Mr. Huntington's remarks ref I hope by the help of a moft merciful God, I have been ena-pecting the religious state of the bled ia fome meafure to be faithful to the facred truft repofed in ⚫ me. Through the wonderful goodnefs of God, I have been highly favored with the kindnefs and attention of the people in al ་ country which he vifited, evince that there is a great call for miffionary labors. The harvest is great and the laborers few. The people are much divided in their religious fentiments; owing to the the influence of falfe teachers who are creeping in unawares, and diffeminating the baneful poifon of crror. The towns are fast filling up with inhabitants; and as they come from different places they bring with them different customs, and a confiderable time must neceffarily clapfe before they can af fimilate and unite in any important object. Hence the urgent neceffity of their being vifited by judicious and pious miffionaries, to inftru&t them in the great doctrines and duties of religion; and to lead them, when they shall have ability to the regular establishment of gofpel worship and ordinances. • most every place that I have vifit-want of regular inftruction, and to ed. I have preached 120 times in the whole. I vifited and converfed with the people, and alfo the fchools as frequently as I could in the intervals between fet feafons of public worship. I often attended conferences in the evening, and from the ftricteft ⚫ obfervation and my own experience, I must fay, that thofe more private and occafional religious exercifes have been, and if rightly ⚫ managed in future may still be of ⚫ incalculable spiritual profit to many precious and immortal fouls, God has given me opportunity, and made me inftrumental to ⚫ gather and form two churches, ⚫ one in York ftatc, confifting of 14, the other in Vermont, confifting of 10 members. I baptized 17 children and one adult. The whole has been a fcene of mercy, in which the Lord has (To be continued.) A Conflitution for the Miffionary HE name and ftyle of the given me fure teftimonials that Miffionary Society shall he owns the caufe of miffions for the propagation of the gofpel as his own caufe, and will fupport it. The gratitude and thanks of the people, which they expreffed in public by manual votes, by letters which they wrote, and as individuals in a more private way, to the Miffionary Society and all thofe of the ftate of Connecticut, ⚫ who have combined influence and intereft to fupply them with the preaching of the gofpel in the new fettlements, I cannot give a full idea of. Their flrong and ⚫ grateful emotions were often witneffed with many tears." be the Hampfbire Miffionary Society. II. The great object and bufinefs of the fociety, fhall be to promote the preaching and propaga tion of the gofpel of Jefus Chrift among the inhabitants of the newfettlements of the United States and the aboriginal natives of this continent. III. The fociety in future fhall or may confift of members of the following defcriptions and qualifications, that is to fay, of all the congregational and prefbyterian minifters of churches in the county of Hampshire: Of one dele The fociety fhall have power to alter the time and place of hold, ing the annual meeting. All the annual officers fhall continue in of fice until others fhall be chofen to fucceed them. And the Trustees, at least fourteen days previous to any meeting of the fociety, fhall give public notice of the time and place of holding fuch meeting. And the members who fhall con. vene, one of the Trustees, or the Treasurer, or either of the Sec1 retaries being prefent, fhall con ftitute a quorum for doing business. gate from each church of the con-, ing Secretary, and twelve Truftgregational and prefbyterian de ees, of whom the Prefident and nominations in the county, to be Vice-President fhall be two, and annually chofen for the purpose: fix of them fhall be ministers of Of each and every perfon refiding the gofpel and fix laymen; and of either in or out of the county who choofing any other neceffary offi hath fubfcribed or fhall fubfcribe cer :-Receiving the reports of and pay to the ufe of the fociety, the Trustees and other officers :Ten Dollars, and he fhall contin- Forming rules and giving direction чe a member during the term of to their officers :-And tranfacting feven years, and ever after, fo all other matters advantageous to long as he fhall annually in the the interefts of the fociety. month of January pay the fum of Two Dollars to the ufe of the fociety Of each and every perfon refiding in or out of the county, who hath, fubfcribed or fhall fubfcribe and make himself accountable to the fociety for the fum of Two Dollars to be paid annually in the month of January for feven years, and he fhall continue a member during the term of feven years and ever after fo long as he fhall annually in the month of January pay to the ufe of the fociety the fum of Two Dollars. The claim of fubfcribers to be confidered as members fhall be afcertained from the books of the Record-themfelves a Prefident protempore, ing Secretary kept in fuch manner in the abfence of the Prefident and as the Trustees fhall direct, and Vice-Pre fident,-to form rules for exhibited at each meeting of the the government of their meetings fociety. And any perfon, who and proceedings-to appoint a may be of peculiar advantage to Treafurer, a Recording Secretary the fociety, may be made a mem- or Correfponding Secretary, in ber by a major vote at any meeting cafe of the non-acceptance, death after having his name entered as a or removal or incapacity of fuch candidate for admiflion at a previ- officer, to ferve until the next ous meeting. meeting of the Society-to call for IV. There fhall be holden an. the attendance of the Secretaries nually at Northampton, in faid who fhall officially act for the board county, a meeting of the fociety of Truflees to call for the at on the Thursday of the weck ap- tendance of the Treafurer, who pointed by law for the holding of when required fhall exhibit to them the Court of Common Pleas, in his books and accounts, fhall re the month of August, at two ceive of them fuch directions 25 o'clock P. M. for the purpofe of they fhall give, and fhall receipt choofing by ballot a Prefident, a and account for all the fums of Vice-Prefident, a Treafurer, a Re-money committed to him by the cording Secretary, a Correfpond- Truftces, and pay the fame to V. The business and powers of the Trustees fhall be to appoint for two thirds of the members prefent. IX. The officers of the Society in the first inftance shall be chosen by the Convention by whom this Conftitution is ratified. The above Conflitution was paffed and ratified as the Conftitution of the Hampshire Mif fionary Society. Sam'l'Hopkins, Vice-Prefid. Atteft Enoch Hale, Secr'y. The officers of the Hampshire Miffionary Society, appointed by the Convention to ferve until the an them or their order to manage, The truftees fhall meet twice in each year and as much oftener as they find neceffary, and feven members at any meeting fhall be a quorum for doing bufinefs. VI. The Truftees fhall report to the Society at every annual meeting their doings the preceding year, and propofe fuch measures as they fhall judge to be useful to the Society. VII. The Society fhall annually appoint a Committee to exam ine the accounts of the Treasurer, and make a report of the ftate of the treafury at the next annual meeting. VIII. Any amendment may be made to this Conftitution, provided it be propofed in writing at an annual meeting of the Society, and adopted at a fubfequent meeting by meeting in Auguft next, are CALEB STRONG, Efq. Prefident. Rev. Solomon Williams, Rev. Rich'd S. Storrs, Trufees. Ruggles Woodbridge, Efq. Treafurer. Rev. Enoch Hale, Corresponding Rev. Samuel Taggart, Recording Subfcriptien papers for obtaining monies for the funds of the Society are lodged with each Minister in the County, and in vacant parishes with the Senior Deacon; te which the attention and patronage of the liberal approvers of the defign are folicited. QUESTION. An explanation is requested of 2 Corinthians, i. 9. "But we had the fentence of death in ourselves, that we fhould not truft in ourfelves, but in God who raiseth the dead." Further account of the fales, &c. of the first twelve numbers of the Connecticut Evangelical Magazine, to the end of the year 1801. Number on hand, June 20th, 1801, as per laft statement, 2034 The above fum of 611 Dollars 93 Cents, was paid, January 6th, 1902, to the Committee appointed by the Trustees of the Miffionary Society of Connecticut, to receive the fame, and by faid Committee paid to the Treafurer of the Society, as per the Treafurer's receipt, as follows: Hartford, January 6th, 1802. Received from the Hon. John Treadwell, Rev. Nathan Strong and Abel Flint, Committee of the Trustees of the Miffionary Society of Connecticut, the fum of Six Hundred Eleven Dollars and 93 Cents, for which I am accountable as Treafurer of the Millionary Society, having given a duplicate of this receipt therefor; it being avails of the Connecticut Evangelical Magazine. A. KINGSBURY. Donations to the Miffionary Society of Conne&icut. From Rev. David Higgins, contributed in New fettlements, Avails of Connecticut Evangelical Magazine, Rev. Jedidiah Bushnell, Do. Dolls. Ct. Erratum. In the lift of names at the end of the letter from Lerden, page 312, for WM. HERS, read WM. ALERS. Letter from a Father to his Son on These effects will arife even from the perfections of God. DEAR SON, N my former letter I attempted to eftablish you in the belief of a firft caufe of all things, of the being of an uncreated God, without which belief it is unneceffary to fay or even think of what I fhall now write you. The principal ideas in this letter flow from the fubftance of the other. All things being made by God, we are enabled to learn from them his true character. They exhibit perfections which can belong to none but the Creator, and which place him before us in an infinitely exalted and amiable view. my prefent endeavors if your heart be oppofed to God. If you attend, your understanding will be enlightened and you will be prepared to exercife love to the character of God should he ever renew your heart. And should it never be renewed, these endeavors will be means of vindicating the divine conduct toward you in that folemn and important day, when, my own and your ffate will be unalterably fixed. The juftice of God in your condemnation will be evident when it appears you have continued in ftupid oppofi tion, notwithstanding your mind had been enlightened by these kind exertions. And the way will be prepared for every holy being to fay amen, and to fing "Juft and true are thy ways, thou king of faints," when your fentence fhall be pronounced by the judge of all the world. But what benefit fhall we receive, my fon, if we fearch into and defcribe the character of the great Creator of the world and our hearts be oppofed to him? We have, by nature, oppofition of heart to God. Though you may now think you feel tolerably well If we admit the idea that God pleased with him, yet if ever you is the Creator of all things we muft are awakened to a fenfe of your believe he has infinite power. No ftate, you will find the most invet-power fhort of this could have cre erate oppofition, waked up in your ated man, the earth on which he heart against every exhibition God lives, and the vaft bodies in the has made of himfelf in his works. heavens above. We know that VOL. II. No. 9. Rr |