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THE NATIONAL COUNCIL OF THE
CONGREGATIONAL CHURCHES
OF THE UNITED STATES
ADDRESSES, REPORTS, STATEMENTS OF
BENEVOLENT SOCIETIES, CONSTITUTION,
MINUTES, ROLL OF DELEGATES, ETC.
SEVENTEENTH REGULAR MEETING
COLUMBUS, OHIO, OCTOBER 10-17, 1917
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TABLE OF CONTENTS
Page The National Council -
Officers and Committees 5
Missionary Agencies • 10
Other Denominational Agencies 12
Sessions 13
Constitution and By-Laws 14
Minutes 30
Delegates 66
Reports
Executive Committee 92
Corporation .' ; 117
Secretary 119
Treasurer 134
Commission on Missions 138
Congregationalism in the South 160
Deputation to South 163
National Plan of Benevolence 204
Commission on Evangelism 213
Commission on Social Service 221
Commission on Temperance 239
Commission on Comity, Federation and Unity 243
Relations between Congregationalists and Disciples 248
Commission on Public Worship 253
Commission on ReUgious and Moral Education 257
Religious Education in Colleges 272
American Board of Commissioners for Foreign Missions 280
Congregational Home Missionary Society 293
American Missionary Association 300
Congregational Church Building Society 322
Congregational Education Society 331
Congregational Sunday School and Publishing Society 340
Congregational Board of Ministerial Relief 358
Annuity Fund for Congregational Ministers 361
Federal Council of the Churches of Christ 363
Addresses
Moderator 368
Rev. Charles S. Mills 384
Extracts 397
Index 413
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THE NATIONAL COUNCIL
OFFICERS 1917-19
Moderator, Rev. William Horace Day, Bridgeport, Conn.
Assistant Moderators, Rev. William E. Barton, Oak Park, Illinois;
Rev. Harold M. Kingsley, Talladega, Alabama. Secretary, Rev. Hubert C. Herring, Boston, Mass.; Treasurer, Rev.
John J. Walker, Boston, Mass.
COMMITTEES AND COMMISSIONS Executive Committee
Moderator and Secretary, Members ex officiis
For two years. Rev. Charles F. Carter, Hartford, Conn., Chairman; Mr. Albert M. Lyon, Boston, Mass.; Rev. Robert R. Wicks, Holyoke, Mass.
For four years. Mr. Van A. Wallin, Grand Rapids, Mich.; Mr. Her- bert J. Brown, Portland, Me.; Mr. O. J. Hill, Kansas City, Mo.
For six years. Rev. E. H. Byington, West Roxbury, Mass.; Mr. W. W. Mills, Marietta, Ohio; Mr. F. W. Chamberlain, Chicago, 111.
Nominating Committee
For two years. Pres. Charles S. Nash, Berkeley, Cal., Chairman; Rev. Frank K. Sanders, New York Citj'; Rev. Dan F. Bradley, Cleve- land, Ohio; Rev. Morris H. Turk, Kansas City, Mo.
For four years. Rev. Robert E. Brown, Waterbury, Conn.; Pres. James E. Gregg, Hampton, Va.; Rev. Archibald Hadden, Muske- gon, Mich.; Rev. Harry E. Peabody, Appleton, Wis.
Commission on Missions
Secretary, member ex officio
For two years. Pres. Henry Churchill King, Oberlin, Ohio, Chairman, Rev. Edward M. Noyes, Newton Centre, Mass.; Miss Sarah Louise Day, Boston, Mass.; Mr. Roger Leavitt, Cedar Falls, la.; Rev. William R. Campbell, Roxbury, Mass.; Rev. William Horace Day, Bridgeport, Conn.; Mr. Dyer B. Holmes, New York City; Mr. Arthur L. Shipman, Hartford, Conn.; Rev. Albert Parker Fitch,, Amherst, Mass.; Rev. Charles S. Mills, Montclair, N. J.; Mrs. A. M. Gibbons, Cleveland, Ohio; Rev. Arthur H. Bradford, Rutland, Vt.
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For four years. Pres. Donald J. Cowling, Northfield, Minn.; Rev. Carl S. Patton, Los Angeles, Cal.; Rev. Jay T. Stocking, Upper Mont- clair, N. J.; Pres. J. H. T. Main, Grinnell, la.; Rev. C. B. Emerson, Detroit, Mich.; Mr. Frank Kimball, Chicago, 111.; Rev. Watson L. Phillips, Shelton, Conn.; Mr. John R. Rogers, Brooklyn, N. Y.; Dr. Lucien C. Warner, New York City; Mrs. Williston Walker, New Haven, Conn.; Rev. Clarence F. Swift, Fall River, Mass.
Commission on Evangelism
Pres. Ozora S. Davis, Chicago, 111., Chairman; Rev. Ernest Bourner Allen, Toledo, O.; Rev. J. A. Jenkins, Chicago, 111.; Mr. Fred B. Smith, New York City; Rev. C. H. Beale, Milwaukee, Wis.; Mr. Allen C. Emery, Boston, Mass.; Mr. Dwight P. Goddard, Ann Arbor, Mich.
Commission on Social Service
Rev. Nicholas Van der Pyl, Oberhn, O., Chairman; Rev. Henry A. Atkinson, Boston, Mass., Secretary; Prof. Fred B. Hill, Northfield, Minn.; Rev. Hastings H. Hart, New York City; Mrs. Raymond Robins, Chicago, 111.; Mr. John G. Jennings, Cleveland, O.; Rev. Charles W. Merriam, Grand Rapids, Mich.; Rev. O. L. Kiplinger, Mansfield, 0.
Commission on Religious and Moral Education
Prof. Luther A. Weigle, New Haven, Conn., Chairman; Prof. Laura H. Wild, South Hadley, Mass.; Prof. Hugh Hartshorne, New York City; Rev. O. C. Helming, Chicago, 111.; Prof. Charles E. RuGH, Berkeley, Cal.; Mr. Harry Wade Hicks, New York City; Mr. Norton M. Little, Washington, D. C.
Commission on Comity, Federation and Unity
Rev. Raymond Calkins, Cambridge, Mass., Chairman; Rev. Newman Smyth, New Haven, Conn.; Prof. Robert Seneca Smith, North- ampton, Mass.; Prof. L. F. Anderson, Walla Walla, Wash.; Rev, Arthur P. Pratt, Greenfield, Mass.; Rev. H. O. Hannum, Holyoke, Mass.; Rev. W. T. McElveen, New York City.
Commission on Temperance
Rev. Frank G. Smith, Kansas City, Mo., Chairman; Rev. Ross W. Sanderson, Lawrence, Kan.; Rev. Charles M. Sheldon, Topeka, Kan.; Rev. Robert Porter, St. Joseph, Mo.; Mr. William Shaw, Boston, Mass.; Mrs. Catherine Waugh McCulloch, Evanston, 111.; Rev. Clarence A. Vincent, Winter Park, Fla.
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Commission on Organization
Rev. John P. Sanderson, Chicago, 111., Chairman; Pres. Charles S. Nash, Berkeley, Cal.; Rev.' William E. Barton, Oak Park, 111.; Rev. Edgar L. Heermance, International Falls, Minn.; Prof. WiLLisTON Walker, New Haven, Conn.; Mr. William B. Shelton, New York City; Mr. W. F. Bohn, Oberlin, O:
Commission on Public Worship
Rev. Charles H. Richards, New York City, Chairman; Rev. Lucius H. Thayer, Portsmouth, N.H.; Dean Edward I. Bosworth, Oberlin, O.; Rev. John W. Buckham, Berkeley, Cal.; Prof. Waldo S. Pratt, Hartford, Conn.; Pres. W. Douglas, Hartford, Conn.
National Service Commission
Pres. Kenyon L. Butterfield, Amherst, Mass., Chairman; Rev. Henry A. Atkinson, 289 Fourth Ave., New York City, Secretary; Dean Charles R. Brown, New Haven, Conn.; Rev. Edward D. Eaton, Washington, D. C; Rev. Nehemiah Boynton, Brooklyn, N. Y.; Rev. Livingston L. Taylor, Canandaigua, N. Y.; Mr. Ernest H. Abbott, New York City; Hon. Herbert Knox Smith, Hartford, Conn.; Rev. Ashley D. Leavitt, Portland, Me.; Rev. Harry P. Dewey, Minneapolis, Minn.; Rev. Harry E. Peabody, Appleton, Wis.; Rev. Frank Dyer, Tacoma, Wash.; Rev. J. Edward Kirbye, Des Moines, la.; Rev. Dwight S. Bayley, Birmingham, Ala.; Maj. Ira H. Evans, Austin, Texas; Rev. H. A. Bridgman, Boston, Mass.; Mr. F. E. Bogart, Detroit, Mich.; Rev. D. F. Fox, Pasadena, Cal.; Rev. Roy B. Guild, New York City; Pres. Vivian Blanche Small, Painesville, O.; Rev. C. R. R.^ymond, Brooklyn, N. Y.; Mr. Edwin G. Warner, Brooklyn, N. Y.; Mr. Stanley Frost, New York City; Rev. Willard S. Sperry, Boston, Mass.; Mr. Warner James, New York City; Mr. J. R. Rogers, Brooklyn, N. Y.; Mr. Samuel P. Thrasher, New York City; Pres. Ozora S. Davis, Chicago, 111.; Rev. Roy M. Houghton, New Haven, Conn.
Pilgrim Memorial Fund Commission
Rev. Charles S. Mills, Montclair, N. J., Chairman; Rev. Herman F. SwARTZ, 287 Fourth Ave., New York City, Executive Secretary.
Executive Committee Rev. William E. Barton, Oak Park, 111., Secretary; Hon. Henry M. Beardsley, Kansas City, Mo.; Pres. D. J. Cowling, Northfield, Minn.; Rev. William Horace Day, Bridgeport, Conn.; Mr. Lucius R. Eastman, New York City; Rev. H. C. Herring, Boston, Mass.; Mr. Arthur S. Johnson, Boston, Mass.; Rev. Cornelius H, Patton, Boston, Mass.
OFFICERS AND COMMITTEES [1917
Members
Prof. L. F. Anderson, Walla Walla, Wash.; Mr. A. C. Angell, Detroit, Mich.; Rev. G. Glen Atkins, Detroit, Mich.; Rev. F. Q. Blanch^ ard, Cleveland, O.; Mr. F. A. Bogart, Detroit, Mich.; Rev. Nehe- MiAH BoYNTON, Brookl}^!!, N. Y.; Rev. Dan F. Bradley, Cleveland, O.; Rev. Henry Stiles Bradley, Worcester, Mass.; Mr. T. H. Brewer, Spokane, Wash.; Mr. F. H. Brooks, St. Johnsbury, Vt.; Hon. M. J. A. Buchanan, Buchanan, N. D.; Mr. F. A. M. Burrell, Brookyn, N. Y.; Rev. Charles E. Burton, New York City; Pres. M. L. Burton, Minneapolis, Minn.; Mr. A. S. Burwell, Seattle, Wash.; Mr. C. A. Christopherson, Sioux Falls, S. D.; Prof. Calvin M. Clark, Bangor, Me.; Mr. E. P. Clark, Los Angeles, Cal.; Mrs. George H. Clark, Los Angeles, Cal.; Judge L. W. Cleaveland, New Haven, Conn.; Prof. Theodore F. Collier, Providence, R. I.; Mr. H. G. Cordley, Glen Ridge, N.'J.; Miss Lettie M. Crafts, Minneapolis, Minn.; Hon. Winthrop M. Crane, Dalton, Mass.; Mr. L. a. Crossett, Boston, Mass.; Mr. E. W. Decker, Minneapolis, Minn.; Mrs. E. A. Evans, Mill Valley, Cal.; Mr. B. H. Fancher, New York City; Prof. H. W. Farnam, New Haven, Conn.; Mr. Horatio Ford, Cleveland, O.; Rev. John Gardner, Chicago, 111.; Mrs. Josephine R. Gile, Colo- rado Springs, Colo.; Prof. A. L. Gillett, Hartford, Conn.; Mr. Charles Welles Gross, Hartford, Conn.; Mr. Frank J. Harwood, Appleton, Wis.; Mr. M. B. Hazeltine, Prescott, Ariz.; Prof. Fred B. Hill, Northfield, Minn.; Mrs. E. L. -Hinman, Lincoln, Neb.; Mr. Thomas H. Hood, Denver, Colo.; Rev. J. Percival Huget, Brooklyn, N. Y.; Rev. G. A; Hulbert, Omaha, Neb.; Pres. Frank E. Jenkins, Demorest, Ga.; Rev. H. H. Kelsey, San Francisco, Cal.; Mr. Frank Kimball, Oak Park, 111.; Mr. Walter B. Lasher, Bridgeport, Conn.; Hon. James Logan, Worcester, Mass.; Mr. James Lyman, Chicago, 111.; Mr. Charles F. Marble, Worcester, Mass.; Mr. George W. Marston, San Diego, Cal.; Rev. Oscar E. Maurer, New Haven, Conn.; Mr. F. D. McCornack, Sioux City, la.; Mr. S. A. Merrill, Des Moines, la.; Rev. Irving W. Metcalf, OberHn, O.; Mr. Edward C. Mills, Boston, Mass.; Mr. W. W. Mills, Marietta, O.; Rev. W. J. Minchin, Mason City, la.; Mr. S. W. Mudd, Los Angeles, Cal.; Mr. Starr J. Murphy, New York City; Mr. A. J. Nason, St. Paul, Minn.; Mr. William H. Nichols, Washington, D. C; Prof. E. C. Norton, Claremont, Cal.; Rev. Albert W. Palmer, Honolulu, Hawaii; Rev. James E. Per- shing, Oklahoma City, Okla.; Mr. C. F. Pettyjohn, Olathe, Kan.; Mr. H. M. Pflager, St. Louis, Mo.; Mr. C. S. Pike, Jacksonville, Fla.; Mr. Charles S. Pillsbury, MinneapoUs, Minn.; Mr. F. G. Platt, New Britain, Conn.; Mr. M. E. Preisch, Buffalo, N. Y.; Rev. H. H. Proctor, Atlanta, Ga.; Rev. Lewis T. Reed, Brooklyn, N. Y.; Rev. Wilfrid A. Rowell, Beloit, Wis.; Mr. James Scher- merhorn, Detroit, Mich.; Mr. A. M. Sheldon, Minneapohs, Minn.;
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Rev. T. M. Shipherd, Milwaukee, Wis.; Mr. Paul Sleman, Wash- ington, D. C; Mr. William Grant Smith, Cleveland, O.; Rev. Henry A. Stimson, Hartford, Conn.; Mr. W. E. Sweet, Denver, Colo.; Rev. Lucius H. Thayer, Portsmouth, N. H.; Pres. John M. Thomas, Middlebury, Vt.; Mrs. F. F. Thompson, New York City; Rev. C. N. Thorp, Duluth, Minn.; Mr. Loren D. Towle, Boston, Mass.; Mr. Frank B. Towne, Holyoke, Mass.; Rev. F. J. Van Horn, Oakland, Cal.; Mr. Franklin H. Warner, New York City; Dr. Lucien C. Warner, New York City, Mr. H. J. Wells, Kingston, R. I.; Mr. Charles C. West, Montclair, N. J.; Mr. David Whitcomb, Seattle, Wash.; Mr. W. C. White, Milwaukee, Wis.; Mr. Arthur F. Whitin, Whitinsville, Mass.; Mr. E. M. Whiting, Whiting, la.; Pres. P. P. Womer, Topeka, Kan.
CORPORATION FOR THE NATIONAL COUNCIL
Rev. William Horace Day, Bridgeport, Connecticut, President; Rev. Hubert C. Herring, 14 Beacon Street, Boston, Massachusetts, Secretary; Hon. Simeon E. Baldwin, Connecticut; Rev. Charles S. Mills, New Jersey; Mr. B. H. Fancher, New York; Mr. S. H. Miller, New York; Mr. Samuel Wool\'erton, New York; Mr. Willard E. Edmister, New York; Mr. Russell S. Walker, New York; Mr. Lucius R. Eastman, New York; Mr. Arthur S. John- son, Massachusetts; Hon. T. C. McMillan, Illinois; Hon. H. M. Beardsley, Missouri; Pres. D. J. Cowling, Minnesota; Hon. Epaphroditos Peck, Connecticut; Hon. John H. Perry, Con- necticut; Rev. William E. Barton, Illinois.
THE NATIONAL COUNCIL
MISSIONARY AGENCIES
THE AMERICAN BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS FOR FOREIGN
MISSIONS 14 Beacon Street, Boston, Mass. President, Vice-President,
Rev. Edward C. Moore. David P. Jones.
Foreign Department, Editorial Department,
Rev. James L. Barton, Sec. Rev. William E. Strong, Sec.
Rev. Enoch F. Bell, Asso. Sec. Home Department, Treasury Department,
Rev. Cornelius H. Patton, Sec. Frank H. Wiggin, Treasurer.
Rev. Edward L. Smith, Sec. John G. Hosmer,
Rev. D. Brewer Eddy, Asso. Sec. Pub. and Purchasing Agent.
District Secretaries,
Middle District, Rev. Edw L. Smith, 287 Fourth Avenue, New York.
Interior District, Rev. A. N. Hitchcock, 19 So. La Salle Street, Chicago.
Pacific District, Rev. H. H. Kelsey, 417 Market Street, San Francisco.
THE CONGREGATIONAL HOME MISSIONARY SOCIETY 287 Fourth Avenue, New York
President, General Secretary,
Rev. Rockwell H. Potter. Rev. Charles E. Burton.
Assistant Secretary, Secretary Woman's Department,
Rev. William S. Beard. Miss Miriam L. Woodberry.
Treasurer, Charles H. Baker.
THE CONGREGATIONAL CHURCH BUILDING SOCIETY 287 Fourth Avenue, New York President, General Secretary,
Rev. Rockwell H. Potter. Rev. Charles E. Burton.
Church Building Secretary, Treasurer,
Rev. Charles H. Richards. Charles H. Baker.
Field Secretaries, Rev. William W. Leete, 14 Beacon Street, Boston, Mass. Rev. John P. Sanderson, 19 South La Salle Street, Chicago, 111. Rev. H. H. Wikoff, 417 Market Street, San Francisco, Cal. Assistant Field Secretary,
Mrs. C. H. Taintor, Clinton, Conn.
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THE CONGREGATIONAL SUNDAY SCHOOL EXTENSION SOCIETY
287 Fourth Avenue, New York City
President, General Secretary,
Rev. Rockwell H. Potter. Rev. Charles E. Burton.
Treasurer, Charles H. Baker
THE AMERICAN MISSIONARY ASSOCIATION 287 Fourth 'Avenue, New York
President, Corresponding Secretaries, Pres. Henry C. King. Rev. H. Paul Douglass,
Honorary Secretary and Editor, Rev. George L. Cady.
Rev. a. F. Beard. Associate Secretaries,
Treasurer, Rev. Rodney W. Roundy,
Irving C. Gaylord. Rev. Samuel Lane Loomis.
Secretary Bureau of Wo7nan's Work, Mrs. F. W. Wilcox.
District Secretaries,
Rev. G. H. Gutterson, 14 Beacon Street, Boston, Mass. Rev. Frank N. White, 19 So. La Salle Street, Chicago, 111. Rev. George W. Hinman, 21 Brenhain Place, San Francisco, Cal.
Field Secretary, Mrs. Ida V. Woodbury.
THE CONGREGATIONAL EDUCATION SOCIETY 14 Beacon Street, Boston, Mass.
President, General Secretary, Rev. Clarence F. Swift. Rev. F. M. Sheldon.
Treasurer, Assistant Secretary, Harry M. Nelson. Rev. E. S. Tead.
Secretary Social Service, Secretary Missionary Education, Rev. Henry A. Atkinson. Rev. Miles B. Fisher.
THE CONGREGATIONAL BOARD OF MINISTERIAL RELIEF THE CONGREGATIONAL ANNUITY FUND
287 Fourth Avenue, New York
President, Secretary,
Rev. Henry A. Stimson. Rev. William A. Rice,
Treasurer, B. H. Fancher.
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THE WOMAN'S BOARD OF MISSIONS
14 Beacon Street, Boston, Mass.
Home Secretary, Treasurer,
Miss Helen B. Calder. Mrs. Frank Gaylord Cook.
THE WOMAN'S BOARD OF MISSIONS OF THE INTERIOR
19 So. La Salle Street, Room 1315, Chicago, III.
Secretary, Treasurer,
Mrs. Lucius O. Lee. Mrs. S. E. Hurlbut.
THE WOMAN'S BOARD OF MISSIONS FOR THE PACIFIC
417 Market Street, San Francisco, Cal.
Home Secretary, Treasurer,
Mrs. H. M. Tenney. Mrs. W. W. Ferrier.
WOMAN'S HOME MISSIONARY FEDERATION
President, Mrs. H. H. Hart, 7 Colden Avenue, White Plains, N. Y. General Secretary, Miss Edith Scamman, 287 Fourth Avenue, New York
City. Treasurer, Mrs. Harry E. Smith, 105 Mamaroneck Avenue, White Plains,
N.Y.
OTHER DENOMINATIONAL AGENCIES
THE AMERICAN CONGREGATIONAL ASSOCIATION
Organized, 1853. Chartered, 1854. Headquarters, Library, Congregational House, Boston
President, Treasurer,
Arthur S. Johnson. Augustus S. Lovett.
Cor. and Rec. Secretary. Lib. and Asst. Treasurer,
Thomas Todd, Jr. Rev. William H. Cobb.
CONGREGATIONAL PUBLISHING SOCIETY 14 Beacon Street, Boston, Mass.
President, Gen'l Secretary and Business M'g'r
Rev. Clarence F. Swift. Rev. F. M. Sheldon.
Treasurer, Harry M. Nelson.
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CONSTITUTION AND BY-LAWS OF THE NATIONAL COUNCIL
(Revised)
The Congregational Churches of the United States, by- delegates in National Council assembled, reserving all the rights and cherished memories belonging to this organization under its former constitution, and declaring the steadfast allegiance of the churches composing the Council to the faith which our fathers confessed, which from age to age has found its expression in the historic creeds of the Church universal and of this communion, and affirming our loyalty to the basic principles of our representative democracy, hereby set forth the things most surely believed among us concerning faith, polity, and fellowship :
Faith
We believe in God the Father, infinite in wisdom, goodness, and love; and in Jesus Christ, his Son, our Lord and Saviour, who for us and our salvation lived and died and rose again and liveth evermore; and in the Holy Spirit, who taketh of the things of Christ and revealeth them to us, renewing, comforting, and inspiring the souls of men. We are united in striving to know the will of God as taught in the Holy Scriptures, and in our purpose to walk in the ways of the Lord, made known or to be made known to us. We hold it to be the mission of the Church of Christ to proclaim the gospel to all mankind, exalting the worship of the one true God, and laboring for the progress of knowledge, the promo- tion of justice, the reign of peace, and the realization of human brotherhood. Depending, as did our fathers, upon the continued guidance of the Holy Spirit to lead us into all truth, we work and pray for the transformation of the world into the kingdom of God; and we look with faith for the triumph of righteousness and the life everlasting.
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Polity We believe in the freedom and responsibility of the indi- vidual soul, and the right of private judgment. We hold to the autonomy of the local church and its independence of all ecclesiastical control. We chejish the fellowship of the churches, united in district, state, and national bodies, for counsel and co-operation in matters of common concern.
The Wider Fellowship While affirming the liberty of our churches, and the valid- ity of our ministry, we hold to the unity and catholicity of the Church of Christ, and will unite with all its branches in hearty co-operation; and will earnestly seek, so far as in us lies, that the prayer of our Lord for his disciples may be answered, that they all may be one.
United in support of these principles, the Congregational Churches in National Council assembled agree in the adop- tion of the following Constitution :
Article I. — Name The name of this body is the National Council of the Con- gregational Churches of the United States.
Article II. — Purpose The purpose of the National Council is to foster and ex- press the substantial unity of the Congregational churches in faith, polity, and work; to consult upon and devise mea- sures and maintain agencies for the promotion of their com- mon interests; to co-operate with any corporation or body under control of or affiliated with the Congregational churches, or any of them; and to do and to promote the work of the Congregational churches of the United States in their na- tional, international, and interdenominational relations.
Article III. — Members 1. Delegates, (a) The churches in each District Associa- tion shall be represented by one delegate. Each association having more than ten churches shall be entitled to elect one additional delegate for each additional ten churches or major
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fraction thereof. The churches in each State Conference shall be represented by one delegate. Each conference hav- ing churches whose aggregate membership is more than ten thousand shall be entitled to elect one additional delegate for each additional ten thousand members or major fraction thereof. States having associations but no conference, or vice versa, shall be entitled to their full representation.
(b) Delegates shall be divided, as nearly equally as practi- cable, between ministers and laymen.
(c) The Secretary and the Treasurer shall be members, ex officiis, of the Council.
(d) Any delegate who shall remove from the bounds of the conference or association by which he has been elected to the Council shall be deemed by the fact of that removal to have resigned his membership in the Council, and the Conference or Association may proceed to fill the unexpired term by election.
2. Honorary Members. Former moderators and assistant moderators of the Council, ministers serving the churches entertaining the Council, persons selected as preachers or to prepare papers, or to serve upon committees or commissions chosen by the Council, missionaries present who are in the service of the American Board of Commissioners for Foreign Missions and have been not less than seven years in that service, persons appointed by national missionary boards as corporate members, executive officials of such boards whose scope of responsibility is coextensive with the nation, together with one delegate each from such theological semi- naries and colleges as are recognized by the Council, may be enrolled as honorary members and shall be entitled to all privileges of members in the meeting of the Council except those of voting and initiation of business.
3. Corresponding Members. The Council shall not increase its own voting membership, but members of other denomi- nations, present by invitation or representing their denomina- tions, representatives of Congregational bodies in other lands, and other persons present who represent important interests, or have rendered distinguished services, may, by vote, be made corresponding members, and entitled to the courtesy of the floor.
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4. Term of Membership. The term of delegates shall be four years. Elections to fill vacancies shall be for the re- mainder of the unexpired term.
The term of a member shall begin at the opening of the next stated meeting of the Council after his election, and shall expire with the opening of the second stated meeting of the Council thereafter. He shall be a member of any inter- vening special meeting of the Council.
Article IV. — Meetings
1. Stated Meetings. The churches shall meet in National Council once in two years, the time and place of meeting to be announced at least six months previous to the meeting.
2. Special Meetings. The National Council shall convene in special meeting whenever any seven of the general state organizations so request.
3. Quorum. Delegates present from a majority of the states entitled to representation in the Council shall consti- tute a quorum.
Article V. — By-Laws
The Council may make and alter By-Laws at any stated meeting by a two-thirds vote of members present and vot- ing; provided, that no new By-Law shall be enacted and no By-Law altered or repealed on the day on which the change is proposed.
Article VL — Amendments
This Constitution shall not be altered or amended, except at a stated meeting, and by a two-thirds vote of those pres- ent and voting, notice thereof having been given at a pre- vious stated meeting, or the proposed alteration having been requested b}^ some general state organization of churches en- titled to representation in the Council, and published with the notification of the meeting
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BY-LAWS I. — The Call of a Meeting of the Council
1. The call for any meeting shall be issued by the Execu- tive Committee and signed by their chairman and by the Secretary of the Council. It shall contain a list of topics proposed for consideration at the meeting. The Secretary shall seasonably furnish blank credentials and other needful papers to the scribes of the several district and state organi- zations of the churches entitled to representation in the Council.
2. The meetings shall ordinarily be held in the latter part of October.
II. — The Formation of the Roll
Immediately after the call to order the Secretary shall collect the credentials of delegates present, and these persons shall be prima facie the voting membership for purposes of immediate organization. Contested delegations shall not de- lay the permanent organization, but shall be referred to the Committee on Credentials, all contested delegations refrain- ing from voting until their contest is settled.
III. — The Moderator
1. At each stated meeting of the Council there shall be chosen from among the members of the Council, a Modera- tor and a first and a second Assistant Moderator, who shall hold office for two years and until their successors are elected and qualified.
2. The Moderator immediately after his election shall take the chair, and after prayer shall at once proceed to com- plete the organization of the Council and to cause rules of order to be adopted.
3. The representative function of the Moderator shall be that of visiting and addressing churches and associations upon their invitations, and of representing the Council and the Congregational churches in the wider relations of Chris- tian fellowship, so far as he may be able and disposed. It is understood that all his acts and utterances shall be devoid
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of authority and that for them shall be claimed and to them given only such weight and force as inhere in the reason of them.
4. The Moderator shall preside at the opening of the stated meeting of the Council following that at which he is elected, and may deliver an address on a subject of his own selection.
IV. — The Secretary
The Secretary shall keep the records and conduct the cor- respondence of the Council and of the Executive Committee. He shall edit the Year-Book and other publications, and shall send out notices of all meetings of the Council and of its Executive Committee, He shall aid the committees and commissions of the Council and shall be secretary of the Commission on Missions. He shall be available for advice and help in matters of polity and constructive organization, and render to the churches such services as shall be appro- priate to his office. He may, like the Moderator, represent the Council and the churches in interdenominational rela- tions. For his aid one or more assistants shall be chosen at each meeting of the Council to serve during such meeting.
V. — The Treasurer
The Treasurer shall receive and hold all income contrib- uted or raised to meet the expenses of the Council, shall dis- burse the same on the orders of the Executive Committee, and shall give bond in such sum as the Executive Committee shall from time to time determine.
VI. — Term of Office
The term of office of the Secretary, Treasurer, and of any other officer not otherwise provided for shall begin at the close of the meeting at which they are chosen, and continue until the close of the next stated meeting, and until their successors are elected and qualified.
VII. — Committees
As soon as practicable after taking the chair, the Modera- tor shall cause to be read to the Council the names proposed
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by the Nominating Committee for a Business Committee and a Committee on Credentials. These names shall be chosen so as to secure representation to different parts of the coun- try, and the names shall be published in the denominational papers at least one month before the meeting of the Council, and printed with the call of the meeting. The Council may approve these nominations or change them in whole or in part.
1. The Committee on Credentials. The Committee on Credentials shall prepare and report as early as practicable a roll of members. Of this committee the Secretary shall be a member.
2. The Business Committee. The Business Committee shall consist of not less than nine members. It shall prepare a docket for the use of the Council, and subject to its ap- pioval. All business to be proposed to the Council shall first be presented to this committee, but the Council may at its pleasure consider any item of business for which such provision has been refused by the committee.
3. The Nominating Committee. The Nominating Com- mittee shall consist of nine members, to be elected by the Council on the nomination of the Moderator, and shall serve from the close of one stated meeting till the close of the following stated meeting of the Council. Five members shall be so chosen for four years, and four for two years, and thereafter members shall be chosen for four years. This committee shall nominate to the Council all officers, com- mittees, and commissions for which the Council does not otherwise provide. But the Council may, at its pleasure, choose committees, commissions,* or officers by nomination from the floor or otherwise as it shall from time to time determine. Members of the Nominating Committee who have served for a full term shall not be eligible for re-election until after an interval of two years.
4. The Executive Committee. The Executive Committee shall consist of the Moderator, the Secretary, and nine other persons, and shall be so chosen that the terms of the elected members shall ultimately be six years, the term of three members expiring at each stated meeting of the Council.
5. Other Committees. (1) Other committees may be ap- pointed from time to time, and in such manner as the Coun-
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cil shall determine, to make report during the meeting at which they are appointed.
(2) On such committees any member of the Council, voting or honorary, is eligible for service.
(3) All such committees terminate their existence with the meeting at which they are appointed.
(4) No question or report will be referred to a committee except by vote of the Council.
(5) Committees shall consist of five persons unless other- wise stated.
(6) Unless otherwise ordered, the first named member of a committee shall be chairman.
VIII. — The Executive Committee
1. The Executive Committee shall transact such business as the Council shall from time to time direct, and in the intervals between meetings of the Council shall represent the Council in all matters not belonging to the corporation and not otherwise provided for. They shall have authority to contract for all necessary expenditures and to appoint one or more of their number who shall approve and sign all bills for payment; shall consult the interests of the Council and act for it in intervals between meetings in all matters of business and finance, subject to the approval of the Council; and shall make a full report of all their doings, the consideration of which shall be first in order of business after organization.
2. They may fill any vacancy occurring in their own num- ber or in any commission, committee, or office in the inter- vals of meeting, the persons so appointed to serve until the next meeting of the Council.
3. They shall appoint anj'- committee or commission or- dered by the Council, but not otherwise appointed; and committees or commissions so appointed shall be entered in the minutes as by action of the Council.
4. They shall select the place, and shall specify in the call the place and precise time at which each meeting of the Council shall begin.
5. They shall provide a suitable form of voucher for the expenditures of the Council, and shall secure a proper audit- ing of its accounts.
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6. They shall prepare a definite program for the Council, choosing a preacher and selecting topics for discussion and persons to prepare and present papers thereon.
7, They shall assign a distinct time, not to be changed except by special vote of the Council, for
(a) The papers appointed to be read before the Council.
(6) The commissions appointed by one Council to report at the next, which may present the topics referred to them for discussion or action.
(c) The benevolent societies and theological seminaries.
All other business shall be set for other specified hours, and shall not displace the regular order, except by special vote of the Council.
IX. — Commissions
1. Special committees appointed to act ad interim, other than the Executive Committee and Nominating Committee, shall be designated as commissions.
2. Commissions are expected to report at the next meet- ing following their appointment, and no commission other than the Commission on Missions shall continue beyond the next stated meeting of the Council except by special vote of the Council.
3. No commission shall incur expense except as author- ized by the Council, or its Executive Committee.
4. Any member in good standing of a Congregational church is eligible for service on any commission or ad interim committee.
5. Commissions shall choose their own chairmen, but the first named member shall call the first meeting and act as temporary chairman during the organization of the com- mission.
X. — Congregational National Societies
With the consent of our National Missionary Societies, whose approval is a necessary preliminary, the following shah' define the relation of these societies to the National Council :
The foreign missionary work of the Congregational churches of the United States shall be carried on under the auspices of
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the American Board of Commissioners for Foreign Missions and the co-operating Woman's Boards of Missions; and the home missionary work of these churches, for the present under the auspices of the Congregational Home Missionary- Society, the American Missionary Association, the Con- gregational Education Society, the Congregational Church Building Society, and the Congregational Sunday-school and Publishing Society, hereinafter called the Home Societies, and the Woman's Home Missionary Federation.
1. The American Board of Commissioners for Foreign Mis- sions. This Board and the co-operating Woman's Boards shall be the agency of the Congregational churches for the extension of Christ's kingdom abroad.
a. Membership. The voting membership of the American Board shall consist, in addition to the present life members, of two classes of persons, (a) One class shall be composed of the members of the National Council, who shall be deemed nominated as corporate members of the American Board by their election and certification as members of the said Na- tional Council, said nominations to be ratified and the per- sons so named elected by the American Board. Their terms as corporate members of the American Board shall end, in each case, when they cease to be members of the National Council. (6) There may also be chosen by the American Board one hundred and fifty corporate members-at-large. The said one hundred and fifty corporate members-at-large shall be chosen in three equal sections, and so chosen that the term of each section shall be ultimately six years, one section being chosen every second year at the meeting in connection with the meeting of the National Council. No new voting members, other than herein provided, shall be created.
b. Officers and Committees. The officers and committees of the American Board shall be such as the Board itself may from time to time determine.
c. Meetings. Regular meetings of the American Board shall be held annually. That falling in the same year in which the National Council holds its meeting shall be held in con- nection with the meeting of said Council. Meetings in other years shall be held at such time and place as the Board may
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determine. Important business, especially such as involves extensive modifications of policy, shall, so far as possible, be reserved for consideration in those meetings held in connec- tion with the meeting of the National Council.
d. Reports. It shall be the duty of the American Board to make a full and accurate report of its condition and work to the National Council at each stated meeting of that body.
2. The Home Societies. These societies, with the Woman's Home Missionary Federation, shall be the agencies of the Congregational churches for the extension of Christ's kingdom in the United States.
a. Membership. The voting membership of the several home societies shall consist, in addition to such existing life members and other members of the society in question as may be regarded as legally necessary, of two classes of persons.
(a) One class shall be composed of the members of the National Council so long as they remain members of said Council.
(b) There may also be chosen corporate members-at-large by the said societies, in the following numbers, viz.: by the Congregational Home Missionary Society, ninety; by the American Missionary Association, sixty; by the Congrega- tional Church Building Society, thirty; by the Congregational Education Society, eighteen; and by the Congregational Sunday-school and Publishing Society, eighteen. The said corporate members-at-large shall be chosen by each of the said societies in three equal sections and so chosen that the term of each section shall be ultimately six years, one sec- tion being chosen every second year at the meeting held in connection with the meeting of the National Council. In this selection one fifth of the said corporate members-at- large may be chosen from the organizations for the support of Congregational activities affiliated in the Woman's Home Missionary Federation. No new voting members, other than herein provided, shall be created by any society.
h. Officers and Committees. The officers and committees of the several home societies shall be such as the societies them- selves may from time to time determine.
c. Meetings. Regular meetings of the Home Societies
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shall be held annually. Those falling in the same year in which the National Council holds its meeting shall be held in connection with the meeting of said Council. Meetings in other years shall be held at such times and places as the societies themselves may determine. Important business, especially such as involves extensive modifications of policy, shall, so far as possible, be reserved for consideration in those meetings held in connection with the , meeting of the Na- tional Council.
d. Reports. It shall be the duty of each of the Home So- cieties to make a full and accurate report of its condition and work to the National Council at each stated meeting of that body.
XI. — The Commission on Missions
1. On nomination by the standing committee on Nomina- tions, the National Council shall elect fourteen persons, and on nomination by the several national societies, home and foreign, shall also elect one person from each society, and on similar nomination one each from the whole body of Woman's Boards of Foreign Missions and from the Woman's Home IVIissionary Federation; who, together with the Secretary of the National Council ex officio, shall constitute a Com- mission on Missions.
2. Members. The members of the Commission on Mis- sions, shall be divided as nearly as possible into two equal sections in such manner that the term of each section shall be ultimately four years and the term of one section shall expire at each biennial meeting of the Council. In these choices due consideration shall be given to convenience of meeting, as well as to the geographical representation of the churches. No member except the Secretary of the National Council, whether nominated by the Standing Committee on Nomina- tions of the National Council or by the societies, who has served on said Com^mission for two full successive terms of four years each, shall be eligible for reelection until after two years shall have passed. Unpaid officers of any of the missionary socie- ties of the churches shall be ehgible to this Commission, but no paid officer or employee of a missionary society shall be eligible. The Commission shall choose its own chairman.
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and have power to fill any vacancy in its own number until the next stated meeting of the Council.
3. Duties. While the Commission on Missions shall not be charged with the details of the administration of the several missionary societies, it shall be its duty to consider the work of the home and foreign societies above named, to prevent duplication of missionary activities, to effect all pos- sible economies in administration, and to seek to correlate the work of the several societies so as to secure the maxi- mum of efficiency with the minimum of expense. It shall have the right to examine the annual budgets of the several societies and have access to their books and records. It may freely give its advice to the said societies regarding problems involved in their work, and it shall make recommendations to the several societies when, in its judgment, their work can be made more efficient or economical. It shall make report of its action to the National Council at each stated meeting of that body, and present to said Council such recommenda- tions as it may deem wise for the furtherance of the efficiency and economical administration of the several societies. In view of the evident conviction of a large portion of the churches that the multiplicity of the Congregational Home Societies is not consistent with the greatest economy and efficiency, the Commission on Missions shall examine present conditions and shall recommend to the National Council such simplifica- tion or consolidation as shall seem expedient.
4. Expenses. The members of the Commission on Mis- sions shall serve without salary. The necessary expenses of the Commission shall be paid from the treasury of the Na- tional Council, and said Council may limit the amount of expense which may be incurred in any year. All bills for payment shall be certified by the chairman of the Commission.
XII. — The Corporation for the National Council
1. The corporate members of the corporation shall consist of fifteen persons, elected by the Council at stated meet- ings, and of the Moderator and Secretary associated ex offi- ciis with them.
2. The terms for which corporate members are elected shall be six years.
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3. The corporate members elected at the meeting of 1910 are divided into two classes of eight and seven respectively. The successors of the class of eight shall be chosen at the meeting of 1913 and of the class of seven at the meeting of 1915. Those so elected shall hold office until their successors are duly elected.
4. The corporation shall have a treasurer. He shall ad- minister his office as the by-laws of the corporation may provide.
5. The corporation shall receive and hold all property, real and personal, of the Council, and all property, real and personal, which may be conveyed to it in trust, or other- wise, for the benefit of Congregational churches or of any Congregational church; and acting for the Council be- tween the meetings of the Council in all business matters not otherwise delegated or reserved, shall do such acts and discharge such trusts as properly belong to such a corpora- tion and are in conformity to the constitution, rules, and instructions ofthe Council.
6. The corporation may adopt for its government and the management of its affairs standing by-laws and rules not inconsistent with its charter nor with the constitution, by- laws, and rules of the Council.
7. The corporation shall make such reports to the Coun- cil as the Council may require.
XIII. — Devotional and Other Services
1. In the sessions of the National Council, half an hour every morning shall be given to devotional services, and the daily sessions shall be opened with prayer and closed with prayer or singing. The evening sessions shall ordinarily be given to meetings of a specially religious rather than of a business character.
2. The Council will seek to promote in its sessions a dis- tinctly spiritual uplift, and to this end will arrange programs for the presentation of messages for the general public at- tending such gatherings. But the first concern of the Coun- cil shall be the transaction of the business of the denomination so far as that shall be intrusted to it by the churches; and the Council will meet in separate or executive session during
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the delivery of addresses whenever the necessity of the business of the Council may appear to require it.
XIV. — Time Limitation
No person shall occupy more than half an hour in reading any paper or report, and no speaker upon any motion or resolution, or upon any paper read, shall occupy more than ten minutes, without the unanimous consent of the Council.
In case of discussion approaching the time limit set for it, the Moderator may announce the limitation of speeches to less than ten minutes, subject to the approval of the Council.
XV. ^ — The Printing of Reports Such reports from commissions and statemients from socie- ties or theological seminaries as may be furnished to the Secretary seasonably in advance of the meeting may be printed at the discretion of the Executive Committee, and sent to the members elect, together with the program pre- pared. Not more than ten minutes shall be given to the presentation of suciy such report.
XVI. — The Publication of Statistics The Council will continue to make an annual compilation of statistics of the churches, and a list of such ministers as are reported by the several state organizations. The Sec- retary is directed to present at each stated meeting com- prehensive and comparative summaries for the two years preceding.
XVII. — Fellowship with Other Bodies The Council, as occasion may arise, will hold communica- tion with the general Congregational bodies of other lands, and with the general ecclesiastical organizations of other churches of evangehcal faith in our own land, by delegates appointed by the Council or by the Executive Committee.
XVIII. — Temporary Substitution A duly enrolled delegate may deputize any alternate duly appointed by the body appointing the delegate to act for him at any session of the Council by special designation ap- plicable to the session in question.
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XIX. — Election of Non-Residents While removal from the bounds of the appointing body causes forfeiture of membership in the Council, this fact shall not be construed as forbidding the election of non-residents by any appointing body.
XX. — Filling Vacancies Each appointing body may, at its discretion, designate the method of filling vacancies in its delegation. Unless other method has been adopted, the Council will recognize such substitutes from Conference or Association as may be desig- nated by the remaining delegates from such Conference or Association or (in the absence of such designation) by the total delegation from within the bounds of the state concerned, these substitutes to be certified to the Credentials Com- paittee by certificate of a chairman chosen by such delegates.
XXI. — Term of Substitutes Persons designated to fill vacancies under By-Law 20 shall continue in office only for the meeting of the Council for which the designation is made.
XXII. — Alternates Any alternate, specifically designated by an appointing body, who may be present and seated at any Council meeting in the absence of his principal, becomes the regular delegate of that body, displacing the principal first appointed.
XXIII. — Printed Ballots Nominations for the Executive Committee of the Council, the Boards of Directors of the several societies and all elective officers shall be presented on printed ballots provid- ing space for other nominations to be distributed to and cast by the members voting. A motion to instruct the casting of a single vote for any nominee shall be in order only upon the setting aside of this rule. Pending the declaration of the result of a ballot the order of the day may proceed.
MINUTES
The seventeenth meeting of the National Council of the Congregational Churches of the United States convened in the First Congregational Church, Columbus, Ohio, at 2 o'clock, Wednesday, October 10, 1917, with the retiring Moderator, Hon. Henry M, Beardsley, in the chair.
After the singing of " Faith of our Fathers " the Scripture was read and prayer offered by Rev. Everett E. Lewis of Connecticut.
Rev. William Horace Day of Connecticut was elected Moderator, Rev. William E. Barton of lUinois First Assis- tant Moderator and Rev. Harold M. Kingsley of Alabama Second Assistant Moderator.
Rev. Byron R. Long of Ohio presented a gavel made of two-pieces of wood from the buildings of the first two Congrega- tional Churches in Ohio — Marietta and Austinberg.
On report of the Nominating Committee the following appointments were made:
Business Committee Rev. J. E. KiRBYE, Iowa, Chairman. Rev. Francis J. Van Horn, California. Hon. J. M. Whitehead, Wisconsin. Rev. Reuben A. Beard, North Dakota. Mr. Frank Kimball, Ilhnois. Mr. H. W. Darling, Kansas. Rev. S. H. Woodrow, Missouri. Rev. F. W. Greene, Connecticut. Rev. Almon J. Dyer, Massachusetts.
Committee on Credentials Rev. Ernest Bourner Allen, Ohio, Chairman. Rev. Hubert C. Herring, Massachusetts. Mr. Theodore M. Bates, Ohio. Mr. Frederick W. Jenkins, New York. Rev. James H. Pershing, Oklahoma. 30
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Committee on Greetings Hon. H. M. Beardsley, Missouri, Chairman. Rev. Washington Gladden, Ohio. Rev. Charles R. Brown, Connecticut.
Officers Secretary, Rev. Hubert C. Herring, Massachusetts. Treasurer, Rev. John J. Walker, Massachusetts. Assistants to Secretary (during the meeting of the Council),
Rev. E. H. Byington, Massachusetts.
Rev. Allen L. Eddy, Ohio.
The Moderator and Assistant Moderators were introduced and took up the duties of their office. Prayer was offered by the Moderator.
The Secretary presented an overture from the North Dakota Conference concerning membership in the National Council. It was referred to the Business Committee. (P. 41.) Voted: That the provisional docket contained in the printed program be approved as indicating the general order of the Council's business, action in modification of the same, or in fixing specific hours for reports or business, to be taken on recommenda- tion of the Business Committee.
That all speakers presenting reports or conducting devotional services be requested to observe with ac- curacy the time hmit fixed by the Program Com- mittee, or ordered by the Council, and that the Secretary be instructed to arrange that each one be notified of the expiration of the period assigned him. That the door-keepers be directed to close the doors at 9.05 each morning and admit no one thereafter until the end of the devotional period.
That all persons entitled to be seated in the portion of the house reserved for delegates be requested to assist the door-keepers in the discharge of their duties by wearing in plain view the badges provided. A resolution from the Nebraska Conference concerning young people's work was read and referred to the Business Committee. (P. 55.)
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In the absence of the Treasurer, his report was presented by Rev. Oscar E. Harris. This report, with its auditing, was referred to the Business Committee (P. 134.)
In the absence of Rev. W. D. MacKenzie, the Secretary presented the report of the Committee on the International Council, which was referred to the Business Committee. (P. 38.) •
Rev. Charles P. Marshall, pastor of the church in Plymouth, Mass., addressed the Council, asking that the Tercentenary Meeting of the International Council be held there.
Report of Commission on Temperance was presented by Rev. Clarence A. Vincent and referred to the Business Com- mittee. (P. 239.)
Report of Commission on Pubhc Worship was presented by Rev. Charles H. Richards and referred to the Business Committee. (P. 253.)
Rev. H. A. Atkinson presented resolutions on the war from the Executive Committee and Social Service Commission. These were referred to the Business Committee with the re- quest that due notice be given of the time for their considera- tion by the Council. (P. 41.)
After singing by the Fisk Quartet, Rev. Charles W. Mer- riam of Michigan made an address, " In Camp with the Y. M. C. A."
Notice was given by the Commission on Missions of a hearing on the annuity plan at the close of the session.
Thursday, October 11.
Devotional service at 9.00 a.m. was conducted by Rev. W. H. Spence of Illinois.
The Council was called to order by the Moderator at 9.30. The minutes were read and approved.
The report of the Executive Committee was presented by Rev. Charles F. Carter of Connecticut. (P. 92.)
Recommendations of the Executive Committee were adopted as follows:
1. That the churches be asked through their state organizations to pay for the support of the work of
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the National Council four cents per capita annually, during the coming biennium, based on the gross membership.
2. That the churches which in the past have failed to bear their share in providing for the needs of the Council's treasury be urged to give the matter early and diligent attention, in recognition not only of the claims of fellowship but of the definite and costly services which the Council renders alike to all its constituency.
3. That the Minutes of the Council be sent without charge to all delegates, national and state denomina-< tional representatives and to those pastors who before November 15, 1917, request the same.
4. That the Commissions of the Council for the coming biennium, other than those required by the Constitution, be as follows: Evangehsm; Rehgious and Moral Education; Social Service; Temperance; Comity, Federation and Unity; Organization; Na- tional Service.
5. That each of these Commissions consist of seven persons except the last named, which shall be twenty- five in number.
6. That the majority of the members of any given Commission be within easy reach of some important center of Congregationalism, these centers being scattered over the nation so that the service of persons in all parts of our fellowship may be utiHzed.
7. That each Commission be requested to hold an extended and carefully planned meeting within three months of its appointment.
8. That the Executive Committee be instructed so far as resources permit to provide for the expenses of those in attendance at the meetings of the com- missions.
9. That at the first meeting of the Commission a sub-committee, consisting of the Chairman and such other members as may seem desirable, be designated to act for the Commission wherever practicable, to submit plans and proposals from time to time by mail
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and to call a meeting of the full Commission when important matters shall demand it.
10. That the Executive Committee, while assigned no authority over the Commissions above named, be instructed to aid them in developing and coordinating their work as it may be able.
11. That in discharge of the duty just named the Executive Committee, at some date not more than four months before each Council Meeting, if it proves feasible, shall invite the Chairmen of all Commissions to meet with it for discussion of the reports to be presented at the coming Council, to the end that each portion of the total field may have the benefit of the thought and effort of those at work in other portions.
12. That inasmuch as the Constitution provides for the payment of the expenses of the Commission on Missions, that body be requested to submit to the Executive Committee, before the close of each calen- dar year, an estimate of its needs for the year ahead.
13. That the Executive Committee be instructed to submit to the State Conferences a detailed plan in general harmony with the terms of its report for the jestablishment of a national system of Pastoral Supply Bureaus, and to ask their advice concerning such plan.
Secretary Herring presented resolutions with reference to the work of the National Service Commission. After discus- sion they were referred back to the Executive Committee. (P. 47.)
Voted: That the question of the advisability of the appointment of a Commission on International Christian relations, charged with the duty of express- ing our fellowship with the English Congregational Churches in the present crisis, be referred to the Executive Committee for consideration and report.
The Executive Committee presented a recommendation concerning printed ballots. The question was referred back to the Executive Committee. (P. 45.)
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The subject of paj^ment of expenses of delegates was re- ferred back to the Executive Committee with request that they present a feasible plan for the same. (P. 52.)
The following memorial on church union was presented from the Michigan Conference and was referred to the Busi- ness Committee:
Memorial Genesee Association
Believing that it is both desirable and possible to form a united Church made up of denominations already dominated by the democratic spirit, the Genesee Association of Congre- gational Churches and Ministers in session in Owosso, Michi- gan, April 25, 1917, desires to go on record as follows:
First, We heartily commend the action 'of the Commissions on Christian Unit}' of the Congrega- tional and Disciple Churches looking toward the organic union of these two denominations.
Second, We request the Commission on Christian Unity of the Congregational Church to reopen union negotiations with the Methodist Protestant and United Brethren churches.
Third, and we further request that the said Com- mission invite the Baptist denomination to join with these four denominations in working out and putting into effect a mutually satisfactory plan of Union.
Resolved
First, That this statement be presented to the next meeting of the Conference of Michigan Congrega- tional Churches for its consideration and endorse- ment.
Second, That in case this meets the approval of the State Conference of Congregational Churches, that body be requested to forward the same to the next meeting of the National Council of Congrega- tional Churches.
George Benford, Registrar.
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The annual meeting of the Board of Ministerial Relief and the Annuity Fund was held at 11.00 a.m. with the Moderator of the Council in the chair.
The treasurer's biennial report of the Board of Ministerial Relief and the treasurer's report of the Annuity Fund for three years and eight months from December 1, 1913, to July 31, 1917, with the auditor's certificate were presented by Dr. Lucien C. Warner of New York. These were accepted and ordered placed on file.
The Secretary's report for the Board of Ministerial Relief was given by Rev. Wilham A. Rice of New York. (P. 358.)
Prayer was offered by the first Assistant Moderator, Rev. William E. Barton.
The Secretary's-report for the Annuity Fund was presented by Rev. Wilham A. Rice. (P. 361 .)
On recommendation of the Nominating Committee, the following were elected to membership on the Board of Minis- terial ReUef :
For six years. Rev. Henry A. Stimson, New Hampshire; Rev. Hubert C. Herring, Massachu- setts; Rev. Frank J. Goodwin, Connecticut; Mr. George N. Whittlesey, New York; Mr. WiUiam Grant Smith, Ohio.
On recommendation of the Nominating Committee, the following were approved as residents of New Jersey from whom members of the Board for the Annuity Fund for Con- gregational Ministers may be chosen :
Rev. George P. Eastman, Mr. C. W. Anderson, Mr. F. B. Lovejoy, Mr. A. W. Mason, Rev. T. Aird Moffat, Rev. Joseph H. Robinson.
Friday, October 12.
The devotional service at 9.00 a.m. was led by Rev. W. H. Spence of Illinois.
At 9.30 the business session was called to order with the Moderator in the chair. The minutes of the preceding day were read and approved.
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On recommendation of the Business Committee the follow- ing recommendations in connection with the report of the Commission on Temperance were adopted :
I
The Council recommends that everything possible be done to assist in the fight for national prohibition, which is the next great objective of the moral forces, and that to make the work effective the Temperance Commission choose some one (preferably its chair- man) for two years who will get at once into the campaign in cooperation with other organizations to win a two-thirds vote in the House of Representa- tives at its next session for the submission of the Amendment to the states and to take part in the vari- ous state campaigns for that amendment, and the Council authorizes the Commission to raise the necessary funds.
II
The Council, recognizing the successful work that other organizations are doing, recommends that the Congregational Churches give to the Anti-Saloon League, as the chief leader in the fight for National Prohibition, its special sympathy and support.
Ill
The Council, feeling profoundly the need as a war measure of conserving all the resources of the United States that the people may be properl}^ fed and nour- ished and that the success of its righteous war may be insured, appeals to the President most respectfully and urgently, into whose hand the authority has been given, to forbid during the period of the war the use of all food values in the manufacture of all alco- holic liquors, including beer and wine to be used as a beverage, and to forbid the sale and importation of such Hquors.
On recommendation of the Business Committee it was Voted: That the report of the Council Treasurer be adopted. (P. 134.)
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On recommendation of the Business Committee, tlie Council adopted the suggestions and recommendation of the Committee on the International Council as follows:
Your Committee outlined in its report of 19'15 a plan for a meeting of the International Congrega- tional Council in 1920. The recommendations then made are resubmitted and the- request made that discretion be given the Committee to carry out the plan in case the war ends soon enough to make the Council a possibility. Until peace is declared further preparations of any sort are plainly im- possible.
The Committee would suggest that in case it proves necessary to abandon the International Council Meeting, the Executive Committee of the National Council be asked to submit plans to the 1919 meet- ing for a suitable observance of the Tercentenary in 1920 on the part of American Congregationalists.
The Committee earnestly hopes that plans now before the legislature of Massachusetts for local improvements at Plymouth, including the building of an auditorium, may be carried out, and asks for authority on the Council's behalf to express this hope at the proper time to the body named.
That all churches and individuals in our fellow- ship be urged to make the Tercentenary period the occasion for renewed effort to preserve historic records, buildings, manuscripts, etc., bearing upon Congregational history.
That the Committee be instructed to confer and cooperate with the Church of the Pilgrimage, Plym- outh, Mass., as to any matters bearing upon its interests and upon the coming celebration.
Voted: That an abstract of the report of this com- mittee, found on pages 369-371 of the records of the 1915 Council, be incorporated in these recommenda- tions. ' The abstract follows:
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The Plan Proposed
" In the ordinary course the next meeting of the International Congregational Council would be held in the United States, and in the year 1918. A fore- cast of the meetings of the National Council of Congregational Churches in the United States shows that it would be very difficult for the churches of that country to entertain the International Council in any year prior to 1920, which is the Tercentenary of the arrival of the Pilgrims. It is suggested that the Council should take advantage of that celebra- tion, and that its meetings should be related to those which will be held in celebration of the Tercentenary.
"It is suggested that the session of the Council last nine days, the first part being given to historical subjects connected with the earliest settlements and the later developments of hfe in the New England states, and the place of Congregationalism in the history of this country. This review would occupy, say, from Wednesday to Sunday. From Monday to Thursday the program might take the ordinary form of a survey of the place of Congregationalism and some of the problems which concern it as a de- nominational movement and as part of the Church of Christ throughout the world.
" It is proposed for the second part of the program that the plan adopted at the World Missionary Conference, Edinburgh, 1910, should be carried out, and that a certain number of ' Commissions ' should be appointed to consider various large topics very fully and to present printed reports on these several topics for exposition and discussion before the Council. The members of the several Commissions should be carefully selected, so as to be representa- tive alike of the various countries which are repre- sented in the Council, and the various shades of opinion represented in world-wide Congregationalism. Each Commission should have its Chairman and Secretary, and should be responsible for the develop-
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ment of its own methods of investigation, for the preparation of its report and for presenting the same to the CounciL A central Committee should be ap- pointed to stimulate the work of the Commissions and to arrange for the uniform printing of their re- ports. Perhaps this Committee may find it possible to make suggestions as to the general form which these reports should take, if such a form can be devised.
" The evening sessions of the Council would be addressed in a manner calculated to interest the public in the topics covered by the reports.
" The following are suggested as subjects which the Commissions would be appointed to investigate and to report upon :
1. The history of Congregational Polity, with an Estimate of the Meaning and Values of Current Tendencies.
2. The Contribution of Congregationalism to Modern Missions.
3. Congregationalism in its Relation to the Evangelistic Spirit and Evangehstic Methods.
4. The Place of Congregationalism in the Move- ment toward Co-operative and Organic Relationship between Protestant Churches.
5. The Relation of the Church to Education and Present-day Congregational Obligations in this Field.
6. The Peculiar Obligations, Possibilities and Responsibilities of Congregationalism in Modern Social Development.
7. The Modern Intellectual Readjustment as Affecting Congregationalism and as affected by Congregationalism."
On recommendation of the Business Committee it was
Voted: That the Commission on Public Worship, whose work is nearly completed, be continued for the purpose of finishing the revision and improvement of the Orders of Worship and that the Commission
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be authorized to print the result for such use by our pastors and churches as they may wish, and that when this work is completed the Commission be relieved from further duty and discharged.
On recommendation of the Business Committee amend- ments to the Constitution of the Council proposed by the Congregational Conference of North Dakota were adopted as follows :
1. That in Section 2, Article III, after the word " service " in the eighth line, the following words be inserted — " persons appointed by National Missionary Boards as corporate members, executive officials of such boards whose scope of responsibility is coextensive with the nation."
2. That Section 4, Article III, be repealed.
3. That in Section 5, Article III, for the entire first paragraph ending " shall be four years," the follow- ing be substituted: " The term of delegates shall be four years. . Election to fill vacancies shall be for the remainder of the unexpired term."
On recommendation of the Business Committee the resolu- tion from the Genesee Association and Michigan Conference was referred to the Commission on Comity, Federation and Unity. (P. 35.)
The following announcement was made by the Business Committee concerning its report on the resolutions on the war presented by the Executive Committee and Social Service Commission :
The Business Committee has given careful con- sideration to the resolutions submitted by the Execu- tive Committee and Social Service Commission concerning the war and our national poKcy, and finds its own sympathies and judgment in hearty accord with the spirit and essential content of the resolutions. We believe, however, that resolutions of this char- acter adopted by this Council would gain much in force and effectiveness if they were shortened and if there were ehminated from them all matters likely to
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cause divisive discussion on this floor or criticism elsewhere on the possible score of our having under- taken to outhne in too great detail the policy of our nation during and subsequent to the war. It w^ould seem to the Business Committee that this Council ought to confine its oflftcial utterance to a concise and dignified declaration of its confidence in the right- eousness of our cause ; of its support of the policy of our Government particularly as defined in the reply of President Wilson to the Pope; and of the impor- tance of safeguarding and conserving the moral and spiritual resources of our men at the front and of our nation as a whole. The Business Committee therefore gives notice that the resolutions will be reported to the Council at the business session Mon- - day morning at 9.30 o'clock and that at that time the Committee will move the substitution of a briefer resolution covering the three items as stated above.
On recommendation of the Business Committee the fol- lowing resolution was adopted:
Whereas, in the affairs of the home, the community and the church, women have shown their adherence and their devotion to high ethical standards, and
Whereas, in the deliberations of our Congregational churches the voice of women has been heard with that of men,
Therefore, Be It Resolved, That v/e, the National Council of the Congregational Churches of America, reaffirm our belief in the democratic principles of our denomination and declare that the revaluation of the world's politics demands an equal participation of men and women in things temporal as well as in things spiritual.
On recommendation of the Executive Committee it was
Voted: To repeal the Interpretations on page 355 of the Minutes of the Council of 1913.
Voted: To adopt as By-Laws the following :
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XIX
While removal from the bounds of the appointing body causes forfeiture of membership in the Council, this' fact shall not be construed as forbidding the election of non-residents by any appointing body.
XX
Each appointing body may, at its discretion, designate the method of filling vacancies in its delega- tion. Unless other method has been adopted, the Council will recognize such substitutes from Con- ference or Association as may be designated by the remaining delegates from such Conference or Asso- ciation or (in the absence of such designation) by the total delegation from within the bounds of the state concerned, these substitutes to be certified to the Credentials Committee b}^ certificate of a Chairman chosen by such delegates.
XXI
Persons designated to fill vacancies under By-Law 20 shall continue in office only for the meeting of the Council for which the designation is made.
On recommendation of the Executive Committee, after reconsideration by them, it was voted to adopt the following as By-Law:
XXII Any alternate, specifically designated by an ap- pointing body, who may be present and seated at any Council meeting, in the absence of his principal, be- comes the regular delegate of that body, displacing the principal first appointed.
On recommendation of the Business Committee, the fol- lowing greeting was sent to the Ohio Synod of the Presby- terian Church :
The National Council of the Congregational Churches of the United States assembled at Columbus, Ohio, October 12,
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1917, sends greetings to the Ohio Synod of the Presbyterian Church.
In the midst of the perplexities of this solemn hour in the world's history, we join with you in prayers and labors to the end that all men and nations may speedily be brought into such brotherly relations with each other that strife and war shall be impossible and men shall dwell together in peace and prosperity forevermore.
The Executive Committee presented the following recom- mendations regarding the purchase of The Advance:
The Executive Committee recommends that the National Council endorse the policy of maintaining one national weekly religious paper as the organ of the denomination.
The Committee reports that the value of The Advance to The Congregationalist has been fixed by a board of appraisal as $30,000. The Pubhshing So- ciety, in full accord with the desirability of the union of the two papers, does not feel, in view of the ex- ceedingly difficult situation facing the publishing world, that it ought to assume the full responsibility of the purchase of The Advance.
In recognition of this readily appreciable attitude and having in mind the large benefit that should accrue to our denominational life, the Committee recommends that the Council direct the Publish- ing Society to purchase The Advance in accordance with the terms named by the Board of Appraisal and that it authorize the Executive Committee to cooperate with the Publishing Society in completing the transaction, providing the conditions of sale are satisfactory to the Executive Committee.
The Committee recommends that the Council, because of these instructions to the Publishing So- ciety, considers itself morally bound to do everything in its power to make the merger successful and to share with the Publishing Society any added financial responsibilities that might eventually rest upon the Publishing Society because of the merger.
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The Committee recommends that upon the con- summation of the merger, churches, pastors and asso- • ciations of churches throughout the country be requested to make a determined effort to place the combined papers in every Congregational home as one of the most vital educative forces that can be brought to bear upon the Ufe of the family and as a major factor in our common denominational activi- ties.
Voted: To consider the recommendations by sections.
The sections were adopted separately and then the recom- mendations were adopted as a whole.
On recommendation of the Executive Committee it was
Voted: That all churches be urged to make an annual and generous contribution to the work of the American Bible Society, it being understood that in those states where state Bible societies are actively working, this resolution is not intended to discrimi- nate against such societies.
An amendment to the By-Laws proposed at the 1915 meeting of the Council by Rev. John P. Sanderson was adopted in the following form, to appear as By-Law XXIII:
Nominations for the Executive Committee of the Council, the Boards of Directors of the several so- cieties and all elective officers shall be presented on printed ballots providing space for other nominations to be distributed to and cast by the members voting. A motion to instruct the casting of a single vote for any nominee shall be in order only upon the setting aside of this rule. Pending the declaration of the resultof a ballot the order of the day may proceed.
Greetings from Rev. Nehemiah Boynton and the Japanese Congregational Churches of CaUfornia presented by Dr. Herring were referred to the Greetings Committee.
A memorial presented by Prof. L. F. Anderson of Walla Walla, Wash., asking for the substitution of the word " Chris-
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tian " instead of "Evangelical " in By-Law VII was referred to the Business Committee.
The report of the Corporation of the National Council was received and ordered placed on file. (P. 117.)
The following resolutions of the American Council of the " World Alhance for Promoting International Friendship Through the Churches " were, after an address by Rev. Sidney H. Gulick, referred to the Business Committee.
Whereas, Present world conditions call for:
A clearer recognition of the Christian principles of the brotherhood of men ; The practice of righteousness and goodwill between nations as between individuals;
The substitution of judicial processes for war in the settlement of international disputes; and
The embodiment of these principles in national poli- cies and laws, not merely as abstract ideals, but as practical convictions for the development and realiza- tion of which the Christian churches have special responsibility; Therefore, be it
Resolved, That this National Council of Congrega- tional Churches in the United States welcomes the invitation of the Commission on International Justice and Goodwill of the Federal Council of the Churches of Christ in America to establish a commission to co-operate with the American Council of the World Alliance for Promoting International Friendship through the Churches;
That this body hereby establishes a commission for this purpose.
That we endorse the invitation of the American Council of the World Alliance to our congregations to establish local committees on International Friend- ship to co-operate with the American Council and urge them to establish these committees and to intro- duce in the local groups study courses on Christian Internationalism.
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Saturday, October 13
Devotional service at 9.00 a.m., conducted by Rev. W. H. Spence of Illinois.
At 9.30 meeting called to order with the Moderator in the chair. Minutes of previous meeting were read and approved.
Resolutions concerning the relations of the Theological Seminaries to the National Council were presented by Rev. E. H. Byington and referred to the Business Committee. (P. 63.)
Voted: That the session on Monday begin at 8.30 with the devotional service and that the address of •Secretary Herring, omitted from the program Friday, be given at 9.00 a.m.
Invitations for the next National Council to meet at Los Angeles were extended by Rev. George F. Kenngott, Rev. James A. Blaisdell, Rev. Henry H. Kelsey; to meet at Chicago and Oak Park by Rev. W. E. Barton, Rev. John R. Nichols and Mr. George A. Dupuy; and to meet at Grand Rapids by Rev. C. W. Merriam and Rev. John W. Sutherland.
On recommendation of the Business Committee it was
Voted: That in view of the uncertainty of the times and that there may be no repetition of the disap- pointment incident to a change of location, the place of the next meeting be left to the Executive Com- mittee with power to act.
On recommendation of the Executive Committee it was
Voted: That a National Service Commission of 25 persons be appointed charged with leadership in the field of the national and international obhgations of our churches.
That it be directed to give early and diligent at- tention to the duties arising from the war, especially reenforcing the work of chaplains and the Y. M. C. A. ; aiding churches near training camps to meet the de- mand upon them; cooperating with the government food administrator; promoting patriotic response to the nation's needs; serving the welfare of the
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young men whom we are sending to war ; and furnish- ing the churches all possible help in their study of the world problems, in solution of which they must share. That this Commission be authorized to raise at its discretion during the coming year a sum not exceed- ing $100,000 for the purpose of its v/ork to be ex- pended as it ma}^ determine.
Pres. H. C. -King presented the report of the Commission on Missions and it was considered by general consent with- out reference to the Business Committee. (P. 138.)
On recommendation of the Commission on Missions it was
Voted: That we urge our Congregational fellow- ship to give itself with unceasing labor and believing prayer to the endeavor to exalt during this Tercen- tenary period those fundamental principles upon which our fathers built and to give them new effect in the life of the church, the nation and the world.
Voted: That the churches be asked so to organize their effort during the next three years that they may give strong emphasis to the fields of Christian service included in the goals of the Tercentenary Program with a united endeavor to reach new levels of achievement in each of them.
Voted: That our Congregational fellowship ad- dress itself to the task of raising as a Pilgrim Me- morial Fund the sum of $5,000,000.
Voted: That the securing of this Fund be en- trusted to a Pilgrim Memorial Fund Commission of one hundred persons, the same to be chosen on recommendation of the Nominating Committee, the Committee being requested to name a group within the Commission of not more than nine persons as an Executive Committee of the same.
Voted: That to this Commission be given full discretion and authority as to methods of procedure and that our churches and membership be urged to cooperate with it to the utmost measure of their power.
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Voted: That funds secured shall be held intact in the custody of the Corporation for the National Council as a perpetual endowment whose proceeds shall be used to provide annuities, disability and death benefits for Congregational Ministers under the control of the Board of Trustees of the Annuity Fund for Congregational ministers and their de- pendents.
Voted: That in view of the manifest failure of our churches to provide adequate support for work among Negroes as revealed in the report of the Deputation to the South, the Council urge that Lincoln Sunday in February, 1918, be everywhere devoted to consideration of this neglected duty, that every church which has not made definite and ade- quate provision for meeting its full 1918 Apportion- ment to the American Missionary Association be asked to secure subscriptions on that day sufficient to make the raising of the total a certainty, arid that every church which has provided for its Apportion- ment to the cause named make a special additional offering if conditions permit.
Rev. C. S. Mills here introduced the following plan for the expansion of the Annuity Fund recommended by the Commission on Missions:
The Plan
The continuation of the plan in its present form until December 31, 1921.
After December 31, 1921, new members shall be admitted to the Fund only under a revised form of certificate, providing under separate agreement the following benefits :
(a) An old age pension,
(6) A benefit available in case of total disability.
. (c) Term insurance benefits, protecting the minis- ter's dependents, against his untimely death.
While normally all three of these benefits should
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be arranged for, the minister will be at liberty to enroll in the Fund on the basis of the first only.
The cost of the above benefits to come normally from two sources :
(a) The proceeds of the Pilgrim Memorial Fund.
These would be distributed equally among all members whether they enter under the origi- nal or revised plan.
(b) The second source of the necessary premiums
contemplated would be annual payments by the minister and the church he serves. These payments would need to cover the portion of the cost not met by (a). It is contemplated that this should be divided between minister and church by mutual agreement in the pro- portion of perhaps one-third to two-thirds and that churches be urged to regard this as one of the regular items of their budgets. Failing such payment by the church it would be neces- sary for the minister to make the payment himself or secure it from some other source.
Any funds provided through benevolent contribu- tions, in addition to the income of the Pilgrim Memorial Fund, would be applied, as designated, for increasing the annuity benefits under the present plan, or for reducing the premium payments under the expanded plan.
A premium of 6 % of his salary from age 30 on will be required of each member to provide at age 65 an annuity equivalent to one-half of the annual salary received during this period. A proportionate an- nuity will be available for any one who shall have been a member for a shorter period. It is estimated that on the average 2% additional will provide satisfactory disabihty and death benefits.
For the purposes of this Fund the minimum salary shall be considered to be $1,000 in order to provide for a minimum annuity, after payment for the full term, of $500. Aid in maldng their premium pay-
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merits to those receiving salaries of less than $1,000 in order that such payments shall reach the stipulated percentage of $1,000 shall be made a first charge against the income of the Pilgrim Memorial Fund after deduction of expense of administration.
The Commission on Missions requests that it be authorized, in conference with the Board of Minis- terial Relief and the Trustees of the Annuity Fund, to work out the details of the expanded plan.
The plan as recommended by the Commission was adopted unanimously.
Rev. J. T. Stocking announced a gift of $10,000 to the Fund.
Voted: That the Congregational Sunday School and Publishing Society be requested to take the neces- sary steps to change its name to the Congregational Publishing Society, or with the consent of the Com- mission on Missions, The Pilgrim Press, and that as soon as this shall be accompHshed the Board of Directors of the Congregational Home Missionary Society be requested to organize and incorporate a society to be known as the Congregational Sunday School Extension Society, the same to exist for the purpose and to be controlled in the manner described in the report of this Commission in 1915.
Voted: That to the Sunday School Extension Society thus organized there be committed the care of Sunday School extension work on behalf of the de- nomination. This Society shall also work in co- operative relations with the Religious Education Boards as outlined in the body of the report herewith submitted. Briefly summarized, this means the assignment to the educational force of full responsi- bility of leadership in all that has to do with the educational methods and evangelistic outreach of the local Sunday Schools,* while to the extension force is assigned the planting of mission Sunday Schools and a continuous effort to carry out the plans of the educational force along such lines as that force may select.
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Voted: That the further consideration of report of Commission on Missions be made the order of the day on Monday after the consideration of the war resolutions.
Report of the Social Service Commission was presented by Rev. C. R. Brown. (P. 230.)
Rev. H. A. Atkinson addressed the Council and introduced Rev. Washington Gladden, who spoke on " The Range of the Social Demand of the Gospel."
Monday, October 15.
The devotional service at 8.30 a.m. was conducted by Rev. Harry R. Miles of Connecticut.
The business session was called to order at 9.00 a.m., with the Moderator in the chair. The minutes of Saturday were read and approved.
On recommendation of the Executive Committee it was voted to defer action with reference to providing the expenses of delegates.
On recommendation of the Executive Committee it was
Voted: That the Executive Committee be charged with the duty of expressing our fellowship with the EngUsh Congregational churches and that Rev. Charles M. Sheldon be a special commissioner of the National Council to convey to the Congregational Churches of England our profound and deepening sense of fellowship in the present crisis and that suitable credentials be given him.
On recommendation of the Business Committee the fol- lowing resolutions were adopted :
I
To the President of the United States: •
We, the representatives of the Congregational Churches, assembled in National Council at Colum- bus, Ohio, rejoicing in the nation's purpose to seek no selfish advantage from this horrible war, but demand-
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ing reparation, so far as that is possible, to the de- ■ fenseless peoples who have been ruthlessly despoiled, solemnly affirm our unwavering faith in the justice of the cause for which the nation is contending, and pledge to the President of the United States, to all associated with him, to our army and navy, to all our allies and to all democratic aspiring peoples of every land, our loyal support that the hard won achieve- ments of humanity shall not perish from the earth.
II
To the Churches of Our Faith and Order:
In connection with the support we have pledged to our President and Government in the present crisis, dismayed by the disasters that have come through failure to apply Christian principles and profoundly impressed with the responsibility of the Church to affirm the sovereignty of Christ, we summon ourselves and you, our fellow Christians, to a new champion- ship of the struggle for just and wholesome social relations.
We exhort the churches to a thoughtful con- sideration and dihgent inculcation of the duties which spring from war conditions, to the exercise of all possible influence which shall soften antagonisms of race, creed and class, to that guidance of thought, which, studying the causes of war, shall lead to championship of the economic and pohtical princi- ples that make for peace, to preparation for the com- ing era of justice, and that teaching which shall lead us all to view our newly-confronted national and international obligations with the mind of Christ.
Ill
Our Young Men
We ask all our people to carry upon their hearts
the welfare of our army and navy. For these
young men going out from our homes let ceaseless
prayers arise. Let no pains be spared to provide for
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their welfare. Let every effort be put forth to guard them from temptation. Let them be left in no doubt of the solemn pride which we feel in them, as, on behalf of the world, they address themselves to their heroic task.
With our whole heart we would commend the Na- tional Government for the effort it has made for the care of our soldiers and sajlors, not only in the inter- ests of military efficiency, but also of their highest personal welfare; for the creation and encourage- ment of other agencies laboring for this end, espe- cially the Fosdick Commission and the War Council of the Y. M. C. A., whose ably planned and executed work we would commend to our churches as their own best representative in the effort at cooperation which we are sure they will be eager to put forth. And on behalf of the Congregational Churches we would pledge to these agencies our material and spiritual support.
IV
International Friendship
Recognizing the imperative necessity of a new world order if Christian civilization is to prevail, we would labor and pray for the cooperation of all the forces loyal to Christ that Christian principles may be in fact embodied in international relations.
To this end we gratefully join with the leaders of the nations in recognizing the necessity of an Inter- national Federation to maintain peace and look for- ward confidently to a world order founded on liberty and justice to all. With humility accompanied by a courageous determination we go forth believing that God's hand is still leading us as it did our fathers and that the struggle for a world brotherhood will not be in vain.
On recommendation of the Nominating Committee the Commission on National Service was appointed. (P. 7.)
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On recommendation of the Nominating Committee the Pilgrim Memorial Fund Commission was appointed. (P. 8.)
Voted: That the Executive Committee named for this Commission be given power to fill vacancies in its own membership and in the Commission.
Resolutions on young people's work resulting from the Nebraska conference resolution were presented by Rev. Ernest Bourner Allen as follows :
One hundred young people and pastors, repre- senting many sections of the country and various young people's organizations in our churches, con- vened under the auspices of the National Council, October 13, 1917, at Columbus, Ohio, unanimously adopted the following statement and requested its presentation to the Council for action :
1. WE BELIEVE that Congregationalists are ready
for a new and positive forward movement in work for and by their young people, who consti- tute the greatest hope for working out our de- nominational duty and destiny.
2. WE APPEAL to the National Council to give
organized young people's work their study, supervision, encouragement and guidance, with a view to co-ordinating the entire educa- tional and training program among young peo- ple in our churches.
3. WE COMMEND the Christian Endeavor So-
ciety, a noble child of Congregationahsm, as an available, fruitful and adaptable organization through which the interests of our young people, of the denomination and of Christ's kingdom can be efficiently conserved.
4. WE CALL for such a co-ordination of all of the
young people's organizations and work in our denomination as shall enable us to present a solid front in meeting our problems.
5. WE ASK that the task of leading our Congrega-
tional young people into a new era of aggressive
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activity be committed to such agency of the Council as it may order, so that the forward movement may begin at once. We hope for the early appointment of a Secretary who shall devote all his time to the work of the young people's organizations and request that the young people be given an opportunity to finance this Secretaryship.
These resolutions were adopted and referred to the Execu- tive Committee for action.
Voted: To print above resolutions for distribution.
Voted: That Charles H. Baker be Treasurer of the Commission on National Service.
Voted: That the Education Society be asked to release Rev. H. A. Atkinson to cooperate with the Commission in such measure as it may desire and circumstances permit, a suitable portion of his salary being assumed by the Commission.
Secretary Herring gave an address, " A Review of the Denominational Outlook."
A resolution by Mr. Wilham Shaw concerning the sending of a representative to Japan was referred to the Business Committee. (P. 6.)
The consideration of the report of the Commission on Missions was resumed as the order of the day with the First Assistant Moderator, Rev. W. E. Barton, in the chair.
Voted: That the Apportionment aim for the com- ing biennium be as heretofore $2,000,000, of which sum assignment shall be made for the year 1918, to the various causes in the following proportions :
|
A. B. C. F. M. |
28% |
Woman's Boards |
15% |
|
C. H. M. S. |
23|" |
A. M. A. |
13|" |
|
C. C. B. S. |
8^" |
C. E. S. |
6h" |
|
c. s. s. |
3 " |
M. R. |
2 " |
and for the year 1919 in such proportion as shall be determined by the Commission on Missions after
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consultation with the officers of the National So- cieties and of the State Conferences.
Voted: That the churches be asked to send con- tributions hitherto made for support of the Congre- gational Sunday School and Publishing Society of Boston to the Society to be organized in New York.
Voted: That the Congregational Sunday School and Publishing Society in conference with the Com- mission on Missions arrange for using the income of invested funds and of legacies which may be received during the biennium in accordance with the desire of the donor or the nature of the trust for Sunday School Education or Sunday School Extension, as the case may be.
Voted: That the Congregational Sunday School and Publishing Society be requested at its discretion to apply to the courts for permission to transfer funds thus held to organizations which will hold the same and expend the income as demanded by the trust.
Voted: That the Commission on Missions be instructed in conference with the two organizations concerned to arrange such financial adjustments during the biennium as shall duly care for all inter- ests involved.
Voted: That the American Board and the Woman's Boards of Missions be advised of the Council's judgment that the merging of their publi- cations in the Missionary Herald would be a wise step.
Voted: That we earnestly remind our fellow Congregationalists of the duty of maintaining with vigor during the turmoil of war those undertakings, missionary, educational and evangehstic, which we have created and which are solely dependent upon our support.. To permit the multitude of other claims to cause neglect of these interests would be to destroy the building of the past and to throw the shadow of defeat over long years to come.
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The report of the Commission on EvangeHsm was pre- sented by Rev. Ozora S. Davis and accepted. (P. 213.)
Its recommendations were referred to the Business Com- mittee. (P. 62.)
On recommendation of the Nominating Committee the following Committees and Commissions were elected:
Commission on Missions (p. 5.) Commission on Social Service (p. 6.) Commission on Temperance (p. 6.) Commission on Evangelism (p. 6.) Executive Committee (p. 5.)
The report of the Commission on Comity, Federation and Unity was presented by Prof. Williston Walker. (P. 243.) The following resolutions were adopted :
Ovei'shadowed by the vast responsibility thrown upon the Church of God in this day of judgment of modern civilization, but beheving that one of the greater works of faith promised by the Lord may be done in the coming days, we, representatives of the Congregational Churches of the United States in National Council assembled, would make the fol- lowing declaration concerning the obligation of the church to make Christianity regnant throughout the world after the war.
Upon the churches as churches there will not be laid directly the responsibilities of the State in negotiating the terms of peace, but directly when the war ends will rest upon the churches of all lands the supreme obhgation of making civilization so truly and thoroughly Christian that henceforth only a minimum of force may be needed to secure a maximum of peace. Preparedness for this work should not be delayed. To begin even to do it, when the end of the war opens the world-wide opportunity, will require of all the churches united counsels and far-reaching, strategic use of their allied forces. No one church, however powerful, is equal to this stu- pendous task.
In view, therefore, of this test in the near future
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of the efficiency of organized Christianity for the sake of the Kingdom of God, we would resolve and declare :
First: That with our fellow-believers in other communions, humbling ourselves before God, we , would confess and put from us any aloofness, un- teachableness, or divisive sinfulness, which render the churches inefficient and would leave them in- capable of answering as one body the providential call of the age about to come.
Second: As the people of this country are now freely and fearlessly putting aside many traditions, privileges, private interests and personal rights, if they stand in the way of economic and military efficiency for the war; so likewise as Congrega- tionalists, in our hberty of the Spirit, we hold our- selves in readiness to put behind us whatever in co- operation with other communions may prevent or hinder the organizing for utmost efficiency the religious forces of the United States in the name of Christ for the world.
Third: We would approve the work already carried forward by the Federal Council of Churches for cooperation in Christian work, the success of which opens the way for further and more intimate unity. We would likewise approve and support the commissions and conferences of many churches in our own and other lands in the endeavor to find or to make some way out of the divisive differences among the churches and ministries, which on all sides are more and more felt to be intolerable. We would express further our appreciation of the work and the vision of our own Board of Foreign Missions in its appeal throughout its world-wide field for a " United Church for the United Kingdom of God." We welcome and would respond to the call which it makes especially to the churches of our own country for a Holy Alliance " to make the world safe for democracy." We would place on record our
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acknowledgment of the heroic fideHty of many of our missionaries amid scenes of awful tragedy.
Fourth: In order that nothing may be found lacking on our part, whenever opportunity may • arise during the coming two years before the next meeting of the National Council, we do hereby authorize and enjoin the Executive Committee, our several Commissions, and particularly the Commis- sion on Comity, Federation and Unity, so far as in them Hes, to seek the peace of the churches, and to do whatsbever they may find occasion to do in order that the many churches of our own country may become a Christian power to overcome the world. We devoutly pray that through the trial, as by fire, of modern civilization as in the early days of suffer- ing and triumphal Church, there may prevail among all the churches the common consciousness of the one people of God, that henceforth the peace of God may abide as a reahty on the earth.
The following brethren were introduced as a Fraternal Delegation from the Disciples Communion:
Rev. H. C. Armstrong, Rev. H. Maxwell Hall, Rev. J. J. Tisdall. The delegate first named ad- dressed the Council.
Voted: That the Business Committee be given authority at its discretion to begin the session on Tuesday morning at 8.30, notice being given at the afternoon and evening sessions.
Wednesday, October 17.
The devotional service was conducted by Rev. R. C. Deni- son of Connecticut at 8.30 a.m.
The business session was called to order at 9.00 a.m., with the Moderator in the chair.
Minutes of preceding day's meeting read and approved.
On recommendation of the Nominating Committee the following Committees and Commissions were elected:
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Commission on Religious and Moral Education (p. 6.) Commission on Comity, Federation and Unity (p. 6.) Commission on Organization (p. 7.) Commission on Pilgrim Memorial Fund — Seven- teen additional members. (Names included in list, p. 8.)
Voted: That the Commission on National Ser- vice be empowered to fill vacancies in its membership. Voted: That if a vacancy exists or is soon to exist in the Congregational representation of the Inter- national Lesson Committee, that the Commission on Moral and Rehgious Education be authorized to designate and appoint a representative to fill it.
Voted: That the membership of the Committee of the Pilgrim Memorial Fund be not necessarily limited to one hundred.
On recommendation of the Business Committee the following resolution was adopted:
Whereas: The Kumiai Churches of Japan, our neighbors across the Pacific Ocean, are a body of Christians closely akin to us, and
Whereas: We beheve that every means .by which the inherent good-will of American Christians may be expressed and every means by which ill-will and misunderstanding between Japan and the United States may be averted should be utihzed, be it
Resolved: That the Nominating Committee of this National Council be directed to nominate a delegate who may proceed to Japan during the next two years and present to the national meeting of the Kumiai body in Japan the cordial greeting and good-will of the Congregational people of the United States.
In the interest of The Congregationalist- Advance, by request, the Council was addressed by Rev. C. E. White and Rev. H. A. Bridgman, both of The Congregationalist.
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On recommendation of the Business Committee and the Commission on Missions it was
Voted: That all national and state treasurers close their accounts with the churches on January 10th of each year unless this day falls on Sunday or Monday, in which case the closing day shall be the 12th.
Greetings from the Universalist General Conference and Methodist Protestant Church were referred to the Greetings Committee.
■Rev. Hugh Pedley and Ptev. J. G. Hindley of the Congre- gational Union of Canada were elected corresponding mem- bers.
On recommendation of Business Committee it was
Voted: That the hearty and appreciative thanks of the Council be expressed to the First Church for its invitation to meet in this beautiful city; to its pastor, Rev. Carl S. Patton, for his untiring and gracious interest; to the seer of twentieth cen- tury Congregationalism, Rev. Washington Gladden, whose presence and words are always a benediction; to the people of these churches and this city, whose hospitality has been unbounded; to the press for favors shown; to the Committee of Arrangements; to Dr. Herring and his helpers, who have planned so full and rich a program; to all who have cooperated in ways beyond mention to make this, under God's gracious guidance, a notable and memorable meeting of the National Council.
On recommendation of Business Committee recommenda- tions of Commission on Evangelism were adopted as follows: Acting in unison with many churches whose fellowship with us is close and stimulating, the National Council of the Congregational Churches expresses its approval of the general features of the plan proposed by the Commission on Evangelism of the Federal Council of the Churches of Christ in America for a nation-wide campaign of evangelistic work, especially endorsing its comprehensive use of
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the personal, pastoral, vocational and federated resources of the churches and lajdng peculiar em- phasis upon rural evangelism.
Recognizing the necessity of a forward movement in the evangelistic work of the churches in these times of paramount spiritual opportunity, the National Council approves the plans proposed for such an advance b}^ the Commission on Evangelism and sanctions immediate procedure to carry them into effect. The Commission on Evangehsm is therefore empowered to raise the necessary funds for the new work and to secure the service of a Secretary. This enterprise is heartily commended to churches and individuals for support and the Council pledges its cooperation with the Commission in every practical way.
In view of the supreme importance of the spiritual extension of our churches, the National Council urges the mobilization of the denomination for its evangehstic task in accordance with its spirit and temper by the appointment of vigorous Commissions on Evangelism in all the state conferences, the in- crease in the number of state and district evangelists and the organization of every church to carry out a specific evangelistic program.
On recommendation of the Business Committee the follow- ing action was taken :
Whereas, one of the goals of the Tercentenary Commission is increased leadership for the church in its varied and world-wide ministry, and
'Whereas, the reports indicate a decrease in the student body of the seminaries to which our churches look for leaders, and
Whereas, the National Council views with alarm an impending situation where the churches will be compelled to face an unprecedented spiritual oppor- tunity with seriously depleted leadership unless an immediate and united effort be made to recruit the ranks of students preparing for the ministry:
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Be it resolved that between the National Council and the theological seminaries enrolled in our Year Book there should be a more intimate relationship, a better understanding and a more fruitful coopera- tion.
Be it further resolved, to this end (a) that each of these theological seminaries be urged to send a repre- sentative to the Council, (b) that each of them, whose organization makes it possible, be requested to have on its Board of Trustees one member elected on the nomination of the National Council, (c) that at each biennial session of the National Council a portion of time be set apart for the presentation of the work and problems of these theological semi- naries, and (d) that the Tercentenary Commission be asked to secure the cooperation of these theological seminaries in attaining that goal of the Tercentenary- Campaign which concerns candidates for the ministry and missionary work.
The proposed amendment to constitution concerning membership in the Council of presidents of Missionary So- cieties was referred to Commission on Organization. (P. 46. Minutes 1915.)
Voted: To include in the proposed amendment to constitution concerning membership, presidents of Theological Seminaries.
Rev. W. W. Scudder, with an introduction by Mr. L. C. Warner, presented as a supplementary report of the Com- mission on Missions the "Plans Suggested by Apportionment Convention." (P. 204.)
Plans were approved.
Voted: That all undesignated collections and gifts for Ministerial Relief be divided equally be- tween the Board of Ministerial Relief and Annuity Fund.
Voted: That the Commission on Missions be requested to study the present conditions existing between the City Mission and Church Extension
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Societies and the Congregational Church Building Society in matters relating to (1) the crediting on Apportionment of contributions secured by these city societies for the purchase of lots and church buildings; as well as (2) the equitable securing by mortgage of such investment as each society may make in individual churches needing assistance.
Printed report of Church Federation approved. (P. 363.) Report of Commission on Religious and Moral Education
referred to Executive Committee with instructions to print.
(P. 257.)
Report was made on Council registration as follows:
Total Registration 1,077
Accredited Delegates 479
Visitors 598
After address by Dr. Emrich it was
Voted: That this Council send its affectionate greetings to the 16,000 members of our 250 German Congregational churches, assuring them of its love and sympathy and joining with them in the prayer that God may lift from the earth the scourge of war.
Voted: That the Executive Committee be author- ized to review and complete records.
Edwin H. Byington,
Scribe.
William Horace Day, Moderator, Hubert C. Herring, Secretary.
MEMBERS OF THE COUNCIL
Rev. HuBEBT C. Herring, Secretary. Rev. John J. Walker, Treasurer.
DELEGATES
BY conferences AND ASSOCIATIONS
(Numerals in parentheses indicate the number of delegates to which the electing body is entitled. Superior numerals fol- lowing names indicate expiration of term. P. 17.)
Alabama Congregational Association (1), Rev. Clifford L. Miller ^^^^ District Associations: First (1), Rev. Frank S. Brewer ^^^^ Second (1). Third (1), Rev. H. M. Kingsley i^^i.
General Congregational Conference (1). District Associations:
Bear Creek (1), Rev. C. P. Lunsford ^^^i (absent). Clanton (1), Rev. James M. Graham "^i (absent). Christiana (1).
Echo (1), Rev. E. W. Butler ^^^i (absent). Fairhope (1), Rev. Sherman H. Herbert ^^^^ Tallapoosa (1), Rev. Charles T. Rogers ^^ai (absent). Tallassee (1), Rev. E. Lyman Hood ^^'\ Troy-Rose Hill (1), Rev. George Eaves ^^^^ (absent)
Arizona Congregational Conference (2), Mr. J. W. Estill "^^ (absent); Rev. Clifford N. Hand ^^^i.
California Northern, Congregational Conference (2), Rev. W. W. Ferrieri"^; Rev. H. H. Wikoffi^i^ District Associations:
Bay (4), Rev. John W. Buckham ^^^^ Mrs. Ernest A.
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Evans ^^^^; Rev. Kunio Kodaira ^^^i; Rev. Francis J. Van Horn 1921.
Central (1), Rev. J. J. Kelly ^^^i (absent).
German (1), Rev. Cornelius Richert ^^^ (absent).
Humboldt (1).
Sacramento Valley (1), Rev. J. E. Tedford '^'\
San Joaquin Valley (1), Rev. Manasseh G. Papazian i^".
Santa Clara (1), Rev. Bryant G. Preston ^^^i,
Sonoma (1).
Upper Bay (1), Rev. Arthur B. Roberts ^'^i (absent).
Southern, Congregational Conference (2), Pres. James A. Blaisdell ^^^i; Mr. Edwin F. Hahn '^'^ (absent).
District Associations:
Kern (1).
Los Angeles (6), Mrs. Fred Betts^^i; Mr. E. P. Clark i^^i; Mrs. E. P. Clark 1919; Mrs. G. F. DeLany^^'^. Rev. Geo. F. Kenngott i^is.
San Bernardino (2), Primary delegates not reported (Sub. Madame Warren F. Day); (Sub. Mrs. T. B. Hicks).
San Diego (2), Rev. Willard B. Thorp '^\
Colorado Congregational Conference (1), Rev. Edward S. Par- sons 1919 (absent). District Associations:
Arkansas Valley (2), Rev. Frank W. Hullinger i92i; Rev. James A. Jeffers i9i9 (absent).
Denver (4), Rev. R. Allingham i9i9; Rev. F. P. Ensmin- ger 1921; Mrs. Frank J. Estabrook i9i9; Rev. F. L. Moore i92i. Eastern (1), Rev. F. J. Estabrook i92i. German (4), Rev. John Hoelzer i92i. Northwestern (1), Rev. Edwin F. Wright i92i. Western (2), Rev. J. S. Hurlburt i9i9; Rev. J. N. Trom- pen 1921.
Connecticut General Conference (7), Rev. Charles F. Carter i92i Rev. Edward M. Chapman i9i9 (Sub. Rev. H. R. Miles) Rev. Oscar E. Maureri92i; Mr. Epaphroditus Peck i9i9 Mr. Frederick G. Piatt i92i (absent); Mr. John G. Tal cotti92i; Prof. Williston Walker i9i9.
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District Associations:
Central (1), Rev. Henry W. Maier ^^^i.
Fairfield County (5), Mr. John H. Beard ^^^^ (absent); Rev. William Horace Day^^^^; Dr. Samuel M. Garlicki^i^; Judge J. H. Light 19^9 (absent) ; Rev. John Stapleton ^^^K
Farmington Vnlley (2), Rev. Spencer E. Evans ^^^^j Hon. Herbert Knox Smith '^'^ (absent).
Hartford (2), Rev. Thomas M. Hodgdon i^^i; Mr. Arthur L. Shipman ^^^^ (Sub. Rev. John Brownlee Voorhees).
Hartford East (1), Rev. Charles E. Hesselgrave "^i^
Litchfield Northeast (1), Mr. Elliott B. Bronson ^^^^.
Litchfield Northwest (1), Rev. E. 0. Mead ^^la.
Litchfield South (2), Rev. George H. Johnson ^^^^ (absent); Rev. J. L. R. Wyckoff ^^^i.
Middlesex (3), Mr. E. S. Coe^^i^. Rev. Frederick W. Greene ^^'^; Rev. E. E. Lewis ^^^i.
Naugatuck Valley (2), Mr. Darragh DeLancey ^^^^ (absent); Rev. PhiUp C. Walcott ^^^i.
New Haven East (1), Rev. A. T. Steele '^'K
New Haven West (3), Mr. Everett G. Hill ^^'^; Rev. Roy M. Houghton 1921; Rev. Watson L. Phillips '^'\
New London (3), Judge Alfred Coit ^^la (absent); Rev. Edward S. Worcester ''''] Rev. Herbert J. Wyckoff ^^^i.
Tolland (2), Rev. John W. Ballantine ^^^i. Rev. D. E. Jones 191^ (absent).
Windham (3), Rev. Vernon W. Cooke ^^^i. Mr. H. C. Lathrop ^921 (absent); Rev. M. R. Plumb ^^^^ (absent).
Florida General Congregational Conference (1), Mr. Edward ^ P. Branch ^^^^ (absent). District Associations:
East Coast (1). '
South Florida (1), Rev. Wilham F. Blackman i^^^ (absent). Southeast Coast (1), Rev. George B. Spalding i^^i (absent). West (1), Rev. George B. Waldron ^^^i.
Georgia Congregational Conference (1), Rev. G. S. Butler ^^^^ (Sub. Mr. L. C. Isenhour).
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District Associations:
North (3), Rev. W. H. Hopkins '^i^. Rev. Charles N. Queen "19; Rev. Alvan F. SherrilP^ia (Sub. Mrs. C. N. Queen) .
Middle (2), Rev. Joseph W. Blosser ^^^^ (absent); Rev. Frank E. Jenkins '^^\
South (2), Rev. John F. Blackburn '''^; Rev. A. P. Spil- lers 1921.
General Congregational Convention (3), Rev. Charles Wesley Burton ^^^i; Rev. C. Stephen Haynes i^^^; Rev. H. H. Proctor ^^^i.
District Associations:
Atlanta (1), Rev. James Bond '^21.
Hawaii Hawaiian Evangelical Association (3), Mr. A. DeWitt
Alexander 1919 (absent); Miss Ruth A. Benedict i9i9 (absent); Rev. J. P. Erdman i9i9 (absent). District Associations: Kuai (2).
Maui (4), Rev. R. B. Dodge i9i9 (absent); Mrs. R. B. Dodge 1919 (absent). Oahu (2).
Idaho Conference (4), Rev., Walter H. Ashley i9i9 (absent); Mrs. Stowell B. Dudley "19 (absent); Rev. Charles E. Ma- son "21 (absent); Rev. Arthur J. SuUens "^ (absent).
Illinois Congregational Conference (6), Mr. F. F. Butzow "21 ; Mr. R. S. Haneyi92i; Rev. James M. Lewis"" (Sub. Rev. Frank N. White); Rev. William T. McElveen ""; Mr. M. A. Myers ""; Mr. E. H. Scott "^i. District Associations:
Aurora (2), Prof. J. H. Freeman "21 ; Rev. H. H Pitman "21 (Sub. Rev. AUison R. Heaps). Bureau (2), Mr. D R. Evans "21 ; Rev. T. E. Nugent "". Central (1), Rev. Charles A. Bruner "".
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Central East (2), Rev. W. B. Milne '^^' ; Dean E. J. Town- send ^^^^.
Central West (3), Mr. W R. Curran ^^'^ (Sub. Rev. C. W. Hiatt) ; Rev. Thomas McClelland ^^^i (Sub. Rev. Wm. Merton Jones) ; Rev. J. C. Myers ^^^i.
Chicago (11), Rev. William E. Barton i^i^; Rev. Ray E. Butterfield "^» (Sub. Rev. J. Morriston Thomas) ; Mr. M. J. Carpenter 1^21. jjon. George A. Dupuy^^^i. yij.^ Marquis Eaton 1921 (Sub. Rev. C. A. Osborne); Rev. John Gardner i^^i; Mr. George M. Herrick ^^^i; Rev. James A. Jenkins ^^^^ (Sub. Rev. J. W. F. Davies); Mr. Frank Kimball i»"; Rev. John R. Nichols 1919; Rev. Wilham H. Spence "^i.
Elgin (3), Rev. J. G. Brooks ^^^i (Sub. Rev. Raymond P. Swisher); Mr. Nicholas L. Johnson ^^^i. Rev. Frank C. Neitz 1919.
Fox River (2), Mr. A. W. Hopkins "21; Rev. Carl Stack- man 1921.
German (1), Rev. Anton Huelster i92i.
Quincy (2), Rev. Frank J. Brown "is; . Mr. L. K. Sey- mour 1921 (Sub. Rev. John P. Anderson).
Rockford (2), Mr. W. W. Bennett i92i (Sub. Mr. A. B. Mead) ; Rev. John Gordon i9i9.
Rock R ver (1), Rev. Percy C. Ladd i92i.
Southern (2), Rev. J. P. Galvini92i; Rev. George T. Mc- Collum 1919
Springfield (2), Rev Frank Fox i92i (Sub. Rev. R. W. Gam- mon); Rev. Frank Merrithew i92i (Sub. Rev. Harry T. Stock).
Indiana Congregational Conference (1), Rev. Angelo E. Shat-
tuck 1919. District Associations:
Central (2), Rev. James G. Fisher i92i; Mrs. George A. Southall 1921.
Fort Wayne (1), Mr. R.E. Willis i9i9 (absent). Michigan City (1), Mr. Herbert L. Whitehead i92i.
Iowa Congregational Conference (4), Rev. B. F. Martin i92i; Rev. H. F. Milligani92i; Rev. A. R. Rice i92i (Sub. Rev. J. D. Kuykendall); Mr. Willard B. Whiting i9i9.
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District Associations:
Council Bluffs (3), Rev. W. L. Ferris i^is; Rev. F. O. Spellman i^^i; Rev. N. W Wehrhan ''''.
Davenport (2), Rev. A. G. Graves ^^i^; Rev. H. E. Earned ^^^i.
Denmapk (3), Rev. Malcolm Dana ^^^i (Sub. Mrs. Naboth Osborne); Rev. P. Adelstein Johnson ^^^i. Rev. Naboth Osborne ^^''.
Des Moines (3), Rev. Merle A. Breed i"» (Sub. Rev. H. J. Wilkins); Rev. J. P. Burhng ^^^i (Sub. Rev. Newton Moore); Rev. J. Edward Kirbye ^''\
German (1).
Grinnell (3), Rev. V. B. HilP^^^ (absent); Prof. Charles Noble 1918 (Sub. Rev. A. C. Hacke); Rev. Geo. Williams I'^i (Sub. Mrs. H. E. Harned).
Mitchell (3), Rev. W. M. Evans i^^i (absent); Rev. 0. S. Grinnell i^^i; Rev. W. J. Minchin '^^i.
Northeastern (4), Rev! Isaac Cassel i^^^; Hon. Roger Leavitti92i (absent); Rev. H. E. Parr i^^i (absent); Rev. Wilham J. Suckow i^^i.
Sioux (5), Rev. J. E. Brereton "^i (Sub. Mrs. Willard Whiting); Rev. J. E. Holden i^^i; Rev. J. O. Thrush i^i" (Sub. Mr. Ed. Whiting); Rev. C. E. Tower i^^i (absent); Mrs. Helen Whiting ^^^\
Webster City (3), Judge W. D. Evans i^^i; Rev. Arthur Met- calf 1921; Rev. W. G. Ramsay i^i^.
Kansas Congregational Conference (2), Rev. William E. Brehm i^i^; Mr. H. H. Welty i^si.
District A ssociations :
Arkansas Valley (2), Rev. Herbert 0. Judd i^i^; Mr. E. R. Mopes 1921 (absent).
Central (4), Rev. Aaron Brecki^^i; Mr. A. D. Gray i^i^; Rev. Arthur S. Henderson i^i^; Rev. Charles M. Sheldon i^^i.
Eastern (2), Rev. Lewis Bookwalter i^is; Mr. J. D. Fax- ton 1921.
Northern (I), Rev. Fred Grey i9i9.
Northwestern (2), Pres. Walter H. Rollins i9i9 (Sub. Miss M. Alice Isely).
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Southern (2), Rev. John E. McClain^^i; Rev. John H. J. Rice 1921 (Sub. Mr. Charles F. Pettijohn).
Wichita (2), Mr. H. W. Darling ^^^ 9; Rev. Clayton B. Wells 1921.
Kentucky State Conference (2), Rev. J. Madison Trosper ^^zi.
Louisiana Congregational Conference (1), Rev. Alfred Lawless, Jr. 1919. District Associations: Iberia (1), Rev. A. V. Boutte i9i9 (absent). New Orleans (1), Rev. H. H. Dunn i9i9. Thibodaux (1), Rev. Leroy Coxon i9i9 (absent).
Congregational Convention (1), Rev. Thomas A. Edwards i92i. District Associations: North (1). Southwest (1), Rev. Paul Leeds i92i (absent).
Maine Congregational Conference (2), Mr. George B. Bates i92i; Rev. C. F. Robinson i9i9.
District Associations:
Aroostook (2), Rev. W. I. Bull i92i (Sub. Mrs. C. A. Moore); Rev. James C. Gregory i9i9.
Cumberland (3), Rev. Leavitt H. Hallock i92i; Mrs. Leavitt H. Hallock 1921; Mrs. Ida Vose Woodbury i92i.
Cumberland North (2), Rev. George K. Carter i92i; Mr. Horace C. Day i9i9 (absent).
Franklin (1), Rev. Willard H. Palmer i92i.
Hancock (2), Rev. Angus M. McDonald i9i9 (absent); Rev. Henry W. Webb i92i.
Kennebec (2), Rev. Clayton D. Boothby i92i (Sub. Rev. Ashley D. Leavitt).
Lincoln (2), Col. E. C. Plummer i92i (absent); Rev. Charles L. Stevens i9i9.
Oxford (1), Rev. W. C. Curtis i9i9 (absent).
Penobscot (2), Rev. E. M. Cousins i92i; Prof. Warren J. Moulton 1919.
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Piscataquis (1), Rev. Charles Harbutt ^^^^.
Somerset (1).
Union (1), Rev. C. N. Davie ^^^^ (absent).
Waldo (1).
Washington (2), Rev. John Bieler ^^^^ (Sub. Rev. C. A. Moore).
York (2), Rev. J. M. Chambers ^^^^ (absent); Rev. Alex- ander Sloan 1^21 (absent).
Massachusetts Congregational Conference (13), Rev. Arthur W. Acker- man 1921; Rev. Henry Lincoln Bailey i^^^; Mr. U. Waldo Cutler 1921; Rev. Frederick E. Emrich i^i^; Rev. Daniel Evans i^ia (Sub. Rev. Asher Anderson) ; Mr. Frederick Fosdicki92i; Rev. Irving Maurer i92i; Rev. Walter H. Nugent 1919; Mr. Joseph E. Peirson i9i9 (Sub. Rev. John F. Dobbs); Rev. H. F. Smith i92i (Sub. Rev. Howard A. Bridgman) ; Mr. Irwin W. Tapley i9i9 (ab- sent); Mr. Thomas ' Weston, Jr., i92i; Mr. Charles L. Ziegler i9i9 (Sub. Rev. Philip S. Moxom). District Associations:
Andover (3), Rev. A. C. Ferrin i9i9 (absent); Rev. J. L. Keedy i92i; Mr. WiUiam Shaw i92i.
Barnstable (2), Rev. Frank H. Baker i92i; Mr. S. W. Mc- CasHn i9i9 (absent).
Berkshire North (2), Rev. Wilham M. Crane i92i; Judge Charles L. Hibbard i9i9 (Sub. Rev. James E. Gregg).
Berkshire South (2), Rev. W. W. Curtis i9i9; Rev. Dwight M. Pratt 1921.
Brookfield (2), Rev. Harry L. Brickett i92i (absent); Mr. A. C. Stoddard i92i (absent).
Essex North (2), Rev. Charles S. Holton i9i9. Essex South (4), Mr. John Albree i9i9; Rev. Richard H. Bennett 1919 (absent); Rev. Emery L. Bradford i92i; Rev. Watson Woodruff i92i (absent). Franklin (3), Rev. A. P. Pratt i92i.
Hampden (5), Rev. Henry M. Dyckman i9i9; Mr. Charles A. Gleason i9i9 (Sub. Rev. T. P. Haig) ; Rev. Reuben J. God- dardi92i; Rev. Henry 0. Hannum i92i; Mr. J. Stuart Kirk- ham 1921.
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Hampshire (2), Rev. George H. BurrilP^^i; Rev. Wendell Prince Keeler ^^^^.
Hampshire East (2), Mr. Edwin H. Dickinson ^^is (Sub. Rev. Arthur W. Bailey); Rev. J. G. Nichols ^^^i.
Mendon (1), Rev. Allen E. Cross ^^^\
Middlesex South (2), Mr. Henry H. Austin i^i^; Rev. Robert M. Grey i^^i.
Middlesex Union (2), Rev. George M. Howe ^^^^ (absent).
Norfolk (4), Rev. J. Stanley Durkee^^iS; Rev. Almon J. Dyer 1921. Mrs. Rufus P. Keith i^^i (absent); Mr. Herbert B. Tucker 1921 (absent).
Old Colony (2), Mr. W. C. Parker ^^^i; Rev. F. E. Rams- delP^i^ (absent).
Pilgrim (1), Rev. Charles P. Marshall ^^^K
Suffolk North (3), Rev. Vincent Ravi Booth i^i^; Rev. M. Angelo Dougherty 1921 (absent); Mr. Arthur C. Stone ^^^i (absent).
Suffolk South (3), Mr. J. J. Arakelyan i^^^; Rev. E. H. Byington ^^is; Rev. Isaac Fleming ^^zi,
Suffolk West (3), Rev. Wilham Ewing ^^^i; Rev. Edward M. Noyes ^^^i; Rev. A. H. Wheelock i^^i. •
Taunton (2), Rev. Stanley R. Fisher i^^i; Rev. L. B. Good- rich 1919 (absent).
Woburn (2), Rev. Stephen A. Norton "21; Rev. John 0. Paisley i9i9.
Worcester Central (3), Rev. Albert S. Hawkes i9i9; Mr. Alfred H. Knight i9i9; Mr. John A. Sherman i92i (Sub. Rev. Garabed M. Manavian).
Worcester North (2), Rev. Burton S. Gilman i9i9; Mr. W. P. Hawley i92i (absent).
Worcester South (2), Rev. Walter H. Commons i9i9; Rev. Winfred S. Holland "21.
Michigan Congregational Conference (4), Mr. F. E. Bogart i9i9 (Sub. Rev. Dwight Goddard); Rev. C. B. Emerson i9i9; Rev. St. Clair Parsons 1921 ; Rev. J. W. Sutherland i^^i. District Associations:
Cheboygan (2), Mr. A. F. Bridge i9i9; Rev. F. W. Ollis 1921 (absent).
1917] DELEGATES 75
Detroit (2), Mr. Clarence J. Chandler ^^^i; Rev. M. J. Sweet '"9.
Eastern (2), Rev. Ralph W. PauP^^i (Sub. Miss Mary Moore); Rev. Wilham S. Steensma ^''^^
Genesee (2), Rev. W. R. Kedzie ''^'; Rev. L. K. Long ^^^K
Gladstone (1), Rev. Frank Jones ^^^^
Grand Rapids (4), Mr. Fred M. Briggs "^^ (absent); Rev. Charles O. Grieshaber ^^i^ (absent); Rev. Charles W. Mer- riam i^^i; Mr. Silas M. Wright "^^
Grand Traverse (2), Rev. Demas CochHn "^ij Rev. Truman F. Gait 1919.
Jackson (2), Rev. 0. Lloyd Morris ^^-^; Rev. Bastian Smitsi"9 (absent).
Kalamazoo (4), Rev. A. C. Diefenbach ^^la (absent); Rev. Henry W. Hunt^^ia; Rev. Samuel E. Kelley^^^i; Rev. Wil- mot E. Stevens ^^si (absent).
Lake Superior (1), Rev. Carlos H. Hanks ^^zi.
Lansing (4), Rev. George L. Cady^^aij p^es. Thomas W. Nadap92i; Mr. J. W. S. Pierson i^^i (absent); Rev. T. H. Wilson 1921.
Muskegon (1), Rev. Archibald Hadden "i9.
North Central (1), Rev. Jonathan Turner i92i.
Saginaw (1), Rev. N. S. Bradley '''\
Southern (2), Rev. H. P. Colhn i9i9; Mr. William S. Kim- ball 1919.
S. S. Marie (1), Mr. W. R. Gilbert i92i (absent).
Minnesota
General Congregational Conference (2), Rev. H. P. Dewey 1921; Rev. Everett Lesher 1 921.
District Associations:
Central (2), Rev. A. J. Moncal 1921 ; Mr. James A. Norris "i" (absent).
Duluth (2), Mr. William W. McMillan 1921 ; Rev. Charles N. Thorp 1921 (absent).
Mankato (2), Mr. A. W. Fagerstrom i9i9; Rev. William E. Griffith 1921 (absent).
Minneapolis (4), Judge W. W. Bardwell i92i; Rev. George P. Merrill 1921; Rev. John P. Miller i9i9; Mr. Arthur P. Stacy 1919.
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Minnesota Valley (2), Rev. Squire Heath ^^^^ (absent); Mr. A. Stone 1921 (absent).
Northern Pacific (4), Mr. Charles R. Andrews ^^^^; Mrs. C. R. Andrews 1921. ^^y ^^ ^ Dale i^^^; Rev. Theophilus S. Devitt 1921.
Rainy River (1), Rev. E. L. Heermance i®i^.
St.^ Paul (2), Mr. W. J. Dyer i^is (absent); Rev. James Robert Smith i^ia.
Southeastern (2), Mr. J. A. Sawyer i^zi; Rev. C. A. Stroup ^^^\
Western (1), Rev. John J. Bayne i92i (absent).
Mississippi Congregational Conference (2), Pres. W. T. Holmes i^is; Rev. J. C. Olden i92i.
Missouri Congregational Conference (1), Hon. Henry M, Beardsley i^is. District Associations: Kansas City (1), Rev. F. G. Smith i92i. Kidder (1), Rev. Robert Porter "21.
Springfield (2), Rev. James Hyslop 1*21^ Rev. J. P. O'Brien ^^'K
St. Louis (2), Rev. A. H. Armstrong i^i^; Rev. S. H. Wood- row 1919,
Montana Congregational Conference (1), Rev. W. H. North 1921. District Associations:
Great Falls (1), Rev. Will Arthur Dietrick i9i9 (absent). Northeastern (1).
Southeastern (2), Rev. W. L. Meinzer i9i9 (absent); Rev. R. B. Walker 1921 (absent).
Yellowstone (2), Rev. J. L. Cory "21 (absent); Rev. Geo. N. Edwards 1921. Western (1).
Nebraska Congregational Conference (2), Rev. Edwin Booth, Jr.i92i; Mrs. T. A. Dungan i9i9. District Associations:
Blue Valley (2), Rev. H. H. Price i9i9; Mr. Charles C. Smith 1921.
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Columbus (1), Rev. T. A. Dungan ^^^\
Elkhorn Valley (3), Mrs. Edwin Booth, Jr. '^'^ (Sub. Rev. Herbert L. Hinman); Miss Mary Hughes ^^^i. Mj. ^ g Rising ^^2^ (absent).
Frontier (1), Rev. H. Ellis Lininger '^zi.
German (2), Rev. Moritz E. Eversz ^^^i,
Lincoln (2), Rev. M. A. Bullock ^^^i; Mr. Jas. M. Teegar- den 1919.
Loup Valley (2).
Northwestern (1), Rev. Walter C. Rundin 1^21 (absent).
Omaha (2), Rev. W. H. Buss i^^i; Rev. G. A. Hulbert i^^i.
Republican Valley (2), Rev. George W. Mitchell i^i^. Rev. J. L. Reed i^^i (absent).
New Hampshire General Conference (2), Mr. W. C. Heath i^^i (absent); Rev. John L. Shively ''^K
District Associations:
Cheshire (2), Mr. Herbert E. Weatherbee i^^i (absent); Rev. Sumner G. Wood i^ia.
Coos and Essex (1).
Grafton-Orange (2), Rev. Charles F. Atkins i^^i; Mr. L. E. Clark 1921 (absent).
Hillsboro (3), Rev. Charles S. Haynes i^^i; Rev. Herbert A. Jump 1919; Rev. Warren L. Noyes i9i9.
Merrimack (4), Rev. Edwin J. Aiken i9i9 (absent); Rev. Melvin J. Allen 1921 ; Rev. Archibald Black i9i9 (absent); Rev. George H. Reed i9i9 (absent).
Rockingham (3), Rev. Samuel H. Dana i9i9 (absent); Mr. Willis E. Lougee 1921 (absent); Rev. Lucius H. Thayer 1921.
Strafford (2), Rev. W. A. Morgan 1921 ; Rev. F. G. Wood- worth 1921.
Sullivan (1), Rev. Oscar Peterson "i^.
New" Jersey Congregational Conference (1)^ Rev. Oliver Huckel 19" (Sub. Rev. Jay T. Stocking). District Associations: North (5),. Rev. George P. Eastman i9i9; Rev. H. L.
78 DELEGATES [1917
Everett i"9; Mr. Arthur J. Lockwood ^^^i; Rev. Charles S. MiUs 1921; Dr. John M. Whiton '^^\
Washington (D. C.) (2), Rev. Edwin M. BHss ^^^^; Mr. Fred W. Sweney ^^^i.
New Mexico Congregational Conference (2), Rev. Josiah H. Heald "^^
New York Congregational Conference (6), Rev. J. Webster Bailey 1821. R^y^ Henry M. Brown ^^^ (absent); Mr. WilHam H. Crosby ^^^i (Sub. Rev. W. P. Harmon) ; Mr. Frederic W. Jenkins ^^'^ (absent); Rev. Lewis T. Reed "^i; Prof. WiUiam W. Rockwell i^ia. District Associations:
Black River and St. Lawrence (3), Rev. John B. Davies "^ij Rev. Charles A. Riley ^^^i (absent) ; Rev. Andrew M. Wight "^^ (absent).
Central (4), Rev. Prescott D. Dodge ^^^i. ^^y Nathan E. Fuller 1919; Hon. Giles H. Stillwell i^^i; Hon. H. M. Tallet i^i^ (absent).
Essex (1), Rev. Charles W. Grupe i"^ (absent).
Hudson River (2), Rev. Charles S. Hager i^i^; Rev. Mailler O. Van Keuren i^^i.
New York City (6), Rev. Charles J. Allen i^i^ (Sub. Rev. John L. Clark); Mr. George W. Bailey i^i^ (absent); Mr. Warner James i^i^; Capt. Edward W. Peeti^^i; Rev. C. R. Raymond i^^i; Mr. Edwin G. Warner i^^i. , ,
Oneida, Chanango and Delaware (3), Rev. Wilham C. Davies 1919; Rev. George R. Foster i9i9; Mr. John 01m- stead 1919 (Sub. Rev. Norman McKinnon).
Suffolk (1), Rev. Lpuis Harold Johnston "is.
Susquehanna (2), Mr. H. M. Beecher i9i9; Rev. B. Frank Tobey i92i.
Washington and Rutland (Vt.) Welsh (1), Rev. Thomas J. Jones 1921 (absent).
Western (6), Rev. George A. Brock i9i9 (absent); Mr. W. P.
Foster 1919 (absent); i9i9 (Sub. Rev. C. Arthur
Lincoln) ; Prof. E. Snell Hall 19" (absent) ; Rev. Raymond B. Tolbert "iS; Rev. D. J. Torrens "^i.
Welsh (1).
1917] delegates 79
North Carolina Annual Conference (1), Rev. D. J, Flynn ^^". District Associations: Northern (1).
Southern (1), Rev. Perfect R. DeBerry i"^. Western (1).
Middle North Carolina Association (State) (2), Rev. W. B. Duttera ''^'; Rev. E. F. Green i"9.
North Dakota Congregational Conference (1), Rev. R. A. Beard ^^'^.
District Associations:
Fargo (2), Pres. J. W. Hansel '^'^i Rev. E. H. Stickney ^^i'.
German (6).
Grand Forks (2), Rev. W. H. Elf ring ^^i' (absent).
Jamestown (4), Hon. James A. Buchanan ^^^^ (absent); Rev. Samuel Hitchcock i^^i; Rev. LaRoy A. Lippitt i»"; Rev. C. H. PhiUips 1921 (absent).
Missouri River (3), Rev. A. M. Asadoorian ^^^^ (absent); Hon. Lewis F. Crawford ^^^^ (absent) ; Rev. G. N. Kenis- ton 1919 (absent).
Mouse River (4), Rev. J. H. Batten i^i^; Rev. W. Knighton Bloom 1919; Mr. E. H. Kenady i92i (absent); Rev. E. S. Shaw 1921.
Southwestern (1), Rev. J. G. Dickey i9i9.
Wahpeton (1), Rev. George H. Lewis i92i (absent).
Ohio Congregational Conference (5), Rev. Ernest Bourner Allen 1919; Mr. Theodore M. Bates i9i9; Rev. Dan F. Bradley 1919; Mr. Horatio Ford i92i (absent); Rev. John Lewis Hoyt i92i. District Associations:
Central (2), Rev. H. H. Russell "21; Mr. Evan Walters i92i. Central North (3), Dr. Ralph R. Barrett 1*21 ; Rev. Harvey C. Colburn i9i9; Rev. Orville L. KipHnger 1921. Central South (1), Rev. Morris O. Evans "21. Cleveland (4), Rev. W. H. Baker i92i (absent); Mr. Richard S. Bayhan i9i9; Rev. H. N. Dascomb i9i9; Mrs. M. W. Mills 1921. Eastern (1), Rev. E. S. Jenkins i9i9.
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Grand River (3), Hon. W. S. Harris ^^^i. j^e^ p^^y J. Mc- CoU "21; Rev. Thomas H. Warner ^^'\
Marietta (1), Mr. William W. Mills ''^K
Medina (3), Rev. W. F. Bohn ^^^^; Rev. Vernon Emery i"^; Pres. H. C. King i^^i.
Miami (1), Rev. Seeley K. Tompkins ^^^i.
Plymouth Rock (2), Rev. Newton W. Bates ^^^i. R^y^ Robert Baton "i^.
Puritan (3), Rev. Roscoe Graham "^ij Judge E. W. Stuart 1^21; Rev. Isaac J. Swanson i^i^.
Toledo (2), Rev. Egbert L. Briggs i^^^; Rev. Albert B. Eby 1921.
Oklahoma - General Conference (1), Rev. Charles G. Murphy ^^^^
District Associations:
Colored (1).
Eastern (2), Rev. J. E. Pershing ^^''.
Northwest (2), Rev. C. H. Dains ^^^^ (absent); Rev. James A. McKeeman ^^^i (absent).
Southwest (1), Rev. C. M. Brooke ^^^\
Oregon Congregational Conference (1), Rev. J. J. Staub ^^^i^
District Associations:
East Willamette (2), Rev. James Elvin ^^^^ (absent); Mr. A. E. Wheeler ^^^^ (absent).
Mid Columbia (1), Rev. John Lewis Jones ^^^^ (absent).
Portland (2), Rev. Luther R. Dyott '^^^; Rev. Albert C. Moses 1921.
West Willamette (1), Mr. Charles J. Bushnell ^^^^ (absent).
Pennsylvania Congregational Conference (2), Rev. WilUam V. Berg i"9 (Sub. Rev. W. H. Medlar); Rev. James G. Clutter- buck "21 (Sub. Rev. H. L. Pyle). District Associations:
Northwestern (1), Rev. John T. Nichols"". Philadelphia (1), Rev. Harry W. Myers, Jr. "^i. Pittsburg (2), Mr. Thomas Addenbrook ""; Rev. G. Her- bert Ekins "21.
1917] DELEGATES 81
Welsh Eastern (2), Rev. David Jones ^^i^; Rev. J. Myrrdon Jones ^'^^
Wyoming (2), Rev. W. R. Pierce ^^i^; Mr. John R. Thomas ^^^i.
Porto Rico (No Organization) (2), Rev. Archie G. AxtelP'^^ (absent); Mrs. Archie G. Axtell 1^21 (absent).
Rhode Island Congregational Conference (5), Rev. Gideon A. Bur- gess ^^^i. Prof. Theodore F. CoUier i^is; Rev. Edward R. Evans 1321 . Rg^^ Howard S. Foxi^i^; Mr. George A. Jepherson ^^^i.
South Carolina Congregational Association (1), Rev. Abraham L. De- Mond 1921. • District Association: Piedmont (1), Mrs. Raymond Beaty ^^^^
South Dakota Congregational Conference (1), Rev. W. H. Thrall ^^^^
District Associations:
Black Hills (3), Rev. David J. Perrin i^i^; Rev. Lauriston Reynolds 1921 (absent); Rev. Fred Smith ^^^^ (absent).
Central (3), Rev. J. H. Andress i^^^; Rev. N. F. Cole ^^zi (absent); Mr. P. T. Wick "i^ (absent).
German (4), Rev. E. A. Fath i^^i (absent).
Northern (4), Rev. Harry Evans ^^^^ (absent); Rev. T. E. Hall 1921 (absent); Mr. A. Loomis i^^i (absent); Rev. Godfrey Matthews i^^i.
Northwestern (1). Rev. Theodore Jergensen i^si (absent).
South Central (3), Rev. L. E. Camfield i^^i; Rev. E. W. Lanham 1921.
Yankton (3), Prof. G. H. Durand i92i; Rev. L. W. Sprague i9i9 (absent); Rev. J. C. Treat 1921.
Tennessee Conference (white) (1), Rev. W. 0. Berckman 1921.
District Association:
Chattanooga (1), Rev. Charles Haven Myers 1921. Conference (colored) (2), Rev. W. L. Johnson i9i9.
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Texas
Conference (white) (2), Rev. John R. Scotford ^^^^; Rev. John B. Gonzales 1^21 (Sub. Rev. W. E. Jones).
District Association:
Panhandle (1), Rev. W. H. Hurlbut '''' (Sub. Rev. A. E. Ricker).
Conference (colored) (2), Rev. E. W. Benjamin ^^^* (absent); Rev. B. F. White i^" (absent).
Utah
Congregational Association (2), Rev. Peter A. Simp- kin 1921; Mrs. Lottie J. Thomsen ^^^\
Vermont
Congregational Conference (2), Rev. Chauncey C. Adams '''^; Rev. Charles C. Merrill i^^.
District Associations:
Addison Co. (1), Rev. Lot M. Isaacs ^^^i (Sub. Rev. R. Bar- clay Simmons).
Bennington (1), Rev. George S. Mills ^^-^
Caledonia County (2), Rev. W. C. Clark i^i^; Mr. J. E. Tinker 1821 (absent).
Chittenden County (2), Rev. Samuel H. Barnum^^^^; Rev. Charles E. Hayward '''\
Franklin and Grand Isle (1), Rev. F. Wilson Day ^^^^ (ab- sent).
Lamoille (1), Rev. Frank W. Hazen ^^'^ (absent).
Orange (1), Rev. Eraser Metzger ^^^^ (absent).
Orleans (2), Rev. L. A. Edwards ^^^^ (absent).
Rutland (2), Rev. A. H. Bradford ^^^i (absent); Rev. E. P. Treat ^''^.
Union (1), Rev. Henry L. Ballou i"^
Washington (2), Rev. Stanley F. Blomfield i^^^ (absent); Rev. James B. Sargent ^^^^
Windham (2), Rev. R. H. Clapp i^^i; Rev. John C. Prince '^^\
Windsor (2), Rev. George E. Ladd ^^^^ (absent); Rev. Bur- ton A. Lucas ^^^^ (absent).
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Washington Congregational Conference (2), Mrs. James H. Cal- vert 1921 (absent); Rev. Hugh G. Ross ^^^K
District Associations:
Columbia River (2), Mr. T. F. May ^^^^ (absent).
Eastern Washington and Northern Idaho (9), Rev. J. H. Baintoni9i9 (absent); Mrs. M. A. Elliott ^^^^ (absent); Rev. W. C. Gillmore 1919 (absent); Mr. F. W. Isham i^i^ (absent); Rev. J. W. Skerry i^^i; Rev. Carl Veazie i^^i.
Northwestern (3), Rev. E. E. Flint i^zi (absent); Pres. G. W. Nash 1921 (absent); Mr. Gomer Thomas i9i9 (absent).
Seattle (3), Rev. Hugh Elmer Brown i9i9 (absent); Rev. Richard Bushell i92i (absent); Mr. Claude M. Eckhardt i9i9 (Sub. Rev. Sydney Strong).
Tacoma (3), Rev. Frank Dyer i9i9 (absent); Hon. P. M. Troy 1919 (absent).
Pacific German (2).
Walla Walla (1), Prof. Louis F. Anderson i92i.
Yakima (1), Rev. H. P. James i92i (absent).
Wisconsin Congregational Association (3), Rev. Homer W. Carter 1919; Pres. Edward D. Eaton i92i; Rev. A. Lincoln McClelland i92i.
District Associations:
Beloit (3), Mr. Glenville A. Dowd i9i9; Rev. C. E. Ewing 19"; Rev. Wilfred A. Rowell '''\
Eau Claire (3), Rev. Oscar F. Davis i9i9; Rev. E. W. Serl i92i (absent); Rev. H. A. Studebaker i9i9.
La Crosse (2), Rev. Harding R. Hogan "is; Rev. Jonathan G. Smith 1921.
Lemonweir (3), Rev. A. T. Lacey i92i; Rev. R. J. Locke i92i; Rev. A. 0. Stevens i92i.
Madison (4), Rev. Marvin R. Brandt i9i9; Rev. L. C. Partch 1921; Rev. Carlos C. RowUson i9i9; Mr. E. N. War- ner 1921.
Milwaukee (3), Rev. Theo. R. Favillei92i; Mr. E. W. Frost 1919; Rev. Theo. M. Shipherd i92i.
Northeastern (2), Mr. R. W. E. Dixon i9i9; Rev. 0. L, Robinson 1921.
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Superior (3), Rev. F. N. Dexter ^^^i; Rev. H. E. Peabody '^^y Rev. F. T. Rouse 1921.
Welsh (1), Rev. H. A. Miner ^^^i.
Winnebago (3), Mr. G. E. Buchanan i"^; Rev. L. H. Keller i^is; Rev. S. G. Ruegg ^^^i.
Wyoming Congregational Conference (1), Rev. W. B. D. Gray ^^^^. District Associations: Central (1), Rev. Annette B. Gray ^^^i. Northern (1), Rev. John H. Andress ^^^^ (absent). Southern (1).
DELEGATES WHOSE TERMS EXPIRE 1919
(A numeral before a name indicates that in absence of primary a substitute served whose name may be found by referring to corresponding numeral in list of substitute delegates, page 91 .)
Adams, Rev. Chauncey C, Burlington,
Vt. Addenbrook, Mr. Thomas, Pittsburgh,
Pa. Aiken, Rev. Edwin J., Concord, N. H. Albree, Mr. John, Swampscott, Mass. Alexander, Mr. A. DeWitt, New Haven,
Conn. •Allen, Rev. Charles J., Brooklyn, N. Y. Allen, Rev. Ernest Bourner, Toledo, Ohio. Allingham, Rev. R., Denver, Col. Andress, Rev. J. H., Pierre, S. D. Andrews, Mr. Charles R., Ada, Minn. Arakelyan, Mr. J. J., Dorchester. Mass. Armstrong, Rev. A. H., St. Louis, Mo. Asadoorian, Rev. A. M., Glen UUen, N. D. Ashley, Rev. Walter H., Weiser, Idaho. Austin, Mr. Henry H., Wellesley, Mass.
Bailey, Rev. Henry L., Longmeadow,
Mass. Baily, Mr. George W., Brooklyn, N. Y. Bainton, Rev. J. H., Colfax, Wash. Ballou, Rev. Henry L., Chester, Vt. Barton, Rev. William E., Oak Park. 111. Bates, Mr. Theodore M., Cleveland, Ohio. Batten, Rev. James H., Williston, N. D. Bayhan, Mr. Richard S., Cleveland, Ohio. Beard, Mr. John H., Bethel, Conn. Beard, Rev. R. A., Fargo, N. D. Beardsley, Hon. Henry M., Kansas City,
Mo. Beecher, Mr. Henry M., Binghamton,
N. Y. Benedict, Miss Ruth A., Honolulu,
Hawaii. Benjamin, Rev. E. W., Paris, Texas. Bennett, Rev. Richard H., Beverly, Mass. ^Berg, Rev. William V., Philadelphia. Pa. 'Bielcr, Rev. John M., Machias, Maine. Black, Rev. Archibald, Concord, N. H. Blackburn, Rev. John F., Atlanta. Ga. Blackman, Rev. WilUam F., Winter Park,
Fla. BUss, Rev. Edwin M., Washington, D. C. Blomfield, Rev. Stanley F., Montpelier,
Vt. Bloom, Rev. W. Knighton. Minot, N. D. Blosser, Rev. Joseph W., Atlanta, Ga. «Bogart. Mr. F. E., Detroit, Mich. Bohn, Rev. W. F., Oberlin, Ohio. Bookwalter, Rev. Lewis, Kansas City,
Kan. 'Booth, Jr., Mrs. Edwin, Norfolk, Neb. Booth, Rev. Vincent R., N. Cambridge,
Mass. Boutte, Rev. A. V., Cypress, La. Bradley, Rev. Dan Freeman, Cleveland,
Ohio. Bradley, Rev. N. S., Saginaw, Mich. Branch, Mr. Edward P., Melburne, Fla. Brandt. Rev. Marvin R., Edgerton, Wis. •Breed, Rev. Merle Amos, Stuart, la.
Brehm, Rev. William E., Topeka, Kan. Brewer, Rev. Frank S., Talladega, Ala. Bridge, Mr. A. F., Charlevoix, Mich. Briggs, Mr. Egbert L., Toledo, Ohio. Briggs, Mr. Fred M., Grand Rapids, Mich. Brock, Rev. George A., Lockport, N. Y. Bronson, Mr. Elliott B., Winchester,
Conn. Brown, Rev. Frank J., Payson, 111. Brown, Rev. Henry M., New York City. Brown, Rev. Hugh Elmer, Seattle, Wash . Bruner, Rev Charles A., Bloomington, 111. Buchanan, Mr. G. E., Appleton, Wis. Buchanan, Hon. James A., Buchanan, N.
D. Buckham, Rev. John W., Berkeley, Cal. Bushnell, Mr. Charles J., Forest Grove,
Ore. 'Butler, Rev. G. S., Demorest, Ga. 'Butterfield, Rev. Ray E., Chicago, 111.
Carter, Rev. Homer W., Madison, Wis. Cassel, Rev. Isaac, Elkader, la. Chambers, Rev. J. M., Kennebunkport,
Maine. 'Chapman, Rev. Edward M., New London,
Conn. Clark, Mrs. E. P., Los Angeles, Cal. Clark, Rev. W. C, Barnct, Vt. Coe, ^Ir. E. S., Cromwell, Conn. Coit, Judge Alfred, New London, Conn._ Colburn, Rev. Harvey C, Bellevue, Ohio. Collier, Prof. Theodore F., Providence,
R. I. Collin, Rev. H. P., Coldwater, Mich. Commons, Rev. Walter H., Whitinsville ,
Mass. Coxon, Rev. Leroy, Schriever, La. Crawford, Hon. Lewis F., Sentinel Butte,
N. D. Cross, Rev. Allen E., Milford, Mass. i»Curran, Mr. W. R., Pekin, 111. Curtis, Rev. W C, Bethel, Maine. Curtis, Rev. W. W., West Stockbridge,
Mass.
Dale, Rev. W. W., Mcintosh, Minn. Dana, Rev. Samuel H., Exeter, N. H. Darling, Mr. H. W., Wichita, Kan. Dascomb, Rev. H. N., Cleveland, Ohio. Davie, Rev. C. N., No. Bridgton, Maine. Davies, Rev. William C, Walton, N. Y. Davis, Rev. Oscar F., New Richmond,
Wis. Day, Rev. F. Wilson, Swanton, Vt. Day, Mr. Horace C, Auburn, Maine. Day, Rev. William Horace, Bridgeport,
Conn. DeBerry, Rev Perfect R., Raleigh, N. C. DeLancey, Mr. Darragh, Waterbury,
Conn. DeLany, Mrs. G. F., Los Angeles, Cal. Dickey, Rev. J. G., Dickinson, N. D.
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"Dickinson, Mr. Edwin H., North Amherst,
Mass. Diefenhach, Rev. A. C, Benton Harbor,
Mich. Dietrick, Rev. Will Arthur, Great Falls,
Mont. Dixon, Mr. R. W. R., Antigo, Wis. Dodge, Rev. R. B., Wailuku, Maui,
Hawaii. Dodge, Mrs. R. B., Wailuku, Maui,
Hawaii. Dowd, Mr. Glenvillo A.. Beloit, Wis. Dudley, Mrs. Stowell B., Weiser, Ida. Dungan, Rev. T. A., Grand Island, Neb. Dungan, Mrs. T. A., Grand Island, Neb. Dunn, Rev. H. H., New Orleans, La. Durkee, Rev. J. Stanley, Brockton, Mass. Dyckman, Rev. Henry M., Westfield,
Mass. Dyer, Rev. Frank, Tacoma. Wash. Dyer, Mr. W. J., St. Paul. Minn. Dyott, Rev. Luther R., Portland, Ore.
Eastman, Rev. George P., Orange, N. J.
Eaves, Rev. George, Birmingham, Ala. "Eckhardt, Mr. Claude M., Seattle, Wash.
Edwards, Rev. L. A., Newport, Vt.
Elfring, Rev. W. H., Grand Forks, N. D.
Elliott, Mrs. M. A., Hartford, Conn.
Elvin, Rev. James, Salem, Ore.
Emerson, Rev. Chester B., Detroit, Mich.
Emery, Rev. Vernon. Wellington, Ohio.
Emrich, Rev. Frederick E., Boston, Mass.
Erdman, Rev. J. P., Honolulu. Hawaii.
Estabrook, Mrs. Frank J., Denver, Colo. "Evans, Rev. Daniel, Cambridge, Mass.
Evans, Mrs. Ernest A., Mill Valley, Cal.
Evans, Rev. Harry, Canova, S. D.
Everett, Rev. H. L., Jersey City, N. J.
Fagerstrom, Mr.A.W.,Worthington,Minn. Ferrier, Rev. W. W., Berkeley, Cal. Ferrin, Rev. A. C, Lowell. Mass. Ferris, Rev. W. L , Shenandoah, Iowa. Foster, Rev. George R., Greene, N. Y. Foster, Mr. W. P., Rochester, N. Y. Fox, Rev. Howard S., E. Providence, R. I. Frost, Mr. E. W., Milwaukee, Wis. Fuller, Rev. Nathan E., Syracuse, N. Y.
Gait, Rev. Tjuman F., Old Mission, Mich. Garlick, Dr. Samuel M., Bridgeport,
Conn. Gillmore, Rev. W. C., Dayton, Wash. Oilman, Rev. Burton S., Gardner, Mass. "Gleason, Mr. Charles A., Springfield,
Mass. Goodrich, Rev. L. B., Taunton, Mass. Gordon. Rev. John, Rockford, 111. Graves, Rev. A. G., Muscatine, Iowa. Gray, Mr. A. D., Topeka, Kan. Gray, Rev. W. B. D.. Cheyenne, Wyo. Green, Rev. E. F.. Star, N. C. Greene, Rev. Frederick W., Middletown,
Conn. Gregory, Rev. James C, Presque Isle,
Maine. Grey, Rev. Fred, Topeka, Kan. Grieshaber, Rev. Charles O., Grand
Rapids, Mich. Grupe, Rev. Charles W., Willsboro, N. Y.
Hadden, Rev. Archibald, Muskegon,
Mich. .
Hager, Rev. Charles S., Albany. N. Y. Hahn, Mr. Edwin F.. Pasadena. Cal. Hall, Prof. E. Snell, Jamestown, N. Y. Hansel, Pros. J. W..- Fargo, N. D. HarVutt, Rev. Charles, Portland, Me. Hawkes, Rev. Albert S., Worcester, Mass. H^ynes, Rev. C. Stephen, Athens, Ga.
Hayward, Rev. Charles E., Winooski, Vt.
Hazen, Rev. Frank W., Johnson, Vt.
Heald, Rev. Josiah H., Albuquerque, N. Mex.
Heath, Rev. Squire. Benson, Minn.
Heermance, Rev. E. L., International Falls, Minn.
Henderson, Rev. Arthur S.. Topeka, Kan.
Herbert, Rev Sherman H., Thorsby, Ala, "Hibbard, Judge Charles L., Pittsfield. Mass.
Hill, Mr. Everett G., Hartford, Conn.
Hill, Rev. V. B., Oilman, la.
Hogan, Rev. Harding R., Sparta, Wis.
Holmes, Pres. W. T., Tougaloo, Miss.
Holton, Rev. Charles S., Newburyport, Mass.
Hood, Rev. E. Lyman, Atlanta Ga.
Hopkins. Rev. W. H., Atlanta, Ga. "Huekel, Rev. Oliver, Montclair, N. J.
Hunt, Rev. Henry W., Three Oaks, Mich.
Hurlburt, Rev. J. S., Redvale, Colo. "Hurlbut, Rev. W. H., Amarillo, Texas.
Isham, Mr. F. W., Spokane, Wash.
James, Mr. Warner, Brooklyn, N. Y. Jeffers, Rev. James A., Pueblo, Colo. Jenkins, Rev. E. S., Martins Ferry, Ohio. Jenkins, Rev. Frank E., Demorest, Ga. Jenkins, Mr. Frederic W., Binghamton,
N. Y. 'sjenkins. Rev. James A., Chicago, 111. Johnson, Rev. George H., New Milford,
Conn. Johnson, Rev. W. L., Lexington, Ky. Johnston, Rev. Louis Harold, Patchogue,
L. I., N. Y. Jones, Rev. David, Scranton, Pa. Jones, Rev. D. E., Ellington, Conn. Judd, Rev. Hubert O., Garden City, Kan. Jump, Rev. Herbert A., Manchester, N.H.
Keeler, Rev. Wendell P., Northampton,
Mass. Keller, Rev. L. H., Madison, Wis. Keniston, Rev. G. N., Bismarck, N. D. Kenngott, Rev. George F., Los Angeles,
Cal. Kimball. Mr. Frank, Chicago, 111. Kimball. Mr. William S., Clinton, Mich. Kirbye, Rev. J. Edward, Des Moines, la. Knight, Mr. Alfred H., Shrewsbury, Mass.
Ladd, Rev. George E., West Woodstock,
Vt. . Lawless, Jr., Rev. Alfred, New Orleans,
La. "Lewis, Rev. J. M., Sandwich, 111. Light, Judge J. H., South Norwalk, Conn. Lippitt, Rev. LaRoy A., Mayville, N. D. Long, Rev. L. K., Ovid, Mich.
Marshall, Rev. Charles P., Plymouth,
Mass. Mav, Mr. T. F., Vancouver. Wash. McCaslin, Mr. S. W., Wellfleet, Mass. McCollum, Rev. G. T., Chicago, 111. McDonald, Rev. Angus M., Bar Harbor,
Maine. McElveen, Rev. Wm. T., Evanston, 111. Mead, Rev. E. O., Cornwall, Conn. Meinzer, Rev. W. L., Glendive, Mont. Merrill, Rev. Charles C, Burlington, Vt. Miller, Rev. CUfford L., Talladega, Ala. Miller, Rev. John P., Wayzata, Minn. Mitchell, Rev. George W., FrankUn. Neb. Moulton, Prof. Warren J., Bangor. Maine. Murphy, Rev. Charles G., Oklahoma,
Okla Myers, Mr. M. A., Hinsdale, III.
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Neitz, Rev. Frank C, St. Charles, 111. Nichols, Rev. John R., Chicago, 111. Nichols, Rev. John T., Meadville, Pa. MNoble. Prof. Charles, Grinnell, la. Norris, Mr. James A., Sauk Centre, Minn. Noyes, Rev. Warren L., Nashua, N. H. Nugent, Rev. T. E., Kewanee, 111. Nugent, Rev. Walter H., Newburyport, Mass.
O'Brien, Rev. J. P., Kansas City, Mo. "Olmstead, Mr. John, Walton, N. Y. Osborne, Rev. Naboth, Burlington, la.
Paisley, Rev. John O., Melrose Highlands,
Mass. Parsons, Rev. Edward S., Colorado
Springs, Colo. Paton, Rev. Robert, Chardon, Ohio. Peck, Mr. Epaphroditus, Bristol, Conn. "Peirson, Mr. Joseph E., Pittsfield, Mass. Perrin, Rev. David J., Rapid City, S. D. Pershing, Rev. J. E., Oklahoma City,
Okla. Peterson, Rev. Oscar, Claremont, N. H. Phillips, Rev. Watson L., Shelton, Conn. Pierce, Rev. W. R., Plymouth, Pa. Plumb, Rev. M. R., Windham, Conn. Price, Rev, H. H., Friend, Neb. Prince, Rev. John C. Bellows Falls, Vt.
Queen,' Rev. Charles N., Demorest, Ga.
■ Ramsay. Rev. W. G., Eldora, la.
Ramsdell, Rev. F. E., New Bedford, Mass. Reed, Rev. George H., Concord, N. H. Robinson, Rev. C. F., Waterville, Maine. I Rockwell. Prof. William, New York City
"Rollins, Pres. Walter H., Wichita, Kan. Rowell. Rev. Wilfred A., Beloit, Wis. Rowlison, Rev. Carlos C, La Crosse, Wis.
Scotford, Rev. John R., Dallas, Tex.
Shattuck, Rev. Angelo E., Kokomo, Ind. "Sherrill, Rev. Alvan F., College Park, Ga. ^Shipman, Mr. Arthur L., Hartford, Conn.
Smith, Rev. Fred, Newell, S. D.
Smith, Hon. Herbert K., Farmington, Conn.
Smith, Rev. James Robert, St. Paul, Minn. Smits, Rev. Bastian, Jackson, Mich. . Sprague, Rev. L. W., Worcester, Mass. Stacy, Mr. Arthur P., Minneapolis, Minn. Steele, Rev. A. T., Madison, Conn. Steensma. Rev. William S., St. Clair, Mich Stevens, Rev. Charles L., Camden, Maine . Stickney, Rev. E. H., Fargo, N. D. Studebaker, Rev. H. A., Chicago, 111. Sullens. Rev. Arthur J., Portland. Ore. Swanson, Rtv. Isaac J., Ravenna, Ohio. Sweet, Rev. M. J., Pontiac, Mich.
Tallet, Hon. H. M., De Ruyter, N. Y. Tapley, Mr. Irwin W., Haverhill, Mass. Tedford. Rev. J. E., Grass Valley, Cal. Teegarden, Mr. James M., Weeping
Water, Neb. Thomas, Mr. Gomer, Bellingham, Wash. Thomsen, Mrs. Lottie J., Provo, Utah. Thrall. Rev. W. H., Huron, S. D. "Thrush, Rev. J. O., Spencer, Iowa. Tolbert, Rev. Raymond B., Niagara Falls,
N.Y.
Townsend, Dean E. J., Urbana, 111. Treat, Rev. E. P., Pittsford, Vt. Troy, Hon. P. M., Olympia, Wash.
Walker, Prof. Williston, New Haven,
Conn. Warner, Rev. Thomas H., Andover, Ohio. Wehrhan, Rev. N. W., Tabor, Iowa. Wheeler, Mr. A. E., Eugene, Oregon. Whiting, Mrs. Helen, Whiting, Iowa. Whiting, Mr. Willard B., Whiting, Iowa. Wick, Mr. P. T., Canova, S. D. Wight, Rev. A. M., Ogdensburg, N. Y. Wikoff, Rev. H. H., San Francisco, Cal. Willis, Mr. R. E., Angola, Ind. Wood, Rev. Sumner G., Winchester, N. H. Woodrow, Rev. S. H., St. Louis, Mo. Worcester, Rev, Edward S., Norwich,
Conn. Wright, Mr. Silas M., Grand Rapids,
Mich.
"Ziegler, Mr. Charles L., Roxbury, Mass.
DELEGATES WHOSE TERMS EXPIRE 1921
(A numeral before a name indicates that in absence of primary a substitute served whose name may be found by referring to corresponding numeral in list of substitute delegates, page 91 .)
Ackerman, Rev. Arthur W., Natick, Mass. Allen, Rev. Melvin J., Boscawen, N. H. Anderson, Prof. L. F., Walla Walla, Wash. Andrews, Mrs. C. R., Ada, Minn. Atkins, Rev. Charles F.. Orford, N. H. Axtell, Rev. Archie G., Fajardo, P.R. Axtell. Mrs. A. G., Fajardo, P. R.
Bailey, Rev. J. Webster, Lockport, N. Y.
Baker, Rev. Frank H., Falmouth, Mass.
Baker, Rev. W. H., Chagrin Falls, Ohio.
Ballantine, Rev. John W., Stafford Springs, Conn.
Bardwell, Judge W. W., Minneapolis, Minn.
Barnum, Rev. Samuel H., Jericho Center, Vt.
Barrett, Dr. Ralph R., Mansfield, Ohio.
Bates, Mr. George B., Calais, Maine.
Bates, Rev. Newton W., Fairport Harbor Ohio.
Bayne, Rev. John J., Marshall, Minn.
Beaty, Mrs. Raymond, Anderson, S. C. "Bennett, Mr. W. W., Rockford, 111.
Berckman, Rev. W. O., Williamsburg, Ky.
Betts, Mrs. Fred, Los Angeles, Cal.
Blaisdell, Pres. James A., Claremont, Cal.
Bond, Rev. James, Atlanta, Ga.
Booth, Jr., Rev. Edwin, Norfolk, Neb. "Boothby, Rev. Clayton D., Augusta, Me.
Bradford, Rev. A. H., Rutland, Vt.
Bradford, Rev. Emery L., Boxford, Mass.
Breck, Rev. Aaron, Topeka, Kans. '"Brereton, Rev. J. E., Emmetsburg, Iowa.
Brickett, Rev. Harry L., Southbridge, Mass.
Brooke, Rev. C. M., Perkins, Okla. ''Brooks, Rev. J. G., Wheaton, 111. "Bull, Rev. W. I., Ashland, Maine.
Bullock, Rev. M. A., Lincoln, Neb.
Burgess, Rev. Gideon A., Providence, R. I. "Burling, Rev. J. P., Des Moines, la.
Burrill, Rev. George H., Easthampton, Mass
Burton, Rev. Charles Wesley, Macon, Ga.
Bushell, Rev. Richard, Seattle, Wash.
Buss, Rev. William H., Fremont, Neb.
Butler, Rev. E. W., Thorsby. Ala.
Butzow, Mr. F. F., Loda, 111.
Byington, Rev. Edwin H., West Roxbury, Mass.
Cady, Rev. George L., Lansing, Mich. Calvert, Mrs. James H., Seattle, Wash. Camfield, Rev. L. E., Academy, S. D. Carpenter, Mr. M. J., La Grange, 111. Carter, Rev. Charles F., Hartford, Conn. Carter, Rev. George K., New Gloucester,
Maine Chandler, Mr. Clarence J., Detroit, Mich. Clapp, Rev. R. H., Brattleboro, Vt. Clark. Mr. E. P., Los Angeles, Cal. Clark, Mr. L. E., Wells River. Vt.
"Clutterbuck, Rev. James G., Kane, Penn.
Cochlin, Rev. Demas, Traverse City, Mich.
Cole, Rev. N. F., De Smet, S. D.
Cooke, Rev. Vernon W.. Willimantic, Conn.
Cory, Rev. J. L., Hardin, Mont.
Cousins, Rev. E. M., Brewer, Maine.
Crane, Rev. William M., Richmond, Mass. 35Crosby, Mr. William H., Buffalo, N. Y.
Cutler, Mr. U. Waldo. Worcester, Mass.
Dains, Rev. C. H.. Enid, Okla. 3*Dana, Rev. Malcolm, Ottumwa, la. Davies, Rev. John B., Brier Hill, N. Y. DeMond, Rev. Abraham L., Charleston,
S. C. Devitt, Rev. Theophilus S., Winona,
Minn. Dewey, Rev. H. P., Minneapolis, Minn, Dexter, Rev. F. N., Ashland, Wis. I
Dodge, Rev. Prescott D., Syracuse, N. Y. Dougherty, Rev. M. Angelo, Cambridge,
Mass. Dupuy, Hon. George A., Chicago, 111. Durand, Prof. G. H.. Yankton, S. D. Duttera, Rev. W. B.. Salisbury, N. C. Dyer, Rev. Almon J.. Sharon. Mass.
Eaton, Pres. Edward D., Beloit, Wis. "Eaton, Mr. Marquis, Chicago, 111. Eby, Rev. Albert B., Toledo, Ohio. Edwards, Rev. George N., Billings, Mont. Edwards, Rev .Thomas A., Eros, La. Ekins, Rey. G. Herbert, Pittsburgh, Penn. Ensminger, Rev. F. P., Lyons, Colo. Estabrook, Rev. F. J., Denver, Colo. Estill, Mr. J. W., Tucsin, Ariz. Evans, Mr. D. R., Depue, 111. Evans, Rev. Edward R., Pawtucket, R. I. Evans, Rev. Morris O., Cincinnati, O. Evans, Rev. Spencer E., Terryville, Conn. Evans, Judge W. D., Hampton, la. Evans, Rev. W. M., Clear Lake, la. Eversz, Rev. Moritz E., Chicago, 111. Ewing, Rev. William. Newton Center,
Mass. Ewing, Rev. C. E., Janesville, Wis.
Fath, Rev. E. A.. Redfield, S. D. Faville, Rev. Theo. R., Kenosha, Wis. Faxton, Mr. J. D., Lawrence, Kans. Fisher, Rev. James G., Dunkirk. Ind. Fisher, Rev. Stanley R., Fall River. Mass. Fleming, Rev. Isaac, Canton, Mass. Flint, Rev. E. E., Everett, Wash. Flynn, Rev. D. J., Charlotte, N. C. Ford, Mr. Horatio, Cleveland, Ohio. Fosdick, Mr. Frederick, Fitchburg, Masa. ««Fox, Rev. Frank, Decatur, 111. Freeman, Prof. J. H.. Aurora, III.
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89
Galvin. Rev. J. P., Mounds, 111. Gardner. Rev. John, Chicago, III. Gilbert, Mr. W. R., Brimley, Mich. Goddard, Rev. Reuben J., Springfield, Mass "Gonzales, Rev. John B., Dallas, Texas. Graham, Rev. James M., Thorsby, Ala. Graham, Rev. Roscoe, Akron, Ohio. Gray, Rev. Annette B., Cheyenne, Wyo. Grey, Rev. Robert M., Hopkinton.Mass. Griffith, Rev William E., Waseca, Minn. Grinnell, Rev. O. S., Ionia, Iowa.
Hall, Rev. T. E.. Webster. S. D.
Hallock, Rev. Leavitt H., Portland, Me.
Hallock, Mrs. Leavitt H., Portland, Me.
Hand, Rev. Clifford N., Tempe, Ariz.
Haney, Rev. Richard S., Moline, 111.
Hanks, Rev. Carlos H., Laurin, Mich.
Hannum. Rev. Henry O., Holyoke, Mass.
Harned, Rev H E., Cedar Rapids, Iowa.
Harris. Hon W. S., Geneva. Ohio.
Hawley. Mr. W. P., Baldwinsville, Mass.
Haynes, Rev Charles S., Reeds Ferry, N. H
Heath, Mr W. C, Manchester, N. H.
Henick. Mr George M., Chicago, 111.
Hesselgrave, Rev. Chas. E., South Man- chester, Conn.
Hitchcock, Rev. Samuel, New Rockford, N. D.
Hodgdon, Rev. Thomas M., West Hart- ford, Conn.
Hoelzer, Rev. John, Fort Collins, Colo.
Holden. Rev. J. E. , Newell, Iowa.
Holland, Rev.Winfred S., Westboro, Mas.s.
Hopkins, Mr. A. W.. Granville, 111.
Houghton, Rev. Roy M., New Haven, Conn.
Howe, Rev. George M., Groton, Mass.
Hoyt, Rev. John Lewis, Huntington, W. Va.
Huelster, Rev. Anton, Barrington, 111.
Hughes, Miss Mary, Brunswick, Neb.
Hulbert, Rev. G. A.. Omaha, Neb.
Hullinger, Rev. Frank W., Colorado City, Colo.
Hyslop, Rev. James, Lebanon, Mo.
'"Isaacs, Rev. Lot M., Orwell, Vt.
James, Rev. H. P., No. Yakima, Wash. Jepberson, Mr. G. A., Providence. R. I. Jergensen, Rev. Theodore, Strool, S. D. Johnson, Mr Nicholas L , Batavia, 111. Johnson, Rev. P. Adelstein, Grinnell,
Iowa. Jones, Rev. Frank, Gladstone, Mich. Jones, Rev. John Lewis. lone, Oregon. Jones, Rev. J. Myrddin, Mahanoy City,
Penn. Jones, Rev. Thomas J , Granville (Wash.
Co.), N. Y.
Kedzie, Rev. William R., St. Johns, Mich. Keedy, Rev. John L., North Andover,
Mass. Keith, Mrs. Rufus P., Campello, Mass. Kelley, Rev. Samuel E., Allegan, Mich. Kelly, Rev. J. J.. Ripon, Cal. Kenady, Mr. E. H.. Drake, N. D. King, Pres. H. C, Oberlin, Ohio. Kingsley, Rev. H. M., Talladega, Ala. Kiplinger, Rev. Orville L., Mansfield, O. Kirkham, Mr. J. Stuart, Springfield, Mass. Kodaira, Rev. Kunio, San Francisco, Cal.
Lacey, Rev. A, T., Endeavor, Wis. Ladd, Rev. Percy C, Moline, 111.
Lanham, Rev. E. W., Wessington Springs,
S D. Lathrop, Mr. H. C, Willimantic, Conn. Leavitt, Hon. Roger, Cedar Falls, la. Leeds, Rev. Paul, Kinder. La. Lesher, Rev. Everett, Minneapolis, Minn. Lewis. Rev. E. E., Haddam, Conn. Lewis, Rev. George H., Forman, N. D. Lininger, Rev. H Ellis, Loomis, Neb. Locke, Rev. R. J., Grand Rapids, Wis. Lockwood, Arthur J., Glen Ridge, N, J. Loomis, Mr. A.. Redfield, S. D. Lougee, Mr. Willis E., Candia, N. H. Lucas, Rev. Burton A., Windsor, Vt. Lu'nsford, Rev. C. P.. Hackleburg, Ala.
Maier, Rev. Henry W., New Britain,
Conn. Martin, Rev. B. F., Marshalltown, la. Mason, Rev. Charles E., Mountain Home.
Ida. Matthews, Rev. Godfrey, Ipswich, S. D. Maurer, Rev. Irving, Northampton, Mass. Maurer, Rev. Oscar E., New Haven, Conn. McClain, Rev. John E., Independence,
Kan<<. McClelland, Rev. A. Lincoln, Rosendale,
Wis. •'McClelland, Rev. Thomas, Galesburg, 111., McCoU, Rev. Ray J., Ashtabula. O. McKeeman, Rev. James A., Medford,
Okla. McMillan, Mr. Wm. W., Duluth. Minn. Merriam, Rev. Charles W., Grand Rapids,
Mich. Merrill, Rev. George P., Minneapolis.
Minn. "Merrithew, Rev. Frank, Springfield, 111. Metcalf, Rev. Arthur, Webster City, la. Metzger. Rev. Eraser, Randolph, Vt. Milligan, Rev. H F., Dubuque, Iowa. Mills, Rev. Charles S., Montclair, N. J. Mills, Rev. George S . Bennington. Vt. Mills, Mrs. N. W., Cleveland. O. Mills, Mr. William W., Marietta, Ohio. Milne. Rev. William B., Clifton. 111. Minchen, Rev. W. J , Mason City, la. Miner, Rev. H. A., Madi.son, Wis. Moncal, Rev. A. J., Holdingford. Minn. Moore, Rev. Frank L., Denver, Colo. Morgan, Rev. Walter A., Dover, N. H. Morris, Rev. O. Lloyd, Ypsilanti, Mich. Mose,^, Rev. Albert C, Portland, Ore. Moses, Mr. E. R.. Great Bend, Kans. Myers. Rev. Chas. Haven, Chattanooga,
Tenn. Myers, Jr., Rev. Harry W.. Philadelphia,
Pa. Myers. Rev. J. C, Peoria, 111.
Nadal. Pres. Thomas W.. Olivet, Mich. Nash, Pres. G. W.. Bellingham. Wash. Nichols, Rev. J. G.. South Hadley, Masa. North, Rev. W. H.. Billings. Mont. Norton. Rev. Stephen A.. W^oburn, Mass. Noyes, Rev. Edward M., Newton Centre, Mass.
Olden, Rev. J. C, Meridian, Miss. Ollis, Rev. F. W., Cheboygan. Mich.
Palmer, Rev Willard H., Wilton, Maine. Papazian. Rev. Manasseh G., Fresno, Cal. Parker, Mr. W. C, New Bedford, Mass. Parr, Rev. H. E., Waterloo. Iowa. Parsons, Rev. St. Clair Greenville, Mich. Partch, Rev. L. C. Columbus. Wis. "Paul, Rev. Ralph W , Romeo, Mich. Peabody. Rev. H. E.. Appleton, Wia.
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Peet. M R. C, Capt. Edward W., Fort
Benjamin Harrison, Ind. Phillips, Rev. C. H., Jamestown, N. D. Pierson, Mr. J. W. S., Stanton. Mich. "Pitman. Rev. H. H.. RoUo. 111. Piatt, Mr. Frederick G., New Britain,
Conn. Plummer. Col. E. C, Bath, Maine. Porter, Rev. Robert. St Joseph, Mo. Pratt. Rev. A. P., Greenfield, Mass. Pratt, Rev. Dwight M., Housatonic, Mass. Preston, Rev. Bryant C. Palo Alto, Cal. Proctor, Rev. H. H., Atlanta, Ga.
Raymond, Rev. C. R., Brooklyn, N. Y.
Read, Rev. J. L., Franklin, Neb.
Reed, Rev. Lewis T., Brooklyn. N. Y.
Reynolds, Rev. Lauriston, Belle Fourche, S. D. «Rice, Rev. A. R., Waverly, la. *'Rice, Rev. John H. J., Emporia, Kans.
Richert. Rev Cornelius, Fresno, Cal.
Riley, Rev. ChaHc.« A., Brier Hill, N. Y.
Rising. Mr. R. S., Ainsworth, Neb.
Roberts. Rev. Arthur B., Antiooh. Cal.
Robinson, Rev. O. L., Madison, Wis.
Rogers, Rev. Charles T., Thorsby, Ala.
Ross, Rev. Hugh G., Seattle, Wash.
Rouse, Rev F. T.. ^Iadison, Wis.
Ruegg, Rev. S. G., Menasha, Wis.
Rundin, Rev. Walter C, Mitchell, Neb.
Russell, Rev. H. H., WesterviUe, Ohio.
Sargent, Rev. James B., Northfield, Vt.
Sawyer, Mr. Joseph A., Owatonna, Minn.
Scott, Mr. E. H., Chicago, 111.
Peri, Rev. E. W. River Falls, Wis. ♦'Seymour, Mr. L. K., Pavson, 111.
Shaw, Rev. E. S . Minot, N. D.,
Shaw. Mr. William, Ballard Vale, Mass.
Sheldon, Rev. Charles M., Topeka, Kans. ♦•Sherman, Mr. John A., Worcester, Mass.
Shipherd, Rev. Theo. M., Milwaukee, Wis.
Shively, Rev. John L., Laconia. N. H.
Simnkin, Rev. Peter A., Salt Lake City, Utah.
Skerry. Rev. J. W., Trent. Wash.
Sloan Rev. Alexander. York Beach, Maine.
Smith Mr. Charles C , Exeter. Neb.
Smith Rev. Frank G , Kansas City. Mo. "Smith Rev H. F., West Medford, Mass.
Smith. Rev Jonathan G., Tomah, Wis.
Southall Mrs. George A., Marion. Ind.
Spalding, Rev. George B., Miami, Fla.
Spelman, Rev. F. O., Atlantic, la.
Spence Rov William H., Hinsdale, 111.
Spillers Rev A P., Albany, Ga
Stackman. Rev. Carl. Ottawa. 111.
Stapleton. Rev. John, South Norwalk, Conn.
Staub. Rev. J. J., Portland. Ore.
Stevens, Rev. A. O., Beloit, Wis.
Stevens, Rev. Wilmot E., Constantine, Mich.
Stillwell, Hon. Giles H., Syracu.se, N. Y. Stoddard, Mr. A. C, North Brookfield,
Ma.'^s. Stone, Mr. A., Morris, Minn. Stone, Mr. Arthur C, Chelsea, Mass. Stroup, Rev. C. A., Owatonna. Minn. Stuart, .Judge E. W.. Akron, O. Suckow, Rev. William J., Manchester, la. Sutherland. Rev. J. W.. Lansing, Mich. Sweney, Mr. Fred W., Washington, D. C.
Talcott, Mr. John G., Talcottville, Conn. Thaver, Rev. Lucius H., Portsmouth,
N. H. Thomas, Mr. John R., Scranton, Penn. Thorp, Rev. Charies N., Duluth, Minn. Thorp, Rev. Willard B.. San Diego, Cal. Tinker, Mr. J E.. Danville. Vt. Tobey. Rev. B. Frank, Ithaca, N. Y. Tompkins, Rev. Seeley K., Cincinnati,
Ohio. Torrens, Rev. D. J.. East Bloomfield, N.Y. Tower. Rev. C. E., Sioux City. la. Treat, Rev. J. C, Hudson, S. D. Trompen, Rev. J. N., .Aurora, Colo. Trosper. Rev. J. Madison, Evarts, Ky. Tucker, Mr. Herbert B.. Mattapan. Mass. Turner, Rev. Jonathan, Cadillac, Mich.
Van Horn, Rev. Francis J., Oakland, Cal. Van Keuren, Rev. Mailler O., Schenec- tady, N. Y. Veazie, Rev. Carl, Wallace, Ida.
Walcott, Rev. Philip C, Naugatuck,
Conn. Waldron, Rev. George B., Tampa, Fla. Walker, Rev. R. B., Sidney, Mont. Walters, Mr. Evan, Columbus, O. Warner. Mr. Edwin G., Brooklyn, N. Y. Warner, Mr. Ernest N., Madison, Wis. Webb, Rev. Henry W., ISucksport, Maine. Wells, Rev. Clavton B., Wichita. Kans. Welty. Mr. H. H.. Topeka. Kans. Weston, Jr., Mr. Thomas, Boston, Mass. Wetherbee, Mr. Herbert E., West Rindge,
N. H. Wbp"lock, Rev. Albert H., Needham,
White, liev. B. F.. Corpus Christi, Tex. Whitehead, Mr. Herbert L., Indianapolis,
Ind. Whiton, Dr. John M., Plainfield, N. Y. '"Williams, Rev. George, Newton, la. Wilson, Rev. Theodore H., Olivet, Mich. Woodbury. Mrs. Ida Vose, Boston, Mass. Woodruff, Rev. Watson, Lynn, Mass. Woodworth, Rev. Frank G., Somersworth,
N. H. Wright, Rev. Edwin F., Steamboat
Springs. Colo. Wyckoff, Rev. Herbert J., Norwich, Conn. Wyckoff. Rev. J. L. R., North Woodbury ,
Conn.
LIST OF SUBSTITUTE DELEGATES FOR COLUMBUS MEETING, 1917
{Primary delegates for whom substilutes served are indicated by correspond- ing numerals in alphabetical lists of delegates, pages 85-38.)
"Anderson, Rev. Asher, Randolph, Mass. "Bailey, Rev. Arthur W., South Hadley,
Mass. "Bridginan, Rev. Howard A., Boston, Mass.
'Clark, Rev. John L., Brooklyn. N. Y. isDavies, Rev. J. W. F., Winnetka, 111.
*Dav, Madame Warren F., Los Angeles,
Cal. "Dobbs, Rev. John F., Maiden, Mass. '^Gammons, Rev. R. W., Chicago, 111.
<Goddard, Rev. Dwight, Ann Arbor, Mich. "Gregg, Rev. James E., Pittsfield, Mass. 2»Hacke, Rev. A. C, Grinnell, la. "Haig, Rev. T. P., Chicopee, Falls. Mass. »5Harmon, Rev. W. P., Niagara Falls, N. Y. "•Harned. Mrs. H. E., Cedar Rapids, la. <<Heaps, Rev. Allison R., Aurora, 111. 'oHiatt, Rev. C. W.. Peoria, 111,
*Hicks. Mrs. T. B., Los Angeles, CaL
'Hinman, Rev. Herbert L., Lincoln, Neb. "Isely, Miss M. Alice, Wichita. Kans.
'Isenhour, Mr. L. C, Salisbury, N. C. 39Jones. Rev. W. E., Fort Worth, Texas. *'Jones, Rev. Wm. Merton. Sterling, 111. **Kuykendall, Rev. J. D., Corning, la. "Leavitt, Rev. Ashley D.. Portland, Maine.
♦Lincoln, Rev. C. Arthur. Buffalo. N. Y. *sManavian, Rev. Garabed M., Worcester, Mass.
"McKinnon, Rev. Norman, Utica. N. Y. '2Mead. Mr. A. B.. Chicago. 111. 2Medlar. Rev. W. H.. Philadelphia. Pa.
•Miles, Rev. H. R.. New Haven. Conn.
'Moore. Rev. C. A., Bangor, Maine. '^Moore, Mrs. C. A., Bangur. Maine. "Moore, Miss Mary, St. Clair, Mich. »*Moore, Rev. Newton, Muscatine, la. "Moxon. Rev. Phihp S., Springfield, Mass. "Osborne, Rev. C. A., Chicago, 111. 360.sborne, Mrs. Naboth. Burlington, la. *8Pettijohn, Mr. Chas. F., Olathe, Kans. !"Pyle, Rev. H. L., Philadelphia, Pa. ^•'Queen. Mrs. C. N.. Deniorest, Ga. I'Ricker. Rev. A. E., Dallas, Texas. <'Sander.son, Rev. John P., Chicago. 111. ^'Simmons. Rev. R. Barclay. Shoreham, Vt . «Stock, Rev. Harry T., Chicago 111. "^Stocking. Rev. Jay T., Upper Montclair,
N.J. "Strong, Rev. Sydney, Seattle, Wash. siSwisher, Rev. Raymond P., De Kalb, 111.
'Thomas, Rev. J. Morriston, Chicago, 111. 2'Voorhees, Rev. John Brownlee, Hartford Conn.
•Wilkins, Rev. H. J., Anita, la. "White. Rev. Frank N., Chicago. 111. 2«Whiting, Mr. Ed.. Whiting. la. "Whiting. Mrs. Wijlard, Whiting, la.
* Primary delegate not designated.
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REPORT OF EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE
Eight meetings have been held during the biennium. In the endeavor to cooperate helpfully with other agencies, consideration has been given not only to departments of work directly under the care of the Executive Committee but also to several to which it is indirectly related. This has necessitated extended sessions ranging from a half day to the larger part of two days. The business considered has in the main come before the Committee upon report of seven sub-committees known as Auditing, Year-Book, Publica- tions, Council Agencies, Polity, Council Program and Council Arrangements. Special committees have been assigned matters not covered by the above. The members of the Committee have been advised month by month through the reports of the Secretary concerning the progress of matters centering in the Council office.
The Committee greatly regrets to report that two members other than those whose terms expire with this session are obhged to ask to be released at this time. Mr. D. M. Ferry, Jr., of Detroit, has undertaken to serve the government in important matters connected with the war, and is unable to continue upon the Committee, and Dr. R. H. Potter, whose resignation was tendered the Committee at the time he was elected President of the Home Missionary Society, now feels that he must insist upon its acceptance.
Office Organization
The organization of the Council office has gone through a rapid process of development. The material increase of its business, incident to the wider range of duties assumed by the Council under its present Constitution, has been further augmented by taking on the Tercentenary tasks described in a later section of this report. Pursuant to the plan laid before the last Council, an Assistant to the Secretary was secured in December, 1915, in the person of Rev. Oscar E.
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Harris of Mansfield, Ohio. He has been given entire charge of the internal affairs of the office, has conducted many of its lines of correspondence, edited the Year-Book, and taken the oversight of the Council treasury, thus relieving the treasurer of all matters of detail. Mr. Harris came to his new duties, not only with a thorough training for ministerial service and an acquaintance with denominational affairs, but also with business experience and a natural aptitude for executive duties. He has from the beginning of his engage- ment been of marked service to the Council along all lines of orderly method and sound procedure. The Secretary has bee.n able to place in his hands successive items of responsi- bihty, thus releasing his own time and strength for service not possible to delegate to others.
Finances
The detailed reports of the treasurer for the years 1915 and 1916 are before you in printed form. These have been put, not in the technical terms of a bookkeeper's balance sheet, but so far as possible in descriptive detail, so that the meaning of each item may be quickly caught by those not familiar with the Council's business. The treasurer will also place before you a statement of Council finances for the nine months ending September 30, 1917.
The last report of your Committee contained the following paragraph :
" Your Committee has every reason to expect that the fundamentally necessary features of the Council's work can be carried forward for the coming biennium on the proceeds of the four cents per capita contribu- tion now asked for."
This forecast has proven correct as far as the stated obli- gations of the Council are concerned. It happened, however, that before the biennium was far advanced, an emergency situation arose whose financial demands have had marked bearing upon the situat;^^. The Commission on Missions, after conference with "**"^!r agernies, became strongly per- suaded that it was its d^^^ , acting under the general instruc- vo
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tions of the Council, to project a comprehensive Tercentenary Program. The Executive Committee found itself in agree- ment with this judgment. As there were no other denomina- tional funds available for the purpose, the Committee beheved that it would rightfully meet the discretionary responsibility with which it is entrusted bj'- appropriating such amounts as might be needed up to the extreme limit of safety. This was done and special expenditures incurred for travel, printing, postage, clerical work, etc., during the period between June, 1916, and May, 1917, of about $6,000. This not only ex- hausted the small surplus in the treasury but necessitated securing a loan of $2,000. Coincident with the period of this expenditure, the denominational mission boards assumed the salary and expenses of Rev. W. W. Scudder, D.D., as Associate to the Council Secretary in promoting the Tercentenary Program. Dr. Scudder has specialized on the apportionment plan, missionary finance and education.
With the beginning of 1917 the demands of the Tercentenary Program were so far developed and its value to the denomi- nation and the Kingdom so assured that the Committee felt warranted in asking a limited list of individual donors to underwrite its cost. The shadow of impending war was at that time upon us, making it difficult to secure funds. But generous responses were received from a considerable number in the form of pledges running over a four-year period. On account of these pledges, the sum of $4,607.50 has been paid into the Council treasury. This amount, with deferred in- stalments, will enable us to meet the miscellaneous expenses incident to pushing the Program between now and 1920. The Committee has submitted to the mission boards the query whether they will deem it advisable to carry Dr. Scud- der's salary and traveling expenses for another year and has received an affirmative response. It is a matter of regret to the Committee that it has not been found possible to relieve the missionary agencies of this expense. It believes, however, that no item of the budget for promotion annually assumed by them will yield larger returns than this.
The Council will readily see frf^.'^^^-he above statement the nature of the problem wh*?h conl""""its its treasury. On the present basis of income, it will be noerssary to exercise stringent
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economy and to carry for the present a small loan. While there is every reason to believe that under such procedure the main features of the Council's business can be adequately cared for and the balance ultimately restored to the right side of the ledger, it will mean curtailment at certain points, par- ticularly in the matter of meetings and activities of Council Commissions. What plan, therefore, ought to be followed?
The simplest plan would be to increase the present per capita levy from four cents to five. It is beheved that a large part of our fellowship would approve such a change. The seven thousand dollars thus secured would meet the group of needs just named and restore a working balance to the Council treasury. The Committee, however, after careful review of the whole case, is not inclined to recommend this course. In reaching this decision, it is not in any sense in- fluenced by the idea that such an increase would place an excessive or unjustifiable burden upon our membership. Five cents a year is certainly not a large sum to pay for the privilege of counting oneself a part of our national Congregational fellowship. Probably no other denomination of importance conducts its affairs upon the basis of so small a contribution. But we are in the midst of exacting demands, pubhc and private. Every retrenchment at all justifiable should be made. Servants of the denomination should be willing to use an exceptional amount of effort and to incur unusual anxieties in the endeavor to escape expansion of expense. This, your Committee is wilKng to do. It cannot undertake to work miracles. But it is prepared to use its best endeavor to care for the Council's business on the present basis of income and, if possible, to come up to the next Council with a small balance in the treasury.
In this connection something should be said concerning the sources of the Council's income. The collection and pay- ment of the four cents per capita asked for is everywhere undertaken by state conferences. In some cases they deal directly with the local churches. In others this is done by District Associations. Without exception state officials have shown a cordial spirit of cooperation and the Council office is indebted to them for generous labor and abundant courtesy. During the past year extended correspondence has been carried
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on with many of them in the effort to get the method of accounting on a uniform basis as between the state offices and the national office. For technical reasons, related to the time of state meeting, method of collection, etc., this has not been an easy thing to secure, but gratifying progress has been made. As a memorandum for those having official relation to the matter, it may be stated that the plan toward which we are working is that of submitting to the Conference offices each January a statement of indebtedness for the year then beginning. This statement is based upon the gross member- ship figures of the Year-Book then in print, that is to say, the figures of one year earlier. State offices are requested to transmit statements on the same basis to local churches, their payments being due within the bounds of the calendar year.
Despite the efforts of national and state officers, the pay- ments year by year have always fallen short of the normal total. Thus in 1914 $24,217.58 were received as against $30,007.72 due. In 1915 $28,109.81 were received as against $30,527.28. In 1916 $25,790.28 as against $31,216.56. It will, therefore, readily be seen that the embarrassment which confronts the Council treasury would at once disappear if the total resources assigned it were available. It should not be hastily assumed that these unpaid amounts represent wilful disregard of the obligations of fellowship or carelessness of an exceptional type. It must be borne in mind that a con- siderable number of churches are in everything but name extinct. They are in no condition to meet any feature of their obligations. In a few states the securing of the per capita payments has been handicapped by lack of system or a defective system. It is believed that practically everywhere steps are being taken to make the requests sent the churches definite in nature and of such form as to secure their attention. Moreover an increasing number of states are handUng the matter as a state obligation irrespective of the response or lack of response on the part of this or that church.
The Year-Book
No radical changes in the form of the Year-Book have been made during the biennium. Some rearrangement in the order of material has, it is believed, increased the value of the
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volume. Improvements in the method of collecting, collating and checking statistics have added to its accuracy. Some residuum of error remains and must remain in any volume containing hundreds of thousands of statistical items.
It has long been felt that the value of the Year-Book would be much greater if issued not later than May 1st, so that it might be in the hands of those attending spring conferences. As the result of painstaking planning and unstinted labor, this goal was reached for the current year. The record thus set can be maintained only as similar promptness is shown by the churches in transmitting their reports. The date can be moved toward the beginning of the year in the degree that the churches, with substantial unanimity, fix upon an earlier date of transmission.
Some increase of cost has attended the attainment of an earlier issue. A good part of the manufacture has had to be done under " rush " conditions. A somewhat ampler clerical force, too, has been necessary. The Committee believes that it rightly interprets the mind of the churches in judging that the superior value of an early issue warrants the small ad- dition to the cost. Next year's volume will, as heretofore, be produced by The Pilgrim Press. Paper contracts on the old basis having expired, we shall be obliged to pay the ad- ditional sum required by present inflated prices.
The Year-Book has been sent, as in the past, to all Congre- gational ministers and to church clerks who request the same, on a blank forwarded for that purpose. So far as the Committee is aware, this plan is generally regarded satis- factory. It involves an issue of about 10,000 copies yearly*
It appears desirable that for the future the statistical tables shall recognize the highly important work of the Woman's Home Missionary Federation. This necessitates the insertion of an additional column throughout the state schedules. As the page is already full, some column now inserted must be omitted. Shall it be the column headed " men's organiza- tions" or "salaries" or "endowments" or "debts"? All these suggestions have been made. The Committee and the editor will welcome instructions if the Council desires to issue them.
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Minutes op the Council
Your Committee submitted to the last Council its judg- ment that the bound volume of Council proceedings, ad- dresses, etc., should be sent free to delegates, national and state denominational executives and to pastors upon request. It has reviewed the matter freshly in the light of the experi- ence of the biennium and believes it wise to continue the cus- tom thus inaugurated. While there would be educational value in a wider circulation, it appears that the major part of such value will be attained by furnishing the Minutes gratis to those whose duties patently call for use of the volume and to ministers whose need of it prompts a postal- card request. That the size of the edition may be determined at once, all requests should be sent to National Council office not later than November 1st. The present excessive cost of printing compels restriction at every point where serious loss will not result.
Council Meeting
Under instructions given in 1915 the Committee canvassed with care the proposal to hold the 1917 meeting in the summer rather than at the usual fall date and decided in favor of that course. The development of plans for the meeting appeared to confirm the wisdom of the decision. Much interest was shown in all quarters of the country and there was every prospect of an exceptionally large attendance at Los Angeles. With the declaration of war, however, it speedily became evident that it would be very difficult to carry out the plan of meeting at a point so distant from the numerical center of the denomination. The Committee sought the advice of as many of our constituency as could be consulted in a brief time and reached the conclusion that the Hkehhood of a meager attendance was so great as to demand that it assume the responsibility of canceling the arrangement. A statement was issued through the denominational press describing the situation as it appeared to your Committee.
In this connection it should be said that pursuant to in- structions inquiry has been made as to the judgment of state Conference Boards of Directors concerning a possible change of the regular time of meeting from October to May. In
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only one or two cases was the opinion expressed that such change would be of advantage. Your Committee is obHged, therefore, to believe that the present date is satisfactory to the great majority of the churches. If the Council shares this view and if, therefore, we are to continue indefinitely the custom of meeting in the fall, it would appear desirable to raise with state organizations now holding a fall session the question of shifting to the spring in the interest of both the state and national gatherings.
This year's meeting of the Council has been scheduled for eight days, as was the meeting of 1915. The Committee finds it exceedingly difficult to make adequate provision within this period for presenting all our national and international inter- ests. It believes there would be wisdom in considering whether we ought not to return to the former custom of a nine-days meeting. It does not feel warranted at the present time in offering a recommendation upon the point, but would ask that members of the Council give the subject fresh con- sideration with reference to possible action.
Circulation of Printed Matter
The Council office has continued to issue during the bi- ennium, pamphlets and handbooks for the use of the churches. Leaving out of account Tercentenary pubUcations, which will be reported by the Commission on Missions, this printed matter has consisted of some twenty issues, dealing mainly with various aspects of local church work. Some hundreds of thousands of copies have been circulated, and it is believed that something has been accomplished in helping the churches to make use of effective methods of prosecuting their task. The possibilities of the field have, however, barely been touched. What is needed is a thorough exploration of the whole area of practical church life and the production of standardized manuals and smaller pamphlets covering its varied problems and needs. This will call for an amount of time and money not at present available. It is hoped, how- ever, that steady progress can be made in the immediate future. An arrangement has been effected by which this im- portant subject will be handled by The Pilgrim Press, the
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Council office cooperating under plans which permit entire freedom of action of both parties but which will, it is believed, result after a series of years in the assumption of full responsi- bility by The Pilgrim Press for responding to every require- ment of the churches which can be met by the printed page. A.11 will agree that this is the normal order. Your Committee is steadily endeavoring to aid in bringing it about.
The printed matter furnished by the Council's office has, for the most part, been furnished without charge. While this practice appears wise as a present poHcy, your Committee doubts whether it should be indefinitely continued. The natural way of meeting any concrete item of expense, not com- mon to the entire body, is that the individual or organization profiting by it shall make suitable payment therefor. This is a rule peculiarly applicable to printed matter and ultimately should be put in force.
Council Membership
The Council Office has of necessity dealt constantly with questions relating to Council membership. The conditions of membership in the National Council are defined by Article III of the Constitution, By-Law XVIII, and certain resolutions adopted at the Kansas City meeting of 1913. While in their main features the rules thus created are clear and adequate, it has been found that in certain minor respects they need to be supplemented. Considerable debate and confusion have arisen as to the choice of persons not members of the appointing body, the tenure of office in the case of persons thus chosen, the right of a state conference to provide for filhng vacancies in the delegations of District Associations within its bounds, etc.
To obviate this confusion, slight verbal changes in the wording of the Constitution and the addition of certain By- Laws will suffice.
While it is highly important to secure stability and con- tinuity in the membership of the Council, care must also be given to maintaining its democratic quality by making rules as flexible as possible. With these things in mind as well as the specific questions which have arisen in the two bienniums just ended, your Committee recommends the repeal of the
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"Interpretations" adopted by the Council of 1913 and found on page 355 of the Minutes of that body. It also recommends the adoption of the following By-Laws numbered as indicated:
XIX
While removal from the bounds of the appointing body causes forfeiture of membership in the Council, this fact shall not be construed as forbidding the election of non-residents by any appointing body.
XX
Each appointing body may, at its discretion, desig- nate the method of filling vacancies in its delegation. Unless other method has been adopted, the Council will recognize such substitutes from Conference or • Association as may be designated by the remaining delegates from such Conference or Association or (in the absence of such designation) by the total delegation from within the bounds of the state concerned, these substitutes to be certified to the Credentials Com- mittee by certificate of a Chairman chosen by such delegates.
XXI
Persons designated to fill vacancies under By-Law XX shall continue in office only for the meeting of the Council for which the designation is made.
XXII
Any alternate, specifically designated by an appoint- ing body, who may be present and seated at any Coun- cil meeting in the absence of his principal, becomes the regular delegate of that body, displacing the principal first appointed.
If the proposed By-Laws meet approval it will be necessary to make certain changes in the Constitution. In order that the matter might come before the present Council in proper technical form, the Committee has requested one of the state conferences, meeting in the fall, to consider the necessary changes and if deemed desirable to request that they be
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made. The following recommendations, if approved by such conference, will, therefore, come before you in due form,
1. That Section 4 of Article III of the Constituti on be repealed.
2. That for the first paragraph of Section 5, Article III, ending with the words " shall be four years," there be substituted the following: — " The term of delegates shall be four years. Elections to fill vacancies shall be for the remainder of the unexpired term."
It is also recommended that Section 2 of Article III of the Constitution relating to Honorary Members be amended by inserting after the word " service " in the eighth line the words " persons appointed by national missionary boards as corporate members, executive officials of such boards whose scope of responsibility is coextensive with the nation."
Expenses of Delegates
The Council of 1915 directed the Executive Committee to consider the question of devising means to pay expenses of delegates attending National Council meetings.
At intervals, during the entire period since the Council was organized in 1871, this subject has been discussed. The usual tendency has been to refer the matter to state or dis- trict bodies, asking them to pay the expenses of their repre- sentatives. Inquiry reveals the fact that considerable action along that line has been taken but there seems no likelihood that the end in view will ever be compassed by that method. It is probably felt to be illogical as well as difficult for the local bodies to handle the matter. Since the Council is a national affair, the general judgment seems to be that the expenses ought to be nationally met. Now that the Council has assumed important administrative obligations there has been a marked increase of the demand for some sort of a solution of this question. As things now stand, attendance at the Council is largely Hmited to those having some surplus income, plus others who have less resources but who live near by, together with a certain number who are willing to make heavy sacrifices in order to be present.
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None of the independently organized bodies, such as the Baptists or the Disciples, pay the expenses of delegates, so far as is known. The Presbyterians pay the entire cost of attendance of the large body known as the General Assembly which meets every year. The Methodists pay the expenses of delegates to their quadrennial conference. The effect of such payment in the case of the Presbyterians and Methodists has been, of course, to secure the presence of a very full delegation. This is undoubtedly wholly advantageous. On the other hand, it is fair to doubt whether a membership thus obtained expresses the same amount of interest in matters at stake as could be secured under another system.
Judgment will naturally divide as to what is fair and de- sirable in this matter. It is easy to argue that a denomina- tion has no right to ask for expenditure of time and thought from those who care for its affairs and then in addition to expect them to pay all or part of the cost of attendance. On the other hand, it seems to be possible to argue with similar force that attendance upon a national meeting is not merely a duty but a privilege and that there is no impropriety in giving delegates the opportunity to pay at least a portion of the cost, since along with the discharge of their duty they meet old friends and make new ones, enjoy an inspiring meeting and incidentally see a good deal of the country. Nor does it appear without force to say that service which represents definite personal sacrifice is likely to have a certain value not to be found in service whose cost is met by others.
It would appear, therefore, that a wise and equitable plan might be devised by which, under certain uniform regulations, the railway fare of the delegates attending the Council should be reduced to a certain maximum, or by which under a sliding scale of percentages part of the cost should be met, dependent on the distance from the place of meeting.
A recent study was made as to the number of miles which would need to be traveled by a body of delegates equal to that which met at New Haven in case the meeting was held in Chicago. The plan followed was to measure a straight fine from the middle of each state to Chicago, then to multiply this distance by the scale of the map, then by two to get mileage for round trip, and this by the number of delegates
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from the state. The result obtained was 877,108. Inasmuch as railroads do not run in straight lines, it is safe to say that 10% should be added to this in order to get an approximate total of the miles of travel involved. This would give 964,818. At 2:^c. a mile the cost of traveling the distance named would be $21,708.40. This estimate is, of course, a very rough one, but inasmuch as in many parts of the country ministers ride at half fare, and since for long-distance trips the rate is some- times less than 2-^c., it is probable that the total suggested is too high rather than too low. If the Council were to decide that it could appropriate $10,000 toward railway expenses, it would be able to pay, let us say, one third of all amounts between $5 and $25 and two thirds of amounts above $25, These percentages are, of course, simply given as suggestions of what is meant by the plan. The actual possibilities would have to be determined by careful computation. An appropria- tion of $10,000 for each meeting would mean an annual per capita tax of approximately three fourths of a cent per year on the total membership.
Council Commissions
The Executive Committee, by reason of its responsibility for the Council treasury, as well as by its endeavor to be of service to all agencies, has had frequent occasion to consider the subject of Council Commissions. There can be no ques- tion of the permanent importance of these bodies. Only through their study and under their guidance can the Council rightly relate itself to the various fields of its responsibility. Up to the present time, however, it has proven impossible for the Commissions, except the Commission on Missions, to meet the demands upon them in any adequate way. Their tasks, difficult at the best for busy men and women to dis- charge, are made impossible by their scattered membership and the prohibitory expenditure of time and money required for meetings.
As to number and size of Commissions, it appears to your Committee that the list of the last biennium should be con- tinued except that on Public Worship, which, in its last report, indicated its purpose to finish the cycle of forms upon which it has been at work for some years and to ask at this Council
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to be discontinued. The functions of the Commission on Religious and Moral Education and of the Commission on Social Service will be somewhat altered by the arrangement which centers the executive care of these interests in the Congregational Education Society. But they will have still an important function in an advisory capacity. The technical knowledge and wider relationship needed by this Society for the proper discharge of the duties coming under the two heads named cannot be secured save through the continuance of these Commissions.
It appears to your Committee that two Commissions may wisely be added to the existing number. One is a Commission on War Work. The events of current days have thrown into relief not only the moral quality of national interests, but also the profound and exacting responsibility of the Church of Christ for the shaping of those interests. In like way the three years past have revealed the intimacy of our concern for every manner of international problem. This Council has at the present time no agency definitely charged with the study of this great national and international field nor with leadership in the immediate and sacred duties which war conditions have thrust upon us. The Social Service Com- mission has acted with reference to many matters included in its bounds. To ask this Commission to continue in so doing and to cover the ground fully would be to assign it tasks much more burdensome than should be assumed by a single Commission.
The other is a Commission on Organization. Our Congre- gational fellowship throughout its history has been primarily concerned about ideals and spiritual values. It has neither occasion nor purpose to change this attitude. But recent years have brought to us a clearer perception of the advantages of simplified and fitting organization through which to labor for ideal ends. Large progress has been made toward such organization in national and state matters. Much less prog- ress has been made in the effective organization of local churches and district associations. There would be distinct advantage in designating a responsible agency to study the subject and to make suggestions looking toward more ade- quate ways of addressing ourselves to our total task. Certain
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questions which at the present time are assigned to the Execu- tive Committee but for whose proper care it has neither time nor special competency should be transferred to such a Com- mission. Among these are the conservation of church properties and the estabhshment of a system of pastoral supply bureaus.
Pastoral Supply Bureaus
Your Committee was instructed to make inquiry con- cerning the wisdom and feasibility of establishing a Bureau of Pastoral Supply at Chicago. Before stating the results of such inquiry, the existing situation must be briefly described. For many years the Massachusetts Conference with admirable enterprise maintained a Bureau located in Boston. Three years ago, in conference with the Council's Executive Com- mittee, plans were projected for making this Bureau a New England instead of a Massachusetts institution. These plans have been approved by all the New England Conferences and the plan is now in operation. The budget of the Bureau, amounting to something less than $5,000, is provided by a per capita contribution of one and a half cents from the New England membership plus the amount received by the Secretary for his personal service as pulpit supply and certain fees from ministers whom the Bureau serves. The arrange- ment is working satisfactorily and with constantly growing results. ■ Both in securing pastoral settlements and in fur- nishing temporary supphes, the Bureau is rendering an in- dispensable service. The New York Conference maintains a Bureau at small expense which renders valuable service to the self-supporting churches of the state.
In all other parts of the country, the State Superintendent constitutes in his own person a Bureau of Pastoral Supply. In states where the unified type of conference organization has been estabUshed, the Superintendent's aid is coming to be very generally sought by all the churches. In states where the Superintendent still has official relation only to home missions he renders a varying degree of service to the stronger churches, the amount depending on the personality of the Superintendent and various other factors.
It will thus be seen that we have a plan for the securing of
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pastoral settlements which in some sense covers the entire field. It has, however, grave defects.
1. In many states there is a lack of definition as to the Superintendent's responsibility in the matter. He cannot act effectively because his duty is not clear.
2. Because of varying and imperfectly defined methods in force, many of our churches fail to avail themselves of existing agencies of advice and thereby, not infrequently, are delayed in the settlement of pastors or make superfluous mistakes in choosing their leaders.
3. Our ministers are in good degree without such recognized and adequate agencies of advice and aid as are due the ministry of any denomination which seeks to meet the obligations of fellowship.
4. There is no adequate method in force by which those charged with promoting pastoral settlements share among themselves the information needful for the right discharge of their duty.
5. The state unit of operations is too small. For the proper adaptation of minister to church and church to minister, wide range in types of field and of gifts is needed. Somewhat paradoxically the small unit places too large a responsibility upon a single individual. He is deprived of that opportunity for conference with others having similar responsibilities which is essential for a task so delicate and important.
Your Committee is, therefore, persuaded on the one hand that our present plan is unsatisfactory and on the other hand that an adequate system of Bureaus of Pastoral Supply is greatly to be desired. This system ought to be national in character, its cost being borne by all alike and its benefits accessible to all alike. Only thus can the interchange of in- formation between Bureaus and the desirable correlation of their effort be secured.
Passing from this general proposition to details, it seems clear that as our denomination is now distributed, there ought, ideally, to be three such bureaus, located respectively at
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Boston, Chicago and San Francisco. The field of the first would be the New England and Middle States; of the second, the Central West and the South ; of the last, the states of the Mountains and the Coast.
From this point forward, difl&culties appear. They may be summarized as follows :
1. The expense of so extensive a system would be a somewhat formidable item, as measured by the standards which in such matters our denomination has been accustomed to apply. It is quite useless to estab- lish a Bureau unless it is put in charge of a thoroughly competent man. Sound judgment and high character are nowhere more imperatively needed. Moreover, the large area, which would necessarily be covered by each of the Bureaus suggested, would call for much travel on the part of the Secretary in order that he might have first-hand acquaintance with his constitu- ency and fellow workers. It would also call for an ofiice expense of reasonable dimensions. The three Bureaus could not be properly conducted for less than $16,000 per year. This would mean about two cents per capita from our gross membership.
2. It would presumably be felt by the churches lo- cated at a distance from the Bureau to which their territory should be assigned that the benefit they would receive would be exceedingly shght.
3. While the Boards of Directors of the states of the Central West, who have been consulted by your Committee, have with only one or two exceptions expressed the judgment that a bureau at Chicago would be a desirable thing, they have in every case stated that they could see no way to provide for its support.
Despite these difl5culties the Executive Committee does not believe that the Council should abandon the idea of such a national system of Pastoral Bureaus. It will therefore offer a recommendation looking toward further study of the subject.
1917] report of executive committee 109
Denominational Periodicals
The National Council of 1915 referred to the Executive Committee a memorial from the Illinois Conference con- cerning Congregational periodicals whose purport is indicated by the following paragraph :
"We, therefore, respectfully memorialize our National Council to give earnest and early attention to this im- portant matter and to take such steps as may seem wise to acquire and manage as a whole our weekly and monthly, national and state publications, with the object of presenting to our membership our denomi- national work in the large and as a complete and harmonious campaign for the great kingdom."
The Committee found itself entirely in agreement with the Council in its estimate of the importance of the subject. No single educational force has larger possibilities for the upbuilding of the denomination than its periodical output. Accordingly the Committee has given the subject prolonged study both in its regular meetings and through the work of sub-committees. The inquiry early narrowed itself to the relations between The Advance and The Congregationalist. While there are various other Congregational periodicals of a general nature, none of them has large bearing upon the end contemplated in the memorial. A possible exception may be found in The Pacific, which has continuously repre- sented Congregationalism on the Coast since 1849. Your Committee is advised that in connection with another sub- ject the Commission on Missions will bring before you a suggestion looking toward possible assumption of denomi- national responsibiUty for this