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BAPTISTS. 



BAPTISTS. I. REGULAR BAPTISTS IN AMER- 

 ICA. The following are the statistics of the 

 Regular Baptists in the United States, as given 

 in the American Baptist Year Book, for 1869 : 



The number of baptisms during the year 

 was reported as 60,787. 



Some of these returns, especially those from 

 the South, are pronounced very imperfect, 

 through failure of clerks and others, upon 

 whom compilers are dependent, to make full 

 returns. The table is therefore unsafe for 

 purposes of comparison, and places the gains 

 of the denomination very much below what 

 they really are. 



Thirty-five periodicals are enumerated in 

 the American Baptist Year Boole, as published 

 in the United States, of which twenty-one are 

 weekly, twelve monthly, and two quarterly. 

 Two of these are published in the German, 

 and one in the Welsh language. Four weekly 

 periodicals are published in the British Prov- 

 inces. There are twenty-five Baptist colleges 

 in the United States, and one in Nova Scotia. 

 The number of theological seminaries and the- 

 ological departments is fourteen. 



The anniversaries of the (Northern) Baptist 

 Societies were held in May, in Boston. The 

 fifty-fifth anniversary of the American Bap- 

 tist Missionary Union occurred on May 18th. A 

 summary of this report shows that the whole 

 number of the missions is 13, the increase being 

 one in the African mission during the year. 

 In the Asiatic mission there are 19 stations 

 where American missionaries reside, 328 out- 

 stations, and 315 churches, having an aggregate 

 of 15,974 members, and the baptisms during 

 the year were 1,295. The whole number of 

 Americans connected with this mission, includ- 

 ing those under appointment, is 101, of whom 

 47 are males and 54 are females. The native 

 teachers, preachers, and colporteurs, number 

 423, of whom 74 are ordained. Taking those 

 churches in Burmah not immediately under its 

 supervision, the Union has 427 out-stations, 

 414 churches, with a membership of 20,193, 

 and 1,528 baptisms during the year. The na- 

 tive helpers number 512, of whom 80 are or- 

 dained. The tables from France and Sweden 

 represent 301 churches, with 24,388 members, 

 300 preachers and colporteurs, and 678 bap- 

 tisms during the year. Combining the missions 

 in Europe and Asia, there are 715 churches, 

 with 44,581 members, and there have been 

 during the year 2,207 baptisms. The report 

 of the Secretary of the Home Department 

 showed that the total receipts for the year 

 were $196,897. The total expenditures, in- 

 cluding the debt of the year previous, were 

 $210,273, leaving a balance of $13,376 against 

 the treasury on the 1st of April last. The 

 amount received from donations was $168,363, 

 an increase of $11,317 over the year previous ; 

 and the legacies of the year were $17,980, 

 against $6,406 the year before. The following 

 amounts were received from foreign mission 

 fields : Assam, $838 ; Burmah, $25 ; Madras, $20 ; 

 China, $866; France, $457; Germany, $187. 

 The treasurer's report further showed that the 

 invested funds of the Union amount to $56,303, 

 and that, of the $180,137 expended, all was for 

 foreign missions except $573 for the Cherokees, 

 $3,712 for publications, $15,412 for agents, and 

 $12,575 for rent, salaries, and other office ex- 

 penses. The anniversary of the American Bap- 

 tist Publication Society was held May 20th. 

 The receipts amounted to $272,160.63. Of this 

 sum $227,083.88 were received in the business, 

 and $45,076.75 in the missionary department. 

 The increase over last year in the business is 

 $35,973.31. The increase in the missionary 

 work is $1,774.69. The total gain of the two 

 departments over the receipts of the previous 

 year is $37,748. Branch houses ha-ve been 

 opened in New York, St. Louis, and Chicago. 

 Sixty-five colporteurs and Sunday-school mis- 

 sionaries have been at work. Number of days 

 of service, 12,991; miles travelled, 195,618; 

 volumes sold, 50,859; volumes given away, 

 9,521; pages of tracts distributed, 514,170; 

 sermons preached, 5,160; prayer-meetings 

 held, 3,548; persons baptized, 980; families 



