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Seminary, the establishment of a Baptist Or- 

 phan Asylum for Germans at Louisville, Ky., 

 and of an Old People's Home at Monee, 111. 

 Four hundred additions by baptism were re- 

 ported. The endowment of the German pro- 

 fessorship in the Rochester Theological Semi- 

 nary is completed. Twenty German students 

 are reported as attending this institution. 



From an account given by the Rev. Thomas 

 M. Westrup, missionary of the American Bap- 

 tist Home Missionary Society for Mexico, it 

 appears that the first Baptist Church in that 

 republic was organized by him at Monterey, 

 New Leon, on the 4th of July, 1870. There 

 were, on the 1st of June, 1871, five Baptist 

 churches in the country ; that at Monterey, 

 with 19 members; at Oadereita Jimenez, 32 

 members ; at Santa Rosa, 26 members; at Los 

 Ebanos, 18 members; and at Montemorelos, 

 15 members. Total number of members, 110. 

 Besides Mr. Westrup there were three ministers, 

 the Rev. Santiago Diaz, the Rev. Jose" M. Urau- 

 ga, and the Rev. Francisco Trevino, all native 

 Mexicans. No associations had been formed. 



The receipts of the Canadian Baptist Foreign 

 Missionary Society for 1871 were $4,588.70, be- 

 ing larger than those for any previous year. 

 The society employs two missionaries among 

 the Teloogoos in India, whose labors have been 

 attended with considerable success. The Home 

 Mission Board employs 46 missionaries, sup- 

 plying 122 stations. The Church-Edifice So- 

 ciety reports a year's income of $1,600 and 

 $3,500 of assets. 



The twenty-sixth annual session of the Baptist 

 Convention of New Brunswick, Nova Scotia, 

 and Prince Edward's Island, was held in Yar- 

 mouth, N. S., August 19th. A report was made, 

 favoring an effort to raise an endowment fund of 

 $50,000 for Acadia College. A committee, to 

 whom the subject was referred, approved the 

 establishment of an independent foreign mis- 

 sion. The Board of Missions was established 

 at St. Johns, N. B. At a meeting, held on the 

 20th of September, this board resolved that a 

 union of the energies of the Baptists of the 

 Dominion in the establishment of a Canada 

 Baptist Foreign Missionary Society was desira- 

 ble, and directed that a correspondence on that 

 subject be opened with the brethren in On- 

 tario. 



The autumnal meetings of the Baptist Union 

 of England were held at Northampton, Sep- 

 tember 25th to 28th. The sessions were de- 

 voted to discussions. The body took signifi- 

 cant action in condemnation of the proposition 

 to pay to ex-Governor Eyre, of Jamaica, money 

 to cover his legal expenses incurred in defend- 

 ing himself against the charges which arose 

 out of the insurrection of 1865. Strong reso- 

 lutions were also passed against the clauses of 

 the Elementary Education Act, which em- 

 power school boards to give religious instruc- 

 tion in rate-supported schools, and particularly 

 against the twenty-fifth clause, by which rates, 

 levied on the whole community, are applied to 



pay the fees of children attending sectarian 

 schools. The withdrawal of the grants from 

 sectarian schools was called for. Resolutions 

 were passed in favor of legislation for the 

 closing of the public-houses on Sundays, and 

 recommending the principle of permitting rate- 

 payers, by vote, to prohibit the sale of intox- 

 icating liquors in their respective districts. 

 The Baptist Missionary Society reports an in- 

 come of 39,339 Ss. 6d. Missions: India 

 missionaries, 38 ; native assistants, 155 ; mem- 

 bers, 2,500. China missionaries, 2; native 

 assistants, 4; churches, 3 ; members, 35. Cey- 

 lon missionaries, 3 ; churches, 15. Brittany 

 missionaries, 2 ; members, 46. Trinidad 

 missionary, 1 ; churches, 7 ; members, 371. 

 Bahamas missionaries, 3 ; members, 3,000. 

 Hayti, missionaries, 2. Africa, missionaries, 

 5 ; members, 120. Norway, missionaries, 4. 

 The Calabar institution in Jamaica prepares 

 students for the ministry, and school-masters. 



Conference of Continental Baptists. The 

 eighth triennial conference of baptized Chris- 

 tians in Germany, Denmark, Holland, Poland, 

 Switzerland, France, Russia, Turkey, and 

 Africa, was held in Hamburg, July 6th to 

 14th, 1870. One hundred and twenty delegates 

 and strangers were present, including visitors 

 from England, Scotland, Wales, Sweden, and 

 North America. Fourteen new churches ap- 

 plied to be received into the Conference. Calls 

 for aid were received from Austria, the Danu- 

 bian principalities, Russia, Africa, and Aus- 

 tralia. The report was made that the " Ger- 

 man Baptists " a missionary having been sta- 

 tioned in China have entered all quarters of 

 the globe. An animated discussion was held, 

 and carefully-prepared resolutions were passed, 

 on the duty of systematic giving. The begin- 

 ning was made for the accumulation of a church- 

 building fund. More than $1,000 were sub- 

 scribed toward paying the debt on the Ham- 

 burg chapel. The statistical reports for the 

 three years, 1867-'69 inclusive, showed 5,346 

 baptisms, and a total of members of 18,218, 

 giving a net increase of 2,704. 



II. FREE-WILL BAPTISTS. The Free-will 

 Baptist Register gives the following list of 

 associations of Free Christian Baptists of 

 America, which, in doctrine and polity, are 

 in almost exact agreement with the Free- 

 will Baptists: New Brunswick Conference; 

 members, 6,000. Nova Scotia Conference: 

 churches, 29 ; members, 2,940. Chattahoo- 

 chee United Baptist Association, Georgia: 

 churches, 13; members, 534. American Free- 

 will Baptist Association ; churches, 19 ; mem- 

 bers, 849. Tow River Association : churches, 

 17; members, 731. United Association, In- 

 diana : churches, 25 ; members, 1,480. Cen- 

 tral Illinois Association: churches, 7; mem- 

 bers, 319. Southern Illinois Association: 

 churches, 14; members, 676. Union Associ- 

 tion, Kentucky: churches, 14; members, 612. 

 Union Grove Association, statistics not known. 

 Cumberland Association, Kentucky: church- 



