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Show 20 1 Gaelic tracts. Among cess, English-speaking and with the increase in Co nfe r e n c e s to the encourage local organized in membership ecclesiastica facilitate to participation. Edinburgh and .. Glasgow Table Glasgow Year Br. 1855 20 1856 18 1857 in 1840. Further in being No. of Scottish 666 8 12 536 8 16 741 12 420 6 133 1858 21 783 10 446 6 123 1859 19 731 10 386 4 107 was no surrounding Br. Mernb. Br. Memb. 242 7 271 210 7 222 6 52 >: _.- Branches - - Members amalgamated The writer could find s Kilmarnock 14 1 membership Dundee 1,442 916 >:Kilmarnock were Conferences2 Memb. Br. ib l y 1850, followed by Kilmar- Br. Memb. s 2 Edinburgh Memb. suc- or administration and po s Each Conference consisted of the b r a n c he Comparison un it s, The first such Conferences Dundee Conference into gains brought nock in 1852 organized were , Scots the Mormons had better with Glasgow trace of t h e s e in 1857. Gaelic language tracts in the files of the Church Historian's Office. 2British Mis sion Statistical Record, for years indicated. The sudden decrease may be accounted for by emigrations, excommunica See infra, 27. tions and a decrease in number of converts. |
