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ANTIETAM: DUNKER CHURCH. The Dunker Church at Antietam, Maryland, 1862

BOSTON: TREMONT TEMPLE. Tremont Temple Baptist Church on Tremont Street in Boston, Massachusetts. Wood engraving. c1889

NEW YORK: NEW YEARs PARTY. A Chinese New Years tea party in the Trinity Baptist Church, 31 January 1881

DEATH OF MISSIONARY, 1822. The death of American Baptist missionary and orientalist Felix Cary (or Carey) and his family at Serampore, West Bengal, India. Line engraving and etching, American, 1837

GERMAN BAPTIST, 1880. A Dunker from Ephrata, Pennsylvania. Wood engraving after Howard Pyle, 1880

GERMAN BAPTIST, c1880. A Dunker woman at Ephrata, Pennsylvania, shows the little door that represents the narrow way. Wood engraving, c1880

KISS OF PEACE, c1880. Two German Baptists (Dunkers) at Ephrata, Pennsylvania, greet each other with the kiss of peace. Wood engraving after Howard Pyle, c1880

DUNKERS AT EPHRATA, 1880. German Baptists on their way to the meeting at Ephrata, Pennsylvania. Wood engraving after Howard Pyle, c1880

EPHRATA: KLOSTER, 1880. The Kloster (monastery) of the celibate German Baptists, or Dunkers, at Ephrata, Pennsylvania. Wood engraving after Howard Pyle, c1880

DUNKER DORMITORY, c1880. A dormitory in the sisters house of the German Baptists at Ephrata, Pennsylvania. Wood engraving after Howard Pyle, c1880

NEW JERSEY: BAPTIST CHURCH. Baptist Church at Haddonfield, New Jersey. Wood engraving, 1856

CHICAGO: BAPTIST CHURCH. First Baptist Church at Chicago. Line engraving, 1881

NEW YORK: JUDSON CHURCH. The Adoniram Judson Memorial Church, designed by Stanford White, on Washington Square South, New York. Line engraving, 1890

GERMAN BAPTIST BRETHREN. A Love Feast among the Dunkers at Ephrata, Pennsylvania. Wood engraving after Howard Pyle, 1883

MISSIONARIES: BAPTISM of a convert in Burma by the American Baptist missionary, Adoniram Judson (1788-1850). Wood engraving, American, mid-19th century

CHARLESTON: CHURCH, 1857. The Citadel Square Baptist Church at Charleston, South Carolina. Wwood engraving, 1857

ROGER WILLIAMS (1603-1683). American Baptist cleric and founder of the colony of Rhode Island. Engraving of the Williams monument by Franklin Simmons at Providence, Rhode Island

SYRACUSE: CHURCH, 1874. The Central Baptist Church at Syracuse, New York, before its collapse on 23 June 1874. Wood engraving from a contemporary American newspaper

ADONIRAM JUDSON (1788-1850). American Baptist missionary in Burma. Line engraving, 1837

ROGER WILLIAMS, 1636. Settlement of Rhode Island at Providence, founded by Roger Williams, June 1636. Line engraving, American, late 19th century, after a drawing by Henry A. Ogden

ROGER WILLIAMS(1603-1683). American clergyman and founder of Rhode Island. Resting on his journey to Rhode Island in the winter of 1635: colored engraving, early 19th century

ISaC BACKUS (1724-1806). American Baptist cleric. Wood engraving, 19th century

ROGER WILLIAMS (1603?-1683). American clergyman and founder of Rhode Island. With the Pequot messengers: wood engraving, 19th century

CHARLES HADDON SPURGEON (1834-1892). English Baptist preacher. Wood engraving, American, 1892

LANDING OF ROGER WILLIAMS in Rhode Island, 1636. Engraving, 19th century

ROGER WILLIAMS (1603?-1683). Roger Williams sheltered by the Narragansett Native Americans. Colored engraving, 19th century

BLACK BAPTISM, 1887. Black baptism in a river in the American South. Wood engraving, English, 1887

The baptism of our savior!. Date c1836 Dec. 21

St. John Baptist

Baptism of our savior. In the River Jordan

The youthful prophet, Joseph Smith, Jr. and Oliver Cowdery, receiving the Aaronic priesthood under the hands of John the Baptist, May 15, 1829

Baptist meeting house, Phenix, R. I
Baptist meeting house, Phenix, R.I

First Baptist church, N. W. cor. of Broad & Arch Sts. Philada
First Baptist church, N.W. cor. of Broad & Arch Sts. Philada. Date c1853. First Baptist church, N.W. cor. of Broad & Arch Sts. Philada. Date c1853

Central Baptist Church, Newport, R. I
Central Baptist Church, Newport, R.I. Date c1879

Bathing place on the River Jordan, Palestine

St John the Baptist church, St Moritz lower lake Date: 2011

Baptism in Kentucky
Baptism in the Kentucky River, USA 1896. Date: 1896

Delaware Avenue Baptist Church, Buffalo, New York State Date: circa 1905

Church Pinnacle
One of the corner pinnacles of the beautiful parish church of St. John Baptist, Cirencester, Gloucestershire, England. Date: 15th century

Oberammergau 1934 - 6
Willy Bierling, who plays the part of John the Baptist, working as a woodcarver. Date: 1934

Hugh Stowell Brown
HUGH STOWELL BROWN Engine driver who became a Baptist minister at Liverpool, known for his lectures to working men. Date: 1823 - 1886

Johann Baptist Alxinger
JOHANN BAPTIST von ALXINGER Austrian poet. Date: 1755 - 1797

James Harrington Evans
JAMES HARRINGTON EVANS Churchman, baptist minister, clutching his Bible. Date: 1785 - 1849

Childrens Colony, Mayfield, Sussex
Meadow Sweet, part of the St Mary-in-the-Fields Childrens Colony at Mayfield, Sussex. It was formerly the St John the Baptist Hospice for Children at St Johns Wood, north west London

Rev George Grenfell - Missionary
Reverend George Grenfell (1849-1906), Baptist missionary and explorer of the Congo, Africa

Bible study in a Baptist church, Florida, United States of America, North America

Baptist Mission, Africa
Young African children learn the alphabet at a Baptist Missin, Africa

SALOME
Salome, after dancing for Herod, carries a plate on which to place the head of John the Baptist

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