Vermont telegraph. [volume] (Brandon [Vt.]) 1828-1843, 1840-12-09
date the debts Of the Convention

date the debts Of the Convention
to pay old arrearages, and to defray
the expenses of the current year
The important question then arose.
how shall this sum be obtained =
After some deliberation, it was tho,t |
best to apportion the sum required
10 the different Associations, and to
appoint some one in each Assocla-
ton 70 see that each assoclational
portion was collected, and forwarded
to the Treasurer by the time of the
annual meeting. This course was
unanimously adopted, and the per-
sons appointed; and from what we
have learned from different sections
of the State, the measure has receiv-
ed the cordial appreciation of our
Associations and churches. Altho'
we regret to say, that in some in
stances, Associations have failed in
raising the sums apportioned, and
thence, we must be obliged to com
mence another years operations in
debt. ....= ......... "....
american Baptist Home Mission So
ciety. That the relation snbsisting
between the Baptist Convention of
Vermont, and the American Baptist
Home Mission Society may be lun-
derstood, we insert the following ex-
tract from the report of the Board of
the Convention in 1888, together
: with a resolution passed at the pres
ent meeting of the Board;
J AM. BAP. HOME MISSION SOCIETY.
7 At the meeting of the Board in
October last, it was voted that the
t A. B. I'll. Mission Society be request
: ed to recognise our missionaries la.
: boring in Lower Canada, as THEN
: own; and that they authorize this
e Convention to sustain them from
. funds raised by the Convention, de
signated for Home Missions, and pay
/ over the surplus to the parent socle
i ty. This course was taken not TO
e the purpose of relinquishing our ju
J. risdiction over the Canada Mission
e nor because we discovered any dim
If mutton Of interest on the part of on
t. churches to sustain it; but solely Il
r avail ourselves of funds raised with
e In our borders, for what is called tn
# Home Mission. The Executive Com
e mittee of the Home Mission Societ,
IS in reply to the request of your Board
It say, that they have agreed to compl
y with our request. 1t is deemed lea
h sonable, say they, that moneys ez
e, pended out of Vermont, should b
h considered as belonging to the HON
d Mission department. By this al
tangement, it is understood that you
Y Board are still to have the Oversight
], of the Canada Mission, and that al
n moneys raised in Vermont for HON
e Missions, shall be appropriated,
d needed, for the support Of that miss
IF ion; the surplus TO be TRANSMITTED
Of to the Treasurer of the parent soci
IS ETY.. ..-.. .... H..
J. Under this new arrangement, GU
S missionaries III Canada are to Tepor
n from time to time, to the Secretar,
i of the Home Mission Society, anC
it our Treasurer also is desired to re-
! port an account of the moneys paic
over to these missionaries, that they
S may be accounted by the parent so
e ciety, as SO much received from the
Vermont Convention for Home Miss
! ions. :.....
I :" ResolUed, That the missionaries
IN Lower Canada be appointed, on
: the recommendation of this Board
t by the A. III. M. Society, to which
: this Convention is auxiliary, and
7 that the missionaries be required
5 to make quarterly returns to the Cor
responding Secretary of this Board,
f and an annual return to the Secre-
| tary OF the parent society, and for
the support of which missionaries
this Board will consider itself pledg-
ed"
In behalf of the Board, "
G.. A. Thomas,
Cor. Secretary.