Society, and the necessities of the cause of Home Missions in other nominally Christian countries, being such as seem to demand an enlargement of the field of its operations, Therefore, Resolved, That the second article of the constitution of this Society be so altered as to read as follows, viz: The object of this Society shall be, to assist congregations which are unable to support the Gospel ministry, and to send the Gospel to the destitute in the United States; also, to co-operate with evangelical Christians in the support of Home Missions in other nominally Christian countries, to such an extent as the funds of the Institution may justify. The Society proceeded to the election of officers for the ensuing year, and made choice of the following, viz: PRESIDENT, HON. STEPHEN VAN RENSSELAER, LL. D., Albany. VICE-PRESIDENTS. Rev. Archibald Alexander, D. D., Prof. Theol. Sem., Princeton, N. J. Rev. Thomas Cleland, D. D., Harrodsburgh, Kentucky. Rev. John Codman, D. D., Dorchester, Mass. Hon. Theodore Frelinghuysen, Newark, N. J. Rev. Francis Herron, D. D., Pittsburgh Pennsylvania. Rev. James Hoge, D. D., Columbus, Ohio. Hon. Samuel M. Hopkins, Geneva, N. Y. Hon. N. W. Howell, LL. D., Canandaigua, N. Y. Hon. Samuel Hubbard, Boston, Mass. Hon. Charles Marsh, Woodstock, Vermont. Rev. James M. Mathews, D. D,, Chancellor of New-York University. Hon. David Lawrence Morrill, Concord, N. H. Hon. John Murphy, Claiborne, Alabama. Rev. David Porter, D. D., Catskill, N. Y. Rev. Alexander Proudfit, D. D., New-York City. Robert Ralston, Esq., Philadelphia. Rev. James Richards, D. D., Theol. Sem., Auburn, N. Y. Rev. Thomas H. Skinner, D. D., New-York City. Hon, John Cotton Smith, Sharon, Conn. Rev. Samuel S. Schmucker, D. D., Theol. Sem., Gettysburg, Pa. Rev. John Thomson, Crawfordsville, Ind. Rev. Leonard Woods, D. D., Theol. Sem., Andover, Mass. DIRECTORS. Rev. William Allen, D. D., President Bowdoin College, Maine. Rev. Edward Beecher, President of Illinois College, Ill. Rev. Nathan S. S. Beman, D. D., Troy, N. Y. Rev. Robert H. Bishop, D. D., President of Miami University, Ohio. Thomas Bradford, jun., Esq., Philadelphia. Rev. James Carnahan, D. D., President Princeton College, N. J. Rev. Charles Coffin, D. D., President of College, Tenn. Roswell L. Colt, Esq., Baltimore, Maryland. Rev. C. C. Cuyler, D. D., Philadelphia. Rev. Henry Davis, D. D., Clinton, N. Y. Rev. William R. De Witt, Harrisburgh, Penn. Rev. Henry Dwight, Geneva, New-York. Rev. Justin Edwards. D. D., Andover, Massachusetts. Rev. Jeremiah Day, D. D., LL, D., President Yale Coellge, Conn. Rev. E. W. Gilbert, Newark, Delaware. Rev. Eliphalet Gillett, D. D., Hallowell, Maine. Rev. Samuel L. Graham, D. D., North Carolina. Rev. E. D. Griffin, D. D., President Williams College, Massachusetts. Rev. Joel Hawes, D. D., Hartford, Connecticut. Rev. Asa Hillyer, D. D., Orange, N. J. Rev. Heman Humphrey, D. D., President Amherst College, Mass. Rev. Nathan Lord, D. D., President Dartmouth College, New-Hampshire. Rev. Thomas MacAuley, D. D., LL. D., New-York. Rev. John McDowell, D. D., Philadelphia. Rev. William A. McDowell, D. D., Philadelphia. Rev. Cyrus Mason, Providence, Rhode Island. Rev. Samuel Merwin, Wilton, Connecticut. Rev. Eliphalet Nott, D. D., President Union College, N. Y. Rev. B. M. Palmer, D. D., Charleston, South Carolina. Rev. William S. Potts, President of Marion College, Missouri. Hon. Roger M. Sherman, Fairfield, Connecticut. Gerret Smith, Esq., Peterborough, N. Y. Jeremiah Sullivan, Esq., Madison, Indiana. Rev. Benjamin Tappan, Augusta, Maine. John Tappan, Esq., Boston Mass. John Tillson, Esq., Hillsborough, Illinois. Rev. Mark Tucker, D. D., Troy, N. Y. Rev. Bennet Tyler, D. D., Prof. Theol. Inst., East Windsor, Conn. S. V. S. Wilder, Esq., New-York. Rev. Robert G. Wilson, D. D., President Ohio University, Athens, Ohio. Rev. Andrew Wylie, D. D., President of College, Bloomington, Indiana. Rev. John C. Young, President of Centre College, Kentucky, TREASURER, MR. KNOWLES TAYLOR. AUDITOR, MR. ARTHUR TAPPAN. ART. 5. The Treasurer shall give bonds, annually, to such amount as he Executive Committee shall think proper. ART. 6. Any person may become a member of this Society, by contributing annually to its funds: thirty dollars paid at one time shall constitute a Member for life; and one hundred dollars paid at one time shall constitute a Director,for life; and any person, on the payment of a sum, which, in addition to any previous contribution to the funds, shall amount to one hundred dollars, shall be a Director for life. An executor, on paying a legacy of two hundred and fifty dollars to the funds of this Society, shall be a Member for life; and the payment of a legacy of one thousand dollars shall constitute him a Director for life. ART. 7. Any Missionary Society may become auxiliary, by agreeing to pay into the Treasury of this Society the whole of its surplus funds, and sending to the Corresponding Secretary a copy of its Constitution and annual Reports, mentioning the names of its Missionaries, and the fields of their operations. ART. 8. Every Auxiliary Society which shall agree to pay the whole of its funds to this Society, shall be entitled to a Missionary or Missionaries, to labour in such field as it may designate; at least to the amount of its contributions; provided such designation be made at the time of payment. ART. 9. The Officers of all Auxiliary Societies shall be ex-officio Directors; and annual contributors to their funds shall be members of the Society. ART. 10. This Society shall meet annually in the city New-York, on the Wednesday next preceding the second Thursday in May. ART. 11. No alteration shall be made in this Constitution, without a vote of two thirds of the members present, at an annual meeting; nor unless the same shall have been proposed at a previous annual meeting, or recommended by the Executive Committee. CONSTITUTION OF THE AMERICAN HOME MISSIONARY SOCIETY. ART. 1. This Society shall be denominated "THE AMERICAN HOME MISSIONARY SOCIETY." ART. 2. The object of this Society shall be, to assist congregations that are unable to support the Gospel Ministry, and to send the Gospel to the destitute, within the United States; also, to co-operate with evangelical Christians in the support of Home Missions in nominally Christian countries, to such an extent as the funds of the Institution may justify. ART. 3. The Officers of the Society shall be, a President, Vice-Presidents, a Treasurer, an Auditor, a Corresponding Secretary, a Recording Secretary, and fifty Directors, who shall be annually appointed by the Society; and who, together with the Directors for life, shall constitute a Board, seven of whom shall be a quorum, at any meeting regularly convened. ART. 4. The Officers and Directors shall appoint an Executive Committee of thirteen, (including the Treasurer, the Corresponding Secretary, and the Recording Secretary,) residing in the City of New-York and its vicinity; five of whom shall be a quorum, at any meeting regularly convened. This Committee shall have power to appoint its own meetings, form its own rules of business, and fill any vacancies in its own number which may occur during the year, and to convene special meetings of the Board or Society; shall appoint Missionaries, and instruct them as to the field and manner of their labours; shall have the disposal of the funds; shall create such agency or agencies for appointing Missionaries, and for other purposes, as the inte- ' rests of the institution may require; and shall make an Annual Report of their proceedings to the Society. ART. 5. The Treasurer shall give bonds, annually, to such amount as he Executive Committee shall think proper. ART. 6. Any person may become a member of this Society, by contributing annually to its funds: thirty dollars paid at one time shall constitute a Member for life; and one hundred dollars paid at one time shall constitute a Director,for life; and any person, on the payment of a sum, which, in addition to any previous contribution to the funds, shall amount to one hundred dollars, shall be a Director for life. An executor, on paying a legacy of two hundred and fifty dollars to the funds of this Society, shall be a Member for life; and the payment of a legacy of one thousand dollars shall constitute him a Director for life. ART. 7. Any Missionary Society may become auxiliary, by agreeing to pay into the Treasury of this Society the whole of its surplus funds, and sending to the Corresponding Secretary a copy of its Constitution and annual Reports, mentioning the names of its Missionaries, and the fields of their ope rations. ART. 8. Every Auxiliary Society which shall agree to pay the whole of its funds to this Society, shall be entitled to a Missionary or Missionaries, to labour in such field as it may designate; at least to the amount of its contributions; provided such designation be made at the time of payment. ART. 9. The Officers of all Auxiliary Societies shall be ex-officio Directors; and annual contributors to their funds shall be members of the Society. ART. 10. This Society shall meet annually in the city New-York, on the Wednesday next preceding the second Thursday in May. ART. 11. No alteration shall be made in this Constitution, without a vote of two thirds of the members present, at an annual meeting; nor unless the same shall have been proposed at a previous annual meeting, or recommended by the Executive Committee. |