VIII. The Treasurer shall faith fully account for all monies received by him; keep a regular entry of all receipts and disbursements, and make report of the same to the Convention, whenever it shall be in session, and to the Board annually, and as often as by them required. He shall, also, before entering on the duties of his office, give competent security, to be approved by the Board, for all the stock and funds that may be committed to his care; his books shall be open at all times, to the inspection of any member of the Board or Conven

tion.

IX. The Corresponding Secretary shall maintain intercourse, by letter, with such individuals, Societies, or public bodies, as the interests of the Institution may require. Copies of all communications, made by the particular direction of the Convention or Board, shall be handed by him to the Recording Secretary, for record and safe keeping.

X. It shall be the duty of the Recording Secretary of the Board, to keep a fair record of all its proceedings, and of such other documents as may be committed to his care, for this purpose.

XI. Each officer of the Convention, and Board of Managers, shall be a member of some Baptist Church.

XII. In case of the death, inability or resignation of any of the officers,

(appointed by the Convention) or any their members, the Board shall have power to fill the vacancy. They shall also have power to reject from their body, any member whose conduct, in the opinion of two-thirds of the members present, shall merit expulsion, and fill his place, by the appointment of another.

XIII. The Board of Managers shall have power to make such compensation to their Corresponding Secretary, as shall, in their judgment, be adequate to his diversified services; and for this purpose, they shall have power to accept of any funds, contributed with the special design of forming a distinct fund, the interest only of which shall be applicable to the support of the said Secretary.

XIV. No monies shall at any time be paid out of the treasury, but by order of the Board, signed by the President, or one of the Vice-Presidents, designating the fund from which it is to be paid.

XV. It shall be the duty of the President, to call a special meeting of the Convention, on application from the Board.

XVI. Any alterations, which experience may dictate, from time to time, may be made in these articles, at regular meetings of the Convention, by two-thirds of the members present.

Massachusetts,

Rev. Daniel Sharp, D. D.
Rev. James D. Knowles,
Rev. Howard Malcom,
Hon. Heman Lincoln,
Nath. R. Cobb, Esq.

Rev. Charles Train,
Rev. Bela Jacobs,
Rev. William Leverett,
Levi Farwell, Esq.

Rev. Lucius Bolles, D. D.
Rev. George Leonard,
Rev. Charles O. Kimball,
Rev. E. W. Freeman,
Jonathan Bacheller, Esq.

Rev. Jonathan Going,
Mr Joseph White,

Rev. Stephen Chapin, D. D. of Dist. of Columbia,

State Convention.

Boston Society Auxiliary to the Board of For. Missions.

Middlesex and Norfolk Missionary Society.

Salem Bible Translation and Foreign Mission Society.

Worcester Co. Baptist Charitable Society.

Boston Burman Fem, Education Soc.

State Convention.

Oliver-Street Baptist Foreign Mission Society.

THE Board of Managers have looked forward to the meeting of the General Convention by whom they were appointed with lively interest, as furnishing occasion for a full developement of missionary concerns. They conceive that to those who are humbly aiming to advance the kingdom of Christ among men, a review of the past must be productive of good. It cannot fail, from the nature of all human undertakings, to suggest lessons of improvement; and, while it discloses the impotence of mere human efforts, to call into more certain exercise that reliance upon God, which always insures success. It may also be expected to refresh the mind, which is too easily depressed, by placing before it a series of facts of animating character, bearing upon their very surface the high evidence of Divine approbation.

They may not say, however, that all who were appointed Managers by the Convention, are present to share the responsibility of this Report; for two, even within the last year, have ceased from their toils on earth. The Rev. STEPHEN GANO has long held an eminent standing in the church and in the direction of most of our benevolent Associations; and furnished evidence in every situation that he received his strongest impressions and his purest joys from the triumphs of grace by Christ Jesus. Like him, the respected GEN. FORBES, was a most sincere and devoted friend of unadulterated christianity; and, notwithstanding the influences which might be supposed to combine to deaden his aspirings after God, and his sympathies for human wretchedness, his consecrated spirit always associated him with every benevolent enterprise.

These distinguished and useful men embalmed their memories in the affections of the living, and left behind them the assured hope that they have entered upon their high reward.

The business of the Board since your last meeting, has been conducted with unvarying harmony. New establishments have been formed, and some additional laborers appointed to stations already existing, as will appear in the details now to be offered.

We shall commence with the operations in the east.

Maulamying.

Maulamying, on the east side of Martaban river, about twenty-five miles from its mouth. Missionaries, Rev. Adoniram Judson; Rev. Jonathan Wade; Mrs Deborah Wade. Native Assistants, Moung Ing; Moung Shwa-ba; Ko Myat-Ryan; and McDonald.

Our intelligence from this place is to June 15, 1828. Rev. Mr Boardman, who commenced the station in April, 1827, was destined like the other brethren to have his fortitude and perseverance early tried. He was received by Sir A. Campbell, with great kindness, and a situation offered him, which promised effectual security to his family. But his object was usefulness; and he thought this could be better attained by taking his residence remote from the camp, and in the immediate vicinity of the native population. By doing this he exposed himself in a slender habitation to the assault of a reckless banditti from the opposite Burman shore, and must in one instance have been in imminent hazard of his life. On this subject Mrs Boardman, in a letter to a friend, dated Nov. 3, (see Mag. for Oct. 1828,) says: "We came to this place wishing, I trust, to spend

and be spent among this people, and trusting in an Almighty arm for protection. Be assured, we felt happy in our decision. We saw these wretched, deluded people perishing in ignorance of the Gospel; we thought of the love of our Saviour to precious souls; we cast a glance towards Gethsemane and Calvary, and that was sufficient. Shall we consult our own ease and comfort? we said; or shall we be willing to take joyfully the spoiling of our goods? This was the question; and I trust the grace of God enabled us to choose the latter. And the spoiling of our goods we were called to take. About a month after our removal, we were awakened one morning just before daybreak. Mr B. called for a light, and to our surprise, we saw every trunk and box in the room broken open and robbed of their contents. After the first emotions had a little subsided, I raised my eyes to the moscheto curtains surrounding our bed, and to my amazement saw two large holes cut, the one at the head, and the other at the foot of the place where my husband had been sleeping. From that moment I quite forgot the stolen goods. In imagination I saw the assassins standing by our bed-side, ready to do the worst, had we been permitted to awake. How merciful was that watchful Providence which prolonged the slumbers of that night, not allowing even the infant at my bosom to open its eyes at so critical a moment." After this fearful invasion, their situation was rendered more secure by a special guard, which Sir Archibald, in the same spirit of kindness which has marked all his conduct to the Missionaries, assigned to them.

On the 12th of August, following, Mr Judson made a visit at the station, and appears not to have withdrawn from it afterwards; for in his journal of Sept. 9, he says: "Still at Maulamying, as we have nearly given up all

hope of Amherst becoming a town, since Mr Crawford has declined the government of these provinces." And on the 2d of Oct. he adds: "We have lately been clearing up part of our ground contiguous to the road with a view to building a house for brother Wade and myself, as we have now concluded to abandon Amherst altogether." It seems that Amherst gradually declined as an inviting station, but was not relinquished till much precious seed of the Gospel had been sown there, which promised to bear fruit unto life eternal. The efforts of Mr Wade were unwearied to the time of his leaving, and a close attention was given to the Word preached every Sabbath, by forty or fifty hearers, some of whom were occasionally deeply impressed. (See Journal kept at the place in Mag. for March, 1829.) On the 14th of Nov. 1827, he joined his brethren at Maulamying. From this time, all their operations assumed a most encouraging aspect. They were together, and the younger Missionaries had conquered the language, and were able either to converse or preach in it, and an amount of influence before unexperienced, was brought to bear on the region of darkness. It was conceived that places well located expressly designed for preaching and conversation with the natives, would facilitate their labors, and two zayats, 3 miles apart, N. and S. were erected at suitable distances from the Mission premises. The one intended for Mr Wade was completed in December, and on the 20th he says: "Went to the zayat this morning with the intention of spending a part of the day, together with Moung Ing, in solemnly dedicating it to the service of God by prayer; but before the arrival of Moung Ing, eight or ten persons had gathered around me, to whom I tried to preach the word of eternal truth and life. Before these left me