The Sword and the trowel . ist Temple —is quite fresh and strong, has a goodappearance from the outside, and holds 500, with room for is also a good hall which seats fully 200, three vestries, a kitchenwith every appliance for tea-meetings, &c. Although paying interest onborrowed money just now, the church has no more expense to face thanformerly, when one hall was rented for Sabbath, and another forWednesday evening. The baptistery had to be erected in a privatehouse, as liberty would not be granted to bring it into either of thehalls. There have been 152 additions to the memb
The Sword and the trowel . ist Temple —is quite fresh and strong, has a goodappearance from the outside, and holds 500, with room for is also a good hall which seats fully 200, three vestries, a kitchenwith every appliance for tea-meetings, &c. Although paying interest onborrowed money just now, the church has no more expense to face thanformerly, when one hall was rented for Sabbath, and another forWednesday evening. The baptistery had to be erected in a privatehouse, as liberty would not be granted to bring it into either of thehalls. There have been 152 additions to the membership, which, atthe present time, is 147. The increase goes on steadily. It mustbe remembered that, although it was resolved to form the churchon June 21st, 1886, work did not begin until September 26th, so thatthe above has been accomplished in a little over two years. Christcrucified has been, and ever will be, at once the theme and inspirationof the Baptist Church in Ayr. ANNUAL REPORT OF THE PASTORS COLLEGE. 331. fligfj Street Baptist Cfjapel, String* THIS Hertfordshire town, of four thousand inhabitants, has been*called Baptist-Chapelled Tring ; for there are in it four Baptistchurches, owning five chapels, with accommodation for over two-thousand persons. One of these churches is of the General Baptistorder, and until a few years back was the little one, and a ratherdespised little one, among its wealthier neighbours. The chapel wassmall, ill-ventilated, and so close to the road that the noise outsideoften drowned the voices inside. The history of the present pastors connection with the church is-somewhat singular. He was a Methodist, and had been a localpreacher up to the time of his going to Tring, where he had purchaseda drapery business. Methodism has never been able to get a foothold inthis town, so Mr. Pearce wandered from chapel to chapel in search of ahome. On one occasion he was selected by the pastor of the littleGeneral Baptist church to preach a missionary
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