99 1828. Oct. 15. By cash from Rev. Luther Rice, for quarterly payment received by him from the United States Middlesex Bap. Miss by Mr Calvin Blanchard, Treas. 300,00 70, H. B. Rounds, Esq. Treas. of Utica For. Miss. Soc. per Mr E. Lincoln, 25, 50, 150, Levi Farwell, Esq. Treas. of the Boston Bap. Association, it having been received by H. B. Rounds, Esq. Treas. of the Utica Bap. For. Miss. Soc. per Mr E. Lincoln, 25, 200, Rev. Z. L. Leonard, Treas. of the Sturbridge Association, for Burman Mission, 50,00 14 Mrs Badger, it having been contributed by females belonging to Rev. Mr Grosvenor's Bap. Gen. Tract Soc. for publication of Tracts in Burman language, per Rev. N. Davis, 55, J. Moriarty, Esq. Treas. of the Salem Bible Translation and For. Miss. Soc. for For. As above, from Mr Jesse Todd, ,60 Per Mr J. T. Jones, 3,06 Male Pri. Soc. in Franklin, Vt. for Bur. Miss. by Mr Benj. Spaulding, per Mr E. Lincoln, 4, 4,25 Fem. Miss. Soc. belonging to the Rev. Dr Sharp's Ch. and congregation per Mrs Lois Cash from the Mulberry-Street For. Miss. Soc. N. Y. by Mr Thomas Day, Jr. The children of Levi Ball, Townsend, Mass. for Bur. Miss. being the produce of their 100, A lady belonging to the Federal-street Bap. Ch. Boston, by Rev. H. Malcom, Pastor, 12, Miss Hannah Whitney, of Royalston, Mass. for Bur. Miss. per Rev. E. Andrews, A lady of the Bap. Ch. Exeter, in consequence of reading Mrs Wade's journal, per 2, Two years and six months interest on one thousand dollars, it being the amount for Semi-annual dividend on twelve shares U. S. Bank Stock, at 3 and a half per ct. 42, Bap. Fem. Miss. Soc. Sardinia, Erie Co. N. Y. per Mrs Juda Metcalf, Sec. Mr Sam'l Bullin, Lima, N. Y. by Rev. Sam'l Goodale, per Mr. E. Lincoln, Bur. Miss. 10, 10, 1829. Feb. 10. By cash from Calvin Stockbridge, Treas. of Cumberland For. Miss. Soc. it having been received by him as follows: M. Mims, Esq. Treas. of the State Convention of the Bap. denomination in South Carolina, for Foreign Missions, 50,00-Withington Station, 50,00, 100, Mr Wm. Stow, being a donation from Mr Solomon Goodale, late of Conway, Mass. 111, 2, 140,06 So, 12,50 Prospect, do. 5,62 19. Mr Philip Brown, Treas. of the New Hampshire Bap. State Convention, contributed Archibald Smith, Jr. Treas. of York Bap. Soc. Aux. &c. contributed as follows: Rev. Dr Bolles, being balance unexpended in his hands of moneys advanced in Au- 19,62 Esq. Treas. per Mr T. W. Merrill, 101,13 1829. April 14. By cash from H. B. Rounds, Esq. Treas. of the Utica Bap. For. Miss. Society, To be appropriated to Bap. Miss. among the Indians upon our western frontiers, 25,00 5, 10,00 20, 30, ,50 An unknown friend, for Burman Mission, per Rev. Mr Grosvenor, 5, Friends in 1st Bap. Ch. Boston, col. by Miss Jepson, for Bur. Bible, do. Gen. Committee of Churches of Charleston, (S. C.) Bap. Ass. per W. Riley, Esq. 286,97 43,63 57, By cash for the school at Sault de St. Marie, for the Chippawa Tribe, received July 21, 1828, 2000, * The Treasurer has also received from Mr Brantly 43 dollars, making the sum 100 dollars. 16061,90 Errors Excepted, HEMAN LINCOLN, Treas. Boston, April 21, 1829. The subscribers have examined accurately the preceding account current, and find it in every respect correct and duly sustained by vouchers. Boston, April 22, 1829. HOWARD MALCOM, Committee (of the Board.) The subscribers, a Committee appointed for that purpose, have examined the foregoing account, and report that it is correctly cast and sustained by suitable vouchers. Committee Philadelphia, April 30, 1829. DAVID BENEDICT, (of Convention.) LEVI FARWELL, Bengal Christian School Society in Account with Heman Lincoln, Treasurer. June 6. By annual subscription from Mrs Prudence Farwell, Cambridge, 60,00 The subscribers have carefully examined the above account, and find it correctly cast, and sustained by the proper vouchers. Boston, April 22, 1829. LEVI FARWELL, Committee. H Though the Minutes, &c. were regularly read and corrected in the Convention, and the list of members more than once, the following omission has been discovered: Archibald Maclay, from the Mulberry-Street Church, N. Y. CONSTITUTION OF A PRIMARY MISSIONARY SOCIETY. Article 1. The object of this Society is to aid the missions under the direction of the Baptist Board of Foreign Missions. Art. 2. All [females] of approved moral character, contributing to this cause, shall be members of the Society, until they shall decline making a donation at the subsequent annual call of the Collectors. Art. 3. The Society shall elect, annually, a President, Vice President, Secretary, Treasurer, and a suitable number of Collectors. Art. 4. The President, and in his absence, the Vice President, shall preside in all meetings of the Society, and shall have power to call special meetings at pleasure. The Secretary shall keep the records, manage the correspondence, and at the annual meeting make a report. The Treasurer shall take charge of the money collected, and, after deducting incidental expenses, shall pay the same to the Treasurer of the Auxiliary Society of as soon as convenient after the annual meeting of this Society, and shall make a report at each annual meeting. Art. 5. The four officers above named, shall constitute an Executive Committee, to manage the business not otherwise appropriated by the articles of this Constitution. And Art. 6. The business of the Collectors is to obtain funds. in order to do this most effectually, they shall make a suitable division of their appropriate labor; call upon all the individuals, who are friendly to the object, within their respective limits, and give all a respectful invitation to contribute to the object; take their names, and the sums which they wish to give for the year; and shall pay over to the treasurer, at least ten days previous to the next annual meeting, all their collections. Art. 7. The annual meeting of the Society shall be held on the and shall be opened with prayer. At this meeting, the Reports of the Secretary and Treasurer shall be read; (the former of which shall be forwarded as soon as convenient to the Secretary of the Auxiliary Society;) the officers for the year ensuing shall be chosen; and such other business and services shall be attended to, as may be deemed ex• pedient. |