Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1853-1862, 1860-01-26


The usual annual sermon al the First Baptist
Church IN this city was delivered by the pastor, Dr.
HowEuL en- the LIST inst, and from extracts from It
published in the last number of the Bgptst haaa q
we gather the following statistical facts N relation
to the condition Of this church
Fs-Fron the Treasurer learn hat during ne year
the church has manifested mucp peeuniAfy AoslaAi-
w. For strictly church purposes, such e PASTOR
fhorster sexton furnaces, and otnef expenses you
have paid $500; for missions, at home ana abroad,
publications and other benevolent designs, you nave
paid S3000 For all other imposes y LIE elUIlll
as such and bv individuals, you nave pald Szy5UU
The SabbatA school has paid S2lI90 rlaking in an
S9,1l7.60
tle following facts derived from your seconds In
the white art of the church, since the first day Of
Jarrar,- $50 ~ have baptized y, received BY
letter ID and bv application Il, making an aggregate
addition Of %: dismissed BY letter 8, dead 4 and
43 have been expelled making oar aggregate loss
S. and showing a pei loss duling the year. q "
members In the colored part Of the church Is
have bepr baptizec and 3 received by letter-Inaz-
ing an aggregate addition OF ze-excluded q, and
dead taking from the number. and leaving net
iqeretee of - members. Taxing the whole church
together we have baptized 81, received By letter I6
and bv application H. making an addition 81 o.
dism-s by letter s, dead 3. end 4o expelled
making g. and leaving a net diminution Of mem
bers The whole number Of white members Is 2S4,
Of whom 80 are males, ana ls0 age Ieilales; the
whole number Of c0lored members is 20; SCI that
the number in this church to-day Is 509. Il viii be
remembered by some of you that on my return to
this city in July, 1851, two years and half ago the
whole number OF white members in tins church was
2O6 car number to-day is 284, which shows a net
addition since that time Of rs members. This, UNI
der tue circumstances, Is surely gratifying result
The Sunday school conducted By tbs church has
enjoyed during the year the same prosperity which
has characterized it for two years; the ast being
the most prosperous The average attendance Of
pupils for the year has been lsS Of oficgs
and Of teachers IS; males 8 females l0 the average
for the whole officers teachers and pupils has been
2l0. The contributions by the school. mostly by /
the pupils. have been two hundred and seventeen (
dollars and sixty cents. which sum has been eApend
ed by the school il clothing poor cdren Its annual
picnic and for other purposes The Sunday school Of
the coloredmlss under your clarge,ha beenmuch
mOreprosper0ns than ever before Its average attend
ance during the year has been about 100, If you put
these schools together. you find the average attend
ance $40. The col0red mission has also recently 4
purchased additional ground. and enlargedits house
of worship, and made it very much more spacious /
and convenient Stl the congregations are often SO I
great IN number that the house will not accommodate
tnem. Rich indeed has been the blessing of God 4
upon You during the whole year in all yoar 'NyOEks
of faith. and labOrs Of love-