Excerpt from Journal of the Thirty-Ninth Annual Convention of the Protestant Episcopal Church in the Diocese of Missouri, Held in Christ Church, Saint Louis, September 24 and 25, A. D. 1878 Resolved That a committee of five be appointed to prepare and apply for an act of incorporation of The Bishop and Standing Committee of the Diocese of Missouri, empowering them to hold in trust the fee Simple of all properties devoted to sacred uses in this Diocese. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.