THE FORM OF A DEVISE OR BEQUEST TO THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY. To the trustees of the General Assembly of the Presbyterian church in the United States of America, and to their successors and assigns, I give the sum of: OR, I devise a certain messuage and tract of land, &c. to be added to their permanent fund; and the clear profits applied to the generat uses of the fund, under the direction of the said Assembly: OR, to be applied toward spreading the gospel on the frontiers of the United States: OR, toward civilizing and instructing, in arts and religion, the Indians of North America; under the direction of the said Assembly; according as the pleasure of the testator shall be; who may designate any other object of piety or charity; and the corporation are bound, by charter, to apply the donation accordingly. EXTRACTS FROM THE MINUTES OF THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH IN THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA; A. D. 1807. Philadelphia: PRINTED BY JANE AITKEN, NO. 62, NORTH THIRD STREET. |