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sou,hern Baptist Convention.
THIRD DAY,

Southern Baptist Convention.
II Ftss., THIRD DAY.
-. ) ,ats Sc. LOUIS, May Is, 1871. 4
After the usual preliminary exercises,
The report on the China nission was read
by Rev. T. L. Welch, OF Missouri. !.
The report commends the China mission
structs the. board to correspond with the
to secure on the part Of the
Chinese the observance Of their treaty
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Rev. J. B. Hartwell, missionary to China,
being called on, made deeply Interesting
statement Of the feeling of the Chinese off,
cials and people towards foreigners. He
stated that the animosity of the higher
classes especialiy is increasing, and they are
making strenuous underhand efforts to
drive all foreigners from the country.
The Emperor had issued proclamation,
the plain meaning of which was that while
he could not, under the treaty, publicly
conniye at outrages to foreigners, yet no
would secretly reward those who helped to
drive them out Of the Empire. And 1t was
q noticeable fact that those subordinate
officers who had iEsulted foreigners had
been promoted, while those VINO treateu
them kindly had been degraded.
MIR. Hartwell gave detailed and very
interesting account Of the recent massacre.
He brought out the fact that the American
Government has been very lax in enforcing
its treaty rights in China, and as conse-
quence Americans there have less protec-
ton than either the French or English.
He stated that the only American Consul
that had been in China who was worth
anything was j. Ross Browne, who had
been recalled because he had had the inde-
pendence to write to Washington that MIR.
Buriingame's statement there were tissue
of falsehoods. ..sl
Rev. MIR. Knowlton, missionary Of the
Northern Board to China, was called out,
and confirmed fully the statements Of MIR.
Hartwell. He bore warm testimony to the
earnest devotion Of the missionaries of this
Southern Board. ~, !. ,..s g,,.,.,.
Rev. B. 81. Graves read the report on the
condition of the Chinese in the South. The
report recommends that efforts be made to
reach the Chinese through the English Ian
gusge, that returned missionaries be EN-
converts be employed as colporteurs among
them. ,.-.s
Rev. DR.. Sumner made an interesting
statement of the work which had already
been accomplished among these people.
Rev. DR.. Samson read the report on The
European mission. Thereport rejoices al
the organization Of our Church in Rome or
the plan laid down in the Epistle to the
Romans, and-fhe noble work accomplished
by our missionary, DR.. Cote.
1t earnestly urged the Foreign Mission
Board to consider the propriety Of ap'
pointing general uperintendent Of oul
European mission, and to provide forthe
support of the theological students under
DR.. Cote's instruction., -, c5Gy1.,-< A.
: a letter was read from DR.. Cote-ouf
missionary at Rome-giving deeply in
teresting account of his labors and sue.
cesses in that interesting field. A Baptist
church has been organized at Rome, q
class of theological students has been gath
cred, and colporteurs are working without
Of Theological students, plans of baptis-
tries, etc., were exhibited. .-s>s2-ss: 49,
A discussion Of unusual ability and
power followed. Your correspondent was
called out of the house on committee work,
and did not hear the speeches Of Rev. Drs.
Samson of the District of Columbia, and
Williams, of Baltimore, which were said
to have been in their happiest vein. But
we did hear the speeches of Rev. DR.. T. G.
Jones, of>Tennessee, Gate of Virginia. and
Rev. DR.. Curry, of Virginia, and we have
rarely,& if ever, heard more thrilling
speeches, or seen more profound impres.
sion produced. DR.. Jones spoke in bis in
imitable style OF the numbers, influence,
and power of the Baptist denomination.
He eloquently sketched what Baptists
have done in the great work of missions,
until now ut last they have established a
Ia uirr
trast between the Roman Hierarchy and
this Baptist Church, which has "come back
from the wilderness to sit in her old place
in the imperial city" DR.. Jones's speech
sparkled with beautiful imagery, striking
thought, and telling hlts, which produced
a very fine impression. . ,-s~.r.f = = j: <
Rev. DR.. Curry made what was on the
whole the happiest effort we ever heard
from him. We cannot give even an outline
of his splendid effort, but will only anude
to several of its points: +. = - 80
He drew q vivid picture Of Ignatius
Loyola and his sssociety of jesus going
forth with zeal worthy of a better cause
to proselyte the world, and contrasted his
effort with that Of DR.. Cote and his little
band now at Rome. Several years ago,
when on q visit to Rome, and riding along
the Appian way, the speaker had left bis
carriage and walked for some distance, ii
mayhap he should be able to walk where
Paul had trod as he went bound from
Puteoli towards Rome. His heart was STIR
red within him to-day as he thought of
Brother Cote-not Paul, but an humble,
earnest follower Of PauPs Saviour as going
from Rome by Puteoli to Naples, not
" bound" but free to preach the unsearch-
able riches Of Christ. When in Rome he
learned that there were colored men being
there to spread the principles OF
Romanism among the freedmen Of the
South. These colored priests are soon to
be scattered all through the South to lead
the freedmen estray, and it seemed to him
Q righteous retribution that we should send
mis- 3ionaries to Rome to proclaim to her
people pure gospel.
He was not bitter sectarian. He hearth
" sympathized with his Brother Manly in
q remark he heard him once make to the
effect that If he ever got to heaven he
should fall ut the feet Of some of his breth-
rem of other denominations and thank them
for their noble labors for Jesus. And yet
be did believe that Baptists, more than any
other people, aDtagonize Rome In every
respect and at every point, and We're at
every point, from turret to foundation
stone, the opposite. lie closed with an
sIoouent appeal to the Convention to rally
around and sustain this mission by their
,ympathies, contributions, and prayers.
This address produced most profound
impression upon the Convention, and tears
lowed freely all over the house. -
Rev. Bradley Kimbrough, of Tennessee,
one of the most venerable and earnest @
workers of the Conyention,) arose WITH
Ieep feeling and said that he did not want
- nnaak hnk ainniv Rndorses with his