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August, 1711, the Blaenaugwent church resolved “Never to grieve their
ministers, who should labor among them in word and doctrine, but cheerfully
to assist them in temporal things.” f975 The churches of the Welsh Association
“doubled” their contributions to missions. f976
“In the year 1654 there were several young men in this church —
Llanwenarth church — who were exercising their gifts as public speakers …
and as the church had increased considerably they contributed thirty pounds
for the support of their minister that year.” f977
“The Welsh ministers received money from the London fund.” f977 In the
Llanwenarth church “James Edwards commenced the work of the ministry in
1750. He also went to the same college. … Morgan Harris … went to Bristol
College in 1776.” f980
“John Phillips was baptized in 1720. Having exercised his gifts for some time
he went to Bristol College. … He returned to Wales and preached at Usk for
some time.” f981
Speaking of the Welsh Baptists at the time when the “split” occurred, f979 Davis
says:
“The traveling preachers received a staled sum, so that a man of a strong
constitution, who can preach twice every day, as Christimas Evans, John Elias
and others do, would receive a considerable sum for his services. For this
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purpose the churches have a fund or treasury.”
The missionary and the educational work of European Baptists was, by Baptist
immigrants, and otherwise, carried into the United States of America. The
Philadelphia Baptist Association, was organized in 1707, the Charleston, in
1751, and the Warren, in 1767. These three associations figure more in the
early history of American Baptists than do any others. The Philadelphia
association is the oldest of American Baptist associations. In the first century
and a quarter of its history it did probably more in giving type to the Baptists
of America than all other associations within that time did.
In 1764, the Philadelphia association
“agreed to inform the churches to which we respectfully belong, that
inasmuch as a charter is obtained in Rhode Island government, toward
erecting a Baptist college, the churches should be liberal in contributing
towards carrying the same into execution.” f984
At its meeting in 1766, it “agreed to recommend warmly to our churches the
interests of the college, for which subscription is opened all over the continent.
This college hath been set on foot upwards of a year, and has now in it three
promising youths under president Manning.” f985 At its meeting in 1767 it