OFFICERS Chosen May 8, 1844. Rev. H. N. Brinsmade, D. D., Newark, N. J. PRESIDENT. HENRY DWIGHT, Esq., of Geneva, N. Y. VICE-PRESIDENTS. Rev. Albert Barnes, Philadelphia, Pa. Rev. Joshua Bates, D. D., Dudley, Mass. Rev. Joseph S. Clark, Boston, Mass. Rev. William R. De Witt, D. D., Harrisburg, Pa. Rev. Baxter Dickinson, D. D., Auburn Theological Rev. E. W. Gilbert, D. D. Newark, Delaware. Rev. Lyman Beecher, D. D., President Lane Semi- Rev. Albert Hale, Springfield, Ill. Rev. Nathan S. S. Beman, D. D., Troy, N. Y. Rev. Jeremiah Day, D. D., LL. D., President Yale Orrin Day, Esq., Catskill, N. Y. Rev. Justin Edwards, D. D., Boston, Mass. Hon. Theodore Frelinghuysen, LL. D. Chancellor Rev. Eliphalet Gillett, D. D., Hallowell, Me. Hon. Joseph C. Hornblower, LL. D., Newark, N. J. Rev. Heman Humphrey, D. D., President, Amherst Hon. Samuel Hubbard, LL. D., Boston, Mass. Rev. Nathan Lord, D. D., President Dartmouth Rev. Thos. M'Auley, D. D., LL. D., New York. Hon. David Lawrence Morrill, LL. D., Concord, Rev. Eliphalet Nott, D. D., President Union Col- Rev. Samuel Osgood, D. D., Springfield, Mass. Rev. David Porter, D. D., Cattskill, N. Y. Rev. Samuel S. Schmucker, D. D., Theological Hon. Roger M. Sherman, LL. D., Fairfield, Conn. Hon. Lewis Strong, Northampton, Mass. Hon. Jacob Sutherland, LL. D., Geneva, N. Y. Rev. Benjamin Tappan, D. D., Augusta, Me. Rev. Nathaniel W. Taylor, D. D., Theol. Sem. Rev. John Thomson, Crawfordsville, Ind. Rev. Bennet Tyler, D. D., Theol. Inst., East Wind. S. V.S. Wilder, Esq., Bolton, Mass. Hon. Thomas S. Williams, LL. D., Hartford, Conn. Mass. DIRECTORS. Rev. William Allen, D. D., Northampton, Mass. Rev. Leonard Bacon, D. D. New Haven, Conn. Eurotas P. Hastings, Esq., Detroit, Mich. Rev. L. P. Hickok, D. D., Prof. in Western Reserve Rev. Mark Hopkins, D. D., President Williams Rev. Mancius S. Hutton, D. D. New York. Rev. Aratus Kent, Galena, Ill. John Kerr, Esq., St. Louis, Mo. Rev. Benjamin Labaree D. D. President of Middle- Rev. Joel H. Linsley, D. D., President Marietta Rev. Erskine Mason, D. D., New York. Rev. William H. McGuffy, D. D., President of Rev. Cyrus Mason, D. D., Prof. in New York Uni- Rev. Samuel Merwin, New Haven, Conn. Rev. Enoch Pond, D. D., Prof. in Bangor Theol, John Punchard, Esq, Salem, Mass. Rev. David H. Riddle, D. D. Pittsburg, Pa. Rev. Rich. S. Storrs, D. D., Braintree, Mass. Rev. Charles Walker, Brattleborough, Vermont. Rev. Henry White, D. D. Prof. Union Theol. Sem. TREASURER. Mr. Jasper Corning. AUDITOR. Mr. Caleb O. Halsted. SECRETARIES FOR CORRESPONDENCE. Rev. Milton Badger, RECORDING SECRETARY. MEETING OF THE BOARD OF EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE. Mr. Abijah Fisher, Rev. Absalom Peters, D. D. Members Ex-Officio. Mr. Jasper Corning, Treasurer. Rev. Milton Badger, Secretaries for CorresponRev. Charles Hall, dence. Mr. Christopher R. Kobert, Recording Secretary. Assistant Treasurer. Mr. H. W. Ripley. Appointments by the Executive Committee of the A. H. M. S. from April 1st to May 1st, Rev. S. Y. Garrison, Blue Lick, Ky. Rev. R. R. Snow, to go to Wisconsin. Rev. L. Rood, Franklin and Caledonia, Wis. Rev. M. Huggins, Havanna, N. Y. 1844. Rev. W. Waith, Cherry Creek, N. Y. Rev. Geo. Hornell, White Lake, Ill. Rev. G. S. Johnson, Swan Cr. Pike and Amboy, 0. Rev. Marcus Hicks, Northern Ill. Rev. Wm. Chamberlain, Alton Presb., III. The Treasurer of the American Home Missionary Society acknowledges the receipt of the following sums, from April 1st to May 1st, 1844. Hampton, and Richard S. Storrs, Jr., MAINE of Braintree, Life Members, by W. Olmsted, 100 00 Falmouth, 2d Church, Lad. and Gent., RHODE ISLAND through Fem. Miss. Soc., by Rev. A. Cummings, NEW-HAMPSHIRE Providence, Royal Chapin to const. his son Walter B. Chapin a L. M., 30 00 CONNECTICUT Keene, Mrs. Abigail Kingsbury, L. M., VERMONT Clinton, Benev. Assoc., by S. L. Stearns, 38 00 30 00 29 86 ney, Bennington, Mrs. Polly Roach, by Rev. Fairfield, B. Nelson, $3; D. Morse, $1, Do. by J. Punchard, Treas, Do. by B. Perkins, Asst. Treas., Hampshire Miss. Soc., by E. Williams, Treas., of which $90 is from the Home Miss. Soc. of South Hadley, to const. Ezra Allen, John W. Dunlap, and Hiram Smith, Life Members, North Brookfield, Lad. Soc., by Miss S. P. C. Snell, Stockbridge, in part of legacy of the late Cyrus Williams, by E. Burrall and D. R. Williams, Ex'rs, Sturbridge, Cong. Ch. and Soc., of which $30 is from Mrs. Elizabeth Merrick, to const. Mrs. Laura N. Brown, of Madison, Ind., a L. M., and the balance to const. Ephraim M. Lyon, James Cha pio, and Richard Arnold Life Members, $154 35; Friend, $100, by Rev. D. A. Austin, West Springfield, in part of legacy of the late Rev. J. L. Pomeroy, by Lewis Strong, Ex'r., Williston Seminary, to const. David M. 200 00 6 00 295 24 Essex, legacy of the late Mrs. Huldah Harvey, by H. R. Harvey, Ex'r, Greenwich, Isaac Lyon, New-Haven, West Consoc., by A. Townsend, Jr., Treas., Derby 1st Cong. Soc. to const. Rev. George Thatcher a L. D., Milford, 1st Cong. Soc., to const. S. A. Marshall a L. D. $107 33; Home Miss. Soc., $15 42, Prospect, New London, 1st Cong. Ch., by A. Otis, $137 99; Sew. Soc. $35; a Lady, $1, Norwich, 2d Cong. Ch., in full of Coll, by W. Williams, 5th Cong. Ch., by C. Clark, 100 00 122 75 9.36 173 99 50.50 63.00 200 00 Lad. H. M. S., by Mrs. L. C. Birge, to const. Rev. Alvan Bond and Rev. Willard Child, Life Directors, Somers, Cong. Soc., by M. Woodward, The sums marked thus, (*) have been expended by the respective Societies during the year. Ober, $10; Deac. Moses Lyon, to const. Miss Roxana Lyon a L. M., $30, NEW-YORK Babylon, Presb Ch., Coll. $16 90; Mon. Third Presb. Ch., of which $100 is Central Agency,* Chester, N. Y., by Rev. T. J. Haswell, 20 00 Manchester and Whitehall, by Rev. G. East Bloomfield, S. Eggleston, 25 00 East Hebron, Rev. P. Bailey, 25 00 Forrestville, by Rev. J. S. Emery, 10 00 Campbell, Canadea, Madison, Cong. Ch., Mineral Point, bal., 4.00 5 70 7.00 6 32 850 2.48 500 Canandaigua, Thanks. Coll., $22 56; W. Hubbell, $20; W Antis, Jr., $20; Henry Howe, $5; Cash, $33 62; Lad. Home Miss. Soc., S. H. Thompson, Treas., $106 50, to const. Mrs. Walter Hubbell, Mrs. Wm. Antis, Mrs. Henry Howe, Mrs. Evan Johns, Mrs. Ruth Gorham, and Miss Caroline Jackson, L. M., Carlton, by Rev, M. Buttolph, Castle-Creek, $49 22 Receipts of the Central Agency, Utica, N. Y., from Secretary. Chili, Churchill, by Rev. C. Kenmore, 207 68 12.50 14 19 Rev. A. Crane, 2.50 25.00 Clarence, 625 1 00 98 59 Ellington, by Rev. Wm. Waith, Evans Centre, 25.00 3.00 6 00 Fayette, 6 71 9.00 Homer, Sisters Soc., to const. Mrs. Mary Owen, and Mrs. Elizabeth Hickok Life Members, $61; Amos Rice, in part, to const. his daughter, Miss Lucinda Buel Rice, a L. M., $15; Mrs. Mary Mattoon, in part, to const. her daughter Mary L. Mattoon, a L. M., $5; Coll, in part, $39, Kingsborough, by Rev. E. Yale, Mrs. Ame lia Potter, L.D., in full, 50; Col. Henry Jones, L. D., in full, $50; Alanson Judson, L. D., in full, $50; Charles Mills, $25; S. G. Hildreth, $10; Frederick Steele, $10; Rev. E. Yale, $10; others, $93 21, 120 00 Fowlerville, by Rev. S. Griswold, Geneva, by H. H. Seelye, $200; legacy of Rachel Stanton, deceased, by Wm. Sill, Esq., $25; George P. Mowry, to make Mrs. Mary Mowry, L. M., $30; Young Lad. Home Miss. Soc., Miss Mary Sutherland, Treas., $50; Cash, $3, Genoa, Ist Presb. Ch., "From a dying Friend to Home Missions," with prev. don., to enrol Mrs. Lucy Smith, dec., on list of L. M., 308 00 10.00 10.00 12 50 9.00 25 00 Hector, Lad. Miss. Soc., by Rov. A. W. Platt, 2500 Holly, by Rev. J. Copeland, 11.00 298 21 Howard, 64 16.00 Big-Flats, by Rev. Geo. Seaman, 30 00 Perrinton, by Rev. Royal West, Rose, by Rev. B. Ladd, Rochester, Brick Ch., Rev. Jas. B. Shaw, Lad., to sustain a Missionary, 51 42 26 43 25.00 5.50 164 12.00 8.00 6 00 25.00 13 00 25 00 3 00 25.00 731 103 50 79.00 Sennett, by Rev. Mr. Anderson, 10.00 90 60 15 17 S. Wales, 8.00 The AMERICAN HOME MISSIONARY 3. On motion of Rev. CALVIN E. SOCIETY held its Eighteenth Anniver- STOWE, D. D., Professor in Lane Semisary in the Broadway Tabernacle, New-nary, Cincinnati, O., seconded by Rev. York, on Wednesday evening, May 8th, BROWN EMERSON, D. D., of Salem, 1844. HENRY DWIGHT, Esq., President Mass. of the Society, took the chair, and the meeting was opened with prayer by Rev. ERSKINE MASON, D. D., of New York. The Treasurer's Report was read by Mr. JASPER CORNING, Treasurer of the Society. An Abstract of the Annual Report of the Executive Committee was read by Rev. MILTON BADGER, one of the Secretaries. The following resolutions adopted. were 1. On motion of Rev. THERON BALDWIN, of Illinois, seconded by Rev. ERSKINE MASON, D. D., of New York, Resolved, That the reports now read, be adopted, and published under the direction of the Executive Committee. Resolved, That the Valley of the Mississippi is a part of the territory "between the river and the ends of the earth," (Ps. Ixxii. 8—Zech. ix. 10,) which belongs to Jesus Christ, by express grant from Almighty God; and that Je sus Christ must have it. 4. On motion of Rev. JOHN TODD, of Pittsfield, Mass., seconded by Rev. E. P. BARROWS, of Hudson, O., Resolved, That the work of the American Home Missionary Society is commended to the friends of Christ, as an exhibition of the power of love over the human heart. These resolutions were sustained by eloquent addresses from Rev. Messrs. BALDWIN, ROGERS, STOWE, and TODD, 2. On motion of Rev. WM. M. Ro-setting forth the appropriateness of GERS, of Boston, seconded by Rev. WM. J. ARMSTRONG, D. D., of New York, Resolved, That the American Home Missionary Society is admirably adapted to meet the peculiar wants of the West. the instrumentality employed by this Society, and bearing testimony to its happy results. The benediction was pronounced by Rev. SAMUEL FISHER, D. D., of Albany, N. Y. |