Title: Proceedings of the general convention of the Baptist denomination in the United States, at their first triennial meeting, held in Philadelphia ... May 1817 :
Authors: Baptist General Convention for Foreign Missions (U.S.); Welch, B. T.; Baptist Board of Foreign Missions (U.S.).
Date: 1978
Publisher: Printed by order of the convention. Anderson & Meehan, printers.,
Physical description: [3], 124-180 p., [1] leaf of plates ; 24 cm.
Language: English
LC class: A
Contents: Address -- Proceedings -- Constitution, as amended and passed 12th May, 1817 -- To the corresponding secretary of the Baptist Board of Foreign Missions for the United States -- Table of associations -- Monies received by the agent subsequently to the 25th of June 1816, and onward to the 10th of May 1817 -- Baptist Board of Foreign Missions for the U.S. in account current with John Cauldwell, their treasurer -- Mission to Burmah -- Intelligence from the English Baptist mission in India -- Western mission -- Bible institutions -- Domestic missions.
Notes: "From a tract in Burman by Mr. Judson. [Four lines of Burman type] About one or two hundred years hence the religion of Boodh [i.e., Buddha], of Brahma, of Mahomet [i.e., Mohammed], and of Rome, together with all other false religions, will disappear and be lost, and the religion of Christ will pervade the whole world."--frontispiece. Signed: Welch, sc. "The Board is gratefully indebted to their brethren, Joseph Barnhurst for the plate, and Bartholomew T. Welch for the engraving, at the commencement of this report."--p. 180. "Proposals are issued for publishing, by subscription, by Van Winkle & Wiley, and J.R. Murden ..."--p. [4] of wrapper.