THE WELSH C. FOREIGN MISSIONS REGULATIONS Digitized by the Internet Archive in 2018 with funding from Columbia University Libraries https://archive.org/details/generalregulatioOOwels THE WELSH CALVINISTIC METHODISTS’ FOREIGN MISSION. GENERAL REGULATIONS FOR THE GUIDANCE OF THE DIRECTORS AND MISSIONARIES. Adopted by the General Assembly held at Rhyl, May 2o-27, 1S97. Printed for the Directors and Missionaries only. 1897 . SALFOKD ; J. ROBERTS AND SONS, PKINTERS, CHAPEL STREET. Twenty-five years having- elapsed since the General Regulations of the Mission were formed, and experience having shown that several additions and changes were necessary, the General Assembly in 1896 requested the Executive Committee to prepare revised Regulations to he proposed for adoption in the General Assembly to be held in 1897. The Regulations in the Second Part have been formed principally for the guidance of our Missionaries in India, and the personal allowances do not apply to the Missionaries in Brittany. The Regulations will, however, indicate in what spirit the General Assembly considers the proceedings of our Missionaries everywhere should be conducted. IV. At the Meeting of the General Assembly of the Welsh Calvinistic Methodists, held at Rhyl, May 25-27th, 1897, and consisting of the representatives of the different Monthly Meetings and Presbyteries in connection with the Associations of North and South Wales, together with the other members of the Assembly, Inter alia ,— It was proposed by the Rev. Principal Edwards, D.D., of Bala ; seconded by the Rev. T, Levi, of Aberystwyth, and passed unanimously— “ That we approve of the Regulations prepared by the Executive Committee and submitted to the Assembly, and at the same time desire to thank the Committee and the Secretary for their zeal and faithfulness.” JOHN MORGAN JONES, Moderator of the General Assembly. LLEWELYN EDWARDS, < ) 86 eve tav ics THOMAS GWYNEDD ROBERTS, ) JOHN HUGHES, Chairman of the Executive Committee. JOSIAH THOMAS, Secretary of the Foreign Mission. [The Directors, in the preparation of these Regulations, have availed them¬ selves of the results of the larger experience of other Missions, and have derived especial assistance from the rules which have been adopted by the London Missionary Society, the Free Church Mission, and the Church Missionary Society.] CONTENTS PAGE Exiles .vii. REGULATIONS. PART FIRST. Section First .. .. The Executive Committee _ 1 ,, Second .... Order of Proceeding. 1 ,, Third .. .. Letters of the Missionaries .... 2 „ Fourth _ The Treasurers . 3 ,, Fifth .. .. The General Secretary . I ,, Sixth . The General Directors. 5 ,, Seventh .. The Boai’d of Trustees . 5 ,, Eighth .... Auditors and Surveyors .. .. 6 ,, Ninth .. .. Missionary Candidates. 7 PART SECOND. Section First . Missionaries. 15 ,, Second.. .. District Committees. 15 ,, Third .... Conduct of Business. IS ,, Fourth. .. Districts and General Work _ 20 ,, Fifth .... District Finance.22 ,, Sixth .. .. Estimates and Warrants. 24 ,, Seventh _ Reports.27 ,, Eighth. .. Land, Buildings and Repairs... 29 ,, Ninth .... Salaries and Allowances .. .. 30 ,, Tenth .. .. Examination in Languages .... 33 ,, Eleventh... Marriage of Missionaries .. .. 35 ,, Twelfth .. Character of Missionaries. 37 ,, Thirteenth. Term of Engagement. 3S VI. PAGE Section Fourteenth Furlough, Sick Leave, and Death 39 ,, Fifteenth.. Passage and Outfit. 42 ,, Sixteenth.. Missionaries in England .. .. 44 ,, Seventeenth Retired Missionaries, Widows, and Orphans. 45 ,, Eighteenth. The Medical Mission. 46 ,, Nineteenth. The Theological Institution .... 48 ,, Twentieth.. Female Candidates and Mis¬ sionaries .49 PART THIRD. Suggestions as to Missionary Operations— The preaching of the Gospel—the native language— various methods of fulfilling “ the great Com¬ mission — native workers — Bible classes — the training of Evangelists—Medical Mission Work subordinate to the work of Evangelisation— practice of other Missions—native pastors—scheme proposed by the Presbytery—contributions of natives—education—self-reliance and self-govern¬ ment—industrial occupations.53 APPENDIX. A. —District Quarterly Account Form . 65 B. —Annual Salary Account Form.66 C. —Advice of Draft Form. 67 D. —Statistical Form .68 E. —Register of Schools Form .. .. 69 F. —Proposed New Schools Form.70 RULES OF THE WELSH CALVINISTIC METHODISTS’ FOREIGN MISSION. I. —The object of the Welsh Calvinistic Methodists’ Foreign Mission (otherwise called “ The Welsh Calvinistic Methodists’ Foreign Missionary Society ”) shall be the diffusion of the know¬ ledge of the Gospel among those who are destitute of it in foreign countries. II. —The Direction of the Missions shall be entirely in the hands of the General Assembly. III. —The General Assembly, in order to carry out the objects of the Mission, shall appoint an Executive Committee, consisting of twenty-one Members—being ministers, deacons, and others who are members of the Connexion and Subscribers to the Mission—from Liverpool and its vicinity (unless and until the General Assembly shall otherwise decide ). Three of the Members shall retire every year, with¬ out being eligible for re-election for that year, and in their stead three others are to be nominated by those remaining on the Committee, and their names presented to the General Assembly for appointment; and the names of all the Members, together with the names of the other Officers of the Mission, shall be read in the Annual Public Missionary Meeting of the Assembly as a part of the Report. The Committee shall choose two of its Members to represent it in the General Assembly. The two Treasurers, the General Secretary, and the previous Moderators of the General Assembly who reside in Liverpool, are ex-officio Members of the Executive Committee, as well as of the General Assembly. IY.—In order to assist the Executive Committee, especially in circumstances requiring consultation, and in order to take special charge of the Missionary interest in their respective counties, each Monthly Meeting shall choose a Minister and Deacon to be County Directors. These Directors shall be elected for three years, and shall not remain in office for more than six years consecutively; during Vlll. their term of office they shall he of the number of the Delegates who are to he sent by each Monthly Meeting to the General Assembly. The Trustees of the Mission and the ex-Moderators of the Assembly are ex-officio Directors. V. —The two County Directors, the Secretary of the Monthly Meeting, the Treasurer and the Secretary of the Mission for the County, together with eight chosen annually by the Monthly Meeting shall form in each County a Committee to take charge of the Missionary cause, make arrangements for the holding of public meetings, and employ every means that may be judged proper to foster a Missionary spirit and activity in the County. VI. —The Executive Committee shall meet once a month, or oftener if necessary, to superintend all the affairs of the Mission devise the best means for conducting the work, consider applications from Missionary Candidates, make arrangements as to the sending out of Missionaries, the fields of their labour, their salaries, &c., and shall prepare a Report of their proceedings for presentation to the General Assembly. VII. —All the moneys collected towards the Mission shall be sent as soon as possible to the General Treasurer, who shall lodge them in a Bank, approved by the Executive Committee, in the name of the Mission ; he shall not pay any money on behalf of the Mission, except by the authority of the Executive Committee; and he shall give every satisfaction to his colleagues and to the General Assembly respecting the accounts of the Mission, when called upon to do so. VIII. —Any money that may not be required for the general expenses of the Mission shall be invested in the names of and according to the direction of the Trustees. For this purpose, eighteen Trustees shall be appointed, of whom twelve (six from the north and six from the south) shall be nominated by the General Directors (apart from the Executive Committee), and six shall be nominated by the Committee. That the appointment of the Trustees must be made by the General Assembly. IX. —Every one before being accepted by the Executive Committee as a Missionary candidate must have completed the usual course of collegiate study; but he may, at the end of his second year’s course in the Theological College, state to the Executive Committee his IX. intention of offering himself to the service of the Mission. The Committee, after making every enquiry of his tutors, his Monthly Meeting, and others, as to his qualifications, if satisfied with the result of the investigations, shall, with the approval of the General Directors, present him to the General Assembly, and, if the Assembly approve of him, shall take the necessary measures for preparing him for the work and sending him out. The Committee may use any means they may think proper to prepare candidates for the Mission field, if they are satisfied as to their qualifications. X. —The Missionaries, before being sent out, shall be ordained to the whole work of the ministry, and previous to their departure shall affix their signatures to a form, expressing their approval of the Confession of Faith and the rules of the Connexion, and of their determination to adhere to the same while they are in the service of the Mission. XI. —An Annual Report of the operations of the Mission, containing also the names of tbe subscribers of 2/6 and upwards annually, or contributions of £20 and upwards at one time, and also the names of children who shall have collected 5/- and upwards, shall be published and presented to each of such subscribers. The name of each Executor paying a bequest of £10 to the Funds of the Mission shall also be published in the Annual Report. Note. —The term Monthly Meeting in the above Rules stands also for Presbytery. FORM OF A BEQUEST TO THE SOCIETY. “ I give to the Treasurer for the time being , or the person for the time being acting as such , of The Welsh Calvinistic Methodist Foreign Mission (otherwise called the Welsh Calvinistic Methodists' Foreign Missionary Society), instituted in Liverpool in the year 18)0, and whose receipt I direct shall be a sufficient discharge for the same, the sum of £ Sterling [free of Legacy Duty'], to be applied for the general purposes of the said Society, and [with the duty in respect tlierereof ] to be fully paid out of such part of my personal estate as is legally applicable for such purpose, and in priority to all other Legacies; but in case my personal estate of whatever kind shall not be sufficient to pay all the Legacies hereby given in full, then L direct that the said Legacy of £ shall abate rateably and in proportion with the other Legacies." If a testator do not wish a Legacy to be paid free of duty, the words within brackets should be omitted. * GENERAL REGULATIONS. Part Jfirst. SECTION FIRST. THE EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE. 1. The Executive Committee, at its first meeting after the General Assembly, shall elect a Chairman, to be in office until the following Greneral Assembly. 2. The Executive Committee, besides appointing sub¬ committees for special purposes, shall appoint three standing Sub-Committees,—(1) Finance Committee; (2) General Purposes Committee ; (3) Correspondence Com¬ mittee, consisting of the Chairman and the Ex-Chairman of the Executive Committee, the Chairmen of the two other Sub-Committees, together with the Treasurers and Secretary. The Secretary and Treasurer shall also consult the Correspondence Sub-Committee iu cases where it may he deemed unnecessary to call the whole Committee. 3. No act of a Sub-Committee shall be valid till ratified by the General Committee. SECTION SECOND. ORDER OF PROCEEDING. 1. At each monthly meeting the minutes of the previous monthly meeting, or of any adjourned or special meetings of the Committee that may have been held in the mean- 2 time, shall be read, and, on being confirmed, shall be signed by the Chairman. 2. The monthly statement of the Treasurer shall be read and passed. (S. IV., 1.) 3. Letters and other communications shall be laid before the Committee,—(1) from the Missionaries, the Secretary giving an epitome of their contents or reading portions when required; (2) home correspondence. 4. The report of the General Purposes Committee shall be read and considered. 5. The report of the Finance Committee shall be read and considered. 6. Any general business not included in the report of the Sub-Committees can be introduced by permission of the Chairman and the Committee. 7. At adjourned Meetings of the Committee the subjects not previously disposed of shall be taken up in order; at special meetings the special business for which the meeting was summoned shall take precedence. 8. Not fewer than seven members of the Executive Committee, exclusive of the Secretary, shall form a quorum. Three members of a Sub-Committee, exclusive of the Secretary, shall form a quorum. 9. In the general conduct of the proceedings, the standing orders of the General Assembly shall be followed. SECTION THIRD. LETTERS OF THE MISSIONARIES. 1. All letters sent to the Secretary and to the Treasurer, as officers of the Society, shall be laid before the Com¬ mittee. 3 2. While it is desirable that all letters should he read to the Committee, it is indispensable that they he read hy the Correspondence Committee, an abstract of the contents being given to the General Committee. 3. The Secretary shall preserve all letters in indexed boohs prepared for the purpose. The Missionaries shall be provided -with paper so ruled that all the letters of one year, or a portion of a year, may be bound together in volumes. SECTION FOURTH. THE TREASURERS. 1. The General Treasurer shall prepare for each monthly meeting of the Committee a statement of the sums received and paid by him during the month, showing the balance in hand at that date ; and at the close of the financial year a statement of the receipts and expenditure for the year; and present the same to be audited with the vouchers. 2. The Treasurer of the Widows’ Fund shall present a statement at the end of each year of the sums received and paid by him during the year, and showing the balance in hand at the end of the year. 3. If it shoidd be found that at any time the balance in hand greatly exceeds the amount which will be required for current expenses, the Executive Committee shall inform the Trustees in order that they may invest such a portion of the balance as may be thought advisable. (S. VII.) 4. No accounts shall be paid by the Treasurer which have not been first authorised by the Committee and obtained the signature of the Chairman. 5. All cheques must be signed by the Treasurer, the Secretary, and a member of the Finance Committee. SECTION EIFTH. THE GENERAL SECRETARY. 1. The Secretary shall, under the direction of the Com¬ mittee, conduct the correspondence of the Mission. 2. He shall beep all the accounts of the Mission in books specially prepared for the purpose, which shall be the property of the Mission. 3. The Secretary shall also keep (1) a report, or minute book, containing an account of the proceedings of the meetings of the Directors; (2) all letters received by him ; (3) a book containing an abstract of each letter or other communication received from the Missionaries; (4) a letter book containing copies of all the letters sent by him as Secretary of the Mission. 4. The Secretary shall keep in a book, specially pre¬ pared for the purpose, an account of the property mort¬ gaged to the Mission as security for its various Funds. This book shall state the nature of the property, name of owner, amount advanced, where insured, and for what amount, date of meeting of Trustees when the advance was authorised, and all other necessary particulars. The same book shall contain a register of the property pertaining to the Mission in this country or abroad. 5. The Secretary shall examine the Missionaries’ accounts and all bills before they are presented to the Committee. 6. He shall keep in a separate book an account of expenses incurred by him on behalf of the Mission, giving 5 the Treasurer a voucher signed by the Chairman for each monthly account. 7. He shall, at each monthly meeting of the Committee, give a brief report of the Missionary meetings at which he may have been present during the previous month, and lay before the Committee his arrangements for future meetings. SECTION SIXTH. THE GENEEAL DIRECTORS. 1. The General Directors of the Mission consist of the Executive Committee together with the County Directors. (See Eule IV., p. vii.) 2. Meetings of the General Directors are held, as circumstances may require, in the intervals between two General Assemblies. At these meetings a statement shall be given of the matters that have been under the con¬ sideration of the Executive Committee since the previous Assembly, and of all proposals to be submitted to the coming Assembly. SECTION SEVENTH. THE BOAED OF TEUSTEES. 1. The Board of Trustees consists of eighteen members appointed by the General Assembly. Of these six must be resident in North Wales, six in South Wales or Monmouthshire, and six nominated by the Executive Committee. 2. In the event of a vacancy in the Board of Trustees the nomination of a new member shall be made by the 6 County Directors exclusive of tlie Executive Committee, if' the vacancy he amongst those nominated by the County Directors ; or by the Executive Committee, exclusive of the County Directors, if the vacancy is amongst those nominated by the Executive Committee. 3. The Board of Trustees have the charge of investing the money of the Mission—the General Fund, the Widows’ Fund, and the Jubilee Fund. 4. No resolution of the Board shall be valid unless there are five members present. > 5. The members of the Board of Trustees nominated by the Executive Committee shall form a Sub-Committee to consider any proposals with reference to balances to be invested. (S. IV., ss. 2.) SECTION EIGHTH. AUDITORS. 1. The Auditors annually appointed by the General Assembly shall, in examining the accounts of the Mission, compare the receipts in the Treasurers’ books with the advice-notes sent to the Secretary, and the vouchers for each sum received and paid by the Treasurers, together with the appropriations of these amounts as shewn in the accounts sent home by the Missionaries and in the books kept by the Secretary. They shall also examine the deeds held as securities for the various Funds, and the Register of the property of the Mission at home and abroad. SURVEYORS. 2. At intervals not exceeding five years, the Trustees shall appoint one or more professional Surveyors-to make an investigation into the property mortgaged to the Mission, and to report carefully thereon to the Board and to the Directors. SECTION NINTH. MISSIONARY CANDIDATES. 1. When a person is desirous of offering himself as a candidate for missionary work, he shall forward an application in writing to that effect to the Executive Committee. 2. If the application and the preliminary enquiry which the Committee may deem proper to institute he satisfac¬ tory, it shall instruct the Secretary to send to the applicant the following letter and enquiries : — 189 Dear Sir, The Directors, having received your offer of service as a Missionary in connection with the Calvinistic Methodists' Foreign Missions, have instructed me to submit the following Questions to your serious consideration, and to request you to furnish, in your own composition, a full and faithful answer to each of them, at your earliest convenience. I am, dear Sir, Yours very respectfully, 1. State the place of your birth and your age. Are your parents living ? Are they dependent in any degree upon you for their support ? Do they know of your application to the Directors ? 2. What has been the general state of your health, and what it is at present ? 8 3. What advantages of education have you enjoyed ? 4. What has been your occupation ? Have you any prospect of being able to obtain a comfortable maintenance if you remain in this country ? 5. As it is indispensably necessary that he who undertakes to teach Christianity should himself be a true Christian, state the grounds on which you conclude that such is your character, and add any memorable circumstances connected with your first religious impressions. 6. Of what Church are you a member ? And how long have you been in Christian fellowship ? 7. How long is it since you have commenced preaching ? Have you been engaged in any other efforts for the spiritual good of others ? 8. State briefly your views of the principal and distinguishing doctrines of the Gospel. Do you accept cordially the doctrines of our Connexion, and its form of government as set forth in the Confession of Faith ? 9. How long have you entertained the desire of becoming a Missionary, and what led to that desire ? 10. State the reasons of your preference for the work of a Missionary abroad to that of a Minister at home. 11. What, in your judgment, are the general qualifications for the work of a Christian Missionary, and the trials and temptations to which he will be exposed ? 12. Are you under any engagement relating to marriage ? 9 13. Are you a total abstainer from intoxicating drinks ? 14. Give the names and addresses of a number of persons who have known you in different relations and during different periods of your life, and to whom enquiries might be addressed as to your character, qualifications, &c. 15. In the event of your being accepted as a Missionary, are you willing to conform to its Regulations, a copy of which I enclose ? (Signature in fullJ 3. If the Directors are satisfied with the replies given by the candidate to these questions they shall send the following circular to the persons named by him, to the Secretary of his Monthly Meeting or Presbytery, to his Tutors, and others who may be able to afford them in¬ formation concerning him. 18 Dear Sir, has sent in an application to the Directors of the Welsh Calvinistic Methodists’ Foreign Mission, to go out as a Missionary to In order to judge of his qualifications for the important work for which he is a candidate, the Directors feel that it is necessary that they should make every enquiry with reference to him, from those who have had opportunities of becoming acquainted with him. And as they under¬ stand that you have had such opportunities, they will feel obliged if you will send, as soon as you can, answers to the following questions, or as many of them as your knowledge of the candidate may enable you to give. 10 The answers will be regarded as confidential, and care will be taken not to make any public use of them without your permission. I am, dear Sir, Yours truly, 1. How long has the candidate been known to you? 2. Is he, according to your judgment a truly religious man, and has he left an impression on your mind of his undoubted piety ? 3. Is he a man of discretion and judgment, and likely in this respect not to lead the Society into any trouble ? 4. Has he a good command over his temper and spirit ? Is he gentle, forbearing, not prone to give or take offence ? 5. Has he a good reputation for industry and care with his secular calling, not showing any disposition to sloth and indolence ? 6. Is he a man of courage and steadfastness ? 7. What is your opinion of his ability to acquire knowledge, atid w T hat success has followed his studies during the time you have known him ? 8. Has the candidate proved that he has some ability and fondness for imparting instruction ? 9. Is he fond of Christian work and has he been in the habit of making use of opportunities to do good in spheres that were open to him besides preaching, such as with the Sunday School, or meetings with young people ? 10. Do you know at the present time of any¬ thing in the history or in the character of the candidate which would make you hesitate as to the propriety of sending him to such a work, so far from home, where he would not have the advantage of the counsel and influence of other Church officers ? 11. We shall feel obliged if you will add any remarks or facts that may occur to you—not coming within the scope of the above questions—which vou think it desirable to bring to the notice of the Directors in order to assist them to a right decision on this question. ___ 189 Anwyl Syr, Mae wedi anfon cats at Gyfarwyddwyr Cenhadaeth Drajior y Metiiodistiaid Calfinaidd i fyned allan fel Cenhadwr i Er mwyn hod yn alluoy i ffurfio barn am ei gymhwysderau i'r gwaith pwysig y mae yn ymgeisio ato, teimla y Cyfar- wyddwyr jod yn angenrheidiol iddynt icneuthur pob ymofynion mewn perthynas iddo gydaW rhai a gawsant gyjteusderau i ddyfod yn gydnabyddm ag ef; a chan y deallant eich bod cliwi wedi cael mantais felly, byddant yn dra didchgar i chwi os byddwch mar garedig ag anfon , mor fuan ag y byddo yn gyfleus, atebion dr Cwestiynau canlynol, neu gynifer o honynt ag y byddo eich gwybodaeth chwi am yr Ymgeisydd yn eich galluogi %'w rhoddi. Ystyrir yr atebion yn gyfrixaciiol, a gofelir na wneir unrhyw ddefnydd cyhoeddus o honynt hcb eich cania'ad. Ydwyf, anwyl Syr, Yr eiddoch yn ddijfuant, 12 1. Er ys pa faint o amser y mae yr Ymgeisydd yn adnabyddus i chwi ? 2. A ydyw, yn oleich barn chwi, yn wr gwir grefyddol, ac wedi gadael argyhoeddiad yn eicb meddwl o’i dduw- ioldeb diamheuol ? 3. A ydyw yn wr o synwyr a pbwyll, ac yn debvg, yn y golygiad hwnw, o fod yn ddibrofedigaetb i’r Gymdeitlias? 4. A oes ganddo lywodraeth dda ar ei dymber a’i yspryd ? A ydyw yn “ dir ion,” yn “ ddioddefgar,” lieb fod yn bawdd ganddo roddi na chymeryd tramgwydd ? 5. A ydyw wedi ennill cymeriad am ddiwydrwydd a gofal gyda’i alwedigaeth fydol, beb ddangos tuedd at ddiogi a segurdod? 6. A ydyw o feddwl gwrol a dianwadal? 7. Beth ydyw eich barn am ei gymhwysderau i dderbyn dysg, a pha lwyddiant a ddilynodd ei efrydiaeth dros yr amser yr oeddych chwi yn ei adnabod ? 8. A ydyw yr Ymgeisydd wedi profi ei hun yn un a gradd o allu a lioffder ganddo i gyfranu addysg ? 9. A ydyw yn hoffo weitbio gyda chrefydd ac wedi arfer defnyddio cyflensderau i wneuthur daioni mewn cylcboedd oeddynt yn agored iddo heblaw gyda phregethu, megis gyda’r Ysgol Sabbothol, neu ryw gyfarfodydd gyda’r ieuenctyd ? 10. A wyddoch chwi, ar hyn o bryd, am ryw beth yn hanes neu yn nghymeriad yr Ymgeisydd a barai i chwi betruso yn nghylch y priodoldeb o’i anfon i’r fath waith, mor bell oddicartref, lie y byddai dan yr anfantais o fod yn amdifad o gyfarwyddyd a dylanwad ei gyd-swyddogion? 11. Teimlir yn ddiolchgar os byddwch mor garedig ag ychwanegu unrhyw sylwadau neu ffeithiau fyddont yn ymgynyg i’ch meddwl,—nad ydynt yn dyfod o fewn cylch 13 yr atebion i’r cwestiynau uchod, ag y tybiwch y byddai yn ddymunol eu dwyn i sylw y Cyfarwyddwyr, er mwyn eu cynortbwyo i ddyfod i benderfyniad ar yr acbos bwn. Arwyddwyd yan 189 4. During these negotiations it is desirable that the Directors should have frequent opportunites of becoming acquainted with the candidate, by personal interviews : if after such interviews, and after instituting every enquiry and receiving a report of the medical adviser appointed by them, they are satisfied as to his fitness for the missionary work, they shall recommend him to the General Assembly. 5. Though it is necessary that a candidate should have completed the ordinary course of instruction in one of our Colleges before offering himself to the Mission, the Directors may, when satisfied of the fitness of the candi¬ date for missionary work, especially if some months should intervene before the meeting of the General Assembly, furnish him with means of further prosecuting his studies, in branches in which he may be defective, or in special training for his future work. 6. During that time the candidate shall regularly correspond with the Directors, and he shall produce certificates from the Professors of his regular attendance at the classes which he has joined, and of his diligent attention to his studies, giving the Committee every satisfaction that his time has been profitably employed. 7. The candidate shall before contracting marriage, furnish for the satisfaction of the Directors evidence of the lady’s suitability to be a Missionary’s wife, as well as a favourable medical certificate. 14 8. Every Missionary before being sent out, shall, according to the Standing Rule X. of the Mission, sign the following declaration /, on my being ordained [or on my setting out] as a Missionary of the Welsh Calvinistic Methodists’ Eokeign Missionakt Society to do hereby declare my approval of the Articles of Doctrine professed by the Connexion of which I am a member, as set forth in the “ Confession of Faith, 1 ' as well as of the form of church government and Rules of Discipline therein contained; and I engage that I will not preach, or teach, whilst in the service of the said Society, any doctrine contrary to the Articles referred to, and that I will conscientiously adhere to the form of church government and Rules before mentioned, so far as may be practicable in my field of labour. And I farther engage and promise to the following effect, viz.:—That in case I voluntarily resign my office as Missionary, or dissolve my connection with the Society in whose employ / am about to be sent out, within seven years, / will refund the expenses which have been and may be incurred by the Society on my account, and deliver to the accredited representative or representatives of the Society in any property belonging to the Society, of which I may be possessed at the time of such resignation. Signed and declared at the time of my ordination [or departure] in on the of 189 Witnesses, Part (Srroni). SECTION FIRST. MISSIONARIES. 1. These Regulations have been framed for the guid¬ ance of those who have been sent out to preach the Gospel to the heathen, and for such others as are appointed by the Directors to the same official stand¬ ing. They are the representatives of the Mission, and are responsible for the expenditure of the funds appropriated to their respective stations. 2. The Missionary staff consists of all Missionaries and Assistant Missionaries who hold lheir appointments direct from the Directors. Note. —Male and female assistants appointed by District Committees do not come under this rule, but are agents of the District Committee which appoint them ; and all native agents, whether ordained as Pastors or Missionaries, or employed in other departments of evangelistic work, are held to he in the service of local Missions and of the native Churches. SECTION SECOND. DISTRICT COMMITTEES. 1. The general policy of the Mission and the amount of money to be expended in the various departments of the work shall be under the direction of the General 16 Directors ( i.e ., the Executive Committee and the County Directors), subject to the supervision of the General Assembly. 2. With a view to secure the greatest efficiency in the conduct of the work, and a judicious division of labour, the Agents of the Mission shall be associated together in Committees, and as such maintain direct correspondence with the Board at home. Note. —The Missionaries in India, stationed in Khasia and Jaintia, Sylhet, Cachar, &c., shall form one or more Committees, as may be hereafter decided. 3. The District Committee shall consist of all the Missionaries, male and female, appointed to the district of which it has charge, and of such other agents or officers of their Missions as may be appointed by the Directors. (Membership subject to sub-section 7.) 4. Each Committee shall take cognizance of the whole range of the work carried on by its individual members. Each member shall be responsible to the whole Com¬ mittee, and shall submit to the vote of the majority. 5. The management of the Theological Institution, Normal Schools, Hospitals and Dispensaries, shall be under the care of the Committee in the same sense in which all the departments of the Mission work are under their care. (Liberty shall always be given to the Medical Missionary in all matters relating to medical and surgical work.) 6. Each Committee shall annually elect a Treasurer, Secretary, Auditor, and Chairman. It is recommended that the Chairman, except in special circumstances, should not be appointed for more than one year. The appoint¬ ment of Treasurer must be sanctioned by the Directors. 17 7. No new Missionary shall be entitled to full member¬ ship, or to vote at meetings of the Committee, or to take the chair, until such Missionary has been two years in the district of which the Committee has charge, and has creditably passed the second examination in the native language. (See S. x.) Special cases of admission or exclusion may be submitted to the consideration of the Directors. 8. Though the meetings of the District Committee are intended principally for transacting business matters, the members should avail themselves of such opportunities to join together in devotion and in consultation as to their personal difficulties and anxieties in relation to the work, and as to their spiritual growth. Missionai’ies and their families, who may be stationed within convenient distance, are urged to hold periodical meetings for this purpose. They should also acquaint themselves with the views and systems of the Missionaries of other Societies, by whose experience they may often greatly benefit; and should study in every possible way to guard themselves against isolation in spirit, in labour, and in plans. 9. The Committee shall arrange for the formation of a sub-committee, consisting of the Female Missionaries, the wives of the Missionaries, and others whom they may select, for taking oversight of female education and other departments of work amongst females. 10. Missionary Council : It is probable that it may be found convenient soon to form more than one District Committee in India ; when that is the case, the members of the different District Committees shall form a Missionary Council, and shall meet once a year to confer as to matters 18 belonging to the whole field, such as the management of the Theological Institution, the ordination of native pastors, the formation of new Districts, &c., or any proposals which it may be thought necessary to submit to the Directors as to the work generally. SECTION THIRD. CONDUCT OF BUSINESS. 1. Each District Committee shall hold a Half-yearly Meeting, at some suitable station within its area; and other meetings, when required by special business, shall be held at such times and places as may be deemed most convenient. 2. All general arrangements requiring careful review— such as changes in the location and labours of Missionaries, the ordination of native pastors, the examination and the appointment of evangelists and teachers, and the like— shall be reserved for the Half-yearly Meeting held in the Autumn. Note. —Financial matters, or such as may lead to an expen¬ diture of the Mission’s funds, shall he decided in district Committees only, by those who are directly responsible to the Directors. 3. When important questions press for settlement which cannot he reserved for the Half-yearly Meeting , and when a Special Meeting is not convenient, the papers relating to those questions shall be circulated by the Secretary among the members of the District Committee, who may communicate to him and to each other their opinions respecting them in writing. The Secretary shall commu¬ nicate the result to the Directors ; and in special cases shall forward the opinions also. 19 4. Due notice shall he given of all important questions to he considered at a District Committee Meeting; and only matters of routine shall he decided at any meeting without such notice, unless two-thirds of those present wish it otherwise, when the record shall specify that circumstance. 5. A Special Meeting of District Committee shall he convened by the Secretary, on the requisition of two or more members. 6. In cases of difference of opinion respecting expendi¬ ture, or any subject of importance, the names of the majority and minority shall he recorded in the minutes. 7. The Secretary shall circulate in the District Committee all letters from the Directors, and from other persons, addressed to him in his official capacity. And all official communications addressed by him to the Directors shall he countersigned by the Chairman of the Committee, if possible, or by some member deputed to act in his stead. 8. All the proceedings of each District Committee shall be recorded in books provided by the Mission ; such books shall be reserved exclusively for that purpose ; and shall remain the property of the Mission. 9. A copy of the minutes of each meeting, and of other records of proceedings, signed by the Chairman and Secretary, shall be transmitted to the Directors without delay. 10. All the proceedings of the District Committees shall be subject to the revision and approval of the Directors. 20 SECTION FOURTH. ON DISTRICTS AND GENERAL WORK. 1. The District Committee shall keep the Directors informed of the needs of the work, the places where a new Missionary should he stationed, &c., giving detailed information as to the buildings which will he required, &c., so that these matters may he decided by the Directors before his departure. 2. Every Missionary shall be appointed by the Directors to a distinct field of labour or department of work. He shall carry on his labours in accord with those of his brethren, so as to secure cordial co-operation in all plans of usefulness. 3. The first year of a Missionary’s residence shall be devoted to the acquisition of the language, and when that is possible he shall be stationed in a district where he shall have constant opportunities of using the vernacular. 4. A Missionary shall not change his station or his department of work without permission from the Directors; any application for such a change must come through the District Committee. 5. The place of residence of each Missionary shall be decided by the Directors,—due regard being had, on the one hand, to easy access to his work, and, on the other, to the personal feelings and convenience of the Missionary himself. 6. No Missionary shall leave his station for a longer period than one week, without consulting his colleagues and obtaining their approval; and every Missionary, whether he has been able previously to consult his colleagues or not, shall forthwith report to the Secretary 21 of the District Committee and the General Secretary the period of his absence from his station and the date of his return. No travelling expenses shall in any case he allowed, except for journeys undertaken for strictly missionary purposes. 7. Every Missionary is desired to bring the wants of his station, and any proposals he may have for furthering the work, to the notice first of his District Committee and then of the Directors. N.B.—No Missionary shall circulate among the constituents of the Mission at home any special appeal respecting his work without the sanction of the Directors. 8. No Missionary shall undertake any work which may involve, or lead to, an expenditure of Mission funds, without first obtaining the sanction of the District Com¬ mittee and the Directors. 9. No Missionary shall engage in any labours not strictly missionary, or undertake literary work with¬ out the consent of the Directors. Any attempt on the part of a Missionary to obtain Government employment, or to engage in trade, shall, without delay, be reported bv the District Committee to the Directors. 10. Nothing shall be printed at any of the presses of the Mission which has not the approval of the District Committee. And the Committee shall take precautions against the printing and publishing of any works calculated to interfere with the Mission’s usefulness. 11. No work shall be printed at the expense or risk of the Mission, which has not been previously sanctioned by the Directors on the recommendation of the District Committee. 12. Any official correspondence with the Government 22 shall be carried on by the Secretary, or some other member specially appointed by the District Committee for the purpose. 13. As these General Regulations indicate the principles and spirit in which the Directors desire that the business of the Mission shall be carried on, they trust that where any Missionary is locally separated from his brethren he will always carry out these principles and act in this spirit in the details of his work. SECTION FIFTH. DISTRICT FINANCE. 1. The Treasurer appointed by the District Committee and approved by the Directors shall have power to draw Monthly Bills on the General Treasurer, in Liverpool, for the proportion of the amount sanctioned by the Directors for the whole year. 2. No Missionary who is not a District Treasurer, shall draw bills on the General Treasurer in Liverpool beyond the amount of his salary. 3. No bills shall be drawn at sight; they shall ordinarily be drawn at ten days after sight; even at most favourable rates, they shall never, under any circum¬ stances, be drawn at less than seven days. 4. Advices of all bills so drawn shall be sent through the General Secretary to the General Treasurer, so as to reach home at least a fortnight before the Draft can be presented; and anything exceptional which may arise shall be distinctly stated and explained. 5. The Local Treasurer shall not advance any sums to 23 a Missionary towards any object which has not received the sanction of the District Committee and the Directors. If any circumstances should occur of such an exceptional nature and of such urgency as may appear to him to justify him in departing from this rule, he must at once consult the Chairman and Secretary of the District Com¬ mittee, and they, pending the meeting of the District Committee, shall report the matter to the Directors. 6. Each Missionary in charge of a station, or of any department of work, shall render quarterly and yearly statements, on the forms prepared for the purpose, of sums received from the Local Treasurer and other sources. "With the statement for the last quarter, he shall send a balance sheet containing a summary of income and expenditure during the year. These statements shall be first sent to the Local Treasurer, who will submit them, together with his own quarterly and yearly accounts, to the Auditor for examination. After being audited they shall be trans¬ mitted at once to the Directors. Duplicates of these accounts shall be presented to the District Committee, and if found correct, signed by the Chairman and Secretary, and sent home with the minutes. Touchers should, when that ispossible, accompanyall accounts. {See Appendix A, p. 65.) 7. All accounts shall be kept with punctuality and accuracy in official books, which shall be the property of the Mission. These books shall be annually audited and signed by the Auditor appointed by the District Committee. 8. An annual balance sheet of all the stations in the District, together with a summary of the year’s income and expenditure, according to the classification adopted by the Directors, and containing a comparison with the war- 3 24 rants and advices of the year, after being duly audited, shall be transmitted to the Directors as early as possible in the month of January. 9. Any balances in the hands of Missionaries shall be returned to the District Treasurer at the close of every quarter, and any balances due to them shall be paid by him. 10. All portions of grants for general purposes, not required for the service of the year, shall lapse with the year for which they were granted. SECTION SIXTH. ESTIMATES AND WARRANTS. 1. Each District Committee shall annually frame an Estimate of the probable income and expenditure of its several stations for the ensuing year, according to the classification adopted by the Directors. 2. In framing such an estimate, each Missionary shall be required to lay before the Committee the details of the calculated income and expenditure connected with the portion of the work under his charge, specifying the anticipated receipts,—from Government grants in aid of education and of medical work, from rents, European subscriptions, native contributions, sale of books and medicines, and from other sources; and the expenditure which it will be necessary to incur on account of salaries of Evangelists and Teachers, travelling expenses, repairs, &c., &c. 3. The District Committee shall carefully examine each 25 item in every Missionary’s estimate, and when satisfied as to its correctness shall form thereon the general estimate. 4. This general estimate, together with copies of each individual estimate, shall he signed by the Chairman, and transmitted by the District Secretary to the Directors, so as to be in their hands by the end of October. 5. On the basis of such estimate, and of the information which accompanies it, the Directors will provide for the stations concerned, as they may deem best, and will forward to the Committee a Warrant authorizing the outlay, the warrant reaching the Committee (where practicable) before the end of the year. Note.—A dvices of specific contributions to be forwarded quarterly; and other advices and warrants as circumstances may require. 6. The District Treasurer shall be authorized to draw monthly on the General Treasurer bills equal to one- twelfth the amount named in the Warrant of the Directors. 7. Every Missionary shall be authorized to draw monthly bills on the District Treasurer, equal to one- twelfth of the portion assigned to him by the Directors on account of the work under his charge. 8. No Missionary shall be permitted to draw from the District Treasurer, nor shall he be permitted to pay, any sums of money on account of the Mission in excess of the amounts sanctioned to him and to his labours in the warrants and advices above mentioned. Note.—I f for any reason the expenditure for the quarter is in any item in excess of or below the estimate, an explanation of the difference ought to be given. 9. All payments, whether of a general or special kind, 26 sanctioned by the warrants of the Directors, shall be strictly applied to the purpose to which they are assigned. Amounts granted for schools or any other purpose for one district cannot be paid over to another. The objects to which specific contributions from friends at home are applied should be stated in the quarterly accounts. 10. All moneys received from rents, from subscriptions or collections, from the sale of books or medicine, or any other property belonging to the Mission, shall be paid over or accounted for to the District Treasurer quarterly. 11. Every Missionary shall keep the accounts of the mission funds which pass through his hands in books reserved for that purpose. These books shall be purchased at the Mission’s expense, shall be its property, and be labelled with its name. They shall also remain at the station for the guidance of the Missionaries who suc¬ cessively have it in charge. Note. —No public accounts are to be kept in private books; those which have been so kept should he removed into public books or copied into them. 12. The financial year of the Mission runs from the 1st of January to the 31st of December. The quarterly accounts with balance sheets or duplicates and all vouchers from each station must be examined by the District Committee, as soon as possible, and having been signed by the Chairman and Secretary forwarded to the Directors. Those for the last quarter and for the year should be forwarded so as to be in the hands of the Directors by the 31st January. 27 SECTION SEVENTH. REPORTS. 1. All Registers of Baptisms and of Church Member¬ ship ; Registers of Marriages, Births, or Deaths, when not belonging to a local government, shall be the property of the native church or of the Mission, as the District Committee may decide. They should be of the best paper, should be strongly bound and properly labelled, and should be carefully preserved. 2. Every Missionary, fourteen days before the Spring half-yearly meeting, shall send a report of the work under his charge to the Secretary of the District Committee : and the Chairman and Secretary of the District Com¬ mittee shall, from these reports, and from oral information supplied to the Presbytery, draw up a General Report of all the Stations in the district, giving full information respecting them, and shall submit the same to the Com¬ mittee for their approval, previous to sending it to the Directors. 3. The Missionaries shall furnish statistical information as to the churches and schools under their charge, on the schedules provided by the Directors. These should be returned so as to be in the hands of the General Secretary early in February. 4. Every Missionary is recommended to keep a record of his work from day to day, the persons visited, the meetings held, the journeys undertaken. Some of these may furnish him with materials for his letters which may be interesting to the friends of the Mission. 28 5. Each Missionary shall send a letter once a month to the General Secretary, giving an account of the work under his charge. Some portions of these it may be deemed advisable to publish in our Connexional Magazines. At the end of every year a report is required from each Missionary, giving a brief account of the state of the work during the year, recording any striking incidents that may have occurred, &c. This report should be in the hands of the General Secretary early in February, so that he may make use of it in the preparation of the Annual Report. Note. —Missionaries shall not publish anything regarding the operations of the Mission except in letters sent to the Directors through the General Secretary. o r S . .. 6. In addition to their Annual Reports and the monthly letters the Missionaries are requested to communicate with the Directors by letters, in which they may enter into details of their personal and family experience, the pro¬ gress of their labours, and the difficulties with which they meet, since all things which affect the happiness and usefulness of their brethren are to the Directors matters of interest. 7. The District Committee shall annually appoint two of the Missionaries to make an inspection of all libraries, books, documents, surgical instruments, stocks and stores, and report to the District Committee and to the Directors. 8. The District Committee shall make arrangements for the safe custody of all books and documents. 29 SECTION EIGHTH. LAND, BUILDINGS, AND REPAIBS. 1. No land shall be purchased, or any building be erected at the expense of the Mission, nor shall its funds be lent, without the previous sanction of the Directors. 2. In every undertaking involving the expenditure of the funds of the Mission (such as the building of a house), the District Committee shall appoint a Secretary and Treasurer to consult together as to the best way to carry out economically and efficiently the decision of the Committee. 3. All property given or bequeathed to the Missionaries for the Mission, or purchased by its funds, shall be legally transferred to the Mission, or be held in trust on its behalf. The deeds shall in all cases be forwarded at once to the Directors, with translations of them if they are in a foreign language, to be deposited in the Mission Chest. 4. Wherever the arrangements of a local government allow, all title deeds shall be duly registered. 5. A register shall be kept at Shillong of the deeds of all property in India pertaining to the Mission, the original deeds being sent home for custody in the Mission Chest. A copy of the register shall also be kept at home in a book provided for the purpose. Note. —The deeds of property in Brittany shall be kept in the Mission Chest, a record of the same being kept in the register. 6. A report on the condition of the property of the Mission shall be made by each District Committee every 30 three years, such report to be forwarded to the Directors before the end of October. 7. The property of the Mission in foreign countries shall be restricted, as far as practicable, to dwelling- houses for their missionaries ; to the buildings necessary for their evangelistic work among the heathen; and to the land required for both. 8. When a dwelling-house for a Missionary has to be built, the District Committee shall transmit to the Directors for their approval the plans and estimates for its erection. If the house is to be purchased, they shall send the plans, and state the amount which they deem equitable for such purchase, and for all necessary alterations. 9. The Mission houses and other buildings belonging to the Mission shall be kept in repair, with a due regard to economy, at the Mission’s expense ; but no enlargement or alteration of these houses shall be made at the expense of the Mission, without the permission of the Directors, on the recommendation of the District Committee. 10. The repairs of all buildings shall be carried out, under the superintendence of the District Committee, subject to the approval of the Directors, an estimate being obtained as far as possible. SECTION NINTH. SALARIES AND ALLOWANCES. 1. It is understood that our Missionaries accept the principle that the remuneration given to them for their missionary labour is not determined by the value of their service; but the Directors feel bound to make such provision for their support as, under the varied circum¬ stances of their missionary life, may secure to them as much comfort as possible. 2. The salary of every Missionary shall commence from the day on which'he o^opiot i ooliir! voyagc y and lands in the country to which he is appointed. It shall terminate with the day of re-embarkation at the nearest convenient port and at the first opportunity for return to the United Kingdom, but the allowances for children shall not cease during such a voyage. The allowances shall be paid for them at the same rate whether the children be at home or abroad. No te ." Tlu 1 wwlmy rat nil Indian Miiiaiun.n} TOinmuiLUJ ni(4t Jiiiii nrrimil nt Cniewt.ta. 3. The personal payments and allowances of the Missionaries of the Mission in India, shall, except as provided in S. X., 6, be made on the following scale:— Salary of an Unmarried Missionary, the five jmimitj ,,i fLn wm d.g"SBlT^ Salary of a Married Missionary, £3J$0 per annum. Allowance for children undertfty ears of age, £ P?per annum. ,, ,, from^toh** ,, £PS"«to ,, <2- " /£ r * - * -- 7« ”, /6~^/J? ”, . ” 4. In additmn to the personal allowanceTorhimself and family, every Missionary shall have the use of a furnished mission dwelling-house, or a suitable allowance for rent,— the amount to be determined by the Directors on the report of the District Committee. 5. Mission-houses belonging to the Mission at the same station shall be chosen by seniority, excepting in the case of a house attached to a particular institution ; but no ^ Missionary already occupying a house shall be displaced 32 from it while still labouring at that station. When not required for the Mission, the house should be let for short, periods, and the rents paid to the Mission’s Account Seniority among the brethren shall be determined by their length of service in connection with the Mission. 6. As medical expenses fall within the ordinary outlay of a family, a Missionary shall not receive any distinct allowance under that head, except by special sanction of the Directors. 7. A Missionary who has completed ten years of service, returning to his station after furlough, shall receive a sum—£35 if married, £20 if unmarried—to cover allowances for furniture, outfit, and conveyance of luggage. 8. No allowance will be made for a horse or boat or other conveyance, except by special permission of the Directors, on the recommendation of the District Com¬ mittee. 9. Income Tax charged on Missionaries’ salaries will be paid by the Mission. 10. Every Missionary hereafter appointed shall be required before going out, to effect A Insurance on hisWt£r life in an Office approved by the Directors, to the extent (including previous Insurance, if any) of £250, The premiums of Insurance shall be paid by. the Mission whilst the Missionary is in its service, provided the sum insured does not exceed £500,—half the amount of the premium being deducted from the Missionary’s salary. Miss k m a TT es ftb' y u> f 4 h w -M iur )k >m rHay 11. Every Missionary, male or female, shall on appointment sign an engagement in the presence of two 33 witnesses, undertaking to repay to tlie Mission the sum expended by the Directors on training, outfit, furniture allowance, and passage money, in the event of retiring from the work of the Mission within seven years, the only exception being when such retirement is due to failure of health, and a satisfactory medical certificate has been received by the Directors. A seventh part of the amount due shall be remitted for each year of service completed. 12. The salaries and allowances shall, when practicable, be paid monthly. No salary or allowance shall be drawn in advance for a longer period than one month, except by the permission of the Directors. SECTION TENTH. EXAMINATION IN LANGUAGES. 1. All Missionaries, whether engaged in educational, medical, or other work, are required to learn the verna¬ cular of the district to which they are appointed, so as to be able to converse fluently and deliver sermons or ad¬ dresses in the vernacular. 2. There shall be two examinations in language to be passed by all Missionaries, called respectively the First and the Second Examination. (1.) The First Examination shall test ability to read, write, and converse in the vernacular. Every Missionaiy shall present himself for this ex¬ amination within a year after his arrival in the country. If he should fail at his first examination, he shall present himself again within six months thereafter. 34 { 2 .) The Second Examination shall include a higher standard of the subjects required in the First Examination, and shall, in addition, test ability to preach and deliver addresses in the vernacular. It is important that the tests should include acquaintance with the Scriptures in the ver¬ nacular. Every Missionary shall present himself for the Second Examination within twelve months after passing the First Examination. (3.) If at the end of two years after his arrival in the country, a Missionary shall not have passed the First Examination, or if at the end of three years after his arrival in the country, a Missionary shall not have passed the Second Examination, the District Committee shall make a special report on his case to the Directors. 3. The District Committee shall make arrangements for these Examinations, appointing suitable examiners, one of whom must, when possible, be taken from outside the Mission. The report of these examiners, duly signed by them, shall be sent to the Directors showing in a definite form the candidates’ work in each department of study. 4. Missionaries transferred from one District of the Mission field to another may be required to pass similar examinations in a new vernacular, as may be determined by the Directors. 5. A certificate duly signed by the Examiners, certifying that the Second Examination has been passed, must be sent to the Directors. 6. Every Missionary, until he has passed the Second Examination, shall be considered as a probationer, and 35 shall receive a salary one-tenth less than that prescribed in S. IX., 3. Half the amount thus deducted shall be repaid to the Missionary after the Second Examination, if in each of the Examinations not less than two-thirds of the possible number of marks have been gained. 7. Failure to pass these Examinations within the term specified (see Sub-section 2) may be regarded by the Directors as a reason for dispensing with the services of a Missionary. 8. The District Committee is requested to see that a new Missionary during the first year of his residence in the Mission field devotes himself, as far as the circum¬ stances of the station will allow, to the acquisition of the language. No Missionary should be allowed to engage in English work during the first year of his residence without the express sanction of the Directors. 9. The Directors are prepared to grant an allowance for Pundits and Teachers at a rate to be determined by the District Committee and sanctioned by the Directors, for two years after a Missionary’s arrival in the country, or removal to a district where a new language is required. This is not to be regarded as a personal allowance, and the District Committee must certify that the sum has been duly expended. SECTION ELEVENTH. MARRIAGE OF MISSIONARIES. 1. While gratefully recognising the value of the services which the Missionary’s wife may render, both by direct work and by the exhibition of the purity of a 36 Christian home, the Directors cannot forget that there are spheres of duty in a Mission field which demand the acceptance on the part of a Missionary of a single life. It is now the general opinion of Missionary Boards that it is not desirable that young Missionaries should marry until after they have had some experience of the work and of the climate. An experience of the Mission field will also teach him much regarding the qualifications necessary in one who can help him with his work. A Missionary going out unmarried will be sent on the following conditions : — (1.) He shall not marry until he has completed three years’ residence in the Mission field. (2.) Until he has obtained the certificate (S. X. 5) certifying his having passed the Second exami¬ nation. (3.) He shall obtain a medical certificate of such a character as to prove to the satisfaction of the Directors that his health is likely to permit of lengthened service in the Mission field. (4.) He shall furnish satisfactory evidence of the lady’s suitability for the position of a Missionary’s wife, and a medical certificate of her fitness for residence in the district in which he labours. The intended wife of a Missionary shall, if in this country, also be conferred with by a deputation appointed by the Directors. 2. The Directors reserve to themselves the right to exercise their discretion in the application of the rules with reference to the marriage of Missionaries under special circumstances, among which can be mentioned such cases as the following:— 37 (1.) When a station is one to which a wife cannot go. (2.) A station which in the judgment of the Directors demands the services of a married man. (3.) Missionaries going out for the first time having completed their twenty-eighth year. (4.) Where a marriage will not involve the Mission in any increase of pecuniary liability. 3. Previous to a candidate, who intends being married before going to the Mission field, being accepted, or who may afterwards intend contracting marriage, satisfactory evidence must be furnished to the Directors of the lady’s qualifications to become a Missionary’s wife, as well as a favourable medical certificate. 4. A Missionary contracting marriage shall not be allowed to draw the salary of a married Missionary until the Directors have given their sanction to his marriage. SECTION TWELFTH. CHARACTER OF MISSIONARIES. 1. All questions affecting the diligence and efficiency, the personal character and doctrinal views of a Missionary, are cognisable by the District Committee of which he is a member. And inasmuch as fidelity of Christian character is the root of a Missionary’s usefulness, the Directors trust that the members of these committees will exercise a true moral courage in dealing with any irregularities with which any of their brethren may be chargeable. 2. When the private remonstrance of any brother has proved ineffectual, that brother shall communicate with the District Committee, who shall make a full inquiry and 38 report the result, with the evidence, to the Directors. They may, in so doing, appoint a sub-committee, and may include among its members brethren from another district or from another Mission. 3. Every practicable and proper facility shall be afforded to such a Missionary for vindicating himself before the District Committee and the Directors. 4. The District Committee shall have power, with the consent of two-thirds of their number, to suspend the Missionary whose conduct is being inquired into from all co-operation in the work of the Mission until the decision of the Directors is known. Notwithstanding such suspension, his personal allowances shall be continued till the inquiry is closed. SECTION THIRTEENTH. TEEM OF ENGAGEMENT. 1. The engagement between the Mission and its Missionaries contemplates a service for life, but may at any time be terminated either— (a) By resignation, duly tendered to the Directors, six months’ notice being given and by them accepted; or ( b ) under discipline arising from conduct referred to in Section Twelfth ; or ( c) by a resolution of the Directors dispensing' with the services of the Missionary for special reasons satisfactory to the Directors, subject to the confirmation of the General Assembly, and the decision of the Assembly shall be final and binding upon all parties. In the last case a year’s notice, to date from the resolution of the 39 Directors, or a year’s salary, will be given, along with return passage, if the Missionary so recalled should be abroad. 2. It shall always be within the power of the Directors to enter into special arrangements with any ordained Missionary for a definite term of service of such length and on such conditions as may be agreed on. SECTION FOURTEENTH. FURLOUGH, SICK LEAVE, AND DEATH. 1. Every Missionary who has given to the Mission a years within his continuous service .of Iwr «- CCxm ’XT district, shall be entitled to rtrturn to England on furlpimli for a period of r,in » fe. i » months’ {from da t e of arrival in r uf de hintfut England to the dale iTT JtliaTTTu -rA —,/ /t*t._ L '.. a «a a a 02 P H > H a EH >H a o 02 a a a a 1 o a ° a m o P a B .I 1 "S s- e <5 a a a „ a 02 02 ' <1 a a o „ 02 Is £ a © o-o j *5 o ® d > © * 5 jd.& v —-a fflW d a o o w .D m *d g I g 0 ◄ s 83 ◄ I g~ Q H © nd d a a © •S'S ^ co O ° O CO CO a .2 3 §s +H & ~ ® >1 ' “ II > -d ’Sc © © d a o; 73 © 57 B M H +3 73 a d co © 1 C*- W c .2 b "3 £ bC “ G bfl ® SC 30 3.5 O pq « •a a ’5 « Uj m Irt Ph ^ 3 c O ^ w sa' P5 X a: o ^ - © o .. « S "d d efi t | t ' ffl co o O o C a ® ® S " "id’s a g K oj 02 m § s a s s -2 o o o o a a a a a p Pa Pa Ph Pa a O o pH d c o O d o S o hd £ o a Ph d 5 .«> Uj d °© a S a O d -d Eh d o Tj o a Pt go Ph o EH © d m d p M © , a be a «"2 g $ .5 £ 7 S is > © co a ,d ,2 o 2 -w S Pn Eh O =# «rt o Eh bfi © a o a a a *© © 'd © ft* *2 © ^ -a a a a ® 5 £ C<-5 ■- * g-® w gW fed® -a O« fl a © c ' a'm -d -pq^9 S « 73 d ^ X .O +3 ■' 4_ a oj _g r d ‘rtl © © d gSfcSSo 3 a a t> _ ■-> fil-goso g 5 ^ a ^ a ^ CO a .a -a Oj -a _ d3 © -+J p.d’i.S > a © a «I a- dn O '- as. 73 ^ © d 1 ® • 5 3 .o 3 « 3 a _ © a fl V ■** .£ £ d x 55 b3W © bjc”d o „ *2-3 o d CO © © a a 73 a h-» © 2 d*”-d 3 a bC-J fl d -a .5 © o > •sc^u® fl,-a - ad Ha Sf m ® m £ 2 Y® g O O nn ir- 2 S ^ - t*. 3 n, 3 ^ <1 2 .5 g* © ® ^ g gA © ►>*; g CO -a a — a q_, © 73 o M o 03 I -e I I 2 I nd d a d a a 66 B.—ANNUAL SALARY ACCOUNT FORMS. WELSH C. M. FOREIGN MISSION. SALARY ACCOUNT of Missionary at for the year ending 31st December, IS Draft No.Dated £ s. d. Home Payments— £ Salary as Married (or Unmarried) Missionary . Allowance for Children under 10 years of age @ £10 „ ,, from 10 to 15 ,, @ £15 „ „ „ 15 to 18 „ @ £20 Other Allowances . Total Salary Drafts on the Treasurer in England should be drawn not earlier than the beginning of the Second Month in each Quarter. In this way they will become payable at the end of the Quarter, when strictly speaking the Quarter’s Salary become due. Missionaries are requested to see that the exact amount of their Salary is drawn for, or to give directions to the Treasurer, through the Secretary, as to the disposal of any Balance in their favour, at the close of each year. The Financial Tear ends on 31st December, and it is important that this Statement showing the amounts drawn, and also how the Salary is made up, should be despatched not later than that date, so that it may reach the Secre¬ tary by the end of January. ADVICE OF DRAFT FORM. P o fp P! o I—I H <02 l—I H H 02 C5 <=o ■H H P 02 H a i—i <4 >-s 02 bfl d c3 W occasionally, though not received into the Presbytery. 69 E.—REGISTER OF SCHOOLS FORM. REGISTER OF SCHOOLS, &c., In the District ... 189 [Say if Teacher is also an Evangelist; give the names and salaries of any Evangelists who are not Teachers ; state whether the Schools are for hoys or girls, or for both ; say, also, if the School costs any¬ thing to the Mission besides the Salary of Teacher.] Name of Village. Teacher. Salary. No. of Pupils. Payment by! Pupils. Remarks. 70 F.—PROPOSED NEW SCHOOLS FORM. PROPOSED NEW SCHOOLS, - District of, _ 189 When it is proposed to apply through the District Committee to the Directors for a new School, the Missionary in charge of the District in which the proposed School is situated, shall fill up the following Form, and send it, with his Accounts and Estimates, to the Local Treasurer, ten days before the Meeting of the District Committee. 1. —Distance of the village from the chief Station of the district ? 2. —Distance from the nearest School ? 3. —Population of the village and of the adjacent villages where there are no Schools ? 4. —Has there been a School in the village before ? If so, why was it given up ? 5. —How many Christians are there in the village ? 6. —Have the people given an undertaking to build a Schoolroom and to keep it in repair for any specified time ? 7. —Have they undertaken to send a number of children to School ? 8. —How long is it since they have been applying for a School? 9. —Has the proposal to establish a School in the village been discussed by the Missionary -with the Evangelists or Deacons in the District, or with the other Missionaries ? 10. —What will he the expense of the School to the Mission ? 11. —Is there a prospect of your having a competent Teacher ? 12. —Are there any Schools in the district which have no Christian Teachers ? 13. —Are there any Schools which it may be advisable to give up, because of inefficiency, being too distant for proper superin¬ tendence, or because some of the Christians will voluntarily undertake what Teaching may be required ? i-A..... ;• >.., •. . ..... : ■. 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