Resolved, That the Agents, appointed to solicit contributions to the Theological Seminary, be, and they are hereby, required to make a return of their agencies according to the following form. DISTRICTS. THE COMMITTEE appointed to devise ways and means of raising Funds for the THEOLOGICAL SEMINARY, reported; and their Report being read and amended, was adopted, and is as follows: viz.— Resolved, 1st. That it be again earnestly recommended to the Minister and Session of each Congregation under the care of the General Assembly, to establish without delay a Dollar Society, for the term of five years, in aid of the contingent fund of the Seminary. 2d. That, for the purpose of creating a Permanent Fund for the Theological Seminary, two sets of Subscription Papers be sent down to each Minister and Session ; that the first be headed in the following words: viz.— "We whose names are hereunto annexed, promise each to pay to for the Permanent Fund of the Theological Seminary of the General Assembly of the Presbyterian Church in the United States, the sum of One Hundred Dollars, in five annual instalments:"-That the heading of the second be varied from the first, by the insertion of Fifty Dollars, instead of One Hundred; and that of the fund thus raised, the interest only shall ever be appropriated for the uses of the Seminary. 3d. That Agents be appointed to solicit Donations and Subscriptions, in those Congregations which have not yet been visited by any Agent; and that the monies thus procured be placed in the Contingent or Permanent Fund, as the Donors and Subscribers may direct. 4th. That the two-fold application to Ministers and Sessions, mentioned in the preceding resolutions, be accompanied with a letter, which has been prepared on the subject and it is earnestly recommendea, that this letter be read from the pulpit, in the several Congregations under the care of the Assembly. The letter was read by paragraphs, and being amended, was adopted. Resolved, That 3000 copies of it be printed; that the committee superintend the printing; and that the agent for forwarding the printed extracts, forward by mail a copy of this letter to each minister belonging to the Assembly, and that he forward the remaining copies with the printed extratts. Resolved, That this Assembly be dissolved, and that the next General Assembly be required to meet in the First Presbyterian Church in the City of Philadelphia, on the third Thursday in May next, at 11 o'clock, A. M. The Moderator, therefore, dissolved this Assembly, agreeably to the form prescribed by the Constitution of the Church. Concluded with Prayer. STATEMENT Of monies reported by the Presbyteries to have been collected for the Missionary and Commissioners' funds; and likewise of the monies collected for the education of poor and pious youth for the gospel ministry. The sums actually paid to the Treasurer of the Trustees of the General Assembly, as certified by those who paid the money, are stated at the foot of each Presbyterial account. The Presbyteries belonging to Synods which conduct the missionary business in a separate capacity, do not pay into the hands of the Treasurer the monies collected by them for the support of missions; nor do any of the Presbyteries pay to him the sums collected for the education of poor and pious youth for the Gospel ministry but all the Presbyteries are required, by the General Assembly, to report annually to them what they have collected for these purposes. the The statements are taken from the Presbyterial reports, where they are not mentioned as taken from Synodical reports. CHURCHES. fund. Education ers' fund. Commission 22 83 15 20 |