V NV s/ ^ \ s -, -i J^ V f V. \ W'-'-^^ H ■'-? a ^ r\ ^ -^ip- ^-^^. A '^ PRINCETON, N. J. -CO Presented by Mr Samuel Agnew of PhiladelpMa, Pa. Ag:mv Coll. on Baptism, No. \'^(s> CONTENTS. Q V, Introductory Address INTRODUCTION. PAGE. I PAGE. 3 I Hist, sketch of tlic Bap. Denomination 13 PUBLIC INSTITUTIONS. General Convention ... 25 Missions in America - - 27 Mission to Hayti - - - 31 Mission to Europe ... 31 Mission to Africa ... 32 Missions in Asia - ■ - - 34 By Laws of the Convention . 37 Table of Missions, &c. -' . 39 Table of Missionaries - - 40 Origin of the Convention - - 46 Missionary Hymns - - - 48 Baptist General Tract Society . - 49 Baptist Home Mission Society - - 51 Ministerial Education ... 52 Northern Baptist Education Society - 56 Brown University .... 57 Watcrville College - Columbian College - Newton Theological Institution Hamilton Institution New Hampton Institution Connecticut Lit. Institution Burlington Institution Haddington College - Virginia Baptist Seminary Wake Forest Institute , South Carolina Institution Mercer Institute Alabama Institution - Granville Institution ShurtlefF College - Alton Theological Seminary 61 64 67 68 71 73 74 75 76 77 78 79 81 82 83 84 INDIVIDUAL STATES. Maine — Convention - Associations and Churches Union Academy Baptists in Eastern Maine . New Hampshire — Convention - Rockingham Academy Hancock Academy . Associations and Churches 'ermont — Convention Literary Instituiion . Black River Academy ^jcland Classical School ssociations and Churches 'HusETTS — Convention - hath School Union :;ester High School lin Academy - Academ}' ''eading Academy - 'ons and Churches - —Convention ? and Churches Baptists rchcs - ntion on - Churches n - irches w York \es - 85 89 90 91 91 92 94 94 94 95 95 98 99 100 100 100 101 101 106 106 107 108 109 109 109 111 111 112 113 128 129 New Jersey — Convention - - 132 Plainfield Institution - . 132 Newton High School - . 133 Associations and Churches . 133 Sketch of Churches . . - 135 Pennsylvania — Association - . 135 Societies in Philadelphia - .136 Associations and Churches - 137 Churches in Philadelphia - . 142 Delaware 142 Maryland — Associations & Churches 143 First Baptist Church Baltimore - 144 Calvert Street Church . - 145 Report of 1st Bap- S. S. Baltimore 145 Tabic of Anti-mission Associations 146 District of Columbia - - - 147 Virginia — General Association - 147 Associations and Churches . 148 First Church, Richmond . . 157 Second Church, Richmond . 159 Sketch of other Churches . .160 Teay's Valley Association - - 163 North Carolina — Convention . - 165 Mountain U. M. Society . - 165 Associations and Churches - 166 Sketch of Pec Dee Association - 172 View of other Associations - 175 South Carolina — Convention . - 177 Associations and Churches - 178 Tabular History of Savannah Ass. 185 Sketch of Reedy River Association 186 Sketch of other Churches . - 190 Dossey's Farewell Address . - 191 Meeting on Lynch's Creek - 191 PAGE. Georgja — Convention - - - 192 College 193 Associations and ChurchoB - 193 Ichaconna Association - - 202 Hightowcr Association - - 203 Alabama — Convention - - - 204 Associations and Churches - 204 Talishatchee Association - - 211 Mississippi — Convention - - - 211 Education Society - - - 211 Associations and Churches - 211 Yablabusha Association - - 213 State of Religion - - - 214 Fellowship Church - - - 215 Zion Church - - - - 216 Louisiana 216 Arkansas 217 Origin of Spring River Ass'n - 217 Tennessee — Convention - - - 219 General Ass'n. of E. Tennessee 219 Flint River Mis. Society - - 220 West Ten. Ed. Society - - 220 Associations and Churches - 220 SketchofChs. in Salem Ass'n. - 228 Nashville Church - - - 231 Kentucky — Convention - - - 232 Covington Institution - - 232 Associations and Churches - 233 PAGE. Onio— Convention . . . - 243 Convention of Western Baptists 243 Western Baptist Education Society 244 Associations and Churches Sketch of Mad River Association Cleavcland Church - Palmyra Welch Church Salem Township Church - Indiana — General Association - Franklin Institution - Associations and Churclics Baptists in South Indiana - Sketch of Madison Association - Illinois — Convention Missionary Operations Associations and Churches Sketch of Associations Missouri — Missionary Operations Associations and Churches African Church, St. Louis - Sketch of Associations Baptists in Upper Missouri Michigan Michigan and Huron Institute - Associations and Churches Baptists in Michigan BRITISH POSSESSIONS IN AMERICA. Nova Scotia — Horton Academy - 285 Nova Scotia Association - - 286 New Brunswick — Education Society 286 New Brunswick Association - 287 Upper Canada . . , . 288 Associations and Churches - 288 MISCELLANEOUS. Free Will Baptists - - - - 292 Seventh Day Baptists - - - 296 Historical Sketch of Ephrata - - 297 General Summary View - - - 307 Tabular View of Benevolent Institutions 308 Tabidar View of Colleges, &c. - - 309 Tabular View of Periodical Publications 309 List of Ordinations - - - - 310 List of Deatlis of Ministers - - 313 View of Religious Denominations - 314 View of Benevolent Institutions Moravian Missions Baptists in Great Britain - - . General Baptists - - Baptists in Scotland and Ireland Welch Baptists . . . . English Bajjtist Missions in the East Serampore Mission - List of Publications - Corrections and Additions 245 253 254 255 255 256 257 257 263 264 264 265 266 271 274 275 279 280 281 282 282 283 284 Lower Canada . - . . 289 Sketch of the First Bap. Church 289 Island of Jamaica - - - 291 Bahama Isles - - - - 292 316 319 320 3' AN ADDRESS TO THE fKv<_Ji VVv BAPTIST DENOMINATION IN THE UNITED STATES." In presenting you another number of our Triennial Register, we seize the occasion thereby offered to speak a few words in plainness and candor to you. The matter composing the following pages, has been collected and digested for publication at no little expense of time and labor ; and though such a compilation can prefer but humble claims to commendatory notice, yet its general usefulness is not thereby diminished. It is intended to be a collection of dates and facts, so arranged and collated, as to afford the cur- sory reader an opportunity of becoming acquainted with our present history, and to enable the discreet observer so to reason and reflect, as to arrive at the most profitable conclusions. Genuine history possesses an import which cannot fail to reach and affect the intelligent apprehension of all readers ; and though various constructions may be placed on the facts which it perpetuates, the uncorrupted record remains without distortion or injury. But we think there will be little diversity of opinion in the interpretation of the data disclosed in the annexed pages. Their meaning can hardly be misconceiv- ed — whilst their instructive admonitions can be unheeded only by the care- less levities of misjudging souls. I. A striking particular, observable on the face of the following Register, is the existence of a denomination of Christians apjjarently so disjointed and multifarious. So large a body, in tolerable consistency and coherence, with- out the ordinary coercives of creeds and confessions, of synods, councils, and judicatories, of presbyters, bishops, and ecclesiastical authorities, is a rare combination — a singular example of what the world would deem a fortuitous consent. There is among you no spiritual legislation, no mandatory ordi- natiions issuing from conventions, nor conferences, nor general assemblies : neither are you a people too apt to hold in undue veneration the sanctity of names, or the dictates of uninspired authority ; so that whatever of good understanding and harmony of feeling may exist among you, is a state of things, the origin and success of which, must be sought in principles of union other than those ordinarily exhibited in church history. Do we arrogate too much to ourselves, or derogate too much from others, when we intimate the belief that your general consistency, as a body, is the result of a conscien- tious adherence to the Gospel Standard ? It is surely an undeniable pro- position, that all those who believe and love the Gospel in its purity and 4 INTRODUCTION, simplicity, and who practise faithfully its requisitions, are, in the main, the same. They cannot, even if they would, be very dissimilar. They are, to use a trite simile, cast in the same mould. The powers of their mind are trained to the same modes and habits of perception-and thought, and their morality is formed under the same disciplinary process. It may indeed cost them an effort, to keep the unity of the spirit in the bond of peace, and to diffuse throughout every member of their union the vivid soul of a central action ; still the very effort is a movement made in consonance with the rea- sonable and proper tendency of one pervading vitality. That feature in your history to which we are now adverting, is one in which you have just cause of joy. To agree in evangelical sentiment with- out previous concert, to coincide in belief without the restrictive formularies of prescribed dogmas, to harmonise in practice without the decrees of con- ventional stipulations, would seem to imply the operation of a principle of unity which savors of the wisdom from above. In cases where all minds receive the same truths, where all hearts are conformed to the same influ- ences, and where all actions obey the same laws, a general moral resem- blance among those, otherwise differing, may be expected. The more nearly they approach the truth in the matter of their belief, the more will they conform to each other in doctrinal views ; and by how much the more they feel and exemplify the cementing charities of regeneration, by so much the more will they enjoy the peace of fellowship and the integrity of faith. You are the only denomination of Christians who, either in other countries or our own, have attained any consideration for numbers, or any respectabil- ity for general usefulness, with no other constitutional compact than the Sa- cred Scriptures. All the larger bodies of Christians in this country have their standing symbols and prescribed forms by which they propose to establish uniformity of faith and worship. With them it is not left to the discretion of each worshipping assembly to select its own modes for conducting the service of God ; nor is it left to the freedom of each how it shall receive and expound the word of God ; but books, with standards, are adopted to direct and control the opinions and practices of the whole. It is not pretended to censure this course of sister denominations. They are as free to create tests, founded upon human authority, as we are to omit all such. But it is worthy of your observation and gratitude, that so mj^ny hundred thousands as are embraced in the Baptist denomination in the United States, acknowledging only the Bible as their standard, should so far agree in all fundamental truths, as to be prepared fully and cordially to commune with each other at the ta- ble of the Lord. Tbis happy concord may be ascribed to your steadfast retention of the ordinances of the Gospel, in their primitive simplicity, so that apostolic truth becomes a uniting symbol — a sort of common seal, un- der which the acts of the whole body are rendered legal and valid.* * Bv this it is not intended to intimate that individual churches and associations have no written expositions relating to their Christian belief. It is a well known fact that raost such do possess concisely written declarations of their doctrinal sentiments. INTRODUCTION. O But, brethren, we apprehend, that there is, nevertheless, a fault among you in the very matter which we now touch. The Bible, as a whole, is not sufficiently loved, nor understood. Instead of being made a daily manual, it is litde else than a book of reference. Instead of having it, as a whole, arranged, digested, and inscribed upon the tables of your heart, you leave it for the most part unused and undisturbed in the deadness of the letter. It thus lies rusting like a sword in its scabbard — abused into neglect and dises- teem. We would not be thought to speak harshly or unadvisedly to those whom we love ; and we must not be so judged by you, when we utter the truth in love. That truth is the debt which we owe you ; and if it charge upon you deficiencies which are openly reprehensible, hear and receive it. Though it proclaim as yours an ignorance of divine things at once scanda- lous aud criminal — still respect it ; and instead of quarrelling with its faith- fulness, quarrel with yourselves for the occasion which renders you obnox- ious to its censures. If, with your imperfect experience in the sacred scrip- tures, so much consistency and strength be found among you, as may be seen in the pages of this record, how much greater would be that consis- tency and strength, were you trained to all that vigor in knowledge, and to all that sanctity in obedience which, to your talents and opportunities are matters of easy acquisition ? If the word of God, which is the sword of the spirit, when comparatively impotent through disuse, or wielded by un- skilful hands, has, notwithstanding, accomplished so much in the work of conquest for Christ, what would have been its power and its victories, if, continually unsheathed, and bright, and brandished, it had been pressed on to its appropriate work ? Whilst uniformity, to a commendable extent, may be found throughout your entire section of the Christian church, and when compared with others you may suffer no disparagement, yet there is occasion for regret even on this head — that your views and duties are not in more holy concurrence. The fact must not be overlooked that many of you are deplorably anti-prac- tical in your respective spheres ; that your talents and resources are not placed with sufficient unreservedness at the disposal of the Lord ; that your sympathy with the claims of evangelism .is not so practised and susceptible as it should be ; and that you are not taking that decided stand which you should hold with him in that great controversy which his religion is main- taining against human guilt and apostacy. The fact must be stated, and if for no other purpose, at least that we may take up a lamentation over it ; that many are ill afl^ected towards the spirit of benevolent co-operation in furthering the interests of goodness and truth. Too many are, even to the present time, shamefully remiss in prayer, in cross-bearing, in self-denial, and in the mortification of their members which are upon the earth. The religion of too many is a sort of drowsy speculation, which amuses and de- ludes itself v/ith dreams and fancies, but produces no good fruit. Such Baptists are a libel upon the name. Can they pretend that they have been plunged into the death of Christ, when for his sake they cannot consent to 1* 6 INTRODUCTION. kill the meanest of their lusts? Can a crucified Christ be the head of such members as leave uncrucified in their hearts, covetousness, hatred of breth- ren, and all the corrosives of evil passion ? Can they be termed Christ' bearers who are seen bending under the pressure of earth's vanities, or lash- ing themselves into speed after phantoms and shadows ? Surely they can- not believe that Jesus Christ has come in the flesh, or in the flesh they would respect and love him more. They must belong to that class of here- tics whom John the apostle has in his eye — who maintained that the Son of God had never actually and truly left his heaven ; that the incarnation and crucifixion were imposing appearances unsustained by any reality. Banish- ing Christ from the flesh, they may consistently leave the flesh to its own in- clinations. Such persons are not more unlike Christ, than they are unbaptist-like. For, our baptism being a full and complete burial, and a real resurrection, bespeaks the actual humanity of Jesus, and the certainty of his advent and sufllering in the flesh. Let the Sacred Word diff'use its light, and such Bap- tists will soon become scarce. They will die in the sunshine. None will be found to deplore their extinction more than the great Satanic confede- ration. We have seldom met the Baptist who was-not able to give a reason for his baptism. We have found our brethren for the most part well disciplined and truly expert in the use of the more obvious scriptural arguments in de- fence of that ordinance which forms our distinctive mark. In this one par- ticular there is no room for complaint, either of defective knowledge or prac- tice ; nor would we insinuate that there is any excess either of zeal or tena- city regarding it. The ordinance is one of our Lord's most sacred and obligatory appointments. But, whilst we find you ready and intelligent expounders and advocates of one Gospel Listitution, how do we find you in relation to those mental and practical acquisitions which should always follow baptism ? What knowledge have you of Bible history, of the pro- phecies, of scripture characters, and events ? How do you prove justifica- tion, regeneration, and the harmony of justice and mercy in the sinner's salvation ? To what extent are you supplied with scriptures to prove that salvation by grace is a doctrine eminently conducive to holiness of heart and life ; and that God's election of us, is a grand incentive to sanctifica- tion ? Are you quite ready with the scripture argument in defence of cru- cifixion to the world with its affections and lusts, of brotherly love in the fervor of a pure heart, of self-dedication to Christ, and the consecration of your temporal goods to the advancement of his cause ? Are you prepared to draw promptly from the Bible, suitable and sensible arguments in proof of the Saviour's divinity, of the divinity of the Holy Spirit, and of his in- fluence in the regeneration of the soul ? With what address and success can you turn the sword of the Spirit against Universalists, Infidels, Unita- rians, Roman Catholics, and the old baptismal-regeneration-doctrine, of late years revived and promulgated among the Baptists of the West ? A INTRODUCTION- 7 whole Saviour, a complete Saviour, an entire, undivided Saviour, is the only proper and sufficient ground of a sinner's boast. To glory in a Christ less than complete, is vain glory. Your immersion becomes aspersion if by it Christ is diminished and dethroned. As it greatly honors and glorifies Christ to occupy a true position, and to fulfil the demands of a true propor- tion, so it grievously Avounds and reproaches him to be but partially set forth. II. In your plan of church government we trace the influential guidance of Apostolic precedent. For, it is manifest, that in primitive times, each church was a separate and distinct community, owing deference and sub- mission to no external jurisdiction. Each church, from the very beginning of churches, Avas a spiritual body, not licensed by the civil power, nor le- galised by the edict of the Emperor, but built upon the foundation of divine authority, and therefore competent to ihe execution of all ecclesiastical func- tions. We do, therefore, cordially rejoice in the independence of our churches. Here again, however, we have occasion for remark and obser- vation. A church of Christ is an independent, religious body ; but it is a CHURCH. And let it be borne in mind that something more than the name is requisite to constitute a church. Mere numbers, irrespective of qualifi- cations, cannot, in our estimation, form a church. The constituent members should be, not only baptized believers, consenting and uniting, but believers^ of experience and spirituality — possessing a reasonable acquaintance with the Word of God, capable of sitting in judgment on the momentous affairs of the Lord's house ; being for the time such as may be able to teach others, and not needing to be taught which be the first principles of the doctrine of Christ; and such as have their senses exercised to discern hath good and evil — Heb. V. 14 ; — that is, being able to distinguish true doctrine from false, and having a well educated perception and taste in divine things. A church is a sort qf bench of judges, before whom cases of most concerning magnitude are tried. Questions relating to the sending forth of gospel laborers, of calls to ordination, of the retention or exclusion of members under censures and criminal charges, are constantly submitted to the deliberations and deci- sions of the church. It must make its own rules of order, appoint its own pastor, elect its own officers, and, in short, arrange all its own internal affairs in conformity to the will of its Great Head. Such are a few of the respon- sibilities of a church. Now, compare carefully and impartially these responsibilities with the actual condition of a large number of churches, which help to swell the number of churches and associations as reported in this Register. Without pretending to know the private history of the whole, or even of any consid- erable part, is there not reason to apprehend that many, alas ! too many, would fall lamentably below the scripture standard ? Little companies, crude in knowledge, imperfect in experience, utterly defective in the requi- site wisdom, are too often huddled together, and miscalled a church ! The consequences, in such cases, are readily foreseen. Discipline is either abused 8 INTRODUCTION. or neglected ; opportunities are afforded for the successful machinations of bad, designing, and disorganising men ; the doctrines and truths of the Bi- ble are left unexpounded and unvindicated in the hands of ignorant pretend- ers; and the cause of Christ is abandoned to tlie chances and changes of the capricious genius of events and circumstances. How should it grieve the heart of sensibility to s^ that cause so deserted ! It is true that the New Testament no where defines the number requi- site to constitute a church. Nor, does it inform us, whether the church should be composed of males and females in due proportion, or in undue proportion. No need existed for any exact rules or definitions on this head. But the qualifications of members are fully exhibited in the inspir- ed writings. The pictures which these draw of those suitably prepared and qualified materials which enter into the composition of the Lord's house, is full, intelligible, and striking. They are represented as children of the light, as spiritually minded, as assuming the bond of an intense charity, as adding to their faith virtue and knowledge — as possessing and practising the wisdom from above, as comprehending with all saints, and knowing the love of God which passes understanding, and as being able to warn them that are unruly, to comfort the feeble minded, and to give a reason of the hope that is in them, with meekness and fear. We are aware that it may be said, that it will be very difficult to form new churches, or even to avoid unchurching many which already exist, provided so high a standard of membership qualifications be set up. This may be admitted. And what then ? The difficulty referred to is not one of human invention — not an arbitrary decree of human prohibition. It is just what the Lord himself has made, and put in the way. Faith and knowledge, experience -iind charity, must be found in every true church. The absence of these abrogates its claim to church- ship, and renders it nothing other than a society. It is owing, no doubt, to the imperfect graces, and still more imperfect organisation of a large portion of our Baptist churches in the West and South, that, of late years, our ranks in that quarter have suffered such an alarming defection. This defection, conducted by an individual of plausi- ble pretensions, of specious address, making confident advances upon the province of long established opinion, has involved in its progress the sub- version of fundamental truth. It has degraded the doctrine of regeneration into a ceremonial, and has abused immersion to the destruction of baptism. It has availed itself of the unsuspecting confidence of Baptists in the rite of baptism, to demolish the very principles of church order, and to put in operation a scheme of disorganisation Avhich, without the preventing grace of God, would soon annihilate us as a denomination. This bold assailant of our Israel has had little or no success in the cities, and in those por- tions of the country where the churches were well prepared with scripture truth, and well officeted with enlightened ministers. Like his great pro- totype, he has been walking through dry places in quest of repose, but <3ontrary to him, has there found it. Defenceless churches have suffered INTRODUCTION. V most from this spirit of pernicious innovation — and among these have arisen a multitude of self-appointed teachers and elders, who, under the plea of leav- ing them in the enjoyment of perfect liberty, have assumed, each for him- self, a sort of dictatorship in matters of religion. To you, brethren, who have hitherto maintained yourselves firm upon the unbroken ground of truth, we solemnly and affectionately recommend the plan of steadfastness in first PRINCIPLES, as the best guarantee of safety and integrity. Being distin- guished as BAPTISTS, hold the doctrine of baptism in due harmony and pro- portion with the doctrines of grace. Faith in Christ, as the only ground of the sinner's justification, the work of the Holy Spirit in the regeneration of the soul, the necessity of holy works as evidential of election and salva- tion, the certain conservation of the saints by the power of God, are some of the great Gospel truths to be set up as land-marks to guide us to the baptismal stream. Let baptism stand in this connection, and it triumphs in Christ. It speaks no longer in whispers, but sounds a jubilee in the ears of the redeemed. It appears no longer with a faint and darkened ray, but shines forth in the resplendence of that light shed abroad from the presiding influence of the Holy Ghost. III. It is a matter for congratulation that of late years the attention of our denomination has been directed to the subject of education. The necessity of moral and intellecual culture to the young, is beginning to be apprecia- ted, and efforts are consequently made to supply past defects, and to pro- vide for future Avants. We have no correct means of ascertaining the number of children annually taught in Sabbath schools connected with Baptist churches, and are not, therefore, prepared to say definitely what good is in progress in this important department of Christian effort. Much, however, is undeniably accomplished in many places. But much more re- mains to be done. In every church there should be a Sabbath school, containing as many scholars, at least, as there are members in the church. In many cases this proportion should be much exceeded on the part of the schools, which have been found valuable nurseries to most of the churches with which they were connected. The religious education which may be received in a well directed Sunday school, is of incalculable moment to all those interests held dear by the friends of the Saviour. It prepares childhood for an.intelligent and virtuous maturity. It sheds upon adoles- cence a light which brightens into the meridian of ripened years, and con- fers upon those years their genuine glory. The Sunday school has turned the instrumentality of children to the good account of converting their un- godly parents ; has crowned with consummation the pious hopes and pray- ers of parents in relation to their children ; has directed the thoughts and meditations of unconverted teachers to the moral darkness within themselves, and led to their conviction for sin ; and has been the means of drawing forth praises to God from the lips of dying children. It is that sacred river, the streams whereof make glad the city of God. The study of the sScred scriptures conducts the mind of childhood to those developments on 10 INTRODUCTION. which depend honor and happiness, from which are to be estimated its value and dignity among the other productions of an Almighty hand. The statistical views spread out on the following pages show a numerical strength scarcely exceeded by any other religious sect in all tlie country. Taken collectively we form a vast multitude, to which accessions are con- stantly and rapidly made. At the same time, reflecting men among us can- not avoid the observation, that our general influence upon society, is not in proportion to our numbers. The weight and authority of our denomina- tional character, are not so felt nor recognised, as to accord in any good degree with our imposing display of numbers. "What can be the cause of this ? Why should we outnumber others, and still weigh less in public estimation ? We do not speak of political ascendency — one of the last things that a religious body should ever aspire after — neither do we allude to that sort of consequence which may be derived from the pageantry of wealth and the show of superiority — but we mean that moral importance and solid gravity of name, derived only from obvious goodness and com- manding merit. That we should achieve less in this respect than others, is a fact which deserves to be investigated. Are we less observant than they of the laws of Christ? Are we less tenacious of the true principles of Christianity ? Are we less self-denying, and more inclined than others to extenuate the requisitions of the Gospel, and to confound the church and the world? It would be difficult for us on the one hand to admit the im- putation thus insinuated, and equally difficult lor others to establish it. Will it be supposed that our inadequate influence is owing to any combination among our brethren of pa^dobaptist denominations to depress and diminish us in pubUc esteem, because we stand opposed to all of them in the matter of baptism ? This cannot be admitted. It would be an incredible supposi- tion. But waving all suppositions, the true cause can be ascertained. We know it, we meet it every where, and canncrt fail to realise the conviction which truth forces upon us. The minds of our people have not enjoyed cultivation equal to that which others have enjoyed. We have had fewer learned men, fewer literary institutions, fewer standard authors, and a con- sequent less amount of that intelligence and intellectual power which con- fers respectability as well upon societies as upon individual*. Our views and tenets have not, in general, been ably expounded, whilst the children of our members, in too many instances, have been drawn off" from us and seduced to the ranks of other persuasions. When our laity shall become so well edu- cated as to be able to take a proper rank in the learned professions, in com- mercial avocations, and in all the liberal arts and sciences, with the most considerable classes of society; and when our pulpits shall become filled with judicious, pious, enlightened, and evangelical men, we may reasonably ex- pect to preponderate as much in usefulness and commendable influence, as we now do in numerical strength. Some progress in the department of general education is producing a change which will finally lead on to this desirable result. The wealthier INTRODUCTION. 1 1 portion of Baptists are, for the most part, animated by a laudable solicitude to augment the influence and happiness of their children, by procuring for them the application of mental discipline. It is therefore hoped, that the coming generation, both of laymen and ministers, may emerge from the depression in which we have been held in times past, and ascend the moral eminence which others have already gained. But whilst hope promises the eventful day when this advantage may be accomplished, there is still reason for the forebodings of fear. The literary institutions, now professedly Bap- tist, are, with a very few exceptions, compassed with doubt and imbecillity. Recent in their origin, imperfect in their organisation, and weak in resources, they need a persevering discretion and ability to guide their operations, and a most liberal patronage to sustain them. It must be known to many that some of the institutions described below, are more nominal than real in their existence ; and may cease to exist before the period shall have arrived for another Triennial Register. The Register, therefore, cannot, from the na- ture of its contents, be a very exact index to our literary capabilities. This is not its fault, but the fault of those imperfect and vacillating institutions which it endeavors to describe. We humbly trust that the age of project- ing and experimenting may soon cease, and that of stability and action may come in its place. IV. The several discouraging aspects in our present history, to which your attention has been invited, are not marked out in a fault-finding spirit, nor with a view to impair the energies which are capable of being brought into action. There is, also, a fairer side to the picture. The reader of the following record must feel deeply impressed with the fact, that the Baptist denomination has not been slumbering on the post of duty. Very effectual and widely extended revivals of religion, accompanied with reformations and conversions, by which the church of Christ has been greatly enlarged and beautified — liberal sacrifices made on the part of individuals for the advance- ment of all the great objects of benevolence — the unexpected successes at- tendant upon missionary effort at home and abroad, and the augmented strength and rectitude of public opinion in reference to temperance, godli- ness, brotherly kindness, and charity, are some of the occurrences which claim our gratitude, and constitute encouraging tokens of future good. And should we live to publish, and you to read, another Register, may there be found many happy modifications in its contents. May it exhibit the statis- tics of a people, increasing in harmony of feeling and sentiment, in benefi- cent action and effort, and in a more desirable approximation to the doctrine and example of Christ Jesus. OF THE BAPTIST DENOMINATION. HISTORICAL SKETCUj^^Qy^^4>j'f^^- The original of the following Sketch was written by the appointment of Midland Asso- ciation, England, as the Circular Letter for 1832. We copy it from the London edi- tion, 1833, by Charles Thompson, Pastor of the First Baptist Church, Cosely, Stafford- shire, with the author's ADVERTISEMENT. Several friends urged the propriety of publishing a similar Treatise for general circulation ; with that wish the author hereby complies. It will be seen that argument on the subject of baptism forms no part of the design contemplated by the writer. His object was, not to prove that baptism means immersion, nor that infants have been improperly introduced to Chris- tian institutions, but simply to furnish an abstract of historical facts connect- ed Avith the denomination to which he has the happiness to belong. There are, however, in those facts, collateral evidences which are sub- mitted to the candid attention of those who may be differently minded fi*om the author. It is concluded from the details here given, that the first Chris- tians were Baptists ; that the baptism of infants took place about the fourth century ; that persons professing the peculiarities of the Baptists were found in different parts of the world ; and that throughout all the changes which attended the progress of years — the reign of error — the usurpation of Anti- christ, and the dominion of English Episcopacy, they were marked by each dominant party, in the ancient and later ages, as objects of persecution ; their baptist sentiments forming one of the charges brought against them. The object here, is to detail the history of principles on the subject of baptism, without particular reference to the doctrinal distinctions of the parties, some of whom might have been Manicheans in one age, and Mennonites in ano- ther; or Waldenses in one place, and Lollards in another. Notes have been supplied, as well to authenticate facts, as to direct the spirit of inquiry for more copious information. It must have been matter of regret to the members of the Baptist denomi- nation, that, whilst there are large works, such as Crosby's and Ivimey's History of English Baptists, whi^h would give more general information than what could be conveyed in a publication like this, no manual exists sufficiently concise, yet complete, which we could place in the hands of those of our members, and the younger branches of our families, who have few opportunities for the acquisition of such knowledge. To prevent indifference to our leading peculiarities, and to secure, as far as possible, a regard for our general interests, should certainly be our indi- vidual and united concern ; and it cannot be questioned, that a popular abridgement of our denominational history would tend to the accomplish- ment of that object. It will be necessary to premise that the term, " Baptist Denomination," 2* 14 HISTORICAL SKETCH OF THE BAPTIST DENOMINATION. may apply either to individuals or churches, though it is usually employed with reference to the latter. In the middle and succeeding ages tliere were individuals who professed Baptist sentiments, mixed up with the general body of Christians,* and scattered over a wide surface, to whom we assign the designation by which we are distinguished ; yet not as members of a distinct body, nor as maintaining doctrines similar to those now held by Baptist churches, but as they avowed certain principles, and pursued a cer- tain line of conduct with reference to baptism. In doing this, however, we have the example of the historians from whose records we derive our infor- mation, and to whom we can the more confidendy refer, as they bear testi- mony to the existence of a profession which they heartily despised. In later times, this distinctive appellation has been appropriated by Baptists, as existing in separate societies from other Christians; and, in their collective form, the term " Baptist denomination" is their cognomen in the Christian world. To present this outline in the most clear and methodical manner, we shall arrange our descriptions under several sections. We begin with PRINCIPLES. I cannot help requesting attention to an important fact in this inquiry; — that liberal and independent principles, with a devoted opposition to every species of usurpation over the conscience and religion of man, whether arising from Pope or King, generally characterised the Baptists, and for this they suffered. Such principles were avowed by the Redeemer himself — they are essentially connected with the history now under consideration, and eminently distinguish the Baptist denomination at the present period. Dr. Mosheim, a Lutheran divine, who wrote a valuable work on_ Church history, states that the following position was maintained by the ancient Waldenses : " That the kingdom of Christ, or the visible church he had established upon earth, was an assembly of real saints, and ought therefore to be inaccessible to the wicked and unrighteous, and also exempt from all those institutions which human prudence suggests to oppose the progress of iniquity, or to correct and transform transgressors," " This principle," says Mosheim, is the true source of all the peculiarities that are to be found in the religious doctrines and discipline of the Baptists in Holland;" and I may add, of the Baptists in every part of the world at this moment. Thus, then, we are connected with the ancient confessors, not only in agreement of opin- ion on the subject of baptism, but in rational and enlightened views of the rights of men, and the claims of God. It is the privilege of man to investi- gate truth for himself; "Judge ye what is right," said the Saviourj: God therefore does not exercise his authority in arbitrary dictation over the judg- ment and conscience of man, but appeals to the reasoning faculty of his creatures for the truth and justice of his claims. Doctrines and ordinances have to be examined, and the appeal is to the intelligence of accountable be- ings. On this the Baptists of ancient times rested their arguments in oppo- sing legalised and established opinions. They maintained that man cannot be born into a system of faith, nor surrendered in infancy or age to a form of religion, but may assert his right to judge for himself; to examine and decide, under the lofty conviction that God has not made him a slave. They acknowledged no clerical or secular domination, but scorned with becoming indignation every attempt to subdue reason, by enforcing the dogmas of a party, and held, with determined fidelity, the high vantage ground assigned them by their Creator. * Mosheim, vol. iv. p. 428. HISTORICAL SKETCH OF THE BAPTIST DENOMINATION. 15 From those ancients we boast our descent, for we inherit their princi- ples — principles which, from the high authority that sanctioned them, and the sacred channels through which they have been transmitted, are com- mended to the Christian feeling and enlightened judgment of all who bear the Christian name ; principles which are venerable for their antiquity, and, having passed through many regions, and survived innumerable perils, come to us associated with all that is pure and triumphant in the history of the church — with the names of Apostles, of confessors, of martyrs ; and from us are they to travel down to that Millennium day, when truth will sway its sceptre over the millions of the regenerated creation. In the constitution of a Baptist church, conversion is essential to member- ship ; for no child can be born a Baptist, and no adult can be admitted to communion until the Christian character is formed ; membership is then matter of choice. This unfettered freedom of judgment and Avill, exists in the appointment of officers, and in the modes and seasons of public wor- ship. With these things no external power can interfere, no general stand- ard is recognised ; so that a wide difference is perceivable between the Baptists and the Churches of Rome and England. The whole apparatus of a systematic priesthood ; of catechisms, creeds, and books of prayer ; of laws and formularies, formed for the very purpose of trampling on the right of individual judgment; together with the acts of uniformity and courts of Inquisition, which religious despotism had formed, have always been regard- ed by Baptists as an unhallowed innovation on the intellectual and moral property of man. Against such innovation they always loudly protested, and still protest. On the subject of baptism the ^following positions are maintained. 1st, That baptism commenced with the Christian dispensation, and was peculiar to it, bearing no analogy to any previous institution, such as circum- cision, nor in any sense derived from previous enactments, but revealed as a positive law of the kingdom of Christ. 2dly, That baptism is only scriptural as administered by immersion of the whole body in water. 3dly, That it cannot scripturally be administered to any, but on a pro- fession of faith in Jesus Christ. 4thly, That, as a command of the New Testament, it is obligatory on all who profess faith in Christ, and is intended to form a great line of separa- tion between the church and the world. We now proceed to give a GENERAL VIEW. It is admitted by the scholars of all ages, that the language of the New Testament, respecting baptism, is fairly construed, when we say that it means, as applied to primitive practice, immersion. It may be sufficient to name Dr. Wall as an authority upon this point.* He was Vicar of Shoreham, Kent, and wrote a book in favor of infant baptism, for which he received the thanks of his university, and a diploma creating him D.D. The follow- ing is his language. " The general and ordinary way of baptizing in an- cient times was by immersion. This is so plain and clear from an infinite number of passages, that one cannot but pity the weak endeavors of such pedo-baptists as would maintain the negative of it ; and wonder that any indi- viduals are to be found, who can treat with ridicule or contempt the English Baptists, merely for their use of dipping, and more especially, when it is * History of Infant Baptism, vol. ii. p. 351. — The reader will find numerous testimonies from the learned, in Gale's Reply to Wall, Letters four and five. 16 HISTORICAL SKETCH OF THE BAPTIST DENOMINATION. considered that it was in all probability the way by which our blessed Sa- viour, and most certainly the usual and ordinary way by which the ancient Christians did receive their baptism." The candid concessions of great and learned men will shield us from the charge of bigotry, in laying down this position — that the first Christians were Baptists : for it cannot be denied that, as they practised baptism by immersion, the Apostles would now be called Baptist ministers, and the first churches. Baptist churches. With them, therefore, our history must begin. The Acts of the Apostles, written by Luke, may be regarded as the first book of church history, and contains many passages sufficiently descriptive of the practice of the first Christians, " They baptized," say the Magde- burg Centuriators, " only the adult or aged whether Jews or Gentiles, whereof we have instances in Acts 2, 8, 10, 16, and 19th chapters ; but as to the baptizing of infants we have no example. As to the manner of bap- tizing, it was by dipping or plunging into water, in the name of the Father, of the Son, and of the Holy Ghost, according to the allusions contained in Rom. 6, and Col. 2." In consequence of the persecutions which commenced in the Apostolic age, most of the early churches were broken up, and their members scatter- ed through different and distant parts of the world. The continuance of those persecutions, with but few interruptions, obliges us to trace the history of baptism, rather than that of Baptist churches, nlong the course of suc- ceeding centuries. Clemens Alexandrinus, Ignatius, and Justin Martyr, were connected with the Apostolic age, and their history conducts us through the greater part of the second century. Their descriptions of baptism, as observed in their own times, are in strict accordance with our acknowledged principles.* In the third and fourth centuries, numerous errors were preva- lent, amongst which we find infant baptism ; for the first mention of it occurs in that period, by Tertullian, Origen, and others ; and it seems to have been confined to Africa.f This error arose from a misapplication of our Lord's discourse with Nicodemus ; for on that discourse the strange dogma was con- structed, that baptism Avould remove original sin, and qualify for heaven.:^ This was soon a favorite and generally received opinion. Parental fondness eagerly adopted a doctrine which mistaken priests de- clared would secure salvation for children, and ignorance and superstition thus entailed an error on succeeding ages, which no light of Reformation has been able to clear away ; for it still remains the relic of a dark period, and an affecting proof of human prejudice and imperfection. The only change however which took place respected the subject: for the morfe of baptism by immersion continued for ages. At a much later period sprinkling was substituted, yet only by a part of the Christian world, and that part com- prised those who were under the influence of the Popes. The Greek Church, to which the Russians now belong, preserved immersion, and still baptize in that manner. The celebrated Dr. Whitby, a learned divine of the Church of England, bears ample testimony on the subject before us, in his commentary on Romans vi. 4. He says, " Immersion was religiously ob- served by all Christians for thirteen centuries, and was changed into sprink- ling without any authority from the Author of this institution. It were to be wished that this custom were again of general use." Several of the ancient Fathers protested against this unscriptural innova- tion ; amongst whom were Tertullian, and, considerably after, Gregory Na- * Mag. Cen. Cen. 1, lib. 2, p. 496. Ign. Letters to Polycarp. Jus. Apology. Clem. Alex. Epis. 3. + Appendix to Mosheim. t Canon of Milev. Coun. Carth. Coun. Magd. Cent. 5, p. 1228. HISTORICAL SKETCH OF THE BAPTIST DENOMINATION. 17 zianzen ; but they could not prevent the extension of the evil.* The ancient mode of baptism continued, however, to be extensively practised through all the countries where Christianity had obtained ; and that it had not fallen into disrepute at that period, is evident, from the fact, that history records the baptism of five Emperors of Rome, viz. Constantine, Constantius, Gralian, Valentinian II., and Theodosius I,: also, nine great men in the Greek and Latin Churches — Basil, Gregory Nazianzen, Nectarius, Chrysostom, Am- brose, Jerome, Augustin, Alypius, and Adeodatus.f One of these, Jerome, thus expresses his opinion on the subject; "The Lord commanded his Apostles that they should first instruct and teach all nations, and afterwards should baptize those that were instructed in the mysteries of the faith. "J He advances this as an argument against those who advocated the new doc- trine of infant baptism, and at the same time states this fact — " In the eastern churches the adults only were baptized." Within the same period the Councils of Carthage, Laodicea, and Neocessaria ordered that suitable in- quiries should be made concerning the candidate for baptism, the latter declared that " confession and free choice are necessary to baptism. §" But it was gradually discontinued, and, under the authority of Popes and their councils, was finally renounced by what was then called the church. || Hitherto baptism had been administered in open waters, but now spacious and splendid buildings were erected for Christian worship, having baptistries, something like baths, with pipes for the introduction and removal of water. They had also vestries for dressing and undressing, with male and female apartments,^ Such is the general arrangement of Baptist chapels at the present day. It is proper to notice here, that after the introduction of infant baptism, it frequently happened that those who had been baptized in infancy, were, by their own desire, baptized on a profession of their faith, considering their former baptism unscriptural, and of no avail. From this circumstance arose the word anabaptism, which signifies re-baptising. It will be seen that op- position was speedily aroused against this adherence to original institutions. The Milevitan Council, assembled in 402, ordained, " that they be ana- thematized who deny that children are saved by baptism." The Council of Carthage in 416 ordained, " that they be accursed who deny that little chil- dren are freed from perdition by baptism." The fourth Lateran Council made a law to banish them for heretics — and the monarchs joined with the popes and bishops in denouncing and extirpating them.** In the year 413 an edict was published by Theodosius and Honorius, to the effect that whoever was baptized should, as well as the administrator, be put to death.tt Thus the Baptists became the victims of persecution, and for ages afterwards did they maintain the honorable character of martyrs. We now have to trace their history, extending through several centuries, and comprehending all parts of the world, in the edicts of emperors and coun- cils, guided, as we proceed, by the light of persecution. Still did they live, and so numerous were they, that an ancient record states, " their preachers could travel through the whole German empire, and lodge every night at the house of one of their friends. "fj: They were burnt, beheaded, and drown- ed ; but, as Pope Pius II. said, "neither the decrees of Popes, nor armies of Christians, could extirpate them ;"§§ and, notwithstanding the bloody persecutions to which they had been exposed. Dr. Mosheim says that, in * Rob. Hist. Bap. 162. t Dr. Wall. t Jerome on Mat. § Mag. Cen. 4. 417. II Twisk Chron. p. 164. IT Du Fresne on St. Sophia, at Constantinople. ** See the Canons of those Councils. ft Sebast. Frank, fol. 136. Jt Twisk Chron. p. 546. §§ ^Eneas Syl. cap. 16. 2* 1 8 HISTORICAL SKETCH OF THE BAPTIST DENOMINATION. 1160 there were 800,000 who professed this faith.* Thus did things con- tinue till the Reformation dawned, when, encouraged by the daundess con duct of the Reformers, they started from their hiding places. " This sect,' says Mosheim, "started up all of a sudden, in several countries, at the same time, and at the very period when the first contests of the Reformers with the Roman Pontifts drew the attention of the world.t The Reformation produced beneficial changes in the religious institutions of Europe, and though the Baptists were still exposed to persecution, they felt the changes operating in their favor, and after many struggles, attended with much suffering, they succeeded in forming themselves into distinct societies, and ultimately became a recognised and prominent section of the Christian Church, as they are at this day. It may be necessary to state, that the professing Christians to whom the term Baptist now applies, are divided into various bodies, according to their particular views of Christian truth. Thus the Particular Baptists are Calvinists, the General Baptists maintain the doctrine of general redemption. The first are by far the most numerous. There are others, unconnected with either ; but they are so few in number as to require no distinct notice. HISTORICAL ANALYSIS. Africa and the East. — The first churches were established in the East, and spread thence to very distant places. In addition to what has been advan- ced on their history, it is unnecessary to say more than that the baptism of believers, and the rejection of infant baptism, are strong features in the his- tory of those Christians who dwelt in Africa, and the regions immediately contiguous ; and that those features remained prominent for a long period ; even after intolerance had patronised error, and had called in the aid of na- tional power. Thus it is recorded — " About the year 670, Christ's baptism, after the preaching of faith in a right manner, was practised in Egypt, and in such esteem, that some in other countries did restore the Christian reli- gion according to their example, who thus differed from the Church of Rome, and placed religion upon its first apostolic foundation."! On that foundation many of the Christians in those distant parts contin- ued to rest, until darkness covered the whole surface, and subsequently the very name of Christian was lost amidst superstition and barbarity. Thick darkness still rests on those regions. The Continent. — It has already been observed, that persecution, at an early period, scattered the first churches. Many of those Christian fugi- tives found an asylum amongst the Waldenses, a people occupying the beautiful valleys of Piedmont, at the foot of the Alps, who, together with the Albigenses, in the south of France, received the Gospel in the early part of the second century, and practised baptism, a practice which they never fully abandoned. § Those valleys continued a refuge for the oppressed through succeeding ages, and not unfrequently were visited by persecutors who destroyed thousands. From these the principles of truth extended, and the doctrine of baptism became a great leading question with persecutors. " In the ninth century Hinchmarus, Bishop of Laudun in France, renounced infant baptism, and he and his diocese were accused of withholding baptism from children. II About the year 1049, Beringarius, a bold and faithful * ^ncas Syl. vol. 2, p. 544. t Vol. 4, p. 427. t Jos. Vicecomis. 1. 2. c. 3. § " The Waldenses and Albigenses did in this age, (the second century,) profess and practise the baptizing of believers." D. Belth. Lydius from Renarius. See also Dr. Maclaine, in Moslieim, vol, 3, p. 118, note G, Dr. Alix, on the Churches of Piedmont, and Morland on the same subject. II Bib. Patrum, Tem. 9. part 2. p. 137. HISTORICAL SKETCH OF THE BAPTIST DENOMINATION. 21 a Baptist, was burnt on the 2d of May, 1549. Several others shared the same fate.* That such proceedings should have been pursued by the very men who were, at the same time, bursting through the trammels of religious despotism, seems almost incredible. But who were they ? Henry arose to that eman- cipation under the influence of licentiousness ; and the same tyrannical dis- position that led him to murder his wives, prompted him to wrest the power irom the Pope, and to proclaim himself the "Head of the Church." Edward was a mere stripling ; the tool of the bigoted prelates who surrounded him. They had but half emerged from the darkness and intolerance of Popish superstition ; they protested against many errors of the Romish Church, but their protest was uttered with the spirit of inquisitors — a dark feature in the character of the Reformers generally ; it was the spirit of the times, of which those otherwise eminent men could not wholly divest themselves. f The reign of Mary is well known to have been cruel, even to ferocity — one circumstance in Baptist history accords with the spirit of that execrable reign. A man named David George, a Dutchman, was disinterred in St. Lawrence's church, three years after his death, and his body was burnt, because it was discovered he had been a Baptist.^ The relentless cruelty against the Baptists continued even under Queen Elizabeth. A royal procla- mation was issued in which it was ordained that all Baptists, and other heretics should leave the land; but they seemed to gather fortitude, for some formed themselves into separate societies; and, in 1575, the seventeenth year of Elizabeth's reign, a congregation of them was found without Aldgate, Lon- don ; of whom, some were banished, twenty-seven were imprisoned, and two were burnt to death in Smithfield.§ It was a peculiarly interesting characteristic of primitive Christians, that notwithstanding the overwhelming power of potentates and priests against which it had to contend, opposition seemed but to augment its strength and to accelerate its progress; so it was with the persecuted Baptists. Two years after the event just referred to. Dr. Some, a churchman, of great note in the reign of Elizabeth, wrote a book against the puritans, in which he inveighs against the Baptists; stating, in the lan- guage of complaint, that they had " several conventicles in London, and other places ; that some of their ministers had been educated at the univer- sities, and that they held heretical opinions. "|| Under the following reign, James the 1st, we find them acting with more boldness than they had hitherto done, though they were not free from persecution. They published a treatise, justifying their principles of dissent ; petitioned the king for relief from per- secution, and, in 1618, published a book, translated from the Dutch, on baptism ; the first that was published on that subject in the English language. From that time they spread with great rapidity throughout all parts of the empire, shariiig largely in the privations which attended the puritans during the troublesome scenes of succeeding years. ^ The first regularly organised Baptist Church of which we possess any account, is dated from 1607, and was formed in London by a Mr. Smyth, who had been a clergyman in the Church of England. It was formed on the principles of the General Bap- * Hist. Refor. vol. 2. Neal, vol. 1. Strype's Life of Cranmer. The youthful king addressed to the barbarous prelate this pathetic but unavailing re- monstrance. " My lord, will you send her soul to hell !" t Melancthon smiled when Servetus was put to death by Calvin. When the magistrates of Zurich consulted Zuinglius on the fate of some poor Baptists, " Drown the dippers" — said the Reformer. I Crosby's Hist. vol. 1, p. 63. § Crosby, vol. 1, p. 79. Ivimey, vol. 1, 108. II Ibid. H Crosby, Ivimey, and Danvers supply copious information on these subjects. 22 HISTORICAL SKETCH OF THE BAPTIST DENOMINATION. lists.* In the year 1633, the first particular Baptist Church was formed in . London, under Mr. Spilsbury. During the reign of Charles 1st, the Baptists gained so much celebrity that a public dispute was held between some of their ministers and a learned divine of the Church, Dr. Featly. Their pros- perity excited bitter hostility, and the infatuated monarch was induced to publish edicts against them; but his untimely fate prevented the accomplish- ment of the object contemplated. In the year 1650, the Baptist Churches began to form themselves into associations, and three years afterwards an epistolary correspondence was opened, including the English, Scotch, Irish, and Welsh Churches, During the Commonwealth they were distinguished in various ways. Some of their ministers, possessing university honors, preached in parish churches, and some of their members, as Sir Henry Vane, and General Harrison, occupied high posts under the government. The name of Milton, too, is connected with that period. f Amidst the changes which followed, much suffering was endured, but great glory resulted from the exhibition of Chris- tian principles. Amongst the conspicuous objects of the times under con- sideration, we have to notice the character and sufferings of Thomas De Lann, Benjamin Keach, and John Bunyan — immortal names, illustrious men of the Baptist denomination. In the year 1689, the English Particular Baptists, availing themselves of the liberty recently secured by " the glorious revolution,'''' convoked a gene- ral assembly, which was held in London. It consisted of the representatives of one hundred congregations, who decided on putting forth a "Confession of Faith," containing all the leading peculiarities of doctrine and discipline, by which they were distinguished. This most valuable document, which consisted of thirty-two articles, with a preface and general epistle, may be procured now as a pamphlet, and is deserving of perusal, as it still remains the most complete representation of faith and order ever published. It ought to be widely circulated amongst the Baptist denominations. Thus, as we have seen, the Baptists acquired strength in the seventeenth century ; they consolidated their energies ; their Churches greatly multiplied through the British empire, and from that time forward they maintained their ground, and advanced to their present prosperous condition. It may not be unworthy of notice, that the last martyr who was burnt in England, was Edward Wlghtman, a Baptist, of Burton-upon-Trent. He was condemned by the Bishop of Lichfield and Coventry, and was burnt at Lichfield, April 11th, 1612.1 The Jirst Baptist Church in Scotland is said to have been formed by Mr. M'Lean, in 1765. But this must be a mistake, as there is mention of a church formed there, out of the soldier's of Cromwell's army, and in .1653, letters passed between the Irish and English Churches, in which there are references to the churches in " England, Scotland, and Wales. § Mr. M'Lean, however, is the acknowledged founder of " the Scotch Baptists" — a designation which is understood to specify a distinct and peculiar section of the Baptist denomination. The first of these churches was formed by Mr. M'Lean, in the year before mentioned, at Edinburgh; others were formed in different parts of Scotland, and a few in England. Their leading * See on this, and other points connected with this history, Mr. Adam Taylor's valuable " History of the General Baptists." + Neal's History of the Puritans. Palmer's Nonconformists Memorial. Taylor's and Ivimey's works. X The warrant for his execution may be found in the Baptist Magazine, vol. 2, p. 238. § Jones's Dictionary of Religious Opinions, p. 25. Rippon's Register, p. 13. HISTORICAL SKETCH OF THE BAPTIST DENOMINATION. 23 peculiarities, in the earlier part of their existence, were a plurality of Elders or Pastors in each church, and weekly communion ; to which numerous Other forms of worship and articles of faith have since been added. A con- siderable number of Baptist Churches exist in Scotland, some of which are large and respectable, that are constituted on the same principles as the English Baptist Churches. The Churches in Ireland are also constructed on the same general form. America. — There are some most interesting facts connected with the his- tory of the Baptists in America. In 1631, the Rev. Roger Williams, who had been a clergyman of the Church of England, but, disliking its formali- ties, seceded and ranged himself with the Nonconformists, fled to America from the persecutions which then raged in England. The great principles of civil and religious liberty were not then understood in the western world, and as Mr. Williams was a man of intrepid firmness in advocating those principles, we are not surprised at the excitement and opposition which his doctrines awakened. He settled first in Boston, New England, the magis- tracy of which condemned his opinions, and subsequently sentenced him to banishment. Under that cruel act of legislation he was driven from his family, in the midst of winter, to seek for refuge amongst the wild Indians. After great sufferings, having conciliated the Indians, he commenced the formation of a colony, to which he gave the name of Providence, situate on Rhode Island, a name which it still bears. Thus he became the founder of a new order of things. Several of his friends afterwards joined him, and in that infant settlement he sustained the two-fold character of Minister and Lawgiver. He formed a constitution on the broad principle of civil and religious liberty, and thus became the first ruler that recognised equal rights. Nearly a century and a half after that, when the Americans achieved their independence, thirteen of the States united in forming a government for themselves, and adopted that principle ; thus America became, what the little colony of Providence had been be- fore, a refuge for the persecuted for conscience sake. It has been well observed that the millions in both hemispheres who are now rejoicing in the triumph of liberal principles, should unite in erecting a monument to per- petuate the memory of Roger Williams, the first Governor who held liberty of conscience to be the birthright of man. In the year 1639, Mr. WiUiams formed the Jirst Baptist Church in Ameri- ca, at Providence.* Throughout succeeding years few changes compara- tively were experienced in the movements of the Baptist denomination on that vast continent. Baptist Churches multiplied exceedingly, until they assumed a leading attitude amongst the religious communities of America. They have amply provided for an efficient and learned ministry, and the extraordinary revivals with which they have been frequently favored, invest them with a moral strength and glory which we cannot contemplate but with astonishment and admiration. CONCLUSION. In closing this Sketch we notice one inquiry which forces itself on our attention. Why were the Baptists so cruelly treated in every age and by every power ? It was not that at any period they were, in a political sense, of such importance as that their existence might be deemed dangerous, and their extinction necessary to the safety of a state, but there was, as when Christian truth commenced its march, a mysterious power that acted on the fears of rulers, and they were alarmed, they knew not why. Let it be * See a most interesting History of the Baptists in America, by the Rev. J. Backus, A.M. 24 HISTORICAL SKETCH OF THE BAPTIST DENOMINATION. observed that the element of freedom is identified with the doctrine of adult baptism, for on the free exercise of judgment and choice, it has its founda- tion. A Baptist, therefore, cannot coerce the will of another ; and on the same principle, if placed under civil or religious despotism, he will be found panting and struggling for liberty ; his profession of Baptism is a public avowal of the rights of man to live unfettered, and consequently a public condemnation of oppression. Here, then, we find the source of the wrongs which they endured. " What has the Emperor to do with our religion ? — What have the bishops to do at court ?" were inquiries urged by some of the ancients, and such sen- timents have at all times been uttered by the Baptists. Wherever they are found, whether on the page of history, or mixed up with existing events, they will appear the champions of freedom, the freedom of truth and hu- manity — hated by tyrants, but admired by the enlightened and the free. With the progress of liberty in England, they have steadily advanced. In America only have they found a soil fully congenial, and there their tri- umphs have been glorious. Their cause is thus identified with Christianity, which secures, wherever it has dominion, liberty of conscience and of ac- tion ; and which, though often " cast down, could not be destroyed." We have seen that along the stream of eighteen centuries, amidst the barbarous superstition and cruel persecutions of dark and iron ages, the apostolic doctrine of baptism was preserved, like the element of Christian truth, an imperishable principle, derived from God, and sustained by him through all dangers. The people, who were the depositaries of that doc- trine, were natives of different regions, dissimilar in their habits, and inca- pable, from their scattered and persecuted condition, of forming any alliance, or recognising any common standard of Christian doctrine ; but, in main- taining the principles of primitive baptism already laid down, they pre- served the essence of the Gospel, and may be regarded, in the Apocalyptic sense of the term, as witnesses for the truth throughout the reign of super- stition.* We contemplate our present position with an emotion of Chris- tian joy, accompanied with an earnest desire for greater prosperity ; and, encouraged by the prophetic announcements of the Sacred Volume, antici- pate an era of redemption for mankind, and of triumph for the Church of God ; when Christianity, dignified with age, shall resume its primitive pe- culiarities, and, in the extent of its influence, as in the richness of its mani- festations, shall infinitely surpass its primitive glory. * Mosheim, vol. 4, pp. 428, 429, Edwards, His. Red. GENERAL IISrSTITUTIONS. GENERAL CONVENTION. The Baptist General Conv'ention of America for Foreign Missions was formed in 1814. The Constitution directs that the Convention be lield once in three 5'ears, com- posed of delegates not exceeding one for every one hundred dollars contributed annually to the general fund ; and that, during its recess, the business be trans- acted by a number of persons chosen by the Convention, to be called the Baptist Board of Foreign Missions for the United States. It is the duty of the Board, according to the Constitution, to employ Missiona- ries, determine the field of tiieir labors, and the compensation to be allowed them ; and, in general, to conduct the executive part of the missionary concern. The Eighth Triennial Meeting was held in ihe meeting-house of the First Baptist ('hurch, Richmond, Va., April 29th, 1835. The number of delegates present was 120, including brethren Francis A. Cox and James Hoby, from Eng- land. These brethren, delegated by the Baptist Union, presented a communication from that body, together with written communications from the English Baptist Missionary Society, and the Baptist Irish Society, and a verbal cou)mnnication from the Continental Society, of which brother Cox is Secretary. They then each addressed the meeting, explaining more fully their object, and testifying their pleasure in meeting their brethren on the occasion. It was resolved, that the President welcome the Delegation, and give them the right hand of fellowship on the part of the Convention. This was then alTeclioiiately done, after which the hymn was sung — " Blest be the tie that binds," &c. The Corresponding.Secretary introduced to the Convention brother Amos Sutton, a missionary from the General Baptist Missionary Society in England, a laborer for several years near .luggernaut, in Orissa, India. He was also received by the President with the right hand of fellowship. The right h.md of fellowship was also presented by vote of the Convention to brother Evan Jones, missionary at the Valley Towns, and to brother 0-go-na-ye, at the same station, who had accompanied him. In the course of the session brother Jones and the native preacher sang a hymn in Cherokee. Brother Jones gave a brief account of the rise and progress of the Mission, and then read a translation of the following letter from the converted natives, address- ed to the Convention : " Honored Fathers and Brethren : " We avail ourselves of the coming of ouv beloved brethren to salute you in the name of the Lord Jesus. We cannot see you, but we rejoice to know that we love the same God, the same Saviour — and the same Spirit actuates our hearts. You have sent the gospel to us. You iiavc prayed for us. In answer to your prayers, and by the labors of your missionaries here, sinners are converted, and the gospel is spreading on every side, and those who have believed arc advancing in the hnowledge of the Lord. " A few years ago all was darkness here ; we knew not God — Vv'e were ignorant of the Saviour. Our children, like their fathers, grev/ up in blindness of mind. Our sick \vA no hope, no comforter in tlieir afflictions ; and all was dark beyond the grave. Now we are thankful for the good which God has done for us. We teach our children the ways of God — and many of them li.ten and attend. We visit our sick : we pray lor them, and point them to Jesus Clirist. 3 26 TRIENNIAL CONVENTION. " We salute with the most cordial affection your honored Treasurer. We remember his visit. We rejoice to remember his exhortation to us to continue in prayer, and we bear it in mind." Questions were then proposed by brother Mercer and the Corresponding Secretary to the convert, through Mr. Jones, and answers given which showed a genuine work of grace on his heart, and furnished cheering evidence of the fulfilment of the ancient prediction : " They of the wilderness shall bow before him." Among the Resolutions adopted by the Convention, the following are selected from their Minutes : Resolved, Tliat this Convention will endeavor, by the blessing of God, to raise, at least, $ 1 00,000 during the coming year, for the purpose of sending the gospel to tlic heathen. Whereas, Mr. Oncken, of Hamburg, Germany, has urgently requested the Baptist General Tract Society to aid him in the publication of Mrs. Judson's Memoir, in the German language, and whereas the Board of Managers of that Society have opened a subscription for that purpose, therefore. Resolved, That we commend this object to the prompt co-operation of the friends of truth. Resolved, That the recent union of the Western Baptists into a Convention, for the pur- pose of harmonizing their views and efforts in the great enterprizes of Christian philan- thropy, is regarded by this body as a highly auspicious event, and that the Board be instructed to continue, by its delegates and otherwise, a generous course of encourage- ment and co-operation. Resolved, That J. D. Knowlcs be requested to prepare and publish a History of this Convention, from its organization to the present time, in one or more volumes, as may be requisite. Resolved, That biographical sketches of the distinguished members of this body, and its missionaries, who have departed this life, form a part of the above History. DELEGATION TO ENGLAND. Brethren Daniel Sharp and Basil Manly were appointed delegates to the Bap- tist Union in Great Britain, to meet in London, June. 1836 ; and brethren Spencer H. Cone and William B. Johnson, their alternates. NEXT MEETING OF THE CONVENTION. The next session of the Convention was appointed to be held with the Baptist Church in Oliver Street, New York. Brother B. Manly, of Charleston, S. C. was appointed to preach the sermon, and in case of failure brother B. Stow, of Bos- ton, Mass., his alternate. BOARD OF MANAGERS. Jesse Mercer, President. Daniel Sharp, Jeremiah Chaplin, "^ Nathaniel Kendrick, William T. Brantly, ( j^. p . , . Stephen Chapin, Basil Manly, ( ^^'^^ Presidents. Francis Wayland, Jr. John S. Wilson. J Lucius Bolles, Corresponding Secretary. James D. Knowles, Recording Secretary. Heman Lincoln, Treasurer. Levi Farwell, Assistant Treasurer. ' John L. Dagg — William Crane — Bela Jacobs — Elon Galusha — Samuel Cornelius — John Kerr — Jonathan Going — Robert E. Pattison — Rufus Babcock, Jr. — Archi- bald Maclay — Henry Jackson — Adiel Sherwood — Charles L. Roberts — William Colgate — Oren Tracy — Thomas Stokes — Irah Chase — Eli Ball — Alfred Bennett — Bartholomew T. Welch — J. L. Holman — James H. Linsley — Charles Train — Nathaniel W. Williams — Joseph A. Warne — Charles G. Sommers — Cyrus P. Grosvenor — John Withers — Eli B. Smith — Oliver C. Comstock — John Conant — Thomas Meredith — William B. Johnson — Matthew Bolles, Jr. — John Wayland — MISSIONS OF THE GENERAL CONVENTION. 27 William R. Williams — Noble S. Johnson — John Peck — Joel S. Bacon — Duncan Dunbar. C Spencee H. Coke, President of the Convention, Ex-Officio.< Howard Malcom, Secretary " " C. G. F. Davis, Assist. Secretary " " EXTRACTS FROM THE REPORT OP THE BOARD. [With alterations and additions.] The Board are reminded, on again meeting the Convention, that some of their fellow-labor- ers have ceased from their toils on earth, since the last session. Though the Board have, on other occasions, taken a suitable notice of these cases of death, yet it is proper to men- tion, now, the names of our dear departed brethren, Thomas Stokes, David Jones, Ensign Lincoln, Nathaniel li. Cohb, and Abner W. Clapton, who were all elected members of the present Board, but who have all died. We need not speak of their worth or of their ser- vices. Their memory is precious on earth, while, as we cannot doubt, they have entered into the joy of their Lord. Four only of our missionaries have died since the last Con- vention — Mr. Rostan, Mr. O^ Bryant, Mrs. Lewis, and Miss Cummings. While we regret the loss of their valuable services, we ought to be grateful to God, that he has spared the lives of our other missionaries. The Board feci that they ought to unite with the whole Christian world, in a tribute of respect to the memory of the late Mr. Carey, the chief founder of modern Missions. No other man, since the days of the apostles, has been so highly honored, as an instrument in spreading the Gospel among heathen nations. The Board join in praising God, that He gave to this eminent servant so many special gifts — that He enabled him to 'expect,' to ' attempt,' and to accomplish, so much for the welfare of mankind and for the glory of the Saviour ; and that his life was prolonged till he had kindled a great light in India, which nothing can extinguish. In addition to his other services to Zion, Br. Carey de- serves the gratitude of this Convention for many acts of kindness towards our mission- aries. MISSIONS IN AMERICA. East of the Mississippi. VALLEY TOWNS. [Among the Cherokee Indians, in North Carolina.] Missionaries, Evan Joxes, Mrs. Jones, Mr. Columbus F. Sturgis, Miss Sarah Rayner, Ordained native preachers, Jesse Bushyhead, John Wickliffe. Licensed exhorters, Dsul- awi, Dsusawala. Interpreter, John Timson. Sixteen persons have been added vvitliin a year to the church, which now consists of two hundred and tweenty-sevcn members. The school is flourishing. THOMAS. [On Grand River, Michigan Territory.] Missionaries, Leonard Slater, Mrs. Slater, Miss Mary Bond, of Boston, and Miss Sarah Day, of Saratoga Springs. There are at the station, two schools, with thirty-six scholars, a Temperance Society, and a church of twenty-four members ; five of whom have been added during the past year. SAULT DE ST. MARIE. [In Michigan Territory, near Lake Superior.] Missionaries, Abel Bingham, Mrs. Bingham. Mr. James D. Cameron, licensed preach" er, and Miss Hannah Hill, school teacher. Miss Macomber left the station in May last, on account of ill health. TONAWANDA. [Near Niagara, in the State of New York.] The missionary operations at this station have been retarded, during some time past, by a fi-equent change of superintendents; but the present teacher will, it is hoped, be perma- nent. Brother Ely Stone, in a letter to the Treasurer, dated March 24th, 1835, says — '.' We have two excellent females associated with the superintendent. Great harmony prevails in the missionary family. We have the best school, perhaps, which we can have at the station. We have had occasional seasons of despondency intermixed with rejoicing. We have a farm of 120J acres, valuable buildings and improvements. The 28 MISSIONS OF THE GENERAL CONVENTION. farm contributes considerable towards the support of the station. The boys and girls are taught to labor. Public worship is regularly maintained at the Indian meeting-house." TVest of the Mississippi. All the stations of the Board west of the Mississippi are within tlie " Indian Territory," as it is termed ; i.e. the country assigned bytl'.e Government of the United States lor the future residence of the Indians. A considerable number of the Indians liave removed thither IVom the East. In Mr. M'Coy's " Annual Register of Indian Affairs," the follov.'- ii^g description is given of the Indian Territory : " By the Indian Territory, is meant the country within the following limits, viz. — Be- ginning on Red river, east of tlic IMexican boundary, and as far west of Arl^ansas Territory as the country i-^ habit;ible ; tlience down Red river eastwurdly to Arliansas Territory ; thence northwardly along tlie line of Arlcansas Territory to the State of Mi-.-ouri ; thence north along its western line, to Missouri river ; thence up Missouri river to Puneah river ; thence vvestwardly as far as the country is habitable ; thence southwardlj' to the beginning. " The scarcity of wood renders the remoter regions towards the Rocky mountains un- inhabitable. It is supposed that tlie quantity of timber witliin the Territory is sufficient to admit of settlement for an average width, from East to West, of two hundred miles; and the country, as described above, is, from North to Soutii, about six hundred miles. " There is a striking similarity between all parts of the Territory. In its general character, it is high and undulating, rather level than hilly, t.hough small portions partly deserve the latter appellation. The soil is generally ver}' fertile. It is thouglit that in no part of t!ie world, so extensive a region of rich soil has been discovered as in this, of which the Indian Territory is a central portion. It is watered by numerous rivers, creeks, and rivulets. Its waters pass through it eastwardly, no7ie of which are favorable to naviga- tion. There is less marshy land and stagnant water in it, tlian is usual in the western country. The atmosphere is salubrious, and the climate precisely such as is desirable, being about tlic same as that inhabited b}' the Indians on the east of the Mississippi. It contains mucli mineral coal and salt water, some lend, and some iron ore. Timber is too scarce, and that is a serious defect, but one which time will remedy, as has been demon- strated by the rapid growth of timber, in prairie countries which have been settled, where the grazing of stoclt, by diminishing the quantity of grass, renders the annual fires less destructive to the growth of wood. The prairie (i. e. land destitute of wood,) is covered with grass, much of which is of suitable length for the scytlie. "The Choctavvs, Creeks, Cherokees, 0-;ages, Kauzaus, and Delawares, are entitled to land westward, some as far as the United States Territories extend, and others as far as the Rocky mountains. But we choose to hmit our description of all to two hundred miles, because the average width of habitable country cannot be greater." Mr. M'Coy adds a statement of the number of Indians within the country here de- scribed : INDIGENOUS TRIBES. Osage about - - - 5,.510 Pawnee about - - 10,000 Kauzau - - - 1,500 Puneah - - - 800 Otoe and Omaha - - 3,000 In all 20,810 EMIGRANT TRIBES. Choctaw, about - - 15,000 Delaware, - - - 800 575 250 Cherokee, ... 4,000 Kickapoo, Creek, 3,000 Putawatomie, Seneca and Shawanoe of Neosho, 462 Wea and Piankesha, 400 Emigrants, Peoria and Kaskaskia, 140 Indigenous, Shawanoe of Kauzau river, 750 Ottowa, about 75 - 25,452 .' 20,810 In all 46,262 Among these Indians the Board have stations, of which some account will now be given. SHAWANOES. [Near the line of IVIissouri, and near tlic Kauzau or Kansas river.] Mr. M'Coy resides, with liis family, at this station; but he devotes his attention to the general concerns of the Indians, and derives iiis support from the government. He published on the first of January last, the second number of " The Annual Register of Indian Affairs within the Indian (or Western) Territory," containing many valuable MISSIONS OF THE GENERAL CONVENTION. 29 facts. The subjoined account of the Baptist missions under the direction of the General Convention is taken from this work. Mr. M'Coy gives tiic following account of himself: Ti)e author of this publication, and his wife, have been missionaries to the Indians ever since the year 1817. In iVugust, 1828, they removed from among the tribes around Lake Michigan, to what is now termed the Indian territory. Their circumstances differ from those of other missionaries of tlie Baptist General Missionary Convention, inasmuch as their labors have not been located to a particular tribe, especially since they left the tribes of the North; but they have extended their labors to places and matters generally; and they have supported themselves without cost to the Mssionary Convention. Their post office is Westport, Jackson county, Missouri. The Shawanoe Station was commenced in 1831. Missionaries, Johnston Lvkins, Mrs. Lykins. Robert Simervvell, Mrs. Simehwell, Jotham Meeker, and Mrs. Meeker, are tempo- rarily here. Native church members, 6, viz. 1 Shawanoe, 1 Chippewa, 1 Osage, and 3 Delawares. White persons, 11, in all 17. Two native members have died, who gave evidence of genuine piety. At the Shawanoe station is a printing press, under the management of Jotham Meeker, missionary for the Ottowas. Since the establishment of the printing press, there have been printed in the Delaware language two small elementary school books ; in Shawanoe two, of a larger size, for the Baptists, and one for the Methodists ; in Putawatomie three ; in Otoe three, all small. Also, a considerable number of hymns have been printed in various Indian languages. Besides which, there is issued from the press a small monthly periodical, edited by Mr. Lykins, entitled " Snuwaunowe Kesaiithwau," — Shawanoe Sun. In this periodical, such of the Shawanoes as have learned to read in their own language take a deep interest. Some of them have furnished matter for the work from their own pens. DELAWARES. [North of the Shawanoes, near the junction of the Kausau and Missouri rivers.] Commenced in 1832. This mission is under the superintendence of Mr. Lykins, mis- sionary among the Shawanoes. Other missionaries at the Shawanoe station also visit this. The converts here are members of the church which meet at the Shawanoe mission house. School. — Ira D. Blanchard, Mrs. Blanchard, teachers. Comfortable log dwellings and a school liouse are nearly completed. In consequence of attention to the erection of these, and of the necessary absence of the teacher, the former part of the year, and of sick- ness in the latter part, little has been done in the matter of instruction. The sum of five hundred dollars has been appropriated by the Board, for the erection of buildings among the Delawares, and these buildings are probably now going up. The post office for all connected with the Delawares is Westport, Jackson county. Mo. OTOES. [On the north bank of Platte river, six miles from its junction with Missouri river, and about 200 miles a little west of north from the mouth of Kauzau river.] Commeneed October, 1833. Missionaries, Moses Merrill, Mrs. Merrill, Miss Cynthia Brown. A small school has been sustained the greater part of the past year. The preparations which have been necessary for locating the mission permanently have greatly hindered other missionary labors. A favorable change, however, may be hoped for as soon as Mr. Merrill, the U. S. Smithery, and the Otoes, become settled on the ground selected for those purposes by the proper officers of government. The sum of one thousand dollars has been appropriated by the Board, for the erection of buildings among the Otoes this spring. Post office for all connected with this tribe is Fort Leavenworth, Western Territory. OMAHAS. They are about settling on the bank of the Missouri, at a place recommended to them by the government, as being suited for agricultural purposes, about 60 miles north of the Otoes. The Board have directed Chandler Curtis, who was temporarily at the Cherokee sta- tion, to repair to the Omahas, and his arrival among them is daily expected. PAWNEES. The country of the Pawnees is westward of the Otoes and Omahas, chiefly on the Great Platte and its waters. The mission to the Otoes, which at first embraced the Omahas, was undertaken with reference to the Pawnees also ; and this design is still maintained. 3* 30 MISSIONS OF THE GENERAL CONVENTION. PUTAWATOMIES. Carey Missionary Station, in Michigan Territory, was among- the Putawatomies. The treaty of September 20, 1828, includes an article favorable to the removal of the establish- ment to the west of the Mississippi; in accordance with which, matters are held in readi- ness to resume the operations of the institution as soon as the Putawatomies shall become settled. Since the suspension of labors at Carey, some of the missionaries who belonged to that station liavc been employed for the benefit of other tribes. In the mean time those mat- ters have been in charge of Robert Simerwell and Mrs. Simerwell, missionaries ; who are at present at the Shawanoe mission house, awaiting the location of the Putawatomies. On resuming labors at tlieir permanent station, they will be reinforced. Mr. Simerwell has written three small books, upon the new system, whicli have been printed in Putawatomie. He visits that part of the tribe which lives with the Kickapoos, and teaches upon the new system. OTTOWAS. This band owns 36,000 acres of land immediately west of the Peorias and Kaskaskias, and south of the Shawanoes. Missionaries, Jotham Meeker, Mrs. Meeker. They reside at present at the Shawanoe mission liouse. Mr. M. occasionally visits the Ottawas, and expects to locate permanently among them as soon as his services in the printing oftice at the Shawanoe mission house can be dispensed with. The post office for all connected with this band is Wcstport, Jackson county, Missouri. CREEKS. FrRST Station — North of Arkansas river, and four miles west of Verdigris river. Mis- sionary labors were commenced in October, 1829, by John Davis, a native Muscogee. The station was regularly organized in October, 1832. Missionaries, D. B. Rollin, Mrs. Rollin, Miss M. Rice. An English school is taught gratuitously : the scholars are supported by their parents. Church. — Muscogee Baptist Church was constituted September 9, 1832. Native church members, 18 ; Black, 58 ; White 4 80. The church worships in the school house. Second Station — Eight miles west of the first. Missionaries, John Davis, Mrs. Davis, both natives ; Miss Mart Ann Colbourn. Mr. Davis began to labor separately in February, 1834. He has three regular places of preaching. School — Taught by Miss Colbourn, originated In 1835; 20 scholars instructed in Eng- lish, gratuitously, and supported by their parents. An elementary school book of 32 pages, and the Gospel by John, both upon the new system of writing Indian, have been printed, the past year, in tlie Muscogee language, at the Shawanoe Baptist mission house. This service required Mr. Davis to spend about three months with the missionaries at the Shawanoe station. In the preparation of these books Mr. D. labored in conjunction with the missionaries at that place. The post office for all within the Creek country is Fort Gibson, Arkansas. CHOCTAWS. First Station. — Canadian river, 30 miles west of the Choctaw Agency, Arkansas dis- trict, commenced in June, 1833. Mr. Smedley, Mrs. Smedley. Mr. S. is under appointment and pay of the. United States as school teacher, in conformity with treaty stipulations. Post office, Choctaw Agency, Western Territory. Second Station. — About twelve miles westward of Fort Towson, and six miles north of Red river, in Red river district. Mr. Ramsay, D. Potts, Mrs. Potts. Mr. P. is also under appointment and pay of the U. States as teacher, according to treaty provisions. An elementary school book, in the Choctaw language, has, the last year, been com- piled and printed at the Shawanoe Baptist mission house, and forwarded to the Choctaw country for use. CHEROKEES. The Treaty of 1828 secures to the Chcrokees 7,000,000 of acres, westward of North Arkansas and South Missouri, as far as the United States territories extend. The missionary station is near the eastern boundary of the Cherokee country. Com- menced November 10, 1832. Missionaries, Samuel Aldrich. Chandler Curtis is temporarily at this station. School, — 20 scholars, instructed in English, supported by tlieir parents, and taught gra- tuitously. MISSIONS OF THE GENERAL CONVENTION. §1 The church was established in the Cherokee nation within tiae State of Georgia, and emigrated to Arkansas in 1832. , Native church members, 7 — black, 6 — white, 10 In all 23. BIr. Duncan O'Bryant, who was located here, died of a bilious fever on the 25th of Au- gust, 1834. In his last hours, he enjoyed the presence of the Saviour. He was a zeal- ous servant of the Lord Jesus, and he enjoyed in a high degree the love and confidence of all who knew him. He has left a widow and a number of small children, in a very des- titute condition. May the Lord comfort and protect them. Mrs. O'Bryant, in a letter to the Corresponding Secretary, says, " When I remember, that our God has pledged himself to be unto the widow a husband, and a parent to the orphan, my heart is com-> forted within me." Mrs. O'Bryant will soon, it is probable, remove Irom this station. Post office, Vineyard, Washington county, Missouri. MISSION TO HAYTI. The Board have, at different times, received applications from Hayti, to send a mission- ary to labor in that populous island. William C. Monroe, an educated man of color, has recently offered his services, and the Board have appointed him a missionary to Port-au- Prince, for one year. Mr. Monroe was ordained in New York, on the 2d of April, and sailed on the 6th, with his family, for Port-au-Prince. There are several Baptists in that city ; and it is hoped that the truth will spread among the Catholic population. MISSIONTOEUROPE. FRANCE. Missionaries, Isaac Wilmarth, Mrs. Wilmarth, Anthony Porchat, D. N. Sheldon and Mrs. Sheldon, Erastus Willard, Mrs. Willard. Mr. Wilmarth and his wife sailed from New York May 1, 1834, [and arrived at Havre May 31. They immediately proceeded to Paris, and made arrangements for commenc- ing their missionary operations. Sickness and other obstacles have impeded their pro- gress, but they have made a beginning. The Board have appointed Anthony Porchat, a French Baptist preacher, as their missionary, to be associated with Mr. Wilmarth. The Board have also appointed two other French Baptist preachers, as missionaries in France. In a letter dated Paris, Dec. 29, 1834, Mr. Wilmarth says— " Mr. Porchat and myself are the only persons now engaged in the mission. We have opened a small chapel capable of containing 60 or 70 persons, in a populous part of the city, where Mr. P. preaches the gospel in French every Sabbath, at 11, A. M. and at 7, P. M., and on Thursday evening, at 7. At 2, P. M. on Sunday, I preach in English. Our hearers are not yet numerous. The French congregation has amounted to about 30, but does not ordinarily exceed 15. The number of hearers at the English service is not so great, but we hope when the location becomes better known, that the number of hearers will be augmented. There are many Americans and English in this quarter of the city, who it is hoped may be induced to attend." D. Newton Sheldon, of Suffield, Conn., and Mrs. R. H. R.Sheldon, of Boston, and Eras- tus Willard and his wife, of Grafton, Vt., sailed from New York as missionaries to France, October 25, 1835. Mr. Sheldon is stationed at Paris, and Mr. Willard in the vicinity of the Baptist churches in the Department Du Nord. The attention of the Board was drawn to Germany by several providential circumstan- ces, which clearly made it their duty to commence measures for missionary labors in that great and important country. In the vast regions comprehended within the name of Ger- many, there is comparatively little of enlightened, scriptural piety. The Catholic religion prevails over a large portion of the territory, and different forms of corrupted protestant- ism hold many millions in a darkness which is almost equally dismal. Germany needs another Reformation, and thousands of her inhabitants are sighing for evangelical instruc- tion. God prepared the way for the operations of the Board, by raising up at Hamburg, a man who seems to be well fitted to be a pioneer. He is thus described, in a letter from Professor Sears, who was requested by the Board to make inquiries in Germany, respect- ing the religious state and wants of the country : ' " I know not that there is any regular Baptist church in all the north of Germany. Of the Mennonites I have nothing to say now ; but aside from them, there are in Germany not a few individuals who are Baptists in sentiment. On my arrival at Hamburg I called on Mr. Oncken, whom I found to be in all respects an interesting man. He is a German, a little more than thirty years of age, married in England, has two children, is perfectly 32 MISSIONS OF THE GENERAL CONVENTION. master of the English language, (which is much spoken in Hamburg,) and though not a man of liberal education, lias a very strong, aeutc mind, has read nmcli, is a man of mucii practical knowledge, and is very winning in his personal appearance and manners. From 1823 to 1828, lie was a missionary of the Continental Society, and preached in Hamburg and vicinity witii considerable success. Since tliat time, he has been agent of the Edin- burg Bible Society, and has more influence tlian any other man in selecting tlie publica- tions of the Lower Saxony Tract Society. He his the confidence of Tholuck, Hahn, Hengstenbcrg, and many other distinguished individuals of the evangelical party, and Jias their co-operation in circulating Bibles and tracts." On the 22d of April, 1834, Mr. Oncken and six other individuals were baptized by Pro- fessor Scars, and were the next day formed into a church, of which Mr. Oncken was ordained as the pastor. " The church at Hamburg are very happily united, are unmolested by government, and are in a prosperous state. Thirteen have been baptized in all. Of these, one young bro- tiier has recently died of the cholera. His last words, addressed to a friend who was not pious, were, ' O how blessed is religion in the hour of death ! I know v^bere I am going.' MISSION IN AFRICA. The prospects of our missionary operations in Africa are now brigliter than at any former period. Two white brethren, William Mvlne and wife, and \V;\i. G. Crocker, in company with Dr. Skinner and daughter, sailed from New York for Liberia, July 11, 1835, where they arrived on the 12tli of August. Mrs. Mylne died of the fever on the 16th of September. The Board have made contingent arrangements for the employment of one or two per- sons now in Liberia, as catechists and school teachers. Dr. Ezekiel Skinner, who first arrived at Monrovia in August, 1834, has, though not con- nected with the Board, rendered useful services to the Baptist churches in the colony, and has communicated to the Board many valuable facts. In a letter dated Aug. 22, he says — "Since our arrival, brother Waring is dead. He died on the 13th, and was buried on the 14th of the month. In him, I have lost a friend, his family an affectionate husband and father, the poor a benefactor, the First Baptist cliurch a beloved pastor, and Monro- via one of her most active and valuable citizens. He died, after an illness of fourteen hours, of cholera morbus, or cholera. " There are two Baptist churches in this colony, both in this village, though members of the First church are spreading over the colony. The Second is composed of twelve members, under the pastoral charge of brother Tcague. There are ninety-one members of the First church at New Georgia, or Carey Tovi'n, distant four miles from this place, all recaptured Africans, and exhibiting a glorious evidence of what divine grace can do, in subduing the heart, and removing idolatrous superstitions from the mind. At Caldwell, distant eight miles, there are twenty-one members of the same church; at Millsburg there are eleven members; at Big Town, near Cape Mount, among tlie Veys, two — one an ex- horter, both natives — where brother Revey has taught a school, for a considerable time, and numbers have learned to read. " There are three ordained ministers here, of our denomination, and three licentiates. There are, of the Baptist denomination, in this colony 243. I tliink that the advance- ment of the cause of truth requires that there should be as many Baptist churches here as there are villages; that an Association of these churches should be formed; that guch as God has called to the work of the ministry should be set apart without any unnecessary delay, and that the meeting-house of the First church in this village should be finished. To bring about these objects, I siiall spare no pains on my part. I have agreed to pay ten dollars towards completing the house here. The walls are laid of stone up to the roof. The building is 34 by 44 feet. It is calculated that it will cost $1,200 to complete the house. I believe that duty to God and his cause requires that our brctliren in America should help us in this work, and do something towards building this house. Dear brother, I am surrounded by intelligent beings, bound to the bar of God with me, who are literally worshipping the devil, a bad spirit; as they believe the good Spirit to be so good, that they need not regard him. All their acts of homage are designed to make the bad spirit good natured. To him, they oflfer pipes, tobacco, and rum, when any adverse fortune attends them, or they get into any difiiculty. It is but a few miles to where they wor- ship sharks, and yearly offer up a child to them, of nine or ten years of age, who is de- voured by them. My God, shall Christians be idle in such a case? Shall money and men be wanting? May God help us to do what our hands find to do, with our might. I feel as though I wanted to be at the Bight of Benin, preaching the Gospel, and to stop, if possible, the sacrifice of another human being to tiie voracious sharks." MISSIONS OF THE GENERAL CONVENTION. 33 In a letter, dated Dec. G, 1834, Dr. Slunner says— " Since my last, a Baptist churcli lias been constituted at Millsburg-. It was done on the lutt Saturday in October. We had a pleasant season. We have reason to believe God blessed our meeting'. Several were convicted of sin before the conclusion, which was on Sunday evening, and have since obtained hope. Three, I am informed, have been baptized. On Saturday, Nov. Isl., I assisted in tlie ordination of brother Hillary Teague. He u a man of good talents, and good Englisii education ; has a wife, but no children. He is now engaged in trade, of all employments the worst for a minister in tills colon3\ I have conversed with him, and find that he would be willing to relinquish every thing else for the ministry, and would, with pleasure, engage in the missionary worl;." The Board liavc adopted measures to employ Mr. Teague as a missionary, if no obsta- cle shall be found to exist. The Board have viewed, vAih much interest, the new colony at Bassa Cove, establish- ed by the Young Men's Society of Pennsylvania. The emigrants are said to be of a very superior character. Brother Stephen P. Hill, pastor of the First Baptist Church, Balti- more,^in a letter to the Corresponding Secretary, says — "The emigrants to whom I allude, are the emancipated servants of Dr. liawes, of Vir- ginia, one hundred and ten in number ; and a more interesting group, I presume, never left America. I came with them down the Rappahannoe, the latter part of October, to Nortblli, where they embarked on board tlie ship Primus with the intention of forming a separate colony at Bassa Cove. They are generally capable and well-informed ; and a portion of tiiem, say twenty or thirtj^, are professors of religion — having been baptized and received to the churcii under the pastoral care of my esteemed friend and brother, William F. Broaddus. Two of their number, Aaron Davis and Charles Warner, have been accustomed to preach, and perhaps one or tvv'o others to take a part in religious meetings, with much acceptance. Of the intelligence and piety of all this portion, 1 speak with confidence, both from tlie testimonies of tliosc who have long and intimately known them, and from ample opportunities which I had, on the passage, of personal con- versation. Their motives in going to Africa seemed to be of the purest hind, and they listened with the deepest interest, to every thing which related to the duties and respon- sibilities (jf their new situation. The captain of tlie steamboat having kindly granted leave, I addressed them publicly, at their request, on topics connected with their spiritual welfare, and was followed by Elliott Cresson, Esq., Agent of the Colonization Society, on the regulation of their temporal concerns. Thus we parted ; not, however, without com- mitting tJiem to the care of Heaven, and promising to endeavor to interest the benevolent and pious in their present and eternal well-being. Will not, dear sir, your Board have their eye on this little colony, and aid them in the prosecution of their religious enter- prizes ? !They will, I hope, the pious part of tliem, on their arrival, form themselves into a cliurch, vvith Aaron Davis for their pastor, who will I doubt not, do as much good, per- haps more, than if he went out in any other capacity. He goes, indeed, not as a mis- sionary ; but he is a man of deep piety, very acceptable gifls, and unblemished general character." Immediately on their arrival at Bassa Cove, in December, 1834, the colonists devoted themselves to agricultural pursuits, and in ninety days provided themselves houses, cleared a portion of their lands, and planted them ; and by the first of June, 1835, all of them were not only comfortably accommodated, in eighteen houses, with lots presenting a bright prospect of luxuriant crops of various kinds, to repay their toils and minister to their comforts, but ten additional houses were also erected to receive the emigrants to be sent out by the second expedition. About this time, a slaver arrived in the vicinity, and finding that no government siiip had for a long time been on the coast to repress the traf- fic, hovered about the Cove until he found an opportunity to arouse the cupidity of a petty chieftain in the neighborhood, and to incite him to deeds of blood by the guilty use of ardent spirits. A petty case of alleged grievance was made the excuse for assailing the unoffending colonists, and on the night of the 10th of June, when apprehending no hos- tile movement, they were attacked, and twenty of their number were slain by the savages, including four members of the little Baptist church. The colony, which was thus temporarily impeded by this painful catastrophe, has been reinstated, and on the 23d of November last the brig Independence, of 260 tons, at a cost of about S 10,000, was despatched with ample supplies to meet the exigences of the case. On the 6th of October, 183.'), a Convention ..f JSaptist Churches in Liberia was held, which resolved to form an Association, to be called the Liberia Association. Four of the churches united in this body, and resolved to meet annually on the first Wednesday in January. 34 MISSIONS OF THE GENERAL CONVENTION. MISSIONS IN ASIA. BURMAH. MAULMEIN. Missionaries, Adoniram Judson, Mrs. Sarah B. IT. Judson,* Thomas Simons, Mrs, Caroline J. Simons, Nathan Brown, Mrs. Brown, Mr. Cephas Bennett, printer and school teacher, Mrs. Sarah Bennett, Mr. Royal B. Hancock, printer, Mrs. Ahigail B. Hancock, Mr. Oliver T. Cutter, printer, Mrs. Harriet B. Cutter, Mr. Seweli. M. Osgood, ]>rinter, Mrs. Elvira B. Osgood. Native Assistants, Ko Myat-Kynn^ Ko Swa-ha, Ko Dwah, Moung Shway-Moung, Moung Zah, Ko Shan and family, Moung Doot, Ko Sah. As Maulmcin is the principal and central station, it is the temporary residence of most of the missionaries till tliey can make preparations for resorting- to other posts of labor. It is also visited, at various times, by missionaries from other stations, for the sake of health, for consultation, and for other purposes. Translations. — Mr. Judson, as stated in the last Report, returned from 'an excursion among the Karens, April 9, 1833, and devoted himself exclusively, through the remainder of the year, to completing the translation of the Old Testament. On the 31st of January, 1834, tliis great work was completed. He says, in a letter under that date, "Thanks be to God, I can now say I have attained. I have knelt down before him, witii the last leaf in my hand, and imploring his forgiveness for all the sins which have polluted my labors in this department, and his aid in future efforts to remove tlie errors and imperfections which necessarily cleave to the work, I have commended it to his mercy and grace. I have dedicated it to his glory. May he make his own inspired word, now complete in the Burman tongue, the grand instrument of filling all Burmah with songs of praises to our great God and Saviour Jesus Christ! Amen." The Board need not express the feelings which must fill every heart, in view of the glorious fact, that the whole Bible is now translated into the language of Burmah. The word of God is now accessible b}' her numerous population, in their own tongTje. Praise be to God, that he has preserved the life of Mr. Judson to finish this work, and that he has honored this Board as an instrument in furnishing to the millions of Burmah, this pre- cious gift. Printing. — The printing oflfice has been kept in active operation under the care of brethren Bennett and Hancock, assisted by several native workmen. The Old Testa- ment is in press, and will be published as fast as possible. A portion of it, as printed, has been received at the missionary rooms. It is expected to make three volumes, of about the size of the Burman Testament, which occupies 624 pages octavo. The first edition will consist of 2000 copies. Some of the books, however, will be issued separately as tracts. Five thousand copies of the Psalms have thus been prepared for circulation. Besides the Old Testament, there was in press at the last date, a book of 250 pages, called the"Life of Christ," being areprint of one of the publications ofthe London ReligiousTract Society. An edition of 5000 copies was to be printed. The printing of Tracts has pro- ceeded as usual. The whole amount of printing done, (including Scriptures and tracts) during the year 1833, was 5,272,000 pages; and it was expected, that at least 3,500,000 pages would be printed during the year 1834. Preaching. — Preaciiing has been continued in the Burman language by Mr. Judson, and in English, by Mr. Simons, Mr. Brown, and others. Baptisms. — The Lord has blessed his word, and several persons have been converted. During the year 1833, forty-four were baptized at Maulmein, consisting of ten Burmans, sixteen Karens, and eighteen foreigners, mostly English soldiers. Two of these indivi- duals professed to have been brought to see the necessity of a change of heart, by reading the Memoir of Mrs. Judson. Churches. — The native church at Maulmein consists of eighty members. The Eng- lish church, under the care of Mr. Simons, received an accession of twenty members, during the year 1833, but the wliole number is not stated. Mr. Simons speaks very favorably of the deportment of tlie members, and of their zeal for the spread ofthe gospel. A Missionary Society had been formed, and the members resolved to raise fourteen rupees per month (about 84 dollars per annum) to support a native preacher at Ava. The monthly concert was held, and a collection was regularly made for missionary purposes. Schools. — The school under the charge of ^rs. Hancock, on the 1st of January, 1834, consisted of two women, twenty-two boys, and fifteen girls — seventeen of whom are boarded at the expense ofthe mission. These are taught reading and writing principally. About 18 can read in plain reading, though some rather slowly. Five more are nearly through- the spelling-book. Those who can read, commit a portion ofthe catechism, or •Late Mrs. Boardman, to whom Jlr. Judson was married, at Tavoy, in April, 1534. MISSIONS OF THE GENERAL CONVENTION. 35 having committed that perfectly to memory, take a portion of the tract — " View of the Christian Rchgion." — There is a flourishing Sabbath scliool connected with the Enghsh church, and a Bible class, under the care of Mr. Simons, consisting of eight or ten per- sons. An English school is kept at the house of Mr. Simons, under the care of Mrs. Si- mons, consisting of eight or ten persons. There have been from twenty-five to thirty reg- ular attendants. Mr. andMrs. Bennett have undertaken the charge of a school established by the English government. Mr. Bennett says, under date of May 12th, 1834, "A meet- ing of the brethren was held a few evenings since, and they unanimously voted to approve of my entering the school supported by government. A dwelling for myself, two school- houses, two boarding houses, with suitable out-houses, are to be erected immediately, and we shall probably commence in July next. The commissioner expects 150 scholars. The school is to be open to all, country born Burmese, Chinese, &c." MISSION TO THE KARENS. TAVOY. Missionaries, Jonathan Wade, Mrs. Deborah Wade, Francis Mason, Mrs. Helen M, Mason, Miss Ann P. Gardner, school teacher. Native assistants, Moung Sha-too, Moung Kya, Moung Seek-kee. Mr. and Mrs. Mason have been much afflicted by sickness, and by the death of one of their children. Yet their labors have been zealous and successful. Mr. Mason has preached to the English congregation, and in the zayat* there has been preaching by the native assistants. Mr. Mason had the pleasure of baptising, during the year 1833, twenty- four individuals, of whom three were Europeans, one a Burman, one a Tavoyer, and nine- ' teen Karens, making the whole number connected with the church, at the close of the year, one hundred and ninety-four, two of whom are Burman, two Tavoyers, two Indo- Chinese, one a European, and one hundred and eighty-seven Karens. The spirit mani- fested by the members of the church, is such as tlie Gospel requires. Mr. Mason, in a letter dated Oct. 9, 1833, says, — " It has given me much pleasure, to find the Lord raising me up brethren where I least expected them, who give unequivocal tokens of their love, and desire to further, to the full extent in their power, the extension of Christianity among the heathen. One niember of the congregation has gratuitously given his own superin- tendence, and the labor of his men, to making a plough for the Karens, and has taken charge of two Karen boys, who are learning to work in iron, under his direction. A mem. ber of my church yesterday presented me with thirty rupees,t accompanied by the fol- lowing note: — ' Thirty rupees, to be appropriated to the church of God, in any way that may appear most advantageous; from one who wishes to promote the cause of Christianity.' " Under the date of Jan. 11, 1834, Mr. Mason says, — " A pleasing circumstance has oc- curred in the formation of a missionary society in the congregation. This society em- braces natives as well as Europeans; and, at the last meeting, it was resolved to support two native preachers the ensuing year, commencing with December, 1833." RANGOON. Missionaries, Abner Webb, Mrs. Catharine W. Webb. Native pastor Ko Thah-a. Native assistants, Ko Shan, Ko Thah-byoo, Moung En, Moung Zoo4hee. Karen preachers, Taunah, Pahlah. The last Report of the Board stated, that Mr. and Mrs. Bennett were then the only American laborers at Rangoon; that the spirit of persecution had been awakened, and that the school had been closed. These untoward events greatly retarded the progress of truth. Mr. Bennett and the native assistants continued nevertheless to distribCite tracts, and to converse with all to whem they could gain access. But while little im- pression has been made on the Burmans, the Karens in the neighborhood of Rangoon have manifested a lively interest in the Gospel, and a. strong desire to be instructed. " On the 27th of September, Mr. and Mrs. Cutter arrived at Rangoon, on their way to Ava, with a printing press. Mr. Cutter says, in a letter dated November the 14th; " Since I have been here, I have called upon the Viceroy, and other officers of govern- ment, several times, and have met with a favorable reception. They also requested me to put up the press, which I did, and set up the first part of the 5th chapter of Matthew, and a small national hymn, which the Viceroy sent me. On the 5th of November, he and his wife, and several other government officers, called to see the press and printing, — an art of which they had never formed any idea befoi'e. They expressed themselves much surprised and gratified, at seeing so wonderful a machine in operation." On the 19th of February, 1834, Mr. and Mrs. Webb arrrived at Rangoon, from Maul- mein. On the 23d, Mr. Webb administered the Lord's supper to fifteen communicants, eleven of whom were natives ; after which four Karen women were received for baptism, * A building for public worship. f A rupee is about fifty cents. 36 MISSIONS OF THE GENERAL CONVENTION. r.nd others presented themselves for examination. On the 26tli Mr. and Mrs. Bennett left Rangoon, for Maidmein, where tlicy arrived March 1st. The number of the church at Ran > m .a "o 2 ra c cs cd %< 3 J5 a c £ - - - &. - /T, O li m 'J. IN ASIA. a One of these is Burmah* Rangoon 1813 a2 a2 ft2 bA 93 attached to the Ka- fAva 1822 1 J2 A2 13 1 14 ren Mission. " Maulmein 1827 2 6 2 5 d354 3 103 6 f^everal of the na- Karens and Talings Tavoy 1828 2 3 5 1 rf213 el 50 tive pr. and as. are " Chnmmerah 1829 1 1 1 dl40 1 20 temporarily absent. *' Mergui 1832 2 7 c One is also a " Maubee 1833 1 rf33 preacher. Several of " Newville (i36 the pri n ters and their Siamt Bankok 1833 1 1 1 families are about to Chinese} " 1835 1 1 1 6 repair to other sta- Arracan Kyouk Phyoo ** 1 1 tions. Shans Sudiya " 1 I d Including Bur- Telinga penp1e|| mans, Karens, and IN AFRICA. Foreigners, who hail West Africa Caldwell Millsburg '' 1 2 1 1 55 been baptized at the station prior to the IN EUROPE. close of 1834. Franceir Paris Bertry 1833 1835 1 1 1 1 1 10 20 e Three Burman schools and one Eng- Germany Hamburg, *' 1 1 1 13 lish school are also I.V N. AMERICA. taught at Tavoy, be- Hayti Port au Prince " 1 sides several Karen Cherokees E.of Miss- Valley Towns Amohee 1818 1835 1 2 3 1 1 1 1 /252 23 1 schools at out-sta- tions. Oneidas, &c. Tonawanda 1826 ?1 ^2 1 30 1 30 / In Nov. 1835. Oltawas Thomas 1 3 1 24 2 35 g Under the im- mediate direction of Ojibwas SaultdeSt. Marie 1828 2 2 1 25 2 37 Shavvanoes Shawanoe 1831 2 Al 1 3 1 20 1 7 the Exec. Com. N. Western Creeks Ebenezer " 1 3 1 1 1 80 1 12 York State Conven- Western Cherokees (i) Hopewell 1832 1 1 21 tion. Otoes and Omahas Near Bellevue 1833 1 2 1 9 h Who is also a Delavvares Near Shawanoe " 1 1 1 44 preacher. i The hostility to Choctaws Choctaw Agency 1834 1 1 1 '' Bethlehem 1835 1 Christianity mani- *' Bethel " 1 1 fested here may lead Putawatomies** to a removal of this Station. * Two preachers and three female missionaries are on their way to join the Burman Mission. t Suspended in 1829: resumed in 18.33. t Two preachers, one of them a printer, and their wives, are on their way to this Mission. § One preacher and his wife on their way to the Mission. II Two preachers and one female missionary on their way to commence the Mission. irTwo preachers and their wives have lately gone to join the Mission. ♦'' Formerly established at Carey : to be recommenced as soon as the tribe shall be located. SUMMARY. According to the preceding Table, there are under the direction of the Board, Missions, 22; Sta- tions 30; Preachers, 28 ; Printers, 5, of whom 2 are also preachers; Teachers and Assistants, 4; Female Missionaries and Assistants, 35; iVative Preachers, 15; iNative Teachers and Assistants, 22 i= 109. On their way to Missions — Preachers, 9, of whom one is a printer; Female Missionaries and Assistants 9,== IH : Whole number of Missionaries and Assistants, 127; Churches, 21; Members, 1406; Schools, 20; Scholars , 409. In consequence, however, of par ial returns fiom some of the stations, the Table exhibits an incomplete view of the number of schools and scholars. 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'^ » T^h^^ _ §pirigPi3:>Sc»J'-^-ZH » S; j; c oj s «-Slz; m g m S i'Stt^^ « S 3 s c c o ^ 7J '5 s cd t,-, 13 o c Lrt CS S rt c a o ."> I ^, t« s 3 « < § C s C p 0) r^ 0) Pm 46 ORIGIN OF THE TRIENNIAL CONVENTION Of the Baptist Denomination in the United States for Foreign Missions. After the foregoing account of the Baptist Missions was struck off, the following letter from brother Rice came into our hands, which is here inserted as an article of perma- nent interest and importance. It is addressed to Elder Jesse Mercer, Editor of the Christian Index, and dated Mercer Institute, Ga., Jan. 20, 1835. Brother Mercer : In the 3d No. of the 3d Vol. of the Index, January 20th, is seen a notice of the annual meeting of the Baptist Foreign Mission Society. This Society is the first that was formed in the United States after and in consequence of the change of sentiments in the minds of brother and sister Judson, and in mine, concerning Baptism ; and it is the oldest society of this character in the United States, except one — the Salem Bible translation and Foreign Mission Society, which was formed about the pe- riod of the sailing of the missionaries, Judson, Hall, Newell, Nott, and myself, early in 1812. The General Committee connected with the Charles- ton Association, S. C, existed much earlier, but did not assume its foreign missionary aspect till later. It is gratifying to mark the steadfast and growing regard of this society to the all-important object which called it into being, and the deep interest it maintains in the public mind, and the effective manifestation of that interest at its anniversaries. In connection with this society, my exertions in this country were commenced on my return from India. In the notice referred to in your 3d No. 3d Vol. it is stated that " From this society originated the Baptist Triennial Convention." It may not be amiss to bring to view some of the leading facts which go to develope the manner in which this was brought to pass. When the missionaries just mentioned were ordained, and sent out for India, it was our expectation, as well as that of the Board that sent us out, that we should go to Burmah and labor there. Soon after reaching Calcutta, however, the representations that we received of the desperate condition of that country, induced us to abandon the purpose of entering that large and very important field. About the same period, brother and sister Judson, having become entirely satisfied that nothing but immersion is baptism, and that none but a believer in Christ is a proper subject of the ordinance, were, by Elder Ward, one of the English missionaries of the Serampore station, in the Bap- tist chapel in Calcutta, baptized. In the same place, and by the same adminis- trator, six weeks afterwards, having become indubitably convinced of the truth of believer's baptism, it became my duty to be baptized. The mission was of course divided. Brother Judson with his wife, and myself, having become Baptists, constituted one branch — ^The rest, who remained as they were, the other. Measures that were adopted by the East India Company's government made it necessary for us to retire to the Isle of France, which was more than a quarter part of the way back again to the United States. Unassociated with the English Baptists — unajcquainted with the Baptists in our own country — unable to calculate with any satisfactory degree of certainty what might be the effect of letters sent home — we were three solitary individuals, discon- nected from all the Christian world ; in a heathen land, with but scanty means of a very temporary subsistence : but we did not doubt but that the Lord ivoidd provide for us! Having given up the purpose of going to Burmah, we concluded, after much prayer and deliberation, to direct our eflbrts to the object of evan- gelising the Malay people, and commenced the study of their language. Meantime, most unexpectedly and providentially, opportunity occurred for my return. After long continued praying for the direction and guidance of ORIGIN OF THE TRIENNIAL CONVENTION. 47 our Heavenly Father, connected with the most serious consideration of the question, it was, finally, our united opinion, that it was expedient for me to re-visit our native land — see the Baptists— give them information of the state of things pertaining to the mission — and endeavor to bring them forward into the missionary ranks. Just here, let me state, that soon after my parting with brother and sister Judson, they went from the Isle of France to Madras, intending to proceed from that place to Penary, or to some point where they might labor for the salvation of the Malays ; but an order was issued in a short time by the government to send them to England, for the purpose of getting them out of the country. Just at that crisis, a small vessel was about sailing from Ma- dras to Rangoon, in Burmah ; and as the only alternative to escape being absolutely driven away from the field of their contemplated exertions and of their hopes, they took passage, and were thus unexpectedly, and without having intended it, conveyed to a very important position in the Burman empire. Finding it possible to live there, they clung to the place, and their purpose was at once fixed, to begin on the very spot their great undertaking to give " the glorious gospel of the living God" to the eighteen millions of that dark empire, and to the many millions of the contiguous regions ! Thus, by a manifestly special and very signal interposition of Divine Providence, were they without themselves intending it, placed in that most important missionary field — and thus most providentially was the Burman mission commenced ! And by many signal interpositions of the same Divine Provi- dence has it been brought to its present condition of unusual prosperity and of unparalleled promise ! Glory be to God! My return was by the way of South America ; and I arrived in New York early in September, 1813. Information having previously arrived touching the change in our sentiments concerning baptism, three missionary societies had, in consequence of it, been formed to aid the foreign mission, in addition to the one already existing at Salem, Massachusetts, viz. the one at Boston, one at Providence, and one at New York. After barely introducing myself to the brethren in New York, I hastened to Boston to see the brethren connected with the mission society there, the notice of whose late anniversary has prompted these statements and obser- vations. A meeting was held, at which it was proposed, if I rightly recol- lect, by the late Elder Ensign Lincoln, that the Boston society should adopt such an organisation as to allow other societies to appoint a certain portion of the members of the Board of Managers. According to the best of my recol- lection, it was then suggested by me, that perhaps it would be better to waive the adoption of any such arrangement till other societies still farther to the South should be formed, when probably some general, and possibly more satisfactory combination, might be produced. To this it was agreed. Being furnished with credentials and letters of introduction and of recom- mendation, I returned without delay to New York : additional letters were given me, and I proceeded immediately to Philadelphia, to be present at the session of the Philadelphia Association, which was held that year in the city. Measures were adopted to accomplish the formation of a Mission So- ciety there, on the same plan with the others. Letters and testimonials were furnished me here also, in addition to those already in my possession, and I went on directly to the South, to attend the Charleston Association, which was held that season at Society Hill, in South Carolina. Steps were taken to bring within the scope of the General Committee connected with that Association, the object of foreign missions. Here, too, additional pa- pers were put into my hands to facilitate the design in which I was engaged, and I went on to the Savannah River Association, then considered as belong- ing to Georgia. It was agreed to form a mission society of the same stamp with the others, the seat of which should be Savannah. 48 ORIGIN OF THE TRIENNIAL CONVENTION. Although time had allowed me to stay but a very little while in any place, yet such was the impulse given by the occasion and circumstances to tiie brethren generally in my route, that societies of the same character were formed in Baltimore, in Washington City, in Richmond, Va., and in North Carolina, shortly after my passing through those places. Elder W. B. Johnson, now pastor of the church at Edgefield Court House, S. C, and President of the Baptist State Convention of South Carolina, was at that time pastor of the church in Savannah. After completing the range of travel and formation of mission societies here recited, I had conver- sation with brother Johnson on the subject of having a meeting of delegates from all the societies of this kind, for the purpose of forming some general combination or concert of action among them. He consented, and engaged that, in case it should be agreed to by others concerned, he would go per- sonally as a delegate from the Savannah society as far as Philadelphia to attend such a meeting. Immediately, of course, I wrote to all the other societies, stating that fact, and urging the importance of the meeting in Phila- delphia, as proposed by brother Johnson. This was agreed to by all the societies of the character specified, which had then been formed, from Mas- sachusetts to Georgia. The meeting was held accordingly in Philadelphia, in April, 1814 ; and thus in the operations of the Divine Providence, was brought about the formation of The Triennial Convention of the Baptist Denomination in the United States for Foreign Missions, and other im- portant objects relating to the Redeemer'' s Kingdom. Most sincerely and respectfully yours, Luther Rice. MISSIONARY HYMN. BY S. F. SMITH. Yes, my native land, I love thee, All thy scenes I love them well; Friends, connections, happy country ! Can I bid you all tlirewell? Can I leave you — Far in heathen lands to dwell ? Home ! thy joys are passing lovely ; Joys no stranjrer-heart can tell ! Happy home ! 'tis sure I love thee ! (Jan I — can I say — Farewell? Can I leave thee — Far in heathen lands to dwell ? Scenes of sacred peace and pleasure, Holy days and Sabbath-bull, Richest, brightest, sweetest treasure ! Can I say a last farewell.' Can I leave you — Far in heathen lands to dwell ? Yes, I hasten from you gladly, From the scenes I loved so well ! Far away, ye billows, bear me ; Lovely, native land, farewell ! Pleased I leave thee — Far in heathen lands to dwell. In the deserts let me labor, On the mountains let me tell How he died — the blessed Saviour — To redeem a world from hell ! Let me hasten — Far in heathen lands to dwell. Bear me on, thou restless ocean ; Let the winds my canvass swell — Heaves my heart with warm emotion. While I go far hence to dwell. Glad I bid thee, Native land I — Farewell — Farewell ! The following beautiful hymn, written by Amos Sutton, missionary of the General Bap- lists, in Orissa, near the temple of Juggernaut, was sung at several missionary meetings du- ring his recent visit to the United States. THE CHRISTIAN'S HOPE. Air, "Auld Lang Syne." Hail! sweetest, dearest tie, that binds Our glowing hearts in one, Hail! sacred liope, that tunes our minds To harmony divine. It is tiic hope, the blissful hope, Which Jesus' grace has given; The hoi)e when days and years are past. We all shall meet in heaven. We all shall meet in heaven at last. We all shall meet in heaven: The hope when days and years are past. We all shall meet in heaven. , What though the northern wintry blast, Shall howl around tliy cot: Wliat though beneath an eastern sun Be cast our distant lot. Yet still we share tiie blissful hope Which Jesus' grace has given, &.c. From Burmali's shores, from Afric's strand, From India's burning plain. From Europe, from Columbia's, land, We hope to meet again. It is tlie hope, the blissful hope, Which Jesus' grace has given, &c. No lingering look, no parting sigh. Our iiiture meeting knows: There friendship beams from every eye. And hope immortal grows. O sacred hope! O blissful hope! Which Jesus' grace has given, &c. 49 BAPTIST GENERAL TRACT SOCIETY, Instituted in Washington City, 1824. In December, 1826, the seat of the Society's operations was removed to Philadelphia, on account of the greater facilities afforded there for the accomplishment of its objects. Principles of the Society. Membership. A payment of one dollar annually constitutes a member — ten dollars at one time, a Life Member, and twenty-Jive dollars a Life Director. Members of the So- ciety are entitled to one half of the amount of their payments in Tracts, at the rate of Jifteen pages for one cent. Auxiliary Societies. Any Tract Society may become auxiliary to this Society, by contributing to its Treasury at least one fourth of its receipts. Auxiliaries are supplied with tracts at the same rate as members; and they are requested to send one Delegate to the annual meeting of the Society, who shall have the privileges of a member. Annual Meeting. The annual meeting of the Society is held on the first Wednesday in January. Officers. The business of the Society is transacted by a Board of twenty-one Mana- gers in addition to the Managers who are elected annually. The following are the Offi- cers and Managers for 1836. Wm. T. Brantly — President. John L. Dagg — Vice President. Ira M. Allen — General Agent. William Ford — Secretary. Samuel Huggens — Treasurer. R. W. Cushman, Wm. H. Richards, John Davis, John Mulford, jr. Joseph Reynolds, Josepii H. Kennard, Isaac Reed, MANAGERS. D. B. Hinman, A. D. Gillett, John B. Trevor, Wm. E. Garrett, Thos: B. Sherborne, J. J. Woolsey, Jacob Reed, LIST OF COMMITTEES. Franklin Lee, P. D. Gillett, Israel E. James, Joseph Taylor, John C. Davis, James M. Linnard, Wilson Jewell. Committee of Publication. Wm. T. Brantly, J. H. Kennard, R. W. Cushman, Ira M. Allen, Samuel Huggens, P. D. Gillett, J. J. Woolsey, A. D. Gillett Committee of Woys S^ Means. Wm. H. Richards, John Mulford, jr. Israel E. James, John B. Trevor, Franklin Lee, Depository Sf Book Committee. John Davis, Joseph Reynolds, Wilson Jewell, The services of all the officers are gratuitous, except those of the General Agent, who devotes all his time and attention to tlie concerns of the Society. Depositories of the Baptist General Tract Society, and their .Sgents, From whom Tracts may be obtained on the same terms as at the Depository in Phila- delphia, and through whom payments may be made for tiie Society. John C. Davis, Joseph Taylor. Committee of Accounts. Isaac Reed, D. B. Hinman, T. P. Sherborne, Wm. E. Garrett, Jacob Reed, Saml. Huggens. MAI. — Portland, A Richardson. Bangor, J. R. Greenough. N. HAMP. — CoHcorrf, G. P. Lyon. \1'jK.— Brandon, W. Kimball. Wliitingham, A. Lamb. MASS.— £os(OH,(:. B. Shute, 47 Cornliill. JsTcicton Institution. R. ISL. — Providence. George P. Danifls. CONN —Hartford, Canfield Sf Robins. J\rortcich city, George Byrne. J\rcw Haven, Whitman S( Buckingham. N. YORK.— PcTtf, S. F. Phoenix. .Albany. Charles Pohlnian. Utica, Edward Bright, jr. Rochester, H. B. Sherman, Hamilton, Theo. Inst. I". Hpear. Ogdensbxirgh, J. C. Lewis. Troy, John Campbell. 5 Trumansburgh, J. M'Lallen. Canandaigua, M. Allen. PF.NN.— Pittsburg, John Lloyd. MAR. — Baltimore, W. Richards. VA. — Portsmouth, Thomas Hume. Richmond, William >^ands. Fredericksburg, William U'arren. Lewisburg, William G. Margrave. N. CAR.— IVake Forest, William Roles. H. CAR.— Charleston, A. • '. Smiih. Lane. Dis., S. S. Burdett Darlington Dis., John M. Tiramons. GF.O.-jSugusta, i:. Mustin. Savannah, H. H. Furman. Macon. A. T. Holmes. Columbus, James M- Watt MilUdgevilU. W. C. Powell, AL.— Tuscaloosa, Lacy &. Hester. 50 BAPTIST GENERAL TRACT SOCIETY. Erie, William R. Hinton. MISS. — Columbus, George Tucker. TEN.— JVasAi'i//e, J. H. Marshall. KEM. —Ijjuisvitle, J. B. Whitman. y^reensburg, Z. VVorley OHIO.— Putnam, George Helmich. Cleaveland, Benjamin Rouse. JVorwalk, Kid. A. Morse. Chiriiinati, T). F. Newton. ILL.— j?/Mh, J. M. Peck. IND.—IVas/iington. W.G. Cole. MlCin—JJetroit, R. Ambrose. Progress of the Society, From it'^ formation in 1824, to January 6, 1836. RECEIPTS. PUBLICATIONS. In 1824 $373 80 8.5,.500 Tracts. 696,000 pages. 1825 636 53 48,000 " 480,000 " 1826 800 11 88,000 " 888,000 " 1827 3,158 04 297,250 " 2,946,000 " 1828 5,256 76 428,500 " 5,442,000 " 1829 5,536 39 446,750 " 4,941,000 " 1830 3,094 09 191,563 " 2,427,000 » 1831 4,506 34 38.5,108 " 6,020,160 1832 5,213 27 86,083 " 1,202,000 " 1833 6,126 97 235,000 " 3,775,000 " 1834 6,035 .34 248,312 " 5,324,636 " 1835 8,000 30 268,730 » 7,080,000 " Publications. — The Publications of the Society in the regular series are 149. Besides these, the Society has eleven other publications, embracing in all, with those in the regu- lar series, 3,566 pages. Of these 2726 pages are in permanent type. The publications embrace a great variety of doctrinal, experimental, and practical sub- jects, and are bound in seven volumes for the use of libraries, containing 2,100 pages of most excellent Christian reading, which can be procured as a family possession for the small sum of three dollars and fifty cents. Prices of the Publications of the Baptist General Tract Society. Tracts, (each cover being counted as 4 pages,) 15 pages for - • 1 cent. Monthly Tracts, 300 pages in a volume, - - . . 50 cents. Seven bound volumes, 300 pages in a volume, . . - . 50 cents. Do. do. do. calf, gilt, - - . 75 cents. Fourteen half volumes, 150 pages in a volume, - - . - 25 cents. Memoirs of Pearce, bound in morocco backs, .... 25 cents. Do. do. stiff covers, .... 12^ cents. Animadversions on Dr. Wood's Lectures on Infant Baptism, or Letters of David and John, ....... 12^ cents. Wisdom's Voice to tlie Rising Generation, on Intemperance, . - 3lJ cents. Do. do. do. in stiff covers, 25 cents. Hinton's Active Christian, 50 cents, or $ 4 50 a dozen. Baptist Manual, 400 pages, 50 cents ; calf, gilt, extra, $2; morocco, gilt, $1. Monthly Paper, 50 cents per annum. Gratuitous Distribution. — The free grants of Tracts which were made by the Society during the year 1835, amounted to $1,196 21, which were distributed chiefly in the United States. An appropriation of $ 418 was also made to aid in printing and circulating tracts in Burmah. Germany. — In 1832, the Board published the Scripture Manual on Baptism, in Ger- many, under the superintendence of Mr. Oncken, pastor of the Baptist Church at Ham- burg. Early in 1835, they were strongly solicited by this brother to furnish him with the means of publishing some Temperance Tracts, and the Memoir of Mrs. Judson, in the German language. Believing that the publication of tliese works in Germany would greatly promote the cause of temperance and missions, as well as that of evangelical truth, the Board opened a subscription for the purpose, and about three hundred dollars have been received, a sum by no means adequate to the accomplishment of the object. Effort in behalf of the West. — To facilitate the accomplishment of the important work of placing a bound volume of the Society's publications in every accessible family in the Western States, as well as to place at the disposal of Baptist missionaries an ade- quate supply of tracts, it was proposed by the Board, in the enrly part of 1835, to raise one thousand dollars, or more, annually, for five years, by subscriptions of five dollars each, provided that 200 subscribers could be obtained for the object during the year. Al- though no very special means were employed to obtain subscribers, about two hundred and sixty have been enrolled, and there is a prospect of obtaining many more, which it is earnestly hoped will be the case. AMERICAN BAPTIST HOME MISSION SOCIETY. 51 Argument for the Baptist General Tract Society, taken from the Address of Rvfut Babcock, Jr., Pastor elect of the Spruce Street Baptist Church, Philadelphia, at the An- nual Meeting of the Society, in January, 1836. f " There are obvious reasons why our Psedobaptist friends may be content with the union, while we are not. They believe and confess that in the debated matter of Christian ordinances ours is a right course. Yes, sir, the time has passed away, 1 trust for ever, when even bigfotry and blear-eyed prejudice can deny that the believer in Christ who is ' buried with him in baptism,' has, in this respect, fully and faithflilly complied with the requirement, while he has followed the example of his Lord. Now this concession, which involves no sacrifice on their part, we can by no means reciprocate. Grateful as it would be to our feelings of Christian courtesy to make what would be hailed as a very accepta- ble offering upon the common altar of misnamed charity, there is one thing which we cannot and dare not sacrifice, and that is the truth of God. There is a valid reason, therefore, why they may rest satisfied with a common society, while we cannot and ought not. " Again, the version of the Sacred Scriptures in common and approved use among us, was made by their denominational friends, and carries nil the weight of its antiquity and authority in their favor. The transplanting instead of the translating of the principal term employed in prescribing our distinguishing ordinance, has done more to countenance and perpetuate their heterogeneous views, and varying practice, and to hinder the preva- lence of our own more simple and consistent belief, thun a whole generation can counter- act. Are wo then inconsistent, or even uncharitable, in desiring to spread abroad, as widely as possible, the light of scriptural truth upon this subject? "But it is sometimes asked, why we will not be content to publish only such tracts as express our dissent from the views of Pcedobaptists? To this course we have a three-fold objection. " 1. Such a proeeedure would give an undue prominence and disproportion to one fea- ture of the lovely and symmetrical countenance of Christain truth. If an artist were to paint the human form, or " tlie countenance divine," destitute of some important limb or feature, the true correction surely would not be found m that limb or feature exhibited alone, but in presenting it in the proper place and connexion where it belonged. " 2. Such a course would give apparent countenance to a wide spread and eagerly per- petuated misconception in reference to our views, viz., that we regard immersion as the indispensable requisite to salvation. " What clearer proof of this can be needed," it would be tauntingly said, "all your disclaimers to the contrary notwithstanding, than that your denominational Society publish nothing else?" "3. Nor would this course entiblc us, where our publications circulate alone, properly to prepare the way, by inculcating faith and repentance, for this distinguishing ordinance. It is therefore most appropriate to our views, that in the selection of Tracts called the " Baptist Manual," you have given the first place to the Answer to the great question, "What must I do to be saved?" Never until this answer is verified in tiie personal ex- perience of the believer in the Lord Jesus Christ, do we find place for even his initiatory ordinance." Brother Babcock closed by remarking that we have the authority of the infallible Tea- cher in saying that man should not live by bread alone, but by every word of God. That even the least of his commandments may not be broken, without fearful peril. That while the weightier matters of the law demand tlie first place, they should be so done, as not to leave the other undone. From all of which, as well as from the Saviour's lastcom- mission for evangelizing the nations, namely, to teach tliem all things whatsoever which he had commanded, we may gather with assured confidence his express will on this sub- ject. The averment of this Resolution is not therefore too strong. Our allegiance to Christ binds us to preach the whole gospel, and to teach and practise the unmutilated ordinances of our Lord." AMERICAN BAPTIST HOME MISSION SOCIETY. This Society was organised in the city of New York on the 27th of April, 1832. The Constitution makes provision for any person to become a member who contributes annu- ally to its fimds. Thirty dollars constitutes a member for life, and one hundred dollars a director for life. All the executive business of the Society is performed by a Committee appointed by the officers and life-directors. Missionary Societies may become auxiliary by paying into the treasury their surplus funds. The third annual meeting of the Society was held in Richmond, Va. May 4, 1835. During the year the Society had 96 Missionaries under appointment, the greater part of whom were employed in the Western States and Territories. The amount of missionary 52 MINISTERIAL EDUCATION. labor wliich tliey performed was sixty-eight years and five months. The disbursements of the Society were $8,839 97. The Baptist Convention of the State of New York re- solved, in 1834, to raise in aid of this institution six thovsavd dollars; the following year, ten thousand dollars; and at the last annual meeting, in October 1835, twelve thousand dollars. It was resolved at the meeting in Richmond, that at least the sum of $50,000 was needed by the Society, and was due from the churches. Officers for 1835. Heman Lincoln, of Massachusetts, President. William Colgate, of New York, Treasurer, Jonathan Going, " Corresponding Secretary. George W. Houghton, " Recording Secretary. Roswell Graves, " Auditor. With 48 Vice Presidents, and 50 Directors. Executive Committee. — A. Maclay, S. H. Cone, C. G. Sommers, D. Dunbar, W. R. Williams, L. Howard, C. L. Roberts, Wm. Wintcrton, T. R. Green and John Bowen. J. Going, W. Colgate, and G. W. Houghton, ex officio members. Assistant Secretaries, — John C. Murphy and Luther Crawford. MINISTERIAL EDUCATION. To show that the efforts which the churches are now making for the education of their ministry, is no innovation upon the principles and usages of the denomination, we have collected the following facts from Crosby's History of the Baptists, and other writers. In 1704, an Association of thirteen Baptist churclies in London resolved " That it would be highly useful that a fund of money be settled and maintained, either by subscriptions or collections, as each church sliould think most expedient, for the education of pious young men, who are in communion with one or other of tliese associate churches, and are bless- ed with promising gifts, in order for tiie better fitting tliem for the work of tlie ministry ; and also for the furnishing of others, who have not time to attain tlie knowledge of the tongues and some other parts of useful learning, with such English books as may be thought most proper for their assistance and improvement, and that this be recom- mended to each particular church. In the year 1715, the Charity Scliool upon Horsley-down was founded by the Protest- ant dissenters, in which the Baptists sustained an equal share. In 1717, several ministers and other persons, " who had the interest and welfare of the baptized churches in England very much at heart, observing for some time with deep concern the great want of able and qualified persons to del'end the truth, and to supply those churches which were destitute of the staled ministrations of the Gospel, projjosed that a sum be annually raised to redress tiiese grievances, and more especially for the sup- port and maintenance of gospel ministers, and providing for the succession of sucli. It was also proposed that this fund sliould be for the use and advantage of those churches only, which were denominated Particular Baptists. But this narrow plan had not long been laid, when measures were adopted by other Baptists for the establishment of an institution on more extensive and liberal principles, whereby all pious and useful ministers of the Baptist persuasion, of good dispositions and promising abilities, might be encouraged and aided in their studies. In this catholic design, their numbers increasing, they tbrnied a plan, wherein they declared, that it was far from their intention to oppose their brethren already engaged in this good work ; but only to render what they had begun more extensive ; and that ac- cordingly they should be ready to join with them in any proper mcaures for attaining so good an end. But they took notice with concern, that whereas the late scheme of their brethren excludes a considerable number of churches both in city and country, and is applied only to the relief of persons of one particular character, many worthy and use- ful men already in the ministry are neglected ; besides, that very little provision appears to be made for qualifying others to fill their places, as they shall become vacant. They proposed, therefore, that a larger supply sliould be provided, for the support of the present ministry ; which, under the direction of prudent managers, might be distributed without distinction, to all, as their exigences may require, who agree in the practice of baptizing by immersion, upon profession of faith, and appear to be sober, pious, and faithful, in the discharge of their work ; and that due provision likewise be made for the education of pious and sober young men, who are inclined to devote themselves to the work of the ministry ; that a succession of able men might not be wanted, as the necessities of the churches shall call for their labors. JJ^ MINISTERIAL EDUCATION. 53 Rules relating to the Students. — That as any persons shall be recommended to the So- ciety, in order to bo encourag-ed as students, before their admission inquiry shall be made by a committee of the managers, with respect to their morals and piety, as well as to their abilities and proficiency in learning ; and such only shall be received who have been baptized by immersion, on profession of faith, and are members of some baptized church, and in whom it may reasonably be hoped, there is a real love of religion, a» well as a good disposition for literature. That three years at least be allowed to the students to go through their academical studies ; and that it shall be in the power of the managers to grant four or five years, if they shall judge that the circumstances of the case require and deserve it. That all students who have behaved themselves well through the course of their studies, upon a testimonial from their respective tutors, or any other sufficient evidence, as well of their sober conversation, as proficiency in learning, shall be allowed any sum not ex- ceeding twenty pounds per annum, for one or two years after finishing their said course of studies, at the discretion of the managers. In pursuance of this catholic plan, many pious and usefid ministers, both of the general and particular persuasion, have been comforted under their difficulties, and several young men trained up in a course of academical studies, and others assisted with books." The historian then adds — " Having thus traced the history of the English Baptists firom their origin to this period of time, which has given them liberty to declare publicly, what before they practised privately, as their opinion, That a due regard ought to be had in training up regularly, such pious persons as seemed well disposed for the work of the ministry — " &c. From the foregoing it is evident that the English Baptists were always friendly to min- isterial education — that they regarded it as an object Cf great importance long before the civil disabilities under which they suffi^red permitted them to concert and carry into effect, in a public manner, any well regulated plans for its attainment. There has also always existed among the American Baptists a disposition to provide suitable schools for the culture of the mind. The history of the Philadelphia Association, the oldest in the United States, clearly evinces this fact. Besides its early patronage of the Brown University, Providence, R. I., it has given countenance and aid to several in- stitutions within its own boundaries. Among these may be mentioned the school for the education of young ministers at Hopewell, N. J., under the care of Isaac Eaton, pastor of the Baptist church at that place. This school was opened in 1756, towards the sup- port of which the Philadelphia Baptists raised a fund of upwards of 400 pounds. Sub- sequently they established other schools, one at Lower Dublin, Pennsylvania, taught by Samuel Jones, and the Theological Institution wliich, with its instructors Staughton and Chase, was removed from Philadelphia to Columbian College, Washington, D. C. Lately the same Association has made a further attempt to promote the same object, by establishing a Literary and Theological Institution at Haddington; while a number of other churclies in Philadelphia and vicinity, who do not exactly harmonise with these, have established a similar institution at Burlington, N. J. Other Associations of Baptists, in various parts of the United States, have established Seminaries, which are in success- ful operation, and producing incalculable benefits to the churches and the cause of Christ. The following paragraphs on the lawfulness and expediency of attempting the general diffusion of theological knowledge, are from the pen of John L. Dagg, Professor in the Haddington Institution, and were originally published in the Christian Gazette. " If it could be shown that the general diffusion of theological knowledge would tend to break down the order of the Christian ministry, an objection against its lawfulness might be urged worthy of serious consideration. But no such tendency can be shown. Our utmost efforts to make the diffusion general, can never make it every where equal. Though the knowledge of all may be greatly increased, there will still be some among the faitliful who will be ' able to teach others also.' When the weakest shall become as David, the house of David shall be as the angel of God, going before the tribes of Israel. The spiritual growth of Christ's mystical body will not destroy the proportion and har- mony of its members, nor confound their appropriate functions." " L Great benefits would result from the general diffusion of Theological Knowledge. " 1. It would greatly promote the spiritual welfare of individual Christians. Growth in grace is coupled with growth in the knowledge of our Lord and Saviour, Jesus Christ. Theological study, if properly directed, aims to attain the knowledge of that truth which sanctifies the heart. If Christians generally had more knowledge of the Bible ; if they were well acquainted with the proofs of its divine authority, and skilled in the principles of a just interpretation ; if they were familiar with the important facts it relates, the glorious doctrines it teaches, the holy precepts it inculcates, the precious promises it contains, and ^ 5* 54 MINISTERIAL EDUCATION, the marvellous scheme of prophecy it unfolds ; they would be better prepared both for tiie enjoyments and the duties of the Cliristian life. " 2. It would greatly improve the ministry. In the general diffusion of sacred know- ledge, those who occupy the station of teachers must share, at least, a full proportion. The teaciiers will be mighty in the Scriptures, when tiie learners, having left the first princi- ples, are going on to perfection in the Divine science. A sense of duty, and other pow- erful motives, must push the ministry forward ; when, in the progress of improvement, those to whom they minister are coming up closely behind them. Besides, the churches will select their pastors and teachers much more judiciously, afler" having been well taught the truth as it is in Jesus. " 3. It might serve, in the Divine hand, as the means of calling very many to the min- isterial ofRce. God uses means in converting souls ; and he equally uses means in calling men to the gospel ministry : and the truth is tiie great means of aecoiii[)lisliing both. Let our young men be made more deeply acquainted with divine truth ; let them mingle free- ly with those who are already burning with zeal to go forth with the tidings of salvation; and unite with them in study and devotion, and in the inquiry, " Lord, what wilt thou have me to do ?" If these means be employed, together with general, fervent prayer to the Lord of the harvest, to send forth laborers into his harvest, we may reasonably hope that he will pour down tiie spirit of the ministry upon many, and incline them to render service which he will accept and reward. " 4. It would guard the entrance into the ministry much better. By excluding every one from the studies which are considered preparatory to the ministry, until a license has been obtained, the evil of granting licenses prematurely is much encouraged. It is seen that much time which ought to be spent in study, will be lost to the candidate if his license be deferred until all doubt of his being designed of God for the sacred work shall be removed. A hasty decision is therefore made from the first hopeful appearances, and the youth is solemnly called to the work before his qualifications are ascertained. If he had engaged in theological study while the question of his aptness to teach was yet undeci- ded, the final decision might have been far more judiciously made, after some trial of his aptness to learn. " 5. It would produce great gain of time for ministerial labor. The youth who is call- ed of God to the sacred office, often remains for a long time in perplexing doubt respect- ing the fact of his call. Having but little information on theological subjects, he does not know wherein a call to tlie ministry consists : and, being conscientious towards God, he dares not put forth his hand to the ark, while his mind remains undecided. His love of sacred truth; his hope that he may be designed by the Head of the church for useful labor; and his desire for information on the very point of perplexity under which his soul is pained to anguish ; combine to render theological study desirable ; but he dares not engage in it, until he has first decided the great question. Being compelled to judge, without the means necessary for judging, he must either break through his conscientious- ness, to the wounding of his soul, or continue in distressing doubt, while he sees the very period of life wasting away in which he might prepare for his future labor. The writer of this, was in this state of indecision for about four years. If he had possessed a larger share of theological knowledge — or could have engaged in theological study, under some wise instructer, with a view simply to usefulness, as a member of the cliureh, in any station for which it might afterwards appear that the Lord had designed him — 'his mind might have been relieved of a heavy burden ; and he might have entered the ministry in a state of preparation greatly in advance of that in which he was finally thrust forward into the work. " 6. It would greatly promote the efficiency of ministerial labor. Instead of being obliged to teach perpetually the first principles of the doctrine of Christ, the instructer in Christ's school would find himself surrounded with pupils who have made considerable progress in their studies, and whose minds are prepared, by previous discipline, to receive his instructions with readiness. Upon such learners, his labor would produce double effect. Moreover, many of the better taught pupils would be able to be " teachers of others." The spiritual discipline of the church would thus be much improved ; and the increase of the whole body, " by that which every joint supplieth," greatly promoted. " 7. It would very much meliorate the government of our churches. So many and so great evils have been found to attend the form of government which prevails in Baptist churches, that many would gladly have sought to clinnge it, if they had not been over- awed by the belief that it has the authority of the Scriptures. These evils are to be reme- died, not by changing the form of the government, but by improving its administration; not by transferring the power to unauthorised hands, but by teaching those with whom the Saviour lefl it to wield it properly. Our churches need, for their deacons, and for MINISTERIAL EDUCATION. 55 those who are to be influential in their government, men who are well skilled in " the mysteries of the faith :" and, on this account, our young men, who are hereafter to exer- cise this control in ecclesiastical affairs, ought to be instructed in divine things. We have neglected our duty with regard to the general diffusion of sacred knowledge ; and that form of church government is the best, which makes us feel the evils of our delinquen- cy, until we are driven to reformation. " II. There is sufficient reason to expect the general diffusion of Theological Knowledge. "When the venerated Carey stept forth, under the influence of tlie Divine Spirit, to call the Christian hosts to the conquest of the world, he taught them to measure their ex- pectation of success by the promise of God, and to judge of the expedience of the attempt by the reasonableness of the expectation. So let us do, in the present case. Tlie pro- phetic word declares that "knowledge shall be increased," and that the earth shall be full of " the knowledge of the Lord, as the waters cover the sea." So wide spread, and so deep, is that knowledge of divine things, which we have all the reason to expect, that the promise of God can furnish. With this confident expectation of great things, we ought to attempt great things ; or to abandon tlie principles on which the father of modern missions commenced liis glorious career, and on which the whole scheme of con- verting the world has been formed. "Ill . The attcjnpt will produce benefits in proportion to its success, though the success be but partial. " If, notwithstanding what has been said, the idea of diffusing tlieological knowledge generally, should appear chimerical, and the attempt hopeless, there are still sufficient in- ducements to aim at a wider diffusion than exists at present. If we cannot convert the world to Christianity at once, yet, while the conversion of one sinner gives joy to angels, sufficient inducements are found for missionary toil, even in its immediate results. Pre- cisely in the same manner, every degree in which spiritual knowledge is increased, adds so much to the edification and comfort of Zion's children, that the benefit abundantly re- compenses the labor. ' All thy children shall be taught of the Lord, and great shall be the peace of thy children.' " Moreover, every degree of increase in the knowledge of divine truth, is preparing the church for duty, as well as for enjoyment ; and fitting her for that enlarged and active diffusion of holiness and joy by which she is to bless the earth, until, " in the wilderness waters shall break out, and streams in the desert." It was said by one of the ablest coad- jutors of Carey in the missionary enterprise, that the spirit of missions must convert the church, before the church can convert the world. Let us labor, therefore, to diffuse the leaven which is to leaven the whole lump; and, tliough we may at first accomplish but little, let us not despise the day of small things. Let us remember how contemptible the scheme for converting the heathen nations once appeared to the unbelieving ; and let its astonishing success give us boldness to advance, in the name of the Lord, to every toil and difficulty which may lie in the way that Heaven has marked out for our feet." We shall close this sketch with an extract from the Inaugural Address of George W. Eaton, Professor of Mathematics and Natural Philosophy in Hamilton Literary and Theological Institution. The following are his closing remarks : " If I have haply made the least impression upon any mind that I would exalt human learning to the prejudice of vital godlmess, I shall consider myself extremely unfortunate. Far from me, and far from every friend and patron of this institution be the thought, that any thing can be a substitute for deep toned piety in the ministers of the cross. Not even angelic attainments in knowledge can make up for a deficiency here. It is to every other qualification, as the sun in the heavens to the dependent luminaries which receive and reflect his light. It gives to them their value and glory. I have contemplated learning simply as a means, sanctified by the Spirit, of rendering the minister's piety more conspicuous and efficient; or, recurring to our figure, of brushing away the clouds from the sun, and letting its bright beams fall, full and unobstructed, upon a dark world. " I have no confidence in human science dissociated from piet}', as a means of elevating the church or reforming mankind. I consider a cold, scientific, and speculative minis- try, destitute of the teachings and unction of the Holy One, as one of the greatest calami- ties which could bcfal the church. Wo betide the day when tliis institution shall inflict such a curse upon the Baptist denomination. Ere that day shall arrive, let these goodly structures, reared by the prayers and alms of God's people, and now filled with pious youtli, and made vocal by their strains of elevated and fervent devotion, be levelled to the ei;irth, and entombed beneath its surface. That that day may never come, let unceasing prayers, my brethren, ascend to Him who alone can keep your hearts and ours. " But science and literature, when sanctified by grace, are the loveliest and most proper handmaids to the religion which we love. They should never have been seduced from her side. Let them be brought back, and lead the pure and white robed spirit around the world. As handmaids to religion they are eminently usefiil ; and, in the present state 56 NORTHERN BAPTIST EDUCATION SOCIETY. of the world, indispensable to her progress, and the consummation of her heavenly pur- poses towards the human race. " We long to see the day when all the heralds of the cross shall be richly furnished with every requisite to make full proof of their ministry; when their minds shall be filled with a cherub's wisdom, tlieir hearts glowing with a seraph's love, and their lips touched with file from off the eternal altar. We wish to see them going forth at the command of the great Captain of salvation, leading the "sacramental host" against the powers of dark- ness, eom[)lctely clad in intellectual and spiritual armor, burnished bright and flaming in the light of heaven ; and marching right on to the conquest of the world." NORTHERN BAPTIST EDUCATION SOCIETY. This Society was formed in 1814, under the name of the Massachusetts B;iptist Educa- tion Society. This name was retained until the fall of 1829; while the operations of the Society, up to that date, were chiefly confinrd to Massachusetts, except that their assist- ance was aflbrded to all young men of suitable qualifications, coming from whatever section tiiey might. In the winter of 1830, a new act of incorporation was obtained, taking the name of the Northern Baptist Education Society. Since 1830, there has been organised in each of the New England States, a Branch Society, holding to the Parent Society tlie mutual relation of giving or receiving assistance, as the circumstances of either may admit or require. Otherwise, the Branches are perfectly independent; the business of each Branch being conducted by a Board of its own, who take measures for raising funds, make appropriations, examine and receive candidates, &c. &e. All young meg needing assistance, within the limits of a given Branch, make application to said Branch: they are thus examined, and, if the funds will admit, are received under patron- age; otherwise, they are recommended by the Branch, to the Parent Society, where, upon such recommendation, they are received, without further examination, and placed upon its funds, to whose Treasury they become responsible. On the other hand, if a Branch have surplus funds, they receive young men on recommendation from the Parent Society; and young men thus received, become responsible to the Treasury of said Branch. It ought to be mentioned, in this connection, that Baptist Education Societies existed in Rhode Island and Connecticut previous to the present organisation of the Northern Baptist Education Society. The Society in Rhode Island was formed in 1816, and that in Connecticut in 1818. The design of the Northern Baptist Education Society is, to receive all suitable appli- cants coming from any section where they have no Branch. During the year ending May 1832, the number of applicants for patronage to this Society was 57. Including the period from May, 1830, to May, 1835, the beneficiaries increased from 42 to 176. The whole number assisted by the Society during the year ending May, 1835, was 131. The whole number upon the respective Branches was 71, increasing the entire number under patronage to 176. Funds. The amount expended by the Society and its Branches during the year ending May, 1835, was $9,348 36. The amount subscribed at the last anniversary was $2,495. Preparatory Schools. — Since the last annual meeting, four classical schools of a high order, have been opened in New England, under the auspices of tlie Baptist denomination. Union Academy in Kenncbunk, Me., Rockingham Academy at Hampton Falls, N. H., Black River Academy at Ludlow, Vt., and the Worcester Manual Labor High School at Worcester, Mass., in which have been collected already, more than 200 youths, each hav- ing a considerable number who are studying for the ministry. There are in New England at this time, thirteen of these schools, besides two others which are exclusively devoted to female education, which are annually imparting their benefits to more than two thousand youths of both sexes. Plan of the Society. The origanisation of the Northern Baptist Education Society is confined to the New England States; while its patronage has hitherto been extended to young men coming from whatever country, or section of country, they might. A young man, to make a successful application, must come recommended by the church of which he is a member, as being indigent, and as being in their opinion designed for the ministry. If admitted, he is placed upon the funds of the Society, from which he draws quarterly, a certain amount per annum, varying according to the stage of his education; .$48 being the minimum, and $75 being the maximum. For each appropriation he gives his note, witiiout security and without interest, payable, one third at the end of one year after he shall have completed his education, and the other two thirds, at the end of the second and third years. BROWN UNlVERSItV. 57 Each of the several Branch Societies in Maine, New Hampshire, Vermont, Connecticut and Rhode Island, is in a prosperous state; — the aggregate number of their beneficiaries having increased in the space of four years, from seven to seventy-one. The following table exhibits the progress of each of the Branch Societies, during the past year, and the comparative strength of eacht No. of beneficiaries Expended Received Maine, 12 1211 00 $211 00 New Hampshire, 12 545 16 545 16 Vermont. 26 473 44 473 44 Rhode Island, 9 529 67 529 67 Connecticut, 12 549 43 549 43 71 $2308 70 $2308 70 [Fro7n E, Thresher, Corresponding Secretary. 1 It has already been remarked, that the relation of tlie Board to its beneficiaries, is designed to be strictly parental. The Board only require, on the part of the beneficiary, that he sustain a certain character, embracing piety, talents, scholarship, and promise of usefulness as a preacher of the gospel; all which is implied in being an approved candidate for the min- istry; so that to require less would argue a want of fidelity in the Board. The means of ascertaining this degree of promise, is of a most delicate and unexceptionable character. Each beneficiary is allowed to rely on the Board, with the utmost confidence, for a cer- tain amount of pecuniary support. It is not intended that the student shall regard his quarterly appropriation as an act of charity, but purely as a business transaction. It is desired by the Board that every beneficiary may feel himself removed at the farthest pos- sible distance from a subject of charity. He does not need charity, but wants patronage; that is to say, he needs for a season, being engaged in an important enterprise, the assis- tance of his friends, the obligation for which lie has a prospect of being more than able to meet at a future day. The amount appropriated is ordinarily about one half of what is absolutely indispen- sable to defray a young man's necessary expenses. It being supposed that every young man of the requisite talents for the ministry, has certain resources which it is thought de- sirable he should bring into requisition. Upon this point tlie Board have endeavored to act in obedience to tlie obvious teachings of Divine Providence. They have noticed, that self-made men are a class wlio rank Jiighest in point of ability and usefulness. They notice, too, that a vast majority of those who give evidence of a call to the ministry, are among the poor; they, therefore, conclude that the work of the ministry is such as requires that those who enter it be raised under somewhat of a severe discipline, and they dare not counteract this order of Providence. They intend to remove from the path of a young man every insurmountable obstacle, while at the same time they leave every one to feel that he must educate himself. Some there are, who, by their own industry, without any assistance, will acquire an education; others again, would faint under so heavy a burden. BROWN UNIVERSITY. Rhode Island College. — This institution was incorporated in the year 1765, by the "General Assembly of the Governor and Company of the English Colony of Rhode Island." It was originally established at Warren, where, in the year 1769, the first Com- mencement was celebrated. In the year 1770, it was permanently fixed in Providence, where, in the same year, the first college edifice, (now University Hall,) was erected. According to a provision in the charter, the original name of the college was, in the year 1804, changed to that of Brown University, " in honor of its most distinguished benefactor." Hope College. — In the year 1821-22, the second college edifice was erected by the Hon. Nicholas Brown, and wholly at his own expense. It was by him formally presented to the Corporation, who, agreeably to the suggestion of the donor, whose only sister bears the name of Hope, resolved unanimously that the new building should be denominated " Hope College." Manning Hall. — This college edifice, the third which has been erected, is built of stone. Including the portico, it is about ninety feet in length, by forty-two in width. Its height from the top of the basement is forty feet. The Library occupies the whole of the first floor, and is a beautiful room. In the centre, it is ornamented with a double row of fluted columns. The Library is sixty-four feet by thirty-eight, and is thirteen feet high. The Chapel is on the second floor. It exhibits the most graceful proportions. Its length and 58 BROWN UNIVERSITY. breadth are the same as those of the Library. Its height, however, is not less than twenty- five feel. 1'he front of the edifice is ornamented with four fluted columns, resting on a platform projecting thirteen feet from the walls. Manning Hall is situated between Uni- versity Hall and Hope College — equidistant from each. It is of the Doric order, and is said to be one of the finest specimens to be found in our country. Mr. Russell Warren was the architect, Mr. Daniel Hale the matter mason, and Messrs. Talhnan and Bucklin the master builders.* President Manning. — In 1765, James Manning was elected the first President of Rhode Island College. Mr. Manning was born in the State of New Jersey, 1738. He received his collegiate education at Nassau Hall, Princeton — an institution which has numbered among its sons some of the most distinguished citizens of the country. He was graduated in 1762, and soon after was settled as pastor of a Baptist church in Mor- ristown, N. J. His connection with this church was of short duration, for it would seem that, towards the close of the year 176.5, he accepted an invitation from the Baptist church in Warren, R. I. to become their pastor. Soon after his ordination, he opened a Latin school in that town. In an authentic biographical sketcii of Mr. Manning, written by John Howland, Esq., and published several years since in the Rhode Island Literary Re- pository, it is stated that, although Mr. Manning obtained for his services as a teacher of Latin and as pastor of a church, a compensation " barely sufficient for his support," yet that, amidst such discouragements, he had the courage to commence the great work of founding Rhode Island College. Of this college his Latin school may be considered as the germ. Thus may it with truth be said, that one of our oldest and most flourishing literary institutions owed its origin mainly to the exertions of a humble village pastor I How emphatically does a fact like this illustrate the impulsive power of Christian benevo- lence, and the elastic vigor of Christian principle ! At the Annual Commencement in the year 1790, President Manning, as if in prophetic anticipation of his approaching death, requested the Corporation to direct their attention towards some suitable person as his successor. On the last Sabbath of April, 1791, he preached his farewell sermon to the church and society who had long enjoyed the privi- lege of his faithful ministry — and on the Sabbath morning of July 24th, while uttering the voice of prayer around the domestic altar, he was seized with an apoplectic fit, in which he remained, with but imperfect consciousness, till the ensuing Friday, when he expired, aged 53 years. He was interred with extraordinary demonstrations of venera- tion and love. Mr. Manning presided over Rhode Island College for the long period of twenty-six years. Although nearly half a century has elapsed since his deatli, yet the memory of his virtues and various accomplishments is still fresh in the souls of those who once caught from his lips the spirit af classic beauty, and the lessons of imperishable truth. The gen- tleman who at his own expense erected the beautiful edifice which has just been dedicated to the service of God, was a collegiate pupil of Dr. Manning. Entertaining an almost filial veneration for his early teacher and friend, and desirous to perpetuate the remem- brance of one of the principal founders and the first President of the college, the gentle- man to whom we have alluded has given to this beautiful specimen of architecture the name of Manning Hall. By this venerated name may it be known to distant genera- tions in our land, when oblivion shall have covered with its pall whatever has not been done for the cause of virtue and truth ! President Maxcy. — Jonathan Maxcy, a native of Attleborough, Mass., a graduate of * At thfi dedication of Mannins; Hall, on the 4th of February, 1835, erected by the munificence of Nicholas Brown, the following Oilc, composed for the occasion by an alumnus of the college, and a native of Providence, was sung by the choir. Ages after ages urge No; through many a distant age. On and on, like ocean waves — Each and all unchanged may live; Soon shall break the future surge No; to form the future's page. O'er our long-forgoiten graves; Each and all have much to give; You bright bay as bright shall gleam. Patient toils and worthy aims, Yon fair city rise as fair. Guarded trusts and cherished pow'rs. Yon rich meads as richly teem ; Blameless lives and stainless names. Other eyes shall see them there. These we give, if these be ours. Yet shall learning's hoary halls Clasp we then the brother hand. Win the vot'ry step of youth ; Seal the compact, fair and fast; Yet shall speak these echoing walls. Long as these loved walls shall stand, sacred still to sacred truth : That unsullied gift shall last ; And must ours be voiceless sleep, Thou whose truth is saving might. Ours an image left on nought. Thou, whose love is strong defence, Jjost beneath the whelming deep Lift the Cross of life and light, All we were and all we wrought ? Lift it here and send it henco 1 BROWN UNIVERSITY. 59 the college, and at the time of his election one of its Professors, was appointed the suc- cessor of President Manning. Mr. Maxcy performed the presidentship from 1792 till 1801 — when he resigned his office, having been appointed President of Union College, Schenectady, N. Y. He was subsequently elected President of the University of South Carolina, at Columbia, where, after a long period of official service, he died in the year 1820, aged 52. It is sad to think how scanty are the memorials of this gifted and ac- complished man. He embodied, in an enduring form, none of his noble thoughts : and but for the testimon}^ of cotemporury friendship, even the present generation would hardly know how versatile and commanding were his powers of intellect; how brilliant his fancy — how captivating his eloquence. It is sad to think, that of that eloquence, upon which mixed multitudes and youthful academies once hung with delight, there will soon be left nought but a dim traditionary recollection ! Skilled as he was in metaphysics and divinity, he was equally conversant with classical literature and belles letters. Perfectly familiar with criticism, he expounded the princi- ples of the fine arts with the ease, and clearness, and comprehensiveness of a master." In praise of his talents as a preacher, the language of the sketch is enthusiastic — but no one who ever listened to Mr. M. will complain that it is extravagant : " He was a re- markably powerful and fascinating preacher. Few men have ever equalled him in the impressive solemnity and awful fervor of his manner. There was nothing turgid, or af- fected, or fanatical. His delivery was founded upon the purest principles of eloquence, and, like his mind, was at once sublime and simple. His voice was unquestionably the most clear and articulate I have ever heard. No syllable of his discourse was ever lost. Every portion of a word was uttered with a clearness and precision, as if upon the dis- tinctness of its enunciation, the efficacy of the whole depended. But though his general manner was rather mild than vehement, and rather solemn than impetuous, yet he some- times exhibited an eloquence animated and impassioned in the last degree, and carried with it, as with the force and rapidity of a torrent, the hearts and feelings of his audience. I shall never forget the sudden burst of feeling with which he delivered an apostrophe to the grave, at a funeral discourse upon the death of a student, and which, by a spontane- ous and electric impulse, clothed the whole assembly in tears." President Messer. — In the year 1802, Asa Messer, then a Professor, was elected the successor of President Maxcy. With a success highly honorable to his talents and learn- ing, he conducted the affairs of the college till the year 1826 — when, upon his resignation, he was succeeded by the present incumbent. Mr. Messer is still living. Long may friendship plead this apology for withholding a more ample tribute to his acknowledged worth. Brown University, a liberal and catholic institution. — Brown University was founded by the Baptists — and it is under the control of the Baptists. Thus far, and no farther, may it be considered as a sectarian institution. To the grand principles of religious toleration, on which it was founded, it may not be deemed improper briefly to advert. These principles are unequivocally recognised in the charter, and through every stage m the history of the college, they have, it is believed, been preserved inviolate. The charter prescribes that the Corporation shall consist of two branches — the Board of Fellows and the Board of Trustees — the former comprising twelve members, the latter thirty-six. Of the twelve Fellows, eight must be Baptists — but the remaining four must be chosen from otlier denominations of Christians. Of the Trustees twenty-two must be Baptists, five Episcopalians, five Friends, and four Congregationalists. In determining these proportions originally, reference, it is supposed, was had to the existing state of the principal religious denominations at the time of granting the charter. Of the Officers of Instruction, the President alone is required to be a Baptist. The college is more than once denominated by the charter " as a liberal and catholic institu- tion." Every college in New England, and most of the colleges in the middle States, are under the control of some particular religious denomination. The charter of no one of them, except that of Brown University, secures to several leading sects of Christians the right for ever to share in the administration of their affairs. With many of our American colleges, Tiicological schools are connected. Brown Uni- versity is, and always has been, without one. That institution is, in the language of its Charter, " a seminary for the education of youth in the vernacular and learned languages, and in the liberal arts and sciences." In many colleges, tlie students are compelled to attend public worship, on the Sabbath, at some particular place, which is designated by law. In this manner, the students of BroWn University are, by law, allowed an uncontrolled clioice. Finally — with confidence may it be asserted, that, in Brown University, no officers of instruction and no students, who happen not to be Baptists, (and of the latter there are many) are ever made to feel that, "sectarian difference of opinions" diminishes, in any degree their privileges, their usefulness, or their happiness. 60 BROWN UNIVERSITY. Members of fhe Faculty, and other Officers, 1835. Francis Wayland, President, and Professor of Moral and Intellectual Philosophy. William G. Goddard, Professor of Belles I per term, or $63 00 per annum, ) 102 00 to 106 68 121 50 to 125 79 3. Payments. — There are three terms of study in each year, and the expense of each is paid in advance. Students, unless from another College, entering the Freshman Class, pay five dollars as a fee of matriculation; Sophomore Class, eight dollars; Junior Class, twelve dollars; Senior Class, fifteen dollars. No retrospective tuition is, liowever, demand- ed, and a candidate may enter, if qualified, at any period of the course, previously to the last term of the Senior year. 4. Commencement and Vacations. — Commencement is held on the first Wednesday of September. Immediately afterwards, the first Term commences, and continues till De- cember 10th, fourteen weeks — when it is succeeded by a vacation of three weeks. The second term commences January 1st, and continues till March 31st, thirteen weeks — when it is succeeded by a vacation of four weeks. The third Term commences April 29th,. and continues till July 21sl, twelve weeks — when it is succeeded by a vacation till Commencement. WATERVILLE COLLEGE. This institution was called into existence by the necessities of the Baptist denomina- tion in the extensive section of New England whicli lies too remote from the seat of Brown University, to avail itself of the facilities of education whicli are there furnished. Previ- ously to its establishment, no other institution existed than the one last named, for intel- lectuiil or Theological instruction among a denomination more numerous ct this time, (and probably then,) than [^ny other in our country. It having been ascertained by the result of several unsuccessful endeavors, tliat Baptists would be allowed no share in tlie man- agement of Bovvdoin College, at Brunswick, which was then the only institution of this character in Maine, and had been established and richly endowed by the friends of the State to which they felt that they had a common claim — measures were taken for origina- ting a seminary of their own. A spirit of indomitable energy and perseverance was evinced 6 62 WATERVILLE COLLEGE. by several of its founders,* wliich will entitle them to the lasting remembrance and grati- tude of the friends of learning- and religion. Though a charter was secured in 1813, yet an unwarrantable disposition on the part of the Legislature, to fetter it by injurious re- strictions, prevented any considerable progress towards its actual establishment until some years afterwards. It was at last located in VVaterville, (the original charter having been so altered as to allow some choice in this respect to its Trustees,) under the name of " The Maine Literary and Theological Institution." In the year 1818, Jeremiah Chaplin, of Danvers, Mass., who then had charge of several students, whom he was accus- tomed to receive into his own family and become their teacher, both in Literature and Theology, was appointed by the Trustees as Professor ; and under their auspices and those of the Massachusetts Baptist Education Society, he removed with the students under his charge, to VVaterville, and began his course of instruction in a private dwelling, hired for the purpose, until public edifices could be erected. His able and faithful services gradu- ally attracted an increasing number of pupils to the infant institution; and although per- severing efforts were made to secure an additional number of instrueters, it would seem that it was by his unaided efforts, almost entirely, that the institution rose to such respect- ability that the first meeting of the Legislature of Maine, after she became an indepen- dent State, " authorised and ejnpowered the Trustees to confer such degrees as are usually conferred by universities." This act was passed June 19th, 1820. In the following year an act was passed altering the name of the institution to Waterville College. In August, 1822, the first public Commencement was held, and Mr. Chaplin, who had pre- viously been elected to that office, was inaugurated as President of the college. Avery Briggs was elected Professor of Languages the same year; and George Dana Boardman, (a name dear to the friends of Christian missions,) was elected Tutor. Not less than ten or twelve individuals have since served the institution in each of the subordinate but highly responsible offices. Although some small sums were aimually appropriated by the State to aid in defraying the current expenses of the institution, and the contributions and subscriptions of generous indi- viduals were much more considerable — yet the erection of the college edifices, the purchase of scientific apparatus, enlargement of the Library, and the maintenance of the officers of instruction, had involved the institution in debts far beyond its ability to discharge. Under these circumstances, a conditional subscription, payable when $10,000 should be sub- scribed, for the liquidation of a portion of its debts, was commenced by a liberal friend in Salem, Mass., in the winter of 1832. Unexpected delays occurred in completing the • requisite sum ; and to add to the embarrassments of the institution, in the following sum- mer, the worthy President and two of the Professors, under circumstances at once pain- ful to themselves, and full of peril to the best interests of the college, resigned their offices. At the annual meeting of the Trustees, which occurred a few weeks afterward, when the effort to induce those officers to withdraw their resignations had proved ineffectual, a com- mittee was appointed to endeavor to procure the services of suitable successors. After considerable delay and some unsuccessful appointments, the Trustees, with perfect unani- mity, elected tlie present incumbent, in September, 1833, to the office of President — and his arrangements were soon made to take leave of the people of his charge in Salem, Mass. and enter on the performance of the duties of this appointment. Such were the complicated difficulties which now encompassed the college, that [many of its timid and irresolute friends were almost disposed to abandon it Its debts were ascertained to amount to more than $ 18,000. The conditional subscription for its relief was not more than two-thirds filled : the patient forbearance of many of its creditors began to be exhausted : it had no available means to discharge these debts, or even to meet more than three-fifths of its current expenses. But in this exigency, greatly increased as it was by the pecuniary pressure so universally experienced in 1834, the energetic beneficence of its friends, who promptly filled up the $10,000 subscription, and the cheer- ing indications of public favor, manifested by the continued increase of its students, en- couraged the President and his aesociates in the Faculty to persevere. In the autumn of this year the first catalogue of the graduates of the college was pub- lished by order of the Trustees. The number who had regularly completed their course of studies in the institution, and received its honors in the first fifteen years of its existence as a college, was 99 ; about one-fourth of whom are known to have devoted themselves to the Christian ministry. For the first time in its history, the annual catalogue of the college classes this year, showed a number of over 100 students in actual attendance. About two-thirds of these were professors of religion — the most of them regarded as can- didates for the gospel ministry. Previously to the next annual meeting of the Board of Trus- tees, a sale had been effected of the remainder of the township of land originally granted • Most of these arc still livini;, and delicacy forbids the mention of their names: But no such rea- son c.in withhold the ackiiowledgement in this place of the inestimable services of Daniel .Merrill, of Maine, and Mr. Bachclderand Eld. Baldwin, of Massachusetts. WATERVILLE COLLEGE. 63 to the institution by the legislature of Massachusetts, which provided means for the relief of the college from its pecuniary embarrassinent, and also a small I'und for future use. An appeal had also been made to the liberality of its friends for the permanent endowment of a number of college scholarships, by the payment of $ 600 each, the contributors of this sum to be allowed to send one scholar at a time free of charge lor tuition, room-rent, library and lectures. The Trustees at their meeting authorised the erection of an additional college edifice, to contain a chapel, library and philosophical halls, lecture rooms, and halls for the accommodation of the literary and philosophical societies. An edifice for these purposes, 65 feet by 40, from the design of Thomas V. Walter, Esq., a distinguished architect, of Philadelphiai is now contracted for, to be completed the ensuing summer. The location of the institution is as eligible and pleasant as could possibly be desired. At the head of steamboat navigation on one of the noble and beautiful rivers of Maine — the Kennebec — on the north line of the pleasant and thriving village of Waterville, in a Jown now containing about 3,000 inhabitants, but rapidly increasing, and surrounded on every side by the most fertile and best cultivated portion of the State — its unsurpassed healthfulness, its facility of access, the cheapness of the principal requisites of living, and its happy removal from scenes of dissipation and habits of extravagance, conspire to point it out as a most desirable site for such an institution. The colleges stand in the midst of a charming plain, of about half a mile in extent, and elevated about 100 feet above the bed of the river, which here seems hastening on its rapid course to the great Ticonic Falls, about half a mile below, and directly in view of tiie edifices. This is said to be the largest fall of so great a body of water in New England, and some seasons of the year is truly grand and majestic. The slope from the colleges to the margin of the river is unobstruct- ed, and easily susceptible of the highest ornament. The college lots contain about forty acres, lying compactly around the principal buildings ; and it is the design of the Trus- tees to bring the whole into a high state of cultivation, and give the avails to reduce the cost of board to the students. The various labor of cultivation will afford healthful exer- cise, in the summer season, to tliose students who prefer it to the workshops. To give all possible encouragement to manual labor, in connection with study, the trustees have expended three or lour thousand dollars, in erecting and properly furnishing four exten- sive shops, for the accommodation of those who desire to avail themselves of these advan- tages, Arrangments have been made for a first rate printing office and book bindery, to be added to the other branches of labor here prosecuted, the present season. The following facts in regard to the success of this department, with some other items of information, are taken from a published statement of the President a fl'w months since. Considerably more than one half of the whole number of students in college are regu- larly engaged in labor (cliiefly in the college shops) three hours a day. Their earnings vary from 50 cents to $2 50 per week, according to their skill, strength, and diligence ; but on an average they pay for their board by their labor. This system of labor has been in successful operation for more than two years ; (with the exception of a fe-w weeks last autumn, when the scarcity of lumber partially suspended work in the shops,) and the results of it are now no longer doubtful. The regular exercise thus furnished is found highly conducive to health, and to intellectual vigor. No student is hindered in the suc- cessful prosecution of his studies, by employing three hours a day in work. The good order of the college is also essentially promoted by this kind of employment of the leisure hours of so large a portion of the students. It is often asked — " How can your manual labor department continue to flourish, when the experiment in so many other institutions has entirely failed ?" Several circumstances have conspired to its success here. A large proportion of our students are able-bodied men, who have been accustomed to labor, and do not regard it as dishonorable. We have an excel- lent and popular superintendent of the shops, at a reasonable charge. The shops, tools, &e., have been furnished by contributions for the purpose, and only need to be kept in repair, by a small tax on the occupants. We have also unusual facilities for purchasing- lumber, and disposing of work of various kinds from the shops. By carrying the princi- ples of <^e division of labor into effect, the several processes are so simplified, that young men of common jingenuity, even if they have never before been accustomed to the use of tools, very soon learn to work to good advantage. The low price of board and tuition (only $1 a week for the former, when paid in advance, and $20 per annum for the latter) are an encouragement to many worthy young men, thirsting for the advantages of edu- cation, to endeavor to procure one here, chiefly by their own efforts. Of the instruction here furnished, it does not beco.me me to speak. The course of studies and the regular examinations of the classes arc public, and we are never better satisfied than when they are submitted to the closest scrutiny. Commencement is on the Jirst Wednesday in August, and is immediately followed by a vacation of five weeks. Candidates for examination should present themselves, the morning of the day before Commencement, or the first of the following term. The requisites for admission are the 64 COLUMBIAN COLLEGE. same, generally, as in the other colleg-es and universities of New Engl md. But without becoming candidates for a degree, individuals of proper age are permitted to reside for any length of time tliey choose in the college, and pursue such studies as they please. — They enjoy all the advaiit;iges of the institution, libraries, lectures, and literary societies, subject to tlie general regulations which may be applicable to them. The requirements for entrance on tliis partial course, are, an ability to pursue profitably, along with the college classes, those branches of study which arc preferred. It is desired tliat no one would enter even the partial course, who does not design to spend at least one year in the institution. There are two brick edifices besides the one now in process of erection, whicli form a uniform line, both in front and rear, of about 450 feet in extent. The President's House, and the Steward's Hall, are handsome buildings of wood, at convenient distances, and, with the workshops before mentioned, strike the eye pleasantly, from almost any direction. The college grounds, buildings completed and now in progress, with the libraries and scientific apparatus, cannot be worth less than $50,000 : and if tiie plans now on foot for enlarging its means of usefulness should be judiciously prosecuted, before the close of an- other year, its productive capital may be increased to an equal sum. Less than this would not suffice to give the institution that permanent standing and respectability which all its friends should so earnestly desire. It would then afford accommodation for more than 130 students), and could maintain a competent and efHcient Faculty. The catalogue for the present year will show a total of 115 students, viz : In Senior standing 28 ; Junior do. 24; Sophomore do. 30 ; Freshman do. 33. The Faculty of Instruction consists of RuFus Baecock, Jr., President, and Acting Professor of Moral Philosophy. George W. Keely, Professor of Mathematics and Natural Philosophy. Calvin Newton, Professor of Rhetoric and the Hebrew Language. EzEKiEL Holmes, Lecturer on Chemistry, Mineralogy, Geology and Botany. Phi.neas Barnes, Professor of the Greek and Latin Languages and Literature. Samuel F. Smith, Acting Professor of Modern Languages. Samuel Randall, Jr., Tutor in Greek and Latin, and Librarian. William Lamson, Tutor in Mathematics. Stephen B. Page, Assistant Instructer in Elocution. The institution is under the entire control of a Board of thirty Trustees, besides the President, who is ex-officio a member of tlie Board. They fill their own vacancies, and have full power of appointing officers of instruction and government. About five-sixths of the present Board are of the Baptist denomination, but no preference is given in any of the advantages of the institution, on account of religious differences. THE COLUMBIAN COLLEGE, IN THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA. This institution has a delightful and commanding site, on the high range of ground north of Washington city, a mile from the President's house, and twoand a half from the Capitol. Tlie natural scenery of the District, heiglitened in its effect by the seat of government, has niucli to awaken the cntlmsiasm and charm tlie imagination of the scholar. . This college was incorporated by an act of congress, in 1821 ; and, after the completion of the principal edifice, and tlie appointment of a faculty, the course of instruction was commenced in 1822. Its buildings arc, a college edifice 117 feet by 46, of five stories, including the base- ment and the attic, having 48 rooms for students, with two small dormitories attached to each — the chapel, and offices of the steward's department, in the lowest story ; another edifice, of the same dimensions, but partially erected, which is connected with the first by a building of one story, 80 feet by 40, designed for a refectory ; two very commodious dwelling-houses for professors ; and a philosophical hall, with ajiartments lor depositing apparatus for lecture-rooms and the classical school. All its buildings are of brick, and remarkably well finished and arranged. Of the 47 acres embraced in the college grounds, about 30 are devoted to gardens and tillage. It has a library of between 3 and 4000 volumes, obtained principally in England and Germany, and well adapted to its design. The pailosop'iical apparatus is ample, and of a superior order, having been procured in London, under the inspection of a distinguished English professor. COLUMBIAN COLLEGE. 65 FACULTY. Stephen Chapin, President, and Professor of Bellcs-Lettres, and of Moral and Intel- lectual Philosoi)liy. Thomas Sewall, Professor of Anatomy and Physiolog-y. William Ruggles, Professor of Mathematics and Natural Philosophy. Alexander M'Williams, Professor of Botany. Thomas P. Jones, Professor of Chemistry. William Boulware, Professor of Ancient Languages. Philip Leon, Teacher of French. Adiel Sherwood, Professor elect. There are two sessions in the college year : a winter session, commencing the first Wednesday of November, and terminating tlie first Wednesday of Ma}' ; the summer, the first Wednesday of July, and ending the first Wednesday of October, when the annual commencement for conferring degrees, &c., is held. After the summer session there is a vacation of one month ; after the winter session one of two months. May and June. This arrangement gives students the advantage of spending tiie sickly season on college hill — a spot not surpassed in health fulness by any in the Union. COURSE OF STUDIES, TEXT-BOOKS, SlC. Requirements for Admission. — The candidate must be well acquainted with English Grammar, Arithmetic, Modern Geography, tiie Grammar of the Latin and Greek languages, be able to translate correctly and with facility Cajsar's Commentaries, Virgil, Sallust, Cicero's Select Orations, the Gospels, and Jacob's Greek Reader ; and, for an advanced standing, he must be well versed in the preceding studies of the class to which he wishes to be admitted. He must also bring satisfactory credentials of a good moral character. Where the Text-Books mentioned have not been used, the candidate must have studied works which the faculty deem an equivalent. Freshman Class. — The Latin and Greek Languages; Grammars; Latin, Zumpt's Greek, Valpy's (Anthon's edition,) or Robinson's Bultinann ; Text-Books ; Folsom's Livy, Selec- tions from Ovid commenced, Xenoplion's Anabasis, Homer's Odyssey first twelve Books commenced, Latin and Greek composition, written translations into English. Mathema- tics ; arithmetic reviewed, Lacroix's, Euler's Algebra in the Cambridge course. Sophomore Class. — Languages and Literature of the Greeks and Romans ; Ovid finished, Horace's Satires and Odes, Homer's Odyssey tvvelve Books finished, Greek and Roman Antiquities, History, and Geography; written translations. Mathematics; Legen- dre's Geometry, and Lacroix's Algebra. History Sfc; Tytler's General History, History of the United States, Whatley's Rhetoric commenced, Paley's Natural Theology, and Smellie's Philosophy of Natural History, Webster's edition. Junior Class. — Greek and Roman Literature; iEschines and Demosthenes De Corona, Euripides' Alccstis, or Medea, Sophocles' ^dipus Rex, Homer's Iliad first six Books commenced, Tacitus' History, Germany, and Agricola, Plautus' Captivi, Horace's Epistles, Selections from Juvenal. Mathematics and Natural Philosophy; Plane and Spherical Trigonometry, and the application of Algebra to Geometry, particularly to Conic Sections. Mei.suration of Heiglits and Distances, Navigntion, Surveying, Leveling^ and Nautical Astronomy, Cambridge course. Olmsted'? Mechanics and Hydrostatics. Intellectual and Moral Studies ; Hedge's, or Whatley's Logic, Paley's Moral Philosophy in part, Aber- crombie on the Intellectual Powers, Alexander's Evidences of Christianity, Whatley's Rhetoric finished. Senior Class. — Literature and Philosophy of the Greeks and Romans ; Iliad six Books finished, Xenoplion's Memorabili.T, or Plato's Phfedon, Cicero's Brutus, Cicero de Officiis, Tusculanae Disputationes first Book. Mathematics and Natural Philosophy ; Olmsted's Pneumatics, Acoustics, Electricity, Magnetism, and Optics. Herschel's, or Farrar's As- tronomy. Bezout's or Boueharlat's Differential and Integral Calculus, t'hemistry. Politi- cal, Sfc. ; Abercrombie on the Moral Feelings, Campbell's Philosophy of Rhetoric, in part, Vattel, Federalist, S.iy's Political Economy. Declamation, or Composition, each week. Orations written and delivered once in three months by the Junior and Senior Classes. The students are permitted, occasionally, to hear tbje arguments in the United States Supreme Court, and the debates in Congress. The higher classes are admitted to courses of lectures on Intellectual and Moral Philo- sophy, Rhetoric, Anatomy and Physiology, and Natural Philosophy. The charges fur the Winter Session will he — Tuition, - - - $26 00 Library, room, furniture, and bed, - - - 17 00 Table, washing, fuel, lights, and servants, per week, - 2 50 Summer Session. — Tuition, . . - - - - 14 00 Library, room, furniture, and bed, - - - 9 00 Table, washing, lights, and servants, per week, - 2 50 6* 66 COLUMBIAN COLLEGE. The above arc the charges to students wlio board in the college. Students not board* ing, are charged, tor Winter Session.— Tmi'ion, - - - - - - - $26 00 Library, room, iuniiturc, fuel,* and servants, - - 18 00 Summer Session. — Tuition, - - - - - - 14 00 Library, room, furniture, and servants, - - . 8 00 A small charge is made for average damages. Students who enter a college class pay a matriculation fee of $10 on admission. For the French Language, when tauglit, an extra charge is made. There is connected with the College a Prepnralrory School, in which Pupils are fitted for admission to the Fresiiman and higlier classes; and lor otlier objects. Course of Study, in English: — Reading, Writing, Gramuiar, Arithmetic, and Geography. Latin: — Latin Reader, Ccesar's Commentaries, Virgil, Sallust, and Cicero's Select Orations, (ireek: — Gospels, and .Jacob's Greek Reader. Algebra, Geometry, and other higher studies, are also pursued in this School. Charges in this School, per quarter, to Pupils not hoarding in College, Tuition in Languages, Mathematics, &c.. Room, Fuel, and sweeping, - - $9 00 Common English Branches, ......... 7 00 To those who board. Tuition in Languages, Mathematics, &c. - - - 7 00 Library, Room, Furniture, and Bed, ........ 6 50 Table, Washing, Fuel,* Lights and, Servants, per week, - - - - 2 50 This School has three Vacations in the year; the three last weeks in August, one week at Christmas, and the first week in May. The necessary College expenses of a Boarding Student, exclusive of books and Sta- tionary, will not exceed $167 per Annum; of a pupil in the school, $175 per Annum, his time of Boarding being 8 weeks longer. Students may be admitted at any time; the opening of the Session is preferable. Bills payable in advance; half at the opening, the balance at the middle of the Session. The graduates, on taking their degrees at the public Commencements, have uniformly acquitted themselves in a manner highly creditable to the institution, and shown that the great objects of education are there successfully prosecuted. Although its establishment has been so recent, and its career unhappily checked by serious financial embarrassments, it has numbered among its students young men from almost every State in the Union, and sent forth from its walls scliolars who are already ornaments to the professions they have chosen, and will be eminently so to their country. More than three hundred pupils have received more or less of their education at this institution, among whom are about forty who have devoted themselves to the ministry. The only public aid this institution has received is a grant by Congress, of $ 25,000, for a permanent endowment, having relied thus far for support exclusively on private munificence. Considerable progress has been made in obtaining subscriptions for the en- dowment of the presidency, and for the support of one of the professors for five years. The pecuniary embarrassments which have so long oppressed it, are becoming less; and through the blessing of God on the untiring efforts of Luther Rice, they will soon be entirely thrown off. We subjoin the remarks of a " Southern Baptist," taken from tlie Religious Herald, May 30, 1835. " For my part I am free to confess, that I had at one time prejudice against it, but at this time, if there is one institution in the United States which I regard with deeper in- terest than another, tliat institution is the Columbian College. True, it has had many difficulties to encounter, but it has struggled manfully for existence, while billows rolling ' mountain high,' have threatened to envelope it in ruin. Now, its prospects are fair, and briglitening every day. No college possesses greater advantages for a thorough educa- tion, in my humble opinion — indeed, none possess equal advantages, in some particulars. " It has a Faculty who are 'all devotion' to its interests — a course of study as complete as at any similar institution, and as successfully pursued — and philosophical and chemical apparatus of tlic first order. Lectures are given regularly upon various subjects. At the close of the last term. Dr. Sewall was delivering a course of lectures on Physiology, and Professor Ruggles on Natural Philosophy. " The grand advantage of this college, is tiic opportunity which the students have of hearing the debates in Congress, and the arguments before the Supreme Court. The im- *37 1-2 Bushels of coal, per annum, are allowed to each boarder, aud 25 to each day scholar; it is presumed that two will occupy the same room, if not, or the coal be wasted, more will be used, and an extra charj^e made. The same chargu for board in vacations aa during a session. When a student takes a room by bimself, an extra charge will be made. NEWTON INSTITUTION. 67 provement derived from this source has been remarked by all who have attended the exhibitions and commencements of the college. The elocution is more natural and animated than at most institutions. An exhibition by the junior and senior classes took place at the last term, which reflected much credit upon the institution. The audience were nmeh gratified with the efforts of the young gentlemen, both on account of their composition and elocution. " 'I'he Literary Society of the college is of the first order, and it has enrolled among its former members, many individuals who have risen to considerable distinction. Among the pious portion of tlie students, there is a society denominated the Evangelical Society, before which monthly reports are read, (upon some field of missionary labor). All its meetings are ciiaractcrised by a spirit of fervtnt prayer for tlie salvation of sinners. Weekly prayer meetings are also held in the college. " As to its location, there is not a more healthy and delightful seat for a literary insti- tution in the United States — sufficiently remote from the city of Washington to be freed from its evil influences, and yet enjoy the advantages of a city. Indeed it enjoys all tlie advantages of a city and of the country combined, with none of their attendant evils. It is surrounded by scenery whicii is cliarming to an imaginative mind. The majestic Potomac spreads its wide waters in full view before you, with here and there a steamboat or masted vessel, gliding rapidly along on its bosom. Hill and dale, covered with verdant foliage, are to be seen on either side. In the dim distance we behold the mansion of the immortal chief who wielded our destinies in the revolutionary struggle, and opposite to this, a proud fortress waves the striped flag of a happy Union, and bids defiance to foreign invaders. On the high land back of Alexandria, is situated the Epis- copal Theological Seminary. While gazing on such scenery, the imagination of the student may soar to its loftiest summits. Genius, imagination, and judgment, have all the fullest and fairest opportunity for successful cultivation at this institution. " I might say much more about this college, but I forbear. If any have been interested in what has been said, and wish further information, its worthy President will readily and speedily afford it. I have no other interest in the prosperity of this college than what is common to every lover of religion and literature. I desire earnestly its prosperity, and hope soon to see it ranking among the most useful and favored institutions of our country." NEWTON INSTITUTION. " The Newton Theological Institution, at Newton, in the County of Middlesex, about seven miles west of Boston, is under the direction of persons of the Baptist denomination. It stands on an eminence, commanding a delightful view, not only of the surrounding country, but also of the city and harbor. " This Institution was founded in November, 1825, by the Massachusetts Education Society, which appointed the first Professor, and commenced the measures which resulted in the incorporation of the Institution in February, 1826, and the appointment of a Board of Trustees. The Institution began its operations, November 28th, 1825, with three stu- dents, in the family of Professor Chase, that able and stedfast friend of learning, to whose toils and sacrifices the Baptist churches are incalculably indebted for the advancement of education among their young ministers. Faculty. — The Faculty consists of Irali Chase, Professor of Biblical Theology, and, pro tcm., of Ecclesiastical History. Henry J. Ripley, Professor of Biblical Literature. J. D. Knowles, Professor of Pastoral Duties. Those are known and tried men, in whose soundness in the Christian doctrine, solid learning and large attainments, and devotedness to the improvements of the rising minis- try, the churches may safely confide. Stiide/Us — Tlie number of students is 42, of whom 16 are in the senior class, 14 in the middle, 10 in the junior, and 2 in the shorter course. Between eighty and ninety have enjoyed the advantages of the Institution, who are now actively engaged in promoting the cause of our Redeemer. They are in Burmah, France, and Africa ; in the British Provinces of New Brunswick ,apd Nova Scotia, and in many States of our own country. Qualijicatinns for Admission. The Institution is adapted to the instruction of gradu- ates, and others whose attainments enable them, along with graduates, to proceed profit- ably in theological studies. It is open for the admission of those persons only, who give evidence of their possessing genuine piety, with suitable gifts and attainments, and of their being influenced by proper motives in wishing to pursue theological studies, and who, moreover, present certificates 68 HAMILTON SEMINARY. from the churches of wliich they are members, approving of their devoting themselves to the work of the ministry. Rejfular Course. The regular course occupies three years, and embraces Biblical Litoruture, Ecclesiastical History, Biblical Theology, Sacred Rhetoric and Pastoral Duties. Shorter Course. While the regular course of study is vigorously sustained, suitable persons, though having only an Englisii education, upon presenting the requisite certifi- cates from the churches to which they belong, may in special cases, be permitted to reside at tlie Institution, (subject to its rules, and with the approbation of its immediate government,) for pursuing such a shorter course, as shall be adapted to their ages and circumstances, and as shall be consistent witl) the regular duties of the Professors. The shorter or select course is, ordinarily, to be made up of a selection from the most important Englisii branches of study in the regular theological course; namely. Biblical Geography, and Oriental Customs, General Principles of interpreting the Scriptures, a series of Theological Subjects, Ecclesiastical History, Sacred Rhetoric and Pastoral Duties. Expenses. The expense of boarding at the Institution does not exceed one dollar and fifty cents a week. Washing is at the rate of thirty-seven and a half cents a dozen. For fuel and light, tlie sum of six or seven dollars a year is sufficient. A reasonable charge is made for fuel used in the lecture rooms, and for other necessary public expenses. No charge is made for tuition, room rent and furniture, or use of tlie Library. Reading Room. The Reading Room is supplied with the principal Religious and Lite- rary Periodicals. Anniversary. The Anniversary of the Institution occurs on the last Wednesday but one in August. Vacations. There are two vacations in the year, each of six weeks; one commencing on the day of the Anniversary, the other on the last Wednesday in March. From the last Annual Report of the Faculty to the Trustees. The sum of preaching, performed by the students during the year, at forty-Jive places, amounts to two hundred and thirty-Jive Sabbaths, and sixty-two half Sabbaths. Several prayer and conference meetings, Bible classes and Sabbath schools, have been sustained by members of the Institution. The usual religious meetings of the Professors with the students, and the discussions before the whole Institution have been continued. The time, it seems to us, has arrived, wiicn the Professorship of Ecclesiastical History ought to be filled by an individual who can devote his whole strength to this extensive and highly important field. HAMILTON SEMINARY. This institution is located on an elevated site, a short distance from the village of Hamilton, Madison county, in the State of New York. It owes its existence to the New York Baptist Education Society. When the society was formed in 1817, the Baptist denomination in the State numbered about 310 churches, 230 ministers, and 28,000 members. At that time there were only two ministers in the State west of the Hudson river who had a collegiate education. The work of missions had been going on for years, and there was a great call for able ministers of the New Testament, both at home and abroad. God was raising up young men for the ministry in many of the churches, but no provision was made for their edu- cation. Under these circumstances, a few felt the importance of doing something to aid these youths in their preparation for the work before them, and for the better accomplisii- ment of the object, tliis Education Society was formed, on the 24th of September, in the year above named, which at first consisted of only thirteen persons, each of whom sub- scribed to pay one dollar annually. The winter following, a number of young men applied for assistance, the first of whom was brother Wade, now in Burmali. Brotlicr Kincaid entered soon after, and became a member of the class with brotlicr Wade, and has followed him to the same field of labor. For two years the students were taught by private instruclers, and at academies; but in the year 1820, a Literary and Theological Institution was opened in Hamilton, for the education of all under the patronage of the society (the number then was 10,) and such as might afterwards be received. Since that period, 140 have graduated, about 200 more have been assisted to some extent, and about 180 are now members of the institution. Of HAMILTON SEMINARY. 69 the graduates, seven have gone as missionaries to Burmali, Tavoy, and Siam ; eight to the great Western Valley, and otliers arc laboring in the northern and middle States. The whole course of studies first adopted, embraced a term of three years ; some time after, it was extended to four years ; and now it is extended to six years. The same amount of preparation is required for a student to enter this extended course, as is required to enter a common college. There is another and more limited course, in which the lan- guages are omitted, which is adapted to students of more advanced age when tliey com- mence, and whose circumst mces will not justify their spending more tiian three or four yeirs in study. Tiie institution, thus modified, is adapted to tiie various circumstances of young men preparing for tlie ministry. The location of the seminary is on a farm of 130 acres, about 100 rods from the vil- lage. It has two large stone buildings, each a hundred feet long, and four stories high, containing for study, recitations, and lodging about two hundred rooms. — About half the study and lodging rooms have been furnished by individual females, and female soci- eties, and take the names of tliost; who furnished them ; the remainder have more or less furniture in them, procured by tlie Board. They can be selected and furnished by ladies at pleasure. The expense of furnishing a room for study, nnd another for lodging, to be occupied by two students, is about $50. The princi[)ul articles are bed, bedding, chairs, table, stove and pipes, shovel and tongs, light stand, lamps, wash bowl, pitcher, towels, and tumblers. An attempt was made to warm one of the buildings with furnaces in the basement ; but the experiment failed. If this had succeeded, it would have rendered stoves in the several rooms unnecessary, and lessened the expense of furnisliing them about $ 15. This is mentioned because the expense of furnishing rooms in that building, which is the last one finislicd, and has a number now to be furnished, has been estimated at $35. To preserve their health, and earn something to applv to their expenses, the students cultivate a garden, which affords vcgetr.bles for the boarding house ; they also labor on the farm, and in a sash fiictory, and in a stone quarry. In the preparatory department there are about sixty students destitute of means to defray their expenses, which, at $G4 each, is - - - - $3,840 In the collegiate department there are about fifteen without means, at $ 72, - 1,080 Total expense for tlie destitute this year, ..... $4,920 There are eight Professors connected with the Institution, namely, Nathaniel Kendrick, Professor of Systematic and Pastoral Theology. Barnas Sears, Piofessor of Biblical Tlieology. Thomas J. Conant, Professor of Hebrew and Biblical Criticism. Joel S. Bacon, Professor of Intellectual and Moral Philosophy. George W. Eaton, Professor of Mathematics and Natural Philosophy. AsAHEL C. Kendrick, Professor of Languages. STErjiEN W. Taylor, Principal of the Academic Department. John F. Richardson, Tutor. The whole expenses for Teachers' salaries, board and Tuition of 180 students amount to about $12,000. Of this sum the students pay what thcj^ can. There are seven or eight available scliolarships ; but for the principal part, dependence is placed upon the liberality of the denomination In the Slate. Tiie Institution is extensively connected with the cause of missions, both foreign and domestic. As many as twenty of our number, arc preparing for the Burman, and other eastern missions, and some twenty or thirty for the great Western Valley. Tlicy are making good proficiency in their studies, and appear to have much of the spirit of con- secration to their calling. The average number added annually to the Institution for the last three or four years, has been from sixty to seventy. There can be accommodated in the buildings about 230. While tiie Institution is leaning on the churches for aid, it is exerting a healtiiiiil in- fluence on their s))iritual condition. In seventeen years it has seen the denomination in the State more than doubled. The number of churches has increased from about 310 to 700. The number of members fiom 28,000 to more than 70,000. It has now in a course of prejjaration for the ministry, more than half as many more as there were in the whole State, at its eommcneement. When its history shall be given before the throne, it will be seen that it owed a great part of its support, under God, to the sisterhood. Many have labored for this, as others aided to build the Temple, when " all the women that were wise-liearfed, spun with their hands, and brought tliat which they had spun." Students. — The number of students now belonging to the Seminary is 154, namely. Resident Graduate 1, in the Theological Department 9, in the Collegiate 83, and in the Academic Course 61. 70 HAMILTON SEMINARY. COURSE OF INSTRUCTION, &C. In arranging the classical course, as none are incnibcrs of the Institution but candidates for the ministry, an exclusive reterence has been had to the sacred otfice, and no studies have been introduced, but such as in the judgement of the Faculty, were important to a thorough preparation for the work. The full course is divided into four years Collegiate and two years Theological studies. The same amount of preparation is required to enter the lower class in this course, as is requisite to enter an ordinary College. This system offers to young men preparing for the ministr}', equal, if not superior ad- vantages for a thorough education, to those furnished at common Colleges, and Tlieologi- cal Seminaries, in their separate conditions, and will enable them to accomplish in six years the labor of seven, at those Institutions. Thus, without lowering the standard of his education, the student, who takes tliis course, redeems one year in seven, and an hundred students would secure an hundred years labor to the church and the world. The same facilities for redeeming time, are atforded in the academic department. Under the vigilant culture of the Principal and his Assistants, a student in that depart- ment will accomplish a greater amount of preparation, for liis higher course, in one year, than he would at an ordinary academy, in a much longer time. It will be understood that the intention of ttic classical course, does not supersede a more limited one, embracing English and Theological studies, adapted to the circum- stances of young men for whom the other would not be advisable. Four years are al- lowed to complete this course, and those who enter upon it, somewhat advanced in the common English branches, may do it in less time. The higher branches of the course, are Algebra, Logic, Rhetoric, Natural, Intellectual, and moral Pliilosophy, Jewish Antiquities, Principles of Interpretation, Ecclesiastical History, togetlier with a course of systematic and pastoral Theology. This is regarded by the faculty, as an important branch of the Institution, containing a respectable number of students. Every young man who prefers taking this course, has the privilege of doing so, and every facility is afforded him for prosecuting it with success. Thus in the expan- sion of tlie system, permanency is given to all its primary principles, and its identity of character and design is sacredly maintained. Although the organisation of this Institution is such as to provide for the whole course of ministerial education, both literary and theological, and in this respect differs from all others in our country, yet the Managers liave indulged no aim at originality, but have uniformly endeavored to bring to bear upon its interests, the experience of former times ; the increasing light of science ; the combined wisdom of the age, and the continued developements of the counsels of grace. A course of Lectures on Chemistry is given annually to the Junior and Senior classes. by William Mather, M. D. of Fairfield. The Instructors in the several Departments, constitute tke Faculty of the Institution, This arrangement brings all the departments under tbe same supervision, and secures one entire course of systematic discipline and instruction. In order that its advantages may be fully enjoyed, it is desired that all who expect to enter thi.-i Institution, should apply for admission as soon as tlicy are prepared for the academic course. Admission. The Institution is open to young men possessing the requisite qualifications, from every denominaton of Evangelical Clhristians. Candidates for admission are ex- amined in relation to their Christian experience, call to the ministry, studies, &-c. Every one is required to present testimonials from the ciiurch to which fie belongs, certifying that he has tlie approbation of the church in entering upon a course of preparation for the gospel ministrj'. While the Faculty would urge upon the churches the utmost caution in recommending young men as proper candidates for the ministry, they would also add that a full license is required of none previous to their commencing the study of theolo- gy. Graduates of colleges, wishing to enter the Theological Department, will be required to sustain an examination in Hebrew, Chaldee, and Syriac, as far as tiicy are pursued in the Collegiate Department of this Institution. Such as may find it necessary, will be per- mitted to recite with the Sophomore class in Hebrew, and with the Senior in Chaldee and Syriac, and also to attend the exegetical exercises on Monday mornings. For these and other studies, pursued in connection with the regular classes, such persons will be charged no tuition. Beneficiaries. The examination made by the Faculty has no reference to the recep- tion of students as beneficiaries of the Education Society. The Executive Committee of that Society will receive applications fi-om those who wish to enjoy its patronage. For the information of such persons, it is proper to remark, that it is the practice of that So- ciety to furnish aid to no young man until he has been in the Institution one term, or at least a sufficient period to furnish an opportunity to judge of his character and talents. ACADEMICAL AND THEOLOGICAL INSTITUTION, NEW HAMPTON. 71 The amount of aid furnished to beneficiaries is sufficient to defray the expenses of board and tuition, for the refunding of which, at some future period, a written pledge is taken by the society. Library AND Reading Room. The sum of one thousand dollars has recently been ex- pended for the increase of the Library. There is also under the control of the students, a commodious reading room, furnished with many of the most valuable religious and other periodicals. Examinations and Commencement. Inhere are two public examinations, each continued two weeks: the first, at the close of the spring term, on all the studies of the two preced- ing terms; the second, at the close of the year, on all studies of the year. The Commencement is on the third Wednesday of August. Vacations. I. Six weeks immediately afler Commencement. II. Four weeks from the third Wednesday in April. Expenses. Board, Washing, and Lodging, per week, $1, ... $40 00 Room Rent and Library, gratuitous. Tuition, per aunum : Academic Departmen.t,$20 00. Collegiate " 30 00. Theological " Gratuitous. Total expense. It " $60 00 U 11 " " 70 00 11 11 " " 40 00 ACADEMICAL AND THEOLOGICAL INSTITUTION, NEW HAMPTON. This Seminary is situated near the centre of New Hampshire, at a small distance from the Pemigewasset river, the principal branch of the Merrimac. Being not entirely at the base of the bold declivity of surface from the highest summit of the United States, the scenery participates much of wildness and sublimity. From an elevation less than a mile south of the Institution, may be seen an area of more than a hundred miles in diameter, including a point of the State of Maine on the east, and of Vermont on the west, exhibiting every variety, from the gigantic masses in the northern horizon, to the adjacent Winnepiscogee, and the plains on the margin of the ocean. The country around is almost exclusively agricultural. This Institution went into operation in May, 1826. The principal building is of brick, 100 feet in length by 36 feet in breadth, and three stories high, divided into 36 rooms ; having also a basement devoted to the commons. It cost about $7000. About a mile and a half from this Institution, as a distinct branch, is the Seminary for young ladies with a suitable building. BOARD OF INSTRUCTION. Eli B. Smith, Principal and Professor of Theology. Stephen Morse, Professor of Languages and Classical Literature. B. Osgood Pierce, Professor of Mathematics and Natural Philosophy. Isaac N. Hobart, Tutor in English and Classical Literature. Gardner T. Barker, Teacher of Penmanship. Martha HazeltinE^ Principal of Female Seminary and Teacher of Languages. Sarah Sleeper, Teacher in Mathematics and Natural Philosophy. Lucy Ann Griggs, Teacher of English Literature. Aurelia N. Barker, Teacher of Ornamental Branches. Plan. — It is designed to be divided into five distinct departments ; the Theological, embracing such students as are engaged in studies immediately preparatory to the min- istr}', under the instruction of the Principal — the Classical, consisting of students in the Latin and Greek languages, instructed by a Professor exclusively devoted to them — the Senior English, comprising young gentlemen in the common and higher branches of English Literature, the Mathematics, and Natural Science, under the Professor of Mathe- matics and Natural Philosophy — the Junior English, including lads from 8 to 15 years of age, in the appropriate branches of English education, under the immediate care of the Tutors, who also assist, occasionally, in the two last named departments — and the Female Department, being a distinct branch of the Institution, under the general super- intendence of the Principal, but instructed usually by tiirec ladies, one of whom sustains the chief responsibility of management and instruction. Few Seminaries in the country present equal advantages for a highly literary and liberal female education. 73 ACADEMICAL AND THEOLOGICAL INSTITUTION, NEW HAMPTON. Students. — The number of Students in this Institution is 367, as follows: Theological Students 23, Classical 51, Senior English 77, Junior Englisli ii) — Female Students 167. COURSE OF INSTRUCTION, SlC. Admission. — Application for admission should be made personally, or by letter, to the Principal. None will be admitted, who have not entered upon their ninth year. Theological Department. — The rcg-nl;ir course in this Dep.irtrnciit will occupy three years. Besides ;;11 the studies pursued in the Senior English Department, instruction will be given in Natural Theology, Evidences of Christianity, Seripture, Geograpliy, Natural History of the Bible, Biblical Arehwology, Ecclesiastical History, Princijjles of Interpretation, and a course of Systematic and P.istoral Tiieology, and upon the compo- sition and delivery of sermons. As the system of Theology here taught, is designed to be strictly Biblical, instead of adopting any " Body of Divinity," the students will be furnisiied with a list of subjects systematically arranged, accompanied with a reference to such passages of Scripture as assert or explain eacli topic. Tiiese Scriptures, the class will examine one by one. Frequent Lectures will be given during the course, and select portions of the Sacred Scriptures will be examined in the original Languages, and also, in tlie English transla- tion where those languages have not been studied. Terms. — The annual period of instruction is divided into three terms. The first com- mences on the first Monday in Sept. and closes one week before the first Monday in December. — The second commences on the first Monday in December, and closes two weeks before the first Monday in May. The third commences the first Monday in May, and closes two and a half weeks before the first Monday in September. In the Theological Department there are two terms. The first commences three and a half weeks after the first Monday in September, and closes two and a half weeks before the first Monday in May. The second commences two and a half weeks after the first Monday in May, and closes two and a half weeks before the first Monday in September. Anniversaries and Examinations. — A public examination of all the Departments takes place at the close of the Summer Term ; commencing on Tuesday three weeks preceding the first Monday in September, and closing on the Thursday following with an Exhibition in Elocution. There is also, an Examination at the close of each of the other terms, before a Committee of the Corporation and such other gentlemen as please to attend. Superintendence. — The Principal, besides his ordinary duties of instruction ext'onds his supervision to the several Departments, they passing occasionally in review and undergoing examination, A watchful superintendence is exercised over the students during their absence from the Public Halls; and written reports are exhibited every week by Monitors from the several Boarding Houses. Expenses. — Board, Washing, and care of Rooms in Commons, Summer and Fall Terms, per week, $1,04 Winter Term, 96 Room Rent, and use of furniture, per week, 13 Board with all the necessary accommodations in the vicinity of the Institution, from $l,12itol,25 Tuition, Classical Department, per quarter, 11^ weeks 4,00 English, .• . . . 3,00 Incidental Expenses, including Fuel for Recitation Rooms, Sweeping Halls, Ring- ing Bell, &c.. Winter Term, per qiiurter, -..--..25 Summer and Fall, do 15 In the Female Department, one dollar is added for instruction in Painting, Drawing, and Ornamental Needlework. — Any student leaving within lour weeks of the close of the term, is required to pay full Tuition. Bills for Board, Tuition, ifcc, are required to be paid at the close of each Quarter, otherwise tlie expense of collection will be added. Books and Stationary are provided at the Institution, for those for whom it is desired, at reasonable prices. Instruction and Government. — Whenever the subjects will admit of it, the analytical method of instruction is pursued at this Institution, As our object is to lay the founda- tion, upon which the superstructure is afterwards to be reared, we design as much as possible to call into action the thinking powers of the students, to teach tliein to investi- gate for themselves, and thus to en iblc them to rely with confidence upon the truth of the facts which they acquire, the principles which they adopt, and the conclusions at which they arrrive. In the government of the school the Instructors design to influence the students to CONNECTICUT LITERARY INSTITUTION. 73 good'and virtuous conduct by an appeal to the better principles of the heart, by leading them to cultivate tenderness of conscience, to abide its enlightened decisions and act con- formably to its plainest dictates. Tiiey will as much as possible endeavor to give the moral as well as intellectual powers of those committed to their care, their proper train- ing. All the members of the Institution are required to attend public worship on Lord's day. They are distributed into Bible classes and receive instruction in this way once a week. — Entire impartiality is observed in the instruction given, as it regards the peculi- arities of different sects of Christians. Tlie Bible is used in tlie daily devotional exer- cises, and is necessarily possessed by all. There is a weekly Riictorical Exercise, when particular instruction is given in Elocu- tion. Lectures are also given by tlie Professors on tlie following subjects : Classical Litera- ture, Rhetoric, Chemistry, Political Economy, Natural and Moral Philosophy, and Evi- dences of Christianity. During the Fall Term tlie qualifications of Instructors for common schools is made an object of special attention, and during each term lessons are given in Penmanship. There are connected with the Institution two Literary Societies, each having a well selected Library and a Reading Room, containing several valuable Reviews and other political, literary, and religious publications. There is also a choice Library belonging to the Theological Department, CONNECTICUT LITERARY INSTITUTION. The Board of Trustees of the Connecticut Literary Institution, announce to the public that the concerns of the Institution are in prosperous circumstances. They do not say that all things relating to the internal and external management of it, are, at present, in the most desirable state ; but they would be understood confidently to say, that the whole concern is in an improving condition, and is approximating to an elevation which will secure tor it the patronage and confidence of tlie entire Baptist denomination throughout the State. This Institution is tlie offspring of the denomination. They came forward with zeal and interest, and noblj' subscribed to its funds, the requisite amount of which was ten thousand dollars: ail of wjiicli, however, has not been collected. The amount collected has been faithfully laid out in purchasing a small, but very valuable farm, with a man- sion house, and suitable out-houses, and in erecting a spacious and commodious brick edifice, four stories liigii, (including the basement story, which is of stone,) and 74 feet long, by 33 wide, sufficiently large to furnish rooms lor about forty students, besides several large rooms for public uses. It is the intention of tlie Trustees to furnish the rooms and accommodate students with board on the most reasonable terms. For tins purpose, they have placed a Steward upon the premises, wlio, it is believed, will spare no pains to render comfortable the con- dition of the student. At tlie instance of the Connecticut Baptist Education Society, the Trustees petitioned the late Legislature of tlie Slate ibr an act of incorporation, which petition has been grunted, and the charter accepted by the Trustees, and approved by the Education So- ciety. At the meeting of the Trustees in Middletown, on tlie 9th June, 18.35, they were orga- nised as a legal body, by the choice of Gustavus F. Davis, President, George Pliippen, Secretary, and Edward Bolles, Treasurer. It is v\ ell known that the location of the Institution, in the delightful village of Suf- field, is excelled by few in the State, and altliough somewhat remote from tlie centre, the facilities of communication are so great, they measurably remedy that inconve- nience. Mr. Harvey Ball, a thorough and critical scholar, is Principal, and at present is assisted in the English department, by Mr. G. A. Curtis. Price of Tuition. For the Languages, Latin, Greek, French, and Hebrew, per quarter, - $5 00 Higher branches of English, .-..-.... 4 00 Common English branches, -.--..... 3 00 Prudential exj)enses, ----...... 25 Board and washing, six pieces per week, including tea and cofTcc, 61 IS^ per week. Without tea and cotiee, $1 per week. Furnished rooms from 50 to 75 cents per term. 7 74 BURLIiNGTON INSTITUTION. This Institution was organised under the patronage of the Central Education Society, formed in Philadelphia, in December, 1834. It is located in the beautiful city of Burlington, New Jersey. The advantages of this place, for an Institution of tliis character, cannot be surpassed by any locution in our country. It is situated on the eastern side of the Delaware river, about twenty miles above Philadelphia, and fifteen below Trenton. Its facilities of communication witli Pliiladelphia, New York, and other places are very great, there being daily, and almost hourly intercourse with the above places, both by the rail road and steamboat. Burlington is no less celebrated for its pleasant location and surrounding country, than remarkable for liealth, purity of air, and good morals. The power of the gospel is much felt and seen, and the cause of temperance and other benevolent objects are gloriously triumpliing. The Friends, Baptists, Metiiodists, and Episcopalians have places of worship, and the interest taken by Christians in tlie promotion of truth and holiness, give tokens of the most heart-cheering character. The buildings formerly occupied as an Academy, afford every convenience. They are large, commodious, well ventilated and situated in a healthy and retired part of the There are attached to the Institution about six acres of land, appropriated to tlie use of a pleasure ground and garden, where such students as think proper may labor for the benefit of their health. The discipline and regulations of the Institution are of the first order, and the instruc- tions adapted to the various circumstances of tiie students. The course of study embraces the various branches of English Literature, Mathe- matics, Latin, Greek, Hebrew, French and Spanish languages, together with the studies which usually form a Theological course in the other Tlieological Institutions of the denomination. The students enjoy the advantages of a course of lectures delivered during the autumn and winter, on Natural Philosophy and Chemistry, attended with illustrations of an ex- tensive philosophical apparatus, the original cost of wJiich was three thousand dollars. A library containing between eigiit hundred and a thousand volumes, selected from the best ancient and modern authors, is at the command of the students. These advantages, combined with the industry and indefatigable exertions of tlie pre- sent Faculty, facilitate the progress of the student, and render the Institution a desirable place of residence for young men whose object is usefulness in future life. The present condition of the Institution is flourishing, and every way encouraging to the patrons. Tlie students at present, in the literary department, considerably exceed in number, those in the Theological, the former numbering about forty, and the latter about twelve; but recent additions to the latter, together with the future prospects, justify the hope that it will soon be otherwise — a result every way pleasing to the patrons and friends of the Institution. To all those interested in its prosperity, we can say, rejoice and let these reflections gladden your hearts, that you are now, by your prayers and benevolent exertions, laying the basis of an Institution, from which shall issue light that will reflect on regions of idolatry, and streams which will make glad the city of our God. The principal teachers arc Samuel Aaron and Henry Kirk Greene, both Baptist min- isters in the prime of life, and eminently qualified for their important and very responsi- ble station. A. N. Girault, a gentleman educated in the University of Paris, has been engaged to give lessons in the French and Spanish languages. The terms for Tuition, Boarding, Washing, Lodging, Fuel and Candles, Pens and Ink, will be $150 for the academic year, which consists of two sessions. The summer term commences on the 5th of May, and closes on the 1st of September; the winter term com- mences on the 5th of October, and ends on the 1st of April; thus allowing two vacations of five weeks each. Tiie charge for the former term is $55, and for the latter, $95, paya- ble in advance. An extra charge of $10 for the former, and $15 for the latter term, is made for instruction in the French, or French and Spanish languages. The students board with Mr. Aaron. The students are subjected to such discipline and restraint only, as proper parental Bolicitude and affection would impose. 75 HADDINGTON COLLEGE. This Institution is located at present four miles west of Philadelphia, on a farm belong- ing to the " Philadelphia Baptist Association," near the village of Haddington. It was the design of its founders, to establish a respectable seminary of learning, in which the principles of morality and religion should be inculcated, and an opportunity afforded to pious young men to obtain such an education as would prepare them for future use- fulness. This Institution was chartered by the Legislature of Pennsylvania, in March, 1836, under Uie title of" Haddington College, in the county of Philadelphia." Faculty. J. L. Dagg, President, and Professor of Theology. Jonathan Pierson, Professor of Mathematics. Wm. M. Collom, Principal of the English Department. The Professorship of Languages is at present vacant. Course of Instruction. The Institution is divided into four departments. 1. Primary School. 2. Academical Department. This department comprises two divisions; the Classical and the Scientific. 3. Collegiate Department. A respectable proficiency in the studies of the Primary School, and of the Classical Division of the Academical Department, will be required, in order to admission. It is intended that the course of study in this department, shall be similar to those pursued in the most respectable Colleges of our country. 4. Theological Department. During the infancy of the Institution, the course of instruction in this department, will be pursued in accommodation to the other studies in which the students may be engaged. It will comprehend Hebrew ; Principles of Interpretation ; Jewish Antiquities ; Evidences of Christianity; Systematic and Pastoral Theology; Ecclesiastical Hist—". To furnish an opportunity of impressing the minds of the students generally, with a due respect for Christianity, and to diffuse Theological knowledge and a spirit of reli- gious inquiry among them, are deemed very important. For the accoikplishment of these objects, at least one recitation in a week is required of each class in the Institution, from suitable Theological books, selected for the purpose. Division of the Year. The Winter term commences on tiie first Wednesday in October, and continues 25 weeks. The Spring vacation includes the month of April. The Summer term commences on the first Wednesday in May, and continues 17 weeks. The Autumnal vacation includes the month of September. Expense. Summer Term, Winter Term. For Board and Tuition, $.50 $75 " Tuition alone, -.-■... 16" 24 " Bed, Books, and Stationary, .... 8 12 *' Stationary alone, 1 150 When students are admitted afiter the commencement of a term, they are charged for the remaining part of the term. For Board and Tuition, ...... $3 per week. " Tuition aionc, ....... 1 " « Bed, Books, and Stationary, 50 " " Stationary alone, 7 " Students who remain during vacation, are charged $2 per week, for board- Payment is required in advance in all cases. Fuel and lights are fiirnished in the public rooms, and six pieces per week are washed for each student, without additional charge. The charge for extra washing is 30 cents per dozen. The number of students in the Classical Department is about si.'rty, and in the Theolo- gical about fifteen. 76 VIRGINIA BAPTIST SEMINARY. This Seminary is located a mile and a iialf from tlic Capitol of Richmond, in a situa- tion reputed to be one of the healtiiiest in the vicinity, commanding' an extensive and dcIighttiiUy diversified view of the surrounding country. — Tlie Richmond and Fredericks- burg Rail Road passes directly by tiie Seminary. Tins is the fifth year since tlie Seminary was first opened, commencing at first with fourteen students — the second year there were twenty-five: the tliird year thirty-nine. — Its proximity to Richmond gives it all the advantages of a location immediately in the city, witli none of its evils. The Seminary is under the patronage of the Virginia Education Society. It was at first located about four miles from Richmond. An estate has since been purchased for its permanent location for $!),500, the old Farm being disposed of for $.3,000. The land connected with the premises is indeed limited in its quantity, being scarcely eight acres, but it is in a high state of cultivation, admirably adapted for horticultural purposes, and adequate to the immediate wants of tlie institution. Students. — Tiie number of students during the last session of 1834, was 39, the num- ber in 1835 was 60 ; of these, 20 have been received as beneficiaries by the Board, either on its own responsibility, or on that of individuals or societies ; of the remaining 40, 20 are professors of religion, and several of these are entertaining the honorable purpose of devoting themselves wholly to the work of the ministry. Six students, brethren R. N. Herndon, P. Crawford, J. T. Tinslev, W. Mvlne, J. L. Shock, and D. Davenport, have left the Institution by permission of the Board — the tJiree former are now engaged in the work of the ministry, in Virginia; brother Mylne has gone out as a missionary to Liberia, and tlie two latter to Burmah, by appointment from the Board of the Baptist Convention for Foreign Missions. Studies. — The course of studies has now been permanently regulated. The Literary course, tor tiiose wiio have to enter the first class, embraces a period of three years ; while the Theological students have to remain a fourth year : where an English course only is taken by a licentiate, which in some cases the Board may deem advisable, the time occupied is reduced to three years. Manual Lab^ .t The Board are particularly desirous that all the friends of the Institution, and especially those who may contemplate sending their sons, should under- stand, that tliis fea^ire of the plan on which tlie Seminary is conducted, will be faithfully adhered to — and that no student will be retained in the Institution, who does not promptly acquiesce in this portion of its arrangements. Library. — A gradual accession of books has accrued to the Library; and a pair of globes, tellurium, and electrical apparatus, have been procured. Further assistance how- ever, in this department, is much needed. FACULTY. Kobert Ryland, Principal, ) Wm. F. Nelson, > Professojs. Caleb Burnley. \ rules of the seminary. The Faculty. — 1. The immediate management of the Seminary shall be committed to the care of a Principal and two other Professors, whose duty it shall be to reside at the Institution — give instruction to the students — maintain order and consult the general welfare of the Seminary. 2. They shall make a monthly report of the condition of the Seminary, and tlie profi- ciency or delinquency of the students. 3. They shall have the power, by a unanimous vote of their body, to suspend from the recitations (until the Board of Managers can act upon the case) any student who shall violate the rules of the Seminary, in such a manner as in their judgment to render such a course advisable. Admission of Students. — 1. Though the primary design of this Institution is to afford young Baptist Ministers facilities for acquiring useful knowledge, young men of good moral character will be received on condition of their defraying their whole -expenses. 2. Students shall not be admitted into the Seminary under fourteen years of age — and none fiir a shorter term than one session. 3. Tliey shall be expected to enter the Seminary at the heginning of the term, and no one shall be received during the session unless he is prepared to enter some class already organised. WAKE FOREST INSTITUTE. 77 Beneficiaries. — 1. Students shall not be received into this Seminary as beneficiaries unless they shall give evidence of genuine piety and suitable talents for the Ministry, and present certificates from the churches of which they are members, approving of their de- voting themselves to the work of the Cliristian Ministry. 2. No student shall be fully received as a beneficiary until he shall have sustained a trial of one session at the Seminary. 3. They shall have tuition rooms, bedding, use ef the library and garden, free of ex- pense ; but shall be charged for board, washing, fuel and lights, the same as the other students. 4. On entering the Institution each beneficiary shall pledge himself to pursue the whole course of study required by the Board, unless their consent be obtained to the con- trary. 5. Whenever a student shall have been credited for his term bills on the responsibility of the board, he will be expected to refund the amount as soon as Providence shall place it in his power. Manual Labor. — 1. The students shall labor diligently three hours in each day, Saturdays and Sundays excepted. 2. Their labor in the garden or in lots appropriated for their cultivation, shall be under the direction of monitors chosen by themselves, who shall record at the close of each day the time employed in labor, in a book kept for the purpose. 3. The students shall be entitled to the net proceeds of their labor in the proportion of the time empk)yed. 4. To mechanics, (if deemed proper,) the Board will furnish, at a fair rate, facilities for laboring at their respective trades, and they shall be entitled to the avails of their labor. 5. Tiie tools of the workshop shall be accessible only to those who labor there statedly, to be used by them exclusively — and they shall be held responsible for all damage sus- stained by any tool committed to their care. Vacations. — A public examination is held at the close of each session. There are two vacations — the first commencing July 20th and ending Aug. 20th, and the second commencing December 20th and ending January 20th. The necessary expenses of the Seminary are — Tuition, $35 00 Board, washing, fuel and light, 60 00 Room rent and bedding, .-.-... 5 00 $100 00 WAKE FOREST INSTITUTE. No person has fiirnished us with any information respecting this Institution. We have not even received a catalogue of its faculty and students. We have, therefore, with much labor, collected the following facts from newspapers and other periodicals. The Institute is under the patronage and control of the Baptist Convention of North Carolina. It is located on a pleasant and Jiealthful plantation in Wake Forest, sixteen miles fi-om Raleigh. The Institution commenced in February, 1834, with about twenty-five students, which number had increased to seventy, in August following. During this year, it pleased God to pour out his Spirit upon the Institution in a wonderful manner, and to bring to a know- ledge of his salvation about forty of the students, wlio have become decidedly pious. The past year, 1835, commenced with about one hundred students, and their number continues about the same. The Professors are Samuel Wait and John Armstrong, both highly esteemed minis- tering brethren, and well qualified for the station they occupy. Brother Graves is em- ployed as I'utor. The Committee, in their brief report to the Convention in November, 1835, say, "The healthful appearance of the young men, and the successful progress in their studies, must prove satisfactorily to every mind, the great advantages of the labor department of the Institution. The experiment of connecting manual labor with study, has now, we judge, been fairly made. The Committee entertain no doubts or fears about tlie continued suc- cess of this child of the Convention, and recommend it still to its fostering care and pro- tection." The additional information that follows is taken from the Biblical Recorder of Novem- ber 18, 1835, and is from the able pen of the editor, brother Thomas Meredith — 7* 78 MANUAL LABOR INSTITUTION OF SOUTH CAROLINA. " Wake Forest Inslilute. — On our way to and from the Convention, wc were favored witli an opportunity of spending- a few days at this Seminary. Our most sanguine expec- tations, formed chiefly Irom previous representations, were more titan realised. We found there nearly one luindred students, all in excellent health and fine si)irits. The most per- fect order and harmony and contentment prevailed in the establishment; and, so far as wc could observe, the very best understanding subsisted between the students and instructors. The discipline is evidently very mild, but firm and efficient. In short, we found every tiling just about as wc could wish ; and it is our present settled conviction, that the school is becoming, every day, more worthy of public confidence and public patronage. " There is one peculiarity in this Seminary which we think worthy of special remark. Wc allude to the religious influence which is exerted there. — The public have already been informed of the existence of two revivals, and of the constitution of a church, at this place. About seventy of the students, we think, are now professors of religion, and united to one anoliier and to their instructors, in the holy and delightful relations of church membership. The discipline over two thirds of the pupils is, thcrefere, strictly ecclesias- tical, and in this respect, tliis Seminary probably ditfers from every other similar institu- tion in the country. Religious services are held in the chapel three times every Lord's day. In the morning a sermon is delivered by one of the professors ; in the afternoon a general prayer-meeting is held; and at night a prayer-meeting exclusively by the stu- dents — subject howev(;r to the observation of the faculty. — Although no compulsion is employed, we believe the students generally all attend on these occasions, and pay at least that outward respect to the duties of religion, which might be expected under such cir- cumstances. In attending these meetings and witnessing the harmony and devotion of so many youth, dravim together from different parts of the State, and from other States, we were forcibly struck with tlie sentiment of the Psalmist — ' How good and how plea- sant it is for brethren to dwell together in unity.' "The buildings are going forward under the direction of Captain Berry, Architect and Contractor, with a regularity and despatch which promise their completion by the time stipulated — January, 1837. The edifice is of brick, 132 by 65 feet, four stories high, and, besides a chapel, library, philosophical rooms, &c., will afl^^jrd accommodations for a hundred students. It will be a handsome and substantial structure, and equally creditable to the ability of the contractor, and to tiie enterprise and liberality of the trustees.* We consider it due to the parties concerned, to say, that the Board have been most happy in securing the services of Captain Berry. Few other men would have conducted the per- plexing operations of a large building, in the midst of one hundred students, with the ease and dignified equanimity which have uniformly marked the movements of this gen- tleman, and which have secured him the universal respect of both students and in- structors." MANUAL LABOR CLASSICAL AND THEOLOGICAL INSTITUTION OF THE Baptist Convention, South Carolina. The Furman Theological Institution, under the direction of the Baptist Convention of South Carolina, was located on the High Hills of Santee, in Sumter District. The Pro- fessors were Samuel Furman and Jesse Hartwcll. After an experiment of six years, during which time several young ministers were greatly assisted in their studies, it was found that the Institution did not fully meet the wants of the churches, and, accordingly, in 1835, its operations were temporarily suspended, until tlie Convention could mature and carry into effect a better plan. At a meeting of the Convention in October, 1835, the Committee presented the follow- ing resolutions : — " That this Convention proceed immediately to lay a permanent foundation for the sup- port of Theological Instruction. That for this purpose tliey now lay down all the funds they possess, and which are within their control, as the basis of this foundation, the an- nual income of which to be pledged for ever to the maintenance of a Thcologidal Profes- sorship — That they earnestly solicit all their constituent bodies, possessing funds, to do the same thing — that for the purpose of comjileting this foundation with as little delay as possible, and of providing what is absolutely indispensable to furnish adequate facilities of Theological Instruction, a permanent endowment of a second Professorshijj, the services of a general Agent be demanded for this object chiefly, if not exclusively, from the first day of January next, and that this object be promoted without intermission, diversion or relaxation, and completed as soon as possible. * The funds for erecting these buildinisrs were secured, we believe, chiefly by the labors of Profes- sor Armstrong, as agent for the Convention. MERCER INSTITUTE. 79 " That as the sum of nearly twenty thousand dollars is now in possession of this Con- vention and its constituents, which it may be presumed will all be pledged for the sup- port of Theological Instruction ; the Board be requested to make arrangements, as soon as may be, for supplying facilities of instruction to our Tiieological Students." A committee was also appointed to select a suitable site for the contemplated school. The Convention met aguin in December, 1835, and resolved to locate both the Manual Labor Classical School and the Theological Institution in Fairfield District. The funds raised in a ftw weeks previous to this session of the Convention for the Theological Institution, amounted to $25,000 ; and the amount contributed for the Manual Labor School, was at least 10,000. It is not probable that the school will go into operation this year. MERCER INSTITUTE. This Institution originated in a Resolution of the Baptist Convention of the state of Georgia, April, 1831, requesting its Executive Committee to adopt measures to bring into operation, as early as practicable, in some central part of the state, a Literary and Theo- logical School, combining manual labor with study. The Institution went into operation on the 14th day of January, 1833. It is located in Green county, about 80 miles west of Augusta, 45 north of Milledgeville, and seven north of Greensborough. There is attached to the premises nearly 1000 acres of land — more than 300 cleared — having a good three story house, 46 by 36 feet, the basement story of brick, divided into two rooms, at present used for school rooms. The second and third stories, with a spa- cious and commodious garret, well ventilated and ceiled, are occupied by the students. Another building, 52 feet by 40, three stories high, has been recently finished. There arc two other houses of hewed logs, each having two rooms and a spacious garret, which are occupied for dwellings. The other buildings are a dining room of brick, 52 long by 25 feet wide — a large kitchen — 3 negro houses — a large meat house and dairy — corn cribs and stables — besides a comfortable little settlement on a part of the premises, about a mile from the school, where one of the teachers lives. The settlement, with its present state of improvements, has cost about $6,500. Order of Business. — School is opened every morning at sun-rise, with the reading of the Scriptures and prayer. The classes are then engaged in school exercises till break- fast, about 1^ Jiours by sun. Half an hour's remission is then given, after which they are again summoned to their studies, which are generally continued about two hours — when they all again have a relaxation of half an hour. This is again succeeded by another confinement to study of about two hours more, which approaches generally very near to the time of dining. This arrangement gives between 5 and 5^ hours to study in the forenoon, exclusive of the repeated intervals of relaxation. At dinner the interval of rest extends from an hour to an hour and a half, according to the length of the day. Scholastic exercises are then resumed and continued till within 2J hours by sun, when the School closes by prayer, and teachers and students all repair to the labors of the farm, except a very few whose skill may justify their habitual engagement in mechanical ope- rations. During the cold season of the year the work is generally done between 10 and I o'clock, not only because it is more pleasant to labor then, but on account of the shortness of the days, it is found expedient to unite as much as possible, the relaxation about dinner time with the hours of labor. At night, in the summer about an hour, and in the winter from 2 to 2^ hours are also devoted to study. Officers of the Institution. — As all the property connected with it belongs to the Baptist Convention for the state of Georgia, its ultimate direction and superintendence devolves upon the Executive Committee of that body. The interests of the Institution are more immediately superintended by five Trustees, appointed by the aforesaid Committee, who are authorised to make by-laws for its ope- rations, examine the accounts of its Steward, decide on any differences between him and the Teachers — or between the immediate officers of the school and its patrons. But in all cases, an appeal may be had from them to the Committee. They are required to make quarterly reports of the state of the Institution to the Committee, and with their consent the principal Teacher may expel from the Institution any student, guilty of im- moral conduct or disobedience of tlie by-laws. — The immediate officers of the School are a Steward, who manages the farm and superintends the boarding department of the In- stitution. Also, a principal Teacher who has charge of the Literary and Theological Departments. The offices of Steward and Principal Teacher have, from the commence- ment of the Institution, been united in the same individual, Mr. B. M. Sanders, who is 80 MERCER INSTITUTE. expected to continue the ensuing year. Tlicrc are also two assistant Teachers, Mr. J. F. Hillycr and Mr. I. O. McDaniel. The first of the above named gentlemen has served in the same capacity nearly two years, and the latter nearly three years, and will each be continued tlie next year. The Committee have it also in design to procure the assistance of another efficient Teacher of the Languages for the next year, that the literary advan- tages of tlie Institution may vie with the very best Academical Schools in our country. Terms of Admission. — To be admitted into the Mercer Institute, an applicant must be able to read and spell correctly, and write a legible hand : he nmst also possess a good moral character, and become subject to the entire control of the authorities of the In- stitute. If at the commencement of any term there are more applicants than can be received, professors of religion shall have preference.' With regard to other applicants, the time of application, scale of moral character, state of previous advancement, certainty of engage- ment, prospect qf continuance, as well as tlie amount of contributions by the individual or his parents for the fostering the Institution, will be duly weighed by the Trustees and Teachers, and their admission decided on accordingly. Engagements for the ensuing year nmst all be confirmed by the last of November in each year, by written assurance given to the principal Teacher of the pupil's entrance. Old applications must be renewed during the month of November in each year, as an evidence that it is still their wish to be admitted. Any of the present patrons of the School neglecting to give the principal Teacher notice of their wish to continue, shall, after the first of December, be considered to have withdrawn, and their places may be filled by existing applicants. No student shall be admitted tor less than a year, and shall be bound for the price of board, washing and tuition from the 1st of tlie term, whether present or not; but abatement may be made by the Trustees for board and washing in case of absence rendered unavoidable by an act of Divine Providence. As the Institution has been designed principally tor the benefit of young men engaging in the Ministry, all such, having a license from the Church to preach the Gospel, and of good acceptance among their brethren, and of good report in the community around ; and that can furnish satisfactory testimonials of their want of means to procure for themselves a suitable education, are invited to participate of its benefits; and they will be provided with board, tuition and books gratuitously — and such have been hitherto supplied by Female Benevolent Societies with common clothing. With regard to the prices of board and washing, several considerations make it imper- ative that a small advance should be made — as the great rise in the hire of servants, the price of provisions, particularly pork and flour, together with the weighty expense of the frequent calls of the parents and other friends of the pupils to see them. At the same time it is thought proper also, to allow advance on the valuation of the student's labor, by reducing the time from three hours to two and a half, which is considered sufficient to answer all the important objects had in contemplation, and will afford more time for the Literary operations of the School, which, particularly in the short days of winter, we think may be of advantage. The scholastic year consists of 2 terms, the first of six months, from the 2d Monday in January to the 2d Monday in July; and the second of five months, from the 2d Mon- day in July to the 2d Monday in December. Examinations to commence on Wednes- day before tiic close of each term. The rates of tuition are $1 50 cents per month for students in Grammar, Geography, History, and Vulgar Arithmetic — $2 50 cents per month for those in the learned languages and the higher branches of English Science. Board at $7 50 cents per month, and washing at $1, with an average deduction of $2 per month fur the labor of all over 18 years of age — with a proportionate deduction for the labor of those vmder that age, according to its estimated value, to be assessed by the Teachers and Trustees at the close of each term. Each student is required to labor two and a half hours, five days in each week, and half that time on Saturdays; all lost time fi-om labor, shall be made up or discounted as the interest of the Institution may demand. The expenses of each term sliall be paid to the Steward in advance. Each student shall furnish his own bedding and candles. Course of Studies. — 1st Year. Exercises in Reading, Writing and Spelling, Modern Geography, fundamental rules of Arithmetic and History of the United States. 2d Year. Geograpliy and Arithmetic continued, English Grammar, Ancient Geo- graphy, Universal History and Chronology. 3d Year. Algebra, Euclid's Elements and other branches of Mathematics, Rhetoric, Natural Pliilosopliy with experiments. Astronomy, Chemistry' with experiments. Compo- sition and Declamation. 4th Year. Logic, higher branches of Mathematics, Moral Philosophy, Natural History, Mental Piiilosophy, Evidences of the Christian Religion, Political Economy, Original Speeches, and weekly Composition. MANUAL LABOR SCHOOL IN GREENSBOROUGH, ALABAMA. 81 Those studying the Latin and Greek Languages will have them so combined with the English studies of the 2d and 3d years as to protract them to four or more years as may be necessary. Books will be furnished the students at the Augusta retail cash prices. As it is highly desirable that the Institution sliould be furnished with a more extensive Library and Philosophical Apparatus, its friends and patrons are earnestly solicited to consider what assistance they can afford to these objects, and communicate to B. M, Sanders, the Steward, any favorable results of such consideration. Theological Course. — Li addition to the common course. Sacred Geography, Jewisli Antiquities, Elements of Interpretation, Natural Theology, Evidences of Revealed Reli- gion, Biblical Theology, Ecclesiastical History, and Pastoral Duties. By-Laws. — Among the more important by-laws are the following: 1st. No student under 21 years of age shall be permitted to trade in any store without permission of the principal Teacher, nor then upon a credit without special permission to do so, nor shall students trade with each other or any other person without such per- mission. 2d. No student shall make any complaint abroad to any friend of any dissatisfaction he may have experienced in the Institution, till he has first made tlie same known to the principal Teacher, and if not satisfied by him has appealed to tlie Trustees. 3d. Each student shall pay 25 cents for every pane of glass broken by him, and also shall account for any other damages he may be the author of on the premises, and all t!ie injuries sustained by any room shall be charged to its inmates, where no other indi- vidual is properly chargeable. 4th. Each student while at the table shall behave in an orderly and decorous manner, or shall be sent from the table, and be subject to such further punishment as the nature of his offence shall merit. 5th. Any student under 18 years of age that shall violate any of the rules of the Insti- tution shall be subject to such corporal punishment as the discretion of the Teachers shall dictate ; any such violation by any student between 18 and 21 years of age, may upon the judgment of the Teachers in council, be either corporally punished or referred to the Trustees for expulsion, as they may think most advisable. Such defaulters over 21, if they cannot be corrected by reproof, must be reported to the Trustees for expulsion. MANUAL LABOR SCHOOL, IN GREENSBOROUGH, ALABAMA. The Manual Labor School, under the immediate patronage of the Baptist Convention of Alabama, is located one mile east of Greensborough, on a plantation of 355 acres, which was purchased in 1834, for $6,390. The whole property, embracing the farm and the available subscriptions, is estimated to be worth not less than twenty thousand dol- lars. The plantation is most favorable, and the site for buildings is beautiful and salu- brious. In March, 1835, a contract was made for the erection of six Dormitories, consisting of two rooms each, which will accommodate near 50 students. The sum to be paid for them, is two thousand seven hundred dollars. A house on the premises, has been repaired and fitted tor a dining room, and also furnished with tables and seats, at an expense of two hundred and forty dollars. An engagement has been made with Mr. W. L. Williford, late Professor in Jackson College, Tennessee, to undertake, as Professor of Mathematics and Natural Philosophy, for a salary of one thousand dollars, and the use of 20 acres of land for cultivation.* Mr. D. P. Bestor, has been chosen Professor of TJieology — no salary stipulated. Mr. .Tames Packer, has been chosen Steward and Farmer, with a stipulation of five hundred dollars salary, (all provisions, &c., being furnished by the Trustees) has accepted the appointment, and will probably arrive here about the first of January next. A contract has lately been made for building a Professor's house, which will cost about one thousand four hundred dollars, and will probably be completed about the first of March, 1836. * Brother Williford has arrived with his family, and is now on the premises. 82 GRANVILLE LITERARY AND THEOLOGICAL INSTITUTION. Faculty. John Pratt, rresident, and Associate Professor of Thoolofjy. Paschal Carter, Professor of Mathematics and Natural Piiilosophy. Asa Drury, Protessor of the Greek and Latin Languages. Samuel B. Swalm, Professor of Moral Philosophy and Theology. George Cole, Principal of the Senior Preparatory Departn)ent. Walter M. Wilson, Principal of the Junior Preparatory Departrtient. GENERAL INFORMATION. The Granvile Literary and Theological Lnstitution, founded by the Ohio Baptist Education Society, commenced operations in December, 1831, and was incorporated the following January, with a charter granting the right to confer degrees, and all the privi- leges usually enjoyed by colleges. Its situation is unusually pleasant and healthful, near the centre of the State, in the midst of an industrious, enterprising, intelligent, and moral community. Although it met with a heavy calamity soon atlcr its origin, in tlic loss of its buildings by fire, still its progress has been steadily and successfully onward, until it has reached a degree of prosperity far surpassing the most sanguine anticipations of its friends. The Institution embraces four departments, Preparatory, English, Collegiate, and The- ological. The Preparatory School is divided into Junior and Senior departments. Boys under fifteen years of age are placed in the Junior Department under the guardianship of Mr. Walter M. Wilson, a gentleman of experience in this capacity. Boys over fifteen, who are not prepared to enter College, are placed in the Senior department, under the care of Mr. George Cole, who sustains a high character as an instructor. This di- vision according to age, has no reference to the studies of the boys. They recite in con- nection with such classes as by their ability and tlie nature of their studies, they may be qualified to join. The English department is intended to embrace a thorough English education, together with tlie higher branches of the Mathematics. Special attention is given to that class of young men who wish to qualify themselves to become skilful instruc- tors of common schools. Tiie course of instructiou in college is designed to be as thor- ough and extended as at any college in the United States. The Sophomore and Fresh- man classes are now open for the admission of students. The requisites for admission are similar to those required by our best colleges for the same standing, more regard being had to the manner in which a student has been instructed than to tlie quantity he may have gone over. The Theological department is designed to aid pious young men, called to the work of the Christian ministry, in obtaining that education which will best qualify them to become useful and efficient ministers of tlie gospel. No efforts will be wanting to adapt it to the present wants of the B.iptist denomination in the west. Those who are prevented by their age, or other circumstances, from pursuing a full and regular theo- logical course, can, at their pleasure, pursue a shorter course, attending to those studies only which will have the most direct bearing upon the sacred work they have in view. Students in this department will have access to all the advantages afforded by the other . Nutter, D. Dodge 184 1805 Gouldsborough — 11 1 Bluehill J. Gillpatrick, 158 1806 Penobscot — 30 Win. Johnson .Swan Island — 27 1817 Surry&Ellsworth Benjamin Lord 99 1806 .Amherst W. Marshall 67 1821 Deer Isle & ) 137 1807 Hancock — 91 1824 Isle Haut i Franklin l!i 1824 Treulon John Kini», C. Coates, 154 1809 2 Bluehill — 68 1825 F Desisles, O. Jordan 2 Sedgwick E. Pinkhara, A. Allen 95 1828 Sullivan R. Y. Watson 124! 1810 Ellsworth — 14 1828 Orland& ) 47 1812 Viariaville — 56 1829 Bucksport S Branch Pond — 2() 1833 1 Brooksville Ebenezer Mirick 183 1816 Reed's Brook — 16 1834 KENNEBEi: ASSOCIATION, 1835 [Steward 1 1 Sidney 18 1791 Bldoiiifield A.Prinkwater, J. 75 1804 Clinton M.Caine, J.Spearring 42 1796 ■i Sidney Amos Lefavor 54 1801 iVIount Vernon — 5ii 1799 Belgrade Elias Taylor 81 1806 Industry — D. T. Allen 62 IrOi I'ornville Seneca Stanley 97 1809 New Sharon S. Boardman 79 803 Farmington — 66 1810 MAINE. 87 KENNEBECK ASSOCIATION, \%'}&— continued. Milburn — 24,]8i:i Strong 49 1820 Moscow — 20 1815 1 hesterville 34 1820 Canaan Samuel Knox 27 1819 Anson Francis Powers 43 ]8i0 Waterville S.F>mith, B. Bisbee, 164 1818 Madison — /. Morse 32 1828 C. Newton, J. C. iVIor- Fairfield 27 1831 n\\,H. Paine, E Free- Augusta _- 114 1832 man Starks — 17 1833 LINCOLN ASSOCIATIOV, 1835. 1 Thomaston Horace Seaver 154 1784 1 Whitefield _ 32 1809 Bristol & Miscon- — 22 1792 2 Thomaston Job Washburn 126 1 St. George Benj. Eames \\\ 178!. 1 St. George B. Eames 155 1 IVobleboro' P. Pillsbury, A Flagg 171 1793 2 Nobleboro' Ch. Blanchard 165 Woolwich Samuel Tyler G) 1809 Wiscasset 23 Frien(iship and C. T Norcross, Tho. 17-J IdOU vValdoboro' Samuel Chism 23 Gushing Jameson 3 Jefferson Wm. Burbank 54 Warren Phinehas Bond 16f| 1800 2 Whitfield Wm. Pool, J. Jewell 97 Vinalhaven — / Boynfon 96 1804 Islesboro' — 76 1791 1 Jefferson — Wm. Allen 18(5 1808 ."^ppleton A. Richardson 29 '2 Jefferson Enos Trask 5h 180f N. Castle & Alna E. R. Warren 99 Matinicus — 1( 180.~ \. Whitefield 30 1 Camden — 35 180- 3 Thomaston A. Kalloch 102 •2 Camden — 3f 180- Richmond L. C. Stevens 20 Union Simon Fuller 2f 1801 I'atrictown PI. Washington — J. Wilson 18 12 OXFO RD ASSOCIATION, 1835. 1 Hebron John Tripp 108 1791 Turner J. Houghton 71 1 Buckfield Natha'l Chase 25 1791 Harrison — 50 i Livermore — N. Chapman, Wm. Wyman 150 1793 Oxford Bethel — 16 54 Paris James Hooper 132 1791 Hamlin's Gore — 33 R Dunham Woodstock&Gre. — 37 2 Buckfield E. Harlow 51) 1802 Paris & Woodst. — L. Perkins 35 Sumner M. Lawrence 54 1804 2 Brunswick — 68 Norway John Haynes 39 Weld — 48 Bridgton Wm. O. Grant 52 1807 Denmark L. L. Jordan 35 Jacob Bray Jefferson, N. H. P. Chamberlain 102 Hartford — 63 1810 Milan, N. H. — 30 2 Livermore 22 1811 Sweden 13 Peru — L. Cummings 20 Andover — D. Knowles 14 Canton — 12 PENOBS COT ASSOCIATION, 1835. 1 Harmony _ 65 Bangor Thomas Curtis 155 ' tiia &, Carniel J. Hatch, I.Boynton,jr lot) Enfield — Amos Messer 65 1 Haivpden H. Hawes, O. Briggs 105 Bradford — 51 Charleston J. Millet, J Roundy, 147 Monson — 38 Henry Halo Levant T. B. Robinson 46 Guilford — Tho. Macomber 59 Kirkland — 17 Parkman Zenas Hall 118 2 Hampden — 70 Athens — Rufus Jones 61 Greenfield &N0.I — 35 Dover — N. Robinson, 80 St. Albans — W. Oaks 27 Alfred Lathrop Abbot — 18 Cambridge — 73 Lincoln — 20 Corinth R. C. Spaulding 80 Lee — 21 S. De.vter Bl an chard — 29 Corinna B. P. vv'inchester 25 Plymouth Edward Carter 30 Sangcrville A.Clark 57 Foxcroft — 28 Atkinson — Jon. F. Page 33 Garland — 14 Dexter — Enoch Hunting 71! Stetson — David Steward 13 Palmyra &S«.^; — Joseph Roberts 51 Pittsfield Daniel McMaster 23 Newport — R. Coburn 56 WAL DO ASSOCIATION, 1835. 1 1 Vassalboro' Jesse Martin 84 17881 Knox I. Hall, J. Jewett 70 2 Vassalboro' 53 £. S. IVhite 1 China Daniel Bartlett 238 Searsmont — 15 ■2 China William Bowler 79 Belfast -~ 64 1809 1 Palermo Eph. H. Emery 39 1805 Hope — L. Rich 76 1795 2 Palermo Eph. H. Emery 40 1809 Waldo — . 37 Albion — D. Stevens, 90 Windsor — 81 Nath'l Copeland Frankfort — 34 1808 Freedom - Kliab Coy 67 Monroe Robert Lambert 28 Montville — Joseph I'almer 64 1807 1 Prospect Dixmont _ 20 51 1810 WASHIN IJTON ASSOCIATION, 1835. Columbia — 4:1 178f Jonesboro' and _ 72 1819 Cherryfield Wilson C Rider, 86 I79L Addison E. W. Garrison Lubec — 76 r.astport J. B. Hague 142 1801 Cutler — 52 1817 Steuben — 37 180ii I'rawford — 52 1825 Machias Port — Wm. Beckwith 131 1810 Addison John Billings 171 182i; 88 WASIIIVGTON ASSOCIATION, 1835— co?i<»n«f(f. Cooper 27 18-2.-1 Ilarrinijton Benjamin Buck 53 1«33 Pembroke Charles Emerson 5;t lH-.;:i I'.ust Machias — 43 1834 Charlotte — 43 is-j;t llddyilun and i:iisha Bedell 78 1835 Calais J. Huckins 44 183- Nu. 10 YORK ASSOCIATION, 1835. 1 S. Ber. & York Saiiford Nath'l Littlefield Gideon t ook 55 11)5 177i; South Berwick ) Vil. Church ( Joseph Ballard, 200 Wells Isaac Merriam l(i5 17K0 North Bu.xton 87 Lyman — 70 1782 Hiram J. Chadbourne 21 1810 Waterboro' and — 14H r.ffingham, N. H. 22 Alfred Willard Glover .\clon — W. Godding 105 Cornish T. Remick 37 1792 Saco <,'lark .Sibley 51 Limerick — J. Roberts 30 17!tti Cape Neddick 55 Parsonsfield VVcntworth Lord, 81 i7S)(; 1 Newtield 19 Wm. N. ---lason 2 Newtield 23 1807 Lebanon and — A. Flanders, 76 1801 2 Sanford 4) N. Berwick Zebedee Delano 2 Waterboro' A. Clark 21 Limington John Seavy 88 1802 Freedom, N. H. 23 Kennebunk Shubael Tripp 30 Somersworth " Abner Goodell, 104 Shapleigh Jos. Gillpairick 133 Biddeford — 10 Kenebunkport Reuben Milnor 97 Kennebunk Vil. Tho. O. Lincoln 30 Hollis John Hubbard 47 1807 1 hurch .Milton — 51 SUMMARY. ASSOCIATIOiNS. Ch's. D.Ch's O.Min Lie. Bapt. Total. Const. MEETINGS IN 1636. Bowdoinham 26 15 24 3 38 1707 1787 Winthrop, September 28. Cumberland - 14 7 8 1 23 1243 1810 Harp. & Bruns, August 31. Hancock 22 14 11 4 25 1904 1835 Mlsworth, September 7. Kennebec 22 13 16 4 87 1254 1829 Farmington, September 7. Lincoln 30 12 17 6 45 2422 1804 Thoniaston, September 21. Oxford - 25 14 11 4 1221 1828 Penobscot 35 28 22 4 79 1896 1825 De.xter, September 13. Waldo - 19 13 10 1 149 1230 1827 Montville, August 31. Washington 17 11 7 56 1203 1835 Steuben, September 20. York - 27 8 23 1 141 1885 1776 8hapleigh, August 23. 237 1.35 149 28 643 15,905 REMARKS. — Four churches in York Association and two in Oxford, embracing 332 members, are in New Hampshire. Deducting' these there remain in the State 237 as- sociated churches — 149 ordained ministers — 28 Licentiates — and 15,965 members. The number added to the churches by baptism during the last associational year was only 643, exclusive of a few additions to the Oxford Association, the returns of which we have not seen. Of the 149 ordained ministers 99 only are pastors, and a considerable proportion of the remaining 54 come under one of the following classes : — 1. Such as together with preaching, are engaged in other important services, as the Agent of the Convention, Bible Agent, the President and a Professor in the College, &c. 2. Men venerable for their labors in the Clmrch, but whose age and infirmities do not admit of a Pastoral charge. 3, Active men, who devote their whole time to the ministry, and are doing more than the labors of an ordinary pastor by supplying statedly severaJ churches. We might perhaps estimate this latter class of ministers at 15, and that they furnish a stated supply a part of the time to 30 churches. UNION ACADEMY — at Kennebunk. — All the information we have respecting this Academy, is from one who attended the public examination, August 24, 1835. "The examination took place in the neat and commodious hall in the second story of the Academy building. The male department was examined in the forenoon, and the female department in the afternoon. Classes were examined in spelling, reading, arith- metic, geography, grammar, book-keeping, history, natural philosophy, chemistry, astron- omy, algebra, natural theology, intellectual pliilosophy, French, Latin, and Greek. In all these branches, from the lowest to the highest, the pupils appeared very well. " It was manifest that the teachers had been faithful in performing tlieir interesting, but arduous duties. Their aim seems to have been to discipline the mind and to prepare it for useful action rather than merely to cultivate the powers of memory, and to fill it with a mass of ill-arranged knowledge. "The plan pursued by the tliroe associate principals, is well adapted to give a thorough education. Mr. C. Parker, Mr. M. Burbank, and Miss Ruth S. Robinson, are associated together in one board of instruction Judging by this examination, the public have MAINE. 89 abundant reason to put confidence in their ability as instructors. I am pleased to be able to say that during- the last term considerable interest has been felt by the members of the Academy on the subject of religion. There is reason to believe that a number of them have obtained that fear of the Lord, which is the beginning of wisdom. Several have expressed a hope that they have passed from death unto life, and have determined to press on in the path to heaven. There is a seminary prayer meeting held weekly, which is attended by the Preceptors, which seems to have exerted a very good influence. On the whole, the claims of this Academy upon the support of the public, especially the Baptist denomination, seem to be well sustained, and doubtless they will be met." BAPTISTS IN EASTERN MAINE. The principal part of the following sketch is taken from Zion's Advocate. Forty years ago, Baptist sentiments were scarcely if at all known in Maine. The whole ground, so far as it was occupied at all, was occupied by Pedobaptists. Previous to the year 1804, it appears that tlie Bowdoinham Association was the only one, with the exception of York, which existed in the State. At its annual session in 1804, it appears that the Association deemed it expedient to divide. Accordingly, the churches east of the Kennebec river, and one at least west of it, were dismissed. In 1805, these churches, together with others recently organised, were formed into the Lincoln Asso- ciation. This body, at its annual session in 1806, numbered but 21 churches, and 1151 mem- bers. But notwithstanding all the obstacles with which they had to contend, they increased rapidly. " The Lord added unto them daily." In 1805, the first Baptist church in Sedg- wick — a church of 128 members, which with its excellent pastor, the late Daniel Merrill, had recently renounced the Pedobaptist faith, and adopted the " faith once delivered to the saints," united with this body at its organisation. In 1818, this Association had so increased that it numbered 61 churches, and 3499 communicants. Thus it appears, that within the short period of twelve years, the Baptist churches east of Kennebec river, increased from 20 to 61 ; and it also appears that several small churches were gathered in this section during this time, which did not then unite with the Association. During the same period, the communicants increased from 1151 to considerably more than 3500. This Association, at its annual session in 1818, having become large and extensive, thought proper to divide; and by mutual agreement, the churches east of the Penobscot river were dismissed to form an independent body by themselves. Since that time the Lincoln Association has been twice divided, and the two Associations, Penobscot and Waldo, have been set off from it. The latter of these (Waldo,) at its last session, num- bered 18 churches, and 1230 communicants. The former (Penobscot,) at its last session numbered 35 churches, and 1896 communicants. Whilst the parent body (Lincoln,) still numbered at its last session 30 churches and 2122 communicants. The churches east of the Penobscot river met by a delegation in Bluehill, on the 12th of November, 1818, and organised themselves into a body to be called the Eastern Maine Association. This body at its first annual session in October, 1819, embraced 15 churches and 1042 communicants. To this body the Lord has been signally gracious. It was not only small in its beginning, but came into existence under many disadvantages. All the most important places in this region, were occupied by the Pedobaptists, before Baptist sentiments were ever known in this section. Added to this, the territory was large — the population sparse, and Baptist ministers few. But the little few were not disheartened by all the forbidding circumstances of the case. No, far from it — they were indefatigable in their labors to win souls and promote the cause of C'hrist, and propagate the pure princi- ples of the Bible. To the extent of their ability, they " went every where preaching the word." Nor did they go alone. The Lord sent them where he himself was disposed to go. He wrought with them, " confirming the word by signs following." The churches already gathered have been much enlarged, several of them divided and others gathered, so that at its annual session in September, 1834, the Eastern Maine Association embraced 38 churches, and 3209 communicants. At this meeting it was deemed expedient by this Association, in consideration of the extent of territory over which it was spread, the number of its churches, and the benefit that would probably result, to divide. Accordingly the Association was divided by a unanimous vote. The original name was dropped and the two Associations assumed the names of the respective counties in which they were located — Hancock and Wash- ington. Of the 38 churches embraced in these two Associations, 22 are in Hancock, and 16 in Washington. In the latter Association, most of the churches are destitute of pastors. The churches in Hancock Association are better supplied, there being 12 ordained 8* 90 NEW HAMPSHIRE. ministers connected with it ; besides these, there arc eight candidates for tlie ministry — some of whom are licensed, and preaching most, or all of their time, and otliers are in a course of preparatory study. SECOND BAPTIST CHURCH, PORTLAND.— A number of members from the First Baptist CImrcli in Portland, having been constituted into a church, have |)urcliased the theatre in that city, for the sum of 85000. Tlie e.\i)ensc of altering and fitting it up as a place of worship, will require the additional sum of $2000. Tlie First Cimrcli, which is now under the pastoral care of John S. Maginnis, has been much blessed the past year. WELLS. — The first Baptist church in Wells was constituted in 1780; and at that time the members resided in Wells and North Berwick. Alter a few years they were divided by having a church establislicd in both towns. A few years after the church was constituted, they called Mr. Josepji Eaton to ordination. Mr. Eaton was a member at the constitution of the cliurch, and had an acceptable gift, which lie improved in social meet- ings several years previous to his ordination. He continued in the exercise of his gill with various success until 1820, when feeling himself unable, through increasing infirmity, to discharge the duties of a pastor, he resigned the office. After this he preached occa- sionally as health and circumstances permitted, until his decease on the 27th of Decem- ber, 1831, aged 83 years, and in the 34th year of his ministry. His end was peace. — Elder Oliver Barron succeeded him from 1820 to 1828. From 1828 to 1830, the church were supplied by Elder Flanders and others. In 1831, they invited Isaac Merriam to settle with them. At that time the church contained twenty-six members, six of whom were males. He accepted the invitation. The Lord poured out his Spirit upon the people, and large additions were made to the number of his disciples, so that in four years Elder Merriam iiad baptized one hundred and fifty-one in the fellowship of that church, besides six in other churches. The church approve and have aided the benevolent movements of the day. BAPTIST CHURCH IN ATHENS.— Athens is twenty miles N.E. of Norridgwock. It began to be settled in 1799. The Baptist Church here was organised Sept. 17, 1819, with eleven members — five males and six females. They never had a settled pastor. In 1821 '22, Elder John Dagget preached with them part of the time. In 1825, Elder T. Lord joined the church. He was born in Berwick, Me. He preached with this church most of the time for two years; and was at this time upwards of eighty years old. He was a pious man, and manifested much anxiety for the conversion of sinners. He died March 29, 1834, being almost 86 years old. Elder Seneca Stanley has preached with this church for several years one-fourth of the time ; and the church enjoyed many happy seasons while sitting under his ministry. In June, 1833, the church held a protracted meeting, and it was blessed of God to the quick- ening of his children and to the conversion of sinners. That season will be long remem- bered by many. Forty-five joined the Baptist Church in Athens, three the Harmony Church, one the Free-will Church, and three the Methodist — making 51 baptized that season. Elder Nathaniel Copeland succeeded. NEW HAMPSHIRE. CONVENTION. The ninth annual meeting of the New Hampshire Baptist Convention was held at Deerfield, October 20, 1835. Officers — John Atwood, New Boston, President; Oren Tracv, Newport, Vice President; Ebcnezer Jackson, Cornish, 2d do.; Mark Carpenter, Milford, Corresponding Secretary ; 'Euj^wsdW oKT\i,ConcoTd, Recording Secretary ; Dea. William Gault, Concord, Treasurer; Gibbon Williams, Dover, Permanent Missionary. The Convention employed 14 missionaries a part of the time duriug the year, made ap- propriations to 13 feeble churches, and disbursed the following sums : for Foreign Mis- sions, $ 500 ; Domestic Missions, $1071 84 ; General purposes, $1415 47; Education, $ 193 81. The next session of tiie Convention will be held at Milford, on the third Tuesday in October, 1836, at 1 o'clock. Samuel Cook to j)reach the annual sermon. All the acknowledged institutions of benevolence receive liberal support. An excellent gpirit — a spirit of holy enterprise, pervades the churches. The subject of ministerial education has largely and justly engrossed their affections. They resolved to reject no young man of suitable qualifications who shall apply for aid in the prosecution of his studies. NEW HAMPSHIRE. 91 New Hampshire Branch of the Northern Baptist Education Society, held its fifth an- nual meetings at Deerfield, Oct. 22, 1835. Officers — Josiah Quincy, Ruinney, President; Saml'el Cook and J. Osgood, Vice Presidents ; D. T. Pratt, Nashua, Secretary ; Dr. Calvin Cutter, Nashua, Treasurer. The number of beneficiaries sustained by the funds of the society is /owrfeen. Receipts, $ 440 29, Expenditures, $ 621 49. New Hampshire Baptist Saebatu School Union held its seventh annual meeting at Deerfield, Oct. 22, 1835. Officers — Eli B. Smith, New Hampton, President ; J. Newton Brown, Exeter, Corresponding Secretary ; Leonard Tracy, Cluremont, Rec. Secretary ; William Riciiardson, Concord, Treasurer. The successful operations of this Union have been attended vvith very beneficial results. They have six Branch Unions, 104 schools, 1000 teaciiers, 6250 scholars, 1500 Bible class pupils, 12,000 library volumes, and 550 added to the church by public profession. The following is taken from the conclusion of the Report : " Brethren, and friends of Sabbath schools, return to the congregations and churches to whicli you belong, and tell tliem that while God is converting one in every twelve in a single year, you cannot be willing that half of our beloved youth should be absent from the blessed school for a single year to come. Tell that what will take Jive years at the present rate of exertion, it would be far more noble and happy to do in one. Tell them that by looking up to Heaven, and in the Divine strength doing this, they will set an example that may thrill through every State of the Union, and rouse ten thousand hearts and hands to similar efforts of glory to God in the highest, and good will to per- ishing men. Tell them that the report of our unexampled union and energy has gone abroad ; that many eyes on earth and in heaven are upon us ; that a city which is set on a hill cannot be hid ; that the example of the baptized churches of New Hampshire, (few and feeble as they are compared with those of other States,) should be elevated as the tops of their own White Hills — firm as the granite of their foundations — pure and bright as their snowy peaks when they flash back the beams of the morning sun, or glow afar in the warm still light of evening — the image of all that is holy, luminous, and sublime in crea- tion." New Hampshire Branch of the Baptist General Tract Society held its first anni- versary meeting at Deerfield, October 22, 1835. Officers — William Wallingford, Presi- dent ; A. T. Foss, Secretary; E.Worth, Treasurer. Tracts on hand, $108 58. Re- ceipts, $100 47. ROCKINGHAM ACADEMY— at Hampton Falls.— The Academy building is large and elegant — has two apartments, the upper story for females and the lower for males. It is located at the head of a neat little village, in view of the ocean, with the scenery of the surrounding country most delightful. The building was erected by the inhabitants of Hampton Falls, and presented by them to the Portsmouth Baptist Association, to he under the superintendence of nineteen Trustees, six to be chosen by the original proprietors, and thirteen by the Association, annually. It was opened for the reception of students on Wednesday, September 10th, 1834, and the first term commenced on that day with 60 scholars, 27 females and 33 males. An address was delivered on the occasion hy B. Stow of Boston. Mr. Oliver Ayre is Principal of the male department. Mr. John S. Ladd, a graduate of Dartmouth College, Assistant ; Miss E. C.Garland and Miss M. P. Merriam, associ- ate Principals in the female department. The number of scholars in both departments last year was 104. Board may be had in good families for from $1 25 to $ 1 33 a week. Parents and scholars coming into the place will call upon Richard Dodge, Esq., who will give direc- tions to places for board. Tuition, $3 60 for twelve weeks; addition of $ 1 for higher branches. HANCOCK ACADEMY. — A new academy, under the patronage of the Dublin Asso- ciation, will be opened for instruction in September, 1836. This academy is to be located in Hancock village, on a beautiful plain, affording to the eye a pleasant scenery of the surrounding country. It is expected that board will be afforded as low as at any academy in the State. The village of Hancock is about an equal distance from Connecticut and Merriuiack rivers, being thirty miles from each, and is on the stage road from Charleston, N. H. through Nashua and Lowell to Boston ; and also on the stage road from Concord to Peterborough, which intersects the Brattleborougii line. The plan of the academy is designed for a male and female department, and will accommodate about one hundred in each. The building is to be 40 by 50 feet, containing an upper and lower story, which will include select rooms for various accommodations. Considering the location of this academy, in an important part of the State, we believe it will receive a liberal patronage from tiic public. The New Hampshire Baptist Register is published weekly at Concord, by Edmund Worth, under the patronage of the Convention. Terms $ 1 payable in advance. It entered upon the 6th volume January, 1836. 92 NEW HAMPSHIRE. ASSOCIATIONS AND CHURCHES. DUBLIN ASSOCIATION, 1S35. CHURCHES. MINISTERS. POST OFFICES. BAP. MEM. CONST. Mason Mason 34 1786 Dublin E. W^illard, H. W. Strong Dublin 1 60 1785 Sullivan — A. Fish Sullivan 3 33 Hancock and F. Page, C. Farrar, 5 47 Society Land Washington D. Gage Washington 15 111 Fitzvvilliam D. S. Jackson Fitzwilliam 22 Swanzey J. Woodbury, N. BoUes, J. Bailey Swanzey 5 114 JafFrcy, A. Belkap Jaffrey 6 <)6 Westmoreland, — Westmoreland 33 Fitz'm and Troy — D. S. Jackson Troy 26 Chesterfield — Chesterfield 19 Nelson, — A. Fish Nelson 20 Pcterboro' G. Daland, J. Wilson Peterboro' 8 70 Hinsdale Sunderland 5 68 Keene Union — Keene 34 MEREDITH ASSOCIATION, 1835. 1 Meredith — A. M. Swain Meredith 92 1780 Rumney N. Nichols Rumney 23 218 1780 1 Sanbornton N. Hooper Sanbornton 15 261 1791 Canaan Geo. Evans Canaan 113 1802 Hebron & Groton B. Burrows 27 174 1805 Peeling B. Ropes Peeling 7 76 1807 Danbury — Danbury 3 69 New Hampton J. Higbee, E. B. Smith 10 89 1821 2 Sanbornton D. Mattison 33 141 Campton J. R. Goodenough Campton 22 136 1827 Dorcliester — Joseph Wheet Dorchester 2 44 1828 Haverhill Haverhill 1 31 1830 Lyme S. Coombs Lyme 50 137 1831 Nevr Chester J. Clement New Chester 21 75 1831 2 Meredith 13 69 1831 Alexandria 2 19 Meredith and H. Havens 4 31 Sanbornton M ILFORD ASSOCIATION, 183 5. Londonderry E. WiUmarth Londonderry 12 86 1799 Hudson B. Pease, E. S. Marsh 6 147 1805 Milford M. Carpenter Milford 52 190 1809 New Ipswich A. Merriam New Ipswich 35 90 1814 Wilton J. Cannon Wilton 4 77 1817 Goffstown J. Peacock Goffstown 66 153 1820 Dunstable D. D. Pratt, S. C. Pratt Dunstable 53 234 1S22 New Boston A. T. Foss New Boston 46 123 1825 Mason Village B. Knight Mason Village 7 81 1828 Dunbarton S. Pillsbury Dunbarton 1 24 1828 Amherst — Amherst 11 23 1829 Lyndeborough L. Kimball Lyndeborough 15 53 1826 Hillsborough — Hillsborough 4 116 1820 Antrim J. Davis Antrim 8 35 1827 Bedford — S. Abbott Bedford 6 39 1835 Francestown N J. Atwood EWPORT ASSOCIATION, 18 Francestown ?5. 2 10 1835 Newport 0. Tracy Newport 8 276 1779 Alstead P. Davison Paper Mill Vil. 6 99 1790 New London — New London 1 280 1788 Cornish O. Barron, A. Kendrick Cornish Flat 87 257 1788 NEW HAMPSHIRE. 93 NEWPORT ASSOCIATION, 1835— Continued. Goshen Goshen 3 49 1802 Ac worth — D. Cummings Acworth 6 74 1800 Claremont L. Tracy Claremont 27 134 1821 Lempstcr E. Miner Lempster 25 1822 Hanover J. E. Strong Hanover Centre 6 109 1790 Unity L. Walker Unity 30 Plainficld Plainficld 29 63 PORTSMOUTH ASSOCIATION, 1835. Newtown W. Norris 11 78 1755 Brentwood Brentwood 6 121 1771 Exeter J. N. Brown Exeter 3 99 1800 Deerfield B. Wilcox Deerfield 26 148 1317 Chester — J. Burden Chester 1 102 1820 Portsmouth — C. C. Hayes Portsmouth 13 65 1826 Northwood G. W. Ashby Northwood 13 65 1828 Dover B. Brierly Dover 20 70 1828 Seabrook and Hampton Falls S. Cooke, O. Ayer Hampton Falls 15 50 1828 S. Hampton J. Wheeler 5 44 1830 Stratham — Stratham 20 1831 SALISBURY ASSOCIATION, 1835. Hopkinton Hopkinton 32 141 1771 Sutton Sutton 33 93 1782 1 Weare — L. E. Caswell Weare 75 1783 Gilford — Daniel E. Jewett Gilford 3 52 1811 Bow — J. A. Boswell Bow 6 125 1816 Gilmantown P. Richardson Gilmantown 9 116 1818 Concord E. E. Cumming-s, E. Worth Concord 2 148 1819 Pittsfield J. Richardson Pittsfield 16 74 1819 Bradford Bradford 12 41 1821 Springfield — Springfield 1 31 1823 Wilmot P. C. Himes Wilmot 10 32 1823 2 Weare L. E. Caswell Weare 5 41 1830 Salisbury S. Everett Salisbury 110 1831 Warner G. W. Cutting Warner 9 53 1833 Henniker UNi E. T. Winter ASSOCIATED CHURCHES, 1 Henniker 835. 8 52 1833 Jefferson* P. Chamberlin Jefferson 13 102 Milan* Milan 15 30 Northumberland E. Megregory Northumberland 29 41 Efinghamt — Efingham 22 1808 Freedomt — 23 Milton Millst Milton Mills 31 Richmond — E. Hall Richmond 14 1835 Somerswortht A. Goodell 17 104 * Belong to Oxford Association. f Belong to York Association. SUMMARY. ASSOCIATIONS. Ch's. D.Ch's. O. Min. Lie. Bapt. Total Const. MEETINGS IN 1836. Dublin Meredith Milford Newport Portsmouth Salisbury Other Churches 15 17 16 11 11 15 8 7 7 3 4 4 7 5 8 13 14 8 7 10 3 10 3 1 1 6 1 48 233 328 173 108 146 74 765 1775 1481 1371 942 1184 367 1809 1789 1827 1828 1828 1818 Peterborough, Sept. 7. Sanbornton, 2 ch.Sept. 14. New Ipswich, Sept. 28. Newport, Aug. 24. Exeter, Oct. 5. Henniker, Sept, 21, 93 37 63 1 22 1110 7885 94 VERMONT. REMARKS. — The number of cliurclies in New Hampshire is 93, ordained ministers 63, churches without pastors 37, baptisms in 1835, 1110 wliolc number of members 7885. All tlic ciiurches are increasing their efforts in every department of Cliristian enterprise, and they are consequently blessed with an increase of numbers and moral influence. Portsmouth is the principal town and the only seaport in the State of New Hampshire. It is the half-way place between Portland and IBoston. In 1830, it contained a fraction over 8,000 inhabitants. The population it is thought has not varied materially since that time. The}' have nine houses of public worship, belonging to eight different denomina- tions, viz. : Baptists, Congregationalists, Methodists, Episcopalians, Free-will Baptists, Christians, Unitarians, and Universalists. The only denomination having more than one place of worship is the Congregationalists, who have two, though both congregations are said to be small. The Baptist Church is only of eight years' growth. A little church of eight members was constituted in 182G. The year following. Baron Stow, now of the Second Baptist Church in Boston, was ordained their pastor. The next year, 1828, was built their present house of worship. It is well situated, and is a neat, firm, and well finished building of brick, and contains 100 pews, and cost $ 10,000. When Mr. Stow commenced liis labors among this people in 1327, the church had 13 members — at the time of liis ordination 27 : after five years' labor among them he left a church of 103. And this abundant increase, it will be remembered, was in a place of stationary rather than increasing population. The same remarks may be made in respect to their advancement under their late pastor, Luther Crawford, now assistant Secretary of the Baptist Home Mission Society. VERMONT. BAPTIST CONVENTION. The tenth anniversary of the Convention was held at Jericho, October 21, 1835. Offi- cers — Daniel Packer, Mountholly, President ; A. Sabin and J. Merriam, Vice Presi- dents ; WiLLARD Kimball, Brandon, Corresponding Secretary; C. A. Thomas, Brandon, Rec. Secretary ; John Conant, Brandon, Treasurer. The Convention have learned from experience, that in order to carry on their benevolent operations efficiently, it is necessary to have a general agent, who shall devote all, or the greatest portion of his time, to the procuring of subscriptions and the collection of funds. In this service Alvah Sabin, pastor of the church in the town of Georgia, was engaged a considerable part of last year. Seven or eight missionaries were employed by the Convention during a part of the year, and the result of their labors was glorious. The next annual meeting of the Convention will be held at Windsor on the third Wed- nesday in October, 1836. The Vermont Branch of the Northern Education Society held its fifth annual meeting at Jericho, October 23, 1835. Oflieers — J. D. Farnsworth, President ; Samuel Eastman, Vice President; R. Fletcher, Treasurer; J. M. Graves, Secretary; with thirteen Directors. The number of beneficiaries under the patronage of the society last year was twenty-five. Each is required to give to the Secretary a note for the money he receives, payable in three equal instalments, in one, two, and three years after he has ceased to be a beneficiary. The amount paid for the benefit of beneficiaries during the year was $631 92. The annual meeting is held in connection with that of the Conven- tion. Vermont Literary and Scientific Institution. — This institution is located in the village of Brandon, Rutland county, west of the mountains. The site is elevated, health- fiil, and pleasant. It embraces about thirty acres of land, given by the inhabitants of Brandon, on which is a substantial dwelling liouse, and a college edifice of brick, 100 feet by 40, three stories high. Good board may be obtained in the village for $ 1 25 per week. We regret exceedingly the want of more specific and detailed information respect- ing this institution, which wc regard as one of no ordinary importance and respectability. Further information may be obtained from John C'onant, Esq., Brandon. Black River Academy, located in Ludlow, on the east side of the mountains, is under the patronage of the Baptist denomination ; but like other institutions of this character, VERMONT. 95 affords equal advantages to all who may wish to enjoy its benefits. It was opened for the reception of students on the 9th of March, 1835. The seminary building is a brick edifice, two stories high, 60 feet by 30. It has two departments. The Male Department is under the instruction of Mr. Norman N. Wood, late of Mid- dlebury College, as Principal, and Messrs. Zebulon Jones and N. S. Boynton, Assistants. The Female Department is under the instruction of Miss S. M. Griggs, Principal, and Miss J. P. Gilson, Assistant. We find in tlie catalogue the names of 180 students. Expenses. — Tuition, for common English stftdies, $ 3 per quarter ; higher English studies and Ancient Languages, $ 3 50 ; Modern Languages, $4 ; Music and Drawing, a small additional charge. Board, inclusive of room and washing, can be obtained in respectable families for $1 25 per week. Students preferring to room in the institution, can be furnished with rooms at a small expense. Sessions. — The academical year is divided into four sessions of eleven weeks each. The first commencing three weeks from the Monday preceding the third Wednesday in Au gust. The second on the last Monday in November. The third on the last Monday in February. The fourth on the first Monday in June. Apparatus, Sfc. — A very complete and convenient set of Astronomical, Chemical, and Philosophical Apparatus has been obtained, among which is included an elegant mounted Refracting Telescope ; also several other prime articles. An excellent Piano has been furnished the institution during the last term. Lectures. — A course of appropriate lectures will be given on Chemistry and Natural Philosophy ; and occasional lectures on other subjects of interest to the school. Examinations. — There will be at least two public examinations during the year, before a Committee of the Corporation, and sueii otlier persons as choose to attend. J. M. Graves, Pastor of the Baptist church, Ludlow, is Secretary of the Corporation. The Leland English and Classical School is located at Townsend. This institution has also a good brick building, and it is believed that the advantages presented by it for acquiring a thorough education are second to those of no similar institution in the State. The Vermont Baptist Sabbath School Union held its sixth annual meeting at Jericho, Oct. 1835. Officers — J. Merriam, Passumsic, President; Dea. Samuel Griggs, Rutland, Treasurer ; Joseph Freeman, Cavendish, Cor. Secretary; C. W. Hodges, Springfield, Rec. Secretary. We have no report of the state of the Sabbath school cause in the churches. It is known, however, tliat many of the churches are actively engaged in this cause — tiiat there are flourisliing scliools in the denomination in the State — and an increasing interest in the religious education of the rising generation. Vermont Telegraph — a weekly religious newspaper, commenced in September, 1827, and now published at Brandon by Mr, Orson S. Murray, editor and proprietor. Terms, $2 per annum, in advance. ASSOCIATIONS AND CHURCHES. ADDISON ASSOCIATION, 1835. CHURCHES. PASTORS. POST OFFICES. BAP. mem. CONST. Whiting Whiting 1 91 Middlebury Middlebury 7 65 1 1809 1 Bristol W. W. Moore Bristol 2 82 Ferrisburg J. A. Dodge Vcrgennes 24 Monkton M. D. Miller Monkton 47 1793 Bridport S. Fletcher, E. Halping Bridport 3 122 Addison B. Carpenter Addison 21 150 Panton J. Ten Broeke Panton 3 88 Wey bridge J. Wright Middlebury 5 54 Cornwall A. Case Cornwall 20 103 Charlotte — Charlotte 32 Shoreham — Shoreliam 31 1794 Orwell — Orwell 43 98 96 ATRMONT. BARRE ASSOCIATION— 1835. E. Bethell East Bethel 4 76 Braintree — 1 36 Chelsea and — 1 1 16 Tunbridge E. Roxbury — 16 Rochester — 1 Rochester 24 Randolph A. Arnold , Randolph 4 20 Sharon J. Parker i Sharon 3 50 Topsham F. Blood j Topsham 7 17 Thetford&Fairle( 3 J. Huntington Post Mills village 106 W. Roxbury — 4 24 Williainstown — Williamstown 16 66 DANVILLE ASSOCIATION. Coventry — Coventry 12 80 1809 Lunenburgh P. Chamberlain Lunenburgh 15 85 1811 Passumsic J. Mcrriam Passumsic 3 205 1811 Danville I. D. Newell Danville 20 113 1788 Irasburgh A. Dodge' Irasburgh 6 70 Troy and Potton P. Powell Troy 30 159 Newport H. Clark Newport 25 91 Lyndon — Lyndon Centre 2 21 Eaton, L. C. E. Mitchell 2 48 Burke & Sutton — Burke 34 Hatley and Stan. — Derby 14 78 Derby M. Cheney, W. M. Guilford Derby 21 122 1808 Marshfield — Marshfield 34 Craflsbury — Craftsbury 20 1831 Hardvvick M. Grow Hardwick 2 54 1831 Albany — Albany 7 22 Bamston, L. C..' J. Baldwin 12 41 FAIRFIELD ASSOCIATION Fairfield — Fairfield 5 31 1793 Georgia A. Sabin Georgia 4 88 1793 S. Fairfax J. Huntly Fairfax 75 Fletcher E. Butler Fletcher 48 Berkshire P. Chase Berkshire 1 42 Enosburgh Falls M. Flint St. Albans 2 62 N. Fairfax D. Sabin 34 Enosburgh L. Cole Enosburg 51 Franklin J. Spaulding Franklin 2 41 Richford — Richford 72 Stanbridge — A. Ridler Berkshire 2 43 N. Fairfield — 4 52 Montgomery — Montgomery 34 Laprairie — 17 Dunham — 14 ONION RIVER ASSOCIATION, 1835, Jericho Jericho 1 165 Essex Essex 67 Richmond D. Bennet Richmond 37 Johnson A. Stone Johnson 102 Cambridge — Cambridge 110 1793 Morristown — Morristown 58 Hinesburg John Ide Hinesburg 1 84 Sterling — 23 27 Williston Williston 20 Milton J. C. Bryant Milton 34 Huntington Huntington 23 Waterbury A. Angier Waterbury 2 84 Wcstford Westford 84 Waitsfield Waitsfield 3 15 Burlington — Burlington 1 17 Colchester — Colchester 2 14 VERMONT. 97 SHAFTSBURY ASSOCIATION, 1835. Arlington Arlington 2 70 Bennington S. B. Willis East Bennington 3 107 Hoosick, N. Y. Israel Keach Hoosick, N. Y. 4 206 1785 Manchester S. Kenney Manchester 1 85 Pittstown, N. Y. — W. Sherman Pittstown, N. Y. 3 74 1784 Pownal E. Dutchcr Pownal 59 107 1773 1 Shaflsbury I. Matteson North Bennington 1 175 1768 2 Shaftsbury R. R. Bennett Shaftsbury 60 3 Shaftsbury W. Walker Shaftsbury 24 132 Stamford — North Adams, Ms. 36 76 VERMONT ASSOCIATION, 1835. Brandon C. A. Thomas Brandon 1 214 1788 Rutland H. Proctor Rutland 105 Poultney S. C. Dillaway East Poultney 167 1785 Middletown E. S. Soullard Middletown 122 1782 Ira J. Peck Ira 140 1782 Benson Benson 35 Westhaven R. Sawyer Westhaven 41 Hubbardton L. Huntly Castleton 97 1787 1 Wallingford — Wallingford 72 Pittsford J. Packer Pittsford 2 20 1783 W. Clarendon — Clarendon 80 Danby — Danby 6 35 Dresden — 50 Tinmouth WI NDHAM ASSOCIATION, 1 Tinmouth 835. 13 Putney F. Moore Putney 56 1785 Halifax Samuel Fish Halifax 2 154 1784 Marlb. & Newfane P. Howe Williamsville 1 150 Dummerston J. Packer Brattleboro' 1 116 1783 Guilford A. B. Egleston Guilford 1 113 1780 Brookline — D. Brown 3 89 Wilmington M. Bruce Wilmington 95 Wardsboro' — J. Vincent Wardsboro' 2 44 1792 Whitingham A. Lamb Whitingham 75 Dover — Dover 36 Stratton — S. Howe Stratton 5 41 Readsboro' WOO J. Carpenter DSTOCK ASSOCIATION, Readsboro' 1835. 1 37 Andovcr E. Hurlburt Andover 1 67 1803 Chester Ira Person Chester 2 197 1789 Cavendish J. Freeman Cavendish 8 164 1803 Grafton S. Eastman Grafton 21 177 1803 Hartland — L. B. Cole Hartland 43 Jamaica N. Ames Jamaica 120 1 Ludlow — Ludlow 18 80 2 Ludlow J. M. Graves Ludlow 78 1835 Londonderry Sem Pierce Londonderry 2 138 MounthoUy D. Packer MounthoUy 54 451 Plymouth H. F. Davis 11 43 Westminster and — Saxton's River 37 137 1812 Rockingham N. Springfield C. W. Hodges Springfield 40 202 Shrewsbury — Shrewsbury 46 1 Townsend — W. Townsend 79 2 Townsend — Townsend 28 88 E. Windsor R. M. Ely, E. Hutchinson Windsor 84 238 W. Windsor S. Lamson Windsor 38 1807 Weston J. Packer Weston 2 103 Winhall — 18 1812 Windham S. Kingsbury W. Townsend 1 120 2 Wallingford — 4 1 90 9 98 MASSACHUSETTf. WOODSTOCK ASSOCIATION— continued. Dorset Perkinsville Fclchville D. Burroughs Dorset Perkinsville Felchville WASHINGTON UNION ASSOCIATION, 1835. Pawlct I A. Woodard I Pawlet Rupert I II. fl. liaff | Rupert 33 3 47 20 14 50 135 Ministers without a pastoral charge, with their Post Office address — Licentiates in Italic. MINISTERS. POST OFFICES. MINISTERS. POST OFFICES. Silas Davison Passumsic Benj. Buckstin Guilford Lewis Fisher Danville Joel Manning Andover N. H. Downs Georgia Thomas Marshall Arlington Moses Flint St. Albans D. Miller Monkton J. Vincent Halifax Merit House North Adams, Mass. N. Fisher Williamsville Levi M. Powers do George Phillips do Joseph Crawley Mountholly Ziha Howard Brattleboro' SUMMARY. ASSOCIATIONS. CHS. D.C. O.M. Lie. BAPT. TOTAL. CONST. MEETINGS IN 1836. Addison 13 5 11 105 987 1833 Bristol, 3d Wednesday Sept. Barre 12 6 6 46 502 1807 Bethel, 2d Wednesday Sept. Danville 16 7 13 1 169 1252 1810 Danville, 3d Wedn'day June. Fairfield 15 7 8 2 21 704 1795 Georgia, 2d Wedn'day Sept. Onion River 16 5 11 33 941 1835 Johnson, 1 st Wedn'day Sept. Shaftsbury 8 2 6 2 126 812 1780 Manchester, 1st Wed. June. Vermont 14 6 8 9 1146 1785 Poultney, 1st Wedn'day Oct. Windham 12 4 9 6 16 1006 Wardsboro' 3d Wed. Sept. Woodstock 25 10 17 3 316 2817 1783 N.Springfield, 4th Wed. Sept. Wash'n Union 2 2 14 185 1835 Greenwich, 2d Wed. June. 133 52 91 14 855 10,352 REMARKS. — The foregoing Tables are as accurate as our means will enable us to make them. Several of the churches which have pastors enjoy their labors a part of the time only ; and several others marked as destitute of pastors, are supplied with preaching a part of the time. Two churches in the Shaftsbury Association are in Rensselaer county, N. York. Deducting these from the tabular numbers, there remain, 133 churches, 52 churches without pastors, 855 baptisms, and 10,352 communicants, including a few small churches in the province of Lower Canada. There are also a few unassociated churches in the State, but we have no means of forming any satisfactory estimate of the number of their members. MASSACHUSETTS. CONVENTION. The Massachusetts Baptist Missionary Society, was formed in Boston, May 26, 1802, in the Meeting House of the First Baptist Church, and is the oldest Missionary Society in the denomination in the United States. The venerable Stillman, Smith, Baldwin, Gano, with their associates, were its founders. In 1808, the Society obtained a charter. In 1822, an enlargement of the charter was obtained from the Legislature. Since its formation, about 70,000 dollars have been expended, under its direction, in the support of preaching among the destitute. "Through its instrumentality, hundreds of feeble churches have been revived and enlarged; other hundreds of churches have been gathered ; and thousands of souls have been brought under the saving influence of the gospel." In process of time, it was seen that the wants of the churches in Massachusetts de- manded more aid than could be afforded consistently with the constitution and means of the above society. Tlius originated, MASSACHUSETTS. D9 The Massachusetts Baptist Convention. — This Convention was formed in Boston, Nov. 10, 1824, by delegates from the Baptist Associations of Churches in the Common- wealth. Its objects were to aid feeble churches and furnish missionaries to destitute places within the limits of this State. It has been the means through the efficiency of the Holy Spirit of accomplishing much good. The Western Baptist Education Association was organised in Boston at the Lecture Room of the Federal Street Baptist Church, May 30, 18.32. Its object as expressed in the Second Article of its Constitution, is " the promotion of Comirwn Schools and Educa- tion generally in the Valley of the Mississippi under the instruction of pious and compe- tent teachers." This Association have prosecuted their designs by sending an Agent to the West, to ascertain its wants, and into various parts of New England to secure, direct and encourage teachers to go out and establish and maintain schools. During the year 1834, Committees were appointed by the Boards of the Massachusetts Baptist Missionary Society, and the Massachusetts Baptist Convention, who conferred together and matured the plan of an amalgamation of the two societies. To accomplish this object, (so desirable in simplifying the domestic operations of the denomination and saving a great amount of labor and expense of agency,) the Massachusetts Baptist Mission Society petitioned the Legislature at its winter session, 1834, and received a change of name. It is now known by the name of The Massachusetts Baptist Con- vention. Constitution of the Massachusetts Baptist Convention. ART. 2d. — This Convention shall be composed of Delegates appointed by the several Associations, Baptist Churches and Missionary Societies, within this Commonwealth, in the following manner: — Each association may appoint one delegate to every five churches ; and every Baptist Church and Missionary Society, shall be entitled to send one Delegate. ART. 3d. — The Annual Meeting of the Convention shall be held in Boston on the Thursday succeeding the last Wednesday in May, at 9 o'clock, A. M. Officers — Levi Farwell, President ; Isaac Davis, H. Lincoln, Joseph White, J. T. Everett, Vice Presidents; Charles O. Kimball, Secretary; William D. Ticknor, Treasurer ; Calvin Haven, Auditor. It will be perceived that the Convention have in view the promotion of three general objects, viz: I. The aid of the feeble churches and the supply of destitute places in Massachu- setts. There are about 200 Baptist churches in the Commonwealth, and nearly 75 of them need assistance in counsel, or pecuniary means to obtain pastors or continue the support of those already settled with tliem. Such aid is indispensable to their continued existence and prosperity. II. The aid of the American Baptist Home Mission Society to which the Convention is Auxiliary, The Convention at its last annual meeting resolved to attempt to raise $6,000, as its proportion of the $50,000. III. The sending forth of well qualified pious Teachers of Common and High Schools in the West. All communications for the Mass. Baptist Convention should be addressed to Charles O. Kimball, Secretary of the Convention, Methuen, Mass. Massachusetts'Sabbath School Union. — The tenth anniversary of this Union was held at the Federal Street meeting-house, Boston, May 26, 1835. Officers — Richard Fletcher, Boston, President, John H. Purkitt, Cambridgeport, Secretary, and Hezekiah S. Kendall, Boston, Treasurer. The report is ample, spreading over the space of 48 octavo pages. From it are taken the following facts. Receipts during the year ending May 1, 1835, $8268 51: Auxiliary Unions, 11 — Whole number of schools, 204; scholars, 16511; teachers, 2293 ; teachers and scliolars made a profession of religion, 291 ; preparing for the ministry, 120 ; volumes in the libraries, 34882. Sabbath School Treasury. — It is now eight years since this periodical work was an- nounced to the public, and its success has been such as to warrant its continuance. It is published monthly, each number consisting of 24 duodecimo pages. Tiice fifty cents per annum, in advance. Correspondence, 6fc. — All communications relating to the editorial department of the Sabbath School I'reasury, -and to the general concerns of the Massachusetts Baptist Sabbath School Union, should be addressed to John H. Purkitt, Corresponding Secretary, No. 47, Cornhill, Boston. Depository. — All remittances of money, or orders for books and for the Sabbath School Treasurj^ should be addressed to Caleb B. Shute, agent of the Depository, No. 47, Corn- hill, Boston. 160 MASSACHUSETTS. Meetings of the Board, and of the Union. Tlie Board of Manajocrs meet regularly at the Union's Depository, No. 47, Cornliill, Boston, on the second Tuesdays of June, Sep- tember, December, and March, at 3 o'clock, P. M. ; and oftener, as business may require on adjournment, or in special meeting. The General Annual Meeting of the Society is held in Boston, on Tuesday before the last Wednesday in May, at 9 o'clock, A. M. ; and the public Anniversary is held at 3 o'clock, P. M. of the same day. Sabbath School Teachers' Convention of the Salem Baptist Association. — This Convention was organised at Methuen, November 11, 18.35. Its object is to promote, by every possible means, the Sabbath School cause within the bounds of the Salem Baptist Association. Officers — Michael Shepherd, Salem, President, Jonathan Bacheller, Lynn, Cor. Secretary, Benjamin Osgood, Methuen, Rec. Secretary, and Isaac Stor}', Lynn, IVeasurer. New England Sabbath School Union. — This Union was formed at Lowell, Mass., Jan. 20, 1836. Its principal object is " the promotion of the general interests of Sabbath Schools by providing means for the publication of suitable books." The Constitution re- quires the Union to have a Depository of books established in Boston. The principal officers are Richard Fletcher of Boston, President; , , Secretary ; Mathew Bolles, Jr., Boston, Treasurer, with one Vice President from each of the N. E. States, and 12 directors. Salem Bible Translation and Foreign Mission Society. — This Society was formed in 1812, and is the first of the kind in the United States. Its last anniversary was held at Lowell, Sept. 23, 1835. Officers— N. W. Williams, Newburyport, President ; Stephen W. Shepherd, Salem, Treasurer; J. Holroyd, Cor. Secretary ; J. Wayland, Salem, Rec. Secretary. The amount received and paid over to the Treasurer of Foreign Missions, was $900, Worcester County Manual Labor High School. — Teachers — Silas Bailey, Princi- pal ; Rhodes B. Chapman, Assistant ; Joel Marble, Steward. This school is in its infancy, having been in progress only about eighteen months. It is under the patronage of the Baptist denomination, but is as yet but partially endowed. The site of the Institution is about one-fourth of a mile from the village, on the turnpike leading from Worcester to Hartford. On this eminence, the Trustees purclmsed sixty acres of land, which is said to be of as fine a soil as any in the town. Upon this lot, a steward's house and all neces- sary out-buildings, and a Seminary building have been erected and completed, at an ex- pense of about seven thousand dollars. The land cost originally about four thousand, but such has been the extraordinary rise of real estate in tliat place, tiiat this lot of land would now sell, we are told, for an amount equal to its original cost, added to the cost of all the buildings that have been erected upon it. Tlius, as will readily be seen, a very handsome beginning has been made in the pursuit of a most desirable object. This school is designed to be one of a high order, not so much for the accommodation of the town of Worcester, which has already provided for the education of its youth beyond almost any town in the Commonwealth, as for the neighbouring towns, and for any who may resort to it from a distance. No location could be finer — having a railroad from Boston to Worcester, it is brought within two hours' ride of this city, and when the Norwich and Worcester Rail Road shall have been completed, it will be within a few hours' travel of the city of New York. We find on the catalogue the names of 120 students. Terms and Vacations. — The academical year is divided into four terms of eleven weeks each ; at the end of each term there is a vacation of two weeks. The terms commence on the first Wednesdays in September, December, March, and June. Expenses. — Tuition in Languages, $7 per term ; English Studies, $5 ; rent of room and furniture, $2 ; board in commons, from $1 20 to $1 30. Franklin Academy. — This flourishing school is located at Shelburn Falls, Mass. The catalogue for the year ending November 7, 1835, is said to contain the names of 317 students. Teachers — John Alden, jr.. Principal ; Otis Fisher, Associate Teacher ; and Joel Kenncy, Assistant. Pierce Academy. — The Academy at Middleborough has been secured to a Board of Trustees, and incorporated by the name at the head of this article. It is now under the associated care of A. Briggs, formerly Professor in Watcrville College, and Leonard Tobey a graduate of Williams' College, with Miss Elizabeth Lewis, an experienced and successful instructress, in the female department. Under the direction of these efficient and well qualified teachers, it assumes a flourishing aspect. Further information respect-- ing this Academy, may be obtained from Levi Pierce, P. M., Middleborough. MASSACHUSETTS. 101 South Reading Academy. — This Academy is situated ten miles north of Boston, and went into operation in September, 1828. A large proportion of the students either pre- pare for College, or directly for the Newton Tlieological Institution by a select course of studies. Not having been favoured with a catalogue of the Academy, we are unable to give any further information respecting it. The Baptist Missionary Magazine is published monthly, by Mr. John Putnam No. 41 Washington street, Boston, under the direction of a Committee of the Board of Foreign Missions. Price $1 per anrmm., payable in advance. The 16th vol. commences with 1836. The Christian Watchman, a very valuable religious publication, is published every Wednesday by William Nichols, Boston, and edited by E. Thresher. This paper is published under the patronage of the " Baptist Convention of Massachusetts," and a por- tion of its profits is devoted to the cause of its objects. Price $2 50, in advance. The 16th volume commenced with the present year. The Christian Review, designed to promote the interests of religion and literature, commenced in March, 1836. It is edited by James D, Knowles, Professor of Pastoral Duties in the Newton Theological Institution, and published by Messrs. Gould, Kendall, and Lincoln, Boston. It will be issued quarterly on the first day of March, June, Sep- tember and December. Price Three Dollars per annum, in advance. ASSOCIATIONS AND CHURCHES. BARNSTABLE ASSOCIATION, 1835. churches. ministers. POST OFFICES. BAP. MEM. CONST. West Harwich Seth Ewer West Harwich 146 1757 Barnstable D. Chessman Barnstable 2 174 1771 Holmes' Hole — J. Pease Holmes' Hole 4 60 1780 Edgartown D. Dunbar, H. Marchant Edgartown 8 71 1823 Brewster Thomas Conant Brewster 1 76 1824 Chatham Davis Lathrop Chatham 58 1824 Orleans Enoch E. Chase Orleans 44 1826 Falmouth Falmouth 16 1825 Nantucket J. Kelley Nantucket 1 10 1831 Tisbury — Tisbury 69 1832 Gay Head — Gay Head 10 34 1693 S. Yarmouth S. Crowell S. Yarmouth 15 1834 Well Fleet BEP — E. G. Perry .KSHIRE ASSOCIATION, Well Fleet 1835. 7 1835 South Adams E. Sweet Adams 9 64 Becket — Becket 66 Florida — N. Y. Bushnell Florida 57 Hinsdale A. Jackson Hinsdale 95 Lanesboro' W. G. Johnson Lanesboro' 6 90 Pittsficld Augustus Beach Pittsficld 3 125 Peru — Henry Cady Peru 20 1 Savoy — jR. P. Whipple Savoy 76 2 Savoy Amos Doming 14 42 1 Sandisfield — . 1 56 2 Sandisfield John Wilder 1 109 Tyringham&Lee — Tyringham 90 Williamstown David Pease Williamstown 10 83 Windsor B( Geo. Walker 3ST0N ASSOCIATION, 18: Windsor i5. 2 57 1 Boston Wm. Hague, S. Adlam Boston 22 347 1664 2 Boston Baron Stow, E. S. Williams, Boston 19 463 1743 Pastor settled. Wm. Collier, J. Peak, J. Nov. 15, 1832. D. Knowles, S. L. Gould Medfield H. N. Loring Medfield 2 82 1776 102 MASSACHUSETTS. BOSTON ASSOCIATION, 1835 — continued. Newton V. A. Willard Newton Centre Pastor settled, Joseph Grafton, Irah Chase, 3 224 1780 1836. H. J. Ripley Wobiirn T. B. Ripley Woburn 7 241 1781 Weston J. Hodges, jr. Weston 20 98 1789 1 Cliarlcstown H. Jackson, D. Benedict, Charlestown 7 278 1801 Pastor settled, T. J. Conant, Hamilton, N. Y. Nov. 27, 1822. J. F. Wilcox Maiden Conant Sawyer Maiden 12 160 1803 African, Boston John Givin Boston 10 46 1805 Charles Street Daniel Sharp, L. Bolles, M. Boston 7 487 1807 Pastor settled. Bolles, E. Thresher, J. W. 1811. Purkin, B. H. Rhodes, S. T. Adams. W?n. Jacobs, J. G. Naylor. Canton — Canton 1 84 1814 1 Cambridge S. Lovell, W. Leverett, Cambridge 23 228 1817 Pastor settled, A. S. Lovell Mar. 24, 1834. West Cambridge A. Morse, E. Nelson West Cambridge 11 91 1817 Roxbury Wm. Leverett, J. Hodges Roxbury 6 162 1821 Littleton — Littleton 8 85 1822 N. Randolp J. M. Coley 1 126 1823 Dedham Thos. Driver Dedham 128 1824 Framingham Chas. Train, E. Gale, 0. J. Fiske Framingham 219 1826 Federal St. Bos. G. B. Ide, H.Malcom,F.W. Boston 12 427 1827 Pastor settled. Nelson, S'ajn'Z Gooch, Wm. 1835. Bradstreet, S. Curry, E. Crane, G. Y. Carleton 2 Cambridge B. Jacobs, J. W. Donallan Cambridgeport 3 69 1827 Townsend James Barnaby Townsend 2 35 1827 Brookline J. A. Warne, ^. .S. Sumner Brookline 14 104 1827 Watertown N. Medbury, J. Bishop Watertown 30 130 1830 South Boston ~J. W. Parkis, W. Bur- lingame S. Boston 6 135 1831 1 Hingham — Hingham 1 74 1831 2 Reading — 1 21 1832 Medwa'y — Medway 3 56 1833 Groton — A. Sanderson Groton 1 38 1834 Lexington O. A. Dodge, T. P. Ropes Lexington 3 32 1834 North Boston C. Miller, C. B. Shute Boston 86 1835 2 Newton — Newton Up. Falls 74 1835 YRi iNKLIN ASSOCIATION, 1835. Ashfield Price Ashfield 81 Bernardston E. Andrews Bernardston 1 74 Buckland B. J\ Remington Buckland 60 1 Colerain G. Robinson, J. M.Purrington Colerain 4 156 2 Colerain — D. H. Grant 1 40 Charlemont B. F. Remington Charlemont 8 74 Conway W. H. Rice Conway 8 97 Rowe E. Davenport Rowe 31 1 Slielbum E. Andrews Shelburn 73 2 Shelburn Jno. Alden, jr. Shelburn Falls 36 63 OLD COLONY ASSOCIATION, 1835. 1 Middleboro' — A. Briggs Middleboro' 58 1756 Carver — R. Thayer Carver 43 1791 1 Marshfield — Marshfield 45 1788 4 Middleboro' E. Briggs 8 168 1800 Kingston John Allen Kingston 10 98 1806 Hanover R. B. Dickie Hanover 79 1806 MASSACHUSETTS. 103 OLD COLONY ASSOCIATION, 1835— continued. Plymouth R. Cushman, L. Holmes Plymoutli 117 1809 Pembroke and — Pembroke 58 1812 Hanson Scituate Scituate 62 1825 Abington W. H. Dalrymple Abington 6 70 1822 Cent'l Middleboro' H. Fittz Middleboro' 2 149 1828 2 Middleboro' N. Handy, J. P. Parris 50 3 Middleboro' E. C. Messenger 102 1761 Stoughton Isaac Smith Stoughton 1 60 1780 Foxboro' T. C. Tingley, J. L. Whitte Foxboro' 10 162 1817 " more N. Marshfield S. Ripley N. Marshfield 46 1833 W. Bridge water — W. Bridgewater 2 27 1833 Sharon Silas Hall Sharon 91 SALEM ASSOCIATION, 1835. 1 Haverhill E. N. Harris Haverhill 21 198 1765 Chelmsford J. Parkhurst Chelmsford 5 166 1771 1 Rowley John Burden Rowley 3 60 1786 Danvers J. Holroyd, Wm. Lamhson, John Porter Danvers 2 157 1793 Beverly John Jennings Beverly 240 1801 1 Salem J. Wayland, M. Carleton Salem 1 466 1801 S. Reading I. Sawyer, Wm. Heath Jonas Evans S. Reading 2 154 1804 New bury port N. W. Williams, N. M. Wil- Hams Newburyport 13 190 1805 Gloucester A. S. Train, Otis Wing Gloucester 20 82 1807 Marblehead N. Hervy Marblehead 37 174 1810 Methuen A. Parker, C. 0. Kimball, Wm.W. Hall, A. G. Palmer, & G. Sargent, C. B. Davis Methuen 3 350 1815 Lynn L. S. Bolles Lynn 7 189 1816 N. Reading — Reading 4 72 1817 2 Haverhill — 2 166 1822 Salisbury and Eber Crane Amesbury 7 183 1824 Amesbury 1 Lowell J. W. Eaton Lowell 33 443 1826 2 Salem J. Banvard Salem 136 1826 Billerica J. W. Sargent Billerica 1 63 1828 Tyngsboro' and — Dunstable 3 51 1829 Dunstable 2 Rowley — Rowley 1 40 1830 Gloucester Har- bour 2 53 1831 2 Lowell L. Porter, jr. Lowell 3 302 1831 Wen ham Wenham 1 68 1831 Andover — D. F. Richardson Andover 3 79 1832 2 Beverly S. C. Gilbert Beverly 6 44 1834 STU RBRIDGE ASSOCIATION, 1835. Sturbridge Zenos L. Leonard, E. Going, A. S. Lyon, W. H. Taylor Sturbridge 3 125 1749 Charlton James Boomer, Charlton 17 1762 Wales — Wales 2 89 1771 Wilbraham and Alvin Bennett, Geo. Mixter Wilbraham 15 152 1794 Monson , Belchertown — T. Rand, S. S. Green Belchertown 11 65 1795 Hardwick and — Wm. Brown Hardwick 6 103 1801 Ware Webster — M. G. Clark, N. Britton, R. B. Chapman, Webster 1 144 1814 104 MASSACHUSETTS. STURBRIDGE ASSOCIATION— coniinued. South bridge J. G. Binney, Levi Hall Southbridgc 163 1817 Holland W. Munger Holland 7 122 1817 Brookfield Brookfield 1 124 1818 Longnicadow J. M. Hunt Longmeadow 31 97 1818 Three Rivers J. R. Bigelow Three Rivers 46 112 1826 Barre Barre 7 78 1832 2 Monson Amos Snell Monson 5 36 1834 TAUNTON ASSOCIATION, 1835. Attlcboro' J. E. Forbush Attleboro' 16 157 1768 Fall River Asa Bronson, S. Lovell Fall River 11 304 1781 Seekonk Henry Clark Seekonk Central 15 201 1794 Newr Bedford J. 0. Choules New Bedford 3 245 1813 2 Taunton Wm. G. Trask Taunton 3 80 Somerset Elisha Slade Somerset 9 53 1803 Dighton John Read Dighton 4 76 WENDELL ASSOCIATION, 1835. Leverett and N. B. Jones, R. Fittz Leverett 10 177 Montague Northfield Northfield 22 New Salem — New Salem 10 111 Royalston and H. Tonkin, J. Leland, D. Royalston 15 107 Warwick Shepardson Athol J. Glazier Athol 8 141 Wendell D. Goddard Wendell 3 lis Royalston and C. Brown, S. Simons Royalston 4 90 Winchendon Sunderland and Sunderland 2 102 Montague L. Austin Shutesbury C. Munroe Shutesbury 34 141 Amherst M. Ball, S. S. Nelson Amherst 4 55 Erving's Grant &. L. Fay Erving's Grant 16 61 South Orange WES )TF1ELD ASSOCIATION, 1835. Chesterfield N. M'Culloch Chesterfield 1 110 1780 1 W. Springfield Pierpont Brockett Agawam 2 102 1799 1 Springfield Dwight Ives, D. N. Sheldon Springfield 18 119 1811 2 W. Springfield Ira Hall W. Springfield 13 179 1803 Chester S. Kinsley, John Grant Chester 65 1812 Russell Russell 4 54 1816 Middlefield H. Archibald Middlefield 1]0 1817 Whately — Whately 40 1798 Cummington — E. Cheever Cummington 8 112 1820 Goshen Wm. Hubbard Goshen 1 56 1805 Granville S. Root, R. Griffin Granville 13 33 1791 2 Westfield Isaac Child Westfield 74 Northampton Benj. Willard Northampton 30 1826 Blandfbrd Blandford 33 2 Springfield — Wm. L. Dennis Springfield 4 75 1828 Central Westfield David Wright Westfield 29 Southwick Southwick 120 Plainfield WOI ICESTER ASSOCIATION, Plainfield 1835. 22 1835 Leicester John Greene Leicester 8 68 1737 Harvard Moses Curtis Harvard 6 106 1776 Templeton — A. S. Lyon Templeton 62 1782 1 Sutton John Walker Sutton 85 1785 Grafton Otis Converse Grafton 6 255 1800 Holdon Geo. Waters Holden 14 168 1807 Worcester J. Aldrich, Luther Goddard, //. Smith, R. B. Chapman Worcester 17 397 1812 Bellingham J. T. Masscy Bellingham 7 108 1812 MASSACHTTSETTS. 105 WORCESTER ASSOCIATION— con^inweJ. Shrewsbury&Boyl Westborough Ward West Boylston 2 Sutton Spencer Princeton Leominster Southboro' Northboro' Westminster Gardener Bolton Fitchburg I Taunton* S- Dartmouth* Hancockt Egremontt North Adamst ston — John Paine, J. G. Warren S. S. Cutting Job B. Boomer M. Harrington N. G. Lovell — S. Glover A. Samson E. Seagrave — Franklin Merriam J. Holbrook, W. Morse L. O. Lovell, J. W. M'Donald OTHER CHURCHES. Caleb Benson H. Ellis, A. Brown Asa H. Palmer Westborough Ward W. Boylston Spencer Princeton Leominster Soutiiboro' Northboro' Westminster Gardner Bolton Fitchburg Taunton Dartmouth Hancock Egremont N. Adams Belong to Warwick Association. f Belong to Stephenlown Association. 47 1812 78 1814 1 85 1815 28 205 1818 4 129 1818 2 43 1819 3 80 27 1822 42 1825 7 64 1827 59 1830 1 44 1830 6 27 1833 5 81 1833 28 1761 1 38 63 2 80 5 210 o e o o 2- Cambridgeport Colerain Kingston Lynn Seekonk Central Royalston Agawam Worcester S o CO 6 1 ;2 rtSS'S air' Cfii m 00 be C o O OJt~^^«Mt^J^'*'— ICT5 QOQOQOGCaOQOQOQOQOOOOO "3 o Eh t-OQOOO-^r^-^^r-ICnO}'* -^ rj< ^ r:t< rt rt — 1 l-H CN CO CO «5COlOGO-*rH(rO^O-TtiT-lOO o J to (7} lO (M -^ » 05 CO « >C ji O Q ■-H -^ i-H O! 1— 1 rH i-i (M o lO ,-(««Jt~«0 CO 00 lO CM ,-H rt CO rt .-( CM rt rlr-lOi 00 a o .2 o >- O C-i ■" S - t- s s 3 . 13 P 'c H- s 3 s « I - •-5 .S to a. >.^ °-2 S So 2 & ffi^ - CL, o 3 U) H ) c o •s W.C. Manchester 5 41 1774 1830 S Scituate, 1776 Richard Knight 1 369 S. Kingston, 1832 E. Crandall 6 34 The Seventh Day Baptist General Conference. Newport, 1671 H. Burdick 36 2 Hopkinton, A. R. Wells 4 54 1 Hopkinton, M. Stillman, T, V. 81 648 1835 1671 Wells,C.Chester 3 Hopkinton, 1835 — 53 Rhode Island Qu arterly Meeting of Free Will Baptists. Burrilville G. W. Webb, 1 82 Olneyvill M. Cheney 13 179 A. Fuller, Pawtucket D. Green, 11 98 E. Anthony, G. Wallis W. Fuller N. Providence E. Hutchins 2 73 Cranston H. Brooks 1 57 Rehoboth 92 Foster D. Williams, 14 122 Scituate R. Allen 15 J. Brown 1 Smithfield 180 Gloucester — 7 64 2 Smithfield A. Read 35 Mendon M.W.Burlingame 15 165 3 Smithfield 35 Middletown C. Remington 25 Taunton J. S. Mowry 14 62 Middleboro' D. Pierce 39 Warwick J. Phillips 48 SUMMARY. ASSOCIATIONS. CHS. D.CH. O.M. Lie. BAPT. TOTAL. CONST. MEETINGS IN 1836. Warrren Stonington Union Unassociated Ch's Total Six Principle Bapt's Seventh Day Bapt's Free Will Baptists 17 6 10 6 4 13 2 7 2 203 15 2878 1125 1000 1767 1817 1670 1808 Wickford 2 Wed. Sept. 3 N. Stonington, Ct. 4 [Wed. June. Coventry Sept. 7. 1 Alfi-ed. N. Y. Sept. 7. 33 16 4 17 10 7 1 4 22 9 5 14 2 4 218 236 85 78 5003 1943 791 1371 70 22 50 6 607 9108 108 RHODE ISLAND. It will be seen by the foregoing tables that there arc upwards of 9000 members Itl the various Baptist churches in Rhode Island. In the regular Baptist connection there arc 33 churches — 10 churches destitute of pastors — 22 ordained ministers — 218 baptized, and 5000 church members. We iiave estimated the members in the unassociated churches at 1000, and they probably exceed that number. Churches. — The number of members in the First and Fourth Baptist Churches, Newport, and the First Baptist Cliurch, Tiverton, is not taken from any official account, but we are iuformed that it will be found nearly correct. These churches have large and convenient houses for worship and large congregations, with a Sabbath School and Bible class in each. The First Church in Newport was constituted next in order of time to the church in Providence, and its respected and venerated founder, John Clarke, M. D., by his labors and sufferings in the cause of religious liberty — his large bequests for the benefit of the church lie planted — and his long and faithful labors in support of evangelical religion, have procured for him an equal share of veneration with his excellent cotemporary and brother in Christ, Roger Williams. Second Newport. — This church has been more signally blessed, during the past asso- ciational year, than any church belonging to the Association. We copy nearly their entire letter : — " The hopes expressed in our last letter, that God was about to open the windows of Heaven and pour us out a blessing, were abundantly realised. Almost imme- diately afler the last session of the Association, (1834) a revival of religion commenced in our congregation, which in a short time spread into other congregations, and resulted in the hopeful conversion of between two and three hundred individuals. The delightful and interesting season experienced by our church during tlie whole of the winter, from the month of September to March, will long be remembered with feelings of grate- ful satisfaction and hallowed joy. Within this period, sixty-seven were added to us by baptism, and others, who had long been the holders of letters from other churches, and been giving the weight of their influence to the world, constrained by the powerful influ- ences of redeeming love, cast in their lot with us and became active, useful, and consist- ent members. The effect of these delightful seasons on the church was powerful and salutary. The backslider was restored, the idle and sluggish were quickened to active and laborious effort in the cause of CJirist, and all stirred up to love and good works. An Auxiliary Missionary Society was immediately formed, at which we resolved to raise, during the year, enough to support a native Burman preacher. A Temperance Society was formed, embracing the church and society, which was commenced with one hundred and eighty-five members. During the past year, we have, as a church, been called to experience a severe affliction in the decease of our excellent and venerable brother, Mr. Robert Rogers. For the last seven years, he has held the office of church clerk, and dis- charged the duties of that responsible station with distinguished ability and universal satisfaction. He was ever among the foremost to employ his talents, and contribute of his property to promote the interests of the church. His end vvas peace." This church opened a new and spacious house of worship, Oct. 22, 1835, which cost $16,000. The funds for erecting this edifice were furnished by bequest of the Hon. Constant Tabor, who died seven years since, and, though not a professor of religion, left to the church and society the whole of his property, amounting to about $21,000. SIX PRINCIPLE BAPTISTS. {From a correspondent of Ziori's Herald.) " They denominate themselves ' Baptists,' and of the ' Ancient Order of the Six Prin- ciples of the Doctrine of Christ and his Apostles.' Tliey are called Baptists, because they reject the doctrine of infant baptism, and hold nothing to be true baptism, but the immer- sion of believers. They take the name of Six Principles, from the six points of doctrine mentioned in Hebrews, vi. 1, 2, — ' Therefore leaving the principles of the doctrine of Christ, let us go on to perfection, not laying again the foundation of repentance from dead works, and of faith towards God, of the doctrine of baptisms, and of laying on of hands, and of the resurrection of the dead, and of eternal judgment.' These points of theology they consider highly important to all who would flee the wratli to come, and enjoy the smiles of heaven. But though they take their name from these, they are tena- cious of other principles, some of which are of infinite importance. They formerly prac- tised wasiiing the feet of each other, in imitation of wiiat Christ did for the Apostles ; but they have now dispensed with this custom. They consider baptism by immersion, and CONNECTICUT. 109 laying on of hands after baptism, so highly important, that they will commune with none but such as have received both of these ordinances ! " They believe with others in the following points of doctrine : — the supreme divinity of Jesus Christ ; the trinity of the Godhead ; original depravity ; salvation by faith ; the absolute necessity of perseverance after the new birth; the resurrection of the body; the final judgment ; the everlasting happiness of the righteous, and the eternal misery of the finally wicked." CONNECTICUT. CONVENTION. The Connecticut Baptist Convention held its twelfth anniversary in Middletown, June 10th, 1835. Officers — James H. Lindsey, Stratford, President ; Gustavus F. Davis, Hart- ford, Vice President; Henry Stanwood, Hartford, Cor. Secretary ; Joseph B. Gilbert, Hartford, Treasurer. The amount of funds raised for charitable objects as reported in these minutes, is $2.,884 47. For the support of Sabbath schools, $98; distribution of tracts, $208 94; Ministerial Education, $548 80; Home Missions, $439 14; for Domestic Missions, $644 40, and for Foreign Missions, $588 80. , The next meeting of the Convention will be held in Norwich city, June 8, 1836. The Connecticut Baptist Education Society held its seventeenth annual meeting in Middletown, June 9, 1835. Officers — John Cookson, President ; S. S. Mallary, SecrC' tary ; J. W. Dimock, Hartford, Treasurer. Number of beneficiaries, 13. The next an- nual meeting will be held in Norwich city, June 7th, 1836. Connecticut Literary Institution. — Since the account of this Institution, given on page 73, was printed, we have learned that William H. Shailer, of the Newton Theolo- gical Institution, has been elected Principal, vice H. Ball, resigned ; and that he has accepted the appointment and entered upon the duties of his office. The Connecticut Branch of the Baptist General Tract Society held its annual meeting in Middletown, June 10, 1835. Officers — George Phippen,, President ; Albert Day, Secretary ; Gurdon Robbins, of Hartford, Treasurer and Agent. The Connecticut Baptist Sunday School Society held its sixth anniversary in Mid- dleton, June 10, 1835. Officers, S. S. Mallary, President; George Byrne, Norwich', city. Secretary ; George Reed, Deep River, Treasurer. The next session of this Society- will be held in Norwich, in June, 1836. The Connecticut Society for the relief of the Widows and Orphans of deceased Bap. iist Ministers, was formed by a number of ministering brethren who met at Avon, Au- gust 24, 1834. Officers — Gurdon Robbins, Secretary ; Augustus Bolles^ Treasurer. Christian Secretary. — This paper is published every Saturday morning by Philemon Canfield, Hartford, under the patronage of the Connecticut Baptist Convention. Price $2 50 per annum. If payment be made within four months of the time of subscribing, the price is $2, — The 15th volume commenced in January, 1836. ASSOCIATIONS AND CHURCHES.- ASHFORD ASSOCIATION, 1835. churches. ministers. BAP. mem. churches. MINISTERS. BAP. .MEM. 78 1 Ashford A. Babcock 2 56 Stafford Albert Cole 9. 1 Woodstock A. D. Benedict, 46 183 Hampton James Grow 34 M. G. Clark Mansfield Wm. Bowen 130 2 Woodstock D. Munger 11 56 Andover — Wm . Bowen 8R 2 Ashford 3 46 Toland Levi Walker, Jr 43 3 Ashford Leonard Gage 39 113 Brooklyn T. Huntingdon 4 47 Thompson Bela Ilieks 18 265 Willimantic B. Cook, Jr. 11 153 Pom fret Nicholas Branch, Benj. Congdon 49 145 Willington Jer. Ciiaplin H. A. Wilcox 10 273 Killingly — 4 110 1 L. G. Leonard 10 110 CONNECTICUT. HARTFORD ASSOCIATION, 1835. ] Suffiel(l,1769 J. L. Hodge 15 105 N. Hartford &, Seth Highby 39 1 Litclifield, — 32 Burlington, 1780 1822 Manchester David Bennett 7 76 East Windsor, — S. S. Carter 55 and Vernon, 1823 1785 Sharon, 1827 36 Bloomfield, G. Robbins 2 40 Norfolk, 1827 Silas Ambler, 8 86 1786 T. Benedict Granby, 1786 — 18 2 Litchfield, — 39 Canton Geo. Phippen 1 111 1829 1 Hartford, G. F. Davis 7 315 Marlboro' — 29 1790 J. A. Boies, G. L. 1831 Russell Wethersfield Wm. Bentley 60 Amenia, N. Y. 1790, 11 94 Roxbury — 20 Enfield, 1791 — 3 25 Warren, 1787 — 5 40 1 Colebrook, Rufus Babcock, Berlin A. D. Watrous 43 99 1794 H. D. Doolittle Goshen — 14 2 Colebrook — A Morse, 54 Avon — 35 1797 Erastus Doty 2 Sutfield, N. Wildman 36 312 Cornwall Isaiah Fuller 5 72 1805 S.Church,1834 H. Stanwood 10 66 Southington, 1739 Stratfield,1751 Meriden, 1755 Newtown, 1794 1 Middletown, 1795 2 Middletown, Waterbury, 1803 3 Middletown, 1804 North Haven 1811 Waterford 1 Lyme 1 Saybrook Colchester Salem Norwich New London Lebanon 1 Groton,1705 1 N. Stoning- ton, 1743 2Groton,1765 2 N. Stoning- ton, 17G5 Stonington Bor. 1755 NEW HAVEN ASSOCIATION, Irenus Atkins James H. Linsley George B. Atwell Saml. W. Clark M. Bachelor John Cookson B. Manning R. Jennings Timothy Porter J. Goodwin T. O. Judd 8 148 3 71 145 1 72 8 240 1 3 57 83 1 54 65 New Haven, 1816 Wallingford 1817 Woodbridge and Salem, 1817 Killingworth, 1825 Bristol, 1791 Weston, 1831 Deep River, 1830 Milford, 1832 Reading, 1833 1835. R. H. Neal S. Shailer D. Bradley B. Beckwith O. Allen W. Denison H. Wooster W. H. Shailer — A. Clark NEW LONDON ASSOCIATION, 1835. Francis Darrow G. F. Chappel F. Wightman Wm. Sjnith J.H.Baker,SWest Benj. G. GofF S. S. Mallary, J Miner, H. Burnley Alvin Ackley Levi Meach S. Champlin 2 348 2 192 1 62 1 80 1 43 39 305 37 299 17 171 Colchester & E. Haddam 2 Lyme 2 Saybrook Haddam Montville Hadlyme Bozrah 4 Saybrook Waterford and Montville E. Haddam A. M. Smith Alfred Gates D. T. Shailer Levi Meech Wm. Palmer E. Denison — S. Dickinson STONINGTON UNION ASSOCIATION, 1835. J. G. Wighman & B. Bailey R. Burrows Ira R. Stewart Asher Miner L. C. Reynolds — J. S. Anderson E. Chesbrough 246 229 417 288 219 Plainfield 1792 Preston, 1812 Canterbury 1628 3 N. Stoning- ton, 1829 Voluntown 1832 1 Lisbon C.Tilden.N.Colc, C. S. Weaver N. E. Shailer Thomas Rana, A. Sheffield, Isaac Lawton Levi Walker NEW YORK. Ill UNION ASSOCIATION— 1835. N. Stamford N. Sherwood 2 46 1 Danbury 34 New Milford E. Baldwin 1 92 2 Danbury 0. Spencer 3 118 D. Baldwin 1 Ridgebury — 1 17 UNASSOCIATED CHURCHES. 3 Groton — Greenwich Tariffville H. Ball, A. Bolles Wilton Stainford,*i760 J. Ellis 2 69 * Belongs to New York Association. SUMMARY. ASSOCI.\TIONS. Ch-s. D. Ch's. O. Min. Lie. i Bapt. Total. Cons. 1824 1789 1825 1817 1817 1809 MEETINGS IN 1836. Asliford Hartford New Haven New London Stoningt. Union Union Other Churches 16 25 18 18 11 5 5 4 12 2 7 2 2 13 16 17 14 12 4 4 3 4 2 4 4 199 158 42 106 170 6 2 1820 2153 1869 2313 2112 307 200 Thompson, 3d Wed. May. Suffield, 2 Wed. Sept. Deep River, 1st Wed. Oct. Bozrah, 4th Wed. Sept. 3 N.Stonington, 4 W.June. Carmel, 1st Wed. Sept. 98 29 80 17 683 10,774 One church in the Hartford Association, omitted in the Summary, is in New York, six in the Stonington Union are in Rhode Island, and eleven in the Union Association are in New York. The Second Baptist Church, Saybrook, has 156 members — income per annum, $500 ; amount paid for charitable objects per annum, $ 100 ; number of seats in their meeting- house 50 — value of each, $ 6 — sold annually ; teachers in the Sunday school, 25 ; schol- ars do., 100; number do. in Bible class, 15 females and 6 males. NEW YORK. MISSIONARY CONVENTION. The Baptist Missionary Convention of the State of New York held its fourteenth anniversary at Albany, Oct. 21, 1835. Officers — Elon Galusha, Rochester, President ; John Smitzer, Secretury ; Charles Babcock, Treasurer; with thirty-six Vice Presidents, and thirty Directors. Amount of receipts $ 14,509 41 ; amount of disbursements, in- cluding $10,000 paid the American Baptist Home Mission Society, $16,009 64. The amount of ministerial labor performed during the year, by the missionaries of the Con- vention, cannot be definitely stated. It appears, however, that 30 years of ministerial labor were provided for in 50 different churches, 46 of which are located in 24 counties in New York, and the remaining four in as many different counties in northern Penn- sylvania. In addition to the churches aided, 24 missionaries have performed 10 years and 9 weeks labor, making an aggregate of 40 years and 9 weeks labor bestowed upon the destitute by the munificence of this zealous body. From the reports of the mission- aries it appears that 305 individuals have, in the judgment of charity, passed from death unto life and been baptized. The Convention resolved to raise, the ensuing year, $ 12,000 for the American Baptist Home Mission Society. The next session of the Convention will be held at Whitesborough, Oneida county, on the third Wednesday in October, 1836, at 10 o'clock. BROCKPORT COLLEGE.— This College is located in the flourishing and pleasant village of Brockport, in western New York, 72 miles east of Buffalo. The building is con- structed of freestone, 100 feet by 60, five stories high, including the basement. Exclusive of the chapel, library room, &,c., there will be, when completed, ninety rooms for students. Connected with the college are five acres of excellent land. At a meeting of the friends 112 JTEW YORK. of tiie institution at Brockport, June 24, 1835, the following preamble and resolutions were unanimously passed : " Having examined the building in progress for the Broekport Collegiate Institution, and in view of its favorable lueation in the western part of New York, the most fertile, and destined to be the most populous section of the State, and having reference to the present and future wants of our own denomination and the wants of the community in general, we have come to tiie united and decided conclusion, that the enterprise presented to our considcratic n this day, is one of intense and peculiar interest. Therefore, " Resolved, That the benevolent individuals who originated and have gone forward in this enterprise thus far, have been, as we believe, actuated by the best of motives, and have commended themselves to the approbation of the friends of religion and literature in western New York. " Resolved, That we recommend to the trustees to make every possible effort to have the building completed, and the institution in operation without any unnecessary delay. ^' Resolved, ThaX in our opinion the institution should go into operation immediately, and assume the distinctive character of a college as soon as circumstances will permit it. " Resolved, That we recommend the contemplated college to the prayers and patronage of the citizens of western New York, and to the friends of literature and science in general." A Board of Trustees was subsequently formed, who elected Mr. Zenas Morse, of Ham- ilton, ,as Principal of the institution, and 'resolved that it should be opened for the recep- tion of students in September, 1835. While much may justly be expected from the numbers, ability, and enterprise, of Baptists in the western part of the State of New York, it is hoped that their efforts in the cause of education will be seconded by the sympathy and efficient co-operation of their brethren in every part of the State. The New York Baptist Education Society held its eighteenth annual meeting at Hamilton, August 18th, 1835. Officers — Jonathan Olmstead, President ; George Petitt, Vice President ; Nathaniel Kendrick, Cor. Secretary ; Seneca B. Burchard, Treasurer ; Aaron Perkins, Rec. Secretary. This Society has the Hamilton Institution under its care and patronage. In order to sustain this institution, and afford the tuition in the Theological department free from charge to the student, the Managers resolved in 1635, to raise by subscription the sum of $ 1500 a year for seven years, to apply on the salaries of the professors in that department. The whole sum to be raised was $10,500, which was divided into 150 shares of $70 each, requiring $ 10 to be paid on a share annually. At the time of the last annual meeting, about 120 shares had been taken, principally in the churches of the Otsego, Madison, Oneida, Chenango, and Cortland Associations. The Managers have also proposed to raise a permanent fund of $ 20,000, the interest only to be applied to the same object. Towards this fund the agent, D. Eldridge, had raised $ 4,000. Tliere are about 70 beneficiaries in the institution, whose expenses per annum are esti- mated at $4,780. To meet these expenses there are about ten available scholarships — a few churches have assumed the expenses of indigent students belonging to their own body, and several auxiliary societies have been formed with special reference to aiding students at this institution. Amount of cash collected by the agents during the year, $ 5,868 14. New York City Baptist Education Society held its twenty-first anniversary in the Oliver Street meeting-house, Nov. 26, 1835. Officers — A. Maclay, President; William G. Miller, Secretary. We have not seen the Report. Youth's Home Missionary Society, of New York City. Officers — G. W. Houghton, President; J. W. Rand, Cor. Secretary ; John Speir, Treasurer. In 1834, the society resolved to raise $2000 tlie ensuing year. At the next annual meeting in 1835,5 it "Ap- peared that about' $1800 had been received towards the pledge, and the {balance, $200, was made up during the meeting. This society being auxihary to the American Baptist Home Mission Society, has assumed the support of six of the missionaries appointed by the parent Board. The St. Lawrence Baptist Missionary Convention, auxiliary to the New York State Baptist Convention, held its eighth annual meeting at Canton, Feb. 18, 1835. Officers — Hiram Safford, President; Joel H. Green, Vice President; J. C. Lewis, Treasurer ; R. S. Palmer, Secretary. Receipts, $ 244 64. In addition to the above there are various benevolent societies in almost every Associa- tion, and in most of the churches. To notice them all would require a volume. Neither our time nor our limits will permit us to do it. The New York Baptist Register is published every Friday at Utiea, by Bennett & Bright, for the Baptist Missionary Convention of the State of New York. Terms, $ 2 per NEW YORK. 113 annum, in advance — $ 2 50 in six months — $ 3 if paid after the expiration of the year. Alexander M. Beebee, editor. The 14th volume commenced in February, 1836. The Mothers' Monthly Journal is edited by Mrs. Mary Kingsford, and published by Bennett «&, Bright, Utica. Terms, $1 per annum, payable in advance. It is rich in mat- ter, beautiful in its execution, and interesting in its character. The American Baptist and Home Mission Record is issued every Friday, under the patronage of the American Baptist Home Mission Society — Jonathan Going, Clinton Hall, New York, Editor. Terms, $2 50 in advance. ASSOCIATIONS AND CHURCHES. N. R. The names of ordained ministers are in Roman letters — Licentiates in Italic. The date affixed to the Associations is that of the latest returns. Churches without pastors are distinguished BERKSHIRE ASSOCIATION, 1835. CHURCHES. ministers. POST OBFICES. BAPT. MEM. CON. Barker Caleb Hays 9 43 1 Berkshire I. P. Call Berkshire 9 106 Berkshire &, Lisle M. M. Evarts, A. Sherwood Centre Lisle 11 36 Binghamton — Binghamton 4 128 1829 Caroline William Spaulding 1 37 1 Greene I. I. Miller, L. Doolittle Genegantslet 9 53 1 Lisle David Leach, J. Leach Upper Lisle 12 129 2 Lisle N. Church, J. Powers Nanticoke Springs 6 86 Owego J. R. Burdick Owego 9 96 Owego Creek Caleb Nelson Flemmingsville 52 1 Spencer Horace Kelsey Spencer 8 91 2 Spencer Mark Dearborn 11 82 Spencer Valley — 31 Tioga Philander Taylor Tioga 8 68 Union — Union 33 Vestal Charles G. Swan Vestal 25 W. Windham, Pa. — 15 BLACK RIVER ASSOCIATION, 1835. 1 Alexandria — La FargerviUe 2 46 2 Alexandria^ Matthew Wilkie Jamesville 28 Antwerp — 1 46 Antwerp & Fowler — Single Creek 36 Champion George Lyle Champion 99 1805 Boonville N. G. Chase Boonville 33 1805 Copenhagen Azel Waters Copenhagen 12 123 Leyden Leyden 8 165 Le Roy T. A. Warner, M. Wilkie Evans' Mills 157 Lowville John Blodgett, Charles Clark Lowville 3 97 Lowville & Denm'k Albert Wedge Stow's Square 3 85 1 Lyme Ashna Lawton Chaumont 44 2 Lyme — W. Pigsley Lyme 32 Martinsburg Riley B. Ashley Martinsburg 40 Orleans Perley Brown Stone Mills 122 Perch River Sardis Little Brownville 99 Peninsula — Peninsula 17 Turin & W. Turin — Turin 53 Theresa Matthew Wilkie Theresa 21 Watertown John Miller Watertown 174 1809 Wilna — Carthage 10 39 West Leyden — West Leyden 1 30 CAYUGA ASSOCIATION, 18: J5. Auburn — Auburn 210 Aurelius & Mentz John Jeffries Fosterville 1 67 Conquest — Conquest 38 Cato and Ira P. Knapp Cato 28 190 Fleming S. M. Plumb Fleming 182 10^ 114 NEW YORK. CAYUGA ASSOCIATION— continued. 1 Mentz Nathan Card Throopsvillc 83 1805 2 Mentz T. H. Green, R. Osborne Port Byron 3 101 Owasoo C. P. WyckofF Owasco 43 1796 Scipio [I. Jones Scipio 20 65 1 Senipronius N. L. More Kcllogsvillo 1 103 Scnnett T. Brown Sennett 191 Springport Samuel Wood Springport 1 50 United Scipio A. Wakclcy Sherwood's Corners 4 59 1795 Venice and Scipio B. Ames Venice 16 162 Victory J. H. Dudley Victory 22 93 CHAUTAUQUE ASSOCIATION, 1835. 1 Pomfret Jirah D. Cole, .T, Handy, J. S. King, Elias Johnson, B. N. Leach, Ira Corwin Fredonia 2 216 Mayville J. W. Sawyer Mayville 3 187 Carroll Wash. Windsor, Luke Davis Carroll 20 84 2 Hanover A. S. Jones Hanover 26 128 Villenova Alonzo Frink, Villenova 1 34 1 Hanover James Bennett Nashville 8 72 Northeast &, Ripley Orange Spencer North East, Pa. 60 Portland Charles La Hatt Salem X Roads 65 Sherman George Sawin Sherman 30 Perrysburgh Benjamin Pierce Nashville 38 Randolph Levi Howard Randolph 60 1 Stockton Asa Turner Mayville 53 2 Stockton Isaac Sawyer Stockton 3 141 Busti — Busti 1 49 Harmony Palmer Cross Panama 15 125 Napoli Jonas Glazier Napoli 4 82 Canadaway Thomas Baker Fredonia 2 140 Clymer. E. R. Swain, Thomas Ravlin Clymer 13 63 Ashville — Harmony 1 86 Dunkirk — B. F. Rohbins Dunkirk 2 52 2 Ripley John Sawin Ripley 3 42 Leon Bartemus Braman Conewango 45 French Creek Alanson Pease Mina 3 37 Westfield — Westfield 3 68 Pine Grove Nelson Gage Pine Grove 1 45 Jamestowa R. Peet, Z. M. Palmer Jamestown 5 98 Cherry Creek — Cherry Creek 22 Lottsville, Pa. Samuel Alvord Lottsville, Pa. 1 23 Gerry and Charlotte James Scofield, jr. Gerry 37 Warren, Pa. — Warren, Pa. 24 North Harmony William Butts Magnolia 36 Silver Creek David Woodbury Silver Creek 5 40 Ellery J. Wilson Union Ellery 8 76 1 Ripley George Sawin Ripley 44 Mina — ftlina 15 Harbor Creek C. Morton Harbor Creek 4 36 Ellington David Morse Clear Creek 40 Casadaga CHI CNANGO ASSOCIATION, ] Stockton 835. 48 Cincinnatus A. C. Kingsley Cincinnatus 14 149 Norwich Village J. S. Swan, J. Randall Norwich 55 334 North Norwich Aaron Parker North Norwich 39 152 Oxford and Greene — 51 Otselic South Otselic 1 33 Oxford W. Kingsley, Jas. H. Nobles, E. T.Jacobs Oxford 7 173 Sherburne J. Corwin Sherburne 9 129 Pitcher John Lawton, Luke Colby, Wm. Holroyd Pitcher 13 248 1 Smithville 28 100 NEW YORK. 115 CHENANGO ASSOCIATION— coTrfinwcrf. 2 Smitliville 0. H. Read, N. Kellogg Smithville Flatts 7 120 Smyrna Comfort Record Smyrna 49 1 Triangle Triangle 2 31 2 Triangle David Leach, Hiram Kellogg 3 62 M'Donough — M'Donough 3 33 liinklean Mark Halroyd Linklean 61 New Berlin Village David Cutler 7 70 Chenango Forks — Chenango Forks 6 18 Central Greene A. Holcomb, D. W. Litchfield Greene 36 Coventry &. Greene — William Wright Greene 33 Coventry Aaron Parker Coventry 8 154 Guilford Elisha B. Sparks Guilford 15 139 South New Berlin J. H. Chamberlain South New Berlin 6 151 CORTLAND ASSOCIATION, 1835. Cortlandville Zenas Freeman Cortland Village 21 228 Dryden Philander Shed Etna 17 111 Freetown D. B. Parinton Freetown Corners 91 Groton J. S. Backus, J. Gibbs Groton Hollow 3 122 Homer Village J. W. Taggart, A. Bennett Homer 12 224 Lansing and Groton A. Caldwell, B. Andrews Ludlowville 87 Marathon — J. Bennett Freetown 103 Milan Elijah Benedict Locke 2 100 M'Lean . T. H. Green, S. Carr M'Lean 103 M'Grawville W. G. Dye M'Grawville 5 106 Scott Barton Capron Scott Corners 1 161 2 Sempronius — L. Farnsworth Sempronius 1 79 1 Solon A. B. Jones Solon 3 56 2 Solon — Cincinnatus 7 56 Summerhill A. Draper Summerhill 9 70 Truxton T. Purinton, D. Crandall, W. F. Purinton Truxton 79 326 Virgil Village Nathan Feck, N. Wescott Virgil 5 87 DUTCHESS ASSOCIATION, U ^35. North East Thomas Winter Northeast 2 125 1751 Amcnia L. W. Webster Amenia 11 95 2 Dover Philip Roberts Dover 24 90 1794 1 Fishkill Isaac Bevin Fishkill 35 2 Fishkill Isaac Bevin Beekman 50 Stanford Luman Burch Stanford 104 ESSEX AND CHAMPLAIN ASSOCIA TION, 1835. Crownpoint William Grant Crownpoint 21 105 Moriah — Moriah 92 Chazy — D. W. Burroughs Chazy 56 Wcstport D. H. Ranney, A, Woods Westport 17 192 Elizabethtown — B. F. Garjield Elizabethtown 100 1 Essex — Essex 1 105 2 Essex — 34 Jay Robert Bryant Jay 194 Keene — Keene 28 FRANKLIN ASSOCIATION, 1 835. Franklin Alexander Smith Franklin 2 124 New Lisbon Seth Gregory N. Lisbon 1 139 W. Meredith Simeon P. Griswold W. Meredith 90 1 Butternuts Jarnes Amner Butternuts 65 2 Butternuts William T. Boynton 126 Masonvillc — Masonville 168 Hartwick Nathan Bundy Hartwick 1 129 Sidney — Sidney 59 La wrens — Lawrens 2 90 Milford — Nelson Mumford Milford 120 1 Guilford Stephen Stiles Guilford 53 116 NEW YORK. SALISBURY ASSOCIATION— co«f. Canton 7 84 Chatteguay — IJiiatteguay 67 Hermon — Hermon 32 Russell A. A. Gurnsey Russell 5 43 Ogdensburgh J. M. Howard Dgdensburgh 8 62 Parishville J. H. Greene, G. Brand, J. Squire Parishville 3 165 124 NEW YORK ST. LAWRENCE ASSOCIATION, 1835— continued. Fowler, Fowler 30 Potsdam R. Bachelor Potsdam 44 Louisville Louisville 10 Fort Covington H. Safford Fort Covington 5 198 Bombay J. C. Stoughton Bombay 50 Morristown R. S. Palmer Morristown 46 Massena J. H. Waldon Massena 19 136 Lawrence C. Slafter Lawrence 50 Pattaferry — Pattaferry 9 Pierpont — Pierpont 30 Constable — Constable 26 Richville Richville 1 18 Edwards Edwards 27 Stockholm and J. W. Williams Stockholm 16 Norfolk Dickinson A. Martin Dickinson 11 27 1835 STEPHENTOWN ASSOCIATION, 1835. Berlin J. D. Rogers Berlin 206 Grafton N. Lewis Grafton 4 101 1827 Petersburgh — Petersburgh 81 Hancock, Ms. — Hancock, Ms. 63 1 Sand Lake Sand Lake 20 1 Nassau F. S. Parke 4 150 2 Nassau _ Sand Lake 2 47 1 Canaan E. Tucker Canaan 1 106 1779 2 Canaan E. Tucker 1 66 1793 Austerlitz H. Palmer Austerlitz 57 E. Hillsdale, Ms. P. Roberts, jr. 2 116 1792 Egremont, Ms. H. Ellis, A. Brown Egremont, Ms. 2 80 Chatham P. Roberts, jr. Chatham 36 Stephentown M. Jones Stephentown 218 1785 Lebanon E. Sandys Lebanon 92 North Adams, Ms. A. H. Palmer North Adams, Ms. 5 210 STEUBEN ASSOCIATION, 1835. Addison David Sliort Addison 1 28 Barrington J. Ketchum Barrington 4 215 Branchport E. D. Owen 23 83 Bath E. Booth Bath 1 46 Cameron 21 Campbell and Bath David Smith 2 33 Catlin and Jersey J. Reynolds Jersey 40 Deerfield — 21 Hornby D. B. Coriell Hornby 3 91 Howard (Charles Randall Howard 5 68 Harrison — 34 Jersey and Tyrone V. R. Wall Jersey 4 107 1 Milo E. Marshall Milo 1 49 2Milo R. P. Lamb 87 Middlcbury — 67 Prattsburgh Amos Chase Prattsburgh 112 1 Pulteney S. Sutherland Pulteney 2 48 2 Pulteney 0. B. Call 10 63 Penn Yan J. D. Hart Penn Yan 48 Starkey E. W.Martin, A.W.Sunderlin Starkey 2 98 Tyrone — Tyrone 74 Troupsburgh — Troupsburgh 2 49 Wayne 1. S. Chapman ' (V^ayne 99 Wheeler 3. Thompson ' '^ IVheeler 7 40 Wheeler and — J. Osgood ^ Wheeler 24 Urbana Jersey '' V. R. Wall Fersey 57 NEW YORK. 125 UNION ASSOCIATION, 1835, 2 Fishkill N. Robinson, I. Bevan Fishkill 2 49 1 Carrnel J. Warren 2 220 North Salem — North Salem 2G 1 Fishkill I. Bevan Beekman 2 31 N. Stamford, Ct. N. Sherwood N. Stamford, Ct. 2 46 N. Milford, Ct. D. Baldwin, E. Baldwin N. Milford, Ct. 1 92 1 Danbury, Ct. — Danbury, Ct. 34 2 Danbury, Ct. 0. Spencer Danbury, Ct. 3 118 Patterson — 66 Peekskill Peekskill 43 Bedford — S. Barret Bedford 1 126 Kent and Fislikill — Kent 143 1 Dover D. Baldwin, J. Foss Dover 4 37 Ridgebury, Ct, — Ridgebury, Ct. 17 Red Mills Yorktown Bnllnrd Red Mills Yorktown 11 104 49 WARWICK ASSOCIATION, 18.35. Warwick R. Pickard Warwick 4 107 1766 Pleasant Valley &. — Pleasant Valley 50 New burg Brookfield G. Concklin Brookfield 108 WulkiU — 33 New Vernon G. Beebee, A. Harding, Garret Westervelt New Vernon 54 2 Wantage — 35 Liberty A. Worden, P. C. Broon 2 58 Thompson Henry Hait 33 Newfoundland — 25 Orange S. Grenell, J. Smith Unionville 173 1822 Greenville — 1 64 Hardston — G. Concklin 56 Dingman — 20 Ramipo — David Forshee 41 Providence, Pa. William House Providence 39 WASHINGTON UNION ASSOCIAT ON, 1835. Adamsville A. Wait, E, K. Bailey Adamsville 82 Fort Ann Village S. Marshall Fort Ann 26 176 2 Fort Ann A. Stearns Fort Ann 34 137 Fort Edward A. Wait Fort Edward 19 165 Bottskill N. Colver Greenwich 79 609 Glenn's Falls — Glenn's Falls 5 58 Granville G. Norris N. Granville 11 226 Hampton — Hampton 113 Harttbrd ' B. Allen Hartlbrd 4 199 South Hartford H. F. Baldwin S. Hartford 4 108 Hebron A. Stearns Hebron 2 116 Kingsbury & Hartford A. Kinyon 34 Luzerne and S. Call Luzern© 34 127 Queensbury Pawlet, Vt. A. Woodward Pawlet, Vt. 14 50 Rupert, Vt. H. H. HafF Rupert, Vt. 135 Salem — R. D. Harrington Shushan 105 White Creek D. Tinkum White Creek 203, WORCESTER ASSOCIATION, 1835. Canajoharie J. Hallenbeck Leesville 4 34; 1 Cobs, and Fulton — Byrneville 1 36: Jefferson James Ingalls Moresville 3 61' Jefters. & Blenheim Stephen Jones Blenheim 40, Leesville Henry Topping Leesville 6 39 Middlcfield Elijah Spaftbrd Middlefield 6 1-38 Maryland N. Mulford, N. D. Wright Maryland 7- 125 Sharon W. B. Covey Gardnersv ille IjS 50 Summit John Smith, jr. Charlotte ville i 3 94 Waterville Jacob Grants West vi lie lOO Worcester W. B. Covey Worcesf.er 2 141 Westford Asa Butler Westford 5 68 u* — -- .... 126 NEW YORK. 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THE FIRST BAPTIST CHURCH IN THE CITY OF NEW YORK. The following sketch of the origin and incipient progress of this churcli, is extracted from the Jubilee Sermon, preached by her pastor, January 1, 1813; and published at her request. Alter noticing that an Arminian Baptist church had previously, for a while, existed in the city, but was dissolved, the preacher goes on to say, " The present church," known as the First Baptist Church in the city of New York, ■"originated in the manner following. About the year 1745, Mr. Jeremiah Dodge, a member of the Baptist church at Fishkill, settled in this city, and opened a prayer meet- ing in his own house. At this meeting, some of those who had been members of the former chur«h attended, and occasionally officiated ; but as they were Arminians, and Mr. Dodge was a strict adherent to the doctrines of grace, they enjoyed but little satis- faction together. Some time in the same )'ear, 1745, Elder Benjamin Miller, of the Scotch Plains, N- J., visited the city, (probably at the invitation of Mr. Dodge) arid baptized Mr. Joseph Meeks. Thence forward the prayer meeting was held at the houses of Mr. Mecks and Mr. Dodge alternately; and these two brethren and Mr. Robert North (formerly of the Arminian Church) united in giving an invitation to Mr. John Pine (a licentiate in the church at Fishkill) to come and preach to them. His labors were rendered useful ; partly in reconciling some of the former church to the doctrines of grace, and partly in the conversion of others In 1750, Mr. Pine died: after •which they were visited by Elder James Carman, (of Cranberry) who baptized at different times, unfil tlicir number was increased to 13; when they were advised to join them- selves to the church at the Scotch Plains, so as to be considered a branch of that church, and to have their pastor (Elder Benjamin Miller) to preach and administer the Lord's Supper to them, once a quarter. This was effected in 1753. Mr. Miller had visited them but a few times, when, the congregation becoming too large to be accommodated in any private house that was at their service, they hired, as the best and most com- modious place their circumstances enabled them to procure, a rigging loft in Cart and Horse Street (now called William Street) which they fitted up for public worship. Here they statedly assembled for three or fourj'ears; when, this place being otherwise disposed of by the owner, they returned to the dwelling house of Mr. Joseph Meeks; where they continued to hold their meetings for about one year. Then they purchased a part of the ground on which" their present meeting house stands, " and erected upon it a small meeting house, which was opened, March 14, 1760.* Having then a place for public worship, and their number being increased to 27, they solicited and obtained from the church at the Scotch Plains, a letter of dismission, bear- ing date the 12th of June, 1762 ; and on the 19th of the same month they were consti- tuted a church, by tlie assistance of Elders Benjamin Miller and John Gano. The doctrines in the belief and profession of which this church was constituted, and which she still maintains and professes, are contained in the Baptist Confession of Faith, printed in London, in the year 1688. The first pastor of this church was Elder John Gano, (father of the late Elder Stephen Gano of Providence, R. I.) and who was unanimously chosen on the day the church was constituted. • During the whole of the revolutionary war. Elder Gano was a highly respected chap- ' Iain in the American Army. The last time he administered baptism before he entered the army, was on April 28, 1776 ; and the first time, afler his return, was on Sept. 4, 1784. He was pastor of this church about twenty-si.x years ; when, in May, 1788", he removed to Kentucky. His successor was Dr. Benjamin Foster ; who, after being pastor of this church near ten years, died of the yellow fever, on Lord's day morning, August 26, 1798. After several supplies. Elder Win. Collier was pastor a little more than three years. Elder Jeremiah Chaplin also received a call from this church, and was ordained at her request ; but never accepted the call. The present pastor. Elder Win. Parkinson, received his call from this church, February 8, 1805, and accepted it on the 14th of April following. The dimensions of their Meeting House, opened on March 14, 1760, the Jubilee record does not specify ; but states that, as enlarged in 1763, it measured 52 feet by 42. Their present spacious Meeting House, opened on Lord's day, May 2, 1802, measures 80 feet by 65. When erected it was in a good location ; but since the great removal of citizens to the upper parts of the city, it is much out of place; being in the midst of stores and manufactories ; and most of the people who attend it, having to come from 1 to 2 miles. * The land now belonging to this church on Golden Hill, consists of five lots, purchased at three several times^ viz. in 1759, 1772, and 1773; containing about 125 feet by 100. NEW YORK. 129 We contemplate building a new meeting house, more convenient to ourselves and those who congregate with us. In October, 1763, this church, then consisting of 41 members, and being in a peaceable and flourishing condition, was received into tiie Philadelphia Baptist Association ; of which she remained a member till October, 1790, when she took a dismission from that venerable body; and, in October, 1791, was united with other churches in forming the New York Baptist Association; which, at its last meeting (May, 1835) contained 35 churches — 33 ordained ministers — 7 Licentiates, and 3735 communicants. Of the several churches which have emanated from this, the Jirst is that which was constituted in 1790, as the Second Baptist Church, New York, and which is known at present by the name of the Bethel Baptist Church, N. Y. ; under the pastoral charge of Elder Wm. G. Miller. You have already published a part of its early history, change of name, &c. ; as taken from our Jubilee. From the same source may also be learned what other churches issued from us. The ministers that have proceeded from this church, in chronological succession, are the following; Thomas Ustick, long the pastor of the First Baptist Church, Philadelphia; Ebenezcr Ferris, dismissed witli others, Nov. 1, 1773, to constitute the church at Stam- ford, Conn.; Mr. (afterwards Dr.) Skilhnan ; who was 14 years pastor of the Second Baptist Church, Boston ; Stephen Gano, long the highly esteemed pastor of the First Baptist Churcli, Providence, R. I. ; Thomas Montanyea, Cornelius P. Wyckoff, James Bruce, John Seger, Richard Pickard, and Simeon J. Drake, at present licentiate in the church. This church has consisted of more than 500 members, though now it numbers not quite 400. She has two Mission Societies, the one foreign, the other domestic, and a Sunday School. The present officers of this church are — William Parkinson, pastor; Dr. R. Graves, Nicholas B. Lyon, Samuel F. Randolph, Peter Conrey, Wm. McKean, Wm. Hillman, and Wm. Durbrow, deacons ; John Gould, superintendent of the Sunday School; All in peace and harmony. SYLVESTER PIER, Church Clerk, 86 Stanton street. THE STANTON STREET Baptist Church, city of New York, was noticed in the first number of the Register, as the Union Baptist Church. Their name has been changed, because by the smiles of Divine Providence they have been enabled to erect a house of worship in Stanton st. and there become permanently located. Their present number is 296 — total income per annum $2350 — amount expended on societies per annum $250 — number of pews 126 rented, average value $10, and 40 in the gallery not rented. They have three deacons — a Bible Class — and a Sabbath School of 230 teachers and scholars. The number of baptisms last year, ending March 1, 1836, is 34. The converts are about half youthful. George Benedict, pastor — James Cowan, Church Clerk. BETHEL Baptist Church, New York, has 250 members — annual increase by letters and baptism, about 30 — amount expended on Societies $300 — Subordinate Station, Dry Dock, East River — Sabbath School, 20 teachers, 150 scholars, 16 members of the Bible Class— baptisms last year 13. Pastor, W. G. Miller. This church is building a house of worship in Chrystie Street. ZION BAPTIST CHURCH, New York, is in a state of infancy, worshiping in Spring Street Hall. They greatly need a house of worship. Number of members 84 — income per annum about $750 — number of seats 50, all free — Sabbath School, 21 teachers and 90 scholars. Bible Class 27 members — two teachers and one pupil have professed religion. — Pastor, John T. Raymond. STATEN ISLAND. The following sketch of the Staten Island BaptistChurch, was prepared for the first num- ber of the Register, by the late Elder A. R. Martin, but was omitted, with several other articles, for want of room. " From all the information I have been able to collect on the subject, there appears to have been few, if any Baptists, on the Island previous to the revolutionary war, nor any attempts made to collect a congregation or even to have Baptist preachijig among the in- habitants. About one year after the peace, in the year 1784, Elder Elkanah Holmes visited the Island and preached to the people. It does not appear that he was invited there by any person, but actuated by the missionary spirit of an Apostle and no doubt moved by the Holy Spirit, he felt desirous of obtaining some fruit among them, also. He was kindly received by a few families, who favored Baptist sentiments, but he likewise met with much opposition from some who felt that their "Craft was in danger." " The preaching of Elder Holmes, was very much blessed and many began to " search the Scriptures to see if these things were so," and others, to enquire what they must " do 130 KEW YORK. to be saved.'* Amongf the persons who early embraced Baptist opinions, under his minis- try, were a Mr. Charles Nannanie and a Mr. Cornelius Fountain, botli elders or deacons of the Reformed Dutch Church, together with their wives. Tlie Baptists continuing to increase, on the 30th of Dec. 1785, they were constituted a Church of Christ in Apostolic form and order, under the title of " The First Baptist Church, Staten Island," by Elder John Gano, of New York and Elder Holmes, and immediately called Elder Holmes to be their pastor. In the minutes of the Philadelphia Association, for tlie year 1787, the Bap- tist Church on Staten Island, is represented in that body by their pastor, Elder Holmes, returning 28 members. On the formation of the New York Baptist Association, in 1790, this Churcli became one of its constituent members and returned 28 communicants. El. der H. continued their pastor till about 1805, though he removed to the city of New York, in or about the year 1794. " Elder Nicholas Cox was ordained pastor, but died before entering on the duties of his office. Elder James Bruce was ordained as an Evangelist in June, 1810, and remained with the church till his death, about one year after. Mr. Samuel Carpenter, was their next pastor, who was ordained, 25tli Sept. 1811. He continued about two years and was succeeded by Elder Robert F. Randolph, in August, 1817, who continued about 2years and was succeeded by Elder Thomas B. Stephenson, who was ordained the 25th Angust, 1819. Elder Stephenson exercised the office of pastor till May, 1823, and was succeeded by El- der A. R. Martin, who was ordained, 9th June, 1824.* " The congregation have two Meeting Houses for public worship about five miles dis- tant from each other. The oldest, built in 1809, of wood, stands two and a half miles from the Quarantine on the road to Richmond. The house is 35 feet long and 30 feet broad, with a gallery across one end; surrounded with a burying ground. Here divine service is attended every Lord's day morning, at half past ten o'clock, throughout the year, and in the evening, once in four weeks. Near this house is the parsonage, where the pastor resides. The other Meeting House is in a little village called Fayctteville, on the north part of the Island, erected of wood, in 1828, 30 feet wide and 36 feet long, with a burying ground attached to it. Here service is observed every Lord's day afternoon at 3 o'clock throughout the year, and also in the evening once in four weeks, besides preaching in private houses during the week. " In each of the meeting houses, there is a flourishing Sunday school, of about 40 scholars in attendance, besides a branch school of 20 scholars. They have a Missionary Society auxiliary to the Representative Baptist Mission Society, within the bounds of the New York Baptist Association. Mc DOUGAL STREET, N. Y.— This church is still progressing, and much favoured of the Lord, under the labors of their pastor. Their meetings are marked by a deep and lively interest, and the doctrine of Christ cordially embraced and adhered to as the only rule and guide of faith and practice. Their Sabbath school has 430 boys and girls, and 32 male and female teachers — 19 of whom have themselves been Sunday scholars, and all but three are now professors of religion. OLIVER STREET, N. Y.— This old and respectable member of the Hudson River Association expresses gratitude to God for the restoration of tlie health and services of their pastor, whom the afflictive hand of Providence had for several months laid aside from his work. They have dismissed a number of members for the purpose of strengthening weaker churches, and rejoice over several valued fellow-disciples, who have entered into rest. "The monthly concert is not only regularly observed, but has been for some years one of the most interesting and profitable meetings held by the church. The pastor is in the habit of spreading regularly before them all the missionary intelligence of the day. The result has been an increasing desire to be actively engaged in the great and glorious work of evangelizing the world." FIRST CHURCH, BROOKLYN.— In its temporal interests this church has been boun- tifully blessed during the year. They have been enabled to erect a large, commodious, and elegant house, which is secured to the church. They have also borne part in con- tributing to the funds, and otherwise promoting the interests of various benevolent insti- tutions. During the year a Young Men's Home Mission Society, a Maternal Association, and a Bible class, have been formed — all with the fairest prospects of large and increas- ing usefulness. ALBION. — The church which belongs to Niagara Association is enjoying the stated ministry of W. Metcalf Has a Sabbath School, 23 teachers, and 100 scholars. Raises for various benevolent objects, aside from tlie support of the ministry, $433 87, S 110 of which is raised by F. M. Society. * Elder A. R. Martin died, Oct. 26 1835. NEW YORK. 131 CLIFTON PARK. — This church was constituted in 1795,and in 1796 was received into the Shaftsbury Association. They continued with that body till Juue 1835, when by re- quest, they were dismissed to join the Saratoga Association. In 1801, their present pas- tor, Abijah Peck, was ordained. Since that period they have increased in numbers and grace. In 1820, a number of members was dismissed to form the church at Burnt Hills, and in 1823, to form one in Schenectady. In 1835, they dismissed 134 members to form the church at Halfmoon. They have a Sabbath School, with 8 teachers, all pious. The school is in a flourishing condition — the scholars are interested in the study of the Scrip- tures and a few of them give evidence of a work of grace on their hearts. FIRST MIDDLEBURY.— This church is in Genesee county and belongs to the Gene- see Association. They enjoy general harmony — have a flourishing Sabbath School and Library. Their pastor, Joseph Elliott, as principal of Middlebury Academy, is assidu- ously and successfully engaged in promoting the literary and moral culture of the students intrusted to his care. PERRY. — This church, which is also a member of the Genesee Association, have been greatly blessed with the renovating influences of the Holy Spirit. Their Sabbath schools and the Young Ladies' school, under the care of the Misses Mc Kee, have shared largely in the Divine blessings. They pray and labor for the conversion of the world to God, having contributed during the year, 450 dollars for various benevolent objects. BUFFALO. — Brotherly love and fellowship abound in this church. Their congrega- tion had so much increased as to make a larger than their former place of worship neces- sary, and a new house located in a delightful part of the city, has been erected. During the winter past, they have received large accessions to their number by baptism. The missionary feeling in this body is of a. practical, liberal, and growing character. CORTLANDVILLE. This church report $ 400 raised during the year for benevolent objects. Their Sabbath school numbers 247 scholars and 237 volumes in the library. HOMER VILLAGE. — They say, "a spirit to foster and advance the several benevo- lent objects of the day prevails almost unanimously among them." About $ 670 have been raised for benevolent objects. FIRST HAMILTON. — They rejoice in being favored at length, with the labors of a settled pastor, whom they believe the God of providence has given them, and whose la- bors they are praying may be abundantly succeeded by the God of grace." They have five flourishing Sunday schools, all furnished with libraries, and three Bible classes. The various objects of benevolence here find a liberal support. NUNDA. — This church, which is in the Genesee River Association, has been gracious- ly preserved in union. They estimate the privilege of connecting their alms with their prayers. The Bible, Ministerial Education, Sunday Schools, Baptist Tracts, Domestic and Foreign missions, have all shared in their munificence. The church has five Sunday Schools in successful operation. HAMBURG, IN GERMANY.— This interesting though infant church, recently consti- tuted by Professor Sears of Hamilton Institution, has through its pastor, J. G. Oncken, appli ed for admission into the Hudson River Association. No statistical information has been communicated, but the striking and very pleasing circumstances by which these German brethren were brought to know and love the truth, and which led subsequently to their formation into a church according to the gospel order, are extensively known. It is con- fidently hoped that the connexion which they have sought with American Baptists and to which we have cheerfully acceded, will by the blessing of God, result in lasting benefit to the church, and the cause of Gospel truth on both sides of the Atlantic, by promoting our knowledge and increasing our love to these distant and foreign brethren, and giving them the benefit of our sympathies, prayers, and immediate co-operation. REPRESENTATIVE BAPTIST MISSIONARY SOCIETY within the bounds of the New York Baptist Association. Officers, Wm. Parkinson, Chairman — A. R. Mar- tin, (deceased) Secretary — W. W. Todd, Treasurer. Amount of receipts, $ 1294 21. O" We had brief historical sketches of several Baptist churches, in Chenango county. New York, which it was our intention to publish in this Register, but unfortunately they have got mislaid, and we have been unable to find them, though the most thorough search has been made. 132 NEW JERSEY. CONVENTION. The sixth annual meeting of the New Jersey Baptist State Convention for missionary purposes, was lield in New Brunswick, November 4, 1835. Officers — Daniel Dodge, President ; G. S. Webb and Henry Smallev, Vice Presidents ; Morgan J. Rees, of Trenton, Secretary ; P. P. Runyon, Treasurer. Amount of receipts, $2,348 66 — amount expended, $2,35!) 72. The next meeting will be held at Plainfield, on Wednesday, November 2, 1836, at 11 o'clock, A. M. Tlic following account of the operations of this body is taken from their last report : " It is now five years since the missionary operation was commenced, with any spirit, in New Jersey, and in that period tiie actual numbers of our denomination have been nearly doubled, and the efficiency increased nearly four fold. Many of our largest church- es, which, prior to that period, were connected with the ministry of the word twice a month, are now enjoying the stated and constant services of the preacher of the cross. Many churches iiave been constituted, and meeting houses built, where none were in existence, and we hazard nothing in affirming, that double the expense is incurred by the churches in supporting the Gospel among themselves, as was at tliat time ! And what is the result? Instead of being rendered weaker by our exertion, or growing poorer by our expenditures, we have been able to contribute for Foreign and Domestic Missions ten dollars for every one given for those purposes before that time,_and with greater ease than the one was then given. Some of our churclies, which under an anti-missionary and anti-effort spirit had so declined as to give but little token of existence, have by the as- sistance of our missionary effort been sustained and instrumentally revived; and having realized in their own experience the benefit of such labor, will come up with us to the support of this work. And as the blessing of the Lord removes the necessity of our assistance in some fields, we have tlie funds appropriated to them, with which to supply other destitute churclies and neighborhoods, and thus we trust ere long to be enabled to rejoice in the completion of the wall over against ourselves, or at least in the knowledge that the standard of tlie cross is planted, and the heralds of salvation calling attention to it, wherever, in our State, the people can be congregated. " Our plan of operations has to some extent been varied from the course pursued in for- mer years. It was ascertained that at many important stations where ciiurches existed, but too weak to sustain themselves, great good might be effected by making them an ap- propriation to aid in the support of tlicir pastor. In several instances we have thus made appropriations, and while it will make the actual number of additions gathered by our missionaries appear smaller in our report, because from such fields we have not as minute reports as from our missionaries, yet the amount of good accomplished, at tlie same ex- pense, has been probably greater and more permanent. We have not, however, neglected our missionary fields where we had the proper men to occupy them. " Wc have had six missionaries in the field, tlie aggregate of whose labor is five years and one month, and who have baptized forty- eight hopeful converts, and have distributed eighteen thousand five hundred pages of Tracts, beside ])romotiiig very extensively the interesting and important Temperance reform, and elevating the standard of Christian duty and the tone of religious feeling throughout their missionary fields." The missionaries employed were, David P. Perdun, in the Squan field ; Michael Quinn, Cape May do.; Ezckicl Sexton, Manahawking, do.; C. P. Park, Schoolcy's Mountain do. N. J. Hopkins, Allow aystown do.; Thomas Barrass, northern field. The East Jersey Baptist Society for Foreign and Domestic Missions, held its annual meeting at Piscataway, August 25, 1835. Amount of funds, S 242 25. The next meet- ing will be held at Newark on the last Tuesday of August, 1836, at 2 o'clock, P. M. PLAINFIELD CLASSICAL INSTITUTION.— This Seminary was opened for the reception of students in June, 1835. The Trustees have secured the services of Nathan N. WiiiTiiNG, a graduate of Union College, as Principal of the institution ; and George R. Huntington, late a Professor in the University of Vermont, as an assistant. These gen- tlemen are regarded as possessing qualifications for their stations of the first order. It is intended not only to prepare young men to enter college, but also to fnrnish such as may choose it, with a thorough and substantial collegiate education, so that, to say the least, they will not be inferior in their acquisitions to those who graduate at our colleges. Strict attention will be paid to the morals of the pupils. The prices of tuition will be, per session of twenty-four weeks, for the usual studies NEW JERSEY. 133 preparatory to a collegiate course, $15; for collegiate studies, $20. One-half of tlie tui- tion for each session is required to be paid in advance, and the remainder at the expira- tion of such term. Board may be obtained in respectable families, at from $ 1 75 to $2 per week, exclusive of washing-. It is the intention of the company shortly to erect a boarding house, which will enable students to obtain board at less rates. The English Department is now in operation, under the direction of Mr. Jacob A. Wood, a teacher of distinguished reputation, who already has a very promising and increasing school of about 70 pupils. The seminary is spacious, well lighted, and airy. The location is admitted by all who know it, to be remarltably healthy and pleasant ; the water is excellent and abundant, and the soil dry. Plain field is situated on the old Swiftsure road, between New York and Philadelphia, 26 miles from the former, and 64 from the latter place — 17 miles from New- ark — 15 from Elizabethtown — 9 from Rahway — 11 from New Brunswick — 26 from Princeton — and 36 from Trenton, and is very flourishing and fast increasing. A mail stage passes through tlie village to and from New York and Philadelphia on alternate days through the week. There are four denominations who have places of public worship there, viz., Methodists, Friends, Presbyterians, and Baptists. The population of the vil- lage is between 800 and 900, and tiie inhabitants are in general frugal and industrious, and strongly in favor of the temperance reformation — nearly or quite all their stores being on the temperance plan. Any student wishing to enter the institution will be furnished with a list of the studies and of the books required for each. Although the institution is under the ownership and government of the Baptist denomi- nation, yet nothing sectarian will be mingled with its studies — they will be purely literary and scientific. NEWTON HIGH SCHOOL. This School is located in the village of Newton, 60 miles from New York. The proprietors, John Teasdale and Thomas C. Teasdale, both ministers of the Gospel, have purcliased a very eligible mansion, extensively known as the " Potwine House," and the Academy adjoining it, with the intention of devoting them to the purposes of an Institution, denominated as above. The house and Academy are both spacious, and every way adapted to a school consisting of a male and female de- partment. Tiie site is delightful, commanding a beautiful view of the village and the surrounding country. There are in the village four denominations of Christians — Presbyterian — Episcopal — Methodist — Baptist, with either of which the pupils are permitted to worship, according to the desire of their parents or guardians. The academical year will consist of forty-four weeks — divided into two sessions. The first will commence annually, on the first Wednesday of May, and continue twenty -two weeks. The second will commence on the first Wednesday, in November, and continue twenty-two weeks. Terms of Admission. — For Board, Washing, Lights, Fuel, and Tuition in all the branches of an English Education, for one year, to be paid quarterly, in advance, $110 ; Do. do. per Session, payabla also quarterly in advance, $55; — Extra per Quarter — For the Greek, Latin, and French Languages, each $5; Music, with use of instrument, $10; Drawing and Painting, $4 ; Needlework, $3. The boarders will furnish their own beds, bedding and towels, or these can be fiirnished at the Institution on reasonable terms. Pupils will be admitted at any age; but none will be admitted for a shorter period than one session. No deductions made for absences except in cases of protracted illness, The first session will open on Wednesday, May 4th, 1836. ASSOCIATIONS AND CHURCHES. CENTRAL ASSOCIATION, 1835. POST OFFICES. BAP. MEM. 203 42 211 4 74 3 113 1 94 36 71 3 49 Hightstown Am well Manasquan Nottingham Square Sandy Ridge Laiiibertville Oxford 12 John Seger Charles Bartolettc, T. Barrass — David P. Pcrdun Joseph Wright, W. V, Wilson David B. Stout Hightstown Flemington Manasquan Trenton Prallsville Lambertville 1745 1798 134 NEW JERSEY. CENTRAL ASSOCIATION, 1835— continued. Washington James C. Goblc South River 93 Delaware Edward Barrass Knowllon 5 15 1834 Jacksonville Searing Stites Middletown Point 4 86 1835 Kettle Creek — A. O. S. Havens Kettle Creek 2 9 1835 NEW JERSEY ASSOCIATION, 1S35. Cohansey H. Sinalley, Win. Sheppard, Willia7n Clark, D. Kelsey, J. S. Bacon Rhoadstown 11 222 1690 Cape May Samuel Smith Cape May C. H. 20 93 1712 Salem — Thomas Wilks Salem 53 203 1755 Diving Creek Thomas Brooks Diving Creek 21 85 1762 Tuckahoe — Tuckaho 20 Pemberton Pemberton 7 215 1764 Manahawkin — E. Sexton Manahawking 5 45 1770 Pittsgrove William Pollard Pittsgrove 1 33 1771 Upper Freehold J. M. Challiss Imlaystown 6 161 1776 Jacobstown W. D. Hires Jacobstown 1 65 1785 West Creek Port Elizabeth 27 1792 Burlington S. Aaron, G. Allen, J. Boozer, P. Powell, H. K. Green Burlington 15 111 1801 Mount Holly J. Sheppard, J. E. Welch, E. W. Dickenson Mount Holly 23 138 1801 Evesham Samuel Hervey Evesham 4 73 1803 Trenton and Lamb. Morgan J. Rhees Trenton 5 211 1805 Williamsburg — Williamsburg 34 1805 Port Elizabeth Port Elizabeth 12 1810 Haddonfield John Sisty Haddonfield 1 84 1818 Bordentown J. C. Harrison Bordentown 4 118 1821 Woodstown William Bacon Woodstown 15 90 1821 Bridgeton M. Frederick Bridgeton 49 139 Allowaystown J. Ferguson Allowaystown 36 1830 2 Cape May M. Quinn Tuckahoe 42 104 1828 Vincentown S USSEX ASSOCIATION, 18c Vincentown 5. 11 41 1834 I Wantage Timothy Jackson Deckertown 5 284 1770 Hamburg Elias Frost Hamburg 1 113 1798 1 Newton — Lafayette 13 99 1830 Schooley's Moun'n C. C. Park Stanhope 7 65 1832 2 Newton John Teasdale, T. C. Teasdale Newton 24 1835 SUMMARY. ASSOCIATIONS. Ch's. D. Ch's. O. Min. Lie. Bapt. Mem. jCons. MEETINGS IN J 836. Central 11 4 9 2 100 1018 Jacksonville, 3d Wed. Oct. New Jersey 24 6 26 5 294 2360 1811 Vincentown, 4th Tu'y S't. Sussex 5 1 5 26 585 1833 New York 18 3 17 1 153 1702 1791 Paterson, Tues'y. May 31. Warwick 3 2 1 116 1791 New Vernon, N.Y.2 W.Ju. Central Union 1 1 19 139 1832 Norristown, Pa.Tu. M. 31. Hudson River 1 1 1 28 1815 Coxsackie,N.Y.Tu.Je.l5. Delaware Riv'r. Total. 4 4 478 1835 1 67 16 64 8 593 6,426' CORRESPONDING SECRETARIES. New Jersey Association. J. C. Harrison, of Bordentown, and Joseph Sheppard, of Mount Holly, Clerks. Central Association. Charles Bartolette, Flemington. Sussex Association. John Teasdale, Newton. Central Union Association. George I. Miles, West Chester, Pa. Stale Convention, Morgan J. Rhees, Trenton. PENNSYLVANIA. 1 35 SABBATH SCHOOLS.— The Minutes of the State Convention contain a tabular view of the churches, (always an important appendage to such documents,) but no account of Sabbath Schools. Most of the churches, however, have these institutions in successful operation. In the New Jersey Association, there are 19 Sunday schools, 186 teachers, 1218 sciiolars, 2424 volumes in their libraries. There are also 14 Bible classes. We have no means of ascertaining the state of the Sunday schools in the other churches. BENEVOLENT SOCIETIES.— Among the churches in the New Jersey Association, are 6 societies for Foreign Missions, 10 for Domestic Missions, 8 Temperance churches, and 6 Tract societies. The other churches have similar societies in operation among them, but we know not tlie number. NEWARK. — This church is in a flourishing condition. The members are active in the use of means to advance the Redeemer's kingdom. Their Sabbath school consists of 172 scholars and 30 teachers and managers; and has a library of 260 volumes. They have contributed to Tract and Missionary societies, the past year, $ 300. PATERSON. — The members of this church are walking in love and harmony — have enlarged tlieir meeting house, and baptized thirty-two; 13 of wliom were teachers in the Sunday school — 7 were scholars, and the rest were middle aged persons. Contributed $ 100 for Missionary purposes. FIRST WANTAGE.— This church was constituted about the year 1770, through the instrumentality of Elder Nicholas Cox, who was its first pastor. From that time to the present, it has enjoyed many refreshing seasons, under the administration of its worthy pastors. The labors of Elders Levi Hall and liconard Fletcher, were signally owned to the conversion of sinners. Large additions were made to the church under their respec- tive charges. The labors of their present pastor, Timothy Jackson, have not been in vain in the Lord. Since his connection with the church, he has baptized about 70 hopeful converts. HAMBURG. — This church was constituted in 1798, under the pastoral charge of Thomas Teasdale, with whose labors they were blessed till his decease, which occurred, April, 1827. From that time till the spring of 1831, they had no pastor, when John Teasdale, (grandson of the former pastor,) was called to the pastoral charge. During his ministry for two years, about one hundred were added to the church. Mr. Teasdale resigned his charge in March, 1833, and was succeeded by C. C. Park, who has since removed to Schooley's Mountain. Elias Frost is their present pastor. FIRST NEWTON.— This church was constituted in May, 1830, with eighteen mem- bers. In the Spring of 1831, they settled John Teasdale as their pastor, who officiated as pastor of the Hamburg church at the same time. They have since built a house for worship, bought a house and lot for a parsonage, and received large accessions to their number by baptism on profession of faith in Jesus Christ. BORDEI-JTOWN AND BURLINGTON churches have recently finished very com- modious houses of worship, and are in a prosperous state under the stated ministry of their respective pastors. BRIDGETON church have experienced a gracious work of the Lord, in connexion with the ministerial labors of M. Frederick, who settled with them in December, 1834. PENNSYLVANIA. MISSIONARY ASSOCIATION. The eighth annual meeting of the Baptist Missionary Association of Pennsylvania, was held in the Sansom Street Meeting House, on Tuesday June 1, 1835. Officers — James M. Linnard, President; J. J. Woolsey, Cor. Secretary; Wilson Jewell, Rec. Secretary ; John B. Trevor, Treasurer ; with twelve Vice Presidents and fifteen Mana- The Missionaries who have been in (he employ of the Board the past year, are brethren George Higgins, J. P. Thompson, Robert Compton, E. M.Phillips, Isaac D.Jones, Daniel Trites, John Thomas, David Williams, Levi G. Beck, Levi Griffith, J. G. Collom, J. R. Rockefeller, Anson Tucker, Jesse Hampson, W. Owen, W. W. Hall, W. Brand, Henry Curtis, George V. Walling, Samuel Miles, Davis Dimock, G. M. Spratt, R. Winchell, D. T homas, and T. T. Kutchin. From the reports of the Missionaries, it appears that more was accomplished the past 136 PENNSYLVANIA. than any former year. Upwards of 350 converts were baptized, and ten churches con- stituted. The receipts of the Treasury were $2,537 24, and its disbursements $1,665 96, leaving on hand $871 28 for future operations. The annual meeting of this body was peculiarly interesting, and the harmony of views, and strength of feeling in the cause of missions, gave high promise of future effort and success. Central Union Association. — This Association embraces 15 churches and 8 Societies. Its grand design is the promotion of missions ;ind education. Its third annual session was held in tlie Meeting House of the Vincent Baptist Church, Chester county, May, 26, 1835. Officers of the Executive Board — W. T. Brantly, President; B. N. Loxley, Rec. Secretary; George I. Miles, Cor. Secretary ; John Mulford, jr.. Treasurer ; with twenty-one Managers. This Association has the Builington Institution under its pat- ronage. The Missionaries employed by the Board the past year, arc brethren John Tucker, of Dover, and J. B. Lyon, of Chester county. — Amount of receipts $1150 70 — disbursements $935 85. The next Session of this body will be held at Norristown, Tues- day May 31, 1836. The Central Baptist Education Society held its first annual meeting in the New Market Street Baptist Meeting House, June 9, 1835. Officers — William Duncan, President; G. S. Webb, W. T. Brantly, and L. P'letcher, Vice Presidents; R. W. Cusiimant, Cor. Secretary ; M. J. Rhees, Rec. Secretary ; John C. Davis, Treasurer. The next annual meeting will be held in the Meeting House of the First Baptist Church, Philadelphia, on the 2d Tuesday of June, 1836, at 3 o'clock, P. M. The Union Baptist Female Missionary Society, embraces members in the Sansom Street, New Market, Spruce Street and Southwark Churches. Tiiis Society is auxiliary to the Pennsylvania Missionary Association. Officers — Mrs. Weaver, Directress ; Miss Trevor, Treasurer ; Mrs. Croskey, Secretary. The last annual meeting was held Jan. 1, 1836. Receipts, $514 57. The Philadelphia Union Female Tract Society, formed March 18, 1835, embraces all the Baptist churches in the city and one in Camden. It is auxiliary to the Baptist General Tract Society. The first annual meeting was held June 1, 1835. Officers — Mrs. Linnard, First Directress ; Mrs. Staughton, Second Directress ; Mrs. Allen, Secre- tary ; Mrs. Gillison, Treasurer. — Receipts, $224 75. Annual meeting on the Monday preceding the first Tuesday in June. The Sansom Street Baptist Female Society for promoting Foreign Evangelical Missions, was constituted June 27, 1814. Its leading object at that time was, to assist in sustaining the mission just then commenced in the Burman empire ; this labor of love has ever since been kept in view ; but with the extension of Missionary operations, it has increased its efforts, and furnished aid to the Missions among the Indian tribes of our own country. The last annual meeting of the Society was held April 5, 1836. Officers — Mrs. Barn- hurst, First Directress ; Mrs. Staughton, Second Directress ; Mrs. Dagg, Secretary ; Mrs. Sailer, Treasurer. Receipts, $435 81. — Receipts the preceding year, $466 65. The Sansom Street Female Bible Association; formed December 4, 1833, held its second anniversary, October 27, 1835. Officers — Mrs. Mary Dagg, President ; Mrs. Eliza C. Allen, Secretary; Mrs. Sarah Robarts, Treasurer; with 17 Managers. — Re- ceipts $436 19. The Sansom Street Female Education Society support two scholarships at $75 each, and are prepared to sup|)ort two more, beside having furnished a large quantity of cloth- ing, &,c., for Haddington Institution. Officers — Mrs. Dagg, and Mrs. Robarts, Di- rectresses ; Miss Kdmonds, Secretary ; Miss S. Trevor, Treasurer, The Sansom Street Juvenile Missionary Society, for the support of Indian children, raised during the year ending in April, 1836, the sum of $80. Several ladies in Sansom Street church have raised during the past year, by weekly contributions of 12^ cents each, $1 00, for the support of a Karen preacher ; and a few ladies in the same church have recently collected $77, for publishing Mrs. Judson's Memoir in Germany. The principal Societies connected with the First Baptist Church, Philadelphia, are the following, viz. Female Foreign and Domestic Missionary Society. The Foreign Missionary Society was formed in February, 1827 — the Domestic, in 1832. They are now both united in PENNSYLVANIA. 137 one society and hold their annual meeting the last week in February. Officers — Mrs. Ann Rhees, 1st Directress ; Mrs. H. Gillison, 2d do. ; Mrs. Sarah Van Buren, Treas- urer ; Mrs. Jane L. Seddinger, Secretary. Amount raised the past year, $583. Karen Society — formed March, 1832 — annual meeting in April. Officers — Miss E. Hellings, 1st Directress ; Miss Mary Weatherly, Treasurer; Miss Mary Hallman, Secre- tary. Amount raised, $60. Femai^e Bible Society. — Constituted March, 1828. Officers — Mrs. Van Buren, Di- rectress ; Mrs. Susan Budd, Treasurer ; Mrs. Susan Keen, Librarian ; Miss Mary Hall- man, Secretary. Amount raised, $ 100. Sabbath School Society. — Constituted in 1815 or 1816. Sustains three schools. Re- ceipts $ 100. Annual meeting in April. Officers — J. Keen, President; M. Hallman, Treasurer ; Lewis Y. Walraven, Secretary. Two Youths'' Burman Tract Societies, male and female, connected with the Sabbath school. Receipts, female $ 70, male $ 60— $ 130. Education Society. — Organised the past year. Officers — William Hansell, President; John C. Davis, Treasurer ; Wm. F. Hansell, Secretary. Receipts, $154. In addition to the above, about $ 525 were raised the past year by members of the First Church and congregation, for the Central Education Society, $ 450 for the Central Union Association, and $ 100 for the Philadelphia Bible Society, besides what was raised by some other small societies. Societies connected with the Spruce Street Baptist Church, Philadelphia. The Female Burman Bible Society, auxiliary to the Board of Foreign Missions, re- cently organised, and paid $100. Officers — Mrs. Babcock, 1st Directress; Mrs. A. Lin- nard, 2d do.; Mrs. Harriet Se.xton Treasurer ; Miss Maria O. Harper, Secretary. The Youths' Burman Education Society has supported two children in the mission school in India for several years. The Spruce Street Church pays annually about $ 300 to the Pennsylvania Missionary Association, without any organised society. The principal societies in the iVeto Market Street Baptist Church, Philadelphia, are — A Foreign Mission Society — receipts $ 100 — annual meeting in April: A Home Mis- sionary Society — receipts, $100 — annual meeting in March: A City Mission Society — receipts $ 50 — annual meeting in April : An Education Society — receipts $ 75 — an- nual meeting in May ; and a Tract Society. ASSOCIATIONS AND CHURCHES. ABINGTON ASSOCIATION, 1835. CHURCHES. MINISTERS. POST OBFICES. BAPT. MEM. CON- Abington John Miller Abington Centre 271 Bethany H.Curtis, /. Brown, L. Haden Bethany 2 122 Clifford Charles Miller Dundaff 2 72 Clinton — George V. Walling Mount Republic 56 Carbondale — Carbondale 1 34 Damascus Enoch Owen, Smith Bixby Damascus 3 78 1823 Eaton William Frear Eaton 7 49 Falls — Falls 30 Greenfield — Greenfield 57 Herrick — Herrick 10 Leno.x — Lenox 18 1830 Lebanon — Rilesyville 15 Meunt Pleasant — Mount Pleasant 38 1807 Nicholson Isaac Moore Wallsville 1 47 Palmyra George Dobell Tafton 2 49 Scott — Ezekiel Sampson Starrucca 1 46 Paupack Eddy TaRon 17 12* 138 PENNSYLVANIA. BEAVER ASSOCIATION, 1835. Providence — Providence 57 ■ Sharon — Sharon 2 78 Unity — 2 43 Aniana — 30 Union — 8 Muddy Creek Samuel Staughton Brownington 1 23 Zion — 11 72 Zelienople — Calvin Sackett 18 Salem — 26 1 Pittsburgh Samuel Williams Pittsburgh 56 242 181S Hubbard — 21 Youngstown — Youngstown 39 Salem, (Ohio) John R. Williams Salem, Col. co. 0. 1 62 Achor Matthias J. Phillips Salem, do 4 45 ■2 Pittsburgh William Owen Pittsburgh 7 57 182 New Bethel — 36 Concord Jacob Morris Concord 21 Beulah Isaac R. Barris 15 BRIDGEWATER ASSOCIATION, 1835. Auburn I. D. Jones, Williajn Laihrop 5 60 Braintrim — Braintrim 4 110 Bridgewater D. Dimock, J. B. Morden, J. S. Baldwin Montrose 14 328 1801 Choconut — Choconut 1 59 Great Bend — J. B. Lake Great Bend 77 Jackson & Gibson J. W. Parker Montrose 109 Middletown William Brand Middletown 2 86 New Milford — D. D. Gray New Milford 2 41 Northmoreland and W. K. Mott 13 82 Exeter Windham — William H. Dwyre 4 74 Rush William Brand Rushville 44 Eaton W. K. Mott Eaton 8 46 Mahoopany — 3 41 Union — 3 75 Dimock — 1 39 Plymouth and — Lehman 2 34 Pittston W. K. Mott 5 46 Wyalusing Smith Bixby 8 43 Harford J. W. Parker, Jonathan Smith Harford 6 22 CENTE .AL UNION ASSOCIATION, 1835. Lower Dublin — Nathan Stetson Bustleton 10 205 1689 1 Philadelphia William T. Brantley, R. W. Cushman, B, R. Loxley, J. Belden. Philadelphia 102 635 1689 Frankford C. W. Mulford Frankford 14 142 1807 Holmesburg William S. Hall Holmesburg 20 70 1832 Camden, N. J. — Charles Sexton Camden, N. J. 19 139 1818 Harrisburg — Harrisburg 38 1830 Dover John Tucker 2 39 1802 Beulah Jethro Johnson Mc Williamstown 85 1823 Norristown Charles E. Wilson Vorristown 38 178 1832 Vincent Charles Moore I'hester Springs 4 209 1771 Windsor J. Philips, W. Sleadman. Windsor 24 138 1833 Westchester 3eorge I. Miles West Chester 3 45 1834 Union Levi GBeck Vlilestown 4 72 1833 Pjioenixville — William Smith Phcenixville 36 111 1830 East Whiteland George I. Miles Warren Tavern 9 44 1833 CE NTRE ASSOCIATION, 1835. | Birmingham r. E. Thomas, 5". Conrad Bir.Huntingdon, co. 62 158 1821 Vlilesburg — Vlilesburg, Cen. co. 21 149 ^Villiamsburg — Will.Hunting'n, co.j 16 41 1829 PENNSYLVANIA. 139 CENTRE ASSOCIATION, 1835 — continued. Jay Township — Fox, Clear'd co. 24 1827 Cambria and R. Proudfoot Alexandria Hmi.co 9 55 Clearfield 1 Beula — 51 Hollidaysburg David Williams HoUidaysburg 4 37 vShaver's Creek — Shaver's creek 15 1833 Gethsernane Samuel Miles Brookville 19 1834 Mill Creek — Mill Creek 70 FRENCH CREEK ASSOCIATION, 1835. Meadville John Hicks Meadville 1 24 1832 Concord J. W. Van Valkenburg Gray Settlement 1 43 Rockdale A. Williams Rockdale 77 Randolph Otis L. Durphey Guy's Mills 4 66 Hayfield — Meadville 13 Allegheny John Hicks Holland 37 Amity A. Williams Beaverdam 39 N. Shenango — N. Shenango 38 Springfield E. Herrington Springfield 1 59 1821 ElkCreek&Carmel Isaac Davis Meadville 1 68 1805 Venango — Wattsburgh 34 1834 Girard — Girard 23 1833 Spring — Conneautville 55 Plumb — Caperstown 16 1835 Cherry Tree — Oil Creek 12 1831 Erie C. Morton Erie 53 JUNIATA ASSOCIATION, 18 U. Tonoloway — 70 Huntingdon Nathan Everitt Huntington 25 Sideling Hill — 33 Springfield — Springfield 16 Providence John Hutchinson Providence 26 Crooked Creek — Crooked Creek 8 Broad Top — 9 MONONGAHELA ASSOCIATION , 1835. Forks of Yough, James Estep Mount Pleasant 4 122 1777 Loyalhanna — N. Alexandria 14 127 1775 Turkey.foot — Smithfield 6 55 1775 Freeport William Penny Freeport 17 55 1830 Peter's Creek William Shadrack Pittsburgh 7 182 Twolick J. P. Rockefeller Dimond Mills 21 41 Connellsville Benoni Allen Smithville 5 97 Little Kentucky — 4 38 4 Pittsburgh Peter Lloyd Pittsburgh 4 39 3 Pittsburgh Joshua Bradley do 7 27 Mahoning J. P. Rockefeller Mahoning 9 33 Mount Pleasant — M't. Pleasant 7 120 Greensburg Benoni Allen Greensburgh 2 20 Pigeon Creek Charles Wheeler 2 23 Horse Shoe — 5 34 N. Fork of Tenmile 2 23 Alleghenytown William Shadrack Pittsburgh 1 25 Washington C. Wheeler Washington 35 Youngstown J. P. Rockefeller Youngstown 38 Deer Creek William Penny 14 Donegal Levi Griffith Donegal 39 Forks of Cheat Levi Griffith 64 Flat Woods — 39 Monongalia Levi Griffith 27 140 PENNSYLVANIA. NORTHUxMBERLAND ASSOCIATION, 1835. Shamokin G. Spratt Sun bury 8 82 1794 White Deer G. M. Spratt Uniontown 4 47 1808 Loyalsock Forks — Elkland 4 12 Milton T. B. Brown, A. B. Winchcll Milton 2 76 Madison Geo. Higgins Jcrseytown 22 82 Clinton George Higgins Pennsborough 5 45 Jerseyshore George Higgins Jerseyshore 6 35 PHILADELPHIA ASSOCIATION, 1835. Brandywine — Brandywine Manor 1 74 1715 Montgomery Thomas Robinson Montgomeryville 101 1719 Kingwood, N. J. — Kingwood, N. J. 200 1742 Southampton James B. Bowen Davisville 165 1746 Spruce St. Philad. Rufris Babcock,jr. J.R.Hamp- son, /. W. Hayhurst Philadelphia 4 196 New Britain T. T. Kutchin New Britain 113 1754 Hilltown Joseph Mathias Hilltown 1 107 1781 Marcus Hook Joseph Walker Marcus Hook 2 54 1789 Roxborough D. A. Nichols Leverington 5 207 1789 2 Philadelphia Thomas J.Kitts, William Cur- tis. Samel J. Creswell Philadelphia 11 447 1803 Blockley L. Tucker, W. Maul, 5'. Tuck- er, Anson Tucker. West Philadelphia 2 218 1804 Lower Merion H. G. Jones, J. F. Walter Lower Merion 2 157 3 PhUadelphia P. D. GiUett, Wm. E. Ashton, J. Hewson, W. Morgan, J. Curren Philadelphia 263 1809 1 African Philad. James Burris Philadelphia 30 102 1809 Lower Providence John S. Jenkins Perkioming 24 103 1810 New Market Street J. H. Kennard, I. Orchard, J. Philadelphia 60 559 1817 Philadelphia G. Collom, D. Thomas, W. M. Collom, John Jones 5 Philadelphia A. D. Gillett, J. L. Dagg, Jas. Patterson, W. Moore, /. M. Allen, W. Ruddy, J. Smed. ley S, Siegfried, A. Compton Philadelphia 15 476 1811 Goshen Goshenville 4 60 Bethesda Andrew Collins East Nanlmeal 3 83 1827 African Blockley — W. Philadelphia 2 35 Central Philad. J. J. Woolsey, T. Porter Philadelphia 21 67 1831 Ridley — 5 34 Stroudsburg — Stroudsburg 1 23 1830 Union African Pha. D. Scott Philadelphia 34 81 1832 Glen Run E. M. Philips Israel's Mills 11 97 1832 Newtown D. Trites, R. Gardiner Newtown Square 7 45 Minersville D. Thomas Minersville 3 31 Pottsville — Pottsville Mount Pleasant R. F. Young M't Pleas. Mont. CO. 10 35 Chesnut Hill R. F. Young, J. Patterson Chesnut Hill 13 35 Schuylkill 3 20 Reading Enoch M. Barker Reading 12 15 1 Mariners' Philad. S. Huggens, F. H. Boardman Philadelphia 12 78 1830 2 Wilmington, Del. — Wilmington, Del. 13 1835 Upper M't. Bethel. John P. Thompson Dills 6 34 1835 RED STONE ASSOCIATION, ] 1834. Uniontown Wm. Brownfield Uniontown 94 1770 Big Whitley — 40 Big Redstone James Frey 71 George's Creek — 200 1790 Ten Mile — 84 1773 Indian Creek, Va. John Smith 85 1783 Newtown F. Downey Newtown 38 Little Redstone James Frey 11 1 PENNSYLVANIA. 141 RED STONE ASSOCIATION, 1835— continued. Maple Creek Henry Spears 25 Plumb Run F. Downey 30 Merritstown Wm. Brownfield Merritstown 15 Ruff's Creek Barnetle Whitlatch 51 Center Township Ezra DeGarmo 20 McCIelantown James Seymour Carmichael's 50 Wheeling Creek,Va James Jefferson 24 Meadow Run F. Downey 33 Casteel Run Whitlateh N. Grant 42 Smith's Creek, Va. Ezra De Garmo 25 Big Crossings Milton Sutton 12 1833 UNASSOCIATED CHURCHES. Great Valley Leonard Fletcher Spread Eagle 50 410 1711 Georgetown Samuel Churchill Culbertson's 17 44 1831 Mount Hope AUeghana co. 20 West Windham* Job I/each 15 1835 Norwich Settle'ntt Samuel Messenger 32 Providencct William House Providence 39 Lottsville§ Samuel Alvard Lottsville 23 Warren§ Warren 24 London Tract|| Thomas Barton Strickersville 65 Hephzibah Jethro Johnson M'Williamstown 170 Hatborough Hatborough 23 18.35 Moyamensing Alexander Burden Philadelphia co. 10 1835 * Belongs to the Berkshire Association, t Genesee River. | Warwick. § Chautauque. || Delaware- SUMMARY, Showing the number of Churches, Sfc, only in Pennsylvania. ASSOCIATIONS. CHS. D.C. O.M. Lie. BAPT. MEM. CONST. MEETINGS IN 1836. Abington 17 11 6 4 19 1009 1807 Clifford, 1 Wednesday, Sept. Beaver 17 11 6 1 84 811 1809 Salem, Ohio, Th. Aug-. 25. Bradford 5 2 3 300 1835 Bridgewater 19 11 8 7 81 1417 1825 Montrose,4Wednesday,Aug. Central Union 14 3 11 3 148 1174 18.32 Norristown, Tues. May 31. Centre 10 5 4 1 112 619 1830 Gethsemene ch. Fr. Aug. 26. French Creek 17 9 7 17 708 1823 Carmel ch. 3 Wed. Sept. Juniata 8 6 2 187 Monongahela 24 10 11 117 1317 1832 Jacob's C'k ch. Fr. May 20. Northumber'd 6 1 5 51 379 1821 Jersey Shore, Fr. Aug. 19. Philadelphia 35 8 35 14 304 4140 1707 Philadelphia, 1 Tuesday Oct. Red Stone 16 8 814 1777 Other Ch's Total 12 2 9 4 68 875 200 79 115 34 1001 13750 CORRESPONDING SECRETARIES. Abington Association, Sheldon Norton, Mount Republic, Wayne co. Bradford do. D. M. Root, Troy. Bridgewater do. A. L. Post, Montrose. Central Union do. George I. Miles, West Chester. French Creek do. C. Morton, Erie. Northumberland do. George Higgins, Jersey Shore, Lycoming county. Philadelphia do. George McLeod, Philadelphia. The state of the churches in the Juniata and Red Stone Associations, both anti-effort bodies, is taken from their Minutes for 1834. The former published no Minutes the last year. Four churches in the Red Stone Association are in the State of Virginia. Of course they are not included in the Summary. Bradford Association was formed, Oct. 1, 1835, out of the ruins of the Chemung. The Susquehanna has become almost or quite e.xtinct. All the other Associations in the state are decidedly friendly to Christian enterprise, and are in a growing condition, having re- ceived a net increase of more than 2000 members since the publication of the former Register. 143 DELAWARE. SABHATH SCHOOLS.— Many of the churches in Pennsylvania have flourishing Sabbath Schools and Bible Classes in operation, but as the Minutes of most of the Asso- ciations contain no statistical information respecting these institutions, are we unable to make even an estimate of their number in this Commonwealth. From the Minutes of three Associations however, and from personal knowledge we make the following imper- fect statement. — In the Bridgewater Association — 12 schools — 665 scliolars — Central Union — 15 schools — 1200 scholars — Philadclpliia, 20 schools — 2000 scholars. Total in three Associations, 47 schools — 3865 scholars. Great Valley Baptist Church — This cliurch ranks among the most respectable in Pennsylvania, having been constituted in 1711, twenty-two years after the establishment of the first Baptist Church in the State at Lower Dublin, thirteen years after the First Baptist Church in Philadelphia, and three years after the formation of the Philadelphia Association. It is situated about 18 miles nortliwest of the city, in the midst of a rich and beautiful valley. Since the settlement of their present pastor, Leonard Fletcher, in October, 1831, three hundred and ninety persons have been added to the church by baptism, twenty have been dismissed to form the Newtown Church, twenty-two to form the church at Norristown, seven to unite with the church at Phoenixville, and twenty to form the Willistown Church. Present number of members 410. Thomas Jones, Church Clerk — Post Office, Spread Eagle. BAPTIST CHURCHES IN PHILADELPHIA. S S o c s ns '^ ei ,^ a s -w a QJ U ^ >> c3 ,3 c o rt a "S 2 a . .J3 3 2 % m o 3 o -a Churches. c 3 £ S o O S o o s (—1 r^ o < 6 o o 3 02 "o 02 O c 2; o .s o E O O be a; First Church. 66 635 $4000 $2200 1000 1 3 391 50 2 3 Second Church. 11 447 1800 400 700 1 180 3 Third Church. 268 1200 200 750 1 135 4 1 Fifth Church. 15 451 2200 2000 1300 1 176 4 3 New Market 60 560 2000 500 800 2 300 150 4 2 Spruce Street, 6 196 1500 500 750 1 2 160 2 1 Central Church. 24 89 700 100 400 1 150 22 2 1 1 Mariners'. 15 78 200 450 1 94 1 1 Moyamensing. 12 150 250 1 130 1 1 1 African. 30 102 300 1 Union African. Total. 34 81 200 222 1 25 12 7 261 3019 13750 5900 6900 2 13 1716 DELAWARE. DELAWARE ASSOCIATION, 1835. CHURCHES, MINISTERS. POST OFFICES. BAPT. MEM. 113 CON. 1701 Welch Tract Wm. Robinson, iV. Lehury, J. Underwood Cow Marsh Peter Meredith 39 1781 J3ryn Zion — 13 1784 Mispillion P. Meredith 2 13 1783 Loudon Tract Thomas Barton 65 Wilmington J. P. Peckworth, J. Walraven Wilmington 2 115 1785 Rock Springs — 28 Mount Hope — 20 g ALISBURY ASSOCIATION. Little Creek Warner Staten | 37 MARYLAND. 143 After deducting the London Tract Church, which is in Pennsylvania, from those in the table, there remain in Delaware only 8 churches, 3 ordained ministers and 378 members. The additions to these churches during the past year are, by baptism 4, by letter G, restored 1, in all 11. The decrease is, dismissed by letter 6, excluded 4, deceased 6, in all 16. Net loss 5. MARYLAND. From the Editor of the Religious Herald, Richmond, Virginia. The history of the Baptist denomination in Maryland, for twenty years past, though painful to a pious mind, is yet fraught with salutary instruction, and may serve as a beacon to other churches, and enable them to shun the danger and deadly influence of Antinomianism. The founder of most of the churches in the Baltimore Association, was the pious and indefatigable John Davis. During his life, they prospered and flourished, and the Baptists in Maryland, if not a numerous, were a united and God-fearing body. Since his death, the churches which he planted have been steadily declining, and some of them are nearly extinct. Harford, the mother church, has been reduced from 160 members, to from 40 to 50. In a few years it will, in all probability, no longer exist. Fredericktown church is nearly extinct. Sater's church is reduced to a few members, and is barren and lifeless. The ministers who entered the field after Elder Davis, for- getting the great object of the Christian ministry, the conversion of sinners, occupied themselves chiefly in doctrinal discussions, or in dwelling on the great things which God has done for his church and people, which though in itself, a glorious truth, may, when not balanced by other truths equally important, engender spiritual pride, and supine inditfer- ence to practical duties. Ultra Calvinism took deep root in many of the churches. Hos- tility or indifference to the mission cause, generally prevailed, and the Baptist denomina- tion in Maryland, with some few exceptions, exhibited a dreary and disconsolate aspect. Its two Associations, Baltimore and Salisbury, instead of increasing, have been regularly decreasing. It affords us sincere pleasure to see the dawning of a better state of things in Balti- more. The First, or Sharp Street church, under the pastoral care of Elder S. P. Hill, is zealously engaged in efforts to extend the Redeemer's kingdom. The Calvert Street Church, with which brother W. Crane, recently of this city, is connected, have obtained the services of Elder George F. Adams, is going onward, with brightening prospects. On the Western Shore of Maryland, in Charles county, there is a church connected with the Dover Association, the members of which are prepared to engage in every good word and work. There are, probably, other churches in the State besides those named, that would be willing to co-operate in measures to promote the Redeemer's cause in their own state, if not in foreign lands. ASSOCIATIONS AND CHURCHES. BALTIMORE ASSOCIATION, 1835. CHURCHES. MINISTERS. POST OFFICES. BAP. MEM. CON. 1774 Harford Wrn. Willson, Eli Scott Carman's 1 56 Frederick Town Joseph H. Jones Frederick 8 1773 Tuscarora Valley — Tuscarora Valley 25 Taney Town — Taney Town 13 Pleasant Valley Joseph H. Jones Sharpsburgh 32 1802 Gunpowder Thomas Leaman Manchester 42 Saters Thomas Poteet Golden 14 1806 Upper Seneca Joseph H. Jones 37 1805 2 Baltimore John Healey Baltimore 133 1797 Patapsco Edward Choat Randallstown 21 1800 Bethel William Marvin Darnestown 1 17 1821 Ebenezer Edmund J. Rcis Baltimore 85 1821 Warren Thomas Poteet Baltimore 20 1825 Black Rock Edward Choat, Eli Scott Baltimore, co. 1 34 1828 144 MARYLAND. BALTIMORE ASSOCIATION, 1835— continued. Mount Zion F. Clark, S. Nightingale Baltimore 1 72 1830 Shilo, D. C. Charles Polkinghorn Washington, D. C. 30 1831 Rockville Joseph H. Jones Rockville 25 1821 Linganorc Joseph H. Jones 12 41 Old Seneca — SALISBURY ASSOCIATION, 1835. Salisbury Daniel Davis Salisbury 1 31 1780 Nassionffo Warner Staten 23 Indian Town James Round 37 IV 30 Little Creek Del. Warner Staten 38 Broad Creek John Rogers Broad Creek 22 IV 80 Fishing Creek J. W. AVoolford 10 1V91 Fowling Creek — 12 1781 Jones' Mills — 1 24 Rewastico Daniel Davis 3 53 Pitts Creek Leven Henderson 65 Barren Creek Barren Creek Sp'gs 13 Snow Hill — Snow Hill 21 Head of Sound Lemuel A. Hall 27 Millsboro' U NASSOCIATED CHURCHI :s. 15 1 Baltimore Stephen P. Hill Baltimore 37 160 1785 Calvert Street G. F. Adams, Wm. Richards Baltimore 1835 Pikesville Joseph Mettom Pikesville 1835 Good Hope* 58 1832 Nanjemoyt T. Conduit Nanjemoy 47 122 1793 SUMMARY. ASSOCIATIONS. ch's D. C. 0. M. Lie. BAP. MEM CONST. MEETINGS IN 1836. Baltimore Salisbury Other Ch's Total 18 13 5 36 7 6 1 14 11 7 5 23 4 5 84 687 353 420 1792 1782 Black Roek,Thursday,May 12. Little C'k Ch. Sat. October 22, 93 1460 FIRST BAPTIST CHURCH BALTIMORE. Extract of a letter from the Pastor, Stephen P. Hill, to the Editor, " You are aware that, from a variety of causes, the church had been for some years afflicted. Dissention and disunion had greatly wasted the piety of its members, and breach after breach had greatly weakened its strength. The prophecy uttered by Paul, in his pathetic address to the church at Ephcsus, seemed to have been fulfilled in this : ' Also of your ownselves will men arise, speaking perverse things, to draw away disci- ples after them.' Acts xx. 30. Thus within the short space of two years past, had the heresy of the western disorganiser made another disruption of fraternal ties in tlie church, and occasioned at least the loss of a considerable number of its members. This, howe- ver, is to be considered an auspicious event. From this time we may date a new era in our history. The church list was thoroughly revised, and the name of every member not known to be of us and with us, in the attachment of his heart and in the congeniality of his faith, was stricken off", and the consequence of course was, a considerable diminu- tion in point of numerical strength. Wc arc now, however, a united and happy people, ' standing fast in one spirit, with one mind, striving together for the faith of the gospel.' Our present number is 160. Increase during the past year, 37. We have, connected with the church, a very interesting and flourishing Sabbath school, and a branch Sabbath school, containing in all about 200 scholars. The report of the present year I will send you with this. We have also a Poor Society, a Children's Sewing Society, a Benevo- lent Society, and a Female Missionary Society, all for charitable and pious purposes. We are at present unassociated, but iiope soon, with what other churches may be found of a similar spirit and stamp, to make the commencement of a ' Maryland Association.' " A church in which we have felt a peculiar interest, is an infant church at Pikesville, MARYLAND. 145 in the neighborhood of the United States Arsenal. With the assistance of Mr. Healy, pastor of the Second Church in this city, and of myself, they were constituted sometime last summer, and brother Joseph Mettom, who had been laboring among tliern, was ordained their pastor. They have now a fine house, and have good prospects of encour- agement. " Thus, my dear brother, I have given you in a few words the statement of our pres- ent affairs. We trust a sun has risen upon our path, that will go no more down. The breaks and interruptions that occur in the intercourse of human life and friends, and ' From their voice, their hand, their smile, Divides us for a little while,' we trust we shall never again experience, and past trials be all forgotten in the happiness of brighter and holier scenes. CALVERT STREET CHURCH.— This church was constituted in the city of Balti- more, February 15, 1835. Their house of worship has been purchased by two private brethren, who in this effort have become responsible for a sum not less than $8,000. It is a neat, plain building, capable, when galleries shall have been erected, of holding from 800 to 1,000 persons; and located in a central part of the city. This church is in con- nection with the great body of regular Baptists in the United States, and may be con- sidered as pledged to co-operate in all those benevolent operations by which the word of God may be proclaimed, and the Gospel published throughout the nations of the earth. They will no doubt have the countenance and prayers of all who love our Lord Jesus in sincerity and truth. REPORT OF THE FIRST BAPTIST SABBATH SCHOOL, BALTIMORE, 1836. Through the kindness of Providence, we have been brought to witness the return of another Anniversary of the Sabbath school, for which we desire to render grateful praise to our Almighty Father, through his son Jesus Christ; as well as for all other blessed privileges received from Him during the past year. We bless the giver of every good and perfect gift, for lengthening out our days until this period, and granting us so many comforts and encouragements amid tlie interesting sphere of Christian benevolencg in which it is our duty and privilege to labor. During the past year, we have had many gratifying tokens of success, and we offer our present report under circumstances of prosjierity which afford a beautiful exemplifi- cation of the text, that " He which goeth forth weeping, bearing precious seed, shall doubtless come again rejoicing, bringing his slieaves with him." The present number of Scholars upon the books is 170; the regular average number that attend is 110; the in- crease during the year, is 94: present number of Teachers 28; increase 12. There have been seven who have been made willing to follow the Redeemer's footsteps, and make a profession of his name, 5 teachers and 2 scholars. They have found it good to wait upon the Lord, and our prayer is, that they may be renewed day by day. We are thankful for these few mercy drops, and trust they may prove a pledge and prelude to the gentle siiowers of divine mercy, upon ths whole congregation. One interesting little girl, who entered the school but a few months ago, is now numbered with the dead. Like a flower, she has perished from our cares, and has been transplanted, we trust, to bloom in a better world. She often spoke in her sickness of the Saviour, and wished to depart and be with him. In the Female department, there have been committed to memory and recited, fourteen thousand nine hundred and fifty verses of Scripture; ten thousand one hundred and thir- ty verses of Hymns; eleven thousand two hundred and eighty-two answers to Catechisms. An attractive appendage to the School, is found in the Library, containing four hun- dred and twenty volumes. Connected with the management of this, there is a Female Sewing School, of seventy scholars, who meet regularly every Wednesday forenoon: and also a branch Sabbath school in tlie western part of the city. This is hereafter to be under the superintendence of Mr. Wm. Fontaine and Miss Sarah Whitworth, and will, we trust, be a valuable aux- iliary to the general object. Should the blessing of the Almighty Being " whose we are, and whom we serve," be upon that and upon ms, it may lead us as our means and numbers increase, to establish schools in other sections of the city. There should be no limits to our zeal, or sphere of operations, and what we have hith- erto witnessed of the divine goodness, ought to inspire us with sacred ardor, in the pur- suit of enlarged benevolent enterprise; but while we are thankful for the smiles of our Redeemer on our labors, we cannot but add that we think much remains to be done to- wards improving and perfecting the system of Sabbath school instruction. Especially do we desire to impre&s on the minds of teachers, and parents, the vast importance of being 13 146 MARYLAND. deeply interested in the children committed to tlicir care — of devising and adopting new and interesting- modes of tcacliing, which sliall ensure the constant attendance of scholars and steady increase of the school. Teachers should feel the importance of prc'paring themselves thoroughly for their weekly duties, and make tltemselvcs acquainted with tlie most interesting modes of conveying the lessons of Scripture, to the understanding and the lieart. Teachers' meetings are of vciy great importance, as means of drawing out valuable suggestions, and quickening diligence and zeal. The government of a Sabbath school should possess a large share of attention. It is a government of motives, and requires every teacher to control his class by a moral and religious influence, which only will ensure the good feelings and regular attendance of the scholars. Every thing in a Sabbath school should be systematically and regularly performed. The superintendents are expected to regulate their classes according to their best judgment — to advance scholars from class toclass, and take sucii for teachers, as they may think prepared. They are to move the machinery of the school, but always with a strict regard to rules, and to the promotion of its general welfare. The teachers are expected to be regular in tiieir attendance, and thus set before the children an example, without which every school must soon become disordered and dis- couraged, deficient in numbers, and interest, and means. We wish, in closing, to make one suggestion upon the cultivation of Sacred music. The practicability and great utility of teaching children to sing, can no longer be doubt- ed, and it cannot be too earnestly recommended that much attention be paid to it, as an excellent means of interesting the minds of youth, and preparing singers who shall al- ways be able to assist in the praises of the church. It is hoped that there will be those found, who will feel it to be no less a privilege to teach the children this delightl ill science, than it is to other teachers to explain to them the truths of religion. Our thanks are due to the friends and patrons of the school ibr their liberality and sup- port. May the Lord reward them an hundred fold. Embarked, as we have, in what we feel persuaded is a good cause, we shall still confidently look for their kind encourage- ment and aid, trusting they will " not be weary in well doing, and in due season they shall reap, if they faint not." Our motto is, and shall be, " hitherto hath the Lord helped US, and in his strength we will go forward." A TABLE, Showing the state of those Associations in the New England and Middle States which stand opposed to the Benevolent Institutions of the Age, ASSOCIATIONS. STATES- CHS. D.CH. O.M. Lie. BAP. MEM. CONS. NET GAIN. NET LOSS. Baltimore Md. 18 3 11 4 667 1792 20 Delaware Del. 8 3 4 3 4 406 5 Delaware River Pa.N.J. 6 2 5 1 717 1836 2 Lexington N.Y. 9 5 5 2 10 919 1825 47 Juniata Pa. 8 6 2 187 3 Redstone Pa. 16 4 9 12 872 1777 1 Salisbury Md. 15 5 8 6 428 1782 13 Warwick N.Y. 15 6 9 3 7 896 1791 14 95 34 53 8 44 '5092 105 It will be observed that the foregoing table contains no Association in New England, and for the reason that there is none of that stamp in all that portion of the United States. In New England there are 799 churches and 73,318 church members — In the Middle States, 958 churches, and 90,256 members — Whole number in the New England and Middle States, 1757 churches, and 163,574 members. From these subtract the num- ber of anti-effort churches, as exhibited in the preceding table, and tliere remains 1662 churches, and 158,482 members. When we spcxak of Baptists opposed to benevolent institutions and to Christian enter- prise, we mean those who arc honestly and conscientiously opposed to modern missions, and to the "modus operandi" of every Christian enterprise of the present age. The great majority of the Baptists who withhold their support from the religious institutions of the age, are no doubt pious and faithful brethren. " Their opposition is doubtless founded in an honest conviction that the said institutions are without the sanction of a scriptural warrant, and therefore unauflioriscd and hurtful. And when tliese brethren sometimes indulge unkind and uncharitable expressions in relation to those from whom they differ, it is to be attributed in a great measure, perhaps entirely, to the teaching of those by whom they are misled. To such brethren we have always awarded the credit of candor, sincerity, and Christian principle." 147 DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA. BALTIMORE ASSOCIATION, 1835. MINISTERS. POST OFFICES. BAPT. MEM. CONS. 2 Washington Shiloh 1 Washington Alexandria Washington, D. C. Charles Polkinhorn Washington, D. C. COLUMBIA ASSOCIATION, 1835. 10. B. Brown, S. Chapin I Wasliington, D. C. I — I Alexandria, D.C. 83 30 148 231 1810 1831 1802 1103 Churches, 4 — Ordained Ministers, 2 — Baptisms, 6 — Members, 492. VIRGIxNIA. GENERAL ASSOCIATION. This body held its twelfth annual meeting in Richmond, April 25, 1335. Officers of the Board of Managers — J. B. Taylor, President ; William Sands, Corresponding Secre- tary ; Albert Snead, Rec. Secretary ; James C. Crane, Treasurer. Receipts, $2,565 70. Missionaries employed, 12. Results — (Churches constituted, three; Baptisms, 280; be- sides several Sunday schools established, and temperance societies formed. The Green, brier Association has doubled its numbers in about four years, under the labor of the missionaries. The next annual meeting of the Association will be held in Richmond. The following facts respecting the condition and prospects of this flourishing mission- ary association are taken from the Religious Herald : " Whilst we deeply regret that so many of our brethren stand aloof from this good work, and refuse to co-operate with us in sending the gospel to the destitute, it gives us pleasure to state, that at least four-fifths of the Baptists in Virginia are friendly to the General Association, and contribute to its funds. The opposing Associations are small, weak, and inefficient ; tiiose connected with the General Association are the largest, most active and influential bodies in the State. One of them, the Dover, contains considera- bly more members than all the opposing Associations combined. It is also a fact which those opponents would do well to ponder over, that the number of its friends is yearly increasing, and that nine-tenths of all the additions by baptism in this State are made to those churches which support the General Association ; whilst, on the other hand, some of the opposing Associations are yearly decreasing. In 1828, the General Association was chiefly confined to seven Associations, and only to a portion of the churches in those Associations. It has proceeded year after year in its course, gradually, though surely, gaining friends on every side. Constantly assailed, traduced, and misrepresented, it has hitherto successfully repelled the attacks of its enemies. During the two past years, its missionaries have baptized more persons than have been added to all the opposing churches. Since the last annual meeting, two additional Associations have agreed to send delegates, and recommended the General Association to the patronage of their churches. The following Associations now send delegates to the General Association: Acco- mac, Albemarle, Appomattox, Dover, Greenbrier, James River, Concord, Middle Dis- trict, Portsmoutli, Salem Union, Teay's Valley, and Union, in all 12, containing 256 churches, and 36,000 members. The churches in the following Associations contribute to the funds of the General Association, thotigh they do not send delegates to correspond as Associations, viz. Goshen and Shiloh, containing 55 churches and 8,500 members. The following Associations are divided on this subject: Roanoke and Columbia. The Associations decidedly opposed to the General Association, and which have declared non- fellowship with the friends of benevolent institutions, are the following: Pig River, Ke- tocton, Ebenezer, New River, Mayo, and the Minority in the Middle District — 58 churches, and 3600 members. Paterson's Creek and Washington may also be considered as opponents. These two Associations have 25 churches and about 900 members. The 148 VIRGINIA. account stands as follows : Corresponding' and fricndlyAssociations 12, churches in do. 33.1, members 47,520; — Opposing churches 115, members 7443. We have not classified Parkcrsburg', nor those parts of Mountain and Redstone wliich are in this State. Altogether these number 11 churches and 450 members. There are also 8 cliurcbes in Mcherrin — these may now be accounted as Reibrmers. With the increase which has accrued the present year, out of 58,000 members, 48,000 may be con- sidered as friendly to tlic operations of the General Association, and about 8,000 as op- ponents. THE VIRGINIA BAPTIST MISSIONARY SOCIETY, for Foreign Missions, held its 92d annual meeting in Richmond, April 27th, 1835. Officers, John Kerr, President; H. Keeling, Cor, Secretary; C. Walthall, Rec. Secretary; A. Thomas, Treasurer. Re- ceipts, $ 1200. THE VIRGINIA BAPTIST EDUCATION SOCIETY, held its 5th annual meeting in Richmond, April 27tli, 1835. Officers, John Kerr, President; Henry Keeling, Cor. Secretary; Wm. Sands, Rec. Secretary; R. C. Wortliam, Treasurer. This society has under its care the Baptist Seminary, located near Richmond, an account of which has been given in another place. Amount of receipts during the year, $3^02 10. Disburse- ments, $3754 39. THE YOUTH'S MISSIONARY SOCIETY of the 2d Baptist Church, Richmond, held its 4th anniversary, April 15th, 1835. Officers, John G. Hull, President; Joseph D. Timberlake, Secretary; John Rust, Treasurer. Annual receipts $ 100 and upwards. THE FEMALE MISSIONARY SOCIETY of the 3d Baptist Church, Richmond, held its 2d annual meeting, March 15th, 1836. Officers, Mrs. Tatum, President; Mrs. Roper, Vice President; Mrs. Keeling, Secretary and Treasurer. The society raised for Foreign Missions, the past year, $114 37, and has resolved to use every endeavor to raise for that object, at least $ 100 annually. RELIGIOUS HERALD. This periodical commenced in January, 1828, under the editorial care of William Sands, the present editor and proprietor. It is issued every Friday morning, at $2 50 per annum, if payment be made in advance, or $ 3 00 if pay- ment be delayed more than three months. ASSOCIATIONS AND CHURCHES. ACCOMAC ASSOCIATION, 1835. CHURCHES. ministers. POST OFFICES. BAP. MEM. CONS. L. Northampton Levin Dix Eastville 15 203 Red Bank Abel Harwood Eastville 5 211 Pungoteague — Pungoteague 10 107 Modest Town Wm. Laws Modest Town 6 109 Chingoteague ALBEMAl ILE DISTRICT ASS0CIA1 nON, 1835. 36 Blue Run John Goss Stony Point 10 245 Mt. Moriah — 21 391 Ebenezer — 16 105 1773 Chesnut Grove J. Goss Chesnut Grove 19 114 Eschal Benjamin Ficklin Hardin's 25 122 Panther Gap — 43 Mount Ed — 7 239 Free Union Lindsay's Store Maple Creek John Davis Pedlar's Mill 2 245 Nortli Garden Jas. Kinsloving North Garden 35 79 Ncriah — 29 191 Piney River — 9 90 Ballenger's Creek Charles Wingfield Warren 43 138 Liberty G. C. Trevillian Stony Point 150 Shiloh — 11 93 Charlottesville — Charlottesville 125 Rivanna Willis Huckstep Everettsville 47 VIRGINIA. 149 ALBEMARLE DISTRICT ASSOCIATION, 1S35— continued. Concord R. L. Coleman Scotts Ferry 121 Priddie's Creek — 2 276 Adiel Charles Wingfield Mount Horeb 24 313 U. Beaver Dam Stephen Eastin Boyd's Tavern 12 60 Pine Grove — 13 279 New Glasgow — 12 2 Mt. Moriah 12 APPOMATTOX ASSOCIATION, 1835. Sharon Daniel Witt Sandy Rvr. Church 24 262 Nottoway D. Witt Jennings Ordinary 19 88 Shiloh G. Mason Charlotte co. C 67 Providence E. Collins, J. S. Lee Harvey's Store 65 1774 Union Hill — Campbell 2 31 1786 Rocks A. A. Baldwin Walker's Church 5 92 1772 Ebenezer — Campbell co. 24 Hill's Creek Ed. Johns Campbell C. H. 2 71 Sailor Creek D. Witt Prince Ewd. co. 44 1781 Appomattox A. A. Baldwin Walker's Church 89 1773 Ash Camp Gilbert Mason Charlotte C. H. 13 120 1803 New Hope Gabriel Walker Oakville 27 217 Red Oak Samuel Davidson Buckingham co. 39 351 Spring Creek Eiisha Collins Prince Edwd. co. 61 Mossingford G. Mason Charlotte co. 18 246 New Chapel Campbell co. 5 127 Staunton River E. W. Roach Ruff Creek 3 74 1804 New Salem E. W. Roach do 4 84 Midway E, W. Roach 2 29 1834 Brookneal E. W. Roach Brookneal 4 72 Reedy Spring — J. S. Lee Concord 28 Stone Wall S. Davidson Concord 5 29 Liberty Thos. A. Legrand Flood's 11 32 Matthews P. Matthews, J. S. Lee 11 32 Maneyard's S. Davidson, G. Walker Oakville 14 1835 Mount Tirzah COI G. Mason .UMBIA ASSOCIATION, 1 335. 5 50 1835 Chappawamsic A. H. Bennett Aquia, Sta£ eo. 6 189 1767 Little Ri(?er John Ogilvie Aldie, Lou. co. 1 135 1769 Occoquan — Occoq'n, P.Wm.co. 79 1778 Hartwood John Clark Falmouth, Staf. 3 77 1786 Back Lick — S. Cornelius Fairfax, C. H. 113 1791 Fryingpan S. Trott Leesburg, Lou. 64 1792 Nanjemoy T. Conduit Nanjemoy 47 122 1793 1 Washington, D.C Obadiah B. Brown Washington, D. C. 1 148 1802 Alexandria, D, C. — Alexandria, D. C. 5 231 1803 Bethlehem S. Trott Brentsville, P. W. 1 67 1812 Grove T. Stringfellow Germanto'n Fair. 14 104 1812 Rock Hill A. H, Bennett Falmouth, Staf! 103 1812 Mount Pleasant S. Trott Fairfax, Fair. co. 86 1819 Rlk Run A. H. Bennett Elk Run Ch. Fau- 18 104 1822 Brent Town A. H. Bennett Brentsville, P. W. 51 1830 White Oak J. Clark Fredericksburg 7 165 1789 Fredericksburg I )OVER ASSOCIATION, 183 Fredericksburg 5. 501 1825 Boar Swamp John Carter Henrico co. 18 162- Bruington Eli Ball Aleytt's 23 500 1790 Beulah A. Broaddus, G. W. Trice 28 287 Black Creek W. Hatchett 26 564 1777 Bethlehem W. Hatchett, R. Chandler 9 174 Deep Run M. L. Jones Short Pump 32 284 Enon — John Micou Loretto 40 380 Emmaus James Clopton New Kent 47 421 13^ 160 VIRGINIA. DOVER ASSOCIATION, .835 — continued. Elam James Clopton Charles City 19 186 Four Mile Creek John O. Turpin Richmond 10 259 Farnham Thomas Braxton Farnham Church 7 132 1790 Ground Squirrel — Dentonsville 3 52 Goochland M. L. Jones Goochland 161 1771 Glebe Landing P. T. Montague Montague's 7 263 1772 Hopeful Jacob T. Tinsley Hanover 8 375 1807 Hermitage — Hermitage 23 341 1789 Hanover P. Montague Miller's 46 516 1789 Jerusalem T. C. Braxton Jerusalem 122 306 Liberty James Clopton New Kent 1 32 Lo'r King & Queen T. S. Morriss 19 490 1772 Mount Pleasant J. Clopton, D. Mountcastle Charles City 10 36 Mattapony William Todd Stevensville 31 185 Moratico Addison Hall, W. H. Kirk Lancaster 420 1778 Nominy Thomas M. Washington Westmoreland 24 674 1781 Pocoroane J. Spencer King and Queen 3 199 1807 Pope's Greek L. Marders Westmoreland 24 406 Piscatavvay Philip Moniagne Miller's 19 383 1774 1 Richmond J. B. Jeter, R. Ryland, W.F.Nelson Richmond 46 1684 1780 2 Richmond James B. Taylor Richmond 30 355 1820 3 Richmond Henry Keeling Richmond 3 49 Reeds G.W. Trice White Chimneys 17 309 1773 Rehobolh EU Ball Aylett's 32 309 Salem Andrew Broaddus Sparta 15 356 1802 Union Andrew Broaddus Mangohick 11 181 Up'r King & Queen Andrew Broaddus King and Queen 4 560 1774 Upper Essex P. T. Montague Montague's 32 590 1772 Upper Zion — Caroline 12 264 Wicomico Addison Hall Wicomico Church 57 530 1804 Zoar George Northam Healey's 15 243 1808 Exal — King and Queen 110 1775 New Bridge Henrico co. 6 32 1835 Webster's Isaac S. Tinsley Fife's, Gooeh. co. 125 1835 Ebenezer Gloucester co. 767 Grafton York CO. 154 1777 Good Hope Charles co., Md. 58 1832 Hampton Elizabeth City 229 1791 Matthews J. Dangerfield Matthews co. 241 1775 Petsworth Gloucester 605 1790 Union Gloucester 215 Warwick Warwick, C. H. 64 Zion Scervant Jones Williamsburg 150 Round Hill King George co. 179 James City James City 209 1773 African Church EB ENEZER ASSOCIATION, 1 Williamsburg 835. 413 Mount Carmel A. C. Booton, Wvu C. Lauck Luray, Page co. I 164 Mill Creek Robert Garnett Luray, Page co. 99 Big Spring A. C. Booton Luray, Page co. 59 South Branch — Franklin, Pen. co. 30 Lost River — Federal Hill 21 Salem — Harrisonburg 1 86 Hawksbill C. Kcyser, A. Broaddus Luray, Page co. 5 135 Brock's Gap Christopher Keyser 1 30 Union Forge A. C. Booton Stony Creek 1 49 Smith's Creek G( A. C. Booton )SHEN ASSOCIATION, 18 North Market 35. 10 59 Lyle's Robert Lilly Wilmington 22 289 Mount Herman J. A. Billingsley, J. L. Powell Mount Pleasant 16 180 Williams' J. Fife, C. F. Burnley 23 395 VIRGINIA. 151 GOSHEN ASSOCIATION, 1835 — continued. Elk Creek R. G. Coleman Harris' 32 216 Piney Branch J. W. Herndon Todd's Tavern 134 1789 Licking Hole J. Fife Fife's 882 1776 Wilderness J. W. Herndon Wilderness 93 1778 Foster's Creek William Y. Hiter Louisa, C. H. 2 221 Mount Pisgah J. C. Gordon Stevcnsburg 1 125 N. Pamunkey P. Crawford Newark 1 165 1774 Burruss' M. L. Jones, Wm. J. Chiles Oxford, Car. co. 107 417 1773 Free Union J. Goss 38 173 Waller's J. A. Billingsley Mount Pleasant 104 426 1769 Temperance M. L. Jones Verdon 3 54 Bethel Spilsbe Woolfolk Bowlinggreen 4 183 1800 Zion J. C. Gordon 155 Laurel Spring William Y. Hiter Laurel Spring 7 58 Craig's J. W. Herndon Todd's 9 117 1767 Good Hope J. W. Herndon 73 193 Fork T. T. Swift 3 154 Upper Gold Mine William Y. Hiter Louisa 106 Bybee's Road Stephen Eastin 11 86 Mount Gilead Robert Lilly Shanon Hill 27 137 Bethany J. A. Billingsley Mount Pleasant 31 291 County Line J. A. Billingsley Chilesburgh 23 273 Antioch Joseph A. Mansfield Cavesville 8 85 Massaponax L. Battaile, jr. Villeborough 5 159 1788 Zoar J. C. Gordon 156 1805 Mine Road P. Pendleton 17 90 1791 Lower Gold Mine William Y. Hiter Louisa 7 289 Little River Jacob T. Tinsley Hanover 140 Beaver Dam Alexander Barlow Verdon 378 Liberty GREl L. Battaile, jr. 3NBRIER ASSOCIATION, Villeborough 1835. 8 228 Greenbrier Lewis A. Alderson Union, Mon. co. 19 104 1781 Big Level John Spotts Lewisburg 23 84 1796 Zoar — John Spotts 6 32 Indian Creek Johnson Keaton Monroe 6 C5 1792 Blue Stone 4 49 1804 Guyandotte — M. Allison, F. Allison Guypndotte 41 85 Union Edwin W. Woodson Red Sulphur Sp'gs. 15 62 Healing Spring Shoemaker 56 Am well John Spotts 8 46 1823 Rocky Mount — 4 18 Walker's Creek 12 Hopewell John Spotts 10 73 Antioch 1 17 1832 Lick Creek John Spotts 2 38 1832 Sewel Valley JAM] ES RIVER ASSOCIATION, Sewell Valley 1835. 16 1835 Angola John T. Watkins Rains' 490 Bethany 1835 Buckingham P. P. Smith Physic Springs 437 Chesnut Grove 44 Cumberland Joseph Jenkins Trenton 483 Fork D. Anderson 412 Jerusalem 44 Mount Tabor 64 Mulberry Grove William Moore Buckingham, C. H. 335 Sharon 38 1835 Willis rOCTON ASSOCIATION, 1 335. 124 Ketocton Joseph Baker Waterford 3 41 1756 Mill Creek John Hutchinson Berkshire co. 4 65 1758 152 VIRGINIA. KETOCTON ASSOCIATION, 1835— continued. Broad Run Cumberland George Jcflersonton 10 172 1762 Buck Marsh Stephen Whittlesey Berryville 3 129 1771 New Valley William Marvin Lccsburg 11 1765 Thumb Run Cumberland George Jeffersonton 1 1!)2 1772 Happy Creek Thomas Buck, jr. Front Royal 46 1783 Goose Creek John Ogilvie Farrowsville 3 137 1767 South River Zach'h. J. Compton Front Royal 1 44 1770 Water Lick Thomas Buck, jr. Front Royal 4 66 1787 Zoar William Marvin Jefferson co. 9 61 1799 Ebenczer Samuel Trott Loudon CO. 30 1804 Salem Thomas Buck, jr. Frederick co. 78 Zion Thomas Buck, jr. Winchester 2 48 Winchester William Marvin Winchester 9 89 MEHERRIN ASSOCIATION, 1832. Reedy Creek Daniel Petty Brunswick co. 94 1775 Cedar Creek James M. Jeter Jonesboro' 77 1779 Mercy seat — Nottoway co. 21 Flat Rock — Lunenburg co. 1805 Tusekiah Pleasant Barnes Lunenburg co. 1777 Spring Field P. Barnes Lunenburg co. 15 Reedy Creek S. Shelburne, D. Petty Brunswick 204 Meherrin — Lunenburg co. 50 1771 Sandy Creek George Petty Wattsboro' 59 1786 Blue Stone W. Richards Spanish Grove 264 1772 Concord John B. Smith (^hristiansville 47 Ebenezer — Mecklenburg co. 109 Malones' — Mecklenburg co. 33 1773 James' Brunswick co. Fountain's Creek Greensville co. 1787 Zion MIDDLE DISTRICT ASSOCIATIO] Greensville co. V, 1835. j 1806 Bethel Anderson Johnson Coal Mines 102 Tomahawk Jordan Martin Chesterfield co. Powhattan John Woolridge Powhattan Hephzibah — Chesterfield co. 104 Zoar Edmund Goode Goode's 150 Skinquarter Edmund Goode Goode's 159 Muddy Creek — Edward Baptist Smith's X Roads Sandy Creek — 216 Spring Creek — Jordan Martin Chesterfield co. 486 Mount Pleasant William Hyde Mount Pleasant 21 Cartersville Francis C. Lowry Cartersville 16 46 Rehoboth William Belcher Chesterfield 2 Branch John H. Wilder Chesterfield Salem Leonard Nunnally Chesterfield 15 Union — Amelia county 6 46 Grubhill V. M. Mason Genito Bridge 232 Mount Hermon NEV Samuel Dorsett i RIVER ASSOCIATION, ] Chesterfield county [831. 18 1835 New River — Wythe C. H. 31 New Hope — West Fork 97 West Fork Jesse Jones, JV. Thompson 59 1803 Jack's Creek John Conner, J. Burnett 51 Smith's River S Hubbard, William Lee Patrick C. H. 44 Pine Creek Michael Howery 37 1803 Meadow Creek — J. D. Carter 36 1785 Union 29 Long Branch Rocky Mount 18 Liberty Joshua Adams 59 Salem Salem, N. C. 38 1784 VIRGINIA. 153 PARKERSBTJRG ASSOCIATION, 1835. Union Little Cacapon Big Cacapon North River Patterson's Creeii Timber Ridge George's Creek Mount Zion R. Berkley Wood county Bethesda Parkersburg A. Darrow Parkersburg Good Hope Washingt's Bottom PATTERSON'S CREEK ASSOCIATION, 1832. John Arnold — John Hutchinson Marcus Monroe Henry Louthan John Arnold Herbert Cool Jesse Monroe Burlington Little Cape Capon Allegany county North River M. H, Burlington Hampshire county Allegany co. Md. PIG RIVER ASSOCIATION, 1835. Little Creek Pig River Linvilie Stony Creek Back Creek Fairfield Snow Creek Bethel Reed Creek Chapel Mount Pleasant Leatherwood Town Creek Old York Gill's Creek M. Greer, T. F. Webb J. Pedigo, G, W. Kelly R. B. Beck, J. H. Eans A. Walker,S,Minter, O.Minter Franklin county PORTSMOUTH ASSOCIATION, 1835. Black Creek Black Water Beaver Dams Cumb'd St. Norfolk Cypress Swamp Elam High Hills Kcmpsville London Bridge Meherrin Market StPetersb'g Mill Swamp Muddy Creek 1 Norfolk Otter Dams Portsmouth Pungo, Rackoon Swamp Shoulder's Hill Smithfield Sappony South Quay Suffolk Tanner'sCk.X R'ds Tucker's Swamp Western Branch Zion AfricanCh. Petersb. Gillfield Deep Creek Great Bridge North West — S. Sherwood Samuel Brown J. K. Daughtrey — John Goodal — Gwaltney and Sherwood — Thomas B. Creath, R. T. Daniel, Josiah C. Bailey J. Hendren — George Norris — Thomas B. Creath — S. Sherwood Jonathan Bonney James Mitchell Thomas Hume Caleb Gordon — S. Murfee — J.L.Gwaltney, D.M.Woodson Smith Sherwood Thomas B. Creath Simon Murfee J. L. Gwaltney J. Hendren J. L. Gwaltney — John Harrell 1— Beaverdam Norfolk Kempsville London Bridge Petersburg Norfolk Portsmouth Portsmouth Smithfield C. H. South Quay Suffolk Petersburg Petersburg 4 32 1 29 19 13 26 2 4 4 5 1 12 49 30 54 5 6 3 1 2 15 ] 3 20 12 35 59 27 17 22 34 9 20 8 47 31 13 80 20 72 13 19 34 29 158 45 41 59 75 31 29 113 76 113 363 90 77 103 71 134 75 131 302 22 451 165 210 97 194 210 35 55 160 106 42 126 155 27 831 720 14 14 69 164 VIRGINIA. ROANOKE DISTRICT ASSOCIATION, 1S35. Arbor John G. Mills Edmunds' Store, Halifax CO. 20 75 1785] Black Walnut — John G. Mills Black Walnut, Hal. 36 170 1824 Buffaloc Staples Owen Republican Grove 1 48 1776 Catawba A. M. Poindexter, S. B. Rice Barksdale's Store 52 1773 Cliildry — John Hubbard Brookneal, Camp. 71 1783 Clover David B. McGehee Scottsburg, Hal. 99 1813 County Ijinc — 2 84 1771 Cross Roads — John G. Mills 8 135 1814 Dan River — D. B. McGehee Halifax, C. H. 8 68 1802 Danville — Hartwell Chandler Danville, Pitts'a. 1 29 1834 Ellis' Creek — George Petty Barksdale's Store 2 102 1813 Greenfield Griffith Dickenson Chalk Level 1 61 1800 Head of Birch Cr'k — William Blair 83 1787 Hunting Creek A. M. Poindexter Mount Laurel, Hal. 3 155 1775 Hyco 6 34 1818 Lower Banister G. Dickinson, W. H. Plunkett, R. D. Rucker 115 1795 Meadowfield Joel T. Adams Chalk Level, Pitt'a. 13 60 Mill William Blair 3 87 1770 Millstone A. M. Poindexter, D. Steel Barksdale's Store 52 1787 Mount Ararat — 2 52 1811 Mount Zion William Burns 12 79 1831 Musterfield D. B. McGehee Scottsburg, Hal. 6 58 1779 Polecat Thomas Lovelace Brooklyn, Hal. 35 1790 Republican J. Webb, J. Hubbard, T. Owen Republican Grove 3 98 1803 Sandy Creek William Blair 3 104 1824 Seneca Henry Finch 51 1804 Shockoe James H. Stone, J. Woodson Pittsylvania, C. H. 3 106 1803 Straightstone Ebed Angel Chalk Level, Pitts'a 1 101 Strawberry Orson Martin Calland's Store 35 Union — 47 1789 Upper Banister William Blair Pittsylvania, C. H. 2 84 1773 White Thorn Griffith Dickinson Pittsylvania, C. H. 48 1791 Winn's Creek SALE D. B. McGehee M UNION ASSOCIATION, Halifax, C. H. 1835. 3 120 1773 Long Branch Wm. F. Broaddus, T. Herndon, R. N. Herndon, C.S.Adams 24 234 1786 Bethel Wm. F. Broaddus Middleburg 9 235 1808 Liberty Liberty 8 55 1832 Providence T. S. Stringfellow, J. Neale I 26 1833 2 Upperville Wm. F. Broaddus Upperville 4 28 1833 Cedar Creek B. Grimsley Cedar Creek 7 25 1633 Falmouth Falmouth 4 .21 1834 Mount Hope T. Herndon Mount Hope 7 1835 Mount Zion SI R. N. Herndon IILOH ASSOCIATION, 183 5. 31 1835 Beth Car C. C. Connor, A. Carpenter, B. Creel, Robert C. Hill Madison, C. H. 18 91 Bethel James Garnett, J. M. Butt Culpeper, C. H. 8 132 Carter's Run Silas Bruce Warrenton, Fau.co. 133 Cedar Run J. Garnett, Wm. A. Martin Culpeper, C. H. 2 61 Crooked Run James Garnett Culpeper, C. H. 184 Fiery Run Joseph Baker Arnold's Old Place 3 49 FT W. F. Broaddus 16 261 Good Hope — Madison co. 5 108 Gourd Vine James Garnett Thompsonville 4 400 Hedgman River C. George JcflTLTson, Cul. CO. 2 207 Liberty E. G. Ship Madison co. 10 59 Mount Zion S. Bruce 5 45 Mount Poney John C. Gordon Culpeper, C. H. 18 148 Mount Salem W. F. Broaddus, B. Grimsley Rock Mills 1 198 Mount Lebanon S. Bruce Mount Lebanon 5 35 VIRGINIA. 155 SHILOH ASSOCIATION— coTj^inwecZ. New Salem C. C. Connor New Salem 3 30 Pleasant Grove E. G. Ship Orange co. 9 78 Rapid Ann John Garnett Madison co. 15 118 Robinson River A. C. Booton Madison co. 14 138 Stevensburg T. Stringfellow Stevensburg 18 71 Swift Run E. G. Ship Orange co. 27 127 TEAYS »' VALLEY ASSOCIATION , 18.35. Kanawha W. C. Ligon Hansford 40 201 1796 Coal River 129 1802 Olive Branch James Mitchell Ballardsville 11 48 1824 Falls of Coal 38 Forks of Coal 4 38 Healing Stream J. Mitchell Colesmouth 3 25 1833 Hopewell William Martin 4 26 1623 Aimwell William Martin Pocatalico 24 1835 Liberty William Martin Colesmouth 1 18 1835 Zoar William Martin Pocatalico 30 1828 Teays' Valley — 3 29 1805 Harmony William George Point Pleasant 6 50 1821 Providence 5 27 1833 Bethel William George 10 1822 Green Bottom William George 1 42 Big Sandy Goodwin Lickins Brown's 43 1811 Salem Hezekiah Adkins, jr. Barboursville 8 59 1833 Union Thomas Harmon Barboursville 3 62 1817 Pleasant Gooodwin Lickins Brown's 12 36 1833 Concord 15 1834 New River Thomas Harman Teayes Valley 20 51 1807 Bethesda — 26 1835 Antioch T TNION ASSOCIATION, 183 Liberty 5. 3 31 1835 Simpson's Creek J. H. Goss Clarksburg 10 39 Buchannon J. W. B. Tisdale Buchannon 30 Coon's Run James Gawthrop 6 33 Valley Thomas Collett Beverly 62 Little Bethel Cornelius HofF HofFsville 39 Union 34 West Fork J. Gawthrop 3 38 Broad Run J. J. Waldo, B. Holden\ Pruntytown 2 59 Eden W. K. Smith 1 36 Beulah Cornelius HofF HofFsville 1 45 Centre Branch A. C. Holden Harrison C. H. 42 Hephzibath A. C. Holden do. 21 Hephzibath,Lew. c. B. Holden 4 26 Booth's Creek J. Gawthrop 2 31 Hugh's River Cornelius HofF HofFsville 15 Cabzeal Cornelius HofF HofFsville 11 33 Tenmile J Allen 1 22 Mount Zion J. W. B. Tisdale Clarksburg 1 33 Freeman's Creek J. J. Waldo, B. Holden Pruntytown 28 Hopewell 24 Bethlehem Cornelius HofF HofFsville 13 33 Mount Moriah J. Barnet 28 54 Elam A. C. Holden Harrison 1 14 Hebron John Curry Pruntytown 5 15 Mount Olive B. Holden Harrison 3 33 Point Pleasant J. Barnet 3 17 Chowan Association, 1834. — Church — Great Fork. Minister — O. Savage, Nansemond. Mavo Association, — Church — Cascade, Danville, Pittsylvania co. Mountain Association. — Churches — N. Fork of N. River, Meadow Creek, Fox Creek. Red Stonk A.ssociation, 1835. — Churches — Forks of Cheat, Indian Creek, Wheeling Creek, Smith's Creek. Ministers — John Smith, James Jefferson, Ezra De Garmo. Strawberry Association, 1835. — Churches — Goose Creek, Glade Creek, Hunting 156 Creek, Difficult Creek, Otter, Mill Creek, Little Otter, Blue Ridge, Suckspring, Hole's Ford, Head of Goose Creek, Beavcrdain, Staunton, Timber Ridg^e, Burton's Creek, N. F. Otter, Catawba, Salem, Fincastlc, Bunker Hill, Long Mountain, James River, Patterson's Creek, Johnson's Creek, Providence, 25. Ministers — James Leftwieh, Bunkers Hill P.O.; Wm. McDermod, B. K. Milam ; L. Fellows, Fincastlc P. O.; Jesse Harris, Liberty P.O.; Jesse Jeter, Joshua Burnett, Salem P. O. ; A. C. Dernpsey, Fincastlc C. H.; G. W. Left- wich, John S. Lee, 10. Total members 1915. Washi.vgton Association — (From returns for 1830.) Churches. — Abram's Creek, St. Clair's Bottom, Reed's Valley, Indian Creek, Copper Creek, Vision, Roan's Creek, Mo- quson, Stony Creek, Bethel North Fork, Cassel's W^oods, New Garden, Deep Springs, with four others whose names arc not among the returns. The Ministers' names are not designated on the minutes. Churches, 18 — Ministers estimated at 11. Total number of members, 716. ZoAR Association, 1835. — Churches — Wheeling, Cross Creek. Ministers — R. H. Sed- wick, Wheeling P. O. VIRGINIA. 157 In preparing the tabular view of the churches in Virginia, we had before us the Minutes of 18 Associations for 1835. The Ministers of the Concord Association we have never seen. It is located, we believe, partly in Mecklenburg county. Supposing it to be a small body, we have estimated the cliurches at six, and the members at 500. The date of ail the Minutes will be seen by an inspection of the tables. From tlie preceding Summary, it appears that there are in Virginia, 25 Associations, 478 churches, 232 ordained ministers, 58988 members, and in 18 Associations, only 3278 baptisms in the last associational year. It appears also tliat the number of churches is more than double that of the ordained ministers, and yet not more than about 100 of them are without pastors. Many of the ministers have the pastoral charge of from two to five churches, which they serve by rotation. The churches give but little for the support of the ministry among them ; and some of them, departing entirely from the laws of Christ's kingdom, give nothing. Very few churches in Virginia, only four or five we believe in the whole State, enjoy the stated ministrations of the gospel every Lord's day from their own pastor. As a partial substitute for the stated weekly ministrations of the word, the churches have Camp Meetings,* and other large meetings frequently for several days' continuance, which are greatly blessed to the edification of the disciples, and to the conversion of sin- ners to God. The minutes generally are very deficient in statistical information respecting benevolent institutions. None of them present any thing like a. full report of what the churches are doing for the spread of the Gospel, and only a few of them contain even a partial account of their Sunday schools and other benevolent plans. All the information, however, which the minutes do contain, on these subjects, we have collected, and placed in appropriate columns in the summary. So far as the minutes give any account of the colored mem- bers in the churches, we have placed the same in a column for that purpose. In addition to the number of colored members designated in the summary, we notice two African cfiurclies, one in the Dover Association, at Williamsburg, 413 members; and the other in the Portsmouth Association, at Petersburg, 831 members. We learn from the last Report of the General Association of Virginia, that 13 associa- tions, and 280 churches, with 44186 members, are friendly to that missionary body, and sustain it by their contributions. Eleven associations, containing 160 churches, and 11400 members are opposed to the views and operations of that institution. While it is a mat- ter of deep sorrow that so many Christians should stand aloof from the missionary opera- tions of their brethren, and withhold tlieir aid from so good a cause, it is no less a mat- ter of rejoicing, that the number in the opposition is yearly diminishing by a change of views for the better. BRIEF VIEW OF ASSOCIATIONS AND CHURCHES. FIRST BAPTIST CHURCH, RICHMOND. The First Baptist Church, Richmond, was constituted in the year 1780, not long pre- vious to the surrender of the British army under Lord Cornwallis. In the military operations attending this decisive blow, which secured the blessings of liberty and inde- pendence to so many millions, the inhabitants of Richmond took a deep interest, and many of them were vigorous actors in this hallowed contest. While some were thus engaged in securing the civil liberties of their fellow citizens, others were 3'et more gloriously employed in founding a church of the living God, at a period when there was no religious society in Richmond but that still desecrated by alliance with the State. This little band scarcely exceeded, at the time of its constitution, the apostolic number ; it consisted of only fourteen members. They were united together under the pastoral care of Elder Joshua Morris, a member of Boar Swamp, from the neighborhood of which he removed to Richmond to undertake the charge of tiiis infant church. The congregation assembled in a building (recently removed) situated at the northeast angle formed by the junction of Cary street with Second street. Elder Morris continued his labors during several years, but subsequently removed to Kentucky. In 1788, Elder John Courtney took charge of the church; and his ministry appears to have been very much blessed. Could the writer have obtained the requisite documents, it would have been very pleasing to trace the gradual progress of the church ; but in this he has only been able to succeed partially. About 20 years after Elder Courtney had * ''amp meetinfts were not unknown to the first Baptists of Virginia Semple, in his history of the Virginia Baptists, relating events tliat look place in Orange, Spotlsylvania, Caroline and other counties, under the preaching of Elder .Tames Head, and the memorable Col. t?amuel Harris, about 60 or 70 years ago, says, " It was not uncommon at their great meetings fur many hundreds of men to camp on the ground — there wore instances of persons travelling more than 100 miles to one of these meetings ; to go 40 or 50 was not uncommon." Tbe same historian, in the biography of KIder John Waller, says, " He f Waller] also established what he called Camp Mcetivgs in which they con- tinued several days under certain written regulations." 14 158 VIRGINIA. become pastor, we find from a record preserved in Semple's History that the number of members had increased to 560. At this time, also, there were several of the brethren licensed preachers. In the year 1810, Elder Jolm Brice was associated with Elder Courtney ; upon his resignation in 1820, Elder Andrew Broaddus sustained for a few months the same relation to the churcli ; after whicii Elder Brice resumed his co-pasto- rate. Upon his finally removing in 1822, Elder Henry Keeling was chosen co-pastor, and continued the discharge of the duties of that office till after the decease of Elder Courtney. It was on the 18th of December, 1824, that tiiis venerable servant of Jesus, found that while to him to live had been Christ, yet to die was gain. He had faithfully served the church for thirty-six years, though bodily infirmities much diminished the fre- quency of his public labors, and for the two last years entirely suspended them.* In June, 1820, about five years previous to the decease of Elder Courtney, 17 members were dismissed for the purpose of forming a second Baptist church, wiiich, from this small beginning, has gradually increased, till it numbers nearly 350 members ; a result which tends greatly to promote the prosperity of the denomination, and which calls for devout thankfulness to the Author of all good. In the month of January, 1825, Elder Keeling resigned, and in March Elder John Kerr accepted the vacant charge. In the year 1826 — 7, the church was favored with a gracious revival, which resulted in the addition of above 200 members; and in 1831, during a series of protracted meetings, the labors of Elder Kerr, assisted by Elders Bap- tist and Fife, were blessed to an extent still more remarkable; in a period of less than 12 months, more than 500 members were added, 217 of whom were white persons. In the year 1831 — 2, a painful state of things existed, chiefly resulting from the infu- sion of the sentiments of Mr. A. Campbell, who, not having yet avowed the most ob- noxious of his errors, had unhappily been afforded the opportunity of gradually dissemi- nating them, by his frequently occupying the pulpit during his residence in Richmond as one of the delegates in the Convention for remodelling the Constitution of the State. The result was, the separation of above 70 members, who formed themselves into a society upon the principles they had been led to adopt, but whom the church determined not to fellowship. At the termination of this year, (1832,) Elder Kerr resigned his pastoral charge; but early in the year following, at the urgent desire of the church, partially resumed it, till they should succeed in obtaining another pastor. In May, 1833, Elder I. T. Hinton ac- cepted that appointment. During the following winter, a protracted meeting, held in conjunction with the Second Church, during which, brethren Hiter, Fife, Jeter, and Coleman, labored abundantly, was attended with the Divine blessing, and a considerable addition to both churches. The close of the year 1833 witnessed the constitution of a third Baptist cliurch, chiefly by members from the Second church, with which a few from the First church have been united ; Elder H. Keeling is the pastor. Peace and harmony exist between all the churches, and an active and persevering co-operation, under the Divine blessing, will ensure the fulfilment of the wise saying, "a three-fold cord that cannot be broken." In June, 1835, Elder Hinton removed to Chicago, Illinois, and iia the autumn follow- ing. Elder J. B. Jeter accepted the pastoral charge of the church. Total number of Members — Male 100 — Female 233 — Total white members 333. — Coloured Members, 1384. Total 1717. Officers — J. B. Jeter, Pastor. A. Thomas, J. Sizer, R. Reins, P. Winston, B. W. Walthal, J. Starke, Deacons. Christopher VValthal, and Wm. E. Clopton, Clerks. Peter Winston, Treasurer for the Pastor's fund — -James Sizer do. Poor's fund — W. P. Mann, do. Incidental expenses. Sabbath School. C. Walthal, Superintendent; W. P. Mann, Secretary; J. L. Apper- son. Librarian. Benevolent Institutions. Female Education Society, Female Missionary Society, Youth's Missionary Society, Domestic Mission Fund, Ladies' Bible Society. • During the period of Elder Courtney's ministry, the place of meeting was moved, a meeting house erected, and afterwards enlarged. In the year 1803, Dr. P. Turpin pre- sented as a gift to the Baptist church a piece of ground, on the brow of Shockoe Hill, fronting on H. street 134 feet, and extending 84 feet northward. A plain biiek building ■was erected, and some years afterwards, an eidargement was effected both on tiie eastern and southern sides, and the eastein wing allotted for the accommodation of the colored part of the congregation. In the year 1827, after the first i-evival during Elder Kerr's pastorate, the western wing was also added; making the present dimensions 100 feet from east to west, and 70 from north to south. VIRGINIA. 159 MEETINGS. Weekly — Sermons. — Lord's day, 1 1 o'clock a. m. and at night. Lord's day afternoon, (a sermon to the colored people.) Friday night at 7 o'clock. Thursday night at Bacon Quarter Branch. Prayer Meetings. — Tuesday night, at Bro. Maddox's, near the canal. Wednesday night, on Shockoe Hill and on Church Hill. Thursday night, Young Men's, in the Library. Female Prayer meetings — Tuesday afternoon, at the Pastor's, and Thursday morning at the Branch. Bible Classes. — Young Men's, Lord's day afternoon. Ladies', Tuesday afternoon. Monthly Meetings, ^c. — The Lord's Supper, the second Lord's day morning in each month. — Collection for the poor. For the incidental expenses — collection the first Lord's day morning in each month. First Monday — Concert Prayer Meeting for missions held alternately with the 3d Church. Second Monday — Concert Prayer Meeting for Sabbath Schools, in which the other Baptist and the Presbyterian churches unite. Second Tuesday — Church Meeting for exercising discipline among the colored mem- bers. Third Monday — Meeting of the Boards of the Education Society and General Asso- ciation. Fourth Monday — Regular Monthly Church Meeting. The Monthly Conference Meeting of tlie members of the church is held the Wednes- day before each Full Moon — on which occasions the district Prayer Meetings are omitted. A Union Meeting of the three Baptist churches, held the 3d week in each month ; with the First church, in January, April, July and October — with the Second, in February, May, August, and November — with the Third, in March, June, September and December. SECOND BAPTIST CHURCH, RICHMOND. This Church was constituted on the 12th of June, 1820, of 17 members, all of whom were dismissed from tlie First Church for that purpose. This little band, though labor- ing under peculiar disadvantages, succeeded in the erection of a brick building 50 feet by 60, which was opened for worship on the 15tli of October, 1822; and which has been occupied by them up to this time. When the church was constituted, Elder David Roper was chosen pastor, which relation was sustained by him until the failure of his health compelled him to decline the service. He resigned the office during the summer of 1826, and on the 28th of Februar}'^ following, was called by his heavenly master to engage in the employments of the upper world. Some time during the month of October, 1826, Elder James B. Taylor visited the city for the purpose of supplying the church, and after a trial of two months, he was chosen to succeed Elder Roper in the pastoral office. It will be seen by the list of names, that this church has greatly increased in the number of its members. These additions have been principally the fruit of three interesting revivals which have occurred since its constitution. The first commenced in the month of Octo- ber, 1826, and continued for twelve months, during which time about 60 persons were received. The second took place in the year 1830-1, when 200 were baptized; and the last during the winter of 1833-4, which resulted in the addition of 60 who professed sub- mission to the Redeemer. As a number of persons residing in the northern extremity of the city had become connected with the church, the expediency of constituting another church was agitated for several months, and with a view to this object meetings were commenced under the direction of Elder Henry Keeling, and a committee appointed for that purpose, in the month of February, 1833. These meetings resulted in the constitution of a third church consisting of 16 members, 14 of wliom were dismissed from the Second Church. This took place the first of December, 1833. Elder Henry Keeling is their pastor. In reviewing the history of the Second Church from its organisation up to the present time, there is the most abundant cause for devout thanksgiving to Him who has evidently smiled on their attempts to glorify his name. The most perfect harmony exists among the members; whilst there is an entire unanimity in those operations which are designed to give a more extensive spread to the Gospel of Jesus Christ. In order to give system to the benevolence of the church, and to allow each member the liberty to calculate on the amount God may enable him to contribute to each of the various objects of benevolence, it is thought the following plan may be useful. Let each lay by him in store for these seasons of special effi^rt. January, Tract Society. February, Sabbath Society. March, Foreign Missions. April, ) May, V June. ^ Domestic Missions. 160 July City Missions. August, Temperance Society. September, Tract Society — Bible Society. October, i November, > Education Society. December, 3 do. November. do. May. do. March. do. September. REGULAR MEETINGS. Sermons. — Lord's-day, 11 o'clock, A. M. and night. Lord's-day afternoon to the colored people. Wednesday night, 7 o'clock, P. M. Prayer Meetings. — Church Prayer Meeting, lecture room, Friday night. Young Men's Meeting, Saturday niglit. Female Prayer Meeting, Monday afternoon. Bible Classes. — Church Bible Class, Sunday afternoon. Female Bible Class, Saturday afternoon. Monthly Church Meeting. — Thursday night before the two last Sundays — each month. Church Meetings of March, June, Sept. and December, quarterly financial meetings. Lord's Supper. — Last Lord's-day in each month — Collection for the poor. Monthly collection to defray contingent expenses — second Lord's-day, A. M. each montli. Concert Prayer Meetings for Missions, held with each Baptist church, alternately, first Monday night in each month. Concert Prayer Meeting for Sabbath Schools, in which the other Baptist and the Pres- byterian Churclies unite, second Monday night in each month. SABBATH SCHOOLS. Sunday School No 5. Lecture Room. Four officers — twenty-one teachers — one hun- dred and fourteen scholars — library. Sunday School No. 8. Bacon Quarter Branch. Four officers — ten teachers — fifty scho- lars — library. Sunday School No. 10. County Court House. Two officers — 8 teachers — 30 scholars. BENEVOLENT SOCIETIES. Female Education Society, Annual Meeting in May. Female Foreign Missionary Society, Female Domestic Missionary Society, Youth's Missionary Society, Youth's Bible Society, Maternal Association, Monday afternoon in each month. Young i\Ien's Society for Moral and Intellectual Improvement, meets weekly, annual meeting July 4th. Officers. — James B. Taylor, Pastor; Jesse Snead and James C. Crane, Deacons ; Silas Wyat, Secretary ; George Steel, Treasurer. Albemarle Association. — Beyond the ordinary business of this body, we perceive no- thing of any interest in the minutes. The churches are generally favorable to benevo- lent institutions, and we regret to see these passed by without notice in the minutes. We notice tJie following churches belonging to this association. Blue Run — Abiding in peace and harmony in the true faith once delivered to the Saints: Added during tiie assoeiational year by baptism 10, restored 1, dismissed 2, excommuni- cated 1; present number .3y whites, 206 blacks. Within its bounds a Sunday school and two Temperance societies. Mount Mnriah — Added by baptism 8 whites, 13 blacks, dismissed 18, deceased 2; whites 108, blacks 283. Ehenezer — Supplied with preaching by the general association. Added by baptism 16, dismissed by letter 8; whites 27, blacks 78. A Sabbath school, a Missionary society con- tributing $ 40, and a Temperance society. Mount Ed — In peace and harmony. ' Added by baptism 7, dismissed by letter 3, ex- cotnniunicated 3, reclaimed 1; whites 92, blacks 147. This church pays to its Minis- ter $ 100, Neriah — Added by baptism 29, by letter 5, excommunicated 6, restored 3, dismissed by letter 3, deceased 3; whites 118, blacks 73. A Missionary and a Temperance society, a Sunday school and regular prayer meeting. Piney River — Added by baptism 9, received by letter 3, excommunicated 1; whites 84, blacks C. Shiloh — Added by baptism 11, received by letter 5, dismissed by letter 8, excommuni- cated 5, deceased 1; whites 52, blacks 41. A Temperance and a Missionary society. Charlottesville — Whites 95, blacks 30. A Sunday school and a Temperance society within its bounds. VIRGINIA. 161 Adiel — Added by baptism 24, by letter 1, dismissed by letter 4, excommunicated 5; whites 143, blacks 170. Prayer meetings, a Missionary and a Temperance society: — to the Missionary Fund $ 13, for Ministerial services $ 100. Upper Beaver Dam — In peace and harmony. Added by baptism 12, by letter 4; whites 55, blacks 5. A Missionary society, auxiliary to the General Association, and a Tem- perance society. Pine Grove — Added by baptism 13, by letter 2, dismissed by letter 4, excommunicated 1; whites 44, blacks 235 — two Sunday schools and a Missionary society. Appomattox Association. Sharon church in Prince Edward county, has the pastoral services of Daniel Witt. Twenty-four have been added the last year. The total number is 262. They are an active people, forwarding the religious enterprises of the day. — They have a Temperance society, a Domestic Missionary society, a Foreign Missionary society, and a Sunday school. Their labors have been blessed, and we hope still larger blessings await them. If the Bible be true, the windows of heaven would be opened, and blessings poured out, if we would bring all the tithes into the storehouse of the Lord of Hosts. Red Oak church in Buckingham county, is the largest church in the district. Baptiz- ed during the year, 39. They approve of benevolent efforts, and have a Sunday school and Temperance society. Number of members 351 — pastor, Samuel Davidson. Ash Camp is in the S. E. part of Charlotte, under the pastoral care of Gilbert Mason. The number of members is 120. They have received 13 by baptism. They are an effi- cient people, entering with heart and Jiand into the use of means for the amelioration of the condition of the human family. They will have an efficient Ministry: I'liey support their pastor: they meet and speak as in days of old, often one to another. More than half of their present number has been added during two years. They have a Sunday school and Temperance society. Dover Association. — This association embraces upwards of 17000 members, and is much the largest body of Baptists in the United States. The churches are scattered over a territory of more than 100 miles in extent, and are generally active in the support of benevolent institutions. At the last session, a committee was appointed to consider the expediency of dividing the Association, so as to .secure greater convenience and efficiency in the cause of God. The following churches belong to this body: Bruington — This church sustains a Sabbath School, Education Society, Burman Bible Society, Domestic Mission Society, a Female Missionary Society, and a Temperance So- ciety. There is preaching twice in a montli, and meeting every Lord's Day. The monthly concert of prayer is regularly held. Universal peace prevails. Eli Ball, pastor. Union, {Mangohick.) — Enjoys the blessing of peace, and has received some tokens of good. Its members encourage most of those societies by which the gospel is advanced, particularly the Bible, Education, Missionary and Temperance Societies. It has a Sab- bath school in a growing state. Andrew Broaddus, pastor. Beulah — During the past year nothing of importance has occurred. The church en- joys peace. Meetings well attended. The Societies connected with the church are gen- erally well sustained. There is a Female Working Society auxiliary to the Virginia Baptist Education Society, a Sabbath School, Bible, Temperance and Missionary Socie- ties. Andrew Broaddus, pastor. Deep Run — Enjoys peace and unanimity. Holds regular district prayer meetings. — Favors all the benevolent plans of the day. Has a Female Missionary Society, Tempe- rance Society, Colonisation Society, Bible Class and Sunday School. M. L. Jones, pastor. Third Church, Richmond — Is in a pleasant condition, and though small in number, has been prospered. The meetings are well attended. They blame themselves that more success has not attended the means of grace. One has been licensed to preach the gos- pel, and one has been set apart and sailed as a missionary of the cross to India. A Sun- day School and Bible Class are in operation. This church supports one Beneficiary in the Virginia Baptist Seminary, and has a flourishing Female Foreign Mission Society. Pastor, 11. Keeling. Ketocton Association. — This is the oldest Association in Virginia, and the fifth in America, being formed in 1766. The Piiiladelphia, the Charleston, Kehukee and Sandy Creek Association were formed before it. In 1833, Ketocton contained 19 churches, and 1800 members. It is now reduced to 10 churches, with 538 members. At tlie last ses- sion delegates from 15 churches, containing 1209 members, convened and adopted the following resolution: " Resolved, That this Association have no fellowship with any Baptist church, or indi- 14* 162 VIRGINIA. viduil member of a Baptist church, who connect themselves with any of the societies commonly known by the name of the Benevolent Institutions of the day." This resolution was opposed by the delegates of five of the largest churches, but ten of the churclies voting for its adoption, it was of course carried. These five churches, Broad Run and Thumb Run, Elder C George, pastor, Goose Creek, Elder John Ogilvie, Buck Marsh, Elder Stephen Whittlesey, and Ketocton, Elder Joseph Baker, contain 671 mem- bers, a majority of the whole number, leaving but 5.38 members in favor of this resolu- tion. The minority have thus been enabled to exclude the majority, having the larger number of churches. As the above 5 churches no longer consider tliemselvcs a part of the association, it now consists of only 10 churclies and 538 jnembers. Middle District Association is located principally in Chesterfield county. At its last session this association agreed to send a delegate to the General Association, in conse- quence of which five churches withdrew, assigning as the only cause of their complaint against the general association, that a seat cannot be obtained in that body without the payment of a specified sum; although they were not required nor solicited to contribute any portion of that sum. The two following churches belong to this association: Bethel, Chesterfield co. — A. Johnson, pastor; — No. of white members 64, colored, 38, making 102. Preaching at Bethel 2d and 4th Sabbaths; Bethlehem 3d do. There are at this church, a Sabbath School, Missionary, Tract, and Temperance Societies; the last of which contains between 80 and iJO members, and is exerting a considerable influence over the neighboring population. Grubhill, Amelia. — V. M. Mason, pastor; — number in fellowship, 32 white members, 200 colored. Third Sabbath is the stated time of preaching at Grubhill; the time at Mt. Tabor, not mentioned. This church is favorable to all the benevolent operations whose object is the glory of God, and the welfare of immortal souls. At Mount Tabor, (a new meeting house recently built for this church) is a Sabbath school. Roanoke Association. — This Association, collectively as a body, does nothing for the promotion of benevolent institutions ; but some of the churches, (perhaps half of them) are friendly to those institutions and do sometliing to promote them. Since the last ses- sion, which was held at Tomb's Meeting-house, in Halifax county, Samuel B. Rice has been ordained to the work of the ministry, and appointments have been made for the ordination of Joe! Hubbard, Henry Fincli, William H. Plumkctt, and Hartwcll Chandler. John Hubbard, pastor of Child ry Church, has removed to Kentucky, and Joseph S. Baker, pastor of the church in Danville, has removed to Clarksville, in the bounds of the Concord Association, in Mecklenburg county. The Danville Church mentioned above, was constituted in June, 1834, having been gathered by the labors of Joseph S. Baker, who resided at Danville from March, 1834, till the autumn of the following year, when he removed to Clarksville, and took charge of the church in that place. When he commenced his labors at Danville, there were but seven or eight Baptists in the place. During his residence there, eleven were added to the church by baptism, and several by letter, increasing the number of members to 29. The church has a flourishing Sabbath school. The members are friendly to the benevo- lent operations of the day. I'hey have erected a large and commodious house of worship, of brick. This church, with the one at Caswell C. H., which was also under the pastoral charge of Elder Baker at the same time, is well able to support a pastor. Portsmouth Association. — New Market Street Church, Petersburg, belongs to this body. The members consider it their duty to sustain the church of Christ in all their efforts to evangelise the world. They have a Foreign Missionary Society, which paid last year $54; an Education Society, which defra3's the expenses of a young man preparing for the ministry. The Bible, Tract, and Temperance societies have their cordial approbation. They have an interesting Sabbath school, containing 17teaclicrs and 130 scholars, 'i'hey have contributed the past year the sum of $50 towards supplying the world with the Bible, and $70 to aid in supplying the destitute in Virginia. They are at present without a pastor. Portsmouth Church reports that they have "never been more eminently blessed of the Lord, nor received greater and more multiplied proofs of the Divine goodness" than dur- ing the past year, having enjoyed an outpouring of the Spirit of God, wuh an increase of numbers. They support a Sunday school ot 340 scholars and 25 teachers. They arc decided in the cause of temperance, have a Foreign and Domestic Missionary Society, and encourage and aid every benevolent institution. Pastor, Thomas Hume. Strawberry Association. — The last session of this Association was held at Catawba meeting-house, in Bottetourt county. Wm. Lcnw]ch, Moderator, and John S. Lcc, Clerk, One rather singular feature in the Minutes is the paucity of messengers, the 25 churches sending but 31 messengers. Several of the churches send only one, none more than two. VIRGINIA. 163 The cliurchcs in this Association are generally friendly to benevolent institutions, and in past years have contributed liberally to the funds of the General Association. Tkays' Valley Association is located in Western Virginia, and has increased consi- derably in numbers and ctHciency since the removal of Elder William C. Ligon to this country in 1833, trom the Greenbrier Association. The Association embraces 23 churches, 8 ordained ministers, and 10 licentiates. The brief sketciies that Ibllow are taken from the Minutes of the last session. Kanawha. — This church was constituted on the 2d day of July, 1796, by John Alder- son, Josiah Asborne and James Johnston. Elder Johnston discharged the duties of pastor until tlie year 1803. The cliurch appears to have been destitute of pastoral labors until the year 18UG, at which time Elder John Lee was called to the pastoral care, which ofEce he filled until the year 1817. Elder John Morris then officiated as pastor for one year only, ailer wliich the church was destitute of pastoral aid until the year 1825. The labors of Elder VV. A. Wood were then procured, which were continued until Jiis death, in the year 1833. W. C. Ligon, the present pastor, labored occasionally with Elder Wood in his latter days, within the bounds of this church ; their joint labors were pro- ductive of a revival which eventuated in a large addition of members. Coal River. — This cliurch appears to have been constituted in the year 1802, of 13 members, by John Alderson, J. Asborn, and J. Johnson, the latter of whom was chosen pastor. It does not appear how long he continued in the pastoral office, but the historical sketch furnished by the clerk of this church, represents that elder W. A.Wood officiated as her pastor from the year 1813 until his death. In her letter to tlie present Associa- tion, she deplores the want of ministerial services, begs the Association to devise some plan by which she may enjoy the advantages of stated preaching, and expresses the ap- prehension that the time of her dissolution is rapidly approaching, if no such aid can be procured. Olive Branch. — This church was constituted by W. A.Wood and J. Morris, in Octo- ber 1824. The members, l!) in number, of which it was constituted, were the fruits of the joint labors of W. A. Wood and P. Newman, the former of whom was chosen pastor, which office he filled till the year 1830. Since that time J. Mitehel has officiated as pas- tor, under whose labor the church has been gradually increasing. Falls of Coal. — Your clerk is in possession of no means of information relative to the early history of tiiis church. It sent neither letter nor messenger to the present Associa- tion, the consequence of an unhappy state of things, which is thought to be the result of the deleterious efforts of Mr. David Harbor, who wrs recently expelled from Teays' Val- ley Church for refractory conduct. Her case, however, is far from being a desperate one, and hope is indulged that the committee deputed by this Association to visit the church will succeed in restoring harmony. Forks of Coal. — The letter from this church contains no information relative to its history. It appears to be gradually increasing. Healing Stream. — From the history furnished by the clerk of this church, it appears that it was constituted in the year 1833, by J. Ellison and J. Mitchell, of members who had been dismissed for that purpose from Olive Branch Church. J. Mitchell was called to take the pastoral care, in which office he has been continued to the present time. The church appears to have moved on harmoniously. Hopewell. — This church was constituted on the 31st of March, 1823, by J. Ellison and W. Martin, of 13 members, who had been dismissed for the purpose from Zoar church. W. Martin was called to the pastoral charge, the duties of which office he has discharged to the present time. Zoar. — This church appears to have been constituted in the year 1828, and consisted at first of 29 members. T. Harmon and E. Humphrey assisted at the constitution, the former of whom was called to the pastoral care, in which office he continued until Janu- ary, 1833. In November, 1834, W. Martin was chosen pastor, the duties of which office he continues to discharge. Teays'' Valley. — This church was constituted in the year 1805, and enjoyed the pas- toral labors of Joiin Lee, until the year 1813. David Harbor was then engaged to dis- charge the duties of the pastoral office, who continued his labors until some time in the current year. The letter from which this sketch is compiled says, that the church suffer- ed a state of coldness from the year 1813 until the year 1829 ; about which time a revival, the result of the joint hibors of T. Harmon, D. Harbor, and J. Canterbury, eventuated in an addition of 23 members. Harmony. — This church appears to have been constituted in June, 1821, and consisted at first of 18 members. William George was ordained at the time of the constitution of the church, to discharge the duties of the pastoral office; in which he has been continued 1 64 VIRGINIA. until the present time. The history furnished by tiie clerk of this church says they " have generally enjoyed much peace." Providence — The letter addressed to the present Association represents that this church came into existence from the labors of Thomas Harmon, and was constituted in Janua- ry, 1S33. Bethel. — This church appears to have been constituted in the year 1822, and consisted of 18 members, who had been dismissed for the purpose from Harmony church. W. George was chosen pastor at the time of the constitution of the church, the duties of ■which office he still continues to discharge. Union. — This church was constituted June the 12th, 1817, of 15 members. The offi- ciating presbytery consisted of J. Morris and D. Harbor, the former of whom w-as called to fill the pastoral office, the duties of which lie continued to discharge until the )'ear 1825 ; from which time T. Harmon has officiated as her pastor. Green Bottom. — The time at which this church was constituted, is not specified in the letter from which this sketch is compiled. Its constitution appears to have resulted from the joint labors of \V. Fuson and David Harbor, tJie latter of whom dischargrd the duties of pastor until tJie year 1829. W. George is now officiating as pastor of this church, which office he has filled Ixom the year 1831. Big Sandy. — This church was constituted in the year 1811, of 12 members. P. New- man discharged the duties of the pastoral office until his death, after which the church appears to have been destitute of pastoral labors for some time ; but the members did not " forsake the assembling of themselves together, as tiie manner of some is," but conti- nued to meet at stated periods, for prayer and business, until Goodwin Likins, one of their members, was ordained to the gospel ministry, and filled the pastoral office ; in which he has been continued to the present time. The church appears to have prospered, and is still prospering. Salem. — T. Harmon and G. Likins constituted this church on the 11th day of August, 1833, of 32 members. H. Adkins, jr, was called to discharge the duties of pastor, and is yet sustaining the same important relation to the church. Pleasant. — This church was constituted on the 12lh day of August, 1833, and was composed of 47 members. It appears to have prospered greatly, having dismissed a suffi- cient number of members to constitute two other churches. Goodwin Likins is pastor of this church. Concord. — This church appears to have been constituted in August, 1834. Her ex- istence has been short but happy ; the sketch furnished by tiie clerk says, " We have had the gospel preached to us monthly, and have enjoyed much peace and union in our little body." Mud River. — This church was constituted in November, 1807, by J. Alderson and J. Lee, and consisted of 20 members. J. Lee, J. Morris, E. Humphrey, and T. Harmon, successively discharged the duties of pastor, the last of whom fills the office at the pre- sent time. Nothing remarkable appears to have transpired till about the year 1830; dis- sentions then prevailed, which eventuated in the separation of six members from the church, after which it suffered truly a wintry time, until sometime in the current year, when a restoration of the members which left the church was effected, which was imme- diately succeeded by happiness and prosperity. Aimwell. — This is a newly organised church, having been constituted some time during the current year. The brief synopsis of her faith, as expressed in the letter to the Asso- ciation, asking to be recognised as a member of that body, proves that it was constituted on purely evangelical principles. The views of tiie church in relation to the benevolent operations which so wonderfully distinguish this day of effort, are, to say the least, ex. pressive of liberality. W. Martin fills the pastjral office in tliis church. Bethesda. — This church was admitted to membership in the Association at the present session, having been constituted on the 12th day of July last, of members dismissed for the purpose from Pleasant church. T. Harmon and G. Likins composed the presbytery that officiated at its constitution. Antioch. — This is also a newly organised church, having been constituted by T. Har- mon and G. Likins on the 11th day of July last, and received into the Association the present session. The members of which it was constituted were likewise dismissed from Pleasant church. It appears to be in a state of progression, having received some addi- tions since its constitution. Liberty. — This church was constituted on the 18th day of INIay last, by W. Martin and T. Harmon, of members dismissed for the purpose from Zoir church. W. Martin was called to discharge the duties of the pastoral office. This Church was also received into the Association at the present session. NORTH CAROLINA. 165 Names of Preachers in connection with the Teays^ Valley Association. ORDAINED. rOST OFFICES. LICENTIATES. POST OFFICES. Thomas Harmon Barboursville Wythcl A. Wood Coal's Mouth Willi.un Martin Pocatalico Samuel T. Wiatt Buffalo James Mitchell Ballardsville Hezekiah Chilton Point Pleasant William George Point Pleasant John Canterbury Handley's Hezekiah Adkins, jr. Barboursville Anthony Plyman Brown's Goodwin Likins Brown's Edward Nappcr Barboursville Elias Humplirey Barboursville Kelly Elkins do. William C. Ligon Hansford ■ Jacob Adkins do. William Adkins Ballardsville William Walker do. NORTH CAROLINA. CONVENTION. The Fifth Annual Meeting of the Baptist State Convention of North Carolina, was held at the Union Camp Ground, Rovvan county, Oct. 30 — Nov. 3, 183.5. Officers — Alfred Dackery, President ; Thomas Meredith, Samuel Wait, and Joseph B. Outlaw, Vice Pre- sidents; John Armstrong, Wake Forrest P. O., Cor. Secretary ; James McDanicl, Rec. Secretary ; William Roles, P. M., Rolesville P. O., Treasurer. Tlie next session of the Convention will be held at the Country Line Church, in Caswell county, to commence on Friday preceding the 2d Lord's daj' in November, 1836. The missionaries employed by the Convention are John Culpcper, sen., James Thomas, William J. Finlay, and brethren Haynes, Richards, and Freeman. John Culpeper, sen. travelled 195 days, preached 155 sermons, attended 5 Associations, and seven protracted meetings from 4 to 13 days continuance. James Thomas travelled six months, preached 179 sermons, and baptized 22 persons. William J. Finlay travelled 127 days, and preached 124 sermons, besides attending several protracted and other meetings. The current year they employ two Agents, exclusively devoted to their work, and as many missionaries as their lunds will permit. The Managers of the Convention have two beneficiaries under their patronage at the Wake Forest Institute, both pursuing a classical course of study. The following is the conclusion of their Report. " In reviewing the past, the Board cannot refrain from expressing their gratitude to God for the great mercy that has attended the efforts of the Convention. Every thing that the Convention has touched, has prospered. By the grace of God, our missionaries have been successful in turning souls to the Lord ; and our Agents have, to a very great extent, raised up the Denomination to a sense of its duties, and of the wants of the peo- ple. The Great Head of the church has especially blessed the Wake Forest Institute. The past has been one continued series of successes, for which our prayer is," Lord give us thankful hearts." The future is before us — we have the promise of him who is truth itself, that if we faint not, we shall reap." Sabbath Schools. — We have no means of ascertaining the number of Sabbath Schools in the Ba[itist churches in North Carolina. The Cape Fear, Pee Dee, and Sandy River Associations report 22 Schools and 22 Temperance Societies within their limits. There- are probably others in these Associations not reported, for we find the Minutes exceed- ingly deficient in tiiis respect. In the Report of the Convention the whole number in the State is estimated at 228 schools, 1815 teachers, and 11,416 scholars. The Mountain Union Baptist Mission Society, auxiliary to the American Baptist Home Mission Society. This Society was formed in 1834, under the name of the Western Baptist Convention, but at the first annual meeting held at Franklin, October 2d and 3d 1835, they resolved to be known in future by the above name. Officers — Humphrey Posey, President ; Adam Carn, Vice President; George F.CdleVr Treasurer;: James Whilakcr, Franklin P. O., Secretary. The next annual meeting will be held on Thursday after the fourth Lord's day in August, 1836, at Cowee, Macon county. The amount of contributions was $149, of which sum the little church on Valley River 166 NORTH CAROLINA. in the Cherokee Nation, of which J. Whitakcr is a mcmhcr, contributed S.'SO. A part of this sum was paid by full blooded Chorokces, and designed to procure the ministerial services of Elder Posey in whom the Chcrokees have more confidonec than in any other man living- on the earth. We learn that Elder Posey has engaged to serve this church once in two montlis. Thk Hini.icAL Recorder is published every Wednesday, at Newbern, Thomas Mere- dith, Editor. — Terms $2 50 per annum if paid wiliiin six months, or $3 if paid subse- quently to that period. The Committee of the Convention make the following report respecting the utility and importance of this periodical. " The present prosperous condition of the Convention, must in some considerable de- gree, be referred to the influence of the press. The Interpreter contributed largely to enlighten the minds of our brethren on the importance of the various objects of the Con- vention. The Biblical Recorder succeeded the Interpreter, and during the last year, it has been a powerful au.xiiiary to the benevolent efforts of the age. It admits of a doubt with your Committee, whether as a Convention, we could now get along at all, without the aid of a jieriodical. We have no hesitation in saying, that our success will be pro- portionate to the extent of its circulation. Your Committee cannot say too much in praise of the able, and successful manner in which the editor has conducted his paper." ASSOCIATIONS AND CHURCHES. ABBOTT'S CREEK ASSOCIATION, 1835. CHURCHES. MINISTERS. POST OFFICES. BAPT. MEM. CON. Lick Creek 18 Abbott's Creek A. Swaira 1 106 Hunt's Fork — 23 Timber Ridge — 2 24 Big Creek — 32 Tom's Creek P. Snyder 57 Jamestown Jamestown 28 New Friendship J. Spurgin 1 27 Mount Tabor 21 HoUoways L. Snyder 1 14 Bush Creek — 19 Pine, M. H. 13 34 Sandy Creek BE ULAH ASSOCIATION, 183 5. 21 County Line The names of ministers are 3 57 Clement not designated on the mi- 21 62 Beulah nutes. 1 18 Mar's Hill CAI »E FEAR ASSOCIATION, 1 835. 20 Ash Pole — Dwight Hays Robeson co. 2 179 Big Branch Elias Davis Robeson CO. 92 Saddle Tree — do do 33 Burnt Island — Dennis Lennon do do 2 52 Lebanon Dwight Hays do do 4 71 Pleasant Grove William Ayers do do 2 47 Ebenczer P. C. Conoly do do 3 55 Mount Eliam Dennis Lennon do do 2 68 Beaverdam David Tliamcs Bladen county 3 114 Mount Pleasant William J. Finlay do do 56 Hickory Grove Elias Davis do do 6 48 Cross Roads Dennis Lennon Columbus county 16 124 White Marsh — do do 10 Seven Creeks do do 28 Beaverdam — do do 99 Porterswamp William Ayers Columbus county 5 85 Iron Hill >i Roads, Wake Bctliel, Mount Zion, Wake Union, Cedar Fork, Raleigh, Wake Liberty, Mount Pisgah, Cumberland Union, Shady Grove, Holly Spring, Piney Grove, Johnston Liberty, New Bethel, Sniithfield, New Hope, Mud- dy Spring, Rolesville. Ordained Ministers — John Purify, Stephen Lentcr, Jonathan Stephenson, Geo. W. Purity, Wm. Dupree, Nicholas A. Purify, and Wm. H. Jordon, at Raleigh. Licentiates — Joel B. CliRon, Kindriek Johnson, David Thomj)son, James S. Purify, E. Holland, David Justice, Jesse Howel, and D. Oliver. The additions by baptism the past year, are 33. Rolesville Church was received into this association at its last session — Rolesville P. O., Wake co. — Wm. Roles, P. M. Churches 19 — Ordained Ministers 6 — Licentiates 8 — Members 1381. TAR RIVER ASSOCIATION, 1835. Churches — Allen's M. H., Haywood's, Flat Rock, Sandy Creek, Redbud, Peach Tree, Maple Spring, Shiloah, Sapliony, Sandy Grove, Reedy Creek, Nashville, Bear Creek, Fish- ing Creek, Hickory Chai)pel, Tarborough. Ministers — Thomas Crocker, Gideon Bass, Amos J. Battle, Nashville P. O. These are tlie only names of ministers we can ascertain, as they are not designated on the minutes. We are intbrmed, however, that there are 10 Ordained Ministers, and 3 Licentiates, be- longing to this association. The additions by baptism, to the several churches, during the past year, are 47. Churches 16 — Ordained Ministers 10 — Licentiates 3 — Members 1228. YADKIN ASSOCIATION, 1835. Churches — Eaton's, Flat Rock, Bear Creek, New Hope, Island Ford, Fork Church, So- ciety, Grassy Nob, Reeve's, Cross Roads. Ministers — John Angel, Joseph Pickler, and others whose names are not sufficiently designated on the minutes to enable us to ascertain them. Received l)y baptism during tiie past year, in the several churches, 69. At this session, the Associlanted the Redeemer's standard in many of the strong holds of Satan. In process of time, some of the inhabitants became converts, and bowed obedience to the Redeemer's sceptre. These uniting their labors with the others, a powerful and extensive work commenced, and Sandy Creek Church soon swelled from 16 to 606 members. In the year 1758, a few churches having been constituted, and these having a number of branches fast maturing for churches, Stevens conceived that an Association composed of Delegates from them all, woidd have a tendency to forward the great objects of their ex- ertions. For this purpose he visited all the churches and congregations, and explaining to them his contemplated plan, induced them all to send delegates to his meeting house, in 1758, when an Association was formed which was called Sandy Creek. This Association texperienced great changes; her limits extended into different sections of the country. The Missionary spirit or strong confidence in God which actuated Stevens and Marshall, and their associates, and induced them to travel into destitute regions, diffused itself into their successors in the ministry. This Association and some of its spiritual daughters, have nourished that practice in every age. Soon after the period when Judson and others ■visited the shores of Hindostan and Burmali, and an account of tlieir labors and success resulted in the formation of the Baptist Board of Foreign and Domestic Missions, the San- ■dy Creek Association at their session held at Rocky Spring in Chatham county, in Octo- ber, took up the subject and appointed Robert T. Daniel Corresponding Secretary to said board, and appointed R. T. Danied and Robert Ward messengers to the general meeting of the Baptists in N. C. At that session the Association was divided by mutual consent, and the churches South and West of Deep river formed a n«w Association called the Pee Dee, and John Culpeper and Bennet Solomon were appointed messengers to represent the newly formed Pee Dee Association in the Baptist general meeting. This general meeting occupied nearly the same place among the Baptists of North Carolina that the Baptist State Convention now does. The Pee Dee Association held its first session at Richland in Montgomery county on the 19th, SOtli, and 21st of October, 1816, and adopt- ed the same course; allowed J. Culpeper six dollars for attending the general meeting, and appointed J. Culpeper Corresponding Secretary to the Baptist Board of foreign and do- mestic missions, and corresponding messenger to the general meeting, and Bennet Solo- mon his alternate. This Association held its session at Cedar Creek on the 18th, 19th and 20th of October, 1817. Elders Daniel Gold, J. Culpeper, Armstead Lilly, Arch'di Harris, Ralph Freeman, Nathan Riley, Daniel White and others attended. They then and there resolved that the Association do recommend to the churches which compose the sdme, to take into consideration the importance of tlie missio2iary business, and that they contribute to the support thereof what they can reasonably spare. The minutes for 1818 not found. The session for 1819, was held at Bethlehem meeting house in Richmond county, the 16th, 17th and 18th days in October; there the churches were very fully nep- lesented and took under consideration the missionary business^ and resolved that tbey 15* 174 NORTH CAROLINA. approve the proceedings of the Board of foreign missions, arfA recommend to tiie churches to contimui to sii|)()ort the missionary cause. The session for 1820 was held at the Jer- sey Setllemerit, in Rowan county. The rain prevented the Association from acconiplisli- ing nmch business, but much peace and harmony prevailed. 'i'hc session for 1H2I was licid at C'artlege's (Jreek, Richmond: liic Association desired the ministering- brethren lo visit tiie vacant churches. 'I'lie session for 1622, was held at Rocky river, when it was recommended totlie churches to set apart a day of fasting and prayer to God, to spread his Gospel from pole to pole. The session tor lti23, was held at Bethlehem meeting house, in Montgomery county. A query was introduced in these words: "Is the mission cause of God.'" Answer "We believe it is the cause of God." The session for 18:24, was held at Pine Wood meeting house. Rowan county. In the cir- cular tor that year are pubhshed the following words: "Many of the churches are tbrin- ing auxiliary societies tor the [)urpose of sending the Gospel to every neighborhood in our State and the Lord is abundantly blessing their labors of love. Dear brethren, let us go and do likewise." The session tor 18'25, was held at Bear creek; no luiimtes to be pro- cured. This year the Abbott's Creek Association was tbrmed; the dismission of some of our churches, reduced our body to nine churches and 47.9 members. In 1827, we were reduced to 462 members. In 1828, no minutes found. In 1829, our increase was smuU, our number 465. In 1830, our number increased to 12 churclies and 487 members. In 1831, the great and extensive revival commenced and we were the happy sharers of it. In thit year lh)9 were baptized, increasing our number to 15 churches and 7UU members. In 1832, 300 were baptized increasing our number to . In 1833, 240 were baptized our present number increased to 1U8U. In 1831 and 2, three of our churches forsook us and came out in opposition to all the benevolent institutions of the day. With the churches which withdrew from us in opposition to the benevolent institutions, four of our ministering brethren, being one half of our number Ibrsook us, but we hope our God has not t'orsaken us; we have supplied our churches with preaching, we have increased in numbers, and we hope are growing in grace and in the knowledge of our Lord and Sa- viour .Tesus Christ. And tne Lord has raised up and we hope is still raising up young preachers to supply the place of such as have lelt us, and have died, and others of us who are wearing out. As to the other branch of the subject on which, by a resolution of the last Session we were to address }'ou, that is, the constitution of our churches; we have no certain account of the date of the constitution of some of them. It appears from Benedict, vol. 2, p. 42, that the Sandy Creek Church, the oldest in our Associ.ition was constituted in 1756, and the church at Little River, in 1760: this is the CImreh known in our Minutes as the church at the Forks of Little River, as there are several Churches on that river. The church at Rocky River was constituted in 1776. The Pee Dee Church was constituted in 1785. The Church tbrnierly called Richland, now Bethel, in Montgomer}^, was cnn- Btituted before the division of the Sandy Creek Association, which occurred in l8l5. The church at Bethlehem was represented in the first Session of the Pee Dee Association in 1816, but the date of the constitution is not known. The church at Cartlege's Creek, was constituted in 1823, of persons who were members of the Pee Dee Church. The Spring Hill Church, was raised up by brother Daniel White and others of his country- men ti-om Scotland and was constituted about the year 1818. The church at Saron, was constituted in 1826, of members from the Bethlehem Church. Brown Creek Church, was represented in the Association in 182J, and it is presumed was constituted in 1828, but as the Mirmtes of the Association for that year are not on tile, it is not certain. Tue church at Kendal's and the Bethlehem church in Anson, were both constituted in 1S31, of members formerly belonging to the Rocky River church. Tiie church at New Union, was constituted in 1832, ot' members from the church at the Forks of Little River, and the Bethel church in Montgomery. The Lawyer Spring Church, formerly belonged to the Moriah Association and was dismissed from that body and joined us in 1833. The church at Dover was constituted in 1833, and was formerly a component [)art of the church at the Forks of Little River. We have here given you as correct a history of the origin, rise, and progress of our Association, and of the constitution of the Cliurches, as our limited inlbrination, and the time we could devote to the subject, would enable us. We perceive the first churches were raised up and the Association formed and built up by men who had strong faith in the innnediate teachings of the Spirit of Goalding Maffitsville 7 22 1834 Shiloh Sanford Vandiver Pendleton 23 1834 SAVANNAH RIVER ASSOCIATION, 1835. Euhaw C. B. Jones Coosawhatchie 20 673 1745 Beach Branch Wm. J. Green Beach Branch 1 115 17.59 Healing Springs D. Peoples Clinton 124 1772 Pipe Creek Jas. T. Sweat, Wm. H. Bris- bane, Calson Lawtonville 4 176 1775 Treadaway I. L. Brooks Silverton 28 74 1775 Columbia H. D. Duncan, Wm, J.Harley, B. Owens. Barnwell 3 163 1780 Black Swamp J. T. Robert, E. E. Robert Robertville 21 307 1786 G't. Saltcateher J. G. Bowers Buford's Bridge 7 141 1793 Barnwell D. Peeples Barnwell 1 111 1803 Spring Town J. Brooker Duncanville 3 203 1803 Beaufort Richard Fuller Beaufort 70 1486 1804 Rosemary D. Peeples Willis 59 172 1804 Willow Swamp John Holman Orangeburg 12 64 1805 Union Henry Z. Ardis 4 Mile Branch 12 226 1805 L't. Saltcateher N. W. Walker Walterborough 2 54 1807 St. Helena Bythewood Beaufort 19 542 1809 May River W. A. Lawton, J. D. Moody Sherburne 58 778 1811 Beulah Morrow 20 1811 Prince William's Bowers Hickory Hill 3 116 1813 Steep Bottom John Nix Robertville 36 1814 Cypress Creek John Nix Robertville 2 90 1825 Double Ponds John Brooker Barnwell 30 139 1827 Philadelphia John Brooker Buford's Bridge 58 1827 Kirkland Greene Irvinton 8 215 1827 Black Creek J. G. Bowers Hickory Hill 5 69 1828 M't. Pleasant J. G. Bowers Duck Branch 36 1829 Three Mile Creek Jonathan Loper Buford's Bridge 7 72 1830 Matlock Wm. Brooker, R. Bradford Silverton 43 1830 Bethesda William Brooker Duncanville 1 38 1830 Steel Creek H. D. Duncan 4 Mile Creek 2 61 1831 Joice's Branch H. D. Duncan, J. Broome Barnwell 1 41 1831 Ebenczer Holman Orangeburg 19 40 1832 Coosawhatchie Jones Coosawhatchie 6 266 1832 Beach Island Augusta, Geo. 30 1832 Friendship B. M. Cave Barnwell 12 93 1832 Hilton Head W. A. Lawton Sherburne 17 275 1832 Sardis Broome Grahamville 5 49 1833 Pleasant Prospect Munch Walterborough 21 79 1833 Sandy Run Broome, and others Hickory Hill 5 42 1834 Gent's Branch John Brooker Clinton 9 43 1834 Beaver Dam Nix Coosawhatchie 43 1334 M't. Temperance TYG] William J. Fickling ER RIVER ASSOCIATION 1835. 21 1835 Bethlehem J. G. Landrum Spartanburgh Dis't. 14 245 Clear Spring J. G. Landrum, R. Woodruff Greenville District 3 165 Brushy C'reek J. W. Lewis Greenville do 2 137 Mount Zion J. G. Landrum, J. W. Lewis Spartanburgh do 1 143 Head of Tyger Wm. King, Jef. Barton Greenville do 2 46 Washington Isaac Lemmons Greenville do 11 78 Green Pond Elias Rogers Spartanburgh do 89 Cedar Grove Elijah Ray Laurens do 2 83 Bethuel M. M. Wallace, F. M. Haw- kins, Jesse Dean Greenville do 5 57 Pleasant Grove Elias Rogers, J. C. Green Greenville do 57 SOUTH CAROLINA. 183 TYGER RIVER ASSOCIATION, 1835— continued. Holly Spring Jesse Senter Spartanburgh Dist. 6 47 Mountain Page J. Cantrel Buncombe co. N. C. 2 19 Unity Elias Rogers Spartanburgh Dis't. 3 156 Milford Samuel Gibson Greenville do 5 74 Greenville Samuel Gibson Greenville do 38 Sandy Spring M. M. Wallace Greenville do 5 53 Rocky Creek Elias Rogers Greenville do 6 30 Abner's Creek W. Drummond Spartanburgh 3 19 Mountain Creek Hiram Roberts Greenville C. H. 41 1835 Antioch — Spartanburgh 21 1835 Mount Lebanon T. Rice 24 1835 Double Spring L. Shadwick Greenville Dist. 34 1835 TWELVE MILE RIVER ASSOCIATION, 1835. New Hope Falls 18 63 Pisgah M'Cann's Store 2 50 Keovvee B. Neighbours Picken's C. H. 1 23 Secona Jacob Lewis Wolf Creek 1 32 Oolenoy — Pumpkintown 1 38 Cross Roads — Dacusville 41 Liberty — Pickensville 2 38 Antioch John Cobb Wolf Creek 1 59 Peters' Creek Joseph Robinson Pumpkintown 1 4] M. F. Saluda Pickett's Valley 4 95 Cheohee Falls 1 29 Cathey'sCreek,N.C. Benjamin King Cathey'sCreek,N.C. 5 66 Mountain Creek Greenville C. H. 41 North Fork Merrittsville 1 39 1833 Merritt's Pickensville 22 1833 Six and Twenty WEL James Wilson CH NECK ASSOCIATION, Silver Glade 1835. 19 1835 Welch Neck James C. Furman Society Hill 75 361 1738 Cheraw — C eraw 7 98 1782 Beauty Spot, N. C. D. McKay Barnes'Bridge,N.C. 9 49 1782 Gapway — Marion, C. H. 2 104 1776 Black Creek — Society Hill 50 1799 Little Pee Dee J. Singleton, J. Woodward Conwayborough 2 79 1790 Salem R. Napier Bennetsville 9 132 Brownsville — N. Thomas, J. Allen Brownsville 7 92 Catfish Brownsville 2 103 Ferrel's Bay — J. D. Caiman Marion, C. H. 67 Elim J. M. Timmons Effingham 70 230 New Providence Society Hill 60 Swift Creek W. Beck Society Hill 3 65 Lake Swamp, N. C. G. Rollings Pleasant View,N.C. 13 123 1819 Bennetsville C. Stubbs, J. H. Curtis Bennetsville 14 241 Willow Creek J. Scale Mar's Bluff 48 Antioch (M.) — J. Rogers Marion, C. H, ] 46 1830 Buck Swamp — Marion 128 1830 Antioch (D.) Wm. Kirven Society Hill 5 158 1830 Darlington — J. Hartwell Darlington, C. H. 9 70 1831 Mount Elon 27 Mount Moriah,N.C. J. Phillips Pleasant View,N.C. 3 13 Mount Tabor — Georgetown 74 1832 Hopewell (M.) — McKay Conwayborough 27 Bethlehem — Effingham 29 52 Mizpah — Napier Mar's Bluff 57 79 1834 Hopewell (W.) N.C. — D. McKay, J. Singleton China Grove, N. C. 10 31 1835 Mount Zion — Napier, Seale Lynche's Creek 7 79 1835 Bethel — Effingham 36 65 1835 184 SOUTH CAROLINA. SUMMARY. Associations. 5 6 c CO White Members. Colored Members!. _ ^ 6 '3 „ i Meetings in 183G. Bethel Broad River Cape Fear Charleston Edue field Idisto Moriah Reedy River ■Pallida Savannah River Tiicalo n Mile River Tyger River Welch Neck 36 17 Iti 8 8 3 37 20 39 11 17 9 It; 5 ■27 10 27 11 42 21) 9 2 15 5 2-2 17 25 8 336 158 4 I 1 10 4 1 1 8 4 13 1 3 4 208 25 14 2?0 21?^ i P8 141 473 33 70 357 1771 1250 3331 547 155 -054 651 4513 13;Hi 56 724 7340 2633 lli4 337 5763 4748 710 WI2 2518 2139 7424 576 630 l(i56 2340 178'.l 1800 1803 1751 ISO-' 18;t5 1815 lf2i. 1803 1802 182!) 1S33 1832 10 4 176 35 78 20 83 29 5 95 16 12'J 455 Seekwell ch. 8aturrlav Oct. 1. '/ionm h Rnlh'dco.N.C.F.Oc.14 Fair Bluff, Friday October 7. Piedmont, Saturday Nov. 5. Antioch. Saturday October 15. .^iken, Saturday October 1. Fork Hill. Lan.Dis. Sat.Sep.l7. Head of Enoroe, Fri.Sep 16. Flat Rock, And'nDis.Fr.Au<;.12. Robertville, Saturday Nov. 26. Beaver Dam, Ga. Fri. Sept. 16. Cross Road m h. Fri. Sept. 23. Unilych.l4niS.E ofSpar.C.H.F. Darlington C.H.Sat.N.12. [N.4. 55 1985 33486 232 The above Summary exhibits those churches, ministers, members, &.C., which are only in South Carolina. Broad River Association embraces 26 churches, 10 of which are in North Carolina. In the Table these churches are sufficiently designated. Tugalo As- sociation has 25 churches, 9 of which are in South Carolina, and 16 in Georgia. The Association consequently belongs to Georgia, and there it is placed in the tabular view, with the churches designated which arc in this State. This division of the cliurches in the Summary has been made with much care from the Minutes for 1835, and extends to every item. Four of the churches in the Welcli Neck Association are in North Carolina, and eight of the 29 churches in the Cape Fear Association are in South Carolina. It will be observed, that in the foregoing Summary, we have omitted the column for churches destitute of pastors. This has been done because sucli churches arc not desig- nated in the Associational Minutes except in a very few instances ; and we found that if we attempted to form an estimate of their number, as we did in Virginia and North Carolina, we should be very liable to make mistakes. Now, although tliere are 336 churches in South Carolina, and only 158 ordained ministers, it by no means follows that the remaining 178 churches, or even half of them, are without a pastor, because one minister frequently officiates as pastor of several churches, serving them by rotation. In the Charleston Association 24 churches are designated as destitute of a pastor. The proportion of destitute churchss in the other Associations, is probably much less. In a few of the Associations wlierc the churches make returns of their colored mem- bers, we observe that some of the churches make no returns of this kind, giving only the total number of their members. This fact will account for some discrepancies which may be discovered by a careful inspection of the several numbers in the foregoing Sum- mary. The Edisto is a new Association formed last year of churches dismissed from tlie Edgefield Association. All the Associations in South Carolina are, we believe, actively engaged in the pro- motion of benevolent objects. It will be seen that the aggregate net loss of members in the several Associations is 227. This diminution has been caused chiefly by emigration to the West. At the last session of the Reedy River Association, letters of dismission were granted to the Fork Shoal, Oak Hill, and Double Spring churches. SOUTH CAROLINA. ; '^ o O >»- C C 0) < R. G. Norton G, Hagood D. Peeples Buckner J. Fovvke n B.L. Screven J. Nicholes J. Youmans W. A.Lawton R. Laurens W.H.Brisbane s. Furman R. Fuller I. T. Robert R. Fuller C. B. 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S S C8-^ ^o I .-c^ J. « '■'^' f.S" I g .2 go 2ffl ® sS «*^ O J; °-^-3 «^ = " S - S o ^--■n; "-" 3 c <« H ?^ tn CO o o ?; CO 05 J3 05 186 SOUTH CAROLINA. SUMMARY STATEMENT Of the rise, profri-ess, and present state of the Churches of the Reedy River Association, furnished agreeably to the request of the Association, Sept. 1834. Bush River Church, Newberry District, was constituted, according to the best infor- mation that can be obtained, in 1770 or '71, by Daniel Marshall, Philip Miilky, and Joel Pinson. Samuel Newman was at the same time ordained pastor. The number of mem- bers, at this time, was only 6 or 7. Thomas Norris was ordained and took the pastoral care of the church in '73, Samuel Newman having been removed by death. Thomas Norris dying in 1780, the church remained destitute of a pastor until 1783. John Cole was ordained to the pastoral office in 1783, at which time the number of members amounted to 30 or 40. From 1801, at which time William Cole was licensed to preach the Gospel, until 1802, there was a time of refreshing from the Lord's presence, and numbers were added to the church, so that in 18U2, it consisted of 300 members. From this time, however, a considerable declension CJisued. James Teague and Charles Crow, after the death of their former worthy Pastor in 1809, took the united charge of the church, until the death of the former, in 1816, when the latter sustained the care of the church alone, until his removal from this State, in 1819, to the State of Alabama. David Peterson, previously an ordained minister in the church, was called to the pas- toral office in 1825, and died April, 1826. Daniel Mangum, who had been ordained to the work of the ministry, was called to the pastoral care of the church in May, 1826, and continues yet in the faithful perform- ance of its duties. The church, since 1831, has enjoyed a gracious revival of religion, by which its numbers, previously diminished by death and removal, have been greatly increased ; 36 were buried in the liquid grave at one time. The present number is 246. In reviewing the history of this church, we are led to admire the grace of God, in raising up a regular supply, in the pastoral office, from within the bosom of the church itself Upper Duncan's Creek, Laurens District. This church, according to the best infor- mation that can be obtained, appears to have been constituted about the }'ear 1777. Dur- ing the Revolutionary struggle, this church became desolate and scattered. But atler the return of peace, about the year '87, the members re-assembled, and by relating to each other their experience, regained fellowship and re-organised the church. This is set down in Benedict's History of the Baptists, as the date of its constitution, but erroneously, being the time of its re-organisation, after the Revolution. Joshua Palmer was the first pastor of this church, after its re-organisation. He emi- grated from England, and took charge of the church about the year '90. In '88 this church was one of the sixteen that composed the Bethel Association. Under the labors of the pastor, together with those of Reuben Kelly and Spencer Bobo, ministers in the church, many souls were added, of such as should be saved. In 1803, the number added by baptism was 141, which made the total number of members, at that time, 302. In 1808, this church was left destitute by the removal of their beloved pastor to Indiana, and their number reduced to 285, by the emigration Sf a considerable number in company with him. Here a church was formed, of which he became the pastor, and labored faith- fully, until it pleased his Divine Master to call him home. Hundreds have owned him as their spiritual father, and his name will outlive many generations. He was somewhat singular in his manners, and a stranger to pride. His opportunities of acquiring human learning had been limited, but his eloquence was simple, yet powerful. He spoke as one who felt that he was surrounded by the bulwarks of truth. After the removal of J. Palmer, this church was supplied by Charles Crow until 1819. He was succeeded by Samuel Brown, under whose ministry there was a considerable ingathering; but owing to dismissions, the number remained nearly the same. William Alexander supplied the church from the death of Samuel Brown in 1828, until his removal from the state. James Harlan was called to the pastorate of this church in November, 1830, and con- tinues yet in the performance of its duties. Under his labors the church has been greatly blessed. In 1832 and '33, there were considerable additions. This church, venerable for its antiquity, has, at different times, parted with a consid- erable portion of her members, and has been the mother of two other churches, formed by members dismissed from her, viz : Warrior's Creek and Hurricane. Her present number, in 1835, is 71. Durban's Creek Church, Laurens District, was constituted in 1781. Tlie number of members at that time was 124. Jacob Roberts, the first pastor, was ordained at the time of the constitution, and con- tinued in the exercise of liis pastoral function until 1801, when he became so palsied that SOUTH CAROLINA. 187 he necessarily gave up his charge. The church was then supplied, for a time, by Joshua Palmer, and subsequently enjoyed the joint labors of Spencer Bobo, Lewis Rector, and Reuben Kelly. In 1805, two ministers were ordained in the church, viz: Samuel Brown and Thomas Goodwin, who continued their joint labors until the latter becoming debili- tated, the former was chosen pastor. He was called home in 1832, and the church re- mained destitute for a time. In 1833, Gideon Woodruff, who was a licensed minister in the Bethel Church, at the request of Durban's Creek, transferred his membership, and being ordained, became their pastor, and still continues to sustain that office. By death and dismission, two churches being constituted not far distant, the church has sustained a diminution in its members, and stands at present at 58. Lower Duncan's Creek, Laurens District, was constituted in 1787, by Micajah Bennet, William Wood, and Reuben Rollen. The church has been supplied by the fol- lowing ministers in succession, viz : Micajah Bennet, Jacob King, Henry B. Rowland, and Elbert Lindsey, who still continues his labors with them. The present number of the church, 1835, is 55. Poplar Spring Church, Laurens District, was constituted in the year 1794, with 15 members. No regular record was kept, of the affairs of this church till 1810. David Green was chosen pastor of this church in 1803. Under his ministry there was some addition to the church. From 1810 to 1819, the church was in so low a state that it was proposed to dissolve it, yet they were enabled to maintain their standing as a church. After the removal of David Green to the State of Mississippi, the church was supplied by Benjamin Northcut and Jonathan Deweese. David Simmons, a licensed minister of this church, was ordained July, 1828; and David Andrews, another licensed minister, was ordained December, 1831. Between 1829 and 1831, 75 members were added to the church, by baptism. David Simmons was chosen pastor in January, 1832. Elder Simmons removed his residence from the neigh- borhood of this church, February, 1835, and since that time, J. Babb has been its supply. Wiley Smith is a licentiate in this church. Its present number is 97. Betharbra Church, Laurens District, was constituted in 1794, by Richard Shackelford, David Lilly, and John Waller, consisting of 44 members. Previously to its constitu- tion, there were a number of Baptists who had removed from other States and settled in this neighborhood. Others had been baptized by John Waller, before any church had been constituted. It was his practice to go from house to house, exhorting the people and preaching the doctrine of repentance and baptism. Those who believed and gave satisfactory evidence of a change, were immersed by him, wherever there was water convenient. Thus were the materials of Betharbra Church prepared. John Waller first served tiie church in the office of pastor, but was soon succeeded by Henry Hitt, who was ordained by John Waller and David Lilly. A commodious house of worship was built by subscription, and was open to all de- nominations of Christians ; but for some time it has been occupied principally by the Baptists. It is beautifully situated, on the head springs of Bank's Creek, a branch of Saluda River. In 1826, the number of members had increased to 119, and this year 45 were dismissed to form a new church at Cole's meeting house, now called Mount Pleasant. After labor- ing as pastor of the church with great zeal and tender solicitude for its welfare, for 29 years Henry Hitt departed this life, much loved and lamented by all, for his fatherly care of the church, and his kindness as a friend and neighbor. Joseph Babb took the pastoral care of the church in 1830, and still retains it, to the great satisfaction of the church. A considerable number have been recently added to the church. The number, at present, is 123. This church has sent out several ministers of the Gospel. Thomas Withers was or- dained in 1813, Daniel Williams in 1816, and Benjamin Hitt in 1822. There are at present two licensed preachers, members of this church, viz : William Hitt, and Martin Ball. These brethren are quite zealous, and promise much usefulness. Cedar Shoal Church, Spartanburgh District, was for some time a branch of Newhope Church, and held its meetings under an arbor in the woods. It was constituted May 26, 1804, by David Golightly, Thomas S. Green, and George Brewton. Spencer Bobo, (pastor of Newhope Church) supplied this church until his death, Feb. 20, 1816. He was highly esteemed, and his loss severely felt by the church. Their next supply was Charles Crow, pastor of Bush River Church. Miles Rainwater was ordained May 24, 1817, and took the pastoral care of the church. He died July 5, 1826, in the 39th year of his age, having been afflicted for five years. He was willing to de- part and be with Christ, but said if it were the Lord's will, it would give him great 188 SOUTH CAROLINA. pleasure to call sinners to repentance a few times more. There have been but few min- isters whose labors have been more blessed than Miles Rainwater's, considering his opportunities. Though he vi'as coinpclled to follow the plough a great part of his time, yet few preachers were more admired or more suecesslul. His delightful theme was Christ crucified. So powerful were his appeals to tlic heart and conscience, that few could resist his influence. During the year 1818, a considerable awakening took place among sinners, within the bounds of his labors, by which means considerable additions were made to Cedar Shoal and neighboring clmrehes. James Rainwater, pastor of Piiiladelphia church, and relative of the deceased, was next called to supply the church and still continues in charge. His manner of preaching bears considerable resemblance to that of his deceased relative. In the year 1832, a powerful revival of religion was in progress through the country, and this church shared in its blessed influence. The drooping spirits of its members were revived, and the zeal of their minister so awakened, that he was enabled to preach with redoubled energy, and carry conviction to the hearts of many sinners. This revival continued about a year. The present number of the church is 107. Beaver Dam Church, Laurens District. In the year 1785, Nathaniel Hall, a minister of the Gospel from Virginia, settled in the ncigliborhood of tlie Beaverdam, and was the means of bringing some to the knowledge of the truth, who were by hini received and baptized. Rieiiard Shackelford, from North Carolina, having also settled in the neigh- borhood, aided in tliese labors, until the removal of N. Hall to the West, when he (Shack- elford) collected and embodied those who had been previously baptized, and those who had been scattered from tlieir churches by the war and the revolution. Thus embodied, they became a brancli of Betliel Church, Spartanburgh District, and continued so till 1807, when they were constituted into a church, the number being 59. Joshua Palmer, Reuben Kelly, and Henry Hitt were present. After being supplied one year by Joshua Palmer, Joseph Babb was ordained and be- came the pastor of the church. From that time (1808) to the present, he has continued in the pastorate of this church, with the exception of two years, (1822 and '23) during which time he had removed his residence to Alabama, and the church was supplied by Chesley Davis. In the fall of 1823, J. Babb returned to this State and resumed his for- mer charge. The Chestnut Ridge church was formed out of the body of tliis church, of which it had been a branch, in 1821. The present number is 162. Henry W. Pasley is an ordained minister in this church. Warrior's Creek Church, Laurens District. About the year 1790 or '91, Edward Garrett, Sen., invited Joshua Palmer to preach at his house, which he continued to do for some time. There being 10 or 12 professors in the neighborhood, they were formed into a branch of Upper Duncan's Creek Church. A log house was then built on said Garrett's land, and Joshua Palmer continued to preach and administer the ordinances. In 1802, Jonathan Dcwccsc commenced laboring here also. The spirit of the Lord at- tended his preaching, and many souls were made anxiously to enquire what they should do. Upwards of 100 were baptized within a few months. Reuben Kelly was ordained in 1803, and labored successfully in conjunction with the above mentioned ministers, until his removal, and that of Joshua Palmer, to the West, 1808. This branch consisted, in 1803, of 174 members, but by removals, &.C., was reduced to 100. In 1810, this branch was constituted into a church, consisting then of 111 members. The church has been successively supplied with the ministerial and pastoral labors of, Henry Hitt and Jonathan Deweese, and has been favored with several revivals. Between August, 1832, and August, 1833, upwards of one Imndrcd were baptized. In 1823, this church gave off a number of members to constitute Rabun's Creek Church. The church ordained two of their members as ministers in 1834, viz : Hosea Garrett and Toliver Robinson. Silas Knight is a licentiate. The present number of members, in 1835, is 243. Cross Roads Church, Newberry District, was constituted 23d September, 1814, con- sisting of 52 members. R. Shackelford, C. Crow, and I. Tcague, being present and ap- proving. James Dodgen supplied the church from 1820 to 1824, during tlie time of whose labors tliere was an addition of about 22 members. The church was then sup- plied by William Alexander, until 1830, when Daniel Mangum succeeded in the pastoral care of the church. In the fall ot' 1831, after a long period of darkness and spiritual declension, a powerful work of grace commenced at Cross Roads, so that, in the space of 3 years, about 185 souls were hopefully converted and added to the ciiurch by baptism. This church has no minister of its own, and is still supplied by D. Mangum, pastor of Bush River Church. The present number of members, in 1835, is 176. Unity Church, Spartanburgh District, was constituted 14 August, 1818, being a time SOUTH CAROLINA. 189 of revival under the preaching of Miles Rainw^ater. He continued his ministerial labors among them until his death, 1826. During the next Associational year after the consti- tution of the church, 78 were added by baptism. After the death of Miles Rainwater, his relative, James Rainwater, succeeded him in the regular ministration of the word at this place. For some years there was a great declension of religion, and the church was much reduced in its numbers by emigration, so that in 1831, the number of members was but 78. But the set time to favor Zion at length came. Congregations were solemn and deeply impressed, but mostly without any noise. There were 106 baptized in the course of this revival. Elias Rogers was ordained to the work of the ministry, January 1833, and is the present pastor of the church. The present number is 159. Chesnut Ridge Church, Laurens District. In the yaar 1808, Joseph Babb commenced declaring the glad tidings of salvation in the neighborhood of Chesnut Ridge. There being no house of worship, he addressed the assembled multitude under the boughs of a poplar, in an old field. He continued his labors without much apparent effect until 1816, when the good seed which bad been sown began to make its appearance. In this year 9 were baptized, and in the year following 12 more, which formed an arm of Beaverdam Church. On the 29th December, 1821, this church was constituted, consisting of 32 members. J. Babb having removed to the State of Alabama, the church was supplied two years by Samuel Brown. After this, the church was supplied by Joseph Babb, who still continues in the charge of this church to the present time. The state of this church has been various at different times. In October, 1824, the number of members amounted to 61. After this a spiritual declension ensued, and in 1829, the number of the church was reduced to 59. After this, it pleased the Lord to remember this church for good. Saints were made to rejoice and sinners to mourn. About 30 were added before the next meeting of the Association. The number then stood at 80. The increase during the years 1833 and '34 was greater than in any previous period since the existence of the church. The number was, by means of this ingathering, raised to 115. The present number of this church, in 1835, is 104. Newberry Church, Newberry Village. In the month of September, 1831, a number of devoted servants of the Lord, feeling for the condition of this Village, and anxious to see the triumph of the Cross extended to this place, as they had seen it in others equally estranged from God, met together and held a meeting in a beautiful grove near to the Village. The word spoken carae not in the power of man, but in the " power of God." Many stubborn hearts were broken and made to relent. " As many as received the word gladly" were baptized, and a church was constituted, of a part of those who had been previously baptized, together with two or three others dismissed from a neighboring church, consisting of 42. The remainder of those who had been baptized, united them- selves subsequently to that or neighboring Baptist churches. John M. Barnes, one of the ministers who was present at this meeting, was ordained to the work of an Evange- list, and remained with the church to the end of the year. Under his labors, the work commenced, seemed to go on, and the church received considerable additions to her number. In the year 1832, Nicolas W. Hodges being invited by the church, removed his resi- dence to the Village of Newberry and became its pastor. Under his ministerial labors, this church experienced a gradual increase for two years; the number in September, 1833, being 115. Since that time it has been rather at a stand. N. W. Hodges having resigned the care of this church, it has been supplied the present year by brethren D. Mangum and E. Lindsey, of the Bush River Church ; the former being more especially charged with the care of the church. It embraces several members who appear to have gifts that are profitable in the way of exhortation and instruction, though none of them have as yet been set apart to the work of the ministry. This church has a Sunday School in operation, and contributes etScient aid to the various benevolent plans in which the denomination is engaged. The present number, in 1835, is 110. North Rabun Church, Greenville District. In 1823, this neighborhood agreed to build a meeting house, which was finished in the year following. Gabriel Phillips, at the request of the settlement, occupied it, and continued to do so until his removal, in 1827. Under his labors, some souls were brought to the knowledge of the truth, and baptized as members of Cedar Grove Church. Until 1832, there was no regular minis- tration of the word, but the disciples continued to meet together monthly, to entreat the Lord for his guidance and assistance. On the 7th April, 1832, having obtained letters of dismission, they were regularly constituted a church, and Nathan Berry became their pastor, who continues to the present time in that office. Under his labors the church received an addition of 28 in two years, by which means it was increased to 46. Joshua Gilbert, a member of this church, was ordained to the work of the ministry in July, 1833. The present number of the church is 44. 190 SOUTH CAROLINA. Mount Zion Churcii, Newberry District. The neighborhood where tliis church exists, being destitute of preaching, and beginning to feel their need, invited the labors of Daniel Manguin in 1832, who preached to them in private houses, and baptized a few, who " received the word gladly." In July, 18.33, a meeting was held at a stand, by the brethren Mangum, Hodges and Lindsey, whicli continued six days. Daring this meet- ing, six or seven were baptized, and on the last day, July 30, a church was constituted, consisting ot 26 members. Since then, the increase has been small. The present num- ber is 41. This church has been, from the first, supplied by D. Mangum, and has now a commodious house of worship, built since its constitution. Hurricane Church, Laurens District. In August, 1832, a protracted meeting was held by several ministers, at the Hurricane meeting house; 10 were baptized, and on the 28th of the same month a clmrch was constituted, consisting of 18 members. Elbert Lindsey became its pastoral supply, and ha-s continued to the present time. Under his labors there has been a gradual increase of this church — the present number being 71. Mount Olive, Newberry District, was constituted 3d November, 1832, consisting, at that time, of but 18 members. Elbert Lindsey has been the pastor from the first. At the time of the constitution of tliis church, and anterior thereto, religion was little thought of in this neighboriiood ; and even those who professed it, seemed almost ashamed to avow tiieir attachment to the Lord Jesus. But shortly after the commencement of the regular and stated preaching, the congregation became large, and respectfully attentive to the outward means of grace. Soon, however, more than barely respectful attention seemed to be yielded. The anxious inquiry was heard from many, "What shall we do to be saved?" and a considerable number was made to rejoice in the grace of the gospel. In September, 1834, about two years from tl)e constitution, 53 members were added to the church, by baptism. Of this neighborhood it may be truly said, " The wilderness and solitary place was made glad for them, and the desert was made to rejoice and blos- som as the rose — for in the wilderness waters break out, and streams in the desert." — The present number of the church is 79. Laurens Church, Laurensville. In the fall of 1833, N. W. Hodges, vi^ith tlie assist- ance of brother Cooper, then a licensed minister, held a meeting of several days continu- ance, which was blessed to the awakening and conversion of some. In a few months, he baptized six. Ten others presenting letters of dismission, a church was constituted, consisting of 16 members, on the 16th February, 1834. N. W. Hodges continued to supply them with preaching the balance of the year, attending only in the week. The present year this church has enjoyed the services of Samuel Gibson, but has diminished in number, from the dismission of four members, and there being no additions. This little church has to struggle for existence, from the preponderance of other denominations in this village ; but it is hoped that its existence may be maintained, until it shall please the Lord to raise it to a more elevated station, that it may be " as a city set on a hill." STATE OF SOME OF THE CHURCHES, PREPARED FROM ASSOCIATIOXAL MINUTES. Charleston. — A blessed revival has been experienced. One hundred and six were added by baptism — chiefly young persons. They have adopted a new system of collect- ing charitable contribution, viz.: By causing printed cards to be distributed among all the members, on which are stated, in proper columns, all the objects which the church patronises. These cards, when subscribed by one or more individuals, are returned, sewji- annually, to a committee of the church appointed for this purpose, together with the amounts subscribed. This method of collecting, the church thinks, has some important advantages. On Sabbath, April 5, 1835, William Jackson Hard, and Janies Du Pre were ordained to the work of the ministry of the gospel. MoRiAH. — This church mourn the death of their beloved and useful pastor, P. Wind- ham. He was a laborious and pious man — a good minister of Jesus Christ. Welsh Neck. — This church acknowledge the goodness of the Lord, in not only grant- ing them the regular ministry of the word, but in attending it with his blessing. Soon after the meeting of tiie Cheraw Union with them in November, 1634, additions were made from time to time, embracing a number of the youth of the neighborhood, and a large number of the colored population. The hand of death has removed some of their valued female members. It may be added that a Bible class has been instituted in this church, composed of members of the church and others, the studies of which afford very pleasant, and it is hoped profitable, employment to those concerned. Elim. — The disciples in this church have been peculiarly refreshed and comforted, and more than a hundred individuals buried with their Lord in baptism. They seem, along with the spiritual blessings which they have received, to feel that their obligation is in- creased to do with all their might what tiieir hands find to do. They specially urge SOUTH CAROLINA. 191 renewed attention to the Temperance institution, as a mighty engine for the overthrow of the strong iiolds of vice and death. Bethlehem. — This church has shared largely in the revival which has recently been experienced. Tiiey write — " The commencement of that revival was at a preaching place in our bounds, called Mott's Cross Roads, where there were about thirty added at our protracted meeting. Since that time there were twenty-four of our members dis- missed to constitute a church at that place. But the Lord did not stay his arm of love. He has continued the good work furtlier among us. At the protracted meeting held in the middle ground between this and Elim Church, of thirteen days' continuance, we shared part of the fruit ; but more particularly were we blessed at a protracted meeting at our home, wliich continued with increasing interest for nine days, during which time 22 were brought in. The close of our meeting was one of the most solemn and deeply affect- ing scenes we have ever witnessed. We rest in hope that much more of the fruits of this meeting will be developed in time and in eternity." Extract of a Letter from William Dossey, addressed to the Ministers and Messengers of the Welsh Neck Association, in anticipation of his removal from Society Hill to Linden, Marengo county, Alabama. " Your Constitution, or the general principles upon which your Union is based, while it seems sufficiently plain and particular, opens before you an extended field for energetic action and untiring perseverance. In the Ibrrnation of that instrument you seem to have contemplated a co-operation with the more active Christian assemblages of the age in which you live ; you have already begun well. Remember it is said, that those who ' by patient continuance in well doing, seek for glory, honor, and immortality,' shall have 'eternal life.' Let this and similar promises animate and encourage you onward to the extent of your abilities in doing good to the world. " Were I speaking to the churches, I would say, brethren, believe that the greatest blessing to man beneath tlic Holy Spirit's influence, is a preached, gospel. Do you need faith ? It Cometh by hearing the word of the Lord preached. And so does every other grace and quality of the heart, that fits us for active usefulness here, and heavenly happi- ness hereafter. ' It pleas(;d God, by the foolishness of preaching, to save them that be- lieve.' Therefore be not content without having the gospel regularly prcaclied among you. Set it down as an attainable object; and one upon which the prosperity of the church, under God, mainly depends, to have a well instructed pastor. Make this the object of your desires, and it will soon become the subject of your prayers. And if your prayers are sincere and united, they will soon lead to concentrated and persevering effort. And who that believes the word of God can doubt that such effort will succeed ? " While these remarks are offered for the encouragement of the churches to obtain each a regular pastor, let them not relax in their energies to circulate the gospel by itine- rants. Pastors and itinerants or missionaries, acting in concert, produce a more general and happy effect upon the church and society at large, than either can create alone. Of this you yourselves have had so many proofs that more would be unnecessary, had I time to disclose them. Let not the churches, therefore, on the one hand, be content with the occasional visits of tiie missionaries without a regular pastoral service, nor, on the other, omit to foster the labors of missionaries, even amongst themselves, because they have re- gular pastors. In this particular, perhaps more than almost any other, the more active and better supplied churches have been wanting to themselves. The desire to supply the destitute has caused us to instruct our missionaries to pass those churches by, which liave regular pastors. The design is generous, but I am now persuaded that the course is erro- neous. I take my full share of the oversight, brethren, but would guard you against it in future. " On this matter I have neither time nor inclination to reason, I think it only neces- sary to name the error, to cause every one to perceive it. For myself, I am so fully con- vinced of it, that if every church had its regular pastor, I should put forth the same effort to sustain and encourage missionaries amongst ourselves that I now do. And as it has long since been proven, that the domestic mission loses nothing, but is actually benefited by encouraging the foreign, let us unite our offerings with our prayers, for the prosperity of the foreign missions already in action, and aid, as God may prosper us, in bringing others into existence, until ' the desert shall blossom as the rose, and the earth be filled with the knowledge of the Lord.' " Extract of a Letter from John M. Thnmons, pastor of the Elim Church, to the Editor of the Southern Baptist, giving an account of a Protracted Meeting held at MotVs Meeting House, Sumter District, on Lynch''s Creek. " The gospel had been proclaimed at that place frequently by a number of brethren, but with little effect. It was a place most notorious for wickedness. Satan's kingdom Id2 GEORGIA. appeared to have been established there, and he reigned triumphantl}-. On Monday we assembled Ourselves at the place. The brethren S. Jones and J. Pliilipn, who had attended the two days previous, returned with brother Good and myself, i'hc Lord's presence Was manifest in the congreg-.ition — the brethren at an early period covenanted together, to pray fervently for poor hardened sinners. The day was spent, even until the going down of the sun, in the exercises of singing, praying, preacliing, c.vliortation, and hearing related the work of grace upon the hearts of sinners. On Tuesday, in like manner, the day was devoted to the service of God, and though there seemed not to be so much feel- ing, yet it was obvious that the Lord was at work. " Tlic Lord was frequently sought unto by his people. A goodly number of brethren partook in the exercises of exhortation and prayer, which added greatly to tlie life of the meeting. On Wednesday there were five buried with Christ by baptism, and on the same evening we held a free desultory meeting, and found eight others desirous to follow their Saviour into the liquid grave. This was a time long to be remembered — the hearts of the most obstinate gave way, and they desired mercy at the tiand of the Lord. On Thursday, eight were baptized. It was a delightful, solemn, and impressive scene, beheld by a large audience. On account of ill healtli I was absent Friday and Saturday. I however heard from the meeting each day. On Saturday, several gave evidence of their hope in Christ. On Lord's-day morning others came forward and united with the Lord's people; tiiirteen on this occasion came up out of the water, liaving been immersed, as our Saviour was. After baptism the multitude repaired to the house, where the services of the day were carried on and attended to with a great degree of solemnity. The meet- ing was then closed in a solemn manner, (after extending the right hand of fellowship to the young converts,) being the ninth day of its continuance. " Thirty were added during the meeting, and if we are to judge from appearances, there is reason to hope there are a great many more who are near the kingdom. May these be the beginning of good days among this people. " It is worthy of remark, that the temperance cause began to flourish a few months previous to the revival in this place. I think it a favorable symptom when that cause begins to prosper. As John was to Christ, so was the temperance cause to religion on this occasion — it prepared the way for its coming. These causes seem to be running together, and may they run and be glorified, until all nations shall be made glad with the coming of the kingdom of our God and the power of his Christ." GEORGIA. CONVENTION. The Baptist State Convention of Georgia was formed in June, 1822. Its fourteenth annual meeting was held in Green county, April 1835, but we have not seen the proceed- ings of that session, neither, indeed, have we ever received a copy of the Minutes of this body. We learn from the Christian Index that there was a pretty general representation from the Associations and Auxiliaries composing the Convention, and that the amount of money sent up for benevolent purposes exceeded that of any former year, being about $3000. The objects of the Convention are to promote the cause of Christ by missions and ministerial education. In 1828, Mr. Penfield, of Savannah, left the Convention $2,500 for education purposes, provided they would raise as much more. This was promptly done at its session, March, 1829. The funds of the Convention now are about $ 15,000. At the session in 1835 the Convention resolved to raise, with the blessing of God upon their labors, the sum of $3,000 during the year for foreign missions, which it is presumed has been done. The Mercer Institute, the child of the Convention's care and pra)'ers, seems to flourish beyond the expectation of its friends, and promises, with the blessing of God, to be a valuable auxiliary in the promotion of science and piety in the South. Several of the Associations in Georgia have domestic missionaries of their own, which leaves less missionary labor for the Convention. ACADEMY. — Elder O. Smith has a private Academy in Troup county, in a very flourishing condition. We have never seen a catalogue of the students, and cannot state the terms of tuition. GEORGIA. 193 COLLEGE. — The Baptists in Georgia are now making spirited exertions for the estab- lishment of a college, to be located at Washington, Wilkes county. At a meeting of the Georgia Association in October last, resolutions were adopted recommending the pro- ject and the location; and that the sum of one hundred and fifty thousand dollars should be subscribed before it would be expedient to commence the operations of the institution. In addition to the subscriptions then in hand, several others have since been obtained, so that the subscriptions at present are highly encouraging. A proposition has been made for raising funds for this object, which seems to be very acceptable, namely, that one hun- dred persons subscribe $1000 each, to be be paid in five years; and as many as cannot subscribe that amount, subscribe $ 500, and downwards, as they may feel themselves able. Thirty-five persons have been nominated to take subscriptions for the college in their several neighborhoods. The Christian Index, formerly published in Philadelphia by William T. Brantly, was transferred to Jesse Mercer in 1833, and is now published by him and William H. Stokes, at Washington, Georgia. It is issued weekly, in octavo form, at $ 3 a year, or $ 2 50 in advance. ASSOCIATIONS AND CHURCHES. BETHEL ASSOCIATION, 1835. CHURCHES. MINISTERS. POST OFFICES. BAPT. MEM. CONS. Antioch James S. Lunsford, R. Toler Stewart county 5 57 Country Line — Stewart county 5 28 Antioch — Lee county 1 92 Bethel — Sumpter county 19 Bethel — Randolph county 3 17 Bethany Joshua Mercer Lee county 15 Bethlehem John Windsor Stewart county 4 36 Bethlehem — Randolph county 2 16 Bethesda — Sumpter county 2 16 Chattahoochee — Randolph county 3 36 Fellowship James Griffin Stewart county 49 Liberty — Stewart county 3 48 Liberty Hill — Early county 13 33 Mount Zion — Randolph county 3 53 Mount Paran — Stewart county 20 Poplar Spring Henry Dykes Houston county 23 Pataula Peter Eldridge Randolph county 27 82 Providence — Sumpter county 1 14 Richland C. A. Parker Stewart county 4 45 Sardis — Stewart county 16 Smyrna — Early county 4 38 Spring Creek — Sumpter county 13 Bethany — Stewart county i 21 Hanohatche — Stewart county 1 11 Mount Zion — Marion county 1 19 Mount Olive R. Y. Loflin Baker county 12 New Bethel — Marion county 6 89 Poplar Spring — Stewart county 21 Phillippi — Peter Steward Marion county 8 33 Ramah — Marion county 9 51 Sardis J. J. Battle Marion county \ 3 49 Union — Stewart county | 15 Shilo — Stewart county 8 Shilo CE Ezekicl Bryan NTRAL ASSOCIATION, 18 Randolph county 35. 11 Antioch — Morgan county 9 4 166 Clinton — Jones county 17 Eatonton — Putnam county 6 118 Indian Creek — Morgan county 19 61 McDonough J. H. Campbell, W. Callaway M'Donough 18 72 17 194 CENTRAL ASSOCIATION— con^ Roads 1 56 Harmony — Eatonton 3 132 New Salem Rowell Rees Eatonton 2 84 Hebron Jas. Henderson Monti cello 2 44 Sugar Creek — , Madison 30 232 Shiloh Jones CO. 25 Bethel S. Watson Clinton 1 21 Enon — Jesse Bowdon Eatonton 5 83 Fellowship — Morgan co. 1 42 Chapel Hill Tilmon D. Oxford Jones CO. 1 45 Fishing Creek Ed. Brantley Milledgeville 20 87 1782 Elim — Clinton 13 113 Tirzah — Putnam co. 11 49 Rooty Creek Benj, Bussey Fairfield 63 Murder Creek — Jasper co. 4 90 Liberty J. Almond, J. H. Montgomery Newton co. 16 75 Falling Creek — Jasper co. 29 County Line — Jones CO. 4 95 GEORGIA. 199 OCMULGEE ASSOCIATION, 1335.— continued. Fellowship D. L. Adams Madison, Jas. co. 3 51 New Hope — Jones CO. 8 52 'Antioch — Evansville 24 1835 Union — M. Mc Ginty Jones CO. 2G Bethsaida — Jasper co. 28 ■;Flat Shoal — Fortville 60 SAREPTA ASSOCIATION, 1834. Academy — Jefferson 64 'Athens — S. G. Hillyer Athens 53 Beavcrdam George Lumpkin Lexington 92 ! Bethany — Siinston 58 Bethel — Ruckersville 86 Bethlehem — Lexington 45 Big- Creek Miller Bledsoe Watkinsville 140 Big Spring — Salem 22 Black Creek — Metius F. C. 93 Cabin Creek — P. Grove 79 Chandler's Creek — Hurricane Shoals 63 Cloud's Creek Francis Callaway Collier's 137 Crooked Creek — Lewis P. Eves Jefferson 54 Doves' Creek — Jacob W. David Elberton 79 Falling Creek James Davis, Philip Matthews Elberton 135 Freeman's Creek — Watkinsville 81 Fork B. River — Josiah Human Brooklin 89 Grove Level Reuben Thornton G. Level 84 Lystra Benjamin Brown Danielsville 65 Lexington — Lexington 19 iMars Hill Jeremiah Daniel Athens 144 Millstone — Dansbys 132 Moriah — Danielsville 120 Nails Creek W. R. Welborn Bushville 42 Oconee George W. Key Jefferson 49 Providence — Danielsville 32 Rehoboth Elberton 41 Sardis John Harris Ruckersville 134 Salem — Lexington 56 Scull Shoal John Hendrick Scull Shoals 81 Pleasant Grove — Athens 97 Van's Creek Asa Chandler, W. B. Jones, John Ford Ruckersville 272 Walnut Fork SU Jeremiah Reeves NBURY ASSOCIATION, 18 Kelloch's 35. 32 Savannah — H. 0. Wyer Savannah 5 794 1800 2 African H. Cunningham, /. Motta Savannah 11 1242 1802 North Newport Samuel S. Law 10 509 Powers 28 Lower Black Creek — 20 1802 Cowpen Branch — 1 35 N. Providence — 2 68 Newington J. Southwell 45 1793 Abercorn, African B. Rennea 12 240 White Bluff, Afn R. Nethercleft 2 216 North Salem — Salem 1 14 Sunbury Josiah S. Law Sunbury 8 691 1806 South Salem H. P. Branham Salem 18 Bethel — 11 91 New Hope — 2 27 3 African T. Anderson Savannah 10 224 Great Ogechee — 100 555 1803 Canouchie — 31 Darien J. Smith Darien 23 310 Drakey, African — 200 GEORGIA. TUGALO ASSOCIATION, 1835. Beaverdam Pickens Dis. S. C. 81 Beaverdam — Franklin co. 30 Bethlehem Pickens Dis. S. C. 3 55 Bethel Pickens Dis. S. C. 3 73 Change — Pickens Dis. S. C. 1 27 Coneross Andrew Cobb, A. McGuffin Pickens Dis. S. C. 1 84 Clark's Creek Franklin co. 40 Double Branches Franklin co. 45 Eastenalle Franklin co. 8 72 Hcpzibah Anderson Dis. S. C. 1 52 Holly Spring — Elbert co. 5 73 Holly Spring — Pickens Dis. S. C. 3 62 Hendrey's M. H. — Elbert co. 1 61 Hunter's Creek Lewis Ballard Franklin co. 49 Long Creek Pickens Dis. S. C. 2 13 Line Church Littleton Meeks Habersham co. 52 Leatherwood — Stephen Poe Habersham co. 25 Mineral Spring — Franklin co. 1 27 Middle River Henry David Franklin co. 1 72 New Liberty Habersham co. 45 Perkins' Creek Thomas Dawson Pickens Dis. S. C. 2 71 Poplar Spring — Franklin co. 4 164 Reed Creek — Franklin co. 1 42 Shoal Creek Franklin co. 4 54 Zebulon John A. Davis Habersham co. 4 64 Carnesville WAS HINGTON ASSOCIATION, Carnesville 1832. 22 Harmony Baldwin co. 47 Poplar Springs — Washington co. 51 Bethany — Washington co. 26 Beulah Benjamin Robarts Hancock co. 38 Bethlehem — William Jordan Washington co. 94 Darien Frederic Swint Washington co. 129 Shoulder Bone J. P. Leveritt Hancock co. 48 Island Creek — Hancock co. 113 Ohoopie Isaac Smith Washington co. 77 Fort Creek James Barnes Hancock co. 36 Sisters' M. H. — Washington co. 25 Jackson's M. H. — Washington 23 Bethel — Stephen Rowe Hancock co. Rutherford's — Washington co. 53 Mount Olive Baldwin co. 95 Mineral Springs — Washington co. 94 Richland WE STERN ASSOCIATION, 18 Greene co. 34. 60 Bethel Joseph Bankston Coweta CO. 132 Ebenezer Coweta CO. 6] Holly Spring — Coweta CO. 24 Macedonia — Coweta CO. 38 New Hope — Coweta CO. 110 Newnan J. G. Frey Coweta CO. 71 W. Oak Grove Coweta CO. 63 Cedar Creek Coweta CO. 25 Enon, Mer. co. Meriwether co. 80 Fellowship Meriwether co. 74 Walnut Creek Meriwether co. 55 Bethlehem C. Caldwell, J. Keeth Meriwether co. 73 Antioch J. Nichols Meriwether co. 87 Hebron __ Meriwether co. 40 Providence __ Meriwether co. 19 La Grange — Troup CO. 122 Antioch — Troup CO. 70 GEORGIA. 201 WESTERN ASSOCIATION, 1835— continued. Mount Zion — Troup CO. 32 Vernon H. Perkins Troup CO. 115 Hepsibah James Reeves, John Wood Troup CO. 139 Concord J. M. Duke • Troup CO. 54 Emmaus B. Holmes Troup CO. 94 F. S. Creek — Troup CO. 52 Lebanon — Troup CO. 55 Shiloh — Troup CO. 53 Long Cane — Troup CO. 72 Bethany — Troup CO. 40 County Line — Troup CO. 18 Western J. R. Humphries Heard co. 96 Enon — Heard co. 20 Ramah — Campbell co. 56 Campbellton — Campbell co. 38 County Line — Campbell co. 18 Providence — Campbell co. 23 Sweetwater — Campbell co. 14 Sardis M. Gunn Harris co. 86 Mountain Creek — Harris co. 160 Beach Spring — Harris co. 28 Mount Moriah — Harris co. 35 Antioch — J. Gaydon Carroll co. 9 Concord J. Holcomb Carroll co. 47 New Hope J. Majors, H. Haynes Carroll co. 51 Bethany — Carroll co. 50 L. Tallapoosa — Carroll co. 26 Holly Springs B. Hinton Campbell co. 23 New Hope YELL( 3W RIVER ASSOCIATION Chambers co. Ala. f, 1835. 67 Harris' Spring J. Colley, E. Dyer Newton co. 4 165 Union Grove — Newton co. 2 37 Holly Spring — Newton co. 3 107 Bethel — Newton co. 34 Mount Zion Newton co. 3 63 Bethlehem Newton co. 1 76 Rock Dale Newton co. 1 76 Zion G. Daniel Newton co. 1 45 Salem — iV. Johnson Newton co. 9 73 County Line — Newton co. 6 52 Ozias Henry co. 5 87 Sardis Walton CO. 1 31 Mount Paron Walton CO. 7 100 Double Spring B. Still Walton CO. 3 44 Bottle Spring I. Gunter Walton CO. 43 Gum Creek Walton CO. 8 113 Jack's Creek G. W. Malcomb Walton CO. 9 119 Bay Creek — R. Chandler Walton CO. 4 80 Beulah Walton CO. 36 Monroe H. Hardin Walton CO. 15 151 Union — T. W. Walker Morgan co. 44 Beach Creek — R. Hutcherson Jackson co. 33 Rock Bridge L. Robinson, A. Haygood Gwinnett co. 1 139 Hains' Creek — Gwinnett co. 35 Alcova Kinchin Rambo Gwinnett co. 1 44 Red Land Gwinnett co. 43 Camp Creek J. Hale Gwinnett co. 5 50 Sweet Water Gwinnett co. 74 New Hope — Gwinnett co. 3 48 Bethlehem Gwinnett co. 2 47 Bethel E. Moore Gwinnett co. 4 41 Apalatchie W. C. Norris jwinnett co. 29 Marbury's Creek — Gwinnett co. 22 202 GEORGIA. YELLOW RIVER ASSOCIATION, 1S35— continued. Friendship Gwinnett co. 3 53 Cool Spring — De Kalb co. 14 Macedonia De Kalb co. 3 71 Hardman's De Kalb co. 1 106 Utoy J. Grisham De Kalb co. 3 104 Nance's Creek De Kalb co. 11 117 Fellowship I. Parker De Kalb co. 3 23 County Line De Kalb co. 2 56 Ebenezer -^ De Kalb co. 2 53 Philippi J. Landers De Kalb co. 2 42 New Hope Henry co. 4 55 New Bethel — Henry co. 49 CANOOCHIE ASSOCIATION, 1832. This Association is formed principally of churches which have seceded from the " Hepzibah." They are opposed to missionary, temperance, and other benevolent insti- tutions, and correspond with no other body of Christians. No Minutes have been re- ceived from this body since 1832, at which time it embraced the iollowing churches, viz :- Hebron, Bethlehem, Mill Creek, Lane's M. H., Nevil's Creek, Black Creek, Beard's Creek, Hine's M. H . Fox Bay, Limestone, Lot's Creek, Canoochic, New Hope, Oaky Grove, Bethsaida, and Lake Church — in all 16 churches — 10 ministers — and 1349 members. OCKLOCKNEE ASSOCIATION, 1831. Churches — Richland Creek, Tired Creek, Bethel, Flint River, Mount Gilead, Olives, Indian Sprinisf, Providence, Bethel, in Decatur, co, Hebron, Bethany, Friendship, Piedmont, Hephzibah, Mount Moriah, Ebenezer, Bethsaida, Union, Myrtle Spring, Bethlehem, and New Hope — 21. Ministers— W'lWiam Hathhorn, M. Thigpin, T. Hardie, A. Belcher, M. W. Crestman, H. Milton, and M. Albritton — 7. Licentiates — W. C. Lester, John B. Lacy, and William A. Knights — 3. Total number of members in fellowship, 684. PIEDMONT ASSOCIATION. No Minutes of this Association have been received. In 1825, it contained 11 churches — 5 ministers — 267 members. UNASSOCIATED CHURCHES. CHURCHES. South Newport 1 African Wanhoo* Holly Spring* Dewberry* Shoal Creek* Goshen* Harmony MINISTERS. Wm. H. Mcintosh A. Marshall Wm. Christopher, W. Mears, B. Head — Martin Free T. M. Kimsey, J. Chastain, W. Cockram POST OFFICES. Savannah Murray's, Hall co. Gainesville Gainesville Mount Yonah Callolola Troup CO. BAP. MEM. CONS. 365 2795 4 57 3 54 38 3 54 18 * Dismissed from the Chattahoochee Association. ICHACONNA ASSOCIATION. We have received a brief account of this Association from Marlin Ansley, a licensed preacher in Salem Church, from which it appears tliat it was constituted in 1829, of churches dismissed from the Flint River Association for that purpose, as a matter of con. venience and utility. The constituent churches were the Antioch, Bethesda, Bethlehem, Ebenezer, Good Hope, New Hope, Elim, Mount Carmel, Mount Paran, Providence, Sa- lem, Union, Bethel, Fcllowsliip, Mount Vernon, Macon, Sardis, Shiloh, and Mount Pis- gah. These churches are located in the counties affixed to their names in the tabic. The principal constituent ministers were John Blackstone, Jacob King, Z. H. Gordon, A. Cul- peper, Jonathan Neel, Grey Cunimings, John Hambirch, James Stcaley and Bryan Bate- man. This body has moved forward with great harmony, exempt from the strifes that have so much affected several Associations in Georgia. There is great simplicity in the discipline of tlie cliurehes, and in the preaching of their ministers, who are mostly of an ordinary rank in society. They present the truth in a plain, pointed, forcible manner, contending earnestly for the faith which was once delivered to the saints. GEORGIA. SUMMARY. 203 Associations. Bethel Canoochie Central Chattahoochee Chattahooch.Riv. Columbus Coosa Ebenezer Flint River Georgia Hephzibah Hightower H(juston Ichaconna Mountain Ocklocknee Ocinulgee Piedmont Sarepta Sunbury Tugalo Washington Western Yellow River Other Churches 34 10 16 8 11 17 5 29 10 29 41 49 23 11 14 27 15 21 ^ 106 1037 365 32, 10 11 5 33, IG 20 10 Total 572 236 69 2370 42949 223 51 222 44 211 109 478 45 37 278 197 198 29 798 86 2521 122 1405 2464 6387 1766 320 387 1924 557 684 2274 26 2770 5158 917 533 2648 132 2730 10 3381 1832 1834 1824 1825 1829 1835 1814 1S24 1784 1796 1835 1830 1829 18.33 1810 1798 1818 1817 1829 1829 1824 232 107 83 48 119 16 96 268 101 117 Meetings in 1836. Antioch Saturday September 10 Clinton Saturday August 13. 110 Hopewell ch. Saturday Oct. 8. Bethel ni. h. Friday October 7. Walker C. H. Friday Oct. 14. Beersheba ch. Sat. Sept. 24. Rose Creek ch. Sat. Oct. 15. Baird's m. h. Friday Oct. 7. 26 Providence Sat. Sept. 17. Union Saturday Sept. 17. Concord Saturday Sept. 10. 112 61 1189 309 Walthourville Friday Nov. 11. Beaverdam Fr. co. Fri. Sept. 16 Salem Saturday Sept. 24. The foregoing Summary shows that there are in Georgia, 572 churches, and only 236 ordained ministers. It is probable tliat there are several unassociated churches, not in- cluded in that number, of which wo have no information. It is also probable that the tabular view does not contain the names of all the ordained ministers in the State. The Minutes from which the t.ibles are made, in general, contain the names of such ministers only as were appointed messengers to the Associations ; and although the ministers are generally included in this delegation, it sometimes happens that a few are not. The whole number of this class in Georgia will not exceed probably twenty-five. Let this number be added to 236, and we have only 261 ministers for 572 churches, leaving 311 churches without pastors, unless they are supplied by such as have two or more charges. We find six churches of colored members in Georgia. One of these in Warren county, belonging to the Georgia Association, has 1321 members. The First African church at Savannah, formerly belonged to tiie Sunbury Association, but on account of some diffi- culties, which the Association is endeavoring to remove, it is now unassociated. In 1832, this church contained 2795 members, and received during that Associational year 313 persons by baptism. The 2d African, Savannah, the Abercorn Airican, the White Bluff, and the 3d African churches belong to the Sunbury Association. These six churches have 6038 members. Hightower Association. Most of the churches composing this body, formerly be- longed to the Chattahoochee Association, and in October, 1835, were, at their request, disiuissed tlicrefrom to unite with other churches in forming a new Association. On the 20th November following, delegates from tem cliurclies, met at Silver Spring, Forsyth county, Georgia, and were there constituted, on the faith of the Tugulo Associution, and denominated the Higlitowcr Baptist Association. Tlie ministers who composed the presbytery, were, Wayne, Philips, Hudson, and Mears. The churches composing this Association, except one, are located west of the Ciiattahoochee, and cast of tlie Hightower rivers, principally in the counties of Fcrsyth and Cherokee. I'hesc bounds present a field for missionary labor, worthy the notice of all Baptist preachers who have it in their 204 ALABAMA. power to visit this destitute region, as there are only three ordained preachers and two licentiates in this infant body. On Saturday, the 21st, the Assoeiation, for the first time, met in council. One church was received into the union, making a total of 11 churches, and between three and 400 members. One resolution was passed recommendatory of domestic missions. At tlie same time that these churches were dismissed from the Chattahoochee Asso- ciation five otJiers were also at their request, dismissed therefrom, to unite with others in forming another Association. As we have received no information of their being constituted into a new body, we have placed their names and Post Offices with unasso- ciated churches. ALABAMA. CONVENTION. This body held its Twelfth Anniversary at the Oakmulgee meeting-house, on the 7th of November, 1835. Officers — Hosea Holcombe, President ; C. Crow and Joseph Ryan, Vice Presidents ; A. J. Holcombe, Rec. Secretary ; D. P. Bestor, Greensborough, Cor. Secretary ; A. G. M'Craw, Treasurer. The next meeting of the Convention is appointed at the Fellowship Church, Wilcox county, on Saturday before the second Lord's-day in November, 1836. We have to lament the almost entire want of statistical information in the Minutes of the Convention. We are not told the number of their Associations, churches, or minis- ters. And yet the Report is a business-like document. A Manual Labor School is about to commence. Brother W. L. Williford, late Professor in Jackson College, Tennessee, has accepted the Professorship of Mathematics and Na- tural Philosophy in this institution, and brother D. P. Bestor has been chosen Professor of Theology. The Trustees now hold property to the amount of $20,000. This is a good work, and we wish them success in it. A system of domestic missions in their own State is strongly urged. Resolutions were also passed commending to public favor the American Baptist Home Mission So- ciety, and other kindred institutions. Itinerant Society. — This Society originated in a Resolution adopted by the Bethel Association, in 1831, to provide for tlie ministerial supply of the destitute churches within the bounds of the Association ; and in November, 1832, it assumed a distinct organisa- tion. The officers elected for the ensuing year were, Jesse B. Coomb, President ; Levin B.Lane, Vice President; Thomas Ringgold, Secretary; E. Priaw, Treasurer. Much good has resulted from the operations of this society. ASSOCIATIONS AND CHURCHES. ALABAMA ASSOCIATION, 1835. CHURCHES. MINISTERS. POST OFFICES. BAP. MEM. CON> Elim W. J. Larkins Montgomery co. 11 165 Bethel H.M.Todd,M. Jeter, G.WJeter Montgomery co. 27 198 Antioch — Montgomery co. 2 103 Mount Pleasant — Montgomery co. 7 94 Rehoboth B. B. Lamar Montgomery co. 34 Liberty J. Robertson Montgomery co. 4 57 Montgomery — Montgomery 11 79 Salem — Montgomery co. ] 25 Ebenezer — Montgomery co. 1 27 Bethlehem W. J. Pouncey Lowndes county 10 71 Mount Gilead — M. L. M: Williams Lowndes county 2 131 Bethabara — Lowndes county 1 58 Cool Spring — Lowndes county 9 49 New Bethel — Lowndes county 2 29 Bethany I. Crumpton Lowndes county 2 82 Hopewell D. Lee, A. Pritchard Lowndes county 1 43 ALABAMA. 205 ALABAMA ASSOCIATION, 1835— continued. Smyrna 1 Lowndes county 17 82 Asli Creek D. Peebles, jr. Lowndes county 22 Siiiloh — Dallas county 13 16U Town Creek — Dallas county 7 13J Mount Pleasant — Dallas county Providence — Dallas county 9 48 Sister Spring D. Moore Dallas county 10 108 Jerusalem W. J. Sorelle, Wm. M. Farrar Dallas county 3 31 Concord L. Parks, W. W. Walker Dallas county 4 72 Cedar Creek — Butler county 2 61 Fort Dale Z. Nix Butler county 1 33 Sweet Water W. Blakeraan Butlor county 5 57 Breastwork — Butler county 59 Moriah — Butler county 3 43 Mount Zion S. Wright, J. Miller Butler county 2 18 Union L. Haney Autau county 2 no Coosa River — Autau county 37 Atitioch J. W. G. Mallett Autau county 22 1835 Town Creek BI :THEL ASSOCIATION, 18 Macon county J2. 5 15 1835 Mount Pleasant James Varbrough Marengo county 140 Spring Hill John Collier, E. Davis Marengo county 4!» Bethlehem William Clarke Marengo county 59 Hebron Wiliiatn Clarke Marengo county 43 Mount Zion G. D. Williams Greene county 39 Sardis John Collier, D. House Marengo county 58 Antioch William Clarke Marengo county 27 Bethel Solomon Perkins Marengo county 52 Boiling Spring' J. Reaves Wilcox county 39 Prairie Bluff John W. Wilson Wilcox county Canton — Wilcox county 16 Aimweli Dallas county 25 Friendship Jona. Anderson, T. Tucker Wilcox county 69 New Hope J. G. Williams Clarke county 46 Horeb Lewis Spinks Clarke county 35 Shiloh William Clarke Marengo county 51 Bassett's Creek — Clarke county 12 Farewell Jesse Flowers Wilcox county 18 Nanafaliah J. G. Williams, B. Herring Marengo county 39 Ebenezer H. M. Todd Clarke county 67 Pisgah S. Williams Wilcox county 15 Salem G. D. Williams Clarke county 36 Hurricane J. Shoemaker Washmgton co. 15 'i'urkey Creek J. Shoemaker Washington co. 19 Union John Shoemaker Washington co. 35 Ulconush bet; Haywood M.Todd, J.TIwrnton ILEHEM ASSOCIATION, Clarke county 1835. 27 Claiborne J. H. Schroebel Claiborne 6 131 Little River — Mount Pleasant 44 Pigeon Creek H. Bussy, J. Talbot, Wm. Hill, Suggsville 47 Salem, Mon. co. Cornelius Thames Claiborne 53 Zion J. M'Williams Claiborne 1 27 Friendship,Mon.co. Elias Brown Claiborne 7 40 Bethel, Mon. co. — Burnt Corn 3 48 Limestone William Clark Burnt Corn 1 46 Mount Gilcad Joseph Talbot r^arke county 32 New Providence — Black's Bluff 3 52 Bethany, Wil. co. — Portland 3 27 Concord — Monroe county 1 16 Chalatciiy — Canton 9 County Line — Dallas county 15 53 Union William Herrington Asington 27 Bcthsaida Thomas Trowell Wilcox county 20 Fellowship I*edar Hawthorn Waniack's 6 76 18 206 ALABAMA. BETHLEHEM ASSOCIATION, ] 835— continued. Bear Creek R. Warren, H. E.Courtney Wilcox county 46 Friendship, Wil. CO. Jesse Rcves Barge's 2 62 Hopewell — Coktr's 29 New Hope Charles P. Salter Conecuh county 16 Flat Creek — Burnt Corn 1 69 Bethany, Con. co. — Burnt Corn 4 66 Olive Branch — Burnt Corn 8 63 Salem — Butler county 1 15 Indian Spring J. J. Sessions, L. W. Lindsey Monroe county 1 28 Murder Creek — Bellville 9 66 Beulah Alexander Travis Sparta 3 134 Shiloh — Sparta 23 Elim — Conecuh county 21 Brooklyn — Brooklyn 5 54 Bethlehem — Sparta 2 15 Bethel, Butler co. — Greenville 2 20 BUTTAHATCHA ASSOCIATION , 1835. New Hope Lemuel Prewett Quincy, Miss. 105 Macedonia Marion co. 17 Friendship Sanders' Mills Marion co. 1 31 New Raraah Monroe co. Miss. 3 15 Union Pikeville, Miss. 23 Hepzibah Marion co. 2 22 Hopewell L. Moore, J. Lyndsey P'ayetteville, 4 47 1828 New River Fayetteville, 1 32 1826 Bethel Robert Guttery Jasper, 2 45 Sardis 18 1828 Smyrna Fayette co. 31 1826 Fork Buttahatcha Marion co. 1 34 Holly Spring Walker co. 13 Ebenezer M. Bennett Monroe co. Miss. 77 1832 Shiloh Wm. Harrod, M, Damon Columbus, Miss. 1 47 1833 Elbethel Columbus, Miss. 1 52 1823 Columbus George Tucker Columbus, Miss. 39 1832 Poplar Spring Fayette co. 2 20 Zion W.W.Nash Lowndes co. Miss. 1 133 1823 South Carolina — E. Gore Mount Zion. 1 50 1824 Lebanon William Halbert Lowndes co. Miss. 2 47 Providence Pickens co. 10 103 1832 Bethlehem CAl [lAWBA ASSOCIATION, 1 Pickens co. S35. 14 1820 Bethel — John Dennis Centreville 13 54 1818 Mount Gilead John Dennis Centreville 39 1832 Shoutz's Creek — John E. Sumners Centreville 26 1830 Mount Zion — John Dennis Centreville 2 21 Pisgah Noah Haggard Marion 6 46 1834 Concord William West, S. B. Thomas Marion 5 75 1819 Bethlehem — A. G. Me Craw Selma 37 1829 Oakmulgee Chs. Crow, Geo. Everett, A.G. Mc Craw Selma 4 110 1820 Providence Samuel J. Lark ins Marion 1 100 1822 Sliiloah — Charles Crow Selma 36 1821 Salem, Dal. co. — Jeremiah Reeves Cahawba 12 1832 Fellowship — George Everett Marion 1 48 1822 Hopewell — S. J. Larkins Marion 3 50 1822 Siloam — S. J. Larkins Marion 1 105 1823 Union — James Tuhb Marion 1 43 1818 Salem, Green co. Jos. Ryan, D. P. Bestor jireensboro' 1 142 1818 Mount Pleasant Thomas Norris, I^arthage 12 57 1829: Tuscaloosa — A. Woods, T. W. Cox Tuscaloosa 5 120 1818. Zion James Veasy Marion 13 1835 Mount Zion, Green — D. P. Bestor Greensboro' 35 1 ALABAMA. 207 CAHAWBA ASSOCIATION , 1835 — continued. Bethsaida Wm. R. Hinton Erie 1 24 1826 Bethel, Green co. Wm. R. Hinton, T. Wham, 72. Redin Erie 4 51 1822 Grant's Creek Robert Marsh Foster's 6 66 1828 CANAAN ASSOCIATION, 1835. Union Meredith's 1 30 1832 Bethel Smith's 6 40 1828 Hebron — Cedar Grove 1 39 1819 Bethel, St. Clair co. Henry Cox Vaneville 2 26 1832 Mount Zion — Springville 3 69 1817 Cahaba Trusses' 19 77 1821 Elyton T. D. Armstrong Elytou 2 32 1832 Ruhama — Elyton 22 63 Canaan H.Holcombe, W.H.Holcombe, O. M, Peterson. Jonesborough 5 105 1818 Union — H. H. Rockett Jonesborough 8 50 1834 Bethel — Jonesborough 1 77 1822 Rupes Valley — Bucksville 2 150 1827 CHATTAHOOCHEE RIVER ASSOCIA TION, 1833. Bethlehem Jolm R. Turner Jackson, W.Flor'd. 65 Bethsaida Pike CO. 26 Union S. Sikes, R. Brewer Henry co. 20 Salem Jackson, W.Flor'd. 13 Dependence Henry co. 43 Salem John R. Turner Dale CO. 23 New Providence Pike CO. 35 Choctawhatchee — Stephen Rogers Dale CO. 11 Providence M. Brady Early co. Geo. 8 Providence E. Talbot, J. Kimball Henry CO. 32 Pea River James Cadenhead Pike CO. 19 Little Spring Creek Miller Brady Early co. Geo. 14 Ocheesa James Wilson Jackson co. W. F. 17 Hebron — J. G. Morgan Early co. Geo. 27 New Hope Henry co. 12 Bethlehem J. R. Turner Pike CO. 78 Smyrna Early co. Geo. 14 Roaring Branch Early co. Geo. 6 Concord Baker co. Geo. 36 Betliel Dale CO. 11 CONECUH RIVER ASSOCIATION f, 1S33. Bethel Pike county 31 Hopewell H. Hall Pike county 58 Montezuma Pike county 20 Fellowship Peter Hughes Pike county 71 Sliiloh Covington co. 26 Good Hope Thos. Wall, D. Dozier Covington 30 Bctliany M. Burt, D. Donalson Dale county 23 Ivy Creek Butler county 30 Elim E. Wyatt Pike county 23 Beulah Pike county 29 New Hope Lowndes CO. 41 Union G. Bryant Covington co. 11 Antioch Barbour county 22 New Providence — William Thomas Pike county 10 Salem David Wood, H. Clark Pike county 33 Consolation Butler county 15 Providence Dale county 5 COOSA RIVER ASSOCIATION 1835. Talladega Joab Lawler, Oliver Welch Talladega co. 2 64 Providence Wm. McCain Talladega co. 3 44 Pond Spring — 5'. Marphy Talladega co. 23 208 ALABAMA. COOSA RIVER ASSOCIATION, 1835— covtinued. Tallasahatchie .Philip Archer Talladega co. 1 27 Ccd.r Spring 1 Talladega co. 1 8 New Flope — St. Clair co. 15 Good Hope M. Hillsman Tall Town 1 20 Big- Sprin^r J. M. Scott Shelby co. Mount Zion — Talladega co. 38 Shiloh — Benton co. 9 FLINT RIVER ASSOCIATION, 1835. Betliel on Flint Madison county 1 17 Buth iiy David Jacks Madison county 15 105 Enon William Manning Madison county 1 63 Flint River David Jacks Madison county o 60 Big Cove B. S. F.mt iMadison county 2 54 Mt. Fork of Flint David Jacks .Viadison county 11 3J Wofford Section W. Crutcher Madison county 9 47 Brier Fork of Flint — Madison county 2 34 Huntsville Huntsville 3 26 African, Hunts. VV. Harris Huntsville 13 241 Friendship — 29 Bethel on Lim. Benjamin S. Fant 3 80 Salem William Crutcher Madison county 2 38 Mount Zion William Crutcher 9 Round Island J. Tucker Athens 9 70 Poplar Creek J. Tucker Athens 6 24 Holbert Spring — 1 11 Athens — D. Still Athens 9 66 Limestone Chark's Hodges Limestone county 7 59 Antioch James Shellon Limestone county 25 Kelley's Creek J. Childress Limestone county 27 MeCul. Oeek J. Childress Limestone county 2 18 African, Cottonport 28 98 MOU NT ZION ASSOCIATION, 1835. Bethlehem SL Clair county 6 25 Shiloh Thos. Morgan, John Noble, W. C. Mittott St. Clair county 3 17 Mount Pleasant Jesse Collins St. Clair county 18 Hopewell — St. Clair county 4 27 Harmony — IV. Morgan, A. Sutherland St. Clair county 40 1835 L'nion John Gillilud St. Clair county 27 1835 Bithany St. Clair county 10 1835 Big Spring Blount county 22 Mount Moriah Blount county 36 Mount Pisgah Blount county 26 Mount Joy Blount county 12 Saleai Basil Roden Blount county 1 46 Mount Tabor John T. Musgrove, J. Fowler Blount county 5 36 Providence — Blount county 14 Macedonia — Walker county 11 Hop.well — Walker county 22 C)rinth — Jefferson county 12 Enon William Case Jefferson county 22 Rahnma — Jefferson county 11 24 Ephesus — Jefferson county 20 Sdlem MU John B. Moore LBERRY ASSOCIATION, 1 Jefferson county 832. 11 1835 Bethesda — Harpersville 51 Big Spring J. M. Scott Mapleville 64 C.ihawba Valley — Richard Wood Centrcville 51 1818 Enon J. E. Summers Mapleville 36 1818 ^ew Hope — Mapleville, Bibb co. 15 1820 Rehoboth — Columbia 31 1819 ALABAMA. 209 MULBERRY ASSOCIATION, 1S32— continued. Shoal Creek Joab Lawler Centreville, Shel.co. 18201 Cedron — Mapleville 29 1826 Chesnut Creek — Washington 54 Ebenezer Robert Martin Mapleville 23 1819 Liberty — Washington,Bibbc. 22 Mount Gilead — Mapleville 11 1828 Mulberry- Enoch Hays Mapleville G6 1818 Bear Creek — 31 Bethsaida 20 Calvary William Allen Independence 43 1827 Harmony L. C. Davis Statesville 30 1827 Elim Isaac Suttle, Wm. B. Lloyd Selma, Per. co. 54 1824 Ivy Creek — Statesville 54 Shady Grove William Harris Selma 55 MUSCLE SIIOAL ASSOCIATION , 1834. Russell's Valley Thomas Moss 45 Hepzibah — 50 West Fork, T. C. — 25 Concord — 93 Mount Nebo T. Skinner Franklin county 69 La Grange — La Grange 59 Russell ville — A. B. Duling Russellville 20 Spring Creek — Franklin county 26 Carniel — 45 Bethel Josiah Barker 28 Town Creek — Brickville 78 Salem — Lawrence county 27 Enon — Lawrence county 73 West Fork Flint E. Thompson 66 Mount Pleasant J. L. Towns, Wm. Leigh Lawrence county 130 Mallet's Creek H. W. Hodges 51 Courtland — Courtland 105 Liberty W. E. Du Free Lawrence county 36 Spring Hill Joseph Lane 79 Salem T. Briscoe Morgan county 66 Mount Pisgah — J. R. Lowry Morgan county 72 Hopewell S. Gibson, J. Ferguson 76 Shiloh — 30 Antioch 29 Friendship TUS( ::aloosa association, 1834. 33 Big Creek — Wm. Hood, R. Turner Tuscaloosa county 88 Friendship — Tillman Howell Tuscaloosa county 82 Philadelphia T. Baines, H. W. Middleton Tuscaloosa county 92 Spring Hill — John Walters Tuscaloosa county 40 Mount Tabor Medy W. Hill Tuscaloosa county 42 Bethany Jesse Thomas Tuscaloosa county 40 Bethel — Tuscaloosa county . 88 Gilgal — H. H. Hart Tuscaloosa county 69 Sardis Joab Pratt Tuscaloosa county 128 Salem Tuscaloosa county 46 Hopewell Tuscaloosa county 26 Haysop Bibb county 81 ■ Mount Moriah Bibb county 126 Dunn's Creek I JNION association, 183 Tuscaloosa county 5. 15 Big Creek Charles Stewart Pickens county 111 1829 Pilgrim's Rest Henry Petty Pickensville 85 1833 Enon W. R. Stansel Pickens county 69 Bethlehem W. H. Cook Clinton 85 1820 Bethel — Greene county 14 18^ 210 UNION ASSOCIATION, 1835— continued. Canaan — Cireune county fil Sarepta ' John P. Taylor Pickens county 80 Unity — Pickens county 2J 182^ Rehoboth — Greene county 183 1832 S,)ringt]eld John W. Wilson Springfield 33 1833 Ebonezer llichard Wilkins Ccirrolton 31 lb33 Beulah Knoxville ^ 37 1833 Bethany Pickens county 3.) 1833 Fellowship Pickens county 27 f.iberty Pickens county 14 Forrest Pickens county 30 Buck Creek Tuscaloosa county ; 34 Five Mile Creek B. Holbrook Greene county 86 Antioch UNASSOOIATED, 1835. Perry county 3i) 1828 Mobile Gcorfje F. Heard [Mobile 200 SUMMARY. ASSOCIATIONS. ch's 0. M. Lie. BAP. MEM. CONS. NET NET GAIN LOSS. MEETINGS IN 1836. Alabama 35 1.9 4 174 2362 1819 58 i |ProvidenceM.H.Fri.Oc.7| Bethel 26 16 4 1032 1820 1 Bethlehem 34 18 1 84 1399 1816 4 FlatC'kM.H.Fri.Sept.23. Buttahatcha 14 3 2 24 477 1825 21 |NewHopech.Mi.Fr.Oc.7. Cjliawba 23 17 3 64 1310 1817 44 Concord, Sat. Oct. 22. Canaan 12 5 1 72 758 1833 50 Ruhama, Sat. Sept. 10. ChattahoochecRi 14 5 337 Choctiw, Mi. 4 200 (/ont'cuh River 17 8 3 478 1827 Coosa River 10 6 1 8 248 1833 34 Big Spring, Sat. Sept. 17. Flint River 23 9 1 126 1240 39 Salem M.H.Fri. Sept. 30. Mount Zion 21 8 3 29 441 1823 78 Hopewell ch. Sat.Sept.l7. Mulberry 20 10 1 792 1827 Muscle Shoal 25 11 3 1410 Shoal Creek, Te 8 4 16 376 Talishutchee 11 3 354 1834 Mount Zion, Fri. Sept. Tuscaloosa 14 5 4 963 Union 19 8 1087 1835 Rehoboth ch.Fri.Sept.23. Western, Ga. 1 10 67 Leaf River, Mi. 1 1 99 Unassociated Total 1 1 200 145 83 333 , 157 31 6U7 1563U In Alabama there are 16 Associations, and parts of three or four others — 333 churches — 157 ordained ministers — 607 baptisms in eight Associations, from which we have re- turns for 1^35, and 15630 members. The net gain in four Associations is 145 — and the net loss in four others is 83, leaving a net gain of only 62 members in eight Associations. One church in the Western Association, and one in the Leaf River, are located in Al >bama. The names are distinguished in the tables. The Choctaw Association was (brined in 1833 or 1S34, and is composed, it is believed, often churches, some of whicli are in Mississi|>pi, and some in Alabama. Wc have es- timated the members at 500, and divided them between the two States. The Buttahatcha Association embraces 23 churches, nine of which are in Mississippi. The Union Association was formed in September, 1835, of churches dismissed from tlie ButtahatcJia Association for that purpose. The Minutes of the Bothe', Cahawba and Canaan Associations, contain much valuable statistical matter. The latter Association reports 758 members. Of these 288 are white males, 371 white females, and 99 colored members. Tiie Cahawba has 23 cliurclies and 1310 members. Fourteen of these churches nport 242 white male members, thirteen of them report 304 white female members, and eleven olthcm report 109 colored members. We find two churches of colored members in Alabama, the African, Huntsville, and MISSISSIPPI. 211 the African, Cottonport, both hclong^ing to the Flint River Association. Their aggregate number of members is 33J. Tae Mobile church has about 150 ccjlorcd members. Talishatchee Association, 1835. We have received no Minutes of this Association. All the information we possess on the subject, is, that — "On tlie 12th day of December, 1834, and days succeeding, delegites from the Mount Zion, Zion Hill, Walnut Spring, New Hopewell, and SJem churciies, Alabama, met and formed themselves into an Asso- ciation, by the name of the Talishatchee United Baptist Association" — and that iti last annual session was held at New Hopewell Meeting House, Benton county, Alabama — at which time it contained 11 churches in union, and 354 members. MISSISSIPPI.^ CONVENTION. A BAmsT Convention was formed in Mississippi in 1822. The sixth annual meeting was held October 31, 1828. After that period the Convention declined till it became finally extinct. We learn that the Pearl River, Bethel, and Union Associations in the State have agreed to co-operate in the formation of anotiier Convention. It is much needed, and would doubtless be productive of great good to the cause. Education Society. — The object of the Mississippi Baptist Education Society, which was organised in March, 1835, is the education of young ministers of the Gospel, and the instruction of youth generally in such branches of hterature as shall be compatible with their means. On the 14th of March, 1835, the Society resolved to establish a Manual Labor Acade- my, and elected the following Board of Directors, viz: Elias Hibbard, S. S. Luttitiiore, O. D. Battle, N. R. Cranberry, W. C. Stokes, R. G. Greene, W. J. Deiison, T S. N. King Norvell Robertson, jr., Lee Compere, Elisha Battle, B. Whitfield, J. Morriss, Ashley Vaughand, L. B. Halloway. In order to carry into ctFect the important design of the Society, the Board appointed S. S. Lattimore their general agent to collect funds, obtain subscriptions, &.c. In a few months he reported a subscription amounting to $ 30,000, payable in five annual instal- ments, the first due in January, 1836. In view of this happy result, the Board, in their annual report, say : " If thus much has been aceomplislied within the short space of eight montiis from the organisation of your society, and, by our hitherto feeble efforts, what may we expect when the important objects we have in view shall have become fully understood ? It should also be recollected, tliat a considerable portion of the territory of our State is still unsettled, which will, doubtless, in the course of a very few years, be filled up by emigration ; and with the increase of population, may we ni.t calcuLte on a considerable addition to the number of tiiose who will lend a helping hand? Add to this the fact, that there has, hitherto, been notiiing to unite our denomination in behalf of any benevolent enterprise — and experience has fully shown how little can be done under such circumstances — then, m ly we not reasonably anticipate an increase of our means a hundred fold, when our territory becomes generally settled, and some pl.n adopted to bring into united, active exercise, ali the benevolent feelings, influence, and exertions, of the Biptists of this State ?" We learn that the Directors have taken measures to establish their institution on Soci- ety Ridge, Hinds county, ten miles from Jackson, the seat of government, and that it is to be called the Judson Institute. ASSOCIATIONS AND CHURCHES. BETHEL ASSOCIATION, 1835. CHURCHES. ministers. POST OFFICES. BAPT. MEM. CON. Mound Bluff S. S. I,attimore Union Jesse Andrews Hinds county Lexington Robert G. Green Mount Prospect Thomas S. N. King Liberty Grove L. Compere, E. Hibbard Benton, Yazoo co. Bethel — L. B. Holloway Mount Alban iCtiiiopian 212 MISSISSIPPI. LEAF RIVER ASSOCIATION, 1835. Cedar Creek Thos. C. Hunt, M. Morrison Jackson county 4 37 Green Leaf — Green county 12 Goshen J. Hodges, E. Terrell Jasper county 2 45 Leaf River N.Robertson, sen., W.P.Cartcr (•ovington county 2 77 New Hope — Covington county 19 Providence — John Sanfnrd Perry county 1 22 1818 Red Creek — Perry county 15 Shiloah, Ala. J. G. Collins Mobile county, Ala. 'J'J Tullahala — John Moffit, D. Sumrall Perry county 5 30 Tide Water Jackson county 19 Mars Hill Asa Chadick Jasper county 1 20 MISSISSIPPI ASSOCIATION, 1834. New Providence 31 1805 Ebenezer Amite county 27 1806 New Hope G 18U6 East Fork Charles Felder Amite county 22 1810 Zion Hill Amite county 56 1811 Shiloh 13 1811 Jerusalem Amite county 28 1812 Percy's Creek 12 1813 Mars Hill Jesse Young 15 1815 Mount Zion 27 1826 Hopewell 25 Galilee 11 Salem 38 1826 Pinckneyville 11 1818 Friendship S. Coker, Z. Reeves 37 Beulah 14 Hephzibah, La. Ezra Courtney 71 1813 Mount Nebo, La. 41 1813 Feliciana, La. PEAR X RIVER ASSOCIATION, 1835. 212 1817 Antioch Jesse Crawford Fordsville 4 45 Bogue Chitto Z. Reeves Holmcsville 1 34 Bethany N. Robertson, jun. White Sand 8 47 Booyeh Francis Walker Jaynesville 3 28 Bahala W. Honea Monticello 2 16 Bethel Stephen Berry Brandon 40 County Line N. B. Cranberry Line Store 31 Copiah J. Murray Georgetown 22 Ebenezer John P. Martin White Sand 3 51 Ebenezer S. Berry Brandon 28 Fair River S. Coker Monticello 3 32 Friendship William Martin Eastham 10 Fork Church James Powell Westville 2 25 Flint Creek — Jackson 13 Galilee J. Murray Georgetown 2 12 Hebron N. Robertson, jun. White Sand 4 86 Hephzibah N. Robertson, jun. Monticello 24 52 Hopewell J. Powell, Joshua Sandifer Georgetown 1 18 Little River Isaac Brakefield -'olumbia 17 Mount Moriah — Bogue Chitto 24 Mountain Hill — Westville 13 Mount Pisgah William Denson Madisonville 20 New Chapel S. Coker Monticello 24 New Zion William Fortenberry Fordsville 1 42 Pearl River — Monticello 7 Ramah J. Young Bogue Chitto 3 14 Silver Creek J. Crawtbrd, Henry Simmons Silver Creek I 38 Silver Creek r. Brakefield Monticello 15 Strong River J. Powell Westville 2 37 Society Hill J. Pittman, Davis Collins Columbia 1 17 MISSISSIPPI. 213 PEARL RIVER ASSOCIATION, 1^35— continued. SjIciii J. Powell Wchtville 24 Stein's Creek Cader Price Stein's Creek 4 68 Union W. Fortenberry China Grove 32 UNION ASSOCIATION, 1835. Antiocli — Gallatin 17 Antioch William Allen Warrcnton 2 31) Bethel Auburn 37 Baker's Creek Elisha Flower Amsterdam 1 1.5 Bethlehem James Webb Fayette 15 B\g Creek ('linton 21 Brusliy Fork — Loyd's 32 Beulah — Spring Branch 1 44 Clear Creek Ashley Vaughn Washington 23 li3 Damascus — J. Scrivner Gallatin 2(5 Ebenezer — Fayette 2 56 Elliott's M. H. — Loyd's 1 3j Fellowship — Fayette 41 Friendship Snow's 4 :jo Hepzibrih — Gallatin 40 Mount Calvary — Raymond 18 Mount Zion — Uriah Harveston Gall., tin J8 New Providence S.Griinberry, James Bailey Gallatin 2 17 New Salem E. Battle Clinton 27 Providence — Gallatin 21 Palestine J.Thifrpin,sen.,N.R.Granberry Raymod G 74 Sarepta J. T. Fairchild Mulcomb 2 41 Sharon — Warrenton 30 Sister Sprinjr J. Thig-pin, jnn. Ruyniond 10 SUMMARY. ASSjCIATIONS. ch's. 0. M Lie. BAP. .memb's CON NET GAIN. NET LOSS. MEETINGS IN 1836. Bethel 9 8 ^50 Mound Bluff.Ch. Fr.Oc.7. Choctaw 6 2 300 1834 Leaf River 10 6 4 15 2.6 182; 5 Goshen Ch. Frid.Sept.23. Mississippi 16 4 443 1808 Pearl River 33 17 2 m 982 1820 22 Strong River, Sat.Sep.l 0. Union 24 10 1 44 811 11 Kbenczer Ch. Sat. Oct. 1. Yablabusha 5 2 150 Yazoo 10 4 400 Buttahatcha Total 9 122 5 1 8 455 1825 47 85 New Hope Ch. Fr;.Oct.7. 48 8 136 4287 The number of members in the Bethel Association is not reported in the minutes. We have estimated them at 450. The Choctaw Association is composed of ten churches, four of which, it is supposed, are in Alabama. The number of members is estimated at 500, three hundred of whom are supposed to be in Mississippi. The Leaf River Association is compofcd of 11 churches, one of which, the Shiloh, is in ALbiima. The others are supposed to belong to Mississippi. In the Mississippi Association are 19 churches, three of which are in Louisiana. Of the Yazco Association we know nothing but the fact that it corresponds with other Associations in Mississip[)i. We have estimated its churches ten, and its members 500. The Yablabusha Baptist Association. — A new Associrfion under this title was con- stituted at Troy, Yablibusha county, Mississippi, on the 15th Jan. ]836. The Associa- tion was organised by clioosing Elder Francis B.iker, Moderator, and Lemuel Bean,Cl'k. Five churches belong to this Institution. The principles of faith — the constitution — and the rules of decorum are such as Baptist churches generally approve. We hope a divine blessing may attend the ctforts of these brethren. The Buttahatcha Association comprises 23 churches, 14 of which are in Alabama. 214 MISSISSIPPI. The state of religion in the churches has been for some years past most lamentably low. All the Associations from which wc have received returns have diminished in num- bers. The ibrpfroing remarks are particularly applicable to the churches in the Missis- sippi Association, of which we liave the tbllovving account from Ashley Vaughn, pastor of a Baptist church at Washington, near Natchez, in Adams county. In a letter to the Editor of the American Baptist, dated December 3d, 1835, he says: "I have just returned from a tour througii Wilkinson county, having been absent nine days; it is one of the oldest, wealthiest, and most intelligent counties in the State, and yet the Baptist cause throughout the county is emphatically low: the state of our churches there, tour in number, is truly deplorable. I begin at Woodville, the county seat: This is quite a large and flourishing village, has three meeting liouses — Methodist, Episcopalian and Baptist. The Mctliodist and Episcopalian houses are built of wood; the Baptist house of brick — is the best of the three; it has been for a few years much neglected, and needs re- pairing, wiiich they are about to do. The windows are badly broken: this has been done in part by storms, and otherwise by those who might, without sacrilege, claim relation- ship to Sanballat. Gamblers have time and again gou'.' into it and desecrated its walls by their unhallowed acts; and thus the building that was erected /or a hvuse of I'rayer, they have converted into a den of thieves. Bethel church is four miles from Woodville; their meeting house is a very indifferent building; their number is smull, not more than two or three male members, several of their members having gone over to tlie Reformers. — (Campbellites.) This church, when in the habit of holding meetings, met alternately at Woodville and Bethel; for two years past they have not been represented in the Associa- tion. Sliiloh church is about thirteen miles from Woodville; they have but twelve in number, two of them only being male members. They have not had a church meet- ing in a year, and have not been represented in the Association for two years. The meet- ing house, a good brick building, which they occupy a portion of the time, is said to be in the hands of the Reformers. Pierce's Creek church is ten miles from Woodville, is remarkably feeble, having but one male member; their meeting house is a log building, and is fast rotting down: for two or three years they have not represented themselves in the Association. Pinckneyville church I did not visit, but on enquiry learnt that it is in much the same state as some of the churches already named. Pinckneyville is a very email village, having a Union meeting house built for various denominations, which the Baptist church occupied when they complied with the impressive admonition of the in- spired apostle, " Not forsaking the assembling of yourselves toget/icr, as the manner of some is.'''' The present condition of these churches is affecting, and tiieir history is truly mel- ancholy. They, all of them yet, nominally, belong to the Mississippi Association; all of them are destitute of a pastor, and in a great ujeasure of even occasional preaching. — Some of them had not heard, nor had an opportunity of hearing a sermon from a minis- ter of our order in six or eigiit months. "You will naturally ask. What is the cause of such a declension in these churches? In answer to which, it might be remarked, 1. That several have moved, and are moving up into the more newly settled part of the state. 2. Few or none are emigrating to Wilkin- son, and to some few of its adjacent counties, to supply the deficiency occasioned by such removals. 3. The Campbellites have made inroads into two of these churches, and done incalculable mischief: to quite an extent the evil is to be attributed to men who, years ago, came down from the Upper Country in the character of Baptist ministers, disguised their erroneous sentiments until they had won the confidence and atleetion of tlie clmrch- es, and thereby the better prepared themselves to lead off a party — to beguile the unsus- pecting when they should disclose those pernicious sentiments, which my views compel me honestly and frankly to say, assume apparently the form of godliness, but almost en- tirely deny the power of it. 4. There has been among the churches in that country a great destitution of ministerial labor. Besides the increase we have reason to expect there would have been under a faithful ministry, it would also have had a tendency to pre- serve those who once held fust the form of sound words from being removed from the grace of him that hath called them, viito another gospel, which is not another. Finally, had those churches, and others similarly situated, regularly maintained public worship, they might possibly have been in a more prosperous state. Public worship is an institu- tion of Him who is Head over all things to the church, and it is the imperious duty of churches to attend to it, whether they have a minister or not, nor can they neglect it with impunity. " God's mercy visits every house That pays their night and morning vows. But makes a more delightful stay Where churches meet to praise and pray. " It is mortifying to think of these churches losing their visibility; particular!}', when we consider the part of the State in wliieh they arc located. It is, indeed, affecting to MISSISSIPPI. 215 think of a church dwindling out of existence in any place, and under almost any circum- stances. I never think of the churches that once adorned Asia Minor, and shone as lig'hts in the world, but with feelings of painful regret. Some of them became heterodox in sentiment, and others fell from their first love; their divine Friend and Founder bore long with them; — he stood at their door and knocked, invited and threatened, expostulated and warned; but his messages were unheard, and He removed the candlesticks out of their places! He extinguished those luminaries that once shone with brilliancyl They are gone! Be warned, ye churches of the living God, wherever ye are. Be watchful, and strengthen the things which remain that are ready to die." The following account of a few other churches is derived from the same source as the above: Fellowship in Union Association. — This church is about nine miles east of the Mis- sissippi river, and directly back of Rodney, a flourishing little village situated on the river. The Fellowship church has passed through numerous and varied scenes of trial; the be- ginning of their sorrows, however, is to be traced to the dissemination among them of the bewildering, disorganising, and piety withering sentiments of those who ostentatiously call themselves Reformers, and very gravely plead for the restoration of what they call the ancient order of things. Men several years ago came among them professedly in the character of regular Baptist ministers, enlisting their feelings and winning their affec- tions, and by their guise of orthodoxy removing from their minds all apprehensions of danger, and sowed among them the seeds of heresy, discord, and destruction. Matt. 13: 25 — 28. Such a course inministersof all men is to be abhorred; dishonesty in any cause is to be deprecated, but most of all in religion; and yet this taking people with guile is quite too common. Many a faithful minister has been removed, many a party has been formed, many an error has been propagated, many a church has been rent in twain, merely by a gin that has been spread, or a trap that has been set by some designing min- ister. Indeed, it has become quite fashionable to make Christians by trickery, and men the most skilful in it are applauded as wonderful and great tacticians: — their course is excused under the idea of its being policy. True, it is policy — but what kind of policy is it? It may be human policy — it may be the policy of him " who is full of all deceiva- bleness" — but it certainly is not Bible policy; it was not the policy of our Lord and Mas- ter, nor was it the policy of his apostles. It was their policy "not to know any thing among their hearers, save Jesus Christ, and him crucified." Their deportment in the world and in the church, (unlike those who "crept in unawares,") was uniformly and strikingly characterised by "simplicity and godly sincerity." It is truly affecting to see how many of the difficulties in churches have been occasioned by ministers; and if we look at the sin of disturbing the peace of Zion, in the light of the Bible, it will be seen to be one of no common magnitude. " These six things doth the Lord hate; yea, seven are an abomination unto him: a proud look, a lying tongue, and hands that shed innocent blood; an heart that cherisheth wicked imaginations, feet that be swift in running to mischief, a false witness that speaketh lies, and he that soweth discord among brethren.'''' Prov. 6: 16 — 19. "Now I beseech you brethren, mark them which cause divisions and offences contrary to the doctrine which ye have learned, and avoid them; For they that are such serve not our Lord Jesus Christ, but their own belly, and by good words and fair speeches deceive the hearts of the simple." Rom. 16: 17 — 18. A tremendous woe ia pronounced against such by our Lord, in Matt. 18: 7. "It must needs be that offences come" — for the fulfilment of prophecy. Acts 20: 29 — 30. 2 Pet. 3: 2 — 3 — for the trial of the faith and fortitude of Christians, 1 Pet. 1: 6 — 7. 1 Cor. 11: 19 — and for the disclosure of false professors and hypocrites. Matt. 13: 20 — 21; " but woe to that man by whom they cornel" But the trials of the church already alluded to have in a great measure passed away, and a brighter day seems to be dawning upon them. Old Salem, in Jefferson county, about 16 miles from Washington, and 22 from Natchez. — The Old Salem Church was the first of the Baptist denomination constituted in this State, and many say the first of any denomination. It was constituted in 1797, by Richard Curtis, who is said to have emigrated to this country from S. Caro- lina. The country was at that time under the Spanish Government, and he was driven . from it in consequence of the opposition and ill will of the Popish priests. He however returned, and after his return constituted the Old Salem Church, which is here considered venerable for its antiquity, and its fostering care of all the rest. The following " form of sound words," is among the articles of failh upon which they were constituted : " Art 4. We do fully believe the doctrines of particular redemption, personal election, «ffi3ctual calling, justification by the imputed rigliteousness of Christ, pardon of sin by his atoning blood, believer's baptism by immersion, the final perseverance of the saints, the resurrection of the dead, and eternal judgment." " We do furthermore agree to conform to the following rules of discipline : ■" 1. Not to forsake the assembling of ourselves together, but constantly attending our 216 MISSISSIPPI. appointed meetings as far as the Lord shall enable us ; not neglecting any of them but in cases of necessity. " 2. To boar ouch one his burden as the Lord sliall prosper him, in defraying such ex- penses as are necessary for maintaining the worship of God in decency and order. " 3. Not to expose the infirmities of each other by any means when it may be carefully avoided. " 4. Not to remove our residence to any distant part without applying to the church for dismission. "5. Not to be willing to live in the neglect of any known duty to God, our neighbor, or one another ; but endeavor to walk in all the commandments and ordinances of the Lord blameless. " 6. To bear reproof, and to reprove each other in cases of visible faults, in Christian charity and brotlierly love, as ordered by Christ in the Gospel." I iiave made tlicse extracts because I supposed it would be somewhat interesting to know something, not only of the circumstances ot the constitution of the first Baplistt.'liurch in the State of Mississippi, but also of the principles upon which they first started. They evidently " built upon the foundation of the prophets and the apostles," and for years enjoyed great prosperity. " I'hem that honor God lie will honor." Among their early ministers were Elders Curtis, Snodgrass, Cooper, Scarborough, and Stamply. For several years after their constitution they debated the projjricty of washing the saints'" feet, but in 1808 they Concluded to " consider washing of feet not as a church ordinance, but as a Christian duty, to be left discretionary with tlie brethren, to be performed when they find it conve- nient." It is a matter of general regret that tiiis church, a little more than a year ago, was dissolved. It was the mother church, and was once in a truly prosperous state, though for several years it had been on the decline in numbers, owing principally to the inhabitants moving to tiie upper countries. Whether there was or was not a necessity for dissolution, I do not pretend to say, but if there was a necessity, it was a painful and mortifying one. It is somewhat doubtful whether it will ever be reorganised ; but still Old Salem will long live in the memory of many. Sketch of Zion Church, of the Butlahatcha Association, furnished by John Halbert, This church is situated in Lowndes county, Mississippi, ten miles below Columbus, on the east side of the Tombeebee river. It was constituted by Elders Henry Petty and William H. Cook, in 1823, with only fourteen members. Elder Petty took the pastoral charge of tlie church until 1834. The church gradually increased under his active labors till 183i, when it had a precious revival which continued during that year. Many per- sons were added to the church, and the number of members in fellowship was at one time 232 ; but tliere has been a gradual dcereas'e of the number ever since, occasioned chiefly by the dismission of members for the formation of several other churches. Four ministers were raised up in this church, viz., Gabriel E. Nash, William W. Nash, William Halbert, and Joseph Morehead. William R. Stansil was called to take the pastoral care of the church in lo3j, Elder Petty having refused on account of a temperance and mis- sionary society being held there, which things he thought too temporising. But whether these things will be for the good or evil of the church, time must unfold. The deacons are John Brownlee and John Halbert. The members in fellowship are, 62 males, 78 females; colored, 25 males, 19 females — total 184. This church was incorporated by an act of the Legislature in 182 J, and received a donation of an acre of land from Capt. A. M'Carter, to build their m<;eting-house on, which is a large frame house, built by the liberality of the neighborhood. LOUISIANA. LOUISIANA ASSOCIATION, 1834. CHURCHES. MINISTKRS. I'OST OFFICES. BAPT. MEM. 62 CON. Bayou Salle P. W. Robert, B. C. Robert Franklin Calvary — W. B. Wilboan Bayou Chicot 38 Beulah G. A. Irion Cheneyville 60 Aim well — W. B. Wilboan (dole's Settlement 12 Amiable B. Garlington, J. B. Smith Cheneyville 10 Antioch — W. B. Willman Qiielqueshoe 16 Occupy Joseph Willis, vScnr Cheneyville 5 Zion Hill — Wilson Clark Fort J ess up 43 LOUISIANA. SUMMARY. 217 ASSOCIATIONS. CHS. CM. Lie. BAl'T. MEM. CONST. MEETINGS IN 1836. Louisiana Mississippi Concord Total 8 3 6 1 4 146 224 11 7 4 370 The above is all and the latest statistical information we have of the churches in Louisiana. It appears from the Minutes, that the Louisiana Association corresponds with the Concord, but where that Association is, we know not, having received no information respecting it. In 1834, Elder James B. Smith came to the parish of Rapides, in this State, as a mis- sionary under the patronage of the American Baptist Home Mission Society ; and it is believed that he officiates now as pastor of one or two churches in that parish. As his name does not appear in tiae statistical part of the Minutes of the Louisiana Association, for 1834, the latest we have seen, the name of the church of which he is pastor is un- known to us. We have, iiowever, placed his name in the table, opposite Amiable church. His Post Office address is Cheneyville. ARKANSAS. SPRING RIVER ASSOCIATION, 1835. CHURCHES. MINISTERS. POST OFFICES. BAPT. MEM. CON. Spring River 32 1828 New Hope David Orr Lawrence county 20 1823 Richland 46 1828 Little Northfork John B. Graham Izard county 14 67 182:i Rehoboth George Gill Batesville 15 1829 Strawberry — 33 White River ^ 3 26 Saline 23 Liberty Independence co. 20 Rocky Bayou — W. B. Karr 10 LITTLE ROCK ASSOCIATION, 1828. Churches — Little Rock, Salem, Arkansas, Little Flock, Clark co.. Union, Little Flock, Crawford co.. Copperas Creek, Kentucky, Saline. Ministers — Silas T. Toncray, Silas Dodd. Churches 8— Ministers 2— Members 88. SUMMARY. ASSOCIATIONS. CHS. 0. M. Lie. BAPT. MEM. CONST. MEETINGS IN 1836. Little Rock Spring River Total 8 10 2 4 1 17 88 292 1830 Strawberry ch. Sat. Sept. 24. 18 6 1 17 3S0 ORIGIN OF THE SPRING RIVER ASSOCIATION. Extract of a letter from David Orr, pastor of the New Hope Baptist Church, Lawrence county, Arkaiisas, to the Editor of the Cross and Journal, dated Oct, 30, 1835. "In the spring of 1828, some two or three pious and cross-bearing old sisters, who hml never seen rny face, but iiad licard that I devoted my time principally to travelling ami preaching Christ and him crucified to the destitute in Missouri, forwurdtd me a letttr, which came to hand in due time. Their wants were made known, and their solicitations were too pressing to be passed with indiffiirence. I immediately laid, the letter before 19 218 ARKANSAS. one of the churches which I then had the charge of. Some of the church ol)jcctcd to my going, stating at the same time, that my health was bad, and that tJie numerous calls in my own vicinity were more than sutficient to fill up all my time; and to grace the whole, they insisted, ' If the people in Arkansas arc worthy, God will send them a preacher.' But all the sympathies of my soul appeared to be roused up m favor of tlie destitute in Arkansas ; and all tiieir remonstrances were ineffectual. In a few daj's I started for the Territory, with the intention of staying five or six weeks. On arriving here, I was not a little surprised at finding the whole country destitute of Baptist preaching- Not a solitary Baptist preacher lived north and northeast of Arkahsas river, with the exception of two old brethren. Floury and James. Neither of these men were able to advance the cause any, by reason of age and mental disabihty. And what was yet more Jieart-rend* ing, if possible, was the scattered and distressed state of the few lan)bs of Christ's flock. Some years before, a missionary had been sent, (pcrhajis James- P. Edwards,) to visit the Territory, who had organised one or two churches ; but preaching not being kept up, the flock had scattered ; but some retained amidst the conflicting scenes, a great veneration for the Shepherd and Bishop of their souls. A spirit of cngagedness and solemn devotion appeared in the congregations wherever I preached. Sinners were awakened, and mourners were brought to a knowledge of their sins forgiven. I organised a church at Spring River, and baptized eleven persons, on the following Lord's day. I also organised two others, Richland and New Hope churches. " In tiie spring of 1829, I moved to Arkansas, and during that summer, T made addi- tions to each of the churches above mentioned, and organised two others, Little North- fork and Rehoboth, and in the fall of the same year, organised the Spriiig River Baptist Association. " Since that time, I have attended to the raising of four other churches, which make nine in all; and at this time, perfect peace and harmony abound in all the churches; and we are blessed with the labors of three missionaries ; and I sincerely trust that God will bless us with more able, cross-bearing, devoted, self-denying laborers, who will go forth in the strength of Israel's King, and proclaim a risen Saviour to all the frontiers of oar western borders. Our Association, which terminated on the 2d Monday of this month, was unanimous in the missionary enterprise. Nine preachers attended ; and on Lord's day, eighty surrounded the communion table. Three united, and mourners were nu- merous." Little North Fork. This church was organised in 1829, by David Orr. It now has 67 members; John B. Graham, pastor. In a letter to the Corresponding Secretary of the American Baptist Home Mission Society, Mr. Graham says : — " I reside in Searcy county, on the White River, near the line of the State of Missouri. I ride through Searcy county, and in Izard county. In the former there is no preacher of any denomination but myself^ and in the north of Izard county, where I ride they are entirely destitute ; the people are poor, and the population is sparse. " The settlements are very desirous of preaching, and attend in abundance, for a thinly inhabited country. The Little Northfork Church is in peace, and there is a prospect of a revival. I expect to organise another church shortly, on the Big Fork of White River. Our denomination is gaining ground in Arkansas ; the Mission cause now meets with general approbation." Extract of a letter from George Gill, dated near Bate$ville, ArkansaSf June 13,1835, and addressed to the publisher of the American Baptist. "We were organised as an Association in the year 1830, called the Spring River Bap- tist Association, which consisted, at the time of its organisation, of five chorches, located in Lawrence, Independence, and Izard counties. These churches were chiefly gathered and organised by brother Orr. I was chosen their clerk, at the first meeting of the Association, and have acted in that capacity ever since, except at the last session, during which I was in the State of Missouri. Though we are few in number, and liavc only four or five preachers, the Lord has hitherto blessed us with a gradual increase ; and peace and union have been enjoyed by our churches." 219 TENNESSEE. CONVENTION. The Tennessee Baptist Convention was formed in October, 1833. The object of the Convention is lo devise and execute plans for disseminating the Gospel in destitute sections of the State, and as far as practicable supply such churches as solicit aid. The second annual meeting of the Convention was closed in Nashville on the 12th of October, 1835, after a most interesting and harmonious session of four days. About 70 delegates were in attendance. Officers — R. B. C. Howell, Fresident ; L. B. M'Conico, Cor, Secretary ; L. D. King, Rec. Secretary. MissiONAaiEs. — Ten missionaries were appointed by the Board during the year, viz.: William BiUuc in Blount and Campbell counties ; James Evans, in Warren and Franklin counties ; Z. N. Morrel and O. Doston ; Bernard Phillips, in Davidson, Sumner, and Williamson counties ; Willoughby Picket, in Jackson, Overton, and White counties ; David Godon, north of Big Hatchie river ; R. T. Daniel, in the Western District and Middle Ten- nessee ; Edward B. Haynie, in Jackson county ; J. Kennon, voluntary missionary, travel- led .lOO miles and preached 50 sermons; R. H. Taliaferro, another volunteer missionary, travelled 964 miles, preached 58 sermons, and baptized 16. The report respecting the missionaries concludes as follows: " Their field of labor has been chiefly confined to nineteen counties ; they have labored six hundred and ninety-four days; preached seven hundred and forty-two sermons; de- livered fifty lectures explanatory of the objects of the Convention; assisted in the constitu- tion of three churches, in the ordination of three ministers, and baptized about two hun- dred and six persons. "Our missionaries have, for the most part, been well received, and have been strongly solicited by the churches, and by persons in the different sections of country where they have visited, to return and preach to them. " In many instances, particularly in the Western District, Baptists, who had kept pes. session of their letters of dismission for several years, on account of the many errors whicli had crept into the church, have been induced to connect themselves with the churches which have favored our objects, and several churches have been aroused from a state of inactivity to become zealous and efficient auxiliaries in sending the Gospe] to the destitute. "The church at Springfield, Gibson county, where the adjourned meeting of the Con- vention was held last year, has increased from twenty two to about one hundred members; and almost every church that has been visited by our missionaries (where the opposition to love and to good works has not been overwhelming) has experienced an outpouring of the Holy Spirit. " Two Associations, 'having for their object the more extensive circulation of the Gos- pel in this State,' have been formed. One of these is in the Eastern and the other in the Western District, and both have become auxiliary to the Convention. " Notwithstanding the opposition of a large portion of our denomination, and the pre- scriptive measures adopted by some churches and associations, yet the cause of Home Missions is gaining ground in Tennessee ; and your committee confidently look forward to the period Vv-hen our whole denomination shall be united to promote the interests of the Redeemer's kingdom upon earth ; when the opposition to benevolent effort, which now prevails to a considerable extent, will give place to brotherly love and a union of effort, and when the Baptist Church in Tennessee shall be indeed ' as a city set on a hill, which cannot be hid,' and when she will be prepared to act her part in evangelising the world. " In many parts of our State, particularly in the Western District, materials are abun- dant for the constitution of new churches, and we know of no section of the State where a devoted Baptist minister might not be profitably employed." Funds. — The receipts of the Convention were $ 611 ; disbursements $408 66. A letter was read to the meeting from Nathaniel G. Smith, proposing to give the Convention $100, provided nine other persons would do the same. This proposition produced great sensation, and the sum of $ 620 was immediately subscribed. Annual Meeting. — The next annual meeting is appointed at Nashville, on Saturday preceding the second Lord's-day in October, 1836. General Association of East Tennessee. The General Association of East Ten- nessee, for preaching tiie Gospel to the destitute in this State, has become auxiliary to the State Convention. The Warrensburg church, following the example of the church in * ^20 TENNESSEE. Nashville, has also become auxiliary. Wc have learned that several churches in the Western District have taken a similar course, and it is expected that this plan will be generally adopted. Flint River Missionary Society. — At the meeting of the Flint River Association, North Alabama, for 183.5, several destitute cliiirches made apj)lication to that body for assistance in obtaining a regular supply of the means of grace. This brought up the missionary question, vi'hich was discussed at much lengtli, and the application was finally voted down. Many of the members were so atfccted by this refusal of the Asso- ciation to aid her weak and feeble churches, tliat, on their adjournment, they appointed a lueeting to take place at Round Island on the 7th of November, to devise some means to aid the good cause. The attcndnnce was large, a constitution was adopted, and the prospect of efficient action encouraging. We learn from the " Bajjtist," whence the fore- going is derived, that the society has increased to over a hundred members, and has col- lected about three hundred dollars. West Tennessee Education Society. — This Society was formed at Brownville, Hay- wood county, July 26, 1835. Its design is twofold . " First, the establishment of a Lite- rary Institution, to be under the control of the Baptist denomination ; and secondly, the education of pious young men called of God to the ministry, and regularly licensed by the respective churciics to which they belong." Officers — H. I. Anderson, Prrsident ; James Fields and James Whitlow, Vice Presidenls ; James G. Hall, Secretary ; J. Burns, J. C. Jones. P. S. Gayle, J. Browning, Wm. Moore, Thomas Owen, R. S. Thomas, Wm. Dowd, J. W. Fort, Wm. Evans, John Finlay, L. H. Bethel, Managers ; P. S. Gayle, Agent. The Baptist. — This paper is published monthly at Nashville, on an extra-imperial sheet, by R. B. C. Howell. It is very ably comluclcd, and is accomplishing much good. Tiie second volume commenced in January, 1836. Price, $ 1 in advance. ASSOCIATIONS AND CHURCHES. BIG HATCHIE ASSOCIATION, 1835. CHURCHES. ministers. post offices. BAP. MEM. CONS. Macedonia F. Beard M'Nairy county 1 47 Mill Creek — Hardiman county 24 ("lover Creek — Hardiman county 41 Mount Zion Hardiman county 23 Cane Creek O. Dodson, G. Stovall Madison county 74 136 Spring Creek — Hardiman county 44 Concord M. Jones M'Nairy county 36 Sugar Creek K. Ross M'Nairy county 3 37 New Hope — M'Nairy county 1 19 Enon — ■ ■ Hardiman county 36 Big Black W. Dowd Miidison county 12 88 Moss Creek — M'Nairy county 26 Cave Spring W. Hale M'Nairy county 1 69 Brown's Creek Hiywood county 24 Mount Moriah Madison county 49 Antioch — Hirdinian county 1 23 Little Hatchie N. Meeks M'Nairy county 17 Salem L. Savage fiardiman county 1 19 Russell's Spring P. S. Gayle Haywood county 81 Bethlehem CC )NCORD ASSOCIATION, 1 Hardiman county 45 Mill Creek James Whitsett, B. Phillips 36 360 East Station Camp 1 149 West Station Camp Joseph Pitt 9 95 M'Crory's Creek Peter Fuqu;i, Thomas Fuqua Davidson county 22 287 Providence David Clark Rutherford county 40 213 Overall's Creek Peter Fuqua 97 Bctlilchem 2 74 Flat Rock 20 Little Cedar Lick James T. Tompkins Wilson county 4 74 Spencer's Lick William White, E. Vaughn 2 53 1 TENNESSEE. 221 CONCORD ASSOCIATION, 1835— continued . Antioch JamesWhitsett, K.W.Wilkins 4 88 Bethesda Jacob Melton 11 Drake's Creek Elisha Vaughn 2 39 Ridge M. H. 46 Nashville R. B. C. HoweU Nashville 23 142 Union John Bond Huddleston'sX Rds 12 169 Bradley's Creek Presley Lester Cainsville 28 150 1819 Enon 11 53 Barton's Creek 23 1835 Concord John Morton 152 CUMBERLAND ASSOCIATION, 1S35. Enon Lewis Heath Bedford county 1 98 Providence 5 64 Friendship William Herrin Davidson county 4 49 Flat Creek 12 81 White's Creek William Kirk Big Harpcth Jesse Cox 5 190 Cool Spring Henry Walker 11 66 Leper's Fork John Atkinson 4 95 West Harpeth James King 12 112 Wilson's Creek^ 9 128 Franklin Franklin 1 110 Rutherford's Creek Cornelius Payne Maury county 3 93 Knob Creek P. Dodson 1 1 19 Little Flat Creek Maury county 2 21 Lebanon [den 42 Head Leper's Fork J, Ragsdale.E. WAj 21 El-Bethel James Nowling 55 Mount Moriah Lincoln county 92 Shiloh Benj. Walker, John Copeland 93 Stewart's Creek — William Land 32 Forks Mulberry — John J. WJiitaker 40 Concord — James D. Cole 102 Mount Olivet 18 HIW ASSEE ASSOCIATION, 1835. Hind's Valley 3 47 Prospect Roane county 1 14 Pond Crejk 25 88 Macedoni i 9 86 Mount Pleasant S. Liles 7 52 Little Emery 2 57 Lumina.y 8 32 Bethel 3 42 Union M'Minn county 76 ly* 222 TENNESSEE. HIWASSEE ASSOCIATION, 1835— continued. Beach Fork 4 80 Good Hope 1 41 Poplar Spring 5 70 Pisgah John Farmer, D. Briggs 1 138 Fellowship 3 59 Concord Micah Sellers Rhea county 3 164 Tennessee 20 Goodfield Samuel F. Gerald 2 83 Cave Creek 3 79 Smyrna J. J. Munger 2 36 Koger's Creek 48 Salem 27 Short Creek 1 33 Aciah B. Buckner 3 20 New Hope 1 29 Shiloh 1 122 Paint Rock George Lutterell 1 118 HOLSTON ASSOCIATION, 1833. Cobb's Creek James Eden * Carter county 32 Stony Creek Benjamin White Carter county 32 Watogua Leonard Barnes, John D. Car- ty, Valentine Bowers. Carter county 66 Sinking Creek — Carter county 60 Indian Creek — Washington co. 24 Cherokee Reese Bayles Washington co. 60 Buffalo Ridge Jer. Hale, Isaac Mulky Washington co. 43 Fall Branch — Washington co. 14 jHolston — John Martin Sullivan county 31 Muddy Creek Jas. Poindexter, Peter Kuhn Sullivan county 31 iDouble Springs Jesse Riggs Sullivan county 71 Cl^ar Fork — Elijah Brown Greene county 19 Roaring Spring Thomas Mc Lain Greene county 28 iFlag Branch D. D. Shackleford Greene county 20 Mc Pheter's Bent Wm. Pheagans Hawkins county 20 ■New Hope James Tennell Hawkins county 11 Hickory Cove Daniel Howry, A. Sanders Hawkins county 33 Richardson's Creek MISSISS Francis Winsted IPPI RIVER ASSOCIATIC Hawkins county )N, 1834. 46 Big Muddy Faj'ctte county 49 Beaver Creek Fayette county 45 Bethany Shelby county 25 Big Creek Shelby county 29 Big Sandy J. Burns Fayette county 24 El Bethel Shelby county 31 Elam Shelby county 18 Coggin's Creek William Baize Tipton county 43 Hopewell Fayette county 61 Mount Tabor Hardiman county 34 Mount Pisgah A. Compton Fayette county 43 Mount Pleasant A. Salmons Hardiman county 46 Memphis S. T. Toncray Memphis 16 Providence A. Dancer Shelby county 9 Russell's Spring Haywood county Spring Hill 24 Covington Tipton county 34 Society Hill J. M. C. Robertson Huyvvood county 41 Union Hill Tipton county 10 Wolf River BION ASSOCIATION, 183; Fayette county >. 40 Providence (ames Conyers 1 45 M. Fork of Obion Thomas Ross 45 Wal. F'k of Obion | Henry county o 84 TENNESSEE. 223 OBION ASSOCIATION, lS35.--continued. Clark's River Henry Darnall Calloway co. Ky. 51 Rough Creek G. Washburn 2 40 Bethel F. Cayee Graves co. Ky. 4 74 Bailey's Fork 25 Macedonia 2 51 Hepzibah 25 Antioch 1 34 Mud Creek 4 29 Pleaaant Grove James Morphia 55 Bayodeshea 25 Hirris' Fork J. Shelton 16 Salem Wm, Hays 46 Hopewell 3 24 Blooming Grove 9 56 Meridian 12 Panther Creek 14 Mount Pleaaant 1 13 Brusii Creek S. Cavender 13 Liberty 9 West iVIayfield 13 POWELL'S VALLEY ASSOCIATION, 1835, Big Spring S. Mc Bee, T. Hurst 3 202 Head of Barren E. C. Simmons, W. Simmons ♦ 76 Cedar Fork Rice W. Whitaker 11 85 Mount Hebron I. Long, J. Long, C. Mitchell '> 11 42 Davis' Creek 13 57. Mulberry Gap Claiborne county 43 183 Gap Creek 5 36 Hinds' Creek — Isaac Gentry 2 58 Powder Sp'gGap Grainger county 8 80 Clear Fork 2 10 Mount Pleasant Edmund Gross 3 17 Hickory Flat J. Bishop, L. Chrisman 2 23 Old Town Creek Thomas Marsee 26 43 War Creek Moses Mc Ginnis, J. Day 4 78 Thompson's St'lmt. James Gilbert, J. Bishop 18 128 Glade Spring 16 97 Big Barren W. Williams, Sen. W. Wil- liams, Jr. N. S. McDowell 10 170 Head of Richland John Kidwell 1 61 Powell's River 17 Blackwater 30 107 Blue Spring 1 19 Puncheon Camp — John Robinson 15 107 Clear Branch Chelsey H. Bootright 1 45 New River — C'utberth Webb 1 10 RICHLj \ND CREEK ASSOCIATION, 1835. Indian Creek David Crook 39 Zion 1 56 Union Allen Hill Pulaski county 2 95 Bethel, G. C. Stephen Shelton 31 Weakley's Creek Matthew Davenport Giles county 4 54 Sugar Creek James Shelton 1 20 Friendship Giles county 3 18 Ebenezer 2 36 Liberty Thomas Willis 5 46 Mount Carmel Lincoln county 48 Sulphur Spring Lincoln county 3 28 Bethlehem 26 Hurricane Spring Giles county 40 Richland Creek 19 Rock Creek Shad rack Mustain Bedford county 39 Big Creek Burgess Biirkett 1 31 224 TENNESSEE. RICHLAND CREEK ASSOCIATION, 1835— continued. Big Shoal 50 Hephziba Maury county 3 90 Bethel, M. C. Geo. N. Hoge, Jno. Hunter Maury county 10 89 I^eeper's Creek Britton Gardner Maury county 46 Poplar Creek Maury county 17 Lynn Creek Philip Ball Giles county 1 77 Robertson's Fork 20 Sliiloh James Jones Maury county 4 56 Zion, B. C. 2 43 New Rama 43 Fountain Creek Maury county 4 24 SALEM ASSOCIATION, 1835. Smith's Fork Joshua Lester Statesville 6 118 1806 Salt Lick Miles West 23 197 Dixon's Creek John Wiseman 6 114 S.ilem Cuntrell Bcthell, Henry File Liberty 18 182 1809 Round Lick Sion Bass, Arckimal Bass Three Forks 111 1803 Bledsoe's Creek John Wiseman Green Garden 20 114 1806 Spring Creek John Jones Lebanon 37 Peyton's Creek Daniel Smith, E. B. Hanie 1 224 Brush Creek C. Bethell, Wm. Allen, H.Ful- ler, J. Hooker, T. Woodson Alexandria 2 176 1802 Cedar Grove Elijah M-addftx 4 108 Cedar Creek John Borum Lebanon 8 114 1820 E. F. G. Creek Wm. C. Bransford Brevards 9 108 1817 New Hope Wm. P. Hughs, Wm. Dale Alexandria 92 1819 Big Cedar Lick 19 Lebanon Lebanon 3 18 Goshen — Liberty 19 1821 Enon Hugh W. Picket Statesville 4 38 1821 Sander's Fork — H. W. Picket 1 24 1822 Falling Creek James Bond 52 Testament 12 63 Brawley's Fork — . 48 Mount Pleasant — Mount Pleasant 3 35 Short Mountain — Jesse Johnson 3 11 Bethel 71 Hickman's Creek 3 94 1806 Hogan's Creek Wm. Flowers, John Harper Carthage 8 291 1810 Knob Spring SHO^ E. W. Hail, Wm. Ferrill iL CREEK ASSOCIATION Rome , 1835. 18 193 1814 Knob Creek Lawrence county 37 Butler's Creek Henry Garrard Lauderdale, Ala. 34 Little Cypress — Nathaniel Farmer Lauderdale, Ala. 6 96 Big Cypress William Smart Lauderdale, Ala. 18 Antioch Joshua Hardin Lauderdale, Ala. 27 Chisholm's Forks Isaac Neader Lawrence county 3 26 Friendship Wayne county 21 Mount Zion Wayne county 2 18 Bethany Jacob Bryant Lawrence county 10 Pleasant Grove Lauderdale, Ala. 41 Mill Creek Lauderdale, Ala. 4 76 Blue Water David Lancaster Lauderdale, Ala. 5 53 Sal'm And'son's ck Lauderdale, Ala. 1 51 Second Creek Allen Jones Lawrence county 1 75 Wolf Creek Zacliariah Ellis Lawrence county 25 Puncheon Camp Giles county 50 'I'urkey Creek Elisha Pack Hardin county 10 25 Bethel Wm. Baker, J. P. Gibbs Wayne county 2 20 Providence — Nathan Horton Wayne county 6 40 Liberty Hardin county 2 50 Union Wilson Grines Wayne county 2 42 Horse Creek Jesse Thompson Hardin county 8 23 Shiioh — Hardin county 25 TENNESSEE. 225 SWEET WATER ASSOCIATION, 1835. Tdlico Wm. Wood, H. E. Taliaferro, B. Kimbrough,W. Chapman Madisonville 1 81 Hopewell George Snider 7 195 New Providence — W. Hunt., C. Sanders 1 105 Ebenezer — Jesse Leu ting 4 37 Chestua 3 70 Six Mile — John Boring 13 75 Conasuuga 1 52 Zioii Hill 5 111 Mount Pleasant A. King, J. Mathews, J. Hill 4 64 Atiiens 25 Salem Richard Wilson, Lewis Brewer 78 Friendship McMinn county B\i Eastanallee — J. Couch, J. Neivion 81 Hiwassee John Courtney, E. Ward 36 Biir Spring;- Daniel Buekncr •* 43 Ro' ky Hill L. B. Hunt, Robert Gregory 4 44 Sweet Water E. Cleaveland, R. Snead, J. Matlock, R. Taliaferro, W. H. Montgomery, J. Calloway, G. W. Grimmit, B.M. Roulh 4 292 Consolation 11 Union, F. Cr. 7 75 Union R. B. Billew, Richard Davis 1 60 Christiansburg 47 Fountain Hill W. E. Pope 3 39 New Hopewell George Long 3 61 Pleasant Hill 6 41 N. Friendship 39 Big- Creek 53 Four Mile 10 34 TE]V fNESSEE ASSOCIATION, 1835. Third Creek 8 162 Boyd's Creek Elijah Rogers Sevier county 9 182 Stock Creek William Billew 3 J76 Mouth of Richland — James R. Haggard Grainger county 3 183 Creek Beaverdatn Creek 1 64 Nine Mile 2 19 Bethel N.ofHolston 35 Little Flat Creek Samuel Love, J. Coram Knox county 97 Pleasant Grove 11 French Broad Duke Kimbrough Jefferson county 22 Rocky Valley 1 35 Alder Branch 1 54 Beaver Ridge John Clark 3 138 Miller's Cove 19 Forks of Lit.Pigeon Eli Roberts 2 1«2 Hopewell Layman Jones 25 Cade's Cove 2 38 Ellijoy James Lankford 1 99 Wear's Cove Johnson Adams 1 38 Providence Samuel Pate 22 Cedar Ford 6 79 Hickory Creek Henry Soward 1 196 Dumplin Creek Noah Cate 2 68 Bethel 3 75 East Fork of Poplar 32 Creek Zion Joshua Frost McMinn county 2 77 New Salem Anderson county 1 17 Pawpaw Hollow Sevier county 2 63 Cedar Grove 34 Tuckaleechy 52 226 TENNESSEE. WESTERN DISTRICT ASSOCIATION, 1835. Bird'!" Creek The following are all the Henry county 44 R.iniblc Creek ministers who arc desig- 1 12 Spring Creek nated on the Minutes.] Henry county 14 55 Cypress Creek 1 12 Rushing's Creek J. Browning, L. Renin Humphrey's co. 29 87 Sileni ^ Union North Fork 62 69 Enon James H. Hall 16 Hopewell D. Halle bur ton Henderson county 11 77 Sinking Spring 1 2.'') 'I'honipson's Creek Moses T. Span 1 23 Graves' Church 8 16 Republican Hurricane John H. Read 3 40 Clear Creek Jack's Creek William Rhoades 5 32 !Cave Spring Paris Lewis Baldwin 17 53 Spring Creek Beach Grove 30 King's M. H. 13 Mount Pisgah Samuel H. Burton 37 WEST TENNESSEE ASSOCIATION, 1835, Barton's Creek Benjamin Darrow 37 Grassy Spring 3 30 TurnbuU Daniel V/hite 1 64 Richland Humphrey's co. 52 Elk Creek T. Moore Bear Creek David Gray 2 30 Gray's Bend 1 3!) Lick Creek 4 28 New Hope Jesse Fuqua ' Buffalo 8 31 Fellowship Mount Zion [The other ministers cannot Hickman county ■ 21 Canaan be ascertained from the Mi- 30 Concord nutes.] 20 Yellow Creek 26 Head orCuinberl'd . 26 Head of Tennessee Bethlehem BUFFALO ASSOCIATION, 1832. From returns for 1832 — none later having been received. Churches 16 — Ministers es- timated at 8 — Members 470. CANEY FORK ASSOCIATION, 1832. * Churches — Head Collins River — Buck Sprin Elkton 2 43 Clarksville Clarksville, Ten. 37 Liberty Philip Warden, J. Lamb Russelville 2 87 Olivet" 3 70 Mount Hermon 2 43 Oikiadelpliia 16 56 Whippoorwill L. H. Millikin 43 West Creek 16 Harmony 19 Sulphur Spring 0. H. Morrow 33 Friendship 20 BOON 'S CREEK ASSOCIATION, 1835. Bogg's Fork 1 82 Boon's Creek [The ministers names except 1 76 Hickman Thomas Boon, are not de- 3 81 Providence signated on the Minutes.] 5 147 Indian Creek Clark county 79 Mount Gilead Fayette county 18 Mount Freedom 10 BR ACKEN ASSOCIATION, 1835. Washington Washington 5 149 Mayslick Walter Warder, M. Owens Mason co. 5 345 Bracken Mason county 3 69 Ohio Locust Bracken county 5 57 Poplar Run 1 #2 Millersburg John A. Hollowday Bourbon county 4 67 Carlisle Carlisle 46 Salem 8 57 Bethel William Vaughn Fleming county 41 |Ohio Willow 28 Sirdis 62 Pleasant Spring 26 CAMPBI ILL COUNTY ASSOCIATION, 1835. Licking James Vickers 39 Four Mile Jacob Martin, Thos. Herbert, Josiah Herbert Campbell county 1 65 Banklick Elam Grizzcl, Lewis Klette BarrCjCampbell co. 64 1 1 KENTUCKY. 235 CAMPBELL COUNTY ASSOCIATION, 1835— continued. Wilmington 47 Brush Creek William Gosney Campbell county 1 27 Twelve Mile .John Stephens 1 51 Alexandria George Graden, B. Riggs 44 Flag Spring — Campbell county 7 53 CONCORD ASSOCIATION, 1835. | Twin H. Montgomery, J. Searcy, A. Smith Owen county 177 McCool's Bottom 55 Drennon's Ridge Isaac Malin, Samuel Jones Owen county 28 Eminaus 126 Long Ridge A. Suter, E. Threlkeld 1 120 Hopewell 1 21 White's Run Gallatin county 2 51 Cane Run Wm. D. Ball, Robert Jeffers Henry county 13 144 Sharon Gallatin county 44 Greenup's Fork James Baxter, R. H. Sliipp Owen county 1 35 Owcnton C. Duvall 16 73 Muscle Shoal ' 1 70 Mount Pleasant 37 CLARK'S RIVER ASSOCIATION , 1835. Beaverdam L. J. Haynes 5 66 Barren Fork 1 36 Bethlehem L. G. Cox Henry county 10 39 ' E. F. Clark's River 1 30 New Salem L. H. Gilbert 2 29 New Hope Calloway county 1 48 Jonathan's Creek 1 14 Union 5 38 New Providence L. J. Harder 3 17 Sulphur Spring 20 • Mount Pleasant L. T. Gibson 1 15 Concord 70 Enon 16 Mount Zion 43 73 DRAKE'S CREEK ASSOCIATION f, 1833. Rocky Spring 45 Mount Pleasant 120 Sulphur Spring Allen county 16 Trummel's Fork 38 Middle Fork Z. Morris 68 Lick Fork 94 Mount Zion C. Harris 58 Bethany 63 New Hope, Ten. 65 New Bethel 30 Cancy Fork, Ten. Robert Norvell New Salem R. Owings Simpson county 120 Bethel Joseph L. Hickman Allen county 53 Sulphur Spring 0. H. Morrow Simpson county 118 Head of Red River A. Covington 53 ELKHORN ASSOCIATION, 1 535. Clear Creek Woodford county 1 148 Great Crossings Great Crossings 2 449 Bryan's Fayette county 1; 210 Stamping Ground J. D. Black, John Lucas Stamping Ground 6 340 North Elkhorn Lewis Atkins Fayette county 1 106 David's Fork R. T. Dillard 12 482 North Fork Franklin county 1 124 Mount Pleasant Edmund Waller Jessamine co. 1 207 Big Spring George Blackburn, T. Suter Woodford county 5 70 2 36 KENTUCKY. ELKHORN ASSOCIATION, 1S35— continued. ■Silas Bourbon county 4 116 Georgetown Robert Reed Georgetown 4 93 Hirtvvood — 3 24 Lexington S. M. Noel, James Fishback Lexington 15 169 African Church Lexington 33 555 Paris — Fayette county 7 10!) Cane Run — Paris 35 Rocky Point — Bourbon county 19 FRANKLIN ASSOCIATION, 1835. South Benson Wm. Hickman, J. S. Major Franklin county 3 238 Frankfort Frankfort 21 257 1 Mouth of Cedar Tobias Wilhoitte 62 Buck Run Addison M. Lewis Franklin county 3 142 Bush Creek 98 Indian Fork Abraham Cook Siiclby county 4 118 Six Mile William W. Ford Shelby county 11 253 Buffalo Lick 1 83 Forks of Elkhorn Franklin county 5 79 Mount Carmel , 11 51 North Benson 4 51 Zoar 46 Pigeon Fork Anderson county 1 70 Mount Pleasant Isaac Crutcher 62 Bethel ,^ 4 35 Lebanon GASP ER RIVER ASSOCIATION , 1835. 4 33 Providence David L. Mansfield 2 253 Centre William Tatum Logan county 147 Hizle Creek — 70 Sandy Creek A. Taylor, D. Russ Butler county 1 80 Beaver Dam Jonathan Rogers 66 Nelson's Creek 52 Stoney Point J. B. Dunn 43 Walton's Creek Ohio county 79 Midway Joseph Taylor 26 Pond Run Ohio county 30 Mount Pleasant George S. Browning Logan county 50 Antioch Todd county 53 Clear Fork Warren county 41 Cave Spring GC )SHEN ASSOCIATION, 183 5. 12 Goshen Simeon Buchannan Breckenridge co. 82 Concord Grayson county 3 153 Walnut Grove 2 34 New Hope 29 Mount Pleasant Ohio county 67 Panther Creek Ancil Hall Dhio county 5 86 Rock Spring Daviess county 101 Beaver Dam 6 87 Tdnner's M. H. 91 Pisgah Thomas Newton 3 59 [Green Brier Daviess county 64 Bacon Creek 34 Rock Creek M. Utterback, C, H. Stutteviile 42 Mount Zion ] iawesville 1 73 HopefuU < 3hio county 37 Little Rock William Downs 1 72 Bethabara Reuben Cottrel )aviess county 2 80 Cane Run 5 41 Blackford 6 41 Clover Port 2 28 KENTUCKY. '^3' GOSHEN ASSOCIATION, 1835— continued. Dorret's Creek D. VV. B. Tabour Breckenridge co. 60 1 Union 1 18 1835 Owensborough 28 18.35 Bethel 12 1835 GREEN RIVER ASSOCIATION, 1835. ♦ Mount Tabor Jacob Lock Barren county 156 Sinking Creek John II. Owen * Barren county 2 125 Blue Spring Ralph Petty 2 82 Beaverdam Edmonson county 1 91 Holly Spring 1 64 Bowling Green Bowling Green 132 New Hope 33 Salem Barren county 40 Three Springs Barren county 30 Mount Olive 33 Ivy 30 Big Reedy Jesse Moore 3 50 Brownsville , 2 23 ^olynn 18 Barren River 34 Cedar Spring 23 Smith's Grove 68 Mount Pisgah Barren county 52 Glasgow 38 Green River 96 Boiling Spring HK JHLAND ASSOCIATION, 1835. Bethel Muhlenburgh co- 45 Bethel Henderson county 56 Cypress Muhlenburgh co. 87 Canal Creek 1 23 Cane Run W. Buckley f Fiatt Creek E. W. Earle Hopkins county 4 fs Grave Creek W. Hatchett, T. L. Garrard 2 37 Highland W. Morrison Bordley 3 42 Providence J. Dorris 3 62 Little Bethel Union county 29 Salem 18 Tirza Hopkins county 17 Unity 25 New Hope — Hopkins county 3 41 Smyrna A. Haraldson 23 LI CKING ASSOCIATION, 1834. Bryara T. P. Dudley Fayette county 152 East Hickman 1. T. Dillard Jessamine county 73 Dry Run — Scott county 53 Raven Creek 1 50 Stony Point L. Corbin Winchester 56 Mount Dependence 27 Elk Lick 32 Mill Creek 61 Rockbridge M. Gosset 60 Boon's Creek 17 Town Fork 43 Mount Carmel ( "Clarke county 91 Elizabeth 1 Jourborn county 91 Poplar Grove - ] 3ath county 52 Bild Eagle i 3. Jones 53 Richland Creek 27 Cynthiana 29 Mount Gilead J r. Morehend, T. Larew ? I'lason county 114 Versailles - - L. Af/kins Versailles ' | | 20 soo KENTUCKY. LICKING ASSOCIATION, 1834 — continved. South Elkhorn VV. Collins Fayette county 18 Fricndsliip Wni. Rash, S'. Jeffries Clarke county 78 ] Gil^al — 13 Whito (Xik Madison county 41 Sloiic Lick 25 Williainstown VV. Conrad 34 North Fork 32 ! Fork Lick 23 Georgetown Georgetown 35 Cassiday's Creek 13 Sirdis 32 Fox Creek 20 Licking Locust 18 LONG RUN ASSOCIATION, lc35. , Brashear's Creek 7 108 1785 Chennowith's Run 2 33 1792 Fox Run 7 90 Elk Creek 23 217 Lonor Run Jefferson county 28 115 Harrod's Creek Oldham county 50 1797 Betliel Shelby county 3 259 1797 Burk's Branch 7 102 1801 Buck Creek George Waller, Francis Davis Siielbyville 9 2G8 1799 Little Mount 2 85 1801 King-'s 22 144 Plumb Creek 17 111 Drennon's Creek R. W. Ricketts 136 370 17991 Sdlem 7 256 Shelbyville Shelbyville 23 165 Taylorsville William Stout Taylorsville 8 163 Hopewell 52 Mount Moriah 9 110 Simpsonsville John Dale Simpsonsville 24 181 Dover 10 153 18121 Louisville William C. Buck Louisville 23 304 Flat Rock 29 63 Floyd's Fork William Barnett, W. Davis 15 71 1811 Little Flock Bullitt county 8 86 1810 Fish Pools P.M.Carey, Robert Gailbrcath 26 RoUington — Daniel Harris 24 Mount Pleasant 2 37 Bethlehem / i 26 NOR TH BEND ASSOCIATION, 1835. Bullettsburg Robert Kirtly, Joseph Botts Boone county 194 1794 Drv Creek John Arnold Campbell county 1 1.50 1800 Middle Creek Boone county 73 1803 Mud Lick Boone county 341 1804 F'ks of Gunpowder L. Conner, J. Underhill Boone county 2 6') 1812 Bethel 18 1812 Crew's Creek W. Hume Campbell county 119 Sand Run W. Whitaker Boone county 57 East Bend Jesse Terril, Francis Craig 29 Four Mile 26 1799 Salem James Finnell, P. Roberts Z. Steplienson Boone county 81 NORTI [ DISTRICT ASSOCIATION, 1835. Lulbcgrud Montgomery co. 7 201 Cane Spring David Chenault 3 65 Goshen Thomas Boon 3 121 Grassy Lick Mount Sterling 5 90 Salem' 33 Howard'sUp. Creek Clarke county 105 KENTUCKY. 239 NORTH DISTRICT ASSOCIATION, 1835— continu ed. Mount Tabor 20 Log Lick 40 Unity Clarke county 82 New Providence iClarke county 66 Spencer Creek Jeremiah Foster | 17 S.Fork of Red River \ ^ 20 Salt Lick 1 59 Cane Creek 2 22 RED RIVER ASSOCIATION, 1S33. ) Half Pone, Ten. - - Wm. Felts 34 W. F. R. River — 22 Maddy River 41 Sulphur Fork Robertson co. Ten. 83 S.C. S.Fork, Ten. 59 Barren Spring J. Babbett Christian county 23 Rock Spring — 30 Ebenezer Andrew Meachum 28 Drake's Pond, Ten. — 52 Poplar Spring Benj. Jackson 38 S. C. R. River, Ten. Wm. Carter 35 Providence 19 H'd.ofR.River,Ten 43 Sulphur Spring O. H. Morrow 116 Elk F. R. River 12 Meadow Grove, Te. RUSSEI L'S CREEK ASSOCIATIO N, 1835. 17 Brush Creek ~ Johnston Graham Green county 1 121 Mount Gilead John Ingram, Z. Worley Greensburgh 1 125 Zion William Burbridge Adair county 67 Good Hope Horatio Chandler Campbellsville 68 Pitman John Harding 7 131 1791 Rolling Fork John Miller, David Miller 55 Hopewell 1 48 Friendship William H. Thomas Green county 8 133 Union 51 S. F. Nolynn N. Wilson 74 Knox's Creek 8 75 Bethel 39 Bacon Creek William M. Brown 131 Little Barren Willinm Slinker 17 Mount Pleasant 25 Stewart's Creek John Chandler 47 Mount Vernon 3 37 Siloain Gideon Tennison ■ 6 68 Liberty 1 36 Columbia Daniel S, Colgan 35 East Fork 3 27 Dover William Noe 5 75 Salem S Horatio Chandler ALEM ASSOCIATION, 18: Campbellsville )5. 42 Cedar Creek 47 1781 Cox's Creek Isaac Taylor, S. Thomas Nelson county 280 1785 Simpson'.s Creek Bloomfield 6 266 1791 Mill Creek William Hawkins Nelson county 43 1794 Wilson's Creek Nelson county 36 1802 Severn's Valley Colmore Lovelace Elizabethtown 97 248 1781 Nolynn David Thurman 1 172 1803 Bethel 41 1806 Mill Creek Hardin county 53 1806 Union Benj. Kcath Hardin county 85 1808 Little Union ■ 2 106 1811 240 KENTUCKY. *» SALEM ASSOCIATION, 1835— continued. Mount Moriah 1 117 1812 Otter Creek John Rush Mead county 4 117 1813 Salctn Bardstown 37 1815 Kude's Creek 64 1819 New Mope Washington co. 52 1819 Oiiio 26 1821 Cliaplin's Fork 3 44 1^21 Roug-h Creek 27 1823 Hardin's Creek • 4'J 1789 Gilead Warren Cash, B. S. Tabb Hardin county 50 lb24 Hill Grove 6 35 1824 Fk. of Otter Cr'k. James Nail Hardin county 3 61 1827 Mount Pleasant Brandenburgh 36 1829 Yoiinger's Creek Elizabethtown 2 40 1830 Rolling- Fork 22 1830 ■Sinking Creek' Creed Meadows Breckenridge co. 22 1834 SOUTH DISTRICT ASSOCIATION, 1835. iBethiehem 79 2 Bethel 2 90 Deep Creek — Joseph Board Mercer county 5 109 Doetor's Fork 1 87 Beach Fork • 1 101 Forks of Dix Rv'r. B. Kemper, iV. Alspaugh 8 247 New Providence J. S.Higgins, Strother Cooker Lincoln county 13 16[> Shawney Run J. Rice, R. P. Steenberger 205 Sugar Creek John Hutchinson 7 78 Hillsborough 45 Perryville J. Dean Perryville 1 50 Salt River 1 69 Stoncy Point Mercer county 2 44 Brush Creek 46 Cartwright's Creek 63 1 B. C. Danville 55 Freedom Garrard county 1 127 M'Cormack's 9 STOCKTC 3N'S VALLEY ASSOCIATION, 1833. Mill Creek 92 Roaring River Overton county 50 Sulphur 39 M' Farland — John Odle, Benj. Sims 30 Renox's Creek Lewis Ellison '' 84 Clear Fork Isaac Denton 91 Poplar Cove Peter Ragan, Elijah Buck 3G Wolf River 24 Seventy Six 43 Spring Creek 31 Casey's Fork Cumberland co. 34 Obed's River 15 Cumberland River 17 West Fork 7 Sinking Spring 25 SULPHUR FORK ASSOCIATION, 1835. Sulphur Fork fohn A. McGuire New Castle 22 218 Putton's Creek 27 North 6 Mile 8 73 Union Spring M. Baker 1 25 Pigeon Fork E. Gates ] '^'ew Castle 2 42 Rock Liek ienry county 7 59 East Fork I. Hulsey, E. G. Berry 11 69 Friendship ( 31dliam county 5 27 La Grange Oldham county 1 47 KENTUCKY. 241 SULPHUR FORK ASSOCIATION, 1835— continued. Providence 7 52 Corn Creek ' Gallatin county 94 Hillsborough Henry county 45 100 Eig-htecn Mile 23 126 Union 33 Ballardsville Ballardsville 15 TATE'S CREEK ASSOCIATION, 1835. | Tate's Creek Thomas Jerman, Jr. Madison county 135 Viney Fork Thomas Ballew, Peter Trible 133 C. Creek 3 35 W.O. Pond [There are two other minis- 24 O. Creek ters connected with the Asso- 83 S. Camp ciation whose names cannot 1 67 Union be ascertained from the min- 53 R. Lick utes.] 50 H. Fork 62 R. Top Lewis Francis Madison county 150 C. Bottom 1 26 Liberty 7 55 P. Run 1 20 L. Creek 40 TEN MILE ASSOCIATION, 1835. Ten Mile David Lillard 2 131 Lick Creek Gallatin county 34 Dry Ridge 41 Providence — M, Thompson, J.Green, Sr. 2 68 Grassy Creek 30 New Salem 22 Poplar Grove Joseph Crouch Owen county 1 70 Mount Zion 13 New Bethel 6 Bryant's Creek 26 Unity Christian Tomlin 6 Short Creek Wm. Myers 1 17 I JNION ASSOCIATION, 1835. Indian Creek Isaac Munson Harrison county 53 Beaver Creek 2 23 Forks of Licking Robert Elrod Pendleton county 1 65 Willow Creek Bracken county 40 N. Point Pleasant 2 36 Union 26 Pleasant Ridge 4 16 NOLYNN ASSOCIATION, 1831. Churches — Republican, Good Spring, Charity, Sand Lick, Mount Zion, Hardin co.. Mount Carmel, Liberty, Mount Zion, Green co.. Bethel, Providence, Lebanon, Mount Olive, Trammel's Creek, Marrow Bone, Mount Gilead, Mount Iloreb, Kerr's Creek, Barton's Run. , Ministers — Thomas J. Ciiilton, Joseph Pepper, D. Elkin, Thomas Skeggs, Henry Skeggs. We cannot ascertain, from the Minutes, whether the above named ministers arc all that are connected with this Association or not. Churches 13 — Ministers 5 — Members 634. SOUTH CONCORD ASSOCIATION, 1830. In 1830, this Association contained 14 churches, 5 ordained ministers, and 375 mem- bcrs. Wc have not received any official or otlier definite returns from it since, and can- not designate all the names of either churches or ministers. Among the churches of which it was composed in 1830, and which, we presume, still belong to this Association, are the following, viz : — Big Sinking, Otter Creek, Bethel, Beaver Creek, Cedar Sinking, Pleasant Point, White Oak, Steven's M. H., New Salem, New Hope, Concord, Monticello, Jordan. Churches 14 — Ministers 5 — Members 375. 21 242 KENTUCKY. SOUTH UNION ASSOCIATION, 1830. In 1830, this Association comprised 18 churclies, 7 ordained ministers, and 489 mem- bers. We have received no Minutes of the Association nor any direct information ; and consequently cannot name either cimrchcs or ministers. It was reported, at the annual session in 1830, that peace and harmony prevailed among the churches generally. Churches 18 — Ministers 7— Members 489. SUMMARY. ASSOCIATIONS. ch's 0. M. Lie. BAP. MEM. NET ^"^^•gain MfcETINGS IN 1836. LOSS. Baptist 10 2 1 24 1078 1826 18 Lawrenccburgh,Fr.Au.5 Barren River 15 5 837 1830 Bethel 22 10 89 190 1824 35 HopewelI,Ten.Sat.Sep.24 Boon's Creek 7 1 10 493 24 Indian Creek, Sat.Sep.l 7 Bracken 12 4 31 1039 1799 6 Bracken M.H. Sat.Sept.3 Burning Spring 14 6 439 Campbell county 8 7 3 10 390 1826 22 Licking M.H.Fri.Sept.9 Clark's River 14 5 73 511 1830 60 Beth'lm m.h. Sat.Sept.l7. Concord 15 6 6 35 986 |1820 4 Cane Run M.H.Fr.Ag.26 Cumberland Rvr 10 4 400 1 Drake's Creek 13 6 876 ,1820 Elkhorn 17 8 86 3301 11785 55 ClearC'km.h.Sat.Aug.l3 Franklin 16 7 72 1580 1814 21 Pigeon Fork, Sat. Sept.l 7 Gasper River 14 7 3 923 1811 26 Clear Fork, Sat. Aug. 27 Goshen 24 8 37 1318 1816 105 Clover Post, Fri. Oct. 14 Green River 21 4 11 1218 1799 45 Three Spring's ch.S.A.13 Highland 15 7 16 646 1819 1 Flat Creek, Sat. Sep. 10 Licking 32 7 3 1483 1809 Long Run 28 11 2 422 669 1804 230 Simpsonsvillc, Fri. Spt. 2 North Bend 11 7 5 3 850 1802 75 Dry Creek, M.H.Fr.A.19 North District 15 5 21 946 1802 60 Lulbegrud, Sat. July 23 Red Bird 10 5 400 Red River 10 4 412 1806 Russell's Creek 23 12 4 44 1527 1804 7 BrushC'k m.h.Sat.Aug27 Salem 27 9 2 125 2184 1785 17 New Hope, Fri. Sept.30 Salem* 8 400 South Concord 14 5 375 1824 South District 18 6 3 42 1610 11801 M'Cormack'sMH.F.A19 South Union 18 7 489 Stockton's V-dVf'. 15 3 3 618 1804 Sulphur Fork 15 5 2 132 1008 1826 Hillsborough M.H. F.S.9 Tate's Creek 14 6 13 933 1793 27 Tates Creek, Sat. Ag. 27 Ten Mile 12 4 2 6 464 1831 6 Lick Creek, Fri. Sept. 2 Union 7 2 9 259 1828 5 Forks of Licking, F.A.26 Total 524 195 36 1314 35570 ' 351 438 We find 34 Associations in Kentucky, which appear to be in correspondence with each other. From 23 Associations we received the minutes for 1835. The number added to these by baptism during the lastassociational year was 1314. Their aggregate gain was 351 members — loss 438 — leaving a net aggregate loss in 23 Associations of 87 members. The whole number of churches in the 34 Associations is 524; and the whole number of ordained ministers which can be ascertained from the minutes is only 195, leaving 329 churches destitute. It is believed, however, that there are several ordained ministers in connexion with the Associations whose names do not appear on the minutes, or if they appear there, they are not distinguished. All the minutes are very deficient in statistical matter, and it has cost us great labor to collect and arrange even the few details which tlie tables contain. Bethel Association comprises 27 churches, five of which are in Tennessee. These are distinguished in the tables. In 1833, Red River Association embraced 16 churches, six ofwhich are in Tennessee. Drake's Creek Association in 1833, comprised 15 churches, two of which, the New- Hope and Caney Fork, are located in Tennessee. * Located principally in the counties of Morgan and Floyd. OHIO. 243 The Cumberland River Association corresponds with the South District Association, and the Red Bird with Tate's Creek. Having never seen the minutes of these Associa- tions, and not knowing either the number of churches or members belonging to them, we have estimated the former in each at 10, and the latter at 400. There are two Associations of Separate Baptists in Kentuckjf, viz. the Nolynn and South Kentucky; but as these do not appear to correspond with the Regular or United Baptists, they are not included in our tables. The Nolynn Association, contained in 1831, eighteen churches, 5 ordained ministers, and 634 members. In their circular letter they declare thdt the great principle for which they have long contended is — " a free and gen- eral offer of salvation to sinners." OHIO. CONVENTION. The Convention originated in the "Cincinnati Baptist Missionary Society," which was organised in August, 1824, with the special object of promoting the cause of Mis- sions, particularly in the State of Ohio ; and with the design of calling the attention of their brethren throughout the State to the advantages of combining their whole strength to bear upon missionary objects, and of preparing the way to organise, as soon as practi- cable, a State Convention for that purpose. As the result of preparatory steps thus com- menced and carried forward, delegates from churches and societies and associations, of all parts of the State, met at Zanesville, May, 1826, and organised " The Convention of the Baptist Denomination of the State of Ohio." The annual meetings have since been held twice at Zanesville, and then successively at Cincinnati, Lebanon, Lancaster, Old- town (now Frankfort), Lebanon, Wooster, and Cleaveland. The Executive Board of the Convention has been located at the place of holding the annual meetings for each ensuing year, till the meeting in Oldtown in 1832, when it was placed at Zanesville, where it was continued till the late session in Cleaveland. It is now located at Cincinnati. The object of the Convention is, to organise and digest an operative system of measures in relation to missionary exertions throughout the State of Ohio ; and from time to time to adopt such means as shall be deemed by the Convention calculated to promote the general prosperity of the Redeemer's cause, particularly within the bounds of the State. The results which have so far been accomplished, when compared with the efforts made, have fulfilled e\*ery reasonable expectation, and afford ample encouragement for future and more strenuous exertion. The ninth annual meeting of the Convention was held at Cleaveland, May 23, 1835, Officers — S. W. Lynd, Cincinnati, President; J.Lyon, of Duck Creek, J. Bailey, of Kingsville, and G. C. Sedwick, of Zanesville, Vice Presidents ; J. Stevens, Cincinnati, Cor. Secretary ; E. Robins, Cincinnati, Rec. Secretary; N. S. Johnson, Cincinnati, Trea- surer. Total amount of receipts, $993 66. Disbursements, $ 843 83. The Convention employed during the year seventeen missionaries in twelve fields of labor, including 34 counties, independent of the labor and travel of the agents, A.S.Jones and Thomas Martin, whose services will tell something upon the future interestof the cause. Though their funds have been less, yet a greater amount of missionary labor was rendered this year than in any preceding year of the Convention. The next meeting of the Convention will be held at Granville on Saturday before the fourth Lord's-day in May, 1836. GENERAL CONVENTION OF WESTERN BAPTISTS. As the result of extensive correspondence with individuals of the Baptist denomination, particularly in the western States, and of the unanimous advice thus elicited, a General Meeting of Western Baptists was invited to be held in Cincinnati, commencing Novem- ber the sixth, 1833. It was accordingly held, and numerously attended. Many influen- tial bretliren we^e present as delegates from the eastern States. The proposed objects of the meeting were, to survey the wide field of action lying before the denomination, to ex- change and harmonise views on the great objects of effort which ought to receive general encouragement, to discuss principles of action, and excite new interest in the objects of exertion engaged in. It was a highly interesting meeting, both in its progress and its termination; and its influence, extensive and salutary. The proceedings, forming a pam- phlet of eighty pages, two thousand copies, were published, and widely circulated. Among its various contents, the argument on the scriptural autiiority and relative claims of benevolent efforts, is a valuable production. At the first meeting, a Constitution, em- bracing a few articles was adopted under which it is expected, an annual convention will 344 OHIO. continue to be held. The first anniversary was not less interesting than the first meeting: and an edition of tiie proceedings, in panipldct form, of two tiiousand copies, was printed and distributed. During the progress of tiie first anniversary, was formed the Western Baptist Education Society. Tiic proceedings of the second aimiversary, which was held at Cincinnati, November 5, lb35, fill a largo octavo pamphlet of 40 pages. Principles of the Convention. — 1. That it sliall be composed of delegates from Churches, Associations, Missionar}' Societies, Education Societies, Sunday School and Tract Socie- ties, in good standing in the Baptist denomination, with such brethren in regular standing in Baptist ciuirches as choose to attend and co-operate with ihe memhers. 2. That the business of the Convention shall be to encourage and promote by all lawful means, the following oljjects, namely: Missions, both Foreign and Domestic; Ministerial Education, for such as may have first been licensed by the churches; Sunday Schools, including Bible Classes; Religions Periodicals; Tract and Tempprance Societies, as well as all others warranted by Clirist in the Gospel. Officers. — These are to consist of a President and two Secretaries, to be chosen by bal- lot at each annual meeting. At the last meeting J. L. Holman, was chosen President; — John Stevens and James M. Pendleton, Secretaries. The next meeting of the Convention will be held at Cincinnati, on the first Wednesday in November, in 1836. WESTERN BAPTIST EDUCATION SOCIETY. The first anniversary of this Society was held at Cincinnati, immediately at the close of the devotional exercises of the Convention. Officers — S. W. Lynd, President; G. C. Sed- wick, Ohio, R.T. Dillard, Ky., S. Harding, la., H.Loomis, 111., J. Vardeman, Mo., R. B. C. Howell, Tenn., Vice Presidents; N. S. Jolinson, Treasurer; J. Stevens, Secretary; with the following Directors, namely: D. Bryant and J. L. Moore, Ohio; Cave Johnson and D. S. Colgan, Ky.; L. Morgan and Wm. Rees, la.; R. B. C. Howell and Wm. Martin, Tenn.; J. B.Smith and E. Robinson, La.; Elisha Battle and I. J. Roberts, Mi.; R. S. Thomas and T. P. Green, Mo.; A. Bailey and E. Rogers, 111.; E. Loomis, Mich.; A. Darrow, Va.; S.Williams, Pa. D. Orr, Ark.; J. Wright, Ala. This Society has more than 200 acres of land for a farm and site for buildings in Cov- ington, Ky. about one mile from Cincinnati — and this clear of debt. Funds are now wanted for buildings and other purposes. The friends in Kentucky and Indiana have formally pledged their co-operation. An Act of Incorporation of the Western Baptist Education Society, was obtained from the Ohio Legislature, at its session in 1835. As soon as the contemplated institution is brought into operation, it is to be an inde- pendent concern, governed and managed by its own Board of Trustees. The Education Society will have no necessary connexion with this, more than with other institutions; but will devote itself to " the education of those who give evidence to the churches of which they are members, that God designs them for the ministry," at those institutions where they can most conveniently prosecute their studies. The Cross and Baptist Journal. — This paper is published every Friday morning by N. S. Johnson and J. Stevens, at $2 a year in advance, or within three months from the time of subscribing; $2 50 after three months and within the year; and three dollars after the close of the year. It is handsomely printed on an imperial sheet — edited by J. Stevens. It is made the medium of communication with the churches and the public by the General Association of Baptists of Indiana, and the Baptist Conventions of Ohio, . Kentucky, and Tennessee, and has been recommended by these and other similar bodies in the West. Its grand design is to promote the interests of the Baptist denomination in the Mississippi Valley. Its columns are devoted to articles on doctrinal and practical religion — to religious intelligence, especially such as pertains to the Baptists — and to a summary of general news. It is intended to make it inculcate sound doctrine — such as has ever characterised the Baptists ; and untiring activity in the service of Christ — such as characterised the apostles and early Christians, and such as becomes those who live amidst the light of the nineteenth century. Letters, &c., post paid, may be addressed as follows, viz : " Cross and Baptist Journal, No. 133 Main street, Cincinnati." We are indebted to the industrious editor of the Cross and Journal for much informa- tion relative to the denomination in Ohio, Kentucky, and Indiana. The Baptist Advocate. — The object of this publication is, as its name indicates, to advocate the doctrines, principles, duties, and ordinances of the Gospel, as held by the Baptist denomination. The general bearing and tendency of the Advocate will be to unite — not to divide — all God's children who love the truth, and who will keep the ordinances blameless. Brief expositions of Scripture will occasionally be given. Notices of valuable standard books, such as are deemed worthy of general circulation, will also form one department of the Advocate. OHIO. 245 For the benefit of those vho take no religious newspaper, it is intended to devote a portion of our pages to religious intelligence. In tliis department Foreign Missions will stand prominent. Interesting extracts from the journals of missionaries under the direc- tion of the Baptist Board of Foreign Missions and others, with such notices as to present a connected view of foreign missionary operations, will be given. Home Missions, revivals, and a miscellaneous summary, will each find a place. It is intended to reprint in the Advocate the annual reports of the Baptist Board of Foreign Missions, the Baptist Home Mission Society, and tlie General Tract Society. These documents, with the annual proceedings of tlie Western Baptist Convention and our monthly summary of intelligence, will present a connected and intelligible view of the progress and efforts of the Baptist denomination; and will serve both to illustrate and recommend the doc- trinal and practical principles which we aim to inculcate. From this exposition of the plan, it will be seen that The Baptist Advocate is not designed to take the place of any existing publications. The circulation of our weekly and other papers should not be impeded, but more widely extended in all our western churches. The reception with wliich the first volume of tlie Advocate has met, shows that it is not an intruder, and while, with its brief summary of religious intelligence, it will in many cases pioneer the way for a more frequent visitant, the body of the work will form botli a repository and medium of sound doctrinal and practical instruction ; forming a series of volumes, which may constitute a part of the family library — a series which rnay in after years be read with satisfaction, containing, as it will, a rich fund of doctrinal and practical instruction, and a brief record of the most important and interest- ing events of the time, pertaining to the advancement of the kingdom of Christ. It is intended to issue the numbers as early as the middle or twentieth of each month. Each number will form a pamphlet, containing 24 super-royal octavo pages in double columns — a much larger quantity of matter than is ordinarily found in publications of this character. The Advocate is conducted by .1. Stevens, Editor ; S. W. I/Ynd, Cincinnati, J. M. Peck, Rock Spring, (111.) J. L. Hoi.man, Aurora, (In.) R. T. Dillard, Lexington, (Ky.) and R. B. C. Howell, Nashville, (Ten.) Assistant Editors. Terms. — One dollar (per copy) a year. Six copies for five dollars. Payment always in advance. Communications and orders, with remittances, post paid, (unless containing three or more names of subscribers, with the amount of their subscription,) to be addressed, "Baptist Advocate, Cincinnati, Ohio.'" ASSOCIATIONS AND CHURCHES. COLUMBUS ASSOCIATION, 1835. churches. MINISTERS. POST OFFICES. BAP. MEM. CONS. Berlin Jacob Drake Berkshire 97 1810 Bethel Lithopolis 2 18 1815 Marlborough Delaware 101 1815 Radnor Delaware 36 1816 Turkey Run Circleville 24 1816 Granville H. Carr, J. Pratt, A. Drury Granville 2 116 1819 Monroe Wm. Gildcrsleeve Granville 45 1818 Peru Delaware 23 1819 Oxford Westfield 60 1821 Columbus T. R. Cressy, J. Harris Columbus 1 53 1823 St. Albans Asa Drury Granville 6 49 1822 Canaan 0. Owens Worthington 27 1826 Mc Kean O.Owens, Jones Granville 50 1823 Mill Creek E. Frey Delaware 10 36 1827 Rocky Fork Marion 32 1829 Homer 0. Owens Licking county o 22 Chester John D. Thomas Frederick, Knox co 11 88 1831 Pickaway Circleville 16 1816 Newark — Newark 2 32 1832 Walnut Creek William Gildcrsleeve Galena 44 Genoa Delaware co. 1 21 Liberty 0. Owens Licking county 3 16 1 2V 246 OHIO. EAST FORK OF LITTLE MIAMI ASSOCIATION , 1835. Duck Creek James Lyon Cincinnati 91 Cloucrh 3 86 Second Ten Mile 2 32 Enon J.B.Cook Cincinnati 14 217 Harncr's Run 4 21 New Richmond \V. B. Hancock New Richmond 3 29 First Ten Mile 1 66 Bethel George Hildreth Cheviot, Ham. co. 2 49 East Fork I. Ferris 83 Stonclick Samuel Dennis 1 50 > Bethel A. Sargent, J. K. Morris Betliel 98 Cross Roads 1 41 Bullskin 18 Clover 48 Twelve Mile 19 Union Colored Nickens 29 68 GEAUGA ASSOCIATION, 1835. Chardon | Isaiah Rider Chardon C. H. 3 79 1831 Tho'pson & LeRoy J. Hungerford Thompson 1 40 Perry J. Harlvvell, P. Lockwood Perry 84 Kirtland Rufus Rider Kirtland Mills 1 25 Chester T. B. Stephenson Chester X Roads 1 82 Parkman A. C. Manly Parkman 4 46 Le Roy Le Roy 26 Munson 20 Newberry S. M. Story Newberry 24 Auburn E. W. Freeman Auburn 43 GRAND RIVER ASSOCIATION, 1835. Kingsville P. S. Richards Kingsville 2 164 New Lime Benjamin St. John Jefferson 5 61 Jefferson Judah L. Richmond Jefferson 8 90 1811 Ashtabula Asahel Chapin Chester, Geauga co 2 77 Rome Edmund Riclmiond Rome, Ashtab'a. co 1 59 1829 Cherry Valley — Michael Webster Cherry Valley 4 44 1830 Williamsfield — David Campbell Andover 5 40 1832 Geneva William Sumner Geneva, Ashtab.co. 46 1831 Madison — J. L. Richmond 7 43 Conneaut Asa Jacobs 3 44 Denmark — J. L. Richmond Denmark 12 30 Harpersfield Gilliad Dodge Harpersfield 31 Sheffield Jacob Bailey 14 GREENVILLE ASSOCIATION, 1835. Stillwater Semore Craig, John M'Donald 1 54 Dry Fork of Twin — 33 Greenville J. Wintermote Greenville 31 Ebenczer Joshua Benton Preble county 35 Concord — N. Case 2 58 Friendship Wayne county, la. 25 Centreville 1 37 Harmony 9 18 1834 HURON ASSOCIATION, 1835. Berlin Berlin 12 81 Townsend Norwalk 24 Avon and Dover James Teachout Avon 32 Henrietta Amherst 4 28 Vermillion Joshua Pliillips Berlin 3 21 Norwalk Asahel Morse Norwalk 24 62 New London — Jacob Myers New London 31 Seneca John Keating Tiffin- 1 30 Lyme Joel Peck Monrocvillc 29 Fairfield Aaron Abbot North Fairfield 1 79 OHIO. 247 HURON ASSOCIATION, 1835. — continued. Lagrange Julius Beman, F. R. Freeman La Grange 3[) yi Auburn Tiro, Richland co. 27 Amherst Amherst 21 Ripley Ripley 1 36 Milan William AUgood Milan 22 65 Bronson Abncr Sylvester Bronson 12 4!) Clarksfield William White Clarksfield 17 York Jacob Tharp York 57 Read Read, Seneca co. 2 26 Ruggles Ruggles 12 South Amherst Levi M. Mack Amherst 14 40 1835 Camden Levi M. Mack Birmingham 7 1835 Pittsfield — Trueman Borroitghs Pittsfield 13 1835 LITT] jE MIAMI ASSOCIATION, 1835. Little Miami — Levi Martin Hamilton county 28 Plum Bottom 17 Oxford Thos. Craven, Hez. Smith Oxford 1 14 MAD RIVER ASSOCIATION, 1835. Buck Creek 2 35 1813 Bethel 3 24 1822 Big Darby 18 Caesar's Creek William Sutton Jamestown 101 1815 Concord 3 44 1821 Ehza 12 1821 East Fork of Paint C. Tuttle 35 Fairfield 15 1818 Grass Point 2 19 Honey Creek Moses Frazee, sen. 4 56 1815 King's Creek Daniel Beaver 52 110 Fitlle Beaver Thomas Price, Joseph Morris 5 78 Lost Creek Willis Hance Troy, Miami co. 2 102 1817 Little Darby Isaac Jones 2 31 1820 Leatherwood MosesFrazee,jr., P. B. Holden 3 36 Miami 17 48 Nettle Creek — Ephraim Lippincott 1 47 Olive 11 1834 Piqua J. L. Moore Piqua, Miami co. 13 100 Philadelphia John Arskine 24 Rush Creek 26 Sinking Creek — Moses Luce 15 1817 Staunton E. French 1 74 1818 N. Carlisle Br. 16 31 Sugar Creek Allen county 2 18 1832 Sugar Creek Benjamin Adamson Fayette county 16 Tharp's Run 64 1820 Troy — C. Harding 12 49 Union 11 1815 African 14 1834 MEK ^S' CREEK ASSOCIATION, 1835. Salt Creek Willliam Sedwick Zanesville 6 109 Marietta A. Darrow, A. Dana Marietta 10 180 Salem Township William Spencer Zanesville 4 95 Bristol George Russell McConnelsville 11 Zanesville G. C. Sedwick Zanesville 3 162 Enon Richard Conner Monroe county Cambridge Hugh Broom Cambridge 3 25 Brookfield William Sedwick Morgan county 14 91 Harmony J. S. Clark Washington county 4 39 Salem Hugh Broom Senecaville 5 64 Rich Hill William R. McGowan Salt Creek 2 21 Goshen William R. McGowan Cambridge 2 86 Mount Zion H. Broom, James Gabriel Cambridge 3 32 248 OHIO. MEIGS' CREEK ASSOCIATION, 1835— continued. (Jiiity J. Van Bront, J. Gabriel iVlonroe county 7 45 Blue Rock L. Culver Blue Rock 16 60 WindsDr R. Berkley Morgan county 2 56 McConitelsville William Sedwick McConnclsvillc 1 27 White Plains Cosliocton 20 Norwich William R. McGowan Muskingum county 6 33 Wills Creek William N. Smith Winchester 5 37 Bushy F'k of W.C'kC. Skinner Winchester 26 Olive B. Blake Morgan county 5 36 Salt Fork of W.C'k C. Skinner Guernsey county 4 39 Union R. Berkley Washington county 2!J Adams A. Darrow Washington county 1 103 Centre 10 Manchester James Gabriel Morgan county 5 17 Waterford R. Berkley Waterford 12 1835 Sarehf tt's Run R. H. Sedwick Guernsey county 18 20 18.35 Hopewell Owtn Owens Muskingum county 2 17 1835 MIAMI ASSOCIATION, 1835. Elk Creek S. Gard Trenton 2 119 Pleasant Run 29 Lebanon Lebanon 143 Muddy Creek D. Layman 37 Mill Creek 41 Bethel H. Stites 2 53 Todd's Fork 1 29 Tapscotl M. H. 54 Wolf Creek 37 Springfield 53 Mount Pleasant T. Childers, D. S. Robeson 16 Providence 1 13 Beulah 29 Dayton Muneier Jones Dayton 5 38 Dry Fork 40 Middlctown Daniel Bryant Middlctown 2 75 Mount Bethel — M. Morris 25 Ham'l and Ross'e 3 53 6th St. Cincinnati S. W. Lynd, W. Bruce Cincinnati 3 246 Sugar Creek 50 Clear Creek 24 Fairfield MO HECAN ASSOCIATION, 1 Fairfield 835. 40 Bethany Thomas G. Jones Wooster 1 131 1 Mohecan Wayne county 5 30 Elizur John Cox Hayesville 4 20 Mansfield W. F. Missildine Mansfield 3 48 Union 9 Sandyville Pitney Guest Canton, Starke co. 2 63 Zion Nevvville 6 56 2 Mohecan Alpheus French Blachleysville o 55 Zoar Wayne county 1 23 Springfield 1 24 Canaan Rufus Freeman Wayne county 16 Dalton Dalton 25 Green Township 12 77 Harrisville Rufus Freeman Wcstfield 15 Clark Township Benjamin White Nashville 1 16 Canaan Edward Otis Middlctown, H. co. 1 43 Monroe T. G. Moffit Mansfield 2 16 Ashland Ashland 6 28 Cranberry 11 Bethel Bloomfield 21 249 MUSKINGUM ASSOCIATION, 1835. Granville Thomas Hughes Granville 53 Falls of Licking Amos Mix Irville 13 51 Hopewell — Somerset 48 Friendship George Debolt, J. Hill Newark 55 Union George Debolt, Wm. Karr Thornville 3 55 Salem Josepli Sperry Gratiot, Lick. co. 25 Lancaster Samuel Carpenter Lancaster 2 38 Sunday Creek J. Sweat, J.Adams, S.G.Bishop Athens 1 22 Lexington James Skinner, I. Barns Lexington 2 70 York T. Harper, S. Bagley Deavertown 2 40 Timber Run George Debolt Putnam 1 21 Bethel Joshua Breese M'Connelsville 4 49 Beuiah Matthew Brown Putnam 37 Owl Creek Christian Kaufman Knox county 2 31 Uniontown Matthew Brown Uniontown 1 18 Monday Creek Samuel Moody Lexington 3 42 Edentownship Minor M'Queen, John Frey Lancaster 1 38 Mount Olive Silas Hickerson Deavertown 2 24 Bethel Thomas Harper Milford 2 28 Harmony John W. Patterson Gratiot 1 15 Zoar Joshua Breese Zanesville 15 Zancsville Joseph Sheppard, W. Mears Zanesville 20 Greentownship Thos. Harper, J. Parker Logan 10 1831 Olive Branch Silas Hickerson Morgan county 10 1833 Mount Zion Samuel Moody Guernsey county 11 Harmony James Skinner Perry county OHIO ASSOCIATION, 1835. Ohio John Young Hanging Rock 14 Storm's Creek John Lee Hanging Rock 58 Sandfbrd 2 18 Hale's Creek John Kelley French Grant 15 Symm's Creek — [Noah Bennett, J. Bennett, 48 Providence Gabriel Hargo] 22 Bloom [Levi McDaniel] Jackson 2 63 Palmyra John Young 23 Madison 2 39 Porter [Jonathan Hoyt] 2 38 Solliday Creek [W. F. Mavity] 8 64 Myrtletree William Fuson Westville 17 41 Salem Joshua Ripley 1 19 Bethel [Jacob Rickey] OWI . CREEK ASSOCIATION, 1835. Wayne 39 Brinzion Thomas Daken, David James 63 Morris James Hair Knox county 33 Harmony 1 45 Mount Zion John Thomas 10 18 0^ .FORD ASSOCIATION, 1835. Sugar Creek Peter Webb 25 Middle Run 19 Mercer's Run Green county 2 36 PO RTAGE ASSOCIATION, 1835. Garrettsville Caleb Green GarrettsviUe 38 Palmyra Palmyra 43 Mantua Mantua 12 Stow Slow 11 27 Twinsburgh Charles A. Turner Twinsburgh 3 23 Streetsborough Julius C. Barlow Streetsborough 19 68 Brimfirld Brimfield 18 29 Northfield Robert Missildine Brandywine Mills 13 Mecca 47 250 OHIO. PORTAGE ASSOCIATION 1835 — continued. j Braceville 18 {Hudson 1 6 Akron Eber Crane Middlebury 17 1835 Hiram and Troy Amasa Clark Hiram 15 Aurora Silas Barnes, R, Wait Aurora 7 36 1834 Bedford ,S. R. Willard Bedford 22 1834 PROVIDENCE ASSOCIATION, 1835. Providence Robert Townscnd Downington 36 j Mount Zion Sartin Mc Commis 4 3U Chester 1 18 Union James B. Stewart 33 Paint Creek Gabriel Hargo 1 12 Mount Pleasant Jacob Ward, Jesse Corn Lawrence county G 4L) ROCKY RIVER ASSOCIATION, 1834. Columbia Bazalecl Hill Columbia 36 Cleaveland E F. WiUey, Wm. Phillips Cleaveland 76 Granger Granger 45 Liverpool Liverpool 19 Litclifield Asa Strait 18 Medina James Hovey Medina 28 Norton Norton 32 Olmsted Olmsted 14 Parma Richmond Taggart Cleaveland 11 Rockport Rockport 41 Royaiton Henry Hudson Royaiton 47 Strongsville Strongsville 20 Westfield James Newton Medina 64 Euclid Euclid 43 Ridgeville Moses Wares Ridgeville 14 Huntington Huntington 20 Carlisle Carlisle 11 S ALEM ASSOCIATION, 1835. Salisbury Salisbury 18 Troy Horace Parsons, A. Butts Troy 37 Rutland Amos Stevens Downington 42 Huntington Peter Derry, P. Aleshire Wilksvillc 18 Athens W^iUiam Wall Athens 28 Canaan 23 Tupper's Plains Tupper's Plains 23 Bedford 12 Springfield 1 20 SANDU SKY RIVER ASSOCIATION, 1835. Se;ieca J. Keating Seneca county 30 1823 Reed Joseph Jackson, Sup. Seneca county 26 1830 Adams Joseph Jackson Adams 15 1833 Jackson & Liberfy Jacob Tiiarp, Sup. 7 1835 York & Green C'k. Jacob Tharp Sandusky county 57 1833 S( :;iOTO ASSOCIATION, 1835. Pleasant Run Wm. Baker, J. Stith Lancaster 9 100 1801 Frankfort J. Spcrry, N.Corey Frankfort 2 71 Licking L. Madden, M. Beaver Hebron 2 46 Union Benjamin Cave Adelphi Deer Creek J. B. Moore New Holland 27 Laurel Parker, sup. Adelplii 2 18 Jonathan's Creek Wm. Baker, J. Sperry, sups. Gratiot 45 Walnut Creek L. Madden Baltimore 18 65 Paint Creek Washington 49 Beaver 16 Zion William Baker Clarksburg 55 OHIO. 251 SCIOTO ASSOCIATION, 1 835 — continued . Friendship L. Madden, sup. 5 18 African D. Nickcns Chillicothe 1 70 Darbyville J. B. Moore, sup. 1 13 Chillicothc John Smith Chillicothe 39 Amanda — Me Cabo, sup. Amanda 7 Canaan — Tuttle, sup. 11 Refugee L. Madden, sup. 14 34 Linn Creek Jonathan Todd Amanda 10 STRAIT CREEK ASSOCIATION, 1835. Soldier Run D. Spohn West Union 10 47 Bethel H. Burnet Snow Hill 2 24 Crooked Creek 29 East Fork L.Miami J. Leyman Lynchburg 27 New Market New Market 20 Winchester 6 55 African 32 Greenfield Greenfield 33 Cowen's Creek William Newrora 4 34 New Valley 20 Big Three Mile Adams county 2 28 East Fork B. Creek 23 Hills Fork 5 32 Beach Flat 1 13 Bethany 5 12 TODD'S FORK ASSOCIATION, 1835. Anderson's Fork Orange Mott 5 32 New Hope Joshua Carman Green county 23 Todd's Fork William Kelsey 37 Second Creek 22 Turtle Creek Little Miami 24 Olive Branch Clinton county 1 16 ZOAR ASSOCIATION, 1835. Clear Fork, William N. Smith 1 59 Wills Creek Pine Run Elijah C. Stone 28 Boggs Fork, Benjamin Wood 5 21 Stillwater Harmony C. Skinner 4 38 Cross Creek, Va. N. Haddington 2 45 Wheeling, Va. R. H. Sedwick Wheeling, Va. 3 21 Stillwater W. R. McGowan 9 41 Perry B. Wood 38 Hanover B. Wood 11 Sandy William Stone 19 OTHER CHURCHES, 1835. Salem* John Williams Salem,Columbia co. 1 62 Concord* Jacob Morris Warren 21 Palmyra M. J. Phillip Palmyra 2 15 1835 Mount Vernon Henry Cosner M't Vernon, Knox co 25 1835 Amity John Sharp Gambler 7 1835 Coshocton S. Rice Coshocton Ebenezer Morristown Massilon O. N. Sage Massilon 9 1836 Zanesville,Mark. st Zanesville 35 1835 Richmond J. Bailey, Wm. Byron, Clerk Painesville 12 1835 * Belong to the Beaver Association. 352 OHIO. BETHEL ASSOCIATION, 1832, Was formerly known by the name of Eagle Creek. Its last session was held at Bethel, Clermont county, September 21, 1832. ("hurclies — Rod Oak, Bethel, Bullskin, and (ylover. Elder Aaron Sargent is tlie only minister whose name appears in tiie returns. Churches 4— Ministers estimated at 2 — Baptisms 8 — Total 136. WALHOLDING ASSOCIATION, 1835. The Walholding Association convened with IJie East Union Baptist church, Coshocton county, Oiiio, on Friday, 4th day of September, 183.5. — Elder Wihiam Purdy preached the introductory sermon from Luke xii . 32. Elder Kauffman made some remarks, and prayed. After a siiort intermission, the letters of the churches were called lor, and read; and exhibited the state of tiie Association to be as follows : five churches, seventeen baptized, three dismissed by letter, three deceased, six excluded, one restored ; total 145. William Purdy, Oxford P. O., Holmes county, was chosen Moderator — and Elder Seth Wickham, Guilford P. O., Coshocton county. Clerk. SUMMARY. to ' m' -p Associations. CO 'S ri .2 o 3 J. Meetings in 1836. D s 5 o &, S a O o o O d J « ^ o ^ ^ Bethel 4 2 136 Columbus 22 10 1 40 1006 1818 11 Galena, Saturday, Sept. 3. East Fork L. M. 1(3 6 2 60 1016 1815 31 Ten Mile, Friday, Sept. 2. Geauga 11 9 10 469 1834 15 Auburn, Wednesday, June 8. Grand River 13 8 2 49 723 1810 30 Jefferson, Wednesday, Sept. 14. Greenville 7 4 1 15 266 24 FrieudshipCh., la., Fri. Aug. 26. Huron 23 12 2 135 899 1821 197 Norwalk, Wednesday, Aug. 31. Little Miami 3 2 1 59 1 Little Miami Ch. Frid. Aug.26. Mad River 29 13 3 139 1261 1812 120 Nettle Church, Fri. Sept. 16. . Meigs' Creek 30 17 130 1.506 1825 41 Salem Church, Sat. Aug. 20. Miami 22 7 1 19 1244 1797 31 Dry Fork, Friday, Sept. 9. Mohecan 20 11 1 48 727 1820 10 Sandyville Church, Sat. Sept.l7. Muskingum 26 21 4 40 845 1811 8 Union Church, Friday, Aug. 26 Ohio 14 9 3 38 501 1820 27 Sandfork Ciiurcii, Sat. Aug. 13. Owl Creek 5 4 11 198 18.35 9 Wayne Church, Friday Aug. 19. Oxford 3 1 80 1830 1 Sugar Creek, Friday Aug. 19. Portage 1.5 8 58 414 1832 68 Garrettsville, Wed."Sept. 28. Providence 6 6 12 178 1834 25 Mount Pleasant Ch. Sat. Sep. 10. Rocky River 17 9 572 1832 Salem 9 4 1 221 1818 15 Tupper's Plains Ch. Sat.Sep.24. Sandusky River 5 3 135 1835 Reed, Saturday, Sept. 3. Scioto 19 12 54 674 1805 21 Licking Church, Sat. Aug. 20. Strait Creek 15 4 35 429 1812 28 New Market Ch. Sat. Aug. 27. Todd's Fork 7 3 6 154 4 Olive Brunch M. H., Fri.Aug.l9, Walliolding 5 2 17 145 1833 6 Zion Church, Friday, Sept. 2. Zoar 8 6 29 255 1826 17 Perry Church, Saturd. Sept. 10. Other Churches Total 9 6 .3 177 605 13,5 363 199 20 9.52 14290 According to the Summary, there are in the State of Ohio 26 Associations, 363 Bap- tist churches, 199 ordained ministers, and 11,290 communicants. The aggregate net gain in 23 Associations during the last assoeiational year is 470. The Greenville Association comprises eight churches, one of which is in Wayne county, Indiana. The Killbuck Association has been dissolved, and the Walholding has arisen in its place. Zoar Association has grown up from the ruins of the Stillwater. It now comprises ten; churches, two of which, it will be seen, arc in Virginia. The following general remarks respecting the Baptists in Ohio, are from the Editor oF the Cross and Journal. " It is judged from the Minutes of the Associations and from other sources, tbat at least three fourths of the churches and Associations are decidedly in favor of misswaary OHIO. 253 efforts ; and in the few apparent exceptions which exist, it is confidently believed, that want of information or local considerations form the difficulty. There is generally a disposition in the churches and Associations to allow entire freedom of action in regard to benevolent efforts ; a disposition which cannot be too sacredly cherished. " It is believed that soundness in the faith, a high regard for the duties of practical re- ligion, and a zealous attachment and adherence to the institutions and ordinances ex- pressly and specifically enjoined in the New Testament — the best tests of Christian character — -prevail in nearly if not all the churches and Associations. In doctrine, all are Calvinistic ; some holding substantially the views of Fuller, otiiers regarding the Philadelphia confession as the best existing formula of doctrine ; — few, if any, can justly be called Arminians. The Baptists of Oliio, in reviewing their history thus far and their present condition, have reason, to 'thank God and take courage;' and taking all the encouragement that can be derived from the promises of a faitliful God, combined with the facilities of the age, and the place in which their lot is cast, for active exertion, they may find abundant incitements to urge them on unto perfection, not only in the doctrine of Christ, but in ail the good works which his doctrine requires." BRIEF HISTORICAL SKETCH OF THE MAD RIVER ASSOCIATION. ' On the 19th of September, 1812, the five following churches, viz. King's Creek, Little Beaver Creek, Nettle Creek, Antioeh, and Big Darby, by their messengers, met at brother , Elijah Ward's, at Buck Creek, and associated themselves into a body by the name of the Mad River Baptist Association. The covenant and rules of decorum tlien adopted, seem to have been retained with very little variation. The introductory sermon was delivered by Lemuel Cottrell ; opened correspondence with the Miami Association ; total number when constituted, 166; during the meeting Mad River Church received by letter. James Johnson, Moderator ; John Thomas, Clerk. 1813 — Sept. 17. The Association met at Little Beaver Creek. Introductory sermon by John Thomas. Buck Creek and Beaver Creek churches received by letter. Received by baptism 7, by letter 4, dismissed 17, excluded 3 — Total 221. J. Morris, Moderator ; John Vance, Clerk. 1814 — Sept. 18. Met at Nettle Creek. Sermon by J. Guttridge. At this meeting the mission system of spreading the gospel and contributions for tlic same, were recom- mended to the cliurches. Baptisms 14, letter 5, dismissed 2, died 1 — Total 233. S. Talbot, Moderator ; J, Thomas, Clerk. 1815 — Sept. 15. Met at Little Beaver. Sermon by J. Morris. Salem, Caesar's Creek, Bethlehem, Honey Creek, and Union churches, received by letter. Baptisms 26, letter 2fi, dismissed 24, excluded 5, died 3 — Total 336. J. Dunlap, Moderator ; J. Thomas, Clerk. 1816 — Sept. 13. Met at Nettle Creek. Sermon by J. Dunlap. Opened correspon- dence with the Scioto Association, and the Predestinarian Baptist Association and Friends of Humanity in Kentucky. Resolved to open correspondence with the Baptist Board of Foreign Missions, and appointed J. Thomas, Treasurer and Secretary. Bap- tisms 35, letter 47, dismissed 55, excluded 7, died 4 — Total 359. J. Morris, Moderator ; J. Thomas, Clerk. 1817 — Sept. 19. Beaver Creek. J. Thomas preached. Lost Creek and Sinking Creek Churches received, and correspondence opened with Muskingum Association. Baptisms 16, letter 23, dismissed 13, excluded 15, died 7 — Total 388. J. Morris, Jl/bdera- tor ; J. Thomas, Clerk. 1818 — Sept. 18. King's Creek. Elder Cottrell preached. Staunton, Stillwater, and Fiiirfield churches received. Correspondence with the Board of Foreign Missions con- tinued. Baptisms 59, letter 31, dismissed 9, excluded 5, died 3 — Total 507. J. Turner, Moderator ; J. Thomas, Clerk. 1819 — Sept. 17. Met at Honey Creek. Sermon by M. Frazee. Opened correspon- dence with the Columbus Association ; recommended the churches to form Missionary Societies, (auxiliary to the general one,) for the purpose of raising tiinds, &c. : hence arose that distress and sea of trouble through wliich the churches waded for several years. B.iptisms 69, letter 46, dismissed 40, excluded 4, restored 1, died 11 — Total 596. J. Turner, Moderator ; J. Tliomas, Clerk. 1820— Sept. 15. Met at Nettle Creek. Sermon b)^ J. Guttridge. Little Darby and Tiiarp's Run churches received. Correspondence with tiic Board of Foreign Mis- sions continued. Resolved to meet in future on Saturday instead of Fridi;y. Baptisms 77, letter 4!l, dismissed 49, excluded 3, died 7 — Total 668. J. Guttridge, Moderator; J. Thomas, Clerk. 1821 — ^Scpt. 15. Little Beaver. Sermon by M. Frazee. Concord and Eliza churches received. Beaver, Mad River, and Bethlehem churches, by declining non-fellowship with 22 254 OHIO. this body, being admonished, were each excluded from this Association. Missionaries were appointed to preach to the destitute on the frontiers of this Association. Corres- pondence with the Bajjtist Board of Foreign Missions continued. Baptisms 69, letter 4, dismissed 40, excluded 12, died 10 — Total 684. 1822 — Sept. 14. Met at Lost Creek. J. Guttridge preached. Bethel and Indian Ruii churches were received by letter. At this meeting the corres;)ondcnce with the Baptist Board of Foreign Missions was dropped, with the understanding, that churches or individuals may use their pleasure, and act their pleasure on the subject. Baptisms 65, letter 15, dismissed 37, excluded 10, died 9 — Total 695. From 1822 to 1828 inclusive, various have been the conflicts and changes of the churches. During which time, East Fork of Paint, Rush Creek, Springfield and Phila- delphia churches, were received, and those of Stillwater and Big Darby were dismissed. Correspondence with White Water and Greenville Associations was opened. Corres- ponding Letters adopted. " Resolved, in 1824, to have no correspondence with the Bap- tist Board of Foreign Missions, recommending the same course to the churches; yet, individuals as such may have, without bar of fellowship." Peace, harmony, and union followed this Resolution. Baptisms 349, letter 190, dismissed 246, excluded 45, restored 31, died 56— Total 885. 1829— Sept. 19. Met at Lost Creek. Sermon by T. Price. The 1st Baptist Church at Springfield, having departed from the faith of the regular Baptists, was excluded from the Association. Baptisms 37, letter 19, dismissed 45, excluded 11, died 9 — Total 824. W. Sutton, Moderator ; J. Webb, Clerk. 1830 — Sept. 18. Buck Creek. C. Tuttle preached. Church at Big Darby readmitted, and second Lost Creek, received. Baptisms 26, letter 33, dismissed 47, excluded 23, died 11— Total 828. Clerk and Moderator the same. 1831 — Sept. 17. At Honey Creek. Sermon by Elder Hance. Received by Baptism 40, letter 33, dismissed 38, excluded 21, died 8 — Total 848. Clerk and Moderator the same. 1832 — Sept. 15. Met at King's Creek. T. Price preached. Sugar Creek received by letter. Resolved, That the churches be requested to send delegates to meet with the Nettle Creek church, to devise means for supplying the destitute with the gospel, within the bounds of this Association. Baptisms 91, letter 42, dismissed 46, excluded 6, died 9 — Total 897. Clerk and Moderator the same. 1833 — Sept, 14. Met at Caesar's Creek. Sermon by C. Tuttle. Sugar Creek (Fay- ette CO.) and Grass Point churches received by Letter. Correspondence opened with the East Fork of the Little Miami Association. Baptisms 99, letter 74, dismissed 73, ex- cluded 9, died 7— Total 1051. T. J. Price, Moderator; J. Webb, Clerk. 1834 — Sept. 20. Met at Staunton. William Sutton preached. Olive and African churches were received ; Lima Church presented a letter for admission, and was rejected. The Resolution relative to missionary exertions, bible, temperance, tract, and Sunday school societies, was passed at this session. Received this year by Baptism 139, by Letter and Experience 64 dismissed 98, excluded 22, died 13 — Total 1127. The present year leaves us with much the same ratio of increase as the former — Total 1264. Since the organisation of this body, there have been something like 1450 members received by Experience and Baptism, 840 by Letter, 60 restored, 970 dismissed by Letter, 300 excluded, and 200 deceased. Many were added to this Association in its infancy, and yet its present number is comparatively small, in consequence of many of the breth- ren emigrating to the West. CLEAVELAND. — The following extract is taken from the columns of the American Baptist, April 16, 1836. " Our meeting-house, which is by far the most splendid of any in the city, is com- pleted. Its dimensions are 79 by 55 feet ; its materials are brick and stone ; its steeple is 150 feet high, and the most admired of any in the State. The interior is perfectly neat; has three aisles, all neatly carpeted ; tlie plan of the pulpit taken from the First Baptist Church, Providence, Rhode Island. This beautiful building was dedicated to the Most High, the 25th of last February. Elisha Tucker preached the dedication sermon, from Psalm cii. 1 — ' I was glad,' &.c. The house was crowded to overflowing. In the afternoon of the same day, the slips were rented for one year, for rising seventeen hun- dred dollars. Three weeks previous to entering the new meeting-house, the church unanimously resolved to hold a series of prayer meetings every evening in the week until the dedication, that we might tlien enter into the new house with suitable dispositions of heart. Almost the same moment we began to put our spiritual house in order, the glory of God began to appear among us. There was the fervent, soul-refreshingspirit of prayer, and tlie honest confession of those who had been in a backslidden state, and soon we OHIO. 255 be^an to see the awakened sinner inquiring what he should do to be saved. In six weeks after the house was dedicated, 33 wiUing' converts went down into the water in Lake Erie, and were baptized. " Three-fourths of those baptized were young men, possessing more than an ordinary share of intelligence. I have not the least doubt but several of them will become minis- ters of our blessed Lord. " E. F. Willey has been with us this winter, but I expect Levi Tucker, of Philadelphia, who has just arrived here, will become our settled pastor. Our prayer-meetings are still con- tinued every evening, nor can I see that these meetings have become any less interesting, though they have continued seven weeks. When I came here, five years last October, I found but two Baptist members in Cleaveland. Our church was formed about three years since, of about 20 members ; it now contains from 100 to 130. Our meeting-house and lot is worth $ 13,000 ; we owe probably $ 4,500. Thus you see that things rise up and go forward here in the West with an energy seldom, if ever, surpassed." THE PALMYRA WELCH BAPTIST CHURCH, Portage county, is composed of emigrants from Wales. In the early part of 183,5 they united with the Calvinistic Method- ists in building a meeting-liouse, which was opened for divine worship in May. Soon after, they found it impracticable to remain a mixed congregation, and therefore applied to the Welch Baptist brethren to be constituted into a church. They were accordingly constituted on the articles of faith of the Beaver Association, on the 16th of August, 1835, by Elder William Owen, pastor of the Wdlch Baptist Church, Pittsburg, Pa., and M. J. Phillip. The latter has taken the pastoral charge of the church. These brethren are calculating to build for their use a place of worship during the present year. They have a cheering prospect of increase and usefulness in Palmyra, as there is much Bap- tist influence among the Welch inhabitants, amounting to nearly 500 souls, all emigrants from Wales during the last four years. SALEM TOWNSHIP.— The regular Baptist church, called Salem Township, in Mus- kingum county, was constituted in October, 1818. The circumstances of its origin are as follows. In the year 1816, William Spencer settled here with his family. The settle- ment was new, and the inhabitants mostly addicted to Sabbath breaking, vain amuse- ments, and profanity. In this state of things he was moved to call the attention of the people to the concerns of their souls and the Christian religion. The church of which he was then a member licensed him to preach, and he commenced the work in 1817. Soon there appeared fruits of his labors, and some members moving into the place from other parts, it was deemed necessary to constitute a church. About the same time a revival commenced under his labors at Wills Creek, about fifteen miles East of this place. Seve- ral were baptized there, who united in tlie constitution as a branch of the church. The revival progressed gloriously — the Lord's day was properly observed, and family worship was duly maintained^' until some destructive errors crept into the East Branch, which consisted in denying the gospel authority for the religious observance of the Lord's day — for offering public or family prayer, or publicly singing the praises of God; and even de- nying the perpetuity of the moral law. Of course these duties and privileges were abandoned, contentions began, and, because iniquity abounded, the love of many waxed cold. Ultimately all those who embraced the errors were excluded. A preacher from Virginia, who first propagated these errors among them became their minister, as they called themselves a church. About two years after, their leader died, when a Mr. H. Brown, a Baptist preacher, recently from Scotland, became acquainted with them, and being a very pious and ortliodox man, possessing good talents, was instrumental in eradi- cating their errors. Mr. Brown continued with them as their pastor about five years, but in all tliis time they did not flourish. They then returned, made suitable concessions, and were restored to the fellowship of the church. Mr. Brown joined the Mount Zion church near him, was ordained their pastor — has ever since been highly esteemed by the Baptist churches, and his labors have been greatly blessed. In 1830, the East Branch was constituted into a separate church, called Wills Creek, Guernsey county. It now flourishes under the faithful pastoral labors of William N. Smith. At the same time the revival was progressing at Wills Creek, William Spencer visited a, destitute settlement at Wliite Eyes Plains, about eight miles North, in Coshocton county. After continuing his visits for some time, he baptized a number there, who united with the Salem Township church, till October, 1825, when they were dismissed and constituted into a church, called White Plain. The Salem Township church was constituted with twenty-one members. They called William Spencer to be their pastor, in which office he has continued till the present time. The church together with their pastor has ever enjoyed great friendship and sweet fellow- 256 INDIANA. ship, endeavoring to bear each others' burthens — the church rendering him a part'of his support, and lie dcvotinfr his whole time to the work of tlie ministry, and most of it among liis own flock, wlio have ever been friendly to, and taken an active part in the pro- motion ofi the benevolent measures of the ag-e, believing- them to be dictated by the Lord and very useful — and such things as all Ciiristians ought to be engaged in. Post OfTice, Mechanicsville, Muskingum county. The Rocky River Association was constituted ip September, 1832, of seven churches, three ministers, and 143 members. At the third meeting, in June last, there were 1!) churches, 11 ministers, and 720 members. Six new churches, and perhaps more, are expected to unite at the next anniversary. Some of these, however, are by dismissions from other churches in the body, so that there will not be a corresponding addition of strength. But as an offset to this, most of the clmrches have received and are still receiving pleas- ing accessions, so that the prospects are cheering. Much of the prosperity of this body may be attributed, under God, to their missionary operations. INDIANA. GENERAL ASSOCIATION. The third anniversary of the General Association of Baptists of Indiana, for the pur- pose of promoting the spread of the Gospel in the State, was held at Lawrenccburgh, Dear- born county, October 30, 1835. Officers, Jesse L. Hoiman, Moderator; Lewis Morgan, Rec Secretary; Ezra Fisher, Cor. Secretary; H. Bradley, Treasurer. Amount of re- ceipts $238 96. Reports were presented to the meeting by several committees on the Baptist General Tract Society — on Foreign Missions — on Religious Periodicals — on Education — on Sun- day Schools, and on the state of religion in Indiana. From the latter Report the follow- ing extracts are taken: " In the north part of the state, there are several small churches, that need the fostering care of the Association. That part of the state is daily becoming more interesting, as the population is rapidly increasing. In most of the county seats and large prairies there / are Baptist members that should be gatiiered together and constituted into regular church- es. Unless this can be done, they must remain like sheep without a shepherd. When we come farther south on the Wabash river, the same state of things is presented. In the Tippecanoe Association there are nine churches and but two ministers, and the population is rapidly increasing. In this part of the state, there has been much opposition, but it is believed, that as information is obtained on the subject of religious effort for the spread of the gospel, objections have been removed. In the middle and southern parts of the state, things are beginning to present a more promising appearance. The brethren are begin- ning to feel the importance of more concentrated efforts in sustaining the cause of Christ, by their prayers and contributions in support of the gospel ministry. Ministers are waking up to their duty, and giving more of their time to tiie work in obedience to the command of their dying Lord who has said, 'go ye into all the world and preach the Gospel to every creature.' It appears from information obtained, that protracted meet' ings, where they have been held in our churches, and conducted in a proper manner, have been, in the hands of God, means of great good to poor sinners, in turning them from darkness to light, and stiring up the brethren to their duty, of love and good works. In the Laughery Association, there is at this time a good state of things. Many have quite lately been brought to the knowledge of the truth as it is in Jesus, whilst aged saints have been enabled to take their harps from the willows and sing the songs of Zion with joy and thanksgiving. It is the opinion of your committee, if there could be a few able min- isters located at the most important places in the State, that it would have the most happy influence on the denomination. Such is our destitution of ministerial aid, that many parts of tlie state, that are now white for the harvest, must remain uncultivated, unless more ministers can be obtained. "It is due to the interests of the denomination in this state to say, that in addition to the receipts acknowledged in the treasurer's report, more than five hundred dollars have been raised from the churches to aid our travelling preachers, who are emphatically mis- sionaries, in proclaiming the glad tidings of salvation in their own immediate vicinities. "Thus you see that several years of efficient labor have been secured to the denomina- tion the last year through this source. INDIANA. 257 " In conclusion your Committee beg leave to present the following Resolution: " Resolved, That the providence of God, the increasing population of the State, and the great lack of moral and religious instruction, call loudly upon this General Association for a higher, nobler, more enlarged and systematic effort, to spread the Gospel." FRANKLIN MANUAL LABOR INSTITUTION. In October, 1833, at the close of the session of the General Association, the friends of education held a conference on the subject of education, and appointed a committee to view suitable sites in the vicinity of Indianapolis, at the semi-annual meeting of the Board in June. The object of that meeting failed ; one only of the committee from abroad having attended at the time. At the next annual meeting of the Association the subject was again agitated, and a meeting was appointed to be lield in Indianapolis in January following. At the time of that meeting the Indiana Baptist Education Society was formed, and the meeting was adjourned till the first week in June, not however till four points were fixed upon as fa- vorable places for a State Baptist Institution ; and during the interval efforts might be made by the friends in favor of each place. At the June meeting, 1835, a cheering sub- scription came up from Decatur and Johnson counties. Still the friends were unprepared to fix the location, but at that time a committee was appointed to repair to the places suc- cessively and receive proposals, and to report in three weeks. The work was done, and at the appointed time the site near Franklin was selected. The Board of Trustees was appointed, and it was found that eighty-eight acres of land were secured in the immediate vicinity of Franklin, and more than $ 1600 on subscription. Since which tlie Board has been organised, and measures are in contemplation to erect a temporary building and put the institution in operation the ensuing spring, and appoint suitable agents to raise funds. ASSOCIATIONS AND CHURCHES. BLUE RIVER ASSOCIATION, 1835. CHURCHES. ' MINISTERS. POST OFFICES. BAPT. MEM. 20~ CON. Knob Creek A. Stevens ~ Blue River 20 Salem Harrison county 31 Bethel 1 31 Goshen J. Armstrong 47 Bethlehem 1 23 Little Flock William Saffer 23 Hopewell ■ 31 Unity B. Radcliff Washington county 38 Providence K. Veach, Tlios. S. Wineteer 54 Hillsborough 18 Indian Creek Levi Long, A. Matthews Harrison county 36 Turkey Fork 17 Enon Wm. Stevens, Benj. Stevens 10 Rock Spring 24 COFFI :E creek ASSOCIATION, 1835. White River — S. D. Monroe Jefferson county 1 47 Scaffold Lick — Valentine Chasteen 1 38 Indian Creek John R. Tinder Jackson county 45 Union 3 37 Saluda 17 Coffee Creek Thos.Hill, T. Hill, jr., Z. Bush Jennings county 151 Elizabeth James Glover 27 Lick Branch 1 22 Freedom John Vawter Vernon 1 37 Ebenezer ■ Jackson county 2 53 1823 Hopewell 41 Slate Ford 12 38 Brownstown — Enoch Farel 1 28 Friendship 7 57 New Friendship 16 22' 258 INDIANA. EEL RIVER ASSOCIATION, 1635. Bfcl River 1 39 Big Raccoon The ministers' names cannot Parke county 32 Deer Creek be ascertained from the Mi- 4 52 Little Raccoon nutes.] 39 Rockville 23 Union 1 78 Mount Pleasant 4 30 Bethel 2 53 Reserve 43 Doe Creek 2 43 Mill Creek 1 34 Big- Walnut Greencastle 39 Little Flock Jackson Prairie 4 25 1835 FLAT ROCK ASSOCIATION, 1835. Flat Rock Mignon Booz 1 62 Blue River Samuel Harding 4 39 Sand Creek Abraham Bohanon 113 Mount Moriah Decatur county 3 77 Haw Patch Thomas Elliott 21 Salem Archibald Leech, J. McEwen 49 Bethel 29 Union 2 48 Liberty . 5 20 Shelbyvillc Shelbyville 39 Haw Creek Bartholomew co. 8 38 Mount Gilead 13 Brandjwine Lewis Morgan Brandywine 31 Franklin 33 Sharon Hopewell William G, Eaton 1 29 Friendship 12 Bethel Owen county 23 1834 Vernal Leroy Mayfield 7 91 1834 Lewis Creek 16 1834 Dry Fork 17 1835 INDIi* iNAPOLIS ASSOCIATION, 1835. Indianapolis J. L. Richmond, E. Fisher Indianapolis 46 Bethel E. B. Smith, T.C. Townsend 4 74 Lick Creek 74 Little Blue River 25 Little White Lick B. Harris Hendricks county 1 53 Brandywine 1 18 Mud Creek 25 Noblesville Noblesville 16 1 Fall Creek N. Richmond V 3 54 Little Buck Creek A. Smock 2 49 Pleasant Run 6 47 jFork Little Buck 12 38 Cumberland 1 39 Little Eagle J. flawkins, S. McCormick, J. Kemper 2 21 1834 Hopewell M. Hume 11 30 1834 Zion — J. R. Morris 1 27 1834 2 Fall Creek 2 12 1834 Hanover E. Williams 1 31 1834 LA UGHERY ASSOCIATION, 1835. Laughery Alva Churchill Wilmington 2 33 1811 Indian Creek Cross Plains 12 35 1813 Bear Creek Hartford 3 27 1818 Long Run Vevay 17 Grant's Creek Rising Sun 9 INDIANA. 259 LAUGHERY ASSOCIATION, 1835~-continved. Brushy Fork Cross Plains 49 Aurora J. L. Holman Aurora 1 43 1820 White Water Harrison 1 32 Middle Fork Versailles 56 Rising- Sua Rising Sun 10 Ebenezer T. Curtis Lawrenceburgh 16 67 1822 Sparta Moore's Hill 16 76 Franklin Moore's Hill 12 42 Salem Harrison 17 35 Bethel H. D. Banta Vevay 4 36 Manchester J. Babcock Manchester 18 62 Jefferson G. Markland Vevay 2 21 Mount Pleasant J. Graham Vevay 32 Switzerland [Hinkley 19 1833 Lawrenceburgh Ezra Ferris, G. Mathews, A. R. Lawrenceburgh 27 MADISON ASSOCIATION, 1835. Indian Kentucky — Garrard Warjield Jefferson county 32 Vernon William T. Stott Vernon 38 Middle Fork James Alexander, W. Wallace Madison 1 45 Harbert's Creek Jefferson county 1 49 Concord — Caleb Moncrief Jennings county 2 62 West Fork Jesse Miles 1 32 Bethel 4 16 Bear Creek 38 Versailles Versailles 40 Hebron Jacob S. Ryker * 48 Milton 33 Madison Jesse Vawter Madison 51 1831 Liberty — Azariah Merrill 1 12 Mount Moriah Chelsey Woodward 5 20 Geneva 17 New Marion Moses E. Edwrards 1835 Mount Pleasant 4 20 1835 Zoar 2 20 1835 S. \LEM ASSOCIATION, 1835. Bethel — Mount Vernon 139 1806 Patoka Llihu Holcombe Princeton 41 1808 Salem Jeremiah Cash Owensville 94 1810 Big Creek Lewis Duncan Cynthiana 1 90 1815 Bethlehem — New Harmony 28 140 1816 Harvey's Creek —, Princeton 36 1822 Little Wabash C. Whiting, Jona, Stewart Carmi 2 123 1816 Union — Princeton 10 1821 Bethany Peter Saltzman New Harmony 27 1826 Providence Elihu Holcornbe Princeton 1 47 1822 Mount Pleasant — New Harmony 20 1827 Evansville E. Sanders Evansville 23 1824 New Salem E. Holcombe, L. Burchjield Princeton 17 1830 Little Union — Patoka 21 1830 Walnut Grove — Boonville 1 47 1825 Cyprus — Boonville 4 30 1825 Bethlehem — Rockport 15 Mount Gilead — Cynthiana 17 1828 White River — Petersburgh 19 1835 TIP PECANOE ASSOCIATION, 1835. Delphi Wm. Rees, Daniel L. Shnup Delphi 1 40 1829 Dayton [Ft is believed that William 2 29 Grand Prairie West is a minister connectec 17 Logan sport with this Association, but his Logansport 2 40 Tiptonspott name does not appear on the Tiptonsport 9 Rossville rrtinutes as pastor of either o ^ 1 11 Bethel the churches.] 11 1835 260 INDIANA. TIPPECANOE ASSOCIATION, IS35— continued. Hopewell 9 1«35 Frankfort Frankfort 3 12 1835 UNION ASSOCIATION, 1835. Wabash Vincennes 4 38 Maria Creek William Stance! Maria Creek 9 86 Mount Vernon Washington 1 36 High Banks David Hornaday 19 Veal Creek John Graham Washington 35 Black Creek Bloomficld 25 Indian Prairie Carlisle 52 WHITE WATER ASSOCIATION , 1835. Elkhorn 6 59 Little Cedar Grove William Tyner 69 Providence 22 Indian Creek 73 West Fork Jeremiah Whitney 1 30 New Bethel 25 Lick Creek W. Thompson Fayette county 72 Johnson's Fork 25 Union — Daniel Gard 20 Salem 1 33 Big Cedar Grove Joab Stout 1 69 Fairfield 30 Franklin Jas. Newhouse, D. Conner 1 47 Little Flat Rock 53 Ben. Davis' Creek — Andrew Veal 70 Simon's Creek 2 21 New Hope — Samuel Billings 14 Village Creek 36 Big Flat Rock J. Sparks 87 E. Fork Flat Rock 3 64 1 Williams' Creek WilliamMiller 66 Little Blue River John Walker 52 Connersville — James Thomas 19 Nettle Creek John Evans 8 53 Milton James Austil 2 21 Pipe Creek Daniel Palmer 12 50 Pleasant Run James L. Gilmore, M. Cooper Rush county 100 Bethlehem 27 2 Williams' Creek 27 West Union — Mc Cormac Zion 31 Oxford Joseph Shirk, A. Martin 1 1 19 Mount Pleasant 1 20 OTHER CHURCHES. Friendship* Wayne county 25 Greenfieldt H. J. Hall Greenfield 13 1834 Laport Chs. Tucker, — Spaulding Laport 50 1834 Salem Ahazael Neal Laport county 12 1835 Michigan City William Sou'thwood Laport county Truman's Creekt J. Thompson Sullivan county 24 Bethlehemt 24 Honey Creekt B. Trueblood 18 * Belongs to Greenville Ascociation, Ohio. J Belong to Wabash District Assoeiaton. t Belongs do the Lagrange Association, Michigan* conn's creek association, 1830. Churches — Conn's Creek, Lewis Creek, Nineveh, Bethlehem, Antioch, Middle Fork of Sand Creek, Little Salt Creek, Edinburgh. Ministers — John P. Bartley, John Newman, S. Doughty, Benjamin Jones. Licentiates — S. Christy, R. Riggs. Churches 8— Ministers 6— Members 280. # INDIANA. 261 CRAAVFORDSVILLE ASSOCIATION, 1832. Churches 4 — Ministers 2 — Members 150. DANVILLE ASSOCIATION, 1833. The churches composing this Association are located partly in Hendricks and Morgan counties, namely, Salem, Union, White Lick, Providence, Galilee, Mount Zion, Danville, Enon, Eagle Creek, Bethlehem, Mount Pleasant, Palestine, New Hope, Mount Gilead, White River, West Union, Friendship, Betiiel, and tliree others whose names we have not seen. The ministers, connected with the Association, are William Pope, John W. Thomas, William Faught, George Dodson, Jolm Clements, William Hogan, John Jones, and Jacob Ryenearson. If there are others, we cannot ascertain their names from the Mi- nutes. JUBILEE ASSOCIATION, 1832. This is a small body of about three churches, in the south part of the State. It is said , to be orderly, but will not correspond with any slave-holding Baptists, nor with those who do correspond with such. Elder Shoemaker is the principal minister in this Asso- ciation. Churches 3 — Ministers 2 — Members 100. LIBERTY ASSOCIATION, 1833. This Association was constituted in 1826, at Liberty Church, Switzerland county. It is an anti-slavery body. The churches composing tliis Association are: Willow Branch, Samuel Pavy, pastor, Allensville P. O. ; Liberty, John Pavy, pastor, Vevay P. O., Swit- zerland CO.; Providence, Vevay P. O. ; Union, Troy P. O., Perry co. ; Mount Pleasant, Troy P. O. ; Rock Creek, Vernon P. O., Jennings county ; and three others. Churches 9— Ministers 3— Members 270. LITTLE PIGEON ASSOCIATION, 1825. We have received no returns of this Association since 1825. It tlien embraced 16 churches, 12 ministers, and 505 members. LA FAYETTE ASSOCIATION, 1833. Churches 6 — Ministers 3 — Members 150. LOST RIVER ASSOCIATION, 1832. The seventh Annual Meeting of the Lost River Association was held at the Union Meeting House, Washington county, on the first Saturday in September, 1832. Churches — Sinking Spring, Lost River, Union, Elim, Clifty, Stampers Creek, Hebron, Mill Creek, Sugar Creek, Salem, Zoar, Mount Pleasant, Enon, Oxford, Silver Creek, Pigeon River — 16. Ministers — Jonathan Jones, Henry Brooks, Thomas Robertson, James McCoy, John Wilson, Samuel Applcgate, William Hosea, Charles St(irk, John Dunlop, I. Worrall, M. W. Sellers — 11. — Members 564. PRAIRIE CREEK ASSOCIATION, 1833. Churches 5 — Ministers 2 — Members 179. SILVER CREEK ASSOCIATION, 1832. Churches — Silver Creek, New Washington, Muddy Fork, Driftwood, Charlestown, New Albany, Hopewell, Little Union, Mount Eden, Friendship, N. A. African, Tobridge, Jefferfonville, Mount Pleasant, Camp Run — 15. Ministers — A. Little, J. Bowel, M. Cole, S. Woodruff, Isaac Ramy, D. Bagjgerly, J. Ferguson — 7. — Members 622. SUGAR CREEK ASSOCIATION, 1833. C/a/rc/fes— Sugar Creek, Coal Creek, Bethel, Wea, Walnut Creek, Twelve Mile Prairie, Big Shawney, Pisgah, Paint, and three others whose names we have not seen — 12. The names of .the ministers are not distinguished on the Minutes — estimated at 6 — Members 337. WHITE RIVER ASSOCIATION, 1832. No Minutes of this Association have been received since the above date, when it com- prised the following churches : Bethabara, Guthrie's Creek, Indian Creek, Salt Creek, Gilgal, Bethel, Spice Valley, Richland, White River, Little Mount, Spring Creek, Bloom- ington, Bethlehem, Hebron, Beach Creek, Clear Creek, Samaria, Little Union, Beaver Creek, Unity— 20. 262 INDIANA. Ministers— A. Carlton, J. M. Evans, G. Poller, D. Brown, J. B. Bitrch, J. Odle, Win. Carlton, F. Bland, T. Oliplianl, W. Dotson, A. May— 11.— Members 7U3. Williams' creek association, 1831. The Minutes of this Association for 1831, report 14 churches, 12 ministers, and 529 members. SUMMARY. kH — -d « Qi a V3 m o ASSOCIATIONS. "a ri c 1 "3 bjO -2 MEETINGS IN 1836. § a! o o. £ c o 6 d J m ^ Q 15 7 Blue River 15 8 2 2 423 1816 Unity M. H. Saturday Sept. 10 CotFee Creek 15 6 3 29 654 1826 34 White River M. H. Sat. Sept. 3 Conn's Creek 8 6 280 Crawfbrdsville 4 2 150 Danville 21 8 4 725 1827 Eel River 14 4 18 535 61 Big Walnut ch. Fri. Aug. 26 Flat Rock 21 9 34 800 10 Brandy wine. Sat. Sep. 24 Indianapolis 18 9 3 47 670 88 Pendleton, Fri. Aug. 26 Jubilee 3 2 100 1839 La Fayette 6 3 150 lb32 Laughery 20 7 104 728 1817 97 Manchester, Fri. Sept. 16 Liberty 9 3 270 1825 Little Pig-eon 16 9 3 505 Lost River 16 9 2 564 1825 Madison 18 7 4 '23 587 1832 11 Herbert's Creek ch. Sat. Sept. 10 Prairie Creek 5 2 179 1831 Salem 19 6 6 37 956 1822 Little Wabash MT H.Fri.Sept.23 Silver Creek 15 7 622 1812 Sugar Creek 12 6 337 1832 Tippecanoe 9 2 1 9 178 1832 13 Dayton ch. Fri. Sept. 9 Union 7 3 14 291 1824 Maria Creek, Saturday, Sept. 17. White River 20 8 3 703! 56 White Water 32 15 5 40 1404 1809 Pleasant Run ch. Fri. Aug. 12 Williams' Creek 14 5 52D Other Churches Total 21 15 4 14 718 303 74 358 162 40| 357 13058 It appears that there are in Indiana 24 Baptist Associations; 358 Churches; 162 Or- dained Ministers; 40 Licentiates; and 13058 Members. The Associations are mostly small bodies, composed of feeble churches, many of which arc in a declining state, for the want of a more efficient ministry In 11 Associations, only 357 persons were received by baptism during the last associational year, and their clear increase was 229. From the remaining Associations we have received no recent information ; but it is believed they are in no better, and probably not so good a state as the others. In 1833 the Union Association comprised 20 churches, but we find only seven of them in the last Minutes. What has become of the remaining 13 churches we know not, as we have not seen the Minutes for 1834, when a di>'ision i)robably took place. The names of these churches and their ministers are. Little Flock — W. B. Eldridge : Busseron, James Love, and Johnson Sim?nons : Union, Abraham Starks, and in 1831 Moses Pierson, Pastor, Terra Haute P. O., Vigo co.: Shiloh — : 1 Prairie Creek — Asa Frakes: Lamotte, Thomas Kennedy : Fair Banks: 2 Prairie Creek : Sugar Creek, Robt. Dudley, and ^//;e/ Association moved forward for ten years in great harmony nnd peace ; during which time she received by baptism 453 members, by letter 794, and by relation 113 ; dismissed by letter 812, excluded 60, deceased 101. " In 1826, she met at New Washington, numbered 28 churches, 13 ordained ministers, seven licensed preachers, and more than 1000 members. A proposition was then made to divide the Association, which was agreed to, and a dividing line agreed on. The churches east of the line agreed to meet at Coffee Creek meeting-house, the third Satur- day in August, 1827 ; counted sixteen churches, eleven ordained ministers, four licensed preachers, and six hundred and ninety-two members. " We met according to the above arrangemont ; but to our surprise we found that a dif- ferent sentiment had made its appearance among us. The first day was spent without a union, but on the third day we united on what is called the bond of union of Coffee Creek Association, and have had five annual meetings since; and have had no unpleasant altercations, but moved willi love and good feelings. Since Coffee Creek Association was formed, she has received by baptism 413 members, by letter 362, and by relation 62 ; dis- missed by letter 441, excluded 76, deceased 41. We now have 27 churches, 15 ordained ministers, 12 licensed preachers, and 981 members. "And now, dear brethren, having taken a glance at the progress of the Baptists in this part of Indiana, we discover there have not been such extensive ingatherings as we have seen and heard of in some other places. Yet we have reason to bless the Lord for those refreshing seasons that some of the churches have received from his Divine'presence. And first, the church at Pigeon Roost, in 1817, had a precious season, in which 55 were added by baptism ; also, 29 were added to the church at Silver Creek ; and the same year the Association met at Mount Pleasant, at which meeting the Lord displayed both his love and power, in warming the hearts of his children, awaking sinners and reclaiming backsliders : 4y were added to the church by baptism. That meeting will be remembered by many as long as they live. Several other churches partook in the refreshing season. In 1820, the Association met in Vernon, when the Lord gave his people another refresh- ing season from His divine presence ; 49 were added to the church at Vernon by baptism, and 45 to the Fourteen-Mile Church. In 1823, the church at Mount Pleasant had the pleasure of seeing 24 more baptized — the church at Charlestown 35, and the Saluda 19 ; while other churches partook in the joy. In 1827 and '28, the churches of Coffee Creek 264 ILLINOIS. and Freedom appeared to share more bountifully than any others; the former received 25, and tlic latter 19 by baptism. In ]&2y, the cliurehcs on Indian Kentucky, Harberl's Creek, and Versailles, appear to have been most favored — the former received 2J^, the second 31), and the latter 25 members by baptism. "We have now given you a short iiistory of the Baptists in this part of Indiana. And are we not ready to say, the Lord hath done great things for us, whereof we are glad ? It is matter of joy and rejoicing, to reflect on the goodness of God extended to us as a body of professed Christians, in our enlargement, and in blessing us with that peace and harmony that has marked our course. Surely tiiis is the Lord's doing, and it is marvel- lous in our eyes. Seeing the Lord has done such great things for us, liow humble, iiow holy ouglit wc to be, in all holy conversation and godliness — and to submit to his govern- ment. And that this may be the case with every member, is our prayer lor Christ's sake." Brief Account of the Madison Association, furnished by James Alexander, Pastor of the Middle Fork Church. Elder Jesse Vawter is one of the oldest and most pious ministers in the denomination in Indiana. He is still on the stage of action, tiiough of late very weak and feeble. He combines with a talent for the quick despatch of business, deep humility and love to God and his cause. In fact he may be said to be tlje father of three Associations, viz: Silver Creek, Coffee Creek, and Madison. In September, 1832, the Coifee Creek Association met at Ebenezer Church, in Jackson county, aud for tiie sake of convenience agreed to divide. The State road leading from Madison to Indianapolis, was agreed on as the dividing line. On the second Saturday in September, 1833, the churches now composing Madison Association met by their dele- gates at Middle Fork Cliurch, nine miles northwest of Madison, and agreed to unite upon the principles of the general union of Baptists. In the constitution there were eight ordained and eight licensed preachers, with 567 members. At this time important diffi- culties had arisen among us respecting the principles, promulgated by Alexander Camp, bell, which caused a considerable falling away, while there were but few additions to the churches. Not having the Minutes of our first meeting at hand, I cannot give you witli certainty the names of the ordained and licensed ministers, but as well as I can recollect they were Jesse Vawter, Jesse Miles, Lawson Stephenson, John Bush, Jacob S. Ryker, James Alexander, William T. Stott, ordained ministers ; and William Vawter, Wilson Moncrief, Caleb Moncrief, Moses E. Edwards, Azariah Merrill, Job Whitten, Chesley Woodward, and William Wallace, Licentiates. The next session of the Association was held at Concord meeting-house, Jennings county, on the second Saturday in September, 1834; at which time there were but few changes. One licentiate was added, and a few by baptism ; and a number fell off with the Campbellites, leaving our number 534 members. Our last session was held at the Indian Kentucky Meeting-house, in September, 1835 — introductory sermon by William T, Stott. At this meeting Madison, Mount Pleasant, and Zoar churches were received; and the Association records the death of Elder Lawson Stephenson. ILLINOIS. This State stretches along the eastern side of the Mississippi river from tlie mouth of the Ohio, for the distance of 700 miles, following its meanderings. It extends from 37 to 42 degrees north latitude. Its extreme length is 384 miles, and its extreme width 220 miles — its average width 150 miles. The area of the whole State, including a portion of lake Michigan within its boundaries, is 59,300 square miles. No State in the west has an equal amount of rich, arable land. The population, according to the census of the state taken in 1835, was 272,500. Its present population is about 300,000 — average in- crease from 25,000 to 30,000 per annum. On the bank of the Mississippi, and nearly opposite the mouth of tiic Missouri river is Alton, a rapidly growing, commercial town, destined to be one of the most important river towns on the western waters. The seat of government, until 1840, is Vandalia, which is situated on the Kaskaskia river in Fayette county, 56 miles cast from Alton. The number of counties in the State is 66 ; six new ones having been formed at a recent session of tlie legislature. Illinois was admitted as a member of the Union in 1818. Its population then was 40,000. The Indian title is extinguished to all the lands in the state. Operations of the Baptists in Illinois. — The Baptists were amongst the first protestants to enter this region. A church was organised 40 years since, and an Association, called ILLINOIS. 265 the Illinois Union, was formed in 1807. In 1810, a division took place relative to cor- responding' witli Associations in Kentucky, vyhere slaves were held. Those who declined such correspondence adopted the appendag-e of" Friends of Humanity," to the term Bap- tists, which they still retain. In all other respects they accord with baptists generally. The South District, North District, and Saline Associations are of this class ; and another Association called the Missouri District, ,which is included in the tabular view of Asso- ciations in that State. A correspondence and co-operation exists between a portion of this class and several other Associations of Baptists in Illinois. Illinois Baptist Convention. — The Illinois United Baptist Association and some others having declared non-fellowship with missionary and kindred efforts, a meeting was held in Edwardsville in 1830, with a view to harmonise and unite the conflicting elements of the denomination. More than 20 ministers attended — the Edwardsville Association, of three churches, was formed by advice of this meeting, and the meeting was continued annually for four years under the name of " General Union of Baptists in Illinois." In 1834, a constitution was adopted and the meeting organised itself in the usual form into the Illinois Baptist Convention. Its objects are, " To collect and publish statistical accounts of Churches and Associa- tions in the State — to devise and execute plans to promote travelling preaching, and to supply destitute churches and neighborhoods with the preaching of the gospel — to pro- mote ministerial education, and aid in promoting education in general — to promote and extend union and harmony amongst Baptists in Illinois — and to circulate information by the press and other means, on religious subjects, and especially on those subjects that pertain more immediately to our denomination." The business during the recess of the convention is conducted by an executive committee. The annual meeting is held the second Thursday in October, at such place as shall have been previously appointed. The annual meeting for 1836, is to be held at Bethel Meeting House, on the northern border of St. Clair county. Officers — Ebenezer Rodgers/ President ; George Haskell, Treasurer; AJvan Bailey, Cor. Secretary ; J. M. Peck, Secretary pro tempore. The Executive Committee meet at Upper Alton. Literary and Theological Institutions. — An account of these will be found on the 83d and 84th pages of the Register. Missionary Ojjerations. — The Baptists in this State who devise " liberal things," are making rapid and interesting advances in missionary and kindred operations. About $ 600 have been raised for the Burinan, Karen, and China missions within 12 months — $ 400 for the Bible cause, between $ 500 and $ 600 for Sunday schools, Tract, and other religious efforts, and $ 1000 for education purposes and buildings connected with the college and seminary, (besides the $ 10,000 pledge.) For the purposes of the Convention in Home mission efforts there has been paid and pledged between $300 and $400. Several churches now support their pastors, either in whole or in part, and a growing disposition is fnanifested to engage in "works of faith" and "labors of love." Religious Periodical. — The Pioneer originated in April, 1829, in a weekly form, and was published for one year by T. P. Green. Since 1830 it lias been sustained by the present publishers, J. M. Peck and A. Smith, semi-monthly, on a medium sheet. It is soon to be removed to Upper Alton, enlarged to an imperial size, weekly, at $2 50 per annum in advance, or $3 if not paid within three months. Principal editor, J. M. Peck assisted by the Faculty of the College and Theological Seminary. Publishers, A. Smith &, Co. A bookstore will bo established in connection, v/here, amongst religious, miscel- laneous and school books, the standard works of Baptists will be kept for sale. Tract Depository. — A depository containing all the publications of the Baptist General Tract Society, has been kept at Rock Spring. It will soon be removed to Upper Alton, where a supply of all tiic Society's pubhcations, including the Baptist Manual and the Triennial Register, may be had at the Society's prices. A depository has also been kept at Bluffdale, Green county, by Jolm Russell, Esq. Many churches in this State and Missouri have been supplied from these depositories. 23 266 ILLINOIS. ASSOCIATIONS AND CHURCHES. APPLE CREEK ASSOCIATION, 1835. CHURCHES. 1 MINISTERS. POST OFFICES. BAP. MEM. CON. Providence Calvin Tunnel 2 39 Apple Creek Charles Kitchen 3 35 Hopewell 4 21 Taylor's Creek 4 20 Hickory Grove 1 17 Union J. Davidson 2 23 Concord 3 52 Head of Apple Cr'k William Rodgers 1 37 Mount Pleasant J.Rhodes Greene county 1 40 Hopewell Pleasant Lemay Macoupen county 2 18 Mount Pleasant Macoupen 2 16 Head of Wood Riv. Alexander Conlee 2 23 Stony Creek 2 17 Mount Gilead 4 26 Bethlehem Stephen Conrad 3 11 BETHEL ASSOCIATION, 1835. E.F'kofMuddyRi. J. P. Madox 29 Mount Vernon George Stacy 35 Ten Mile Creek Wm. Lassewell, M. Carpenter 2 32 Moore's Prairie SolonionGoddard, N.Anderson JeflFerson county 4 24 Middle Fork of Muddy River C. Carpenter, John Manis 9 4? Salem — Francis West 23 Bethlehem 55 Mount Pleasant J. Browning 20 Nine Mile — J. Youngblood 11 Little Muddy 30 Sugar Camp W. Robinson 11 26 Gun Prairie 20 BLUE RIVER ASSOCIATION, 1835. Pleasant Grove Jacob Bower, P. N. Haycraft Manchester 5 42 1829 Mount Zion Wm. Browning, Jesse Elledge Griggsville 2 33 1831 Blue River Lewis Allen, i>/. W. Coffey Meachum's 4 37 1832 Salem Levi Kinman Pittsfield 13 1833 Pleasant Vale — Pleasant Vale 2 20 1830 Mount Gilead — Carrollton 22 1832 Diamond Grove Jona. Sweet, Joel Sweet Jacksonville 36 1827 Bay Creek — Pittsfield 6 1834 Griggsville Calvin Greenleaf Griggsville 3 12 1834 CLEAR CREEK ASSOCIATION, 1834. Clear Creek Jeremiah Brown Union county 56 Shiloh J. P. Edwards Alexander county 23 Ridge R. P. Gentry Union county 64 Mississippi Bottom 8 Cypress Aaron Mcintosh 15 Rock Spring 19 Drewry's Creek EDWARDSVILLE ASSOCIATION, 1835. Edwardsville — Edwardsville 54 Rock Spring J. M. Peek, Z. Darrow Rock Spring 19 Upper Alton Eben. Rogers, Hubbcl Loomis, George B. Davis, L. Colby, R. Kimball, D.Ives, S.Baker Upper Alton 9 57 Lower Alton 1 22 Bluffdale — John Russell, J. C. Harvey Bluffdale 31 1832 Piasau — Joseph Richardson 2 17 1834 Carlinville Carlinville 10 1835 ILLINOIS. 267 ILLINOIS ASSOCIATION, 1835. Canteen Thomas Ray 41 Wood River Wm. Jones, sen., Wm. Jones, jr. 32 Su£rar Creek 22 Elk horn 22 12-Mile Prairie 20 Richland William Kinney 1 44 Unity- S. Christler 14 Horse Prairie Randolph county 17 Piasau ' 6 Holt's Prairie 7 KASKASKIA ASSOCIATION, 1633. Hurricane Willis Dodson, H. Sears 26 Clear Spring James Street, John Jordan Montgomery co. 37 Salem 9 Silver Creek Peter Long 35 Shady Grove / bethel 21 Shoal Creek 21 Clear Spring Isaac Sidwell Fayette county 21 Bear Creek John Crouch 16 Little Hope 9 Mount Olive 10 1833 Mount Nebo 30 1833 Cold Spring 20 1833 LITTLE WABASH ASSOCIATION, 1833. Hopewell William Watkins Wayne county 31 Big Mount Prairie E. Armstrong, John French Wayne county 16 Burnt Prairie Wayne county 36 Long Prairie ~ S. Doughty, J. Doughty Edwards county 34 Mount Tabor Wayne county 27 Antioch 21 1832 Village Creek Edwards county 20 Mount Gilead - White county 20 Salem Lewis Pritchett Marion county 11 Crooked Creek Thomas Whiteley Clay county 42 Union Richard Gardner Lawrence county 50 Lick Creek John Pearce White county 85 Beaver Creek Hamilton county 10 Mount Pleasant Elias Roberts White county 33 Birk Prairie Edwards county 26 Mount Zion J. Cullen White county 16 Four Mile Fayette county 16 Liberty Marion county 20 Paint Rock 12 MORGAN ASSOCIATION, 1834. Union William Crow Morgan county 38 Sandy Creek J. C. Rogers Morgan county 43 Plumb Creek W. A. Langston 46 New Salem 28 Pisgah 40 South Fork of Mauvaiseterre 22 Clear Creek 16 Mauvaiseterre John Ray 40 New Hope 21 1832 NORTH DISTRICT ASSOCIATION, 1835. Macoupen Moses Lemen Green county 3 44 CarroUton Alvin Bailey, S. Crane, J. L. Dodge 4 66 Salem 2 28 Apple Creek J.Bellows,J.Pedig^,J.McRhea 11 94 268 ILLINOIS. NORTH DISTRICT ASSOCIATION, . 1835— con The Apple Creek Association was formed in 1830, from the Sangamon. Most of the churches are rather opposed to missionary operations through other societies than the churches. Their condition is improving. Bethel Association was formed from_ the Muddy River Association in 1829. The churches have had some difficulties of late years in doctrinal principles and Christian ac- tion. They are feeble and need ministerial aid. They have done but little to " lengthen the cords and strengthen the stakes." The churches are in the counties of Hamilton, Jefferson, Washington, Perry and Franklin. Missionary labor is much needed in this quarter. The Blue River Association was formed on the 8th of June 1833, of three churches, comprising 83 memUers. Two of these had seceded from the Morgan County Associa- tion, on account of the opposition of the latter to benevolent societies. This Association has prospered to a reasonable extent, and manifests a spirit of Christian enterprise and liberality, co-operating with the Illinois Convention, for which a subscription was raised at its last session. Their last minutes contain resolutions recommending Sabbath schools, Temperance measures, and prayer for a revival of religion. The churches are in the counties of Morgan, Greene, Pike and Adams. Clear Creek Assooiation was formed from Cape Girardeau Association in 1831. Its churches are in Jackson, Union, Johnson, and Alexander counties, near the mouth of the Ohio river. Edwardsville Association was formed of three new churches in 1830. Though still small, it is an efficient body. The College, Theological Seminary, Pioneer, and Tract Depositories are within the bounds of this Association, and much of the contributions for benevolent objects comes from its members. The Illinois Association was formed in 1807, and called the " Illinois Union." It di- vided in 1810. In 1818 — 19, a majority were favorable to missionary associations, and passed a resolution to recommend the formation of a society for the purpose; and two of their oldest ministers were employed as missionaries. In 1820 they dropped correspon- dence witli the Baptist Board of Foreign Missions, and in 1824 declared non-fellowship with missionaries. This Association affords an affecting and lamentable spectacle of the fruits of this wayward course. For many years none of the churches has had a revival, though there have been extensive revivals in the settlements, and more than 1000 converts have been baptized and united with other Baptist churches within its boundaries. The churches are fast declining — Universalism and other errors have crept in among them, and their future prospects are dark and cheerless. Their churches are located in Madison, Clinton, Wash- ington, St. Clair, Randolph, and Perry counties. The Kaskaskia Association was formed in 1830, of a few churches from Sangamon and Illinois Associations, which are located in the counties of Bond, Fayette, Montgome- ry, Shelby, and the north east corner of Madison. This body has the following article in its constitution. Art. 16. "This Association shall not admit any persons to come into this union who are under the influence of foreign or domestic missions." Most of the churches are either sickly or asleep, the Silver Creek church and its pastor excepted. The Little Wabash Association was formed in 1823, from the Salem Association, Indiana, which originated from the Wabash District and Muddy River Association. This body is making slow progress and borders on anti-mission ground. Ministerial labor is greatly needed within its boundaries. Morgan Association is confined to Morgan county, and was formed in 1830, on the principle as understood at the time, tiiat the mode of missionary and other benevolent operations should be no bar to fellowship. In 1832 the Association by a majority de- clared non-fellowship with benevolent institutions, upon which some of the churches withdrew and formed the Blue River Association, and some of the opposing ministers and brethren removed to Arkansas. 372 ILLINOIS. Muddy River (Regular*) Association. The churches composing Muddy River As- sociation are in the counties of Gallatin, Pope, Franltlin, and perhaps Johnson, adjacent to the Ohio river. Tlicy have been on the decline for some years past. A division about doctrine and action in reference to missions has taken place, and two parties now exist. A majority lean towards Antinoniianisni. In 1833, the Association comprised eleven churches, 6 ministers, and 260 members. Northern Association. This body was organised in September, 1835, by a conven- tion held at Du Page, Cook county, from newly formed churches in the northeastern part of Illinois, and is intended to embrace also, the northwestern part of Indiana and the Wis- consin territory. In its plan, it is precisely what a Baptist Association should be — a working body, aiming to promote the interests of religion and the good of mankind in every tbrm. Its objects, as specified in its constitution, are " to aid in the promotion of the spread of the Gospel, and the establishment of the kingdom of Christ, within its own limits, and throughout the world, by affording opportunity lor, and encouragement to, the exercise of Christian fellowship, mutual consultation, and concerted action, among the churches composing this Association." Means. 1 " By promoting in connection with the Baptist Home Mission Society, the support of Itinerant preachers of the Gospel where churches are not formed, or are too feeble to sustain a stated ministry. • 2 By encouraging and aiding in the support of Sabbath Schools. 3 By ascertaining the need and facilitating the distribution of the Sacred Scriptures. 4 By promoting the circulation of suitable periodicals, books, and tracts. 5 By aiding in support of institutions for ministerial education. 6 By encouraging and keeping alive a missionary spirit, and by affording a channel for the transmission of contributions to the Board of the Baptist Convention for Foreign Mis- sions." ^ To manage the concerns during the recess of the Association, an Executive Board is chosen annually, of nine members, three of which form a quorum to do business, and which meet on the third Wednesday in September, December, March, and June. The Association, by its constitution, is auxiliary to the American Baptist Home Mis- sion Society, and also acts in conjunction with the Illinois Baptist Convention and with the Western General Convention of Western Baptists. Elder I. T. Hinton of Chicago, is Corresponding Secretary. The Churches that united in forming the Association are 1 Chicago, formed Oct.»12th, 1833, under the missionary labors of the late Elder A. B. Freeman, of 15 members. Since that period to the time of the Association, 5 have been baptized, 34 added by letter, 10 dismissed, 3 died, 1 excluded, leaving their number 40. 2 O^ Plain fAux Plaines,) constituted, Oct. 6, 1833, with 12 members. Two added by baptism, and 25 by letter. Other changes left their number 34. 3 Du Page, was formed August 26th, 1834, with six members; since which eight have been baptized, 20 added by letter, 1 dismissed, leaving 34. 4 Plainfield, was organised Oct. 16, 1834, with five members; since which 4 have been baptized, 5 added by letter, 1 dismissed, 1 excluded, leaving their number 12. These churches were all in Cook county, Illinois. About Michigan City t and Laporte, in Indiana, are Baptist members, and churches. Two churches exist in Lasalle county, one in Putnam, one in Peoria county, and several others in other parts of the state, that have not yet united with Associations. They are " in number 10, ministers 7, members about 200. The North District Association originated from the South District in 1829. The churches are in Morgan, Greene, Macoupen, and Sangamon counties. They are increas- ing in numbers and benevolent action in reference to the Convention, Missions, Educa- tion, &,c The Okau Association originated from the Wabash District Association iii 1830, and was organised in 1831. It is probably anti-mission in its measures, by which it is to be understood as opposed to societies formed separate and distinct from the churches and as- sociations. * The term " Regular" in Illinois and Indiana was introduced by Daniel Parker and his adherents, expressive of doctrine the tendency of which is thought to be Antinomiaii, with ■which he connected opposition to benevolent societies. The same term in Ohio and the Other States, merely expresses soundness of failh and practice. The teri\i " United" is ap- plied to those who adopt the principles of the union of the Regular and Separate Baptists m Kentucky, in 1802. , fElder William Southwood, who assisted in forming the Northern Association, is located at this place. ILLINOIS. 273 Salem Association was organised in 1833, by two churches that had been driven from Spoon River Association, and others that had been raised up by the labors of missiona- ries. It is of course decidedly favorable to benevolent institutions. The churches com- posing this body are located in the counties of Fulton, Schuyler, Adams, Hancock, Me Donough, Knox, and Warren, Illinois, and one church in the New Furchase, lying west of the Mississippi river, in the country obtained from the Saux Indians, in 1832. In their last minutes are recommended Sabbath schools, Bible societies and classes, Family prayer and weekly prayer meetings, the Baptist Tract Society, the Triennial Register, the Pioneer, the Baptist Home Mission Societj^ the first day of January for fasting and prayer, and the College and Theological Seminary. Nearly all the churches have been formed within three years by missionary labor. The Salem (Regular*) Association was formed of churches dismissed from Spoon River Association with others, in October, 1835. We see nothing objectionable in their minutes. Their constitution is not printed. They are supposed to be anti-mission. The churches are in the counties of Pike, Adams, Schuyler, and Hancock, intermingled with the churches of the other Salem Association. The Saline Association was formed from the South District in 1834. Its churches are in the counties of Gallatin, Marion, Clinton, Hamilton, and Washington. They are friendly to benevolent' operations. The Sangamon Association was formed in 1823 from the Illinois, with a clause in its constitution, introduced by a large majority, prohibiting members of missionary societies from joining the Association. After a contest of three years, a convention of the churches was called in 1826, the Constitution was altered, and the principle established that the Association had no control over churches and members in this matter. The churches and mitiisters are somewhat divided in opinion on this and kindred subjects, but a spirit of liberality and forbearance is on the increase, and some are uniting with benevolent so- cieties without offence to their brethren. The churches are in the counties of Sangamon, Tazewell, McLean, and Macon. ^ Spoon River Association was organised on the Military Tract, from Sangamon in 1830, with the understanding that the mission question should be no bar to fellowship. A schism subsequently occurred from the Association's adopting restrictive measures — a part of the churclies seceded, and in 1833 united with other newly formed churches in constituting the Salem Association. At the last session the following churches were dismissed for the purpose of forming a new Association, on account of tJie convenience of the churches in the western part of the Associational territory, namely. Middle Creek, Mill Creek, New Bethel in Adams county. New Harmony, New Salem in Pike county, New Provi- dence in Adams county. Bear Creek, Mount Pleasant, Crooked Creek, New Salem in Adams county and North Fork of Magce's Creek. The new Association was probably formed at the meeting appointed for the purpose in October, 1835. The South District Association printed its minutes for the first time in 1821, though the churches under the name of " Friends to Humanity" held annual meetings from 1810 and kept records of the same. The churches are in the counties of St. Clair, Monroe, Clinton, Bond) and Fayette, and one in St. Louis county, Missouri. This Association originated in a division of the " Illinois Union," and in 1821 comprised 120 members. In 1829, it gave birth to the North, and Missouri District Associations; and in 1833, to the Saline Association. One church in this Association, the Canteen, Bethel M. H. in 1835, contributed $175 to the Bible Society; $33 for Foreign Missions; $50 to purchase for a poor member 40 acres of land ; and about $ 150 to preachers. The Vermillion Association was formed from the Wabash District in 1830. Its cliurchas are mostly in Vermillion and Edgar counties. Nothing very definite is known of its character. The Wabash District Association was formed in Indiana in 1809, of four churches. It was in this Association that Daniel Parker, (now in Texas) first published his anti-mission and " Two-Seed" doctrines, which have spread their paralysing influence over so many in Illinois and Indiana, and extended their banefiil effects into parts of Tennessee and Ken- tucky. Some of the churches are slowly recovering, and might be induced to use efforts to promote the cause of God in their own way, and under their own control. From 1818 to 1832, this Association and its corresponding cotemporaries were torn with intestine commotions, and wasted their energies iri opposing every benevolent society, and in worry- ing one another. It is to be hoped that better times will ensue. The cht^rches in Illi- nois are located in Crawford, Clark, and Edgar counties. Those in Indiana, are in the counties of Vigo and Sullivan. * A Misnomer. 274 MISSOURI. From the Pioneer. " As early as 1796 and '97, a number of Baptist families emigrated from North and South Carolina and Kentucky to Upper Louisiana, now Missouri, and lived for several years under the Spanish government. The Romish religion only was then tolerated by law, but tlie commandants, disposed to encourage emigration from the United States, did not molest them. Amongst these pioneers across the Mississippi, were Abraham and Sarah Musick, Sen., Abraham and Terrel Musick, Jane SuUens, Sarah Williams, Mrs. Whitley, Mr. Richardson and his wife, all of whom settled in the present boundaries of St. Louis county ; and David Darst, Flanders Callaway, and William Hancock, and their wives, who settled on the north side of the Missouri River, from 20 to 40 miles above St. Charles. "These all lived without church 'privileges for several years. Thomas R. Musick, now living, the late pious John Clark, a preacher by the name of Brown, and perhaps others, sought out these scattered sheep in the wilderness, visited and preached to them by stealth, and were frequently threatened with the calaboza, (the Spanish prison) but through the lenity of the commandants were permitted to escape. Their little meetings were quite refreshing to these pilgrims, surrounded as they were by the laws and rites of Romanism. Thomas R. Musick removed his family and settled in this country in 1803, being the first Protestant minister that settled in the country. Thus the Baptists were the pioneers and have an undoubted " preemption right" to Missouri. The country was ceded to the United States in 1803, but so scattered were these brethren, and such was the effect of habit, that a church was not formed till 1805. This still exists in St. Louis county, 16 miles N. W. from St. Louis, and has a large brick meeting house. The church is known by the name of Feefe's Creek. Cold water, Negro Fork, Bceuff, Cuiver, Femme Osage, and several others were subsequently formed. These for a number of years were connected with the " Illinois Union," and afterwards with the Illinois Asso- ciation. The Missouri Association was organised in lbl7, and embraced all the churches in the northern and middle portions of the territory. It has since given birth to several otiiers. About the year 1805, a church was organised in Cape Girardeau county, called Bethel, which produced several other churches in a few years, which in 1816, were organised into the Bethel Association. The Cape Girardeau Association now covers most of this field, and the Bethel Association has dwindled down to a small and feeble body. " In 1810, and subsequently, several Baptist families emigrated to the "Boon's Lick" country, about 175 miles west of St. Louis. During the war of 1812 — 15, they were much harassed by the Indians, but in 1818 formed the Mount Pleasant Association, of 5 churches and as many preachers. This has since branched into the Salem, Concord, Fishing river, and probably more. Missionary Operations. — A mission was established at St. Louis by the Baptist Board of Foreign Missions in 1817, and relinquished in 1820. A society "for the spread of the gospel" was formed in that territory in 1813, to aid travelling preachers. Several were employed for different periods, and with various success. One penetrated into the wilds of Arkansas, where he organised two churches. The Missouri Association carried on a system of missionary operations for several years. The Baptist Missionary Society of Massachusetts afforded some important aid to tiiis remote region. Latterly the American Baptist Home Mission Societ}' have had several missionaries in commission, and their labors have been very successful. Several churches have been formed and many souls converted under their labors, amongst whom are a number who were form- erly Roman Catholics. The " Franklin Missionary Sooiety" was organised in 1833, and co-operates with the Home Mission Society. Its missionaries labor in Franklin, Wash- ington, Jefferson, Crawford, and adjacent counties. The " South Missouri Missionary Society" was formed the same year in Cape Girar- deau county, and operates through the southern portion of the State. A preliminary meeting to form a Baptist Central Society, was held in Callaway county in 1834, the organisation of which was completed in June 1835. It is intended to operate through the central and northern portions of the State. The Baptists in Mis- souri have numbers, wealth and influence equal, if not beyond any religious denomina- tion, and it is desirable they should take hold of, and sustain the institutions of religion and literature in proportion to their means and opportunity." Franklin Mission Society. — The annual meeting of this Society was held at Potosi, Nov, 6, 1835. Officers— Elder Walter W. Tnckei, President ; Hugh Bell, Rec. Secretary; MISSOURI. 275 Abijah W. Hudspith, Cor. Secretary ; Hiram M. Smith, Treasurer, Receipts $169 50, which sum was paid out to travelling ministers. The reports of nine months' missionary labor was received, viz; Alvin P. Williams rode 1950 miles, preached 300 sermons, bap- tized 69, and constituted two churches. Lewis Williams rode 1669 miles, preached 177 sermons, baptized 48, formed a Temperance Society, also a Missionary Society, and re- vived a Sunday School. Hezekiah Lasater rode 1632 miles, preached 115 sermons, bap- tized 17, and assisted in the constitution of one church. Joseph King and James Wil- liams also performed considerable missionary labor. -ASSOCIATIONS AND CHURCHES, BETHEL ASSOCIATION, 1834. CHURCHES. MINISTERS. POST OFFICES. BAP. MEM. ( :oNs. Providence 50 St. Francis 31 Hepzibah Wingate Jackson 20 New Hope St. Francois county 19 Pendleton James Halbert 7 Salem Bethany William Polk 19 Wolf Creek 12 Union Hervcy Young 1 33 BETHEL ASSOCIATION, 1835. | Bear Creek Hendren, supply 4 61 Bethel Jeremiah Taylor, J. Reach 6 82 Providence — Marion county 31 South River William Fuqua 36 Suit River C. Gentry 4 41 Paris E. Turner 3 72 Palmyra Hurley, supply 1 61 North Fork — 4 37 Pleasant Hill C. Gentry 2 41 Little Union N. Flood, T.E. Hatcher 22 71 Indian Creek C. Gentry, supply 4 24 Elk Fork — 14 Wyconda — ' 8 36 (Jilead Lillard 4 34 Clear Creek — 20 1835 S. Fork Salt River 9 22 1835 Fox River 16 41 1835 BLA CK RIVER ASSOCIATION, 1835. Black River H. McElmary, Wm. Macom Wayne county 7 82 Cherokee Bay Sherod Winningham 36 Columbia 5 33 Big Creek 11 Bear Creek pfenry McElmary 12 Greenville ' Greenville 14 CAPE ( 5IRARDEAU ASSOCIATION, 1835. Bethel Benjamin Thompson 33 Tywappity 17 Barren Thomas Donohue 15 Dry Creek R. B. Newkirk 26 Ebenezer R. P. Gentry 3 44 Hebron 17 Apple Creek « Cape Girardeau co. 8 44 Crooked Creek 16 Jackson 2 30 Lodebar Thomas Lee 40 Mount Zion 27 Mount Moriah Scott county 1 16 N ineveh D. Huddlcstone 13 Hopewell 13 Cape Girardeau Cape Girardeau 6 20 27G MISSOURI. CONCORD ASSOCIATION, 1835. Concord Pisg.ili Good Hope Nebo Double Spring Big Lick Union Mount Pleasant Liberty Zoar Sardis Bethel Mount Zion Mount Gilead 1 B. C. on Osage Cole Spring Cuivre McCoy's Creek Little Bethel Sulphur Lick Troy Antioch Bryan's Creek Salem Macedonia Providence South Bear Creek J. B. Longan, J. W. Maxy Ahncr Gwinn Thomas Rigg L. Shelton, M. B. Robinson, J. Graham Kemp Scott John Bowles Kemp Scott Pisgah Saline county ('Oopcr co,unty Cooper county Cooper county Peyton Nowlin .Saline county M. D. Noland, M. Gouge A. Kingery S. Johnson, VVm. H. Duvall Moses Chambers Yelverton Melton CUIVRE ASSOCIATION, 1834. iThomas Bovven — J. P. Glover, T. T. Elton Darius Bainbridge — Robert Gilmore Warren county Troy, Lincoln co. Lincoln county William Thorp, E. Tillery — John Atkins, Merit Tillery\Chy county — Thomas Riggs '~ James Williams FISHING RIVER ASSOCIATION, 1835. Fishing River Rush Creek Little Shoal North Bluffton Big Shoal Creek New Garden Beersheba First Platte Liberty Mount Pleasant Mount Gilead New Hope Crooked River Marion Black Water Union Grand River Mount Zion I— Green B. Thorp John Edwards, Henry Hill Andrew B. Baldwin Benjamin W. Riley John Stone, W. Vanderpool Joseph White John Evans Ray county Clay county Clay county St. Johns Sandy Merrimac Point Labadie Fourche a' Renault Providence Fourche a' Courtois Potosi Three-River Mineral Fork Bethlehem Liberty FRANKLIN ASSOCIATION, 1835. L. Williams, R.S.D. Caldwell John H. Thompson James Williams, James Frost • W. W. Tucker — James Glenn James CundifF David Stites, John R. Rodgers Franklin county Washington co. Washington co. Potosi 4 22 3 7 2 7 15 30 2 46 45 25 32 46 4G 37 40 17 59 42 2J 30 45 53 16 15 21 33 41 24 22 21 14 16 35 10 44 21 80 47 74 37 28 45 46 48 39 31 36 24 17 18 15 16 33 I 100 16 18 38 92 80 62 41 46 27 61 26 MISSOURI 277 FRANKLIN ASSOCIATION, 1835— continued Harmony IJ. H. King, R. Carpenter 5 24 Little Burbois 1 Peter A. WilHams 4 19 Lebanon j 14 BoefefF G. Rutherford 38 Calvey — 19 Crooked Creek — 23 21 Franklin 1 11 Black River H. Lassiter 6 24 Mount Pleasant 1— 20 LITTLE PINEY ASSOCIATION, 1835. Bethlehem John Burgace 2 23 Rocky Spring — 1 20 Little Piney David Lenox Crawford county 1 38 Dry Fork — ' 6 21 Big Piney — 4 21 Glaze 2 23 Osage — Jesse Butler 3 15 Water Fork — Crawford county 8 1835 MISSOURI ASSOCIATION, 1835. Feefe's Creek T. R. Musick, A. F. Martin St. Louis county 58 1805 African, St. Louis J. B. Meachura St. Louis 6 225 1828 Bonhomme St. Louis county 11 1819 Good Hope John Bailey St. Louis county 23 1828 Goshen — St. Louis county 15 Union St. Louis county 6 23 1835 St. Louis Thomas P. Green, J. Nichols St. Louis 3 26 3 St. Louis George Clay St. Louis 9 MISSOURI DISTRICT ASSOCIATION, 1835. Grand Glaze William Crow • 5 48 Sugar Creek 30 Love Jeremiah Hamilton 27 Pisgah Thomas Smith, Wm. Boley 6 13 Bethel — 25 Swashen F. Jones 4 27 St. Francis Jesse Lively 6 23 Gasconade Samuel Crow MOUNT PLEASANT ASSOCIATION, 1835. Salem ^ 22 Silver Creek William Sears 47 Mount Ararat 55 New Hope Thomas Turner 1 77 Mount Moriah — Howard county 26 Mount Hermon Howard county 47 Muscle Fork F. Redding 67 Little Union 1 78 Dover J. RatclifF, 33 Lebanon 13 Friendship 14 Mount Nebo 48 Pleasant Grove 24 Liberty 50 MOUNT PLEASANT ASSOCIATION. 1 Mount Pleasant — 5 43 Mount Zion 6 47 Bethel F. Wilhite 15 194 Chariton Thos. Frisloe, W. Mansfield 3 80 Mount Gilead — 2 69 Sugar Creek E. Foley 37 Otter Creek — 1 25 24 278 MISSOURI. SALEM ASSOCIATION, 1835. Bonne Femnie Anderson Woods 1 1 71 Mount Vernon Ninian Ridgeway 1 31 Rocky Fork Thomas Campbell 72 Cedar T. P. Stephens 2 49 Salem, C. Prairie William Coates 3 44 Union B. Wren, T. Campbell 2 64 Liberty Theodoric Boulware 6 109 Columbia Robert S. Thomas Columbia 1 60 Middle River — 16 Freedom 5 37 Providence J. Suggett, J. C. McCutchen Callaway county 2 95 New Providence Jabez Ham 39 New Salem David Doyle Boone county 6 87 Gilead James Barnes Boone county 3 77 Mount Horeb — 18 1833 Concord William Duncan 3 44 Goshen 6 31 1833 Nashville J. Green halgh 1 25 Hinkson 19 1835 SALT RIVER ASSOCIATION, 1834. Bethlehem 30 Ramsey's Creek 31 Peno Davis Biggs Pike county 50 Siloam 50 Spencer's Creek E. Williams 34 Salem J. Vardeman 80 Mount Pleasant 86 Union David Hubbard Lincoln county 52 Noix Creek Walter McQuie, T. P. Park Pike county 61 Gwin's Creek 24 Union Pike county 17 Mount Moriah 24 Mount Pisgah — J. Hedges 23 CHURCH] ES NORTH OF SALT RIVER, 18.34. Bear Creek — Charles L. Turner 59 Bethel Jeremiah Taylor, J. Keach Marion county 83 Providence 32 South River Ralls county 39 Salt River Christy Gentry 45 Paris Edward Turner, A. Patterson 70 Palmyra 63 North Fork 34 Pleasant Hill i— J. Lear 44 Little Union — N. Flood 17 Indian Creek 14 Wyconda 19 Gilead J. M. LiUard 23 OTHER CHURCHES. Mount Zion Crawford county 15 1835 Coldwater* John Lee 3 27 Long Creekt — Vew Purchase 10 * Belongs to the South District Association, Illinois. t Belongs to the Salem Association, Illinois. MISSOURI. 279 SUMMARY. ASSOCIATIONS. ch's 0. M. Lie. BAP. MEM. CONS. NET GAIN NET LOSS. MEETINGS IN 1836. Bethel 9 4 191 1816 Bethel 17 7 3 81 724 1834 69 Paris ch. Sat. Sept. 24. Black River 6 3 12 188 1835 12 Greenville Sat. Sept. 3. Cape Girardeau 15 6 20 370 1824 Apple Creek ch.Sat.Oct.8. Concord 16 11 6 16 600 1822 31 Mount Pleasant M. H. Cuivre 11 2 3 252 1822 Fishing River 18 8 7 27 716 1822 19 M'tPleasant m.h.Sat.A.27 Franklin 21 11 4 164 797 1832 111 Fourche a' Renault ch. Little f-iney 8 2 1 19 171 13 [Sat. Aug-. 6. Missouri 8 6 1 15 390 1817 1 Feefe's C'k ch.Fri.Sep.23. Missouri District 8 7 21 192 1820 Mount Pleasant U 4 2 601 1829 Mount Pleasant 7 3 1 32 495 1835 Salem 19 14 1 42 988 1827 22 Providence M. H. Sat. Salt River 13 6 1 562 1823 [Sept. 3. North of Salt Riv. 13 4 2 542. 1834 Other Churches Total 3 1 3 52 31 206 99 30 454 7831 247 The number of Baptist Associations in Missouri is 16 — Churches 206 — Ordained Ministers 99 — Members 7831 — Clear increase in 7 Associations during the last Associa- tional year 216. Had we received the latest returns from all the Associations in the State, tlie number of members would have been considerably increased. There are pro- bably about 9000 members at this time in Missouri. " Several new counties have been organised, into which emigration has flowed rapidly, in the southwestern portion of Missouri, along the waters of the Osage, and about the head waters of Gasconade and White rivers. Many Baptist families have removed thithc^", amongst whom doubtless are preachers, and it is probable that churches, and perliaps one or more Associations have been orgaj^ed. But we have no specific infor- mation on which reliance may be placed. There wb several districts of country in Mis- souri, that offer most inviting fields to the Baptist denomination for missionary labors. To a large proportion of the seriously disposed community. Baptist principles and usages are familiar, and preference would be given to pious, devoted, and sound preachers of our order. "African Baptist Church at St. Louis. — We ought not to close this sketch of Missouri without noticing this interesting religious community. In March, 1818, a Sabbath school was opened by Baptist missionaries for the instruction of this class, especially slaves. To accommodate the feelings of the slave-holding community, certificates were required from their masters, or owners. By pursuitig a conciliatory course, the approba- tion of the influential citizens of the town and vicinity was gainedr In a few weeks the number of attendants, adults and children, averaged from 90 to 100. They were taught to read, and instructed in the scriptures. A part of the time was occupied with religious worship. Many became hopefully converted, were baptized, and united with the church. It was soon found expedient and profitable to hold separate meetings for this class. In 1822, they were formed into a separate branch, but still under the supervision of the white brethren. For several years they were visited monthly by J. M. Peck, who exercised supervision over their meetings, and guided them in discipline. In 1827, they erected and finished a plain and comfortable briok house for worship, in which they were par- tially aided by the citizens. The same year they were organised into a separate and independent clmrcli. John Berry Meachum, a free man of color, is their pastor, with several assistants, who exiiort and instruct the people. Meachum was born a slave, but obtained his freedom by his own industry. The next step was to procure funds by labor, and purchase his father, a slave and Baptist preacher in Virginia. He was then a resi- dent of Kentucky, where he married a slave, and where he professed religion. His wife's master removing to Missouri, Meachum followed her, and arrived at St. Louis with three dollars, in 1815. Being a carpenter and cooper, he soon obtained business, purchased his wife and children, commenced preaching, and was ordained in 1825. Since that period he has purchased, including adults and cliildren, about twenty slaves. He never sells again. His method is to place them at service, encourage them to form habits of indus- 280 MISSOURI. try and economy, and when they have paid for themselves, he sets them free. In 1835, he built a steam boat, which he has provided with a library, and made it a temperance boat. He is worth about $25,000. Nor is lie less enterprising and successful in religious matters. The church of which he is pastor, consists of about 220 members, of which about 200 are slaves. A large Sabbath school, a temperance society, a deep toned mis- sionary spirit, uncommon order and correctness among the slave population in the city, strict and regular discipline in the churcli, are among the fruits of arduous, persevering labor. " Amongst tlie wliite population in St. Louis, the interest of the Baptists has been quite low. For 15 years a small cliurch was kept in visibility, with only occasional visits from a minister. It is now slowly rising, and the ehurcii has commenced a house of worship." Brief Sketch of the Origin, Progress, and Present Slate of the Baptist Associations in Missouri. Bethel Association. — ^This is tlie oldest body of the kind in Missouri, having been formed in 1816. In 1818, it embraced eight churches, eight ministers, and 260 members. The formation of the Cape Girardeau Association, in 1824, took off several of tl)e most active preachers and churches. A spirit of opposition to benevolent efforts crept in, and the wayward course of some of its ministers has paralysed its energies. The churches are in the counties of Wayne, Madison, St. Francois, and St. Genevieve. The Bethel Association of 17 churches, held its first annual meeting in Marion county, on the 4th Saturday in September, 1835. Their Circular Letter, on the appropriate duties devolving on ministers of the gospel, and on the churches to which they minister, represents the religious destitutions of the country in tiie following language: " Look to the North- ern bounds of our Association, and you will see settlements scattered over some forty or fifly miles square, numbering from four to six thousand inhabitants, and hut one settled minister of our denomination among them, and none of any other denomination. Look to the West of us, and you will find an entire county without a settled minister of any denomination." Black River Association was formed November 5, 1835, of churches dismissed from Cape Girardeau for the purpose. Like its mother, it is moved by a benevolent spirit. The churches are in Wayne county and adjacent regions in Missouri, and in the borders of Arkansas — a destitute and important field for missionary efforts. Cape Girardeau Association wajM^fganised in June, 1824, of ten churches, nine of which had belonged to the Bethel JSociation. It has been an active body, favorable to every benevolent operation. Two Associations, Clear Creek, in Illinois, and Black River, in Missouri, have been formed from it. We give the cliurches of 1835, as they remained subsequent to the formation of tiie Black River Association. Tliey are in the counties of Cape Girardeau, Perry, Scott, and Stoddard. Concord Association was formed by churches dismissed from Mount Pleasant in 1822, on the south side of the Missouri river. In 1824, it had 8 churches and 7 minis- ters. A schisih took place in 1828, and a small party left it, under pretence of mission- ary operations in the body, though no overt act had then been committed. This division included one churcJi^and parts of two others, and two preachers, and claimed the name of Concord Association. It has since vanished. Since the division, the Association has made steady progress, and may be regarded as friendly to missions and other benevolent operations. Its churches are in Cooper, Cole, and Saline counties, and co-operate with the central society. CuivRE Association was formed from the Missouri, in 1822, of 8 churches, on the north side of the Missouri river. For several years a Laodicean spirit and policy have pervaded most of the churches. i Franklin Association was formed from the Missouri, including several new churches, in 1832, and has been a growing, active, prosperous body. Its ministers are plain, un- lettered, frontier men, who labor incessantly. The churches of the whole Association are united in missionary and other benevolent efforts. They are to be found in the counties of Franklin, Jefferson, Washington, Crawford, St. Francois, and Ripley. In two years tliey have increased, chiefly by conversions and baptisms, from 374 to 797 members. The churches have more than doubled in number. Two young preachers of this body are students of Alton Theological Seminary. Little Piney United Baptist Associations We have received the Minutes of this Association of churches for 1835, but we cannot ascertain from them when they were constituted, nor where their next session is to be held. MISSOURI. 281 The Missouri Association originated from the Illinois, in 1817. The constituent churches were Feefe's Creek, Bceuff, Negro Fork, Coldwater, Upper Cuivre, and Femme Osage. For several years there were only two preachers resident within its bounds ; and a third residing in an adjacent State, but affording only partial labors as a travelling missionary. Missouri District Association. — This body was organised from the South District Association, 111., in 1829, and with that body retains the appendage, " Friends of Hu- manity" and declines correspondence with those who justify the principle and practice of slavery. The churches are somewhat scattered through Jefferson, Franklin, and Gas- conade counties. It is deficient in ministerial gifls, but the churches evince a missionary spirit, and make contributions for the gospel ministry, and benevolent objects. Mount Pleasant Associations. — The Mount Pleasant Association was formed of five churclies in 1818, one of which had previously belonged to the Illinois Association. At the last session a division took place on the subject of missions, the minority being friendly to benevolent institutions, and the majority opposed to them. Consequently there are now two Mount Pleasant Associations in the same region of country. The churches belonging to these bodies are in the counties Howard, Randolph, and Chariton. W.e have not seen the Minutes for 1835, but have prepared the Table of the churches from the best information that could be obtained. Salem Association was formed in 1827 or '28, of churches set off for the purpose from Mount Pleasant Association. The churches are in the counties of Boone, Calla- way, Montgomery, and east border of Howard. Salt River Association was formed in 1823, from churches that had been recently formed in that part of the country, including one church from the Missouri Association. It continued to increase from emigration and baptisms, till 1834, when it contained 27 churches and 1143 communicants. For mutual convenience a division was then made, and a new Association authorised to be organised of the churches north of Salt River. We give the statistics only of the churches of that year, that remained in this Association. During the Associational years ending in 1833 and '34, several of the churches in this bod}' enjoyed extensive revivals of religion, and about 500 were baptized. It was within the bounds of this Association, and in the period of these revivals, that the defamatory letter of David Nelson, ot Marion county. Mo., respecting the Western Baptists, was published in the New York Evangelist ! In connexion with the sketches of the Associations in Missouri, the Editor of the Pioneer remarks that the Mount Pleasant Association, junior, has been formed " on the true principle of Baptist Associations — in not making the formation of benevolent socie- ties a bar of fellowship. It is to be regretted that the churches in this body in re-organ- ising did not take some otlier name. The " Boon''s Lick Baptist Association" would have exactly identified their locality, which is the prominent object of a name. We hope this body, in a spirit of gospel meekness and wisdom, will go forward in every good work, and thus prove to others the correctness of their principles. Ministering brethren in Virginia, Kentucky, or any of the older States, who think of emigrating to Missouri, should direct tlieir attention to the Boon's Lick country. There are several important churches which need pastors." Historical Sketch of the Baptists in Upper Missovri, furnished by Ebenezer Rogers, now Pastor of the Baptist church at Upper Alton, Illinois. A few Baptists had emigrated from Kentucky to the upper part of Missouri as early as 1812, but they were greatly molested by the Indians, particularly during the late war between Great Britain and this country. Shortly afler tiicir settlement, they formed one or two churches, but the times were so perilous, and having to live in forts, they could seldom meet in a church capacity. In 1818, five small churches commenced on the 25th of July at Mount Pleasant Meet- ing house, Howard county, then called Boon's Lick settlement, and there in the but re- cent abode of the savage, where the echo of his howl had hardly ceased vibrating upon the car, the Mount Pleasant Association was formed, comprising Mount Pleasant, (];on- cord. Mount Zion, Salem and Bethel churches. The constituent ministers were William Thorp, David McLane, Edward Turner, Coldcn Williams, and Luke Williams. The number of Alembers was 161. The first annual meeting of this Association was held at Mount Zion, September 11, 1819, when Mount Pisgah and Providence churches were received. "rtie second anniversary was held at Concord, Cooper county, on the 9th of September, 1820. Seven new churclies were received, namely, Tittsan Botton, Mount Nebo, Double Springy, Mount Ararat, Little Bonne Femme, Big Bottom, and Chariton. During the three following years, eighteen new churches were admitted into tiie Asso 24* 282 MICHIGAN. ciation, viz : Mount Gilead, Mount Vernon, S. Mo. Freedom, Cedar Creek, Salem Coat's Prairie, New Hope, Mount Vernon, JS. Mo., Union, S. Mo., Union, N. Mo., Big Lick, Fishing River, Sniabar, Rush Creeit, Liberty, Mount Moriah, Big Shoal Creek, North Blufftoii, and Little Shoal Creek. At this time the Assoeiation eoinpriscd 31 ehurches and 1528 members, dispersed over a distance of about 200 miles on both sides of the Mis- souri river. In 1823, the Assoeiation divided and two new Associations were formed, viz: Concord, embracing the churches soutlieast of Missouri river; and Fishing River, those in the wes- tern part of the State, on both sides of the Missouri river. In the years 1824 — '5 — '6, twelve churches were added to the Mount Pleasant Associa- tion, viz: Mount Hermon, Columbia, Sugar Creek, Middle River, Freedom, Muscle Fork, Little Union, Dover, Providence, Lebanon, and the church at Nettle's meeting. In 1827, the Association consisted of 26 churches, and 1248 members. It was again judged expedient to divide; and thirteen or fourteen churches, east of Range Line, were formed into a new Association called Salem. This body has greatly increased in num- bers. From the year 1828 to 1832, the Mount Pleasant Assoeiation received four additional churches, namely: Friendship, Boon's Lick, Mount Nebo and Pleasant Grove. It is not in my power to give you the number of ministers in the above Associations, but there is a great lack of ministerial labor. The Upper Missouri, for the same extent of territory, contains more Baptists than any other spot west of the Ohio river; but they are somewhat divided in opinion as to the be- nevolent operations of the day. The glorious cause of missions is, however, gaining ground very fast, and active ministers of the gospel are greatly needed. That country was the field of my labors for 15 years. I wafe ordained at Chariton, 1820, and enjoyed many happy days in endeavoring to preach in the cabins and under the trees of the forest, and in baptizing converts in the great river Missouri and in almost every creek on both sides of it to the western boundary line of the State. I had the pleasure of burying with Christ in Baptism, in that interesting country, about 500 persons, and the blessed seasons we enjoyed on the banks of the rivers and creeks will never be erased from my mind. The Salt River Association was formed in the northern part of the State in 1830 or '31; I am not particularly acquainted with the condition of that Association. In 1834, a new Association was formed embracing the churches near the northern boundary of the State, on the Des Moines river. The name of the new Association I do not recollect. The Salt River and this new body contain probably 15 or 16 hundred members. MICHIGAN. " Eleven years ago the first Baptist Church was formed in Michigan. At that time this whole peninsula, with the exception of a few isolated spots, was a wide spread wil- derness. No human footsteps were seen but those of the native wanderer. Unmolested, he pursued his game over these extended plains, and through these delightful woodlands, and bathed in the silvery waters of his native rivers. Then, no temple or altar, conse- crated to the worship of the living God, had ever been seen. " Darkness covered this part of the earth, and gross darkness the people." But how changed the scene ! The tide of emigration from the civilised East has rolled on with unexampled majesty, and the retiring native has given way before its mighty influence. Ill-fated fellow man ! How long destined to retire before the rolling wave of civil and religious community ? How long shall the dense forest and unexplored prairies invite thy retreat, and hold tjiee back from the light of heaven? On every hand we mark the operations of uncivilised man. Wc walk over the artificial mounds that conceal the dust of his revered ancestors, who once lived, unpitied and unknown, and died amid the shades of moral darkness. The picture fills the mind with gloom. We look forward with propitious hope. " The hea- then shall be given Christ for an inheritance, and the uttermost parts of the earth for a possession. " Upwards of fifty churches have arisen within a few years, to hold forth the light of life upon this once solitary peninsula." Michigan Baptist Missionary Society. — The Fourth Annual Meeting of this Society was held at Farmington, October 1, 1835. Officers — R. Powell, President ; S. Mead and S. Goodman, Vice Presidents ; D. B. Brown, Treasurer ; J. Booth, Secretary. Receipts, $447 88. Michigan and Huron Institute. — This Literary Institution has been located ^ Brun- son, Kalamazoo county, and is intended to go into operation the present season. About MICHIGAN. 283 $ 8000 have been secured for it by subscription in Michigan, nearly $ 3000 of which were raised in Branson, including two lots of land of 80 acres each, near that village, which is one of promise, and the county seat. Caleb Eldred is President of the Board of Trustees, and T. W. Merrill, Secretary, Address of the latter, Comstock, Kalamazoo co. ASSOCIATIONS AND CHURCHES. LAGRANGE ASSOCIATION, 1835. CHURCHES. MINISTERS. POST OFFICES. BAP. 1 MEM. CON. Niles Niles 12 1832 Lagrange J. Price Whitmanville 3 36 1832 Libert}' — Edwardsburg 29 1830 Constantine Constantine 14 1833 Union Mish'waka, la. 12 1834 Comstock T. W. Merrill, Jeremiah Hall Comstock 34 1832 Greenfield H. J. Hall 1 Greenfield, la. 13 1834 Cold water — E. Loomis Coldwater 17 1835 Milton Robert Adams Andover 21 1835 Pleasant Lake Edwardsburg 12 1835 Ottowa L. Slater 2 26 1832 MICHIGAN ASSOCIATION, 1835. Pontiac S. Goodman Pontiac 1 45 1822 Stoney Creek R. H. Benedict Stoney Creek 64 1824 Troy — Troy 93 1825 Farmington C. A. Lamb, N. Lamb East Farmington 6 86 1825 Detroit E. Turnbull Detroit 5 57 1827 Plymouth A. Clark Plymouth 1 30 1830 Auburn — J. Martin Auburn 48 1832 Pvedford A. Lamb Redford 27 Ray — Salem 24 1833 Oakland — A. W. Button Pontiac 23 1832 Salem — Summet 24 1833 Bloom field — Royal Oak 27 1833 Northfield Stone Northfield 19 1833 Grand Blanc J. Gamble Grand Blanc 40 1832 Nortliville N. Noyes Northville 37 1834 Mount Clemens J. Booth Mount Clemens 30 1834 China — E. Loomis China 24 1835 Walled Lake A. Morrell Walled Lake 32 1834 Highland — Highland 15 1834 Brownstown and Escorse • Brownstown 10 1835 Nankin RAIS [N RIVER ASSOCIATION, Nankin 1835. 24 1835 Ann Arbor J. S. Twiss Ann Arbor 1 52 1828 BarryifcJacksonb'g — E. Loomis 15 1834 Clinton R. Powell Clinton 2 89 1832 Dexter Dexter 6 53 1832 Fairfield 41 1834 Logan B. Clay, T. Bodley ^ 1 114 1832 Lima Danielson Lima 19 1833 Swainsville and Napoleon C. H. Swain Swainsville 2 22 1834 Saline John Mitchell, W. L. Judd* Saline 12 83 1831 Spring Arbor 17 Wheatland Ezra Romeroy Wheatland 17 1834 York U G. D. Simmons, B. Brigham NASSOCIATED CHURCHE S. 2 53 1833 Monroe J. 0. Beardsell Monroe 25 1833 London — London 11 1835 Beam Creek Moses Bennett Adrian 30 1835 • Removed 284 MICHIGAN. UN ASSOCIATED CHURCHES— contijjwc J. Bertrand Bertrand n 1835 Pocajron — Pocagon, Cass co. 10 1835 Wasliina;tonSquare — WashingtonSquare 8 1834 Mount Pleasant A. VVilley Salome 15 1834 Brunson — William Taylor Brunson 12 1836 Gun Plain Alagan county 10 1836 SUMMARY. ASSOCIATIONS. CHS. O.M. Lie. BAP. MEM. CONS. NET GAIN. NET LOSS. MEETINGS IN 1836. Lagrange Michigan Raisin River Other Churches Total 10 21 12 9 52 5 11 8 4 2 1 3 5 13 26 44 213 779 575 132 1832 1826 1834 19 96 115 23 Whitmanville, Wed.Oct. 19. Auburn, Wcdnesd. Sept.21. Saline, Wednesday, June 1. 28 2699 23 The Raisin River Association held its first anniversary at Ann Arbor, June 3, 1835. Introductory sermon by R. Powell. Elder C. H. Swain, Moderator. Resolutions were passed in favor of most of the benevolent institutions patronised by the denomination. The Circular Letter was written by R. Powell, an extract from which we have placed as the leading article under Michigan. Ebenezer Loomis, whose name will be found in the Table, and who was a useful missionary of the American Baptist Home Mission Society, has left the Territory, and is now laboring in Ohio. His present Post-office address is Cincinnati. Baptists in Michigan. — In a letter to the Editor of the American Baptist, under date of Detroit, February 2, 1836, brother Turnbull gives the following cheering account of affairs in Michigan. " Dear Brother : You will, I presume, be happy to hear of the prosperity of the Re- deemer's cause in various parts of this Territory. Several of our churches here have enjoyed seasons of refreshing from the presence of the Lord, and considerable accessions have been made to their number. Brother Goodman lately baptized twelve persons in Troy, Oakland county, and others are expected to go forward in this significant and beau- tiful ordinance. Eight or nine have been added to the church in Mount Clemens, Ma- comb county, under the pastoral charge of brother Booth, and a considerable number of persons have been converted in Pontiac — several of whom will undoubtedly join the church there, also under brother Booth's care. " Protracted meetings have been held at both of the above mentioned places, which have resulted in a large amount of good. Indeed, a complete moral revolution has been effected in Pontiac, which is the county seat of Oakland county, and a village of con- siderable size. Its distance from this place is 25 miles, and as a rail road is about to be constructed between it and Detroit, its prospects of future prosperity are of the most en- couraging kind. Between thirty and forty persons, of all ages and conditions of life, have been converted to God, and the whole village is moved to a consideration of the sub- ject of religion. Formerly, the Baptists made an attempt to raise funds to build a meet- ing-house, and the entire amount which they could raise for this purpose, was $ 700, the major part of which was subscribed on condition that they should build a house worth $2000. The attempt was therefore abandoned. After our protracted meeting I pro- posed to brother Booth to make another attempt, to which he acceded. Accordingly, he and myself, assisted by two respectable gentlemen of the village, got up a subscription, and presented it to the inhabitants, who in one day subscribed $ 2,100 for the purpose of building a meeting-house worth $ 3000, the whole of which, I hove no doubt will be raised. The authorities of the village had previously given one of their best lots for the use of the Baptists; and we have now the expectation of having the largest and most respecta- ble meeting-house in the place. It will probably be completed by ne.xt fall. There is only one other meeting-house in the village, which belongs to the Presbyterians, and which cost $2000. Mount Clemens, the other place in which brother Booth preaches, is of equal import- ance with Pontiac, and ought to enjoy his services without interruption. This will be more especially the case, vi^hen the church there shall have built their meeting-house, which I am happy to say they have had spirit enough to commence building. One of NOVA SCOTIA. 285 my principal objects in writing this communication, is to request you, if possible, to get some good, intelligent, active brother, to take charge of Pontiac church, in the spring or summer. I have no doubt that in a year or so, the people would be able and willing to support him handsomely. He would have a most interesting and extensive field of labor, and could make himself extensively useful in the village and the whole surrounding region. There is in the Territory, the population of which is increasing with unparalleled ra- pidity, an awful destitution of a preached gospel ; and there iire many places of an inter- esting character, that ought to be immediately supplied with intelligent and active minis- ters. All such can obtain ample support, for the people, especially in the villages, are uncommonly liberal. But we require respectable ministers ; for the population of this Territory are unusually intelligent and shrewd, and will not be satisfied with inferior teaching. Our own church in Detroit is moving forward. I lately baptized five persons, and the congregation increases in numbers and respectability. We have contributed in our monthly concerts about $20 for sustaining the mission in Burmah. We have raised about $ 60 for building a Baptistry, which is now completed. We collected the other day $28 for the circulatiojii of Tracts in Burmah, and we expect to raise as much money among the congregation and citizens gererally, as will purchase a bell for the meeting- house. R. TURNBULL." NOVA SCOTIA. NOVA SCOTIA BAPTIST EDUCATION SOCIETY. ^ Officers — Edward Manning, President ; Charles Tupper, and James W. Nutting, Vice Presidents ; Simon Fitch, Treasurer ; Edmund A. Crawley, and William Chipraan, Secretaries. This Society has under its patronage the HORTON ACADEMY. This Seminary originated in 1828, at a meeting of delegates from the churches at Horton, the place of its location. Its operations commenced in a small house, still on the ground purchased as the site of the present commodious edifices, under the care of Mr. Chapin, of Amherst College, Mass. In 1830, Mr. C. returned to the United States, and Mr. Pryor, the present Prin- cipal, consented to take the charge he now holds at the earnest requestof the Committee; and the Academy building, commenced in that year, was completed and occupied by the autumn of 1831. In the commencement of the last mentioned year, the Society received from the Legis- lature of the Province, a donation of £500, and in the two succeeding years the sum of £300. I In ] 333, a building for a boarding house was projected, designed to contain suitable apartments for the Principal and his family, as well as for the Assistant Teacher and the Steward of the Establishment, and afford accommodation for at least 50 scholars. All which has been completed at an expense of £1200. In the winter of 1834, while the Committee were struggling under the accumulated burthens that this new undertaking imposed upon them, they were appalled by the with- drawal of the Legislative aid which they had enjoyed for several years. In the spring of 1835, the building was completed, and a proper person having been engaged as Steward, the establishment is now in full operation, and promises fair to reward abundantly the labors of the Society, as an institution of great public benefit. The expenses of a scholar at this Institution are 7s. 6d. per week for boarding, lodging, and washing ; making, therefore, when two months vacation are deducted, from £15 10s. to £21 10s., as the total amount per annum, for which an education can be obtained at the Horton Seminary. During the year 1834, five young men were pursuing their studies at this Institution in preparation for the ministry. The various accunmlations of debt last year for which the Committee were personally responsible, amounted nearly to the sum of £2000. To defray this debt and sustain the useful and well conducted Academy, the Committee appointed Messrs. Bill and Vidito, as their Agents to obtain subscriptions throughout the Province ; and Mr. McLearn, Pastor of the Baptist church at Windsor, for the same object in the United States. During the past winter, Mr. McLearn visited the United States for the object above 286 NOVA SCOTIA AND NEW BRUNSWICK. stated, and proceeded as far south as Charleston, Savannah, and Augusta. The impor- tance of his object, connected with his amiable manners and unassuming piety, gained him a cordial reception in every place he visited. On his return from the Soutii, we had the satisfaction to learn from him that he iiad received from the churches and friends of education in the United States nearly the sum of $3000. NOVA SCOTIA ASSOCIATION, 1835. ^ CHURCHES. MINISTERS. BAP. ilEM. CHURCHES. MINISTERS. CAI'. MEM. Annapolis& > U. Granville ( R. Cunningham 11 117 New Albany Tryon and t Bedque \ — 1 38 59 L. Granville R. B. Cogswell 104 Wilmot Nathaniel Viditoe 2 146 Sydney C. B. 19 1 Cornwallis E. Manning, i T. Rand \ 5 289 2 Clements Little Forks 49 21 Newport George Dimock 26 11] Ragged Island A. V. Dimock 93 1 Clements — 3. 153 Bryer Island — 36 Onslow J. Munro, \ G. M'Donald ( 13 81 Falmouth D. Harris, i E. Church \ 3 82 Lunenburg Maynard Parker sr, West Chester — G. McDonald 12 Nictaux I.E.Bill, r.Z)eZono- 1 2.S7 Guysboro' Hezekiah Hull 6 43 Digby Neck Peter Crandall 5 103 Granville St. E. A. Crawley 35 109 River Philip — 1 34 Mabon — 11 Horton T. S. Harding, > J. Pryor \ 3 256 Tracadie Windsor Road John Doyle 27 40 Windsor Richard McLearn 5 29 Slierbrook Skerry 5 24 Rawdon John Doyle 42 Baddeck — 11" Up. Granville 1 73 Stewiach Geo. Richardson 6 24 Parrsboro' Hammond's i Plain ( — 10 30 23 St. Marga- } rel's Bay \ —- Collishaw 18 Economy — 12 Chester Joseph Dimock 4 230 Jeddore — 14 • — J. Whidden, { A.V. Dimock ^ 3RiversP.E.Isl John Shaw 5 31 Antigonish 35 East Point ( P; E. Isl. \ Caiiso 12 39 10 Amherst S. McCulley, ) C. Tupper \ 29 Port Medway — 16 — E. Manning, ) Sissaboo Charles Randall 2 117 3 Cornwallis T. H. Porter, \ 167 2 Halifax — 1 54 J. Chase ) Waterford Geo. McDonald 52 Wilmot ) Mountain ( 45 2 Cornwallis Wm. Chipman 5 181 Yarmouth H. Harding, ) Wm. Burton \ 21 441 Tushet Wellington — E. Marsters 21 10 1 Halifax John Burton 115 Springfield — Thos. Belong 12 Aylesford E. Stronach, i W. Keaton \ 172 Dalhousie — 13 Brookficid — 3 72 Churches 59 Ministers 36 199 4610 Liverpool — Ingram E. Bill 2 86 NEW BRUNSWICK. BAPTIST EDUCATION SOCIETY. The following is taken from the Report of the Committee of Management at their anniversary meeting, July 7, 1835. The Committee remark, " that agreeably to the instructions received from the Board at its last meeting, they immediately purchased a most pleasant and eligible site at Freder- icton, and entered into contract with Messrs. Burpe «& Taylor, to erect a suitable building thereon for the purposes of education ; that the building is now in a state of forwardness, and is to be coinj)leted by the first day of October next; that 3'our Committee have already paid toward the erection of the building and for purchase of land, about JE900; that NOVA SCOTIA AND NEW BRUNSWICK. 287 about £ 700 has been collected, leaving a balance of £200 due the Committee ; that the contract for the principal building, including some alterations which your Committee have considered it necessary to make, together with the purchase of land, will amount to about £ 1 ,700 ; that the further sum of about £ 300 will be required for the erection of out- buildings, fences, &c. ; that the sum of about £ 1,200 has already been subscribed ; and that, provided the whole of this amount be collected, there will still be a deficiency of :C800. NEW BRUNSWICK ASSOCIATION, 1835. CHURCHES. MINISTERS. BAP. MEM. CHURCHES. MINISTERS. BAP. MEM. 63 Fredericton F. W. Miles 2 70 Miramichi James Tozer Canning Benjamin Coy 2 74 Douglass — 18 St. John . J. D. Casewell 9 122 Oromocto — 27 Prince Wm. < L. Hammond ) T. Saunders \ 1 81 Cardigan |St. Martin's William Harris — John Marsters 3 35 119 Norton Samuel Bancroft 19 Sussex Vale Titus Stone 27 Salisbury Joseph Crandall 48 132 Buctouche -r- 23 Sackville — 88 Moncton 4 59 St. George Samuel Robinson 22 240 Brighton Gilbert Spurr 1 20 Hillsboro' William Sears 9 80 Ludlow — 41 New Canaan Charles Lewis 102 Jacksontown — 21 Springfield — 33 ;St. Stephen A. D. Thompson 32 83 1 Hampton Samuel Bancroft 1 57 Grand Lake Michael Doyle 4 49 2 Hampton David Crandall 11 51 2 Springfield James Blakeney 11 Wickham — Joseph Skinnei 19 Andover — 22 Rushago'h 14 Greenwich James Blakeney 8 Dorchester — 30 African Ch. — 20 Kingsclear — 1 35 Dumfries — 13 St. David Thomas Magee 16 St. Patrick A. D. Thompson 29 Hopewell — 70 Nash walk — 3 21 Churches 40 Ministers 21 167 2070 Madamkisway Thomas Saunders 15 28 1 SUMMARY. ASSOCIATIONS. CHS. D.CH. 6.M. Lie. BAP. MEM. CON. GAIN. LOSS.: MEETINGS IN 1836. ' Nova Scotia N. Brunswick Total 59 40 99 32 19 51 36 21 57 17 1 18 199 167 366 4610 2070 6680 1800 75 75 331 331 Halifax, June 27. Salisbury, July 11. The whole number of churches in the two Provinces, as appears from the last Minutes is 99 — Churches without stated pastors 51 — Ordained ministers 57 — Baptisms during the last Associational year 366 — Members 6680. What appears to be a clear loss in the Nova Scotia Association of 331 members consists principally, if not entirely, of dismis- sions to form other churches which have joined the Association. There are now connected with the Nova Scotia Baptist Association 59 churches — 4610 members — 36 ordained ministers, and not less than 17 Licentiates, The Baptists in Nova Scotia have a Missionary Magazine in circulation among them, which is published at Halifax once in two months, at one dollar per annum. This Mag- azine is circulated to some extent also in the Province of New Brunswick, but it seems that it does not meet the wants of the churches fully in either Province ; and the publi- cation of a weekly religious newspaper in the place of the Magazine is now very seri- ously contemplated. The Nova Scotia Association appears to be in a prosperous state. The last seven churches in the Table were added at the last session. The next annual meeting of the Association will be held at Halifax, on the first Mon- day after the 20th of June, 1836. 288 UPPER CANADA. UPPER CANADA. ASSOCIATIONS AND CHURCHES. EASTERN ASSOCIATION, 1635. CHURCHES. MraiSTERS. POST OFFICES. BAPT. MEM. CON. Ancaster Brantford 2 36 First Blenheim Francis Picklo Paris 34 Brantford William Rees Brantford 12 50 1833 Chinguacousie William Cook Chinguacousie 17 Louth Thomas Hill St. Catharine's 22 Queenston R. Winchell Queenston 1 30 Zorra — Oxford 2 28 Oxford Isaac Elliott Oxford 2 31 Clinton John Miner Beamsville 89 Norwich Nicholas French 22 1833 1 Townsend ^ John Harris Waterford 3 111 2 Townsend — Simcoc 1 38 3 Townsend Simon Mabee Waterford 29 1833 Dumfries R. Crandell Gait 1 75 Nelson — Nelson 2 55 Niagara — J. Oakley Niagara 24 Rainham J. Van Loon Dunnville 46 Hamilton — Hamilton 14 Granthom — St. Catherine's 6 31 1833 Burford — 1834 HALDIMAND ASSOCIATION, 1835. Thurlow James Hulse Belleville 1 33 Raw don Isaac N. Reed Belleville 87 Sidney 30 Cramhea Richard Scott Colborne 3 49 Haldimand Peleg Card, John Butler, William Hurlbert Colborne 7 162 Whitby Wm. Marsh, Israel Marsh Whitby 15 158 Ameliasburgh Joseph Winn Murray 2 22 JOHNSTOWN ASSOCIATION, 1833. Bastard George Ebberson 98 Augusta — Samuel Reed, Adam Hillis Augusta 70 Yonge P. H. June 22 Leeds 27 Gananoque 33 WESTERN ASSOCIATION, 1^ 35. Bayham Joseph Merrill Bayham 73 Charlotteville James Stewart Vittoria 9 115 Chatham 3 51 African William Wilkes Amhertsburg 2 62 Gosfield Charles Stewart Gosfield 1 . 47 Lobo 1 19 Malahide S.Baker, S. Smith, J. Baker Bayham 4 127 Nissouri Salmon Vining Oxford 1 34 First Oxford Simon Mabec, L. Griffith Oxford 57 South wold 23 74 Westminster 1 26 Walsingham William McDermand Walsingham 2 144 Afric'nWilberforce Nathaniel Paul, John Paul London I 20 Yarmouth — Jesse Crandell St. Thomas 17 59 Raleigh — Thomas Shippe Raleigh 1 21 Middlcton 23 London London 43 LOWER CANADA. 289 The following ministers, in addition to those in the Table, belong to the Western Asso- ciation, viz. Isaac Elliot, Oxford P. O. ; Abraham Sloot, London P. O. ; Richard Harring- ton, Gosfield P. O. ; Zebulon Leech, Vittoria P. O. ; Solomon Smith, Yarmouth P. O. Corresponding Secretary of the Western Association, Henry Black, St. Thomas P. O., London District. SUMMARY. ASSOCIATIONS. CHS. O. M. Lie. BAP. MEM. CON. NET GAIN. neT LOSS. MEETINGS IN 1836. Eastern Haldimand Johnstown Western Total 20 7 49 12 8 2 13 35 1 1 2 7 11 33 28 64 125 817 541 250 907 2515 1819 1827 1829 23 29 52 3 3 1 Townscnd, Wed. June 15. Whitby, Friday, January 29. Walsingham, June 10. The Eastern Association was formed in 1819. The last session was held at Clinton. Introductory sermon by William Rees. John Harris, Moderator ; Henry Cunningham, Clerk. This Association is on the increase. Resolutions were adopted in favor of Mis- sions, Temperance, Temperance Hotels, Sabbath Schools. Haldimand Association. We cannot ascertain when this Association was formed. The time of its annual session is the last Friday in January. We have not seen the Minutes of the last session. The preceding one was held at Cramhea, January 30, 1835. At this meeting resolutions were passed in favor of Temperance, of Sabbath Schools, of the Monthly Concert of prayer for missionaries, and of weekly prayer meetings in every neighborhood for the influences of the Holy Spirit. The publication of a Baptist Monthly Magazine was also recommended. The Johnstown Association held its sixth session at Beverly, February 13, 1833. We have seen the Minutes of no meeting since. At that period, there were two ordained ministers and five licentiates connected with the Association. Resolutions were passed in favor of several benevolent objects. LOWER CANADA. From the Christian Watchman of May 20, 1836. ORIGIN AND SKETCH OF THE FIRST BAPTIST CHURCH IN CANADA. This acco nt from our venerable friend, is taken from a letter which he recently sent to his old correspondent, the Hon. Heman Lincoln. We sincerely thank the Treasurer for handing it to us; for we know that very many of our readers will peruse our extracts with great pleasure. The style in which the narrative is written, discovers that the frosts of seventy years, have not yet reached, with their withering touch, tlie zeal of this aged servant in the cause of his Master. We are alwa:ys agreeably affected with every inci- dent that brings to our recollection any one of those faithful ministers who yet survive the class of veterans, who were pioneers in our wilderness, and cleared up for their suc- cessors those fair gardens in which our churches are now flourishing. We remember Mr. Andrews when he was the influential pastor of the church in Templeton, (Mass.) and by his vigorous mind and ardent piety, quickened the impulses of the churches in the heart of our commonwealth. Mucli valuable information, important history, and useful reminiscences, might be placed upon record, and thus be pre&ervcd, if our elders would follovi^ this example of Mr. Andrews. There is something peculiarly tender in the reason which he assigns for writing to his friend — that they " might not forget each other.'''' We cannot help saying that we believe that this apostle of the New Testament, unscathed by the trials of life, will not he forgotten when his Redeemer shall make up his jewels. Hinsdale, N. H. April 19, 1836. My dear Brother and Friend: — I have been thinking some time of writing, that tve might not forget each other, and have concluded to present you with a recollection of some past scenes which I have witnessed, and which may perhaps be worthy of being re- membered. In the spring of the year 1793, 1 removed with my little family, to the town 25 290 LOWER CANADA. of Fairfax, on the river Lamoilu, (Vt.) It i)lcascd God to pour out his spirit and bless my feeble efforts. In September, a Baptist cliurcli was organised, with twenty-five connnu- nicants, and in less than a year had increased to over seventy members. The third day of October I was ordained an evangelist, as certain circumstances rendered it inexpedient for m© to be the pastor of the church. In the latter part of the summer, brother John Ilebbard, of Royalton, (Vt.) and brother Ariel Kendrick, (afterwards settled in Cornish,) passed by us on a missionary tour, being sent out by the Woodstock Association. They were both devoted, evangelical preachers, and God was manifestly with tl|pui. They proceeded as far as a place called Caldwell's Manor, in Lower Canada, settled principally by refugees from Connecticut. Here the Lord blessed their labors, and there was a great ingatiiering of souls toClirist. Although they enjoyed the happiness of sowing the seed, they were not allowed to reap the harvest; this was reserved for another fellow laborer in the employment of our blessed Lord. In tiie early part of January, 1794, the people at Caldwell's Manor sent out for some one to administer the ordinance of Christian baptism. As I was the only Baptist minis- ter in the region, except elder Call, and he was an aged man, and ten miles further off, there could be no doubt with respect to the path of duty. A friend of mine volunteered to take me down in his sleigh. We started Monday morning and proceeded to High- gate, (Vt.) ; here we put up at tlie house of a German by tlie name of Wagoner. In the morning we followed his direction, crossed Misisquc Bay and arrived at the Manor in season to appoint a meeting in the evening. We put up with Doctor Cune, a Baptist from Rhode Island. In the morning we crossed over to the west side of the Manor about eight miles, into the neighborhood where the revival had been the most powerful. Soon after we arrived, the house was filled with people, and I preached to them; and again in the evening. The next day we met at 9 o'clock in the morning, and spent the whole day in examining candidates for baptism; we heard and received tliirty of all ages from 10 to 50 years. They possessed very little theoretic knowledge. Nearly all they knew, they had been taught by the Holy Spirit, and they told a plain, unvarnished tale of the dealings of God witii their souls; and I have seldom heard such a number of Christian experiences so highly satisfactory, and decidedly evidential of a real change of heart. The next day we repaired to the Lake, cut a hole in the ice, and fifteen of those happy and devoted disciples were, in the name of the Father, Son and Holy Ghost, immersed agreeably to the command of the divine Saviour. The baptism of the remaining fifteen was deferred until the next Monday, it being their choice to have it performed in the vi- cinity where they resided. Among those who were baptized, there was a family who were brought to the knowl- edge of the truth in an extraordinary way; indeed, in a manner which shows that God is wise in counsel, and wonderful in working. They were Low Dutch people, remarkably ignorant, and even profane in their common conversation. The eldest daughter, at about the age of fourteen, was employed as a hired maid, in the family of Mr. William Marsh, who was a pious and devout Baptist professor. Poor Mary was astonished to see the whole family, in the evening, rise up and stand while Mr. Marsh talked tenor fifteen min- utes. What it meant, or what it was for, she could not imagine. Nor could she devise to whom it was that Mr. Marsh addressed his conversation, as she could see no one to whom he could direct his speech. In the morning a similar scene occurred; and Mary became alarmed and uneasy, fearing there was something that portended evil to her, in this unaccountable proceeding. As the same scene took place every morning and evening, and she had in vain racked her invention to find out the meaning of it, she resolved to go home and ask her father. Atler stating her difficult}', and observing she did not like to live with William Marsh, she asked him who it was to whom Mr. Marsh talked ? The old Dutchman, in his broken English, replied, / don't know, to de devil I subbose. This answer did not quite satisfy Mary nor calm her apprehensions ; she therefore plucked up courage, and put the momentous question, which perplexed her and destroyed her peace, to Mr. Marsh himself He asked her whether she knew that there was a God who made us, sustained us, and redeemed us; and that it is our duty to worship him? She replied, that this was all new to her, that she had never heard any thing of tiie kind before; she had indeed heard her father swear by God, but did not know what it meant. Mr. Marsh finding she could read a little, gave her a Bible, and encouraged her to peruse it. Being a girl of quick apprehension and bright intellect, she made surprising advances in know- ledge. She soon became serious, and having obtained a hope in the mercy of God through Christ, she went again to her father, and told him that she now knew what Mr. Marsh meant by talking as he did. In the most tender and affectionate manner she expostulated with him for neglecting to tell her that there was a God, and teaching her to pray to him, and also for not praying hin^self for her, and with her. She then requested him to pray. The poor old man replied that lie had never prayed in his life — that he could not pray. JAMAICA. 291 » Then, said Mary, will you allow mc to pray? Yes, child, said he, if you can pray you may. Mary immediately fell on her knees, and poured out her supplication for her fa- ther, her mother, her brother and sister. The old man, when relating^ the stor}', said that if slie had been stabbing him through the heart with a knife, he could not have been in greater distress. The consequence was, that the whole family were converted, and Mary had the happiness of having them all accompany her into the baptismal font. On the Monday following, I baptized the other fifteen candidates. The next day I re- turned home. Four weelis afterwards I visited them again, in company with a delega- tion from the Fairfax church, baptized several more, and organised them into a church. Soon afterward, they licensed as a preacher, William Marsh, a young man, and nephew to the man with whom Mary lived. He was afterwards ordained and became their pas- tor. He was a man of good sense, amiable in his deportment, and an able and useful minister. In about two years this church removed in a body, into a new township, called Eaton, which was granted to them by the Government. Thus I have given you a sketch of the origin of the first Baptist Church in Canada. Yours, affectionately, Elisha Andrews. ISLAND OF JAMAICA. The most recent information which we have been able to obtain respecting the Baptist churches and mission stations in Jamaica, is taken from the Report of the English Bap- tist Missionary Society, June, 1835. In adverting to the subject of funds, the Committee recur with much grateful satisfac- tion to the noble and generous contributions for the restoration of their demolished chapels in Jamaica, begun at the last anniversary of the Society, and so soon brought to a happy conclusion. A concurrence of evBnts distinctly marking the interposition of Providence, enabled them to bring the subject before the Christian public, and the appeal was so favor- ably received, tliat nearly £ 14,000 were subscribed, making with the government grant, more than £ 25,000 furnished for this object. This sum, indeed, falls far short of what is required to provide places of worship at all the stations where they are needed ; but it is expected tliat the remainder will be gradually furnished by local contributions, of which a commencement has already been made, both at Falmouth and Montego Bay. **' Mr. Gardner has baptized 46 at Kingston. Mr. Whitehorne's school continues to in- crease. Mr. Gardner has also baptized 15 at Port Royal, where another missionary is much needed. A member of the church has collected a congregation of 1000 persons, 60 miles distant, who are waiting for a missionary to come and instruct them. Mr. Tin- son has baptized 20 persons received into the Hanover Street Church, Kingston, and still larger numbers were waiting for baptism at Yallahs. At Spanishtown, Mr. Philippo is occupied in building additional school houses, in which he is greatly encouraged by many residents, including the chief magistrate of the parish. He has been compelled to greatly enlarge his chapel — thus accommodating 500 more hearers. Eighteen years ago there was no Baptist churcli in this town ; now the church numbers llOO, after having given birth to several others, now among the most important stations on the Island. " Mr. Taylor has baptized 60 at Vere, and others at Clarendon ; he has, however, suffered some persecution, in which the Governor showed him favor. Mr. Kindgon has baptized 13 at Manchioneal, and 12 at Morant Bay. Mr. Clarke, after the return of Mr. Philippo, left Spanishtown, and has succeeded in forming five new stations in the interior, three of them in the parish of St. Thomas-in-the-Vale, one in St. John's and one in St. Ann's. Early in the year, these stations comprised 500 members, and 2000 hearers; and he in- forms in March that he had baptized 101 in one day at Mount Charles. Mr. Whitehorne has commenced preaching at Scott's Hall. Mr. Baylis has baptized 59 at Port Maria, and 160 at Bagnall's Vfilc, a new station. Mr. Coultart, amidst violent opposition, has been permitted to settle at St. Ann's, and preaches at the Bay, Ocho Rios, and Brown's Town. "Messrs. Burchell and Knibb have returned to their stations, and were gratefully received by theiri people. At Falmouth, Mr. K. found his church in prosperity; 134 had recently been baptized by Mr. Dendy, and on the 14th of February Mr. K. baptized 72 others. Mr. Dexter will superintend the stations at Stewart's Town and Rio Bueno, at which 186 have been baptized during the year. Mr. Abbott had the care of the church at Montego Bay previous to Mr. Burchell's return, and had baptized 1 12 ; and Mr. B. has since bap- tized 60 more. " Mr. Dendy has the care of a church at Salter's Hill, and has gathered a congregation of 800 persons at anew station called Endeavor. Mr. Hutchins baptized 9 persons at Lucea 292 FREE WILL BAPTISTS IN NORTH AMERICA. in 1834, and 9 more this year. He lias since been stationed at Savanna Ic Mar. He preaches also at Ridgcland, Negrcl Point, Black River, and Lacovia. Mr. Abbott has charge of Lucca and Green Island, and intends to form another station between these places. THE BAHAMA ISLES. " Mr. Burton is at Nassau, and has visited several of the islands of the group in his neighborhood. Mr. Pearson also labored here, and was well received at Euxumn, where the people lamented their long destitution of religious ordinances, alleging that they must have been considered " creatures without souls." Here an aged female received baptism. He also visited St. Salmdor and Turk's Island. A fever terminated his valuable life, December 17th. Mr. E. Quant has gone to supply his place. Mr. Bourne baptized five at Balize during the year, and has since been removed to Nassau. Mr. A. Henderson has succeeded Mr. B. at Balize, and arrived a* his station November 28th." From the foregoing sketch it appears that there are 34 missionary stations in Jamaica, occupied by 14 Baptist Missionaries, and that 1059 persons were baptized by them during the year ending June 1, 1835. At tlie present time, from the best information on the subject, there is in Jamaica one Baptist Association, comprising 24 churches and about 1 6,0{)0 members. FREE WILL BAPTISTS IN NORTH AMERICA. The Eighth General Conference of the Free Will Baptist Connexion in North America, was held at Byron N. Y., October 7 — 14, 1835. Elder Samuel Whitney, Moderator ; Elder Silas Curtis, Clerk. It appears from tlie following Table that the Connexion has 6 yearly meetings ; 55 Quarterly Meetings ; 750 cimrches ; 481 Elders ; 134 Licentiates ; and 33,882 com- municants. The net increase of the denomination during the past year was 3,248 ; added 57 churches; ordained 42, and licensed 36. The majority of the denomination reside in Maine, New Hampshire, and Rhode Island — about one third of the whole are in Maine. The Free Will Baptists are generally, we believe, a pious and devoted people. ^Ve regard their recent organisation for the support of Foreign Missions as a most pro- mising circumstance. Notiiing could tend more than this kind of effort, to strengthen, purify, and perpetuate the denomination. STATISTICS OF THE FREE WILL BAPTISTS.* Yearly Meetings. Delegates. No. Q. Ms. No. Churches. CD 0) o -a H -6 -o 0) -a T3 a oi 14 O 10 o o 2 o 111 q5 .2 c ID o 19 New Hamp- S.B.Dyer,D.Pittingil], 6 112 7528 812 114 64 58 shire D. Harriman, G. W. Parsonsfield Cogswell, D.P.Cillcy J. Stevens, T. Stevens, 4 58 3514 779 76 46 44 4 4 4 38 10 Kennebec Peter Libby S.Williamson,S.Curtis, John Chaney, Dexter Waterman 5 98 4512 638 91 106 59 3 G 6 59 21 Penobscot Samuel Whitney 4 73 2340 312 81 136 43 6 4 3 34 9 Vermont Stephen Goodale, Jonathan Woodman, 1 P. Ford, J. Bignall, 5 83 3170 469 89 56 37 3 5 51 12 Holland 11 123 4059 1410 542 196 47 14 7 6 60 15 Purchase Trucman Carey, D. M. L. Rollin Ohio Seth C. Parker 5 40 1150 75 25 40 16 5 6 4 30 12 Susquehannah Adin AJdrich 4 33 1026 113 15 14 Ohio