, 1875-12-27
Precepts and Advice for Tho Christmas
Season Drawn from That
Text.
Discourse on Waiting for tho Lords
Salvation, by tho Rev. J.
Monro Gibson.
Tho beginning of Prof. SWINGS Regular
Ministrations to the Central
Church.


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SERMON nj TIE AEy. D, u. CHENEY, D, D,
In tho Fourth Baptist Church, corner OF p.u-
Ina and West Washington atrcots, tho Doy, b,
D. Clouoy, b. D., Yesterday preached \ sermon
on "The Bapttsts o Hundred Years Ago s taking
~ his to1t:
but will remember the ycsr4 Of ths right hand Of
me Mos' uign.-rsat"" 1xrtt. 10. .....
NO ste uron LUG GRE ot Ihe tentean'al 5eaf OF
ou1 na.'onnl ois'oty' oal."8 snas SeaF tue poo
plo OF Iola 'Ana VIII oonos'oss 90 leu 10 fef1ew
t1o paa1 from almoas o'efs pos1iole posat OF oo-
nef'auoo II suoec soy'eHa aoa1l osoa!ly teeoB-
n'ze INC nlau 0, sne l'ofo III !ats aoahaBs WILD
ns' anu aoa'' 'eaa III 90 peopso IN mo future TO
lo!o ana uuas Aln'' saoy WILL not Do maoe ID
'alo. ..,.
Inc denomination OF thffeslahh TO "h'ch va
belong have special reasona toSevfew tho pnst
With grattudo aud thanksgiving to God. And
lin ,,ses tn wh,rh onr roone nrnonse IN mi t.o
cn,t.n,,.I ,o.. VII, aa,,r.I,s .as .,r,ns.
necessarily. load to Uuch roView. And II this re-
riow is n.ada In tho tluo episit OF Christian
catholicty and charity, 1t Will do our ,nioisto.s
and ohrrehes mod. # will esrvo h nat. then,
s.'.AN..a ~ ~ no1'o ~ "eAo 1asu'
1afnllas Win tneir o"n hlstoFy = oafiatiah
poopio, mud will show what God has wrought In
our bohatf. Tho roview Of century will reveal
to Us "years Of tho right hand Of the Most
I1,o,, !" x,cb "a sto,,d sr,tsf,,,lv na.n,ho.
-! a3.kn' "n'n W. snou'u stA'p'u'ty 'eo'etnuos'
80 nueo te''e"' ~ of'e,. ln'!ts 5ou sn1s
morning, aud announce az tho subject OF this
DISCOURSE "Tho Daptista Hundred Years ago
and Eov.n
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,.1.. 'q W. ~e Aeso0sou'a ~ a4S unoo. 145
hln1slsy, hasnlT hooo soy that us no rart OF
my Purpoao to spenk word unknlty or un-
charitab1y OF Christian btothren Ut othor ,natnes
tTh.,..t .s,,;a. ~ ~. a. ~, ~, .s.so.' ~
Anoakn fo'ie" VI tu' pas1 VIVA unnecessarily r.
coll tho prosecutions to which our fathors'"e:o
subjected, yot let 1t DO distinctly atatcd that l,o
Christians OF to-day, Of Hhateyor name, a,e in
m aonao re.rone;hio sor thon, s,d s,,,,.,
-. os" 'snpon''n'' ~. 'aou4' euu' tufta0''
tu.s oa. u,osu'oa VI utues oon'n'an1ons no" a.
esnphatcally condemn these Porsecuttous aa We do
ourselves. With these distinct stAtenanta before
YOU. 1 shall not bo misunderstood or mIsfnter-
;n,reted. thot,uh nnv snnnk niainlT mil frs"iy ~
our own people. t wish 10 huld up bafore you
some points Of comparison or contrast besveou
from these to Learn some practiusi lossona.
FIysi-Aui frst W. viii lonk At fhn stststIc,
Of tho tno periods. Our denomina ationsi rac.
ordn were 90 nooriy kept in p1e-ReyolutionsIy
condition q huudred yesrp AGO. Iaai. 6oweyer.
fkis rccord thst In 1f7O tharo w.re seysnty.scycn
Dsptlst cburchca in the Colonies Va miisr nok
hoxovor, naaoclate thcso churches ia sospoct to
nil y 11JF nj y fNf1t oh
Tbsv sere for he mail nol ontqev
small bodies Of disciples, With only small A..
greRate number Of members. Those who haYo
carafui}y oxaminel tho euhioct hsyo yariouav
estlmated Tho pur,rer Of Tsntists in the Gaia.
nIcs 10 I77S. from Is. 900 to 25 &C., Fran 117Hto
1854 our clurchsg Increased from soyonty.ssyen
to i'll Or moro thnn slx-foll This groat Increase
In tho number Of tho churchea folIowod tbn clogn
of the Royolut[onary War. whan many Of o,,r
brethren enigrsted to what veFo then tho new
nortinna ~ I'm ronofru ~ rrntn ~ fhs hswsotvo.
md sLelr famtlies homes 10 the wijIarns.a'
These otnicrants for1ned themselves into nav
chnrcbsn. 40 Ihat thsro wna nrabahlv n" .nn,,
incrnaae In mombata A thu incroasa 1T Ihe
ehurchos would imply. In th.s year. 1854, We
thore woro then 35, ,l0i Hsptsts in lha nonntrv'
This vou ohsarvo ~. oriv ntns.v.n,s s.u,y. na.3:
ny0. TaAfnr tfaEa facts intf TIA ansnunt as nm
ID nrobabIy = isrro eetim.te n ouT nnmrricsG
sIeneth juiv /. i770s FstimatinT Ina nnnnjss
I'm thsn Il t1o ma t,is ns IL gpvt popo,. ~
mn nantist In cynrv ion ~ tha nonn"i, tIo, ~
Hayn We hotd this porcnntauo5 1inr non.
ulatioa las grown with An amazInr rsnd.tv rsnd
now e,nbracos vast nurnbers of Cntholins, rsttons
siista and infldnln Win .na tn = vraat liant -
vnnd onr reanI,s H.Vn H. Hsnffsts ernun t.,
coEresnnudinc dserec or hays se 1ost oround7 ;
i NV .tatsnonts oY an nnnhe," ~ 33;Ta1a,t
narind. ~ ths ocntur. .,iiI he,a ,s ~ -. 3..s
some nstimste Of our nroornsa, II th"s. a,s,a.
msn,s anil tho hundreds snn fracttnns ri h,".
drodg. simply giving yo1 tho round nt,mhors in
iHfS M IN, IN ina sal ma i, 1s4H IL ~. -,
In ls5i. 77oo0o, ID ls;0. 1oia o1iI n G''E' SS14
~ osi; !h.t . Jas ~ W. =" - 1oao ss
,,s"r. ~, soc aso ns,,i.+ r. ot,,1a soaay
tha Ifnitsd Etst.s Tstims+ing n,,r rnn,i.tt TX,
st a. mn nm tn;s womId oiya =. ona n. rtis. -
sx.r % "a =, tnn n,. moan ka 20 ~" .1paa. 10
Eo nanafGo year geafs 20 Inla sao"s !nas onr
th %L, 'eaa ~ Iasa so 'a!ko' ~