Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1845-05-07

Olher members, oil whom, including
one or more of the officers, shall form quo
rum for the transaction of business To each
Board shall be committed, during the recess Of
the Convention, the entire management of all
the affairs relating to the object, with whose
interests il sbcll be chargedi all which manage.
me mt shall be in strict accordance will, the
constitutional provisions adopted by the Con.
yenlion, aud such other instructions, as may be
given from time TO tme.t Each Board shall
haye power 20 make such mpensation to lis
Secretaries, and Treasurer as it may think right;
gil the vacancies occurring in its own body,
appoint its own bye laws; have an annual meet.
ing at any place it may appoint and other
meetings at such times and places asit may
think best; keep record of its proceedings,
and present report Of them to the Convention
at each triennial meeting.
S. The TrGa8urer oil each Board shall faith
fully account for ali moneys received by him;
keep regular entry of all receipts and dis
bursemenls, and make report of them To the
Convention, when ever it shall be in session,
and to bis Board as often as required. He shall
also, on entering upon the du,ies of his office,
give competent security TO the President of his
Board for all the stock and funds, committed
10 his cure. His books shall be open, a. all
times, TO the inspection of any member OF tire
Convention and Of his Board. No moneys
shall be paid out of any Of the treasures ofthe
Boards, but by an order from that Board, from
whose treasury themOney Is to be drawn, which
order shall be signed by its presiding officer
6. The Corresponding Secretaries of the
several Boards, shall maintain intercourse by
letter. with such individuals or public bodies,
as the interests of their respective bodies may
require Copies Of all snch communications,
with their answers, if any, shall be kept by
them on file.
Z. The Recording Secretaries Of the several
Boards shalt keep a fair record Of their pro
ceedings and OF such other documents, as may
be committed to them for the purpose
8. Allthe Officers, Boards, Missionaries and
Agents appointed by the Convention, or by any
Of Boards, shall be members of some regu-
lar Church, in union with the Churches CONS
posing this Convention.
9. Missionaries appointed by any of the
Boards OF this Convention, must, previous to
their appointment, furnish evidence of genuine
piety, ieryenl zeal in their Masters cause, and
talents, which fit them for the service, for which
they offer themselves.
TO-, The Bodies and individuals, composing
this Convention, shall have the right TO specify
the object, or objects, to which their conlribu:
,ions shall be applied. But whe:e no such
specification Is made; the Convention will make
the appropriation at its own discretion.
IL. Any alterations, which experience shall
dictate, may be made in these Articles. by a
vote of two thirds Of the members present at
any trIennial meeting Of the Convention.
In this plan, provision is made for an.
indefinite number Of Boards, according to
the number of the objects adopted by the
Convention. Each Board will be Jude
pendent of the others, and will receive the
contributions made, for thai object, with
the management Of whose interests ii
shall be charged. An act of incorpora
ton for each Board, in the stale Of its 10
cation, will give legal security, 10 The funds
contributed. All these Boards will report
at each lIiannunl meeting of the Conven
ton, and they will, each. receive the iu
sIruclons of that Body.
The character and the number Of tho
objects 10 be adopted will necessarily come
up for consideration, zDisquielude has,
arisen only in Two Of our general bodies,
the Foreign and the Home Mission. For
the promotion of these two objects Prov
sion must bo forthwith made, aud in the
location of Boards for carrying out these
objects; respec, must be had 10 the facili-
lies in men and situations, which different
points may present. Tie coast Of the
Atlantic invites our attention for the For
eign Mission Board, as allordins facilities
for intercourse with dis,anl regions. And
on that coast Charleston perhaps presents
The mosI favorable spot for its location
For the Home Mission Board, the West
presents strong claims 10 our regards
We have fine body Of men in the Valley
of the Mississippi, who have come up
nobly in the cause of Theological EIuca
ton and Of Indian Reform. In this las,
department Of benevolent effort, an Asso
citation is in successful operation, the seat
Of whose Board is al Louisville. Kentucky.
| submit to this Body the propriety Of an
attempt to identify the Home Mission and
Indian Association departments, that one
Board may transact The business of both.
Should the plan of one Convention, and
separate Boards obtain, our brethren of the
Indian Association may consent SO TO unite
in the Convention. as to sustain The rela.
ton Of the Home Mission Board to that
body, and extend their active operations
over a larger sphere, The Indian territory
forming legitimate and importan, part
of that sphere. The Beard of these ex-
cclent brethren would then accomplish
what without such arransementil would
require two 10 pelorm. In the contem-
plalon of such an arrangement, regard,
as providentia ordering. the appoint
ment of the semi annual meeting of the
Indian Association at Forsyth in Georgia,
at the lime, when lheGeorgia Baptist Con-
venlion will assemble there. This meet
ing will commence in two weeks, and will
he attended by tho Georgia Delegation to
The Convention in Augusta, and many uf
The brethren of thai veution will be at
Forsyth, so that favorable opportunity
will be presented at an early yperiod for
consultation with the Indian Association.
The Committee, which may beappnihIed
TO conduct that consultation, and make
defnilive arrangements with the Indian