Hartford, April 28, 1830. Several brethren met at the Baptist meeting-house. Present, Messrs. Bolles, Cone, Sommers, Davis, and Knowles. There not being a quorum present, the morning was occupied in devotion, after which, the meeting adjourned to half past two o'clock this afternoon.

P. M. half past 2.

The brethren met. Present, besides those mentioned this morning, brethren Stokes, Colgate, and Farwell.

Brother Colgate prayed. Letters were read from Messrs. Kendrick, Brantly, Benedict, and H. Lincoln, apologizing for their absence.

Voted, That as there is not a quorum present, required for an Annual Meeting, the Board now proceed to the transaction of business, in its ordinary capacity, for which five members form a quorum.

The Board accordingly proceeded to business.

Present, brethren Bolles, Cone, Sommers, Davis, Stokes, Colgate, Farwell, and Knowles.

• Brother Cone was chosen Chairman. Voted, That the Report of the Corresponding Secretary be now read. JUNE, 1830.

The Secretary accordingly read his dered to be published, under the diReport, which was approved, and orrection of the Corresponding and Recording Secretaries.

(See p. 166.)

Voted, That brethren Davis, Sommers, and Knowles, be a Committee to make arrangements for the meeting tomorrow evening.

Voted, That a Committee be appointed, to consider and report what measures ought to be adopted in reference to future operations of the Board among the Indians; and that brethren Cone, Farwell, and Colgate, be the Committee.

Voted, That a Committee of three that brethren Sommers, Bolles, and be appointed on Foreign Stations; and Stokes, be the Committee.

Voted, That a Committee of three be appointed on the Indian Stations; and that brethren Knowles, Davis, and Bolles, be the Committee.

Voted, To adjourn till to-morrow morning at 11 o'clock. Dr. Bolles prayed.

Thursday, April 29, 1830. The Board met agreeably to adjournment. Present, the same brethren as yesterday.

ed.

Brother Farwell prayed.

Voted, That the brethren present, who are not members of the Board, be invited to take a seat, and assist in the deliberations of the Board.

The Committee to make arrangements for the proposed meeting this evening, made the following Report.

The Committee of arrangements respecting the meeting to be held on Thursday evening,

REPORT:

That they have engaged the Rev. Mr. Sommers, of New York, to deliver an Address, embracing a summary of the Report of the Board.

G. F. DAVIS, Chairman. Voted, That the Report be accepted. The Committee respecting the future operations of the Board among the Indians, made the following Report:

The Committee appointed to consider what measures ought to be adopted with reference to the Indians,

REPORT:

That as the question of Indian Emigration is now before Congress, it would be premature and imprudent to adopt any positive measures in anticipation of their removal.

The Committee are of opinion, that our present Indian Stations should be sustained, with but little if any enlarge. ment. They should be sustained, with the hope of doing good to the Indians to some extent, even in the midst of all the discouragements and obstacles with which they are now surrounded; and they should not be enlarged, from the assured conviction, that the Indians cannot long remain upon the small reservations in our States and Territories, which they at present occupy.

The Committee are of opinion, that in the event of the removal to the west, of the Puttawatomies or Ottawas, the Board should immediately commence Missionary operations among them, wherever they may be located.

The Committee are further of opinion, that the period has arrived, when missionary operations should be commenced by us west of the State of Missouri and the Arkansaw Territory. Our labors have hitherto been confined to the Aborigines, dwelling east

S. H. CONE, Chairman. Voted, That the Report be accepted. The Committee on the Stations among the Indians, made the following Report.

The Committee on the Stations among the Indians,

REPORT:

That they have attended to the subjects committed to them, with as much

care as the limited time would allow. They have found no important facts in addition to those stated in the Report of the Board, and they have no suggestions to make, except a recommendation of the following resolutions, for adoption by the Board:

Resolved, That the Rev. Evan Jones, structed to employ Kaneeda, (John of the Valley Towns Station, be inWickliffe,) to travel and preach among his countrymen for six months, at a compensation not exceeding $10 per month.

Resolved, That two females be sent to the Station at Sault de St. Marie, so soon as suitable persons can be found, the one to be employed in teaching the school, and the other to be an assistant in the domestic labor of the family.

Resolved, That it is expedient to employ John Davis, who has removed to the west of the Mississippi, as a school teacher and preacher among that portion of his countrymen, the Creek Indians, who have already removed thither, and that the acting Board be requested to take the requisite measures for the purpose.

All which is respectfully submitted. JAMES D. KNOWLES, Chairman. Voted, That the Report be accepted, and the resolutions adopted. Adjourned, till half past two o'clock, P. M.

Brother Davis prayed.

Thursday, P. M. The Board met agreeably to adjourn

ment.

Brother Thomas Paul being present, prayed.

Voted, That a Committee of two be appointed, to prepare a suitable expression of the feelings of the Board, in regard to the death of its late President, Dr. Staughton; and that brethren Knowles and Sommers, be the Committee.

The Committee on Foreign Stations, made the following Report.

The Committee to whom was refer

red the consideration of Foreign Missionary Stations, under the care of the Convention, beg leave to

REPORT:

That at no previous period have the affairs of the Burman Mission present ed a more cheering aspect; and while the present enlarged field of operation calls for renewed and increasing liberality on the part of American Christians, the signal interpositions of Providence, which continue to sustain and to bless the enterprise, demand our most devout and humble thanksgivings to the Father of mercies. From the last information, we have every reason to hope that the work of reformation continues. Your Committee are happy to learn that a new Church has been organized at Rangoon, and enjoys the labors of Ko Thah-a, as their pastor.

The Stations at Maulmein, Tavoy, and Amherst, continue to prosper under the devoted labors of your Missionaries, Judson, Wade, and Boardman, and it is believed that brother Bennett has, ere this, rendered important services as printer of the New Testament and of Burman Tracts. Upon this point, your Committee experience a deep solicitude, and could wish that it were in their power to give an increasing impulse to the benevolent. energies of our American Churches. When the fact is considered that among the sixteen millions of Burmah, most of the male population are capable of reading, it will at once be perceived, that probably no other Mission upon our globe furnishes equal facilities, or presents a more animating prospect of success. Here we need not wait for the tardy influence of preaching to a few hundreds, or even thousands, by a feeble band of Missionaries, but if adequate funds are supplied, the Sacred Scriptures, and the Word of Life, embodied in the form of religious Tracts, may be multiplied indefinitely; so that every Burman may read in his own language the wonderful works of

God. Your Committee would therefore recommend, that prompt and efficient measures be adopted by the Board to increase the translation and publication fund.

The success which has attended the establishment of male and female

schools, cannot but be regarded as a plain indication of our duty; and after a careful examination of the plans of operation, and of their happy results, the Committee feel impressed with the conviction, that to the multiplication of schools, we are, under God, to look for the spiritual emancipation of Burmah. Your Committee feel great pleasure in saying, from a review of the accounts regularly forwarded by your Missionaries, as well as from other information which has come before them, that the Stations in India have not only been conducted upon principles the most economical, but that a spirit of liberality and self denial has been manifested by the Missionaries, which we believe is without a parallel in the history of Missions. Here it may be proper to remark, that only 130 Sicca Rupees have been allowed to a Missionary and his wife; which, as the Rupee varies in value, at different times, may be estimated from 60 to 62 dollars per month. When there are children, 10 Rupees per month are allowed for each child. Your Committee sympathized with our beloved brother and sister Wade, who have both suffered from temporary indisposition, but rejoice to learn that they have again been restored to health. Upon this subject the Committee feel a great solicitude with reference to brother Judson. From a variety of communications, and especially from his last letter to the Corresponding Secretary, it appears to your Committee, that the health of brother Judson has been impaired by his long continued toils and sufferings; and that a voyage is indispensable to his recovery. The Committee therefore recommend that the present Board pass a resolution, requesting brother Judson to visit the United States as soon as practicable, after the wishes of the Board shall have reached him. The advantages. likely to result from this measure, cannot fail to be great, by the probable re-establishment of the health of your Missionary, and from the exhilarating influence which his return to this. country would doubtless produce. It is believed that a thrill of universal in

Voted, That the Report be accepted. The same Committee reported, that it is expedient, that brethren Jones and Skinner be employed in visiting the churches in Connecticut, and in some parts of Massachusetts and New York.

Voted, That the Report be accepted. The Committee respecting the death of Dr. Staughton, made the following Report.

The Committee appointed to prepare a suitable expression of the feelings of the Board, respecting the death of the late Rev. William Staughton, D. D. have felt the difficulty of giving utterance, in the brief space appropriated to such a notice, and indeed, in any words, their own sentiments of respect and affection for the memory of Dr. Staughton, and their estimation of his services, in the various and important stations which he occupied. They recommend, however, the adoption of the following

RESOLUTION:

was

Resolved, That the Board remember, with the most respectful and affectionate regard, their late President, the Rev. Dr. Staughton, who one of the principal instruments in giving origin to the Board; who served them with fidelity and success, for twelve years, in the responsible and arduous office of Corresponding Secretary, and who, for the last four years, was their presiding officer. The Board feel, that they, and the denomination which they represent, are indebted to Dr. Staughton for services of inestimable value to the cause of missions and education, as well as to the general interests of Zion. His memory ought ever to be honored, by the Baptists of the United States, as that of a distinguished benefactor, whose brilliant genius, whose intellectual opulence, whose active mind, and whose generous affections, were devoted, with a single heart, to the establishment of the Redeemer's kingdom on the earth,

piness. The Board sympathize with his widow and children in their sorrow

for his death. They pray that the unwearied devotion to the Saviour's cause, which animated the heart of Dr. Staughton, may ever reign with equal purity and fervor, in the bosoms of all the members of this Board; and that the King of Zion will be pleased to kindle among us other lights of equal lustre, to illuminate our churches, and to shed their cheering beams on the dark places of the earth. Respectfully submitted.

JAMES D. KNOWLES, Chairman. and the resolution adopted. Voted, That the Report be accepted,

The Committee to consider the expediency of electing a President, to supply the place of Dr. Staughton, reported, that it is expedient to fill the vacancy.

Voted, That the Report be accepted, and that the Board proceed to bal

lot for a President.