HONORARY MEMBERS.

OFFICERS AND APPOINTEES OF THE COUNCIL.

Registrar.

Rev. William H. Moore, Hartford, Conn. Provisional Committee. Rev. Edward P. Goodwin, D. D., Chicago, Ill.; Warren Currier, St. Louis, Mo.

Committee on Denominational Comity. Rev. David B. Coe, D. D., New York, N. Y.

To prepare Papers. - Rev. Constans L. Goodell, D. D., St. Louis, Mo.; Rev. Henry Clay Trumbull, Philadelphia, Penn.

DELEGATES FROM NATIONAL CONGREGATIONAL CHARITABLE SOCIE

TIES.

American Board of Commissioners for Foreign Missions. Rev. Edmund K. Alden, D. D., Boston, Mass.

American College and Education Society. Rev. Increase N. Tarbox, D. D., Boston, Mass.

American Congregational Union. - Austin Abbott, New York, N. Y.

American Home Missionary Society. Rev. Henry M. Storrs, D. D., New York, N. Y.

American Missionary Association. Rev. Michael E. Stricby, D. D., New York, N. Y.

DELEGATES FROM THEOLOGICAL SEMINARIES.

Andover. Rev. Egbert C. Smyth, D. D., Andover, Mass.
Hartford. -Thomas S. Childs, D. D., Hartford, Conn.
-Rev. Elijah P. Barrows, D. D., Oberlin, O.
Chicago. - Rev. George S. F. Savage, D. D., Chicago, Ill.

Oberlin.

DELEGATES FROM CORRESPONDING BODIES.

General Congregational Union of Ontario and Quebec. - Rev. Robert Hay, Forest, Ontario.

General Assembly of the Presbyterian Church in the United States of America. Rev. Arthur T. Pierson, D. D., Detroit, Mich. Reformed Church in North America. · Rev. Charles Scott, D. D.,

Mich.

General Synod of the Evangelical Lutheran Church. - Rev. F. W. Conrad, D. D., Philadelphia, Penn.

General Conference of the Methodist Episcopal Church. - Rev. John F. Hirst, D. D., Madison, N. J.

By Vote of the Council. Rev. W. Hickman Smith Aubrey, Secretary of Surrey Congregational Union, England.

Prayer was

The Moderator briefly addressed the Council. offered by Rev. Aaron L. Chapin, D. D., of Wisconsin. The hymn, "I love thy kingdom, Lord," was sung.

Welcome.

Rev. William T. Sprole, D. D., in behalf of the Congregational churches of Detroit, gave an address of welcome. The benediction was pronounced by Rev. Aaron L. Chapin, D. D., of Wisconsin; and at 12.30, a recess was taken till 2.30 P. M.

WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON, October. 17. The Council met at 2.30, and prayer was offered by Rev. Elias H. Richardson, D. D., of Connecticut.

Provisional Committee.

The Provisional Committee made a report, which was accepted. Their arrangements in regard to papers to be presented were approved; and it was

Voted, That their recommendation that more time be given for the next triennial session be referred to a committee.

Daily Order.

The following order for the daily sessions was adopted. Devotion from 8.30 till 9 A. M.; recess from 12.30 till 2.30, and from 5.30 till 7.30 P. M.; adjourn with singing or prayer at 9.30 P. M.

Fublishing Committee.

The Publishing Committee made a report,2 which was accepted.

Secretary, Registrar, Treasurer, and Auditor.

The Secretary made a report,3 which was accepted; and it was Voted, That a recommendation in it, relating to uniform statistics, be referred to a committee.

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The Treasurer made a report, containing a recommendation that the subject of raising money for the expenses of the Council be referred to a committee on finance. The report was accepted, and the recommendation adopted.

Rev. Alonzo H. Quint, D. D., of Massachusetts, was chosen Secretary; Rev. William H. Moore, of Connecticut, Registrar; • Page 87.

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Charles Demond, of Massachusetts, Treasurer; and Langdon S. Ward, of Massachusetts, Auditor.

Committees.

The following committees were appointed:

Publishing. The Secretary, Registrar, and Treasurer. On Uniform Statistics. - Rev. Alonzo H. Quint, D. D., of Massachusetts; Rev. Ezra H. Byington, of Maine; Rev. Parsons S. Pratt, of Vermont; Rev. William H. Moore, of Connecticut; Rev. James Deane, of New York; Rev. Thomas C. Edwards, of Pennsylvania; Rev. John G. Fraser, of Ohio; Rev. Martin K. Whittlesey, D. D., of Illinois.

On more Time for next Triennial Session. Hon. Warren Currier, of Missouri; Rev. Ezra H. Byington, of Maine; Rev. Henry M. Dexter, D. D., of Massachusetts; Rev. Israel W. Andrews, D. D., of Ohio; Dea. Eliphalet W. Blatchford, of Illinois.

On Finance. - Franklin Fairbanks, of Vermont; Dea. James Adams, of Massachusetts; Dea. William C. Crump, of Connecticut; Francis C. Sessions, of Ohio; William A. Talcott, of Illinois; Dea. Harlan W. Page, of Minnesota; Aaron Kimball, of Iowa.

Reports of Delegates to Corresponding Bodies.

Reports of delegates to corresponding bodies were made, from which it appeared that Rev. Joseph P. Thompson, D. D., and Hon. Henry P. Haven, attended the Congregational Union of England; Rev. Richard S. Storrs, D. D., and Rev. Samuel Wolcott, D. D., the General Assembly of the Presbyterian Church in the United States of America; Rev. Joseph E. Roy, D. D., the Associate Presbyterian Church of North America; Rev. Zachary Eddy, D. D., and Rev. George B. Bacon, D. D., the Reformed Church in America; Rev. George Chickering, D. D., and Rev. Edward S. Atwood, the United Brethren Moravian; Rev. A. Hastings Ross, the General Synod of the Evangelical Lutheran Church; Rev. Leonard Bacon, D. D., LL. D., by letter, and Rev. Jeremiah E. Rankin, D. D., in person, the General Conference of the Methodist Episcopal Church; and Rev. Thomas Laurie, D. D., the General Conference of Free-Will Baptist Churches.

The Bible in Public Schools. Committee.

A paper on the Bible in Public Schools,1 prepared by Rev. Theodore D. Woolsey, D. D., LL. D., of Connecticut, and read by

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Rev. Elias H. Richardson, D. D., of Connecticut, was referred to the following Committee: :

James B. Angell, LL. D., of Michigan; Rev. George F. Magoun, D. D., of Iowa; Rev. Egbert C. Smyth, D. D., of Massachu

setts.

Colleges and State Universities. Committee.

By consent of the Council, a resolution on Colleges and State Universities was presented. It was accepted, and referred to the following Committee :

Rev. Charles R. Palmer, of Connecticut; Rev. Richard Cordley, D. D., of Michigan; Rev. Richard Edwards, LL. D., of Illinois.

Credentials.

The Committee on Credentials made a report in part, which was accepted.

The Sabbath.

An overture from Grand River Conference, Ohio, on the Sabbath, was accepted; and it was referred to a committee.

The hymn," All hail the power of Jesus' name," was sung. Prayer was offered by Rev. Julian M. Sturtevant, Jr., of Iowa, and at 5.30, a recess was taken till 7.30 P. M.

WEDNESDAY EVENING, October 17.

The Council met at 7.30, and engaged in public worship, in which Rev. Edmund K. Alden, D. D., of Massachusetts, conducted the opening services, and Rev. Zachary Eddy, D. D., of Michigan, delivered a sermon1 from Hosea xiv, 5-7; after which, Rev. George L. Walker, D. D., of Vermont, offered prayer and pronounced the benediction.

At 9.30, the body adjourned till 8.30 A. м. Thursday.

THURSDAY MORNING, October 18. Devotion.

The Council met at 8.30, and spent half an hour in devotion,

led by Rev. Charles R. Palmer, of Connecticut.

At 9 o'clock, the Moderator took the chair, and prayer was offered by Rev. Moses Smith, of Michigan.

The minutes of Wednesday were revised and approved.

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The Sermon.

It was Voted, That the thanks of the Council be tendered to Rev. Zachary Eddy, D. D., for his able and timely sermon, and that he be requested to furnish a copy for publication with the minutes.'

Committee.

The following were appointed the Committee on the Overture on the Sabbath: Rev. A. J. F. Behrends, D. D., of Rhode Island; Rev. Stephen D. Peet, of Ohio; Rev. Azel W. Hazen, of Connecticut.

Disabled Ministers.

An overture from the General Conference of Ohio, on disabled ministers, was accepted; and it was

Voted, That it be referred to a committee.

Statements of National Congregational Charitable Societies. The National Congregational Charitable Societies made statements as follows:

The American Congregational Union,2 by Austin Abbott, of New York; the American College and Education Society,3 by Rev. Increase N. Tarbox, D. D., of Massachusetts; the Congregational Publishing Society,4 by Rev. John O. Means, D. D., of Massachusetts, after which the hymn, "Come, thou Almighty King," was sung; the American Missionary Association,5 by Rev. Michael E. Stricby, D. D., of New York; the American Home Missionary Society, by Rev. Henry M. Storrs, D. D., of New York; the American Board of Commissioners for Foreign Missions,7 by Rev. Edmund K. Alden, D. D., of Massachusetts.

It was Voted, That these several statements be referred to committees, - that of the Congregational Union to a committee of five.

Committees.

The following committees were appointed: -

On the Overture on Disabled Ministers. - Rev. Justin E. Twitchell, D. D., of Ohio; Rev. Cyrus W. Wallace, D. D., of New Hampshire; Dea. Eleazar Porter, of Massachusetts.

To nominate Delegates to Corresponding Bodies. - Rev. Julian M. Sturtevant, Jr., of Iowa; Rev. William H. Fenn, of Maine; Rev. Orpheus T. Lanphear, D. D., of Massachusetts; Rev. Joel J. Hough, of Connecticut; Rev. Martin K. Whittlesey, D. D., of Illinois.