A communication having been received from the Petersburg African
Mission Society, and also from brother Colston W. Waring, a
preacher of colour at Petersburg, desiring the patronage of this
Board in favour of the said Waring, as a missionary to Africa.
_Resolved_, That the said communications impart pleasure to this
body, and that the Board will cheerfully countenance and
encourage the said Waring as their missionary to Africa, provided
the expenses of his outfit, &c. can be met by his own resources
and those of his brethren in that quarter.
Sixth Annual Report of the Board, in _The Latter Day Luminary_,
Vol. II, p. 134.