. Historic homes and institutions and genealogical and personal memoirs of Berkshire County, Massachusetts . the practicability ofsending the gospel to the pagans of Asia and to the disciples of Ma-homet. Mills insisted that the enterprise was not visionary but prac-ticable, and prayed while the storm raged that God would strike downthe arm with the red artillery uf Heaven which should be raised againsta herald of the cross. The essential pomt is that this out-of-doorprayer meeting has a substantial connection with the origin in this coun-try of the great movement for evangelizing the Pagan wo
. Historic homes and institutions and genealogical and personal memoirs of Berkshire County, Massachusetts . the practicability ofsending the gospel to the pagans of Asia and to the disciples of Ma-homet. Mills insisted that the enterprise was not visionary but prac-ticable, and prayed while the storm raged that God would strike downthe arm with the red artillery uf Heaven which should be raised againsta herald of the cross. The essential pomt is that this out-of-doorprayer meeting has a substantial connection with the origin in this coun-try of the great movement for evangelizing the Pagan world, and hasbeen a factor of no little importance in the history of the college. Williams/ wrote a correspondent to The Adelphi in 1831, has beencelebrated on earth and 1 trust m Heaven, too, as the birthplace ofAmerican missions. Mills and some of his associates formed a secret organization m1808 for the prosecution of his missionary plans, it survived his gradu-ation in 1809, but there remain little data in regard to its subsequenthistory. In 1820, an organization was in existence, the lirst article m. P-, BERKSHIRE COUNTY 29 the constitution of which reads: This society shall he designated TheSociety of Williams College for inquiry into the state of missions andthe duty of young- men to engage in them. The earliest availablerecord is dated June 7. This society for inquiry would seem to bethe organization of 1808, if we may trust the historical accuracy of itsmembers in 1833. They voted, September 22 of that year, to call theircollection of books the Mills Library, in honor of the founder of thesociety and of missions in the ^^estern world. A few months later thename of the society itself was changed to Ihe Mills Society of In-quiry. In this organization only men who expected to devote theirlives to missions were admitted to membership. Undoubtedly the for-eign field was the paramount interest. The brethren con\-ersed forsome time, so the record for December 25, 1825, informs
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