This certifies that — has been received into the , organized on the sixth of April, in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and thirty, and has been ordained an , according to the rules and regulations of said church; and is duly authorised to preach the gospel, agreeably to the authority of that office.

Given by the direction of a general of the authorities of said church, assembled in the City of , Missouri, the sixth of April, in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and thirty eight.