| Francis Wayland - Baptists - 1853 - 564 pages
...second article of their constitution was in the following words : " The object of this society shall be to effect, in the persons of its members, a mission or missions to the heathen." In 1 he fifth article it is provided, that " no person shall he admitted who is under an obligation... | |
| Francis Wayland - Missionaries - 1853 - 550 pages
...second article of their constitution was in the following words : " The object of this society shall be to effect, in the persons of its members, a mission or missions to the heathen." In the fifth article it is provided, that " no person shall be admitted who is ufcder an obligation... | |
| Harvey Newcomb - Missions - 1854 - 874 pages
...College, by these and a few other pious students, the object of which, the constitution says, " shall be to effect, in the persons of its members, a mission or missions to the heathen." The 5th article provided that "no person shall be admitted who is under an engagement of any kind which... | |
| Robert Thomas Middleditch - Baptists - 1854 - 512 pages
...The object of this society, the constituents of which adopted the appellation of "Brethren," was tc "effect in the persons of its members a mission or missions to the heathen." In forming this society these young men were chiefly prompted by concern for the Indian population... | |
| Robert Thomas Middleditch - Baptists - 1854 - 498 pages
...The object of this society, the constituents of which adopted the appellation of u Brethren," was tc '"effect in the persons of its members a mission or missions to the heathen." In forming this society these young men were chiefly prompted by concern for the Indian population... | |
| Lucius Edwin Smith - Martyrs - 1856 - 534 pages
...they could then have hoped. In September, 1808, a society was formed, whose object was stated to be, "to effect in the persons of its members a mission or missions to the heathen." The constitution admitted none as members who were "under any engagement which should be incompatible... | |
| Lucius Edwin Smith - Martyrs - 1857 - 560 pages
...have hoped. In September, 1808, a society was formed, whose object was stated to be, "to effect 771 the persons of its members a mission or missions to the heathen." The constitution admitted none as members who were "under any engagement which should be incompatible... | |
| Henry Boynton Smith, James Manning Sherwood - Presbyterianism - 1860 - 772 pages
...Society of Brethren " was formed by Mills, Ezra Fisk, James Richards, John Seward, and Luther Rice, " to effect in the persons of its members a mission or missions to the heathen" The Society was " secret," and " the reasons for secrecy," as stated by Dr. Fisk, in a letter, dated... | |
| Henry Boynton Smith, James Manning Sherwood - Presbyterianism - 1862 - 774 pages
...formation of the American Board". (Mem. Vol. p. 11.) But the first chapter of the Memorial says, — " This society was transferred, with its constitution...early in 1810, and has continued to the present time". And Mr. Nott, the only survivor of the first missionary company, — and who was a member both of the... | |
| American Colonization Society - History - 1867 - 214 pages
...few undergraduates of Williams College, Mass., formed themselves into a society, whose object was, " to effect, in the persons of its members, a mission or missions to the heathen." In about two years, this society was transferred to the Theological Seminary at Andover, of which most... | |
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