ISG • 
 
 <riu- yicia is flu- Gloria. 
 
 MANUAL 
 
 OF THE 
 
 FREE BAPTIST 
 
 Foreign Mission Society. 
 
 REVISE& EDITION. 
 
 BOSTON: 
 
 F. B. PRINTING ESTABLISHMENT. 
 
 1887. 
 
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 MANUAL 
 
 OF THE 
 
 FREE BAPTIST 
 
 Foreign Mission Society 
 
 REVISED EDITION. 
 
 BOSTON: 
 
 F. B. PRINTING ESTABLISHMENT 
 1887. 
 
OFFICERS OF THE FOREIGN MISSION SOCIETY. 
 
 President. —O. B. CHENEY, D. D., Lewiston, Me. 
 Vice-presidents— I. D. STEWART, D. D., C. H. FORNEY, D. D., D. 
 B. Montgomery, N. Corley, T. H. Siddall, J. W. Osborn, 
 ph. D. 
 
 Corresponding Secretary. —T. H. STACY, Auburn, Me. 
 
 Treasurer. —ARTHUR GIVEN, Auburn, R. I. 
 
 Recording Secretary. —A. W. ANTHONY, Bangor, Me. 
 
 Executive Committee. — O. B. CHENEY, T. H. STACY, A. W. 
 Anthony, J. Rand, Mrs. E. S. Burlingame, M. S. Newcomer, 
 D. W. C. Durgin, Jos. McLeod, Thomas Spooner, E. W 
 Page, H. F. Wood, A. C. Russell, J. T. Ward, C. A. Tilling- 
 hast, F. L. Hayes. 
 
 FORM FOR A BEQUEST. 
 
 “ I give and bequeath to the Free Baptist Foreign Mission Society, 
 
 incorporated by the Legislature of the State of Maine,. 
 
 [here insert the amount] to be, by my said Executor, paid over to the 
 
 Treasurer of said Society, in.days [or months] after my 
 
 decease, to be used for the purposes for which said Society was incor¬ 
 porated [or for the permanent fund].” 
 
 In giving real estate, the word “devise” should be used after “ be 
 queath.” 
 
MANUAL. 
 
 This pamphlet is a manual for peisons wishing to 
 engage in missionary work under the direction of 
 the Free Baptist Foreign Mission Society, for ap¬ 
 pointed missionaries before they shall have entered 
 their fields of labor, and for other purposes. 
 
 It will serve instead of many written and verbal an¬ 
 swers to inquiries which must otherwise be made to 
 the Corresponding Secretary or Treasurer. 
 
 Candidates for Foreign Missionary work will be ex¬ 
 pected to be acquainted with the contents of these 
 pages. 
 
 I. Qualifications of a Missio?iary Candidate. 
 
 1. Decided, enlightened, and uniform piety ; correct 
 views of the great doctrines and duties of Christianity; 
 strong love for Christ, and the souls of men ; and con¬ 
 sistent habits in daily walk with God, in the duties of 
 the closet, and in conversation and conduct in inter¬ 
 course with Christian brethren, and before the world. 
 
 2. A conviction of the duty of going in person to the 
 heathen, with a strong love for the work of missions* 
 
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 MANUAL. 
 
 3. Good common sense, a sound judgment, and a 
 quick discernment and good knowledge of human 
 character. 
 
 4. An amiable and kind disposition. 
 
 5. Firmness of character, with patience, persever¬ 
 ance, and cheerfulness. 
 
 6. Industry, economy, faithfulness, punctuality and 
 thoroughness. 
 
 7. Good bodily health, and the prospect of retain¬ 
 ing it in the field in which he desires to labor. 
 
 8. Good intellectual abilities, studious habits, readi¬ 
 ness in acquiring languages, a mind well furnished 
 with useful knowledge, and trained to use its powers to 
 good advantage. 
 
 9. A willingness to labor in any department as di¬ 
 rected by the Mission Committee in the field under the 
 authority of the Executive Board. 
 
 10. A character irreproachable and under no cloud 
 from the past. 
 
 11. Such attainments in all the branches of theo¬ 
 logical learning as would give him a respectable stand¬ 
 ing among the intelligent pastors of our churches. In 
 ordinary cases it is expected that those who enter the 
 missionary service will do so with the intention of re¬ 
 maining in it through life. 
 
 The foregoing qualifications are also requisite in 
 women, whether married or unmarried, who go out as 
 missionaries, so far as they apply to their sphere of 
 labor. 
 
MANUAL. 
 
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 II. Application for Appointment to Missionary 
 
 Service. 
 
 Any one deciding to seek an appointment as a for¬ 
 eign missionary should apply in writing to the Cor¬ 
 responding Secretary. The applicant should give a 
 brief history of himself, as to his age, residence, early 
 education, habits, and employments, his religious ex¬ 
 perience, and his views and motives in desiring the 
 missionary work. He should state particularly whether 
 he has a sound constitution, and is in good general 
 health, or the contrary; whether he is in debt, or ex¬ 
 pects to be so when his studies are completed ; whether 
 he expects to go as a married or a single man; also 
 any particulars respecting himself which he thinks the 
 Executive Board ought to know in acting upon his of¬ 
 fer of service. This paper should be as brief as circum¬ 
 stances will permit, and drawn up with great frankness 
 on the part of the applicant. He may expect the Sec¬ 
 retary to use a corresponding frankness towards him. 
 He should not feel himself to be unkindly treated if told 
 that his prospect of success in missionary work will not 
 justify his being sent to engage in it; nor ought he to 
 regard such a reply as dictated by any other motives 
 than a regard to his highest usefulness, and to the best 
 interests of the cause of Christ. 
 
 Those who desire to go as the wives of missionaries, 
 may make the offer or application through their intend¬ 
 ed husbands. 
 
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 M A IV U A L. 
 
 III. Testimonials of Applica?its. 
 
 Applications for appointment should be accompa¬ 
 nied with testimonials respecting character and qualifi¬ 
 cations, as named under the head of Qualifications of 
 a Missionary Candidate, the testimonials to be fur¬ 
 nished by the pastor or deacons of the church to which 
 the applicant belongs, or where he is in the habit of at¬ 
 tending worship. Professors or teachers of literary and 
 theological institutions where he may have studied, and 
 the ecclesiastical body by which he was licensed or or¬ 
 dained, are proper sources from which to obtain testi¬ 
 monials. The testimonials should be full, minute, and 
 explicit. They should be addressed to the Corre¬ 
 sponding Secretary, by the writers, in sealed envelopes, 
 the contents being unknown to the applicants. 
 
 IV. Questions to Missionary Applicants. 
 
 As those who apply for appointment as foreign mis¬ 
 sionaries will be expected to answer the following 
 questions, they should carefully consider them, so as to 
 be prepared to answer when they are questioned. 
 
 1. What, in your view, are the leading doctrines 
 and precepts of the Bible? 
 
 2. Have you doubts respecting any of the doctrines 
 held by Free Baptists? 
 
 3. What are your views of religion as a matter of ex¬ 
 perience ; and of the work of the Holy Spirit on the 
 heart? Why do you think you are renewed by the 
 Holy Spirit? 
 
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 4. In what view does it seem to you to be impor¬ 
 tant that the Gospel should be preached to the heathen ; 
 and on what grounds are Christians under obligation 
 to send it to them ? 
 
 5. Why do you desire to engage in missionary work ? 
 
 6. What are your views and your purpose relative to 
 entering into the missionary work for life ? 
 
 7. What is your age? What is your native place? 
 Where has been your residence? In what business 
 have you been engaged? 
 
 8. What course of education have you pursued; and 
 what knowledge have you of the Latin, Greek, or He¬ 
 brew languages ; or ot any foreign language ? Do you 
 easily acquire languages? 
 
 9. What is the state of your health? Are you 
 aware of being now or of having been subject to any 
 bodily ailment or infirmity ? Are your habits sedentary, 
 or active ? 
 
 10. Are any near relatives so dependent on you, or 
 likely to become so, that you are under obligation to 
 make provision for their support? 
 
 11. If under engagement, expressed or implied, 
 with a view to marriage, does your intended wife enter 
 fully into your views and feelings with regard to the 
 missionary work? Has she a good constitution and 
 good health? 
 
 12. Is there anything in the organization or Rules 
 of the Society, or in the organization or manner of 
 conducting the mission, which you disapprove, or which 
 would prevent your laboring happily in connection with 
 the Society, and in conformity to its regulations? 
 
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 MANUAL. 
 
 V. The Mission Committee. 
 
 1. The Executive Board shall appoint a committee of 
 missionaries in the field, to be called the Mission Com¬ 
 mittee, who shall hold office at the pleasure of the Board, 
 and who shall have such powers and perform such 
 duties as the Board from time to time may determine. 
 
 2. The said committee shall be duly organized with 
 a Chairman, to be appointed by itself, and a Secretary 
 and Treasurer, to be appointed by the Executive Board. 
 
 3. Remittances for the mission shall be made to the 
 Treasurer of the Mission Committee, who shall be held 
 accountable to the Society for the disbursements. 
 
 4. All correspondence between this committee and 
 the Executive Board shall be conducted by the Secre¬ 
 tary of the said committee. 
 
 5. Funds not otherwise appropriated by the Execu¬ 
 tive Board, shall be paid out only on the approval of 
 the said committee. 
 
 6. The said committee shall appoint a person to 
 represent the Society at each station and at the Bible 
 School, who shall receive and pay out all moneys of the 
 Mission at that station, and for the work connected 
 with it, and report the same to its Treasurer. 
 
 7. Through the Society’s representative, chosen for 
 that purpose, each missionary must make an annual 
 report to the Treasurer of the Mission Committee, of 
 the money received from all sources, and of all the 
 items of expenditure, with a careful estimate of ap¬ 
 propriations necessary for the ensuing year. 
 
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 8. The Treasurer of the Mission Committee shall 
 send annually to the Executive Board an accurate 
 statement of receipts and expenditures at each station, 
 with a careful estimate of appropriations necessary for 
 the ensuing year. 
 
 VI. The Appointment and its Consequences. 
 
 1. The missionary engages, on accepting his ap¬ 
 
 pointment, to conform to the Rules and Regulations of 
 the Society, the nature of which he is supposed dis¬ 
 tinctly to understand. He thus pledges himself, 
 among other things, to be governed by the vote of the 
 Mission Committee in regard to all questions that arise 
 in its proceedings, said proceedings being subject 
 to the revision of the Executive Board. He comes, 
 also, under other distinct and well-understood 
 pledges : (i) As to his manner of life; which is to 
 
 be one of exemplary piety and devotion to his work. 
 (2) As to his teaching; which must be conformed to 
 the doctrines of the Bible. (3) As to ecclesiastical 
 usages; which must conform, substantially, to the 
 usages of the churches at home. 
 
 2. Candidates who have received their appoint¬ 
 ment can not begin to draw upon the Treasury for 
 their expenses, except by the direction of the Execu¬ 
 tive Board. 
 
 3. The Society does not pay the debts of missionaries 
 contracted before their appointment, nor those which 
 they contract afterwards. 
 
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 MANUAL. 
 
 4. It is a general usage not to pay any part of the 
 expenses incurred by the candidate in the regular pre¬ 
 paratory course of study for his profession. 
 
 5. No candidate should, after his appointment, 
 pursue any course involving expense on the part of the 
 Society, unless expressly authorized to do so. Nor 
 should he leave the country till all his debts are paid, 
 or arranged for, to the satisfaction of the Board. 
 
 6. The salary of a man and his wife is eight hun¬ 
 dred dollars a year, of a single man five hundred, and 
 of a single woman four hundred. 
 
 7. The missionary’s salary commences on his 
 reaching the field, and ends when he leaves it. The 
 Society pays the price of passage to the field, and 
 that of returning from it when the return is authorized. 
 
 8. The field of labor of each missionary shall be 
 determined by the Executive Board. Temporary 
 changes may be made by the Mission Committee. 
 
 9. All matters of business in the field requir¬ 
 ing THE ATTENTION OF THE EXECUTIVE BOARD, MUST 
 COME OFFICIALLY FROM THE SECRETARY OF THE MIS¬ 
 SION Committee to the Corresponding Secretary 
 of the Society. 
 
 10. The fact should never be lost sight of, that the 
 Society, its officers and committees, have the same ob¬ 
 ject in view and the same interests as the missiona¬ 
 ries. Their object and their interest are nothing else 
 than to render the mission and missionaries in con¬ 
 nection with the Society as useful as possible. 
 
VII. Marriage. 
 
 1. It should be borne in mind that good health is 
 important in the wife of a missionary, and that without 
 it all other qualifications will be almost useless. 
 
 2. A minister does not more need intellectual and 
 moral cultivation and finished manners in a wife at 
 home, than in a foreign field, where she is almost his 
 only companion and adviser. 
 
 3. Single missionaries should not marry until about 
 the time of their departure. 
 
 VIII. Ordmation. 
 
 When a missionary has received official notice of 
 his appointment, it is left with himself and his friends, 
 or with the church or ecclesiastical body with which 
 he is connected, to make arrangements for his ordina¬ 
 tion. Care should be taken that the time, place, man¬ 
 ner, and all the circumstances, be such as to give no 
 just cause for dissatisfaction in any quarter, and such 
 as in the highest degree possible will promote the in¬ 
 terests of the missionary cause. 
 
 IX. Allowa?ices. 
 
 The following sums may be expected as allowances 
 at the discretion of the Executive Board :— 
 
 1. Allowance for outfit:— 
 
 {a) Man and wife, four hundred dollars. 
 
 (7) Single missionary, two hundred dollars. 
 
 ( 7 ) Each child over two years of age and under 
 twelve, fifty dollars. 
 
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 MANUAL. 
 
 2. Allowance for children of missionaries in the 
 field : five dollars a month for each child; this ap¬ 
 propriation to be continued until they arive at the 
 age of seventeen years, unless some other means 
 for their support shall become available at an 
 earlier age. 
 
 3. Such incidental expenses as may be approved by 
 the Executive Board, will be allowed by the Mission 
 Committee. 
 
 4. Allowances for superannuated and disabled mis¬ 
 sionaries. 
 
 When superannuated or disabled missionaries, or 
 the widows of missionaries return to this country with 
 the approbation of the Executive Board, it shall 
 be the duty of the Board to make such grants 
 towards their support as the circumstances in each 
 case sliall require. 
 
 Extraordinary cases excepted, after the lapse of a 
 year from their return, no grant is to be made to mis¬ 
 sionaries who are able to labor, but are not expect¬ 
 ed to go back to their missionary work. 
 
 X. Outfit. 
 
 The outfit of a missionary includes the clothing, bed¬ 
 ding, etc., for his use on arriving at his place of desti¬ 
 nation, together with a select private library, and the 
 necessary furniture for housekeeping. 
 
 Some portion of the furniture can ordinarily be pro¬ 
 cured in the country to which he is going. Should it 
 resemble the furniture used by the natives, so much 
 
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 the better, if it can be rendered convenient, as that will 
 make both him and his house more agreeable to them. 
 
 Necessary traveling expenses preparatory to embark¬ 
 ation, and the cost of passage, though paid by the 
 Board, are not included in the outfit. 
 
 It is desirable that the relatives and personal friends 
 of the candidate should, so far as they are able and dis¬ 
 posed, aid in furnishing the outfit. Of course, those 
 pious parents who would have aided their children 
 with funds to commence housekeeping, had they been 
 married with a view to residing in this country, will not 
 withhold their aid because their children become mis¬ 
 sionaries. 
 
 Application should never be made to an auxiliary 
 society for aid in procuring outfit, nor for any extra 
 allowance beyond what is given by the Society. If 
 the allowance made by the Society is not large enough, 
 it ought to be increased. If it is sufficient, the auxil¬ 
 iary ought not to be requested to enlarge it. Besides, 
 irregularities of this kind will lead to evils without end. 
 
 Well-made boxes of medium size are ordinarily 
 more convenient than trunks for packing clothing. 
 The boxes should be numbered, and a list made of 
 every article contained in each. Things to be used on 
 the voyage should be packed separately, and marked 
 accordingly. Everything should be at the place of 
 embarkation some days before the time set for the de¬ 
 parture. 
 
 It is well to seek advice, but one should make out a 
 list for himself, as the result of his own reflections. 
 
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 MANUAL. 
 
 Every missionary, knowing a few facts, and exercising 
 some thought on the subject, can form a satisfactory 
 opinion as to what he will require. He needs to know 
 the length of the voyage, the climates he is to pass 
 through, and that no washing is done at sea. He can 
 then judge what he will need for the voyage, and his 
 wife can do the same for herself. 
 
 The number of articles to be used on the voyage 
 should be as few as possible, yet sufficient, with a few 
 extras for sickness. In warm weather more changes 
 will be necessary than in cold. 
 
 Thick clothing, somewhat worn, will be found use¬ 
 ful on shipboard and in traveling. 
 
 In determining what articles of clothing shall be 
 taken for the voyage, and for use after reaching the 
 field, one should proceed methodically, beginning with 
 the outer garment, and noting down how many will be 
 needed—thick and thin, coarse and fine, woolen, cot¬ 
 ton, etc. 
 
 A lady should take the same course in respect to 
 her clothing. As a general rule, clothing should be 
 warmer for winter and cooler for summer than in the 
 same temperature in this country. 
 
 In making the purchases, one should also see at 
 .every step that he is not running beyond his available 
 means. 
 
 All articles of clothing and bedding one has on hand 
 should be taken, also any choice articles of furniture; 
 but as much of the allowance as possible should be re¬ 
 served for expenses on arrival, as nearly all that a mis- 
 
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 sionary needs may be obtained at reasonable rates in 
 Calcutta. One should bear in mind that baggage to 
 the extent of twenty cubic feet is allowed each person 
 free of charge. Anything beyond that amount is sub¬ 
 ject to extra charge on the passage. 
 
 The outfit of a missionary is regarded as the proper¬ 
 ty of the Society so far as purchased with its funds; 
 and in case a missionary retires from the field within 
 a limited period for other cause than failure of health, 
 it is expected that an equitable return will be made to 
 the Society—due regard being had to expenses in¬ 
 curred and services rendered. 
 
 XI. Presents. 
 
 1. Missionaries are not required to account to the 
 Society for presents of a strictly private character; but 
 all donations and subscriptions they may receive as 
 missionaries , belong to the Society’s funds, and must 
 be credited accordingly. 
 
 2. Presents designed as personal favors to mis¬ 
 sionaries, should be distinctly named as such by the 
 donors. 
 
 XII. The Duty of a New Missionary upon Arrival. 
 
 A new missionary shall confer with his fellow-labor¬ 
 ers, and endeavor to profit by their counsel and ex¬ 
 perience. He should by no means attempt to dictate to 
 those who have been in the field long enough to know 
 better than he can, on his arrival, what is the best 
 course in relation to the affairs of the mission. Any 
 
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 MANUAL. 
 
 one may make inquiries or suggestions in relation to 
 matters concerning any part of the missionary work, 
 but never should this be done in a way to excite sus¬ 
 picion that the inquiries and suggestions are made 
 through st sense of superiority in ability and judgment 
 over any other laborer. 
 
 XIII. Returned Missionaries. 
 
 1. When for any reason it is deemed best by the 
 Mission Committee that a missionary should return, 
 the case must be stated to the Executive Board ; and if 
 the reasons are satisfactory, permission will be given 
 and funds remitted for return. But when illness is too 
 severe to allow of the delay that would be caused by 
 consulting the Executive Board, the Mission Commit¬ 
 tee, if it sanction a return, is authorized to use any 
 funds at its command for the return passage. 
 
 2. When a missionary returns to this country in 
 accordance with the rules of the Society, he should 
 early seek an interview with the Executive Board, who 
 will consult with him in relation to the course he shall 
 pursue while he remains here. 
 
 3. Every missionary in this country who expects to 
 return to the field shall be under the authority of the 
 Executive Board. 
 
 XIV. The Bible School. 
 
 1. The Bible School, founded in 1878 and opened at 
 Midnapore, India, May 1, 1879, s ^ ia ^ be under the 
 
MANUAL. 
 
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 direction of a Board of Trustees, consisting of the 
 members of the Mission Committee, and of such other 
 persons as it may appoint. 
 
 2. The Principal of said School shall be chosen by 
 the Executive Board. 
 
 3. The Trustees of said School are hereby author¬ 
 ized to make all rules and regulations for its manage¬ 
 ment, subject to the approval of the Executive Board. 
 
 XV. Miscellaneous. 
 
 1. Money received by this Society shall be appro¬ 
 priated according to the wish of the donors, either for 
 the immediate benefit of the Society, or to increase 
 its permanent fund. 
 
 2. No missionary of the Society shall engage in 
 any transactions or employments that will interfere 
 with missionary work. 
 
 3. The missionaries are regarded as having an 
 equitable claim upon the churches in whose behalf 
 they go among the heathen, for an economical support 
 while performing their missionary labors; and it shall 
 be the duty of the Society to see that a fair and 
 equitable allowance is made to them, taking into 
 view their actual circumstances. 
 
 4. Public appeals for special departments of work 
 shall not be made by the missionaries, unless 
 authorized by the Mission Committee, and approved 
 by the Executive Board. 
 
 5. From the time of his appointment, the mission¬ 
 ary must keep the Corresponding Secretary informed 
 
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 MANUAL . 
 
 where letters will find him at the shortest possible no¬ 
 tice. This may be very important, as his departure 
 may, by various means, be either hastened or delayed. 
 
 . 6. All property in India belonging to the Mission, 
 shall be held for the Society, in trust, by five Trustees, 
 appointed, one each year, by the Executive Board. 
 The said trustees shall report annually the items, 
 value, and condition of the property held by them. 
 
 7. It is desirable that missionaries should take a va¬ 
 cation of from two to four weeks each year, with the 
 approval of the Mission Committee. Said committee 
 is authorized to allow the necessary traveling expenses; 
 but, in case of a sea voyage, only such expenses should 
 be allowed as are above the ordinary cost of living in 
 the mission. 
 
MANUAL. 
 
 T 9 
 
 FREE BAPTIST FOREIGN MISSION SOCIETY. 
 
 The Free Baptist Foreign Mission Society was or¬ 
 ganized in the fall of 1832, in the Free Baptist meeting¬ 
 house at North Parsonsfield, Maine. Rev. John Buz- 
 zell preached in this house many years. It is not now 
 standing. In the winter of the following year—Jan. 29, 
 1833, — the Society received its charter from the 
 Maine Legislature. The first meeting under this char¬ 
 ter was held March 6, 1833, in the house in which the 
 Society was organized. The second meeting under 
 the charter was held at the same place three days 
 after. At this meeting a constitution was adopted, and 
 the first officers of the Society were chosen. 
 
 The first annual meeting of the Society was held at 
 North Parsonsfield, Sept. 14, 1833 ; the second at the 
 same place, Sept. 23, 1834; and the third at Modera¬ 
 tion Mills, Buxton, Me., Sept. 23, 1835. 
 
 The first missionaries sent out by the Society were 
 Mr. and Mrs. Eli Noyes, and Mr. and Mrs. Jeremiah 
 Phillips, who sailed from Boston in the ship Louvre , 
 Sept. 22, 1835. Rev. Amos Sutton, d. d., English 
 General Baptist Missionary in India, who came from 
 India to America in the spring of 1833, in the interests 
 of Foreign Missions, accompanied them. 
 
 The following are the names of the Presidents, Re¬ 
 cording Secretaries, Corresponding Secretaries, and 
 Treasurers of the Society, from the time of the organiza- 
 
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 MANUAL. 
 
 tion of the Society under its charter until the present 
 time, the years in which they were chosen being pre¬ 
 fixed :— 
 
 Presidents. 
 
 In 1833, John Buzzell; 1847, Enoch Place; 1848, 
 Jonathan Woodman; 1851, Arthur Caverno ; 1852, 
 Dexter Waterman ; 1856, John Stevens ; 1858, Charles 
 O. Libby; 1861, Theodore Stevens; 1868, Ebenezer 
 Knowlton; 1874, James Rand ; 1883, Joseph McLeod ; 
 1886, Oren B. Cheney. 
 
 Recording Secretaries. 
 
 In 1833, Samuel Beede; 1834, Hosea Quinby; 
 1842, Daniel P. Cilley; 1845, Gorham P. Ramsey; 
 1848, Oren B. Cheney; 1853, Frederic Moulton; 
 1858, David P. Harriman; 1864, DeWitt C. Durgin; 
 1874, Charles S. Perkins; 1878, P. W. Perry; 1879, 
 A. C. Hogbin; 1880, Oren B. Cheney; 1886, Alfred 
 W. Anthony. 
 
 Corresponding Secretaries. 
 
 In 1833, Samuel Burbank; 1834, Amos Sutton; 
 1835, Daniel P. Cilley; 1837, Enoch Mack; 1842, 
 Elias Hutchins; 1859, O. R. Bacheler; 1862, C. O. 
 Libby ; 1876, J. L. Phillips ; 1878, Charles S. Perkins ; 
 1883, Thomas H. Stacy. 
 
 Treasurers. 
 
 In 1833, 1 . N. Sanborn ; 1837, William Burr ; 1867, 
 C. O. Libby ; 1876, Nahum Brooks ; 1878, Silas Curtis; 
 1881, Moses B. Smith; 1883, E. N. Fernaid; 1885, 
 Arthur Given. 
 
MANUAL, 
 
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 REMARKS. 
 
 Let all those who read this Manual, remember: — 
 
 1. That our Lord Jesus Christ established missions. 
 
 2. That the Free Baptist Foreign Mission Society 
 was organized for the purpose of obeying our Lord’s 
 command. 
 
 3. That the Executive Board seeks to act in accord 
 ance with the will of Christ. 
 
 4. That the supreme aim of the Mission Committee 
 is the advancement of Christ’s kingdom. 
 
 5. That individual missionaries are persons who, 
 actuated by like principles, forsake all to follow Christ. 
 
 6. That this Manual, with its requirements and 
 suggestions, is designed for the same end,—the spread 
 of the Gospel and the salvation of men, according to 
 our Master’s will. 
 
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 M A NU A L. 
 
 THE CHARTER. 
 
 State of Maine. 
 
 In the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and th irty-three. 
 
 An Act to Incorporate the Freewill Baptist Foreign 
 Mission Society. 
 
 Section i. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Represen¬ 
 tatives, in Legislature assembled, that John Buzzell, Hosea Quinby, 
 William Moulton, Jr., Moses Sweat, David Mudgett, Elisha Wad- 
 leigh, Jr., Benjamin McKenney, and Pelatiah Ricker, with their as¬ 
 sociates and successors, be, and they hereby are, incorporated into a 
 company, by the name of the Freewill Baptist Foreign Mission So¬ 
 ciety, with powers to prosecute and defend suits at law; to use a com¬ 
 mon seal; to establish any by-laws for the management of their af¬ 
 fairs, not repugnant to the laws of the State; and to take, hold, and 
 convey any estates, real or personal, the annual income of which 
 shall not exceed five thousand dollars: provided , that the powers 
 herein granted may be restrained, enlarged, or annulled, at the pleas¬ 
 ure of the Legislature. 
 
 Sect. 2. Be it further enacted, that said Society may elect in the 
 manner specified in their by-laws, all such officers as they may deem 
 necessary; and all deeds, grants, agreements, made in behalf of said 
 corporation, may be sealed with the common seal and signed by such 
 officer or officers as said by-laws may designate. And any three of 
 the persons above named may call the first meeting of said Society, 
 upon giving such notice as they may think suitable. 
 
 Sect. 3. Be it further enacted, that all the estate of said Society, 
 both real and personal, shall be used and improved to the best ad¬ 
 vantage ; and the income thereof, with such part of the principal as 
 the appropriate officers of the Society may think proper, together 
 with the annual subscriptions, donations, and contributions, which 
 may be made to the Society, shall be applied to the sole use and 
 purpose of diffusing Christian knowledge, by means of Foreign Mis¬ 
 sions, in such manner as the Society may judge will best promote 
 the design of their corporation. 
 
MA NUA L. 
 
 23 
 
 In the House of Representatives, Jan. 26, 1833. This bill, having 
 had three several readings, passed to be enacted. 
 
 Nathan Clifford, Speaker. 
 
 In Senate, Jan. 28, 1833. 
 ings, passed to be enacted. 
 
 Jan. 29, 1833. Approved. 
 
 This bill, having had two several read- 
 FranCIS O. J. Smith, President. 
 Samuel E. Smith, Governor. 
 
 First Amendment to the Charter. 
 
 State of Maine. 
 
 In the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and sixty-eight. 
 
 An Act Additional to “ An Act to Incorporate the Free¬ 
 will Baptist Foreign Mission Society.” 
 
 Be it enacted by the Se?iate and House of Representatives, in Legis¬ 
 lature assembled. 
 
 SECTION i. That the Freewill Baptist Foreign Mission Society be 
 authorized and empowered to hold its annual meeting, or meetings, 
 for business, in any State of these United States; and all business 
 transacted at such meetings as may be held in other States, shall be 
 legal as though held in this State: provided, always, that legal no¬ 
 tice of all such meetings shall be given the same as if held in this 
 
 State. 
 
 SECT. 2. This act shall take effect when approved. 
 
 Approved, Feb. 19, 1868. 
 
 j. L. Chamberlain, Governor. 
 
 Second Amendment to the Charter. 
 
 State of Maine. 
 
 In the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and eighty-three. 
 
 An Act to Amend the Charter of the Freewill Bap¬ 
 tist Foreign Mission Society. 
 
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 MANUAL. 
 
 Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives, in Legis¬ 
 lature assembled, as follows :— 
 
 Section i. Chapter two hundred and ninety-four of the private 
 and special laws of eighteen hundred and thirty-three, entitled “ An 
 Act to Incorporate the Freewill Baptist Foreign Mission Society," as 
 amended by chapter five hundred and thirty-five of the private and 
 special laws of eighteen hundred and sixty-eight, is amended as fol¬ 
 lows : Said corporation shall have the power to take, hold, and con¬ 
 vey any estate, real or personal, the annual income of which shall 
 not exceed one hundred thousand dollars. 
 
 Sect. 2. In addition to the power granted in the foregoing sec¬ 
 tion, the said corporation shall have the right to take, hold, and con¬ 
 vey, estates, real or personal, for the purpose of establishing and 
 
 managing a school, college, or other institution of learning, in any 
 foreign country. 
 
 SECT. 3. Said corporation shall hereafter be known and designated 
 
 as the Free Baptist Foreign Mission Society; but no rights of prop¬ 
 erty shall be disturbed or affected by said change of name, and all 
 gifts, bequests, conveyances, or proceedings, in which the corpora¬ 
 tion is described as the Freewill Baptist Foreign Mission Society 
 shall be as valid and effectual as if the said corporation was de¬ 
 scribed as the Free Baptist Foreign Mission Society. 
 
 Sect. 4. This act shall take effect when approved by the gov¬ 
 ernor, and adopted by vote of the corporation. 
 
 Approved, Jan. 26, 1883. 
 
 Frederick Robie, Governor. 
 
 Minneapolis, Minn., Oct. 8, 1883. 
 
 At a legal meeting of the foregoing corporation, held this day at 
 the Free Baptist church in this city, at two of the clock in the after¬ 
 noon, the act entitled "An Act to Amend the Charter of the Free¬ 
 will Baptist Foreign Mission Society,” approved Jan. 26, 1883 was 
 unanimously adopted. 
 
 Attest : 
 
 O. B. CHENEY, Recording Secretaty. 
 
MANUAL . 
 
 25 
 
 THE CONSTITUTION. 
 
 Article i. The object of this society shall be to diffuse a knowl¬ 
 edge of our Lord Jesus Christ throughout the world, to the end that 
 all men may believe on him and be saved. 
 
 Art. 2. The membership shall consist first of delegates from such 
 churches of Christ, or associations of Christians, as hold to salvation 
 through faith and believers’ baptism, the same having been ap¬ 
 proved by a vote of the Society, and having contributed $100 to its 
 fund during the current year: provided , that one delegate only shall 
 be sent by each church or association ; and second, of any person 
 who has been accepted by vote, and who has paid during the year 
 $20 into the treasury. Any person may be a member one year, 
 on being accepted by vote and paying $2 into the treasury of the 
 Society. 
 
 Art. 3. At least fourteen days’ notice shall be given of all meet¬ 
 ings of this Society that may be held, both annual and special, in 
 some paper published in the State of Maine. 
 
 Art. 4. The officers of this Society shall be a President, six Vice- 
 Presidents, a Recording Secretary, a Corresponding Secretary, 
 a Treasurer, and an Auditor, who shall be chosen at the annual 
 meeting of the Society this year, 1883, and shall hold their respective 
 offices for three years, or until others shall be chosen in their stead. 
 There shall also be an Executive Board of fifteen, of which the Presi¬ 
 dent, Recording Secretary, and Corresponding Secretary of the So¬ 
 ciety shall be members ex officio; and the other twelve shall be 
 chosen at the annual meeting this year, 1883, the first four to hold 
 their office until the annual meeting of 1884, the second four until 
 that of 1885, and the third four until that of 1886; and at the annual 
 meeting of 1884, and at every annual meeting thereafter, there shall 
 be chosen four members of this Board to hold office until the third an¬ 
 nual meeting from the time of their election. And in case the So¬ 
 ciety shall at any annual meeting neglect to fill any of the vacancies 
 occurring in the Board, the person or persons whose term of office 
 had expired, shall be continued in office until such time as the So¬ 
 ciety shall determine. 
 
26 
 
 MA NUA L . 
 
 Art. 5. The President shall be President of the Executive Board. 
 He shall also preside in all meetings of the Society, and in his ab¬ 
 sence one of the Vice-Presidents shall preside; and in case of the 
 absence of all the Vice-Presidents, the Recording Secretary, or some 
 member of the Society, shall call the Society to order, when a Presi¬ 
 dent pro tem. shall be chosen. 
 
 Art. 6. The Recording Secretary shall be duly qualified, and he 
 shall keep an accurate^ record of the doings of the Society, and 
 certify that the same is true. 
 
 Art. 7. It shall be the duty of the Corresponding Secretary, 
 under the direction of the Executive Board, to conduct the corre¬ 
 spondence upon all subjects relating to the missions of the Society 
 and to prepare the annual report for the Society. 
 
 Art. 8. The Treasurer shall be duly qualified, and shall give 
 bonds to the Society in a sum satisfactory to the Executive Board. 
 He shall take charge of the funds belonging to the Society, and 
 keep an accurate account of the same. He shall, under the direction 
 of the Executive Board, make all investments of the funds of the 
 Society that need to be invested, and shall, under the direction of 
 the Executive Board, sign all deeds, bonds, and other papers by 
 which the Society is to become legally bound. 
 
 Art. 9. It shall be the duty of the Auditor to examine the Treas¬ 
 urer’s books and papers at least once a year, and make a report of 
 his examination to the Executive Board. 
 
 Art. 10. The Executive Board shall have power to act for and in 
 behalf of the Society from one annual meeting to another; and it 
 shall make a report of its doings to the Society at every annual 
 meeting, and at such other times as the Society may require ; it shall 
 choose its own Secretary, call all meetings of the Society, both 
 annual and special, and fill all vacancies occurring in the Board and 
 in the offices of the Society. All members of the Board shall be no¬ 
 tified of all meetings of the Board, and five members shall constitute 
 a quorum for the transaction of business. 
 
 Art. 11. The Society shall meet annually for the transaction of 
 business, and at such other times as the Executive Board may de¬ 
 termine. 
 
 Art. 12. Fifteen members of the Society shall constitute a quo¬ 
 rum for the transaction of business. 
 
 Art. 13. This constitution may be amended at any regular 
 meeting of the Society, annual or special, by vote of two-thirds of 
 
M A A U A L. 
 
 27 
 
 the members present: provided , that the proposed amendment shall 
 have been presented in writing to the Society at a previous meeting, 
 by some member of the Society; or, in lieu thereof, shall have been 
 presented in writing by some member of the Society to the Record¬ 
 ing Secretary, at least one month prior to the time of holding said 
 regular meeting, it being hereby made the duty of said Recording 
 Secretary to immediately cause said amendment to be published in 
 a paper widely circulated among the members of the Society: and 
 provided also, that any and all amendments recommended by the 
 Executive Board may be acted upon by the Society without pre¬ 
 vious notice or publication. 
 
 Art. 14. Any constitution, law, regulation, or vote of the Society, 
 inconsistent with the provisions of this constitution, is hereby re¬ 
 scinded. 
 
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 MANUAL. 
 
 THE MISSION FIELD. 
 
 Our foreign field is situated in Bengal, British India. 
 The port to which our missionaries sail is Calcutta, and 
 the passage is made via England and the Suez Canal. 
 The usual length of voyage is from six to seven weeks, 
 according to time required for making connections in 
 England, where the traveler has to change ships. 
 Only steamships take this route, sailing ships still going 
 around the Cape of Good Hope. 
 
 Our India field occupies the two districts of Midna- 
 pore and Balasore, and contiguous portions of two or 
 three adjoining districts. It covers an area of more 
 than seven thousand square miles, and the population 
 will not fall short of three and a half million souls. 
 The people are Hindus, Mohammedans and a jungle 
 tribe called Santals. The Hindus of Balasore speak 
 the Oriya language, the vernacular of the province of 
 Orissa, of which Balasore is the northern district. The 
 Hindus of Midnapore speak Bengali, the language of 
 Bengal. The Mohammedans, speak these two lan¬ 
 guages to some extent, but their own favorite language 
 is the Hindustani. The Santals have no written lan¬ 
 guage, but their wild, beautiful tongue has been re¬ 
 duced to writing by the missionaries, and books for 
 their use are printed in the Bengali and Roman char¬ 
 acters. 
 
 The principal stations now occupied in this field are 
 Midnapore, Balasore, Bhimpore, Jellasore and Santi- 
 
MANUAL. 
 
 2 9 
 
 pore. The work of the missionaries consists of preach¬ 
 ing the Gospel, teaching or superintending schools, 
 printing Scriptures and school books, and healing the 
 sick. The Mission Press and the Bible School for 
 training native helpers are located at Midnapore. The 
 names of the present staff of missionaries, together with 
 the church and educational statistics for the year end¬ 
 ing March, 1886, are here appended. 
 
 * POST-OFFICE ADDRESS 
 
 Dr. O. R. Bacheler, Midnapore. 
 Mrs. O. R. Bacheler, Midnapore. 
 Rev.T.W.Burkholder. Midnapore. 
 Mrs.T.W. Burkholder,Midnapore. 
 Rev. M. J. Coldren, Bhadrack. 
 Mrs. M.J. Coldren, Bhadrack. 
 Miss L. Coombs, Midnapore. 
 
 Rev. F. D. George, Midnapore. 
 Mrs. F. D. George, Midnapore. 
 Rev. B. F. Griffin, Balasore. 
 
 Mrs. B. F. Griffin, Balasore. 
 
 Mrs. H. C. Phillips, Jellasore. 
 
 Miss N. M. PI: 
 
 OF THE MISSIONARIES. 
 
 M iss H. P. Phillips, Balasore. 
 Miss I. O. Phillips, Balasore. 
 
 Mrs. D. F. Smith, Balasore. 
 
 Dr. J. L. Phillips, Howard, R. I., 
 Mrs. J.L. Phillips, Howard, R. I., 
 
 [U. S. A. 
 
 Miss Ella M. Butts, Midnapore. 
 Dr. H. M. Bacheler, Midnapore. 
 Mrs. H. M. Bacheler, Midnapore 
 Rev. A. P. Boyer, Midnapore. 
 Mrs. A. P. Boyer, Midnapore. 
 Miss J. B. Hooper, Midnapore. 
 illips, Jellasore. 
 
 * Write India, via Brindisi, alter each address. 
 
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