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BAPTISTS. 



BAPTISTS. I. KEGULAR BAPTISTS IK AMER- 

 ICA. The Baptist Almanac, for 1868, gives the 

 following statistics of the "Regular Baptists" 

 in the United States and in the British posses- 

 sions of North America : 



The number of ordained ministers in the 

 United States, in 1866, was 8,346 ; in the whole 

 of Forth America, 8,790 ; the number of bap- 

 tized in the United States was 92,957"; in the 

 whole of North America, 94,993. 



The anniversaries of the Northern Baptist 

 Benevolent Associations took place in May, 

 1867, at Chicago. The following is a brief 

 summary of the operations of the Societies, and 

 of their present condition : 



1. American Baptist Missionary Union (es- 



tablished in 1814). Receipts from all sources, 

 including an unexpended balance of $1,869.75 

 from the previous year, $191,714.00; expendi- 

 tures, $199,077.79; leaving a balance against 

 the treasury of $7,363.79. The number of mis- 

 sions under the patronage of the Missionary 

 Union is the same as the previous year, 19. In 

 the Asiatic missions are 16 stations, where 

 American missionaries reside, and about 400 

 out-stations. In the European missions, in- 

 cluding France, Germany, Denmark, and Swe- 

 den, there are about 1,300 stations and out- 

 stations. American missionaries connected Avith 

 the Asiatic missions, including those under ap- 

 pointment, and those temporarily absent from 

 the field, including also wives of missionaries 

 and unmarried female assistants, in all 90, of 

 whom one-half are males. Native preachers, 

 teachers, and assistants, not far from 500, of 

 whom more than 50 are ordained. In Europe, 

 preachers and assistants, about 300. Whole 

 number baptized the last year, in Europe, 2,280 ; 

 Present membership, in all the churches, about 

 38,000. The number of churches in Europe, 

 266 ; in Asia, not far from 300 ; total, 576. 



2. American Baptist Publication Society 

 (established in 1824). Total receipts for the 

 year, inclusive of $50,000 from the Orozer family 

 as a missionary memorial fund, $240,165.88; 

 expenditures, $240,138.50 ; balance in treasury, 

 $27.38. There have been issued during the 

 year 31 new publications. The aggregate num- 

 ber of copies of new publications issued during 

 the year, including the Annual Report and Al- 

 manac, is 150,800. Of former publications there 

 have been issued, during the year, of books, 

 374,500 copies; of tracts, 299,750 copies. 

 1,691,450 copies of the Young Reaper, dated on 

 the 1st of the month, have been published 

 during the year, and 535,800 copies, dated the 

 15th of the month ; making the average monthly 

 issue of the first 140,954 copies ; and of the sec- 

 ond, 44,633. The aggregate number of copies 

 of the National Baptist published in the year 

 is 288,450, making an average weekly issue of 

 5,738. The first number of the Baptist Quar- 

 terly was issued in January. Two thousand 

 copies were printed. The total issues for the 

 year were 171,087,050 18mo pages. This ex- 

 ceeds the issues of last year by 49,660,733 pages. 

 The Society has printed of books, pamphlets, 

 tracts, periodicals, etc., since its organization, 

 23,932,309 copies, containing matter equal to 

 822,573,804 pages in 18mo. The whole num- 

 ber of publications on the Society's Catalogue 

 at the present time is 923, of which 440 are 

 bound volumes. Forty-nine colporteurs have 

 been in commission during the year. 



3. American Baptist Home Mission Society 

 (established in 1832). Receipts for the year, 

 $176,899.08; expenditures, $182,348.87; in- 

 debtedness, $5,449.79. Three hundred and 

 sixty-seven missionaries and fifty-nine assistants 

 have been under appointment since the last an- 

 niversary. They have labored in thirty-eight 

 States and Territories. It was .resolved to ap- 



