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244 The Board of Managers direct that this paper be placed on the minutes, and published in the “Bible Society Record,” and also that a copy be sent to the family of Mr. Carter.

a special meeting of the New York Sabbath Committee the following minute was adopted.

God having called home to Himself Mr. Robert Carter, one of the founders of the New York Sabbath Committee, and the last survivor but one of its original members, the Committee desires to record the great respect and affection with which Mr. Carter has always been regarded by his associates, our grateful recollection of the wise counsels and generous contributions with which he has unfailingly sustained the Committee’s work, and our heartfelt praise to God for the peaceful end with which the long life of His servant has now been crowned.

To the family of our late associate the members of the Committee express sincere sympathy, commending them to the grace of the Lord Jesus, into whose presence he whose loss they mourn has now entered.

It was further resolved that the Committee attend the funeral of Mr. Carter.

Board of Foreign Missions having received intelligence of the death of Mr. Robert Carter, one of its members, a special meeting was held at the Mission House, December 31, 1889, at which time the following action was taken.