The Camden weekly journal. [volume] (Camden, South-Carolina) 1853-1861, 1855-10-09
Correspondence Of the Camden Journal
Methodist Missions.
NO. I


cipally devuted to literature and politics, pre-
sanae you will have no special objection to the
admission of an article, occasionally, bearing
more directly on the subject OF religion. With
this impression | have prepared tor your col,
u,uns paper or two on the subject named
above.
A reference to the Missionary cause rs con.
nected with the NJ. E. Church, South is the
more impurtant now as the time is at hand
when she makes her annual appeal to the peo.
pie generally, in behalf Of her missions My
statements will have reference to our missions
t" the slave population alone.
lima. be proper to furnish very brief ac
count of the commencement and progress OF these
Missions, AS corn,cted with the n. E. Church
South.
Sn far as can learn the Methodist Episco.
I.al Church took the initiative in this godly
work About the year 1928 mission to the
SLAVE reputation was established by this Church,
South of tho City of Charleston, and was served
bv one Of her local Ministers And while ell
yaued IN the work of his Divine Master he was
altacke, with the bilious fever-and died.
But "thr word ,fGud was not bound"--an the
iall,ug Il .g.Slatf WIS caught b. .he heroic her
add IT ;t'' Cross, aud their 'a'oufS nave ore"
crowned with abundant success.
1t will readily occur to your readers, that IN
those days 1t WIS not o'i; c"'>";v,i question:
able lp'icy I" give the gu'i"i t. u" Slave !orn
lati"il, hut the work WAS Slr:aiv ',imsrd by
some LUIS "li'oS'''"h ""' ufs d l" '''' '''''I'a
rr'tl"n' l" B" 'r'i."'''!!' -'" ''' o'''
lc'.1''' =. ! - "''. = ~ - 80. ''''.'
But In r''"'ci' ar '''' >''''' -.
s"uls vi '''rn '';c1d'''cr'd -. %" ''''
the l''crrduI ~ Il 'h" 'h"' Il - ''''''n"
u 'oI tr tllr'>. Hr NJ "'S;" " = ';''':i :
"yvr a.. nh': II = ~. = W r"dr.
through til, sr't.: u. - Il, ~ 'a'. tue n!a:'n
''l in" lew c''u ~ " i l"' i''Juu'c oi tn
native AtrHan, I,' Ia" i unbc'i~t, and 'iratl,
itself, that they lnl.h cL.r, the word ut lltr to
this luug ngir,.,d ,"ur!. Alau, thrilling nc.
counts Of the Iabo;s-->ilf .rlrts and t,.unl.ll>
(a.I true lo t'.r iilej OF l"usr who carried the
m ss;,ye Of SALVATION To hctlirn lands have ben
uubished for the pdihcutiou of the church; but
inr a, these accounts are, they are equal.
.l bv the facts cnu,u ctrI with somr Of our mis-
s;,ns tu IN. blacks. These facts caruut he given
in detail through The coIum is OF q weekly news.
4,
OIL. A faithful history Of these MISUNDERSTANDING
Il full account Of tn. work in all the churches.
would be worth Il world fuil NJ -UncIt rnMs
Cabin" aud the like
G.d WIS with those faithful missionaries in
IN eminent degree, while they ah"ured and sui
trcd the Lord invested the message with prcu
liar force, thus demonstrating the calmMlty ol
the gospel to save even the most abCc ct OF The
race. Aud the skeptici>m of the times gradual.
Is rave way, wider fields for Iabour We're c"'l-
slan,ly opening before them until the work has
bru,,I. 50 extensive that the church is unable
with her pre>ert means to meet the demand,
and We are made 10 cxclaim what hath God
wruyht!"
Within the last quarter ,f a century the
w.nk has increased. from one mission with one
nl.ul-. .cr and >o:'r four hundred members to
one hu"dred and seoenty MISSIONS numbering
'"' h""''to ""o e~e"y j'a, - "','''0"''''' ,, '"'
''iy ~; '~ ,.,,,'m, -, ,,,,uJ,.s ,h. Ministry ami
~. ,,,,, ,.,,;, wuhu' ,h,. bpuuds of the Mission
stuttons of IL. NJ. E. Church Sout! al'dl---
i"''uS ''d, are c"'nrct'd WIN our H'Gu''S anu
S'"'""'S "n' " wv w." 0''"S".
L., his work IL. mid increase in favor bo. with
IN. cl,urcl, a,d ;he owr.-rs of slaves ais" And as
:, .,..,. ,t,..., ,n B,,,d IF manarcrs # the mis-
,.,. e ,I.. Suh Car,ra Conference
n,,. n .,;,,., ,,.,, ,..,;m,,uv * ac
,nr,,IIr' c,rn,, frnm slyp own
,,. .,,nn;r, ,L,t xLL. the mission.
49, :" .r.r,ih.r q .muJ nautatinu
;.'.'x i'm, rove ,hc moral. of the Slave,
r,"| m IT,. ,,,n.,,Iy in hLv tri,mpL,
IL, ) .n.rnns ,,nJca,i,,,, To- the B,a,d
,..y. ,,i.',',r- ,v.r, rcar