religious bodies contributing funds, on the basis of one delegate for every hundred dollars contributed to our funds at any time within the twelve months preceding the meeting of the body; provided, however, that in case of great collateral societies, composed of representatives receiving contributions from different parts of the country, the ratio of representation shall be one delegate for every thousand dollars paid within the current year; but the number of such representatives shall never exceed five. A R T I C L E IV. The officers of this Convention shall be a President, four Vice Presidents, a Treasurer, and two Secretaries, w h o shall be elected at each annual meeting, and hold their office until a new election; and the officers of the Convention shall be, each by virtue of his office, members of the several Boards. A R T I C L E V . The Convention shall elect at each annual meeting as m a n y Boards of Managers as in its judgment will be necessary for carrying out the benevolent objects it m a y determine to promote—all which Boards shall continue in office until a n e w election. Each Board shall consist of a President, Vice President, Secretaries, Treasurer, Auditor, and fifteen other members; seven of w h o m , including one or more of the officers, shall form a quorum for the transaction of business. T o each Board shall be committed, during the recess of the Convention, the entire management of all the affairs relating to the object with whose interest it shall be charged, all of which management shall be in strict accordance with the constitutional provisions adopted by this Convention and such other instructions as m a y be given from time to time. Each Board shall have power to m a k e such compensation to its Secretaries and Treasurer as it m a y think right;fillthe vacancies occurring in its o w n body, and enact its o w n by-laws. A R T I C L E V I . The Treasurer of each Board shall faithfully account for all ments, moneys and received m a k e byreport him, of keep thema to regular the Convention entry of allwhenever receipts it andshall disbursebe in

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session, and to this Board as often as required. H e shall also, on entering upon the duties of his office, give competent security to the President of the Board for all the stock and funds committed to his care. His books shall be open at all times to the inspection of any m e m b e r of the Convention and of his Board. N o moneys shall be paid out of any of the treasuries of the Board, but by an an order from the Board from whose treasury the money is to be drawn, which order shall be signed by its presiding officer. A R T I C L E V I I . The Corresponding Secretaries of the^several Boards shall maintain intercourse, by letter, with such individuals or public bodies as the interests of their respective bodies m a y require. Copies of all such communications, with their answers, if any, shall be kept by them on file. A R T I C L E VIII. The Recording Secretaries of the several Boards shall keep a fair record of their proceedings, and of such other documents as m a y be committed to them for the purpose. A R T I C L E I X . All the officers, Boards, missionaries, and agents appointed by the Convention, or by any of its Boards, shall be members of some regular church, in union with the churches composing this Convention. A R T I C L E X . Missionaries appointed by any of the Boards of this Convention must, previous to their appointment, furnish evidence of genuine piety, fervent zeal in their Master's cause, and talents whichfitthem for the service for which they offer themselves. A R T I C L E X L The bodies and individuals composing this Convention shall have the right to specify the object or objects to which their contributions shall be applied. But when no such specification is made, the Convention will make the appropriation at its o w n discretion. A R T I C L E XII. The Convention shall hold its meetings annually, but extra meetings m a y be called by the President, with the approbation of any one of the Boards of Managers. A majority of the attending delegates shall form a quorum for the transaction of business. The President, or in the event of his death, any of the Vice Presidents of the Convention may, at the request of two of its Boards, postpone or alter the place of the meeting of the Convention, when it m a y be deemed by him inexpedient to convene at the time or place appointed. A R T I C L E XIII. A n y alterations which experience shall dictate m a y be made in these Articles, by a vote of two-thirds of the members present, at any annual meeting of the Convention.

PROCEEDINGS OF

THE

SOUTHERN BAPTIST CONVENTION. EIGHTEENTH SESSION.

MOBILE, A L A B A M A , May 8, 1873, T H U R S D A Y , 10 o'clock, A.

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According to appointment, the Delegates of the SOUTHERN BAPmet at the St. Francis Street Baptist Church, and

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were called to order by President J. P. Boyce, of South Carolina. After singing, the President read the 6th chapter of Hebrews, and prayer was offered by J. M . W o o d , of Georgia. A s the Secretaries of the last Convention were not present, on motion of W . D . T h o m a s , of Virginia, M . B . Wharton, of K e n tucky, and W . O . Tuggle, of Georgia, were appointed Temporary Secretaries. T h e names of the Delegates were presented, read, and referred to the Committee on Credentials, w h o subsequently reported as follows:

Report of the Committee on Credentials. Tour Committee beg leave to report that they find the following Delegates present from the various constituents of this Convention, and entitled to seats: 1, Maryland, 3 delegates; 2, Virginia, 11 delegates; 3, North Carolina, 6 delegates; 4, South Carolina, 28 delegates; 5, Georgia, 25 delegates; 6, Alabama, 86 delegates; 7, Mississippi, 46 delegates; 8, Louisiana, 5 delegates; 9. Texas, 14 delegates; 10, Tennessee, 20 delegates; 11, Kentucky, 12 delegates; 12 Missouri, 4 delegates; 13, Texas, 1 delegate; 14, California, 1 delegate. Total—262.

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LIST OF DELEGATES. MARYLAND. First Church, Baltimore—J. W . M. Williams, T. T. Gwin. Eutaw Place Church, Baltimore.—Joshua Levering. Woman's Mission to Woman.—J. W . M. Williams. VIRGINIA. A. E. Dickinson, G. B. Taylor, C. T. Sutherlin, J. R. Garlick, W . D. Thomas, J. W . Jones, H. A. Tupper, W . A. Montgomery, J. T. Kincannon, J. B. Taylor, Jr. N O R T H CAROLINA. John Kerr, James Collins, J. B. Boone, J. H. Mills, M. M . Welsh, E. F. Eton. SOUTH CAROLINA. J. P. Boyce, J. C. Furman, J. A. Broadus, W . H. Whitsitt, J. Stout, J. K. Mendenhall, W . L. Brown, R. N. Pratt, W . A. Therrell, O. F. Gregory, B. O. Mauldin, L.'H. Shuck, J. A. Chambliss, W . C. Lindsay, J.J. Getsinger, D. W . Cuttino, W . J. Snider, J. O. B. Lowry, T. P. Smith, J. G. Milnor, C. N. Donalson, J. R. Leavell, C. H. Toy. Welsh Neck Association.—J. O. B. Dargan, F. W . Eason, J. A. W . Thomas, G. P. Blackwell, T. P. Lide, Sr. GEORGIA. T. E. Skinner, A. R. Callaway, J. H. Kilpatrick, H. H. Tucker, J. Dixon, J. H. Hall, T. Harley, W . O. Tuggle, A. E. McGarity, C. H. Strickland, A. D. Phillips, C. Leavell, M. J. Wellborn, C. A. Davis, Jr., F. M. Haygood, T. H. Morgan, J. M. Wood, J. L. Underwood, A. W . Rhodes, C. A. Kendrick, W - N. Chaudoin, Rufus Figh, Israel Putnam, W . H. Mcintosh, E. W . Warren, Jas. H. Low.

ALABAMA. Union Association.—William Ashcraft. Selma Church.—1. T. Tichenor, E. B. Teague. P. H. Lundy, J. Nelson, W . B. Crumpton, W . C. Morrow, Andrew Jay, G. W . Curry, John D. Beck, A. J. Waldrop, J. H. Curry, E. T. Smith, P. M. Musgrove, W . H. Williams, T. C. Boykin, W . E. Lloyd, M. G. Hudson, B. F. Riley, S. A. Goodwin, J. E. Bell, T. N. Coleman, C. W . Buck, M. Bishop, J. W . Hudson, R. C. Keeble, T. F. Waldrop, W . Harrison Williams, B. A. Jackson, G. W . McQueen, J, B. Mynatt, A. V. Hawthorn, A. M . Hanks, R. F. Manly, H. R. Au ey, A. J. Robinson, A. B. Couch, H. P. Hanson, L. M. Stone, L. M. Sto..oman, J. T.vDonaldson, D. W . Gwin, M . W . Hand, Willis Burns, L. M. Eton, J. H. Rush, J. Mitchell. Eufaula Church.—P. T. Warren. St. Francis Street Church, Mobile, Ala.—A. B. Woodfin, C. E. Thames

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A. Cuthbert, A. P. Bush, T. P. Miller, E. S. Perryman, T. G. Bush, William Spence, L. W . Lawler, R. F. Manly. Grove Hill Church.—W. J. Parker. 'Providence Association, Alabama.—A. B. Couch, E. L. Perryman, C. E. Thames, R. Weaver, D. P. Bestor, J. A. Reynolds, M. G. Hudson, E. B. Lott, T. C. Carter, J. R. Malone, J. P. May, Dudley Rayford, G. F. Williams, G. A. Pearce, J. H. Rush, H. P. Hanson, B. R. Jackson, J. L. Gray, C. F. Sturgis, C. W . Hare, H. H. Sturgis, J. Nelson. Siloam Baptist Church, Marion, Ala.—E. T. Winkler, M. T. Sumner, D. R. Lide, J. B. Lovelace, R. H. Rawlings. MISSISSIPPI. M. P. Lowrey, H. Y. Sproles, W . H. Leavell, J. B. Hamberlin, W . E. Tynes, T. Whitfield, W . S. Webb, J. A. Hackett, W . H. Davis, W . A. Mason, J. L. Pettigrew, T. G. Sellars, T. J. Walne, C. E. Braiiie, J. E. White, J. W . Bozeman, J. H. Cason, W . H. Tucker, H. J. Vanlandigham, W . L. Gideon, G. B. Eager, D. I. Purser, S. M. Hollingsworth, J. W . Burress, N. M. Hollingsworth, Geo. Wharton, W . H. Carruthers, A. A. Lomax, T. B. Dalton, J. L. Dupree, T. J. Dupree, E. Dupree, R. M. Leavell, N. M. Berry, R. H. Whitfield, W . D. Robins, A. J. Quinche, J. W . Tolson, J. D. Bills, William Sloan, W . H. Hardy, J. H. Berry, J. C. Orr, J. S. Berry, J. J. Carter.

LOUISIANA.

First Church, New Orleans, La.—E. K. Branch, S. A. Hayden. Coliseum Place, New Orleans.—E. G. Taylor, E. C. Palmer, R. H. Browne TEXAS. W . Cary Crane, O. H. P. Garrett, G. W . Pickett, B. B. Phipps, H. Clark, M. V. Smith, J. C. Mundine, Reddin Andrews, Jr., J. B. McClellan, William Howard, E. B. Hardie, J. T. S. Park, W . E. Penn, M. Lynch.

TENNESSEE. J. H. Borum, Mat. Hillsman, G. W . Young, S. Landrum, J. R. Graves, A. Hatchett, L. H. Milliken, G. A. Lofton, S. Boykin, J. H. Holt, E. Dodson, L. Savage, P. T. Glass. General Association, Middle Tennessee and North Alabama.—B. W . Bus sey, T. G. Jones, Jas. Thomas, A. D. Trimble. General Association of East Tennessee.—T. C. Teasdale, T. T. Eaton, W F. Park. KENTUCKY. C. E. W . Dobbs, W . H. Felix, R. D. Peay, W . C. Jones. East Baptist Church, Louisville.—S. L. Helm. Broadway Church, Louisville.—J. W . Rust, A. S. Woodruff, J. B. Hawthorne. Walnut Street Church—M. B. Wharton. Shelbyville Church.—W. M. Pratt.

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MISSOURI. Third Church, St. Louis.—J. H. Luther, S. H. Ford, G. J. Johnson, R Duncan. CALIFORNIA. J. E. Barnes. All of which is respectfully submitted, T. T. G W I N , Chairman.

The President then announced that the first business in order was the election of President, and appointed as Tellers, to receive and count the ballots, E . R. Carswell, of Alabama, W . N . Chaudoin, of Georgia, and John Stout, of South Carolina, and while they were absent counting the votes, J. O. B . Dargan, of South Carolina, conducted religious services, and after singing, George B . Taylor, of Virginia, led in prayer. The Tellers reported that J. P. Boyce, of South Carolina, had been elected President, who, after asking the kind forbearance and assistance of the delegates in discharging the business of the Convention and invoking Divine guidance, declared the next business in order to be the election of four Vice Presidents, and stated on inquiry that only m e m bers of the body were eligible. Brethren Peay, of Kentucky, Lindsay, of South Carolina, and Coleman, of Alabama, were appointed Tellers, w h o reported M . P. Lowry, of Mississippi, and Jno. Kerr, of North Carolina, as the only two elected Vice-Presidents; and, on motion, the two next highest on the list of those for w h o m ballots were cast were declared elected; and the Tellers then reported the two next highest to be H . H . Tucker, of Georgia, and S. L . Helm, of Kentucky; and these four brethren were declared elected Vice-Presidents. The next business in order was the election of Permanent Secretaries, and C. A . Kendrick, of Georgia, W . J. Snider, of South Carolina, and J. O. B. Lowry, of South Carolina, being appointed Tellers, after counting the ballots, reported that M . B. Wharton, of Kentucky, and W . O. Tuggle, of Georgia, were elected Secretaries. During the counting of the ballots for Vice-Presidents and Secretaries, devotional exercises were continued with singing, and prayer by Bro. Burns. Some remarks were made by G. B. Taylor, of Virginia. After a hymn, prayer was offered by G. W . Young, of Tennessee and after singing again, M . J. Wellborn, of Georgia, led in prayer.

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M . T. Sumner, of Alabama, referred to the harmonious and prayerful meeting of the Georgia Baptist Convention during the last month, at Rome, Georgia, and Bro. Eaton, of Tennessee, spoke of a similar meeting of the West Tennessee Convention. The Report of the Foreign Mission Board was read by H . A. Tupper, the Corresponding Secretary. (See Appendix, A.) O n motion of J. W . Jones, of Virginia, Resolved, That the Report of the Foreign Mission Board be referred to the following committees:

1. O n the request of Mrs. M . Modisett. 2. O n H o m e

and Foreign Journal. 3. O n Finances. 4. O n Systematic Giving. 5. U n N e w Fields. 6. O n China Missions. 7. O n African Missions. 8. O n Italian Missions; the latter committee to be composed of one from each State as suggested by the Board.

O n motion of S. Landrum, of Tennessee, Resolved, That our sessions begin each morning at 9 o'clock, spending half an hour in devotional exercises; adjourn at 1 P. M., resume at 3 o'clock, and adjourn at half-past 5 o'clock.

The Report of the Treasurer of the Foreign Mission Board was read by H . A . Tupper, and on motion of J. W . Jones ordered to be printed in the Minutes. (See Appendix, A.) The Committee on Religious Exercises was announced as follows: A. B. Woodfin, Geo. F. Williams, E. E. Thames, J. A. Cuthbert, A. P. Bush, T. P. Miller, E. S. Perryman, L. G. Bush, W m . Spence, R. F. Manly, L. W . Lawler, M. G. Hudson, R. Weaver.

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O n motion of J. O. B. Dargan, of South Carolina, Dr. Mill's Manual of Parliamentary Practice was adopted as the rules of this Convention. O n motion of Jno. A. Broadus, of South Carolina, visiting brethren were invited to seats, and the following were reported : C. R. Hendrickson, of Pennsylvania, as Representative of the American and Foreign Bible Society; R. T. Hanks, R. Hixon, Alabama; E. T. Carpenter, D. M . Love, Bro. Macey, Mississippi; C. R. Blackall, Illinois.

J. W m . Jones, of Virginia, moved to reconsider the reception of C. R. Hendrickson, as Representative of American and Foreign Bible Society. Pending the consideration of this motion the Convention adjourned, after prayer by E . Dodson.

PROCEEDINGS O F T H E A F T E R N O O N SESSION. T H U R S D A Y , May 8, 3 o'clock, P. M.

At the appointed hour the Convention assembled and was called to order by the President, and after singing and prayer by S. Landrum, of Tennessee, proceeded to business. O n motion of S. Landrum, of Tennessee, a Committee on Credentials, consisting of one from each State, was appointed by the President, as follows: T. T. Gwin, of Maryland; C. T. Sutherlin, of Virginia; J. B. Boone, of North Carolina; O. F. Gregory, of South Carolina; F. M. Haygood, of Georgia; D. R. Lide, of Alabama; J. H. Cason, of Mississippi; E. Dodson, of Tennessee; A. Broaddus, of Kentucky; G. J. Johnson, of Missouri; H. B. Phipps, of Texas; E. R. Branch, of Louisiana.

The Report of the Domestic and Indian Mission Board was called for, and read by M . T. Sumner, of Alabama, the Corresponding Secretary. (See Appendix, B.) O n motion of M . B. Wharton, of Kentucky, after an amendment by W . D. Thomas, of Virginia, the Report of the Domestic and Indian Mission Board was referred to the following Committees: 1. O n the W o r k of the Domestic Mission Board and its Plan of Operations. 2. O n Freedmen, and Education of their Ministers. 3. Onlndian Missions, & c , together with preparation of houses for Missionaries. 4. So much as refers to the discontinuance of the H o m e and Foreign Journal to the Committee on that subject, raised under the Report of the Foreign Mission Board. The Report of the Treasurer of the Domestic and Indian Mission Board was read by M . T. Sumner, of Alabama, and on motion was ordered to be printed with the Minutes. (See Appendix, B.) B y permission of the Convention the Board of Trustees of the Southern Baptist Theological Seminary withdrew from the body to hold a business meeting. The President announced the following Committees, in connection with the report of Foreign Mission Board: On Request of M. M. Modisett — 3. R. Graves, of Tennessee; J. K. Mendenhall, of South Carolina; J. D. Dupree, of Mississippi; W . A. Mason, of Mississippi; J. B. Hamberlin, of Mississippi; A. D. Hawthorn, of Alabama; W . C. Morrow, of Alabama; H. R. Autrey, of Alabama; J. L. "Underwood of Georgia; A. W . Rhodes, of Georgia; A. S. Woodruff, of Kentuckv; G. P. Blackwell, of South Carolina; G. W . Pickett, of Texas.

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On Home and Foreign Journal — W . D. Thomas, of Virginia; J. A. Chambliss, of South Carolina; G. W . Cuttino, of South Carolina; J. B. Boone, of North Carolina; T. Harley, of Georgia; C. H. Strickland, of Georgia; J. W . Hudson, of Alabama; R. F. Manly, of Alabama; H. F. Sproles, of Mississippi; J. H. Pettigrew, of Mississippi; O. H. P. Garrett, of Texas; H. Clark, of Texas; C. E. W . Dobbs, of Kentucky. On Finances—W. M. Pratt, of Kentucky; A. R. Callaway, of Georgia; J. H. Kilpatrick, of Georgia ; G. B. Taylor, of Virginia; P. H. Lundy, of Alabama; T. P. Miller, of Alabama; E. B. Teague, of Alabama; T. T. Gwin, of Maryland; T. P. Lide, of South Carolina; T. P. Smith, of South Carolina; Jno. Kerr, of North Carolina;. H.F. Sproles, of Mississippi;• J. R. Leavell, of South Carolina. On Systematic Giving — E. T. Winkler, of Alabama; Joshua Levering, of Maryland; S. H. Ford, of Missouri; T. C. Teasdale, of Tennessee; J. M. Wood, of Georgia; T. H. Morgan, of Georgia; W . A. Montgomery, of Virginia; J. T. Kincannon, of Virginia; W . E. Lloyd, of Alabama; S. A. Goodwyn, of Alabama; R. H. Brown, of Louisiana; J. A. W . Thomas, of South Carolina; G. W . Young, of Tennessee. On New Fields —J. Dixon, of Georgia; J. W . Rust, of Kentucky; R. D. Peay, of Kentucky; F. W . Eason, of South Carolina; W . H. Whitsitt, of South Carolina; C. M. Donaldson, of South Carolina; J. B. McClellan, of Texas; A. D. Phillips, of Georgia; Thos. C. Boykin, of Alabama; D. W . Gwin, of Alabama; A. M. Hanks, of Alabama; G.J.Johnson, of Missouri; Theo. Whitfield, of Mississippi; N. S. Webb, of Mississippi. On China Missions—W. H. Mcintosh, of Georgia; D. R. Lide, of Alabama ; M. J. Wellborn, of Georgia; L. H. Millikin, of Tennessee; J. R. Garlick, of Virginia; J. E. Bell, of Alabama; W . S. Webb, of Mississippi; W . H. Felix, of Kentucky; J. 0. B. Dargan, of South Carolina; J. J. Getsinger, of South Carolina; J. C. Mundine. of Texas; E. B. Teague, of Alabama, G. W . Curry, of Alabama; J. B. Lovelace, of Alabama. On African Missions—D. W . Gwin, of Alabama; J. C. Furman, of South Carolina; M. V. Smith, of Texas; Reddin Andrews, of Texas ; W . L. Brown, of South Carolina; W . C. Crane, of Texas ; T. H.Morgan, of Georgia ; A. E. Dickinson, of Virginia; A. J. Waldrop, of Alabama; J. H. Curry, of Alabama; S. M. Hollingsworth, of Mississippi; George Wharton, of Mississippi; T. J. Dupree, of Mississippi. On Italian Missions—H. H. Tucker, of Georgia; J. A. Broadus, of South Carolina ; W . A. Montgomery, of Virginia ; Joshua Levering, of Maryland ; J. B. Hawthorn, of Kentucky; M. P. Lowry, of Mississippi; S. Landrum, of Tennessee; J H. Luther, of Missouri; John Kerr, of North Carolina; W . C. Crane, of Texas; R. H. Browne, of Louisiana; I. T. Tichenor, of Alabama.

O n motion of S. Landrum, of Tennessee, a committee was appointed. to report on time and place of next Convention, and to nominate the preachers of the Convention Sermon.

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Committee—S. Landrum, M. J. Wellborn, B. W . Bussey, T. T. Eaton, J. H. Mills.

The report of the Treasurer of the Convention was read and ordered to be printed with the minutes. [See Appendix, C ] The Convention then proceeded to the election of Treasurer and Auditor, the President appointing E . R. Carswell, W . N . Chaudoin, and R. T. Hanks, tellers. O n motion of S. Landrum, of Tennessee, adjourned, after prayer by J. H . Borum, of Tennessee.

E V E N I N G SESSION. THURSDAY,

May 8,1873, 8 o'clock, P. M.

A t this hour the delegates assembled to hear the Annual Convention Sermon, which was preached by Tiberius Gracchus Jones, of Tennessee, from the latter part of the 27th verse of 1st Chapter of Philippians: "That ye stand fast in one spirit, with one mind, striving together for the faith of the gospel."

MORNING

SESSION. FRIDAY, May

9, 9 A.

The Convention met and engaged in religious exercises half an hour, conducted by J. W . M . Williams, of Maryland, consisting of singing, reading a portion of Scripture, and prayers by W . H . Felix, of Kentucky, and E . Dodson, of Tennessee. The regular order of business being resumed, the minutes of the proceedings of yesterday were read, corrected, and approved. The following Committees were announced by the President: On Indian Missions (including the preparation of comfortable homes for Missionaries.—S. L. Helm, Ky.; L, H. Milliken, Tenn.; E. G. Taylor, La.; T. Harley, Ga.; J. H. Borum, Tenn.; Willis Burns, Ala.; J. H. Hall, Ga.; T. N. Coleman, Ala.; W . B. Crumpton, Ala.; John G. Milnor, S. C; John Stout, S. C; John D. Beck, Ala.; N. M. Hollingsworth, Miss.; A. M. Hanks, Ala.; J. W . Dupree, Miss. On Freedmen.^-T. E. Skinner, Ga., J. 0. B. Dargan, S. C; M. Hillsman,

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Tenn.; W . C. Jones, Ky.; G. A. Lofton, Tenn.; W . Harrison Williams, Ala.; James Thomas, Sr., Tenn.; Andrew Jay, Ala; Israel Putnam, Ga.; G. F.Williams, Ala.; P. M. Musgrove, Ala.; J. J. Getsinger, S. C; W . J. Snider, S. C; T. J. Walne, Miss. Work of Domestic Board and Plan of Operations.—J. W . M. Williams, Md.; W . H. Mcintosh, Ga.; E. T. Winkler, Ala.; W . C. Lindsay, S. C; W m . Howard, Texas; L. H. Shuck, S. C; T. T. Eaton, Tenn., J. H. Mills, N. C; A. E. McGarrity, Ga.; C. A. Kendrick, Ga.; L. M. Stone, Ala.; C. W . Buck, Ala.; George Eager, Miss.; C. E. Brame, Miss.; T. T. Glass, Tenn.

The Convention granted permission to C. F. Sturgis, of Alabama, to make a statement as to the Baptists of Demopolis, Ala., who are trying to erect a house of worship. M . T. Sumner, of Alabama, spoke of the work at Demopolis as important. Permission was granted to Bro. J. E . Barnes, of California, to make some statements regarding his State. Letters from several churches, extending invitations to the Convention to hold its next session with them, were read by the President, and, on motion, referred to the Committee on Time and Place of next meeting. S. L. Helm, of Kentucky, stated to the Convention that the Trustees of the Southern Baptist Theological Seminary have determined to remove that institution from Greenville, S. C , to Louisville, Ky., after a certain endowment shall have been secured. In this action they desire to have the cordial approval of the Southern Baptist Convention, and therefore request that the Convention shall set apart some suitable hour during its session for the consideration of the subject, at which the Board m a y be able to set forth their reasons for removal. After remarks by E . T. Winkler, S. L. Helm, E . B. Teague, W . C. Morrow, and S. Landrum, it was resolved that the subject of removal of the Seminary be considered n o w in Committee of the Whole. The President announced that the Convention would now go into Committee of the Whole on the removal of the Theological Seminary, I. T. Tichenor, of Alabama, in the chair. About 1 o'olock, P. M., the Committee rose, reported progress, and asked leave to sit again at 4 o'clock, P. M., which request was granted. The Convention adjourned after prayer by P. H . Lundy, of Alabama.

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F R I D A Y , May 9, 1873, 3 o'clock, P. M.

The Convention met at the appointed hour, and after singing and prayer by G. J. Johnson, of Missouri, the regular order of business was resumed. The tellers appointed yesterday to receive and count the ballots for Treasurer and Auditor of the Convention reported that G. W . Norton, of Kentucky, had been elected Treasurer, and N. Long, Auditor. The report of the Sunday School Board was read by S. Boykin. (See Appendix, D.) On motion of O. F. Gregory, of South Carolina, the report of the Sunday School Board was referred to the following Committees: 1st— On Plan of Sunday School Organization; 2 d — O n Present Condition and Future of the Board. A letter from Ocfavius C. Booth, pastor of the Colored Baptist Church, of Citronelle, Ala., was referred to Committee on Freedmen and their Education as Ministers. On motion of M. B. Wharton, of Kentucky, it was ordered that a committee be appointed of one from each State to nominate Boards. The President announced the following Committees: 1st. On Plan of Sunday School Organization.—T. G. Jones, Tenn.; J. W . M. Williams, Md.; W . A. Montgomery, Va.; R. N. Pratt, S. C; O. F. Gregory, S. C; W . N. Chaudoin, Ga.; M. M. Welsh, N. C; J. O'B. Lowry, S. C; J. H. Kilpatrick, Ga.; J. M. Wood, Ga.; C. F. Sturgis, Ala.; A. J. Quincke, Miss.; E. C. Palmer, La.; T. S. Park, Texas. 2d. On the Present Condition and the Future of the Board.—J. A. W . Thomas, S. C; Joshua Levering, Md.; J. T. Kincannon, Va.; E. F. Eton, N. C; W. A. Therrell, S. C; J. Dixon, Ga; A. B. Couch, Ala.; H. P. Hanson, Ala.; L.M.Stone, Ala.; I. J. Carter, Miss.; R. M. Leavell. Miss.; W.E.Tynes, Miss.; L. M. Berry, Miss.; W . E. Penn, Texas; A. D. Trimble, Tenn. Zd. To Nominate New Boards.—J. W . M. Williams, Md.; J. B. Taylor, Jr., Va; J. B. Boone, N. C; T. P. Lide, S. C; M. J. Wellborn, Ga.; P. T. Warren, Ala.; J. W . Bozeman, Miss.; S. H. Ford, Mo.; E. C. Palmer, La.; W . C. Crane, Texas; T. J. Jones, Tenn.; W . H. Felix, Ky.

The report of the Treasurer of the Sunday School Board was read by S. Landrum, of Tennessee, and on motion was ordered to be printed with the minutes. (See Appendix, D.) The hour of 4 o'clock having arrived, the Convention went into

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Committee of the Whole upon the removal of the Theological Seminary, I. T. Tichenor, of Alabama, in the chair. A t 15 minutes before 5 o'clock, the Committee rose and the Chairm a n reported that the Committee of the Whole had had under consideration the question of the removal of the Southern Baptist Theological Seminary, and had instructed him to report the following resolutions, with the recommendation that they do pass: Resolved, That this Convention cordially approves the action of the Board of Trustees in locating the Southern Baptist Theological Seminary at Louisville, Ky., w h e n a sufiicient endowment of at least $500,000 shall be raised. Resolved, That the Baptists of the other Southern States are earnestly recommended to contribute liberally to raise the amount of $200,000 for its permanent endowment. Resolved, That the Convention recommends to the Board to raise the money outside of Kentucky, on the condition that if the sum of $300,000 shall not be raised in Kentucky, the Board shall have the right to use the amount thus contributed outside of Kentucky for a location at Greenville, S. C , or at some other place chosen by the Board, said location, however, to be approved by this Convention.

J. R. Graves, of Tennessee, rose to a question of privilege, and made an explanation regarding certain items in the report of the Treasurer of the Sunday School Board. The report of the Committee on Indian Missions was read by S. L. Helm, of Kentucky. After remarks by S. L. Helm, a contribution was made amounting to $179, and pledges $57—total $236. The report was laid on the table. O n motion of E . T. Winkler, of Alabama, Abraham Jaeger, formerly a Jewish Rabbi, but now a member of St. Francis Street Baptist Church, Mobile, Ala., was invited to address the Convention on the subject of the conversion of the Jews to Christianity immediately after the reading of the minutes to-morrow morning. The hour of adjournment having arrived, the Convention adjourned after prayer by T. C. Teasdale, of Tennessee.

E V E N I N G SESSION. FRIDAY,

8 o'clock, P. M.

A mass meeting was held in the interest of Foreign Missions. Addresses were made by H . H . Tucker, of Georgia, and J. A . Broadus,

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of South Carolina, and a contribution was made, amounting to the sum of $341, in cash and pledges.

M O R N I N G SESSION. SATURDAY,

May 10, 1873, 9 o'clock, A. M.

A t this hour the Convention met, and engaged in religious exercises, led by W . H . Felix, of Kentucky. The minutes of yesterday were read, and after corrections confirmed. Business being resumed, the motion of J. W m . Jones, of Virginia, as to the reconsideration of the vote by which Rev. C. R. Hendrickson had been received was further discussed. A member calling for the special order, the President announced that according to the order of yesterday the Convention would now be addressed by the Rev. Abraham Jaeger, and introduced him to the Convention. Brother Jaeger proceeded to address the Convention upon the import• ance of its engaging in labors for the conversion of the Jews to Christianity. O n motion, J. M . W o o d , of Georgia, was requested by the President to lead in prayer, especially for the conversion of the Jews. M . B. Wharton, of Kentucky, offered the following resolution: Resolved, That w e have heard with great pleasure the address of Rev. A . Jaeger, on Missions to the Jews, and the relation of his Christian experience, and that w e recommend his appointment, through the Board of Domestic Missions, as a missionary to the Jews in this country.

To which a substitute was offered by T. P. Miller, of Alabama. Whereupon, after remarks by J. A . Broadus, of South Carolina, H . Clark, of Texas, J. W . M . Williams, of Maryland, and I. T. Tichenor, of Alabama, the resolution and substitute were referred to a special committee of five, viz: H . Clark, T. P. Miller, J. A . Broadus, M . P. Lowry, and W . H . Mcintosh. The report of the committee on the request of M . M . Modisett was read by J. R. Graves, of Tennessee, Chairman, and on motion adopted.

Report on the Request of Mrs. Modisett. Your committee, to w h o m was referred that portion of the report relating to the request of sister Mary A. Modisett, wife of Elder M . M . Modisett, of Missouri, influenced by her statement and touching appeal, do unanimously

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recommend that the donation of land made by her husband some years since, be redeeded and returned to sister Modisett. Respectfully submitted, J. R. G R A V E S , Chairman.

The report of the Committee on Systematic Giving was read by E . T. Winkler, of Alabama, Chairman, and on motion adopted, and is as follows : Report of Committee on Systematic (Jiving. The pecuniary exigencies of our people have not been without a blessing. Our very poverty has brought into prominence the great principle of Christian beneficence, and the simple method by which it m a y find an adequate and seasonable expression. Having little to give, w e have inquired w h y should w e give at all.

A n d this obligation to contribute to God's cause having been

admitted, as by true precepts it ever must be, w e have asked from what quarter the means required for prosecuting the evangelical work can be secured. N o w w e begin to realize, perhaps, as never before, that Christian alms-giving—the offering of money for the relief not only of the physical, but m u c h more of the spiritual wants of m e n — i s worship.

In the gospel scheme it

takes the place of the splendid ritual and costly sacrifices of the Old Dispensation. The familiar reference of Scripture to this subject appear invested with a larger meaning.

The tithes of Malachi, the alms of Cornelius, the

true religion and undefiled of James, all indicate that the surrender of our substance to the cause of God has a like dignity with prayer and praise.

the other hand, there can be no love of God in a heart which, seeing its brother have need, seals up the spring of compassion, and refuses to extend relief. So m u c h for the reason of giving.

N o w as to its method.

The contribu-

tions that must bo given to pious objects, our needs have constrained us to give in the divinely appointed w a y — i n frequent installments. B y no other means could w e have sustained our churches, or carried on the broader enterprises of Christian benevolence committed to us as a denomination. H a d it not been for these small, but more frequent and general supplies, every sacred interest would have withered and died. But our sanctuaries have been preserved, and our missions sustained by the Sabbath tribute of the people. It is important that the churches should adopt this practice universally, that ministers should insist upon it, that deacons should further it, that the whole membership should observe it, and teach their children to honor it. It will make our churches and Sunday Schools strong and self-sustaining. It will afford our Boards or other benevolent agencies all the means they require for carrying on their sacred and blessed work.

It is the most important of all the

objects claiming the favor of this Convention, for everything else depends upon it.

Respectfully submitted,

E. T. W I N K L E R , Chairman.

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The report of the Committee on China Missions was read by W . H . Mcintosh, of Georgia, chairman, and on motion adopted:

China Mission. The assurance given to this Convention by the Board of Foreign Missions, the result of a careful survey of thefieldthat in China '-' our work is in a hopeful state," calls for devout gratitude to the G o d of all grace for the tokens of his favor. The measure of success that has attended our attempts to extend the knowledge of Jesus should impress us but the more profoundly with the magnitude of the work which w e have undertaken, and stimulate to increased earnestness of spirit and of effort to multiply the conquests of the Cross. Whatever will add to the efficiency of our plans, or encourage the hearts and strengthen the hands of the noble band of m e n and w o m e n w h o hare consecrated their lives to this service, is worthy of serious thought, and should be, as far as practicable, adopted. W e beg leave to call your attention to the necessity—the pressing need of suitable residences for our Missionaries, one at Canton, and another, with a chapel, at Chefco, asked for by Bro. Hartwell. A s these stations are permanent, considerations of economy, as well as the health and comfort of our Missionaries, require that at the earliest day in which it can be done, the Board provide for the purchase of grounds and the erection of the desired buildings. W e submit the following resolutions: Resolved, That in view of what has been accomplished and the promise of more abundant harvests in the future, w e "thank God, and take courage." Resolved, That the erection of a residence for Bro. Hartwell, and a chapel at Chefoo, and also a dwelling at Canton, be referred to the Board of Foreign Missions, with our hearty approval of the design, so soon as in the judgment of the Board it can be effected. Respectfully submitted, W M . H. McINTOSH, Chairman. T h e report of the Committee on Credentials was presented and placed in charge of the Secretaries, to be read M o n d a y morning after the reading of the minutes. The report of the majority of the Committee on T i m e and Place of next meeting, and the selection of preachers of the Convention sermons, was read by S. Landrum, of Tennessee, as follows:

Report of Committee on Time and Place of Next Meeting. The undersigned, a majority of the Committee on the Time and Place of the next meeting of this Convention and the persons to preach the Convention sermon, beg leave to report that the Committee recommend that the next annual meeting of this Convention be held with the Baptist Church, at Jefferson, Texas, on Thursday before the second Lord's day in M a y , 1874, at 10

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o'clock, A. M.; that Rev. W . M. Wingate, D. D., of Wake Forest, N. C, preach the Convention sermon, and Rev. E. G. Taylor, D. D., of N e w Orleans, La., be appointed as alternate.

S. L A N D R U M , M. J. W E L L B O R N , T. T. EATON, B. W . BUSSEY. O n motion of S. Landrum the report of the majority of the Committee was laid on the table in order to hear the minority report, as follows: The undersigned, from the Committee on Time and Place of next meeting of this Convention, begs leave to present the following minority report: The Committee on Time and Place of next meeting of the Convention recommend that it be held with the First Baptist Church, Atlanta, Ga., on Thursday before the second Lord's day in May, 1874, at 10 o'clock, A. M.; that the Rev. W . M. Wingate, D. D., of Wake Forest, N. C, preach the Convention sermon, and Rev. E. G. Taylor, D. D., of N e w Orleans, La., be appointed as alternate.

• J. H. MILLS. After remarks by M . J. Wellborn, T. T. Eaton, H . H . Tucker, E . T. Warren, E . T. Winkler, J. T. S. Park, and M . Hillsman, the minority report was laid on the table. O n motion of A . R. Callaway the majority report was taken from the table. After remarks by J. Dixon, of Georgia, W . E . Penn, of Texas, R. H . Browne, of Louisiana, J. W . Rust, of Kentucky, H . H . Tucker, of Georgia, and E . T. Winkler, of South Carolina, a motion was made to strike out Jefferson, Texas, and insert Atlanta, Ga. A n amendment to the amendment was made to strike out Atlanta, Ga., and insert Nashville, Tenn. Upon motion of I. T. Tichenor, of Alabama, the question was divided so as to be taken,firstupon striking out Jefferson, Texas. The previous question was then called, seconded, and ordered, and under its operation the report of the majority of the Committee was adopted without amendment. T h e report of the Committee on Domestic Board and Plan of Operations was, on motion, made the special order for 4 o'clock, P. M., today. O n motion of J. A . Broadus, of South Carolina: Resolved, That whereas much confusion has arisen from the partial change of the day of prayer for colleges "from fourth Thursday in February to second week in January,"

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Resolved, That a committee of three be appointed to confer with the Executive Committee of American Baptist Educational Commission on the subject, and if a suitable day shall be agreed upon, to recommend it to the churches.

The report of the Committee on the H o m e and Foreign Journal was read by W . D. Thomas, of Virginia, and an amendment offered by J. Levering, of Maryland, pending the consideration of which the Convention adjourned. Prayer by Bro. C. R. Hendrickson, of Pennsylvania.

A F T E R N O O N SESSION. SATURDAY,

May 10, 1873, 3 o'clock, P. M.

Convention met, and after singing and prayer by T. H . Morgan, of Georgia, the regular order was resumed, and thefirstbusiness before the body was the motion of J. W . Jones, of Virginia, to reconsider the action of the Convention in receiving Bro. C. R. Hendrickson, of Pennsylvania, as a representative of the American and Foreign Bible Society. The motion to reconsider prevailed, and the matter was made the special order for 10 minutes before 4 o'clock this afternoon. The report of the Committee on the H o m e and Foreign Journal came up under the order of the day, and was laid on the table. The report of the Committee on Finances was read by W . M . Pratt, of Kentucky, chairman. O n motion, adopted, and is as follows:

Report of Committee on Finances. It is said, " Jesus sat over against the Treasury."

This is significant. It

requires a great deal of money to sustain properly the worship of God and our missionary enterprises at home and in foreign lands.

Christ has demands

upon our money for these purposes. H e n o w sits over against the treasury of the church and witnesses the voluntary offerings of his people. Those offerings have been very small, the past year, to the treasury of this Convention; entirely too small for the numbers and wealth of our membership. The conscience of our brethren should be better educated about giving and the habit thereof induced. The Master sees not only h o w w e cast into the treasury, but also h o w the funds contributed by his loving disciples are disposed of.

Our responsibility

is greater in no other respect than in this. The very largest amount possible, of the funds contributed, should go directly and speedily to the objects for which they were given. Strict economy should characterize every branch of our benevolent enter-

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prises. Full and specific reports should be made of all expenditures. Brethren contribute m u c h more freely when they are fully persuaded that their hard-earned money will be judiciously, economically, and faithfully used. The report of the Treasurer of the Foreign Mission Board shows that the amount raised last year is too small to enable the Board to enlarge her work or to adequately sustain her established missions. The report also shows that the Board has used rigid-economy in the distribution of the funds in the treasury. W . M . P R A T T , Chairman. T h e report of the Committee o n F r e e d m e n w a s read b y T . E . Skinner, of Georgia, chairman, a n d on motion, after remarks b y J. H . Mills, of North Carolina, H . A . Tupper, of Virginia, J. D i x o n , of Georgia, W . N . Chaudoin, of Georgia, w a s adopted.

Report on Colored People. \ ^-~ Your committee on that portion of the report of the Domestic and Indian Mission Board which refers to the colored people, beg leave to offer the following: That they are delighted to hear of the happy results attending the efforts of the Board to evangelize the colored people. The committee are greatly gratified in learning from the report of the Domestic and Indian Mission Board that "the spirit of the coloredpeople is m u c h more conservative than formerly, and that m a n y of their churches are calling for ministerial aid." A letter in the hands of your committee, addressed to the Moderator of this Convention, from a pastor of a colored church in Alabama, states the necessity of evangelical labor among his people, and says that " the most of the people's teachers are ignorant respecting religious subjects." W e can not forbear quoting more of the words of this colored pastor : ''Here w e stand," says he, "before you, poor and starving for the bread of life, asking the crumbs that you have to spare. Please hear our cries! If you will help us to the seas of glory, our songs of joy will increase your bliss. Please help us to get ministers w h o k n o w the truth as it is in Jesus." This last request of the pastor has been the desire of this Convention, and also the object of the Domestic and Indian Mission Board; therefore, w e are gratified to hear that arrangements have been made by which young m e n approved of their churches, and endorsed by the intelligent judgment of white brethren, can receive instruction at the Augusta Institute, under the care of Dr. J. T. Robert, President of the same. The Secretary's report informs us that it is to the kindness of the American Baptist H o m e Mission Society that w e are indebted for the facilities furnished us in this enterprise. With cordial reciprocity of spirit, w e thank the G o d of all grace for his blessings of goodness to all men. In conclusion, your committee c o m m e n d the course of the Domestic and Indian Mission Board in the matter of educating young colored m e n for the 2

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ministry of the Gospel, and pray the hearty co-operation of all the brethren in this indispensable necessity to the colored race, through whom Ethiopia shall yet stretch out her hands to God. THOS. E. S K I N N E R , Chairman. O n motion, the report of the Committee on Indian Missions was taken from the table, and after a brief consideration was again laid on the table. The special order for 10 minutes before 4 o'clock was taken up, being the question of receiving Bro. C. R. Hendrickson, of Pennsylvania, as representative of the American and Foreign Bible Society, and on motion of J. W . Jones, of Virginia, was referred to a special committee of five—J. W . Jones, J. W . Bozeman, S. Landrum, E . B. Teague, J. Dixon. The report of the Committee on Plan of Sunday School Organization was read by O. F. Gregory, of South Carolina, and, on motion, was referred back to the committee with instructions. The report of the Committee on W o r k of Domestic Mission Board and Plan of Operations came up at 4 o'clock by special order, and the report was read by J. W . M . Williams, of Maryland, and, on motion, was adopted, as follows:

Report of the Committee on the Work of the Domestic Board and its Plan of Operations. W h e n we call to mind thefieldclaiming the attention of the Domestic Mission Board, extending from the Atlantic to the Pacific Oceans, from the Ohio River to the Gulf of Mexico, inhabited by millions of Indians, colored people, foreigners, and our own children; when we remember that all these must have the Gospel or perish in their sins; when we consider this influence in the future upon the destiny of our country, and then recall the command of our Lord and Master to "Go preach the Gospel to every creature," we must not hesitate to declare this Board to be a necessity, and that it should have the hearty sympathy and co-operation of all our churches. The work of this Board is to aid feeble churches; to organize and sustain Sunday Schools, and to occupy and cultivate promising and invitingfieldswhich are opening to us in every direction. Instead of $45,000, it should have at least $100,000, the coming year, to prosecute its great work. W e think the time has fully come when we should place it in the power of the Board to enlarge its work and to prosecute it more efficiently. Your committee has no disposition to discuss the question as to how the several States shall carry on their own mission work. That question must be left for each State to decide for itself. Heretofore many of the States contributing to this Board have required it to make appropriations in their own

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bounds. Thus a great portion of what they give comes back to themselves, and the Board has but little left with which to meet the demands upon it a m o n g the Indians of the new States and the Territories, and also upon important centers of influence. Consequently the Board has been cramped, and the missionaries have not received their salaries when due. W e would respectfully recommend that those States having State Boards supply the destitution within their o w n bounds; m a k e special appeals for the Domestic Board, and forward the amounts to the Board in Marion, with the understanding that they be appropriated to regions beyond. A n d w e further recommend, that those States having their o w n Boards take the entire direction of agencies for the collection of funds for this department of our efforts, provided it is understood that not less than 25 per cent, of the net receipts shall be paid to the Board of Domestic and Indian Missions. If any State prefers to send all its funds to the Domestic Board, let it be understood that a certain portion decided upon by the State shall come back to them, the balance being appropriated according to the judgment of the Board of Mission. This plan of operation, your committee think, would simplify the work and increase the efficiency of the Board. If the stronger States demand all, or nearly all, they contribute, to be expended in their o w n bounds, h o w is it possible for the Board to meet the demands upon it in the weaker States and regions beyond. W e also request that the States report to the Domestic Board the amount spent in their o w n bounds, so that the Corresponding Secretary m a y be able to present a tabular report of missionary work performed within the bounds of the Convention; also, that the Board be authorized to employ such additional aid in the office of the Corresponding Secretary as the enlargement of their evangelical work m a y demand. All of which, & c , J. W . M . W I L L I A M S . Chairman. •

The report of the Committee on Present Condition and Future Pros pects of the Sunday School Board was read by J. A . W . Thomas, of South Carolina, recommending the dissolution of the Board. Remarks were made by S. H . Ford, of Missouri; J. W . M . Williams, of Maryland; E . B. Teague, of Alabama; M . T. Sumner, of Alabama; E . Dodson, of Tennessee; G. A . Lofton, of Tennessee; John Kerr, of North Carolina; L. R. Lawler, of Alabama; E . T. Winkler, of Alabama. Pending the consideration of this subject, the hour of adjournment arrived. The President announced the following committees: 1. On Resolution as to Remarks of Abraham Jaeger—H. Clark, of Texas;

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T. P. Miller, of Alabama; J. A. Broadus, of South Carolina; M . P. Lowry, of Mississippi; W . H. Mcintosh, of Georgia. 2. On Day of Prayer for Colleges—J. A. Broadus, W . C: Crane, E. T. Winkler.

Adjourned with prayer by J. H . Luther, of Missouri.

M A S S MEETING. May 10, 1873, 8 o'clock, P. M.

SATURDAY,

According to appointment of the Committee on Religious Exercises, a mass meeting in the interest of Domestic and Indian Missions was held, and addresses were made by E . T. Winkler, of Alabama, M . B . Wharton, of Kentucky, Willis Burns, Missionary to the Choctaw and Chickasaw Indians, and S. L. Helm, of Kentucky. A contribution was made amounting in cash and pledges to $750.45.

S U N D A Y SERVICES. May 11, 1873. The pulpits of the Baptist, Presbyterian, and Methodist Churches were occupied by ministering brethren of the Convention, appointed by the Committee on Religious Exercises. A Sunday School Mass Meeting was held at 3 o'clock P. M., in the St. Francis Street Baptist Church, and addresses were made by brethren of the Convention, and by Dr. C. R. Blackall, of Illinois.

M O R N I N G SESSION. MONDAY,

May 12, 1873, 9 o'clock, A. M.

The Convention assembled, and was called to order by the President. Half an hour was devoted to religious exercises, conducted by J. K . Mendenhall, of South Carolina. The minutes of the proceedings of Saturday were read and confirmed. The report of the Committee on Credentials was read and recommitted for correction. The President read an invitation from the Board of Trade of Mobile to the members of the Convention to visit their rooms while in the city, which was accepted, and the Secretary instructed to return the thanks of the Convention.

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The order of the day being called for, the report of the Committee on the Present Condition and Future Prospects of the Sunday School Board was read, and remarks were made by W . S. Park and S. Landrum. S. Landrum offered an amendment looking to transferring the work to the Domestic and Indian Mission Board. On motion of J. Dixon, of Ga., speeches were limited tofiveminutes. The discussion was continued, and participated in by A. R. Callaway, A. B. Couch, J. A. W . Thomas, Theo. Whitfield, T. T. Eaton, L. W . Lawler, T. Harley, J. O. B. Dargan, S. H. Ford, who offered an amendment to the substitute of S. Landrum, and on motion of L. W . Lawler the amendment of S. H. Ford was laid on the table, and the President ruled that the whole matter was thereby laid on the table. J. W . M. Williams, of Maryland, as chairman of the Committee on Nominations, reported that the committee was not ready to report, and further time was allowed. On motion, the report of the Committee on Present Condition and Future Prospects of the Sunday School Board was taken from the table, and remarks were made by E. Dodson, I. T. Tichenor, T. C. Teasdale, J. W . Parker, D. W . Gwin, G. A. Lofton, A. Hackett, F. M. Haygood, and J. W . Jones. On motion of M. J. Wellborn, of Georgia, W . H. Mcintosh, of Georgia, was requested to lead in prayer for Divine guidance in our action regarding the matter under consideration. The amendment of S. H. Ford, of Missouri, was lost, and the report of the committee amended by the adoption of a substitute of S. Landrum. The report asfinallyadopted, by a vote of yeas 160 and nays 21, is as follows:

Report of the Committee on the Future Plans and Prospects of the Sunday School Board. Resolved, That the Sunday School Board of this Convention be consolidated with the Domestic and Indian Mission Board, with the understanding that the latter Board, if it deems best, employ an Assistant Secretary and make ar, rangements to secure the continued publication of the " Kind Words," and the stereotyped books of the Sunday School Board, in the interest of the denomination, but without pecuniary liability on the part of this Convention or its Boards for said publication. Resolved, That the style of the consolidated Boards shall be " The Domestic and Indjan Mission, and Sunday School Board of the Southern Baptist Convention."

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The report of the Committee on Italian Missions was read by H . H . Tucker, of Georgia. G. B. Taylor, of Virginia, w h o had been selected as Missionary to R o m e , made an address on the subject of his mission, at the request of the Convention. The Convention, on motion, extended the morning session to \\ o'clock P. M . Remarks on the report on Italian Missions were also made by J. H . Cason, of Mississippi; J. R. Graves, of Tennessee ; J. A . Broadus, of South Carolina; H . A . Tupper, of Va.; E . B. Teague, of Ala. After special prayer, in which the Convention was led by William Howard, of Texas, the report was adopted as follows:

Report on Italian Missions. The committee of one from each State, to w h o m was referred so m u c h of the Report of the Board of Foreign Missions as refers to the Italian Mission, beg leave respectfully to report: That they have given themselves to their work with earnestness, and have decided upon the points submitted to them only after careful consideration. Fortunately, all the evidence bearing on the questions involved is documentary, and the Secretary of the Board of Foreign Missions placed in the hands of your committee all the papers systematically arranged and appropriately labeled. In addition to which he gave them at their request such oral explanations as were needed. Your committee desire to say at once, and in general terms, that in their opinion the action of the Board has been wise and judicious, and that the report prepared by the Corresponding Secretary gives a fair and satisfactory view of the facts. It is true that m a n y of the details which have come before this committee have not been embodied in that report, nor are they embodied in the report of your committee, for the reason in each case, that the publication of these details could, to say the least, do no good, and in the opinion of your committee could not possibly affect any action, nor modify in any w a y the opinions of this Convention. Having said this much, there is really no necessity to say more; still, as there are some points of peculiar interest, your committee will express their opinions on them more particularly: 1. The situation in Italy required the presence of an additional missionary, w h o should have the care of all the churches. Peculiar complications, secular as well as ecclesiastical, involving matters of worldly wisdom, as well as of church polity, doctrine, and discipline, all of most embarrassing nature and of gravest import, made it imperative on the Board to send to thefieldsome m a n of great wisdom and wide experience, and to the end that his action might c o m m a n d universal confidence, it was needful that it should be one whose praise is in all the churches. T h e providence of G o d seemed to supply the

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Board with just such a m a n in the person of our well-known, time-honored, and m u c h loved Brother Jeter. 2. In regard to the dismissal from the service of Brethren Cote and Gioja, your committee have to report that serious difficulties' arose between those brethren, the relative merits of which it is not necessary to our purposes to discuss or decide upon ; still less is it needful that the details should be made public. Suffice it to say, that your committee, after having examined the facts, are unanimously of the opinion that in dispensing with the services of these brethren, the Board has acted with characteristic discretion. 3. It could not be expected that our Brother Jeter would remain permanently in thefield,nor is it desirable. Having tided over recent difficulties, it is expedient now, that w e n o w send as missionary to R o m e a younger man, w h o can speedily learn the Italian language, and w h o can give his life to the work. Again has Providence singularly supplied our wants in time of need. Our Brother George B. Taylor, happily combining the opposite qualities of youth and age—the son of our former devoted Secretary—has been chosen for the work, and is expected to leave in a few weeks for hisfieldof labor. Your committee are of opinion that a m a n is needed, and that Brother Taylor is the man. The more rapidly churches spring up in thisfield,the more important it is that w e should have on the ground some m a n from among us of experience and ability to give direction to our general interests. It will probably be a number of years before the native churches and preachers will cease to need our aid, advice, and guidance. 4. Your committee regret that the purchase or erection of the chapel in R o m e has not been accomplished. Still, under the circ*mstances, they think that there has been wisdom in the delay ; and in the meantime the funds contributed for that purpose are in safe hands, and it is presumed are drawing interest. 5. Finally, your committee desire to say that the peculiar troubles of this mission are only temporary in their nature, and that in their opinion nofieldin the world presents stronger encouragements to missionary effort. The success of the past, and the promise of the future, alike make the highest appeal to our faith, to our hope, and to our charity. Respectfully submitted, H. H . T U C K E R , of Georgia, J O H N A. B R O A D T J S , of South Carolina,

J. B. H A W T H O R N , of Kentucky, J O H N K E R R , of North Carolina, M. P. L O W R E Y , of Mississippi, W M . C A R E Y C R A N E , of Texas, S. L A N D R U M , of Tennessee, I. T. T I C H E N O R , of Alabama, R. H. B R O W N E , of Louisiana, J. H. L U T H E R , of Missouri, J O S H U A L E V E R I N G , of Maryland, W . A. M O N T G O M E R Y , of Virginia.

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The Convention then adjourned with prayer by C. F. Sturgiss, Alabama.

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SESSION.

M O N D A Y , May 12, 3 o'clock, P. M.

At this hour the Convention met, and after singing, and prayer by C. H . Strickland, resumed the regular order. O n motion, the regular order was suspended and the report on N e w Fields was read by J. Dixon, of Georgia, and, on motion, adopted:

Report of Committee on New Fields. Your Committee on N e w Fields beg to report that while there is great cause for rejoicing that so m a n y doors are open to your Board of Foreign Missions, which they are urgently implored to enter, we, at the same time, are made sad to learn that they are unable to listen to the appeals which have come to them for lack of money. Your committee, however, would recommend and request the Board, so soon as it shall have the means, to send one or more missionaries to South America, that country having, in our judgment, prior claims upon us.

J. D I X O N ,

Chairman.

The committee on the reception of C. R. Hendrickson reported, and their report was laid on the table. The report of the Committee on Credentials was read, and, on motion, adopted as corrected. [See list on pages 9, 10, 11, 12.] The report of the Committee on H o m e and Foreign Journal was, on motion of J. Dixon, of Georgia, taken from the table and adopted, as follows:

Report of the Committee on Home and Foreign Journal. The committee, to w h o m was referred the subject of the H o m e and Foreign Journal, report that the improvement in the paper has been in all respects gratifying, and though not yet self-sustaining, still the increase in the circulation has been most encouraging. There is a wide difference of opinion between the Boards as to the importance of continuing the Journal.

Your committee are not convinced that the

course suggested in the report of the Domestic and Indian Mission Board is either practicable or desirable. They do not, however, feel that it is proper for them to discuss the question in this report, and simply recommend the continued publication of the Journal.

W . D. T H O M A S , Chairman.

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O n motion of W . N . Chaudoin, of Georgia: Resolved, That the thanks of this body be tendered to our brethren and sisters and citizens generally of Mobile, Ala., for tho hospitality extended to the members of the Convention during its sessions; also to the various Christian denominations for the use of their houses of worship; also to the several railroad companies w h o passed the members at reduced fare; also to the hotels and boarding-houses of the city w h o have entertained the delegates at reduced rates, and also to the proprietors of the Mobile Register, in which our proceedings have been published. O n motion of W . N . Chaudoin, of Georgia: Resolved, That the Secretaries be instructed to prepare and publish 2,500 copies of the proceedings of this session, and that they be authorized to draw on each Board of the Convention for the necessary amount, in sums proportioned to the receipts of said Board. The report of the Committee on Reception of C. R. Hendrickson, of Philadelphia, was taken from the table, and, on motion, adopted, as follows:

Report of the Committee on Reception of C. R. Hendrickson. Your committee, to w h o m was referred the communication of the American and Foreign Bible Society, and the question of receiving as. their representative Rev. Dr. C. R. Hendrickson, beg leave to present the following: Resolved, That w e cordially reciprocate the greeting of the American and Foreign Bible Society, and send them in return our best wishes for their success in the work of giving God's word to the people. Resolved, That w e cordially welcome to a seat on thefloorof the Convention, Rev. Dr. Hendrickson, of the American and Foreign Bible Society. Resolved, That under existing circ*mstances w e deem it unwise for this Convention to enter into organic co-operation with any existing Bible Society, and, therefore, respectfully decline to accede to the request contained in the communication of this Society. Resolved, That the Secretaries be requested to send to Rev. Dr. A . D. Gillette, .Corresponding Secretary of the American and Foreign Bible Society, a copy of these resolutions as our reply to his communication. Respectfully submitted, J. W I L L I A M JONES, J. W . BOZEMAN, S. L A N D R U M , E. B. TEAGUE, J. DIXON. The report of the Committee on Indian Missions was taken from the table, on motion of W . N . Chaudoin, of Georgia, read by the Secre-

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tary, and, on motion, after remarks by W . N. Chaudoin, A. J. Waldrop, M. Hillsman, W . M . Pratt, S. L. Helm, of Ky., W . E. Penn, of Texas, W . Carey Crane, G. J. Johnson, M. T. Sumner, J. H. Luther, of Mo., the report was adopted, and is as follows: Report of the Committee on Indian Schools and Homes. The committee, to w h o m was referred that part of the report of the Domestic and Indian Mission Board which refers to the necessities of the Indian Mission, report as follows : Resolved, That the success of the Gospel a m o n g the Indians, under Divine blessing, encourages us to make a more vigorous effort to enlarge the work by an increase of missionaries and extending the work to the wild tribes located further west, which are n o w asking for the W o r d of Life. Resolved, That afirst-classManual Labor School a m o n g the Creeks and Seminoles is imperiously demanded, and no time should be lost in securing it upon the best terms possible. Resolved, That comfortable dwelling-houses for our missionaries and suitable houses of worship are greatly needed as the very best means of rendering permanent and elevating our cause among the tribes on the Indian Reservation. Resolved, That our contributions should be so increased as to enable the Board to pay our missionaries and native preachers promptly. S. L. H E L M ,

Chairman.

On motion of W . N. Chaudoin: Resolved, That it is the sense of this Convention that the recommendation of the Committee on Indian Missions, to establish a Creek Mission School in the Creek Nation, is of great importance, and that the Domestic and Indian Mission and Sunday School Board should very promptly m a k e such propositions as m a y be necessary to secure the land and money which the Nation is willing to give for this purpose, and that contributions should be solicited at once for this purpose, as it is likely if this Convention does not act promptly in this matter the opportunity will be lost.

The report of the Committee on African Missions was read by D W . Gwin, of Alabama, chairman, .and, on motion, adopted: Report of the Committee on the African Mission. W e can not but c o m m e n d the wisdom andfidelitydisplayed in the conduct of this mission. It is in distress, and calls for prompt support by prayer, by men, and by money.

Nothing can be more striking and touching than the

appeals of the missionaries who, through lack of funds, have been suspended, and w e tender them our warmest sympathy, praying the Lord to guide and crown with blessing their efforts to preach the gospel to their countrymen. Though something has been expended, though m a n y difficulties lie in the way, God, w o believe, will yet give a rich harvest from thisfieldof prophecy and destiny. D. W . G W I N , Chairman.

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The reception of a letter from the Monument Street Baptist Church, Tung Chow, China, was announced by H . A . Tupper, of Virginia, and on motion, Brother Tupper was requested to make an appropriate reply. The report of the Committee on Plan of Sunday School Organization was read by O. F. Gregory, of South Carolina, and on motion adopted.

Report of Committee on Plan of Sunday School Organization. Your committee to w h o m was referred the suggestions contained in the report of the Sunday School Board, beg leave to report : That they have carefully examined, and heartily approve of the plans therein suggested, and submit it with a few verbal amendments to your consideration. The following are the alterations suggested : 1. O n page 5, second paragraph, for "straight" insert strictly. 2. O n page 6, section 3, instead of second sentence, insert, " Let the Convention have distinct executive committees for Sunday Schools as for education and missions." 3. O n page 7, second paragraph, seventh line, before the word " Superintendents" insert General State. This plan can not be carried out efficiently without that co-operation which manifests itself through regular and systematic reports, and for this end your committee recommend the use of the blank form of statistics as adopted by the National Sunday School Convention at Cincinnati, Ohio, November, 1872, to be found on page 8 of the Report of Sunday School Board, and which will be furnished free of charge by application to the Corresponding Secretary of the Sunday School Board. Respectfully submitted, T. G. J O N E S , Chairman. The report of the Committee on Nominations of N e w Boards was read by J. W . M . Williams, of Maryland, and, on motion, was adopted. [See list of Boards, pages 5, 6.] The report of the Special Committee on the resolutions caused by the address of Bro. Abraham Jaeger, the former Jewish Rabbi, was read by T. P. Miller, of Alabama, and, on motion, was adopted, after remarks by Abraham Jaeger and T. Harley, of Georgia. The report is as follows:

Report of the Special Committee. Your committee, to w h o m was referred the duty of giving expression to the sense of this Convention in reference to the address of Bro. A. Jaeger, and to the narration of his experience in passing from Judaism to Christianity, reco m m e n d the adoption of the following resolutions: Resolved, That w e have heard with profound interest and sympathy the nar-

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ration of the experience of Bro. Jaeger, and his address upon the subject of missions to the Jews. Resolved, That this Convention recognizes the comprehensiveness of the Great Commission, and the obligation to provide for the preaching of Christ to the Jews as well as to the Gentiles. Resolved, That should Bro. Jaeger now, or at a future time, be. impressed with a sense of duty to preach Christ to his Jewish brethren, that this Convention pledges its sympathy, its prayers, and its active co-operation. Resolved, That w e c o m m e n d Bro. Jaeger to the fraternal regard of the brethren everywhere, and ask for him such Christian courtesies as m a y facilitate his labors in the cause of our Divine Master. Respectfully submitted, H. CLARK, THO. P. MILLER, J. A. BROADUS, M. P. L O W R Y , W . H. McINTOSH. O n motion of T. Harley, of Georgia: Resolved, That w e do gratefully remember this day our unspeakable indebtedness to the seed of Abraham, and devoutly recognize their peculiar claims Upon the sympathies and prayers of all Gentile Christians, and w e hereby record our earnest desire to partake in the glorious work of hastening the day when the superscription of the Cross shall be the confession of all Israel, "Jesus of Nazareth, the King of the Jews." O n motion, the afternoon session was indefinitely extended that all the business of the Convention m a y be finished. The Convention granted permission to J. H . L o w to m a k e certain statements regarding the Baptists of N e w Orleans. The reading of the proceedings of the day were unanimously dispensed with. The motion to adjourn sine die was then made and carried. The President called on W . Carey Crane, of Texas, to conduct the closing exercises of the Convention, and after making some suitable remarks, singing "Blest be the tie that binds," prayer was offered by W . Carey Crane. The President, with appropriate remarks, announced that the Convention was adjourned sine die. J A M E S P. B O Y C E , President. M. B. W H A R T O N , ) « , . W . O. T U G G L E , } Secretartea.

SOUTHERN

BAPTIST CONVENTION.

N O T I C E .

The next annual meeting of the Convention will be held wit Church at Jefferson, Texas, on Thursday before the second Lord's day in May, 1873, at 10 o'clock, A. M .

Rev. W . M. Wingate, D. D.;0f

North Carolina, is appointed to preach the Convention sermon; Rev. E. G. Taylor, D. D., of Louisiana, alternate.

POST-OFFICE A D D R E S S E S . President.—Rev. J A M E S P. B O Y C E , D. D., L L . D., Louisville, Ky.

f Rev. M . B. W H A R T O N , Walnut Street Baptist Church, Seeretaries. < Louisville, Ky. ( W . O. T U G G L E , Attorney-at-law, LaGrange, Ga.

FORM OF BEQUEST. I hereby give and bequeath unto the Southern Baptist Convention, formed in Augusta, Georgia, in the month of May, 1845, and chartered by the Legislature of the State of Georgia by an act passed and approved December 27, 1845, [here insert the amount if in money, or "subject," if other property, either real or personal,] for Foreign Missions or Domestic Missions, [as the case may be.]

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APPENDIX. Twenty-Eighth Annual Report of the Foreign Mission Board of the Southern Baptist Convention. The solemn responsibility of conducting Missions to the heathen world on behalf of Southern Baptists is not unrealized by the Board of Foreign Missions. If their arduous work has not been perfectly performed, the record is in heaven, that for Christ's sake and the gospel's they have labored, and with constant anticipation of thefinalaccount which must be rendered. The year has had its trials, but it has enjoyed m a n y blessings; and while the gracious results are thankfully acknowledged, the anxious toil is humbly presented, a free-will offering and a joyous sacrifice to the Lord of the harvest.

EEV. M. M. MODISETT.

This brother, of Louisiana, Missouri, deeded to our Board one hu twenty acres of land on the railroad between Louisiana and Mexico, Missouri, in lieu of one thousand dollars which he had pledged to Foreign Missions, but which on account of reverses in fortune he was unable to pay. After the deed was recorded in Missouri, our brother's pecuniary embarrassments so increased that, in conjunction with his wife, he made an earnest appeal to us to re-deed to him the land. The Board, not feeling themselves legally competent, without the authority of the Convention, to make the transfer, hereby petition the Convention, in the name of our liberal but impoverished brother, to grant to them the power to execute the re-conveyance: provided, they can do so consistently with theirfiduciaryobligations.

HOME AND FOREIGN JOURNAL.

According to the direction of the Convention, this periodical has been gr improved in paper and mechanical execution ; and under the able editorship and management of Brother J. C. Long, of Yirginia, will compare favorably with the best Missionary papers of the country.. The present number of paying subscribers is nine thousand. Fifteen thousand will be necessary to cover the expenses of the paper. The deficit is some $800, (of which $450* have been paid by this Board). That a half a million of Baptists should suffer such a discount on their inadequate payments to the God of Missions and of Sabbath Schools is only made credible by the annual repetition of the fact.

OUR FINANCES. The Treasurer's Report shows a debtt of about eight hundred dollars.

* $200 more have been paid by this Board.

f Since paid.

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This debit does not imply any diminution of contributions by tbe churches. The gross receipts for the year are somefiftythousand dollars, which is more than double the average receipts for the last six years. T h e indebtedness has been occasioned by the increase of laborers; the building of Brother T. P. Crawford's chapel at T u n g C h o w ; the policy recently adopted by the Board of paying quarterly in advance the appropriations to our missionaries; and chiefly, because the extraordinary interest of the Roman chapel has, contrary to the express understanding at the last Convention, diverted attention and contributions from the general work. Did not the engagement, that such should not be the case, involve the obligation to m a k e good the damage of its failure ?

CHINESE E X C H A N G E . The premium on gold, and the price of English exchange, which add erage cost of twenty-five per cent, to remittances, is not the whole expense in the money transactions with China. The relation of the pecuniary standards of value in the two countries, and the heavy discount against us, is not commonly understood. The only coin or money standard in China is the brass Cash, some 1,450 or 1,500 of which m a k e a Tael or Chinese ounce. In commerce there are blocks of silver, weighing somefiftyounces, called Sycee. Formerly, the Spanish dollar was in circulation, and was received in trade as the equivalent of a Tael of silver. These dollars have disappeared, and passed into Sycee bullion. The Mexican dollar is found as a commodity, and is arbitrarily estimated at from 1,100 to 1,200 Cash, or seventy-five per cent, of the Tael, or old Spanish dollar. Hence, to give n o w to our missionaries the same value in silver as formerly, one-third must be added to our appropriations in dollars. The rule is to convert dollars in Taels, subtract a fourth; to convert Taels into dollars, add a third. If the difference is calculated through the medium of English currency the result is the same. The ratio between the value of the pound sterling here and in China is exactly that between our dollar and the Chinese Tael. Gold is of no value in China as a commercial medium, and Mexican dollars shipped there are subject to heavy loss on account of whimsical preference for certain issues of that coin. The burdensome tax is inevitable, and can only be overcome by being promptly met, and made the means under God of Christianizing this people, and of giving to them more civilized views of finance and commercial relations.

SYSTEMATIC GIVING.

Foreign Missions is an undertaking so vast an expensive, that all reason requires the most thorough regulation of the h u m a n resources by which it is to be executed. If the means of support can not be confidently anticipated, the work becomes liable to failure, or the supply a matter of perplexity to the Board, and of annoyance to the churches. That the grand object for which our Saviour died should be sustained by incessant begging instead of by the voluntary and stated offerings of His people, discords with the spirit of self-consecration and the experienced power of Divine grace. One cent a week from each Baptist of the South would stop our appeals for money, save a percentage to agents of onethird of their collections, and enable the Board to quadruple their missionary e forts. The Apostolic method of supplying the Lord's treasury by weekly contributions, according as each is prospered, has a universal adaptation in the churches, by putting the poor on a level with the rich, and is earnestly commended to the study of the ministry and the practice of the churches.

NEW FIELDS.

At a meeting of the Board, held April 14th, the following preamble resolution were adopted : Whereas, The policy of the Board formed under the direction of the Convention is to expand our missionary enterprise with the openings of Providence and the means furnished by God's people: and

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Whereas, Earnest appeals have been made for the Board to found missions in G e r m a n y and Brazil, the latter field commending itself strongly to the favor of the Board, therefore, Resolved, That, while the Board would gladly extend its missionary operations to otherfields,they are necessarily restricted by the contributions of the churches, which barely suffice to support the missions already established.

CHINA MISSIONS. SAFE ARRIVAL OF MISSIONARIES. A t the last Convention special supplication was requested and offered for our "Missionaries ai Sea." Their voyage was peculiarly prosperous, and rendered so precious by congenial company, daily seasons of prayer, and a c o m m o n sense of the Divine presence, that, though all rejoiced to reach their respectivefieldsof labor, the separation of the several familiesfilledtheir hearts with deep sadness. It is meet that the answers to our cries should be • acknowledged in offerings of thanks to our prayer-hearing God.

SHANTUNG. Missionaries.—T. P. Crawford, Mrs. Crawford, J. B. Hartwell, Mrs. Hartwell, Mrs. S. J. Holmes, Miss Moon, ordained native Pastor, W o o Tswun Chau; two native assistants, two churches, six out stations; baptisms, seven; total membership, one hundred and ten.

J. B. HARTWELL'S WORK. CHEFOO. Since his return to China Brother Hartwell has become so convinced of the advantages, as a center of missionary influence, of this station, which is the port of entry on the Pe Cheh Li Gulf, that, instead of going to Chi N a n Foo, as he designed, when in this country, he proposes to make his residence at Chefoo. H e says of the place: "It grows every year in commercial importance. Since 1firstk n e w it, it has sextupled itself. F r o m the vast extent of country which trades here, missionaries think it the best point in the country for preaching to the heathen. Another consideration is, that while it is far enough from T u n g Chau for establishing a separate interest, and yet near enough for m e to overlook the church there, it is not so distant from our out stations as to render them inaccessible. A number of our members are here. I therefore earnestly request the Board to appropriate $4,000 for a dwelling house, and $4,000 for a chapel at Chefoo.

TUNG CHAU. The church, during Brother Hartwell's absence, has been faithfully ministered to by the native pastor, W o o T s w u n Chau, of w h o m our missionary on his arrival wrote: " W o o Tswun Chau has shown himself equal to the responsibility placed upon him, and has managed the church with a great deal of discretion and propriety. S o m e of the members seemed to think that I would at once assume the pastorate, and that they would be relieved of the necessity of sustaining the pastor; but I was glad to see the spirit with which W o o Tswun Chau met this feeling and combatted it. H o told them that he was very ready to resign the charge, but that he would never be sustained in the ministry by funds drawn from foreign churches; that they were indebted to the foreigners for the introduction of Christianity and the founding of this church; that , they were indebted to them also for the use of the house in which they worshipped, but that they had no right to expect or to ask foreigners to sustain a pastor for them. They were n o w already an organized church, which he

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hoped would continue till the second coming of Christ. Instead of their being dependent upon the missionaries, the missionaries ought to be dependent on them." Wisely has this right-minded and true-spirited brother been retained as pastor. During the year two hayj been baptized. The present membership is sixty.

BOARDING SCHOOL. The number of pupils, all of whom are bound to Bro. Hartwell for a of years, with the liberty on his part to dismiss at pleasure, is limited to sixteen. "God," he says, "has set his seal of approval on this undertaking by the conversion already of one of the scholars, w h o m w e have had the pleasure of seeing baptized a rejoicing convert."

MRS. HARTWELL. Our Sister Hartwell has been an invalid since July last, enduring through protracted periods intense suffering. Several times she has been "at death's door." That she m a y b e near her physician at Chefoo, is an additional reason for Bro. Hartwell's removal to that city. This beloved sister, from w h o m so m u c h was and is hoped, is affectionately commended to the sympathies and supplications of the Convention and churches. Under date of January 21st, she writes: "I have assuredly had to undergo a severe ordeal in this long and trying illness, and I know not as yet what lessons our dear Lord has designed to teach m e in visiting m e thus with this rod of affliction. Trials are often I know "levers in God's hands, to raise us up to heaven." O h ! that I may be enabled to await the issue, and feel entirely submissive to the Divine will. Will you not then give m e an interest in your prayers, that I m a y be taught to feel in very truth, that " However dark my way, or prospects be, All, all is right, since overruled m y God by Thee."

T. P. CRAWFORD'S WORK. HIS NEW CHAPEL. Brother Crawford's chapel at Tung Chau has been completed and dedicated. H e writes: "Everybody, both native and foreign, says it is a most beautiful structure. The acoustics are fine." The whole cost has been some $3,000, of which say $1,000 remain to be paid by the Board. iPART OF NATIVE LETTER FROM MONUMENT STREET BAPTIST CHURCH—TUNG C H A U FOO. A t the beginning of the year w e had forty-five members;fivehave been added by baptism, so that w e n o w numberfiftypersons. W e have contributed twenty dollars by monthly collections. Ten miles southwest from the city, at -a village called M u n g Kya, w e have rented a house for a chapel, and eight of the brethren voluntarily go to this place, two-and-two by turn, every Sabbath to preach the gospel to the people. Also south of the city,fiftyli (18 milesb near W o n g Ching, there is a temple where the brethren of that neighborhood meet to worship and to disseminate the gospel as in former years. Durine the year pastor Crawford has erected a large chapel, called Shing W h e Tong Holy Assembly Hall—where the church n o w meets. The school of boys under "Mrs. Crawford's care numbers eighteen; Mrs. Holmes' day school of little boys contains ten; and her girl's school hasfifteenpupils. This year Miss

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M o o n has come from America to join with us. She is n o w learning the Chinese language very rapidly, and expects ere long to open a school for girls, and to aid in spreading the religion of our Lord. Every Sabbath afternoon w e have a church-school (Sunday school) at Shing W h e Tong. SISTERS HOLMES AND MOON. Bro. Crawford writes: " Miss M o o n is making rapid progress in the language. She promises to be a real missionary. Only send out another of the same character to live and labor with her. The women of China must be converted to Christ. Mrs. Holmes is well, and drivingjon with all her might; at times she seems to overtax her strength." MRS. CRAWFORD'S SCHOOL

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At our annual examination the boys displayed considerable proficiency in Mathematics, Astronomy, Evidences of Christianity, Scripture History, N e w Testament, and their o w n classics. There was a joint exhibition of our o w n and the Presbyterian school, in charge of Rev. M r . Mateer. It consisted of orations, compositions in both the classical and mandarin styles, and a debate between two champions from each school. The question they themselves selected was "Is Christianity profitable for this life?" The speakers were from seventeen to twenty-three years old. I was not ashamed of the manner in which m y two handled the affirmative. All four were professed Christians. These examinations and exhibitions seem to be quite a stimulus to both the schools, giving them a variety they never have among the natives. SHANGHAI.

Missionaries.—M. T. Yates and Mrs. Yates; native pastor, W o n g Ping San one out station; two native assistants, with their wives; baptisms, six; total membership, fifty-eight. BROTHER TATES' RETURN. A t our last meeting Bro. M . T. Yates was reported in Europe, on account of another failure of his voice. H e paid a short visit to this country; but, though his voice does not admit of public speaking, he, impatient to get back to his field of labor, returned to China, via San Francisco, on the 1st of April. O n the day of his departure he wrote: " O n arriving in China I shall not resume m y duties, but will continue to spare m y voice during the summer. America is not the place for m e to rest. A n d I could not entertain the idea of another year's exile in Europe alone. I trust all will be overruled for the best." MRS. YATES AND THE WORK. Our Sister Yates, with the native pastor, W o n g Ping San, at Shanghai, and See Seen San, Tsung Seen San, a native doctor, at K w u n g San, of w h o m Bro. Yates says: " They are both active men, and are doing a good work," has conducted the affairs of the mission with prudence and satisfaction. The following from her pen will be read with interest: " W o n g preaches regularly—preaches well, too—and the members of his flock attend regularly. Our only additions have come from K w u n g San station, where See Seen Sang seems to be preaching in a zealous, loving spirit. " There are n o w ten Christians at K w u n g San, counting our two assistants and their wives; and it seems to m e that it will be best to establish a church there, and ordain See pastor over it, when Mr. Yates returns. I think that our church—though most of them are poor—can well afford to give $15 a month to their pastor, besides helping each other occasionally in sickness. Mr. Yates suggested it before he left; and I have been trying hard to get our people to see it in that way. I think it time for them to do something, and to begin by lifting some of the burden from those Christians in America w h o have built churches, supported pastors, and printed books for them, more than twenty years. A-few of our members seem to see it so, too, and they are giving very

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liberally. Last month our collection for pastor's salary amounted to $13; whether w e shall do better this month, or fall back, I cannot tell. The deacon understands that nobody is to be made to give; he is simply to set it before them as "a reasonable service."

CANTON. Missionaries: R. H. Graves, E. Z. Simmons, N. B. Williams, Mrs. Graves, Mrs. Simmons, Mrs. Williams, and Miss Whilden; ordained native pastor, W o n g M u i ; eight native assistants; four Bible w o m e n ; two churches; baptisms, sixteen. Total membership, one hundred and fifty-six. REV. J. J. ROBERTS' BEQUEST.

By the last will of Mr. Roberts, deceased, his property in Canton, consistin of a chapel and residence, valued at some $2,500 or $3,000, is bequeathed in trust, to the senior missionary of this mission and his successors. The conditions of the will are such that the Board are unwilling to be related, in any way, to the legacy, and so notified our senior missionary, Bro. R. H. Graves. They did not object, however, to his personal acceptance of the trust further than to suggest the trouble it might entail in respect to the prescribed terms of succession, through the senior missionary of the mission. Bro. Graves' action in the premises has not, as yet, been communicated to the Board. BRO. WILLIAMS' IMPRESSION OF THE CHURCH AND LANGUAGE. It is gratifying to see that every precaution is used in our mission, which dence can devise, in the reception of members. The Chinese Christians are themselves very strict in their examinations of candidates; doubtless made so by the instructions of Bro. Graves and their past experience. A s to vital godliness in its membership, I presume the Canton church will compare favorably with most of our churches at home. Brother Graves is daily at work, at home and in the chapel, teaching and preaching the W o r d . Bro. Simmons is making initial efforts in instruction, gradually "feeling his w a y " along as he gains a knowledge of the language. The difficulties would seem to give countenance to the remark of an eminent divine that "the invention of the Chinese language is one of the remarkable exhibitions of the wiles of Satan, in resisting the advance of the gospel in the earth." SHIN HING. Bro. E. T. Simmons write?, February 20: ." Our mission, in their last meeting, decided that I should have charge of work at Shin Hing this year. It is very desirable that one of us be there at least part of the time. There are newfieldsopening around Shin Hing. One large town up the river, which Bro. Graves and I visited last fall, is anxious that w e should have a m a n to preach there. W e have decided to rent a larger house for a chapel; and improve our work in every respect. While at Shin Hing I tried to preach every day; and find that I can speak the language better than I supposed. I think I will, before a great while, be able to speak the Chinese without m u c h trouble."

SCHOOLS. Bro. .N. B. Williams writes, February 26 : "It is my pleasure to report to the Board that the schools in Canton opened under very favorable circ*mstances on the 17th instant. The boys' school of which the writer has special charge, had twenty-five pupils thefirstday, and n o w numbers forty-one. The girls' school, in charge of Miss Whilden, opened with thirteen, and now has twenty-four pupils. W e are compelled to adopt

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the boarding-school plan to some extent, in order to meet the demand made by those pupils living at a distance, and to compete successfully with other Christian schools."

EXTRACTS FROM ANNUAL REPORT. TRACT DISTRIBUTION. During the year about 15,000 Tracts have been sold and given away. TRAINING CLASS. A class composed of assistants, colporteurs, and others, w h o desire to study the Scriptures, has thrice met with Bro. Graves for a month at a time. In addition to the intellectual training secured, it is believed that the attendants have felt the spiritual influence of the study of the W o r d of the Lord. COUNTRY WORK. The North River has been ascended for one hundred and seventy-five miles, and twenty-five towns visited, where the gospel has been rarely, if ever, preached. SIGNIFICANT MOVEMENT.

So great has been the effect of our preaching on the masses that the Chine have commenced an extensive movement to counteract our influence. A fund of over $20,000 has been raised in Canton, to be employed in opening free schools and dispensaries, and in the support of native scholars, w h o deliver daily moral discourses onfilialpiety and kindred subjects. The originators of this movement are conservative Chinese, w h o are closely imitating Christian methods of working in order to retain their influence over the people, w h o they see are becoming favorably impressed with the religion of Jesus. Thus Heathenism, foiled in the attempt to excite persecution against the Christians by the "Genii powder" plot of last year, has had recourse to this more rational way of opposing us with our o w n weapons. W e rejoice to see this movement, as it shows that the old lethargy is being interrupted, and w e k n o w that the result will be only to call more attention to the religion which they oppose, for " w e can do nothing against the truth but for the truth." God will overrule all opposition for the good of His o w n cause. GOD'S SPIRIT CRAVED. O n the whole, our work is in a hopeful state. But w e feel our special need of an outpouring of the Holy Spirit. W e long to see our chapelsfilledwith others than merely attentive listeners, and to see m e n showing that they feel the power of the truth by coming out on the side of Jesus and devoting their hearts and lives to H i m W e beg the brethren to pray for us, that the Spirit m a y dwell in us personally in rich fullness, and m a y bless abundantly the work committed to our hands. DR. WARD'S VIEW OF OUR MISSIONARIES.

Dr. W. Ward, of Assam, himself one of the most devoted servants of Christ, refers thus to our missionaries in Canton : "I feel that m y visit here will be of lasting advantage to me, and furnish matter for m u c h reflection and broader generalization. "I a m greatly pleased with the brethren and sisters of your three mission families.' .No man, I believe, in the whole missionary community stands higher than Brother Graves for excellence of spirit, soundness of judgment, and devotion to the real marrow of the mission work. The other two are promising young men, either of w h o m I should be glad to have as a colleague in m y mission field. " A s to the ladies, their hearts are devoted to the work and to the acquisition

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of this hard language with an earnestness worthy of all praise. G o d bless them all and their work." " Thisfieldis hard, and will require long patience." MISSIONARY RESIDENCE. Last year the Board reported their engagement to erect a dwelling for these faithful servants of the most High. The work can only be performed by the will and the liberality of the churches. The missionaries are enquiring: " Shall w e begin to build ? " W h a t must the Board reply ? Our heads should rest uneasily beneath our domestic roofs while these noble children of our Heavenly Father vainly beg for an humble home.

AFRICAN MISSIONS. STATIONS AND LABORERS. The peculiar circ*mstances under which the following stations and laborers are reported will be subsequently shown: Marshall—C. F. Gibson, Preacher. Old Fields—Fifteen miles from Monrovia—occasional preaching by T. Early. Congo Town—On Junk River, near Marshall—Ditto by Ci. Tytler and G. F. Gibson. Taylorsville—Between Junk and Farmington rivers—Teacher, Josephine Early; preachers, G. Tytler and G. F. Gibson. Herndonville—Between Marshall and Little Bassa—M. D. Herndon, preacher. Little Bassa—On the coast, sixty miles below Monrovia—L. K . Crocker and T. J. Tate. Philtipsburg—On Mecklen river, twenty miles interiorward—M. D. Liberty. Donogba—Near Bexley, on St. John's river—J. Cook. B. R. Yates, Financial Agent, and J. J. Cheesman, Missionary. DEATH OF MISSIONARIES. The sad tidings came to us last fall, that Brother H . Underwood, w h o had charge of tbe stations at Old Fields, a place inhabited by recaptured Africans of the Conga tribe, departed this life in July, and that Bro. E. W a u g h n , our preacher and teacher at Congo T o w n , also belonging to recaptured Africans, had, in August, gone to his reward. These humble laborers of Christ had no n a m e among the distinguished of earth, but they m a y wear a bright crown among the redeemed of heaven. REV. A. D. PHILLIPS. Bro. Phillips, so long identified.with, and so laborious and successful in this mission, thinking it not best to return to Africa to live, withdrew last M a y from the employment of the Board. While his. loss to the foreignfieldis greatly to be regretted, it is a cause of congratulation that his valuable services are still secured to the Convention in behalf of Domestic and Indian Missions. STATUS OF T H E MISSIONS. The Board is convinced that while most of the labor in Africa must be done by colored missionaries, a superior m a n of our o w n race is needed on the field as an enlightened instructor, a wise counselor, and a bold leader, and also to inspire confidence, enlist sympathy, and secure support in this country for the mission. N o suitable person has been found. W h e n the news came that our missionaries had been driven out of the Bier country by intestine troubles, which news synchronized with the cramped condition of our treasury for general'mission work, it was thought prudent to suspend the missionaries "and teachers, excepting Brothers Yates and Cheeseman, until such a missionary could be secured and the necessary funds should be raised. Our missionaries, deeply distressed at this suspension, though temporary, protested earnestly,

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and appealed touchingly against it, and even resolved that the work should go on at their o w n expense until the patronage of the Board might be again extended. -=.•*. EXTRACTS FROM LETTERS. Sister Early wrote: " M y head and heart are bowed down at the direction to close the school. Pay or no pay, I cannot turn the children off. I will labor and wait. I have not the heart to break the news to the king or to the people, as it would throw a gloom over all future prospects. I will hold on to the last, and trust in the Lord G o d for help, or to open the hearts of His servants to hear our distress." Brother Liberty wrote: " M a n y things might discourage the most cheerful heart, but our trust is in God. W e wait on him for his salvation. I a m laboring daily to make the school self-supporting. If the schools fail Liberia is lost. All preaching without education will be in vain. The natives generally are more docile than they have been for the last quarter of a century, in answer to the prayers of the faithful, and by the influence of our exertions. God has opened an effectual door to this mighty region." Brother Gibson: "Though the missionaries have been relieved, w e are still willing to labor and to wait. W e do not suffer ourselves to be discouraged, but with one accord, without communication with each other, w e have concluded to go on with the work and trust in God, w h o has promised to be the hope and strength of His people." F r o m Brother Crocker, a native chief, w e received the following: " W e have encouragements to go on. and it is our determination to go on. It is an accustomed phrase among the Bassas, that the Christians are about to turn the world upside down. The King of Little Bassa attended our church ( and listened with profound silence. After the meeting the old m a n said: ' Truly there is a thing in this thing. A t a distance God's word frightens us, but when w e are under its sound it is enough to m a k e any one wise.' " Brother J. C. Vaughn, of Logos, under date of October 7, 1872, wrote: " Suffice it to say, that the members all do greatly deplore the manner in which they have been left (to use their o w n phrase) 'like sheep and lambs without a shepherd,' and they compare our church to a vineyard planted with m u c h care and expense, and then left without a husbandman to keep it. "Excepting myself, our church are all natives of Africa, and, as a matter of course, they are very dependent, as they think, on missionary labor to keep them together. They are uncultivated Christians, and have not moral courage enough to stand hard by the cross, and look up to Christ, 'the Good Shepherd,' nor have they faith to believe effectually that the Holy Ghost, the divinely appointed husbandman, is able and will keep the vineyard of Christ in perfect order. They correctly believe that our fellow-men are necessarily used as instruments in doing this wonderful work, and they appeal to the mother churches to consider their case and, if possible, to send us a missionary." Brother B. P. Yates, of Monrovia: "It was a n e w era in the history of our missionary operations, and one fraught with hopeful auguries, when the Southern Baptist Convention, in resuming their operations here, at once pushed boldly into the interior and planted the standard of the cross eighty or one hundred miles from the coast. "Liberia is an off-shoot from the United States, principally from the Southern States. W e have succeeded, by the grace of God, in establishing a nucleus of'civilization and Christianity here. W e are a feeble people; but, providentially, our influence among the aborigines, for hundreds of miles, is greater than that of large European colonies on the coast. The whole interior is ac-

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cessible to us. The people are calling from every direction to us for assistance, and any retrograde movement n o w in our attempts to take possession of the land, would be very sad. " M a y God direct the deliberations of the Board; and m a y the indications of His providence enable them to conclude not only to continue and expand the mission in the future, but to prosecute their operations now without any suspension." Again, under date of November 2, he advised: "The several churches in this county are being blessed with a glorious revival. The Providence Baptist Church in this place has several candidates for baptism. The church at N e w Georgia will baptize next Lord's day eighteen candidates, mostly natives. The candle of the Lord is once more shining on the heads of His people." Later, December 16, he added: "Brother W . F. Gibson, one of the missionaries driven from the Beir country, informs m e that he has just received a messenger from one of King Zeo's sons, saying that the disturbances would be n o w soon settled, and that he would come down in a short time to carry him back. I hope this m a y be so." W H A T MUST BE DONE? These appeals, so full of sadness and of love to Christ's work, cannot fail to affect every Christian heart. But what can be done without the means? Some brother of missionary spirit might be employed to arouse the churches to the anomolous state of this mission, which has such strong claims on our sympathy and generosity. A n interest is awakened in the colored Theological schools of the South, and several students are thinking of going to Africa, under the auspices of our Board. The colored churches, and associations and conventions, it is hoped, will realize their obligation to this work; to the responsibility and expense of which both races are solemnly called. Should our white churches manifest some commendable zeal, it m a y prove inspiration and example to our colored brethren. Whether others assist or not, the Missions should be resumed and expanded, with the favoring indications of Providence. The Convention must decide whether that resumption shall depend or not uponsecuring a suitable white missionary for the field. DAY'S HOPE PROPERTY AND INDEBTEDNESS OF THE BOARD. The Board had expected that the sale of what is known as the "Day's Hope property," at Monrovia, would liquidate a long standing indebtedness on it, of some $500, to Brother B. P. Yates and to the widow of-R Hill. N o purchaser has been found for the house, which is in a dilapidated state; and the funds are needed to meet this obligation, and other liabilities to missionaries, for advances on repairs of their school-houses and places of worship. Under any condition of the mission, these debts should be promptly discharged. Here is added another consideration for renewed and vigorous exertion in behalf of our African Missions.

ITALIAN MISSIONS. STATIONS. Rome.—Missionary, G. B. Taylor, Evangelist, Gardiol, 45 members. Civita Vecchia.—Evangelist Mollo, 22 members. Bari.—Evangelist Basile, 76 members. Bologna.—Evangelist Giannini, 68 members. Modena.—Evangelist Martinelli, 13 members. Carpi.—Evangelist Martinelli, 10 members. La Tour.—(Waldensian Valleys) Enon Ferraris, 43 members. Total membership, 277.

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SCHOOL AT ROME. Under date of February 17, Dr. Cote writes: " T h e evening school, which is under m y direction, is attended by fifty-six scholars. S o m e of our members come to learn to read and write." EVANGELISTS AND CHURCHES. F r o m a report of Dr. Jeter, w h o was sent on a special commission to Italy, w e extract the following: " M y impressions are favorable concerning the Provincial Evangelists. I have seen three of them, Basile, Gardiol, and Mollo. The former two seem to be earnest, warm-hearted men, and the latter is a promising young man." MODENA. This city contains 32,000 inhabitants. Martinelli has recently been sent there. The church is composed of thirteen members, w h o are walking in a manner satisfactory to the Evangelist. Several persons are ready to be baptized. O n Sunday morning the attendance is not less than thirteen; commonly, more attend the service. The Evangelist labors part of his time at Carpi, a short distance from Modena, where there is a church of ten members, walking uprightly. Civita Vecchia, about sixty miles from Rome, on the Mediterranean Sea, has a small church, gathered within the last eighteen months by Evangelist Gardiol. It is a little vine, but seems to have been divinely planted. 1 was encouraged by its appearance and its promise of fruitfulness. The Evangelist Mollo is highly commended by citizens of the town as a teacher, but has been compelled to discontinue his school for want of a license for teaching, which he hopes to obtain at the next session of the examining board. Meanwhile he is teaching from house to house, conducting a Sunday school, and preaching, against which there is no law. H e is a licentiate and inspires hope of future usefulness. The church contains twenty-two members, all of w h o m , it is stated, are steadfast in their profession and attentive to their duties. They are mostly males, and have the appearance of being substantial, earnest church members. The Waldensian Valleys, in the north of Italy, contain a population of 25,000. Ferraris, the missionary, reports forty-three persons baptized. Twenty are at L a Tour, w h o m the Lord enables to walk consistently. The evangelist is a mechanic, and supports himself by his labors. Bari, on the Adriatic sea, has a population of 70,000 or 80,000. Basile has recently gone to this station. His letter, from which I give the following extract, has a more scholarly appearance than that of the other evangelists: " According to the church register, the number of communicants is seventysix. During a year, the church was without a pastor, and several stayed away, and others are gone from the city. The first Sunday that the Lord's Supper was celebrated, about forty communed. A s a general rule the brethren give proof of their faith in Christ. A s regards baptism, I hold it of absolute necessity to every believer in Jesus; therefore, everyone, desiring to participate in'the Lord's supper must be immersed. Better be few and faithful, than undisciplined and scandalous." Dr. Jeter continues : Basile recommends the formation of what is substantially a Baptist Association. Bologna, in the north of Italy, contains 109,000 inhabitants. Giannini is the evangelist. H e is well reported for his piety and faithfulness. The church numbers sixty-eight members, all obedient to Christ. Sunday morning, the congregation is about thirty-five, with six or eight'catechumens; and at night from eighty to one hundred and fifty. The week-night attendance is from forty to seventy. Prospects are very encouraging. Evangelist G. has added thirteen members to the church. N o other church has been so m u c h prospered. O n the whole, after all deductions from sanguine reports, the provin-

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cial churches, I think, in a very promising condition. M r . Wall says that the success of our mission in Bologna alone, would abundantly compensate all our sacrifices and toils. I a m more and more deeply convinced of the importance of Italy as a field of evangelical labor. I need hardly repeat m y oft expressed and well confirmed opinion that some minister, discreet, able and energetic, should be sent promptly to labor in R o m e . Rome.—The church in Trastevere is capable, when crowded, of accommodating one hundred persons. It has recently, through the liberality of Brother Preble, of N e w York, been supplied with ». baptistry, which is a great improvement on the arrangement first used for the administration of the ordinance. The congregation last Sunday numbered about sixty. A t the close of the sermon the Lord's Supper was administered. In the commencement of our mission here, Dr. Cote and M r . Wall, the English Baptist missionary, were in full co-operation. They have together baptized between seventy and eighty persons. After their ejection from the Central Hall, and at the time of Dr. H. H. Tucker's visit, it was deemed proper to divide the church—one part following Dr. Cote beyond the Tiber, and the other adhering to M r . Wall. The part accompanying Dr. Cote adopted, as you are aware, articles of faith prepared by Dr. Tucker. There have been on the register forty-five members. The members w h o m I have met seem devout in spirit, and certainly grasped m y hand with fraternal cordiality. That w e should be allowed to preach the gospel in R o m e at all is one of the wonders of the present age. That any have been converted from the thraldom of Popery, is cause for gratitude to God. That w e were one of thefirst,if not thefirstto commence a Mission in R o m e , has committed us to the work; and we should sustain it vigorously. Another .American missionary is immediately and pressingly needed to carry on the Mission. Gardiol has been called here from Velletri. H e is a good m a n , and will be able to take care of the church. ROMAN CHAPEL. The gross amount collected for this chapel is $22,363.10; of which 83,165.96 were given by the North, $1,240.29 by Great Britain, and $17,956.85 by the South. A s the purchase of an eligible site would probably consume most of our available means for the chapel, and as the Board deemed it prudent to contract no debt on the hope of future collections. Dr. Jeter was authorized, provided any present investment was thought advisable, to purchase a building which might be adapted to our purpose. N o less thanfiftyhouses have been examined; but, on account of sundry obstacles relating to titles, location and price—though deeds of conveyances have been drawn out ready for execution, no purchase has been effected. This delay is not regretted by the Board, in view of the internal state of the R o m a n Church, with regard to which Dr. Jeter was sent to Italy, as well as to obtain a house of worship. MISSIONARY TO ITALY. _ The Convention of 1871 "resolved that the Foreign Mission Board be desired to consider the expediency of the appointment of a General Superintendent of European Missions." In furtherance of this resolution, a standing committee of the Board was charged with the nomination of a suitable missionary to Italy. "The report of the Committee on European Missions," adopted by the Convention in 1872, held the following language, which foreshadowed an early appointment with special reference to the'careful investment of our R o m a n chapel funds: "Your committee are gratified with the assurance that the Board will exercise the utmost care that the legal title to the proposed chapel shall be placed beyond danger; for w e are satisfied that the Papal power, still strong and cunning, will leave no means untried to dispossess so formidable a tbe to her pretensions as a scriptural church." C o m plications and dangers in the church at Rome, and imposed conditions of aid

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in this country, rendered imperative the appointment. Dr. Lorimer was invited to to the position; but though deeply interested in the mission, he was forced by circ*mstances to decline. Extensive correspondence was opened, but before a permanent missionary could be secured, the immediate demand for a m a n of eminent prudence and piety, of wide-spread reputation, and of commanding powers and controlling influence, was met by the election of Dr. Jeter, of Virginia, to the responsibility and toil of a delicate and difficult commission. His salary was fixed at the rate of $2,500 per annum, and ten per cent, on funds collected in Great Britain. All expenses were to be met by himself. His collections have amounted to $1,240.29, which amount, less ten per cent, for collecting deducted from his salary, leaves the pecuniary cost of augmenting and guarding our funds, and of encountering troubles, the most painful and perilous which have ever tried the Board of Foreign Missions. The gravity of these troubles m a y be suggested by the fact, that they have involved the separation from our employment of brethren W . N . Cote and G. B. Gioja. Should the Convention investigate the matter, the Board would recommend that, for the good of the cause, the investigation should be conducted through a committee of one from each State, and of the most enlightened and experienced brethren, to w h o m this part of our report m a y be referred. In reference to the subject Dr. Jeter writes : "In the whole course of m y experience I have never found myself more painfullv perplexed than I have been in regard to the matters of the R o m e Church." O n the 3d of March, after m u c h prayer and consideration, Brother G. B. Taylor, of Virginia, was unanimously appointed our Missionary to Italy, and expects to sail at an early day for Europe. The practical sagacity, the broad cultivation, the elevated character and missionary spirit of this brother, render him, in the opinion of the Board, eminently qualified for succession to the troubled things at R o m e ; 'for training native preachers and undisciplined churches, and for pressing forward the work of the Lord by the pulpit and press, and by his personal consecration to the holy cause. If the prayers of the Convention were ever needed it is now, and for our Missionary to Italy.

ENCOURAGEMENTS. Notwithstanding the cares and trials of our Brother Jeter, his soul is full of hope for Italy. H e feels assured that while our missions must be sustained and pressed by strong faith and m a n y sacrifices against the ignorance of the people, the assaults of the devil, and the potent hostility of popery, which will not lose its hold on the citadel of its power without a desperate struggle, the Italian mind, moving off from the bondage of ecclesiastic authority and despotism, can never be satisfied until it rests in the liberty of the children of God, protected by the free principles of the Bible church polity. Never was afieldwhiter for the harvest; never were the calls of Providence to go forward clearer and louder; and never were prospects more promising to a people willing to endure the heat and burden of hard service for the Master than at this m o m e n t in our Italian missions.

A WORD FOR MISSIONS AND OUR MISSIONARIES. Missions are to the church what Christ is to personal Christianity—its central idea and its life. Church extension is but the practical expression of the missionary spirit. The Christ of the gospel is the Saviour of the world; and ecclesiastic expansion must have corresponding scope, and be commensurate with the designs and privileges of the scheme of redemption. M u c h that passes under the n a m e of church progress, contemplating merely our o w n benefit, m a y not be distinctively Christian ; but the spirit which rejoices in service'to the needy, and in proportion to the need, and to its o w n loving sacrifices is the very essence of the religion of the self-oblivious and self-sacri-

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ficing Jesus. Paul's sancity on earth culminated w h e n he could wish himself accursed for his brethren; and approximated to him w h o was actually accursed for the good of our race. The duty of co workers with Christ for h u m a n salvation is as broad as the necessity of perishing mankind, and its dignity as lofty as fellowship with the Divine Compassion. T h e one and the other are to be realized by the willingness of God's people to do his will in the day of his power. A n d realized should be the more practical obligation of justice, to say nothing of fraternal love to our missionaries who, under a lofty sense of duty, have, as our servants, given themselves to this work of the Lord. T o send them to the ends of the earth, to supply our lack of service, and not to remember and sustain them, what can be less Christian or more cruel? The churches can not shift from themselves the fearful and blessed responsibility. The Board is only their agent. Our devoted brethren look to you with pleading eyes from theirfieldsof severe labor. Shall they not be generously supported by your sympathy, your prayers, and your stated contributions? It is all for the sake of Him—that Great Missionary—who shall say, in that day of days, to the succorers of his colleagues in this heavenly work: " Inasmuch as ye have done it to one of the least of these my brethren, ye have done it unto Me.'

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T H E H O M E A N D FOREIGN JOURNAL.

The utility of special organs for the Boards of the Convention ha been called in question by m a n y of our wisest and best brethren—and it is a question of some interest for the Convention to consider, whether the Journal shall be continued after the close of the present volume. There is no difficulty in arranging with our weekly denominational press to have space awarded us for any intelligence w e m a y wish to have published. They have again and again expressed themselves upon this subject and urged the claims of their respective columns as the widest medium for the circulation of our missionary matter. Intelligence and appeals could be prepared and forwarded simultaneously to all our journals and thus avoid the charge of staleness, as each would be in possession of the same compend at the same time. The general press would not then be indifferent or estranged, "by what sometimes becomes a rival newspaper." In this way, as most people seldom have time to read more than one religious paper, our appeals would be more certain to arrest attention, and the journals would be enriched by the facts from the missionary fields, without any additional expense. M u c h more might be said on this subject, but it m a y not be necessary.

ENLARGEMENT

is the motto of the Board. We must keep pace with the growing nec of ourfield,vast in extent, and rich in its promise of cultivation. A new and vital element of society is constantly finding its way to our southwestern territory, subject to all the baneful influences of infidelity and the aggressive m o vements of R o m a n Catholicism. "We cannot meet our responsibilities in the^spirit of supineness, but must be up and doing, ever watchful of our enemy tha goes about like a roaring lion seeking w h o m he m a y devour. The State Missionary Boards cannot go beyond their respective boundaries, and hence will be inadequate to supply the new points ever opening up before us in the fresh and unoccupied lands that lie amid the extended prairies and mountains of the far West. Here w e find ample room for the display of all our benevolence, and for the exercise of all our. unappropriated talent. Let not this providential ground be neglected and suffered to go to waste for any lack of energy on our part as a Christian people, to w h o m God has supplied all the necessary appliances for a noble undertaking. Let the work begun by such m e n as Howell, Johnson, Mallory, Hartwell, Manly, Wyatt, Mendenhall, Hornbuckle, Wortham. Curtis, Williams, Crawford, Bacon, Ball, Furman, Thomas, Hinton, Blewett, Dockery, King, Flood, and others of like precious memory, stimulate their survivors to similar zeal, if not larger efforts for Jesus—"Our h o m e operations underlie all other objects of benevolence, and to neglect this field is like drying up the fountains of charity; but the broader and deeper you make the channel at home, the larger and freer will be the current which sets towards the dark corners of the earth." For your Domestic Board to occupy its relative position among the organizations of our denominations, looking to the H o m e work, the lines of these several bodies should be distinctly drawn, lest they run into each other, and necessarily defeat, in some degree, the purposes contemplated. W e would recommend that in those older States where exist State Boards, or, General Executive Committees for the management of missions within their o w n bounds, the Domestic Board shall not interfere, but leave such to occupy their respectivefields,without expecting any aid from your Board, that it m a y go on and plant the standard in the feebler States and Territories, and render aid in supplementing the salaries of pastors of small and weak churches not possessing sufficient pecuniary strength to maintain the gospel ministrv in their midst. Should, however, any of the States prefer the management of their H o m e and State Missions to be committed to your Domestic Board, relieving them of personal attention to the same, in such case it must not be demanded of the Domestic Board that the entire contributions from

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them shall be expended in their o w n bounds, but only a part; for instance, such a per cent, as will be equal to the amount appropriated by those States having their o w n State Boards, and also contributing to the Domestic Board. Should Maryland appropriate $10,000 to State Missions and $2,000 to Domestic Missions, then Maryland could not complain if Georgia should, having no State Board, contribute $12,000, and receive from the Domestic Board $10,000, and so on in like proportion in other States. This, it seems to us, would avoid all friction between the local and general Boards, and give additional means and influence to both. This change in our plans of operation is commended to the serious attention of the Convention. W e might not be able to report as large receipts for one or two years as on the old arrangement, but as soon as it should be seen that all our receipts would be employed on new and unoccupied points, or go to sustain simply such churches in the old and less favored States as are unable to maintain their o w n existence without coming into beneficiary relations with the Domestic Board, our receipts would no doubt be greatly enhanced. For m a n y have heretofore been under the impression in giving to State Missions they were giving to the Domestic Board; and others in giving to State Missions do not wish their contributions to Domestic Missions to be employed in the State. In conclusion, we m a y urge special and enlarged contributions to the work of Domestic and Indian Missions, as thefieldto be occupied is one of great extent and growing importance. N o State should be satisfied with what it can do within its o w n limits while so m u c h remains to be done in regions beyond. The past year has been one of generalfinancialembarrassment, and m a n y special objects have claimed the attention of our churches, yet w e have reason to thank God and take courage for what has been done. The results of labor performed give evidence of the Divine approval upon the agencies employed, and furnish evidence of a hopeful future. Praying the blessing of God upon your session of 1873, w e submit the account of our humble stewardship. W e append a table showing the work done by State Conventions, and other bodies, as reported and incorporated in our o w n work, at their request:

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TREASURER'S REPORT D.& I. MISSION-BOARD S. B. CONVENTION. J. B. Lovelace, Treasurer, in account with Domestic and Indian Mission Board, Southern Baptist Convention. 1873. DR. April 21. To balance as per last report ; $217 47 ON W H A T A C C O U N T RECEIVED. a a

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1 8 7 2 — M a y 1. T o halance, as per report to the Convention M a y 22. T o dividend on stock of South Carolina Kailroad Co., collected hy W . Y. Leitch, per Dr. Winkler.. M a y 26. T o dividend on stock of South Carolina Railroad Company, by check from the company July 20. T o cash from A . H. Hicks-, on his note belonging to permanent Bible fund 1873—Feb. 1. T o dividend on 10 shares Louisville and Nashville Railroad stock April 5. T o cash from A. H . Hicks, on his note belonging to permanent Bible fund M a y 1. To cash from A . H. Hicks, in full for balance of principal on his note belonging to permanent Bible fund X M a y 1. T o cash from A. H . Hicks, in full for interest on his note

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8. B y cash paid draft of Rev. M . T. Sumner, Cor. Secretary of Board Domestic and Indian Missions Aug. 5. B y cash paid for 10 shares Louisville and Nashville Railroad stock 1873—April 3. B y cash paid draft of Treasurer of the Sunday School Board M a y 4. B y cash paid draft of Treasurer of Foreign Mission Board M a y 5. B y cash paid for 5 shares of Louisville and Nashville Railroad stock M a y 5. B y cash paid for 5 shares of Louisville and Nashville Railroad stock Balance on hand ,

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Total $1,869 77 LOUISVILLE, KY., May

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In accordance with the instructions of the Convention I have collected fifteen hundred dollars, principal, belonging to the permanent fund, and with the approval of the Auditor, purchased during the year twenty shares of the stock of the Louisville and Nashville Railroad Company, leaving on hand today, one hundred and seventy-two dollars and two cents. • O. W . N O R T O N , Treasurer. I have examined the foregoing account, and find the same correct.

N. L O N G , Auditor.

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