New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1853-10-17
FREEwILL BAPTIST GENERAL CONFERENCE

Correspondence of The " Y Tribune.
FARPoRr. n L.. Thursday Oct. 6. 1888
The Freewil Bspt-,S branch Of the Baptist family
with which the popular mind is but slightly acguaiated
The Different gszeitee and other repositories OF STATISTICAL
information well the principal summaries Of relg
ious operatons and influence in the country almost
they ignore thoir existence The secular press seldom
refer 10 ihou 10 their operations or to their characters
uCseXctpt deprecstngly aud even the religious press
yery iurJqucutiy afford account of their doctrines
numbers or Efforts Amid sll the different from
which such information Is expected. there ia inmaon
that single literary theological institution In the land
Is under thor control
Ard yet they hayc existed in the country, and In
gained form, for seventy three years anil they now mum
Der some fifty Thousand communieans The have quito
large number OF literary institutions of higher grade
drrtho dircouon-Gmong them, college AZ Spring Arbor.
Michigan having President and Faculty, with respect
ahlo number OF students II Is 10 b. removed b.
Hlsdae in the same State and nearly $4,000 have al
ready been subscribed toward it, endowment They have
nlso a theological seminary al Whiestown N Y, which
has been in successful operation al that place for the last
nine years and The Morning Star arogiouspaper OF tho
largest class having weekly circulation OF ten or
twelve thousand copies. Daring the present year quar-.
ery review has been commenced, which has beea ngny
COmymentod by the public press, and has met with q
greater than was anticipated, even by Its origin
ators.
Tie General Conference of this denomination which
composed Of representatives, from oil paris OF the denom
nation and which assemblies treuniay, oommeuceda sos
sion yesterday in this place. There nearly sixty mem
bers in attendance being somewhat larger number than
usual and there Is the appearance OF eonsidersblo
amount of tall Mt among them Asr the usual ptelmlna
rice the Conference organized by tho selection OF tho
Rev w siraight Of this place as MODERATOR the Rev
Hosea Quinby Of Scituate z l., ana the Rev. b. d. Rich
OF Portland Me- Assistsn, Moderaors and tho Rev a
X Moulten, Of Lowell, Mass. and the Row. A. ID WI
liens of Puwtuckot X. l.. Assistant secretaries-the
Rev Slas Curtis, of Pseld, n III, being Standing Sec
rotary.
Hitherto this body Of Christians has maintained very
prominent ard advanced position among tho reforms aud
benevolent enterprises Of the day. soms time -iace.
delegation from the southern States pr"p"asd thu sennes
tiu Of large number Of commandments IN the south wan
the den. minaton bat refusing entirely TO relnqush the
suppor Of slavery lie proposition was not aeeedsd "
Three years seo Just eer the passage OF the Fugitive
Slave Law most earnest and indignant Repatriation OF
that enactment unanimously adopted by the General
Conference Most definite AMI distinct tho conyc'
ton which universally prevailed that whatever might DO
u consequencos 10 persons and property the law could
not and would not be obeyed Such, presume VIII DO
the spirit of the present Conference.
Concerning temperance, there IL ~ universal conyc
ton of the propreiy and necessity Of the Maine law Not
voice win be heard against it-not tongue but viii
most rtndy utter the earnest enthusiasm OF the heart in
It's favor Peek, Of Portland Of the main spirits Of
the movement In Maine ITSELF finds himself among kindred
spirits here The voice which he aud the noble Dor, and
Others have uttered In Maine In Massachusetts, In Rhode
leland and elsewhere will find than an echo here.
is anticipated that the present session Of the confer
ence will be than ordinarily Interesting some brief
account Of its proceedings may porhaps be forwarded
Tgsroa.