on whom their mantles have fallen, to supply their places in Zion, who are valiant for the truth; and also disposed the hearts of his children, both male and female, to unite their energies, their prayers, and their contributions, in aiding the great and noble work; while our abler brethren in older parts of the State, and in the city of New York, have so liberally poured into the treasury of the Lord-swelling the tide of glory, by bearing the news of salvation to perishing souls. Then, in view of the past blessing of God which has attended our feeble labors, we may be encouraged to pursue our blessed work. Yes! let the eye of our benevolence be placed upon the destitute of the whole world; let us not relax our efforts till the standard of the cross shall be planted on every mountain and in every valley; until the peaceful banner of the gospel shall float in every breeze and bless the people of every clime; until the people of every nation shall say, "Lo! this is our God; we have waited for him, and he will save us; this is the Lord; we have waited for him; we will be glad, and rejoice in his salvation.” "O give thanks unto the Lord, for he is good; for his mercy endureth forever!” ASSOCIATIONAL STATISTICS. Among the things interesting in reviewing the progress of the church from its incipient organization in a new country to a state of prosperous enlargement, is the examination of its statistical documents-it was therefore thought that an important appendage to the foregoing history would be the statistical table of the associations which hereafter follow. There are several churches in western New York of the Seventh-Day and Free-Will Baptists, and some unassociated Calvinistic churches, whose progress we have not been able to trace with any satisfactory accuracy, but whose present condition we have thought advisable to embrace in a summary way in this record, which we have taken from the Triennial Register of I. M. Allen, for 1836. The Free-Will Baptists have in the Holland Purchase 123 churches, 60 ministers, 15 licentiates, and 4,059 members. The Seventh-Day Baptists have about 2,600 members in western New York, and about 20 ministers. They have a missionary society, and a religious newspaper, called the Protestant Sentinel, published at De Ruyter. The following are the unassociated Calvinistic churches: 1st church of Utica. Members 98; ministers 2; received by baptism in 1837, 9. Eld. William H. Thomas has the pastoral care of the church, and Eld. David Griffith preaches occasionally. 2nd church in South Trenton. Members 36; ministers 5, 3 ordained and 2 licentiates. Eld. Joseph Richards has the pastoral care of the church. The regularly associated churches, copied from the origi nal minutes, are as follows: |