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BAPTISTS. 



BAPTISTS. I. REGULAR BAPTISTS. The 

 Baptist Almanac for 1867 gives the following 

 statistics of "regular Baptists" in the United 

 States and in the British possessions of North 

 America : 



The annual meeting of the Baptist Benevolent 

 Associations took place, in 1866, in Boston. 

 The following is a brief summary of the opera- 

 tions of the societies and of their present con- 

 dition : 



1. American Baptist Missionary Union 

 (established in 1814). Receipts $175,354.32; 

 expenditures, $173,484.57; balance in treasury, 

 $1,869.75. There was also expended from the 

 Jubilee Fund $15,756.78, making the total pay- 



ments $189,241.35. Missions reported the pre- 

 ceding year, 20. Two were transferred to the 

 Home Mission Society, and one received from 

 the Publication Society, making present num- 

 ber, 19. In the Asiatic missions are 15 sta- 

 tions where American missionaries reside, and 

 about 400 out-stations; in the European mis- 

 sions, including France, Germany, and Sweden, 

 at the end of 1864, there were reported not far 

 from 1,300 stations and out-stations, and tho 

 number is constantly increasing. American 

 missionaries connected with the Asiatic mis 

 sions, including those at present in this coun- 

 try, in all 83 : males, 40 ; females, 43. Native 

 preachers and assistants, not far from 500 ; of 

 whom 60 are ordained. In Europe, preachers 

 and assistants, not far from 200. Whole number 

 baptized in 1864, in Europe, 1,911 ; in Asia, 761 ; 

 total, 2,672. Members at the close of 1864, not 

 far frpm 36,000, leaving out about half of the 

 Toungoo churches previously reckoned, and tho 

 Eangoon Sgau Karen Association, from which 

 no return had been received. The President 

 of the Society is Hon. Ira Harris, New York. 

 On motion of the committee on finance, it was 

 resolved to raise $200,000 to meet the expenses 

 of the coming year. This was rendered neces- 

 sary on the assumption by the Union of the 

 Swedish mission. The report of the committee 

 on European missions recommended that the 

 full amount of $8,000 be appropriated for the 

 purpose of building and maintaining chapels in 

 Sweden, Germany, and France. The report 

 was adopted. 



2. American Baptist Publication Society 

 (established in 1824). Total receipts for the 

 year, $173,321.47; expenditures, $169,678.79; 

 balance in treasury, $3,642.68. There have 

 been fifty-two new publications issued during 

 the year. Including the annual report and Al- 

 manac, the aggregate number of copies of new 

 publications issued during the year is 69,175. 

 The new editions of former publications are as 

 follows: of books, 227,000 copies; of tracts, 

 223,000. The total issues for the year have 

 been, of books, tracts, etc., 519,175 copies, 

 equal to 38,764,017 18mo pages ; Young Reaper, 

 1,624,000 copies; 'National Baptist, 264,950 

 copies ; making a total of 2,408,125 copies. 

 This exceeds the issues of last year by 20,- 

 939,167 pages. The Society has printed, of 

 books, tracts, and periodicals, since its organi- 

 zation, 23,112,259 copies, containing matter 

 equal to 651,976,754 pages in 18mo. Forty- 

 eight colporteurs have been in commission dur- 

 ing the year. 



3. American Baptist Home Mission Society 

 (established in 1832). Receipts for the year, 

 $137,810.16; expenditures, $135,822.00; bal- 

 ance in treasury, $1,988.40. Two hundred and 

 sixty-five missionaries and sixty-two assistant* 

 have been under appointments since the last 

 anniversary. One hundred and eighty-two of 

 this number were new appointments. They 

 have labored in thirty-seven States and Terri- 

 tories. There has been received for the freed- 



