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PROCEEDINGS RD OF MISSIONS PROTESTANT EPISCOPAL CHURCH A T T H E IE TWENTY-SEVENTH ANNUAL MEETING, Held in the City of Mew-York, on the 2d of October, 1802 TOUETIIElt WITH DOMESTIC AND FOREIGN COMMITTEES ACCOUNTS OF THE TREASURERS, Etc. prbi-^orh: JOHN A. GRAY, PRINTER. STEREOTYPER, AND BINDER, KIHR-PKOOF BVII.DlliC.8 , * -fOUKKR OF FRANKFORT AND .1 ACOR STREETS. i 1 8 6 2, YALE UNIVERSITY LIBRARY 3 9002 09912 4472 x* PROCEEDINGS BOARD OF MISSIONS PROTESTANT EPISCOPAL CHURCH >• —^>nA V .'V/ IN THE UNITED S T A rJ? K S OW AMERICA. TWENTY-SEVENTH ANNUAL MEETING, Held in the City of New-York, on the 2d of October, .1862; TOGETHER WITH THE REPORTS DOMESTIC AND FOREIGN COMMITTEES, ACCOUNTS OF THE TREASURERS, E tc. fUfo-gorh: JOHN A. GRAY, PRINTER, STEREOTYPER, AND BINDER, riRK-PKOOr BUILDINGS, CORNER OF FRANKFORT AND JACOB STREETS. I 8 ß 2 Yale Divinity Ubrtri New Haven Gona. \ ■ n e t ' i » /„ ' P ‘7<t / f é 2 - I CONTENTS. — • • *— Proceedings of the Board of Missions, Twenty-seventh AnnualMeeting. : ........................................ I Appendix A.—Report of the Domestic Committee............................................................................ IT Appendix B.—Report of the Foreign Committee................. 88 Appendix C.—Keport of the Treasurer of the Domestic Committee................................................ 50 Appendix D.—Report of the Treasurer of the Foreign Committee........................................................................... 51 Appendix E.—Report of the Board of Missions,............................................................................................................ 52 Appendix F.—Report of the Missionary Bishop of Oregon........................................................................................ 58 Appendix G.—Report of the Missionary Bishop of the North-West.......................................................................... 0lJ Appendix H.—Report of the Missionary Bishop to Africa..................................................... 63 Appendix I.—Report of the Missionary Bishop to China..................... 71 J Appendix Aa.—Domestic Missions,............................................................................................................................... 74 Appendix Ac.—Domestic Missions in the South,....................................................................................................... 74 Appendix A Bb.—Table of Parishes contributing to Foreign and Domestic Missions................................................ 75 Act t>f Incorporation................................................................................................... .. .............................................101 Constitution....................................................................................................................................................................... 102 By-Laws of the Board of Missions............................................................................. 106 Members of the Board of Missions..................................................................................................................................109 Missionary Committees.....................................................................................................................................................112 Adrent Appeal............. 118 * i PROCEEDINGS OF THE BOARD OF MISSIONS. NINTH T E IE O IA L AND TWENTY-SEVENTH ANNUAL MEETING. N ew-Y oke, October 2d, 1862. T h e Ninth Triennial and Twenty-seveiitli Annual Meeting of tlie “ Board of Missions of the Protestant Episcopal Church in the United States of America,” was held this day, in St. John’s Chapel, at five o’clock P.M. The Right Rev. the Bishop of Ohio, being the senior Bishop present, took the chair, and opened the meeting with prayer. The roll was called, and the following members of the Board answered to their names: The Bishops of Ohio, Wisconsin, Western New-York, New-Hampshire, Maine, Assistant of Connecticut, Assistant of Ohio, Bishop of Minnesota, Missionary Bishop of the North-West, and the Assistant of Pennsylvania; the Rev. Messrs. Abercrombie, Baieh, Burgess, Carder, Chauncey, J. L. Clark, Clarkson, Clemson, Denison, Eames, Edson, Gallagher, Gardiner, Haight, Hallam, Hobart, Howe, Leeds, Littlejohn, Mahan, Randall, Robertson, Rodney, Smith, and Yan P elt; and Messrs. Atwater, Baldwin, Bradish, Chambers, Conyngham, Cope, Cyrus Curtiss, Lewis Curtis, De Peyster, Gardiner, Garthwaite, Huntington, Lee, Swift, Welsh, and Winston. t The Board, in compliance with the second article of the By-Laws, proceeded to the appointment of a Secretary; and on motion of the Rev. Dr. Howe, the Rev. Dr. Yan Pelt was reappointed. 2 Proceedings of the On motion of the Secretary of the Board, the Rev. J". Dixon Carder was reappointed Assistant Secretary. Mr. Bradish announced that two vacancies in the Domestic Com mittee had been filled by that body, by the appointment of the Rev. A . 1ST. Littlejohn, D.D., in place of the Rev. Dr. Hawks, whose re signation had been accepted by the Board at its last Annual Meeting, and the Rev. H. E. Montgomery, in place of the Rev. Dr. Cooke, whose resignation the Committee had accepted, and moved the approval of their appointment by the Board. The Board approved accordingly. The Rev. Mr. Denison, Secretary and General Agent of the Foreign Committee, announced that two vacancies, occurring in that Committee, had been filled by the appointment of the Rev. M. A . De "Wolfe Howe, D.D., in place of the Rev. Dr. Stevens, elevated to the Episcopate, and the Rev. W . A . Muhlenberg, D.D., in place of the Rev. Dr. Turner, deceased, and moved the approval of their appointment by the Board. The Board approved accordingly. The Bishop of Ohio having retired, the Bishop of Wisconsin took the chair. The Rev. Mr. Carder, Secretary and General Agent pro tern. of the Domestic Committee, presented and read the Annual Report* of that body. He also presented the Annual Reportf of the Treasurer of the Domestic Committee, duly audited. On motion of the Secretary of the Board, it was Resolved, That when the Board adjourns, it will adjourn to attend divine service in the Church of the Ascension, at lialf-past seven o’clock this evening, on occasion of the preaching of the Triennial Sermon, and to meet again in the same place at five p .m . to-morrow, for the transaction of business. The Rev. Mr. Denison, Secretary and General Agent of the Foreign Committee, presented and read the Annual Report:): of that body. He also presented the Annual Report§ of the Treasurer of the Foreign Committee, duly audited. On motion of the Rev. Dr. Balch, it was Resolved, That the Annual Report of the Domestic Committee, with the accompanying document, be referred to a committee of five, and * See Appendix A, f See Appendix C. % See Appendix B. § See Appendix D. Board o f Missions. 3 the Annual Report of the Foreign Committee, with the document ac companying it, be referred to a committee of the same number. The following were the committee appointed on the Annual Report of the Domestic Committee : The Bishop of Maine, the Bishop of Minnesota, the Rev. Drs. Howe and Clark, and H. P. Baldwin, Esq. The following were the committee appointed on the Report of For eign Committee: The Assistant Bishop of Ohio, the Rev. Dr. Leeds, the Rev. Mr. Burgess, and Messrs. Conyngham and Hunt. The Bishop of Maine called the attention of the Board to the report of the special committee on the Constitution and By-Laws, made at the last meeting, when On motion of the Assistant Bishop of Pennsylvania, it was Resolved, That the said report be made the order of the day for six o’clock to-morrow evening. On motion, the Board adjourned. Ascension Church, New-York, t y o’clock p.m. .The Board attended divine service. Evening prayer was read by the Rev. H. B. Hitchings, Rector elect of St. John’s in the Wilderness, Denver City, Colorado, assisted by the Rev. W. E. Yibbert, Rector of St. James’s Church, Fair-Haven, Conn. The annual sermon was preached by the Rev. A . JST. Littlejohn, D.D., Rector of the Church of the Holy Trinity, Brooklyn, 1ST. Y . ; the text being the 11th verse of the 1st chapter of the Book of the Prophet Malachi : “ From the rising of the sun, even unto the going down of the same, my name shall be great among the. Gentiles ; and in every place incense shall be offered unto my name, and a pure offering: for my name shall be great among the heathen, saith the Lord of hosts.” The collection required by the 10th Article of the By-Laws was made, amounting to $160.16. The 107th Hymn having been sung, the congregation was dismissed with prayer and the benediction by the Bishop of Ohio. 4 Proceedings of the Church of the A scension, N ew-Y ork, October 3d, 5 o’clock p.m. The Board met. The Bishop of "Wisconsin being the senior Bishop present, took the chair, and opened the meeting with prayer. On motion of the Secretary, the calling of the roll was omitted. The Bishops of Pennsylvania, New-York, and Iowa ; the Rev. Messrs. Cruse and Montgomery, and Messrs. Brown, Churchill, and Titus, not present before, appeared and took their seats. The Rev. Mr, Carder, on behalf of the two Committees, presented and read a draft of the Triennial Report* of this Board. On motion of the Secretary, it was Resolved, That the Report just read be accepted as the Ninth Trien nial Report of this Board, and, as such, be presented, in compliance with the 6th Article of the Constitution, to the General Convention.