...1797 the Berkshire and Columbia Missionary Society, in 1798 the Missionary Society of Connecticut, " to Christianize the heathen in North America and to...promote Christian knowledge in the new settlements in the United States," and, in the following year, the Massachusetts Missionary Society, " to carry...

...hereinafter prescribed. Article IV. The object of this society shall be to christianize the heathen in Xorth America, and to support and promote Christian knowledge...in the new settlements, within the United States; and both shall be pursued as circumstances shall point out, and as the trustees, under the superintendence...

...at the annual meeting held in that year by the General Association of Connecticut. Its object was " to Christianize the heathen in North America, and...promote Christian knowledge in the new settlements in the United States ". In June 1800, the trustrees determined that " a discret man, animated by the...

...Revolutionary War interrupted, but in 1798 the same association organized itself as a missionary society "to Christianize the heathen in North America and to support and promote Christian knowledge within the new settlements of the United States." This was followed by similar organizations in other...

...our society in the manner hereinafter prescribed. Article I V. The object of this society shall be to christianize the heathen in North America, and...in the new settlements, within the United States; and both shall be pursued as circumstances shall point out, and as the trustees, under the superintendence...

...monetary commitment. The Board reported each year to the General Association. The object of the MSC was to christianize the Heathen in North America, and...Knowledge in the new settlements within the United States.35 The following year, the General Association instructed the Trustees, at the insistence of...

..."Nondenominational" Front Groups In 1798 the General Association of Connecticut voted to become an agency "to Christianize the Heathen in North America, and...in the new settlements, within the United States" (in Ahlstrom, 1975, vol. 1, p. 513). Soon other such groups appeared — voluntary associations of...

...further from Hartford and New Haven, the members resolved to form a more efficient organization aimed "to Christianize the Heathen in North America, and...Knowledge in the new settlements, within the United States."40 After setbacks caused by the Rev36 The Benevolent Design olutionary War and the general...

...previous year and the example of the Hartford North Association) voted to become the core of an agency "to christianize the Heathen in North America, and...in the new settlements, within the United States." In 1800 the Connecticut Evangelical Magazine was founded to further the society's work and to promote...

...their doings to the Society at the close of the year. The object of the Society is declared, to be, " To Christianize the heathen in North America, and...the new settlements within the United States." From this period the operations of the Society were more extended. The funds were greatly enlarged, and...