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Common terms and phrasesagent Albany American Baptist Home amount Anniversary application appointment April Asso Association auxiliary Baptist church Baptist Home Mission baptized benevolent Benjamin Boston brethren Broadalbin Brooklyn C. M. Fuller Cauldwell Charles Christ Christian Clifton Park Colgate coll collection Committee Convention Corresponding Secretary Creek Daniel David Davis denomination destitute East Edward Eliza Elizabeth Executive Board Executor field friends George gospel Hannah Hartford Haverhill Henry Hill Home Mission Society increased Iowa Isaac James John John Peck Jonathan Jones Joseph labor Lebanon Lewis Lowell Martin Mass meeting miles ministers Miss Mary missionaries New-York Newark Newton North Ohio pastor Peck Philadelphia Plainfield population prayer preaching Providence religious Richard Richmond River Robert Samuel Shelburne Falls Smith Society Hill Stephentown Talbot District Tavoy Taylor territory Thomas Treas Treasurer Tucker villages West William William H Worcester Yanceyville York Popular passagesPage 13 - concerned, it is emphatically our duty to do, with our might, whatsoever our hands find to do ; and so far as the spiritual interests of our fellow-men claim attention, " now is the accepted time, and now is the day of salvation. Page 54 - this society, that the time may soon come "when there shall be a handful of corn in the earth, upon the top of the mountains, the fruit whereof shall shake like Lebanon. Page 1 - accepted and printed An abstract of the Annual Report of the Executive Board was read by the Corresponding Secretary, whereupon it was Resolved, That the Report, an abstract of which has now been read, be printed, together with the other doings of the Society. Rev. Dr. Cone, Pastor of the First Baptist church in the city of Page 71 - 1. All such persons as now are, or may hereafter become members of the American Baptist Home Mission Society, formed in the city of New-York, in the year one thousand eight hundred and thirty-two, shall be, and hereby are constituted a body corporate, by the name of the American Baptist Home Mission Society, for the purpose Page 98 - sum of ten thousand dollars; provided, no person leaving a wife, or child, or parent, shall devise or bequeath said Corporation more than one-fourth of his or her estate, after the payment of his or her debts, and such devise or bequest shall be valid to the extent of such onefourth, and no such devise or bequest shall be valid in any Page 71 - promoting the preaching of the gospel in North America. 2. The net income of said Society arising from their real estate shall not exceed the sum of ten thousand dollars annually. 3. This Corporation shall possess the general powers and be subject to the provisions contained in title third of chapter eighteenth of the first part of the Revised Page 20 - must plant. He will give the increase. Whatever difficulties may impede or dangers threaten our progress, still our course should be onward. Nor should we linger in self-indulgence or worldly schemes; hut by faith and self denial, "press toward the mark for the prize of our high calling in Christ Jesus." DEATHS. Death is at our doors and will soon enter. Of this we have Page 1 - TO APPOINTMENT. 9th. All the Officers, Managers, Missionaries and Agents of the Society, shall be members in good standing in regular Baptist churches. ANNUAL MEETING. 10th. The Society shall meet annually, at such time and place as the Executive Board shall appoint. ALTERATIONS OF THE CONSTITUTION. EXECUTIVE BOARD. PRESIDENT. Page 1 - paid at one time shall be requisite to constitute a member for life : and one hundred dollars, paid at one time, or a sum which in addition to any previous contribution shall amount to one hundred dollars, shall be requisite to constitute a director for life. Page 1 - who shall be annually appointed by the Society. ARTICLE VII. Any Baptist 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 Bibliographic information
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