holding point, keep them in lively exercise according to his former customs and habits, turning over his yearly proceeds into the hands of the trustee in trust for the whole church; or to abolish slavery and settle himself in a climate uncongenial to his nature and entirely derogatory to his former occupations in life.
After having procured the lumber for those two houses the Committee is of the opinion that the preaching the Gospel and raising funds in the South would be a far more speedy way of accomplishing the work than any other that could be introduced at the present time. [p. [19]]