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ANNUAL REPORT OF TH E FOREIGN EVANGELICAL SOCIETY; PRESENTED AT THE ANNUAL MEETING, HELD IN THE REFORMED DUTCH CHURCH, WASHINGTON SQUARE, NEW-YORK,- ON TUESDAY EVENING, MAY 9, 1843. DAY MISIONS ^ / flu IFDrlvS PUBLISHED POE THE SOCIETY, BY JOHN S. TAYLOR & CO. 145 Nassau-Street. YALE UNIVERSITY LIBRARY lllllllllllllllllll 3 9002 09912 7616 n? * FOURTH ANNUAL REPORT o r THE FOREIGN EVANGELICAL SOCIETY; PRESENTED AT THE ANNUAL MEETING, HELD IN THE REFORMED DUTCH CHURCH, WASHINGTON SQ.UARE, N EW -YORK ; TUESDAY EVENING, MAY 9, 1843. NEW-Y0M: PUBLISHED POR THE SOCIETY, BY JOHN S. TAYLOR & CO. 145 Nassau-Street. 1843. PROCEEDINGS OF THE FOURTH ANNUAL MEETING O F T H E FOREIGN EVANGELICAL SOCIETY. H E L D M A Y 9, 1843. T h e Chair was taken by the President of the Society, Hon. T h e o d o r e F relingiiuysen , Chan cellor of the University of New-York. The Rev. D r . Y a l e , of Kingsboro’, N . Y ., opened the meeting with prayer. The Treasurer’s Report was read by W . W . C h e s t e r , Esq. The Annual Report of the Executive Committee was read by the Rev. R o b e r t B a i r d , Correspond ing Secretary, After the singing of a Hymn by the Choir, the Rev. Dr. B a c o n , of New-Haven, Conn., proposed the following resolution: Resolved, That the Report, of which an abstract has just been read, be adopted, and published under the direction of the Executive Committee. The Rev. E. N. K i r k , of Boston, then proposed the following resolutions : 1. Resolved, That this Society continues to cherish the most cordial and fra- ernal affection for their brethren and fellow-labourers of the evangelical organi- 4 ANNUAL MEETING. zations at Geneva, Paris, Bordeaux, Toulouse, Lyons, Lille, Strasburgh. Brus sels and Montreal; and bids them God-speed, with the assurance of our constant sympathies and fervent prayers for their prosperity and success. 2. That in view of the manifest tokens of the Divine blessing on the efforts of our Evangelical Protestant brethren in the Roman Catholic countries of Europe, and the French portions of Canada, during the past year, this Society has in creased encouragement to aid them in distributing the Word of Life and evan gelical truth in those benighted lands, confident that the day of the Gospel’s triumph over the “ Man of Sin ” and infidelity in nominal Christendom, draweth nigh. The Rev. Dr. A d a m s , of New-York, seconded these resolutions. Addresses were delivered by the Rev. Dr. B a c o n , the Rev. Mr. K i r k , and the Rev. Dr. A d a m s . The Benediction was pronounced by the Rev. R e u b e n S m i t h , of Waterford, N. Y. The Members of the Society then met, at the in vitation of the President, and proceeded to the elec tion of Directors. After their election, the Directors proceeded to the election of the Executive Commit tee and the Officers of the Society. The Society, at this meeting, besides making one or two verbal alterations in the Constitution, enlarged the Executive Committee, making it to consist henceforth of nine members, instead of seven; and also enlarged the Board, making it consist of thirty-six, instead of thirty members. The gentlemen whose names follow, compose the Board of Directors and Officers of the Society for the ensuing year. OFFICERS. 6 ^resilient. H on. A. BRUYN HASBROUCK, President o f Rutger’s College, New Brunswick, N .J. Tfcc liresFtJents. Hon. THEODORE FRELINGHUYSEN, New-York. Rev. ARCHIBALD ALEXANDER, D.D. Princeton, N.J. JAMES BOORMAN, Esq. New-York. JOHN A. BROW N , Esq. Philadelphia. Rev. SAMUEL H. COX, D.D. Brooklyn, L. I. Rev. C. C. CUYLER, D.D. Philadelphia. W ILLIA M B. CROSBY, Esq. New-York. Rev. JEREMIAH DAY, D.D. New-Haven, Conn. Rev. THOMAS DEWITT, D.D. New-York. GEORGE DOUGLASS, Esq. Douglass Farms, L.I. Rev. JUSTIN EDW AR DS, D.D. Andover, Mass. Rev. CHAUNCEY A. GOODRICH, D.D. New Haven, Conn. Rev. FRANCIS HERRON, D.D. Pittsburg, Pa. Hon. SAMUEL HUBBARD, Boston, Mass. Rev. JOEL H AW ES, D.D. Hartford, Conn. Hon. W ILLIAM JAY, Bedford, N. Y. W ILLIA M A. LEAVY, Esq. Lexington, Ky. J. A. MAYBIN, Esq. New-Orleans. Rev. JOHN MACLEAN, D.D. Princeton, N. J. Rev. JOHN M cDOW ELL, D.D. Philadelphia. W ILLIA M M AXW ELL, Esq. President of Hampden Sydney Col lege, Ya. Rev- PHILIP M1LLEDOLER, D.D. New-York. Rev. JAMES RICHARDS, D.D. Auburn, N. Y. Rev. W ILLIAM B. SPRAGUE, Albany, N. Y. Rev. GARDINER SPRING, D.D. New-York. Rev. ALBERT BARNES, Philadelphia. Rev. THOMAS H. SKINNER, D.D. New-York. Rev. THOMAS CURTIS, D.D. Charleston, S.C. Rev. S. S. SCHMUCKER, D.D. Gettysburg, Pa. Rev. S. J. CASSELLS, Norfolk, Va. Rev. DAVID MAGIE, D.D. Elizabethtown, N. J. Rev. D. H. RIDDLE, Pittsburg, Pa, Rev. J. G. HAMNER, Baltimore, Md. Rev. TRYON EDWARDS, Rochester, N. Y. 6 OFFICERS. Ufr ectors. Rev. WILLIAM ADAMS, D.D. New-York. Rev. LEONARD BACON, D.D. New-Haven, Conn. Rev. GEORGE W . BETHUNE, D.D. Philadelphia. Rev. JOHN C. BRIGHAM, D.D. New-York. Rev. H. N. BRINSMADE, D.D. Newark, N. J. JAMES BROWN, Esq. New-York. • GURDON BUCK, M.D. W .W . CHESTER, Esq. Rev. J. W. CHICKERING, Portland, Me. Rev. PARSONS COOK, Lynn, Mass. JOHN P. CROSBY, Esq. New-York. STEPHEN COLWELL, Esq. Philadelphia. HENRY EDWARDS, Esq. Boston, Mass. HARVEY ELY, Esq. Rochester, N. Y. R. T. HAINES, Esq. New-York. Rev. WILLIAM A. HALLOCK, New-York. MICAH BALDWIN, Esq. Rev. GEORGE B. CHEEVER, Rev. W . H. BID WELL, Brooklyn, N. Y. E. P. HASTINGS, Esq. Detroit, Michigan. Rev. M. S. HUTTON, D.D. New-York. Rev. E. N. KIRK, Boston, Mass. DRAKE MILLS, Esq. New-York. S. F. B. MORSE, Esq. “ PELATIAH PERIT, Esq. “ ANSON G. PHELPS, Esq. “ Rev. THOMAS E. VERMILYE, D.D. New-York. Rev. ISAAC N. WYCKOFF, D.D. Albany, N.Y. Rev. JOHN PROUDFIT, D.D. New-Brunswick, N. J. E. H. ROOSEVELT, Esq. New-York. Rev. REUBEN SMITH, Waterford, N. Y. ■ Rev. CALEB STRONG, Montreal, L. C. CHARLES N. TALBOT, Esq. New-York. Rev. COURTLAND VAN RENSSELAER, Burlington, N.J. Rev. WILLIAM S. POTTS, D.D. St. Louis, Missouri. Rev. SAMUEL J. PRIME, Newark, N.J. OFFICERS. 7 ISpccutfbe ©omnuttee. Hon. THEO. FREL1NGHUYSEN. Rev. JOHN C. BRIGHAM. Rev. WM. A HALLOCK. Rev. M. S. HUTTON, D.D. ANSON G. PHELPS, Esq. W. W. CHESTER, Esq. RICHARD T. HAINES, Esq. GURDON BUCK, M.D. MICAH BALDWIN, Esq. Secretaries. Rev. ROBERT BAIRD, Corresponding Secretary. Rev. ELI N. SAWTELL, Financial Secretary. GURDON BUCK, M.D., Recording Secretary. treasu rer. WILLIAM W. CHESTER, Esq. &nurtcan «Stotss ttommittcr, IN GENEVA, SWITZERLAND. C o l . TRONCHIN, President. M. DE LORIOL, Member of the Grand Council of the Canton ofValid., Vice- President. M. DE L A HARPE, Professor of Theology, Secretary. C ou nt ALEXANDER ST. GEORGE, Prof. of Theology, Secretary. M. VIEUSSEUX-COLLADON, Treasurer. M. GUERS, Pastor, CESAR MALAN, D.D., Pastor. M. DE MESTRAL, Assessors. M. DE LA FLECHERE, M. VAUCHER-VEYROSSAT, M. ADOLPHUS DE POURTALIS, M. MOURETON, Agent in France. R e v ROBERT BAIRD, D.D. Delegate from the American Foreign Evangelical Society. CONSTITUTION OP T H K FOREIGN EVANGELICAL SOCIETY. A r t i c l e I. This Society shall be styled the F o r e ig n E v a n g e l ic a l S o c ie t y o f t h e U n it e d S t a t e s . A r t ic l e If. The object o f this institution shall be, by means o f preaching, schools, useful books, and other lawful instrumentalities, to promote the moral and religious welfare o f our fellow-men in foreign Christian countries which stand in need o f our aid. A r t ic l e III. All persons contributing to the funds o f the Society shall be members for one year; those contributing Fifty Dollars at one time shall be members for life, and those paying One Hundred Dollars in one or two instalments, shall be Directors for life. A r t ic l e IV . The government o f the Society shall be as follow s: At the annual meeting the members present shall elect a Board o f thirty-six Directors, to which number shall be added such persons as have become Life Directors by paying the sum required ; the Presi dent, Vice-Presidents, Secretaries and Treasurer, shall also be mem bers o f the Board while in office. A r t i c l e V. The Board of Directors (ten1 forming a quorum) shall meet as early as practicable at a time designated by the person presiding at the annual meeting, and elect a President, Vice-Presi dents, Treasurer, and Secretaries, and also an Executive Committee o f nine, to be taken from the Board o f Directors. A r t i c l e V I. T o the Executive Committee shall be entrusted the general management of the Society for one year, or until a new Committee is chosen; they shall regulate their own time o f meeting and mode o f transacting business, aided always by the presence and advice o f the Secretaries and Treasurer, and shall be authorized to convene the entire Board when in their judgment the interests o f the Society require their united counsel.

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