1801 Roswell Smith Ministers. The three last churches formerly belonged to the Richmond Association, and this was their state in 1810. In 1809, there were in this State 25 churches By information from correspondents there Sum total of Ministers 119, Members 1500 9719 CHURCHES WHICH HOLD TO WEEKLY COMMUNION, AND COMMUNE WITH NO OTHERS. From the many observations I have made on the spread of Baptist principles, I am inclined to think, that without counting that class in Massachusetts and Connecticut, who bang to the denomination merely by certificates, we may reckon seven adherents, to one communicant. Upon this mode of calculation, the number of adherents will amount to 1,433,915, which, added to the communicants, will make the sum total of the Baptist denomination in America, 1,638,760; that is, more than one fifth of the whole population of the United States and Territories. ADVERTISEMENT. IT is hoped that the increased size of this work, will be a sufficient apology to the subscribers, for the delay of its publication. The letters, and, some other articles in the first part of both volumes, would have been printed on small type, had it been expected the pages would have swelled so much beyond the number first proposed. Many parts of the composition the writer would have been glad to have retouched; many accounts might have been made shorter, could he have had more time to prepare them; and some repetitions might have been avoided, could he have reviewed the whole work before any of it was printed, and not been obliged to pass rapidly from one volume and article to another, to supply two presses with copy. Should any mistakes of importance be discovered, in the numerous accounts which he has collected with so much labour and care, he will esteem it a favour to be informed of them. And should any statements, of matters of a disputable nature, be proved to be incorrect, it will be his duty and pleasure to correct them, should another edition be called for in his day; as his design throughout has been to pursue the plain road of narration, and not the thorny one of controversy. Three years from this date, that is, in the beginning of 1817, should the author's life be continued, he proposes to publish separately, a second table of Associations and Churches, at which time, and indeed annually the intervening time, he desires to have forwarded to him the Minutes of all Associations which are now in being, or which may hereafter arise. Since the account of the India Mission was printed, Mr. RICE, whose name is there mentioned, has returned to America, to solicit the aid of the Baptists in this country, towards the arduous and benevolent design of propagating the gospel in India. Mr. JUDSON is now on the field of missionary labour, to which Mr. RICE proposes soon to return. Before his arrival, Societies for Foreign Missions had been formed in Boston, Salem, Haverhill, and Providence. Since that event, similar Societies have been organized in New-York, Philadelphia, Washington and Baltimore, Richmond, Charleston, Savannah, and some other places. Mr. RICE has travelled through the States; has met with much encouragement in his designs; has collected about a thousand dollars, exclusive of what Societies have raised; and a promising prospect presents itself, that liberal means will soon be provided for sending Baptist Missionaries from Columbia's favoured shores to India's benighted realms. INDEX. Delaware. Welsh Tract, p. 4. Brynzion, 8. Wilmington, 9. Maryland. General Baptist church, 12. Hartford church, 15. Baltimore, Virginia. First company of Baptists in it, 23-25. Second company-Reg- The question, Is salvation by Christ made possible for every individual, &c. The General Committee formed, 58. Regulars and Separates unite, 62. A brief account of the ecclesiastical establishment in Virginia, 64. John Blair, the deputy-governor's letter in favour of the Baptists, 66. Many Ministers' salaries and fines paid in tobacco. Severe law against the Qua- Struggles to overthrow the ecclesiastical establishment, begin, 82. The busi- A brief account of the Associations in Virginia, 86-88. Great Revival, 90. North-Carolina. General Baptists settle in it, 98. Gapo, Miller, and Van- F -'s buck load, 161. General Baptists, 161. Letter from Mr. Lilly, giving an account of a great revival, 165. Georgia. The Kioka church founded by Daniel Marshall, 173. Mr. Whitefield speaks unadvisedly against the Baptists, 180. Mr. Stirk and wife, 183. Savannah church, 185. A number of African churches in Georgia and the West-Indics. George Observations on slavery, and anecdotes respecting slaves, 207--213. Kentucky. Account of its settlement, 227. Elkhorn Association has aston- Some account of the Great Revival in Kentucky, Last Will and Testament of Biographical Sketches. John Asplund, 266. Isaac Bachus, 267. Elijah |