B LPTOT& 



veto bill (of the amle of in- 



- ' ' .... :. 

 x*i*r* and Mibmil to the 



*ubmil to the 







uta reply to his wcrni invitation to Bnf- 



CSferfctJaas to return to the Church of Rome, 



UM autumnal asBetably of UM Union was 



. , " : .,:- ^ :. . . :, - r .'.I 



Iftt ttnejriofj of Qntbuitaiain ami n-nni..n which 

 h*l\e*n much .liscuesed A n-ply, in 

 fona of an addra* to the 



I 



-. - l-aj-eJ court inviting a re- 



tavato th* Cntbolfc fold. In it the -.o,-:. 



I that a could not ado|>t the position "that 

 unitv of opinion is an indispensable 

 of Christian Mlow^np or intercom. 

 with the Roman Church is 

 TOMOTII nmpmmnmm by the maintenance of be- 

 UafiMMlpnieUoaswl 



the flnt principle* of Christ We, in com,,, on 

 with a vast majority of English ( 'hrist ians, are 

 under the solemnly pronounced anathct- 



i Church because we deny the follow- 



much duruawl. A n-ply, in the 



i addrve* to the Rnflbh people, was 



UM encyclical which had been pro- 



.iil court inviting a re- 



dofma divinely revealed that the 

 en be speak* AJ/ AWrd, is pos- 



..-. . : : 



tfans of the Roman pontiff are irreformable. 1 

 /f-4* I'^MMJI dniiril 



-1 That the Apostle Peter was 'sppointed the 

 pftoee of all the sfostles and the visible head of the 

 whole Chwch ndfitant'; and -that the Roman pon- 

 tUf b the eneeeanr of bleswd Peter in this primacy.' 

 -flU. 



- a That the Vbfia Mary and other saints are our 

 in heaven, and that it is good and useful 

 to invoke them.' /torw oftk* Oo**cil 



\ That'hooor and veneration 'are to be given to 

 iaajni of Christ, of t' 

 aatnav* ahw to relie* of .ainu.'- ibid. 



k That there is .npniorj, and that the nouls 

 ar. helped by the .uflrage. of the faith- 



C That Christ 



t Chrte instituted an order of sacrificing 



: n,. h iJU? > - 1 - < "^ bl< ^ > -' MA 



fChH^aodss 



sta 



are otfbred to Ood. 7J* 



that eaeraoMntal eoi 

 7 Chrt*.-/**. 



^nttnfindul^neeswM 

 to salvation, and 



/W 



awanne wm maoe in this addreai to the 

 ftttetmllfttcr of UM Archbianop of Canterbury 

 ajd rroeveil asmraiice of brntherlr love was 

 made to all reformed Churche. in English^peak- 

 -Tb* tddreaiUMn direSedlSSfto 

 io not glory in the 

 the finite and de- 

 the Church and it, fail- 

 to reach the divine ideal, which WM. how- 

 *ofht more ardently and with more ^fi- 

 nite conceptions of ita worth and world-wide 



S??L S U "y ^ U ^ " : wd. con- 



f inrit*- mrn to judge and condemn 



our defect*, bat we entreat them not to spurn 



the ideal because too sublime for present nttain- 

 <r because it has been travestied by un- 

 \ iiiMiiiitimis in thr |.a-. In tin- greater 

 n ..f iN-li.-f all C|iri>liuns, iiu-luding the 

 Romanist*, are agreH ; \v <lttr-r in things sup- 

 plementary." The assembly apjiiovr.l the work 

 accomplished 4>y school boards since 1870, and 

 demanded that the school board system be ex- 

 tended to every part of the count r\ . ami a board 

 school be pU< v.l within easy and reasonabl. ,lis- 

 tanoenf i-vi-ry family; renewed its pr 

 denominational tenoning ami .-s; de- 



i that all pulilir Icnn-ntary schools be 

 iilac<Ml umlrr tin- inaiiap-inrnt of boards . |,-ct. ,1 



|KH>plo; and in>tructrd tin- munril i.f tlm 

 Union to c(M)j>crate with other rrpn-si-ntativc 

 unions and confm-nccs in tin- format imi of a 

 national vigilance coinmittcc for tin- mainte- 

 nance of the rights of nonconformists. Th* as- 

 M-moly's protest against all establishments of re- 

 ligion by the state was renewed. The system of 

 local oj-ti'.n for tin* control of the traffic in in- 

 toxicating drinks was approved. An appeal was 

 made at the meeting of the Missionary Society 

 for an additional income ..f 10,000, simply to 

 maintain present operations in foreign missions, 

 leaving n-enforeements out of tin- nllestion. 



i:.i|.ti-t >li^ionar\ Society. The one hun- 

 dred and third annual meeting of the Baptist 

 Missionary S.M-iety was held in lx>ndon, May 18. 

 The report showed that the total receipts on 

 general account hud been 60,000, or i 

 m- -re than in 1 s ( .:}, and the expenditures hn 

 68,753, showing a decrease of 1,868. The so- 

 ciety's debt hud rien from I'll .'2,860. 

 The unappropriated balance of the (Vn 

 fund would reduce this figure to i'?.< >"><'. t hat fund 

 having now produced 118,717. The churches 

 were reminded that without an increase of 

 0,000 in the ordinary income a further heavy 

 debt would be incurred. I-'rom the mission 

 fields were returned: India. 7? Kuropean and 

 native missionaries at 178 stations, 0.11."i chil- 

 dren in the day schools under 221 native < hris- 



ichers, and 5,313 pupils and 813 teachers 

 iu Sunday schools: China. 21 missionan- 

 58 native evangelists at 188 stations in Shan- 

 Tung, Shensi, and Shansi, with 21,92 patients 

 treated by the medical mi-sionaries at Taing- 

 Choo-Poo and Chou-Ping; Congo Free State, 27 

 missionaries, with the native churches entirely 

 supporting native evaii-el 

 hamas, San Domingo, Turks and Calcas Islands, 

 and Trinidad). 3 missionaries and 136 evangel- 

 ist*, besides 8 missionaries at the Calabar Col- 

 lege, Jamaica; Brittany. 1 missionary and .'* 

 evangelists; Italy. 6 missionaries and 14 evan- 

 gelists; and Nablous. Pale-tine. 1 mis-i.nary. 



Other Knjrlixh Societies. Tl 

 Tract and Book Society had made 

 300.000 tracts for use in England and the colo- 

 nies during the vear. A new departure had been 

 .n the publication of the work* of eminent 

 American writers. A new set of rules was 



1 at the annual meeting, in order, with- 

 ling the views of the founders, who 



alrinistic and strict communion lia: 

 to secure the support of all Baptists. The in- 

 come* ' inal capital of 700, and such 



uoneys as mav be expressly given for the 

 purpose, are to be devoted to the promotion of 



