Vermont telegraph. [volume] (Brandon [Vt.]) 1828-1843, 1836-07-14
From the Christian Waterman
GENERAL CONFERENCE OF
MAINE
Yours afectionately,
/ WAsHBURN.

tuesday the 2lst ult. This Conference,
IN its object, corresponds very exactly
to Baptist State Convention. The Ban
gor Seminary, Peace, Temperance, Sab
bath Schools, distribution of religious
Tracts, Ministerial Education Home Mis-
sions and Foreign Missions, were subjects
whose claims were discussed before the
Conference. We make the following ex-
tract from the Maine Branch lthe Amer
lean Education Society:
The society which now holds lis ami
versary was organized in its present form
IN November 1918 For many years,
though all were assisted Of suitable quail
fcations that sought its assistance, its ben
ehciaries were verv few Within FIVE
years past the number has been much in
creased. The whole number assisted,
since its organization, has been $50
Nearly so Of these are now engaged in
the blessed work of preaching the gospel,
II Of them are pastors Of churches in this
State, others in other parts Of New-Eng-
land, in New York, in Ohio, two are eln-
ployed in the instruction Of youth, one is
supposed to be a missionary among the
heather, and several are licrntiutes ready
to labor where God in his Providence
may call them.
During the last year 81 have Teen as
sisted, Of whom 81 are still benc6ciaries
OF these 27 are in the Theological Semi
nary at Bangor; % in BOwdoin and Wa
tcrville Colleges; Is are preparing for
College, and 9 ore in the Classical School
ut Bangor, who do not expect 10 pursue a
collegiate course During the year 25
new applicants have been received 10 in
the first stage Of their education :; in the
second and in the third Our beneficial
RIGS are Of four different denominations !;
and though the number has been very con-
siderably larger than in any preceding
year, your Directors have not been sub
jected to the painful necessity Of discon-
tinuing their appropriations to any Of
them, either on account Of misconduct, or
for want of n respectable rank in point of
scholarship"
DR. Cogswell, Secretary Of the parent
society, With others, addressed the meet
ing. In the course OF his remarks Or
Cogswetl gave the following statistical in
formation concerning the operations Of the
parent society:
The American Education Society was
formed nearly 81 years ago, and its results
have been great and glorious, It's receipts
the first year were S5,7l4, the last $63,
227 The whole amount collected since
its commencement, is S575,l44. A great
er sum has been received the last five
wears than was received the fifteen prece-
ding years.
The society has assisted in all 2495
Young men in a course Of preparation for
the ministry. The number aided the frs,
year was 7 the last lO4O. OF these, 223
were in II Theological Summaries
in 50 Colleges; and 80 in lO7 acade-
mics and public schools,
Ofthosc who have been aided, 800 have
entered the ministry who still live and Ia,
Dor for Jesus Christ; so Of them are for.
eign missionaries, and between 800 and
400 are home missionaries. Between &C
and 20 Of them are settled in Massachu
sets, and 10 are located in the CITY of Bos-
ton. A large number ofthcm have theil
fields of labor in the State OF Maine.
The sum refunded bysshe bene6c .arie,
is sls,443. During the last ten year,
h6yEhaye earned by labor and school
keeping 1856 1875; the last year s33
500"
The American Education Society h.!
under IT'S patronage a considerable number
OF b1PtlSt young men, several Of whom
are from the New-England States. Tha
society IS able and would doubtless be viii
ling to educate every Baptist young maj
in the country. This it might do consis
tently with that provision in its constiu
ton specifying young men Of all evanCel
ical denominations, as the subjects Of it!
beneiactiOns. This it might do, also, con
sistentIy with its interests as Presbyteri
an or Congregational Education Society
the two denominations, to which thes
great divisions Of the Society appropriate
Iy belong; tint is to say. the interests Q
those two denominations would undoubl
eddy be better promoted BY educating. W
on the principles Of the American Educa
ton Society, all the Baptist young men i
the country, than by having thei
young men educated by organization
formed upon similar principles in tn
Baptist denomination. Now we hav
this question 70 propose TO all whom it ma
concem-call it what you please, wheth
er question in finance, q question in pc
lticai economy, or n question in e:hics-
Would the interests Of the Baptisi denom
ination b subserved by committing thi
work 70 tho American Education Society