New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1861-06-01
AMERICAN BAPTIST HOME MISSIONER
SOCIETY,"

Yesterday, a general meeting Of the American BsF
list Home Missionary Society was held in the Fins
Baptis, Church, Nassau street, Brooklyn, the Rev. C.
II. TRACY of n. II. presiding.
The Rev. Mr.. CONRAD of Wisconsin gave long md
interesting history of his efforts and successes 10 The
, Western country for series Of years. He had
preached in bar-rooms sttingrooms, barDs and otbei
places, where the people "beard him gladly. At tie
present time the members of the Baptist Churches IN
the West frequently remarked that DOW there Were "
sush ines 10 they sed TO have when the gospel wa
preached in their barrooms, sittiug-rooms, &c TAes
thew exnerienced toe religion OF the heart bat now
was all fashion, in handsome ehurches Hisstat~~enss
set forth the peculiar cha racer Of Western pioDeea
life and the Disadvantages attendant on the new ee-
tlements where there were no religious exercises.
Sabbsth-schools Lad been established, and they had
proved to i've the harbingers OF better things HefoS
that where q Sabbath-school bad been commenced,
there the work of the Lord had begun and ere long
church would rise up.
The Rev. Mr.. GALE of Minnesota formerly Of Mes
achusets bad been for three years the exploring mis-
sionary of tie Home -ionary Society. During The
lat two wears aud bali be had Travelled rome 400c
uiea The New-Engand element predominates
Throughout. Miune-ots. In great many OF the towns
In ha, State old men are very scarce 60 much So ,hca
were IN old man pass through, almost the whols
town would turn out To see him. Tney are mostly
Young q oole Ttey are marked Tor their individual
w He also made some Interesting statements In rel
erence to the regio growth ofiha: State. The Bap
tist body had been very prosperous They had collect
ed very rcspec able faithful congregations had or
ganized churches, which il turn had organized
associations, and now the work was going N
in IL manner highly satisfactory Extensive rsvivsls
of Egion had taken zee IN all the churches belong
ing TO that body In three years be had organized hy
different churches. ln December is49 The llrst Bap
,is, Church 10 Wisconsin organized; now there
are lO5 churches thrvu. bout tue State Many
Of the new churches were sen-sustaining,
most of them ond have beep bat for the present
Tic creates, dificuies which had TO DO encountered
were from npostaie Bapts who could not lie AT peses
in their own Churches in The East, aud went Wes
where they we've still disturbers OF the peace and
hlnderers OF the Gospel "a regards the ministry they
needed men Of pastoral experience. ni0.ster who
could bee westernized IN tnat region, was snre
TO 70 back. Large numbers OF Baptiss W mao ooes
sent from the Eat with copsumpive constitutions ana
soreAthroas, FOR Minnesota had become z, IN Ing
pce hayipv recovered they get hold OF them ana see
them to work Many OF these had been orue'ned' aos
were preaching with great success. inere were
large number of Germans ana Sweoes wig Were Es.y
etcien, In the work ofhe Gospel OF the LTD ch.rchcs
referred To- only II belonged to them One chaNsa
was bu one morning before breakfast. Some churches
are bu in week, costing about $50. and they we's
now building some s wns sbou TSu Loan the cSursb IN
Minnesota g., co., they would be enabled to build ID
houses OF worship.
The Rev. Dr. Hill said that was just what the So
ciety wanted TO do Il the people wonld enable Them
The Rev Mr.. SIMMONS Of Indianapolis identified
the importance Of tie aid tenoered by the Society TO
the charch Of which be was pa-tor. AT Indianapolis,
the Presbyter,ns have five self-supporng churches,
the Methodi-ts have FIVE selfsupporting churrhss,
while the Bapists have but one, and even tbs would
moi have been ia existence but for the assistance VI
the MISSIONARY Soci ~ Westinghouse were needed.
The Rev. Dr. HILL said that, Ia order TO ala Tho
brethren +; the West 10 build their churches, they bad
started dollar susscription which he hoped would
10 encouraged by every Baptist.
Several other short addresses were made, and sew.
era gentlemen pledged themselves to pay 600 each to-
ward raising 81 20 an independent fund for the aid
of the feeble churches.
The meeting then adjourned.
The American Baptist Bible Union meets at ~
Rev. DR.. usgues Church to-day, u 10 clock.