History of American missions to the heathen, from their commencement to the present time . Thomas Roberts, as,superintendent, Isaac Cleaver, a black-smith, and Evan Jones, teacher, with their wives and families, John Farrier,a farmer and weaver, and Elizabeth Jones, Mary Lewis, and Ann Cleaver,teachers. In 1823, two or three of the Indians gaveevidence of piety. John Tinsonwas the first Indian who was converted. He acted as interpreter, and heand his^vife, who also became ^ious, proved valuable helpers. He was ca-pable of conducting a meeting in an edifying manner, and frequently did Ro
History of American missions to the heathen, from their commencement to the present time . Thomas Roberts, as,superintendent, Isaac Cleaver, a black-smith, and Evan Jones, teacher, with their wives and families, John Farrier,a farmer and weaver, and Elizabeth Jones, Mary Lewis, and Ann Cleaver,teachers. In 1823, two or three of the Indians gaveevidence of piety. John Tinsonwas the first Indian who was converted. He acted as interpreter, and heand his^vife, who also became ^ious, proved valuable helpers. He was ca-pable of conducting a meeting in an edifying manner, and frequently did Roberts reported, in reference to the secular afifairs of the mission thisyear, that 3000 bushels of corn had been raised, beside flax, oats and somerye. Respecting the school, he stated the number to be 65, or 40 steadily,most of whom could read, and many of them write. They were aSectionatein the familj, and attentive to preaching. Iij February, 1824, Mr. Roberts writes that they had been obliged to limit g-gg-fS 2,»g-| O <!?iWJ S S 9 » !?&3 SttsoIt t» 5 a S o ?•• Hxnos. //^o^ 392 BAPTIST GEN£KAL CoNVENTlCJS. the school to 50. Sevefal persons seemed to be deeply affected with thesubject of religion ; one white man and two Indians had been baptized. The experience of several years suggested the importance of definite reg-ulations for the admission of pupils, and their removal from the school; alsosome rules to be observed by the parents or guardians of such were adopted in 1824, and were as follows: 1. The school shall consist of not more than fifty boarding scholars, forthe present. 2. No pupil, having parents or guardians, shall be admitted, without anengagement on the part of such parents or guardians to comply with theserules. 3. These rules shall be read and explained to every parent or guardian,applying for the admission of a pupil, and also to every orphan or adultwho shall apply on his own behalf. 4. All parents and guardians shall furnish their
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