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EMORY UNIVERSITY
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Facts to be Remembered
1. George Leile, born in Virginia about 1750 re¬
moved to Georgia, settled in Burke Co. In 1173 he
was happily converted and baptized by Rev.
Matthew Moore, a white minister. He was a
slave to Henry Sharp, who gave him his freedom
that he might serve his people as a minister.
He preached in the neighborhood of Savannah,
Ga., for three years, during which time he was
ordained to the full work of the ministry.
In 1781 he baptized Andrew Bryant and wife and
two others, and shortly after sailed for Jamaica
West Indies. Thus it will be seen that nearly
ten years before William Carey went to India, this
former slave was in the Islands of the seas, as a
Foreign Missionary. When Missionaries from
England reached the Islands, they found a native
baptist church of five hundred members, who had
been converted and baptized by George Leile.
Lott Carey and Colons Teague went to Africa
as missionaries in 1821, but prior to 1880, Negro
Baptists had no organized Foreign Mi&sion work
In the whole wide world.
2. On Wednesday, November 24th, 1880, one
hundred and twelve delegates from nine states
gathered in Montgomery, Alabama in answer to a
call sent out by W. W. Co I ley and others and
organized the BAPTIST FOREIGN MISSION
CONVENTION, U. S. A.
3. The first 6 missionaries sailed December
1st 1883 for the West Coast of Africa, settling in
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the Yey country 40 miles frcn MoLiOAia, Libe¬
ria, ana i 4 ml les rrom cape Mount, were tney
organized 3 missions and labored until 1885. In
1884 Rev. J. O. Hayes and wife went. out. Hattie
H. Presley was the first of their number to die,
in 1884. After lO years, disease and death so
decimated their number and tribal wars so en¬
dangered their lives that the remaining two,
J. J. Cole and wife were called home, July, 1893
and the mission houses were sold for old lumber.
4. In 1895 the Convention rallied again and
adopted an independent missionary in South
Africa and one on the West Coast.
They began anew to do Foreign Mission work. In
September of the same year, in Atlanta, Ga., three
bodies known as the Baptist Foreign Mission Con¬
tention of the U. S. A., the National Baptist Con¬
vention and the National Educational Conven¬
tion united in one body and organized, the
NATIONAL BAPTIST CONVENTION, U. S. A.
i This body elected a Home Mission, Foreign Mis¬
sion and Educational Board, putting each one in
full charge of the work as directed by their Con¬
stitution. Since then, a Publication, Young Peo¬
ples, and Insurance or Benefit Board have been
organized, also a Women's Auxiliary Convention.
These Boards and Auxiliary a re creatures of the
National Convention, and report their work to
annual meeting each year.
The death of L. M. Luke, D. D., in December^
1895, cast a gloom over the Foreign Department.
But the Board, having just been located in Louis¬
ville, Ky., the brethren rallied their forces and
kept the work going.
5. In 1897 they sent to Africa, 5 missionaries,
Since 1895, beginning with b. a. Jackson and
wife they have sent to foreign fields 3 3 mission-
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arles as follws: J. O. Hayes and wife, R. A. Jack*
son, J. I. Buchanan, R. L. Stewart, H. N. Bouey,
D. D., L. Bouey, L. N. Cheek., H. D. Proude, D.
D.# and wifev J. W. Anderson and wife, J. H.
Wilson, E. B. DeLaney, L. Ton Evans, Mamie
Branton, W. R. Richardson, M. D., C. S. Morris,
D. D., H. C. Faulkner, M. D., and Georgia Dei-
Baptist Faulkner, J. D. Hill, P. N. E. Campbell
and wife, Eliza Davis, T E. Smith, D. E. Murff
and wife, A. B. Harris, Susie M. Taylor, Mes-
dames Jackson, Buchanan and Johns.
6. They have returned to their fields of labor
14- natives; John Tule, G. F. A. Johns John Chi-
lembwe, J. N. Menze, John Nthlahla, E. B. P
Koti,Wm. Jimsana, Mary Buchanan, Samuel A.
Richardson, G. E. Stewart, D. D., Majola Agbebi,
Ph. D., F. Solani, Peter T. Muguisbisa, and C. P.
Rier. These do not include the 7 missionaries sent
out under our Lott Carey District Convention;
viz: C. C. Boone, M. D., and wife, Re\. TV. H.
Thomas and wife, Rev. Mdodana and wife, and
Rev. D. G. Gales.
7. if: will be sesn that the Foreign Mission
Board of the "National Baotist Convention in the
past 18 years sent 47 missionaries to Foreign fields:
adding to these the 7 sent out by our District Con-
vetnion, makes 54- missionaries ssnt across the
sea to battle for our Lord a?ain«3fc heathenism.
8. #By counting the 10 missionaries aint priovto
1885—W. W. Colley an 4 wife, J. H. Presley and
wife) J. J. Cole and wife* H. McKinney and J. J.
Diggs;and the 4 sent by our Western States and
Territories Convention— Rev. Ricks, Miss Jonea,
T. L. Johnson and R. L. Stewart we find that
Negro Baptists have sent 64n missionaries and re¬
turned 17 well equipped ative workers Id the
past 32 years, making a total of 81. Soite cl these
workers have crossed the scean 4 and 6 times.
• / Without an experienced person do guiae,
amission house or convert to begin with: with¬
out any knowledge of the language, no experi¬
ence among Foreign peoples, in His Name, these
heroes of the Cross plunged into the fever in¬
fested lowlands and other parts of Africa and
South America and organutd by actual count,
more than 88 churches 500 out stations, baptized
approximately 42,000 souls, enrolled in day and
Sunday Schools 38,000 children and reached with
time Message of Truth hundred of thousands of
men and women who would never have heard the
Truth only for our humble efforts through them •
iO. The property owned by the denomination
up to 1896 was lOO acres, donated by the govern¬
ment in the Yey country on the West Goast; to
day, they own property including lands, houses, cf
worship, schools and homes for missionaries
organs and church bells ana otner belongings
amounting in round numbers to more than
141,000.
]For all of this we thank God, take courage, and
with renewed vigor arid zeal join the Christian
forces throughout the whole world in doing battle
for our Master, jesus the christ.
Words of Our Missionaries, at
Home and Abroad.
Let us advance upon our knees,—Joseph Hardy Neesiisa.
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Tho' a thousand fall, let not Africa be given up.—Melvill#
Cox.
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My heart burns for the deliverance of Africa.—Alexander
Mack ay.
Bock, rock, when wilt thou open to my Saviour?—Francis
Xavier.
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I am for Christ and the redemption of Africa.— D. P.
Brown lee.
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Expect great things from God; attempt great things for
©od.—William Carey.
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While God gives me strength, failure shall not daunt ma.
—Allen Gardiner.
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Prayer and missions are as inseparable as faith and works
•-John R, Mott.
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That land is henceforth m.r country which most needs tba
•ospel.—Count Zenzendorf.
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No man can be true to Christ and refuse to support mia-
aions.—E. C. Morris,
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Go to Africa? Yes my Lu-d commands, and I am afraid
»Ot to go.—Horace N, Boue.v.
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The Gospel ftas no greater enemy on the West Coast •#
Africa than vim.—l>r, Folhemus.
We cannot serve God and mammon, but we can serve God
With mammon.—Robert E. Speer.
If I had a thousand lives to 1 i ve, Africa should have them
*11.—Charles Frederick McKenzie.
We may notice ag-ain that Christianity denotes activity*
No laziness in religion.—A. J. Stokes.
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Let me Tall n trying to do something1 rather than to
•till and do nothing.—Cyrus Hamlin.
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In the Kongo Free State the battle will be between the
bottle and the Bible,—F. P. Noble.
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I am tired of hearing: people talk about raising money; it
Is time for us to give it.--.Tohn Willis Baer.
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All genuine missionary work must in the highest sense b6
ft healing work.--Alexander Mackay.
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He prays not at all in whose prayers there is no mention ol
tke Kingdom of God.—Jewish Proverb.
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Kindness is the key to the human heart, whether it be that
•« savage or civilized man.—John Williams.
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If you want to serve your race, go where no on# else will
go and do what no one else will do,—Mary Lyon,
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The whole world lies ripe and rotting for the gospel har-
vester.—L. L. Campbell.
Love to Christ lies at the very foundation of eff«ctiT«
Christian work—Robt. Mitchell
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To make disciples was the object for which the church was
organized.—E. J. Fisher.
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Fear not the African climate, for God in the form of man
▼isited Africa long ago— Renson McKinney.
Rev. Lott Carey, bora near Rich
mond,Va.,in 1780. He bought his
freedom at 27, sailed for Africa, 1821
as a preacher in company with Elder
Collins Teague. Re was a colonist,
soldier, statesman, physican and
missionary. He died at Monrovia,
Liberia, W. C. Africa, Nov. 8, 1828.
In the early history of Liberia,
ilHe was the life and soul
of nearly all the religious
efforts and opperations carried on.
He preached several times every
week, superintended schools, both
for religious and secular instruction,
in some of which he taught himself,
traveled from one settlement to
another, and watched with constant
vigilance and unremitting- care over
alf soiritual and social interests
of the Colonists.!>
J. J. Coles, bora April 25th, 1864
After touring the country, interest
ing the churches in Foreign Missions
in company of five others, he sailed
for the West Coast of Africa on the
morning of Dec. 1 1883. He gave
10 years service to Foregn Missions
returning to this country but once
during that time, when he was
married to Miss Lucy A. Henry.
He was made Corresponding Secre¬
tary, of our Foreign Mission Board
on his return, 1893, and died during
that year
Rev C C BDone, M. D., of Nortn
Carolina, served years on the Congoi
under hhe Missionary Union andLott
Carey District Contention. He laid
to rest a loving wife and babe in the
heartof Africa. He returned to the
states, entered Leonard Medical Col¬
lege from which he graduated in
1911, and sailed for Liberia, as Mis
sionary of our Lott Carey District
Convention. He again returned to
the West Coast of Africa, 1913. As
Medical Missionary, Dr. Boone will
serve God and the Africans, as only
the Medical Missionary can.
Rev. JamesH. Wilson, Superinten¬
dent of Missions at Demerara, South
America, stationed at Georgetown
whose efforts are far reaching in that
section, not only as Pastor of Bethel
Baptist Church, but as a light among
the people with whom he deals. Rev.
Wilson came to us under the influ¬
ence of the good people of Olivet
Baptist Church, Chicago, 111., and
•eryes as a loyal, conscientious, faith
ful worker. He is a graduate from
\>he Moody Bible Institute of 111.
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Mrs Ida Chilembwe and two of
her sister workers in East Central
Africa.
Mrs. Chilembwe, the wife of
Rev. Jno. Chilembwe, a native of
British Central Africa, trained and
prepared for work among' her native
sisters by Miss Emma B. Delaney and
Rev. L. N. Cheek. The women
standing are native helpers she
has trained.
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Rev. Jno. IsTathlahla, born in Tsomo
Cape Colony, South Africa, Superin¬
tendent of St. Phillips Mission, Pon-
daland, South Africa. Mr. Fathlahla
came to Amarica with Sec'y Jordan
in 1904, entered State University at
Louisville, Ky.t where he spent four
years, returning to his native home
1908. He came back to the states on
an inportant mission and returned
to his work April 1913.
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Rev. Solomon Cosby left Danville,.
Va., September 20, 1878. Sailed from
Nsw Fork, same year, arriving at
Lagos, W. Africa, December 31st.
He was the joint missionary of the
Virginia Baptist and the Southern
Baptist Convention. He died during
the year of 1879. His diary records
his daily suffering from disease, and
bis unswerving faith i n the Lord
whose cvnmahd he obeyed in going
to Africa. Much of the missionary-
teal among our people in Virginia,
was .brought about through the
enthusiasm of this young man. He
died December, 1879. lie was a Hero,
representing the very flower of Chris¬
tian youth of the race. There is one
lesson above all others, to be learned
from his short but beautiful career;
"The best is not too good for
God's work, and the length of life is
not the measure of his service."
Mrs. Hattie H. Presley, the first of
our missionaries to lay down a life on
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African soil, died August, 1884, at
Bendoo Mission Station on Lake
Peasue 15 miles from Cape Mound in
Libeiia, W. Coast of Africa. She sail¬
ed for Africa with her husband, J. H.
Presley and four others, in the Bark
,'Monorovia," at 9:45 A. M. Decern,
ber 1st., 1883. The African Fever,
which has dotted the whole West
African coast with Missionaries
graves had so wrecked her husband,
physically and mentally, who lay be¬
side her for weeks lingering between
life and death that after she was
dead, taken from the bed, and buried
for two months or more, he was not
conscious of his sad loss.
No incident or scene during my
visit to Africa so wrung my soul and
stamped itself upon my memory as
the neglected grave of this sainted
woman.
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The greatest foes of missions are prejudice and indiffe..
•nee, and ignorance is the mother of them both.—Anon.
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In coming to Africa, fear not the African climate, for God
in the form of man -visited Africa long ago.--Hence McKinney
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God will bless us more as we see and do our duty in this
matter of giving the gospel to a lost world—W- H- Phillips
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What we want is to get something, and before we can get
that something, we will have to do something.—J P Kobin-
aon.
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I have been in India twenty years, and if I had twenty
lives to live I would give them all to that sin-cursed land,-
Mrs. J C Archibald.
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Even if I never see a native converted, God may design
by my patience and continuance in the work, to encourage
future missionaries.—Henry Martyn.
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Where will the light of Christianity shine brightest? Where
■will it light up a greater territory than in Dark- Dark, Dark
Africa?—L M Luke.
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Facts are the fingers of God. To know the facts of modern
missions is the necessary condition of intelligent interest,—
Arthur T. Pierson.
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Unprayed fori feel like a diver at the bottom of a river
with no air to breathe, or like a fireman on a blazing building
with an ompty hose.—James Gilmour.
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Information is the true foundation of missionary interest.
Special appeals will arovse enthusiasm for a time, but it will-
not last,—CharlesCuthbei t Hall..
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We are the children of the converts of foreign missionaries
and fairness means that I must do to others as men once did
for me,—Maltbie Babcock.
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A true disciple inquires not whether a fact is agreeable to*
fcis own reason, but whether it is in the Book.--Adonirsm
Judson-
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Migs Emma B. DeLany, born in
Fernandina, Fla. Jan. 3, 1873. A
graduate of Spellman Seminary ,Ga.,
sailed for British Central Africa
Jan. 15, 1902, where she spent fiv»
years working with Bev. L. N. Cheek
at the Providence Industrial Miss-
on. A second time she returned to
the West Coast Monrovia, .Liberia,
June 6, 1912, where she now labors
for the redemption of her benighted
kindred.* She has secured a grant of
26 acres of land from the govern-
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ment, upon which there is asplen
did three room iron cottage and
where we hope to build a good miss¬
ion home.
Rev. Eben B. Koti, born May 1>
1864 at Peeltor\ District of King
Williamsto~; now laboring at Queens-
town South Africa, as pastor of
Derby Baptist Church and n is^icn-
a-y^vertbreo rui- stations, assisted
by four native helyers
Rev. Koti has visited the United
States twice. He is regarded as one
of t"he finest interperters of the
Kaff Mangus^e and thought, in all
Sout h Africa.
Miss Susie M. Taylor, born near
Camden, South CaroliDa, 1877, Gradu¬
ate of Sehofield N. & I. School,Aiken
S. C., sailed for the West Coast of
Africa June 6, 1912. Now located at
Grand Bassa County, Liberia. Miss
Taylor has seeured a grant of three
hundred acres of land for our Board
on which has been planted quite
2.000 coffee trees and plans are now
on foot for erecting a $4,000 school
tmildinp to be known as the Indus¬
trial Institute.
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Rev. Samuel A. Richardson, Pastor
of Nazareth Baptist Church, a native
of South America, who has served as
missionary among his people under
the Foreign Mission Board for more
than ten years. He has visited the
U. S. A. twice in the interest of hig
race.
Rev. G. E. Stewart, D. D., a native
of the West Indies. Pastor of Bethle¬
hem Baptist Church, and Superinten¬
dent of Missions in co-operation
with the National Baptist Conven¬
tion. Loyal, faithful and a great
admirer of the lives and heroic de¬
votion of the Fathers in Jesus Christ
Dr. Stewart is a success.
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The best way to raise missionary money; put your hand in
your pocket, get a good grip on it, then raise It! —Miss Wish-
ard.
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Should I not return home, do not grieve for me; it is just as
near heaven, from Af rica as from America—Lille B.Johns.
Though sick, I cannot retire from work, I am the Lord's,
s erv so must be at work when He comes.—T.I.Buchanan
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I can not, I dare not, go up to judgment till I have done
the utmost God enables me to do to diffuse His glory through
the world.—Asahel Grant.
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Nothing earthly will make me give up my work in de¬
spair I encourage myself in the Lord, my God, and go for¬
ward—David Li vgingston.
The church his no other purpjse in existence, no other end
to serve, save the great end of giving the Gospel to the world.
—Bishop Hendrix,
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There is needed one more revival among Christians, a re¬
vival of Christian giving. When the revival comes, tha King¬
dom of God will come in a day.— Horace Bushnell,
America is another name for opportunity. Our whole his
tory appeals Uke a last effort of Divine Providence in behalf
of the human race.--R, W.Emerson.
Emotion is no substitute for actiion, You love Africa; "God
so loved that He gave"—what? Superfluities? Leavings? That
which cotst Him nothing? —George L. Pilkington.
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The man who prays "Thy Kingdom come," and does not
give som? just proportion of his income to promote the King¬
dom, is a conscious or unconscious hypocrite.—Francis E.Clark
"Here am I; send me—to the first man I meet or to the re¬
motest heathen"—this is the appropriate response of every
Christian to the call of God.—Augustus C. Thompson,
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More consecrated money— naroney which has passed through
the mint of prayer and faith and self-denial for the Lord's
sake--ls the greatest demand of our time.—A. J. Gordon.
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I am glad to offer without stint my tribute of respect t®
the missionary effort which has wrought such wonderful tri¬
umphs for civilization.—William McKinley •
T-here is no work more productive of the fruit for civiliza¬
tion than that of the thousands who give their lives to the
preaching o f the gospel to mankind.--Theodore Roose-
relt.
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Duty is a power which rises with us in the morning and
goes to rest with us at night. It is the shadow which cleavea
to us, go where we will, and only leaves us when we leav»
the Light of Life.—Gladstone.
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Just as a fountain transmits along all the reaches of its
stream, the water pure or impure, as the case may be, of which
it is the source, so the fountain head of humanity sent forth
its stream by the fall.- Harvey Johnson.
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The command to "Go into the world and preach the gos¬
pel to every creature," puts every Christian church under
the most sacred and sjlemn obligation to support and carry
on mission work.—J" J. Durham.
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Get close to the hearts you would win for Christ. Let your
heart be entwined with their hearts; let no barrier come be¬
tween you and the souls you would reach.—George L. Pilk-
ngton,
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China has no sorrow that Christ's message can not cure;
India has no problem it cannot solve; Japan no Question it
cannot answer; Africa no darkness it cannot dispel.— Judsoa
Smith.
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It is ours either to be the grave in which the hopes of the
world shall be entombed, or the pillar of cloud which shall pi-
lot the race onward to millennial gl n-y.—Alexander Hamilton^
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All I pray for is that I may patiently await God's good
pleasure, and, whether I live or die. it may bo for His glory.
I trust poor Africa and South A moi ica will not be abandoned
—Allen Gardiner.
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Smitten with fever and at times seemingly forgotton by
friends in the home land, I am not alone, "Into all the world"
is the command of my Lord, and I am trying to obey.—Solomon
Oosby
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Rev. W. W. Colley, born in Ya.
served as Missionary, inLagos West
Africa, under the So. Baptist Conven
tion. He resigned and returned to
the United States abomt 1878; plan¬
ned the Baptist Foieign Mission
Convention. At its first meeting,
held in the 1st Church, Montgomery
Ala., Wednesday, Nov. 24, 1880, he
called the meeting to order, read
the call, and on motion of E. G.
Cjrpraw o£ Virginia, was elected
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President and afterward became
Cor. Sec'y He returned to Africa
in 1883, where he organized our
Yey Mission work and served four
years. On his return to the States,
he pastored in Alabama and North
Carolina Died, 1910 in Ashville
C.
Rev. L. N. Cheek, a graduate of
Western College, Macon, Mo.; spent
7 years as our missionary in Brit¬
ish Central Africa, making for him¬
self a splendid name as missionary.
He returned to the states, pastored
awhile in South Carolina and is now
preparing to return to the Foreign
Fields.
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The Miss Caroline G. Ewen of New
York City; Africa's friend and bene¬
factor. For the past 15 years, this
good woman has given your Board
from $25 to $300 dollars a year. She
is well known to our denomination
as the benefactor of Rev. F. A.
Johns and wife. On the 15th day of
April she went to be with heir Re¬
deemer bequeathing to your Board
one-tenth of all her beiongings, for
the spread of the Gospel among non-
Christian lands. This gift amounts
to not less than thirty or forty
thousand dollars.
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He who faithfully prays at home does as much for foreign
missions as the man on the field, for the nearest way to the
heart of a Hindu or Chinaman is by way of the Thi one of God
—Eugene Stock.
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To learn facts takes pains and patience, but nothing save
holiness commands such homage as a thorough mastery of
facts. It is the rarest and costliest product of the mental
market,—Arthur T. Pierson.
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Remember those solemn words. "Without me, ye can do
nothing." How important it is to have all our plans, projects-
and schemes for the elevation and saving of the people ap¬
proved of by the Master.—W. F Graham.
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The Negro puts entirely too much emphasis on the dying
side, displays too many emotions and indulges in too much
shouting. One first-class bath tub is worth a dozen coffins'—
Booker T. Wa-hington.
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Our day calls for organization, and then the most intense
concentration of all our forces to one great work, in order to
reach results commensurate with our ability and resources as
a denomination.—B. Griffith
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I am a missionary , heart and soul. God had an only son
and He was a missionary and a physician.A jxor imitation of
Him am I, or wish to be. In this service I hope to live, and
in it I Wish to die. —David Livingstone.
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Love of God and love of country are the two noblest pas¬
sions in a human heart. And these two unite in home missions
A man wiihout a country is an exile in the worid, and a man
without God is au orphan in eternity.—Henry Van Dyke,
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Our plea is not "America for America's sake," but " Ameri-
ea for the world's sake." If this generation is faithful to his
trust. America is to become God's right arm in His battle
with the world's ignoiaiice and oppression and sin.—Josiah
Strong
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When Christians shall stir themse-lvfs up to beseech God
in prayer for the salvation of man as the prayer of one man-
then shall appear thedawningin which the Gospel shall be
known and believed all over the earth.—C. H. Parrish.
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Rev. L. Ton Evans, a Welchmau,
and daughter. Rev. Evans has
served as our missionary for
several years in Haiti. For mora
than 20 years he has given thought
prayer, sympathy and at timesun-
stinted service to the people at Haiti.
He cherishes the desire o f giving
the remainder of his life to the peo¬
ple of Haiti.
Hence McKinney, born in Hines
County Mississippi, educated at the
Jackson Baptist College; sailed for
Africa, Dec. 1st, 1883 and served as
missionary for four years. He died
at his post in 1887 and was buried by
native hands at the root 01 a great
tree which marks his grave to this
day. He was administered t o by
Christian natives whom he had lead
to the Saviour. He was faithful,
loyal, greatly beloved by Mississippi
Baptists and with all loved God and
Africa.
Rev. J. E. East, born in Huntsville
Ala. Educated in Virginia Semina¬
ry and College; sailed for Middle
Drift, South Africa. Oct. 27, 1909.
Mrs. Lucinda Thomas East, of Chat
ham, Ya.; a student of Virginia Sem¬
inary and College and wife of Rev.
James E. East, doing splendid service
teaching sewing and Domestic Art
among her African sisters.
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Rev. L. M. Luke, D. D., first
Cor. Sec. of the Foreign Mission
Board, National Baptist Conven¬
tion. Born in Caddo, Parrish,Louisi¬
ana- educated and served as pastor
in Marshall, Texas. He was a great
pleader for neglected Africa. He died
in Louisville, Kv., Dec. 31, 1895.
Come unto me for Salvation," Come all ye that are
weary and heavy laden*" 2nd "Come for all thing's are now
ready." Let us accept these invitations, then go asHe com¬
mands first to our homes, then to our neighbors and third into
all the earth,—Mrs- V- Broughton-
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Every woman owes to God, to herself and her race, to
have specific life work and''aim." And as iron fillings fall into
line around the magnet, so should she make every oppor¬
tunity cluster close around her purpose-—Lucy Wilmont
S mith.
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Here am I, Lord send me to the ends of the earth send me
from all that is called comfort ir> the earth; send me even to
death itself if it be in Thy service, and to promote Thy .King¬
dom.—David Brainerd-
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The slave-trade has been to Africa a great evil, but the
evils of the rum trade are far worse- 1 would rather my
country men were in slavery and kept away from drink,
than that drink should be let loose upom them-—Rev. Jamse
Johnson, a native African pastor.
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The great bars are gone and China is open; not the rim
of China, but China- This great empire is sure to be one of
the prominent world-powers in the future- In working for
China we are working for all nations and for coming ages-^-
<3haunce.v Goodrich
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The preacher is the expounder of the best code of morals
known to man. He is the spokesman of Him before whom
angels and seraphim adoringly bow and cry; "Holy, Holy
Lord God Almighty, the whole earth is full of thy gloey-" —
Rev- J, R- Bennett
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Mere pity aroused by the story of their wretched condition
is not feeling a sense of obligation to the heathen. When one
feels asense of obligation, and, underGod, will do his duty- —
Mark Thompson-
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The rise and pro^re-s of the gospel in Africa is one ef the
•crowning monumen's of Negro enterprise- The half century
between 17S2 and 1834. forms one of the most thrilling chapters
of church extension and missionary achievements since the
-da.vs of the apostle Paul —.1. E. Ford.
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Yes, every Christian is his brother's seek r and keeper
This is the spirit and aim of the Christian religion. Our bro-
h)r aur be anr or remjte. 0drift's command is: "That we
seek and save him." This is the spirit of missions, anything
else is anci .Christian, anti-mission.—G. B. Hoard,
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Here in this new South the Negro shall shine in the con¬
stellation of the nations, and by his words and deeds hand
down to unborn ages the glittering pages of our history. We
shall in some prominent way mount the ladder of our difficul¬
ties, scale the cliff of prejudice, and hide our heads among the
stars.- M. W. D. Norman.
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Men can only be saved by believing: and while salvation is-
free, men cannot enjoy its benefits unless they accept its con¬
ditions. Christ must be preached to the world so that the
world may hear of Him and accept Him, fo>r "Faith comes by
hearing, and hearing by the woid of God."—- T. Walker.
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There are two little words in our language which I always
admired—"try" and "trust." Until you try you know not
what you can or can not effect: and if you make your trials in
the exercise of trust in God, mountains of imaginary difficul¬
ties will vanish as you approach them, and faciMties which
you never anticipated will be afforded.—John W illiams-
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•There was a time when 1 had no care or concern or the
heathen; that was when I had none for my own soul, TVhen
by the grace of God I was led to care for my own soul. I be¬
gan to care for them. In my closet I said: "O. Lord, silver
andgold have I none. What I have I give: I offer Thee my¬
self. Wilt Thou accept the gift?"- Alexander Duff.
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The men, who, like Paul, have gone to heathen lands with
the message, "We see not jours, but you," have lieen hindred
by those, who, coming after havt je^erstd the irej-sage. Bum
and other corrupting agencies ccme in with our boasted civili¬
zation, and the feeble races wither befoie the hot breath of the
white man's vices.—Renjamin Harrison.
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The Christian religion is th»' exponent of t> e highest civil¬
ization, the highest moral and social condition of the rac# to¬
day. When it has been accepted, and its faith and doctrines
incorporated into the life and characiei if any veople, it ha&
in a very potential manner affected t he m^ral, intellectual
and social condition of such people —R.DeBaptist.
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Rev. Harrison N. Bouey, D. D., born
in Columbia County, Georgia, Aug.
4, 1849, died December 15,1909, Cape
Mount, Liberia, W. C. Africa.
Rev. Bouey was a graduate from
Atlanta Baptist College, and
was ordained in 1876. Dr. Bouey
sailed for Monrovia, April 11, 1879,
successfully working there three
years, wheihe returned toAmerica
to enlist friends in his noble work.
In 1887, he married Miss Laura P.
Logan of Charleston, S. C., remain¬
ing here, serving as pastor and
Suparintendent of Mi ssions for Mis¬
souri Baptists. After tire chalh of
his wife, he again set sail for the
West Coast, Jan. 1902. In 1905, he
returned again to the States no tn
Dec. 11,1906, with his three siraller
bo.ys, Robert H., ard Edwaid H.,
and John G. returned for his third
and last time. His elder son Lewis
L., followed ard joined his father
the same year. He died,
Dec. 15,1909, on the Coast, and Rob¬
ert died nine hours before his father
the year following. There in dark
Africa, father and two sons sleep.
He sleeps on the banks of Lake
Peause, |with Hence McKimiey and
Hattie Presley, and there their
graves will remain among the peo¬
ple for whom they lived and died, as
a lasting reminder of love for hu¬
manity and consecration to Al¬
mighty God.
The younger boys are in Atlanta
Baptist College being educated by
Christian friends.
Rev. J. I. Buchanan, born at Balti
more, Maryland, March 25, 1823. He
was baptized in 1895 at Capetown
by our Missionary, Rev. R. A. .Tack-
son and ordained t o the ministry,
May 30,1897. ShorUv after his ordi¬
nation, he organized work at Middle
Drift, which has grown to be one of
the best African Mission Stations
opsrated b y the National Baptist
Convention, and is now kaown as the
Buchanan Industrial School and
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Mission. After spending twenty,
hre j years n A.frica, eight o.f which
VT3T3 at Mid ii 3 Di-ifb. He died
Janairp 18,1907, leaving a wife, son
and daughter, Mary, and a host of
loving friends bewailing the loss of
one who had been their leader and
teacher.
Mrs. Lillie B. Johns, born in Wil-
mingtjn, N. C., 1877, went to Africa
with her husband, January 26, 1897.
After seven months, three of which
were spent on a sick bed, she passed
to her reward, September 21, 1897,
saying: "It is just as near Heaven
from Africa as from America."
I have been blessed of God by length of days. It has
"been the pleasure and joy of my latter days to note that the
efforts of Negro Baptist pioneers have not been in vain the
success of our African Mission work has no parallel, for the
path has not been a smooth one, and yet we are making it
and the world has stopped to watch our achievements.
Bev. Caesar Johnson,
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Luke informs us that Mary, the mother of Mark, madeker
home a house of prayer and served the Lord with fear and
great joy, We have also our women carrying out the work
as evangelists in china, Africa, India, and in many countries
women, and women alone, can do the work and thereby sow
the seeds of redemption that spring up and bring an abun¬
dant harvest.—Mrs. Julia Mason Layton.
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Divine forbearance had reached its limit. The time had
Come when men, whether circumcised or uncircumcised, should
learn the story of the cross. It was very pleasant to remain
in Jerusalem, but the heathen were perishing; and if those
who had been commanded to go and preach would not do so
willingly, they must be made to do so unwillingly. And so the
Lord permitted Saul to persecute the church.—E. M. Brawley
A.M., D, D.
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Africa, robbed of her children, rifled of her treasures, lies
prostrate before the rapine and greed of the Christian nations
Of the world. A slave-pen and battle-field for ages, Christian
nations—instead of binding up her wounds, like the good Sama¬
ritan ; instead of passing by and leaving her alone like Levite
and Priest—have come to her with ten thousand ship-loads Of
rum, hell's master-piece of damnation,—Charles Satchel Morris
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All hail, Africa! With the light we are coming! A.fric»
poor, bleeding, suffering Africa, land of ancient histwy, cra¬
dle of primeval civilization, home of Moses, refuge of the
infant Christ. "Thou long hast been the child of darkness and
sin," the battle ground of avaricious nations, the abused of
Christian (?) Europe and America and the empire of the
prince of darkness! Africa, we salute thee! The ascendinc
Son of righteosness, prophetic of thy redemption day's dawn,
appears, gilding the sky with the rays of thy coming glory.—
John H. Frank, D T>.
Tell the committee that in East Africa there is the lonely
p-*ve ef one member of the mission connected with you* smote*
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This is an indication that you have begun the conflict
in this part of the world; and since the conquests of the church
are won o;rer the graves of many of its members, you may be
all the more assured that the time has come when you are
called to work for the, conversion of Africa. Think not of the
victims who, in this glorious warfare, may suffer or fall; only
press forward until East and West Africa are united in Christ
—Johann Ludwig Krapf.
"Was it faith or love that influenced you most in going to
Burma?" Judson was once asked:
"There was in me at that time little of either," the great
missionary replied: "but in thinking of what did influence
me, I remember a time out in the woods behind Andover
when I was almost disheartened. Everything looked dark,
No one had gone from this country. The way was not open.
The field was far distant, and in an unhealthy climate I
knew not what to do. All at once Christ's 'last command1
seemed to come to my heart directly from Heaven. I could
do it no longer, but determined on the spot to obey it at all
hazzards for the sake of pleasing the Lord Jesus Christ. If
the Lord wants you for missionaries, he will send that word
home to your hearts and if he does so, you neglect it at your
peril,"
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4 'Jone to Africa, "In Our Stead/*
Kindred and friends I bid farewell,
To go on yonder's shore.
The love of God is mine to tell.
The heathen is my Store.
Please don't forget me, but hold the Ropes.—E.X« Davis,
Miss Eliza L. Davis, born in Bastrop County,
Texas, January 20, 1879. Baptized by Rev.
M.M. Hurd in June2J,1896. Educated at
Guadalope and Central Texas Colleges, serv¬
ing as matron in the latter for five years.
She was accepted as missionary to West
Coast Afriwa, by the Foreign Mission Board,
Jnne 21, '912, ani sailed T nirsday noon,
December 11, 1913, to join Miss Taylor at
Fortsvill, Liberia.
Rev. D. E. Murff,born May 17, 1857
-at Laurensvilie, Mississippi; con¬
verted in 1873; attended Way land
Seminary, Washington, D. C.: sailed
for Africa, December 11, 1906, to
take up the work in Capetown, So.
Africa. On account of impaired
health. He returned to this country
July 1910. During his superintend-
ency of our work in South Africa he
put in the foundation of our Shiloh
Baptist Church and finished a school
room. Rev. Murff died November
1,1914, Baltimore, Md.
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Rev. Jno. Chilembwe.
Rev. John Chilembwe, born at San-
guns, Chiradzulo, June 1871 baptized
by Rev. Booth, came to the U.S. A.
in 1897. Trained in Virginia Semi¬
nary and College, he returned to
his native home the latter part of
1900, secured 100 acres of land from
the English Government and there
he established Providence Indus¬
trial Mission Station. During 1913-
he completed one of the largest
houses of worship in British Central
Africa Travelers from England and
elsewhere went out of their way, to
visit this magnificient structure,
having "dubbed" it the "Native
Baptist Cathedrel." He was killed
by Native police under direction of
English officials, Jan. 25, 1915.
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Majola Agbebi, Ph. D., Lagos, W.
Afriea. A son of the soil, a strong
preacher and an aggressive worker in
behalf of all the people.
Dr. Agbebi is a result of the work
of Solomon Crosby and W. W. Colley
when they labored under the South¬
ern Foreign Mission Board.
Eev. H. D. Proud, D. D. of Cincin
nati, Ohio, accepted appointment of
the Board, Aug. 2, 1905, and sailed
for South America the same year.
Eev. Proud rendered splendid service
as pastor of Bethel Baptist Church
Georgetown, Demerara, returning to
this country in 1908. He again went
to South America, serving another
year.
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c<p
Rev. Jeramiah N. Menze, a native
of South Africa; educated at Wilber-
force, Ohio and State University of
Kentucky. Rev. Menze is now giv¬
ing splendid service at Middle Drift,
South Africa.
A?
Bev -Mil, ^856' \ r^a-tisa'S •
b0'"^ «We Brtl' B°«etBis ^"d
IB ^J^oreig0 ^tact/^\sS\ouatY •
w^fswVes t«.\«ea ®HC A&<*'
Voitea f aeco^t! t of A *»
b°TSVod in ^"V n»n ,\ to aoy
»»ddhorieawJ
vjas.^piae6 lS
bem
Rev. Fredeicik Brauer, our Rus¬
sian Missionary, who, amidst the fire
of persecution of the established
church, is doing yeoman service for
the Master in Russia. In some un¬
known way we have been out of
touch with hi m for f-orre time.
Mrs. Mat tie E. Mu :£E, born at
Natchez, Miss., May 15, 1867. A faith¬
ful and efficient assistant to her
husband.
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Miss Joanna P. Moore, who has
spent more than 35 years working
among our people. She founded the
fireside School at Nashville, Tenn.
and is familiarly known among our
women and children as "Mother
Sunshine." Through the self denial
of that work, support for two teach¬
ers is beingsent to the Foreign Misa
Ion Board annually.
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May God forgive all those who desert us in our
extremity. May He save them all Adonira*
Jndson.
In What Part of
I have had very few encouraging words even
from those I love, but, I am happy in this. I am
on the King's Business, and He will care for me.
—Susie M. Taylor.
Every element of the missionary problem de¬
pends for its solution upon prayer—Robt. E.
Speer-
SOME OF OUR MISSIONARIES.
West Coast Africa.
Miss E. B. DeLaney. Monrovia, Liberia; MissSusi*
M. Ta.vlor, Grand Bassa, Liberia; Miss Eliza L.
Davis, Grand Ba>-t>a, Liberia. Rev. Majola Agbebi
A. M., Ph. D., Lagos.
British Central Africa.
Rev. John Chilembwe, Blant.v le. Chiradzula.
Cape Colony, South.
Rev. and Mrs. J. East, Middlf"b if t; Revs. E. B.
Koti, Queensiown; J. D. Mtsle, Pr< toria. Rev. An¬
drew Ntlahla, Rev. J. A, Ntlahla, Pondoland;
James Ntleki, Cancel* ; Harmi>nus Vanaua Mt,
Arthur; Mdungela. Grfenpoint. Location, Beacon-
field, Rev. J. N. V.enze, Viddlfd.rift.
Transvaal.
Rev. W. M. Leshega. Bockt-burg; Rev. J. S. Kan-
ane, Mposisi, Middleburn: h tv. Mock Mahlangu.
Pretoria. - - -
Oiange River Colony,'
Rev. Aaron Rakmetsi, Bai-utoland.
Natal, Southeast.
Bev. S. P. Ndhlovu, Ifnnit. Iiuib.D: Rev. H. B
Dube, Merbank, Rev. James^ltembu Richmond,
Hayti
M. A.; Nosirel L. Heirson, Port-Au-Prince.
Jamiaca.
Rev. G. E, Stewart, D. u.. Supt. Yallahs.
Rev. W. A. Waugh.
SOUTH AMERICA
British Guiana.
Rev. .Tames H. Wilson, Georgetown, Demerara
Rev. Samuel A, Richardson. Albouystown Dtme-
ara.
Dutch Guiana.,
Rev. C. P. Rier. Paramaribo. Surinam,
Russia.
Rev. Fredrick Brauer, Nicolarieff.
Central America.
Rev. Thos. U. Spence, San Jose, Costa Rica.
WEST I INDIES
Barbados
Rev. B. A, Hanis and Rev. B. Ci agwell.
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