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(Yt Een ae Y et aa Pee. vow t , ; 4 Ure ey Sev Le ree. + Pia % i } ; , i* ; er ie my Sil an AY i‘ "Vy \ * hy ; oa P . ‘ f ; : > % ; ,* , . ; : é ] , a, ‘ ; F 1 + Sa 1 , > ye “ mn a '- . / * f cf ‘ ’ is . * * * 4 c Z 4 1, ‘ 7 =n r ; re + . : i - Ye : a. - ¥ f ; ex, ; 7 t 1 : , . ‘ L *% > i : , ‘ 7 : < ° z . ‘a Ld ge .\ ‘ ‘ + ; i * ° . Ny RA ANY). UN \ \VYy \ SAY N\ANG SAVVY WAS \\} \ VAVA VA AADAYS SNA AAAS NAAN. \ \VNNA VAVAVANNY VAVVAANYA i) HOP WHITE. \ 4 RA sans VyAy Vaangy aM REIGN MISSIONARY WORK — Irotestant Episcopal Church, ri . ee faa Ss. D. DENISON ; eee ae ee ; : ae Late Secretary and General Agent of the Foreign Committee. ig a a bie" c pee ' ~ a PART TI. eee 2 as . : rea FROM THE ORGANIZATION OF THE DOMESTIC AND FOREIGN MISSIONARY SOCIETY, IN ie 1821, TO THE ADOPTION OF THE NEW CONSTITUTION IN 1835, | . Pern W. YORK) > | PUBLISHED FOR THE FOREIGN COMMITTEE OF THE | BOARD OF MISSIONS. 1871: yar fou ' ‘ 2 eS Val ee rae ' Saal SF Tr omy ‘ar ¥ : ? a uv f te od i = ‘ ig an a _— ( ' Entered, according to Act of Congress, in the ge J 8 ea ene In the Office of the Librarian of Congress, The Church Press: M, H. MALLORY AND COMPANY, . 23d eee HARTFORD, CT. d ~ 1822. Report of the Board of Directors. 31 the Bishops of the Church, and others, and called forth ag gees more or less encouraging. The Executive Committee, after giving extracts from these responses, go on to say, “Tt has been a dae object with the Committee, during the past year, rather to Selon than to attempt to occupy any nents ary ground. ‘The result of their labors will be presented under one or other of the following heads: 1, Auxiliary Societies. 4. Of Publications. 2. Of Agencies. 5. Of Appropriations, 3. Of Missionary Stations, 6. Of Funds. Under the first head the Committee report the organization of eleven auxiliary Societies, viz. : One in Maryland, of which the Bishop of the Diocese, the Rt. Rev. James Kemp, p.p., was ex-officio Chairman. One in Lancaster, Pa., of which the Hon. Charles Smith was President, and the Rey. Wine A. Muhlenberg among the Vice- Presidents. One in Trinity Church, Easton, Pennsylvania, of which the Rey. John Rodney was President. The remaining eight were all Female Auxiliary Missionary Societies. Thus we find that, in that day, the associations of holy ‘women composed more than two thirds of the auxiliaries to the Domestic and Foreign Missionary Society of the Church. The Secretaries of the two Committees, Domestic and Foreign, have, within the last few months, conferred together for the adop- tion of plans to enlist the women of the Church, and band them together in united effort for the Missionary cause. The noble Christian women of our day will now see that the devout hearts of their sisters in the Church were active in their endeavors, fifty years ago, to the same great end. We. esteem it a Beis duty which we owe to those earnest workers for Christ and His Church, to record their names in this volume, with the earnest hope that to those of them who still 32 Auxlary Societies. 1822, 23, survive, this record of the long past may afford comfort, and that : the evening of their days may be made bright by the light which comes through the opened way to the better land above. 1. THE AUXILIARY FEMALE MISSIONARY SOCIETY OF ST. JOHN’S CHURCH, IN THE NORTHERN LIBERTIES, PHILADELPHIA. Formed August 26, 1822. OFFICERS. lst Directress—Mrs. E. Boyd. 2d Directress—Mrs. 8. Davidson. Secretary—Mrs. C. Ogle. Treasurer—Miss D. W olbert. Managers—Mrs. EK. Sanders, Mrs. M. Thomas, Mrs. L. Foering, Mrs. M. Souder, Mrs. M. Brown, Mrs. 8. Coates, Miss M. Wolbert, Miss A. Ashburner, Miss M. Fennel, Miss 8. Hook, Miss §. Living- ston, Miss A. Alexander. 2. THE EPISCOPAL FEMALE MISSIONARY SOCIETY IN THE BOROUGH OF CARLISLE, PA. Formed in November, 1822. OFFICERS. lst Directress—Mrs. A. Stiles. 2d Directress—Mrs. A. Read. Secretary—Miss Mary Hamilton. Treasurer—-Mrs. Watts. Managers—Mrs. Veasy, Mrs. Foulks, Miss Mary Hamilton, Miss Haverstich. 3. THE EPISCOPAL MISSIONARY ASSOCIATION OF ST. JOHN’S CHURCH, HUNTINGDON, PA. Formed in March, 1823. OFFICERS. lst Directress—Mrs. E. W. Shippen. 2d Directress—Mrs. Jane McConnel. Treasurer—Mrs. Jane Dorland. Secretary—Mrs. Letitia N. Smith. ae 9 1823. Auwliary Societies. 33 Managers—Mrs. Hildebrand, Mrs. F. Jackson, Mrs. Reed, Mrs. Maise, Mrs. Levy, Mrs. Ramsey, Miss E. B. Simpson, Miss M. G. Evans, Miss M. F. Allisson, Miss P. A. Elliott, Miss E. Brothersin, Miss E. Gwin. 4, THE AUXILIARY FEMALE MISSIONARY SOCIETY OF BEAUFORT, SOUTH ‘CAROLINA. Formed in February, 1828. OFFICERS. 1st Directress—Mrs. Ann Cuthbert. 2d Directress—Mrs. Mary Barnwell. Secretary—Mrs. James Smith. Treasurer—Mrs, Sarah Fichling. Managers—Mrs. John McKee, Mrs. James Stewart, Mrs. John Bell, Mrs. William Johnson, Miss Bull, Miss Sarah G. Barnwell. 5. THE FEMALE MISSIONARY SOCIETY OF OHRIST CHURCH, SAVAN- NAH, GA. Formed in March, 1823. OFFICERS. President—Mrs. Kerr. Secretary and Treasurer—Mrs. Irvine. 6. THE FEMALE AUXILIARY MISSIONARY SOCIETY OF GERMAN- TOWN, PA. Formed in April, 1823. OFFICERS. 1sé Directress—Miss Bullock. 2d Directress—Miss Baynton. Secretary—Miss EK. Baynton. Treasurer—Miss Morris. Managers—Miss Langley, Miss Bringhurst, Miss Leger. 3 ’ a j ae 34 Auxiliary Societies. 1823. 4, THE AUXILIARY FEMALE MISSIONARY ASSOCIATION OF CHRIST CHURCH, PHILADELPHIA. | Formed in April, 1823. OFFICERS. 1st Directress—Mrs. Mix. 2d Directress—Mrs. C. Stevenson. Secretary—Miss 8. Hutchins. Treasurer—Mrs. Heineker. Managers—Mrs. Loomis, Mrs. Emlin, Mrs. Hackquin, Mrs. J. Miller, Mrs. Bryant, Miss Ann DeCosta, Miss Martha 8. Clarke, Miss Mary W. Clarke, Miss Elizabeth Cooper. 8. THE AUXILIARY FEMALE MISSIONARY ASSOCIATION OF TRINITY CHURCH, SOUTHWARK. Formed May %, 1828. OFFICERS. lst Directress—Mrs. Cassan. 2d Directress—Mrs. Roberts. Treasurer—Mrs. Joseph Klapp. Secretary—Miss Cowpland. Managers—Mrs. Morgan, Mrs. Wallington, Mrs. Houseman, Mrs. Grease, Mrs. Brenton, Mrs. Devereaux, Mrs. Roberts, Mrs. Whitney, Miss Rees, Miss Carr, Miss Price, Miss Cowpland. The Report stated, moreover, that “Several of the female members of the Episcopal: Church, in Laneaster, Pennsylvania, have formed another association, partly for missionary purposes. It is expected they will contribute some- thing either directly to the parent society or through the auxiliary belonging to their own Church.” The Board of Directors reported to the Society the appoint- ment, on the 23d of May, 1822, of Mr. Ephraim Bacon and his wife as catechists and teachers, to serve upon the western coast of Africa, and stated that the Executive Committee had been authorized to apply a portion of the appropriation at their dis- posal to this object. 1822, Leport of the Board of Directors. 35 Thus it is seen that the first selected Foreign Mission was in West Africa, and the first Foreign Missionary appointed was to that country. It was further reported that the Executive Committee had authorized Mr. Bacon to go out as an agent to procure funds toward the establishment of the eontarnghr Mission School in Africa. Under this authority Mr. Bacon made three missionary tours: first, in Pennsylvania, Maryland, and Virginia; second, in New Bi tshive, Massachusetts, and Rhode Island. These were in behalf of his mission, and resulted in his obtaining for that object on the first, $1,892.10; on the second, $367.09. His third tour was for the general objects of the Society, for which he visited North and South Carolina, and Georgia. The amount collected, as gathered from his report, was about $2,100. The very interesting letters, in which Mr. Bacon gave a detailed statement of facts respecting each of his missionary visits, were submitted with the Report of the Board of Directors. They furnish very satisfactory evidence of his great good sense and practical wisdom, which seem to have made him a welcome visitor everywhere, and gave him good success as an agent. His narrative of his two tours in the South exhibit another fact which it is eminently fit to mention—viz., the readiness and liberality with which the people there, at that day, responded to the call of Missions. This readiness of mind to give was witnessed in all subsequent years until their changed condition, as the result of the late war, left them too impoverished te respond to calls from which they had previously never turned away. In his letter, giving account of his first missionary tour, Mr. Bacon says that, on the 5th of June, 1822, he received from Bishop White notice of his appointment as a catechist for Africa; that he was detained in Philadelphia until the 19th of that month before setting out on his journey south. These days he devoted to soliciting contributions ; and among other means made use of, says: “ A sermon was preached in St. Thomas’s Church, by the Rev. Mr. Bedell (afterward Dr. Bedell, father of the present Assistant Bishop of Ohio), and a aecacn taken up.” The facts in the case seem to point to this as the first sermon whe kind 36 Report of the Board of Directors. 1823, and first collection for the African Mission; at least, the first subsequent to Mr. Bacon’s appointment. __ Mr. Bacon, in his Report of his missionary tour, makes mention of the very cordial greeting he received at the hands of Bishop Kemp, of Maryland, and Bishop Moore, of Virginia, and of the encouragement given him by several other of the clergy, among whom is mentioned the Rev. Mr. Tyng, then Rector of St. John’s Church, Georgetown, D. C., now the Rev. Dr. Tyng, of St. George’s, N. Y. In an account of his tour, some months afterward, to portions of New England, mention is made by Mr. Bacon of the friendly aid given by Bishop Griswold ; the Rev. Dr. Jarvis; the Rev. Mr. (Dr.) Eaton, Rector of Christ Chur ch, Boston ; the Rew Mr. (Dr.) Crocker, Rector of St. John’s Churehs Providenee Rev. James Morss, Teeter of St. Paul’s Church, Newbutepaies the Rev. Mr. (Dr.) Wheaton, Rector of Trinity Church, Newport, R. L.; and several laymen of distinction, among whom were persons not of the Episcopal Church, who contributed money for his Mission. In his narrative of his journey to the far South, several distinguished laymen are mentioned, who cheered him with liberal gifts; and among the clergy who gave him effective aid we find the names of the Rev. Thomas House Taylor, of St. Michael’s, Charleston (subsequently the Rev. Dr. Taylor, of Grace Church, N. Y.); the Rev. Joseph R. Walker (the Rey. Dr. Walker, who still ministers to his flock in Beaufort, 8. O.); and the Rev. Hugh Smith (afterward the Rev. Dr. Smith), aici of St. Peter’s Oharch: N.Y. FINANCIAL REPORT OF THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS, AT THE TRIEN- NIAL MEETING, 1828. The Treasurer’s account shows the amount received for the two years since the organization of the Society to have been as follows: For General Purposes (as nearly as can be ascertained from published STALOMENIS.. . oceanic ute 2's ae oe we’e elaigin ates Wh bie GLI En $3,756 33 For Domestic Missionary account...........,... «se 471 00 For Foreign Missionary account. ...:,.a%.......<.. se 1,496 25 $5,723 58 ae $950: a REV. G. T. BEDELL. D D. "4822. Report of the Board of Directors. 37 As the account from which we gather the above does not exhibit the exact amount of collections for General Account, in (1822, but gives only the balance of account brought down, it is probable that the whole sum collected to May, 1823, did not vary much from $6,000. | The Board of Directors reported, moreover, that— “In the beginning of November (1822), the Rev. Mr. Bedell consented to serve the Society for a few weeks, as an agent, and to visit some of the Eastern States. His Report, made to the Com- mittee on his return, will show the result of his labors.” In his Report the Rev. Mr. Bedell said: “| have to regret that my success has not been so great as I had fondly hoped for, but still as great as, under existing circumstances, could have been reasonably anticipated. The formation of a Society for missionary purposes, whose operations are intended to be exten- Sive, is a circumstance yet new to the Episcopalians of our country, and will require some considerable time to produce such a favorable impression as shall lead them to enter into the subject with a zeal and energy at all proportioned to the importance of the object. “The Society will be under great obligations to the Right Rev. Bishop Brownell, and such of the clergy of his diocese as I have been enabled to visit, for their cordial approbation of the object, and the prompt and effectual assistance which they have given to your agents.” Mr. Bedell took collections in Hartford, New Haven, Middle- town, and New London, Ct., amounting, in the aggregate, to $208. He mentions, also, an anonymous gift to the Society of $1,100, from a lady of Middletown, and says: “This is most unquestionably a noble example to those who are rich in this world’s goods, and who can, without injury to themselves, do incalculable good to the cause of the Lord, by a charity propor- tioned to their abilities.” The Report of the Board of Directors mentioned the appoint- ment of the Rev. Amos G. Baldwin, of the Diocese of New York, as an agent to visit the Western States. 38 Report of the Board of Directors. 1822. His reports relate more particularly to the state of the regions — visited as fields for Domestic Missions. The same may be said of reports in letters from several parties submitted by the Board. The Rev. Messrs. Hankle and Van Pelt were appointed . Agents for South Carolina. The Rev. Mr. Wheaton, of Hartford, Ot., and Mr. Eleazer Williams, of Michigan Territory, are reported as agents of the Society. Concerning Publications, the Board reported as follows : “ Although the Committee were authorized by the Board to print, from time to time, missionary papers devoted to missionary intelligence, in order to circulate them among the Churches, nothing of this kind has yet been done. The reason why the Committee have postponed these publications was be- cause they have been enabled, at a much less expense, to give circulation to all the information relating to the Society through those periodical papers which were already set up. Still, however, the Committee suppose, when the number of auxiliaries shall be increased, and the operations of the Society more extended, it will be very important to keep up a continual communication with every branch of the Church by means of these missionary papers.” The Board reported the holding of a public meeting of Epis- copalians in St. James’s Church, in the city of Philadelphia, on the 14th October, 1822, when, under a resolution of the meeting, “Committees of Collection” were appointed for several parishes in the city, which committees, or, at least, a portion of the same, reported, at an adjourned meeting, the result of their efforts.. The Board of Directors close their Report as follows: “Jn concluding this Report, the Board of Directors beg leave to congratulate every member of the Society, and of the Church, upon the auspicious commencement of its labors. And yet it is as a grain of mustard-seed hid in the earth, which, under the blessing of God, who never fails to honor them who honor Him, will become a tree, beneath whose shade many will sit with great delight. ee 182. Report of the Board of Directors. 39 “One of the happiest features of the present prospect of the Church of Christ, is the increasing spirit of missionary zeal. This sacred fire, not like that in pagan fable, did in truth come down from Heaven, and is finding its silent way over both continents. With the increase of Missions, the advance of true piety is insep- arably connected. The living members of Christ’s mystical body, being partakers of the same faith, animated by the same hope, and constrained by the same love of Jesus Christ, will delight to emulate each other in the same blessed enterprise which promises to give the heathen to the Redeemer for His inheritance, and the uttermost parts of the earth for His possession. “ Blessed are all they who are interested in such a cause; they are fellow laborers with Gop in the accomplishment of his purposes ; they are the best friends of the Lord Jesus, who ‘came into the world to save sinners.’ Let us not doubt, or fear, or grow tired in the work. ‘The Lord Himself is with us; the God of Jacob is our defence.’ ” So spoke our fathers, in their first Report to the Church, and to it, in this our JUBILEE YEAR, we respond, Amen. Amen. * BLESSED ARE THEY THAT DO His COMMANDMENTS, THAT THEY MAY HAVE RIGHT TO THE TREE or Lirz, AND MAY ENTER IN THROUGH THE. GATES INTO THE Crty.” CHAPTER IL From tHe Trrenntan Merrinc or May, 1823, To tax TRI ENNIAL Merrtinc or November, 1826 In preparing the foregoing opening chapter, we have found great delight in reproducing the words of wisdom spoken and written by those noble men to whom the cause of Missions was dear—most of whom now rest from their labors. We have followed with deepest interest the earliest steps toward the establishment of a General Missionary Society, and have seen its accomplishment. by the General Convention, at a special meeting assembled in October, 1821. A full summary of the doings of that Society for the two years following, at least so far as relates to the Foreign Missionary work of the Church, is furnished in the foregoing pages. We have thought it well to make it as full as it is, especially in view of this Misstonary Jusriten, which brings fresh to our recollection and weleomes to a warm place in our hearts our fathers and brethren who laid the foundation of that structure upon which we, their children, build. This second chapter brings us to an account of that which was done during the next period in the history of the Domestic and Foreign Missionary Society to the second triennial meeting of the Society, held in St. Peter’s Church, Philadelphia, November 10, 1826. Bishop White presided, and the Rey. George Weller was appointed Secretary.* The Report of the proceedings of the Board of Directors since last triennial meeting was read by the Rev. Mr. Ives. * Again we have to regret the absence from the published proceedings of a list of those who were present at the meeting. eh ioe, ~~ 1828-26. Officers of the Society. 4 The ‘Report was accepted and referred to the Board of Directors for publication. The following resolutions were adopted. by the Society : “ Resolved, That it be recommended to every clergyman of this Church, on the last Sunday in December of the present year, or on some other Sunday soon after the adjournment of the General Con- vention, to preach, in their respective churches, a sermon setting forth the claims of this Society on the patronage of Episcopalians ; to be followed by a collection in aid of the funds of this Society, and that the amount of said collection be forthwith transmitted to the Treasurer of the Society. — “ Resolved, That every clergyman of this Church be requested, whenever the circumstances of his parish will allow of it, to use his exertions in forming societies auxiliary to the Domestic and J’oreign Missionary Society of the Protestant Episcopal Church. “ Resolved, That a copy of the Report: when printed be sent to every clergyman of our Church.” The above resolutions were respectively offered by the Rev. Dr. Gadsden, of Charleston (subsequently Bishop Gadsden, of South Carolina), the Rev. Mr. Wheaton, of Hartford, Conn., and the Rey. Mr. DeLancey (subsequently Bishop DeLancey), of Western New York. The meeting then went into the election of a Secretary and twenty-four Directors, as required by the fourth Article of the Constitution. The names of these are given in the following full list of OFFICERS OF THE SOCIETY. President : Rt. Rev. William White, p.v. Vice Presidents: Rt. Rev. J. H. Hobart, p.p., A. V. Griswold, p.p. (Patron), R. C. Moore, v.p. (Patron), James Kemp, D.p., John Croes, D.D., N. Bowen, pD.D., P. Chase, p.p., T. C. Brownell, p.p., 1u.p. (Patron), J. S. Ravenscroft, p.p. 42 Officers of the Society. Patrons: 1823-26. (By the contribution of Fifty Dollars, who by the Vth Art. of the Constitution are Directors.) Rey. 8. C. Brinkle, Rey. George Boyd, Frederick Beasley, S. H. ‘Turner, ».p:, James Milnor, D.p., J. P. K. Henshaw, J. RK. Walker; W. Richmond, J. Kemper, B. Allen, J. J. Robertson, J. Abercombie, D.D., Mrs L. 8. Ives, T. G. Allen, Mrs W. H. DeLancey, Mr G. T. Bedell, Mrs S. F. Jarvis, p.p., Asa Eaton, Alfred L. Baury, David Butler, W. Jackson, C. H. Wharton, p.p., J. Montgomery, — Mr. B. C. Cutler, Bird Wilson, D.p., R. U. Morgan, J. Rodney, H. Anthon, John Pintard, Richard Dale, M. B. Roche, Hon. John Jay, . Sarah Dehon, T. McEwen, Esq., . Eliza Kohne, . Edward Burd, . If. Markoe, M. Banyer, Miss Ann Jay, A. C, Magruder, Esq., Peter Kean, Esq., Mr. W. Hooper, Geo. Pomeroy, J. C. Herbert, Esq., Massachusetts, Rev. Vermont, Rey. Rhode Island, Rev. Connecticut, Rev. New York, Rey. New Jersey, Rev. Pennsylvania, Rey. Rey. F. S. Key, Esq. Secretary ¢ Rev. George Weller. Directors: Isaac Boyle, Abraham Bronson, Salmon Wheaton, H. Croswell, B. 'T. Onderdonk, p.p., John Croes, Jr., Jehu C. Clay, John Rodney, William Meredith, Esq., John C. Lowber, Esq. 1838-26. Report of the Board of Directors. 43 Pennsylvania, Thomas Hale, Charles N. Bancker, Cornelius Comegys, H. Hollingsworth, Hugh DeHaven, F. G. Smith, Esq., Delaware, Rev. Ralph Williston, Maryland, Rey. W. E. Wyatt, p.v.,- Virginia, Rey. William H. Wilmer, p.p., Rey. William Meade, North Carolina, Rev. R. 8. Mason, South Carolina, Rey. C. E. Gadsden, v.p., Georgia, Rev. Abiel Carter, Ohio, Rey. 8S. Johnston. Treasurer : Mr. Thomas Hale. Trustees of the Permanent Fund: The Treasurer, together with John Read, Esq., and Mr, C. N. Bancker. In the beginning of their second Triennial Report, the Board of Directors say they “ Cannot refrain from an expression of their gratitude to God, that amidst all their embarrassments, [He has not suffered this insti- tution to be entirely overlooked in the multiplicity of charitable efforts which so signally characterize the present day. While the Board cannot but feel and lament that the interests of the Society have been a good deal marred, and its operations cramped by cer- tain unfavorable circumstances, they at the same time derive cour- age to hope for greater success in future, from the fact that the members of our Church generally seem of late more alive to the importance of missionary exertions, and our Clergy to feel more deeply the weight of sacred responsibility imposed in the high man- date of the Son of God, ‘Go, PREACH THE GOSPEL TO EVERY CREA- TURE.’ ” | The Board of Directors reported that, on the day succeeding the last triennial meeting of the Society (May 22, 1823), the 44. Report of the Board of Directors. 1823-26. Board met and organized by appointing their officers and com- mittees. ‘It was resolved that the funds of the Society should be placed at the disposal of the Executive Committee, Ro they should not exceed $10,000.” At this meeting also a committee was appointed to take into consideration and nominate to the Board, Missionary Stations, Missionaries, and Dioceses requiring aid. On the 26th day of the same month the Committee reported sundry resolutions, one of which was as follows: “Resolved, That such place on the western coast of Africa as may to the Executive Committee appear most eligible be considered a missionary station. All other matters reported for the year 1823 related to Do- mestic Missions. Concerning the annual meeting for the year 1824, the Board reported nothing special with reference to Foreign Missions. The Board reported that— “At the annual meeting for 1825, the VIIth Article of the By- Laws was altered so as to increase the number of the Executive Committee to: twelve persons.” The Board reported that— “On the 19th of May, 1826, the annual meeting was held, and officers and committees appointed. The former Secretaries having resigned, the Rev, L. 8. Ives was chosen Corresponding Secretary, and the Rey. George Weller, Recording Secretary ; and resolutions placing the funds of the Society at the disposal of the Executive Committee were again renewed.” The Board of Directors submitted, as a portion of their Re- port to the Society at this triennial meeting, the Report of the Executive Committee for the three years since 1823. This Report was arranged under the following heads: I, Agencies. IV. Missionaries. II. Auxiliary Societies, V. Publications and Books. IIH. Missionary Stations. | VI. Appropriations. VII. Funds, — ‘ ‘ * Ba : Ee fee ss 1828-26, Report of the Board of Directors. 45 I. Agzncres.-—June 2, 1823. The Rev. Mr. Boyd, Corre- sponding Secretary, was requested to visit the State of Delaware as an agent of the Society, and attend the annual Convention about to be held at Dover, for the purpose of aiding in the for- mation of an Auxiliary Society. On the 24th of the same month, Mr. Ephraim Bacon was ap- pointed domestic agent of the Society. The Committee report- ed that “the result of these agencies does not appear from any documents accessible to the present Corresponding Secretary.” On the 29th of May, 1826, the Rev. John Davis was appoint- ed to visit the Eastern States, for the purpose of raising funds for the Society, and was so occupied for about four months, and of his work the Committee reported as follows: “ From many of his communications to the Society, to which publicity has already been given, and from his final report, he appears to have been faithful, and in many a eminently useful in forming Auxil- lary Bacietios.” | The Committee haa in connection with the above, “‘ We here take the liberty of expressing the opinion, that could there be general application made to the members of our Church, by the means of agents, much might be immediately effected for the Society. II. Avuxmiary Societies—In addition to those Auxiliaries noticed in the last Triennial Report of the Society, the following were presented : 1. The Missionary Socrety of the Diocese of Delaware. 2. The Episcopal Missionary Society of Hartford, Con- necticut. | 3. Lhe Episcopal Missionary Society of Middletown, Con- necticut. In addition to the above, it appeared from the report of the Rev. Mr. Davis that Auxiliary Societies had been formed in Con- necticut in the following places: Chatham, Bridgeport, Stamford, New London, Norwich, and Litchfield. In Lehode Island, Providence and Newport. In Massachusetts, Boston, Salem, and Marblehead. 46 Report of the Board of Directors. 1828-26, The hope was expressed that societies would be immediately — formed in New Haven, Stratford, and Norwalk, in Connecticut, and at Bristol, Rhode Island; and the Committee remark, «Were Auxiliaries general throughout the United States, our Society would not be deficient in funds, adequate to the most ex- tended operations; and what congregation would suffer by thus nurturing within its bosom the fire of missionary zeal—a love for diffusing that knowledge of Christ, which is eternal life ?” III. Misstonary Statrions.—The following embraces all that is said under this head concerning Foreign Missions. After mentioning the stations opened in the wide field of Domestic Missions, the Committee remark, “ Much of this destitute land remains still to be possessed—not- withstanding this there is one benighted region which, in the opin- ion of the Committee, has high and commanding claims upon our immediate attention. Both the Atlantic and Pacific coasts of South America seem, from the state in which the recent political revolu- tions have left them, and from the expressions of strong desire on the part of the needy inhabitants to receive the services of our Church, to be elevated before us, by the hand of Providence, to arouse the energies and claim a portion of the bounty of our Soci- ety. Other denominations are even now taking the field; let it not be our reproach that we are always too late.” IV. Misstonartus.— The appointments. and reports under this head all relate to Domestic Missions. V. Pusrications.—The report states: ‘No publication has been conducted under the auspices of the Society. The Financial Committee were instructed, July 15, 1823, to subscribe for a certain number of copies of the Philadelphia tecorder, a weekly paper, not to exceed in amount $100. About the same date the Auxiliary Bible and Common Prayer Book Society, in New York, presented a donation to the Society of one hundred Common Prayer Books.” 1823-26. Treasurer's Accounts. 47 VI. Appropriations.—Lhese relate to Domestic Missions. VII. Fuxps.—From the Treasurer’s account, rendered No- vember 6, 1826, we have the following statement of the funds of the Society : General Appropriation, balance due Treasurer.................--- $562 17 - Domestic Missions account, balance in hand..................00-5 178 09 Foreign Missions account, balance in hand......................-. 1,505 07 1,683 16 Deducting balance due Treasurer, as above.................-. 562 17 $1,120 99 Since that date, November 6, 1826, to the date of the meeting, November 10, 1826, the Treasurer acknowledges the receipt of the following: Collections in Trinity Church and St. Paul’s Chapel, New York, for OSE A ee $200 00 MMI GS Sao cache iso 5 viele « gee Voelew vices cece eres eseces 40 00 From a lady of Trinity Chapel, Geneva, N. Y., $5; and as a sub- ST SA re nee ie SARE eee satan oe 9 00 From the Auxiliary of Christ Church, Middletown, Conn., for Domes- tic Missions, $61; for Foreign Missions, $1................... 62 00 From the Auxiliary Society at Hartford, Conn.. of ian 210 00 From the Ladies’ Sunday School Association of ee same arphae Spay 20 00 Meee Weerrattncr balance Of 77205. l. ee cece ee ence tees $541 00 ‘The Report then states that it appears there are at present— 82 Annual Subscribers, 22 Life Subscribers, 44 Patrons, 32 Auxiliaries. The contributions for the three years from the first Triennial Meeting appear, from the Treasurer’s accounts, to have been as follows: Ss Lipa / 48 Address by the Executive Committee. == 1828-6. 1824. .For General Appropriation. ............4.. bgt ete $1,815 50 | Domestic Missions:c0 cmc si.) onset 3 00 Foreign Missions. . ..i.0 nemsniae> = <9 eet ee 341 88 —— $2,160 38 1825. .For General Appropriation..............2....006 $1,330 90 - Domestic Missioms. 70) .r icp: 2 eyes eke ee — Foreign Missions. #2035 saps cistsi-s ae atten —_— — 1,330 90 1826, to Nov. 6..For General Appropriation.......... ee $1,672 99 : Domestic Missions. 422)... eee — — Foreign Missions: «. Jc) ss'.0e is oR 92 00 — 1,764 99 Total for three years. ........-c0e45 enelsie+ ses een $5,206 27 The Board of Directors, at their Triennial Meeting, reported an Address sent out by the Executive Committee, under date, Philadelphia, Aug. 8, 1826, from which we make the following extracts : “The Executive Committee of the Domestic and Foreign Mis- sionary Society, of the Protestant Episcopal Church in the United States, with the view of calling the attention of the Episcopal public to the claims of this Society, have deemed it expedient to make, in this way, an appeal in its behalf. To this they have been prompted by a sense, as well of the importance of the Insti- tution as of the obligations of all the members of the Church in reference to it; and the duty is rendered more imperative from the consideration that thus far the Society has excited but a very inadequate interest, and met with a patronage altogether dispro- portioned, both to the exigencies and the resources of the Church. ‘Recognizing in the circumstance of its unanimous establishment by the General Convention of the Church a powerful claim upon the favorable regards and efficient aid of all its members; and . under a full persuasion that the objects which it has in view are of paramount importance, and such as are intimately and necessarily connected with the advancement of our common Christianity and with the prosperity of the Church, we deeply regret the necessity of confessing that its operations have been hitherto on a scale far short of the extent and exigencies of the demands for missionary aid and labor, and its funds entirely incommensurate with the acknowledged means and munificence of Episcopalians. This state of things we would rather attribute to a want of acquaintance with ee j { ; ‘ as FS 1828-26. Address by the Executiwe Oommittee. 49 the existence and claims of the Society than to a want of interest in its important objects. To remedy this defect, and to present the institution te the members of the Church with the view of enlisting in its favor an aggregate interest and codperation, we respectfully submit the following considerations: “The Society comprehends within the sphere of its beneficence Domestic and Horeign Missions ; the former comprising the civilized limits of our country; the latter the aborigines of our country* and the unchristianized people of other lands. In regard to the second department of our Foreign operations but little has been done. Acknowledging and feeling the duty of doing all in our power to accelerate that period when ‘the kingdoms of the earth shall become the kingdoms of the Lord and of His Christ,’ and the universal obligation of the command of the Saviour to promulgate Lis Gospel to every nation as yet unblest with its light and hope, and sincerely sympathizing in the sentiments and views which have prompted those wonderful efforts in this behalf which characterize the age in which we live, we must yet deny ourselves the gratification of taking a prominent part in the work, and be content, for some time to come, to leave this department of the missionary field to others, upon whom Providence seems to have devolved peculiar obligations and conferred peculiar facilities in relation to it. But yet we indulge the pleasing anticipation of the future extension of our operations in this respect, and of being enabled, from your ample resources, and a prevailing interest in the subject, to achieve something worthy of our distinguished priv- ileges and blessings. In the meantime, whatever benefactions may be given to this object will be scrupulously appropriated thereto, and will help forward the accumulation of a fund, of which the foundation has already been laid, for missions in foreign lands. | “In the other Foreign Department of the Society, that which respects the aborigines of our country, we take a more immediate interest, because of the peculiar relations subsisting between them and the present occupants of their former domains, and of the * It will be observed by the above extract tuat the limits by which the two portions of the field were at first defined were not precisely those which prevail under the present Constitution ; the present division defining Missions within the bounds of the United States as Domestic Missions—those without the bounds as Foreign Missions. 4 50 Address by the Executive Committee. —=— 1825 6. especial obligations devolved upon us, from that and other consider- ations, to ameliorate their condition and to prepare them, by economical, moral, and religious culture, to take their station in society as intelligent and valuable citizens, and as enlightened and exemplary Christians. “For more than two years our attention has been directed to this subject, and incipient efforts have been made for the purpose at Green Bay, on the North Western Territory ; which, on account of its situation in respect to the various Indian tribes in its vicinity, has been thought to present peculiar facilities for our Indian operations. “For the last year the Rev. Norman Nash has been cmployed there as a Missionary ; and from the experiments and observations he has made, and the results of his labors, we feel authorized in holding out the expectation of signal benefit from his appointment, if he shall be enabled to execute those liberal and enlarged plans which are now contemplated by the Society, and which are abso- lutely necessary to give efficiency and permanency to its operations in that quarter. “Jt is the design of the Society, under the favor of Providence, to found there a complete Mission establishment, such as will best effectuate the objects in view, by training up the children of the for- est in the habits of civilization and in the doctrines and precepts of the Gospel, and by subduing the adult Indians to the auspicious sway and influence of both. | “It gives us unfeigned pleasure to say, that there exists, in rela- tion to this part of our work, a very general, and, in some respects, an intense interest, such as furnishes abundant ground to hope that, if our plans should meet with approbation, there will be no want of means to execute them. - ‘To aid in this design, and to gratify the known wishes of some, it has been resolved, that the payment of fifteen dollars, for the ed- ucation of an Indian child, shall entitle the donor to designate the name of the beneficiary. In this form, and in every other in which this interesting duty can be discharged, we earnestly solicit the aid and codperation of the members of our Church.” * a ee * Alas! that these fond hopes of our fathers in the missionary work should have had so speedy a downfall, and the great enterprise, so wisely planned, so sadly fail—at least for a time. 1828-26. Report of the Board of Directors. 51 The Board of Directors closed their Second Triennial Report as follows: “When you look, brethren of this Society, upon our proceed- ings, you may perceive, in some respects, a cloud resting upon our path; but recollect that dangers and evils always cluster around the infancy of such an institution, and that experience, though it be in some degree sad, may pave the way, under the blessing of God and your fostering bounty, to far greater efficiency and success in future. And when you look forward and think, perhaps, that impervious darkness rests on the prospects of this Society, remember, too, that the cause we have espoused is the cause of God, and the objects we pursue are the salvation of immortal souls. “If we be zealous and faithful, and constant in prayer, the dark- ness that surrounds us may only serve to elevate before us the pillar © of fire, to disclose more fully our guide and defence, the wisdom and the power of the Omnipotent. “Let us not, then, brood over the little we have accomplished, but survey, with hearts alive to human misery, the desolations of Zion that call us to act. Contemplate the power of Him who hath promised to make us more than conquerors in our struggles for His cause, and meditate on the glorious reward of him who shall be the instrument of saving a soul from death. 'Then shall we go forward; then shall we increase our labors and our success ; for then shall we act under His banner, who has given assurance that He will be with us to the end of the world.” Previously to the annual meeting of the Board, in 1822, a sub- committee of the Executive Committee was appointed “to as- certain the most important stations to which the attention of the Society could be directed for missionary purposes.” ‘This sub- committee wrote letters propounding questions; among the ques- tions asked, inquiry, it appears, was made, where the same was proper, respecting the condition of the Indians. This sub-committee reported at the annual meeting of the Board this correspondence, and some of the replies are published, and among them extracts from a letter from Bishop Chase, of Ohio, in which the Bishop says : “In answer to your second question, I would beg leave to re- that of the Wi vandots, and of them I have great opel Ea: “A youth from that nation (about twenty-one) is now his education at my house, and bids fair to become the medium much good to his people. Could he be assured of a small sti to enable him to devote his attention, first to school-keeping } then to the work of catechising the youth of his tribe, I have] he would accept an appointment to that effect. Boi our funds oe fear, will be too limited, unless aided by the general Society.” ae The Sets resolution was enbseqnently adopted by ‘the on Board : 3 Ke 2» > “* Resolved, That such sums as the lixeoutl te Gomininte thay think proper be applied to aid the sending forth the Wyandot — above mentioned as a catechist and schoolmaster, eat under the direction of the Right Rey. eae Chase.” = Shee CHAPTER ITI. From THE Trrennt4n Mrrrinc 1n Novemser, 1826, To THE TrrenntaL Mrertine in Avcust, 1829. Ar the opening of this chapter the compiler of this record finds himself embarrassed by an hiatus in the series of published missionary documents of that period; the proceedings of the annual meeting of the Board, in May, 1827, not being found. It is hoped, however, that the references to these in the reports of the meetings which follow, will supply all that is essential to the in- tegrity of the record. A special meeting of the Board was held in the hall of the Franklin Institute, in the city of Philadelphia, October 24, 1827. Present, The Right Rev. Bishops White, Hobart, Kemp, Croes, and Bowen; the Rev. Drs. Wilson, B. T. Onderdonk, and Montgomery; the Rev. Messrs. Kemper, Ives, De Lancey, Rodney, W. OC. Mead, Prestman, Cumming, Noble, J. C. Clay, and Weller; Messrs. Meredith, Lowber, and Bancker. Prayers were offered by Bishop White, President. This meeting seems to have been called with reference par- ticularly to the affairs of the Green Bay Mission.* — The Executive Committee presented a long report (accom- panied by correspondence), filled with the most painful details concerning the Mission above mentioned. * The following resolution, it appears, was passed at the annual meeting in May: | “ Resolved, That all. proceedings in relation to the Green Bay Mission be suspended until the next meeting of the Board, and that the Executive Com- mittee be directed, in the interim, to make inquiries and to devise a plan for a permanent location and establishment of a Mission among the aborigines.” 54 = Betracts from Minutes of Special Meetong. . 1827. It is not thought necessary to reproduce these documents. The following extracts from the minutes of the meeting prob- ably furnish all the information on this subject which may, at this day, be regarded as important: “The minutes of the Executive Committee since the meeting of this Board in May last, including the recent Report of a sub- committee on the Green Bay Mission, were read by the Secretary. ‘Whereupon, on the motion of the Rev. S. ve Prestman, of Del- aware, it was unanimously “ Resolved, That the proceedings of the Executive Committee, in relation to the Green Bay Mission, since the appointment of this Board in November last, be approved, they having, in the view of this Board, faithfully discharged their duty.” On motion of William Meredith, Esq., the following Pream- ble and Resolutions were unanimously adopted : “Whereas, it was among the earliest and best purposes of this Society to take an efficient part in the great and benevolent work of extending to the Indian tribes the blessings of Christianity, and, with these, moral instruction and improvement in mechanics and agriculture ; and whereas, although the effort made to accomplish the purpose has, for some time, been necessarily suspended, yet re- cent occurrences strengthen the motives to exertion, and the hope of success is now happily encouraged by the reasonable prospect of patronage on the part of Government, as well as other circum- stances, particularly as regards the Indians in the vicinity of Green Bay ; therefore, “* Resolved, That the Mission to Green Bay be resumed, and that the Executive Committee be directed to take active measures, in concurrence with the views of the Government, for commencing and prosecuting a permanent establishment for the religious, moral, and literary education of the Indians in that vicinity, and for their instruction in the more useful mechanical arts, and in agriculture, and that such measures be taken as soon as the season and cir- cumstances will permit. “ Resolved, That for the accomplishment of a design so pure and sacred, reliance is placed, under the favor and protection of Provi- dence, upon the renewed zeal and liberal support of the members 5 ei | or ae f mote, n. 1 ' Le ae 7), cele ted] as res - suns ;, th : ; ? ed he View - 4 a ' ; os ; 1821. Retracts from Minutes of Special Meeting. 55 of the Church, and of the Christian community; and that it be recommended to the Executive Committee to adopt such means as they may deem expedient for the purpose of increasing the funds of the Society, in order that they may become fully adequate to the object.” And, on motion of Mr. Meredith, it was also “ Resolved, That this Board, having attentively considered the communication made by the Rev. Norman Nash, their late Missson- ary at Green Bay, under date of June 16th last, and having also attentively considered the report made to the Executive Committee by a sub-committee of that body, under date of the 23d of October instant, with the correspondence and documents relating to that _ Mission, feel themselves bound to express the opinion that its failure is to be attributed mainly to the following causes: “1. To a confidence, which events prove to have been misplaced, in the zeal, skill, and capacity of the Missionary, which led to acqui- escence in an attempt at a project beyond the means and ability of the Society, and besides, disproportioned to the actual state of things. “9. To consequent expenditures by the Missionary which, if they could ever have been turned to advantage, must have waited a further progress in the Mission, but were unsuitable to its actual condition and circumstances ; while purposes, presently useful and practicable, were thereby unavoidably straitened and decayed. “3. To the jealousy manifesting itself especially toward auxiliary agents—delaying or defeating their useful endeavors—and the assuming a power beyond the control or interference of principals. “4. And, more especially, to the conduct of the Missionary, by which it too manifestly appears, by his own showing, that official duty was, in his regard, secondary and subordinate to another design, which, although he may have estimated it as of primary expediency and importance, slackened his zeal and interfered with his attention to the former—tended to delay and defeat the purposes of his appointment—to impair and destroy the confidence of those to whom he had voluntarily become an agent, and, at last, unavoid- ably to the discontinuance of his agency.” The Record of proceedings goes on to say— 56) Extracis from Minutes of Special Meeting. — 1827. “While the Board feel themselves bound to express these opin- ions which touch the conduct of the Rev. Norman Nash as a Missionary, they cannot but regret what has proved to result in the disappointment of the expectations entertained by. the Executive Committee, and founded upon supposed qualifications on the part of the Missionary; and it is the sentiment of the Board that if more caution had been used at the outset—more limited confidence been placed in the agent as concerns capacity and fidelity—and more determined proceedings been taken, when the ground to believe that he was wavering or calculating, as to the performance of duty, ceased to be even questionable, some of the disappointment now experienced might have been prevented. _ ; ‘ As a lesson of experience, however mortifying, it may be not entirely unprofitable, leading to the correction of the past and the prevention of future similar errors of judgment or conduct.” At this meeting of the Board there was ordered an Annual Report from the Executive Committee of their proceedings, receipts, and expenditures, the doings of the Missionaries and all other agents of the Board; which Report, on its being accepted, was to be immediately published, for the information of the members of the Society and of the Church. The following Resolution was adopted, on the motion of the ~ Rev. Mr. Noble, of Connecticut: “« Resolved, That it be reeommended to the Executive Committee to commence the publication, quarterly, or oftener if they should. deem it expedient, of articles of intelligence in relation to Missions. calculated to interest the members of the Church in this great cause of Christian benevolence, and that they forward copies of the same to the patrons, sibacr heme and. societies auxiliary to this Society.” In the above record we are pointed to the starting point of the first Missionary publication of the Domestic and Foreign Missionary Society. The agency of the press, in the form of Missionary publications, thus begun, has been wonderfully, enlarged since that day ; no less than four monthly papers, besides the Ton Weeks’ Paper and occasional papers, being now pub- 1827, Lixtracts from Minutes of Special Meeting. 57 lished in the interest of the Society, by the Committees of the Board of Missions. | ; i At this meeting of the Board of Directors, the following Preamble and Jesolution were, upon the motion of the Rey, Dr. Montgomery, unanimously adopted “ Whereas, ‘This institution, as its title designates, was instituted both for Domestic and Foreign Missions, and by its Constitution whatever funds are given for the promotion of these objects are to be appropriated to them respectively and exclusively—therefore, * Kesolved, That while the Board feel more alive to the spiritual wants of their own country, and especially of those members of our own household of faith who are destitute of the ministry and ordinances of the Church, and will always feel themselves bound to give a preference, in the distribution of the beneficence of the Society, as far as they have a discretionary control, to Domestic demands, they have a deep sense of the obligation of the command, ‘ Go ye into all the world and preach the Gospel to every creature,’ and recognize in‘it a perpetual injunction to extend the blessings of the Gospel to all places that may be destitute of them; and that whatever benefactions are made with a view to Foreign Missions will be sacredly devoted to that object, and faithfully employed in its accomplishment, whenever, in the sound and judi- cious discretion of the Board, or the Executive Committee, it may be deemed expedient to act inthe matter. And that the Board feel themselves pledged to this course, from the interest they have already manifested in Foreign Missions in relation to the western ‘coast of Africa, for which considerable funds have been accumu- lated, but in regard to which all the efforts of the Executive Com- mittee to procure a suitable agent or missionary have (till now) proved ineffectual ; * and from the interest taken by them in relation to the aborigines of the country, in regard to whom the Board have taken measures which evince their interest in the cause of Foreign Missions, however the success of those measures, for causes unforeseen and uncontrollable, have fallen short of the expec- tations entertained by those who participated in their adoption.” * The language here employed leads to the conclusion that something transpired at the Annual Meeting respecting the Mission of Mr. Bacon to Africa, not here recorded, for the reason already given, viz., the absence of records of that meeting. 58 Mr. Bacon’s connection with the Society. 1828, - The following article, published in Quarterly Paper, No 1, March, 1828, gives what seems to be the last record concerning Mr. Bacon’s connection, as a missionary, with the Society : “ The Society has been for several years desirous of founding a missionary establishment on the western coast of Africa, with the view of extending the blessings of a? Gospel to the poor, degraded natives of that coast. “Tn 1822, Mr. Ephraim Bacon and his wife, both of whom had been in Africa, In connection with the American Colonization Society, on the return, offered their services to this Society for the commencement of Hoh an establishment. It was determined to send them out, and to give to Mr. Bacon the appointment of catechist. He employed some months, preparatory to his departure, in visiting different parts of our country, for the purpose of exciting an in- terest in favor of the Mission, and collecting the necessary funds for its maintenance. In this he was successful in a greater degree than had been anticipated, and procured ample evidence that the members of the Protestant Episcopal Church feel no small interest in the great work of spreading the Gospel, when an obvious mode of ping it is presented to their view. “Mr. Bacon collected about $1,800, in cash, and a variety of clothing and other useful articles to a corgideunpaa amount in value. = * The way now seemed clear for the Society, and the pleasurable anticipation was indulged that God would prosper the work, and make them the thankful instruments for accomplish- ing, in some degree, His will in the conversion of the heathen. An unexpected obstacle, however, arose from the refusal of the Coloni- zation Society, from some motive connected with the internal affairs of their colony at that period, to allow Mr. Bacon’s family and the goods procured for the Mission a passage in their vessels. Another opportunity was then anxiously sought for, and for some months, but in vain; and at length all the means that could be used having been adopted, without any prospect of success, the Mission was, for the time, with great reluctance on the part of the Executive Com- mitte, abandoned. “The money which had been contributed for this object was invested as part of the Foreign Mission Fund or Account, and was solemnly pledged to the endowment of an Arrican Missron, when- ever there should be.such a Mission established.” pe Stated Meeting of the Board of Directors. 59 It appears from the Quarterly Paper from which the above is taken, as well as from the published proceedings of the next meeting of the Board, that, at the special meeting, in October, 1827—the proceedings of which we are now recording—Mr. Jacob Oson, a colored man of Connecticut, was appointed as a missionary to Africa. The Resolution under which this was done is not recorded in the published proceedings of that meeting, October, 1827, for the reason, probably, that his appointment was not regarded as com- plete until he took orders. He was ordained deacon by Bishop Brownell on the 16th, and priest on the 17th, of February, 1828. Full particulars concerning him appear in the Report of the Executive Committee to the Board, at the meeting held in May, 1828. STATED MEETING OF THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS, HELD IN THE HALL OF THE FRANKLIN INSTITUTE, PHILADELPHIA, MAY 13, 1828. “Present, The Right Rev. Bishops White, Hobart, Croes, and Onderdonk; the Rev. Drs. Wharton, Abercrombie, Milnor, Onderdonk, and Montgomery; the Rey. Messrs. Williston, Kem- per, Prestman, J. C. Clay, R. 8. Mason, Rodney, Eaton, W. C. Mead, Van Pelt, T. G. Allen, and De Fancy Messrs. Lowber, Hall, ay Nicklin. The Executive Committee presented a Report, which was read and accepted. (Such portions of this Report as it may be thought . important here to record will appear in subsequent pages.) A committee, consisting of the Rev. Drs. Onderdonk and Mil- nor, and the Rev. Messrs. Eaton, Prestman, and Kemper, was appointed “to report such measures as it may deem expedient for this Board to take to increase the efficiency of the Society.” This committee reported, commending very highly the faithful- ness of the Executive Committee and of the Secretary—express- ing the opinion, however, “That very valuable results will flow from the adoption of the following Resolutions: “1, Resolved, That the appointment of a Permanent General Agent, with a compensation that would justify a claim upon the 60. Stated Meeting of the Board of Directors 1828, undivided appropriation to the service of the Society of his time and labors, is an object which this Board should have in view as inseparable from the proper efficiency of the Society in the discharge of the high and holy functions committed to it by the Church. “9, Resolved, That the Executive Committee be authorized, as soon as the funds of the Society will admit, to appoint a permanent agent, with a suitable salary. “3, Resolved, That it should be the duty of the said permanent agent, under the direction of the Executive Committee, and acting with the consent and approbation of the Bishops, or ecclesiastical authority of the dioceses respectively, to engage in such services as may tend to maintain and increase in all parts of our Church the interest in behalf of this Society ; and to be instrumental in ad- vancing its cause, by the collection of funds and the establishment of one societies and associations, and, in general, the gags e of all proper measures. “4, Resolved, That until the funds of the society are sufficient for the purposes specified in the foregoing Resolution, the Executive Committee be authorized to make such other arrangements as may seem to them most expedient for answering, as far as may be, the objects proposed by the appointment of a permanent general agent.” % * *% * % * % * “The question being taken on the acceptance of the Report, and the adoption of the Resolutions thereto appended, they were, the Resolutions being first amended, severally accepted, and adopted accordingly.” The sermon before the Board, at this meeting, was preached by the Rev. Dr. Wainwright, of New York, in St. James’s Church. After Divine Service, the Board reassembled in the vestry- room, when, on motion of the Rev. Dr. Milnor, of New York, it was “ Resolved, That the thanks of the Board be given to the Rev. Dr. Wainwright, anc that he be requested to furnish a copy of his sermon for the press.’ Extracts from this sermon are given below. 1828, Extracts from Dr. Wainwright's Sermon. 61 “On motion of the Right Rev. Bishop Hobart, it was “* Resolved, That the Bishops, and the FrocleatetiGal wathoiitids in the several Dioceses, be requested to recommend to the clergy and congregations to make an annual collection in favor of this Society, and that the Secretary annually forward to them a copy of this Resolution.” [How strikingly like this is the action taken by the Board of Missions at its last two or three meetings. ] Extracts from the sermon preached by the Rev. Dr. Wain- wright, at the Annual Meeting of the Board of Directors, May 13, 1828: “Our attention is to be directed toward the duty of sending forth the Gospel of Christ as widely as possible, even till it ReAthios the ends of the earth and penetrates every desert place upon its _wide circumference. ‘Cast thy bread upon the waters.’ The mighty ocean covers much of the largest portion of this world on Which we dwell; it can bear about’ with the greatest facility, and rapidity, and universality, the treasures that are intrusted to it; it encircles every island, washes the shores of every continent, and communicates with their deepest recesses by rivers and bays—its majestic arms. “ Here we find an illustration of the anticipations we are taught to indulge in regard to the extent of Christ’s kingdom, and an amplification of the words of prophecy that ‘the knowledge of the Lord shall fill the earth as the waters cover the sea. Here, also, we find the only boundaries which are to. limit our thoughts and labors in the sublime cause of Missions. The Gospel is not to be restricted to one nation, or kindred, or people: it is destined, in its sure and irresistible progress, to reach and pervade all. To what extent, as regards individuals, the kingdoms of this world are to become the kingdoms of our Lord and of His Christ, whether every living and accountable creature, in any one future age, will be brought to accept the offered terms of salvation, we know not; but of this we are assured, that God designs the Gospel to be preached to all, and has appointed a period in the duration of the world When every intelligent being, from the greatest to the least, shall have the opportunity of knowing the truth as it is in Jesus. “ Wiiere, then, are we Christians to limit our prayers, our projects, 62 Extracts from Dr. Wainwright s Sermon. 1628, and our exertions? We do not confine our prayers; we daily beseech our Almighty Father that His kingdom may come, and His will be done on earth even as it isin heaven. In heaven, His will is universally performed and His Name adored by every blessed inhabitant there. Our prayers, therefore, reach forth in aspirations after a like universal exhibition of obedience and love here below. But what is the extent of our projects and our exertions? I fear that we shall discover them to be limited, cramped, and restrained. Cold selfishness and cowardly policy and lifeless attempts have been too often and too long the characteristics of many of those who call themselves disciples of Christ. When I consider what the Missionary cause is—that its design is to communicate to our brethren of the human family, who are destitute of them, blessings and privileges which we esteem invaluable and essential; to impart knowledge which we possess to beings like ourselves, who are abso- lutely perishing for lack of it; and when I consider that by imparting we diminish not the smallest portion of our own privileges’ and advantages, Iam in utter amazement that this cause is not more _ zealously promoted. And were it proper to introduce private feel- ings, | would add that I am grieved and humiliated that it has not heretofore occupied a much larger space in my own meditations and labors. “Jt is not simply because Christianity will improve the temporal condition of those to whom it is communicated ; saving the idolator from moral degradation, and from expensive offerings and sacrifices of human blood; restoring woman to her just privileges, her mild control and purifying influences, and thus bringing in its train all the benefits of civilized life; it is not on these accounts alone that we are to promote the dissemination of our religion. Great, unques- tionably, as are the moral and temporal advantages which accrue to those who are. the subjects of missionary labors, this must not be our sole, or our principal reason for promoting them. Would we aid. missions upon proper and efficient principles, we must aid them because they are means appointed by God for taking perishing sin- ners from a state of condemnation; for introducing the lost sons of Adam into the flock and fold of Christ ; for extending the triumphs of the Redeemer over sin, Satan, and death; and for peopling the mansions of the blessed with pure and rejoicing spirits, who might otherwise have been the hateful and blaspheming subjects of eternal | 188, Extracts from Dr. Wainwright's Sermon. 63 condemnation and misery. ‘These are the solemn and overwhelming considerations which present the cause of Missions in all its extended importance, which connect it with the awful sublimities of a future world, and which, therefore, are best calculated to rouse the atten- tion of beings acting on their responsibility as immortal. Those who have not these feeiings and views can never be engaged in it, as they should be, heart, mind, soul, and strength. When mere temporal advantages are to be communicated to our fellow-creatures, and moral renovation for the purpose of inducing them to live with greater purity and dignity ‘the life of to-day,’—when these are the only motives that impel us to the missionary cause, it will inevitably be pursued with the caution, the delay, the controlled feelings and views of a wordly policy. Let me know what opinions any set of men hold in regard to the distinguishing characteristic of the - Gospel of Christ, and I can almost predict how high the thermometer of their religious benevolence will rise when applied to the atmos- phere which envelops the sin-darkened nations. With the true and faithful missionary, the Gospel does not seize hold upon his affections, arm his resolutions, sustain his self-denial, and animate his labors as the Gospel of Christ the moral teacher, Christ the author of immor- tality, Christ the renovator of religion. No, it is Christ crucified, Christ the atonement for his sins, Christ the only and all-sufficient means of his restoration to the favor of God and the hope of future blessedness. This is the saying which is worthy of all acceptation, and which he earnestly desires may be accepted of all. This is the Gospel which he readily perceives was not communicated for him- self alone, but for every creature born in the same state of condem- nation with himself. And the gratitude which he feels for his own deliverance, his present consolations, and future hopes, while it fills his mouth with praises to God his Saviour, engages his hands and his heart to promote the cause which he knows to be dearest to that Saviour, for which He endured the er OSS, despising the shame, even the salv ction of the world. “ Domestic and Foreign Missions, though they may be distinct in name, though their transactions may be under the control of different bodies of men (and, perhaps, for their mutual benefit such a division of labors may be expedient), yet the cause itself is one and indi visible. That which makes them Foreign and Domestic is the difference of our civilrelations. But what has the Gospel of Christ to do with boundaries of kingdoms, or the forms of government, 64 Extracts from Dr. Wainwright s Sermon. 1828. or differences of language, or varieties of feature and complexion ? The enlarged and generous spirit of Christian love overleaps these boundaries. God, who hath made of one blood all nations of men for to dwell on all the face of the earth, will the more approve our benevolence, the more expansive it becomes, because it then, in some degree, resembles his own universal goodness. Let not any onc imagine that he is the true and enlightened friend of Domestic Missions, while his affections are cold to those which have our distant brethren of the human family for their object. In our thoughts, our prayers, and our exertions, they are to be regarded as the offspring of the same principle, just as that is the same charity which gives to the destitute family that lives within sight of our own habitation, and to the unfortunate being plundered and wounded, and left for dead on the roadside, whom we casually encounter while on a distant journey. We could not innocently pass by the latter with neglect, for he also is our neighbor in the view of Christian duty. “But the plea and excuse of the spiritual destitution of our brethren at home returns upon us. Let us look again at the con- duct of the Apostles in this respect. They unquestionably went frequently and far on Foreign Missions. Will it be said that the corrupt and hardened Scribes and Pharisees of Jerusalem, the ignorant and yoke-bound slaves of their burdensome rites and foolish traditions in the regions round about (which was the field of ; Domestic Missions to the Apostles), will it be said that this field did not need their attention and cultivation as much as almost any portion of any nation of Christendom needs the labors of Christians of the present day? And when the Apostles knew that Jerusalem was to be trodden down of the Gentiles, and its wretched inhabi- tants destroyed or scattered abroad, might they not have found in the prospect of these dreadful visitations a powerful excuse for con- fining their labors to their own brethren? Yet they were not restricted by these views. They went forth—quickened by zeal for Christ and love for the souls of men—they penetrated even to the ends of the earth. Or will it be argued that to them obstacles were less and encouragements greater than to us? Let us make the compar ison. ‘The inveterate prejudice, the narrow bigotry or high contempt of Mussulmen: are these hateful qualities more prominent in them than they were in Pharisaical Jews of ancient times? The mild Hindoos are intelligent, are devoted to their superstition, which is supported by antiquity, and defended by learning and taste; but are they, 1828. Extracts from Dr. Wainwright's Sermon. 65 by these circumstances, placed farther beyond the reach of the Gospel than the polished and witty Greeks, or the dignified and philosophic Romans? The Indians of Western America and the isles of the Pacific are ignorant and degraded; the savage hordes of Africa are remote and intractable; but are they less accessible or more bar- barous than the furious Gauls, or naked Britons, or inhospitable Seythians? Or to coast the shores of the Mediterranean in frail barks, without compass or chart; was this less hazardous, or an en- terprise of less extent, than now to sail in our stately and well-or- dered ships, guided by experienced skill and the certainties of science? “No, my brethren. There is no obstacle to missionary enter- prise in the present day which was not equally formidable to the Apostles and early Missionaries. There was no encouragement given tothem which we do not enjoy in an equal degree. And I will venture to add, we have equal advantages for bringing converts to the faith of Christ, had we but their zeal and devotion. They, indeed, wrought miracles, they spake with foreign tongues, they were inspired teachers; but we have the arts of civilization, which arouse the attention and command the respect of the ignorant heathen like miracles ; we have time and facilities to learn foreign languages which were denied to the Apostles; and the preaching of the Gospel, if it be not from inspired lips, yet if these lips faithfully declare the truths of inspiration, the Spirit of God will give them entrance into the heart. Now, as in the days of the Apostles, the Gospel grows not from the planting of Paul, or the watering of Apollos, but because God giveth the increase.” Note.—The cause of Foreign Missions now seems to me connected in the most intimate manner with the prosperity of our Church at home. I do believe that in no way can we so effectually subserve our own ecclesiastical interests,—excit- ing and extending among ourselves a pure and self-denying spirit of piety, and an enlightened and ardent attachment to our own distinctive prin- ciples, as by planning and laboring, contributing and praying, to make this Church known and glorified, as the blessed instrument of communicating spiritual knowledge and spiritual consolations to all people, and kindred, and tongues, that dwell on the face of the earth. Arouse, then, fathers and brethren, ministers and people—as we are a Church professing primitive faith and apos- tolic discipline, let us also be a Church exhibiting primitive zeal and apostolic devotion to evangelizing the world; and may Jesus, our Lord and Saviour, be with us. He has promised, solemnly and faithfully, to be with us “alway, even to the end of the world,’ provided (and let us all well remember the con- dition)—provided we go forth and preach the Gospel to every creature. 5 66 Report of the Executive Committee. 1828. REPORT OF THE EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE, MAY, 1828. 1. The Proceedings of the Committee. After mentioning certain appropriations, the Committee report as follows : ' “The articles of clothing and merchandise which had been collected by Mr. Bacon, in 1822, for a Mission to Africa, and which had been deposited in various hands, were collected by a sub-com-_ mittee, examined and deposited in the Society’s room, A few small articles, which had received injury, were disposed of, and the - remainder carefully repacked.”’ Mention was made of the suspension of the Green Bay Mis- sion, and the closing of the Rev. Mr. Nash’s connection with | the Board, and of his transfer to the Committee of the articles purchased by him for the use of that Mission; of the employ- ment of the Rev. Clement F. Jones, then recently appointed as post-chaplain to the garrison at Fort Snelling, near the Falls of St. Anthony, on the Mississippi—Mr. Jones having ex- pressed his willingness to serve the Society in collecting infor- mation useful to the Committee, in relation to the Indian char- acter and disposition for instruction, in the region of country’ through which he must pass to his station, and while there; that the Committee had availed themselves of his services as their agent for the examination of the articles above alluded to, with direction to dispose of such as might be liable to injury, and to place the remainder in the charge of some suitable persons until the Executive Committee should be instructed by the Board to renew the Mission. Mr. Jones’s. labors were highly com- mended. The Committee reported further respecting the steps which had been taken to secure Governmental aid m the establishment of the mission at Green Bay; a portion of their Report is as follows: “Karly in October, the Executive Committee received private information that, at the treaty which was held last summer with the Indians in the vicinity of Green Bay, provision had been made for an education establishment, and the Secretary was directed 1828, Report of the Executive Committee. 67 \ to proceed immediately to Washington, to obtain, if possible, assur: ances from the Government that the appropriation proposed by this treaty should, in case of the ratification of the treaty, be placed at the disposal of this Society. Assurances to this effect were promptly given by the Secretary of War, which have since been confirmed by a correspondence with the Superintendent of Indian Affairs ; and the Committee, in anticipation of the ratification of the treaty, of which they have not yet been informed, have taken some steps which they earnestly hope will result in the permanent settle- ment of a Missionary establishment among the Indians in the vicinity of Green Bay.” The Committee recommended the appointment of the Rev. Eleazer Williams, ‘“ of Indian extraction, and in Deacon’s orders,” as a Missionary to the settlement of Oneida Indians who had emigrated from the State of New York, and now resided at the little Ka-ka-lin, on the Fox River, near Green Bay. The Executive Committee further Report as follows “The General Convention of 1826 directed, with an unanimous voice, that measures should be taken for establishing Missions at Liberia, on the coast of Africa, and at Buenos Ayres, in South America. The Executive Committee had, for some time previous to the meeting of that Convention, both these objects in view, and had taken some measures, and made some inquiries in relation to them which, though not pavoceafill to the extent desired, were yet useful in erating to future measures. = ‘ z “Tn the course of last summer some favorable indications of ulti- mate success appeared, and the Committee thought it necessary to request the President to call a special meeting of the Board of Directors. 4 7 * : : i Fe * At the same meeting, Mr. Jacob Oson, a man of color, was nominated a Missionary for Africa, so soon as he should obtain holy orders, for which he had been for some time a candidate in the Diocese of Connecticut. “Mr. Oson had been amply recommended to the Executive Committee as a man of piety, worth, industry, and competent talents, and as possessing a very sincere desire to preach the Gospel and exercise the ministry in Africa. He has since been admitted to holy orders by Bishop Brownell, of Connecticut, and, having set- 68 Report of the Kxecutive Committee. 1828, tled his temporal affairs, is now in the service of the Society, and ready to embark in the first vessel which shall sail for Liberia. The clothing and goods which, as was stated above, have been some time in the hands of the Executive Committee for this special service, have been again examined, and ascertained to be a very valuable outfit for the Mission; to these the Committee have added, by purchase and otherwise, a collection of valuable books; chiefly practical, for the permanent use of the Mission; and they have been presented with a quantity of tracts for distribution at Liberia. | | “The Committee have great pleasure in adding, that in addition to the funds already in hand, and pledged to the African Mission, provision has been made by individuals of St. Paul’s Church, at Boston, for the personal support of Mr. Oson and his Mission [a noble example at that early day] to the amount of $300 per annum, for which the Committee have been authorized to draw annually, on | Easter Monday; and to this, Edward A. Newton, Esq., of Pittsfield, Massachusetts, has generously pledged the additional annual amount of $60. “The Committee now only wait the arrival of Mr. Oson at the scene of his labors, and his Report of a plan of operations, to add to the Mission such additional strength as may seem to be re- quired ; in obtaining which they are inclined to believe the difficulties which have heretofore operated will no longer furnish impediments. The Board, and the friends of the Institution generally, will doubtless rejoice with us that the Divine Head of the Church has at length been pleased to smile on our labors, and has opened for us a path of usefulness to this long injured and degraded race of men. May He graciously prosper the work until its consummation. “Tt is due to the Colonization Society to state, that on application to their Board of Directors to allow Mr. Oson a passage in one of their vessels, the request was promptly acceded to, with the addi- tional intimation that it should be free of expense to the Society. The Secretary of that Society has also promptly attended to every request for information which has been made to him on our part, andl has already furnished us with much information which will be of importance in the arrangements and furtherance of this Mis- sion.” | It is thought well here to complete the Record respecting the a * “oe ~~ a . hy ; ‘ 1828. Report of the Executive Committee. 69 worthy servant of the Lord, in whom centred so many . hopes for the good of Africa—and we therefore insert the following, taken from the annual Report of the Executive Committee for the following year, 1829. “At the last meeting of this Board, the Committee congratu- lated the Board on the near prospect which was then presented of the commencement of a Mission, long desired by the Society and the Church at large, to Africa. A Missionary was then ordained, funds were Pravided for his support, and means for extending his usefulness on every. hand were pred Ay 0) “Tn the following September a vessel was. in readiness to sail from Philadelphia... A passage was immediately engaged, all nec- essary preparations were made, and Mr. Oson advised to prepare for his immediate departure. The notice found him on a bed of sickness, from whence he was taken, before the departure of the vessel, to his grave. “The Committee have mourned over this afilicting dispensation of Providence, and have in vain sought to fill the vacancy thus. suddenly and painfully created. They trust that Missions to Africa will be the subject of many prayers from the members of the Church, and that it may-at length be a part of the gracious designs of our ascended Lord, that our Church may enter on this work and. labor of love.” Touching the Foreign Missionary work of the Church, the Executive Committee further reported by saying that they would nominate to the Board, before the close of its session, a Missionary for Buenos Ayres.* * Asno nomination to this field is published with the proceedings of this meeting of the Board, it is supposed that the following entry in the minutes of that mceting refers to the nomination of the Rev. Mr. Williams, and to the nomination of some one for Buenos Ayres. | In the Record of the proceedings, there are at this place two resolutions respecting the appointment of Missionaries; but as the confirmation of these appointments rests upon testimonials to be presented. to the Executive Com- mittee, or have been referred to their discretion, it is deemed inexpedient to publish them. ] 70 Report of the Executive Committee. 1828, II. Abstract of Receipts since the 17th of May, 1827.* Eor Domestic Accounts amie eerie oe ears $1,045 91 For Foreign Account. stem, eimai r. sad ciewsi 215 00 For General \AccountoG ere. 2) eee a 424 91 ——-$1,685 82 The several balances of account to May 12, 1828, stood as tollows: Debit Credit, Domesti¢s orc. swe oe eee rear $79 33 Foreign... o.ctt cs. bes asco eae similis ote alee $1,102 16 Gréen/ Bay .G.e + ph eens ee ore iis a eale Clay cee oak oh outa aun 63 00 General ec oe tac eae ee ee ecient eee 263 72 Il. Patrons. The following have been made patrons since the last stated meeting of the Board: 7 Rev. James Morss, p.p., of Newburyport, Mass., by ladies of his congregation. Rev. Samuel Nichols, of Bedford, N. Y., by Female Auxiliary So- ciety of-his congregation. : Rev. James F. Hull, of New Orleans, La., by Messrs Sheldon and Babcock, of that city. Rev. 8. W. Prestman, of Newcastle, Del., by Female Beneficent Society of his congregation. Rey. F. H. Cuming, of Rochester, N. Y., by Young Ladies’ Benev- | olent Society, of Rochester. Rev. B. G. Noble, of Middletown, Ct., by Auxiliary Society of his congregation. Rev. Smith Miles, of Chatham, Ct., by Auxiliary Society of his congregation. * Tt has becn already stated that the Proceedings and Reports of the Board for 1827 do not appear in any volume of the published Documents to which the compiler of this Record has had access; so that he has not been able to as- certain with accuracy the amount of receipts from November, 1826, to May, 1827; it is believed, however, that the absence of that document has not occa- - sioned the omission here of any other fact of importance, except, possibly, that which relates to the formation of new auxiliaries and additions to the list of patrons and life members, 1928. Report of the Executive Committee. fel Rev. Samuel Johnston, of Cincinnati, Ohio, by Auxiliary Society: of his congregation. Edward A. Newton, Esq., of Pittsfield, Mass., by his own subscrip- tion. William Jay, Esq., of Bedford, N. Y., by Female Auxiliary Society of St’ Matthew’s Church, Bedford. Rey. James Chapman, Amboy, N. J., by ladies of his congrega- tion. Rey. Peter Van Pelt, of Philadelphia, by Auxiliary Society of Trin- ity Church, Southwark. Members for Life. Samuel J. Donaldson, Esq., of Baltimore, by his own subscription ; Miss Julia B. Turner, of New York, by her father’s subscription, are the only additions to the list of Life Members. } Aualiary Societies. “Since the last stated meeting of the Board, the Executive Committee have been informed of the organization of the follow- ing Auxiliaries : The Female Missionary Society of St. Matthew’s Church, Bedford, nie The Auxiliary Missionary Society, of St. John’s Church, Ports- mouth, N. H. The Female Auxiliary Missionary Society, of the same Church. The Female Missionary Society, of Christ’s Church, Cincinnati, Ohio. The Female Missionary Society, of St. Paul’s Church, Augusta, Ga. The Auxiliary Society, of St. Paul’s Church, Boston. | The Female Auxiliary Society, of the same Church. The remaining portions of the Report of the Executive Comunittee refer to Domestic Missions, which the limits as- signed to us do not allow us here to record. The loving hand which shall hereafter trace the history of our Missions in that Department, will find much that will greatly interest himself and the Church in Reports of the early efforts of the Society in that vast portion of the field. 72 Appeal of the Executive Committee. 188. The Executive Committee conclude with the following appeal : “Tt has doubtless already occurred to the members of the Board that the Society has not yet accomplished any very satisfactory results; that it has been the means of effecting no considerable degree of good; and that the advantages expected, perhaps too fondly, at its organization, have as yet scarcely more than begun to be seen. 3 “The Executive Committee must admit this to be true. The Committee are not disposed to enter largely into apologies or ex- planations of the causes of these limited results ; they are satisfied that. an examination of their books and papers will show that they have not slumbered on their post, and that what has fallen within their sphere of duty has not wanted a faithful and patient trial. “ Disappointments they have met with, calculated, as they con- céive, to try whether indeed their hearts were in the work, and whether they were willing to go on in humble imitation of their Divine Master, through evil report and good report, to work while it is day. “There are two causes, however, which have retarded, greatly retarded their labors, and these are vital: —Tuu want or MIssi0n- ARIES, AND THE WANT OF FuNDs. ‘In some instances, where they could have sent Missionaries, they could not obtain the funds for their support; in others, where they had special funds, they could not obtain the Misssionaries.” The Committee next remark that it was hardly reasonable to expect that the Society, “ with only voluntary agents, with a new, large, and untried sphere of labor, and not very extensively en- couraged, should, in a few years, accomplish much; that expe- rience was being gained, and the path becoming plainer.” The Committee next express their sense of the unfairness of comparing, as some have done, the feeble efforts of this yet infant institution with those institutions which have already gained the lights of experience, and are in the full tide of successful operation. They suggest that a fairer method would be the comparison of the doings of this Society with the infancy of those other bodies, and in this connection remark : a. ” Pes 5 Appeal of the Executive Committee. 73 “The venerable Society in England for Propagating the Gospel in Foreign Parts, to which our Church is under such weighty obli- gations, and the equally venerable Society, in the same country, for Promoting Christian Knowledge, were long in attaining to the eminent efficiency in the cause of the Gospel which for a century has distinguished them. An institution, however, also in England, established in our own times, and the early history of which is more intimately known to us, may therefore be more properly adduced as aninstancein point. The Church Missionary Society, when it com- menced with the names of Gambier, Grant, the Thorntons, Wilber- force, Newton, Pratt, Scott, Venn, Wood, and Macauley, on its General Committee, men. who will not be accused of coldness in this holy cause, with a thousand pounds a year at their disposal, an amount larger than has ever at any one time been within the con-' trol of the Executive Committee, had no Missionary whatever in their service till the fifth year of the Society’s existence; and had their Committee been limited, as we are, to Missionaries of their own Church and country, they might have continued without labor- ers for many years longer, as they did not succeed in procuring such till 1809, the ninth year of the Society’s existence; and till that time were obliged to be content with the services of only three or four German Missionaries at Sierra Leone. And yet, who can look back upon the immense good effected, under God, by that Society, without feeling grateful that their Committee did not desist from the work, under all their discouragements? Though ‘they could not,’ as they stated in a passage of an early Report which the Executive Com- mittee think worthy of quotation, ‘charge themselves with deficiency either in zeal or diligence, they fear that the effect of their exer- tions will scarcely come up to the sanguine expectations of many by whom the difficulties attendant upon every new and important undertaking have not been duly weighed, nor the care and caution requisite in laying a firm and solid foundation fully considered.’ “This was in their first Report. In their second, they state that they had made earnest application to a numerous body of cler- gymen, in every part of the kingdom, without success.. They allege that the difficulties they met were the fear of an unhealthy climate, the different state of society at home, the prosperity and friendly in- tercourse of society, the estimation in which a good man is held, and the extensive sphere generally allowed for his labors, which not only form a strong bond of attachment to his native soil, but tend to ‘yw 74. Appeal of the Executive Committee. | 1828. nourish a softness of mind and an indisposition to encounter, at a distance from home, the fatigues and hardships of a missionary. If to these causes, operating to the disadvantage of that Society, we add the general and very extensive call for the labors of our Clergy in stations near to their homes, affording, in almost every case, the prospect of usefulness, we shall find that more obstacles are to be removed, if removed they can be, than would readily be anticipated by those who look only to certain and successful ettorts as the price of their encouragement. x * *K * x xk sf “In concluding their Report the Executive Committee deem it. their duty respectfully but plainly to press it on the conscience of every member of the Board, whether he has, in his own particular sphere, done his part—as much at least as has been in his power to do—for the great cause of Christian Missions. Shall this institu- tion, founded for the noblest of purposes, by the authority of our whole Church, languish, a reproach upon its name, for want of such exertions as we can readily give? Shall those to whom a dispen- sation of the Gospel is committed decline any measure or neglect any means by which the work may be accomplished? If upon the whole Church les the obligation of freely imparting to others what has been freely given to them, is there not a deeper anda holier obli- gation upon us to whom the Church has committed the trust ? Zo the Clergy throughout the land we would send forth an earnest ap- peal to shake off their slumbers and arouse to this hallowed work. Let every one, not evidently called of God to some other scene and labor, task his judgment and question his heart whether he has not atalent for the Missionary work—a gift for the Missionary cause. There are often men who pass their lives in obscurity and com- parative uselessness, buried like precious ores in the bosom of the earth, who, once roused to the effort, are capable in other ‘spheres of doing more than tongue can express for the welfare of mankind, but who are often content to sink into the first seat that offers, if they can find in it their daily bread. Does the whole world afford a better field or a nobler reward for such a man’s exertions than belongs to him who goes, like the chosen Apostles of our Blessed Redeemer, to proclaim to the multitude of his brethren who are an- nually perishing in ignorance of that Redeemer, and to the misera: ble heathen of other lands—does the world afford a better field for human efforts than in turning these from darkness to light, and 1928. Appeal of the Hxecutive Committee. TD from the power of Satan unto God? Or can there be a nobler re- ward than that promised to those who turn many to righteousness, that they shall shine as the stars forever and ever ? “ But if they cannot or will not go forth to this work themselves, call they refuse to exercise at home, in the sphere of their influence, all that influence in procuring the means which shall contribute, not to the luxury—he who takes up the Missionary scrip and staff takes leave of all luxury but that of doing good—but to the necessary support and comfort of those who forego all else? And if he does neglect to do this, how shall he answer it at the day of final account to Him who commissioned His ministers to preach the Gospel to every creatare? Shall the minister of Christ—of Him who shed His precious blood for all men—forego these efforts and be guilt- less ? . “Let the lay members of our Church, too, question their own hearts in this matter. Let them, with devout prayer for Divine guidance, ask themselves what is their duty? What is the duty of those who are commanded to do to others as they would wish others to do to them? “Brethren ! in our own country there are vast regions where a famine of the Word of Life is spreading moral death around—there are our own brethren—nurtured as we have been in the ordinances of God’s house and the instructions of His holy religion. Now re- moved far away from them, they come over their minds, in the sol- itude of the wilderness, as a pleasant dream which they would gladly realize. *K XK Xk x Ht x x “Think, too, of the miserable heathen, bowing down to hid- eous idols of wood and stone; think of the miseries which idolatry brings upon its ignorant, wretched votaries ; think of the multitude of delusions and consequent sorrows into which so many of our race are plunged, and ask yourselves whether you are doing to others as you would have others do to you, when, like the Priest and the Levite, you turn disgusted from the spectacle and pass by on the other side. “The Executive Committee would conclude their Report with a striking passage from a sermon preached before the English Church Missionary Society : : ““We are attempting, in God's appointed way, to diffuse the knowledge of salvation, What though it may be objected that our 76 Stated Meeting of Board of Directors. 1829. instruments are weak, ‘ Hath not God chosen the weak things of the world to confound the things which are mighty, that no flesh should glory in His presence ?’ | : “<¢ What though we have not met with immediate success ? Are we not laying a foundation on which much may be built successfully hereafter? But what have we to do with success? Success be- longs to God—duty is our part. Shall we sit still and make no effort for the conversion of our fellow-creatures? Can we acquit ourselves of guilt by waiting longer till we see a more favorable prospect ? Our duty, our indispensable duty, is to endeavor; nor are our endeavors at all less acceptable to God even though they may be unsuccessful. You are now called on to show your zeal for God: the work 1s begun—your duty is before you—the duty which you owe to your Redeemer, and to your fellow-creatures, to contribute as much as possible to His glory and their everlasting welfare.’ ”’ STATED MEETING OF THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS, HELD IN THE SOCIETY'S ROOM, PHILADELPHIA, MAY 12, 1829. Preseni—lrom Massachusetts : Rev. Alonzo Potter, Edward A. Newton, Esq., Edward Tuckerman, Esq., and James Bow- doin, Esq. F roi New York: The Right Rev. Bishop Hobart, and Rev, Dr. B. T. Onderdonk. From New Jersey: The Right Rev. Bishop Croes. From Pennsylvania: The Right Rev. Bishop White, Rev. Drs. Abercrombie, Beasley, and Delancey; Rev. Messrs. Kem- per, Brinckle, Rodney, B. B. Smith, Clay, T. G. Allen, Van Pelt, Rutledge, and Weller; P.H. Nicklin, Esq., J. C. Lowber,, Esq., and O.N. Bancker, Esq. The meeting was opened with prayer by the Rial Rev. Bishop White, eh esident of the Society, who took the Bien The Report of the Executive Committee for the past year was presented, read, and referred to the Executive Committee to be printed. A Report of the same Committee, containing suggestions of certain alterations of the Constitution, which subject had been referred to the Executive Committee, at the last meeting, with a a oe ee” 1820. Extracts from Report of Executive Committee. 77 instructions to report to the present, was laid before the Board and read. ati: These suggestions were, by Lesolution, approved and adopted, and an attested copy of the Resolution ordered to be laid before the Society at its Triennial Meeting, to be heldin August following. We do not here transcribe the proposed alterations of the Con- stitution. ‘l’o complete the record respecting these amendments, it may be here stated that, at the Triennial Meeting of the Soci- ety, held in August, 1829, the Resolution of the Board, above mentioned, was submitted to the Society, and by it approved, and referred to the General Convention then in session. The General Convention adopted the amendments proposed. The Constitution as amended will appear in connection with the record of the proceedings of the Society of the above date. The following extract from.the Minutes of the Executive Committee was also laid before the Board: “ At a meeting of the Executive Committee, held on the 11th of May instant, it was “ Resolved, 'That, in the opinion of the Executive Committee, the period has arrived when the interests of the Society require that the time of some competent person be devoted to them, as Secre- tary and General Agent, and that they, therefore, recommend that the Board of Directors take immediate measures for that. purpose.” The action of the Board upon this recommendation of the Executive Committee was as follows: “ Resolved, 'That the consideration of the subject proposed by the Executive Committee as a permanent arrangement be postponed, and that the Secretary be requested to continue to discharge the duties of General Agent until the next meeting of the Society, and that, in consideration of his devoting his time, attention, and exer- tions for the advancement of its interests, he be allowed, in addi- tion to his salary, the sum of three hundred dollars.” The salary of the Secretary seems to have been previously two hundred and fifty dollars. The Treasurer, Thomas Hale, Esy., submitted his Report, and with it the resignation of the office of Treasurer. His Re- 78 Report of the Executive Committee. hae port was referred, and his resignation accepted, with a vote of thanks for the faithfulness with which Mr. Hale had discharged his duties as Treasurer since the organization of the Society. GREEK MISSION. The following Resolution was adopted by the Board: “ Resolved, That all the Missionary stations heretofore appoint- ed by the Board, with the addition of some suitable place or places in Greece, be regarded as such by the Executive Committee.” The Rev. John J. Robertson * was appointed a Missionary of the Society. The above recorded facts do not give the exact starting point to which we trace back the history of the Greek Mission. This fact appears in the following extract from the Report of the Executive Committee to the Board at this meeting, May 12, 1829: “In September (1828) the Rev. John J. Robertson, of Maryland, haying expressed a willingness to be engaged in a Mission to the interesting region of Greece, the Committee believed that they were called to enter on the hallowed work of Missions to a people for whose sufferings our countrymen generally had felt great sympathy, who are descended from an ancient and Apostolic branch of the Church of Christ, but among whom, being without the Holy Scriptures and destitute of education, a corrupt form of Christianity prevails, except where even this had given place to infidelity. By the cireu- lation of the Scriptures, the Protestant Liturgy, the Homilies, and other standard religious works, their ignorance of the Gospel may be dispelled, and by the ministry of the pure Gospel, souls now destitute of its light may be turned from sin unto God. “'The Committee believe that Mr. Robertson possesses qualifi- cations peculiarly important to such a Mission, and enabling him to enter upon it judiciously, faithfully, and zealously ; and they are encouraged to hope that his appointment to this duty will be attended with valuable results to the people of that distant but interesting country. * This venerable servant of the Lord still lives, and will, it is hoped, be a joyful witness and partaker of the Jubilee Services, in October next, 1871. 4 ; 1829. Leport of the Executive Committee. 19 “Mr. Robertson was appointed a Missionary Agent to visit Greece, inquire into the state of religion in that country, ascertain the disposition of the people for receiving Protestant Episcopal Missionaries, disseminate religious publications, and promote the knowledge of the Gospel by such means as shall be within his power, with the view, should he be favored by Divine Providence, to his settlement as a Missionary of this Society in that country. “Mr. Robertson, after visiting some of our principal towns to produce attention to his Mission, sailed from Boston on the Ist of January last, for Malta, and is expected to return to this country in the course of the present year. : “The Committee would here gratefully acknowledge that an appropriation was made to the Society for the Mission to Greece, by the American Bible Society, of fifty English Bibles, and $500 to procure Holy Scriptures for distribution in Greece; and by the American Tract Society, of New York, of $150 for procuring trans- lations of that Society’s tracts into the modern Greek language, and of 2,500 pages of the Society’s tracts in French, or other languages, for distribution by Mr. Robertson. “A copy of the instructions given to Mr. Robertson is annexed to this Report.” * * Instructions to the Rev. J. J. ROBERTSON, on his departure for Greece. “REY. AND DEAR Sir: You have been appointed by the Executive Com- mittee of the Domestic and Foreign Missionary Society, their Agent, to visit the interesting country of Greece, which has recently broken the fetters of Turkish and Mahometan oppression, and is now striving to take her former place among the nations of the earth, for the purpose of ascertaining its spir- itual condition, the disposition of its people for receiving Protestant Episcopal Missionaries, to disseminate religious publications, and to promote the knowl- edge of the Gospel by such means as shall be within your power, with the view, should you be favored by Divine Providence, to your settlement as a Missionary of this Society in that country. “In order to ascertain the spiritual condition of Greece, the Committee expect you will travel as extensively as circumstances will allow, particularly among the islands, in which the Committee have been led to beiieve there will be found greater sensibility on this subject, more intelligence, and a greater desire for knowledge. The same circumstances, it is understood, may be predicated, though in a less degree, of those parts of the Morea which are in the greatest degree relieved from the apprehension of war. It is feared, how- ever, that you will everywhere find much ignorance of the pure Gospel, and in too many instances a strong tendency to infidelity, | “In all these respects the Committee are desirous that you should make up 80 Bishop Whites Letter. 1820. ‘Mr. Robertson took with him the following letter of intro- duction to Foreign Ecclesiastics, signed by such of the Bishops of our Church as could conveniently be applied to, by which they have expressed their interest in the Mission in which he has engaged. “ To the Rev. J. J. Ropurtson, Missionary Agent to Greece, under appointment of the Domestic and Foreign Missionary Society of the Protestant Episcopal Church in the United States of America. “The undersigned, taking under his consideration that, in acting under your commission, you may occasionally have an intercourse with some Bishop of the Greek Church, desires you to present to any such Right Rev. person the profound respect and the paternal affec- tion of a brother Bishop, in the forty-second year of his Hpiscopacy, and the President of the Society in whose service you are about to depart for Greece. “The undersigned recognizes the Greek Church as of Apostolic origin, and a sister of the Church in which he unworthily holds a from your own personal observation, rather than from the information of others, a deliberate and mature opinion, so that, in your communications to the Committee, which will be laid before the public, the Greeks may appear in their own actual character, and we be rendered able to understand their real necessities, with a view to the application of the best means of relief. “II. The Greeks, as is well known to you, have a Church constituted after what we believe to be the Apostolic model, and to be acknowledged by us as a sister Church, except in its corruptions of the Gospel. There is good hope that, through the benevolent efforts of Protestant Christendom, favored by Him without whose favor all efforts are vain, the darkness which has so long rested upon that Church may be dispelled. “You will, therefore, avail yourself of all suitable occasions for ascertaining their disposition to receive episcopally ordained Missionaries and, in particular, Missionaries of our own Church. In order to this you will state the advantages which this Church enjoys in its pogsession and public preaching of the pure Gospel, in its Apostolic and yet free Constitution, in its Scriptural Liturgy, and in the learning and active pastoral character of its clergy. “You might do an acceptable service, perhaps, by employing some leisure hours, when your knowledge of the language shall be sufficiently advanced, in preparing a summary tract on the Episcopal character of the primitive Churches, those of Greece in particular, and supporting your arguments by quotations from the Greek fathers, vip “JII. You will also improve every opportunity for disseminating religious 1829. Bishop Whites Letter. — 81 conspicuous station. He has for a long time felt a deep interest - in the oppression endured by certain portions of the said Church, under the Turkish Government, and in their persevering attach- ment to the faith handed down to them by our blessed Saviour and His Apostles. He has rejoiced in their late deliverance from that power, and has prayed that it may be permanently established, and that it may be productive of their increase in every grace and in all good works. “Tf any such Right Rev. person should administer to you any religious aid, or any personal kindness, in the discharge of your commission, let him be assured that it will be faithfully recorded and Pee filty remembered by the Church under oes authority you are about to labor. “Given in the city of Philadelphia, this twenty-second day of November, in the year of our Lord, 1828. “ (Signed) WILLIAM WHITE, “Bishop of the Protestant Episcopal Church in the Common- wealth of Pennsylvania, and Senior Bishop of said Church in the United States. PHILADELPHIA, Dec., 1828.” publications. For this purpose the American Bible Society has generously placed, through this Society, at your disposal a number of copies of the Holy Scriptures, and a credit on the books of the British and Foreign Bible Society for a further and large supply. Me | ame aig” eee oF —s) 1829. Report of the Executive Committee. 85 this Society. Several of those Conventions passed [Resolutions approbatory of the objects and designs of the Society, and re- commending it to the patronage of their Churches, | “A Resolution of the Board of Directors, adopted at the last While we have opportunity, let us do good—liet us do good unto all men. Now is the time, the accepted time! Ships are freighting for every idolatrous land ; access is opening to every wandering and benighted horde—they wait, perhaps they long for our arrival ; time precses; eternity is at hand; and soon we who can give, and they who might have received, shall stand together at the judg- ment-seat of Christ. Yea, brethren, the time is come; the set time to have mercy upon the heathen. — “ Say not that we forget the wants of our own country, of our own Church, We forget them not. We know that they are great ; that, if you will, they are paramount. Wesee them pressing up for relief from every quarter. We forget not that an eventful moral experiment—an experiment not only involving our national destiny, but the destiny, perhaps, of other nations, is here in progress ; that among us there has been committed, for the first time, to private benevc- lence, the task of Christianizing a great and ever-growing people. We do not overlook the difficulty of this task, nor deny that it has hitherto been grossly neglected. We often compare the extension of the population with the extension of religious means, and contemplate the appalling fact that the latter is greatly outstripped by the former! In one word, that since the formation of our Government the cause of Christianity has really declined among us ; that so great is the disparity between its advance and the advance of population, that it has lost more than one third of its entire relative strength ; that at this moment, and in this land, the asylum of conscience and the ark of civil freedom, there are destitute of the means of grace not less than four millions of souls, on whose virtue depend alike the welfare and being of our Republic; and that, at this rate, but sixty years need elapse before two thirds of our whole population will be found living without Christian instruction and dying without Christian hope. These are facts which we do not deny ; which we plainly see ; and as we see them, we confess that our hearts _ do tremble for our country—for the ark of God. “But what then? Because our brethren after the flesh have claims, does it follow that the Pagan has none? Because one creditor is pressing, must the rights of another be forgotten? Paul was a debtor to the Greeks, but did he, on that account, forget that to the Barbarians he was a debtor also? Our countrymen are suffering a famine of the Word of God, but does that diminish the necessities of the heathen? Still they frequent the altars of a cruel superstition ; still, to the number of five hundred millions, they pine under a bondage direr than was that of Egypt—a bondage, too, from which we alone can rescue them! Who, then, shall say,‘ There are wants at home; I can send nothing abroad?’ Let the one be done, let not the other be left undone. Pour the radiance of the Gospel on the dark places of your Republic; but remembering that without its borders there are places yet more dark ; remember- 86 Report of the Executive Committee. 1829, meeting, requesting the Bishops and Ecclesiastical Authorities to recommend to the Clergy and Congregations to make an Annual Collection in favor of the Society, was, about the same time, for- warded to the said authorities. From these circumstances com- ing that it was for their illumination, also, that this Gospel was confided to your care; on them, also, let that radiance be poured. Nor wait, ere you do this, to see its last triumph at home! Before then, centuries may elapse. Imitate rather the example of the Apostles. Go first to the lost sheep of the house of Israel, and when they have received the invitation of mercy, then, whether they hearor whether they forbear, hasten onward. If, like the chosen people of old, they put it from them—if they listen to it only with dull and insensate hearts, then turn ye to the Gentiles. Leave behind you Bibles to instruct, ministers to exhort ; and your charity, having thus begun at home, let it continue and increase and advance. Its efforts are to be bounded only by your. ability, by the spiritual exigencies of mankind. The field is the world. You may not gather in a full harvest from one part of this field when the seed is not even sown in another! It must whiten together unto the harvest. You may not introduce the millennium into one nation, when in another the slightest prepa- ration for it has not been made! The intercourse subsisting between them must forever forbid this. If you would indeed accelerate the approach of that blest era, you must do as did the first Missionaries of the Cross. Having planted the Church in one place, you must hasten to another. Having made a lodgment in the enemy’s country, you must plant, at favorable points, your fortresses, and leave them to complete the conquest! Your labors must be © extended, and extended, and extended, till missionary stations shall twinkle, as radiant points, over all the expanse of Pagan darkness. Then may you look for the second advent of the Sun of Righteousness:. From these stations shall emanate a light waxing brighter and brighter. Fed by. Christian zeal and fanned by Christian prayers, they shall burn with an intenser heat ; they shall diffuse a more resplendent lustre, until at length the millennial day shall dawn, and over all the earth at once shall the glory of the Lord arise.” * i oe x % “ # # “In calling then upon my friends, my fellow Churchmen, to come forth and enlist in this enterprise, I appeal not merely to their love of Christ, I appeal not merely to their love of those for whom Christ died—I appeal to their love of self; to their love of their own Church. Do they venerate that Zion within whose pale their lines have fallen? Do they daily pray to Heaven that prosperity may be within her palaces? Would they labor and toil to make her the joy and praise of the whole earth? Let them supplicate—let them excite—let them foster the spirit of AZissions! Duty apart; if they look not with peculiar sympathy upon its objects ; if they doubt whether the Gospel enjoins it ;.if they regard as more important the extension of their religion at home; still, I say, let them cherish the spirit of Missions! It is the power which shall give impulse and momentum to this domestic religion. The bread which they cast upon the waters shall not go forth simply to bless other lands. 2 gt oi et A Tie ANE > 0 oe a : 5 , : pe. an ane tal t fe j le E ’ » ‘ » ah - 1829, Report of the Hxecutive Committee. 87 bined, the Committee anticipated very favorable results; in which, however, they have been greatly disappointed—two or three Tr pckees. only, so far as is known to the Committee, having taken any further steps in relation to the subject. 4 INDIANS. Reference is made to the employment of the Rev. Eleazer Williams as Missionary to the Oneida Indians settled on the Fox River, of Green Bay. They anticipated from him much assist- ance, through his influence with his brethren, to the Missionary and Education Establishment, which, after many disappointments, it was hoped would soon be in dacneeetil operation at Green _ Bay. _ Respecting the mission to Green Bay, the Oeannites reported success, after long delay, in obtaining governmental aid in the work ; assurance had been given that upon the ratification of the Preaty at Green Bay of 1827, the appropriation for educational purposes should be placed at the Society’s disposal. ‘ This ratifi- cation,’ the Committee remark, ‘“‘took place at the late session of Congress; and the Society will now be entitled to receive $1,000 for three years, and $1,500 a year thereafter, during the pleasure of the Government, for this purpose.” % 5 ae ae % % ane “The Rey. Richard Cadle, for several years our valued and highly useful Missionary. at Detr oit, has been appointed Missionary and Superintendent; Dr. Erastus Root, of New York, teacher; ‘and Mr. Albert G. Ellis, farmer, and his wife housekeeper.” Ere long it shall return, infusing life and energy into the very vitals of their Church. Never was there a greater error than to suppose that this spirit is hostile to the domestic interests of our Zion. Hostile, my friends? Is not charity twice blessed? Does it not bless them who give as well as them who take? Is it not said that to them who lend unto the Lord it shall be repaid, even in this life, an hundredfold? And suppose we that this promise extends not to this great charity? No; send forth our Missionaries; levy contributions on every the feeblest of our Churches; excite them to feel; let their prayers and.alms ascend in one cloud before the throne; and if there be truth, I say not in the Bible, but if there be truth in the nature of man, there shall come back a shower of blessings to fertilize and make glad this city of our God.” 43 by he | 88 Report of the Executive Committee. 1829. The Report of the Executive Committee, and the documents which were submitted with it, furnished full particulars respect- ing the proposed work among the Indians. | It is not thought best to enlarge here upon this branch of what was then regarded as a portion of the Foreign work. Wlioever shall review and record the history of Domestic Mis- sions—to which Missions to the Indians now more properly belong——will find it consistent with his purpese and directly in his way to enlarge upon the early efforts of the Church among the aborigines. ABSTRACT OF RECEIPTS SINCE THE 12TH OF MAY, 1828. Domestic Account... eee ss teh eens s divine 626 clnleet ante $530 25 Foreign Account.: .23.ne esse ene Les eew ete 6 ole ei 61 50 Green Bay Mission. 0... 05.005 ees ale ee «1 ole elevates ollela eee AT 50 Greek Mission . 0.552. cic os win oo e's ce c.c stecele oo 0 oie Cikuie Siena 1,641 87 General Mission Account... . 0.00.0. owas aces sues clslp ciate a t= 1,954 95 $4,236 07 BALANCES OF ACCOUNT MAY 12, 1829. Dr. CR. Domestic 22.7. Sos dene co's Bs, See a 0 ee ene ee $1,314 91 Moreign. 2.053 Cals Say otis De eee cies es ee oe $836 86 Green: Bay. .-.05. 0... oh sk aah ee 70 50 Greek Mission... 0.000. cau i4 nombre oie eee ae ee 62 85 General s>: 2... Levels | a0 Seo an a dee eee 326 24 Balance in “l'reasury...% .'s 0s. ssa’ isd ele ate 18 46 $1,314 91 $1,314 91 PATRONS. The following persons have been added to the list of Patrons since the last meeting of the Board: Philip H. Nicklin, Esq., of Philadelphia, by his own subscription. Rev. John H. Hopkins, of Pittsburgh, Pa., by his own subscription. Rev, Charles Burroughs, of Portsmouth, N. H., by the Female Missionary Society of St. John’s, Portsmouth. Rey. George W. Doane, of Boston, by young ladies of Trinity Church, Boston, Rev. Edward Rutledge, of Philadelphia, by Auxiliary Society of Trinity Church, Philadelphia. +1829. Triennial Meeting, 1829. 89 Rev. Alonzo Potter, of Boston, by Foreign Mission Society of St. Paul’s, Boston. Mrs. Caroline B. Laurens, of Charleston, 8. C., by her own subscription. Edward Tuckerman, Esq., of Boston, by his own subscription. James Bowdoin, Esq., of Boston, by his own subscription. Dr. Caspar Morris, of Philadelphia, by Foreign Mission Society, of St. Paul’s Church, Boston. Rev. George Weller, of Philadelphia, by Foreign Mission Society, of St. Paul’s Church, Boston. Joseph Marsh, Esq., of Amboy, N. J., by his own subscription. Rey. B. B. Smith, of Philadeiphia, by Foreign Mission Society, of St. Paul’s Church, Boston. MEMBERS FOR LIFE. Rt, Rev. Nathaniel Bowen, of Charleston, 8S. C. Mrs. Julia Rush, of Philadelphia. NEW AUXILIARY SOCIETIES. The Auxiliary Missionary Society of Emmanuel Church, New Castle, Dela- ware. | The Auxiliary Society of St. Andrew’s Church, Mt. Holly, N. J. All other matters contained in the full Report of the Execu- tive Committee relate to Domestic Missions. The meeting of the Board of Directors, May 12, 1829, to which the foregoing particulars relate, is said to have been “distinguished by uncommon zeal and unanimity.” TRIENNIAL MEETING, HELD IN PHILADELPHIA, AUGUST 138, 1829. From the Report of the Board of Directors to the Society, at this meeting, we gather the following: The Report, at its opening, states that— “The Board have cause to express thankfulness to God that some portions of that, cloud which rested on the Society’s path at the last meeting have been dispersed. Their path, however, is still beset with difficulties, and many obstacles are yet to be removed, which retard its usefulness and fetter the efforts of its friends. They trust to the wisdom of the Society and Convention of the Church that everything will be done which may give to the insti- tution its proper standing, increased means of usefulness, and cordial and general support.” -- i $As cate vies . ints Ore 7 ~ ca 90 Report of the Board of Directors. 1820. AUXILIARY SOCIETIES AND PATRONAGE. “The number of Auxiliary Societies has always been aeaies now about twenty in all. Some have been added since the last Triennial Report; a few only regular in remittances; some, how- ever, very efficient helpers. : “Patrons, 83; Members for Life, 44; Annual Subscribers, 36.” AGENCIES. “The Board, deeming the appointment of a General Agent of great importance to the Society, at the meeting in 1828, authorized the Executive Committee, as soon as in their opinion the funds of the Society would allow, to appoint a Permanent General Agent, with suitable salary; meanwhile to make such arrangements as seemed most expedient for forwarding the purpose desired. The Secretary was requested to fulfil the duties of such an office as far as practicable. This he continued to do until the last meeting of the Board, when the necessity appeared to be so obvious that the Board directed the continuance of the office until the present meet- ing of the Society, and, in addition to his salary as Secretary, voted the sum of $300, being at the rate of $1,200 per annum. “As was expected, by the terms of the appointment, the Secre- tary and General Agent has devoted himself entirely to the business of the Society with unwearied zeal and with great ability. “As the measure was an experiment in which the future pros- pects of the Society were believed to be deeply involved, the Board deem it to be their duty to lay before the Society and the Conven- tion the effects which have resulted from it. During the last six months the exertions of the Secretary and General Agent have added to the funds between eight and nine hundred dollars, The expenses of the Agent have been three hundred and seventy dollars for the last three months, “Whether the Society will consider the fruits of this experiment such as to warrant the prosecution, or will be able to devise other measures for increasing the funds, is now submitted to them by the Board of Directors with great concern, but with great confidence in their wisdom.” FOREIGN MISSIONARY STATIONS. We omit here Missions among the Indians, inasmuch as such eT. 1863! Report of the Board of Inrectors. 91 Missions came shortly afterward to be regarded as Domestic Missions, and were placed under the head of Domestic Missions in the Report for 1830. The Board reported the following: “ Greece.—Appointment of Rev. J. J. Robertson as Missionary Agent. “Tiberia, W. A.—Appointment and death of the Rey. Mr. Oson, and the expectation of laborers from the Mission School in Mac ford, Conn. PEen0s Ayres.—The appointment of the Rey. Lot Jones; his departure for that field delayed by reason of the blockade of that port, and other circumstances. When these became more favorable, Mr. Jones had made other arrangements, and the object was neces- sarily laid aside.” PUBLICATIONS. Under this head are mentioned the Quarterly Missionary Paper, and the Sermons of the Rev. Dr. Wainwright and the Rey. Mr. Potter. “The Board believe that these publications have materially strengthened the cause of Missions among the members of the Church, and that they have been instrumental in increasing the disposition to furnish aid to the Missions of the Society.” FUNDS. “The Treasurer’s Report will give a view of the state of the funds, in which there is an alarming deficit. The uncertainty which, by the present mode of collections, must rest upon this branch of the Society’s means, it is feared, will ever form a clog upon any liberal and extensive operations. The Board are unable to calculate at any time upon funds for Missions until they are actually received into the Treasury. This is occasioned by their being obliged to rely upon voluntary, irregular, and often intermittent congreg gational collections and casual donations. “ Auxiliary Societies would at least furnish them probable ground upon which to build, and the deficiencies might then be readily covered, on an emergency, by the application of an Agent to wealthy congregations for collections, or by a public appeal. ee of Sep Report of the Board of Directors. 1829. “Tt becomes difticult, therefore, to make such engagements with Missionaries at a distance as will enable them to receive, regularly when due, their salaries; and yet, unless this can be done, a prin- cipal inducement to enter the service of the Society will be removed. “ At this period of the year, pressure and embarrassment have been annually felt, as the quarterly receipts have been much below the quarterly expenditures. It is hoped, therefore, that the Society and the Convention will assist the Board in devising and putting in operation some more efficient plan by which they may be enabled to make such estimates of their expected income as may authorize them to contract with Missionaries, in the reasonable expectation of being at all times ready to meet their demands and free them — from embarrassments, which have repeatedly made advances from other sources, necessary to save the drafts of the Missionaries from dishonor, “The Treasurer 1s now liable to be called on at any moment to meet engagements amounting to upward of $800; demands for some of which will no doubt bé made before he will be in funds to answer them; besides which the Society is in arrears to the Perma- nent Fund $316.64. ‘A tax upon the funds of no small amount is furnished by the pub- — lication of the Reports, sermons preached before the Board, and the Quarterly Paper. These publications, the Board believe, have been productive of considerable advantage to the Society and the great cause of Christian Missions, so much so that the Board would be at aloss in what manner to supply the want of them. As they have hitherto been circulated gratuitously, there is no direct return to the Society of the amount of the cost. “The Board, in conclusion, would express their conviction that the interests of the Society have been, for some time past, after a long season of doubt and disquietude, gradually but slowly advancing. They see the spirit of missions unfolditg itself im the Church, and they cordially pray that her couneils may be inspired with such wisdom, and her members with such zeal and liberality, that she may be as conspicuous for her labors in this noble cause as she is for the purity and soundness of her doctrines and institu- tions.”’ The above gives account of some unpleasant experiences of our brethren connected with the administration of the Missionary * Die. 1829. Leeport of the Board of Directors. 93 affairs of the Church at an early day. Others who have come after them have had many such, and ofttimes repeated, to the great disquiet of their souls. The foregoing Report of the Board of Directors was accepted and adopted by the Society, and was by it laid before the General Convention, together with the proposed alteration in the Constitution of the Society, which the Board recommended by action taken at its Annual Meeting, in May of this year, and which was now approved by the Society. _ The proposed amendments of the Constitution were first adopted by the House of Bishops, and in the House of Clerical and Lay Deputies the documents were referred to the Standing Committee on the Domestic and Foreign Missionary Society, of _ which the Rev. Alonzo Potter was Chairman. That Committee made a full and interesting Report on the General Missionary work of the Church, as presented in the Triennial Report of the Society and the Annual Reports of the Board of Directors for 1827, 1828, and 1829. The Committee commended very highly the zeal and fidelity of the Board, and especially of the Executive Committee and Secretary ; mentioned with regret that the Society had not received that general and cordial support, even from the friends of Missions, which was so earnestly to have been desired. The Committee cordially approved the proposed changes in the Constitution; urged the importance of adopting systematic methods for raising money, and especially through Auxiliary Societies ; advised against the scattering of efforts by the adop- tion of an undue number of Missionary Stations; and toward the conclusion of their interesting Report, said: “When it is considered that this Society was formed by the General Convention, and operates under its immediate supervision ; when it is remembered that it was designed to present to all in our Note.—The Financial Statement, which was appended to the Report of the Board of Directors, does not appear in the copy before us; the omission is, ‘however, rendered less important by the fact that in the next Annual Report (that for 1880) the whole amount of receipts is given from the date of the pre- vious Annual Meeting, May, 1829. -¥ spss 94 Constitution as Amended. yap. Communion who are interested in Missions a reservoir where their liberality may collect and flow forth in streams to bless and make glad our sinful world; when it is remembered that, while none are coerced to join it or contribute to its funds, it still stands, an authorized channel through which the accumulated charities of the Church may be so guided as to subserve its own high interests; when these things are considered, your Committee cannot but look — upon this institution as one of the most important, they may say the most important, in our Church.” The Committee, at the conclusion of their Report, proposed the following Resolutions: “1, Lesolved, That it be recommended to all Protestant Episco- palians who contribute to the support of General Missions, to make the Domestic and Foreign Missionary Society the channel of their contributions. “2. Resolved, That the Amendments of the Constitution adopt- ed by the Society, and sanctioned by the House of Bishops, be concurred in by this House. 3. Lesolved, That it be recommended to the Board to take the earliest opportunity of sending a Missionary to Liberia, on the coast of Africa, and to restrict the foreign operations to that post and the others already established.” | These Resolutions were adopted. CONSTITUTION, AS AMENDED AUGUST, 1829. Art. I. This Institution shall be denominated the Domestic and Foreign Missionary Society of the Protestant Episcopal Church in the United States of America. Art. II. It shall be composed of the Bishops of the Protestant Episcopal Church; and of such other persons as shall contribute, by subscription, three dollars or more, annually, to the objects of the Institution, during the continuance of such contributions ; and of such as shall contribute at once thirty dollars, which contribution shall constitute them members for life. : 1929, Constitution as Amended. — 95 Clergymen who pay fifty dollars, and other persons who pay one hundred dollars, at one time, shall be denominated Patrons. It shall be the privilege of the subscribers to designate, on their subscriptions, to which of the objects, Domestic or Foreign, or to what particular Missionary object, they desire their contributions to be applied. If nospecification be made, the Board of Directors may apply them to either, or both, at their discretion. Arr. II]. The Society shall meet triennially, at the place in which the General Convention shall hold its session. The time of meeting shall be on the second day of the session, at five o’clock, P.M. A sermon shall be preached, and a collection made in aid of the funds of the Society, at such time during the session of the Con- vention as may be determined at the preceding meeting; the preacher to be appointed by the Board of Directors. Art. IV. The presiding Bishop of this Church shall be Presi- dent of the Society ; the other Bishops, according to seniority, Vice- Presidents. There shall be a Secretary, and twenty-four Directors, who shall be chosen by ballot at each meeting. Art. V. The’ Directors, together with the President, Vice- Presidents, Secretary, Treasurer, and Patrons, who shall have become such prior to the General Convention of 1829, shall compose a body to be denominated “The Board of Directors of the Domestic and Foreign Missionary Society of the Protestant Episcopal Church in the United States of America.” . They shall meet annually, on the second Tuesday in May, in the city of Philadelphia, or in some other place to be determined by the Executive Committee, except in the year of the meeting of the Gen- eral Convention, when they shall assemble on the second day of the meeting of the Convention, and in the place of the meeting thereof. Nine members of the Board of Directors shall be necessary to con- stitute a quorum to do business. The meeting of the Board of Directors shall always be opened by using a form of prayer consisting of a special Collect, to be prepared by the Presiding Bishop, and one or more Collects from ° the Liturgy. Art. VI. The Board may establish Missionary Stations, appoint Missionaries, and make all By-laws necessary for their own govern- ment, and for regulating the appointment of Missionaries, appro- priations of money, and the conducting of the Missions. Special 96 Constitution as Amended. 1829. ® meetings, a month’s previous notice being given, may be called — when necessary to fix new Missionary Stations, and to transact such business as circumstances may require; at which special meetings seven members, including the President, or one of the Vice-Presi- dents, shall be a quorum to transact business. The Board shall appoint an Executive Committee, and may at any meeting appoint such Committees as may be necessary or useful, and give to them such powers as, in the opinion of the Board, shall tend to the accomplishment of the objects of the Society; but no Missionary shall be appointed, either by the Board or by any Com- mittee to whom the appointment shall be assigned by the Board, unless the President, or the Bishop to whose Diocese he belongs, shall assent thereto. Art. VII. There shall be annually ape by the Board of Directors a Treasurer, and two members of the Society who, together, shall be termed Trustees of the Permanent Fund. The duties of the Treasurer shall be defined by the Board of Directors. The Permanent Fund shall be composed hereafter of such legacies and other sums as shall be specially given for that Fund. Arr. VIII. The Board of Directors shall take such measures as they may deem proper to establish Auxiliary Societies in any Diocese, with the consent of the Bishop of the same, to secure pat- . ronage, and to enlarge the funds of the Institution. Art. IX. In any Diocese or district where there is a Bishop or an Ecclesiastical body, duly constituted under the authority of the Convention of the same, for Missionary purposes, aid may be given in money; but the appointment of the Missionary shall rest with the Bishop or Ecclesiastical body aforesaid. He shall act under their direction, and shall render to them a report of his proceedings, copies of which he shall forward to this Society. Art. X. The Board of Directors shall annually publish, for the information of the members of the Church, a Report of their pro- ceedings, and shall, at every meeting of the Society, present a general view of the proceedings of the Board since the last meeting, which shall be referred to a Committee, to prepare for the consider- ation of the Society a Report, to be presented to the Convention during its session, as the Report of the Society. : Art. XI. Alterations of the Constitution may be proposed, either by the Soiciety or by the General Convention, at their 1829. Officers. 97 respective Triennial Meetings; but no proposed alteration shall be _ adopted, unless by the concurrent vote of the two bodies. Art. XII. It is recommended to every member of the Society to pray to Almighty God for His blessing upon its designs, under - the full conviction that, unless He direct us in all our doings with His most gracious favor, and further us with His continual help, we cannot reasonably hope, either to procure suitable persons to act as Missionaries, or expect that their endeavors will be successful. OFFICERS OF THE SOCIETY. President : Rt. Rev. William White, p.v. Vice Presidents : Rt. Rev. J. H. Hobart, p.p. «A, V. Griswold, p.v. o R. C. Moore, p.v. John Croes, D.D. N. Bowen, pD.p. P. Chase, p.p. a T. C. Brownell, p.p. ss H. U. Onderdonk, p.p. “¢ William Meade, p.p. All the Bishops are, ex officio, members of the Board of Directors. Directors: (By paying $50 previous to August, 1829.) Rev. J. Abercrombie, p.p., Rev. W. Jackson, peel: G. Allen: “ §. Johnston, “¢ HH. Anthon, “¢_ J. Kemper, D.p., “ G. Boyd, 7 Wm. I. Lee, “ F. Beasley, v.p., stra Milner: D.D., *~ GT. Bedell, _“ J. Montgomery, v.D., ee. Daury,: «Wm. C, Mead, 22). Butler, eax. . Morean, “8S. C. Brinckle, “ R.S: Mason, “ C. Burroughs, etd. Moss, “« B.C. Cutler, “< $. Nichols, 7 ih STACY << Eee B. Croes, Rev. B. G. Noble, ou) ney See “John Croes, vie A. Potter, ie Sood. Chapman, (age | sedi, ed Vee Presutman, KS OF, H. Cuming eae cs, “6. W. Richmond “ W. H. DeLancey, v.v., hotel afk Rober co AGW Doanes ie yee + on) Se s 2A> Batonycpcoe © E, Rutledge, (7 a sone ~ RR, Sherwood, 2 ee (Gidiner D.D., BAB. Sree «J. P. K. Henshaw, ave ol Sy Sy Aeneas ae Stet beds ee Evia ; 60. Bi Vanee tee | “J. H Hopkins, Po dial ee Wallies Oakes a 5 « Rh. A. Henderson, “ ©. H. Wharton. D.D., URAL ; “ TL. S Ives, «© G. Wellera eye “ §. F. Jarvis, p.v., : ¢: B. Wisonp.o eee ‘ E. Andrus, Bad 3 st Ge Seal eames Marsh: Esq., es J. Bowdoin, Esq.,. Dr. C. Morris, | = EK. Burd, Esq,, ae P. He Nickiin,; Baqi 8 . Jo: Herbert Esq., _E. A. Newton, Esq., : W. Jay, Esq., +) Mr. John Pintard, es F.S. Key, Esq., ow & George Pomeroy a) - A. C. Magruder, Esq., KE. Tuckerman, Ba Directors chosen 1829. Maine, R. H. Gardiner, Esq., S. Greenleaf, Esq., New Hampshire, Mr. 8. Pierce, : . Massachusetts, Rey. T. Edson, 3 Vermont, Rey. A. Bronson, res eee oi Connecticut, Rev. N.S. Wheaton, New York, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, . “© H. Croswell, “« -B. T. Onderdonk, p.p,, Mr. Floyd Smith, : Rey. J. Croes, . 7 Rev. J. C. Clay, he i Rey. 8S. H. Tyng, J. C. Lowber, Esq., Jacob Lex, Esq., C, N. Bancker, Esq., iv nee ae ’ P ‘ Wes ‘ ie See ¥ : ry “ i Officers and Members. John Farr, L. R. Ashurst, James 5. Smith, Delaware, Rev. I Pardee, Maryland, Drie vey. t. VV yatt, D-D., Virginia, Rev. William Meade, p.p., 6K. C. McGuire, South Carolina, Rey. C. E. Gadsden. Patrons: Rev. 8. B. Paddock, Mrs. E. Kohne, «William Jarvis, « : “6. The Annual Meeting shall be held on . . . . , when the officers of the Association shall be chosen, and other customary business transacted. “ The Treasurer shall receive all moneys from the Collectors, and, after ‘deducting incidental expenses, pay them over to the Treasurer of the Auxiliary Society of . . . . ,or to the Treasurer of the Domestte and Foreign Mis- sionary Society.” a oi * Wherever there is a Rector, it is expected he, will fill this office. 116 Report of the Hxecutiwe Committee. oat. many Associations as there are parishes in those Dioceses; and, indeed, without voluntary Agents, other and very vigorous Associ- ations have sprung up in various and distant parts of the country, apparently vying with each other which first should express in The Circular from which we have copied the foregoing forms presents an Appeal to the Church, a portion of which is as follows: “The sole thing which the Committee now deem necessary is to place before the Church the actual state in which the Society is now existing; the means deemed most available for the improvement of this condition, and a few of the reasons for immediate and general employment of these means. « What, then, is the condition in which the Society actually is at the present time? Is it such as its age, the manner in which it was formed, the wealth of Churchmen, their intelligence, their liberality, their piety, would lead a stranger to suppose ? . “If this was the case, wherever a destitute station in our widely-extended country was found, a messenger of Christ would be fixed by us to proclaim to our perishing brethren the truths of salvation. Wherever a spot could be reclaimed from the wide-spread wilderness of heathenism, we would find that spot, by our labors, blooming and blossoming as the rose. If this was the case, wherever a pious Minister of the Gospel could be found with a heart ready to say to us, ‘ Here lam; send me as a laborer into the field white for the harvest,’ we would send him; and when difficulties arose in the obtaining of Missionaries already educated, we would train our pious youth, by useful education, for future heralds of the Cross. “ But, alas! an empty treasury ; a list of stations in our own land so small as to make us blush to name it; not a single movement making among the heathen in foreign lands; continual refusals of Missionary services from the want of ability to support them, and no provision making for the supply of those Ministers who will be needed hereafter, present a state of things so different from what might be expected as to make us fear our hearts are not engaged in the solemn and all-important objects of this Society There is, in fact, a state of things too apparent to be disguised, which indicates that, unless something is speedily effected, decay and dissolution must take place in that body whose health the Executive Committee are called on to provide for. “ Deeply impressed with this truth, the Committee have looked, from time to time, most anxiously for some means whereby energetic action could be infused into the movements of our Society, the useful results of which would be felt throughout our Church, Auxiliaries and Associations have been pro- posed; a General Agent who would devote himself to the concerns of the institution, and especially to the formation of such allies, has also hitherto been proposed, and both propositions have been received with approbation by the Society, and the expediency of them tested by experiment, but without any favorable results ; and the income arising from the employment of a Permanent Agent was found far too small to induce the continuance of stch an officer, i i a 1830. Report of the Hxeecutwe Commitice. ; Ty energetic action their decided satisfaction in the measures which you authorized your Committee to pursue. | “From these beginnings they are encouraged to hope that a regular income, in some measure proportioned to the exigencies of this Society, will hereafter be placed at their disposal. Should these plans, upon which similar institutions have long placed their chief dependence, fail of their effect among Episcopalians in the United States, your Committee will feel that the hopes of this in- stitution must be prostrated. “The further measures of the Executive Committee relative to the finances of the Society have consisted in the offer of defraying the travelling expenses of voluntary agents,* . . . . and in employing the Rev. J. J. Robertson, your Missionary to the Greeks, while in this country, in obtaining funds and organizing Associations for the general purposes of the Society, as well as in support of his own special Mission.” with a salary at all adequate to his labors. Congregational collections, and applications in various ways by our Clergy and active Laity, have also been resorted to for the supply of our Treasury, but without the success desired. Occasionally some rich and enlivening rills were seen pouring into our reservoir of charity, but generally they were so precarious and so free from the perennial character requisite to preserve a proportion between the inlet and the outlet as to disappoint expectation, and render entirely nugatory plans which were formed on the prospect of their uniform and steady flow. “ After various trials, made upon mature deliberation and with much prayer, the Committee can find no scheme better adapted to excite an interest in the movements of our Society, and to procure a regular and uniformly productive income, than the formation of Associations and Auxiliaries, under the pro- visions to be named in the accompanying Constitutions for said institutions. Similar plans are now yielding thousands of pounds per annum to the Church Missionary Society and other Societies in England, and maintaining in most effective operation some of the largest and most useful Societies in our own country.” The Circular, from which the above extracts are made, is signed by “EDWARD RUTLEDGE, “Secretary of the Dom. and For. Miss. Soc.,” and bears date as above stated, October 9, 1829. * Plan of securing the services of Clergymen and zealous Laymen as Volun- tary Agents was regarded as promising very satisfactory results. Mention was made in the Report of the temporary suspension of the publi- cation of Missionary Papers from July, 1829, to March, 1830, and the reasons given; and propositions were started and referred to the Board for issuing a Monthly Paper. Be ke! Report of the Kxecutive. Committee. | 1830, Respecting the financial condition of the Society the Iteport uses the following language: ’ * All other matters connected with the financial concerns of the Society will appear sufficiently evident by reference to the Treasurer's Report. It is impossible, however, for your Committee to call your attention to the favorable results there exhibited, contrasted as they are with the depressed and almost ruinous posture of these affairs at your late meeting, without giving utterance to their heart- — felt admiration of the wisdom and mercy of Him ‘whose are’ the treasures of the whole earth” in suggesting the adoption of measures which, under His blessing, have already resulted in replenishing the treasury with an amount never yet reported at any Annual Meeting as being actually in hand, and with an income which has more than doubled that of the past year, and is more than five times as much as that of the year 1827. | “ As far as the experience of this Committee has gone, its confi- dence has every month been increased. that Episcopalians need only to be informed of the degradation and ignorance, the moral wretch- edness and peril—to alleviate which this Society has been called into existence, and to have their hearts appealed to by the all-powerful motives of Christian truth and charity, and most promptly will they take their stand in the foremost rank of those who are giving and suffering for the Redeemer’s sake.” The Report of the Executive Committee then takes up the various Domestic Missions, in which this Report includes Mis- sions To THE Inprans; then follows the Report on Forrien Misstons, as follows: ‘¢ FOREIGN. DEPARTMENT. “The attention of your Committee has unremittingly been directed to the spiritual wants of their suffering fellow-creatures upon the several fields of foreign operation which this Board, in unison with the sentiments of the Society and of the General Con- vention, have recommended to their special regard. But the opera- tion of a great variety of causes has unhappily concurred in pre- venting hitherto the occupancy of any station on heathen ground. It may well, therefore, be regarded as cause of mutual congratula- tion and of devout gratitude to God that better prospects are now ai ie ee 1880. Leeport of the Kxecutive Committee. 119 opening to our view. One Foreign Missionary Establishment has already been determined upon, and the commission of this Society given to their the first Foreign Missionary, the Rey. J. J. Robertson, for whose permanent residence on the shores of a once free and enlightened country, preparations are in much forwardness ;: and for Africa, also, the promise is once more exceedingly encouraging.” °C AFRICA. “Impressed as your Committee are with the belief that no portion of the human race can assert a stronger claim upon the sympathies of Christian people in this country than the depraved and benighted tribes removed at no great distance from the western coast of Africa, and anxious, therefore, to impress first upon that shore the traces of their earliest Missionary exertions, they have been looking abroad with the deepest solicitude to find laborers for that field. But since the death of your Missionary, the Rev. Mr. Oson, cut off by the visitation of God on the very eve of his in- tended visit of mercy to the land of his fathers, your Committee has looked in vain for some person of similar views to supply his loss. “It appears to them truly providential, however, that, at the very moment your treasury is so far replenished as to inspire your Committee with confidence in enlarging the sphere of their opera- tions, they have been officially informed by our valued coadjutor, the Arrican Mission ScHoo.,* of the fitness and probable readiness of three very promising colored persons from the School, to proceed to Liberia, in the fall, under your benevolent auspices, for the purpose * We find in the “ Quarterly Missionary,’ September, 1828, the following: “MIssIon ScHOOL.—At a meeting of a number of clerical and lay members of the Protestant Episcopal Church, at Hartford, Conn., on the 7th of August last, at which Bishop Brownell presided, a Society was formed for the support of an African Mission School at that place. “Of this Society, Bp. Brownell is President, and the other Bishops official Patrons. Three Vice-Presidents and twenty-four Directors were elected. S. H. Huntington, Esq., was elected Secretary ; Cyprian Nichols, Esq., 7’reas- urer ; Rev. N.S.Wheaton was appointed Rector ; and Mr. H. Spencer, Teacher.” “One of the by-laws of this institution was as follows: ‘ Whenever the Committee shall judge any of the pupils qualified for usefulness in Africa, as a Missionary, Catechist, or Schoolmaster, they shall give notice thereof to the Executive Committee of the Domestic and Foreign Missionary Society of the Protestant Episcopal Church in the United States,’ ” 120 Report of the Hxecutive Committee. 1830. of commencing a Missionary establishment, either within the limits of the colony itself, or somewhere in its immediate vicinity. “The best. instructed of these three persons is Epwarp JONES, a graduate of Amherst College, and a scholar of no mean attain- ments in all those studies upon which our Canons require that he should be examined, before admission to holy orders, in August next. He has also made some progress in the Hebrew language and the Cognate dialects, particularly the Arabic, for the express purpose of being the better prepared to labor among those tribes of Pagan or semi-Mahometan Africans somewhat interior from the Colony, who speak a dialect approaching the Arabic, and some of whom are taught the language in its written and classical purity. “ Aucustus V. Cassar, Who has also been at the African Mission School nearly a year, and is represented as possessing excellent qualifications for usefulness among the colonists at Liberia, will be prepared to receive holy orders in the autumn, and holds himself in readiness to become your Missionary. “ A third from the same interesting institution, WiLtt1am JOHN- son, will, about the same time, be prepared to engage in your service as Schoolmaster, or Catechist.* “Had the wisdom and forecast of your Committee been put to their utmost stretch in preparing beforehand for the occupancy of an extensive and promising Missionary establishment in Africa, they could by no means have anticipated a happier adjustment of means and instruments for commencing the work. We have in hand funds sufficient to inspire confidence in determining at once to embark in the enterprise. We are assured of an extent of interest q * «On the 6th of August, 1830, Mr. Jones and Mr. Cesar were ordained by Bishop Brownell, in Christ Church, Hartford, Conn. The sermon on the occa- sion was preached by the Rev. Dr. Montgomery, one of the clerical members of the Executive Committee. The services were spoken of in terms of the liveliest interest by those who were present on the occasion.” A passage for these Missionaries and for Mr. Johnson, Catechist, was gen- erously offered to the Society by the American Colonization Society, in their vessel, to sail on the 1st of October of the same year. It was expected also that an intelligent colored female would go out with this Mission, for the purpose of establishing Infant Schools in the Colony. She had for some time been employed in acquiring this important system of educa- tion in an Infant School in Hartford. py 1880. | Report of the Hxecutive Committee. 121 . and zeal in behalf of this special Mission which precludes the possi- bility of questioning whether it will be promptly sustained. And we have before us the application of three descendants of the African race, remarkably well qualified, as far as human prudence can discern, to sustain the various departments of our infant establishment. *K * % * *K * *K “These animating facts are laid before you under a strong per- suasion that the friends of this Mission, bitterly tried and disappointed as they have heretofore been, need something to reanimate their zeal; and with the hope that wise and enlarged efforts will be put forth immediately to render the fund for the outfit and support of this Mission fully adequate to meet all the expenses which this establishment, upon the most effective scale, will be likely to incur. Your friends must maturely consider at how great cost THREE MissIoNARizEs must be sent abroad to the same infant station at one time; and how deep will be the sense of responsibility on the part of your Committee in endeavoring to impart strength and stability to this distant and expensive station.” How sad to these dear brethren must have been the utter dis- sipation of these fond hopes, at a date only a few months later. * GREECE. “Your Committee have long been encouraged in their efforts for this afflicted country by the assurance, not only of your appro- bation, but of that of the Church at large, as expressed by resolu- tions of the General Convention at their last meeting. “ By the Report of your Committee, on that occasion, you were informed of the arrival of your Missionary Agent, the Rev. J. J. Robertson, in Greece. After prosecuting the investigations with which he was charged with exemplary diligence, he returned to this country early in December last. After spending some time with his family in Vermont, in the preparation of his journals and reports, he arrived in this city, for the purpose of holding consul- tations with your Committee, about the middle of February. Note.—The journals, reports, and letters, transmitted by Mr. Robertson to the Committee, are of great length, and very full of interesting details. We are obliged to confine ourselves to a few extracts, which bear more directly 122 } Report of the Executive Committee. | 1890, “The substance of his interesting and able Report, upon due consideration of which your Committee felt constrained to proceed immediately to the final establishment of the Mission, as far as the Rey. Mr. Robertson and family are concerned, has already been given to the Church, in the last Missionary Paper. upon the character of the work which was proposed in the establishment of a Mission. The Quarterly Paper for July, 1829, contains a letter from Mr. Robertson, dated Corfu, March 17, 1829, a portion of which we give, as follows : “The uncertain and disordered state of the country has indeed rendered it very difficult to ascertain the best means of introducing light, and the most suitable situations to be first occupied. It has, moreover, in some degree, given an air of contradiction to Missionary reports. The changing face of affairs has one day inspired hopes, which the next have been destroyed; and thus intelligence in regard to the openings and encouragements for Mis- sionary operations have, to some extent, worn the varying hue of political tidings. This is not to be wondered at, though it calls upon us to exercise faith and patience while we are seeking to extend pure and undefiled religion, and to win souls to Christ. They who have long been connected with a Mis- sionary establishment, or who have been personally on Missionary ground, know well the multitude of difficulties and discouragements which attend upon attempts to diffuse the light of Divine truth; and the caution and pru- dence which are requisite to give success to Christian effort, especially where regularly constituted churches already exist. It is almost impossible that a correct sense of these things should be fastened upon the public mind. There is a constant desire to hear accounts of ardent and active effort, and to receive exciting statements of great success, even where the publication of the one would be in the. highest degree imprudent, and the attainment of the other would demand years of unremitted and self-denying, but retired and cautious exertion. “My resolution to devote myself to the cause of Greece has not been abated since I have been here (though I have had occasionally hours of despondency), but I see plainly that in more than one respect my views of usefulness were incorrect, and my expectations of boldly and openly preaching the truth to sanguine.” In the same paper from which the above extract is taken, the Executive Commitee say : “Mr. Robertson has also forwarded to the Committee, among other impor- tant papers, the following extracts from letters from Dr. Korck, a Missionary of the English Church Missionary Society in Greece. [A portion of these is here given. | “Unite with me in thanksgiving, dear brother, for the grace of our blessed Lord, who has granted me opportunity to be useful in Greece earlier than I ie eS eee me 4830, Leeport of the Hxecutive Committee. 1D “ And they trust that when the avidity of the Greeks to receive the Bible and other religious books is considered; when their eagerness for instruction in every good thing, and the preference which is decidedly given by them to the kind offices of Americans, are duly weighed ; and when to these considerations are added the could have expected. A school of three hundred pupils, of which I have the superintendence, affords the most gratifying facilities to conduct people from their old superstitions to the knowledge of the one thing needful. J had every obstacle to encounter, and I often thought it best wholly to abandon the work. Now the Lord opens to me a door of continually increasing expectation. At first sight, [may seem to be out of my proper sphere as a Missionary, but, the more I get acquainted with the business of schools, the more I discover in it delightful means of conveying to our unfortunate Greek brethren the light of Divine truth. They have themselves a desire for education, and they wish our assistance. Through the instrumentality of the system of mutual instruction, we are enabled to keep at a distance all controversy on religious subjects, and to) introduce the simple doctrines of Scripture, and the sermons which the Apostles first delivered in Greece. If we can but preach Christ and Him crucified, let us be content. Of what avail is all other wisdom? A Missionary who, with compassionate charity, desires to offer gifts to this nation, will be welcomed with outstretched hands. The supporters of superstition did, indeed, form a conspiracy against us some time since, striving to cut us off from this means of doing good. It was rumored abroad that I was a luxurious seducer of the youth intrusted to me-—an atheist. Yea, they have aimed at a public investigation, by aid of the priests, when the Lord interfered, and called away their chief leader. ««Surely, my dear brother, the Lord is with me, else I could not bear so much as lam called to do in my present seclusion from all Christian inter- course. The Lord has assisted me, and His assistance gives me confidence for the time to come. All things considered, I feel grateful to God for my destiny. I have opportunity of communicating light both to youth and to adults. I love the children with a parent’s interest, they meet all my expectations. The Goy- ernment seems, moreover, to regard my enterprise favorably. Thank the Lord with me, and praise His holy name! . . . . . The Lord seems to look in special mercy upon Greece. Scriptures of all descriptions are earnestly sought for, and what appears most marvellous, we are not merely suffered to act, but the Government begins to solicit our assistance. The magistrates of different islands send their young men to be prepared for schoolmasters. The Governor of the Northern Cyclades has put all the schools of his district under my superintendence. This, with the additional consideration that he is aware that I, a foreign clergyman,am expounding publicly, twice a week, the Holy Scriptures, is an event, the reality of which I am scarcely able to believe myself. But I feel that the moment is precious. The enemy cannot suffer this door to remain long without an assault.’ ” i - “ a eo * Lot report of the Executive Committee. 183 readiness of the Rey. Mr. Robertson to enter upon this field of benevolent, exertion, and the zeal of very many to sustain him in his undertaking; and more especially the countenance given to this Mission by its recognition in the last General Convention ; it is hoped that the decision of your Committee will meet with your entire approbation, In the Missionary Paper, September, 1830, which also contains portions of Mr. Robertson’s Report, we find the following given by him in continuation of his description of the character of the Greeks: “JT come now to the most important part in regard to the Greek character. I mean in relation to religion. And my first remark is that the Greeks are nationally disposed to maintain Christianity, because with them it is synony- mous with direct opposition to Mahometanism, the faith of their late oppres- sors.. Thus, as they associate with Mahometanism all that they loathe and hate, they view Christianity as united with all that they admire and hope to attain. The one term with them expresses barbarism; the other, civilization. This view of religion has a happy tendency to prevent the introduction of infidelity in many minds, and to restrain its bold avowal and defence in those who have begun to be tainted. To deny the truth of Christianity would be to be less than a Greek, less than a patriot,—so that some, merely from motives of policy, re- frain not only from seducing others, but from avowing their own sentiments. “That part of the Greek community which is of infidel sentiments consists chiefly of those who have been educated at foreign universities. Two or three years’ residence at Paris, Géttingen, or Vienna, is very apt, at least, to unsettle their confidence in the Christian faith. “The Greeks who are sincere are more or less affected with superstition— the mass of the people to a very great degree. They have strong dependence upon the efficacy of relics, and full faith in a multitude of false miracles. Their saints are as numerous as those of the Romish Church ; are honored with especial ceremonies, processions, and consecrated days, and are invoked on all occasions. The Panagia, or Virgin Mary, far transcends all others, and receives the utmost veneration. They profess to abhor images, and yet it would be difficult to find a house, where poverty does not forbid it, without a sacred picture or two, and a lamp kept constantly burning before them. ‘This is also the case in the cabins of their vessels. Incense is burned before the picture at stated times, and then the censer is brought and swung for a few moments near the face of each individual present. In passing a church or monastery, they never fail to cross themselves, taking care to do it in the orthodox man- ner, and not in the heretical mode, as they deem it, of the Roman Catholics. Indeed, in crossings, and bowings, and kissing the holy pictures or the shrines of the saints, the religious services of many seem almost wholly to consist. Upon learning that I was a priest,a monk once led me forthwith into the church, expecting to ascertain my orthodoxy by observing in what mode I should cross myself. Disappointed at my not making the sign, he made known oe a ee eee i —— ee Se ee 1880. Leeport of the Hxecutive Committee. 125 “There are some additions to this, your first Foreign Missionary establishment, which have seemed to your Committee so very im- portant, that they have been almost prepared to pronounce them indispensable ; which, for want of sufficient funds actually on hand, and from ignorance of the extent to which the organization of his object. JI answered that American Christians deemed it sufficient to strive to ‘crucify the flesh with its affections and lusts, without using the external symbol. | “With the utmost inconsistency, though they wholly reject the idea of pur- gatory, they use prayers for the dead. Other superstitious ceremonies are also used in regard to the deceased. In several places I observed little walled enclosures, containing a quantity of human bones. I was informed that, the third year after burial, the bodies were taken up, the flesh by some means destroyed, the skulls kept for one year in the church, where certain rites were practised in regard to them, and that, finally, they were deposited in the same _ general receptacle where the other bones had been previously placed. “ Great reliance is placed by the Greeks upon their fasting, and considerably ‘more than half the year is occupied by seasons set apart for this purpose. They are very precise in their distinctions between different kinds of food; and the individual who would feel polluted by swallowing a mouthful of milk » would not hesitate to drink freely of wine on the same day. Many of the more enlightened profess, when in company with Franks, little regard for these regulations, though, under peculiar circumstances, they are as rigid and regular as others. At the house of one of the wealthiest men in Greece, and one who has held a high station under Government, I dined once wholly on the articles allowed on fast day. My kind host slightly apologized afterward. He did not, he said, consider these things of any importance, but he liked to have his family brought up in regular habits. “The Greeks firmly believe in the necessary conveyance of Divine grace in the Sacraments to the recipients. Not only Baptism, but the Lord’s Supper, is administered to infants. They acknowledge, also, the real, corporeal pres- ence of the Redeemer in the bread and wine, and consequently adore the elements. “ Notwithstanding that a small portion of their countrymen have adopted the Latin rite, the Greeks generally are decidedly and strongly hostile to the Church of Rome. They often express themselves with warmth in regard to it, and are pleased when anything is pointed out in which they differ from that Church. “They are generally also much opposed to the Jews. It was with some difficulty that a very worthy and intelligent young man could be persuaded that it was not meritorious to persecute them, since they had crucified our Saviour. On another occasion I had quite an argument with the Governor of an important station, on their behalf, who at length seemed rather ashamed of his illiberal views. 3 “Yet, though the Greeks seem bigoted in some respects, I have generally 126 | Report of the Executive Committee. 1830; Associations may hereafter furnish resources for this Mission, your Committee have ventured to resolve upon, only on condition that ‘it shall be manifest that funds are forthcoming for their support.’” “In adherence to this principle, it was simply resolved by the Committee, that it was highly expedient and desirable that Mr. found them very ready to discuss religious subjects, candid in argument, and patient, under a close application of truth to their hearts and consciences. With clergy and laity, with men of station and peasants, in houses and mon- asteries, I have freely conversed on subjects of the highest importance in the Christian life and faith, and upon points upon which we differed, without exciting unpleasant feeling, and sometimes convincing my opponents that they were on unscriptural ground. “Indeed, the readiness to defer to Scripture authority is a striking charac- teristic of the Greeks, and strongly contrasts them with the members of the Romish Church. There is a great famine of the Divine Word in the coun- try, and there is a corresponding hungering to obtain it. And when it is obtained it appears to be read. Priests and people are alike anxious for it, and the former seem to have no disposition to withhold it from the latter.. The great difficulty is that the Greeks do not distinguish very accurately between the writers of the Bible and the fathers of the Church. They have been so long accustomed to hear them alike denominated saints; to listen to quotations from the one and the other, mingled together as of equal authority, and to see their pictures equally suspended in the churches, that they often seem to consider them as subjects of the same inspiration. The Old Testament is very little known, even among the Clergy. More than one of the Bishops urged me to endeavor to procure copies for themselves. From the earnest desire to obtain the lively oracles of truth so generally exhibited, great encourage- ment exists to hope that darkness and superstition will gradually give way before the beams of pure and scriptural light. “The indescribable personal sufferings to which most of the Greeks have been subjected, and the remarkable vicissitudes which they have experienced ; the bereavements in their families, and other circumstances, have led many individuals to much serious reflection upon the vanity of the world and the uncertainty of terrestrial enjoyments. I have often noticed a tendency to make frequent reference to the hand of Providence. In some cases there is an evident anxiety to escape from the wrath to come, and to work out their salvation. May we not trust that a gracious God is thus preparing the way in the hearts of many of these poor sufferers for the transforming influence of His Word, and that they will yet taste of the rich consolations which flow from an experi- mental acquaintance with the truths of His Holy Gospel? “Let not American Christians, themselves so abundantly supplied with both temporal and. spiritual blessings, give cause of suspicion that their own faith is dead, by saying to their destitute brothers and sisters of Greece, ‘ Depart in peace; be ye filled; notwithstanding that they give them not those things which are needful.’ ” 1830. Report of the Executive Committee. 127 John H. Hill should be appointed Missionary to the Greeks; until being fully satisfied that the requisite funds would be supplied, in order to relieve Mr. Hill from much embarrassment, as it regarded the arrangement of his private affairs, the Committee, on the 28th of April, assured him that it was their intention to appoint him Missionary to the Greeks, so soon as they shall be informed that he has been admitted to holy orders. | “Many considerations have convinced the Committee of the importance of placing in the hands of your Missionaries the all- important advantage of a vigorous press. Nothing, however, need here be added to the cogent arguments embodied in the Rey. Mr. Robertson’s Report upon this subject. In view of them, with difii- culty has your Committee been restrained from resolving, wncon- ditionally, and with humble reliance upon the good Providence of God for the supply of requisite funds, that a small printing establishment shall be connected with this Mission. They have ventured, however, to proceed no further than, in the strongest terms, to express their sense of the incalculable importance of this measure to the extensive and lasting efficiency of your Greek Mis- sion, and to appeal, in the strongest language, to the friends of educa- tion, of human improvement, and of enlightened political freedom throughout the country; and to the friends of truth and pure relig- ion within the Church, to come forward, and out of the abundance with which the Lord hath blessed them, to give enough to purchase and support a press. Should this Mission, by the pious liberality of Episcopalians, go into full operation upon the scale which appears to your Committee most desirable, it can scarcely be doubted that, under the blessing of Him who maketh every good work abundantly to prosper, it will give an impulse to the awakening energies of the strong intel- lects and warm hearts of a gifted and ardent people; that it will impart a sound and scriptural character to the religious views and pious feelings of a class of the Christian priesthood, whose influence and example may hereafter bless their countrymen in a measure even surpassing that in which they have heretofore shed a moral blight around them; that it will be made in the end abundantly con- ducive to the elevation of a very interesting portion of the Christian Church from great ignorance and degradation, and of placing it in an attitude as remarkably favorable as is its geographical position for conyeying the pure Gospel to the descendants of Mahometan 128 Report of the Hxecutive Committee. 1850. oppressors towards the East; and for reflecting light westward over the darkness which has so long brooded over some of the fairest portions of Southern Europe.” We have thought it well to give, at the beginning of the Greek Mission, the whole of the Executive Committee’s Report on the subject. The Report closes with expressions of great encouragement in the improved condition of the Society’s affairs, and bright hopes and prospects for the future; its last words benmg— “Let, then, the clergy make known to their people what is doing for Missions, and what they, as Christians and Churchmen, are bound to do, and the benevolent objects of this Society will soon be in a train of speedy accomplishment.” Language as appropriate in 1871 as in 1830. TREASURER’S REPORT, MAY 11, 1830. Whole amount received for the year, since May 11, 1829 (givenin ~ the Executive Committee’s Report)... ....: 4pu.. «ete $10,827 82 The Treasurer’s Account for the part of the year between the Annual Meeting in May, and the Triennial Meeting in August, 1829, not found ; so that, although we have the ability to ascer- tain what amount, in all, was received between those days, we do not know for what precise account or accounts it was given. From August, 1829, to. May, 11, 1830, the receipts for the several accounts were as follows: : General Mission Actount..’........0)7205...0 53 ol) $3,939 90 Domestic Mission Account... 2....6.5..5..01 7), 2 re 724 20 Foreign Mission Account. .....2.0...3. 20 9.24 0.40 Se 815 06 Greek Mission ‘Account.:..5.: ;i alps. @ anne nA ge Gieid ole os slo SSO sea $12,764 63 Pe ereatreneras MISSION ACCOUNT. 6. 6. voces ee ecloe Joes wd nce aceon $3,875 34 Porton ML eSION ACCOUN te os se ok HAR A. Ee 437 88 MSCs MLIBSION ACCOM. si) sic ss ee eae geek ee wks 111 40 Or ema DLISSIOTE ACCOUNE: 2%". os nie goa nes de see wiees aces 148 50 RiPeMeNIIBETOIE ACCOUNT... .. 6's. 04 cs uae cenlegh steed ceese's 5,356. 59 Ors OaelOn A CCOUNts ys... sass as Sl ele a — reanebay Mission Account ini iicer iicieuie ae oe ees Mice ccs 2,834 92 $12,764 63 10 146 Report of the Executwe Committee. 1881. BALANCES. Dr. Cr. Florida’ Mission Account,. .:cesie ee eet cee eee . $900 52 Green Bay. Mission Accountocimyj.ce eet © en's. ele eee 3,231 69 Domestic Mission Accountiy--e oreo caises oe abla ena 599 62 Foreign Missidn AccOUMb go eae ti cgiyed: «sent ae ne $1,194 05 Greek Mission ACcitmbeS Poi Uae oy os oF ao uue so we 1,684 56 General Mission Aceowht.: 24. 2st Pods eke Sl ee ee 8,262 81 Liberia Mission Account. ica. pie bes occ ccus is oa sald. oa 83 29 Permanent Fundss* 5... seme et Ce at ear ys 816 64 Cash in hands of Treasurer. «2. «4-5 aed) eet a a ae ar, a ? , oe J a . ae n 1882. Leeport of the Board of Directors. is i, one day for the arrangement of my family affairs), all the Scripture which has been committed to memory during the week is recited, together with the Creed and Ten Commandments, and such other simple religious instruction as we can give ; the good are rewarded, and we part to meet again on Sunday morn- ing, when the portion of Scripture which has been selected as the Lesson for the week is amply explained by the brethren alternately, with other religious exercises,’ “ At a meeting of the Executive Committee, held on the 3d of October, 1832, Miss Elizabeth Mulligan (sister of Mrs. Hill) was by resolution connected with the Greek Mission in the capacity of assistant teacher. On the 30th of the same month, Miss M. sailed from Boston in the brig Garnet, bound to Malta and Smyrna. “PRESS DEPARTMENT. “Tn a joint letter addressed by the Missionaries to the Executive Committee, dated Athens, May 7, 1831, they give the following in relation to the printing operations of the Mission: “< As our presses did not arrive until the 23d of March, we of course have only entered upon the work of printing. The whole establishment arrived in good order, butsome trifling mistakes were to be corrected. For instance, the cases for the type were prepared for English, instead of Greek letter. By accounts from Tenos, which we received yesterday, Mr. Bingham is just putting to press our first tract. It consists of two extracts from a little Greek volume of devotions and meditations. One is on the observation of the Lord’s Day and Festivals ; and the other on Prayer. They are simple, and level to the lowest understanding, and the matter is very pious and useful. One of our Greek friends is translating for us, in token of friendship, “ Conversations with a young Traveller,” a tract much needed for the better educated youth of the country. We have made some collections, chiefly at second-hand, from the Fathers, on the importance of Scripture to the people, and their rank and value as the founda- tion of all religious truth. But unless we are supplied with copies of the lead- ing Greek Fathers, we shall in this department be able to effect little. Brother Robertson owns the Greek Eccles. Historians—Eusebius’s “ Denon” and “ Pre- par. Evangelica’’—Isidore of Pelusium and Gregory Thaumaturgus. But we need also the Apostolic Fathers, Cyril, Basil, Chrysostom, Clemens of Alexandria, Theodoret, and one or two others in the original. Cave’s “ Lives of the Fathers,” Bingham’s “ Eccles. Antiquities,’ and Renaudot’s “ History of Liturgies,” would also be of great use to us. We know that the Society cannot use the liberality in this respect of some other institutions, and we are anxious not to increase its expenses; but if due notice were given, are there not brother clergymen (or perhaps even pious laymen) who might individually spare one or other of these works from their libraries, for the sake of the cause? They might remain the property of the Society, and only be in our trust for the benefit of the Mission.’ 12 178: * Report of the Board of Directors. ee “On the 10th of September, of the same year, they thus write : “* Besides two tracts which were published during our stay in Tenos, we have _ printed since we have been here a translation of “Conversations between two friends ;” a portion of “ Colburn’s Arithmetic” (an 18mo. vol. of about 150 pages), — and a considerable portion of “Jacob’s Greek Reader,’ without the notes and vocabulary. The almost utter destitution of school-books in the land has placed us under the imperious necessity of peparing a series for our schools, even if we had no regard for others. For several months, therefore, the presses will be wholly occupied with these. The next work we shall take up will be “Goodrich’s Geography,’ somewhat modified (the account of the American States abridged, and that of Greece enlarged). One of the other American books on this subject might perhaps have been adopted, but we have not the necessary maps to put into the hands of each scholar for their illustration. If some friend or friends would devote a small sum, by which we might procure half a dozen engraved plates, with the names in Greek character, from France or Italy, they would do great service to the cause. We have also a “ Modern Greek Grammar” prepared for the press. "We shall soon prepare a translation of an admirable 12mo volume, on the “Greek Primitives,’ from a late German work. This will supply the need, for a time, of a regular lexicon, which would be too heavy for us to undertake. Until the last month, we have employed but three hands in the office ;—Peter, who was with brother Robert- son in America, and is known to some members of the Committee; George, who was in brother Hill’s employ, and who served for three years on board an American man-of-war, and who speaks English very well, and a small boy. Peter and George have much seriousness of deportment. They attend regu- larly morning and afterncon, the church in our house on the Lord’s day, and as they understand the language, are in the way of having their good impressions confirmed and increased. We have full confidence in their honesty and faithfulness, At present they receive only six dollars sixty-six cents per month; but it is insufficient for their maintenance, and we have hitherto supplied the deficiency ourselves. They do not complain, but we deem it but just that their wages should ere long be increased. The little boy lives with his mother, and receives two dollars per month.’ “Under date of November 8, 1831, they say. «The operations of the press have hitherto proceeded to our satisfaction. By the Cherub, in October, I sent you, via Boston, copies of our publications, viz., “On the due observance of the Lord’s day.” “ Conversation in a Stage-coach,’— printed in Tenos; “Dialogue between two Friends ;” “Colburn’s Arithmetic for the use of Schools,’—printed in Athens, “«Since which we have commenced publishing (for the use of our own schools, and with the expectation of being able to supply others) judicious extracts from “Jacob’s Greek Reader,” omitting the notes. I am happy to say that all the boys in our school are now supplied with a copy of these two useful publications; the extracts from Jacob’s go as far as the Mythological part, not inclusive.’ 1882. Leeport of the Board of Directors. . 179 “In Mr. Hill’s communication of February 9, 1832, he gives the following extract from a letter written to him by the Rey. Mr. Goodell at Constantinople: ‘Thanks for the specimen you sent me of your press. They do you great credit, and our schoolmasters speak in flattering terms of the style. When our schools have advanced a little, your Greek Arithmetic will, I am confident, be in demand here. May you and your works, like the Star of Bethlehem, guide every inquiring soul to salvation.’ “Mr. Hill also furnishes the following lines from a letter ad- dressed to him by the Rev. Mr. Temple at Malta: ‘Iam truly glad to find that you have undertaken “ Olney’s Geography ” and “ Col- burn’s Arithmetic.” They cannot fail to be useful in Greece.’ “Under date of February 14th, we have the following: “«Since we have been in Athens, we have published large editions of the “Dialogue between Two Friends ” (dedicated to the Bishop of Talanti); one hundred ‘and twenty pages of “Colburn’s Arithmetic” (suspended for want of type for fractions), ninety-six pages of a ‘“ Modern Greek Grammar” (nearly finished), the “ First Book for Classical Reading in our Schools, being cighty pages of Jacob’s Greek Reader,” and of seventy-two pages of the second part of the same. These books are absolutely necessary for our own and other schools —the publication of them gives popularity to our press, and we have reason to believe that our sales will be considerable. We desire, as soon as possible, to begin a small Geography. As soon as we have printed the most. necessary school-books, we wish to devote the press almost entirely to religious publi- cations. An edition of the Apostolic Fathers, 1am persuaded, would be very useful, especially for the Clergy. It would form but a small volume, cven with the ancient and modern Greek in opposite columns, and with the addition of a preface and a few notes. They could not help perceiving how entirely divested these important productions are of all reference to the superstitions with which their Church is encumbered, and which were the contrivances of a later age. “« With regard to religious tracts, we shall be able to sell, at least. for some years to come, very few; but of our school-books, we hope to dispose of a much largernumber. Yet evenof these, the larger proportion must probably be freely given at present. Weare anxious,as soon as possible, to publish not only some practical tracts for general circulation, but also some works which will be of value to the clergy. ‘The Conversation between Two Friends,’ we have dedi- cated to the Bishop of Talanti, the most influential member of the Episcopal body. In due season we shall pay a similar compliment to others, which we trust will have a happy effect. We shall have speedy need of a supply of paper and other articles for this part of our establishment. The advices we have from Malta agree with what was stated by the Secretary of the American Board, that the best course is to have paper sent from America. When we have funds more easily at command, we shall make 180 Report of the Board of Directors. 1892. the trial ourselves, by importing a small quantity from Italy and France, And here we feel compelled to enter upon a painful part of our communication, viz., the importance of finding a substitute for one member of our Mission. Mr. Bingham has informed us that he feels desirous of returning to his native land. He is willing, if the Society think best to hold him to his contract, to _ fulfil his: engagement for five years, and at all events he will expect to remain until we procure another head for the office. He says that he embarked in. the cause without due reflection, and partly through the influence of others; that he does not feel qualified for a Missionary life ; and that he thinks that another might supply his place, with advantage to our operations,’ “On the receipt of this letter, the Committee adopted the follow- ing resolution: ‘That the Secretary inform the Missionaries to Greece, that so soon as a suitable substitute for the printer to that Mission can be procured, Mr. Bingham shall be released from his contract; and also that the Secretary request the Greek Committee at Boston to take such measures as shall be in their power to procure a a suitable head of the printing-office in Greece.’ ‘On the 19th of March, the Rev. abs Hill wrote to inform the Executive Committee, that the Rev. Mr. Robertson and himself had agreed to divide the labor of the Mission establishment, according to the present plan. ‘Everything connected with the printing department comes under the Rev. Mr. R.’s purview, and whatever has relation to schools or to education, falls to Mr. H.’s share of duty.’ At the same time, such a general superintendence is to be maintained by both, that each will be consulted upon every impor- tant step designed by the other, and the most friendly and brotherly interest taken in the success of each. In the case of the absence of either, the other will direct the department of the one who is absent. ; “The Committee having coneiianee this arrangement of their Missionaries, adopted the followin g resolution: ‘That the plan pro- posed by the Rey. Mr. Hill in his letter of March 19th, for the division of labor between him and his colleague, which has been thought by them necessary for the more effectual prosecution of their Mission, has the entire sanction of the Executive Committee. ‘C AFRICAN MISSION. “When a Mission to Africa was first contemplated by the Society, a considerable quantity of clothing, hardware, etc., was presented for the use of the poor natives of that country, by ne members of our Church in different parts of the United States. “1882. Leeport of the Board of Directors. 184 “The Executive Committee cherishing the hope that, notwith- standing the failure of their several attempts to diffuse the blessings of civilization and Christianity over that benighted and barbarous portion of the earth, the desire of their hearts with respect to the establishment of a Mission there would ere long be. realized, retained in their possession for a long period whatever nae bebn _ thus benevolently contributed. 3 “Seeing at length no reasonable prospect of accomplishing this - object, and believing that it would be an act of injustice, as well to the donors as to those whom they designed to benefit, to suffer the articles to lie any longer useless on their hands, the Committee, in August last, resolved to transfer them to the American Colonization Society, to be disposed of according to their original designation. Information of this measure having been communicated to the ‘A. C.5.,’ a vote of thanks was passed by that Institution for the dona- tion. Subsequently, in compliance with directions received from one of its Agents, the goods were forwarded to Norfolk, Va. “¢ CONCLUSION. “On a general survey of their proceedings during the period which the foregoing report includes, the Board cannot but perceive a most sensible increase of zeal, liberality, and effort on the part of the members of the Church with respect to the Institution on whose concerns they are now assembled. But while they take pleasure in making this acknowledgment, the Board would not be unmindful of the very considerable extension of some of the Missions established under their direction, and of the absolute importance of augmented exertions, in order to provide the means essential to so enlarged a scale of operations. “Unless the patronage which is extended to the Society shall be in proportion to the expansion of its endeavors for the promotion of the Divine glory and the good of mankind, circumstances must nec- essarily ensue, which will not only subject the Executive Depart- ment to exceeding inconvenience, anxiety, and embarrassment (as has in the preceding year been the case), but, what is infinitely more to be deprecated, may bring a reproach upon the Church, which for ages, perhaps, will be remembered to her disadvantage. ‘* After a mature deliberation upon the measures necessary to be adopted in order to secure the uninterrupted prosperity of the In- stitution, the Board have been led to the conclusion that the estab- 182 Report of the Board of Directors. 1882. : es lishment of Auxiliary Associations is a means which, above all others, will be conducive to this purpose. In fact, they believe that upon an accession to the number already existing of these invaluable institutions, and their persevering codperation with the parent Society, must depend, under Providence, in a very great degree, the success of the enterprises on which the Board have already entered, as well as their ability to widen the sphere of their operations for the advancement of the Redeemer’s kingdom. “Deeply convinced of this truth, the Board have attempted, by means of circular letters and the Missionary Paper, to impress in a similar manner the minds of the Episcopalians generally through- out this country. But as yet they have to regret that the amount of aid derived from this species of organized action bears no pro- portion to the extent of the Church, or the number and wealth of its members. To effect, therefore, such an extensive union of ex- ertion in behalf of the Society as the propitious management of its affairs imperiously demands, is an object which, in the estimation of the Board, is of primary importance. And they feel themselves called upon, by every consideration which duty to their constituents and the best interests of the Institution can suggest, to avail them- selves at once of all those expedients which in their judgment may be most calculated to accomplish the end in view. “Tn concluding the present record of the Society’s transactions, and of their own views and designs with respect to its future wel- fare, the Board would look up to Him, in whose cause they trust: they are engaged, praising Him for the past mercies which He has vouchsafed to this object of their charge, and supplicating in its behalf, a continuance of the Divine protection, guidance, and bless- ing. And while, through the goodness of the great Disposer of life, their active powers are continued, they desire to proceed with re- newed vigor in the work to which they have set their hands, humbly hoping that the smiles of Heaven will rest upon them, and that their labor ‘ will not be in vain in the Lord.’ ” OFFICERS OF THE SOCIETY. President : Rt. Rev. William White, p.p. Vice Presidents : Rt. Rev. A. V. Griswold, p.p., Rt. Rev. William M, Stone, p.p., 1882. Report of the Board of Directors. 183 Rt. Rev. R. C. Moore, p.p., Rt. Rev. B. T. Onderdonk, p.p., + N. Bowen, p.p., i L. 8. Ives, p.p., ‘¢. PP. Chase, p.p., ‘s B. B. Smith, v.p., T. C. Brownell, p.p., “t J. H. Hopkins, p.v., a H. U. Onderdonk, p.p., “ C. P. McIlvaine, p.v., we William Meade, p.p., $8 G. W. Doane, a.m. Secretary : Rev. P. Van Pelt. Treasurer: Jacob Lex, Esq. Auditor : C. N. Bancker, Esq. Executive Committee: Rt. Rev. William White, p.p., ex officio. H. U. Onderdonk, p.p., “ Rev. P. Van, Pelt, is Mr. Jacob Lex, zs C. N. Bancker, Rey. J. Montgomery, p.p., Mr. P. H. Nicklin, G. A. Smith, C. Wheeler, G. Boyd, — L. R. Ashhurst, G. T. Bedell, v.p., J. C. Biddle, S. H. Tyng, v.p., Dr. C. Morris, H. J. Morton, J. Wiltbank. Trustees of the Permanent Fund: Messrs. C. N. Bancker, J. Read, and J. Lex. Directors chosen 1832: Maine, Rev. J. Clap, . S. Greenleaf, Esq., New Hampshire, S. Pierce, Esq., _ Massachusetts, Rev. J. S. Stone, Vermont, «« A. Bronson, ‘¢ Carlton Chase, Connecticut, Rev. N. 8. Wheaton, p.p., “ FH. Croswell, 184 Report of the Board of Durectors. 1822, New York, Rev. F. L. Hawks, p.p., | Floyd Smith, Esq., New Jersey, Rey. G. Y. Morehouse, Pennsylvania, Cd eel, « “GeAl mith, eLearn DoD. C, N. Bancker Raa: J. C. Biddle, Baas C. Wheeler, Esq., L. R. Ro nhuest: Esq., Paul Beck, Esq., Delaware, Rev. I. Pardee, Maryland, OEE IW. CSNY yh are Virginia, “ HH. W. Ducachet, m.p., «6S. P. MeGuire, South Carolina, “ C. E. Gadsden, p.p. Patrons: Rev. J. Abercrombie, p.p., + Rev. J. P.K. Henshaw, D.p.,+ a Gea lion. Co J. ee ‘¢ H. Anthon, + Rt. Rev. J. H. Hopkins Dae PG Boyes Rev. L. 8. Ives, p.m, f 7 “ F. Beasley, p.p., + Pee ip: Hengersene: * G. T. Bedell, p:p., f **° 5.0, games ee A. L. Baury, f | a i Veal aceon De Butlers « $8. Johnston, + « S. C. Brinekle, ¢ “J. Kemper, 2.0.7 “ C. Burroughs, ¢ Wa Fee y <¢ (eBC. Cutler + CJ. Milner ae “hk. B. Croes, + “J. Montgomery, v.p., + “© John Croes, + « Wm. C. Mead, p.n:, t « J. Chapman, t “ R. U. Morgan, t . «© B.S. Mason, p.p., t «J. R. Walker, + ¢ J. Morss, + “ C. H. Wharton, p.p., + “ $8. Nichols, + . ©. Gs Weller “ B. G. Noble, ¢ < B. Wilson; B:Di54 «A. Potter, + E. Andrus, Esq., + « S. W. Presstman, + J. Bowdoin, Esq., ¢ sc’ W.. -Richmond,t E. Burd, Esq., ¢ “J. J. Robertson, + J.C. Herbert, Esq.,¢ Ws. “ad aes es: 1882. Leeport of the Board of Directors. eB ho. Rev. J. Rodney, + W. Jay, Esq., t “¢ R. Sherwood, t F. S. Key, Esq., + Rt. Rev. B. B. Smith, p.v., + A. C. Magruder, Esq.,t Rev. 8. H. Turner, p.p., + Joseph Marsh, Esq., t or. an Pelt,+ Dr. C. Morris, + feet. ..Cuminge, t¢ P. H. Nicklin, Esq., + « W.H. DeLancey, v.p., + E. A. Newton, Esq., t Rt. Rev. G. W. Doane, a.m., + Mr. John Pintard, + Rey. A. Eaton, p.p., t . “* George Pomeroy, t+ fot. Edson, + K. Tuckerman, Esq., t “ >. B. Paddock, , Rev. E. R. Lippitt, “« William Jarvis, “« W. L. Johnson, William Croswell, « W.H. Lewis, « G. Y. Morehouse, Siapoth Lyne. D.D., Rt. Rev. C. P. McIlvaine, p.p., «I. Pardee, Rev. George Kirk, ; “¢ 8. Seabury, “ G. C. Shepard, ) “6S. P. Fenner, ek. Keith, p.p.{ ea be Wii Latch, “ P. 8. Ten Broeck, | pias Ligh tall ** Carlton Chase, “ 6C. M. Dupuy, “J. A. Hicks; Mr. J. Shatzel, « EK. Wheeler, Mrs. 8. Dehon, H. J. Whitehouse, “ K. Kohne, aloe, Stone, : “ M. Markoe, “ Thomas Jackson, “¢ M. Banyer, Pee. Crocker, p.D., “ A. Jay, } « Samuel Fuller, Jr., “ OC. Lawrence, « ¥F. L. Hawks, “ S. Russell, ¢ _H. Sayres, Saat Me C.-Gtegory. All the Bishops of the Church are, ew officio, members of the Board of Directors. . Those whose names are marked with a + in the above list are also (by the payment of $50, previous to August, 1829), according to the Fifth Article of the Constitution, members of the Board. Life Members: Mrs. E. Ashhurst, Philadelphia. Rey. William Bryant, | ie Rt. Rev. N. Bowen, Charleston, 8. C. Rev. J. Bristed, Bristol, R. I. 186 Report of the Board of Directors. Samuel Cox, James Cox, John White, S. Warren, F. Withers, Rh. F. Withers, R. A. Withers, 1. Ward; Mrs. E. A. Clarkson, Rev. Orange Clark, S. J. Donaldson, Esq., Rev. B. Dorr, “¢ 6M. Eastburn, Israel Kinsman, Miss M. A. LaBruce, Joseph P. LaBruce, Rev. M. H. Lance, “ H. P. Powers, Thomas Ryerson, Gil. Robertson, J. Rapeley, Mrs. E. Rapeley, Mrs. J. Rush, John Read, Esq., Rev. J. Spencer, D.p., Silas Sprague, Rev. H. Smith, “ 'T. Strong, Mr. J. M. Head, HH. Sybert, Miss E. Turner, “ 6J. B. Turner, Mrs. E. Waters, John Gray, Rev. C. E. Gadsden, p.p., “cA. Gibbes, Philadelphia. 66 66 Trey, Nene Georgetown, 8. C. 6c 66 66 Charleston, S. C. Saratoga Co., N. Y. Baltimore, Md. Utica, N. Y. New York. Philadelphia. Georgetown, 8. C. ce Newark, N. J. Philadelphia. 66 Charleston, 8. C. | 66 Philadelphia. 66 Easton, Md. Hartford, Conn. Greenfield, Mass. Philadelphia. New York. 6¢ Philadelphia. near Fredericksburg, Va. Charleston, 8. C. Thomas 8. Grimke, Esq., ‘“ Mrs. E. Gates, “HH. R.. Potter, Thomas Higham, Quincy, Mass. Charleston, 8. C. 1882. 1682. Report of the Board of Directors. 187 Mrs. D, E. Huger, Charleston, 8. C. Miss M. E. Hasford, ae William Heyward, St. Luke’s, 8. C. Miss Harris, Charleston, 8. C. F. M. Weston, x Mrs. Waring, rt Rev. Levi Bull, Rev. George Jones, ESR. Lippitt, “$8. Nash, “cA. B, Hard, “ F. W. Beasley, “« §. C. Stratton, “A. Bronson, « Smith Pyne, . © Lot Jones, “¢ MM. B. Chase, “Jos. Muenscher, “ William Barlow, “¢ =M. H. Henderson, “ Henry R. Judah, “ C. Colton, “6S. M. Guion, “ W.S. Perkins, bce. 1. Hare,,. “ G. F. Haskins, Mr. John Farr, <: WP: Potter, ' “ William Stavely, Mrs. R. H. Hopkins, “ Nathan Warren, “© Eliz. Grant, Mrs. C. Finney, Miss Hester Turner, Miss Eliz. M. Turner, Mr. Samuel B. Babcock, Rev. R. Prout, “ George Dearth, Mr. Robert B. Aertsen. Members : Mr. Charles Wheeler, Rev. G. A. Smith, Dr. Trent, Richmond, Va., « PL. Whipple, Mr. J.G. Williams, “ «¢ 6J. Hutchins, p.p., Rev. E. M. P. Wells, Boston, ‘ Benj. Hale, Dr. J. K. Mitchell, Phila, «3. J. Tschudy, Mr. John White, * Pierce Connelly, “ P. Van Pelt, Prof, D, Oliver, Pak Pociohrst, a Mrs. Ann Halberstadt, “ C. Comegys, rk “ Benjamin Hale, “' Thomas Hale,. “ “John Sergeant, pei browne, “Eliz. Dunlap, fa CeN, Bancker, “ «A. M. Tilghman, “« J.C. Biddle, £< “J. C. Lowber, “ 'T. Cadwallader, “ “¢ M. Shaw, “ J. Wilmer, + ced Cott, 188 Report of the Board of Directors. 1822. Mr. J. Nixon, Philadelphia, Mrs. H. Middleton, 8. C., eS. Breck, ‘¢ Samuel Wilson, “ Rev. G. Weller, Master W. Dehon, vs “ J. Wiltbank, «¢ " 'T. Dehon, tf ed OC Clan Mr. C. C, Pinckney, “ Rt. Rev. C. P. McIlvaine, p.p., Miss C. Clark; N. J., 4 B. T. Onderdonk, p.p., «< ~ Aertsen,; Rev. J. Croes, « L,. Smith, “« J. M. Wainwright, v.p., “ M. Yeates, ‘SC Sani: “ 6C. Yeates, “ Samuel Johnston, Mr. J. Hunter, “J. M. Douglass, Dr. C. Morris, “¢ R. 8S. Mason, Mr. M. Greenleaf, Me., “ C. Hanckell, «J. W. Foote, Miss. TREASURER’S REPORT. Abstract of Receipts from May 12, 1831, to October 18, 1882. For General Mission Account... 42... S| Tennessee ji. sia seis irene 0 Pennsylvania LANS FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE SOCIETY. “Since the month of July, 1832, there has been no increase of subscribers to the proposal from Maine for improving the pecuniary condition of the Society by a donation of $50 per annum, for five years, provided ninety-nine persons would contribute an equal amount. Ee a 1 ae s 204 Report of the Board of Directors. 1883, “* Names on the list, twenty-two. “Since the month of October, 1832, nineteen individuals have contributed $10 each, with the view of accommodating the Mission to Greece with suitable buildings, making the whole number on the list of subscribers 196. ** GREECE. “The date of the last letter from the Society’s Missionaries in Greece, which was noticed in the preceding Aunual Report, was March 19, 1832. This communication was received about the middle of July of the same year, and informed the Board of the de- termination of the Rev. Messrs. Robertson and Hill so to divide the labors of the Mission establishment as that everything connected with the printing department should come under the purview of the former, and whatever has relation to schools or to education, under that of the latter. “Since the period above mentioned, no intelligence reached the Executive Committee from either of the Missionaries, until the close of March of the present year. At that time a letter from the Rey. Mr. Hill to the Committee came to hand, which was written at Athens, on the 21st of November, 1832. From this we learn that the resolutions which were adopted by the Executive Commit- tee during the last year, in relation to this Mission, were very con- solatory to the Missionaries, and had the effect of stimulating them to proceed with more cheerfulness and zeal.in the work to which they have devoted themselves. Mr. Hill states that during the last summer the schools had increased beyond their highest expectations in numbers and discipline, and the improvement of the pupils in religious knowledge and human learning was exceedingly gratify- ing. The Infant school (contained in what was once the magazine or cellar of Mr. Hill’s dwelling, now converted into a commodious chamber), consisted, in November last, of 120 scholars, all ‘neat, orderly, and happy.’ ‘“‘'The impression made upon them by their daily lessons is repre- sented to be so vivid that they never fail to carry home to their par- ents some account of what they have learned, and thus the parents (otherwise totally deprived of the means of instruction) hear from their lisping infants much important religious truth. Of this Mr. Hill declares they have frequent proofs from the mouths of the par- ents themselves. The notice which this department has attracted = ak de - 133, Report of the Board of Directors. 205 from all strangers and the Athenians is, in the language of Mr. H., matter of astonishment. Visitors throng to see it every day, and blessings innumerable are pronounced upon their benefactors. “In the principal elementary school for girls (which is accommo- dated in the largest room of Mr. Hill’s house) there are about 70 who attend regularly. Here are taught the Scriptures and whatever is taught in similar schools in America. After the school is opened with prayer and the reading of the Scriptures, a portion of the pupils are conducted to another room, and another portion to the hall or piazza, this being the only place which remains for their use. Thus there are three departments of larger girls, only one of which is, properly speaking, the elementary school. The second consists of such as have to work hard for their daily bread, and who, it is thought best, should be employed in handy-work more than the others. The third department consists of those who arc destined (the Mission- aries hope) to become the future teachers of schools. In this class are found thirty who give evidence that the labor which has been bestowed upon them has not been in vain. “The Hellenic school (for. boys), which was commenced in August, 1831, continues in successful operation under the excellent teacher, Stephanos. The studies pursued in this department are Jacobs’s Greek Reader, Xenophon’s Memorabilia, the Apologia of Socrates, by Plato, the Krito of Plato, some of the orations of Demosthenes, and the Septuagint and New Testament. “Once a week Mr. Hill meets the whole of the boys for the study of the Septuagint, which they translate into Modern Greek, and which he then explains to them at large. This exercise, he says, af: fords him an excellent opportunity of preaching the Gospel to an attentive and inquiring company of young men, while he endeavors to make it interesting to them by introducing remarks on a variety of subjects growing out of the passages under consideration. “Three times a week Mr. Hill instructs a class taken from the scholars of this school, with a few who do not belong to the school. And on Wednesday afternoon of every week, he meets the female school to explain the Gospel. Two hours also of the Sunday morn- ing are*occupied in the same manner, on which occasion a number of adults, parents or other relatives of the children, and sometimes strangers, attend. “ Formerly it was the practice of the Missionaries on the Lord’s day to explain only the Gospel of the day. In the place of this ex- 206 Report of the Board of Directors. 1838, ercise they now explain the Scriptures in course, and thus all the doctrines and precepts of the Gospel, with the history of our Divine Lord, are brought before the audience in order, and a stock of di- vine knowledge imparted, which is calculated to make them wise unto salvation. | _ Tn the same letter Mr. Hill represents to the Committee the abso- lute necessity the Missionaries are under of commencing the erection of houses for schools. Mr. Hill’s dwelling, which at present con- tains all the schools, has been found to be altogether insufficient to accommodate the numbers who daily apply for admission. The Hel- — lenic school is so crowded that a portion of the boys are obliged to remain outside while the others are receiving their lessons—while no place’ can be found at all for a Lancasterian school for boys, which of all things else is the most desirable in Athens. “ But in addition to the very important consideration which the want of room presents, economy, in the opinion of the Missionaries, requires that the buildings should be provided without delay. For the interest of the sum that would provide an establishment suffi- ciently extensive to contain all the schools at present existing or contemplated, would be considerably less than the rent which is paid for Mr. Hill’s residence. Under these considerations, Mr. H., in the last autumn, and with the approbation of Mr. Robertson, made preparations for building. Encouraged by private conversa- tions with some of the primates of the city, he made applications to the magistrates for the cession of what was formerly the public school of Athens, a large enclosure in the heart of the city, now however in ruins. The primates immediately granted his request, and also appointed a committee to confer with Mr. Hill, and enter into an agreement which would be confirmed by the city. This has been effected to their mutual satisfaction, and unanimously ratified by the municipal authority. On this site Mr Hill intends hereafter to erect the edifice for the boys’ school, and as there are materials on the ground, he says that this undertaking will be attended with but little expense. “But (Mr. Hill informs the Committee) he finds it necessary, first, to build a house for the infant school and the girls? school altogether apart from the boys’ school, and has accordingly pur- chased for this purpose a suitable lot, only twenty feet from the four beautiful Doric columns which still adorn the site of the ancient Agora, where Paul ‘ disputed daily’ with the philosophers of Athens. 1833. Report of the Board of Directors. 207 For this site Mr. Hill is to pay $50 per annum, redeemable by the payment of the capital ($600) when he will. Here it was his inten- tion, when he wrote to the Committee, to commence building im- mediately ; but should defer the Lancasterian school until the spring. The cost of the whole will not, in the opinion of Mr Hill, exceed $2,000. “The letter containing the above information, having been read before the Executive Committee, the following resolutions were unanimously adopted : “<«Resolved, That the Executive Committee fully approve the steps which their Missionaries in Greece have taken in regard to the buildings for the ac- commodation of the Mission, and assure them that they will make every effort to satisfy the necessary demands for funds. ««Resolucd, That the Sccretary be requested to publish the facts contained in the letter of Mr. Hill, and call the attention of the Church to making up im- mediately the sum required.’ “The following extract from the Moniteur Grec, a newspaper published at Nauplie, the seat of the Greek Gover nment, will serve as a confirmation of the statements of the Recetas respecting the favorable sentiments entertained by the Greeks with regard to the operations of the Society in their country: ««« Among the numerous benefits which Greece has received from the Chris- tian inhabitants of the other hemisphere, we must count the establishment of schools in her territory. We particularly distinguish those under the direc- tion of the Rev. Messrs. Robertson and Hill, who continue, by their love for their neighbors, to prove themselves worthy of their high calling. The result of their labors has been exhibited at a public examination, which the Bishop of Tilanti, the Consuls of foreign powers residing at Athens, and a number of Athenians and strangers of distinction, were pleased to honor with their pres- ence.’ “‘ Another evidence of the high consideration in which the Mis- sion is held in Greece, is furnished by the annexed portion of a let- ter from one of the individuals connected with it: «While at Napoli, I had the pleasure of seeing frequently, and conversing with Rizos Mauvocordato, Tricoupi, and the other ministers. [had an opportuni- ty of meeting with many of the most remarkable men of the revolution—Miau- lis, Mauromicheelis, Ypsilanti, Conduriotto, etc. Both the Government paper, and the Minerva, have taken very honorable notice of the Missionary establish- ment. The Minister of State for Religion and Education has addressed me a letter of thanks on the part of the Government.’ 208 Report of the Board of Directors. yp iages. ‘© AFRICA. “Tn the opinion of the Board, there are few portions of the earth which present a stronger claim upon Christian sympathy and exertion than heathen Africa. Under the influence of this sentiment, the Board have diligently exerted themselves to extend the bless- ings of civilization and Christianity to this almost savage and much neglected land. But, notwithstanding the various plans which have been devised, the labor bestowed, and the money expended in refer- ence to this object, nothing has as yet been accomplished that is calculated to cheer the hearts of the friends of this enterprise. “To those who are accustomed to weigh things only in the bal- ance of worldly wisdom, circumstances such as these might well be regarded as indicative of the hopelessness of the cause. But though often disappointed in their hopes, and defeated in their calculations, the Board do not despair of ultimate success. They are not insensi- ble to the fact that glorious things have been spoken by the Al- mighty, with respect to Ethiopia, and that however degraded at present may be the condition of Afric’s sons and daughters, a time must arrive when, in accordance with the inspired prediction, they ‘shall cast away their idols to the moles and the bats,’ and take an exalted stand among the nations of the globe. And do not the re- cent discoveries on that Continent authorize us to believe that the period is at hand when these promises of Heaven will be fulfilled ? Who can reflect on the fact that the course and termination of the Niger have been at length satisfactorily ascertained, and the power of steam transferred to the bosom of its meandering waters, and not yield to the conviction that the set time to favor Africa has indeed now come? “Ifa Mission to that benighted land were not, by the General Convention of 1826, regarded in the light of an Utopian scheme, and if a vigorous effort in reference to its benefit, were warmly urged by that body upon the consideration of the Society, how . much have recent events enhanced the probable success of such an undertaking, and how much louder is the call upon the Church to enter this new and highly interesting field ? “Js a question raised respecting the means to be employed in elevating Africa from her present abject state, and extending over her widely spread continent the kingdom of our Saviour Jesus Christ? In the judgment of the Board, such a revolution can only a 1838. Leeport of the Board of Directors. 209 be effected by the instrumentality of intelligent, discreet, and well- educated Missionaries, whose souls are fired with heavenly love and zeal, “ Does the inquiry meet us, Where are the individuals of this de- scription, who are disposed to engage in a service so arduous and self-denying; and even should they be obtained, where are the means to sustain them in the work? Our reply is, ‘With God nothing is impossible;’ and if the accomplishment of His will de- mand the interposition of such an agency, neither the men nor the funds will be wanting. “But the Board will not enlarge any further upon this point. They have thrown out these remarks with the hope of drawing the attention of the Church to this subject, and with a view of speedily settling the question proposed in a former report ; ‘ Cannot this Socie- ty gather from among the colored population of the country in which we live, some whose hearts are animated with holy benevolence, and prepare them for the sublime enterprise of carrying the blessings of the Gospel to the homes of their forefathers, and transforming those barren wilds into a garden of the Lord, luxuriant in fragrance and beauty ?, “The Board have thus traced the several steps of the Society’s proceedings during the preceding seven months; and they indulge the hope that, from the statements which have been presented, it will appear that something at least has been done toward the hasten- ing of that period when the ‘wilderness and the solitary place shall be glad, and the desert rejoice, and blossom ag the rose.’ “Such considerations certainly are calculated to inspire us with deep and heartfelt gratitude to that Almighty Being who has con- descended to employ us as instruments in prosecuting His gracious designs, and to stimulate us to greater diligence in forwarding the purposes of infinite goodness. Let us not be satisfied then, unless this effect be produced. While we are thankful for what has al- ready been accomplished, let our exertions be increased. Let every success be regarded as only pledging us to renewed efforts. And let us proceed from one good work to another, in this labor of love, until it shall be seen and known of all men that this Institution has been appointed by Heaven to sustain an important part in effectuat- ing that divine decree; ‘ All the ends of the world shall remember and turn unto the Lord, and all the kindreds of the nations shall worship before Thee.’ ” 14 210 Leeport of the General Agent. 1880, To the foregoing Report of the Board of Directors is ap- pended a Report of the General Agent, the Rev. George Boyd, to the Executive Committee. We give a portion of his Report, as follows: “That the favor of the whole Church might be secured to the Society, and the way prepared for its future operations, the General Agent, at an early period, took the liberty of writing to each of the Right Rev. Bishops of the Church, and of requesting from them a commendatory letter. That such a letter would be furnished no doubt was entertained, inasmuch as there had been an entire concurrence of the House of Bishops, at several times expressed, upon the principles and proceedings of the Society. Answers have been received from the Right Rev. Bishop Bowen, the Right Rey. — Bishop Hopkins, the Right Rev. Bishop Smith, the Right Rey. Bishop McIlvaine, and the Right Rey. Bishop Doane, and are here inserted. “«REV. AND DEAR Srr,—Your communication, dated at New York, March 25th, was received at my house whenI was absent on official duty. On the eve of an excursion of similar duty, in another portion of the Diocese, after two days spent at home, I hasten to say to you, that the agency with which you have been charged by the Executive Committée of the Domestic and Foreign Missionary Society of our Church, has my entire approbation, and my hearty wishes for its prosperity. I trust that some success will attend it in this Diocese; although I am not sanguine in the expectation that that some will amount to much. All such enterprises of Christian zeal, find in the mind of our community, at present, but little of the sensibility which they are well entitled to awaken. I shall be sincerely rejoiccd that you should find the case otherwise. “*T am, Rev. and dear sir, “« Affectionately your friend and brother, “«“N. BOWEN. “«REv. GEO. BoyD.’ “<« HARTFORD, May 9, 1833. “«REvV, AND DEAR Srr,—Your letter of the 20th of March, forwarded by the Rev. Mr. Lucas, did not reach me till this morning. I regret this delay the more, as I issued a Pastoral Letter, a few days ago, in relation to the Missionary operations of this Diocese, in which I should have referred to your plan of a general society for the ‘ Promotion of Christianity.’ Whenever you visit this Tiocese, in the course of your agency, you may count on my decided support,— and if your plan shall be thought most efficient to the Society you represent, I shall cheerfully concur in it. 3 “*T remain, Rey. and dear sir, «“¢ Your friend and brother, “« Rev, GEO. BoyD,’ « +s.) sss ieee 2,993 66 Florida Mission Account’. <..5/.0. a's a «ccs ss ss tle 6 diths tenn 1,480 64 Liberia Mission Account. 2.2.5 0... 0's +e» + geeiele ois le: tush nanan vt a Ef $26,007 98 BALANCES. Dr. CR. Green Bay Mission Account. 9. (..29).%)..0..-0 semen en . . $12,912 33 Florida Mission Account:.) .. A708... 2. 2 eee eee 1,248 79 General Mission Account.) ... .c.0 ces soe epee $14,002 73 Domestic Mission Account, ..2.. ct... «cee se eaten 2,542 91 Foreign Mission Account... ............+e2sss-ccn enum 2,178 40 Greek Mission AcGcount...c 05. 's 1. 02's + «sibel rete ete mnenere 2,296 65 Liberia Mission Account......... GTR eee eee ae 300 44 Balance in hand too oki. +o «0.05 os wie sence Taner 7,210 O1 $21,371 13 $21,371 13 SPECIAL MEETING OF THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS. A Special Meeting of the Board of Directors was held at the Missionary Rooms, Philadelphia, Tuesday, August 18, 1835. ‘ 1835. Proceedings of the Board of Directors. 249 Present, The Rt. Rev. Bishops White, Moore, Onderdonk, Mellvaine, Smith, and Doane; the Rey. Drs. Milnor, Henshaw, Abercrombie, Kemper, Gadsden, Burroughs, Beasley, Tyng, Hawks, Mason, and Mead; the Rev. Messrs. Chase, Boyd, Clay, Morehouse, Lee, William Jackson, Pardee, Rodney, Allen, Cuming, William Richmond, and Henderson; Messrs. Wheeler, Biddle, Robins, Magruder, Bancker, Dr. Morris, and the Secre- tary. Bishop White presided, and opened the meeting with prayer. The Board took order as follows: Fixing the place and hour of the Annual Meeting, to be held on Thursday, the 20th inst., in St. Andrew’s Church, at half past four o’clock p.m. The Annual Sermon before the Board to be preached in St. James’s Church, on Thursday evening, the 20th inst., and a Com- mittee appointed to make arrangements for the same. The following Resolution was adopted: “Resolved, That a Committee be appointed to present to the General Convention a request from this Board, that the sessions of the Convention be so arranged as to afford the Society and the Board of Directors time for the discharge of the duties which devolve upon them.” The Rev. Drs. Tyng and Mead, and the Secretary, were appointed the Committee. On motion of Mr. Wheeler, it was “Resolved, That a Committee be appointed, who shall retire and report to this meeting what business will be in order to be consid- ered at the present meeting of the Board.” Mr. Wheeler, Drs. Milnor and Kemper, the Rev. Mr. Boyd, and Mr. Bancker were appointed the Committee. The Committee, having conferred together, reported as fol- lows: | “The Committee appointed to report what business will be in order, etc., report that they recommend : 74 66 ae | Belonging to the Domestic Department. 250 Annual Meeting of the Board of Dvrectors. 1885, “3d. The subject of the reorganization of the Society.” The first two subjects having been disposed of, on motion of the Rev. Dr. Milnor, it was “Resolved, That the meeting do now proceed to the consideration of the Third Article, recommended by the Committee appointed to suggest business demanding the attention of the Board,” On motion of the same, it was “Resolved, That a Committee of seven be appointed to consider and report whether any and what measures should be adopted for the more efficient organization of this Society, and the future con- duct of its concerns.” The Rt. Rev. Bishops Doane and Mcllvaine; the Rev. Drs. Milnor, Henshaw, Beasley, and Kemper, and Mr. Magruder were appointed the Committee. Ail other proceedings at this meeting relate Bpeciaay to Domestic Missions. ANNUAL MEETING. Tne AnnvuaL MEeEtine ofr THE Boarp or Drrectors was held — in St. Andrew’s Church, Philadelphia, on Thursday, August 20, 1835, at half past four o’clock p.m. Present, The Rt. Rev. Bishops Brownell, H. U. Onderdonk, Meade, Stone, Smith, McIlvaine, Doane, and Otey; the Rev. Drs. Abercrombie, Milnor, Wheaton, Hawks, Wyatt, Henshaw, Kemper, Mason, Tyng, and Potter; the Rev. Messrs. Chase, Du- cachet, Croswell, Clay, G. A. Smith, Allen, Boyd, Cuming, Hen- derson, Wm. Jackson, Lee, Morgan, Presstman, Richmond, ‘Rodney, Pardee; the Messrs. Newton, Magruder, Floyd Smith, Bancker, Wheeler, Biddle, Ashhurst, and Dr. Morris. In the absence of the President, the Rt. Rev. T. C. Brownell, one of the Vice-Presidents, took the chair, and opened the meet- ing with prayer. On motion of the Secretary, it was 1835. Proceedings of the Board of Directors. 251 “Resolved, To dispense with the calling of the names ot the Di- rectors, 4 quorum being present, and the reading of the Minutes of the Annual Meeting, held in May, 1834.” The Minutes of the Special Meeting of the Board, held on Tuesday, the 18th inst., and the Report of the proceedings of the Executive Committee for the last fifteen months, were then read by the Secretary. On motion of the Secretary, it was “Resolved, That the Report of the Executive Committee be referred to a Committee, to prepare from it, and other documents to be referred to, the Annual Report of the Board of Directors.” The Rev. Drs. Potter and Kemper, and Floyd Smith, Esq., - were appointed the Committee. The Treasurer having presented his account, it was, on motion, referred to a Committee for examination, and to report thereon. Messrs. Newton and Magruder were appointed the Com- mittee. On motion of Bishop Doane, it was “Resolved, To adjourn until the 21st inst., at half past eight o’clock a.m.” St. Anprew’s Cuvurcu, August 21st, 1835, 84 a.m. The Board met. Present, The Rt. Rev. Bishops Griswold, Moore, Brownell, Meade, Smith, Doane, McIlvaine, and Hop- kins; the Rev. Drs. Henshaw, Tyng, Kemper, Hawks, Milnor, Potter, Gadsden, Wheaton, Croswell, Wyatt, Burroughs, Mason, and Wilson; the Rev. Messrs. Boyd, G. A. Smith, Chase, More- house, Clay, Pardee, Allen, Cuming, Henderson, Jackson, Lee, Morgan, Presstman, W. Richmond, Henderson, Rodney, Walker, Ducachet, Ten Broeck, Brinkle, and McGuire; the Messrs. Robins, Bancker, Wheeler, Ashhurst, Biddle, Smith, Magruder, Newton, and Dr. Morris. The Rt. Rev. Bishop Meade in the chair. After prayers by the Chairman, the Minutes of the last meeting were read. On motion of the Secretary, it was 252 Proceedings of the Board of Directors. 1895. “Resolved, That the Rey. R. A. Henderson be appointed Assist- ant Secretary.” On motion of the Secretary, it was “ Resolved, That a Committee of three be appointed to exam- ine the records, books, papers, etc., of the Society, and report thereon.” The Rev. Dr. Henshaw, the Rev. Mr. Morehouse, and Mr. Magruder, were appointed the Committee. The Secretary presented, in compliance with the 10th Article of the Constitution, a general view of the proceedings of the Board since the meeting of the Society in 1832, which, on motion of the same, was referred to the Committee, to whom was committed the Report of the Executive Committee. The Secretary presented sundry applications for Missionary appointments, etc., which, on motion of the same, were referred to a Committee of three. The Rt. Rev. Bishop McIlvaine, and the Rev. Drs. Milnor and Kemper, were appointed the Committee. The Rt. Rev. Bishop Doane, on behalf of the Committee appointed to consider and report whether any, and what, meas- ures should be adopted for the more efficient organization of the Society and the future conduct of its concerns, presented the following Report: “The Committee appointed by the Board of Directors of the Domestic and Foreign Missionary Society of the Protestant Episcopal Church in the United States of America, at their late Special Meeting, to consider and report ‘Whether any, and what, measures should be adopted for the more efficient organization of this Society and the future conduct of its concerns, unani- mously present the following Report as the result of their most serious con- sideration. They do not profess to give the reasons for the several measures which they propose, believing that these will be fully and most forcibly sug- gested in the discussions of the Board. They do not attempt the full detail of necessary arrangements, inasmuch as these must be dependent on the ultimate course which the Board may adopt. All that they now propose is to present fundamental principles; the immediate adoption of which, they respectfully, yet most earnestly, recommend. “Tn the first place, then, after the most mature deliberation, and much con- ference with the friends of the Society from various parts of the Church, they ie Sil A ie tl 1339. Proceedings of the Board of Directors. 253 are decidedly of the opinion that the best interests of religion and of man require an immediate and extensive change in the mode in which the Church has hitherto discharged the great Missionary trust committed to her by the Divine Saviour, ‘to preach the Gospel unto every creature.’ “ As the mode of operations which they propose to substitute for that which has hitherto prevailed, the Committee unanimously recommend that the Church herself, in dependence on her divine Head, and for the promotion of His glory, undertake and carry on, in her character as the Church, and as ‘ The Domestic and Foreign Missionary Society of the Protestant Episcopal Church in the United States of America, the work of Christian Missions; for the accom- plishment of which purpose, they recommend the following alterations in the Constitution : “IT. That the General Convention, as the representative of the whole Protestant Episcopal Church in these United States, be the constituted organ for the prosecution of this work. “TI, That at the present meeting of the General Convention there be elected, by a concurrent vote, on the nomination of a joint Committee of the two Houses, a Board of thirty members, to be called ‘The Board of Missions of the Protestant Episcopal Church in the United States of America,’ to which shall be entrusted, in the recess of the Genera] Convention, the supervision of the General Missionary operations of the Church ; with power, during such recess, to fill any vacancies in their number which may occur. Of this Board the Committee recommend, “1, That all the Bishops shall be, ev-officio, members. «2. That the presiding Bishop shall be the President, and that at all its meet- ings, in the absence of the presiding Bishop, the senior Bishop present shall preside. In the absence of the Bishops, the Board shall elect a President pro tempore. «3. That such persons as, by the payment of money, are now members of the Board of Directors of the Society, shall b> members of the Board of Mis- sions, it being understood that this privilege is not to be extended, but to cease with those who now enjoy it. “TII. The Board of Missions shall meet annually on................0c0e0% iy ees gies wir 6 6 ce 6 wl shee Sioee were ets for the trans- action of such business as shall be committed to it; and shall also meet in the week preceding the meeting of the General Convention, and at its place of meeting, for the purpose of preparing the Triennial Report to the Convention. A special meeting of the Board may be called in such way as shall be provided hereafter. Ten members shall form a quorum. “TV. The Board shall have power to make By-laws for its own government, and for the government of its Committees. “V. The Board, as soon as may be after it has been constituted, shall pro- ceed to appoint seven persons as a Committee for Domestic Missions, and seven other persons as a Committee for Foreign Missions. The Bishops shall be, ex-officio, members of both Committees. When vacancies occur in either of the Committees, during the recess of the Board, they may be filled by the Com- mittees respectively, subject to the approval of the Board at its next meeting. 254. Proceedings of the Board of Directors. 1835. “1, To the Committees of the Board thus constituted shall be referred, in their respective fields, the whole executive administration of the General Mis- sionary department of the Church, subject to the provisions of the Board ; the Committee to make reports of all their proceedings to the Board of Missions, at its Annual Meeting. “2. The Committee for Domestic Missions shall meet weekly in the city of New York, and the Committee for Foreign Missions shall meet weekly i in the city of Philadelphia. Each Committee, besides such other officers and agents as they may deem proper (to all of whom they shall be authorized to pay suitable salaries), shall appoint a Secretary and General Agent, who shall be the Executive Officer of the Committee, and, ex-officio, a member, to collect information, to conduct its correspondence, to devise and recommend plans of operation, and, in general, to execute all the purposes of the Board in his respective sphere, submitting all his measures, before their adoption, to the Committee by whom he is appointed, for their approval or disapproval. “Tn connection with this outline of fundamental provisions, the Committee unanimously recommend the following as general principles for the direction of the Board: “TI, The Missionary field 4 is always to be regarded as one, THE WORLD—the terms Domestic and Foreign being understood as terms of locality, adopted for convenience. Domestic Missions are those which are exercised within, and Foreign Missions are those which are exercised without, the territory of the United States. | “TI. The appeal of the Church, through the Board, for the support of Mis- sions, is made expressly to all baptized persons, as such, and on the ground of their baptismal vows. “TIT. The reliance of the. Church for carrying on its Missionary se beyond the direct operation of the Board, and its Committees, and their officers, is mainly on the parochial organization, each parish being regarded as a Mission- ary Association, and its Pastor as the Agent of the Board, for Jesus’ sake. It is not designed, by anything which is here said, to discourage existing Mission- ary Associations. “TV. It is especially recommended that the contributions of the members of the Church to the support of Missions be made, so far as may be convenient, upon some plan of systematic charity, that their permanent continuance may be the more relied on. There is, of course, no discouragement of any other acts of benevolence to which the Lord may move the hearts of His people in this most holy cause. “V. In addition to the general agencies constituted by the Board, local agents may from time to time be appointed by either of the Committees, who shall consider themselves especially instructed to avoid all appearance of com- petition between the Domestic and Foreign operations of the Board, and also to encourage the support of Missions upon Christian principles, by the convic- tion of the judgment and engagement of the affections, rather than by special appeals to local interests or transient excitements, “The Committee desire to call attention, in an especial manner, to the sub- ject of a Missionary paper in the Church. Should the proposed organization 1898. Proceedings of the Board of Directors. 255 be adopted, they would recommend that its establishment and direction be committed to the Board of Missions—that it be edited under their direction for the promotion of the whole object contemplated by their Constitution, and committed respectively to the two Committees for Domestic and Foreign Mis- sions. Such a periodical, conducted with discretion and ability, and imbued with the true and abiding fervor of the Missionary spirit, would be received with avidity, would attain at once to a large circulation, would yield a hand- some profit to the Board, and, with the blessing of the eee and Holy Spirit, would do incalculable good. “The Committee are anxious to be understood that they do not present this as a full report, but rather as an outline of the plan which they propose. Should its principles be adopted by the Board, they are capable of being com- mended to the Church, the Committee confidently believe, by arguments which cannot be set aside. In conclusion, they invoke for the Directors and for the Society, in the consideration of this great subject,and in the prosecution of their whole momentous work, the guidance and protection of Him who has promised to be with His own Missionary Society, the Apostolical Church, ‘always, even unto the end of the world.’ “ All which is respectfully submitted by the Committee, “ GEORGE W. DOANE, JACKSON KEMPER, CHARLES P, McILVAINE, FREDERICK BEASLEY, JAMES MILNOR, A. C. MAGRUDER.” J. P. K. HENSHAW, On motion of the Rev. Dr. Hawks, it was “Resolved, That the Report be printed.” On motion of Bishop Doane, it was “ Resolved, That the Triennial Sermon, before the Society, be preached on Monday evening, the 24th inst., at St. Stephen’s Church.” On motion of Mr. Newton, it was “Resolved, That a respectful request be presented to the General Convention, that when it adjourn, it will adjourn to Monday, the 24th inst., to give time to this Board for its discussions.” On motion of the same, it was “ Resolved, That a Committee of five be appointed to carry the above into effect.” The Rt. Rev. Bishops Griswold and Brownell, the Rev. Drs. Milnor and Kemper, and Mr. Newton, were appointed the Committee. 256 Proceedings of the Board of Directors. 1835. On motion of Dr. Milnor, it was “ Resolved, That the Chairman of the Committee on the reorgan- ization of the Society be requested to state to the Board the grounds upon which the Committee have proceeded in the discharge of their duty.” Bishop Doane, as Chairman of the Committee, responded to the call, and occupied the attention of the Board until the hour of the meeting of the General Convention; when, upon motion of the Rev. Dr. Milnor, it was “ Resolved, That the Board adjourn until half past four o’clock this afternoon.” Fripay, August 21—4¢$ p.m. The Board met. Present, The Right Rev. Bishops Gris- wold, Moore, Brownell, Smith, McIlvaine, Doane, Otey, Meade, and B. T. Onderdonk; the Rev. Drs. Henshaw, Milnor, Wyatt, Croswell, Kemper, Tyng, Hawks, Potter, Wheaton, Mason, Aber- crombie, and Burroughs; the Rev. Messrs. Boyd, Morehouse, Clay, Allen, Cuming, Jackson, Lee, Morgan, Presstman, Rod- ney, Richmond, Pardee, Ten Broeck, Walker, Henderson, Smith, Chase, and Stone; Messrs. Robins, Bancker, Wheeler, Newton, Magruder, and Dr. Morris. The Rt. Rev. Bishop Brownell in the chair. Dr. Milnor, on behalf of the Committee appointed to ask for an adjournment of the General Convention until Monday, the 24th inst., reported that the Committee had attended to this duty, and that both the House of Bishops, and that of Clerical and Lay Deputies, had determined to comply with the request ~ of the Board. : Dr. Milnor moved that the report of the Committee on the reorganization of the Society be taken up for consideration, and that it be read by paragraphs. Dr. Potter moved a postponement of Dr. Milnor’s resolution, for the purpose of offering a substitute; but having subsequently withdrawn his resolution, the question came up upon Dr. Milnor’s resolution, which was adopted. The first paragraph of the Report was then read, after which 1885. Proceedings of the Board of Directors. 297 several members of the Board expressed their opinions upon the principle therein involved. 7 On motion of Dr. Hawks, it was “ Resolved, To refer the Report to the Triennial Meeting of the Society, and that the Society meet on Saturday, the 22d inst., at nine o’clock a.m.” On motion of Dr. Milnor, it was “ Resolved, That the Board adjourn until Saturday, the 22d inst., at half past eight a.m.” SaturpDay, August 22, 84 a.m. The Board met. Present, The Rt. Rev. Bishops White, Moore, Mellvaine, Doane, Meade, and Otey; the Rev. Drs. Wheaton, Milnor, Croswell, Potter, Henshaw, Tyng, Wyatt, and Mason; the Rey. Messrs. Ducachet, Clay, Cuming, Richmond, Rodney, Henderson, Chase, Boyd, Stone, Morehouse, Allen, Smith, Jack- son, Lee, Morgan, Richmond, and Rodney; Messrs. Wheeler, F. Smith, Biddle, Bancker, Magruder, Morris, and Tuckerman. Bishop White presided, and opened the meeting with prayer. The Minutes of the last meeting were read. | Rev. Dr. Potter, on behalf of the Committee appointed to prepare, from the Annual Report of the Executive Committee, the Annual Report of the Board of Directors, presented the follow- ing report :. “The subscribers, having been directed by the Board of Direc- tors to prepare, from the Report of the proceedings of the Execu- tive Committee, an annual report, to be made by this Board to the Church, beg leave respectfully to report : “That they would recommend the adoption of the Report read by the Secretary on the 20th inst., as being in substance the Report of the Directors, the necessary verbal alterations being made in order to adapt it to this purpose. They would suggest, however, the propriety of omitting one or two clauses in a communication made to the Committee by the Rev. Dr. Robertson, and of adding the following passages, viz. : “j. A note in regard to the sums received by the Treasurer from Massachusetts. : ig 258 Proceedings of the Board of Directors. 1895. “9. A passage in relation to the Rev. Mr, Cadle, with a reso- lution adopted by the Board on the 18th inst. “3, A note in regard to Missionary services among the Indians at Duck Creek. “4, A note in regard to Mr. Thompson, teacher of the African Mission School. “They would also recommend that the Treasurer be requested to prepare a summary of the receipts and expenditures of each principal Mission, and also of the receipts for general purposes, and that this summary be introduced into the Report immediately after the schedule of moneys which have been received since the last Annual Meeting from the several States and Dioceses. They would recommend, likewise, that the list of the auxiliaries and of donations, and also a copy of the Constitution and By-laws be annexed, with the Treasurer’s account, as an appendix, and that the Secretary be requested to make such changes in the language as may be necessary, prepare the Report for publication, and to superintend the printing. ‘“¢ Atonzo Potrer, JACKSON KEMPER, “ Committee.” The foregoing having been accepted and agreed to by the Board, Dr. Potter, on behalf of the Committee, to whom was referred the general view of the proceedings of the Society since October, 1832, presented the following: “The subscribers, having been charged by another resolution of the Board with the duty of examining a summary statement, which has been prepared by the Secretary, of the proceedings of the Board since the last Triennial Meeting of the Society, would further report, that said statement appears to them to meet the require- ments of the 10th Article of the Constitution, and that they there- fore recommend that it be adopted by this Board, and presented to the Society at its Triennial Meeting as a general view of the proceed- ings of the Board during the last three years. “ Atonzo PotTTER, JACKSON KEMPER, “ Committee.” Dr. Henshaw, on behalf of the Committee appointed to 1885. Proceedings of the Board of Directors. 259 examine the records, papers, etc., of the Society, presented the following : “The Committee appointed to examine the books, records, and papers, of the Society, report that they have attended to the duty assigned them, so far as their limited time would allow, and find them to be kept with a neatness and accuracy which reflect much credit upon the skiil and industry of the Secretary. “J. P. K. Hensnaw, A. C. MacrupeEr, “ Committee.” The Rt. Rev. Bishop McIlvaine, on behalf of the Committee to whom sundry applications for Missionary appointments, etc., were committed, presented the following : “The Committee, to whom were referred the applications of sundry persons desiring to be engaged as Missionaries of the Domestic and Foreign Missionary Society, report: “That on examining the applications they find them so many, and several of them of such unusual interest and importance, and in general the necessary documentary information accompanying them so defective, that in consideration of the temporary appoint- ment of this Committee, and the want of. that particular acquaint- ance on the part of its members with the applicants, and with the past and present views of the Board in relation to many of the objects contemplated, which would be necessary to a wise and cautious action in the premises, the Committee request to be dis- charged from the further consideration of said applications, and to be permitted to lay the papers on the table of the Board, with a recommendation that as soon as possible the Board proceed to establish a Missionary station in the province of Texas. “¢ All which is respectfully submitted. “©, P. McItvarne, “ Chairman.” On motion of Dr. Milnor, it was “ Resolved, That the thanks of this Board be presented to the Rey. Dr. Tyng for his sermon before the Board on Thursday evening last.” 260 Report of the Board of Directors. 1886. There being no other business before the Board, it adjourned sine die. » | Wim Wurrn, President. Prrer Van Pett, Secretary. ANNUAL REPORT OF THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS, ADOPTED AT THE MEETING OF THE BOARD, AUGUST 21, 1835. “In presenting a general view of the state and progress of the Society since ‘their last meeting, the Board of Directors are happy to report that both its Domestic and Foreign concerns have, during that interval, advanced in extent and importance. The good hand of God has manifestly been upon those intrusted with the manage- ment of the affairs of the institution, and indications of His blessing upon their exertions have been most signally vouchsafed. ‘¢PUNDS. “From May 13, 1834, to May 13, 1835, there was received the | sum of $20,325.88, and from the last-mentioned date to the 19th inst., $16,665.06, making the whole amount of contributions for the preceding fifteen months, $36,990.94. “ Amount contributed by the different States from May 13, 1834, to August 19, 1835. MAING 56. te s6oh2s « Sar Aes 4 $275 15 | North Carolina. ........... $204 48 New Hampshire. ...... . 2... 299 00) South Carolina....... ... we 2,046 55 Vermont, . 0. 004.05 esse | 158 BI reongiag eee Saris ieee 102 00 Massachusetts*.... ...... 1,259 -68 | Florida... Qi 257 50 Shpode Inisnaes cece ons}. 348 00 [Ohio .<:. 2. eee 601 61 CONMBCHEOG nea. cee sa 2,284 08'| Kentucky... nai see 170 00 New Vork «su ates cess on 12,350 82 | Tennessee......-.. Spectestars tira 71 50 New Jersey « seidcae sc eite ote 1,558 72:1) EL inoiy.).o-. .2. west eee 15 00 Pennsylvanine i iicnt ovew se 5,648 57 | Indiana........... 6. Ag teeta 5 00 Dela ware janis sats tps ok 21 00 | Michigan Territory........ 673 35 Maryland. 2 ccccce8 ons Ss 1,735. 80) Missouri. 222.2) eee a ea 162 15 District of Columbia....... 506 .57'| Mississippi... v2. sore. = sags ce: nee vole eee 54 00 Juvenile Missionary Society, St. Philip's Church, Circleville...............12....--.25- 4 37 Ladies’ Sewing Society, St. Peter’s Church, Ashtabula...............-....s.41..1...00- 30 00 Society of St. Luke’s Church, Granville... iui 0.29. Seba -k « nee ome 5 00 MISSOURI. Protestant Episcopal Association, Christ Church, St. Louis........... ..........-...-- 244 15 MICHIGAN. Ladies’ Industrious Society, St: Paul’s Church, Detroit. . 22... 9.0.6 eee eee eee 200 00 ** DONATIONS. “From the American Tract Society there has been received the sum of $1,000 for tract operations in Greece. “From the American Bible Society, three hundred English Bibles for dis- tribution by our Missionaries to China, and $1,000 for the purchase of the Scriptures in the Chinese language, to be distributed by the same hands. “From the Female Bible Society of Philadelphia, $100 for the purchase of Bibles to be distributed in Greece, and $100 for the purchase of Bibles to be distributed in China. “From Messrs. 8S. Warren and W. Bradley, of Troy, five hundred Prayer Books to be distributed among the recently-organized and destitute congrega- tions in the West. “From the Ladies’ Benevolent Society of St. Paul’s Church, Brookfield, Conn., a box of clothing for the Green Bay Mission, valued at $12. “From the Female Charitable Association of Christ Church, Hampton, N. Y., and St. John’s Church, Poultney, Vt.,a box of articles for the Green Bay Mission, valued at $27.79. “From the Association of Calvary Church, Homer, for the Promotion of Christianity, a box of articles for the Green Bay Mission, valued at $58.70.” TREASURER’S STATEMENT—IN PART. Abstract of Receipts and Payments from May 18, 1834, to August 14, 1835. For-General Mission Account: «... {ihe ts eee $9,847 48 Domestic.Mission Account... ia.n «2k See 5,442 23 Foreign Mission Account............. Pee ti tee es 1,157 57 Gréek Mission Account... . sa... «tinue Sean 7,898 14 Green Bay, Mission Actount,.c.4. spare eee 2,070 04 China Mission Account... fac iodo eee ee 9,898 63 Africa Mission Account. 35.2. sean eee een 676 85 —— $36,990 94 Balance on hand; May 13,1884: +... Sa. swe « sn pees ee 7,210 O01 1835, Triennial Meeting of the Society. OTT Brought forward. sci ah eee otic et t~ $44,200: 96 Paid on account of General Missions................. $3,841 07 xe : Domestic Missions... ............ 6,780 82 < ¢ CTeGkeNieriOlre. 6 0052 55 ss ants crete 10,781 32 ne 6 Green Bay Mission..............- 5,474 70 << s China; Mission. ..:...35............ 4413 48 yaa SE 4 ASPICO MASSON. 09'S Ad eA es 15 00 feeseneo, cash in the T'reasury:... 0... 2.00.2 .ccc cence 12,895 11 $44,200 95 $44,200 95 Aug. 14, 1885—To cash balance in Treasury....................4. $12,895 11 Balance Sheet. Dr. CR. Rrermrem er teeOU ACCOUNL. 0.0 ges. osc ek ee ee ee es $18,760 35 pe eTe SIIB MIOT ACCOUNT. 6. 65 5565 coe oie oe ele eet sees 1,204 82 mererarerON ACCOUNT. fo... ee ee ee 3,000 97 Peer estOm ACCOUDL.. .. 2. cc ce ec cece ete ede $586 53 Green Bay Mission Account...................-.-.65-- 16,316 99 MrIrPIIESIOM ACCOUNT, 24 oo sa.c se ee cece eee ce teas 5,485 20 imicme Mission Account...!............eese+cec ee cees 1,012 29 NNT iso a alin giv dale Sue ciate's bic ieie to) clo islelota ets - 12,895 11 $29,798 63 $29,798 63 TRIENNIAL MEETING OF THE SOCIETY. The Triennial Meeting of the Domestic and Foreign Mis- sionary Society was held in St. Andrew’s Church, Philadelphia, Saturday, August 22, 1835, at nine o’clock a.m. The Right Rev. Bishop Meade in the chair. On motion of the Secretary, it was “ Resolved, That the reading of the Minutes of the last meeting of the Society be dispensed with.” The Secretary having stated his reasons for believing that it was not in his power to determine who were members of the Society, it was, on motion of the Rey. Dr. Milnor, “Resolved, That the printed list of the names of the members of this Society, published by the Board of Directors last year, be ‘received as evidence of the membership of the persons therein named; and that a Committee of two be appointed to receive and decide upon the claims of any persons desiring to be recognized as members, whose names are not in that list; and that the said Com- mittee are authorized to receive the declarations of such persons 278 Proceedings of the Socrety. 1885, that they have paid three dollars to the objects of the institution within the past year, as evidence of their membership respectively.” The Rev. Dr. Milnor and the Rev. Mr. James were appointed the Committee. ? On motion of Bishop Doane, it was “ Resolved, To correct the printed Report of the Committee on the Reorganization of the Society, in the third paragraph on page three, so as that it shall read thus: ‘ Each parish being regarded as a Missionary Association, and the Rector, or if there be no Rector, the Minister, as the Agent of the Board, for Jesus’ sake.’ ” On motion of Dr. Milnor, it was “Resolved, That the names of the members of the Society, as printed in the Report of the Board of Directors for 1834, be read.” This Resolution having been complied with, it was, on motion of the Secretary, “Resolved, That the general’ view of the proceedings of the Society for the last three years, as prepared by the Secretary, be referred, in accordance with the Tenth Article of the Constitution, to a Committee, to prepare for the consideration of the Society a Report to be presented to the Convention during its session, as the Report of the Society.” Bishop Doane and the Rev. Drs. Henshaw and Wheaton were appointed the Committee. The Rev. Mr. James, on behalf of the Committee on Mem- bership, reported several individuals as entitled to the privilege of membership, whose names were accordingly entered on the list of members. The reading of the Report of the Committee on the Reor- ganization of the Society was called for. On motion of Dr, Milnor, it was ““ Resolved, That the Society do now corsider the Report of that Committee.” On motion of Dr. Tyng, it was 1885. Proceedings of the Socvety. 279 “Resolved, That the preamble of the Report be first considered.” After a long-continued discussion of the principle involved in this document, it was, on motion of Dr. Milnor, “Resolved, That the Report lie on the table for the present.” On motion of the same, it was then “ Resolved, That a Committee be appointed to frame a Constitu- tion, to be submitted at some future time to the Society.” On motion of Dr. Tyng, it was “Resolved, That the duty of preparing a Constitution be de- volved on the Committee on the Reorganization of the Society.” On motion of Dr. Milnor, it was “Resolved, That the Rev. Drs. Tyns and Potter be added to the Committee.” Dr. Potter having asked to be excused serving on the Com- mittee, it was, on motion, “Resolved, That the Rev. J. 8. Stone be appointed in his place.” It having been stated that the Rev. Dr. Kemper, one of the members of the Committee, had been obliged to leave the city, it was, on motion, “Resolved, That the Rev. Mr. James be appointed as his sub- stitute.” On motion of Dr. Milnor, it was “Resolved, That when the Society adjourn, it adjourn until Tuesday, the 25th inst., at eight o’clock a.m.” On motion of Bishop H. U. Onderdonk, it was “Resolved, To refer the whole Report of the Committee on the Reorganization of the Society back to the Committee.” On motion, it was “Resolved, To adjourn.” 280 Proceedings of the Socvety. 1885, ‘Turspay, August 25—8 o’clock a.m. The Society met, the Right Rev. Bishop Meade in the chair. The Minutes of the preceding meeting were read. Bishop Doane, on behalf of the Committee on the Reorgan- ization of the Society, presented the following Report: “The Committee appointed by the Board of Directors of the Domestic and Foreign Missionary Society of the Protestant Epis- copal Church in the United States of America, to consider and report ‘whether any and what measures should be adopted for the more efficient organization of the Society, and the future conduct of its concerns, and afterward reappointed and enlarged by the Society, having had referred back to them, by the Society, the Report which they had made, with instructions to report the form of a Constitution, respectfully present the following as the result of their unanimous conclusions on the important subject referred to them by the Society. “GrorGE W. Doane, CuHarues P. McItvarne, JAMES MILNoR, J. P. K. Hensoaw, FREDERICK Brastey, StrepHEN H. Tyne, JOHN §. STONE, Joun W. JAMEs, ALEXANDER C, MAagrupEr, Committee.” “ CONSTITUTION “Of the Domestic and Foreign Missionary Society of the Protestant Episcopal Church in the United States of America, “ARTICLE I. This institution shall be denominated ‘The Domestic and Foreign Missionary Society of the Protestant Episcopal Church in the United States of America.’ “Art. II. The Society shall be considered as comprehending all persons who have become in baptism members of this Church. “Art. II. At every Triennial Meeting of the General Convention, which is the constituted representative body of the whole Protestant Episcopal Church in these United States, there shall be appointed, by a concurrent vote, on nom- ination by a joint Committee of the two Houses, a Board of thirty members, who, together with the Bishops of this Church, and such persons as became Patrons of this Society before the year 1829, shall be called the ‘ Board of Missions of the Protestant Episcopal Church in the United States of America,’ The said Committee of Nomination shall consist of three Bishops, to be elected by ballot in the House of Bishops, and three Presbyters and three Laymen, to be elected by Ballot in the House of Clerical and Lay Deputies. 1888. : Proceedings of the Society. 281 “ArT. IV. To the Board of Missions shall be entrusted the supervision of the general Missionary operations of the Church, with power to establish Mis- sionary Stations, appoint Missionaries, make appropriations of money, regulate the conducting of Missions, fill any vacancies in their number which may occur, and also to enact all By-laws which they may deem necessary for their own government and the government of their Committees. “ArT. V. The Presiding Bishop of the Church shall be the President of the Board, and, in his absence, the senior Bishop present shall preside; in the absence of all the Bishops, the Board shall elect a President pro tempore. “ArT. VI. The Board of Missions shall meet annually at such time and place as may have been appointed at the previous Annual Meeting, and also on the second day of the meeting of the General Convention, at the place of its meeting. They shall publish an Annual Report of their proceedings for the information of the Society, and present a Triennial Report to each stated Gen- eral Convention. “ At all meetings of the Board, ten members shall form a quorum. “Special Meetings of the Board may be called as shall be provided in their own By-laws. “Art. VII. The Board, as soon as may be after it has Boe constituted, shall proceed to appoint seven persons in the city of New York, four of whom shall be Clergymen, as a Committee for Domestic Missions, and seven persons in the city of Philadelphia, four of whom shall be Clergymen, as a Committee for Foreign Missions; all of whom shall be, ew officio, members of the Board of Missions. “ Any Bishop or Bishops present at the place of meeting shall have a right, ex officio, to attend the meetings of the Committees. “ Vacancies occurring in either of the Committees, during the recess of the Board, may be filled by the Committees respectively, subject to the approval of the Board at its next meeting. “ArT. VIII. To the Committees of the Board thus constituted shall be referred, in their respective fields, during the recess of the Board, the whole administration of the General Missionary Department of the Church, subject to the regulations of the Board, Each Committee shall make a report of their proceedings to the Board of Missions at every meeting of the Board. “ArT. IX. Hach Committee shall appoint a Secretary and General Agent, with a suitable salary, who shall be the Executive Officer of the Committee, to collect information, to conduct its correspondence, to devise and recommend plans of operation, and, in general, to execute all the purposes of the Board, in his proper sphere, submitting all his measures, before their adoption, to the Committee by whom he is appointed, for their approval. « Hach Committee shall also appoint a Treasurer. “The Secretaries and Treasurers shall be, ex officio, members of their respective Committees and of the Board. “Local and subordinate Agents and Officers may, when necessary, be appointed by each Committee. “ArT. X. For the guidance of the Committees, it is declared that the Mis- sionary field is always to be regarded as one—THE WORLD ; the terms Domestic 282 Proceedings of the Society. 1835, and Foreign being understood as terms of locality, adopted for convenience. Domestic Missions are those which are established within,and Yoreign Missions are those which are established without, the territory of the United States. “Art. XI. No Clergyman shall be appointed a Missionary by the Board, or by either of the Committees, without the recommendation of the Bishop to whose Diocese he belongs; nor shall any Missionary be sent to officiate in any Diocese without the consent of the ecclesiastical authority of the same. “ART. XII. It is recommended to every member of this Society to pray to ALMIGHTY GoD for his blessing upon its designs, under the full conviction that, unless He direct us in all our doings with His most gracious favor, and further us with His continual help, we cannot reasonably hope to procure suitable persons to act as Missionaries, or expect that their endeavors will be successful.” Bishop Doane moved the adoption of the Constitution appended to the Report. On motion of Dr. Milnor, it was “ Resolved, That said motion lie on the table, and that the Con- stitution be considered by Articles.” The First Article was then read and discussed. The hour of ten, which was the hour of the meeting of the General Convention, having arrived, it was, on motion of Dr. Tyng, “Resolved, To adjourn until Wednesday, the 26th inst., at eight o’clock A.M. Wepnespay, August 26—8 o'clock a.m. The Society met. Bishop Doane in the chair. Bishop Meade opened the meeting with prayer. The Minutes of the last meeting were read. On motion of Mr. Nicklin, it was “Resolved, That the thanks of the Society be presented to the Right Rey. Bishop McIlvaine for the sermon preached before the Society, on Monday evening last, and that he be requested to furnish a copy thereof, to be published at the expense and for the benefit of the Society, under the direction of the present Secretary.” The Society resumed the consideration of the First Article of the Constitution reported by the Committee on the Reorgan- ization of the Society, which was finally adopted. 1885. Proceedings of the Society. 283 Dr. Tyng moved the adoption of the Second Article. On motion of the Rev. Mr. Hanckel, it was “Resolved, 'To amend the Article by omitting the words ‘have become in Baptism,’ and inserting in lieu thereof the word ‘are.’ On motion, the Article as amended was adopted. It was moved that the Third Article be adopted, when the Secretary offered the following amendment: “To insert after the word ‘ before,’ in the eighth line, the words ‘the meeting of the General Convention in 1829.’” The Article as amended was adopted. On motion, the Fourth Article was adopted. On motion, the Sixth Article was adopted. Dr. Tyng moved the adoption of the Seventh Article. On motion of Dr. Milnor, it was | “Resolved, To amend this Article by inserting after the words ‘to attend,’ in the second paragraph, the words ‘as members of the same.’ ” On motion of J. B. Wallace, Esq., it was “ Resolved, That the words ‘or county’ be inserted after the word ‘city,’ in the first paragraph.” Mr. Nicklin moved the following as a substitute for the whole Article: “'The Board, as soon as may be after it has been constituted, shall proceed to appoint eight persons in the city of New York, four of whom shall be Clergymen, and four of whom shall be Lay- men, who, together with the Diocesan, shall be a Committee for Domestic Missions; and eight persons in the city or county of Philadelphia, four of whom shall be Clergymen, and four of whom shall be Laymen, who, together with the Diocesan, shall be a Com- mittee for Foreign Missions, all of whom shall be, ex officio, mem- bers of the Board of Missions.” On motion of Mr. Nicklin, it was “Resolved, That the Society adjourn until the rising of the General Convention, this morning.” 284. Proceedings of the Socvety. 1885. Wepnespay, August 26—1 o'clock P.M. The Society met pursuant to adjournment. The Right Rev. ~ Bishop White in the chair. The Minutes of the preceding meeting were read. Mr. Nicklin’s substitute was taken up for consideration. On motion of the Rev. Dr. Tyng, it was “Resolved, To amend the substitute by inserting the word ‘other’ before the word ‘persons,’ where it last occurs, and omitting after the aforesaid word the words ‘in the city or county of Phila- delphia.’ ” Mr. Nicklin’s substitute for the Seventh Article was adopted as thus amended. On motion, the Eighth Article was adopted. On motion, the Ninth Article was adopted. On motion, the Tenth Article was adopted. The Eleventh Article being proposed for adoption, the Hon. J. B. Eccleston moved the following addition at the close of the same : ‘And no Clergyman shall be appointed a Missionary who is not at the time a member of the Protestant Episcopal Church, of regular standing; and the appointment of a Missionary may be annulled at any time by the written direction or order of a majority of the Bishops of the Church.” On motion, the Eleventh Article, as amended, was adopted. On motion of the Right Rev. H. U. Onderdonk, the follow- ing Resolution was adopted: ‘No person shall act in any Diocese as an Agent for the collection of funds, or in measures tending thereto, against the declared will of the ecclesiastical authority of the same.” On motion of the same, it was “Resolved, That the foregoing be numbered Article XII.” On motion, the Twelfth Article, as reported by the Com- mittee, now the thirteenth, in consequence of the introduction of the foregoing, was adopted. 1895. Proceedings of the Society. 285 On motion of Dr. Wainwright, it was “ Resolved, To reconsider the Twelfth Article.” On motion, adjourned until half past seven o’clock p.m. Wepnespay, August 26—T4 o'clock p.m. The Right Rev. Bishop White in the chair. The Twelfth Article was called up for reconsideration. — Bishop H. U. Onderdonk moved the adoption of that Article. After much discussion, this motion was lost. On motion, the Society adjourned until Thursday, at eight o’clock a.m. Tuurspay, August 27—8 o’clock a.m. The Society met. The Right Rev. Bishop Meade in the chair. | After prayers, the Minutes of the preceding meeting were read. | On motion of the Rev. Dr. Tyng, it was “Resolved, That the Board of Missions, provided for in the Third Article of the Constitution, shall in all cases continue in office until a new Board be elected.” On motion, it was “Resolved, That the foregoing be considered as the Twelfth Article of the Constitution.” On motion of the Hon. J. B. Eccleston, the following Resolu- tion in relation to the Constitution was adopted : “That this Constitution shall be unalterable, unless the alter- ation be proposed in one General Convention and. entered upon their Journal, and ratified in the ensuing General Convention; or unless, by a majority of two thirds of the House of Bishops and of two thirds of the House of Clerical and Lay Deputies in one Gen- eral Convention.” On motion of Dr. Tyng, it was “Resolved, That the foregoing be considered as the Thirteenth Article of the Constitution.” 286 Proceedings of the Socvety. 1836, The question on the adoption of the whole Constitution recurring, Dr. Milnor moved to reconsider the Seventh Article, in order to strike out the words “ New York,” which was adopted. On motion, the words “ New York” were stricken out. On motion of Dr. Milnor, the following was added at the close of the first paragraph of the same Article: “The Committee for Foreign Missions shall be located in the city of New York, and the Committee for Domestic Missions shall be located in the city of Philadelphia.” On motion of Dr. Milnor, it was “Resolved, To reconsider the foregoing.” On motion of the same, the following was adopted as a sub- stitute : “The Board of Missions shall determine the location of the Committees respectively.” On motion, the whole Article, as thus amended, was adopted. On motion, it was “Resolved, That when this meeting do adjourn, it adjourn to meet at half past four o’clock this afternoon.” On motion of Dr. Tyng, it was “Resolved, To adopt the whole Constitution, as amended.” On motion of Dr. Tyng, it was “Resolved, That a Committee be appointed to present accredited copies of the Constitution to the two Houses of the General Con- vention.” The Committee appointed were Drs. Milnor and Wainwright, and Messrs. Wheeler and Eccleston. On motion, it was “Resolved, That the Right Rev. Bishops McIlvaine and Doane be added to the Committee.” 1835, Proceedings of the Society. 287 On motion, adjourned. Tuurspay, August 27—44 o’clock p.m. The Society met. Bishop Doane in the chair. On motion of the Rev. Dr. Tyng, it was “Resolved, To dispense with the reading of the Minutes of the last meeting.” On motion of the same, it was “ Resolved, That when the Society adjourn, it adjourn until half past four o’clock on Friday afternoon.” On motion, adjourned. Fripay, Awyust 283—44 o'clock p.m. The Society met. The Right Rev. Bishop Doane in the chair. After prayers, the Minutes of the last meeting were read. On motion of Dr. Tyng, it was “Resolved, That the cordial thanks of the Society be given to the Secretary and Treasurer of the Society for their faithful dis- charge of the duties devolved upon them, and that they be requested to continue the discharge of the duties of their several offices until others are duly elected to these offices.” On motion of Dr. Milnor, it was “ Resolved, That two thousand copies of the Annual Report of the Board of Directors be published, under the direction of the Secretary.” On motion, it was “Resolved, That the Constitution of the Society be appended to the Sermon preached before the Society, as well as to the Annual Report.” The Rev. Dr. Anthon, Secretary of the House of Clerical and Lay Deputies, stated that the General Convention had adopted the new Constitution of the Society, with the following amendments : 288 Proceedings of the Socrety. 1885. “Art. VI. Line the first, the words ‘hold its first meeting at the call of the Presiding Bishop and,’ inserted after the word ‘shall’ ; and the word ‘thereafter’ inserted after ‘annually.’ “Art. VII. Lines fourth and sixth, the words ‘ Bishop of the Diocese in which the Committee shall be located’ inserted instead of the word ‘ Diocesan.’ | “Art. VIII. Line second,- ‘departments’ inserted instead of ‘ fields,’ and in line third, ‘work’ inserted instead of ‘ department.’ “Art. IX. Line first, the words ‘the Board of Missions’ inserted instead of ‘each Committee,’ and the words ‘for each Committee’ inserted after the word ‘appoint.’ Line seventh, ‘for whom’ sub- stituted for ‘by whom’; line eighth, after the words ‘ appoint a Treasurer,’ the following clause added: ‘And the Board shall designate which of the Treasurers so appointed shall be authorized to receive all moneys not specifically appropriated, which moneys shall be at the disposal of the Board.’ “Art, XI. Line third, the words ‘ ecclesiastical authority’ sub- stituted for ‘ Bishop.’ “Arr, XIII. Struck out, and Art. XIV. made the XIII. *¢ Attest :. Henry Antruon, Secretary.” On motion of Dr. Milnor, it was “Resolved, That the Society adopt the amendments in the Con- stitution proposed by the General Convention.” On motion of Dr. Milnor, it was “Resolved, That the whole Constitution, as amended, be adopt- ed;” On motion of Dr. Tyng, the following Resolutions were adopted : “That the Executive Committee be requested to continue the discharge of their duties until the two Committees provided for by the Constitution be duly appointed by the Board of Missions; and that the Secretary and Treasurer of the ‘Domestic and Foreign Missionary Society’ be directed to deliver all the books, papers, moneys, and other property of the Society, to the proper officers constituted under the Board of Missions appointed by the present General Convention.” 1835. Proceedings of the Society. 989 Bishop Doane, on behalf of the Committee appointed to prepare from the general view of the proceedings of the Society for the preceding three years, as prepared by the Secretary, pre- sented that document itself as the report of the Committee; whereupon, on motion of Bishop H. U. Onderdonk, it was “ Resolved, That the Report of the Committee be adopted as the Report of the Society, and, as such, be presented by the Chairman of the Committee to both Houses of the General Convention.” On motion of Dr. Hawks, it was * Resolved, 'To adjourn sine die.” Wittiam Waiter, President. PETER VAN PELr, Secretary. The proceedings of the Domestic and Foreign Missionary Society, under its first Constitution, are here brought to a final conclusion. We give, on the next page, a tabular statement of the receipts of the Society from the date of its organization, in 182], to the Triennial Meeting, in 1835. 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Tue First Meeting of the “ Board of Missions of the Protes- tant Episcopal Church in the United States of America,” was held in St. Andrew’s Church, Philadelphia, September 1, 1835, at twelve o’clock mo. Present, The Right Rev. Bishops White, Griswold, Chase, Brownell, H. U. Onderdonk, B. T. Onderdonk, Stone, Meade, Mellvaine, Smith, Doane, Otey; the Rev. Drs. Burroughs, Cros- well, Anthon, Mason, Milnor, Mead, Hawks, Tyng, Wyatt; the Rev. Messrs. Cuming, Richmond, Allen, Henderson, Van Pelt, J. S. Stone, Dunn, James, Polk, Rodney, and the Secretary ; Messrs. Nicklin, Magruder, Wheeler, James S. Smith, Wallace, Eccleston, Mallett, Cooke, Lovell. The Right Rev. Bishop White in the chair. On motion of the Rev. Dr. Tyng, it was “ Resolved, That the Rev. Mr. Van Pelt be requested to act as Secretary pro tem. of this Board.” On motion of the Secretary, it was “ Resolved, that the Rev. Rk. A. Henderson be appointed -Assist- ant Secretary.” On motion of the Secretary, it was “ Resolved, That a Committee be appointed to examine and 292 Proceedings of the Board of Missions. 1835. report who are members of this Board, on the eround of having become Patrons previous to the General Convention in 1829.” The Committee appointed were the Secretary, the Rev. R. A. Henderson, and Dr. Tyng. Dr. Tyng moved— “That the Board proceed to fix the location of the two Com- mittees required by the Seventh Article of the Constitution, and that the Foreign Committee be located at Boston, and the Domestic Committee at New York.” The Rey. Mr. Richmond moved to amend the foregoing so as to locate both Committees at New York. _ Dr. Burroughs moved to divide the question, and eet: the Domestic ean Ee at New York. At the call of Mr. Wheeler, the Board determined to divide the question. The question recurring on Dr. Burroughs’s motion to locate the Domestic Committee in New York, Mr. Nicklin moved to amend the same by substituting “ Philadelphia ” for “ New York.” On motion of Mr. James, it was “ Resolved, To lay on the table the resolution and aT relating to the Domestic Committee.” Bishop Smith moved to amend Dr. Tyng’s resolution, so far as it related to the location of the Foreign Committee, by striking out the word “ Boston” and inserting ‘ New York.” Dr. Hawks proposed to substitute in the foregoing, “ Phila- delphia ” for “ New York.” On motion of Bishop H. U. Onderdonk, it was “ Resolved, To lay the whole matter on the table.” On motion of Bishop Doane, it was “ Resolved, That the two Committees shall be located in separate places.” The Rev. Mr. James moved that the Foreign Committee be located in Boston, which was negatived. 1835. Proceedings of the Board of Missions. | 293 On motion of Dr. Hawks, it was “Resolved, That the Foreign Committee be located in Philadel- phia.” On motion of the same, it was “Resolved, That the Domestic Committee be located in New mark.’ On motion of Dr. Tyng, it was “Resolved, That the Board proceed to the appointment of the two Committees.” ; On motion of Dr. Mead, it was “ Resolved, That a Committee of five persons be appointed to nominate suitable persons for the Domestic Committee.” The Committee appointed were Bishop B. T. Onderdonk, Rey. Drs. Milnor, Tyng, Hawks, and Mead. On motion of Bishop Doane, it was_ “ Resolved, That a Committee of five persons be appointed to nominate suitable persons for the Foreign Committee.” The Committee appointed were Bishops H. U. Onderdonk, Smith, and Doahe; the Rev. Mr. James, and Mr. Nicklin. On motion of the Secretary, it was ** Resolved, That a Committee be appointed to draft the By-laws contemplated by the Fourth Article of the Constitution.” The Committee appointed were the Secretary, Messrs. Wal- lace, J. S. Smith, and Wheeler, and the Rev. J. Rodney. Bishop B. T. Onderdonk, on behalf of the Committee to nominate persons to constitute the Domestic Committee, reported the following names: Rev. James Milnor, p.p, Mr. Henry Cary, “ Francis L. Hawks, p.p., « Brittain L. Woolley, ¢ Manton Eastburn, “¢ Anson Blake, “¢ Henry Anthon, p.p., * Murray Hoffman. 294 Proceedings of the Board of Missions. 1885. On motion of Dr. Mead, it was “Resolved, That the above-named persons be the Domestic Committee.” Bishop H. U. Onderdonk, on behalf of the Committee to nominate individuals to compose the Foreign Committee, reported the following names: Rev. Dr. Tyng, Mr. P. H. Nicklin, “Mr. James, “J. B. Walia “Mr. Ducachet, “ L. R. Ashhurst, «6 Mr. McCoskry, “ John Welsh, Jr. On motion of Dr. Milnor, it was “Resolved, That the above-named persons be the Foreign Com- mittee.” On motion of Bishop Meade, it was “Resolved, That the appointment of Secretaries and General Agents be postponed until a future meeting of the Board.” On motion of Bishop Meade, it was “Resolved, That when the Board adjourn, they adjourn to meet immediately after the final adjournment of the General Conven- tion.” On motion, adjourned. The Board met at ten o’clock p.m. The Right Rev. H. U. Onderdonk in the chair. On motion, it was “Resolved, To adjourn until ten o’clock on Wednesday morn- ing.” The Board met on Wednesday morning at ten o’clock. — Present, The Right. Rev. Bishops White, H. U. Onderdonk, B. T. Onderdonk, McIlvaine, and Doane; the Rev. Drs. Tyng, "1885. Proceedings of the Board of Missions. 295 Hawks, and Burroughs; the Rev. Messrs. Ducachet, James, Polk, Cuming, W. Richmond, Rodney, Henderson, and the Secretary ; Messrs. J. S. Smith, Wallace, Eccleston, Nicklin, Lovell, Mallett, and Dr. Cooke. The Right Rev. Bishop White in the chair. After prayers by the Presiding Officer, the Minutes of the last meeting were read. ‘The Committee appointed to examine and report who are members of the Board, on the ground of their having become Patrons previous to the General Convention in 1829, reported the following names: Rev. Jas. Abercrombie, p.p., * Henry Anthon, p.p., “ Thomas G. Allen, “ George Boyd, “Frederick Beasley, p.p., “Alfred L. Baury, “David Butler, p.p., “ Charles Burroughs, p.p., “ 6S. C. Brinckle, eee Cutler, oul. b. Croes, € “John Croes, “ James Chapman, “« F. H. Cuming, Se Wm.-H, DeLancey, v.p., ¢ A. Eaton, D.D., heels Ldson, “« 6J.P. K. Henshaw, p.p., “RR. A. Henderson, J. C. Herbert, Esq., Md., Rey. 8. F.. Jarvis, p.v., “ William Jackson, William Jay, Esq., Rev. J. Kemper, p.p., F. 8. Key, Esq., Rev. Willam F, Lee, Rev. R. 5. Mason, p.p., se “J. Morse, D.D., “¢ ~James Milnor, p.p., oo WoO. Mead, p-p., “BR. U. Morgan, A. C, Magruder, Esq., Joseph Marsh, Esq., Casper Morris, M.D., Rev. Samuel Nichols, “Bo G. Noble, Philip H. Nicklin, Esq., E. A. Newton, Esq., Rev. A. Potter, p.p., “68. W. Presstman, John Pintard, Esq., George Pomeroy, Esq., Rey. William Richmond, “SJ. J. Robertson, v.v., J. Rodney, “ R. Sherwood, “8. H. Turner, v.p., E. Tuckerman, Esq., Rey. P. Van Pelt, J. WK. Walker, “ George Weller, D.p., Bird Wilson, p.v. The Committee on By-laws reported the following: 296 Proceedings of the Board of Missions. — 1835. “ART, I. The Annual Meetings provided for in the Sixth Article of the Constitution shall be held in Brahe a ee reasonable notice to be given thereof through the post-office. “Art. II. Special meetings of the Board may be called on the joint request of the two Executive Committees, or on the order of the Presiding Bishop, or any two Bishops; reasonable notice being given through the post-office. “ArT, II. The Treasurers, respectively, shall keep an account with each Missionary of their respective departments. “They shall pay no moneys except by the order of their respective Com- mittees, or of the Board. “They shall render an account at the Annual Meetings of the Board, and at the Triennial Meetings ‘of the Society. “ArT. [V. Each Committee shall appoint an Auditor to examine accounts. «Arr. V. The Secretary of the Foreign Committee shall be the Secretary of the Board. “ArT. VI. Five members shall constitute a quorum for each Committee. “ArT. VII. Vacancies occurring in either of the Committees during the recess of the Board shall not be filled at the same meeting at which they are announced ; and information of a vacancy to be supplied shall be given to each member. “Arr. VII. There shall be an Annual and Triennial Sermon before the Board of Missions ; the preacher to be appointed by the Committees alternately, beginning with the Foreign Committee. “Art. IX. The Rules of Order customary in similar institutions shall prevail.” On motion, it was “Resolved, That the By-laws be read and considered by para- graphs.” | On motion of Dr. Tyng, it was ““feesolved, That the First Article be stricken out.” On motion, the Second Article was adopted. On motion, it was ‘Resolved, To amend the second section of the Third Article by striking out ‘and at the Triennial Meetings of the Society.’ ” On motion, the Article, as amended, was adopted. On motion, the Fourth Article was stricken out. On motion of Dr. Tyng, it was “Tesolved, To adopt the following as a substitute for the Fifth 1835. Proceedings of the Board of Missions. 297 Article: ‘The Board, at every Annual Meeting, shall appoint a Secretary, who shall continue in office until another is appointed.’ ” On motion, the Sixth Article was adopted. On motion, the Seventh Article was adopted. On motion, the Eighth Article was adopted. On motion, the Ninth Article was adopted. On motion, it was “Resolved, That the Articles, as thus amended, bg adopted as the By-laws of the Board.” A communication from Charles Wheeler, Esq., tendering his resignation as a member of ie Board, harine been read, it was, on motion, | “Resolved, That Mr. Wheeler’s resignation be accepted.” On motion of the Rev. Mr. James, a Committee was appointed to nominate three suitable individuals, one of whom should be chosen to fill the vacancy oecasioned by Mr. Wheeler’s resigna- tion. The Committee appointed were Bishop H. U. oe the Rev. Messrs. James and W. Richmond. Bishop Onderdonk, on behalf of this Committee, nominated Messrs. Tobias Wagner, C. N. Bancker, and Joseph Watson. The Rev. Dr. Tyng also nominated the Rev. John A. Clark. Dr. Tyng and Mr. Nicklin having, on motion, been appointed tellers, reported Mr. Wagner as duly elected. On motion of Bishop Doane, the POLO vane Resolutions were adopted : “That the State of Louisiana and the Territories of Arkansas and Florida be, and they hereby are, appointed the station of a Missionary Bishop. “That the States of Missouri and Indiana be, and they hereby are, appointed the station of a Missionary Bishop.” On motion of the same, it was “Resolved, That $2,000 be appropriated as a salary to each of the Missionary Bishops.” 298 Proceedings of the Board of Missions. 1835, On motion of Mr. Nickhn, it was “ Resolved, That a Committee be appointed to nominate a suit- able person as Secretary of this Board.” Mr. Nicklin, Bishop Doane, and Dr. Cooke were appointed the Committee. On motion of the Rev. Mr. James, it was “Resolved, That a Committee of this Board be appointed to take order as to a Missionary Paper, to be devoted to its interests, with full power to determine on the place from whence it shall issue; to appoint the editor, and determine on a compensation to the same, if necessary, and to prescribe the necessary directions; provided, however, that all subscribers to The Missionary Racard who have paid their subscriptions shall be entitled to receive the publication of the Board until the close of the current year.” ' Bishops Doane and H. U. Onderdonk, the Rev. Mr. James, and Messrs. Nicklin and Wallace were appointed the Committee. The Committee on nominating a Secretary reported that they had unanimously agreed upon the Rev. Mr. Van Pelt; where- upon, on motion of Bishop B. T. Onderdonk, it was “ Resolved, That the Board concur in this nomination.” On motion of Bishop Doane, it was “Resolved, That the thanks of this Board be presented to the late Executive Committee.” On motion of Dr. Cooke, it was “Resolved, That this Board earnestly recommend that the con- tributions of the members of the Church for the support of Missions be made, as far as shall be convenient, upon some plan of systematic charity, that their effect may be the greater, and that their con- tinuance may be the more relied on.” On motion of Mr. Nicklin, it was “Resolved, That the Secretary and Treasurer of the Domestic 1885. Proceedings of the Board of Missions. 299 and Foreign Missionary Society, in office before the last Triennial Meeting, be requested to perform their respective duties for the Foreign Committee until others are appointed to these offices.” On motion of the Secretary, it was “Resolved, That the proceedings of this Board be published in The Missionary Record for September, and that the editor be authorized to extend that number, if it be necessary, to contain the same.” . Bishop Doane moved to reconsider the resolution adopted on the 1st instant, deferring the appointment of Secretaries and General Agents, which was negatived. Bishop H. U. Onderdonk moved that the Presiding Bishop be requested to call a Special Meeting of this Board on the evening preceding the Consecration of the Missionary Bishops elect. On motion of Bishop Doane, the following was adopted as a substitute for the foregoing : “ WueEreEAS, By an apparent misunderstanding on the part of some of the members of this Board, the appointment of the Secre- taries and General Agents of the Board has been laid over to a succeeding meeting; and whereas, in the opinion of the Board, it is of the utmost importance that these officers should be appointed at the earliest possible day; therefore, | “Resolved, That the Board will hold an Adjourned Mecting in the Society’s rooms, in the city of Philadelphia, on Wednesday, the 23d day of September, at half past seven o’clock P.m., for the pur- pose of electing a Secretary and General Agent for Domestic Mis- sions, and a Secretary and General Agent for Foreign Missions, and for such other business as may be brought before the Board.” On motion of Bishop B. T. Onderdonk, it was “ Resolved, That the Treasurer of the Foreign Committee be authorized to receive moneys contributed without any specific desig- nation.” = On motion of Mr. Nicklin, it was “Resolved, That the Secretary of this Board be authorized to 300 Proceedings of the Board of Missions. 1835. draw upon the Treasurer of the Foreign Committee for any expense incurred for printing and stationery on account of the Board.” On motion, it was “Resolved, To reconsider the resolution appointing the Treasurer of the Foreign Committee as the recipient of wnappropriated con- tributions.” On motion, it was “Fesolved, 'That the Treasurer of the Domestic Committee be the depository of all moneys not specifically appropriated.” On motion of the Hon. J. B. Eccleston, it was “Resolved, That the unappropriated funds at present in the Treasury be placed at the disposal of the Domestic Committee.” On motion of the Hon. J. B. Eccleston, it was “Resolved, That the next Annual Meeting of this Board be held in Trinity Church, in the city of New York, on Wednesday pre- ceding the Annual Meeting of the Board of Trustees of the General Theological Seminary.” The Board adjourned. Wititiam Wurrts, President. - Prrer Van Petr, Secretary. ADJOURNED MEETING OF THE BOARD OF MISSIONS Held at the Society’s Room, ‘Philadelphia, September 23, 1835, at half past seven p.m. Pen The Rt.- Rev. Bishops Chase, H. U2 and) Bast: Onderdonk, Smith, and Doane; the Rev. Drs. Abercrombie, Mil- nor, Henshaw, Kemper, Johns, and Mead; the Rev. Messrs. Allen, James, McCoskry, Ducachet, Boyd, W. Richmond, Cutler, Cuming, Wm. Jackson, Morehouse, Rodney, Henderson, Presst- man, and the Secretary; Messrs. Nicklin, Wallace, Stuyvesant, Tuckerman, J. S. Smith, Robins, Ashhurst, Welsh, Wagner, and Dr. Morris. ' The Rt. Rev. Bishop Chase in the chair. 1885. Proceedings of the Board of Missions. 301 After prayers by the presiding officer, and the calling of the roll, ; On motion of the Secretary, the Rev. R. A. Henderson was appointed Assistant Secretary. The minutes of the last meeting were read and approved. Bishop Doane moved that a committee be appointed to nomi- nate a Secretary and General Agent for Domestic Missions, and a Secretary and General Agent for Foreign Missions. The Rey. Dr. Henshaw moved as a substitute, That the Board now proceed to an election for the Secretaries and General Agents. On motion of the Rev. Dr. Ducachet, it was “Resolved, To postpone the consideration of this subject in order to take up the subject of salary.” Bishop H. U. Onderdonk moved that $1,500, exclusive of travelling expenses, be the amount of salary to be allowed the Secretary and General Agent of the Committee for Foreign Af- fairs. The Rev. Dr. Henshaw moved to substitute $2,500 in the place of $1,500. Bishop Doane move to substitute $2,000 for the other sums mentioned. : The question being taken on the largest sum, Dr. Henshaw’s motion was negatived. The question recurring on $2,000, Mr. Robins moved to postpone the consideration of it in order to introduce a new proposition, when, On motion of the Rev. Mr. McCoskry, it was Resolved, To postpone the consideration of the whole subject in order to go into an election for the Secretaries and General Agents.” Bishop Doane’s resolution then coming up for consideration, Dr. Henshaw moved that the Board do now proceed to elect the Secretary and General Agent for the Committee on Domes- tic Missions, the election to be by ballot, after open nomination. Bishop B. T. Onderdonk moved to amend the foregoing by 302: Proceedings of the Board of Missions. 1835, substituting after the word ‘ proceed,” the words “to an open viva voce nomination of suitable persons for Secretaries and Gen- eral Agents, and that when the Board adjourn, they adjourn to meet at hour to-morrow, for the purpose of going into an election ;” which was decided in the negative. The question then recurring on Dr. Henshaw’s resolution, it was carried. : The Rev. Dr. Milnor nominated the Rev. Wm. Jackson. The Rev. Dr. Mead nominated the Rev. Hugh Smith. Bishop B. T. Onderdonk nominated the Rey. Benjamin Dorr. Bishop H. U. Onderdonk nominated the Rev. Wm. D. Cairns. The Rev. Mr. McCoskry and Mr. John Welsh were appointed tellers. | On the second balloting, the Tellers reported the Rev. Mr. Dorr as elected by a majority of all the persons present. On motion of the Rev. Dr. Henshaw, it was “Resolved, That the Board do now proceed to the election of a Secretary and General Agent for the Committee for Foreign Mis- sions, the election to be by ballot, after viva voce nomination.” The Rev. Dr. Henshaw nominated the Rev. Dr Milnor. Mr. Nicklin nominated the Rev. Mr. Boyd. The Rev Mr. James nominated the Rev. Dr. Potter. The Rev. Mr. McCoskry and Mr. John Welsh were reappoint- ed tellers. . After the first balloting, on motion of Bishop H. U. Onder- donk, it was ** Resolved, That the election shall be determined by the majori- ty of all the members present, and that the Secretary call upon the persons present by name for their votes.” After the third ballot, a motion was made to adjourn until nine o'clock a.m. on the 24th inst., which was lost. The Rev. Dr. Morris moved that the Board proceed to an- other balloting, when Bishop Doane proposed to amend the same by inserting after 1885: Proceedings of the Board of Missions. 303 the word ‘‘ proceed,” the words “to appoint a committee of five persons to nominate suitable candidates,” which was lost. The question then recurring on Dr. Morris’s resolution, it was carried. After the fourth ballot the tellers reported the Rev. Dr. Mil- nor as elected by a majority of all the persons present. The question in relation to the amount of salary to be allowed the Secretaries and General Agents then coming up for considera- tion, it was, on motion of Mr. Stuyvesant, * Resolved, To tix the salary of the pecreehy. and General Agent of the Committee for Domestic Missions.” Several sums having been proposed, the question on the high- est, $2,500, was taken and Jost. On motion of the Rev. Mr. McCoskry, it was “ Resolved, That $2,300 be the salary of the Secretary and Gen- eral Agent for the Committee on Domestic Missions.” Dr. Morris moved that the same sum be allowed the Sec- retary and General Agent of the Committee on I*oreign Missions. Bishop H. U. Onderdonk proposed $1,800. The Rev. Dr. Mead proposed $2,500, which was agreed to by Bishop Onderdonk, and on the question being put was Jost. Bishop Onderdonk renewed his proposal for $1,800, when the question being taken on the largest sum, $2,300, it was carried. On motion of the Rev. Mr. Cuming, it was “ Resolved, To adjourn until half past eight o’clock on Thursday morning, the 24th inst.” Adjourned. Tuurspay, September 24—8¢4 o’clock a.m. The Board met. Present, the Rt. Rev. Bishops Chase, H. U. and B. T. Onderdonk, Smith, and Doane; the Rev. Drs. Aber- crombie, Milnor, Tyng, and Mead; the Rev. Messrs Jackson, Morehouse, Pantaan, Cuming, Tocany, W. Richmond, Boyd, McCoskry, Ducachet, enter Allen, Henderson, and the Secre- tary; Messrs. cei, Stuyvesant, Wallace, “esa ed sly hurst, Wagner, and Dy Morris. 304 Proceedings of the Board of Missions. 1885, Bishop Chase in the chair. After prayers by the presiding officer, the roll was called and the Minutes of the last meeting were read and approved. The Secretary read a letter from Wm. Jay, Esq., requesting his name to be erased from the list of patrons; whereupon it was “ Resolved, That this request. be complied with.” A letter was read from James Swords, Esq., tendering his resignation as a member of the Board, and on motion, it was “ Resolved, That the resignation of Mr. Swords be accepted.” A letter was also read from Mr. D. Matthews, of Columbus, — Ohio, on the subject of printing the Prayer Book in the Mohawk noes which was referred to the Committee for Domestic Missions. The Rev. Mr. Van Pelt, as Secretary pro tem. of the Commit- tee for Foreign Missions, presented and read the Report of that body, prepared in compliance with the Eighth Article of the Constitution. Bishop B. T. Onderdonk, on behalf of the Committee for Domestic Missions, presented the Report of that body. On motion of Bishop H. U. Onderdonk, it was “ Resolved, That said Report be taken up for consideration.” Bishop H. U. Onderdonk moved the following: That in the opinion of this Board, neither the Board nor either of its Committees have any cognizance of the matter con- tained in that Report, and that the Domestic Committee be in- formed accordingly. Dr. Ducachet moved to lay the foregoing on the tebe which was determined in the negative. On motion of Bishop Doane, the following was adopted as a substitute for Bishop H. U. Onderdonk’s resolution : That in the opinion of this Board, the action of the Committee for Domestic Missions in relation to the appointment of the Rev. Dr. Hawks, was not within the limit of the powers entrusted to them. / 1635. Proceedings of the Board of Missions. 305 Bishop Doane, on behalf of the Committee for Foreign Mis- sions, presented the By-laws adopted by that body. On motion of Bishop H. U. Onderdonk, it was ne Resolved, That when this Board adjourn, they adjourn to meet at half past seven o’clock this evening.” Bishop Smith submitted the following: “ Resolved, That the Committee for Foreign Missions of the ‘Board of Missions of the Protestant Episcopal Church,’ be locat- ed in the City of New York; which, on motion of Bishop H. U. Onderdonk, was laid on the table.” The Rev. Mr. Boyd offered the following, which, at his own request, was laid on the table: | “ Resolved, That the Committee for Foreign Missions be, and they are hereby requested, if, upon inquiry, they shall think that the indications of Divine Providence are sufficiently plain to justify such a step, to send a Missionary or Missionaries to Persia, Armenia, _ or Georgia.” Adjourned. Tuurspay, Sept. 24—T7$ o'clock p.m. The Board met pursuant to adjournment. Present, The Rt. Rev. Bishops Chase, H. U. and B. T. ~Onderdonk, Smith, and Doane; the Rev. Drs. Milnor, Tyng, and Mead; the Rev. Messrs. Allen, Boyd, McCoskry, RK. B. Croes, James, Jackson, Richmond, Henderson, Cuming, Du- eachet, and the Secretary ; Messrs. Nicklin, Tuckerman, Wallace, J. 8S. Smith, Welsh, Ashhurst, Wagner, Robins, and Dr. Morris. Bishop Chase in the chair. After prayers by the Chairman, the roll was called, and the Minutes of the last meeting were read and approved. On motion, the Rt. Rev. Bishop Smith’s resolution, relative to a change of location of the Committee for Foreign Missions, was called up for consideration. The following amendment, proposed by Bishop B. T. Onder- donk, was accepted by the mover, viz., to insert the words “ from and after the 8th of October.” | 20 306 Proceedings of the Board of Missions. 1885. The resolution, as amended, was wnanimously adopted. On motion of Bishop Doane, it was “* Resolved, To reconsider the foregoing resolution.” On motion of the same, it was “ Resolved, To strike out the words “from and after the 8th of October.” On motion of Mr. Nicklin, the resolution, as thus amended, was adopted. The Rev. Mr. James, on behalf of the Committee for Foreign Missions, tendered the written resignation of the members of that body. On motion of Dr. Morris, it was ““ Resolved, That the aforesaid resignations be accepted.” On motion of Mr. Wallace, it was ** Resolved, That a Committee of three persons be appointed, to nominate four Clergymen and four Laymen, resident in the City of New York, as suitable persons to compose the Committee for Foreign Missions.” The Committee appointed were, the Rt. Rev. B. T. Onder- donk, the Rev. Dr. Milnor, and the Rev. Wm. Jackson. Bishop B. T. Onderdonk, on behalf of the Committee of Nomination, reported the following names: The Rev. James Milnor, p.p., the Rev. Wm. Jackson, the Rev. Manton Eastburn, the Rev. Jno. M. Forbes, Frederick S. Winston, Lewis Curtis, James F. De Peyster, John P. Stage. On motion of Bishop Doane, it was “ Resolved, That the persons named by the Committee be, and they are hereby appointed, the Committee for Foreign Missions.” Dr. Milnor tendered his resignation as a member of the Com- mittee for Domestic Missions, which was, on motion, accepted. Dr. Milnor, on behalf of the Rev. Manton Eastburn, tendered the resignation of that gentleman, as a member of the Committee for Domestic Missions, which was, on motion, accepted. = 1885. Proceedings of the Board of Missions. 307 On motion of the Rt. Rev. Bishop Doane, it was “ Resolved, That the Board do now proceed to fill the vacancies in the Committee for Domestic Missions.” On motion, the Committee of Nomination, previously ap- pointed, were requested to nominate two suitable persons to fill these vacancies; whereupon, the Rev. Hugh Smith and the Rev. Lot James were named. On motion, the above named gentlemen were appointed members of the Committee for Domestic Missions. On motion of Bishop B. T. Onderdonk, it was _ “ Resolved, That the Board do now proceed to fill the vacancy in this Board, occasioned by the resignation of James Swords, Esq.” On motion, the same Committee of Nomination were request- ed to present the names of three suitable persons. The Committee having reported, it was, on motion, “ Resolved, To proceed to an election by ballot.” The Rey. Mr. McCoskry and Dr. Morris were appointed tellers. The tellers reported Dr. Marinus Willett, of New York, as elected. The Rev. Mr. Boyd’s resolution was called up for considera- tion, and, on motion, adopted. On motion of the Rev. Mr Cuming, it was “ Resolved, That a joint Committee of four, to be chosen from the two Committees belonging to this Board, be appointed, to in- quire and report at the next annual meeting of this Board, whether some provision ought not to be made for Missionaries who, in the employment of this Society, may become disabled by age, or any other infirmity, from performing ministerial duty; and in case it shall be deemed expedient that such provision should be made, to report a plan for effecting the object—said joint Committee to be appointed by the Committees respectively, two by each.” Mr. T. Robins presented a bill from Mr. Stavely, for printing, which was, on motion, ordered to be paid. 308 Proceedings of the Board of Missions. 1835. On motion of the Rev. Dr. Milnor, it was “‘ Resolved, That the Treasurer of the Committee for Foreign Missions be authorized to pay any bills which, in his judgment, are due by the Society, including those presented to the Foreign Com- mittee at their meeting on the 24th inst., and until the organiza- tion of the newly-appointed Foreign Committee.” The late Treasurer of the Society asked leave to charge the deficit in the account of the Green Bay Mission to ge General Mission account, which was granted. On motion of Bishop H. U. Onderdonk, it was “ Resolved, That the library and curiosities of the Society be retained as the pr Greta of this Board, and be put in charge of the For eign Committee.” | On motion of Bishop B. T. Onderdonk, the Treasurer and Secretary were appointed a Committee, with power to take order with regard to the tenement, furniture, and fixtures of the Society. On motion of Bishop H. U. Onderdonk, it was “ Resolved, That the Treasurer, and two legal gentlemen, be a Committee to report on the state of the permanent fund, at the next meeting of the Board.” Messrs. J. B. Wallace and James 8. Smith were appointed to act with the Treasurer. On motion, it was “« Resolved, That when this Board do adjourn, it adjourn to meet im the Vestry Room of St. Peter’s Church, on Friday, the 24th inst., immediately after the consecration service.” Adjourned. Fripay, September. 25—2 o’clock P.M. The Board met pursuant to adjournment. Present, The Rt. Rev. Bishops Moore, Chase, H. U. and B. T. Onderdonk, Smith, and Doane; the Rev. Drs. Milnor and Mead; the Rev. Messrs. Boyd, Cuming, Allen, Henderson, James, Rod- ney, Richmond, and the Secretary, and J. B. Wallace, Esq. The Minutes of the last meeting were read and approved. RT. REY. BISHOP KEMPER,. 1885, Proceedings of the Board of Missions. 809 On motion of the Rt. Rev. B. T. Onderdonk, the following resolutions were unanimously adopted: . “ Resolved, That this Board, as the duly constituted representa- tive, for Missionary purposes, of the Protestant Episcopal Church in the United States, do, in the name of said Church, hereby re- spectfully and affectionately present their cordial Christian congratu- lations to their beloved fellow-member, the Right Rev. Jackson Kemper, D.p., on his accession, happily consummated this day, to the distinguished office of the first Missionary Bishop of our Church, and assure him of their prayers that the blessings of God’s provi- dence and grace may be abundantly vouchsafed him in the dis- charge of his high, holy, and arduous duties. “ Resolved, That we affectionately commend the Missionary Bishop to the prayers of our fellow-members generally of the Church.” “ Resolved, Than an attested copy of these resolutions be pre- sented to the Right Rev. Bishop Kemper, and another be published in the Missionary Record.” A letter from the Rt. Rev. J. H. Otey was read, and, on mo- tion, was referred to the Committee for Domestic Missions.” On motion of the Rev. Mr. Boyd, the following was adopted : “ Resolved, That the Right Rev. Bishop Doane be requested to furnish to this Board for publication, a copy of the very highly in- teresting and appropriate discourse delivered by him this morning, on the occasion of the Consecration of the Right Rev. Jackson Kem- per, D.D., as the first Missionary Bishop of the Protestant Episcopal Church in the United States.” On motion of Bishop H. U. Onderdonk, “ Resolved, That the expense to be incurred by the publication of Bishop Doane’s sermon be charged to the General Fund of the . Society.” On motion of the same, it was “ Resolved, That Bishop Doane and the Secretary of the Board be a Committee to superintend the publication of the sermon.” 310 Proceedings of the Board of Missions. 1835, On motion of Bishop Doane, the following preamble and resolution were adopted: | “© Whereas, The Rev W. A. Muhlenberg, p.p., on behalf of him- self and the Missionary Society of the Flushing Institute, has com- municated to this Board, through the Rev. Dr. Kemper, his inten- tion to contribute for five years the sum of $200 toward the forma- tion of a Fund from which the Missionary Bishops of this Church may be enabled to add to the appropriation made by this Society to the Missionaries under their care. Therefore 3 ““ Resolved, As the opinion of this Board, that the example thus set is worthy of imitation, and is hereby recommended to the pious liberality of the members of the Church.” On motion of Bishop Doane, it was “ Resolved, That the Secretary of the Board be requested to continue his services as Editor of the Missionary Record until the end of the present year.” / On motion of Bishop B. T. Onderdonk, it was — “ Resolved, That seven o’clock p.m. be the hour of the next An- nual Meeting of this Board.” Adjourned. Wan. Wurrs, President P. Van Putt, Secretary. BOARD OF MISSIONS OF THE PROTESTANT EPISCOPAL CHURCH. Rr. Rev. Wu. Warts, President. Rt. Rev. A. V. Griswold, p.p., © Rt. Rev. B. T. Onderdonk, p.p., “OR. C. Moore, p.p., 0) LS ives aaa Satie. bewen, D.D:, < «~~ 3B. Bas mings Pie sabe ten Nase. 5D, Dre 6 MJ HD op ke co 6 'T. C. Brownell, p.p., OC, PB. Meclivaineya.n,, “« « H,.U. Onderdonk, p.v.,¢% “> GoW osha anaes cif? Wim Meade, 'p:n;, Co) Sos J Oe yee oatae oe Wim Mi Stome