Rev. Messrs. Caleb J. Tenney, Calvin Chapin, D. D. and J. II. Linsley, were appointed a Committee to correspond with the Auxiliary Foreign Missionary Societies of this State, in relation to fixing the time of their annual meetings, in compliance with a recommendation from the Secretary of the Board of Commissioners for Foreign Missions. The Report on the state of religion, was read and accepted. See Appendix No. IV. The Committee appointed by the last General Association "to consider and report what, if any measures can be adopted to effect a co-operation between the Domestic Missionary Society of Con ́necticut, and the American Home Missionary Society," and to "take into consideration the interests of the Connecticut Missionary Society in relation to the same subject," reported unfavourably to the proposed union, which report was accepted. Messrs. Timothy P. Gillet, Aaron Dutton and Jeremiah Day, D. D. were appointed a Committee to take into consideration," the inquiry what is the relation or connexion between particular Associations, and the Ministers ordained by them, with a view to form a basis of uniformity in practice, throughout our limits," and to report at the next General Association. Heard Rev. Messrs. Peters, Ellis and Dr. Wylie, in behalf of education and the extension of the Gospel in the States of Indiana and Illinois, whose statements were listened to with deep interest. Voted, That the Committee, who were appointed the last year to collect information "respecting the existing regulations on church government," be continued till the next session of this body. Rev. Joel H. Linsley was appointed Treasurer, and Rev. Cal. vin Chapin, D. D. Auditor of the General Association. The Committee appointed to make a list of Ministers, Churches, &c. made their report, which was accepted. See App. No. VI. Resolved, That the thanks of this Association, be by Rev. Mr. Noyes, presented to the people of Wallingford, for the hospitality, respect and kindness, which they have manifested towards them, during their present session: and particularly to the choir of singers for their very interesting co-operation in divine service on this occasion. Voted, That the Rev. Joel H. Linsley, be appointed to superintend the printing of the Minutes of the present session, with the order of District Associations in the nomination of Delegates for the next year to attend Foreign Bodies: and that he be allowed the sum of five dollars for this service. Voted, That the Minutes be distributed by Mail to the ministers of this State. The foregoing Minutes were read and approved. The session was closed with prayer by the Rev. Dr. Leland. Attest, ABEL MCEWEN, ISAAC PARSONS. Scribes. Wallingford, June 19, 1829. APPENDIX. NO. I. Account of the Treasurer of the General Association. General Association of Connecticut in account with JOEL H. LINSLEY, 1828. June 14. To balance of account as rendered this day, 1829. June 11. To paid P. B. Gleason & Co. for printing Minutes for 1828, To superintending printing, &c. Contra. $23 54 43 00 5 00 $71 54 Cr. 1828. June 14. Rec'd of Rev. J. Brace, for Hartford South, of Rev. I. Parsons, for Middlesex Association, of Rev. Seth Bliss, for New-London Association, of Rev. Mr. Mason, for Litchfield South, of Rev. Mr. Merwin, for New-Haven West, Balance due Treasurer, June 11, 1829, Total, $71 54 Errors excepted. Hartford, June 11, 1829. J. H. LINSLEY, Treasurer. 1829, June 11th. I have examined the accounts of Rev. Joel H. Linsley, Treasurer of the General Association of Connecticut, and find a balance of Forty-two Dollars and Forty-six Cents against the General Association. C. CHAPIN, Auditor. 2 NO. II. Report of the Trustees of the Missionary Society of Connecticut. To the Missionary Society of Connecticut, to be convened at Wallingford on the third Tuesday of June, 1829, the Trustees of said Society respectfully present the following REPORT: BELOVED BRETHREN IN CHRIST, From the Narrative published last winter, a copy of which is herewith transmitted to each member of this Society, it will appear that the contributions in May, 1828, were $2,070 33-and the receipts from other sources $1,973 72-making in the whole, $4,044 05. The disbursements, during the year ending January 1, 1829, amounted to $3,294 03. The disposable fund at that time was $3,634 65. A consideral part of this sum has since been paid for missionary services, and an amount nearly equal to the remainder of the disposable fund is due for services already performed. The number of missionaries in the service of the Society, last year, it will be seen from the Narrative, was 30. Several new appointments have since been made. For an account of the services of the missionaries the past year, and the places in which they have been performed, the Trustees would refer the Society to the Annual Narrative. The blessing of heaven still attends the efforts of the Society-and a large number have been added to the churches in consequence of missionary labour the past year. The only new measure of importance adopted by the Trustees since the last Report, is the vote to permit the missionaries to confine their labours to one congregation whenever it appears to the Trustees that the circumstances of the case render it desirable. Permission to this effect has been granted to several missionaries, and one or two applications remain to be disposed of. This system might be extended to great advantage, if the funds of the Society should be enlarged. Daniel Wadsworth, Esq. having resigned his office as one of the Trustees, the Board have appointed Jonathan W. Edwards, Esq. to fill the vacancy. The Board have to lament the death of two of their number, since the last meeting of the Society. Enoch Perkins, Esq. and Thomas Hubbard, Esq. were both called from their earthly labours in August last, within a few days of each other. Both were the devoted friends of this Society, and of the other benevolent operations of the age. Mr. Perkins had been a member of the Board since the year 1808-and by an assiduous attention to the duties of his office, and untiring zeal in promoting the interests of the Society, deserves to be ranked among its chief benefactors. To fill these vacancies the Board elected Seth Terry, Esq. and John Hall, Esq. Appended to the Narrative of the present year, is a summary view of the origin and progress of the Society. Though far less has been accomplished than the exigencies of the new settlements demanded, or than ought to have been expected from the resources of the friends of Christ in the State, much has still been done. When the Board look abroad on our country, and see four hundred churches of the Lord Jesus, planted by your missionaries, rising in many different States, and shedding heavenly light on the surrounding darkness, they cannot but call on you, Brethren, to join with them in blessing God that he put it into the hearts of our fathers to form the Missionary Society of Connecticut. Could the founders of the Society have looked forward to such results could their eyes have seen the things which we see, the corner stone as well as the topmost stone,' would have been laid with shouting. Could they have anticipated that in thirty years, the Society they were organizing would be the means of forming twice as many churches as there are of our denomination in Connecticut, a joy would have been theirs, to which we, who are accustomed to the mighty movements of the present day, are utter strangers. Brethren, we have entered into their labours; let us catch their spirit, and relying on Him who hath borne on the Society so far, in great kindness, let us press forward to finish the work which they begun. In the name of the Trustees, Hartford, June 14, 1829. H. HOOKER, Secretary. NO. III. Report of the Committee of the Everest Fund. To the General Association of Connecticut, to be convened at Wallingford, on the third Tuesday of June, instant. The Committee of the Everest Fund, present, respectfully, the following REPORT: In the last Annual Report of the Committee, it was stated that the Principal of the Fund was not completed; remaining, as by the Report of the preceding year, at the amount of 3958 dollars. Since that time, the settlement of the estate of the late Dr. Solomon Everest, has been completed; and the Committee have great satisfaction in stating that the principal of the Fund has risen to the unexpected sum of 4101 dollars and 12 cents. By the judicious delays and prudent management of the Executor, Benjamin Ely, Esq., attended with unwearied watchfulness and exertion, a large amount of debts to the estate, which were outlawed, and where the debtors were considered insolvent, have been secured and paid to the objects of christian charity, amounting to not less than 4000 dollars more than could reasonably have been expected. It will be remembered that the liberal Testator bequeathed the same amount to the Missionary Society of Connecticut, as to the Committee of the General Association, and a sum, equal to both of these, to the American Board of Commissioners for Foreign Missions. So that the residuary Legacies of Dr. Everest, devoted to the service of the Church of Christ, is found to amount to 16,404 dollars and 48 cents.-Your Committee feel bound to acknowledge the peculiar favour of Divine Providence which has attended the settlement of the estate, in the unexpected accumulation of these Funds, in connexion with the general satisfaction of all parties concerned. Although this work has been protracted to a period of nearly seven years, about three-fourths of these charitable sums were paid by the Executor within two years from the death of the Testator. It may be proper to add that, while this charitable Legacy was less than one half of the personal estate of Dr. Everest, the whole of his property was acquired by laborious industry, in connexion with a steady maintenance of an exemplary christian character. By the last Annual Report, the amount of Interest in the Treasury, was 65 dollars and 23 cents. This included a debt of 100 dollars, which was mentioned as doubtful. Nothing of that has been paid, and though the Committee are not without hope that it may be, hereafter, it is now added to the disbursements of the Treasury for the year past. The receipts of the Treasury for the last year are 235 dollars and 95 cents, which, with the sum in the Treasury, at the last Report, amounts to 301 dollars and 18 cents. The following payments have been made. To Orestes Wilcox, a semi-annual appropriation. 50 dollars. To Romulus Barnes, a semi-annual appropriation, 25 dollars. To the same Mr. Barnes, a donation of 30 dollars. To Seth C. Brace, a member of the Freshman class, in Yale College, a donation of 10 dollars. To the Domestic Missionary Society of Connecticut, 50 dollars. To the Principal of the Fund, to supply a deficiency, occasioned by a loss mentioned in the last Report, 131 dollars and 50 cents. The sum of one dollar and 30 cents, paid by the Executor in an exchange of Notes, and two dollars and 64 cents for expenses, added to the foregoing sums, the amount is 300 dollars and 44 cents. To this amount of appropriations is added the sum of 100 dollars before mentioned, due to the Treasury and not paid, making 400 dollars and 44 cents. Leaving due to the Treasurer 99 dollars and 26 cents. No interest is paid the Treasurer for the sums which he advances. The usual appropriation to the Domestic Missionary Society, of 50 dollars, which was not paid the year before last, in consequence of the loss of the Fund, has been partly supplied by a donation of half that sum, provided by the Treasurer for that Society. As there are no existing appropriations of the Committee unpaid, the Treasury will be in as favourable a state at the commencement of the next collegiate year, as at any former period. The Committee have to lament the afflictive dispensation of Divine Providence, in withholding Orestes Wilcox from his collegiate studies, by means of ill-health. He completed his Junior year at Yale College last commencement, having received from the Committee 100 dollars a year for two years. Having been afflicted with a severe pectoral complaint for some months, he left College, and is still in a feeble state. It is feared he will not be able to resume his favourite studies. No beneficiary of the Committee has afforded a fairer promise of usefulness in the Church of God. Romulus Barnes graduated at Yale College, in September last, having received of the Committee, in three years, 105 dollars. With this assistance and some aid from friends, he has been enabled to procure his classical education, with very little absence from College. The Committee have much reason to believe that these appropriations have been well applied. Mr. Barnes is now a member of the Theological Institution at Yale College, and, in view of his solicitude to enter upon his profession as soon as may be, the Committee have made him a donation of 30 dollars. For this sum they have taken a writing, that, if he should accept of a permanent employment, in the Gospel Ministry, in the older parts of our country, he shall be holden to refund the same if demanded. Seth C. Brace is a promising youth, and approved by the Faculty of College. The Committee beg leave to request that Benjamin Ely, Esq., from whom they have received much assistance in the care of the Fund, may be appointed a member of this Committee, either in addition, or in the place of either of the subscribers, as the General Association shall deem expedient. Respectfully submitted, THOMAS ROBBINS, East-Hartford, June 13th, 1829. NO. IV. Report on the State of Religion. The Committee appointed to make a Report on the State of Religion, submit the following: The General Association of Connecticut, feel that they have an interesting duty to perform, as an organ of religious intelligence to the |