RECEIVED.-J. F. E.-S. S. W.--G. C. B.-G. H. B.-T. S. W.-G. R -W. C. E.-R. B. L.-W. H. B.-T. N. L.-S. C. H.-J. O. C.-J. B. -T. T. P.-J. J. O.—H. K. B.—T. L. W.-J. A. C.—A. N. S.-T. F —J. J. C.-M. M. B.—J, D. W.-W. 4. B.-E. G. L.-J. A. S.-T. E. -T. H. G.-S. N. Q.—J. S. K. S.-R. W. O.-S. H.S.-H. W. S.-A. S. —P. A. C.-J. G. A.-J. C. H.-G. D. K.-E. C. L.-T. M. C.-T. B. —R. E. L.-C. H. S.—M. F. K.-C. S. B.-W. W. L.-J. O. N.-T. H. -C. S. L. -C. G. L.—R. S. E.-T. S. W.-S. C. B.-J. H. L. S.-W. L - BOOKS AND PAMPHLETS RECEIVED.-Maclean's Miscellaneous Works in -Mills's Sacred Symbology-The Examiner-Venice: Past and Present-T of Spain, and other Countries-The Greek and Eastern Churches-Water f spring-Memoir of the Rev. John Chin-All are Living, a discourse-Jul British and Foreign Bible Society-The Chester Conference. Books for RevIEW to be forwarded to the London Publishers, or MR. WI SARIES.-We have receive ports, and shall proceed analysis of them and others convenience. J. J. C.-We have no recollection of refusing | RELIGIOUS AND PHILANTHROP your letter. You are quite correct in supposing that we usually refuse unpaid letters. But even these we always examine, and if we know the handwriting, as we should have known yours, we do not refuse them, presuming, in such cases, that there has been some accident or mistake. "BIRTHS."-E. C. is respectf that on referring to our col find that we never insert th Advertisements and Post Office Orders to be sent to Joseph F. Winks, Lei 21st of the preceding month. Insertions must reach Leicester by the 24th. THIS DAY IS PUBLISHED, PART I. OF THE CHEAP RE-ISS OF THE BOYS OF THE BIB Early Orders must be given for the First Ed London: Simpkin, Marshall, & Co Leicester: Printed & Published by J. F. THE APTIST REPORTER. JUNE, 1853. ANNIVERSARIES OF BAPTIST SOCIETIES-1853. many years after their formation, nnual Meetings of the friends se institutions were held a few later in the season, and after eater part of what are called the Meetings" of Religious and -olent Societies had been held. plan was not found to work well, uch as it left the baptists with ed numbers, wearied attention, nly the fragments of liberality. events, whether these were the s of the change or not, it was ed by them expedient to hold meetings during the last week in ■ and, therefore, of course, before isual" May Meetings" comed. And, as the Baptist Mission ne of the first of those noble inions for sending the Gospel to the en which sprung into existence at lose of the last century, they felt selves entitled to secure the ion they have recently occupied. at they could not so easily secure her almost necessary qualification Dod meetings-viz., fine weather; April is proverbial in England Es clouds and showers. This year weather was very unfavourable. -ut without further remark, we proceed to give, as far as our limited space this year will allow, We take of the various Societies. them in the order of the dates of meeting. HANSERD KNOLLY'S SOCIETY. The Annual Meeting was held at the Mission House, Moorgate Street, on Thursday, April 21, Charles Jones, Esq., the Treasurer, in the chair. It appears that the main question under consideration was the completion of the present series of publications, which was at length resolved upon. a declared balance in There was favour, of £24 4s. 10 d. BAPTIST UNION. The forty-first Annual Session was held at the Mission House, Moorgate Street, on Friday, April 22. After devotional services, Mr. J. H. Hinton, the secretary, stated that Dr. Steane, the appointed writer, had not been able, through engagements with the Evangelical Alliance, in consequence of the illness of one of the secretaries, to prepare an address. Mr. James Webb, of Ipswich, was then called upon to act as chairman, who expressed his deep interest in the welfare of the Union. Mr. Hinton then brought up the annual Report. importance to baptists on the Conti- | on the Report, b nent, and to the proposed Govern- open-air preaching ment plan of Education at home, a been rather an ap balance of a few pounds, for the first it at all, than an time since the formation of the Union, of its necessity was stated to be in the hands of the Whitefield, he said, Treasurer. open-air, but Wes the class-room. I the open-air if the do, and men attend bless his own word of emigration and i future of nations, M at home and happy we non-conformists World to work in b be done to our princ which the unhallow Church with the civ exist. In this la dissenter had not recommended, and now we had facilities the agents of the So and then assemble position for confere Mr. S. Manning, o other matters, referr of such writers as against christian effo the heathen abroad, many heathen at hon bare calumny, for th ported the missions very men who, above liberal and zealous Gospel at home. would not be spread ing churches or cha will not come into t are builded. We mu they will not come science, it will not taught the Greeks no but left them sinking of voluptuousness and which the apostles four land's free Bible will their guilt and ruin. Todd, of Salisbury, ga thrusts in a certain quote a paragraph. The discussion on Education elicited some excellent remarks on the various schemes from Mr. Hinton, and Mr. J. Davis said, it would be far better to take off the remaining taxes on the necessaries of life, in order that the poorer classes might pay for the education of their own children, than levy new taxes in the shape of school rates. In our opinion Mr. D. has hit the mark. We believe that the poverty of the poor is, and has been, and will be, the great obstacle. Remove it, and the people will gladly pay for education. A deputation of three was appointed to the coming Conference of the Antistate Church Association; and the usual officers were appointed. On Monday evening, April 25, the annual public meeting was held in Albion Chapel, Moorfields, Sir Geo. Goodman, M.P. for Leeds, in the chair. Mr. S. J. Davis, the secretary, read the Report, which stated that during the past year, in connection with the Mission Churches, 440 members had been added, the whole number being 4,317, with 100 sabbath schools, 1069 teachers, and 7,302 scholars. Open-air preaching was conducted during the summer months, and visits were made in winter. Popery, Puseyism, Infidelity or Mormonism, were represented as exerting an evil influence in various parts of the country. Mr. Bousfield, the Treasurer, stated that the expenses had been £4,443 Os. 7d., and there was at this time a deficiency of £440. 10s. 3d. The Chairman then addressed the assembly, bearing his warm testimony to the value of such labours in our own land to diffuse the knowledge of the Gospel. Mr. Aldis then spoke "Nor have we be honest and out-spoken that system of State ecclesias- | linked with politicians in upholding the assumptions and arrogance systems of political injustice, and ch are an offence alike to good keeping back from the sons of toil ng, to common sense, and to the their birthrights as men. In common of christian charity,-a system trade phrase, 'tis said, that we are just rumpeted forth to the world as thorough-going cheats as the restbulwark of christianity and the that religionists are all bad alike— of our land, but which is now that we are secretly combined to hoax - and felt to be a grand impedi- the public, and victimise the poor man to important social and politi- of his pence and his position-and forms, an effective stronghold that we positively have an actual, erstition and spurious faith, and though unavowed, connexion with hty barrier to the diffusion of the shops on the other side of the gent and pure christianity, way.' ally in the rural parts of the y. This system, by claiming ooked on as the only authorised Himent of christian truth, and nging and bowing obsequiously feet of human governors, bures christianity in the eyes of the d but half-informed, repreher as a feeble and time-serving - unable to effect the grand purof her mission, except in so far is flattered by titled greatness, ed by state-bounty, and backed he sword of authority' and 'the -s of human law.' Against this -, until recently, few and feeble the voices raised in honest and nant remonstrance and protest. own people have hitherto been e to the exposure of the evil. let-alone policy has almost unilly prevailed, and worthy brethand fathers in the ministry have satisfied to mourn over the iny in secret, rather than sound in c the bugle of war. Nor in many ters is the case altered; mistaken ■ns of duty or expediency prompt y to keep a questionable silence silence which is caught at in other ters, and sedulously employed to in the minds of the industrial on, the meanest impressions of Christian system. It is not only pered, but openly avowed and ly believed, that as religionists we confederate with those who tax the try for the support of their ions, that we connive at the Mr. J. Stent, of Hastings, followed with some excellent and pertinent observations, and then Mr.J. Edwards, of Liverpool, formerly secretary of the society, observed, that he was the only person left of the committee formed thirty-six years ago. Formerly, eight or nine clergymen regularly subscribed about £50. to their funds. Whenever he went into Derbyshire he had the use of a parson's pony for several years. idity of these volicionists who ere BAPTIST IRISH SOCIETY. The Thirty-ninth Anniversary was held on Tuesday evening, April 26, in the Albion Chapel, Moorfields, Henry Kelsall, Esq., of Rochdale, in the chair. Mr. Groser, the Secretary, read the Report, in which, as usual, were some matters of a disheartening and others of a cheering character. It was stated that the Cash Accounts were now in a satisfactory state, there being a balance of £419 6s. 9d. in hand. Mr. Tritton had resigned the office of Treasurer, which had since been accepted by Mr. Pewtress. Mr. Dowson, of Bradford, spoke first, and when referring to various facts, stated, that a Romish priest once said, "Sir, if I were to cease to be a Roman Catholic priest, I must of necessity be a Baptist." We and Romanists were at antipodes, further from each other than any other two sects could be. "But let us," said Mr. D., "have our hands clean of all popery. not build chenels after the fashion of Roman Catholics, with vaulted roofs, and gothic architecture, and darkened windows. For these are not in harmony with our old nonconformity, or with the simplicity of our views and worship. A doorkeeper of one of our modern chapels in a provincial town, told me that two Catholics looked into the chapel one day, when one said to the other, 'Ah! all this is very nice. When we get the power this will do for us.' Now we had better not mimic them, but rather get as far off from them as we can." Mr. B. W. Noel followed with a characteristic adddress. When the Irish famine prevailed, the congregation with which he was then connected had sent £1,400 for the relief of the sufferers. It was a fact lamented by papists themselves, that when the Irish arrived in the United States, they paid little attention to popery. On a certain occasion, when an Episcopalian, he had preached in a church in Ireland; on returning from which, his friend, the clergyman, inquired, of one of the hearers on the road, what he thought of the discourse, "Why," said he, "I thought I should not understand the English gentleman, but it was illigant altogether." If the Irish disliked the Saxon people, they loved the Saxon language, with its short plain words. The Episcopalian church was now doing great things. They had thirty-seven missionary clergymen engaged, twentyone lay agents, 229 scripture readers, and ninety-eight schoolmasters and mistresses,-385 in all. It was a part of the plan they adopted to deliver lectures and admit controversy afterwards. This had done much good, and he believed such a plan would also do good in England. Drogheda was the seat of the Romish Primate of all Ireland, Dr. Cullen. Out of its population of 19,216, as many as 14,704 could not write, and 10,403, could not read. Two Bible readers were here denounced from the altar; and on the next day they were Tra insensible. Captain Gordon o who sat by them, the Captain, and could meet with hi make the daylight ribs. When th Captain addressed evangelical style, a he was; but instea threat into executi only softened dow but on parting they regular Irish "hur to places of worsh waste money on the ments. Baptists h of an established c the apostles, and y the world. Som Catholics dislike t did not think so. men among them how they had bee idea that their souls ated by sprinkling the face, came at that it was far be make a voluntary p faith in christianity visit Ireland to pr much as the Gospe then, if they believe told them why they tized. Mr. N. popery in France. the priest was desert people, and had to and woman to attend With regard to op in Ireland, Mr. N Roman Catholics wo parish churches, and disgust for the baptis was almost an impos a Roman Catholic co them. What they was marked out by w pal brethren had do gone everywhere wh tion could be got toge where an opportunity ting such a gathering; |