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be <jxhansted, and the seminary would have to 

 be closed. A resolution was passed, express- 

 in^ the interest of the convention in the serai- 

 n.irv, and recommending efforts umong tho 

 |n'M|>lo to complete the endowment before the 

 end of 1876. Eight visitors were appointed to 

 attend tho Northern Baptist anniversaries to 

 be hold in Buffalo, N. Y. New Orleans was 

 appointed the place for the next meeting of 

 the convention. 



The twenty-seventh anniversary of the 

 American Bible Union was held in Brooklyn, 

 N. Y., November 16th. The report showed 

 that the expenditures for the year had been 

 $3,084.69, this sum including donations amount- 

 ing to $3,232.17. The whole amount had been 

 met by receipts during the same period. The 

 following books of the Old Testament were 

 revised and ready for the press, awaiting the 

 means to publish them : the books of Joshua, 

 Judges, Samuel, Kings, Chronicles, and Isaiah. 



II. FREE-WILL BAPTIST CHDROH. The fol- 

 lowing is a summary of the statistics of the 

 Free- Will Baptist Church, as they are given in 

 The Free - Will Baptist Register for 1877 : 



The number of licensed preachers is given at 

 126. The tables show an increase from the 

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preceding year of four quarterly meetings, 118 

 ministers, 2,628 members, and 65 churches. 

 The Register accompanies its statistical reports 

 with the statement that " there are a number 

 of associations of Baptists in America which, 

 in doctrine and polity, are in general agree- 

 ment with the Free- Will Baptists. No specific 

 reports have been received from these asso- 

 ciations, but, from the best information re- 

 ceived, the inference is that they number in 

 the aggregate not less than 25,000." At the 

 Free-Will Baptist Printing Establishment, Do- 

 ver, N. II., are published the Morning Star, 

 the weekly newspaper organ of the denomina- 

 tion; the Little Star and the Myrtle, semi- 

 monthly Sunday-school papers; Lessons for 

 Sunday-schools, and a variety of denomina- 

 tional books. Among the Benevolent Institu- 

 tions of the Free-Will Baptists, the Register 

 names the Foreign Mission Society, the Home 

 Mission Society, the Education Society, the Sab- 

 bath-School Union, the Temperance Society, 

 the Central Association, the Kansas Free-Will 

 Baptist Home Mission Society, the Free Bap- 

 tist Woman's Mission Society, and the New 

 Hampshire Charitable Society. The Register 

 gives the following list of Free-Will Baptist 

 literary institutions: Bates College, Lewiston, 

 Me., Rev. Oren B. Cheney, D. D., president, 

 and ten professors; Nicholas Latin School, 

 Lewiston, Me., four teachers; Hillsdale Col- 

 lege, Hillsdale, Mich., Rev. D. W. C. Durgin, 

 D. D., president, and eighteen professors and 

 instructors ; New Hampton Institution, New 

 Hampton, N. H., eight teachers ; Austin Acad- 

 emy, Centre Strafford, N. H. ; Lapham Insti- 

 tute, North Scituate, R. I., four teachers; 

 Whitestown Seminary, Whitestown, N. Y., 

 nine teachers ; Pike Seminary, Pike, Wyoming 

 County, N. Y., eight teachers ; At wood Insti- 

 tute, Albany, Athens County, Ohio ; West 

 Virginia College, Flemingtcn, West Va., Rev. 

 W. Colegrove, A. M., president, and four 

 teachers in the literary department ; Ridge- 

 ville College, Ridgeville Ind. ; Rochester Sem- 

 inary, Rochester, Wis. ; Wilton Collegiate In- 

 stitute, Wilton, Iowa, four teachers; Stover 

 College, Harper's Ferry, West Va., normal 

 and academic departments in operation, seven 

 teachers; Maine Central Institute, Pittsfield, 

 Me., six teachers ; Parsonsfield Seminary, North 

 Parsonsfield, Me. ; Green Mountain Seminary, 

 Waterbury Centre, Vt. ; Randall Academy, 

 Berlin Cross - Roads, Ohio ; Evansville Semi- 

 nary, Evansville, Wi-. ; Lyndon Literary and 

 Biblical Institution, Lyndon Centre, Vt. ; Wal- 

 sey College, Peach Grove, Tenn. 



The anniversaries of the Free-Will Baptist 

 Benevolent Societies were held in Saco, Me., 

 beginning October 9th. A plan was adopted 

 for retrenchment of the expenses of collecting 

 the funds for the several societies. It provided 

 that the Home Missionary, Foreign Missionary, 

 and Educational Societies should employ one 

 and the same agent for collecting funds. The 

 corresponding secretary of the Sunday-School 



