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The Gospel Herald
‘LOOK ON THE FIELDS—THE HARVEST IS COME—THE LOVE OF CHRIST CONSTRAINETH US.’
Vol. 1.
RALEIGH, N. C., JULY, 1888.
No. 4.
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AUTOBIOGRAPHY.
OUR MISSIONARIES ON THE FOR
EIGN FIELDS.
SOTJTHEKN CHINA.
Canton and Vicinity,—R. H. Graves, Miss
Lula Whlldcn, E. Z. Simmons, Mrs. Simmon.s,
Miss Emma Young, Mrs. J. L. Sanford, Mias
Nellie Hartwell, and twenty-flve native assist
ants and Bible Women.
CENTRAL CHINA.
Shanghai.—Mrs. Yates, D. W. Herring, Mrs.
Herring; assistantpastor,WongPingSan; chapel
keeper—a licentiate—Wong Yeur San; sexton,
P’ay Sian Su.
Kwln San —.See T’ay San, pastor.
i'oocftoie.-Tsu-nye-Shang, a licentiate and
chapel-keeper.
CTiinAsniip.-William J. Hunnex, Mrs.Hunnex,
R. T. Bryan, Mrs. Bryan.
NORTHERN CHINA—P. O. CHEFoO.
Tung Chow Mission.—T. P. Crawford, Mrs.
Crawford, Mrs. S. .1. Holmes. Miss Lottie Moon.
Whang Hien Mission.—(J. W. Pruitt, Mrs. Da-
vault.
AFRICA.
Lagos.—W. J, David, Mrs. David, P. A. Eubank.
Mrs. Eubank, with four native assistants and
teachers.
Abbeokuta (P. O. Lsgos).—W. W. Harvey, Mrs.
Harvey, C. E. Smith, Mrs. Smith, and one
assistant.
Ogbomoshaw.—Jj. O. Murray, native evangelist.
Gmia.-Jerry A. Hanson, native evangelist.
Hauiser Farm,—Albert Eli, native evangelist.
ITALY.
Rome.—Geo. K. Taylor, 52 Via Giulio Romano,
J. H. Easier and Mrs. Eager, 52 Via Giullo Ro
mano, and Signor Torre.
Torre Pellice.—Signor Paschetfco.
Pi/ierofo.—Signor Perrarls.
iHifim.—Nicholas Papengouth.
Venice.—Signor Bellondi.
Rolopna.—Signor Colombo.
Jlfoderta.—Signor Martinelli.
Carpi.—Signor Fasulo.
Pari and Barletta.—.Signor Volpi.
Aaples.—Signor Basile.
Island of Sardinia.—Sl^aox Arbanasich.
BRAZIL.
Rio de Janeiro.—W. B. Bagby, Mrs. Bagby, E,
A. Soper, Mrs. Soper, Miss Maggie Rice, C D.
Daniel and Mrs. Daniel.
Santa Barbara.—E. A, Puthuff, Mrs. Puthuff.
Bahia.—Z. Taylor, Mrs. Taylor, Miss Mina
Everett, J. A. Barker.
iMACEio.—Senhor Lins.
Pernambuco.—Senhor Joao Baptista.
MEXICO.
BY REV. T. C. BRITTON.
I am one of the seven children of Noah
John and Frances Britton—was born Aug.
25, ’62. I united with Potecasi Baptist
church in my native county of Northamp
ton, N. C., in August, 1877. I began to
preach in the spring of 1881, entered W. P.
College the next September, and obtained
from the same institution the A. M. degree
June 10, ’86. I was ordained to the work of
the gospel ministry August 9, ’85, at Potecasi
church.
I entered the Seminary at Louisville,
Ky., October 1, ’86, and spent two sessions
there. My ministerial work has consisted
in supplying churches and preaching in pro
tracted meetings during my vacations.
Soon after I joined the church I learned
that there were people who had never heard
of Jesus, and, feeling that I ought to do
something for my Saviour, I had an im
pulse to go in person and preach to them.
This impression was deepened by the “ Re-
mini^fences of a Long Missionary Life in
China,” by Dr. Yates, which I eagerly read.
When I entered college, I had the F. M.
work in view. And, as Prof. Taylor used
to urge upon us the consideration of this
subject because of the needs of the work. I j
felt quite sure that it was my duty to go. j
But I went on about three years with the
subj ect on my mind daily, praying earnestly
that I might be guided in the right way.
November 4, ’84, the subject weighed on my
mind so heavily that I could scarcely study,
and I stopped and decided, if tlie Lord per- ’
: mitted, that I would spend my life preach-
: ing to the heathen, looking to the Lord for >
all that I should need. 1 have never re
gretted that decision, but the whole course '
of my life and Providence seemed to point
in that direction ; and it would be a sad pri
vation to me, if I should be hindered from
going.
Although I was anxious to go back to
the Seminary another year and finish the |
full course, at the eaine&t appeal of the
Board for men at once, I appeared before
the Board for examination and appointment
June 4, ’88. I hope to sail for China this
fall. 1 go because of our Ixird’s last com
mand, the needs of the work and my con
viction that the Lord has given me this to
do for him.
state op ooahuila.
Saltillo.—W, D. Powell, Mrs. Powell, Miss M.
C. Tupper, Miss Annie J. Maberry, H R. Moseley-
two native teachers and three colporters.
Patos.—Felipe Jiminezu
Sabinas, Juarez and Progresso.— R, Rodriquez.
Musquiz.—(To be supplied )
Rio Grande District.—(To be supplied.)
San Rafael and San Joaquin —A. Travino.
Galena.—Jose Maria Gamez,
t Gilberto Rodriquez.
STATES OF ZACATEC2VS AND AGUAS CALIENTES
Zacatecas and Aguas Calientcs.—Ji. P. McCor
mick, Mrs. McCormick, Miss Addie Barton.
STATE OF JA LISCO.
Quadra jar a.~\}. A. Wilson, Mrs. Wilson,
Note.—Letters addressed to our missionaries
in China should be addressed waSan Francisco.
Those to Africa via England.
The postage to each of our missions is five cents,
except Mexico, which is two cents.
BY REV. LEROY NORCROSS CHAPPELL.
Missionaries who went out| from North
CAROLINA, BUT NOT UNDER THE DIRECTION
OF THE Board.
MOROCCO.
Tangier.—'Ei. F. Baldwin, Mrs. Baldwin, Miss
Baldwin and Miss
AFRICA.
2 Rue de la Revolution, Algiers, Algeria.-~C.
Powell, Mrs. Powell.
Missionaries now under appointment to
;!China, to sail in November.
T. C. Britton, Woodland, N C.; C. L. Chappell,
Forestville, N. C.; E. F. Tatum, Cana, Davie
county, N. C.
TO MEXICO.
Miss Lillian Wright, Murfreesboro, N. C,
BRITTON, CHAPPELL AND TATUM.
The above named young brethren have
been appointed by the Foreign Mission Board
at Richmond as our Missionaries to China.
This, if each one of them takes with him a
wife, as we hope they will do, will make for
the Baptists of North Carolina eleven Mis
sionaries in China.
They will, we hope, not sail till just after
the Convention in Greensboro.
Brother Britton will during the summer
visit the churches and Sunday-schools of the
West Chowan; brother Chappell the churches
and Sunday-schools of the Central, and
brother Tatum the churches and Sunday-
schools of the Yadkin Association. Let all
the people and children get acquainted with
these young men. They are worthy of our
confidence. May God’s richest blessings rest
upon them and their work.
Read the facts in the life of each of these
brethren, as given by himself.
To the Baptist brotherhood of North Car
olina, I present the following sketch of my
life :
At the time of my birth, April 14, 1860,
my parents, Leroy and Eliza Judson Chap
pell, were living in Kinston, Lenoir county.
North Carolina.
Soon the invasion of the town by Federal
troops and the troublous times of war com
pelled my father, who was then engaged in
the practice of medicine, to take his family
to Wake county, where he subsequently
located in the village of Forestville, and
where he again devoted himself to the duties
of his profession. Here the remainder of
my childhood was spent, and the days of my
youth passed quietly. I do not remember
the time when my mind first became sub
ject to religious impressions, but it must
have been quite early in life. I recall most
vividly the feelings of woe and solemnity
w’hich possessed me at the first spectacle of
death presented to my boyish eyes ; and
this dread of death, at times, awoke me from
horrid dreams in the loneliness of the night.
The realization that I was a condemned sin
ner, and the desire to find peace of mind
from a troubled conscience, made me a seeker
of religion a year or two, perhaps, before
my conversion. At the age of fourteen I
gave my heart to the Saviour, and received
that peace and joy which come with the
forgiveness of sins. I was united to the
Forestville Baptist Church soon after.
My early Christian life was marred by its
inconsistencies. So far did I drift away,
that I belie .'ed I must have been deceived
and that I was not a Christian. This led to
my exclusion from church membership at
my own request. But the anxious question
ings of my heart gave me no rest, until I
eagerly reconsecrated my life to the Lord
and united myself again to His people.
From this time I sought to lead a more act
ive Christian life both public and private.
June, 1881, I w^as graduated from Wake
Forest College. One year was spent in Boon-
ville, Yadkin county, N. C., teaching school.
For the next two years succeeding I prose
cuted the study of the natural sciences at
the University of Virginia. Then for two
years I served as tutor in Wake Forest Col
lege. During these years of mental devel
opment, I experienced also some growth in
personal piety. My place in the Sunday
school and prayer meeting I could rarely
afford to have vacant. But I now longed
for a higher spiritual life. I had entertained
hopes of becoming vrell qualified to teach
young men how to use their minds for the
good of humanity and the glory of God.
But how about their hearts ! Oh ! that I
might, too, be ready to make lasting im
pressions of living truth ; that the true life
might be constantly presented, both in my
conduct and instruction.
The reading of the life of Mary Lyon, of
her marvellous labors at Mt. Holyoke, Mass..
to mould the characters of young women
for Christian teachers and missionaries, did
much to strengthen my cravings for holier
living. Days pa.ssed by. Rev. R. T. Bryan,
then recently appointed missionary to China,
came to Wake Forest, and in his earnest ap
peal he stirred the depths of my soul with
his burning love for the perishing heathen
world, and I recognized the kindling desire
to devote my life to this work. Weeks and
months passed, while a sore conflict went on
within me, between a growing desire and a
sense of duty to engage in this work on the
one hand, and a feeling of unworthiness and
seeming unfitness on the other.
At last, after hours of prayerful contem
plation, one day, in July, 1886, I solemnly
gave myself to the foreign mission work in
China. The last two \ ears have been spent
in the Theological Seminary at Louisville,
Kentnck}^.
The ea.rnest and incessant calls of our
missionaries in China ; the sure crisis in our
mission work there which is upon us ; the
death of our beloved Dr. Yates and his dy
ing appeal at this most critical juncture,
were to me a most imperative call to go at
once to the relief of the noble band of work
ers on the field, now so greatly reduced-in
numbers. So, on application to the Board,
I have been appointed your missionary to
and may I not go forth from my native land,
and from dearly loved friends, in the full as
surance that I shall receive your hearty sup
port, your Christian sympathy, your earnest
prayers ?
“ Lift your eyes, and look on the fields ;
for they are white already to the harvest.”—
John, 4: 35.
Yours, in bonds of fraternal love.
BY HEV. E. F. TATUM.
E. F. Tatum, son of S. O. and M. E. (Rich)
Tatum, was borned near Farmington, Davie
county, North Carolina, April 16th, 1859.
When about ten years old he was converted
and baptized into the fellowship of Eaton’s
church. September, 1881, he removed his
membership to Salisbury, North Corolina,
at which place he was engaged in business,
but before a year was spent there he yielded
to the conviction that it was his duty to
preach.
June 9, 1887, he was graduated at Wake
Forest, North Carolina, and has attended
the Southern Baptist Theological Seminary
one year.
By reading the letters of Dr. M. T. Yates
he learned that he was debtor to the heathen,
but it w'as the live, pointed words of Dr. T.
P. Cra-wford that convinced him that he
owed them personal service, and February
28, 1886, he wrote in his diary, “ If Chris
tians wall send me, I am going to China—
God being my helper.’’ He has been ap
pointed by our Foreign Mission Board, and
will probably sail for China in October.
THE HEATHEN LOST.
BY REV. J. W. WILDMAN.
It is the conviction of the writer that the
prevailing lack of interest among Christians
generally in foreign missions is due to the
fact that they do not believe the heathen
are lost. Many openly declare their disbe
lief ; others say they do not know whether
the heathen are lost or not; while a still
larger number profess to hold this truth but
they have never been under its conviction.
Their faith is not operative and controlling.
Now upon this question no man knows
anything apart from what the Bible teaches.
What saith the word of the Lord ?
In the old Testament the sins of the heathen
who dwelt in Canaan are stated, God’s de
testation of their conduct is stated, and what
he did to them in consequence is stated.
Now note you that (1) the heathen who
dwelt in Canaan were cast out of the land
for their wickedness. It was for the abomi
nations of those nations that they were cast
out. Those abominations are named. And
now will any one say that those heathen
were saved ? Canaan was a type of heaven.
But if God could not endure these men in
his earthly land how can he tolerate them
in his heavenly ? Did he drive them out
with one hand and receive them with the
other? No ! Their exclusion from Canaan
typified their exclusion from heaven.
(2) Note the fact, that those offences which
made the land of Canaan spew out its in
habitants are just what the heathen of to
day are guilty of. Wlio are the heathen
and what do they do ? They are diviners,
soothsayers, necromancers—they worship
demons. All China believes in these abom
inations and practices them. And not only
these things but every abomination, named
and denounced in the word of God, every
single one from Genesis to Revelation is
known and practiced there.
And further ; Paul in the first chapter of
Romans gives a list of those sins against
which the wrath of God is I'evealed from
heaven ; and for which God gave men up
and gave them over to a reprobate mind.
Now note you, the Chinese, the Hindoos,
the Burmese, the Japanese can take Paul’s
list in the first of Romans and add to it
things which he has left out.
If these things be so what shall we sav ?
If the former heathen were all condemned
(see Paul’s argument in Romans) then these
are also. God is the same ; sin is the same ;
the sinner is the same ; and beyond doubt
the condemnaffin is the same. There is no
lespect of persons with God. “As many as
sinned without law shall also perish without
law.”; Says Paul; Both Jews and Gentiles
are all under sin.
Does any man think that if the heathen
had not already been lost Paul w'ould have
been sent, by God, to them? He was sent
because they were lost; he labored among
them because they were lost, and he told
them the way to be saved because they were
lost and needed it.
Paul -knew thf! heathen- ■'”—-— ’
through. He knew their daily lives—their
conversation—their speech. He was born
among them, lived among them, labored
among them, read their books, knew their
philosophy, knew their words—all that was
good and all that was bad. He is fit to be a
witness on this subject for he fcwows whereof
he affirms. He is discerning, he is frank
and candid, he is inspired—hear him. He
is writing to the Ephesians and telling them
what they were “in time past,” that is be
fore the gospel came to them. “That at that
time ye were without Christ, being aliens
from the commonwealth of Israel and
strangers to the covenants of promise, hav
ing no hope and without God in the world.”
Here in this sweeping indictment there
are five counts, any one of which means
certain death, and every one expresses an
exclusion from heaven. Notice : they are
“without Christ.” Then who is to save
them? This is the only name. They are
aliens to the commonwealth of Israel, stran
gers to the covenants of promise and have
“no hope." They had no hope for them
selves and Paul had no hope for them.
“ Without Ood in the ivorld.” This is the
awful climax of certain doom. Without
God ; the Godless. And what is to become
of the Godless? God tells in (ps. IX: 17).
“ The wicked shall be turned into hell, and
all the nations that forget God.”
Men say it is too awful to think that the
unnumbered multitudes of the heathen are
swept like autumn leaves into hell. They
can t believe it. Their hearts wont let them
believe it. But the simple question is what
does God say? “The wicked.” Are they
not wicked ? ‘ ‘ And the nations that forget
God.” Have they not forgotten God ? They
are lost.
Well, whose fault is it? It is not God’s.
He has given the Son, and the Son has
tasted death for every man. The fault lies
at the door of the church to whom God has
entrusted the work of making known the
gospel to every creature. The blood of the
heathen will rest npon every man to whom
the opportunity is given to carry or send the
gospel to them and he does not do it.
Can the heathen be saved without the
gospel? A solemn question; but more
solemn and personal is this : Can I be saved
if I disobey in this matter ?
INCREASE OF MISSIONARY FORCE.
Never before in the history of the Foreign
Mission Board has there been witnessed such
a scene as was presented on the evening of
Monday, June 4th. Nine young men, all of
them from the Seminary, came before the
Board, asking appointment to foreign fields.
Two of them were full gradnatef of the
Seminary, several had been there two years,
and some only one. In response to the earnest
appeals of the Board for men to supply the
places of those who have fallen on the field
and to reinforce those who all alone are fac
ing the great odds against them, these young
men have come, some of them giving up
the long cherished desires of their hearts to-
take a com2)lete course at the Seminary.
But their hopes, with themselves, they have
laid upon God’s altar, saying, as some did,
“I want to go back to the Seminary, but
more than that I want to do the will of
God.” “ If none better prepared are willing
to go, I will,” &c., &c. In answer to earnest,
repeated prayer for men, the Board feels
that God has sent these, and after careful
examination into their physical, mental and
spiritual fitness it has accepted them for the
work. The list is as follows :
A. B. Rudd, of Va., field of labor not fully
determined on.
T. C. Britton, of N. C., to China.
J. A. Brunson, of S. C., to China.
L. N. Chappell, of N. C., to China.
T. J. League, of S. C., to Mexico.
W. T. Lumbley, of Miss., to Africa.
E. F. Tatum, of N. C., to China.
A. C. Watkins, of Mississippi, field not
determined.
J. G. Chastain, of Mississipjsi, to Mexico.
Besides these, the follow’ing young ladies
were appointed for Mexico : Misses Lillian
Wright, of N. C., and L. C. Cabaniss, of Va.,
as teachers in Madero Institute ; and Miss
Fannie E. Russell, of Va., to Guadalajara.
It will be remembered that at the meet
ing of the Board in February, brethren H.
R. Moseley, of S. C., and J. A. Barker, of
Va., were appointed, the former to Mexico,
and the latter to Brazil. So that the Board
has now under appointment eleven men and
three ladies. If each of these young mea
should marry—as some have already dofe
and all ought to—our missionary force wLfi
be increased by twenty-five workers this
year. Probably still other apijointments wifi,
be made. /
God has given us open fields and men a(rd
women to enter them. Now is it for us/to
show the sincerity of our prayers for th4se
in the past, by at once providing the inesjus
and every Christian snould lena a neiping
hand in the work.—Foreign Miss. Journal.
THE DAY DAWNS.
The Presbyterian Church in Charlotte,
and in Wilmington, and the Walnut Street
Baptist Church, Louisvills, Ky., each sup
ports a Missionary in the foreign field. A
brother in Georgia is supporting a Mission
ary in Mexico, and also a Colporter.
Now comes the news in the last number
of The Religious Herald, that a brother in
Virginia has caught the idea. The Herald
says:
“This is from one of the most successful
young merchants in Virginia: “The read
ing of an article in a recent issue of the Re
ligious Herald lias led me to decide to sup
port a native Missionary among the hea
then. We will give his name to Dr. Tup
per. Let every other reader of the Herald
do something special for Foreign Melons.”'
When will some church or some brother
in North Carolina make an advance move ?
Must Jesus bear the cross alone.
And all the world go free ?
The time is short. Opportunities pass-
Godly young men wait to be sent. Could
you not send out one of these young preach
ers to the heathen ? Now is the time to do
something for the Master who died for yon.
Will not some Church or some Association
send a man ? Why not yours lead off ?
Some one has well said:
“It is they who glorify, who shall enjoy
Him; they who deny themselves, who shall
not be denied; they who labor on earth, who
shall rest in heaven; they who bear the cro.ss,
who shall wear the crown; they who seek to
bless others, who shall be blessed.”
—A novel hunting companion is employed by
a man in California. One of the journals of
that State describes his method. It appears
that when going out to shoot wild geese he is
accompanied by a cow instead of the usual dog-
He has trained the animal to walk slowly out
into the field where a flock of geese has settled-
on the grain. She browses meanwhile, and he
walks alongside on the side way from the geese.
When within shooting distance he gently pats
her on the shoulder, and the obedient bovine
lies down. He rest his fowling-piece over her
back and fires both barrels at once, generally-
killing tliirly or forty of the geese. This is the
same system of tactics that the great enemy of
souls employs. It is behind an apparently inno
cent and innoffensive occupation or amusement
that he conceals his most successful plots (2 Cor-
2 : II).
The denomination that is not called on to
give money has no growth. The growth of
children makes necessary, not only new
clothes, but larger clothes; and so with the
growth of our denomination in North Caro
lina.
New Sunday-schools, new churches and
new houses of worship are the order of the
day this year with the Baptists of North Car
olina from the mountains to the sea. These
are our growing pains.