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12 are still iii existence with large and progressive member ships. The Second Colored and the Osgeechee Colored Baptist Churches were constituted from the membershsip of the First African Baptist Church of Savannah, Oa. In 1805 the Joy Street Baptist Church, Boston, .Mass., was constituted; in 1808, the Abyssinian Baptist Church of New York City and in 1809, the First African Church of Philadelphia was organized, making the first churches in the North. Colored Baptists had multiplied in the South, hut. not having any eccelesiastical organization, their history is somewhat fragmentary. The First Baptist Church of Washington, I). (\, was organized in 1802, corner IJ)th and I Streets, N. W. Many colored people were members of this congregation. In IS.'W the congregation removed to 10th St., N. W., and the colored members were encour aged to continue in the old building. They organized in 1839 as the 19th St. Baptist Church and the building passed into their bands. Many colored churches in the South began their existence in this way, viz: worshipping' with the white organizations until it was considered wise for them to have an organization of their own. Emanci pation found colored Baptist organizations scattered North and South, and these became the centers of moral, spirit ual and social life among the freed men. Colored Bap tists are Calvinistic in doctrine, but they hold the Scrip tures as Supreme Authority on all questions of of faith and polity. "The Supreme standard by which all human conduct, creeds and opinions should be tried." They recognize no creed or Con fession of Faith but insist upon a personal faith in a personal Savior, followed by the immersion in water of such a believer, in the name of the Father, Son and Holy Spirit, as a prerequisite to church membership. They insist that a minister of the Gospel shall be regenerated and called of God, to his high and holy office; that he shall be qualified educationally to teach the people and that his piety as well as learning shall be of such a high type as to commend him to this special work. They hold Christian fellowship with those whose religious belief differs from them; but in the exercise of church fellow ship they have no relation whatever. Their policy is CA YTON 'S WEE XL V democratic. The churches are independent bodies ans werable alone to Christ, who is the great "Head of tho Church." Where difficulties are to be adjusted. Ecclesias tical Councils are called consisting of delegates from each church in the community, and the troubles are submitted to them for settlement, hut their findings are always ad visory—each church being a sovereign body cannot be forced beyond its own judgment. Where ministers are to be ordained, an Ordination Council consisting of the pastor and two lay delegates from each church within the bounds of the Association or community, is called, and after duly and satisfactorily examining the candidate, he is ordained by the Presbytery. Associations are form- BAPTIST YOUNG PEOPLES' UNION Of The Mt. Zion Baptist Church Ed among Colored Baptists by the admission of churches of orthodox faith and practice, which are represented by delegates elected by the churches. They are ecclesiastical bodies and engage in the discussion of such subjects as relate to the church life of the denomination. They do home and foreign mission and educational work; gather statistics of the churches, regulate difficulties among the churches composing the body, and hear reports annually from each church, as to progress, etc. Their actions in all matters are advisory. Conventions are formed by churches, Sunday School Missionary Societies and kindred organi zations, and may cover a territory of one or a district composed of more than one state. A Convention is a Mis sionary body. Colored Baptists have a National Conven tion organized in 1880, with the following object: "Tl:e object of this Convention shall be to consider the moral, intellectual and religious growth of the denomination and to deliberate upon the great questions which characterize the Baptist churches, and further to devise and consider the best methods possible for bringing us more closely together both as hcurches and a race." In 1890. the U. S. Foreign Mission Convention was organized and the Na tional Baptist Educational Convention, organized in 1890, and these consolidated with the National Baptist Conven tion 1895, adopted the following: "Whereas, it is the sense of the Colored Baptists of the United States of America, convened in the city of Atlanta, Ga., Sept. 28. 1895, in the several organizations known as the Baptist Foreign Mission Convention of the United States, hither to engaged in Mission work on the West ('oast of Africa : the National Baptist Convention, which has been engaged May 22, 1910