, 1876-05-20
TIE DAPTISTS,
Dn1T1su AND lRlBlI HOME MISSIONS

LoHdon TtHle2
Tho anniversary Of tho British and Irish Bop
ttst Uomo Mission WINS held at bloomsbury
Chapel Tuesday evening, Mr.. II. Ashwcll, Of
Nottingham, In the chuic. TWAS reported that,
In accordance with resolution passed at tho
last annual meeting inviting closer union 10
tween the county associations OF Baptist
churches and the mission, several Of these asso.
ciations lud appointed representatives OH tic
committee, md all had commended tho Society
to the cordial support Ut tue denomination.
The contrihutlonB exclusive Of lcgarics, amount
ol to Gl 800, or El30 more than lust year; the
lcgnccs wcro 4G0O against 81 400 at thc Issue Of
tho Inst report. The 6ocicty's work had stcadt-
ly progressed both In Great britain aud
Ireland. The converts baptized, or pro-
fcsslon OF faith, weru go. Sixty churches
were helped by tho Society, and of these
third had been founded by 1t, or ut least rcsusrl-
tated. Two Of these new churches have beer,
planted In England during the ycar-viz, ut
Tunbrldge Wells ind ut Dornc,noutll-and, with
others latcly furtncd, promised to be soou self
supporting. In Ireland, In spite Of thu bitter
opposition Of tho ltolnailists, especially In tho
Sontl. and West, the Society l'a1 1t tho present
t!ino 10 principal stations aud 40 sub-slations,
mostly III Wild and starBcly.pc0pled districts,
with M ayergo attendance u 5000, ubo1lt 1850
communicates, and 1,2UO Bnilay-scllonl gtl-
dre%. Last evening tho Baptist Tract Society
held its thirty:iifth annual laeeti'g ut Exeter
Hull. This hns bcun styled tic most pronounced
Of all tho UNCONVENTIONAL organizations, alnl
lnuy bc rcgardeas tho propagailda 0f tho body.
1tsnyowed object Is to circulate evangelical truth
md Baptist principles by means Of trnrts. Tho
ry the Rev. j. T. rscoe, read tic report 1t stated
tiat tllu Society's publications huvr now rcachel
7a9, Of whicl, bA aru tracts, 135 landbIlls, ~
books for children, u,a ~ aro published In tho
t,It,
ON CoMnun!on," make mp the number. OF
tcsc there hull been printed Of tracts an! hand
bills, up q the lst ot Dercsnbcr, 1911 IA many
y lo,btS, ,ol9, comprising 4sW7 llo pages: u
!,llls, 1,ot7 go copies, conpristn4 ,a5 100 lagea.
Tho grnnta during thu ytur hll rcartIrtl itI7i
IN tFucts, representing l,0il ,S5 OF tho brtety's
Issue, besides Etoi voted In cash. Tie extracts
tn the operstions Of tho Society In various parts
uf the world. Tly auxilartcs at MntsDs aud
Colombo wore both making progress, aad
circulated Conversions wcrc reported In Ceylon
a,ld In other parts DS nur Indian Empire. Tho
regent opening u tho baptist Chapel at Rome
lends special Interest to tlG SoglctY's operations
Journal Tor i.omc, a,lt,, without giving pledge
lu reference to the psU1crt, the Committee have
voted him 4+.u TO alA IN I'LL general work, of
III ts!t otslHt Ivy ok"tlDt%lut AAe
been set tn work by Signor o. Coeorta, and
large distribution OF sotlu thousands of tracts
aud leaflets hns already been lnae in tho streets
Of Ro,ne. Besides that, q monthly Haptist
magazine, entitled y St"lNasy,s t.lG ,., s.oweEA
Rev. L. Clarke, of Bpcxl:I, who attended, and
toolt pa5s In The n,eet'nE ls been actiysly at
tl,u wcll-knuwn lIaptlst prnpagu1ultst q. thy
Continent, tho Ksy. J. q. onvksn, TO @ llollAna q!
Klocltcra represented that country ut tho
meeting. Ii Norway mue'! popular rcit|g,
baptist tracts and tic Socicty's agent, the Ruy.
e. llugpcH, writes thnt thu national clergy un.l
their Aocks have been worked up Into in tn
dcscdbablo statc Of fermentation by tho strange
lsaycn. At home tho bocicty's trasts haye been
distributed from tho "eyangelixug sarM e.
London ald tts nsighborloul, but also throdgl!-
~ 9as England, sylcs, Southland atd lrelull:
Tho closing session 1t tho baptist Union Of
g Great ntta!n aud IEuland WIS hold yesterday
morning nor Il Walworth Road Chapel, taa Prssl-
hllatnasA FOX tho most part followed tbs liaes