The New England Magazine, Volume 1, No. 1, January 1886 / Bay State Monthly, Volume 4, No. 1, January, 1886

BOSTON BAY STATE MONTHLY COMPANY No. 43 Milk Street 1886
Entered according to Act of Congress, in the year 1886, by the Bay State Monthly Company, in the Office of the Librarian of Congress at Washington. All rights reserved.
Typography by J. S. Cushing & Co., Boston. Presswork by Berwick & Smith, Boston.
Transcriber's Note: Minor typos have been corrected and footnotes moved to the end of the article. This issue has the Table of Contents for all of Volume IV. It also seems to be a volume in transition. On the first page of the issue, there is a note that states that it is VOL. IV. NO. 1. of the Old Series, and VOL. I. NO. 1. of the New Series. The full page portrait of M. R. Waite, Chief-Justice of the U. S. listed in the table of contents as facing page 1 did not appear in the scans.

Old Series January, 1886. New Series VOL. IV. NO. 1. VOL. I. NO. 1.
Copyright, 1885, by Bay State Monthly Company. All rights reserved.
Sayles Memorial
Brown University owes its origin to a desire, on the part of members of the Philadelphia Association, to secure for their churches an educated ministry, without the restrictions of denominational influence and sectarian tests. The distinguishing sentiments of the Baptists, it may be observed, were at variance with the religious opinions that prevailed throughout the American colonies a century ago. They advocated liberty of conscience, the entire separation of church and state, believer's baptism by immersion, and a converted church-membership;—principles for
which they have earnestly contended from the beginning. The student of history will readily perceive how they thus came into collision with the ruling powers. They were fined in Massachusetts and Connecticut for resistance to oppressive ecclesiastical laws, they were imprisoned in Virginia, and throughout the land were subjected to contumely and reproach. This dislike to the Baptists as a sect, or rather to their principles, was very naturally shared by the higher institutions oflearning then in existence.