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Show 27 hammer and pound extent to which them until we satisfied with the results. ,,1 are the. Scottish leaders k i ck e d and thumped many of their flock out of the church is seen in Table No.3. 32 Tabl No. Year Excommunications Baptisms .o v e r 511 793 3.9257 1851 240 563 3,291 1852 211 458 3,154 1853 298 280 2,935 1854 320 345 2,811 1855 296 292 2,621 1856 316 252 1,884 1857 164 200 1, .346 1858 116 170 1,352 1859 85 124 1,224 ex co rn rn un i c a tio n s When . 1,000 persons emigrated totals declined bership followed the cations Membership 1850 In the five years between 1852 and 1856 there 1,441 general so to were 1,308 baptisms and consider that in the we rapidly America, it is after 1856. easily Once same seen again period why mem- Scotland British Mission trend in t he number of excommuni- -the church in Britain - The persons every six months. 3 It excommunicating was a some matter of "the 1,000 kingdom to of God 1Millennial Star, XIX, 2Millennial Star and British Mission Statistical Record, 290, 2,000 or 293. for years indicated. 3"Brltish 318 ; XV, 78, Mission Statistical 510; XVI, 78, Reports," 478; XVII, 75. Millennial Star, XIV, 15, |
