SBC Annual 1857 PDF

PROCEEDINGS
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SIXTH BIENNIAL SESSION
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1857.
PROCEEDINGS
SIXTH BIENNIAL SESSION
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LOUISVILLE, KY.,
MAY, 1857.
RICHMOND:
H. K. ELLYSON, 147 MAIN STREET.
1857. '
OFFICERS OF THE CONVENTION.
PRESIDENT.
REV. R. B. C. HOWELL, Richmond, Ya.
VICE PRESIDENTS.
Rev. BASIL MANLY, Sr., Charleston, S. C, 1st.

" J. B. JETER, Richmond, Ya., 2d.
" "W. C. BUCK, Greensboro', Ala., 3d.
Hon. THOMAS STOCKS, Greensboro', Geo., 4th.
SECRETARIES.
Rev. WM. CARET CRANE, Centre Hill, De Soto Co., Miss.,

" GEORGE B. TAYLOR, Baltimore, Md.
TREASURER.
J. J. TOON, Charleston, S. C.
BOARDS OF THE CONVENTION.

FOREIGN MISSION BOARD,
LOCATED IN RICHMOND, VA.
J. B. JETER, PRESIDENT.
VICE PRESIDENTS.
W M . CRANE, Md., R. C. BURLESON, Texas,
J. L. BURROWS, Va., J. HARTWELL, Ark.,
J. SKINNER, N. C, J. E. WELCH, Mo.,
J. E. FURMAN, S. C. A. D. SEARS, Ky.,
P. H. MELL, Ga., M. HILLSMAN, Tenn.,
L. B. LANE, Ala., G. W . SAMSON, D. C.,
S. S. LATTIMORE, Miss., J. E. BROOME, Fla.
W . C. DUNCAN, La.,
J. B. TAYLOR, Corresponding Secretary.
A. M. POINDEXTER, " "
ARCHIBALD THOMAS, Treasurer.
W . H. GWATHMEY, Recording Secretary.
C. T. WORTHAM, Auditor.
BOARD OF MANAGERS.
R. RYLAND, J. TALMAN, WM. SANDS,
WELLINGTON GODDIN, J. B. W O O D , H. K. ELLYSON,
B. MANLY, Jr., A. G. WORTHAM, D. SHAVER,
E. J. WILLIS, A. SNEAD, A. J. COONS,
L. W . ALLEN, F. J. BARNES, JESSE F. KBESEI.
4 Boards of the Convention.
DOMESTIC MISSION BOARD,

LOCATED IN MARION, ALA.
W. H. MCINTOSH, PRESIDENT.
VICE PRESIDENTS.
F. WILSON, Md., J. H. Low, La.,
T. G. KEEN, Va. S. HOUSTON, Texas,
W . HOOPER, N. C, S. HALLIBURTON, Ark.,
J. R. KENDRICK, S. C, WILLIAM CBOWELL, MO.,
J. H. DEVOTIE, Ga., D. R. CAMPBELL, Ky.,
P. H. LUNDY, Ala., J. H. EATON, Tenn.,
L. H. MILLIICIR.
N, HOLMAN,
Miss., CorrespondingG. Secretary.
W. SAMSON, D. C.
W M . HORNBUCKLE. Treasurer.
W . W . WYATT, Auditor.
BOARD OF MANAGERS.
E. D. KING, S. R. FREEMAN, THOS. BARRON,
H. TALBIRD, E. A. BLUNT, A. B. GOODHUE,
JAS. T. BAILEY, S. S. SHERMAN, S. H. FOWLKES,
L. B. LANE, J. BILLINGSLY, W. P. CHILTON,
N. K. DAVIS, A. G. MCCRAW, D. G.' SHERMAN.
BIBLE BOARD,
LOCATED AT NASHVILLE, TENN.
W. H. BAYLISS, PRESIDENT.
VICE PRESIDENTS.
R. FULLER, Md., D. H. HICKMAN, MO.,
J. L. PRICHARD, N. C , W. VV. EVAKTS, Ky.,
J. L. BKOOKS, S. C, J. HUCKINS, Texas,
Jos. WALKER, Ga., J. A. BKOADUS, Va.,
A. G. M C C R A W , Ala., F. II. COURTNEY, Ark.,
E. GEORGE, La., M. W. Secretary.
PHILLIPS, Miss.
'A. C. DAYTON, Corresponding
C. A. FULLER, Treasurer.
A. NELSON, Recording Secretary.
BOARD OF MANAGERS.
W . P. JONES, S. M. SOOTT, H. R. BUCHANAN,
J. D. WINSTON, A. B. SHANKLAND, S. C. ROGERS,
A. C. BEECH, 1
W . H. BANG, T. H. HUGHES,
H. G. SCOVELL, - J. C. DAKDEN, L. COLLINS.
C. K. WINSTON, SAM'L HODGES,
PROCEEDINGS.
LOUISVILLE, KY., M A Y 8TH, 1857.
Tbe Convention met this morning at 10 o'clock in the W

Street Baptist church.
The President, Bro. R. B. C. Howell, called the meeting to
order.
A hymn was sung, and a portion of Scripture was read.
Prayer offered by Bro. B. Manly, sr., of S. C.
Brother W m . Carey Crane, Secretary, present.
The several States were called over, and the names of delegates
presented.
On motion of Bro. J. L. Pritchard,
Ordered, That w e proceed to the election of officers.
The President appointed the following tellers : Geo. F. Adams,
Md. ; G. W . Samson, D. C. ; Jno. A. Broadus, Va. ; J. L.
Prichard, N. C. ; R. F. Whilden, S. C. ; V. A. Gaskill, Ga. ;
I. T. Tichenor, Ala. ; W C Duncan, La. ; L. H. Milliken,
Miss. ; E. Strode, Term. ; W . M. Pratt, Ky., and W m . Crowell,
Mo.
Pending the counting of ballots and announcement of election,
the time was spent in singing and prayer. Brethren J. H.
Campbell, Ga., W . C. Buck, Miss., W m . Vaughan, Ky., and J.
B. Tayl»r, Va., offered prayer. Brethren J. B. Jeter, Va., R.
T. Dillard, Ky., B. Manly, S. C , made interesting and deeply
affecting remarks.
The tellers reported the following officers as elected on the first
ballot :
J. B. JETER, Va,, W . C. BUCK, Ala., B. M A N L Y , S. 0., Vico
Presidents; W . C. CRANE, Miss., Secretary.
The Convention proceeded to a second ballot for the remaining
officers:
On motion of Bro. A. D. Sears, Ky.:
Ordered. That a Committee on Religions Exercises be appointed, and that tho
pastors <>f the churches iu this city, and the deacons of the Wuluut Street Baptist
church, be appointed.
The tellers announced Bro. R. B. 0. HOWELL, Va., as elected
President, who, on taking bib scat, made a Lief and pertinent
address to the Convention.
6 Proceedings.
On motion of Bro. W . C. Buck, Miss.,

Resolved, That the brother having the highest number of votes for fourth Vice
President be appointed to said office.
Brother THOS. STOCKS, Ga., was announced as the Vice Presi-
dent. '
. On motion of Bro. I. T. Tichenor,
Resolved, That Bro. G. B. Taylor, of Md., be appointed second Secretary.
On motion of Bro. J. P. Boyce, S. C ,
Resolved, That Bro. J. J. Toon, S. C , be appointed Treasurer of the Con-
vention.
On motion of Bro. A. D. Sears, Ky.,
Resolved, That the hours of meeting of the Convention be 9 and 3, and of ad-
journment, 1 and 6 o'clock.
On motion of Bro. W. C. Crane, Miss.,
Resolved, That a committee of one from each State represented in the Conven-
tion be appointed, to examine credentials, and report w h o are entitled to seats as
members of this Convention, prepare a list of the same, and have 500 copies
printed for the use of the Convention.
The committee of tellers, on motion, was appointed to perform
this duty.
Adjourned to 5 o'clock P. M. Prayer by Bro. H. D. Dunca
S.C.
FRIDAY, 3 O'CLOCK P. M.
The Convention met. Prayer by Bro. J. L. Brooks, S. C.

The journal was read and approved.
On motion of Bro. P. H. Lundy,
Ordered, That the reporters of any newspapers be allowed the privilege of
seats, to report the proceedings of this body.
The Constitution and Rules of Order were read.
On motion of Bro. S. Henderson, Ala.,
Resolved, That when the annual reports of the three Boards shall have been
read and referred to their respective committees, w e adjourn for the purpose of
allowing the Educational Convention an opportunity of holdiDg a session to per-
fect its labors.
The committee on credentials reported, through brother G. F.
Adams, chairman.
On motion of Bro. J. A. Broadus, Va.,
Ordered, That the report just read be accepted, and that the committee be con-
tinued to perfect their report and print it.
On motion of the same,
Resolved, That brethren R. M . Thrasher and A. L. H a y be recognized as dele-
gates from the State of Arkansas.
The report of the Bible Board was read by the Corresponding
Secretary, Bro. A. C. Dayton. (See Appendix A.)
Proceedings. 7
On motion of Bro. J. E. Welch, of Mo.,

Resolved, That the report be laid on the table until committees be appointed.
On motion of Bro. J. L. Burrows,
Resolved, That ministering brethren, not delegates, visiting the meetings of the
Convention, be invited to seats with us, and i.o participate in our deliberations.
The following handed in their names: H. G. Weston, 111. ;
J. H. Spencer, Ky.; J. N. Tolman, 111. ; N. N. Wood, 111. ; W .
F. Hansell, 0. ; John Francis, St. Johns, New Brunswick; P.
Church, N. Y. ; H. M. Richardson, 0.; M. Stone, 0. ; Jacob
Cole, Ia. ; W . C. Busby, Mo. ; J. E. Rue, Ky., and R. M.
Parks, Ia.
On motion of Bro. J. W . M. Williams,
Resolved, That a committee on publications be appointed.
The following were appointed: J. W . M. Williams, Md. ; J.
A Broadus, Va. ; A. M. Poindexter, Va. ; J. L. Burrows, Va.;
I. T. Tichenor, Ala.; J. M. Pendleton, Tenn.; J. E. Ryerson, Ga.
The committee on religious services reported as follows :
BAPTIST CHURCHES.
Walnut Street Church—B. Manly, D. D., of S. C, 11 o'clo

A. M. ; R. B. C. Howell, D. D., of Va., 3 o'clock P. M., At
night, a missionary meeting. Addresses from J. L. Burrows,
John A. Broadus, A. M. Poindexter, and J. B. Taylor, of Va.
East Church—J. R. Graves, of Tenn., 11 o'clock A. M.; Jas.
P. Bovce, of S. C , 3 o'clock P. M.; W . C. Buck, of Ala., £ of 8
o'clock P. M.
Jefferson street Church—J. H. Eaton, LL. D., of Tenn., 11
o'clock A. M.; J. E. Ryerson, of Ga., £ of 8 o'clock P. M.
Portland Church—J. Cole, of Ky., 11 o'clock A. M. ; D. B.
Hale, of Tenn., £ of 8 o'clock P. M.
First Colored Church—G. W . Robinson, of Ky., 11 o'clock A.
M.; J. R. Graves, of Tenn., 3 o'clock P. M.; J. M. Bennett, of
Ky., 8 o'clock P. M.
Second Colored Church—A. E. Dickinson, of Va., 11 o'clock
A. M.; A. G. McCraw, Ala., 3 o'clock P. M.; S. Smith, of Va.,
8 o'clock P. M.
PRESBYTERIAN CHURCHES.
First Church—J. B. Jeter, D. D., of Va., 11 o'clock A.
J. M. Pendleton, of Tenn., 8 o'clock P. M.
Chesnut Street Church—'Isaac T. Tichenor, of Ala., 11 o'cloc
A. M.
Walnut Street Church—Eleventh and Walnut streets—P. H.
Lundy, of Ala., 11 o'clock A. M.; W . Carey Crane, of Miss., 8
o'clock P. M.
Hancock Street Church^-Richard Furman, of S. 0., 11 o'clock
A M ' J. H. De Votie, of Ga., 3| o'clock P. M.
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Irish Mission Sunday School—J. E. Welch, of Mo., 21 o'clock

P.M.
METHODIST CHURCHES.
Walnut Street Church—L. W. Allen, of Va., 11 o'clock A.

J. W . M. Williams, of Md., 8 o'clock P. M.
Hancock Street Church—Geo. B. Taylor, of Md., 11 o'clock A.
M.; W . Williams, of Ga., 8 o'clock P. M.
Asbury Chapel—Geo F. Adams, 11 o'clock A. M. ; T. J.
Fisher, of Ky., 8 o'clock P. M.
Shelby Street Church—E. D. Isbell, of Tenn., 11 o'clock A. M. ;
J. L. Prichard, of N. C , 8 o'clock P. M.
Eighth Street Church—E. Strode, of Tenn., 11 o'clock A. M. ;
B. Kimbrough, of Tenn., 8 o'clock P. M.
Tivelftli Street Church—R. Ford, of Va., 11 o'clock A. M. ; L
H. Millikin, of Miss., 8 o'clock P. M.
Sehon Chapel—J. M. C. Breaker, of S. C , 11 o'clock A. M.;
G. W . Samson, of Washington city, 8 o'clock P. M.
On motion of Bro. J. A. Broadus, Va.,
Resolved, That the following committees be appointed: 1. On Bible and book
colportage. 2. On the state of the Bible Board.
The chair appointed the following committees:
On Bible and Book Colportage.—C. R. Hendrickson, Tenn.,
W . D. Thomas, Va., J. L. Prichard, N. C , J. M. C. Breaker,
S. C , A. E. Dickinson, Va., J. 0. B. Dargan, S. C , George
Howell, Mo., R. M. Thrasher, Ark.
On state of Bible work.—T. Hume, Va., W . C. Duncan, La.,
W m . Vaughan, Ky., W m . A. Armistead, Va., E. Strode, Tenn.,
A. J. McCraw, Ala., S. Helm, Ky., J. T. Randolph, Va.
The committee on credentials reported an amended list, which
was ordered to be printed, viz:
LIST OF DELEGATES TO THE SOUTHERN BAPTIST CONVENTION,
MAY, 1857.
MARYLAND AND DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA.
Maryland Baptist Union Association.—Gr. W. Samson, A. J. Huntington,
B. Taylor.
First Baptist Church, Baltimore.—J. W . M. Williams.
F. Wilson's subscription.—John Berg.
W. Crane's subscription.—Geo. P. Adams.
VIRGINIA.
General Association.—J'. B. Jeter, J. L. Burrows, R. Ford, R. B. C. Howell,
Poindexter, J. B. Taylor, J. B. Wood, Jesse Williams, J. Porter, W . A. Armistead,
J. Hay, J. A. Broadus, J. T. Randolph, A. E. Dickinson, W . D. Thomas, L. W .
Allen, H. E. Davis, J. T. Anderson, Thps. Hume, Z. J. George, Geo. Pearcy, (re-
turned missionary,) Samuel Smith, J. B. Tombs, M . T. Sumner, J. M. Dillard, G.
E. Dabney, Stephen Eastin, Samuel Harris, A. J. Coons.
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NORTH CAROLINA.
State Convention.—-A. P. Repiton, E. Dodson.

First Baptist Church, Wilmington.—J. L. Prichard.
SOUTH CAROLINA.
State Convention—B. Manly, I. L. Brookes, H. D. Duncan, J. J. Toon,

Boyce, C. M. Breaker, J. Culpepper.
Savannah River Association.—J. M. C. Breaker, W m . B. Carson, J. S. Lawto
Greenville Baptist Church.—R. Furman, H. A. Duncan.
Welsh Neck Association.—J'. 0. B. Dargan, T. P. Lide, J. Culpepper.
Charleston Association.—R. F. Whilden, A. T. Latta.
GEORGIA.
State Convention.—3. H. Devotie, W. Williams, J. H. Campbell, S. Lan

B. F. Tharpe, J. E. Ryerson, W . Cooper, J. B. Butler, Y. A. Gaskill, T. P. Sto-
vall, Thos. Rambaut.
ARKANSAS.
White River Association.—R. M. Thrasher, A. L. Hay.
KENTUCKY.
General Association.—D. R. Campbell, R. L. Thurman, A. Broaddus, Jam

Edmunds, W . M. Brown, W . W . Everts, S. H. Ford, T. M. Daniel, John Bryce,
A. Taylor, W . Wright, N. Robfnson, H. McDonald, J. R. Allen, T. J. Fisher, J.
M. Harrington, R. C. Buckner, D. Buckner, Henry Wingate, Y. E. Kirtley, A. D.
Sears, F. Ray, D. S. Colgan, W m . Yaughan, T. J Drane, B. 0. Branham, W . L.
Morris, A. B. Smith, A. B. Knight, W m . Johnson, J. H. Brown, W . B. Smith,
B. T. Quinn, T. S. Coleman, D. C. Freeman, P. H. Todd, S. P. Forgey, W . White.
Bracken Association.—W. W . Gardner, J. W . Brown, J. DeGarmo, E. W .
Strickland, J. W . Bullock. m.
Campbell County Association,—N. Petm.
Elkhorn Association.—R. T. Dillard, Cad. Lewis, Y. R. Pitts, J. B. Link.
Bethel Association.—F. C. Plaster, B. T. Blewitt.
Concord Association.—B. Garnett, Archie Smith, L. D. Alexander.
Nelson County Association.—P. B. Samuels, R. H. Slaughter, L. McKay.
North Bend Association.—J. A.,Kirtley.
Walnut Street Church, Louisville.—Wm. B, Caldwell, A. 0. Brannin, C. Duf
field, J. E. Tyler, J. Lawrence Smith.
First Baptist Church, Covington.—-S. L. Helm, D. G. Hatch, T. Porter, E
Bartlett.
Legacy of J. J. Bush and Mrs. Sallie Paxton.—P. S. Bush, T. M. Wise, J
Cooper, A. Ambrose.
Georgetown Church.—A. W . La Rue.
Shelbyville Church.—S. F. Thompson, T. R. Palmer.
Bethel Church.—J. M. Bennett.
Maysville Church.—George Hunt, S. S. Miner.
Burk's Branch Church.—T. M. Yaughan.
Hopkinsville Baptist Bible Society.—W. H. Pendleton, W . Ware.
First Baptist Church, Lexington.—Wm. M. Pratt.
ALABAMA.
State Convention.—A. G. McCraw, S. Henderson, P. H. Lundy, S. R. Fre
I. T. Tichenor, R. Holman, W m . Howard.
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LOUISIANA.
Coliseum Place Baptist Church.—W. C. Duncan.

Baptist State Convention.—J. H. Tucker.
MISSISSIPPI".
State Convention.—W. C. Buck, L. H. Millikin, S. S. Lattimore, W. C. Crane J.

M . Lewis, W . H . Sparke.
TENNESSEE.
General Association of Middle Tennessee and North Alabama.—J. R. Graves,

A. C. Dayton, W . H. Bayliss, B. Kimbrough, R. G. Kimbrough, T. D. Jones, E.
Strode, L. Johnson, J. H. Eaton, S. L. Summar, D. B. Hale.
Young Ladies' Bible Society, Mary Sharpe College.—A. D. Trimble, M . B.
Clement.
Big Hatchie Association.—C. R. Hendrickson, M . Green, E. D. Isbell.
Bible Society, Union University.—J. M , Pendleton.
MISSOURI.
General Association.—J. E. Welch^ J. F. Smith, S. B. Johnson.

Second Baptist Church, St Louis.—W. Crowel-1, Geo. Howell, P. J. Thompson.
The report of the Board of Domestic Missions was read by Bro.

Russell Holman, Corresponding Secretary. (See Appendix B.)
On motion of Bro. W. C. Duncan, La.,
Resolved, That the report of the Domestic Mission Board be referred to special
committees, as follows: 1. O n Agencies. 2. On Publication. 3. O n Cities and
large Towns. 4. O n the Coliseum Place Baptist Church of N e w Orleans. 5. O n
Kansas. 6. O n California. 7. O n Indian Mission Schools. 8. On the rein-
forcement of the Indian Missions. 9. O n newfieldsamong the Indians. 10. O n
preaching in the native Indian languages W& the securing of correct translations
of the Bible and other books in the same tongues.
The chair announced the following committee on the Coliseum
Place Baptist Church of N e w Orleans: Brethren J. P. Boyce, S.
C , J. H. DeVotie, Ga., I. T. Tichenor, Ala., G. W . Samson, D.C.
On motion of Bro. G. F. Adams, Md.,
Resolved, That a committee of finance be appointed.
The following brethren constitute said committee : A. 0. Bran-
nin, Ky., E. B. Bartlett, Ky., D. G. Hatch, Ky., L. W . Allen,
Va., B. Kimbrough, Tenn., John Culpeper, S. C.
Adjourned. Prayer by Bro. J. H. Eaton, Tenn.
The Convention sermon was preached at 8 o'clock Friday eve-

ning, by Bro. W m . Carey Crane, Miss. T h e m e — " Man's True
Mission."
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SATURDAY, M A Y 9TH,. 9 O'CLOCK.
The Convention met at 9 o'clock. Reading of Scriptures by

the President. Prayer by Bro. J. H, De Votie, Ga.
O n motion of Bro. I. T. Tichenor, Ala.,
Resolved, That a committee be appointed to report the time and place of the
next meeting of the Convention, and the preacher and alternate of the Convention
sermon.'
The following were appointed : J. E. Welch, Mo., D. R. Camp-
bell, Ky., I. T. Tichenor, Ala., L. W . Allen, Va., and S. Lan-
drum, Ga., J. M . C. Breaker, S. C.
On motion of Bro. J. L. Prichard, of N. C, Bro. R. Furman,
S. C , was added to the committee.
Oh motion of Bro. B. Kimbrough, Tenn., Bro. C. R. Hen-
drickson, Tenn., was added also to the committee.
O n motion of Bro. J. W . M. Williams, brethren R. Holman,
Ala., A. C. Dayton, Tenn., and A. M. Poindexter, Va., be added
to the committee on organ of publication.
O n motion of Bro. I. T. Tichenor, Ala.,
Ordered, That the reading of the report of the Board of Foreign Missions be
the order of the day for 10 o'clock.
On motion of Bro. Y. R. Pitts, Ky.,
Resolved, That the report of the committee on Coliseum Place Baptist church,
N e w Orleans, be made the special order of the day for Monday morning at 11
o'clock.
The report of the Treasurer of the Board of Foreign Missions
was read by Bro. J. B. Taylor, Corresponding Secretary. Re-
ferred to the Finance Committee.
The report of the Board was read by the same. (See Appen-
dix C.)
O n motion of Bro. T. Hume, Va.,
Resolved, That the report of the Board of Foreign Missions be referred to the
following committees:
1. China Missions.
2. Yoruban Mission.
3. Missions on the coast of Africa.
4. Future operations of the Board.
5. Secretaryships.
A n d so much of the report as relates to the H o m e and Foreign Journal and the
Commission, to the committee on organs of publication.
The chair announced the following committees :
To nominate new Boards—I. T. Tichenor, Ala.; J. E. Byerson, Ga.; A. E.
Dickinson, Ya.; E. Furman, S. C.; L. H. Millikin, Miss.; S. L. Helm, Ky.; J. H .
Tucker, La.; A. L. Hay, Ark.; J. E. Welch, Mo.; G. W . Samson, D. C.; J. L.
Prichard, N . C.; G. F. Adams, Md.; M . T. Sumner, Ya.; W . H . Bayliss, Tenn.
Reinforcement of Missions and new Missions—J. E. Graves, Tenn.; Y. R. Potts,
Ky.; E. Dodson, N . C ; T. P. Lide, S. O ; B. F. Tharp, Ga.
Yoruban Missions—-J. A. Broadus, Ya.; P. H. Lundy, Ala.; I. L. Brooks, S.
C • A. T. Latta, S. C ; J. H. D e Votie, Ga.; A. G. McCraw, Ala.
12 Proceedings.
China Missions—S. Henderson, Ala.; T. Rambaut, Ga.; J. B. Wood, Ya.; H.
D. Duncan, S. C.; J. E. Ryerson, Ga.
Missions on the coast of Africa—J. B. Jeter, Ya.; H. A. Duncan, S. C.; E. D.
Isbell, Tenn.; J. Culpepper, S. C.; S. S. Lattimore, Miss.
Future operations of the Foreign Board—J. M. C. Breaker, S. C.; George E.
Dabney, Ya.; J. M. Pendleton, Tenn.; J. B. Butler, Ga.; J. J. Toon, S. C.
Secretaryships—J. H. DeYotie, Ga.; B. Manly, S. C; J. T. Anderson, Ya.; W .
H. Bayliss, Tenn.; J. E. Welch, Mo.
To nominate time and 'place cf meeting, Preacher and Alternate of Conve
Sermon—Jas. E. Welch, Mo.; D. R. Campbell, Ky.; I. T. Tichenor, Ala.; L. W .
Allen, Ya.; S. Landrum, Ga.; R. Furman, S. C; C. 11. Hendrickson, Tenn.
Agencies—J). R. Campbell, Ky.; A. G. McCraw, Ala.; J. E. Welch, Mo.; S.
Landrum, Ga.; R. F. Whilden, S. C.; J. M. Pendleton, Tenn.
Kansas—W. Crowell, Mo.; A. D. Sears, Ky.; H. D. Duncan, S. C.; P. H.
Lundy, Ala.; W m . Williams, Ga.
California—W. M. Pratt, Ky.; Geo. Pearcy, Ya.; W . H. Bayliss, Tenn.; J.H.
Campbell, Ga.; R. Furman, S. C.
Preaching in native Indian Languages—B. Manly, S. C.; D. R. Campbell, Ky.;
J. H. Eaton, Tenn.; A. P. Repiton, N. C; Y. A. Gaskill, Ga.
Bible and Book Colportage—C. R. Hendrickson, Tenn.; J. L. Prichard, N. C.;
J. M. C. Breaker, S. C.; A. E. Dickinson, Va.; W m . Crowell, Mo.; W . H. Pen-
dleton, Ky. ; J. 0. B. Dargan, S. C.
State of Bible Work—T. Hume, Ya.; W . C. Duncan, La.; W m . Yaughan, Ky.;
J. E. Welch, Mo.; E. Strode, Tenn.
On motion of Bro. J. B. Jeter, Va.,
Ordered, That a mass meeting for the Domestic Board be held to-night, and on
Monday night a mass meeting for the Bible Board.
Adjourned to give place for the Educational Convention.
S A T U R D A Y , 3 O'CLOCK.
The Convention met. Prayer by Bro. L. H. Millikin, Miss.

The committee on the time and place of meeting, and preacher
and alternate of Convention sermon, reported through Bro. J. E.
Welch, Mo., chairman. The report was agreed to, and the next
session was appointed to be held in Richmond, Virginia. Bro.
D. R. Campbell, Ky., preacher of the Convention Sermon, and
Bro. W m . Williams, Ga., alternate.
O n motion of Bro. L. W . Allen, Va.,
Ordered, That two persons be added to the committee on Finance.
Brethren Henry Wingate and A. P. Bush, Ky., were ap-
pointed.
O n motion of Bro. W . C. Buck, Miss.,
Ordered, That we do now adjourn, to the call of the President.
A few moments before six o'clock, the President called the
Convention to order.
Adjourned to 9 o'clock Monday morning.
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M O N D A Y MORNING, M A Y 11TH, 9 O'CLOCK.
The Convention met. Singing. Reading of the Scriptures by

the President. Prayer by Bro. J. W . M . Williams, Md.
The list of names of delegates was read.
The committee on Publications reported, through Bro. J. W .
M . Williams,- Md., chairman. Report adopted. (Appendix D.)
The committee on Bible and Book Colportage reported, through
Bro. C. R. Hendrickson, Tenn., chairman. Report adopted.
Remarks by Bro. M . T. Sumner, General Agent of the American
Tract Society, for Colportage. (Appendix E.)
The committee on Agencies reported, through Bro. D. R.
Campbell, Ky., chairman. Remarks by brethren Campbell, J.
E. Welch, and A. D. Sears. Report adopted. (Appendix F.)
The committee on California reported, through Bro. W . M .
Pratt, Ky., chairman. Report adopted. (Appendix G.) Re-
marks by Bro. J. B. Jeter.
The committee on Kansas reported, through Bro. W . Crowell,
Mo., chairman. Report adopted. (Appendix H.)
The committee on the State of the Bible W o r k reported,
through Bro. T. H u m e , Va., chairman. Report adopted. (Ap-
pendix I.)
Statements, by leave, were made by brethren S. H. Ford,
Ky., and J. Berg, Md., concerning publications.
The committee on China Mission reported, through Bro. S.
Henderson, Ala., ch%rman. Report adopted. Remarks by Bro.
G. Pearcy, missionary returned from China, and Bro. A. M ,
Poindexter, Va. (Appendix J.)
The committee on the Coliseum Place Baptist Church reported,
through Bro. J. P. Boyce, S. C , chairman. Report adopted.
(Appendix K.)
Remarks were made by brethren W . C. Duncan, La., G. W .
Samson, D. C , E. Dodson, N. C , J. P. Boyce, S. C , J. H. De-
Votie, Ga., J. R. Graves, Tenn., W . W . Everts, Ky., and oth-
ers. (Appendix L.)
O n motion of Bro. J. P. Boyce, S. C ,
Resolved, That we make an immediate effort towa*ds the discharge of the New
Orleans Church indebtedness, by taking up subscriptions, in condional notes and
in cash.
The following pledges were made :
J. P. Boyce $500 L. H. Millikin, $100 W . D. Thomas, $100
J. H. DeVotie, 100 S. Henderson, 100 J. R. Graves, 100
C. Duffield, 100 J. B. Taylor, 100 E. Dodson, 100
J. E. Tyler, 100 T. P. Lide, 100 H. D. Duncan, 100
Smith Sheldon, 100 W , H. Bayliss, 100 W . C. Crane, 100
E. Holman, 100 S. S. Lattimore, 100 Jas. S. Lawton, 100
G. E. Dabney, cash, $5 00.
J. P. Boyce pledged $50Q more, on condition that two-third^
14 Proceedings.
of the pastors present pledge themselves to take up collections

in behalf of the church soon ; which pledge, on the part of pas-
tors, was given.
O n motion of Bro. J. P. Boyce, S. C ,
Resolved, That the pastors present pledge themselves to take u p a collection or
subscription in their respective churches, with their consent, in behalf of the N e w
Orleans enterprise, within a month after their return ; and that they will forward
the amounts to Bro. L o w immediately after collection.
Adjourned to 3^ o'clock. Prayer by Bro. J. M . Pendleton,
Tenn.
A E T E R N O O N , 3| O'CLOCK.

the President. Prayer by Bro. J. L. Prichard, N . C.
The Secretaries requested Bro. W . D. Thomas, Va., to aid
them.
The committee on the Future Operations of the Foreign Board
reported, through Bro. J. M . C. Breaker, S. C , chairman. Re-
port adopted. (Appendix L.)
O n motion of Bro. I. T. Tichenor, Ala., the following resolu-
tion was appended to said report:
Whereas, the Alabama Baptist State Convention, and the General Association
of Kentucky have resolved that the Baptists of the South ought to raise $100,000
within the next conventional year, for Foreign Missions; and whereas, these bodies
have pledged themselves to try to raise $10,000 each ; therefore,
Resolved, That this Convention cordially approve tfcse resolutions, and recom-
m e n d similar bodies in the other Southern States to unite with them in endeavor-
ing to secure this amount.
The committee on Preaching and Teaching in the Native In-
dian Languages, reported, through Bro. B. Manly, S. C , chair-
man. Report adopted. (Appendix M.) Remarks by brethren
G. Pearcy, Va., and W . C. Buck.
The committee to nominate N e w Boards reported, through Bro.
I. T. Tichenor, chairman. Report adopted. (See pp. 3 and 4.)
The committee on the Yoruban Mission reported, through Bro.
J. A. Broadus, chairman. Report- adopted. (Appendix N.)
Remarks by Bro. J. A. Broadus. A letter was read from Bro.
T. J. Bowen, missionary to Central Africa, and prayer offered
in his behalf, and of his mission, by Bro. J. B. Taylor.
O n motion of Bro. G. W . Samson, D. C ,
Resolved, That the Board at Eichmond be directed to consider the expediency
of making application to the Secretary of the N a v y to send an exploring expedi-
tion u p the river Niger; and also to the Smithsonian Institution, to print the
G r a m m a r of the Yoruban tongue, prepared by Bro. Bowen.
The committee on Missions to the Coast of Africa reported,
through Bro. J. B, Jeter, Va., chairman. Report adopted.
(Appendix O.)
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The committee on Secretaryships reported, through Bro. J. H.
DeVotie, Ga., chairman. Report adopted. (Appendix P.)
O n motion of Bro. J. H. DeVotie, Ga., the following resolu-
tion was appended to said report:
Resolved, That in view of the increased business of the Board of Domestic and
Indian Missions, said Board have the approbation of this Convention in the em-
ployment of a Financial Secretary, or such other aid as, in their judgment, m a y be
deemed necessary for the most efficient prosecution of their work.
O n motion of Bro. W . C. Buck, Miss.,
Ordered, That the Treasurer of the Convention be instructed to pay the inci-
dental printing expenses of this session.
O n motion of the same,
Resolved, That the Southern Baptist Convention will permit the Educational
Convention to publish its minutes in connection with those of this Convention,
their portion of the expenses being met by that Convention.
Adjourned to 8 o'clock to-morrow morning. Prayer by Bro.
8. S. Lattimore, Miss.
T U E S D A Y , 12TH, 8 O'CLOCK.

the President. Prayer by Bro. J. E. Ryerson,.Ga.
On motion of Bro. J. P. Boyce, S. C.
Resolved, That the several Boards be directed to prepare their reports in time
to have them printed b^ore the meeting of the future Conventions, so that a suf-
ficient number of each report m a y be on hand to be distributed after the reading
of the report of the Secretary, and that each Corresponding Secretary be required
to hand to the President, before the adjournment of the morning session of Friday,
the list of subjects of the committees which it is thought best to raise upon their
several reports.
O n motion of Bro. S. Landrum,_Ga.,
Resolved, That the Boards of this Convention be requested to consider the pro-
priety and' importance of a larger use of' our denominational press in the dissem-
ination of their intelligence. #
The committee on N e w Foreign Fields reported, through Bro.
J. R. Graves, Tenn., chairman, by resolution, which was adopt-
ed, as follows :
Resolved, That w e recommend the several Boards to enlarge thefieldof their
labors and to reinforce their missionary corps from time to time, as their means
m a y enable them, but to watch the providence of God, as it n o w points to Japan
and South America, as important and prominentfieldsof missionary labor.
The committee on Finance reported, through Bro. L. W . Al-
len, Va. Report adopted. (Appendix Q.)
On motion of Bro. J. H. DeVotie, Ga.,
Resolved That the Domestic Mission Board be directed to appoint an agent,
whose duty it shall be to m a k e an immediate and vigorous effort to liquidate the
debt of the Coliseum Place Baptist Church. T h e salary of said agent to be paid
out of the funds he m a y raise.
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O n motion of Bro. J. H. Campbell, Ga., the following amend-

ment to the Constitution, Art. IH., (to be added at the close of
the Article,) was presented :
" A n d the delegates present shall have power to cast the whole number of votes
to which the body appointing them m a y be entitled under this Constitution."
Ordered, That a committee offivebe-appointed to report on this subject to the
next session of this body.
The Chair appointed the following members as the committee:
Bros. J. H. Campbell, Ga., J. B. Jeter, Va., I. L. Brooks, S. C ,
W . C. Buck, Ala., W . Vaughan, Ky.
O n motion of Bro. W . W . Everts, Ky.,
Resolved, That from the natural order of the missionary work, the large field
of missionary labor opening throughout our continent, and especially in our West-
ern and Southwestern territories, and the providential crisis reached, in the pro-
cess of determining our national character, demand renewed zeal, and enlarged effort
to promote the cause of Domestic Missions.
O n motion of Bro. J. R. Graves,
Ordered, That any changes which m a y be required in the Constitution, so as to
reduce the number of Vice Presidents of this body and the several Boards, be re-
ferred to the committee appointed to report on the amendment to the 3d article of
the Constitution.
A n extract from a letter from Bro. H. F. Buckner, missionary
to the Creeks, was read.
Bro. B. Manly, S. C. made some impressive remarks on India
Missions, and offered prayer on their behalf.
O n motion of Bro. J. M . C. Breaker, S. C ,
Resolved, That the thanks of the Convention be tendered to the respective steam-
boat and railroad companies which have permitted the delegates of this body to
pass over their respective roads and lines at reduced fare, a^nd that the Secretaries
inform the Presidents of the companies of the action hereupon.
O n motion of Bro. T. Rambaut, Ga.,
Resolved, That this Convention gratefully recognizes the kindness of the press
of Louisville for their courteous and comprehensive reports of the proceedings of
the session.
O n motion of Bro. S. Henderson, Ala.,
Resolved, That the proceedings of this meeting be committed to the Secretaries
for publication, the expense to be borne by the Foreign and Domestic Mission and
Bible Boards, in due proportion.
O n motion of Bro. R. Furman,
Resolved, That the thanks of the Convention be tendered the.members of the
churches and the citizens of Louisville, for the kind hospitality with which w e
have been entertained.
O n motion of Bro. A. G. McCraw, Ala.,
Resolved, That the thanks of this Convention be tendered to its President and
the Secretaries, for the prompt and courteous manner in which they have dis-
charged the duties of their respective offices during the present session.
O n motion of Bro. J. B. Jeter, Va.,
Resolved, That w e do n o w adjourn to Friday before the second Sabbath in M a y ,
1859, to convene at Eichmond, Virginia.
The President made a closing address, which was heard with
deepfeelingby the Convention, after which a hymn was sung.
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The parting hand was given. Prayer was offered by Bro. J.
Culpeper, S. C , and the session closed.
R. B. C. H O W E L L , President.
W M . C A R E Y CRANE, ) a , .
GEO. B. TAYLOR, ' \SecreUme8.
SPECIAL MEETING.
MONDAY, 8 O'CLOCK, P. M.
Mass Meeting, for the Bible Board.

President Howell in the chair. Singing. Prayer by Bro. G.
F. Adams, Md.
Remarks were made by brethren A. C. Dayton, Corresponding
Secretary, M. T. Sumner, I. T. Tichenor, S. S. Lattimore, J. H.
DeVotie. .
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( A P P E N D I X A.)
THIRD BIENNIAL REPORT.
BIBLE B O A R D .
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In our report to this Convention, m a d e two v years ago, w e suggested a plan for
our future operations, contemplating the formation of Bible societies in every
State, auxiliary to the Bible Board, with associational and other local societies
auxiliary to them. This plan, which the Convention was pleased to adopt, and
which it heartily recommended, w e have seen no reason to change. But every
day's experience has convinced us more and more of the importance of its general
adoption.
The committee to w h o m these suggestions in our former report, were referred,
recommend that " a system of colportage which should embrace not only Bibles, but
religious and denominational book distribution, be established by these associational
societies." U p o n the adoption of the report containing this recommendation, the
Convention unanimously passed the following resolution:
" Resolved, That the Bible Board be instructed in all future appointments of col-
porteurs, so far as practicable, to negotiate such an arrangement with our publica-
tion societies as will combine the dissemination of their publications with the Holy
SciHptures."
These instructions it was our duty and our desire faithfully to observe. But to
bring about the change in the character and objects of our operations which it evi-
dently contemplated, was of necessity the work of time.
Our plan of operations, while it did not preclude the Board from engaging and1
sending out colporteurs directly from itself, yet it did not contemplate such a
course. W e preferred to accomplish all the work, so far as practicable, through
the State societies, or other local Bible organizations. The funds collected within
their limits w e desired to place at their o w n disposal. W e wished them to employ
the colporteurs, purchase the Bibles, and themselves attend to their distribution,
so far as they could be brought to do it effectively and promptly. Except in ex-
traordinary cases, the Bible Board itself employs no colporteurs. W e had there-
fore no other means of carrying into effect the spirit of the instructions given to us
by the Convention at Montgomery, but to recommend to our auxiliary societies
which were then in operation, that they should at once conform to the require-
ments of the Convention, and m a k e the necessary arrangements, by negotiations
with our publication interests, to supply every colporteur with a suitable stock of
denominational and other religious books; and in the formation of n e w societies.,
Bible Board. 19
to incorporate this object, wherever it was practicable and desirable, into their
constitution.
THE' ALABAMA BAPTIST BIBLE SOCIETY,
Always one of our best auxiliaries, had already raised a fund for the purchase o
books. It established a depository, changed its name to correspond with the addi-
tional functions, to the " Alabama Baptist Bible and Colporteur Society," and has
been ever since a model for all societies organized for similar purposes. The increase
in its prosperity and usefulness, thefirmerhold it has taken upon the hearts of the
brethren, the n e w energy it has infused into the churches, the rapid increase of
intelligence among them, and the unexampled spread of Baptist sentiments
through the State, would sufficiently indicate the far-seeing and deep-seeing
wisdom of the Convention in giving us these instructions, even without taking
into consideration the reflex influence of their adoption upon the publication inte-
rests of the denomination.
This society reports to us as the aggregate of its two years operations the sum
of F I F T E E N T H O U S A N D F I V E H U N D R E D A N D six D O L L A R S , which is m u c h more than
the whole amount reported by us in any two years of our previous existence, from
all the southern States combined ; and though a considerable portion of this fund
has been employed in the circulation of other religious books, yet w e are assured
"that vastly more has been done in the distribution of Bibles than was done by the
same society when it made Bible distribution its exclusive work. A n d though
m u c h the greater portion of it has been employed in the supply of their home des-
titution, they have sent m u c h more in the last year than in any former year to us
for the supply of the destitute in other fields.
They have sustained ten colporteurs, at an average expense of about three hun -
dred dollars each; and so evident and so great has been the good accomplished,
that they have determined to raise at least twenty thousand dollars more, as a per-
manent fund for the colportage work. Some six thousand of this has already
been pledged. T h e balance will probably be raised within the next two years.
W e fear it will be several years before w e can secure auxiliary societies equal or
comparable to this in all the other States connected with the Convention. But to
this object w e propose steadily to direct our energies.
THE NOETH CAEOLINA BAPTIST BIBLE AND PUBLICATION SO-

CIETY
Became auxiliary to the Bible Board of the Southern Baptist Conven

lution adopted at its meeting at Fayetteville in 1854. It has from itsfirstorgan-
ization, combined the distribution of Bibles with our denominational and other
religious books, upon the plan recommended to the Bible Board by your resolution
at Montgomery. So far as w e can learn, it is a well managed and very efficient
body; but it needs a larger capital to do thoroughly the great work of spreading
the printed truth through so large and populous a State. W e trust the brethren
in North Carolina will see the necessity of giving it an endowment of at least ten
thousand dollars, so that it m a y do promptly what it was designed, and what it is
expected to accomplish. It reports about three thousand dollars as the aggregate
of its two years' work.
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T H E YIEGINIA A N D FOREIGN. BIBLE SOCIETY,
One of our first and most reliable auxiliaries, has been disbanded, and its work
turned over to the Bible Board of the Virginia Baptist General Association. W e
hope the change m a y ultimately prove to be for the advantage of the Bible cause.
Both the society and the Board have during the last two years engaged, in con-
nection with the Sunday School and Publication Society of Virginia, in the joint
distribution of Bibles and other religious books. The society reports three thou-
sand two hundred and twenty dollars as the amount of its operations for one year,
and the Board one thousand one hundred andfifty-fourdollars for the other year,
making an aggregate, with some other funds sent directly to our Board, of over
four thousand five hundred dollars.
The report of the Yirginia Bible Board, recently received by us, seems to express
a feeling of discouragement which is hardly justified by the facts.' It was not to
have been expected that the change in their organization could be effected without
some temporary diminution of their income, and some temporary derangement of
their work. W h e n w e consider this, and also that the Board was located at Nor-
folk and Portsmouth, whence it was scattered by the pestilence before it had ever
entered upon its duties, we think they have no reason to complain of the past, and
much ground to hope great things for the future. W e trust and confidently
expect tofindVirginia standing, two years hence, where she has been accustomed
to stand—in thefirstrank of the auxiliaries of your Bible Board.
THE BIBLE BOAED OF THE SOUTH CAEOLINA BAPTIST CONVEN-

TION
Has shown itself an important auxiliary, although it has not yet ent
joint work of Bible and book distribution, in accordance with your resolution of
instructions to us. W e trust it will be led to do so at the next meeting of that
Convention next July. It is composed of some of the best and most zealous
brethren of the State. Its President, Hon. J. B. O'Neal, has been a leading spirit
in the Bible efforts of that State for many years. The locatipn of the Southern
Publication Society at Charleston affords them great facilities, and offers strong
inducements to the combination of the book with the Bible distribution. The
union will give new energy and enlarged utility to both departments. W e cannot
forbear to express our anticipation that it will be effected, and the work of the
Board increased four fold. W e have between thirteen and fourteen hundred dol-
lars as the amount of their work reported to us for the last two years.
THE BIBLE COMMITTEE OF THE GEORGIA BAPTIST CONVENTION
Was at its own request, released from further care of Bible matters more than a
year ago, and the whole business entrusted to the control of your Bible Board at
Nashville, with the understanding that w e would take measures to secure the or-
ganization of a State society, in accordance with our general plan, at the meeting
of the Georgia Convention which has just, passed at Augusta. That committee
had faithfully performed a large amount of unrequited labor, and had been the in-
strument of accomplishing much good. W e have n o w a State society, which goes
into operation under most promising auspices, combining the book and Bible distri-
bution, and which is likely, in the course of two or three years, <to take rank with
Bible Board. . 21
that of Alabama, and employ its fifteen or twenty thousand dollars yearly in the
dissemination of the truth.
W e have as the aggregate from Georgia for the last two years, including the
work of the committee of the Georgia Convention, that of the newly formed Bible
and colporteur society, and our own, about four thousand three hundred dollars.
THE BIBLE SOCIETY OF THE GENERAL ASSOCIATION OF TENNES-

SEE A N D NORTH ALABAMA.
This society has not yot entered upon the work of Bible and book colportage.
It has some superior advantages for the effective accomplishment of such a work,
and will probably engage in it at an early day. It represents, however, only a
small portion of the Bible interests of Tennessee. W e do not see at present any
prospect of thoroughly combining all these interests, though it is an object which
w e do not think impracticable, and which w e hope some day to accomplish.
The West Tennessee Bible Society regards itcelf as the auxiliary of the Bible
Union rather than of your Bible Board; but they have made us a handsome dona-
tion of Bibles and Testaments, which were valued by them at aboutfivehundred
dollars, and have in various ways expressed their interest in our work, and their
desire for its success.
There is a widefieldfor our operations in East Tennessee. A very happy be-
"ginning has been made, and w e expect shortly to have an efficient working organ-
ization in that portion of the State.
The aggregate of our work for Tennessee, including the above mentioned Bibles*
is something less than two thousand dollars.
THE MAEYLAND BAPTIST BIBLE SOCIETY,
One of our first auxiliaries, we regret to learn, has, if not disbanded, at l

to act efficiently in the work in which it was formerly engaged. W e trust, how-
ever, that our brethren in that State have not lost their interest in the cause, and
are confident that w e shall be able, before another meeting of that body, to report
that it has been revived, or another organization formed in its place.
THE BIBLE SOCIETY OF THE FLOEIDA BAPTIST CONVENTION
Has but recently been organized. It is in a country where there is much desti
tion to be supplied, and is likely to become a very useful body in the distribution
of books, if not in the collection of funds. It has not yet been enabled to enter
upon the colportage work, though w e understand that it designs to do so as soon
as practicable.
LOCAL BIBLE SOCIETIES.
Besides these boards of State conventions and general associations and State
Bible societies, w e have many local societies directly auxiliary to us. Some like
that of Hopkinsville, Ky., (which is represented in your body,) confined to a single
church and congregation ; others embracing an association, or a county or district.
Some of these local societies are connected with our denominational schools ; and
w e regard these with more interest than any others, on account of the reflex inter-
est which they exert upon those who are to be the leading minds in the coming
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generation. T w o of these societies have represented themselves in your body,
viz: that of the Mary Sharp Female College at Winchester, Tenn., thefirstthat
was formed, and the worthy model for all similar institutions, and that of the
Union University, at Murfreesboro, Tenn.
A s yet, w e have no State society in#Missouri, Kentucky, Arkansas, Mississippi,
Louisiana, Texas or California; but so fully does our experience confirm the wis-
d o m of this plan of operation, that Ave shall continue to labor in this direction until
w e have a State society, or its equivalent, in every State connected with the Con-
vention. We need them as much for the work of distribution as for that of collec-
tion. They do us double service,firstraising the funds, and then superintending
the employment of them and other funds, if need be, in the supply of the destitu-
tion within their o w n bounds.
It is true w e have received contributions from some States where there is neither
a society, or a board auxiliary to us; but almost the whole of what w e are enabled
to report as the amount of our operations for the last two years, has been done by
our permanent auxiliaries. A n d w e think it is owing very m u c h to the general
adoption of this plan of operations suggested by us at your meeting at Montgom-
ery, with the additional provision for the book colportage recommended by you,
that w e are enabled to report more than three times as m u c h as at any other meet-
ing of the Convention—something more than thirty thousand dollars.
1NSTEUCTIONS DESIEED.
A portion of these funds, it will be observed, was raised by our auxiliary and
co-operative bodies, and by them employed in accordance with the resolution of
instructions to us, passed at the last moeting of this Convention, as the joint circu-
lation of Bibles and other religious books, under the direction and control of those
w h o raised them. That portion, however, which w a s placed at the disposal of
the Bible Board itself, was all employed in the exclusive circulation of the
Scriptures, except so m u c h as was required to meet the expenses of the Board.
Bible Board.
k® W e have purchased no books but Bibles and Testaments, and have made no
arrangements for any colporteur acting under a commission directly from the Bible
Board to distribute any other books. Some of the members of the Board thought
that the instructions of the Convention to which w e have referred neither required
nor authorized it to do so. A n d there has also been some doubt in the minds of a
pait of the Board whether it was the intention of the Convention that the funds
contributed to our auxiliaries, and employed by them in the joint circulation of
Bibles and books, should be reported to us, and thus become a basis of representa-
tion in the Convention, or only so m u c h as could be ascertained to have been em-
ployed in the exclusive purchase and circulation of Bibles. W e trust you will
give us such instructions on these points as will obviate such doubts hereafter.
But for their existence w e should probably be able to accomplish somewhat more,
especially in Kentucky and Tennessee.
PROSPECTS OF THE FUTURE.
Though we have not thus far done all that may have been desired, we have
endeavored to do what we could, and w e have done enough to satisfy ourselves,
and we trust enough to satisfy the Convention, that this additional work com-
mitted to our care is entirely practicable, and will ultimately be accomplished.
W e can n o w confidently anticipate the day, and that no distant day, when w e
shall have at least one efficient auxiliary in every southern State actively engaged
in the joint distribution of the Word of God and our denominational and other
religious books. The Bible Board will thus become the centre of a vast scheme for
the dissemination of the truth in the most enduring, and at this day the most
effective form—that of the printed page. While those w h o go to foreign lands to
tell in spoken words the glorious truths of our blessed gospel are sent out and sus-
tained by the Board at Richmond, and those w h o preach the same truths to the
destitute in our o w n land by the Board at Marion, the auxiliaries of the Board at
Nashville, organized at its suggestion, encouraged and sustained by its councils,
and finding in it the tie that binds them to the Southern Baptist Convention, will
send out and sustain a little army of unpretending colporteurs, w h o will carry tp
every dwelling and leave them there to plead for Jesus, to explain and enforce the
same truths, those silent teachers, Bibles and books, which often speak more elo-
quently and more effectively than the best of living orators.
It is probable that more m e n and more money will be employed in this work
than in any other interest connected with this Convention, and that it will accom-
plish more for the diffusion of Baptist sentiments and the building u p of the Bap-
tist churches.
THE PAPER.
An interest so vast, so complicated, and spread over so wide a field, must have
some ready means of intercommunication among those w h o are engaged in its ad-
vancement. M u c h has indeed been done' without this, and m u c h can still be
done; but 'we could do vastly more, and do it a great deal better, if w e had some
mean's of reaching directly the minds and the hearts of those engaged in the work.
T w o little columns of a little paper published only twelve times a year in a distant
city, and these prepared a month or more before they can appear, so that the mat-
ters'to which they refer have often been almost forgotten before attention can be
called to them: two little columns prepared and published thus do not and can-
not afford any such facilities of intercommunication as such an interest as this
Yet we do not desire, if it can be well avoided, to burden the denomination with
another paper. W e do not think it necessary that each Board should have a paper
of its o w n , but w e cannot see w h y the Bible Board should not have equal privi-
leges with the other Boards of the Convention. A n d if the Commission is to be
continued and devoted exclusively to the Board at Richmond, w e are confident
that it will be every w a y for the good of the denomination to transfer the H o m e
* The Bible Report was taken from the printer, and the foregoing returned as the
nd SP printed, and sent to the hinder. The following was afterwards found, and is inserted here.
22 $
Bible Board.
and Foreign Journal to Nashville;—not to become the exclusive organ of the Nash-
ville Board, but to continue, as it has been, the organ of tbe three. This it could
be in Nashville as well as at Richmond, and the interests of all three of the Boards
be advanced by the change of location.
The advantages to be derived to the Bible Board are too self-evident to require
mention. The Domestic Board would find Nashville quite as accessible by mail
or travel as Richmond. It would take no longer for their articles to reach the
compositor, no longer to set them u p or send them out. A n d there would be this
advantage—that Nashville is central to theirfieldof operations. Their work is in
the west; and the ever-flowing tide of emigration is carrying it still further west.
The appeals for aid come from the west, and m u c h more of those contributions
which are required to meet those appeals would come from the west, if the organ
through which they are made had a larger western circulation. A n d it is on this
ground that w e base our opinion that it would even be for the advantage of the
Foreign Board especially, since they have the Commission for the east, to locate an
organ here, to plead their cause in the west.
The brethren east of the mountains are already pretty well informed concerning
our missionary operations, and somewhat trained to giving, They have taken the
Journal from thefirst,and for the most part would continue to take it, though it
should be removed ; but comparatively few n o w receive it in the great valley of the
Mississippi. The brethren here are uninformed; the churches here not yet trained
to any systematic efforts. Yet here the wealth and the numerical force of the
churches is rapidly gathering. They must be reached—they must be instructed.
A n d it is self-evident that we have facilities for reaching them from their o w n midst
which the Board at Richmond cannot have. T h e circulation of the paper would be
vastly increased by the addition of these n e w subscribers in the west; and this in-
crease of circulation would give both the Richmond and the Marion Boards access to
m e n and means which they cannot reach from the sea-coast. The n e w subscribers
will be in a region where the light is most needed, where there is most prejudice'
to overcome, where society is still in the formative condition, where habits are not
fixed as in the older communities, and where the population, wealth, and conse-
quent permanent prosperity, is steadily and rapidly increasing. N o w , if w e can
open the w a y for the foreign secretaries to reach these people while they still re-
tain their hold^upon the east, w e will surely thereby greatly advance the interests
of the Foreign Mission Board.
Nor will they suffer, as w e do now, by the retention of the matter of their pub-
lications for a few weeks after it is prepared. Their operations being in a far-off
lard, and u n k n o w n to the public until they m a k e them known, will always have
the freshness of novelty. Their communications, for the most part, are such as
will not grow old and out of date by the retention, while ours, having reference to
things among ourselves, and published by the weekly papers, seem stale and out
of time, if not brought out at once. A n d besides this, they will still have tho
Commission published as often as the. Journal, in which they can bring out any
thing that will not bear delay.
Another advantage to be gained by all the Boards is in the saving of the cost.
Our Corresponding Secretary is willing to take the labor and responsibility of the
publication upon himself, and insure the Convention that it shall not be taxed a
single dime for the payment of arrearages, as it has been every year since the
Journal was established.
T h e facilities which Nashville n o w affords for the prompt and rapid printing and
distribution of the paper are certainly not surpassed in any city. It will appear to
any one w h o will examine a m a p , that Nashville is near the geographical centre of the
States represented in this Convention; and our system of railroads soon to be com-
pleted will m a k e it the point from which the mails will radiate to every portion of
the southern States in less time than from any other. This is a consideration of
great importance in the location of a paper, the circulation of which must extend
over a territory so vast as that embraced by the Southern Baptist Convention.
In conclusion, upon this point, w e will only say that w e do not wish to appro-
priate the Journal to ourselves. W e only desire to share equally in its privileges
and
withthe thecost
other
of its
Boards,
publication.
and to relieve them and the Convention of all the trouble
( A P P E N D I X B.)
TWELFTH ANNUAL REPORT.
BOARD OP DOMESTIC MISSIONS.
The Board of Managers for Domestic and Indian Missions submit their report
for the year ending April 1st, 1857 :
DEATHS. **
Two missionaries of the Board have finished their course on earth during th
past year—Rev. J. W . Turner, of St. Mary's, Georgia, and Rev. Samuel Worcester,
a Choctaw Indian.
» OFFICIAL CHANGES.
Last October Rev. Joseph Walker, who had with marked ability and success
discharged the duties of Corresponding Secretary for more than three years, re-
signed his office, to take effect Dec. 31st, 1856. The urgency of the Board, and
the solicitation of friends availing nothing1 to induce him to change his purpose,
his resignation was accepted, and the present incumbent elected tofillthe vacancy,
who entered upon the duties January 1st, 1857.
The President of the Board, Rev. J. H . D e Yotie, having removed from the
State, tendered his resignation in January. Rev. W m . H. Mcintosh was ap-
pointed to the presidency.
FINANCIAL STATEMENT.
During the year the receipts for the department of Domestic Missions have
been, from all* sources, $20,362 93. To this sum add the balance, $103 66 in the
treasury April 1st, 1856, and w e have $20,466 59, tbe total resources for the year.
This sum is $5,166 59 less than the resources for the preceding year. There is
not, however, all this difference in actual receipts during the year. At the com-
mencement of the preceding year the treasury contained a balance of $2,543 71,
against $103 66 at the commencement of the year just closed; making a difference
of $2,884 82 in collections in favor of the former year.
This falling off m a y be accounted for, in part, at least, by the fact that the
Board has had but two agents in thofieldsince the 1st of January last, and one
of these is in afieldmore adapted to missionary labor than to that of raising;
funds.
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To the above amount add the s u m of $19,957 95, the resources for Indian Mis-
sions, and w e have $40,420 54 as the entire sum of resources of the Board for the
year.
DISBURSEMENTS.
The expenditures for all purposes pertaining to the Domestic department have
been $16,194 02—leaving a balance in the treasury of $4,272 57. This is a m u c h
larger balance than for the preceding year. The reasons for this are two: A n
unusually large number of commissions expired with the quarter ending Sept.
30th, and the number of appointments for the succeeding quarter m u c h smaller
than for the quarter closing with June, or for that commencing with January;
consequently the expenditures for that quarter were m u c h less than for any other
quarter during the year. Again: a large number of reports for services already
rendered have not yet reached the mission rooms. There are claims of this sort,
amounting to some $1,500, which are daily expected to be presented. This will
reduce the above balance to $2,772, which is the true balance for the current year.
LIABILITIES.
In addition to the above named liabilities, the Boaid has already made appoint-
ments to the amount of $18,000, one-fourth of which will become due June 30th.
Hence the balance n o w on band will not pay thefirstquarter's salaries for the
present year by nearly $2,000.
But under God, our reliance, in the future as in the past, is upon the voluntary
contributions of the churches, both to meet present liabilities and to enable the
Board to increase their appointments, as they seem to be imperatively demanded.
In the past history of the Board, their confidence in the churches has not been dis-
appointed. Not one of their drafts has been protested; not one of their missiona-
ries has had to wait for his salary beyond thefirstmeeting after the reception of
his report. This inspires them with encouraging hope for the future.
AGENCIES.
How valuable would be the discovery of some means of awakening a spirit of

benevolence among all our brethren—of enlisting the prayers and energies of all
our churches in behalf of the cause of evangelizing the world—of gathering their
liberal contributions regularly into our treasuries, without the necessity of employ-
ing agents for this specific work. T o accomplish an object so desirable, m u c h time
and ingenuity have been expended in devising and proposing plans. But the dis-
covery of the perpetual motion is quite as hopeful. Very few churches, compara-
tively, are systematically sustaining our missionary operations. Facts, as they
n o w exist, and in the history of the past, proclaim that agents are indispensable to
the prosperity of the Board. The receipts have always been, in proportion to the
number and efficiency of its agents.
Rev. J. A . Collins, agent for Alabama, Rev. W m . P. Hill, for Georgia and South
Carolina, Rev. Dr. Kingsford, for Virginia and Maryland, closed their several agen-
cies Dec. 31st. Rev. J. H . D e Votie resigned hisfinancialsecretaryship Aug. 1st,
1856. Rev. Dr. Johnson, of South Carolina, has done valuable service by occa-
sional tours in the State where he resides. Dr. Philips, of Mississippi, has trav-
eled to some extent on behalf of the Board during the past year. The Board have
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had but two in thefieldsince January—Rev. J. 0. Scriven, of Georgia, and Rev.
L. M . Berry, of North Carolina. The latter is regarded in the light of missionary,
as well as agent.
There is a necessity for a good agent in each State.
ORGAN OF PUBLICATION.
The Home and Foreign Journal has been our organ for the past year, as hereto-
fore, occupying one-third of it; the Foreign and Bible Board occupying the
remainder. A s to the best means of employing the press, is a question that now
deeply interests the Board.
MISSIONARIES.
About one hundred and ten missionaries and agents have been employed in part
or the whole of the year, scattered through all of the slave States, California, Kan-
sas, and the Indian Territories. They have supplied more than three hundred
churches and stations with a preached gospel, delivered over 8,000 discourses, made
more than 8,500 visits to families for religious instruction and prayer, held 3,000
meetings for prayer and other devotional exercises, been instrumental in the con-
version of some 2,000 souls, of w h o m 1,325 have been baptized, and 400 added by
letter and restoration. They report an aggregate of some 9,000 members, 133
Sabbath-schools, 3,600 pupils, 475 teachers, 141 converts among pupils and teach-
ers; the organization of 20 churches, the ordination of 28 ministers and 32 deacons,
the completion of 25 church edifices, and the commencement of 19 others. In the
performance of these labors they have traveled over 70,000 miles.
A s has already been stated, a large number of the reports are not received; con-
sequently this report does not embrace all the labor performed during the year
Yet it will be seen that a vast amount of work has been done, and great good has
been accomplished.
SELF-SUPPORTING CHURCHES.
Several churches, under the fostering care of the Board, have received numbers
and pecuniary strength sufficient during the past year to sustain themselves.
A m o n g this number m a y be found Chattanooga,#Tenn., .Hannibal, Mo., and Fay-
etteville, Ark. Very many self-sustaining interests, once under the patronage of
the Board, furnish pleasing evidence of its great utility. Texas is a gratifying
illustration. Formerly it received a large share of the sympathy and aid of the
Board. N o w , Texas has a large Baptist membership, and an efficient ministry.
During the last year they raised for Domestic Missions within their o w n State over
$3,000. Our Board has had but two missionaries in that State during the past
year not that there is no more destitution, nor that the Texas Baptists are yet
able to supply it; but the Board has felt that other new States have had stronger
claims upon the small amount of funds placed at their control for sending the
gospel to the poor.
CITIES.
Cities and towns are important centres of influence. Your Board have deemed
it the part of wisdom to bestow a liberal share of their aid upon these promising
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fields. In so doing they have acted in compliance with the expressed wishes of
many donors. They have stations in Baltimore, Md., Washington, D. O , Rich-
mond, Manchester and Petersburg, Va., Columbus, Darien and St. Mary's, Ga.,
Mobile, Ala., Nashville and Memphis, Tenn., Little Rock, Ark., St. Louis, Hanni-
bal, Jefferson City and St. Joseph, Mo., Galveston, Texas, and Sacramento, Cal.
In most of these cities, reinforcements are not only very desirable, but highly im-
portant. In Mobile, N e w Orleans and St. Louis, several new interests seem espe-
cially to demand our attention. They already have a large citizenship, unprovided
with the gospel, and are rapidly increasing in population and commercial impor-
tance.
The Coliseum Place Baptist church is, and has been self-sustaining, for more
than a year. It is a prosperous church. But its efforts are greatly embarrassed
by a heavy debt, not strictly its own, but of the denomination outside of the city,
from which they ought at once to be relieved. It is hoped that this Convention
will take some efficient measures to this end.
KANSAS.
At the meeting of this Convention in Montgomery in 1855, the following reso-

lution was adopted:
" That the Board of Domestic Missions be instructed to occupy Kansas as a field
of missions as soon as practicable."
The civil and political condition of that Territory has rendered it, until recently,
entirely impracticable to obey the instructions conveyed in the foregoing resolu-
tion. In December last, Rev. J. H. Luther, of South Carolina, was appointed to
thisfield.It was deemed advisable by the Board that he spend most of the winter
in an agency on behalf of his contemplated mission, to which he yielded. About
the 10th of March he embarked for his new field. N o tidings from him since his
arrival on his field.
W h a t will be the result of this effort, none of us can tell. The Board regard it
in the light of an experiment, made in compliance with the instructions of the
Convention. The policy of the Territory is not yet settled; the trials are not yet
ended; human foresight is not sufficient to disclose the end—when, or where, or
what it shall be. The missionary sent out has all the requisites of success, so far
as human instrumentalities are concerned.
CALIFORNIA.
As a missionary field, California possesses many points of attraction. Its ext

of territory—containing nearly 190,000 square miles : excepting Texas, it is larger
than any three States in the Union. Its vast resources of mineral wealth has
already attracted, and will continue to attract, an immense population. N o cen-
sus statistics are capable of keeping pace with the influx of the people. One who
had resided there three years says: *' Here emigrants are rushing from every con-
tinent and isle; they crest everymountain, they cover every sea; they sweep in
like a cloud from the Pacific, they roll down like a torrent from the slopes of the
Sierra Nevada."
The moral condition of this people should awaken our sympathy, enlist our
earnest prayer, and call forth our early efforts to send them the gospel.
Jn the absence of the restraining power of religious institutions, virtuous soci-
ety and home influences, depravity becomes more depraved by the natural work-
ing of its own inherent elements. H o w this tendency is accelerated when the
alluring gambling saloon, dramshop and brothel become the common Sabbath
resort in every town, village and camp. Under such influences, it is reasonable
to suppose that many, both in youth and manhood, will fall to rise no more. And
what gives additional interest to this subject is, they are, many of them, our own
people. W e sustain the same relation to them that Paul did to the people concer-
ning w h o m he said, " M y heart's desire and prayer to God for Israel is, that they
might be saved." More than this=--how many of us are united to that people by
the tender cords of kinship ? H o w few are not ?
There are social, civil and political affinities which interest us in that field.
W e are credibly informed that the larger portion of the residents of Southern Cal-
ifornia are from the southern portion of our confederacy; differing in social and
business habits. Aud one resident, writing from that portion, says they pos-
sess some degree of pride in this peculiarity. Another, who has long resided
there, and well acquainted with the social and political feelings and relations of
that country, remarks: " All the political sympathies of California are with the
South."
Its destitution has been hinted at. A word in relation to that portion lying
south of Stockton, between the Sierra Nevada mountains and the coast range, a
distance of some four hundred miles in length. A minister who has for some time
resided there, now a missionary of the Board, says: " I know of but one Presby-
terian or Congregational minister in this part of the State; and even the Metho-
dists, who have hitherto mostly occupied thefield,have lately reduced three cir-
cuits into one, supplied by one man, aided by one or two local preachers, while
the Baptists have never sent nor, to m y knowledge, encouraged one Baptist min-
ister to occupy this destitute region." This is, perhaps, a very fair representation
of the mining country. There is a strong desire manifested on the part of this'
people to hear the gospel. Through this entire region there are more or less Bap-
tists, scattered as sheep without a shepherd. Twenty active and faithful ministers
could not supply this portion of the State.
OAKLAND CITY.
At this point we have a church organized, and for some time under the pasto
care of Rev. E. J. Willis, now of Richmond, Va. The church is now without a
pastor, yet anxious to procure one.
MARYSVILLE AND SAN FRANCISCO.
These are two important and thriving cities, having a considerable Chinese
ulation. A n enterprise ought to be undertaken at both these points, in connection
with the Chinese population, similar to that under the care of Bro. Shuck, at Sac-
ramento.
CHINESE IN CALIFORNIA.
The providence of God is bringing this singular people to our shore, render
them easy of access. Removing them from many of the strong influences that
operate powerfully against the truth in their own country, such as the multitudes
that believe not, and the small number and humble position of those w h o have
the moral courage to follow Christ—the political and civil institutions that are
hostile to the truth—the wicked and idolatrous customs and habits of the entire
people—the persecution and oppression which are certain to visit those w h o re-
nounce the heresies of their religion and embrace the gospel,—by removing them
from these and kindred influences, and associating them with Christian people,
they may, by continually observing the improving and elevating power of Chris-
tian institutions, gradually lose their long cherished and deep rooted prejudices.
The success attending the efforts of the Board in their behalf is proof of this.
It is about three years since the enterprise was commenced. A good chapel has
been built and paid for, twelve Chinese converts have made a public profession of
their faith in Christ. One of these, W o n g Moay, is a m a n of learning and high
order of preaching talent. Another, A h Chak, recently baptized, is a m a n of fair
attainments, of considerable business capacity and influence, and promises to be a
valuable accession to their little band of disciples. Thus far, all the Chinese con-
verts seem to walk orderly, and give hopeful evidence of the sincerity of their
piety.
Brother Shuck, in a late communication to the Board, remarks : " The pros-
pects in California for Christianizing the Chinese, are better than I ever expected
to see them." With regard to the church in Sacramento city, of which he is pas-
tor, he says : " The cause among our o w n countrymen is onward—congregation,
church and Sabbath school are all on the increase ; and w e continue to have acces-
sions to our membership every month. The Southern Baptist Convention ought to
have two more missionaries here, one in San Francisco and the other in Auburn
or Marysville, laboring, as I am, with the Americans and Chinese. Here is a wide
and invitingfieldfor our Southern churches to bring the gospel to bear upon the
Chinese, and at the same time look after the stray sheep from their o w n folds,
wandering and widely scattered in this land of the ' F A R W E S T . ' "
The missionaries n o w in thefieldare Rev. J. L. Shuck and A h M o a y at Sacra-
mento, and Rev. C. N . West in Sierra Nevada valley. Rev. E. J. Willis labored
a portion of the year at Oakland. Domestic afflictions seemed to demand his re-
turn to Virginia. The Board have felt the importance of reinforcing this mission,
but have not felt at liberty to do so with the limited means at their command.
Indeed, they could not have sustained the enterpiise thus far had it not been for
the generous appropriations of the Goshen Association, of Va., for that specific
purpose.
Here your Board will take occasion to speak of the example of that Association
as worthy of all praise and the imitation of other Associations. It pays one half
the salary of brethren Shuck and A h M o a y in California, and sustains brother
Moffat and one native preacher among the Indians.
INDIAN MISSIONS.
In another place the death of Rev. Samuel Worcester, a native Choctaw, has
been announced. H e died January 30, 1857. During the fall h*e suffered from a
severe and protracted illness, from which he so far recovered as to resume his mis-
sionary labors. Early in January he wrote the Board, making grateful mention
of the goodness of G o d experienced during his affliction, and his. settled purpose to
devote, the remnant of his days with more earnest zeal to his Master's cause.
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H o w few was that remnant! In less than one month he ceased from his labors
and entered into his rest. H e was educated in Kentucky—there united with a
Baptist church, and was ordained to the ministry in the summer of 1854.
FINANCES.
The receipts from all sources for the year have been $18,640 75. Balance in
the treasury April 1st, 1856, $1,313 20. Total, $19,956 95. B y an examina-
tion of the Treasurer's renort it will be seen that the several amounts received
from the U . S. Governmem, sale of lands, & c , the balance in the treasury at the
beginning of the year, m a k e up the sum of $10,233 90 ; leaving but $9,723 05,
the total amount of collections from all the churches. While the resources for
the year have been $3,816 26 more than for the preceding year, the receipts from
the churches have been $3,515 39 less. This retrograde movement is m u c h to be
deplored. It m a y be accounted for as in the case of decrease in Domestic Mission
receipts, in part, the want of agents ; but chiefly in the fact that this whole sub-
ject was attended with marked and sympathizing circumstances, investing it with
an interest, during the first year after the transfer, which it never had enjoyed be-
fore, which it has not since. A n extract from an address delivered last fall by the
late Corresponding Secretary,clearly indicates those circumstances and that interest:
" You have already heard of the condition of the Indian Missions at the time
they were turned over to the Domestic Board. I a m quite sure, if all the facts
touching thefinancialaffairs of the American Indian Mission Association had been
k n o w n when the proposition was made to place the missions of that Society under
the direction of the Southern Baptist Convention, that the Convention would never
have received them. It was only on the assurance of worthy and reliable breth-
ren, that the assets on hand would fully liquidate the liabilities of the Association,
that the proposal was accepted, and these Indian Missions put in charge of the
Domestic Board. O n visiting Louisville, a few weeks after, I found a very differ-
ent state of things. T h e debts of the Association were found to be over $12,000,
while the assets, from all sources and of all kinds, made an aggregate of but little
above $6,000. A s soon as it was k n o w n that these missions had passed over to a
different organization, which had become responsible for all just claims against the
old Society, accounts were presented, claiming principal and interest, which
swelled the unpaid debts to over $15,000, leaving a deficit of $9,000 to be provi-
ded for by the spontaneous liberality of Southern Baptists 11 While, on the one
hand, I never found creditors—I do not allude to the missionaries—more exacting,
on the other, I never found Christians more ready to contribute for the cancelling
of these claims. About $2,000 were fortunately realized from the prompt pay-
ment of some old school accounts, which had not before been sent to the Indian
Commissioner at Washington, and two or three small legacies by benevolent breth-
ren, w h o had shortly before deceased; but notwithstanding this timely aid, there
were still $7,000 to be raised. Within the brief period of nine months, the
whole of the required amount was available, and I a m happy to announce be-
fore you, this morning, that all the debts are paid, with the exception of about
$400, which will also be paid when the accounts are sent in for settlement, and
regularly avouched. I proclaim it with pride and pleasure, that I have never
k n o w n Baptists to act more nobly than they did in disembarrassing these mis-
sions. They seemed to m e to be impelled by the instinctive conviction that ever-
lasting disgrace would attach to the entire denomination, unless energetic and lib-
eral measures were promptly taken to remove this formidable difficulty. One si-
multaneous movement was directing funds from all points of the compass towards
J;he treasury, that cheered and encouraged the Board on the arrival of every mail.
N o single person is entitled to the credit of this opportune deliverance. It was
the united work of m a n y individual^, aided by a combination of m a n y circum-
stances and influences."
This prompt aid and success are causes of devout gratitude. But it is with
profound sorrow w e record the fact, that a sense of the claims of the poor Indian,
and a love for his soul, are not sufficient motives to continue and increase this in-
terest.
DISBURSEMENTS.
The total expenditures in this department for the year have been $16,780 26,
leaving a balance in the treasury, $3,173 69. Against this there are claims for
missionary and school service now due, and daily4^q>ected to be presented,
amounting to over $1,500 00; which will reduce this balance to about $1,500 00,
the actual balance for the current year.
MISSIONARIES.
There are twenty-six missionaries, whites and natives, laboring among the
Creeks, Cherokees and Choctaws.
LABOR PERFORMED.
It is extremely difficult to procure statistics from most of our missionaries

among tbe Indians. Hence the amount of labor performed, and the results there-
of, cannot be reported to any definite extent. Most of the missions are in quite a
prosperous condition. The number of baptisms reported thus far is 324. Many
reports, however, for the last quarter, have not come to hand.
REINFORCEMENTS.
Only one white missionary and one interpreter have been added to the list du-
ring the year. Rev. J. A. Slover, of Ark., has been located among the Cherokees.
Another native Creek is soon to be ordained.
CALL FOR MORE LABORERS.
Brother Slover says: " The calls that have been made upon me here are more
than three missionaries can answer. W h e n I pass from place to place through
this destitute country, I a m deeply impressed with the words of our Saviour to
his disciples, ' Pray ye, therefore, the Lord of the harvest, that he would send
forth laborers/ This is m y earnest prayer. I know of no people more in need
of a faithful ministry. Your Board ought to have one or two more men of deep
piety and sound, practical sense, among the Cherokees." It is the earnest hope of
the Board to secure these men at an early day.
A CHOCTAW CRY.
A short time since we received a petition, signed by five Choctaws, praying fo

more missionaries. W e give it place here:
" D E A R B R E T H R E N — W e are praying to you like unto Macedonia to Paul, Acts
16, 9, ' Come over and help us.' W e would be truly happy to have some of your
ministers sent to us to cooperate with us in our labors, as we have none that live
among us. The members of the churches are very much discouraged, because,
fchere is so much error flowing in on all sides. W e see very plainly that the Bap-
tists ought to send out two more strong ministers here for the Choctaw people—
one for Arkansas and one for Red River. It is very much to be hoped that our
humble prayer will be heard. W e Baptists are too m u c h beholden to pedo-bap-
tists for books. They have translated the N e w Testament and H y m n Books into
the Choctaw language, according to their peculiar views of Christian baptism.
These are the books w e are compelled to make use of. W e think it is time for
Baptists to do something among us, by way of translating the Testament and
other books into the Choctaw language. They are m u c h needed here.
" Y o u will please write us an answer so soon as you receive these few lines from
us, and let us k n o w whether you can do anything for us or not.
" W e are yours, & c , in Christ,
" P E T E R FOLSOM,
" WILLIAM CASS,
" SIMON HANCOCK,
" SHONUBBEE,
" L E W I S CASS."
This petition suggests a topic which has for some time interested your B o a r d —
that of such an acquisition of knowledge of the Indian tongues, by a portion of
the missionaries, as to enable them to preach in those languages without the inter-
vention of interpreters; and, if need be, to translate the Scriptures into the Red
Man's dialect. This subject your Board respectfully submit to the consideration
of the Convention.
CREEKS.
The appeals from this nation for reinforcements are not less urgent and impor-
tunate than the foregoing. Brother Buckner, oor earnest, laborious and indefati-
gable missionary, w h o has often been called the Apostle to the Indians, has writ-
ten m u c h on this subject. The Board are in correspondence with several ministers
in relation to this field. One has engaged to go. H e is n o w a member of Mercer
University, and will enter thisfieldsoon after the close of the present session.
Little doubt exists that some five or six m e n will be sent out the present season to
these several tribes.
SCHOOLS.
The Potawatomie school is in a flourishing condition. The superintendent,

Rev. John Jackson, states that the Indians are taking a more than usual interest
in the school, and that some of the larger pupils are considerably concerned about
their future welfare. This and the W e a school are supported by the U . S. Gov-
ernment.
The W e a school, under the direction of Rev. David Lykins, has been greatly
interrupted by the political strifes in the Territory ; and for a portion of the time
has been suspended.
There are two neighborhood schools in connection with Bro. Moffat's stations.
O f their present condition and prospects of usefulness your Board are not in-
formed.
Bro. Worcester, in his last communication to the Board, made earnest request
for a school in his neighborhood.
Bro. Buckner has brought this subject to our notice as worthy of immediate
attention.
SUPPORT OF MISSIONARIES.
There is a pleasing change during the past two or three years on this subject.
Associations, churches, and individuals are adopting missionaries, and pledging
their support. There are m a n y advantages arising from this arrangement. The
support is more certain, the missionaries and tnose contributing to their support
are brought into more immediate contact, a deeper interest is awakened and a
stronger attachment is formed. It is hoped that the time will soon come when
every Association and church will have its missionary or missionaries.
A m o n g the Associations which have adopted this course m a y be found the fol-
lowing : Goshen, Va.; Bethel, Ebenezer, Western, and Central, Ga.; Alabama,
Bigby, Eufaula, Pine Barren, and Coosa, Ala.; Aberdeen, Miss. Churches: Mont-
gomery and Carlowville, Ala.; Bethel and Salem, K y . Several are sustained by
individuals., A brother in Georgia sustains brother Slover. A sister in Jackson,
Miss., sustains a native. In Alabama, in two or three cases, different persons
have united in supporting native preachers. The young ladies in the Judson Fe-
male Institute, of Marion, Ala., sustain a native. Three brothers in Covington,
Ky., also sustain one.
NEW FIELDS.
It is not only desirable to reinforce the missions in the fields already occupied,
but to send missionaries to the contiguous tribes, which are n o w open to the gos-
pel, and have strong claims upon us for it. , A n early occupancy of thesefieldsis
highly important.
•CONCLUSION.
In closing this account of their stewardship, your Board would express their
sense of gratitude to God for his goodness in prospering the work of their hands.
They urge the necessity of increased effort to sustain and enlarge the missions of
the Board. The sum of $50,000 for each department of their labor is requisite to
meet the wants of the field. A n earnest appeal is made to the friends of the Sa-
viour and his cause for a steady purpose to secure this amount.
M a y the Great Author of missions impart the spirit of missions to his people,
and of wisdom to the Board.
Treasurer's Report, Domestic Board. 33
TEEASURER'S REPORT.
in account with
W M . H O R N B U C K L E , Treasurer,
DOMESTIC MISSION BOARD OF THE SOUTHERN BAPTIST CONVENTION
Dr. Ca.
1856, April 1st—To balance in 1856, April 1st — B y cash paid
treasury 1st April, 1855, $2,543 71 agents, corresponding secretary
Rec'd from individuals, churches, and missionaries, $24,091 85
associations and societies, from By cash paid traveling expenses
1st April, 1855, to 1st April, of agent3 and secretary, 413 75
1856, viz: Cash paid N. O. church fund, 319 00
From Alabama, 5,017 03 " Journal, 88 09
Georgia, 4,992 57 " • print'g minutes, for irs,
Virginia, 4,832 24 &c, 255 19
California, 2,184 33 " exchange, 5 35
Mississippi, 1,534 27 " postage, 41 78
South Carolina, 1,068 94 " furnishing m i s s i o n
Maryland, 927 94 room, 21 25
Arkansas, 754 15 " For. Board, interest
Missouri, 650 00 on Blakey note, 20 00
Tennessee, 288 75 " E. A. Blunt, Tr. Ala.
North Carolina, 268 48 Bible Board, 10 00
N . Ala. and Middle Ten. " Bibles furnished N . H.
222 70 Bray, 20 00
Texas, 118 00 " S. School library, Ar-
Louisiana, 103 92 kansas, 20 00
Kentucky, 67 84 " A. B. Shankland, Tr.
Dist. of Columbia, 50 00 of N. Ala. and Mid.
Unknown, 7 75 Tenn. Association, 222 70
Cash to balance, 103 66
$25,632 62 $25,632 62
In account with INDIAN MISSIONS.
F r o m C. Tucker, Tr., $1,469 69 B y cash paid secretary, agents

Sale of room furniture, 30 00 and missionaries, $2,698 55 .
F r o m Alabama, 3,245 61 Cash paid for stationery, 6 70
" Georgia, 2,511 61 " exchange and freight, 54 39
" Kentucky, 2,725 41 " traveling expenses, 140 68
" Tennessee, 1,198 85 " printing forms, & c , 36.00
" Virginia, 1,057 22 " . Journal, 34 75
" U . S. Government, 1,462 47 Counterfeit note, 5 00
" Southern Bap. Con., 708 10 Debts assumed by virtue of the
" Mississippi, 625 78 transfer, 11,851 42
" Maryland, 484 99 Cash in hand 1st April, 1856, 1,313 20
" North Carolina, 402 68
" Missouri, 176 00
" South Carolina, 108 28
« Ohio, . 27 00
" Texas, 5 00
" Illinois, 2 00
$16,140 69 $16,140 69
34 Treasurer's Report, Domestic Board.
RECAPITULATION.
Cash in hand 1st of April, 1855—Domestic Missions, $2,543 71
" " •' • " Indian Missions, 1,499 69
A L A B A M A — D o m e s t i c Missions, $5,017 03
Indian Missions, 3,245 61
8,262 64
GEORGIA—Domestic Missions, 4,992 57
. 7,504 18
VIRGINIA—Domestic Missions, 4,832 24
5,889 46
CALIFORNIA—Domestic Missions, 2,184 33
MISSISSIPPI—Domestic Missions, 1,534 27
Indian Missions, 525 78
2,060 05
SOUTH CAROLINA—Domestic Missions, 1,068 94
1,177 22
MARYLAND—Domestic Missions, 927 94
1 412 13
ARKANSAS—Domestic Missions, 754 15
MISSOURI—Domestic Missions, 650 00
826 00
TENNESSEE—Domestic Missions, 288 75
._ 1,487 60
NORTH CAROLINA—Domestic Missions, 268 48
Indian M issions, 402 68
671 16
NORTH ALABAMA AND MIDDLE TENNESSEE—Domestic Missions, 222 70
TEXAS—Domestic Missions, 118 00
123 00
LOUISIANA—Domestic Missions, 103 92
Indian Missions,
KENTUCKY—Domestic .Missions, 67 40
2,793 25
DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA—Domestic Missions,' 50 00
Indian Missions,
U N K N O W N — D o m e s t i c Missions, 7 75
Indian Missions,
U. S. G O V E R N M E N T — D o m e s t i c Missions,
S O U T H E R N BAPTIST CONVENTION—Domestic Missions,
OHIO—Domestic Missions,
ILLINOIS—Domestic Missions,
$41,773 31
Treasurer's Report, Domestic Board. 35
DISBURSEMENTS.
Paid out to agents, corresponding secretary and missionaries—Domestic Mis
siohs, $24,091 85 ; Indian Missions, $2,698 55, $26,790 40
Traveling expenses—Domestic Missions, 413 75
" . " Indian Missions, 140 68
554 43
Journal—Domestic Missions, 88 09
" Indian Missions, 34 75
122 84
Printing—Domestic Missions, 255 19
291 19
Exchange—Domestic Missions, 5 35
— 59 74,
Postage—Domestic Missions, 41 78
" Indian Missions,
N e w Orleans church fund, 319 00
Furnishing mission room, 21 25
Foreign Board, (interest on Blakey's note,) 20 00
Bibles furnished N. H. Bray, 20 00
E. A . Blunt, Treasurer Alabama Bible Society, 10 00
Sunday School Library, (Arkansas,) , 20 00
A. B. Shankland, Treasurer, & c , 222 70
Stationery for Indian Missions, 6 70
Counterfeit note, "" 5 00
Debts assumed for old Board, H,851 42
Cash in hand 1st April, 1856—Domestic Missions, 103 66
" " " " Indian Missions, 1,313 20
1,415 86
$41,773 31
W M . H O E N B U C K L E , Treasurer
B. D. and Indian Missions Southern Baptist Convention.
I have examined the above account, and the vouchers therewith connected, and found
the same correct. Balance in hands of the Treasurer, on account of Domestic Missions, is
one hundred and three dollars and sixty-six cents, ($103 66,) and for Indian Missions,
thirteen hundred and thirteen dollars and twenty cents.*
W M . N . W Y A T T , Auditor.
M A R I O N , P E R R Y Co., A L A . , April 1, 1856.
* NOTE.—The small balance for Domestic Missions, and all the balances for Indian Missio
will be needed to pay the outstanding claims.—COR. SEC.
36 Treasurer s Report, Domestic Board.
TREASURER'S REPORT.
W M . HORNBUCKLE, Treasurer, In account with the
DOMESTIC MISSION BOARD OF TIIE SOUTHERN BAPTIST CONVENTION.
DR. CR.
April 1 , 1857—To balance in trea- B y cash paid agents, correspond-
sury 1st April, 1856, $103 66 ing secretary and missionaries, $15,535 97
Rec'd from individuals, churches, B y cash paid N e w Orleans church
assoc iations and societies , from fund, 59 00
1st April, 1856, to 1stApril, By cash paid H o m e and Foreign
1857, viz: Journal, 102 31
From Georgia, 5,714 17 By cash paid stationery and
tt
Virginia, 4,743 71 printing, 101 48
ti
Alabama, 3,084 42 B y cash paid traveling expenses
tt
South Carolina, 2,420 47 of secretary and agents, 336 27
it
Maryland, 778 13 B y cash paid furnishing room, 21 50
• it 430 96
North Carolina, By cash paid postage, 19 70
it
Arkansas, 504 17 By cash paid exchange on uncur-
tt Missouri, 659 75 rent money, 17 79
tt
California, 250 00 *Cash in hand 1 April, 1857, 4,272" 57
it Kentucky, 209 90
it Louisiana, 269 00 * Against this balance there are
it Mississippi, 186 26 claims for services rendered, and
tt 111 00 daily expected'to be presented, to
Tennessee,
the amount of $1,500.—COB. SEC.
tt
Florida, 10 00
it •North Ala. and Middle
Ten. Asso., , 355 34
a Unknown, 635 65
$20,466 59 $20,466 59
INDIAN MISSIONS.
DR. CR.
To cash in treasury ApVil, 1856, $1,313 20 B y cash paid agents, correspond-
Rec'd from Georgia, 2,998 89 ing secretary and missionaries, $6,543 41
it
Alabama, 2,232 62 B y cash paid old debts, 3,815 76
it
Virginia, 1,506 85 " on school account, 5,758 62
it
Mississippi, 1,102 60 •' traveling expenses of
it
U. S. Government, 6,582 37 secretaries and agents, 473 93
it
Kentucky, 937 22 By cash refunded Panola Asso.,
D. Lykins, saleof land, 1,1U0 00 Miss,, 75 00
n D. Lykins, sale of pro- B y cash paid for stationery and
duce, 250 00 printing, 60 25
tt
Armstrong Academy, B y cash paid for furnishing room, 42 70
through Jones & " " exchange and worth-
Barthrest, 988 33 less money, 10 59
n South Carolina, 329 46 *By cash in hand, 3,173 69
a Maryland, 129 16
n Missouri, 255 60 •Claims for missionary services
n Tennessee, and schools, now due in this depart-
181 66
n ment, $1,500.—COB. S E C
North Carolina, 7 09
it Texas, 5 00
a Ohio, 5 00
n Unknown, 28 90
$19,953 96 $19,953 95
•
Treasurer's Report, Domestic Board. 3*

RECAPITULATION.
DR.
Cash in treasury 1st April, 1856—Domestic Missions, $103 66
"• Indian Missions, 1,313 20
VIRGINIA—Domestic Missions, 4,743 71
6,250 56
GEORGIA—Domestic Missions, 5,714 17
8,713 06
ALABAMA—Domestic Missions, 3,084 42
5,317 04
SOUTH CAROLINA—Domestic Missions, 2,420 47
2,749 93
M A R Y L A N D — D o m e s t i c Missions, 778 13
907 29
NORTH CAROLINA—Domestic Missions, 430 96
438 05
KENTUCKY—Domestic Missions, 209 90
1,147 12
MISSISSIPPI—Domestic Missions, 186 26
1,288 86
TENNESSEE—Domestic Missions, 111 00
292 66
FLORIDA—Domestic Missions, 10 00
Indian Missions,
U N K N O W N — D o m e s t i c Missions, 635 65
664 55
NORTH ALA. AND MIDDLE TENN. Asso.—Domestic Missions, 355 34
Indian Missions,
ARKANSAS—Domestic Missions, 504 17
Indian Missions,
MISSOURI—Domestic Missions, 659 75
915 35
CALIFORNIA—Domestic Missions, 250 00
Indian Missions,
LOUISIANA—Domestic Missions, 269 00
Indian Missions,
U . S. G O V E R N M E N T — D o m e s t i c Missions,
Indian Missions, * 6,582 37
TEXAS—Domestic Missions,
OHIO—Domestic Missions,
Sale of land in Kansas by Rev. D. Lykins, 1,100 00
" " produce Potawatomie station, by Rev. D. Lykins, 250 00
1,350 00
Money refunded by Rev. A. G. Moffett, 988 33
$40,420 54
38 Treasurer's Report, Domestic Board.
CR.
Paid agents, corresponding secretary and missionaries—
Domestic Missions, ;$15,535 97
$22,079 38
Paid New Orleans church, 59 00
Paid Home and Foreign Journal, 102 31
Paid stationery and printing—Domestic Missions, 101 48
Paid " " Indian Missions, 60 25
161 73
Paid traveling expenses—Domestic Missions, 336 27
810 20
Paid furnishing room—Domestic Missions, 21 50
Paid • " " • Indian Missions, 42 70
64 20
Paid postage account—Domestic Missions, 19 70
Paid " " Indian Missions,
Paid exchange, Ac.—Domestic Missions, 17 79
28 38
Paid old debt—Domestic Missions,
Paid " Indian Missions, 3,815 76
Paid school fund, Indian Missions, 5,758 62
Paid .Panola Asso., (Miss.) refunded Indian Mission, 75 00
Cash in hand—.Domestic Missions, 4,272 57
" " Indian Missions, 3,173 69
•7 AKa OC
$40,420 54
WM. HORNBUCKLE, Treasurer

B. D. and I. M. S. B. Convention.
I, William N. Wyatt, do hereby certify that I have examined the foregoing, an

from comparing the same with the books and vouchers, that the above exhibit is true.
W M . N. W Y A T T , Auditor.
MARION, ALA., A P R I L 25, 1857.
( A P P E N D I X C.)
ELEVENTH ANNUAL REPORT.
BOARD OF FOREIGN MISSIONS.
The solemnity of our position in taking charge of the Foreign Missions of the
Southern Baptist Convention, it is not easy to estimate. W e especiallyfindit so
in resigning this charge, and in reviewing the labors of the two years which are
about to. close. Your Board have endeavored to meet their responsibilities, by
bringing every available means to bear upon the churches, in arousing them to the
contemplation of the Redeemer's last command, and by the most judicious use of
tho funds placed in their hands for the fulfilment of this command. H o w far w e
have succeeded in these endeavors, must be left to the judgment of the Convention
in whose service w e have been engaged.
In the foreignfield,two of our laborers have been smitten by death within the
last two years. Rev. R. E . Murray, of the Liberian mission, and Mrs. A . D .
Phillips, of the Voruban mission, are n o w reaping their reward in the blessed
world above. "While they mourn the loss of these faithful ones, the Board cannot
but rejoice that so few have been taken from the mission work.
While thus in the field abroad the goodness of God has been manifest, we have
been required to mourn the death of our esteemed brother, James C. Crane, one of
tho Vice Presidents of the Board. In the language of the last annual report,
this event, which has filled with sadness m a n y a heart, m a y serve to remind us all
of the priceless value of time, and to impress with the importance of working
while it is day. In the death of their co-laborer, a heavy loss has been sustained
by the mission cause. T o that cause he had given m u c h prayerful thought and
labor, and for its promotion he was accustomed to make large pecuniary benefac-
tions. In our partial judgment it seemed needful he should be spared, but H e
whose decisions are all wise and right, has determined otherwise, and to H i m ,
with unmurmuring heart, w e would humbly bow.
STATE OF THE TREASURY.
The last report of the Treasurer, rendered March 31, 1856, exhibited a balance
in hand of $4,530 33. Since that time, from various sources have been received
$31,932 2 9 — m a k i n g a total of $36,462 62. Tre expenditure for the year
has amounted to $33,250 89, leaving a balance in hand on thefirst"of April of
$3,211 79.
40 . Foreign Mission Board.
For the two years which m a k e up the period of our probation, our Treasurer
has received $58,436 13, which, with $4,325 35, in hand at the last Conven-
tion, makes a total of $62,761 48. The sum expended for the two years was
$59,549 75. Balance n o w in treasury, $3,211 73.
It must also be stated, that while a balance of $3,211 73 remains in the treas-
ury in closing the account, there is n o w an outstanding debt of $8,050, making a
deficit of $4,838 27 in meeting the liabilities of the Board.
AGENCY WORK.
The system of agencies can be dispensed with only when every pastor is willing
to perform his appropriate work, by teaching the baptized under his care to ob-
serve all things commanded by the Lord. A s long as neglect of this acknowl-
edged duty continues, wfrM the necessity of a judicious agency exist. The Board
have not found it easy to secure suitable m e n for this self-denying service. "In
Virginia and Maryland the Secretaries have performed most of the agency work.
In North Carolina, brethren Bradford and Dodson have devoted a portion of their
time in soliciting funds. Bro. W m . B. Johnson, of South Carolina, has performed
limited service in that State. Georgia has been occupied by Bro. J. H . Campbell,
assisted a short time by Bro. J. H . Corley. In Alabama, the agency for several
months was prosecuted by Bro. J. D. Williams, but for some time past w e have
had no one representing our interests, in that State. This work, which had been
long prosecuted by Bro. W . H . Farrar, in Mississippi, has been transferred to the
hands of Bro. Martin Ball. In Tennessee, a partial agency has been put in ope-
ration by the Foreign Mission Board of the General Association of Middle Ten-
nessee and North Alabama, by the employment of Bro. R. G. Kimbrough. Our'
interests have been represented in Kentucky by Bro. R. L. Thurman. In addi-
tion to the valuable services of these brethren, the Corresponding Secretaries have
given m u c h time to the work in different parts of the Southern country. The
Board do not hesitate to reiterate what has been before urged, that a judicious,
active agency in each State would largely repay the expenditure.
PERIODICALS.
The present issue of the Home and Foreign Journal is 14,500. It still contin-
ues to exhibit a deficiency in meeting the expenses for publication, though for the
two years ending with June, 1856, this deficiency has been diminishing. The
probability is that with the present volume an increased deficit m a y exist. T o
remedy this, the Board have determined to strike from the list all those w h o have
been delinquent for any long period. This will probably reduce the issue to
12,000. If all the subscribers were punctual in meeting their subscriptions, no
loss would be sustained ; and it is worthy of inquiry whether the friends of mis-
sions ought not more vigorously to engage their energies in extending its circula-
tion.- It is a periodical with which the Board cannot dispense.
In their last annual report the Board gave notice of their design to publish an-
other monthly, in a magazine form. This magazine, entitled the Commission, was
commenced last July, and thus far has met with favor from all w h o have exam-
ined its pages. It has about one thousand subscribers, and the number is daily
increasing. A t present it about pays the expense of publication. W h e n the
number of subscribers shall warrant such a measure, it is proposed to semi a copy
Foreign Mission Board. 41
gratis to every pastor whose church contributes to the funds of the Board. T h e
Board did not deem it necessary to await the meeting of the Convention before
they commenced this work, as in all the previous history of our operations the
question of issuing periodicals originated with the Board, and was decided by
them. The Convention has always preferred to commit this subject to the Board.
M a n y of the best friends of the cause desired such a work, and were willing to
pay for it. The Board deemed it wise to follow the example of all Foreign Mis-
sion Boards, and thus to gratify this desire. With the second volume, which com-
mences in July, w e hope greatly to increase the list of subscribers, and no pains
will be spared to secure the best writers of the South to contribute to its pages,
while such condensed information concerning the progress of the mission cause
will be given as shall m a k e it a permanently valuable historical record.
CORRESPONDING SECRETARIES.
At the last Convention the Board reported its action respecting the appointment
of an additional Secretary, This action was regarded as wise. A t the same time,
they could not decide with certainty as to its effects in the increase of funds. It
was considered an experiment which might be abandoned if found to be without
practical advantage. Though not equal to the expectations of the Board, a grati-
fying increase of funds has been realized, and with the purpose to push forward
our aggressive movements against the powers of darkness, w e see not h o w the
work can be performed with less than two secretaries ; especially as it will be de-
sirable, if not absolutely necessary, for State Conventions and Associations to be
visited by an officer of the Board.
This whole question has been recently reconsidered by the Board, and their for-
mer views reaffirmed. These views are embodied in a report which is herewith
presented to the Convention, and to which special attention is called.
MISSIONS OF THE BOAED.

CHINA.—CANTON MISSION.
This station has been reinforced by the arrival of Brother Roswell H. Graves,
w h o sailed from this country the 19th of April, 1856, having been on the
voyage about four months. Brother Gaillard had been waiting with no little
solicitude for the cooperation of his associate. They have been arranging for
more extended labors, not only in the city, but in the interior; and the prospect
of success was far more encouraging than ever before. But these hopeful indica-
tions were counteracted by the breaking out of hostilities between the Chinese and
English, resulting in the destruction of nearly all the city outside of the walls.
All the foreign factories, and the building occupied by them as a chapel, have
been burnt, and our missionaries were compelled to remove to Macao, where, by
last advices, they were remaining until these conflicts shall have been brought to a
close. W h a t was being done, and contemplated for the future, w h e n this inter-
ruption occurred, m a y be gathered from the reports of our missionaries. Brother
Gaillard writes thus:
CHAPELS.
" We have two chapels, at each of which there has been preaching four times a
week and at one of them, a part of the year, w e had preachingfivetimes a week,
42 Foreign Mission Board.
making in all about four hundred and thirty sermons during the year. These ser-
m o n s were preached by our assistant, Yong Seen Sang, w h o has been associated
with this mission for several years, and has proved faithful thus far.
SCHOOLS.
" We had three day schools for boys, one in each of our chapels, and one in our
dwelling house. The one in our dwelling was taught by the young m a n w h o was
baptized a few years ago at Shanghai, by brother Geo. Pearcy. This young m a n
was preparing to preach the gospel, and, had his life been spared, would have
preached in a short time. But G o d sawfitto remove him, and his school was
closed. The whole number of scholars, when w e had three schools, was 69. They
studied a catechism on the Old Testament, one on the N e w Testament, and acom-
pend of Scripture, embracing the life of Christ; all of which were prepared by
brother B. W . Whilden, formerly a member of this mission. Every Sabbath eve-
ning I heard the boys repeat, from memory, what they learned the previous week.
BOOK DISTBIBTTTION.
" The first of the year found us almost entirely without books, either scriptures
or tracts. W e had to send to Ningpo for scriptures, and to H o n g K o n g for
tracts, and it was nearly three months before w e could get a supply ; and then
w e had to pay more for them than it cost to print them in Canton, including the
cost of block-cutting. For these reasons w e concluded to have the blocks pre-
pared, and have our printing done here. W e n o w have the blocks for the gospel
by Luke, the gospel by John, the Acts of the Apostles, and the Book of Genesis,
all according to Goddard's translation. W e also have the blocks forfifteendiffer-
ent tracts, all of which are said to be approved by the American Tract Society.
W e have distributed during the year, of Testaments, parts of Testaments, and
tracts of various kinds, in all, 33,200 copies, amounting to 763,200 pages. The
greater part of these has been distributed at chapels. Last spring w e supplied
one hundred large boats which came from a neighboring province, loaded with
rice. Others were given to boats which came 30 or 40 miles from almost every
direction. W e have also visited several towns south of Canton about twelve
miles, where our books were gladly received, and w e very kindly treated. The
greater part of those that w e distributed at our chapels are given to persons from
•the country, so that our books are widely circulated."
Our brethren are far from being discouraged, as respects the facilities for the ex-
ercise of an evangelical influence. They say:
" The field for usefulness is extensive, yea, boundless; and to the h u m a n eye,
' white to the harvest.' But where are the reapers ? Are there none in Christian
lands ! Are there no Careys, Wesleys or Judsons in our day ! Is there none of
the spirit of Peter and Paul in our churches 1 Or, rather, is there none of the spi-
rit of H i m w h o went about doing good ? If this spirit is in our churches, where
are its fruits ? H a s the life of the Christian ceased to be a warfare—ceased to be
the 'fightof faith,' and become one of indolence and ease, suited only to ' fair
weather, and silver slippers ?' If ' the faith of the gospel' is in the churches,
where are its fruits ? for ' faith without works is dead.' W e pen these questions,
hoping they m a y cause some one to ask himself what he is doing, and what he
shoiild do. A n d w e pray that G o d m a y open the eyes of the blind, the hearts of
the selfish, the purse-strings of the miserly, and send forth laborers in his vine-
yard."
So well satisfied are our brethren of the importance of thefieldthey occupy,
that they are not only happy in their work, but are pleading for additional la-
borers.
" I a m glad," says one of them, " that you are trying to have three m e n at
this station. This w a s m y proposition, but I have since that called for ten men,
n6t only for Canton,1 Mut for a large number of towns, which are as wide open
now as perhapB they ever will be, until a missionary goes there to give them the
words of life. I have visited several towns around Canton, and have always been
treated as well as I would be in America. The people in every town offered us
tea, fruits, and sometimes cakes."
Will it not be an expenditure which God's word and providence will justify, to
send even ten m e n to thisfield,if they can be found. But can they be found ?
The Board desire to press upon the attention of the Convention the claims of the
Canton Mission. The present condition of things cannot long continue. It is
hoped that hostilities will soon be brought to a close, and that the facilities for ex-
tending the knowledge of God and his salvation will be greatly increased. If w e
do not misjudge the signs of the times, a preparation for vast moral changes in
the empire is being made. God will give these millions to his Son, and w e ought
to be willing to enter thisfieldin obedience to his command, that w e m a y preach
to them his glorious gospel.
SHANGHAI MISSION.
Our brethren at this station are proceeding with diligence in their work. In no
former year of the history of this mission has so m u c h of effective influence been
put forth. W e are warranted, also, in saying that never before were the prospects
of a large harvest to be reaped by our missionaries, more encouraging. The health
of some of the brethren and sisters has been seriously affected, and yet they have
performed what might be termed " almost superhuman labors" in the wide-
spread field before them. Extensive journeys into the interior have been taken,
for the distribution of the scriptures and religious tracts. During these excur-
sion*, the gospel has been proclaimed from their boats to listening multitudes on
the shore, by the wayside, and in heathen temples. The knowledge of scriptural
truth is thus being widely diffused among the people.
The most encouraging peculiarity of their work is found in the increased spirit
of enquiry in the congregations. They seem to listen with more of desire to learn
the good and right way, while in greater numbers individuals are coming to the
missionaries, propounding questions, and some of them apparently anxious on the
subject of the soul's salvation. Nor have our missionaries been without the evi-
dence of the renewing influences of the Holy Spirit among the people to w h o m
they have preached. Interesting cases of conversion have occurred. Five have
been added to the churches by baptism, while others, professing hope in Christ,
are expecting to identify themselves with the Lord's people. One of those bap-
tized is a literary graduate, a m a n of some distinction in the city of his abode,
about one hundred miles distant. Having read the N e w Testament three times,
and given to certain portions serious and patient study, he was brought joyfully
to receive the word and to put on Christ.
Our brethren seem m u c h inspired in their work. One of them remarks:
" The extent of our success is not to be limited to the number of converts,
though this is not to be despised. The impression which the truth is beginning to
m a k e on the public mind must also be taken into the account. That the constant
preaching of the gospel is beginning to have a powerful effect upon the middle
and lower classes is apparent to all. M a n y w h © have not heartily embraced the
truth as it is in Jesus, have abandoned idol worship. A still larger class seem to
be fully aware of the folly of worshipping blocks of wood and stone, the images
of m e n like themselves. The people freely state that formerly their idols had the
reputation of displaying some supernatural powers, but that of late, since there
has been so m u c h preaching they have lost that reputation. Tfaus the people are
constrained, against their will, to perceive that their idols are nothing more than
the unconscious images of m e n of fabulous origin; and that the Chinese are still
ignorant of the Great Being by w h o m all things were made and are upheld.
Herein w e witness the power of the truth, and some of the results of our years
of toil."
At the last meeting of the Convention, the city of Shanghai was in a state of siege
arising from the wars going on between the Imperial party and the insurgents.
Our brethren were subjected to severe trials and to some peril. The property of
the Board was seriously injured. Quiet having been restored, the mission work
has proceeded with perhaps more of efficiency than before. Concerning the build-
ings, our missionaries report:
" The past has, in some respects, been an eventful year. In February last,
w h e n the city fell into the hands of the Imperialists, (the particulars of which
event it is not necessary to recapitulate,) our north gate mission premises, consist-
ing of two dwellings and a small chapel, were in ruins, and our chapel in the city
m u c h injured. A s w e had received from the Chinese government the cost of our
dwellings, and as m y house, if taken at once, could be repaired without disturb-
ing the old walls, w e lost no time in restoring it to its original state. Bro. Caba-
niss' house had to be rebuilt from the foundation; this, however, and the wall
enclosing the two mission dwellings, have been completed, and we are n o w com-
fortably housed. T h e chapel in connection with these premises, n o w k n o w n as
the ' Kiaw-hwo-dong,' has been rebuilt in a more eligible position. Our chapel
in the city had to be re-roofed, some twenty feet of the bell-tower had to be taken
down, besides sundry other repairs, both within and without. All these impor-
tant works have been completed, at a cost something less than the amount re-
ceived from the Chinese government, as you will see from tie Treasurer's report.
A s regards the mission propeity, I can safely say it was never before in so good
a state of repair."
H o w far the missionaries are aiming to fulfil the responsibilities devolving on
them will appear by the letters received every month. In one of them they say:
" With the fall of the city into the hands of the Imperialists, w e renewed our
attack upon the kingdom of Satan. A n d although w e have had an unusual
amount of labor to perform in the w a y of superintending building, repairs, & c ,
w e have never, I think, during any previous year, been able to do so much, ap-
parently, effective preaching, as during the year that has just glided past. W e
have n o w four preaching places; and since the completion of the ' Kiaw-hwo-
dong/ (several months ago,) w e have maintained eighteen public services per
week, with an aggregate weekly attendance of about 2,500 souls. Besides these,
w e hold m a n y private interviews with persons calling to make inquiries in regard
to the religion w e teach.
" There arefiveday schools in connection with our mission, with an aggregate
attendance of one hundred scholars—fifty girls andfiftyboys."
In the brief survey of our work at Shanghai, w e have abundant motive to per-
severe. It has been difficult to satisfy some of the friends of missions that the
endeavor to diffuse the light of gospel truth among the Chinese was attended with
the promise of success. A sort of skepticism has been cherished, in view of the
tendency of this people to deception, worldliness, and indifference to spiritual
things. It would seem to be enough to say, that the empire of China comprises
one third of that world into which w e are commanded to go, preaching the gospel
to every creature. The will of our Lord in this thing is imperative. But besides,
can it be believed that the Chinese are more reduced in moral character than were
the Corinthians and Ephesians, to w h o m the gospel was made the power of G o d
and the wisdom of God unto salvation ? The gospel has, however, already w o n
glorious triumphs in China. Is it nothing that hundreds of thousands are throw-
ing away their idols ? that the Bible has been translated into the language, and is
being circulated in vast numbers far in the interior, and that multitudes have al-
ready given evidence of saving faith in the Redeemer ? The Board cannot but
regard this part of theirfieldas peculiarly interesting, and full of promise. But
we must give it a more generous and diligent culture. Our stations must be in-
creased. More missionaries must be sent forth. With greater patience, stronger
faith, more earnest prayer, and burning zeal, must w e prosecute this work.
AFRICA.—LIBERIAN MISSIONS.
Since the last meeting of our Convention, the appropriations to our missions on
the coast have been doubled. This has arisen from the pressing demands of the
field. It would have been an unwise policy to aim at less than has been done
within the last two years. W e will not say that more ought not to have been
attempted. H a d w e quadrupled our forces, it would not have transcended the
limits of a judicious expenditure. In selectingfields,w e have been compelled to
omit m a n y important localities suggested by our missionaries, on account of the
limited means ptaced at our disposal, In noting the points to which we have
directed attention, it will be proper to begin with the upper station on the coast.
MONROVIA.
This station is occupied by Rev. John Day, our senior missionary. His health
has been somewhat affected, but with commendable diligence he continues to pro-
secute the great work before him. The church under his care has been signally
blessed, and additions from time to time have been made to its number. A m o n g
other important movements at this position, reference should be specially made to
the erection of an edifice of sufficient dimensions for the accommodation of high
schools, male and female. These schools have gone into operation, and are prom-
ising to exercise a beneficial influence on the mission. One of the greit objects of
the institution is the improvement of such young m e n as m a y he indicated by
the churches, as qualified and called of God to preach the gospel. Some of this
class have already joined the school, and others are expected to enter. Concern-
ing this enterprise, the Liberia Herald, conducted by an Episcopalian, this
writes:—
" This seminary, for the present, will be under the immediate care and superin-
tendence of the Rev. John Day, senior missionary of the Southern Baptist Board
in Liberia. W e feel warranted to say, that a much better m a n for strict moral
and christian character cannot be found. W e have been acquainted with the
reverend gentleman for several years, and the even, unassuming manner of his life
has gained for him a general feeling of respectability and esteem.
" W e regret exceedingly the limited dimensions of the building, though executed
in workmanlike manner. W e think it quite insufficient for the purposes de-
signed. The present building (if means could be obtained to build a seminary of
larger dimensions,) would suit m u c h better for a dwelling house for the superin-
tendent. M r . Day's present pastorate in Monrovia, for attention, excels any other
denomination; and without disparagement to other congregations, that of the
Providence Baptist church is the best attended of any in this city, and w e judge
there must be more religion amongst them too."
The number baptized during the last two years is thirty-four, the present num-
ber of the church two hundred and twenty.
NEW GEORGIA.
This station, on the St. Paul's river, is still in a prosperous condition. Our
missionary, Henry Underwood, is performing his work with fidelity. Nor has he
labored in vain. H e thus refers to an interesting baptism:
" I thank God that he has been pleased to bless us m u c h at N e w Georgia, as
m a n y of the dark sons of Africa were brought to a saving knowledge of the truth.
Let m e mention here some of the different tribes of those w h o m 1 had the pleasure
of baptizing on last Sunday, the 10th Nov., viz: two Gorah, two Whorah, one
Vey, one Bassa, fifteen Congoes and four Americans. The season was deeply
interesting. Brother Day preached the introductory discourse on baptism; in the
afternoon brother R. White preached, after which I gave the right hand of fellow-
ship. Brother Day then administered the Lord's Supper. M a n y are still inter-
ested about their immortal welfare. Long have I had a desire to preach to the
natives, and when seeing so m a n y coming in I could not help saying, 'Let Ethiopia
stretch out her hand to God.' Brother A. T. Cheeseman has a fine Sabbath and
day school: four of his Congo scholars were among the number baptized. Brother
Cheeseman is an exhorter, and is of great assistance to me."
The present number of the church is one hundred and seven, twenty-five having
been baptized since the last Convention. The school has twenty-seven pupils,
and is conducted by A. T. Cheeseman. A native chapel has been built six miles
distant, and there it is expected a native church will be constituted.
NEW VIRGINIA.
At this point we have a station, which is conducted under the general direction
of John T. Richardson, an ordained missionary. The church numbers seventy-
five members, and the day-school, conducted by Jane 0. Richardson, has an ave-
rage attendance of forty-five scholars. Baptized since last Convention twenty-
three.
Referring to a season of interest at the station, Bro. Richardson says:
" The word preached became quick and powerful unto salvation to m a n y pre-
cious souls among the Liberians and the heathen. U p to date, twenty-four have
been hopefully converted. One native boy, twelve years old, w h o was converted
at this meeting, as soon as he was made to,rejoice in the hope of salvation, com-
menced preaching the gospel to his people in their own language. Great good is
likely to result from it. All the native people living near us have been greatly
affected by the truth through this native convert. One native convert, well
instructed, will do more good to the native tribes in conveying correct ideas to
their dark minds than a dozen educated m e n from abroad. A s soon as correct
ideas reached the hearts of those to w h o m this native convert preached, they were
filled with deep solemnity and awe, and cried for mercy. They attended all our
meetings, begging us to pray for them. I think it advisable to bring as many as
w e can into our schools for the purpose of receiving instruction, and during the
time to pray the divine blessing upon them; and should they become religious,
which is most likely, we shall then have native preachers that will be more useful
among the heathen than we can possibly be. I shall baptize soon, if the Lord
will; the exact number I cannot say."
CALDWELL.
The church here, with fifteen members, is at present supplied by James Bul-
lock. Our missionary, Bro. Richardson, also gives a portion of time to preaching
at this point.
CLAY ASHLAND.
At this flourishing settlement missionary labors are performed by Bro. Richard-

son. The church hasfifty-sixmembers. The school, which has been conducted
by Thomas J. Day, with thirty scholars, is at present suspended, but it is hoped
that it will soon be resumed. Three have been baptized.
LOUISIANA.
This station is occupied by Bro. R. White. The church has twenty-four mem-
bers, and the school, conducted by Peter M . Page, has about twenty-two scholars.
MILLSBURG.
We are still prosecuting our work at this position. The church is under the
care of R. White; and having thirty-nine members, is steadily pursuing its course.
Three licentiates, A d a m Lockard, Fountaine Richardson and James Bullock, aid in
the building u p of the cause. The committee say that Bro. White is doing well.
The Lord has granted him a blessing. H e has baptized eight or ten.
GRAND CAPE MOUNT.
The Board have long been desirous of placing a strong man at this place. It
lies on the coast above Monrovia, and is favorably situated for a station, being in
contiguity to important tribes w h o are prepared to hear the gospel. But as yet
w e have been able only to place at this position a preacher advanced in years, w h o
has conducted public worship and kept up a school. Soon we hope to enlarge
our plans at this place. •
JUNK.
Though less inviting than some others, the station at Junk is still continued.
T o the few settlers there and the tribes in the vicinity, the gospel is preached and
a school is kept up. Ourfinancialcommittee report concerning this station,
"Bro. White, at Junk, is well reported of, and w e think he is doing well. H e
preaches to Liberians and natives with acceptance." T w o have been baptized.
BUCHANAN, BASSA COVE.
Out principal missionary at this place, Bro. A. P. Davis, is energetically engage

in the work of preaching the gospel and superintending the schools.
H e says:—
" I have been m u c h encouraged in m y labors. The church appears to have
awaked to a sense of her duty. Our house of worship was erected almost entirely
by the industry and enterprise of the members. They were aided bf subscrip-
tions of the friends in the city of Buchanan. Of course all church expenses are
defrayed by the members. Four have been added this quarter; three by baptism,
and one by letter. It affords m e no little pleasure to inform you that one of them
is a native of the River Cess tribe, w h o came from his country to get work, and
hearing the gospel here among the strangers, the Lord opened his heart, that he
attended to the things which were spoken. H e immediately abandoned his coun-
try, on being convinced of the error of his way, and before he made a profession
of religion. H e has made a standing petition to m e to go to his country, (River
Cess) next dry season, and preach the gospel to his countrymen. H e thinks
that wero the same gospel preached to them as he has heard it, that many would
believe." ^
H e subsequently says:—
" Our schools and churches are doing very well. The school at Lower Buch-
anan, or Fish Town, taught by J. B. Roberts, is doing well. He is well received
as a teacher, and as a young preacher. T w o other schools were in operation there,
but they have been discontinued. Our church is doing well in this city, in both
wards. I have baptized this year eighteen in this city, and thirteen at Fish Town.
More to be baptized in Upper and Lower Buchanan as soon as I can get time to
attend to it."
Baptized since last Convention, thirty.
FISHTOWN, BASSA.
This station has been favored with the presence and blessing of God in the r
ception and baptism of fifteen or twenty converts.
EDINA.
Here Bro. J. H. Cheeseman is located. He expresses much interest in his work

and has found great encouragement in its prosecution. To show how far he is
contemplating an expansion of the mission among the Bassas, he writes :
" I have had the pleasure of seeing two of m y young men licensed as preachers
of the gospel, and to-day send one to Lower Buchanan or Fish Town, to take
charge of the school, and to use his influence in getting up a church. I expect to
be there occasionally. (The one sent is Z. B. Roberts.) Bro. Day wishes m y
brother, W . F. Cheeseman, to go to Cape Mount, but we have a largefieldhere,
which must not be abandoned. Young Neyle is now qualified to teach, and as
such 1 recommend him. M y other youths are improving finely. I a m a little
embarrassed in consequence of having to defray all the expense of educating these
young men ; still I feel that I am doing m y duty. Young men must be raised up
and prepared to enter upon thisfieldof labor. I really hope that some provision
will be made for the educating of young men as soon as practicable. Until then I
will continue to do what I can, should life and health continue. I should like to
have established in this county six day schools, by licensed preachers, or persons
capable of teaching the scriptures—the schools to be as follows:
2 schools in Buchanan, Upper and Lower.
1 " " Hartford, St. John's River.
1 " " " Edina.
1 " up the Mechlin River, native town.
The teachers of these schools to be required to spend two days each week in
preaching to to the surrounding natives—say Wednesday and Sabbath. The
missionaries employed can devote their time in visiting the schools, native towns,
and performing such other labor as duty may demand."
Subsequently he records a pleasing manifestation of the divine presence in con-
nection with this station.
He says:—
"It affords m e great pleasure to inform you that the Lord has graciously visited
and revived his work among us. Sinners have been brought to believe in the
Lord Jesus Christ, three of w h o m have been buried in baptism, andfivemore are
expected to follow soon, having been received as candidates for the ordinance,
while others are still serious. M y son, a youth of thirteen years and two months,
is a candidate for baptism, and what is remarkable in his case is, that his conver-
sion took place when he was about the same age of myself when I united with the
church in 1830.
" M y labors this year have been attended thus far with some little success, and
I earnestly pray that I may be made instrumental in the accomplishing of much
good in this land of darkness and death. The work is the Lord's, and H e alone
can render the means used truly effectual. To Him \ look for success.
" I feel much for poor bleeding Africa, and c^n adopt truly as m y own the
language of the inspired apostle, ' M y heart's desire and prayer to God for Israel
(Africa) is, that they may be saved.'
_ *' I have this year preached to some very interesting native congregations, bap-
tized two natives, a man and a woman, who gave good evidence of a change bf
heart." Baptized during the year, 17.
GREENVILLE, SINOU.
This field has been principally under the care of our Bro. R. E. Murray. His
indefatigable labors have done much to diffuse the gospel at Sinou, and to establish
there the cause of truth. It is the painful task of the Board, as already stated, to
record his removal from thefieldby death. A vacancy has thus been created
which will not be easilyfilled.Our missionary was a good man, and his removal
will be felt and mourned by many.
Just before his death he was striking out plans for the extension of the gospel,
particularly among the surrounding native tribes. H e thus writes :
" Brother Neyle is putting up a small house at his station, a very necessary pre-
paration for a missionary, the native huts being such that a civilized man, accus-
tomed to a comfortable house, cannot live in them. I hope before the close of the
year he will be doing well among the Butaw youths. Brother Britton will soon
commence a building at Davis' Town, which will serve as a settled station from
where he can easily visit some six or eight rowns. The work of evangelizing the
heathen is certainly of slow progress, and attended with many disappointments.
The school at Kroo Town, under the care of sister Elizabeth Simpson, will be
opened thefirstof July. It is a most important measure, as there are always a
number of children at that place, and instruction to be profitable to them, must
be regular."
FARMERSVILLE, SINOU.
This station is occupied by Bro. Isaac Roberts, formerly pastor of one of t

African churches of Savannah. H e reports that their place of worship is becom-
ing dilapidated, and earnestly pleads that they may be assisted in repairing it.
N o special interest has appeared at this point, but our missionary seems earnestly
desirous of the tokens of God's blessing. H e preaches also among the natives at
Blue Baree and at Fishtown. Five have been received for baptism.
CAPE PALMAS.
The station was continued at Cape Palmas under the direction of B. J. Dray-
ton, until his election to the presidency of the Maryland Colony, since which he has
given a general superintendence to the mission work and preached to the church
without material charge to the Board. The colony having been subjected to un-
pleasant collisions with the natives, our chapel has been burnt, and the schools
temporarily suspended. Before this interruption, the native school under the care
of Jas. Moore, contained from 16 to 20 scholars, and the colonial school, instructed
by Hanson W . Matten, 39 scholars. The Sunday-school has 65 in attendance.
The church numbers 89, and has one licentiate preacher, and two who regularly
exercise the gift of exhortation.
It is hoped that Brother Drayton will be able soon to resume his full missionary
work.
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S I E R R A L E O N E MISSION.
The Board have been strongly impressed with the importance of maintaining
strong interest here. It is an interesting fact that at this point are gathered mul-
titudes of recaptured slaves from almost all parts of the coast and the interior
who have been placed in schools, and under a process of civilization and moral
culture. If they %hall become the disciples of Christ, and be properly instructed
in the ordinances and constitution of the church of Christ, many may doubtless be
found who will become eminently qualified to return to the tribes from which
they came, bearing the treasures of eternal life.
As stated in the last biennial report, the Board appointed a Baptist minister by
the name of Geo. R. Thompson, and subsequently another, Brother J. Brown, of
Waterloo, has been commissioned. The former has proved himself unworthy of
support. The latter is diligently employed, and the prospects of large success in
his ministry are encouraging. Letters have been received from this, our lone mis-
sionary there, giving information of increasing interest among the people, both at
Freetown and Waterloo. Seventeen have been baptized at one time, and nine at
another, making since the Convention an addition of twenty-nine by baptism.
YORUBAN MISSION.
The earnest attention of the churches having been providentially called to

kingdom of Yoruba, in connection with the whole of Soudan, and having com-
menced a series of effective operations in this part of Africa, the Board have-con-
tinued with all the men and means at their disposal, to prosecute their work.
Since the last meeting of the Convention, Bro. Jno. F. Beaumont, not in the min-
istry, was appointed to aid in the preparation of books, and otherwise to aid in the
spiritual instruction of the people. He remained about' twelve months, but his
health being in his estimation seriously affected, he has just returned to this coun-
try. Brother A. D. Phillips, of whose appointment notice was given in the last
biennial report, and who sailed with brother Beaumont, has enjoyed almost unin-
terrupted health, and has been able to continue in the acquisition of the language
and in the performance of other missionary service. But his excellent lady, very
soon after their arrival at Ijaye, was stricken with the African fever, and passed to
her home in heaven. Her heart was in the work, and she was cheerfully awaiting
the will of her divine Master, to live and labor, or to fall in thefieldshe had
chosen. She will not lose her reward.
Since the death of sister Phillips, the Board have sent to this mission brethren
S. Y . Trimble, J. H. Cason and R. W . Priest, with their wives. They sailed from
N e w York in the month of October, and after various delays on the coast, arrived
at Lagos in the month of January, and as soon as practicable proceeded up to
Abbeokuta, where at last advices they were remaining, ready to be distributed as
might be deemed best among the different stations. Other brethren have been
contemplating a connection with this mission, and correspondence with them is
now being prosecuted. W e have only begun our work in this land. Numbers
will give themselves to its execution, and the churches will be called upon to con-
tribute the reqxiisite means for their support.
That more definite information may be furnished of the work we have com-
menced at Yoruba, it may not be improper to refer to the separate stations under
our care,
LAGOS.
This is a city of about ten thousand inhabitants, on the Bight of Benin, and the
point where our missionaries land, and from which «they proceed into the interior.
Here w e have a station. Although not in the kingdom of Yoruba, it is compre-
hended in the Yoruban mission. Bro. Jos. M . Harden, w h o was originally
connected with the Liberian mission, has been transferred to this place, because he
was fully acclimated, and believed to be adapted to the work assigned him. His
ime and attention have been engaged in acquiring the language and in giving in-
struction to the people. B y his o w n liberal contribution, and by the assistance of
others, he has, without expense to the Board, secured the erection of a chapel,
which has been opened for worship.
Brother Harden has rendered most efficient service to the mission by superin-
tending the passage of our missionaries and the transmission of supplies from the
coast into the interior.
ABBEOKUTA.
This important walled city, described by our first missionary as including a cir-
cuit offifteenmiles, and containing a population of from sixty to one hundred
thousand inhabitants, was wisely selected as one of the points where evangelical
influence w a s to be exercised. Here the devoted Dennard arranged to build mis-
sion premises, but soon fell a victim to the fever, and here his dust reposes, in
hope of a glorious resurrection.
The lot of ground furnished by the king for a dwelling still remains the prop-
erty of the Board. Recently our missionaries have determined to build upon it a
house, to be occupied by one of the n e w comers, having reference to a vigorous
prosecution of the mission work among these thousands.
IJAYE.
Ijaye, sixty miles from Abbeokuta, is our pincipal station. Here brother Phil-
lips is at present located. H e will be joined by one or more of the recently arrived
families. Houses for the comfortable accommodation of the missionaries have
been erected, and a chapel, in which regular religious services are held. A church
has been constituted, and five of the people of the town, giving evidence of a
change of heart, have been baptized. " Our preaching labors," says Bro. Bowen,
" have been incessant and ardent, so that every corner of Ijaye heard the gospel.
A volume might befilledwith interesting incidents connected with these labors.
M a n y times the people heard with such rapt attention that a stranger would have
thought that the whole town was on the point of turning to God. Others op-
posed, at times, with equal ardor."
OGBOMISHAW.
Since the last meeting of the Convention, arrangements have been completed for
the establishment of a station at Ogbomishaw. This large town isfiftymiles from
Ijaye, in a north-eastern direction. The people indicated a peculiar friendship,
and the chiefs urged a settlement of our missionaries. This, with the desire of
our brethren to preach the gospel in the more interior towns and cities of Central
Africa, induced the purpose to commence operations here. A fine location w a s
given by the ehief for the erection of suitable buildings, all of which, at compara-
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tively small expense, have been erected, and the whole surrounded by a wall fire
feet high.
" A t this place," writes brother Bowen, "as elsewhere, the gospel began to
m a k e a good impression. M a n y listened with attention and interest, a kw pro-
fessed to have abandoned idolatry, though* their sincerity m a y be considered doubt-
ful, and one m a n , not a resident of the place, openly renounced Mahomet."
This station is at present occupied by brother Clark. Here, also, brother and
sister B o w e n were located. A t present they are in this country, having tempora-
rily returned to secure the publication of important books bearing on the prosecu-
tion of their great work. Our m u c h esteemed missionaries had found the expo-
sures and exhausting labors of the mission seriously affecting their health, and for
purposes of recuperation, also, it was deemed wise to visit their native land. W e
have reason to believe that their return will very beneficially affect the cause of
missions. Beside the very interesting work prepared by brother Bowen, entitled
" Central Africa," which is destined to shed m u c h light on tbe hitherto almost un-
k n o w n continent of Africa, a grammar and lexicon of the Yoruban language is
nearly or quite ready for the press, and will soon be issued. Brother B o w e n has
been able, also, to communicate m u c h valuable information, by-attending impor-
tant meetings in the city of Washington, and Charleston, and various other pla-
ces. The opening of roads to Ogobomishaw, and the exploration of the river
Niger, have been objects earnestly desired by him. T h e profits of his book will
be devoted to the former object, and a large sale of it m a y confidently be predict-
ed. It is not improbable, too, that through the instrumentality of our missionary,
arrangements will be made to send an iron steamer to pass up the great Missis-
sippi of Africa.
INTERIOR CITIES.
It has been the aim of our missionaries, not only to exercise an influence in the
towns where they reside, but in regions beyond. A vast amount of labor has
been performed by them in travelling from place to place, everywhere preaching
the gospel. The great city of Ilorin, supposed to cover more space than the
city of N e w York, has been visited, and to the Mahometan king and his court, as
well as the people of the city, the great facts and doctrinces of the gospel were
again and again promulged. A t no distant day w e hope to have a station in Ilo-
rin, and to arrange for an extensive work even beyond the Niger. The book re-
cently prepared by our senior missionary to thisfieldfurnishes the most definite
information concerning this whole country. B y this it is apparent that one of the
most interesting portions of the heathen world is opened to us. It will be for the
future to decide whether the Baptists of the South will enter and occupy this invi-
tingfield,or whether it shall be left to be cultivated by others.
RECAPITULATION.
From the rapid survey thus taken, it will be seen that we have five missions,
twenty-four stations,fifty-sevenmissionaries and assistant missionaries, twenty-
two schools, with about five hundred scholars, a number of Sunday schools, with
a good attendance of scholars. Baptized since the last meeting of the Convention,
two hundred or more.
O U R P A S T HISTORY.
In a survey of the past we have no reason to be disheartened. Ours has been

a difficult work. W e have not found it easy to secure men of well balanced
minds, with the true missionary spirit, to represent us in the foreign field. These
have been sought by visiting our collegiate institutions, and conferring in person
with those w h o are expecting, as Christ'.* servants, to preach his own gospel. Our
voice has been heard in the great congregation at large associational meetings, and
among the churches at their regular convocations. Appeals have been made
through our periodicals and the weekly papers of our denomination in the South.
But, as yet, comparatively few have been found ready to obey their Master's voice,
and to go out into the heathen world as preclaimersof salvation. It has been,
too, a difficult task tofindthe requisite means for sustaining the missionary work.
A few give to the object in due proportion ; others contribute but sparingly, and
as the result of continued appeals ; while the largest number of our churches and
church members, even of those who would not place themselves in the anti-mission
ranks, withhold their influence, prayers and contributions. These obstructions
have been thrown in our way. Then, in addition, the responsibility of selecting
from such as become candidates for missionary services, is not small. Nor is it
easy to conduct the far distant and complicated work of missions in the foreign
department. Notwithstanding these peculiar trials and hindrances, we cannot but
acknowledge the Divine guidance and blessing in the history of the past. W e
m a y not have reaped bountifully, but the harvest has been more than equal to the
seed sown. Having exercised their utmost energy in securing men, and having
sent all who have been deemed qualified, to the full extent of their ability to sus-
tain them, and looking at the results, your Board find abundant occasion to thank
God and take courage.
THE FUTURE.
What shall be the history of the future ? This is a solemn inquiry. Never
was a body of men placed in a position more imposing than that which the Bap-
tists of the South now occupy. Having access to millions of their race blinded by
the god of this world, they have that pure gospel which alone can open their eyes.
With influence before the throne on high, they can bring down, by earnest, be-
lieving prayer, the promised saving power of the Holy Spirit, without which, even
the gospel itself is inefficacious unto salvation. Our resources are unsurpassed.
God has given us the men. Our churches have among them the gifts for preach-
ing, teaching and translating, sufficient to supply the whole world with the knowl-
edge of the living and true.God. W e have the pecuniary ability. Our wealth ia
vast and increasing. Were the spirit which prevailed after the day of Pentecost
prevalent in the churches, this wealth would be poured forth in larger measure,
until it should be said, as did M o s e s — " The people bring much more than enough
for the service of the work which the Lord commanded to make." Thus becom-
ing workers together with God in this blessed enterprise, our messengers of good
tidings would run to and fro, and knowledge be increased, until the earth should
be full of the knowledge of the Lord, as the waters cover the sea.
54 Treasurer's Repott, Foreign Board.
R E P O R T No. 11,
Of the Funds received and disbursed by the Treasurer of the Board of Foreign
Missions of the Southern Baptist Convention, for the year ending on the Zlst of
March, f857.
Cash on hand March 31st, 1856, per report No. 10, $4,530 33
Received since from State of N e w York, $70 00
Pennsylvania, 50 00
District of Columbia, 88 69
Maryland, 975 88
Virginia, 8,141 29
North Carolina, 2,772 67
South Carolina, 2,962 08
Georgia, 6,283 97
Alabama, '• 4,081 08
Mississippi, •, 1,418 26
Louisiana, 152 00
Tennessee, 1,049 47,
Kentucky, 2,150 28'
Florida, 13 00
Arkansas, 11 00
Texas, 10 25
Missouri, 468 25
American Tract Society, 200 00
Bible Board, 1,000 00
Interest, 34 12
31 932 29
36,462 62
DISBURSEMENTS.
For the African Mission, 10,980 60

" Canton Mission, 2,112 72
" Shanghae Mission, 6,628 64
" Central African Mission, 8,302 42
" Sierra Leone Mission, 350 00
For incidental expenses, 398 90
Interest, 23 20
Salaries, 3,089 75
Outfits, 100 00
Passage, 250 00
Travelling expenses, 840 74
H o m e and Foreign Journal, 173 92
33,250 89
Balance on hand, % 3,211 73
A R C H ' D T H O M A S , Treasurer.
Richmond, April 1st, 1857.—I have examined the accounts of the Treasurer of the
Foreign Mission Board of the Southern* Baptist Convention, and find it correct
and supported by proper vouchers, and that there is now in the hands of the Treasurer
fc
hree thousand two hundred and eleven 73-10Q dollars.
C H A S . T. W O R T H A M , Auditor.
Treasurer's Report, Foreign Board. 55
Amount subject to sight draft now due: From Liberia, $3,700 00
From Central Africa, 4,350 00
8,050 00
Balance in hands of Treasurer, , 3,211 73
A m o u n t unprovided for, $4,838 27
Table showing the amount contributed by each State during the last two years.
• Amount.
N e w York, $ 70 00
Pennsylvania, 50 00
District of Columbia, 204 37
Maryland, 3,061 87
Virginia, 15,789 98
North Carolina, 4,045 51
South Carolina, 5,102 32
Georgia, 11,104 97
Alabama, 6,985 23
Mississippi, 2,027 56
Louisiana, 182 10
Tennessee, 2,687 80
Kentucky, 4,324 36
Florida, 152 70
Arkansas, 11 00
Texas, 23 25
s Missouri, 965 46
Statement of annual receipts for the last six years, viz:

1852, $24,548 30
1853, 21,438 45
1854, 22,741 92
1855, 29,504 95
1856, 26,290 71
1857, 31,932 29
$156,456 62
56 Appendix D, E.
(APPENDIX D.)
REPORT OF COMMITTEE ON ORGANS OF PUBLICATION.
Resolved, 1st—That we see no necessity for making any change in the location
of our organs of publication.
Resolved, 2 d — T h a t each of the Boards ought to have an equal right in these
organs, but that all arrangements relating to this be left entirely to the Boards.
Resolved, 1st—That in the opinion of this Convention the Boards might judi-
ciously expend $5,000 in periodicals, tracts and other publications, and w e com-
mend to their careful consideration the policy of employing the press freely in
disseminating information in regard to their operations.
J. W . M . W I L L I A M S , Chairman.
J. A. BROADUS,
A. C. DAYTON,
A. M. POINDEXTER,
I. T. TICHENOR,
J. M. PENDLETON,
R. HOLMAN.
( A P P E N D I X E.)
BIBLE AND BOOK COLPORTAGE.
The committee to whom was referred that part of the report of the Bible Board
which has reference to Bible and book colportage, respectfully report, that they
feel highly gratified in reviewing the efficiency, energy and success which have
characterized this department of a great and noble enterprise.
Your committee do not see the necessity of making any important changes, but
would simply advise the Board to continue the work which they have so favorably
commenced—to furnish their colporteurs with books of our Publication societies,
in addition to Bibles—to establish auxiliary societies wherever practicable, and to
employ all suitable means to awaken a general interest in the Bible cause through-
out the southern States.
C. R. H E N D R I C K S O N , Chairman.
J. L. PRICHARD,
J. M. C. BREAKER,
A. E. DICKINSON,
W M . CROWELL,
W . H. PENDLETON,
J. 0. B. DARGAN.
Appendix F, G. 57
( A P P E N D I X F.)
REPORT OF COMMITTEE ON AGENCIES.
The Committee on Agencies would submit the following suggestions as its

report:—
1st. Almost all that has been accomplished among us in benevolent effort for
missions, the Bible, education and ministerial support, is fairly attributable to the
energetic and wise labors of agents. This being the case:
2d. The Boards of the Convention should place their chief reliance, under God,
on a continued corps of the best m e n that can be obtained tofilltheir various
fields of agency labor. A n d it is recommended that the sentiment and phraseology
"necessary evil," frequently applied to agencies, be discarded from the thoughts
and vocabulary of the friends of benevolence, as retarding and injurious to the
cause of Christ's kingdom—and
3d. That pastors and all others be recommended to hail the agents of the Boards
of this body as indispensable to the highest prosperity of the works in which w e
are engaged, not only in procuring the largest results as to pecuniary resources,
but in preaching the gospel in its more practical Aspects, and in strengthening and
concentrating the energies of the churches on the great work of evangelizing the
world. In view of these suggestions— -/., /
Resolved, That it is the sense of this Convention that agency labor calls for the
best talents and wisdom of the denomination. ;
D. R. C A M P B E L L , Chairman.
A. G. McCRAW,
J. E. WELCH,
S. LANDRUM,
R. F. WHILDEN.
(APPENDIX G.)
CALIFORNIA.
The committee on the California Mission would report;

This is an important and a very difficultfieldof operations for the Board.
The difficulties a r e —
1. The unsettled state of the population. Heretofore, the majority w h o have
gone there have designs of returning as soon as they have enhanced their fortunes.
The minority, w h o regard this as their home for life, are making frequent changes
m their location, so that a church collected last year m a y be scattered to the four
winds this year.
2. Another difficulty is, the influences of evil so numerous and so powerful in a
country where the great object of attraction is the sudden accumulation of a
fortune.
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58 Appendix H.
3. The third is the expensiveness of sustaining a mission there—more so than
in any other part of the world.
Thefieldis very importaut, and Las strong claims upon the attention of the
Board. W h e r e temptations to evil abound, efforts to bring m e n under the re-
straining influences of the gospel should m u c h more abound. O u r countrymen,
from every part of the Union, are there, and unless followed by servants of God to
look after their spiritual interests, they are liable to be lost forever. In the sud-
den rise of towns and cities, as by magic, and the formation of communities, the
denomination that is earliest represented is apt to succeed the best. If w e neglect
these openings too long, our future efforts will be measurably forestalled by other
denominations.
W h a t adds great interest to thisfieldof operations is the presence of Chinamen
in such large numbers. Access is there had to them without the intervention of
government influence: and moreover, the efforts of the missionary can be greatly
facilitated and aided by resident American Christians. A s Chinamen emigrants
design to return to their fatherland, those w h o are brought to a knowledge of
Christ can tell their countrymen in China what great things G o d has done for
them.
W e are pleased to learn from the report of the Board, that their efforts for the
spiritual welfare of this portion of the population of California has been crowned
with a good measure of success.
Your committee would recommend as m u c h increase of appropriation for Cali-
fornia as the receipts of the Board will justify.
W M . M. PRATT,
GEO. PEARCY,
W . H. BAYLISS,
J. H. CAMPBELL,
R. FURMAN.
(APPENDIX H.)
KANSAS.
The committee on Kansas as a field for Home Missions, respectfully report:—

That w e approve of the action of our Board in the appointment of Rev. J. H .
Luther as a missionary to that n e w territory; and from our knowledge of his
talents, piety and zeal, w e anticipate m u c h good as the fruit of his labors. That
territory presents a very inviting field for H o m e Missions, and w e deem it to be
highly important that it be speedily occupied by the ministers of our faith, and
by colporteurs, w h o shall disseminate our literature. The foundations of the reli-
gious polity of a great State are n o w to be laid. Whatever of error be n o w in-
corporated, will shed its hateful influence on the millions w h o are to be born, and
to run their earthly career on that fair and fertile soil. Every wise and effective
Blroke which is struck now, will accomplish much, W e earnestly hope, therefore,
Appendix I. 59
that American Baptists will be early in thefield,prepared to do their duty in
shaping the religious institutions of this incipient State.
But your committee are of the opinion, that the question whether w e ought to
enlarge our operations in Kansas, m u c h depends, in some degree, on the civil and
social polity which is to prevail there. W e say this on purely practical and pru-
dential grounds. A s Christians and as the ministers of Christ, w e have nothing
to do with political questions; yet w e believe that our prospects of success in
winning souls to Christ and in founding churches, will depend, in no small degree,
on the settlement of these questions.
W e therefore recommend that the Board sustain the Rev. M r . Luther in the
labors which he has commenced, and wait the further developments of divine
providence respecting the future character of the territory, as afieldof missionary
labor. All which is respectfully submitted.
W M . CROWELL,
A. D. SEARS,
H. D. DUNCAN, '
P. H. LUNDY,
W M . WILLIAMS.
(APPENDIX I.)
STATE OF BIBLE WORK.
The committee on " the state of the Bible work " respectfully report:
There is exhibited a m o n g the churches a gratifying increase of interest in this
work. In thefirstreport of the Board, a little more than $8,000 was stated as
the amount of contribution for the two years preceding; in the second report about
$10,000 w a s similarly reported, and n o w the contributions of the churches are
shown to have exceeded ,$30,000 for the past two years. It is probable that the
•contributions to this work have not thus actually increased, it is rather true thai a
large portion of the reported increase results from the fact that churches and other
bodies, hitherto acting independently or with other organizations, have become
auxiliary to this Board.
Notwithstanding this qualification, it is unquestionable that the Board has
shown its efficiency in exciting interest among the churches and securing enlarged
contributions. A s the organization of societies m a y be regarded as especially
instrumental in producing this result, so the conclusion of the Board to m a k e con-
tinued efforts to secure their establishment, seems to be proper. They are cer-
tainly very desirable as centres whence influences m a y go over districts and
portions of country, keeping alive a proper interest in the cause, and directing the
special efforts which m a y be necessary. Whether societies should be formed in
churches as a m o d e of operation for each one, is questionable; yet the union of a
number of churches in a district or association, w e regard as very desirable. Thus
constituted, they are valuable as aids to secure contributions, and equally so to
direct and promote the work of distribution.
60 Appendix J.
The Board has sent out agents, while the active Corresponding Secretary has
also visited churches, associations and other bodies, disseminating information and
eliciting m u c h co-operation.
Through the press m u c h has been effected in behalf of this enterprise. A valu-
able pamphlet entitled, " A Plea for the Bible Board," has been prepared by the
Corresponding Secretary, and extensively distributed. W e learn it has been stere-
otyped, and the Board expects to continue its circulation. W e would urge pastors
to secure a large supply of it for their churches.
Though the report makes no mention of it, w e are aware of the fact that the
Board has been able during the past year to m a k e .appropriations to the Foreign
Mission Board. W e hope it will be soon furnished with funds to co-operate with
the Domestic Mission Board in procuring at an early day a faithful translation of
the scriptures for the various Indian tribes*which are without them.
In conclusion, w e are free to confess that the operations of the Board have
removed the doubts which some of us m a y have felt in regard to its necessity and
value. It nas tended to combine the-efforts of our churches in this good work.
Agents from societies which have only desired to regard us for the sake of our
money, have hitherto secured our contributions, chiefly because w e felt w e ought
to do something for the circulation of God's word, though circumstances, ever
present to our minds, in connection with the history of those societies, have and
would ever tend to hinder and abate our interest and confidence in them. N o w ,
in this Bible Board, our brethren.recognize an agency in which they m a y confide,
and from which they m a y expect great things; hence their already increased con-
tributions, affording encouragement to hope that all our churches will be thus
united. Respectfully submitted.
T. HUME,
W. C. DUNCAN,
JAS. E. WELCH,
W M . VAUGHAN,
E. STRODE.
(APPENDIX J.)
CHINA MISSION.
The committee on Missions to China offer the following report:

It is gratifying and encouraging to notice the increase of interest at the Shang-
hae station, and also the accessibility of portions of the interior, as ascertained by
journals taken by missionaries from this place and from Canton. A t no period in
the history of this vast empire, with which w e are conversant, has it offered such
afieldfor Christian effort. Whether w e regard the removal of those political and
social barriers which have for centuries isolated this people from all intercourse
with other nations, or whether w e consider the existing state of things as it respects
their movements towards civil and religious reformation, w e should be blind to the
plainest indications of Providence, should w e fail to discern the signs of the times.
Appendix K. 61
These, and other facts noticed in the report of the Board of Foreign Missions,
should serve to induce greater confidence of success, and more earnest effort in be-
half of China. Especially is it necessary to enlarge our missionary force there.
Of thefiveports opened to commerce, w e have attempted the occupancy cf only
two; and at these our missionary force is too small for effective aggression even
now, and far more so in view of the indications of Providence, that soon there will
be opportunity for more extensive labor among the Chinese.
Being more than ordinarily impressed with the need of missionaries for China,
as also in otherfields,h o m e and foreign, your committee would recommend the
adoption of the following resolution, which w e could wish were graven upon
fleshly tables of the heart, so as to leave our brethren no alternative as to the duty
indicated:
Resolved, That w e earnestly urge upon the pastors and members of churches
connected with this Convention, as a solemn and imperative duty, that they pray
the Lord of the harvest that he would send forth more laborers, and that they look
out, and endeavor to persuade suitable persons to devote themselves to this work.
Respectfully submitted,
S A M U E L H E N D E R S O N , Chairman.
T. RAMBAUT,
J. B. WOOD,
H. D. DUNCAN,
J. E. RYERSON.
(APPENDIX K.)
REPORT ON THE COLISEUM PLACE BAPTIST CHURCH, OF NEW

ORLEANS.
The Southern Baptist Convention has, at its last two meetings, expressed the
warmest interest in the present attempt to establish the Baptist cause on a per-
manent footing in N e w Orleans. The report adopted at the session of 1853 de-
clared, in strong terms, that " if all the funds of the Domestic Mission Board for
the ensuing five years would secure but one large and prosperous church in that
city, it would be a politic and discreet expenditure." The report of .1855 speaks
to the same effect. Feeling this interest in the Coliseum Place Church enterprise,
the Convention adopted measures in favor of it at both these sessions, and recom-
mended it cordially to the support of our people. Money was raised in behalf of
the object, and plans were devised by which it was expected that sufficient addi-
tional funds would be secured to carry the whole to completion. These measures,
w e are sorry to say, have not been as successful as was hoped, owing chiefly to a
want of united action on the part of those w h o were to put them into execution.
Something has been done, but there yet remains m u c h more.
The church edifice in N e w Orleans is finished. It is located in the centre of the
American portion of the city—it is large and commodious, the main audience room
measuring, including the pulpit recess, one hundied feet by sixty—and it is con-
62 Appendix K.
vcnicnt of access from every direction. In a word, the building is just such, w e
think, as the existing and prospective wants of our denomination require in N e w
Orleans.
The cost of the house has been $50,000. T o pay this amount, the trustees of
the church, w h o are the same that were appointed by this Conven'ion in 1853, as
the buildiug committee, have received about $15,000 from the estate of Jno. Paul-
ding, some $15,000 or $ 10,000 from the Baptists of N e w Orleans and their city
friends, and about $5,000 from the Baptists of the country. There are yet $15,000
to be collected. A n d the necessity of raising this is the more urgent, because the
sum has already been advanced by Bro. James H . L o w . In order to secure the
erection of the edifice, and to place it under the legal control of the Baptists, Bro.
L o w pledged himself personally that it should be built according to the plan
which lias been adopted, and should be finished in a given time. H e was led to
do this by his feelings of love to the Baptist cause, and by the encouragement
given in the action of eminent and judicious brethren abroad. Ihe amount which
he has advanced—which is additional to his o w n liberal subscription—ought to be
paid back to him at once. This debt ought not to be allowed to press upon the
generous brother w h o assumed it any longer: and it should not be suffered longer
to cripple the efforts made for the advancement of the Redeemer's kingdom in
N e w Orleans.
The success of our N e w Orleans Church enterprise should encourage our hearts,
and should stimulate us to lend the Baptists there a helping hand. The Coliseum
Place Baptist Church commenced its operations in November, 1854, with nine in
its membership. Since that time there has been a constant increase in its num-
bers and in its spiritual power. The membership is n o w about one hundred and
thirty, m a n y of w h o m came in by baptism, some by reclamation, and a number
by letter from the churches of the country. The congregation is growing contin-
ually, and it is composed, in good part, of those whose social influence in the city
is extensive and strong. It would increase, even more rapidly, did not the church
debt interfere. The Sunday school has had a steady growth. The scholars in it
number between one hundred and fifty and two hundred, and it has some thirty
faithful officers and teachers. The members of the church generally are active in
the cause of Christ; and they are doing much, by their pious example and their
personal efforts, in the work of bringing N e w Orleans to obedience to the gospel,
and of spreading throughout its' limits a knowledge of Baptist principles and Bap-
tist practices. The church is trying to labor after the Apostolic model. The city
is canvassed according to a fixed plan, house by house, in whieh work the female
members take the most active and prominent part. The results of this united
labor are already plainly visible in the church-and in the Sunday school.
In view of these facts, which might be greatly enlarged upon, and in view, still
further, of the pressing necessity which exists for the Baptists to cultivate N e w
Orleans as a mi.-sionaryfield,your committee are sure that they m a y urge the
claim of this church enterprise again upon the Convention and upon the Baptists
of the South. Psedo-baptist denominations are putting forth strenuous efforts to-
wards gaining over to their side this great emporium of the Mississippi Valley;
and the Romanists are straining every nerve to retain and to strengthen the foot-
hold which they have acquired. The Baptists have only one church edifice in all
the city, and this is still encumbered with a debt. Shall we let this state of things
contiuue ? W e ought not; we must not. Your committee feel that the Conven-
Appendix L. 63
tion is called upon to take immediate measures for extending relief to the church
in question ; and they believe that a strong and united effort on the part of the
brethren aud friends n o w present will so far effect this desirable object that the
Convention will be freed forever from any further call to aid in paying off the in-
debtedness of the N e w Orleans Church.
All which is respectfully submitted,
J. P. B O Y C E , Chairman,
J. H. D E Y O T I E ,
I. T. TICtiEXOR.
( A P P E N D I X L.)
FUTURE OPERATIONS OF FOREIGN MISSION BOARD.
x Your committee beg leave to report, that they have full confidence in the wis-
d o m of the Board, and their superior competency to determine as to the best mea-
sures for the prosecution of their great work. W e have no doubt that they have
done, and will continue to do, all that their resources will allow. A n d w e would
prefer, therefore, to submit to their decision all questions bearing upon the future
plans and operations of the Board.
Your committee, however, would express what they are confident is the convic-
tion of the Convention generally—that our foreign missions ought to be reinforced
and extended. The more than six hundred thousand Baptists in the South and
South-west ought to sustain more than the five missions, twenty-four stations, and
•fifty-seven missionaries and assistants n o w under our control. All that is needed
is an increase of the missionary spirit in our churches, and more earnest prayer for
the spread of the gospel and the increase of laborers. AVe have amongst us all
the m e n and means necessary for the w o r k ; but these cannot and will not be ren-
dered available until more special and prayerful attention is directed to this subject
by our ministers and membership generally. Your committee would, therefore,
recommend that our ministering brethren of the Convention, and throughout the
South, be requested, at their earliest convenience, to lay before their respective
charges the claims of the Foreign Mission Board.
J. M . C. B R E A K E R , Chairman.
GEO. E. DABNEY,
J. M. PENDLETON,
J. B. BUTLER,
J. J. TOON.
64 Appendix M, N.
(APPENDIX M.)
PREACHING AND TEACHING AMONG INDIANS.
The committee beg leave to say, that the questions growing out of the topic as-
signed them, appear to require a large and careful collation of facts, to be obtained
only on the spot, and from a personal and familiar acquaintance with the workin<*
of missions to the Indians, before they, or this body, can arrive at any satisfactory
or safe conclusions.
The Indians, within the range of our work, are comparatively few in number
and their numbers seem destined to constant diminution. The restless waves of
the surrounding population, using the English language, will essentially modify
all the channels of intelligence to, or even among them ; and it is very doubtful
h o w long the tribes m a y continue to use their o w n languages, even in communi-
nications among themselves.
Whether schools . are to be instituted, and what language shall be taught, the
English or their o w n :—
Whether translations are to be made into their tongues, or the English scrip-
tures to be gradually introduced :—
Whether the missionary is to connect himself directly with the Indian mind by
learning.to address them in their o w n tongue, or speak to them through the inter-
vention of an interpreter:—
These questions, and others growing out of the topics assigned the committee,
they feel incompetent to answer, until a comprehensive view of the case, and a
careful induction of facts, have been taken ; which only those connected with the
practical working of missions among the tribes can take.
The committee, therefore, suggest that the Convention c o m m e n d these inquiries
to the attention of the Domestic Missionary Board—the results to be hereafter
communicated, in some form, to this body, provided they find the judgment of this
body desirable in the matters involved.
B. MANLY, Chairman,
A. P. REPITON,
D. R. CAMPBELL,
J. H. EATON,
V. A. GASKILL.
(APPENDIX N.)
ON YORUBAN MISSION.
The committee would call special attention to that portion of the report of the
Foreign Mission Board which relates to this department.
The history of the Yoruban mission, from the very inception of the enterprise,
Appendix 0. 65
is ohe of peculiar interest, and its prospects are n o w encouraging in a degree
which is believed to be unsurpassed b y any missionfieldin the world. It m a y be
esteemed a special providence, that, at a time w h e n the missionary spirit has been
but partially awakened among Southern Baptists, and their resources most imper-
fectly developed, there should be committed to us a work so well calculated to call
forth grateful and hopeful effort.
Your committee cannot doubt that there will be found m a n y brethren desirous
to take part in this mission; indeed, the Board state that several applications are
n o w under consideration ; and, as the receipts of previous years are inadequate to
supply our present missionaries with m a n y needed comforts and helps in the'r
work, it is absolutely indispensable, that, to support an additional number, the con-
tributions of the coming year should be largely increased. The committee would
insist upon this necessity with emphasis, since, unless it be met, w e shall be in the
condition of those w h o have prayed for more missionaries, and are n o w sorry that
their prayers have been answered.
The committee think that the intended publication of books in the Yoruban
language will form an appropriate ground of appeal to a certain class of persons.
They hope, also, that pastors and other brethren will take pains to circulate Bro.
Bowen's book on Central Africa, as a work admirably adapted to vindicate and
c o m m e n d the missionary cause in general, as well as to awaken a lively interest in
this particular field. They are pleased to observe that the later issues of the vol-
u m e have been rendered more attractive in appearance.
Finally, it m a y be urged that our brethren and sisters all over the land shall
" continue in prayer" for an abundant blessing upon our missions in Yoruba.
JOHN A. BROADUS,
P. H. LUNDY,
J. L. BROOKES, - Committee.
A. T. LATTA,
J. H. DEVOTIE.
(APPENDIX 0.)
ON AFRICAN COAST MISSIONS.
The committee to whom was referred that part of the report of the Foreign
Mission Board which relates to missions on the coast of Africa, beg leave to report,
That the colonies on the western coast of Africa present an invitingfieldfor mis-
sionary labor. They are at present occupied entirely by colored missionaries,
whose constitutions and habits fit them eminently for the service. The m e n of
this class w h o m G o d m a y raise u p and qualify for the work, will find in this field
a ready and most productive sphere of effort. T h e most inviting aspect of this
mission is its facilities for diffusing the light of the gospel among the contiguous
tribes of natives. iSvery year these are becoming more accessible, and more under
the influence of the colonists. W e cannot but hope that the gospel will have
m u c h fruit a m o n g the degraded heathen of that benighted land. W e recommend
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that the missions of the Board on the coast of Africa shall be prosecuted as vigor-
ously as the means at their disposal m a y permit.
J. B. J E T E R , Chairman.
(APPENDIX P.)
SECRETARYSHIPS
Your committeee on Secretaryships find the following able document prepared

to their hands by a committee of the Foreign Mission Board. W e heartily endorse
the action of the Board therein stated, as judicious, wise, and necessary to the effi-
cient prosecution of the responsible work committed to their charge.
J. H. D E V O T I E ,
B. MANLY,
J. T. ANDERSON.
The committee to w h o m was referred the subject of continuing two Secretaries

of the Board, after careful deliberation, beg leave to report—
The work which the Board requires to be done m a y be divided into four depart-
ments. First—Correspondence with "missionaries, the superintendence of their
# outfit and embarkation, and the proper arrangements for their support, comfort
and efficiency in foreign lands. Secondly—An extensive home correspondence,
needed for the selection of missionaries, and for exciting a deeper interest and a
more active cooperation among the churches. Thirdly—Editing the Journal and
Commission, with general efforts to promote their circulation and usefulness.
Fourthly—Attending the State Conventions, and other large denominational meet-
ings, and such duties as are appropriate «to a general agency. Is one Secretary
adequate to the performance of all these labors ? Clearly not. However well
qualified and diligent, he would fail to perform them efficiently, or even to per-
form them at all. Besides, if the Board is not recreant to its high trust, it must
look forward to the gradual enlargement of its plans, until they shall correspond
in magnitude with the resources of the Baptists of the South and West, and the
vastness and importance of its work. Impressed with this obligation, the Board,
in the year 1854, appointed an additional Secretary. A Secretary was chosen in
preference to a General Financial Agent, because the co-Secretaries, by a proper
arrangement of their duties, could perform the duties of a General Agent, with far
less sacrifice of domestic comfort, and with the decided advantage of consultation
and cooperation in the mission room when not engaged in agency duties. Besides*
it was practicable to obtain an able co-Secretary, to divide the labors of the Gen-
eral Agency, but it was not thought practicable to obtain a suitable m a n for the
office of General Financial Agent, because in our. extensivefieldof operations it
would require an almost constant separation from his family.
The appointment of an additional Secretary was an experiment, and it "was so
Appendix Q. 67
understood. W h a t is the result of the experiment ? It m a y not have equalled
the hopes of its sanguine advocates, but it has been far from discouraging. The
letter of the Secretaries, which called for the appointment of this committee,
shows that the average of receipts into the treasury since the appointment has
been from $8,000 to $10,000 more per year than in the two years preceding.
W h a t the result would have been without the additional Secretary, w e do not
k n o w ; but as it is w e have ground of encouragement. Progress has been made.
The receipts of the ten months ending February, 1857, exceed those of any past
year.
W e have not thought it requisite to inquire what proportion of time the Secre-
taries have spent in the agency work. W e cannot judge so well as they what
part of their time should be spent in the mission room, and what part in travel-
ling. Having full confidence in the judgment, zeal andfidelityof the Secretaries,
w e do not doubt that they have performed their various, weighty and self-denying
duties in the manner that seemed most likely to promote the mission cause.
Should it be objected that the appointment of two Secretaries is expensive, w e
can only say, that w e perceive no method of avoiding the expense, and having the
business of the Board properly performed. Could it obtain a suitable General
Agent, the practicability of which w e greatly doubt, he would probably perform
no more labor than is n o w performed in the agency by the Secretaries; and the
arrangement would almost certainly involve the additional expense of an Editor.
All objections to the appointment of Co-Secretaries, from every quarter, must van-
ish, w h e n it appears, as to your committee it does clearly appear, that it is the
cheapest, most efficient, and most promising plan that can be devised.
If there was any reason for its adoption atfirst,there is greater reason for its
continuance. Changes indicate vacillation and inefficiency. If w e doubted
whether the plan is the best, w e should be slow to recommend a change; but be-
lieving it to be the best which, under existing circumstances, can be devised, w e
heartily recommend its continuance; and propose to the Board the following reso-
lution for its adoption:
Resolved, That this Board respectfully request the Convention to reappoint two
Secretaries for this Board.
All which is respectfully submitted,
J. B. J E T E R ,
B. MANLY, JB.,
H. K. ELLYSON.
(APPENDIX Q.)
REPORT OF COMMITTEE ON FINANCE.
The committee on Finance beg leave to report, that they have examined the ac-
counts of the Treasurer of the Domestic Board, and that of the Treasurer of the
Foreign Mission Board, and find them correct and sustained by the proper vouch-
68 Appendix Q.
ers. The former showing a balance on hand, viz: for Domestic Missions $4,272 57;
for Indian Missions, $3,173 69. The latter a balance of $3,211 73.
There was no report from the Bible Board.
Your committee further report the following sums received during the session of
this Convention, which have been paid over to the persons entitled to receive
them.
Foreign Missions, in cash and subscription, $1,038 50
Domestic " " " 716 32
Bible Board, " " 115 85
$1,870 67
A. 0. B R A N N I N , Chairman.
Louisville, May 12, 1857.
TREASURER'S REPORT.
C H A R L E S A. FULLER, Treasurer,
In acc't with BIBLE B O A R D OF S. B. CONVENTION.
To balance on hand, as per last Report, $953 03

TENNESSEE.
Antioch Bible Soc, $16 75; Female Col. at Winchester, $65 77, $82 52
McLemonsville Church, $18 40; Bluff Spring Church, $10; Concord
Church, $4 50, 32 90
Mill Creek Church, $2 ; Rock Creek Church, $3 25; S. Buchanan, $2,7 25
Thos. A. Norvell, $5 ; Bible Soc. Concord Asso., $50; W . H. Whit-
sett, $1, 56 00
Bible Soc. Concord Asso., $5; Martha J. Winston, $3 ; A Baptist, $5, 13 00
ColFd at West Tenn. Convention, $50; Lexington, $14 20; Cotton
Grove, $3 50, 67 80
Jackson, $16 50;'Pleasant Plains, $1; S. Hicks, 10c; J. H. Hardin, $5,22 60
A. G. Blake, $1; John Clark, $1; Mrs. S. Shaw, $2 ; R. Hartsford, $1,5 00
•Cash, 25c; Bro. Harwood's children, 50c; Mrs. E. S. Stilwell, $1, 1 75
H. Harwood, 15c; W . H. Dodson, 50c; Eld. D. Raglan's Col., $4 50, 5 15
Col. at Spring Hill, $9 20 ; Trenton, $7 ; Central Asso., $30, 46 20
Mt. Petia, $5; Centre, $4 50; Paris, $5 50; Camden, $1; West
Tenn. Association, $120, L36 00
Brother Chaudoin, $45; Mary Sharpe Bible Society, $74 50 ; P. H.
Ball, $2, 121 50
Colored people at We^st Tenn. Convention, $2; J. A. Gravier, $2 60 ;
for Mexicans, $1, 5 60
Returned for horse hire, $2 50; Bible Soc. of General Asso., $21, 23 50
Bible Soc. Concord Asso., $5 ; M. J. Hargrave, $1; Camden Ch., $7, 13 00
Col. at Paris, $17 ; Lexington, $3; Bible Soc. of Union Univ., $29, 49 00
Mary A. Owen, $5; Bible Society General Asso., $10; Eld. J. Man-
ning, $23 33, 38 33
W . F. Bang, $10; F. M. Logue, agt., $17 ; Mill Creek Church, $6 20, 33 20
Elder Johnson, Agent, $66 40; A.Clement, $5; M. H. Fite, $1;
Cash, 50c, 72 90
Bible Soc. Union Univ., $18; W . N. Chaudoin, agent, $50 ; W . D.
Baker, $5, $ 73 00
A. J. Brandon, $4; Cynthia J. White, $1; Limestone Church, $4, 9 00
M. Green, agent, $163 85; A. C. Beech, $20; J. W . Folsom, $5;
a friend, $5, 193 85
W . N. Chaudoin, $20; Mary Sharpe Female College, $66 60; M.
Green, agent, $53 65, 140 25
J. Johnson, agent, $150 ; W . S. Chaudoin, $151 54; M. J. Sem-
ple, $1 50, 303 04
Mill Creek Church, $2 20; G. C. Creighton, $1; West Tenn. Bihle
Society, $500, 503 20 ^ ^
Carried forward, 3,008 67

fO Treasurer's Report, Bible Board.
Brought forward, $3,008 57
ALABAMA.
J. C. Foster, $2 50, Shiloh Ch., $2 50; A. Talbert, $1; a friend, $1, 7 00

Ala. Bap. Bible and Colp. Soc, $9,246 64 ; Liberty Asso., $5, 9,251 64
Mt. Bethel Church, $3 35; Good Hope Church, $1 50; Nanafalia
Church, $10, 14 85
Ala. Bap. Bible Soc, $200; Moulton Church, $12 50; Col. by Elder
Parker, $21, 233 50
Col'd by Elder Roberts, $10; Unity Church, $1 30; Sumpter Bible
Society, $50, 14 30
Bro. Betts, $5; Mary J. Welch, $2; Elder C. Pomeroy, $2; Enon
Church, $5, 16 00
Dr. C. Battle, $5; Elder J. F. Russell, $1; J. Baggett, $1; S. M.
Russell, 50c, 7 50
E. Nolen, $1; Mt. Horeb Church, $5; A. S. Trigg, $5'; Mt. Zion
Church, $3, 14 00
Miss R. Morgan, $1; Bible and Colp. Soc, $1,094 22, 1,095 22
Alabama Bible Society, for home distribution, 4,807 00
15,506 01
MISSISSIPPI.
Mary A. Eiland, 5 00; Mt. Zion Bible Society, 40 00; Big Lick
Church, 6 70, 51 70
Shongalo Church, 17 00; Panola Asso., 7 00; Aberdeen Asso., 19 00, .43 00
Mrs. C. Mathews, 5 00; John R. Corbett, 5 00; Phalti Church, 3 50, 13 50
Elder D. Sumrall, 1 500; Cath. S. Wall, 1 00; a Baptist, 5 00, 7 50
Miss. Asso., 39 20; Choctaw Asso., 31 85; A. M. Logue, agent, 24 65, 95 70
A Baptist, 5 00; Fellowship Church, 8 00; J. Lowns^ 1 00; Miss.
Asso., 12 20; 26 20
S. B. Rucker, 14 50; L. S. Folsom, 50c; F. M. Logue, agent, 19 40, 34 40
Miss M. J. Welch, 5 00; Mt. Zion Bible Society, 17 09; Yockana
Church, 11 89, 33 89
W . Smith, 3 00; Mt. Gilead Church, 1 28; Liberty Hill Church, 83c,
., 5 11
311 00
GEORGIA.
Miss Isabella Irving, 25c; Col. at Griffin, 12 50; Benev. 24 60 11 75,

Ch.,
Fannie Stocks, 10 00; E. A. Crawford, 1; M. A. S. Crawford, 1 00, 12 00
L. G. Crawford, 1 00; W . H. Crawford, 1 00; Caroline Craw-
ford, 1 00, 3 00
Fannie Stocks, 20 00; Mary Davis, 1 50; Mrs. Dr. Nichols, 1 00,, 22 50
Lexington Church, 21 50; Tallapoosa Asso., Macon Church, 48 00, 80 75
Corinth Church, 1 00; Houston Co. Bible Soc, 25 00; Good Hope
Church, 6 00, 32 00
Columbus Bible Society, 63 00; James Hilliard, 1 00; Mrs. E. Hil-
liard, 1 00, 65 00
Eld. E. Warren, 1 00; H. Williams, 5 00; Peach Tree Chu|ph, 1 00;
Union Church, 10 60, 17 6.0
Benev. Ch., 11 60; Antioch Ch., 3 00; Beech Spring Ch., 1 25;
S. Flournoy, 1 00, 17 65
Valley Grove Church, 1 25; Pleas. Hill Ch., 5 00; E. Pray, 4 00;
Mt. Zion Church, 2 00, 12 25
Bible Com. of Conv., 500 00; Griffin Ladies Mite Society, 5 00; L.
Pryor, 21 00, 526 00
Bible Com. of Conv., for For. Miss, and Home Distribution, 1,015 19
V*7hite Oak Grove Church, 10 12 ; Macedonian Church, 2 30; New
Hope Church, 4 10, 16 52
Carried forward, 1,844 96 18,825 58
Treasurer's Report, Bible Board. li
Brought forward, t 1,844 96 18,825 58
Canton Church, 5 25 ; Spring Place B*le and Colp. Society, 61 72 ;
Charlie, 1 00, 67 97
Miss C. C. Davis, 5; Mt. Yernon Ch., 5 50; Piney Grove Ch., 1 60, 13 00
Macedonian Church, 2 00; Providence Bible Society, 6 00; Brother
Harley, agent, 100 00, 108 00
N e w Bethel Bible Soc, 6 00; Bible Soc. of Sumpter, 35 00; Mari-
etta Church, 4 00, 45 00
Bible Soc. of S. W . Female Col., 20 00; A. D. H., 10 00; Brother
Harley, agent, 100 00, 130 00
A. D. H., 14 00; W . J. Harley, 50 00; F. Stocks, 30 00; Union
Church, 5 00; Fannie D., 1 00, 100 00
Antioch Ch., 4 35 ; Bark Camp Ch., 20 50 ; W . J. Harley, 3 35;
a friend, 5 00, 33 20
Geo. Convention, 571 50; J. G. York, 5 00; W . J. Harley, 300 00, 876 50
W . N. Chaudoin, 104 00; same, 9 00; same, 302 43; Bible Com. of
Con., 300 00 706 .43
Geo. Baptist Bible and Colp. Society, 353 00 ;• N. Providence Bible
Society, 8 00, 361 00
4,286 06
VIRGINIA.
Staunton Church, 4 00; Mt. Pleasant Bible Society, 12 00; Goshen

Asso., 100 00, 116 00
N e w Prospect Bible Society, 15 00; Mrs. A. Shelton, 1 00; Nancy
Smith, 5 00, 25 00
Virginia and Foreign Bible Society, % 3,220 05
Bible Board of Virginia Convention, 1,153 99
4,515 04
KENTUCKY.
Bracken Asso., 5 00; R. T. McNeal, 2 00; W. Morrison, 5 00; Mt.
Gilead Church, 18 00, 30 00
Elder H. McDonald, 3 00; J. Johnson, agent, 287 91; Hopkinsville
Bible Society, 50 00, 340 91
S. B. Forgey, 4 00; Elder J. S. Perry, 30 00; Elder S. A. Hol-
land, 5 00, 39 00
Hopkinsville Bible Society, 25 00
434 91
LOUISIANA.
J. F. Thompson and wife, 10 00; Hazlewood Bible Society, 8 50;

same, 10 00; 28 60
Effort Bible Society, 9 00; same, 5 00; Dr. R. H. Ryland, 5 00;
W . A. Lane, 100 00, 119 00
Hazlewood Bible Society, 8 00; Effort Bible Society, 7 00; D. B.
Roberts, 2 50, 17 50
W . A. Lane, 100 00; cash, 5 00, 105 00
270 00
SOUTH CABOLINA.
Catawba Bible Soc, 23 00; A. W. Ashbill, 2 00; Mrs. Mays, 5 00, 30 00

Bible Board of Conv. for home distribution, 645 73; Salem Associ-
ation, 48 00, 693 73
W . A. Mully, 3 00; S. C. Bible Society, 5 00; same, 2 00; Savan.
River Asso., 143 81, 153 81
H. W . Asbill, 1 00; W . A. Mully, 2 00; J. Johnson, 121 00; Bible
Board of Con., 464 08; 588 08
1,465 C2
Carried forward, 29,797 21
72 Treasurer's Report, Bible Board.
Brought forward, j 29,797 21
ARKANSAS.
Sister Smith, 20c; J. Dennington, 2 50, 2 70
NORTH CAROLINA.
Jas. A. Delk, 2 00; Z. Bullock, 6 00; Lewis Fork Asso., 16 00, 24 00

Baptist Publication Society, 2,990 50
3,014 50
MISSOURI.
J. Johnson's Col., 139 86; D. H. Hickman, 5 00, 144 86
SUNDRIES.
D. L. Duffey's Col., 7 00; Home and Foreign Journal, 4 00, 11 00

Sale of Bibles at Atlanta, 32 00; Col. by agent in Florida, 133 00, 165 00
176 00
33,135 27
CONTRA.
By For. Miss. Board, per South Carolina Convection, 400 00

Georgia Convention, for home distribution, 615 19
Alabama Bible and Colp. Society, 4,807 00
Bible Board of South Carolina Convention, 645 73
N. C. Piatt, Treasurer, for Bibles, 141 85
American and Foreign Bible Society, 106 60
Spring Place Bible Sooiety, 61 72
Foreign Mission Board, 29 00
Amount of remittance lost per mail, 23 00
Indian Mission Association, 120 00
Same, 300 00
Same, 500 00
North Carolina Baptist Convention, 2,990 50
Bible Board of Virginia Convention, 4,374 04
H o m e and Foreign Journal, 35 00
Alabama Bible and Colp. Societyf 9,246 64
Amount paid agents, 1,230 53
J. Johnson, balance due him, 124 00
West Tennessee Bible Society, 500 00
Georgia Bible and Colp. Society, 353 00
Same, 300 00
Bible Board of South Carolina Convention-, 464 08
Salary of Corresponding Secretary, 1,500 00
Expense—printing, rent, exchange, & c , 1,790 21
J. R. Graves, for services rendered, 90 80
Balance in hands of Treasurer, '2,115 38
33,135 27
W e have examined the books and vouchers of the Treasurer of the Bible Board of
Southern Baptist Convention, as above stated, and find them correct, showing a balance
in his hands of $2,115 38.
A. B. SHANKLAND,
ANSON NELSON.
NathviLlt, June 1, 1867. Auditing Committee.
PREAMBLE AND CONSTITUTION
OF THE
SOUTHERN BAPTIST CONVENTION.
W e , the delegates from missionary societies, churches, and other religious bodies
of the Baptist denomination, in various parts of the United States, met in Con-
vention, in the city of Augusta, Georgia, for the purpose of carrying into effect
the benevolent intentions of our constituents, b y organizing a plan for eliciting,
combining and directing the energies of the whole denomination in one sacred ef-
fort, for the propagation of the gospel, agree to the following rules, or fundamen-
tal principles:
A R T I C L E I. This body shall be styled the " Southern Baptist Convention."
A R T . II. It shall be the design of this Convention to promote foreign and do-
mestic missions, and other important objects-connected with the Redeemer's king-
d o m , 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 benevo-
lence, which shall fully respect the independence and equal rights of the churches.
A R T . III. A biennial Convention shall consist of members w h o contribute funds
or are delegated b y religious bodies contributing funds, and the system of repre-
sentation and terms of membership shall be as follows, viz: A n annual contribu-
tion of one hundred dollars for two years next preceding the meeting, or the con-
tribution of two hundred dollars at any time within said two years, shall entitle
the contributor to one representative; an annual contribution of two hundred dol-
lars as aforesaid, shall entitle the contributor^ to two representatives; and so, for
each additional one hundred dollars, an additional representative shall be allowed.
Provided, however, that w h e n application shall be m a d e for the first time by bod-
ies or individuals, to be admitted into the Convention, one delegate shall be allowed
for each one hundred dollars. A n d provided, also, 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, annually contributed for two years, as aforesaid; but the number of rep-
resentatives shall never exceed five.
A R T . IV. T h e officers of this Convention shall be a President, four Vice Presi-
dents, a Treasurer, and two Secretaries, w h o shall be elected at each biennial meet-
ing, and hold their office until a n e w election; and the officers of the Convention
ehall be, each by virtue of his office, members of the several Boards.
A R T . V . T h e Convention shall elect at each biennial meeting as m a n y Boards of
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Managers as in its judgment will be necessary for carrying out the benevolent ob-
jects 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 Presidents, Secreta-
ries, 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.
To 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 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; enact its o w n by-laws; have an annual meeting at any place it m a y
appoint, and other meetings at such times and places as it m a y think best; keep
a record of its proceedings, and present a report of them to the Convention at each
biennial meeting.
A R T . V I . The Treasurer of each Board shall faithfully account for all moneys
received by him, keep a regular entry of all receipts and disbursements, and make
report of them to the Convention whenever it shall be in session, and to his Board
as often as required. H e shall also, on entering upon the duties of his office, give
competent security to the President of his Board, for all the stock and funds com-
mitted to his care. His books shall be open at all times to the inspection of any
member 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 order from that Board, from whose treas-
ury the money is to be drawn, which order shall be signed by its presiding officer.
A R T . VII. 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 . 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 . IX. 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 . 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 . X I . 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 m a k e the appropria-
tion at its o w n discretion.
A R T . XII. The Convention shall hold its meetings biennially, but extra meet-
ings m a y be called by the President, with the approbation of any one of the Boards
of Managers. A majority of tho attending delegates shall form a quorum for the
transaction of business.
A R T . 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 biennial
meeting of the Convention.
EULES OF ORDER.
1. The meetings of the Convention shall be opened and closed with prayer.
2. N o motion shall claim the attention of the President, unless it is seconded,
nor shall it be open for discussion, until formally announced by him.
3. W h e n a motion' has been made and regularly announced by the chair, no
other motion shall be received, except to amend, to substitute, to lay upon the
table, to postpone indefinitely, or to postpone to a certain time. But a motion for
adjournment shall always be in order, except when a member is engaged in speak-
ing, or the body engaged in voting.
4. W h e n a m e m b e r wishes to speak on any question, he shall rise in his place
and address the ch*air. If two or more shall rise at the same time, the President
shall determine w h o has thefloor;and no member shall speak more than twice on
the same question, without the permission of the body.
5. All questions of order shall be determined by the chair, subject to an appeal
to the body.
6. All motions offered for the adoption of the meeting shall be submitted in wri-
ting, if required.
CHRONICLE
OF THE
SOUTHERN BAPTIST CONVENTION,

SINCE ITS ORGANIZATION.
Presidents. Secretaries. Place of Meeting. Preacherrs.
1845. W m . B. Johnson, S. C. Jesse Hartwell, Ala. Augusta, Ga. -—

Jas. C. Crane, Va.
1846. W m . B. Johnson, S. C. Jesse Hartwell, Ala. Richmond, Va. Richard Fuller.
Jas. C. Crane, Va.
1849. W m . B. Johnson, S. C. Jas. C. Crane, Va. Charleston, S. C. W m . B. Johnson.
Basil Manly, Jr., Ala.
1851. R. B. C. Howell, Va., Jas. C. Crane, Va. Nashville, Tenn. Jeremiah B.Jeter.
W m . Carey Crane, Miss. J. L. Reynolds.*
1853. R. B. C. Howell, Va. H . K. Ellyson, Va. Baltimore, Md. R. B. C. Howell.
W m . Carey Crane, Miss. Samuel Baker.*
1855. R. B. C. Howell, Va. W m . Carey Crane, Miss. Montgomery, Ala. A. D. Sears.
James M . Watt, Ala.
W m . Carey Crane, Miss. Louisville, Ky. W m . Carey Crane.
1857. R. B. C. Howell, Va.
George B. Taylor, Md.
• At the sessions of 1851 and 1853 the Convention had a Sermon each on Foreign and Domestic
Missions.
CONTENTS.
fAliK.
Officers of the Convention, - - „. . 3
Boards of the Convention, - _ _ 3
Proceedings, - - _ . 5
List of Delegates, - _ 8
Report of the Bible Board, - „ . 18
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Board of Domestic Missions, - _ 23
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Treasurer of Domestic Board, _ _ 33
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Board of Foreign Misssions, _ _ 39
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Treasurer of Foreign Board, - _ 54
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Committee on Organs of Publication, - . 56
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Bible and Book Colportage, - . 56
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Agencies, - . 57
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California, - . . 57
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Kansas, _ . 58
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State of the Bible W o r k , - . 59
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China Mission, . _ 60
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Coliseum Place Church, N e w Orleans, _ 61
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Future Operations of the Foreign Board, . 63
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Preaching and Teaching among Indians, - 64
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African Coast Missions, - _ 65
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Secretaryships, - - 66
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Finance, . . 67
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Treasurer of Bible Board, _ .. 69
Preamble and Constitution, . . . _ 73
Rules of Ordei > - _ ^ 75
Chr<micle of the Convention, - 75
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NOTE.—After the Boards of the Convention had been printed, a note was re-
ceived from the Secretary, supplying the omission of the names of L. C. Tutt,
Recording Secretary of the Board of Domestic Missions, and J. R. Graves, Tenn.,
and J. G. Binney, D. C , Vice Presidents of the Bible Board.
PRINTER.

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PROCEEDINGS

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SIXTH BIENNIAL SESSION

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REV. R. B. C. HOWELL, Richmond, Ya.

Rev. BASIL MANLY, Sr., Charleston, S. C, 1st.

Rev. WM. CARET CRANE, Centre Hill, De Soto Co., Miss.,

BOARDS OF THE CONVENTION.

DOMESTIC MISSION BOARD,

LOUISVILLE, KY., M A Y 8TH, 1857.

Tbe Convention met this morning at 10 o'clock in the W

On motion of Bro. W . C. Buck, Miss.,

The Convention met. Prayer by Bro. J. L. Brooks, S. C.

On motion of Bro. J. E. Welch, of Mo.,

Walnut Street Church—B. Manly, D. D., of S. C, 11 o'clo

Irish Mission Sunday School—J. E. Welch, of Mo., 21 o'clock

Walnut Street Church—L. W. Allen, of Va., 11 o'clock A.

State Convention.—-A. P. Repiton, E. Dodson.

State Convention—B. Manly, I. L. Brookes, H. D. Duncan, J. J. Toon,

State Convention.—3. H. Devotie, W. Williams, J. H. Campbell, S. Lan

White River Association.—R. M. Thrasher, A. L. Hay.

General Association.—D. R. Campbell, R. L. Thurman, A. Broaddus, Jam

Coliseum Place Baptist Church.—W. C. Duncan.

State Convention.—W. C. Buck, L. H. Millikin, S. S. Lattimore, W. C. Crane J.

General Association of Middle Tennessee and North Alabama.—J. R. Graves,

General Association.—J. E. Welch^ J. F. Smith, S. B. Johnson.

The report of the Board of Domestic Missions was read by Bro.

The Convention sermon was preached at 8 o'clock Friday eve-

The Convention met at 9 o'clock. Reading of Scriptures by

The Convention met. Prayer by Bro. L. H. Millikin, Miss.

The Convention met. Singing. Reading of the Scriptures by

of the pastors present pledge themselves to take up collections

The Convention met. Singing. Reading of the Scriptures by

The Convention met. Singing. Reading of the Scriptures by

O n motion of Bro. J. H. Campbell, Ga., the following amend-

Mass Meeting, for the Bible Board.

THIRD BIENNIAL REPORT.

THE' ALABAMA BAPTIST BIBLE SOCIETY,

THE NOETH CAEOLINA BAPTIST BIBLE AND PUBLICATION SO-

Became auxiliary to the Bible Board of the Southern Baptist Conven

THE BIBLE BOAED OF THE SOUTH CAEOLINA BAPTIST CONVEN-

THE BIBLE COMMITTEE OF THE GEORGIA BAPTIST CONVENTION

THE BIBLE SOCIETY OF THE GENERAL ASSOCIATION OF TENNES-

THE MAEYLAND BAPTIST BIBLE SOCIETY,

One of our first auxiliaries, we regret to learn, has, if not disbanded, at l

THE BIBLE SOCIETY OF THE FLOEIDA BAPTIST CONVENTION

LOCAL BIBLE SOCIETIES.

TWELFTH ANNUAL REPORT.

BOARD OP DOMESTIC MISSIONS.

How valuable would be the discovery of some means of awakening a spirit of

At the meeting of this Convention in Montgomery in 1855, the following reso-

As a missionary field, California possesses many points of attraction. Its ext

MARYSVILLE AND SAN FRANCISCO.

It is extremely difficult to procure statistics from most of our missionaries

CALL FOR MORE LABORERS.

A short time since we received a petition, signed by five Choctaws, praying fo

The Potawatomie school is in a flourishing condition. The superintendent,

In account with INDIAN MISSIONS.

F r o m C. Tucker, Tr., $1,469 69 B y cash paid secretary, agents

Treasurer's Report, Domestic Board. 3*

WM. HORNBUCKLE, Treasurer

I, William N. Wyatt, do hereby certify that I have examined the foregoing, an

ELEVENTH ANNUAL REPORT.