THIRTY-EIGHTH AO iU AL REPORT OP THE MISSIONARY SOCIETY * OP THE METHODIST EPISCOPAL CHURCH. N tto-IJorli: PRINTED FOR THE SOCIETY, 200 M U L B E E K Y -ST R E E T . N B í M S ’U ir v .3 t - 4 l OFFICERS AID MANAGERS. OFFICERS. R et. BISHOP 'WAUGH, President. “ ' “ MORRIS, 1st Y ioe-P besie u u “ “ JANES, 2 d u “ “ SCOTT, 3 d u u u “ “ SIMPSON, 4 t h u u « “ BAKER, 6 th u “ “ AMES, 6t h u u u M e . F. HALL, 7 t h it u R e t . W. H. NORRIS, 8 th Li u “ N. BANGS, D.D., 9th a u “ A. M. OSBON, D.D., 30 th “ J. P. DURBIN", C orresponding S e o e e t a b y . “ THOMAS CARLTON, T b e a s u b e b . “ LEROY SWORMSTEDT, A ssista n t T ek asu ee b . “ DAVID TERRY, R ec ordin g S e c r e t a r y . MANAGERS. B is h o p W atjgh, T . M ’C a e e o l l , J o h n F aloon ee, “ M okeis, J am e s F l o y ,W m . A. C o x , “ J a n e s , ¥ m . H. N o e b is, W m . T e u slo w , “ S oott, A . M . O sbon , E. L. FANcnEB, “ S im pso n , J. CRAWFORD, S. P . P atte r so n , “ B a k e r , L. H. K in g , Db. S. A . P u r d y , “ A m es, J. H . P e iib y , De. W . C. P a l m e e , J. P . D u b b in , J . M . R e id , G. T . C obb, T. C a k lto n , W. H. F ee kis, J. PI. T a f t , J. H oldio h , J. B . W a k e l e y , M. F . O d ell , J. PoBTEE, F b a n c is H a l l , W. W. C oenell, J. T. P eok, H e n e y M ooee, B . W. B en son, D. D. L obe, W. B. S k id m o r e , T. A . H o w e , A b e l S t e y e n s , J. B. O a k l e y , H. M. F obeestee, N a t h a n B a n g s,' D b . J. L. P h e lps, W . W . W h it e , H e m a n B a n g s , D e . S. T hbockmoeton , N o a h W o p r a l l , R. 0 . P u t n e y , P. E. C oon, W . R . M a r t in , D a y id T e e b y , F . G o d in e , J oh n R e id , A l l e n S te e le , J. R a y n o e , H. J. B a k e s , E . L. J a n e s , J. B. E d w a r d s , J. 0 . F o w le r , E. M. H a t f ie l d , J. M’Lean, 0 . H oyt. John S. P orter, STANDING- COMMITTEES African Committee. Legacy Committee. Spanish ConunittMi J. P. D u b b in , E. L. F a n c h e b , W. H . N orkis, J. H oldic h , F . H a l l , O . H o y t , Dh. S. T hbookmobton, J. E a y n o e , J. B . O a k l e y , W . T eu slo w , H. M . F o b b e ste b, P . E . C oon , W . W . COENELL, G. T . C o bb, J. 0 . F o w l e b , W. A. Cox, B . W. B en son, T . A. H o w e , J. C e a w f o e d . T . C a b l t o n . D. D. L o b e . China Committee. Pacific and Islands Com­ India <& Turkey Committee. mittee. A. M. O sbon, J. T . P e c k , H. B a n g s, J. M. E e id , A . S t e v e n s , J. H o ld ic ii, J. H . T a f t , F . H a l l , J. T. P e c k , . S. P . P a t t e e s o n , E . L . F a n c h e b , E . L . J a n e s, S. A. P u b d y , W. C. P a l m e b . W. B. S k i d m o r e , M. P . O d e l l . J. F alo o n eb, Finance Committee. Domestic Committee. J. S. PoBTEE. T. C a b l t o n , J. F l o y , L . H . K in g , Foreign Population Com­ E. M . H a t f ie l d , mittee. W. B. Sk id m o b e , H . M oobe, W. E. M a b t in , J. B. W a k e l e y , W. W. W h it e , H . J. B a k e b . F. G o d in e , J. O . F o w l e e . G. T . C o bb , Western Europe Committee. Auditing Committee. J . F a lo o n e b , J. H . P e b b y , J. B. E d w a b d s , J . M ’L e a n , , W. H . F e b b is, W . W . COENELL, D. T e b b y , A. S tee le , W. A. Oox, T. M ’ C a b b o l l . J. H . T a f t , O . H o y t , J. E a y n o b , Indian Committee. N. WOBBALL. J. E e id . B a n g s, Publishing Committee. W . T e u slo w , Estimating Committee. J. P. D ubbin, E. L . J a n e s , J. P ob te b , T. C a e l t o n , W . E. M a b t in , H . J. B a k e b , J. P o b te b , H . M . F o bbe steb , T . C a b l t o n , A. Stevens, D. T e b e y , J. L . P h e lps, J. F l o y . J. B. O a k l e y . A. Ste v e n s. ACT OE INCORPORATION. AIT ACT to incorporate the, Missionary Society o f the Methodist Episcopal Church. Passed April 9, 1839. The People of the State of New-York, represented in Senate and Assembly, do enact as follows: § 1. Robert R. Roberts, Joshua Soule, Elijah Hedding, James O. Andrew, Beverly Waugh, Thomas A. Morris, Daniel Ostrander, Nathan Bangs, Thomas Mason, George Lane, Francis Hall, Joseph Smith, Peter Badeau, D. M. Reese, M. D., George Innis, M. Houseworth, Philip Romaine, L. S. Burling, j . P. Aimes, John Valentine, William Gale, Abraham Stagg, Erastus Hyde, Henry Moore, James Harper, Thomas Brown, Peter Macnamara, William B. Skidmore, Stephen Dando, J. B. Oakley, Henry Worrall, George Suckley, T. Barrett, M. D., G. Coutant, J. L. Phelps, M. D., B. F. Howe, Israel D. Disosway, G. P. Disosway, Benjamin Disbrow, Ralph Mead, Jotham S. Fountain, Samuel Martin; and all persons who now are, or hereafter may become, associated witli them, are hereby con­ stituted a body corporate, by the name of “ The Missionary Society of the Methodist Episcopal Church,” and by that name and style be capable of purchasing, holding, and conveying, such real estate as the purposes of the Corporation shall require; but the annual income of the. real estate to be held by them shall not exceed the sum of five thousand dollars. § 2. The object of the said Corporation is to diffuse more generally the blessings of education, civilization, and Chris­ tianity throughout the United States, and elsewhere. § 3. The management and disposition of the affairs and property of the said Corporation shall be vested in a Board of Managers, to be elected annually on the thirdt Monday in April in the city of Kew-York. 6 ACT OF mOOEPOEATION. § 4. The persons named in the first section of this Act shall be the first Board of Managers of such Corporation, and shall hold their offices until the next annual election, or until others shall be elected in their places. § 5. The said Corporation shall possess the general powers, and be subject to the liabilities imposed in and by the third title of the eighteenth chapter of the first part of the Revised Statutes. § 6. The Legislature may at any time alter or repeal this act. § 7. This act shall take effect immediately. AN ACT for the relief of the Missionary Society of the Methodist Episcopal Church. Passed April 6, 1850. The People of the State of New-York, represented in Senate and Assembly, do enact as follows : § 1. The Missionary Society of the Methodist Episcopal Church, incorporated on the 9th April, 1839, shall be capable of taking, holding, or receiving any real estate, by virtue of any devise contained in any last will and testament of any person whatsoever, the clear annual income of which devise shall not exceed the sum of ten thousand dollars : Provided, no person leaving a wife, or child, or parent, shall devise to such corporation more than one fourth of his or her estate, after the payment of his or her debts ; and such devise shall be valid to the extent of such one fourth ; and no such devise shall be valid in any will which shall not have been made and executed at least two months before the death of the testator.