(1.) That no pensions, or annuities, are to be settled on any person, and that no grant is to be made, except in extraordinary cases, for any other than the current year. The committee appointed to recommend || and the interests of the missionary cause;—it the place of the next annual meeting of this being understood,— Board, and nominate the preachers for the occasion, recommended that the next annual meeting of the Board be at Hartford, Con.; and nominated the Rev. Dr. Codman to be the first preacher, and Rev. Dr. John Mc Dowell the second preacher.-They also recommended, that Henry Hudson, Esq., Rev. Dr. Hawes, Rev. Messrs. Bushnell, Vanarsdalen, and Fitch, and James R. Woodbridge, Esq., be appointed a committee to make the necessary arrangements for the meetingwhich report was adopted. The Committee to whom the communication from the Prudential Committee on the claims of returned missionaries and assistant missionaries was referred, submitted as their report the following;* viz. Rules and regulations in place of and in addition to 7th and 8th in Section V: 7. When missionaries or assistant missionaries return home, their connection with the Board shall cease as soon as there is no longer a reasonable probability of their returning to their missionary labor. (2.) That, except in extraordinary cases, after the lapse of a year from their return no grant is to be made to returned missionaries or assistant missionaries, who are neither superannuated, nor disabled by sickness, and yet are not expected to resume their missionary labors. (3.) That missionaries and assistant missionaries, who return on account of sickness, and recover their health, and remain in this country, are no longer to be regarded as having claims upon the Board for pecuniary assistance. (4.) That missionaries and assistant missionaries, who return on account of sickness, and partially recover their health, so as to attend to the ordinary business of life for a number of years, are not to be regarded, when they again lose their health, as having the same claims upon the Board, as they had when they first arrived. 9. The grants made to returned missionaries and assistant missionaries shall, in all 8. When superannuated or disabled missionaries or assistant missionaries, or the widows of missionaries or assistant missionaries, return to this country, with the approba-ordinary cases, be charged to the missions to tion of the Prudential Committee, it shall be the duty of the Committee to make such grants towards their support, as the circumstances of each case shall require, and as shall best comport with the missionary character The object of the regulations reported by this committee, is neither to increase, nor diminish the claims of returned missionaries and assistant missionaries, but chiefly to define them. The seventh regulation states what has in fact been the general usage in respect to those who have left the service of the Board. A dismission has generally been asked by the missionary, and voted by the Prudential Committee. A usage, so evidently proper, when missionaries cease to be directed by the Committee and no longer have a reasonable prospect of again entering the service of the Board, is now prescribed as a duty in all cases. Lest it should be thought that a dissolution of the connection with the Board as missionaries, involves of course a destruction of all claims ou the Board for pecuniary assistance, regulation eighth recognises certain claims as existing notwithstanding this dissolution, and defines them as specifically, perhaps, as can be done with the present amount of experience on this subject. The approbation of the Prudential Committee, required in the regulation, may be either before, or after, the return of the missionaries. To obtain it afterwards, it will be necessary that the mission, to which the returning missionary belongs, shall have formally consented to his return. For Regulations respecting the returned children of missionaries, see Minutes of the Twenty-fifth Annual Meeting. which they last belonged as a part of the expenses of said missions. Which report, after discussion, was accepted and adopted. Resolutions. Resolved, That the Secretaries present the thanks of this Board to Dr. Miller for his sermon delivered last evening, and request him to furnish a copy to the Prudential Committee for publication. Resolved, That it is expedient that Rule 1st, Section IV, of the by-laws be amended as follows, to correspond with a resolution adopted at the last annual meeting of the Board, viz. 1. The annual meeting of the Board shall be holden in the month of September, and shall commence on the second Wednesday of the month, at 10 o'clock in the morning, and continue from day to day until the business of the meeting has been transacted. The place of meeting shall be fixed by vote at the annual meeting next preceding. Five members shall form a quorum for adjourning or dissolving the meeting, and nine to transact business. just named, and the kind christian intercourse and co-operation which exist, are worthy of Resolved, That the first sentence in Rule devout and grateful acknowledgement, and 3d, Section IV, be stricken out. Resolved, That the Board will make arrangements in respect to its business so as to accommodate the Baltimore Female Mite Society with the use of the house where the Board holds its sessions, at four o'clock on Friday afternoon. Resolved, That the thanks of this Board be presented to the Trustees of the First Presbyterian Church in the city of Baltimore, for the use of their place of public worship and of their Session-room, during these annual sessions. Resolved, That the thanks of this Board be presented to those individuals and families in this city, whose hospitality and kindness the members have received, while engaged in performing the sacred and responsible duties of the present sessions. Resolved, That the thanks of this Board be presented to the choir of singers for their services in connection with the public religious exercises attended by the Board during these sessions. On motion of Mr. Holmes it was Resolved, That this Board has entire confidence in the christian character, prudence, and fidelity of their mission in the Sandwich Islands—the unfounded reports occasionally circulated notwithstanding; and that the success which has attended this mission, in the conversion of the heathen, and the great good done to seamen from christian lands, calls for gratitude to God, and commends this mission to the hearts and the special prayers of all the friends of Christ. are such as should oharacterize the proceedings of institutions whose object is to cause glory to God and good will among men throughout the whole earth. Resolved, That the Board recognise all associations in this country and Europe, whose object is to make known to the benighted nations of the earth, the character and will of the only living and true God, and the method of salvation contained in the New Testament, as brethren and fellow-laborers; and that we will pray for the success of their efforts, rejoice in their prosperity, sorrow with them in all their reverses, and account it our highest privilege and honor to unite our humble instrumentality with that of all the people of God, throughout the world, in extending the reign of our common King and Savior over the whole human family. Resolved, That this Board rejoice and give praise to almighty God for that increase of christian activity which is seen in the various institutions established during the last forty years for the prevention of sin in all its forms, and for removing from our guilty and suffering race the evils which sin occasions: that they especially rejoice in the progress of the temperance reform, and of the principles of peace among the nations of Christendom; and that their earnest prayer is, that all these associations may continue to labor with wisdom and energy, and that others may be organized to co-operate with them, until the institutions of christian benevolenco shall present a front as extended as the ravages of sin; and, favored with guidance and power from on high, shall press forward in their joint labors to chase wickedness and misery from the earth. The following resolutions, after numerous and animated addresses, were adopted; viz. Resolved, That the thanks of this Board by presented to the American Bible Society, Resolved, That this Board acknowledge, the Philadelphia Bible Society, the Philadel- with humble gratitude the prosperity which phia Female Bible Society, and the Connecti- has attended its labors at home and abroad cut Bible Society; also to the American Tract during the past year, and the generally enSociety at New York, the American Tract couraging aspect which its missions now Society at Boston, and the American Sunday-present; and that, instead of being disheartenschool Union, for the liberal aid which they have furnished for introducing the sacred Scriptures, religious tracts, and juvenile christian books into those nations and tribes in which the missionaries of this Board are laboring; and that the confidence reposed in this Board and its missionaries by the societies VOL. XXXI. ed by the inroads which death has been permitted to make, in removing one of its executive officers and so large a number of its missionaries and assistant missionaries, the Board would consider itself and the churches for which it acts, as admonished to rely more confidently on God, from whom alone all suc55 cess must come, and to exercise a higher measure of activity, faith, and hope. Resolved, That the various changes which have occurred among the several unevangelized nations during the last few years, the ac. cess which divine providence is now opening to them, and the facilities furnished by commerce for introducing missionaries and christian knowledge to the remotest parts of the earth, convince the Board that a preparation is now making for a rapid, universal, and glorious diffusion of Christianity; and that nothing but a deficiency of faith, prayer, and the prompt and vigorous use of the means within the power of the church, can prevent the speedy triumph of Christ and his cause. Resolved, That this Board regards with humiliation and grief the deficiency of missionary zeal in our christian community, owing to which so very insufficient a supply of missionaries is furnished for the several fields in which this Board has established missions, and still more for those numerous and extensive fields which God in his holy providence is opening; that the Board think they see in this deficiency, cause to fear that the work of propagating the gospel over the whole carth will be greatly and criminally retarded; and that the Board therefore earnestly recommend to all its members, general agents, and friends, to make immediate exertions to select young men and persuade them to enter on a course of education for the missionary work; and that it is indispensable, if provision is to be made for the annually increasing demand for missionary laborers, that individual churches should feel a responsibility for bringing forward their promising young converts, and that christian parents should train their children for the missionary work. Resolved, That in view of the great deficiency of missionaries, the Board esteem the establishment of high schools and seminaries for educating native catechists and preachers, as highly important; and that it be recommended to the Prudential Committee to foster those seminaries already in operation, and to found others, as there may be opportunity, with the hope of supplying in part the deficiency of christian teachers from this country. Resolved, That continuance and increase of fervent and humble prayer to God for the outpouring of the Holy Spirit and the conversion of all nations, is loudly called for from all the friends of Christ; especially at the monthly * For the three years past, the three Secretaries have been co-ordinate, and each has had his distinct class of duties, or department, for which he has been responsible to the Prudential Committee. The same One department embraces the correspondence with general arrangement will be continued in future. missionaries and others beyond sea, and also with candidates designated to foreign stations-another department embraces the correspondence with the missionaries among the American Indians, and with candidates designated to those missions, and the editing of the Missionary Herald-and the third department embraces the correspondence with the agents and patrons of the Board, candidates for missionary employment who have not received their designation, and all other persons and societies in the United States. Religious Services. The meeting was opened with prayer by Dr. Porter, and on the following days by Dr. McAuley and Mr. C. Eddy; and was concluded on Friday, at four P. M., with prayer by Mr. Musgrave. The annual sermon before the Board was preached by Dr. Miller on Wednesday evening, in the First Presbyterian Church, from Numbers xiv, 21; "As truly as I live, all the earth shall be filled with the glory of the Lord." In the afternoon of Thursday, the Lord's Supper was administered in the same place. Drs. Woods, Palmer, McAuley, and McDowell led the services. An account has been received of the journey of the other mission from Cape Town to Griquatown, 635 miles in a northeasterly direction. They were two months in performing this journey. The first hundred miles, for the most part, was through deep sand, in which their cattle suffered much for want of grass and water. Then they travelled about thirty miles through the steep rough gorge of a mountain range. It required fourteen oxen to draw one wagon through this formidable mountain pass. After this they crossed that great barren upland, called the Karroo desert. It may give an idea of the nature of the route to say, that to perform this journey with three wagons, required the use of not less than one hundred oxen. The members of the mission all enjoyed excellent health, and were as pleased as ever with their prospects. GREECE. In the evening of Thursday, a public meeting for addresses was held in the First Presbyterian Church. After singing, and a prayer by Dr. Cuyler, and the reading of the Summary from the Annual Report by one of the Secretaries, Mr. Ruggles sung a part of Heber's Missionary Hymn in the Hawaiian language, and addresses were delivered by Mr. Abeel, Mr. Winslow, and Governor Vroom. The concluding prayer was offered by Dr. Porter. The audiences on Wednesday and Thursday evenings were large. After the reading of the resolutions on Fri-ical book of the Greek church. day and some remarks by one of the Secretaries, addresses were made by Dr. Palmer, Mr. Plumer, Mr. Abeel, Mr. C. Eddy, Mr. A. D. Eddy, Mr. Lanneau, Mr. Patterson, Mr. Winslow, Mr. Breckenridge, and Mr. Ramsey. Others were anxious to speak, but the time failed. The occasion was one of deep interest. THE Synod of Greece has ordered, that the translation of the Pentateuch recently made from Hebrew in modern Greek, shall not be used by the clergy in the churches, nor by the youth in the schools. The ground of this opposition is, that it does not in all respects agree with the Septuagint, which is the canon CONSTANTINOPLE. MRS. Schauffler was dangerously sick about the middle of June, but on the 20th strong hope began to be entertained of her restoration to health. TREBIZOND. MR. and Mrs. Johnston have commenced a station at this place. An associate for Mr. Johnston is expected to embark from Boston in the course of the present month. SYRIA. THE Committee have authorised the mission in Syria to establish a seminary for preparing native helpers for the missionary work. A printer is needed for that mission, to be sent forth as soon as possible. Miss Williams, destined to this mission, arrived at Smyrna, in the Angola, June 29th. It is expected that two or three additional missionaries, with their wives and a female teacher, will embark for this mission during the present month. NESTORIAN MISSION. DOCT. and Mrs. Grant, of the Nestorian mission, arrived at Smyrna, in the Angola, on the 29th of June, and after three days proceeded to Constantinople in a steam-boat which now regularly plies between that place and Smyrna. They doubtless reached Constantinople in time to accompany Mr. Merrick to Tabriz in Persia. MAHRATTA AND TAMUL MISSIONS. THE ship Shepherdess was spoken on the 3d of June, lat. 29o. N. long. 30° W. Messrs. Ballantine and Webster, of the Mahratta missions, and Messrs. Perry and Lawrence, of the Tamul mission, were on board this ship. || The company were recovering from sca-sickness, and were happily situated. The Shepherdess loft Boston on the 16th of May. SINGAPORE. many more than could be accommodated in Mr. Butrick also states that at the meeting of the Union Presbytery, in East Tennessee, held on the 23d of September, Mr. Stephen Foreman and Mr. William E. Holley, were ordained to the work of the ministry. Mr. Foreman is a well educated Cherokee, of mixed descent, and has labored for a year or two as a licensed preacher under the direction of the Board, and has been an acceptable and useful preacher to his countrymen in their own language.—Mr. Holley has recently left the theological seminary at Maryville, where he has gone through with the studies preparatory to the ministry, and has recently been appointed by the Prudential Committee as missionary to the Choctaws, among whom he for THE Committee are about enlarging the print-merly labored as a schoolmaster. The political affairs of the Cherokees continue in as unhappy a state as heretofore. There seems to be but little prospect that any treaty will be concluded with them at present. Two missionaries are to be sent to Singapore, as soon as the suitable men can be obtained, with special reference to the publication of the gospel through the press in the Malay language; and another, who shall make it his special object to prepare, print, and circulate the word of God and other useful books in the Bugis language. CHEROKEES. BIOUX. THE mission to the Sioux Indians was not commenced last autumn, for reasons mentioned at pp. 27 and 28. Doct. Williamson and Mr. Stevens arrived at Fort Snelling in May last, with their wives and associates; the former having ascended the Mississippi river from the mouth of the Ohio, and the latter having proceeded through lake Michigan, Green Bay, and the Fox and Ouiscousin rivers to Prairie du Chien. Fort Snelling is the highest white settlement on the Mississippi, and is situated on the west bank, near the junction of that river with the St. Peter's, and about forty miles below the Falls of St. An UNDER date of September 26th, 1835, Mr. thony. Upon the arrival of the mission famiButrick, missionary at Carmel, writes On the last Sabbath of August we were again permitted to assemble, with our Cherokee brethren and sisters, around the table of our divine Lord. About fifty Cherokees spent the Sabbath with us, from Saturday night till Monday morning. Two of these live fourteen miles distant from us, and all the others twenty miles and upwards. It was, indeed, a feast of fat things to welcome so many of our dear Cherokee brethren and sisters from distant places, some forty or fifty miles. the Sabbath we had a very large congregation, On lies at the Fort, they were very hospitably received by majors Bliss and Loomis, and by the Agent for the Indians in that quarter. During their continuance there, which was about a month, they organized a christian church to which eight persons connected with the garrison, and who had been hopefully born again during the preceding winter and spring, were admitted on profession, together with six others, who had been members of other churches; and on the second Sabbath in |