It  is  usually  called  the  "  Scotch  Society."  A  Board  of  Correspondents  at  Boston  was
appointed  in  1730,  but  was  suspended  in  1737.  In  1756  it  was  revived  and  con-
tinued operations  thereafter  for  many  years.  Another  Board  of  Correspondents  was
constituted  at  New  York  in  1741,  which  in  1769  gave  place  to  a  board  composed  of
the  trustees  of  the  College  of  New  Jersey  at  Princeton.  The  Connecticut  Board  of
Correspondents  was  formed  at  Lebanon  July  4,  1764,  and  continued  in  existence
about  five  years.  (6)  A  "Society  for  Propagating  Christian  Knowledge"  was
incorporated  Feb.  11,  1762,  by  the  Massachusetts  government,  but  its  charter  was
not  ratified  in  England  \^Acts  ajid  Resolves  of  Mass.,  iv  :  520-523].  (7)  "  The  Soci-
ety for  Propagating  the  Gospel  among  the  Indians  and  others  in  North  America"
was  incorporated  by  the  General  Court  of  Massachusetts,  November  19,  1787.  It  has
conducted  various  Indian  missions  in  New  England,  New  York,  and  the  West.
^^'  Strength  out  of  Weakness^  pp.  9-13.
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SAMSON  OCCOM


The  plan  of  Indian  town  government  had  been  adopted  by-
Thomas  Mayhew  and  others.  Eliot  gave  up  the  idea  of
gathering  all  the  Christian  Indians  at  Natick.  After  that
model  other  towns  were  formed.  Industry  and  education
advanced.  The  results  began  to  appear,  particularly  in  the
work  of  the  converts  he  had  raised  up.  His  earlier  problems
were  lost  to  view  in  the  greater  religious  success,  which  was
always  his  main  purpose  and  which  won  for  him  the  merited
title,  "Apostle  of  the  Indians."

As  we  have  already  suggested,  the  educational  work  of  John
Eliot  was  a  prominent  feature.  A  Puritan  could  not  do  other-
wise than  make  it  such,  and  the  sequel  proved  his  wisdom.
