Excerpt from Minutes of the State Convention of the Baptist Denomination, in South Carolina: Held in the Village of Coosawhatchie, December 4th, and Continued to December the 8th, 1824 The Savannah River Association contains 24 Churches, 14 Ordained Ministers, 6 Licenced Preachers, and 3282 Communicants. 485 were received into their Churches hy Baptism in the course of the year ending with their late Meeting. Their next Meeting will be at the Union Church, Barnwell District, 24 miles below Augusta, on the Saturday before the fourth Lord's Day in November, 1825. Rev. B. S. Scriven to preach the Introductory Sermon; in case of failure, Rev. W. A. Lawton. We have reason to praise G, od for the signal manifestations of his Grace to several of our Churches, as the increase to our Association manifests. Missionary efforts are increasing within our bounds, and the Association have appointed a Board of Managers tosuperintend that important concern, who have engaged a pious and valuable Missionary, to supply the destitute Churches within the bounds of the Association. It is with pleasure we observe the atten tion paid to the improvement and instruction of youth, and that seve ral Sabbath Schools are in happy and successful operation. The Association has recommended the establishment of Tract Societies, auxiliary to the Baptist General Tract Society at Washington. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.