COMMUNICATIONS SHOULD BE ADDRESSED: For the Chairman of Provisional Committee, Hon. HORACE FAIRBANKS, St. Johnsbury, Vt. For the Secretary, Rev. ALONZO H. QUINT, (P. O. in 1878) Dover, N. H. MINUTES. THE NATIONAL COUNCIL OF THE CONGREGATIONAL CHURCHES OF THE UNITED STATES convened for its third session, in the Second Congregational Church, Detroit, Michigan, at 11 A. M., Wednesday, October 17, 1877, and was called to order by Charles Demond, of Massachusetts, Chairman of the Provisional Committee, acting as temporary Moderator. The credentials of delegates were collected, and their names were read. Organization. From nominations without remark, Hon. William B. Washburn, LL. D., of Massachusetts, was chosen Moderator, and was conducted to the Chair by Hon. Nelson Dingley, Jr., of Maine, and Rev. Aaron L. Chapin, D. D., of Wisconsin; Rev. Aaron L. Chapin, D. D., of Wisconsin, and Dea. Charles G. Hammond, of Illinois, were chosen Assistant Moderators; and Rev. George Huntington, of Illinois, Rev. James Deane, of New York, and Rev. Charles II. Richards, of Wisconsin, were chosen Assistant Registrars. Committees. The following committees, nominated by the Moderator, were appointed: On Credentials. - Rev. George M. Boynton, of New Jersey ; Rev. Charles C. Salter, of Colorado; Charles A. Willard, of Wisconsin. On Business.- Charles Demond, of Massachusetts; Hon. Nelson Dingley, Jr., of Maine; Rev. George L. Walker, D. D., of Vermont; Rev. Augustus F. Beard, D. D., of New York; Rev. Israel W. Andrews, D. D., of Ohio; Dea. Eliphalet W. Blatchford, of Illinois; Rev. Peter McVickar, D. D., of Kansas. On Nominations. - Rev. Edward S. Atwood, of Massachusetts; Dea. John P. Newell, of New Hampshire; Rev. Edward Hungerford, of Connecticut; Rev. George T. Ladd, of Wisconsin; Rev. Delavan L. Leonard, of Minnesota; Rev. James H. Harwood, of Missouri. MEMBERS. The roll reported by the Committee on Credentials, when com pleted, was as follows: DELEGAT. S FROM STATE AND LOCAL BODIES OF CONGREGATIONAL CHURCHES: General Association. CALIFORNIA. Rev. Micah S. Croswell, Oakland; Rev. Charles H. Pope, Reno, Nevada; Galen M. Fisher, Oakland; Dea. Stephen S. Smith, San Francisco. General Conference. Rev. Joel J. Hough, Danbury; Rev. Samuel J. M. Merwin, Wilton; Rev. Elias H. Richardson, D. D., Hartford; Dea. William C. Crump, New London. Fairfield East Consociation. Rev. Charles Ray Palmer, Bridgeport. Fairfield South-West Conference. Dea. William A. Howe, Greenwich. Hartford Conference. Rev. Gowen C. Wilson, Windsor; Dea. Jabez H. Hayden, Windsor Locks. Hartford East Conference. - Dea. James B. Williams, Glastonbury. Hartford South Conference. Rev. William W. Woodworth, Berlin. Litchfield North-East Conference. - Dea. John Hinsdale, West Winsted. Litchfield North-West Conference. Rev. John F. Gleason, Norfolk. Lichfield South Conference. - Rev. Joseph W. Backus, Thomas ton. Middlesex Conference. Rev. Azel W. Hazen, Middletown. New Haven East Consociation. Rev. Elijah C. Baldwin, Branford. New Haven West Conference. Rev. Edward Hungerford, Mer iden; Rev. Frederick A. Noble, D. D., New Haven; Dea. George W. Beach, Waterbury; Dea. George W. Shelton, Birmingham. New London Conference. Rev. Leander T. Chamberlain, Norwich; Rev. Franklin E. Fellows, Bozrah. Tolland Conference. Dea. Charles D. Talcott, Talcottville. DAKOTA TERRITORY. Association. Rev. Charles Seccombe, Green Island, Nebraska. General Association. ILLINOIS. Rev. Albert Bushnell, Sterling; Rev. Alexander R. Thain, Galesburg; Dea. Charles G. Hammond, Chicago; William A. Talcott, Rockford. Aurora Association. Rev. Norman A. Prentiss, Aurora. -Rev. Richard Edwards, LL. D., Princeton. J. Vincent Willis, Chenoa. Central East Association. - Rev. William G. Pierce, Champaign. Central West Association. - Rev. Robert S. McCord, Toulon ; Prof. William L. Comstock, Galesburg. Chicago Association. Rev. George Huntington, Oak Park; Rev. Edward F. Williams, Chicago; Dea. Eliphalet W. Blatchford, Chicago. Elgin Association. Rev. John W. Bradshaw, Batavia; Rev. Francis J. Douglass, Genoa Junction, Wis.; Rev. Lathrop Taylor, Wheaton. Fox River Association. Rev. Edward Ebbs, Plainfield; Williamson Durley, Hennepin. Quincy Association. Rev. George H. Bailey, Griggsville; Charles W. Keyes, Quincy. Rockford Conference. - Rev. Frank P. Woodbury, Rockford. Southern Association. Rev. Charles W. Clapp, Waverley; Rev. Eli Corwin, D. D., Jacksonville; Rev. Martin K. Whittlesey, Jacksonville. D. D., IOWA. General Association.- Rev. George F. Magoun, D. D., Grinnell ; Dea. Charles P. Searle, Oskaloosa. Central Association. Rev. William Windsor, Marshalltown. Council Bluffs Association. - Rev. William M. Brooks, Tabor; Rev. Edward S. Hill, Atlantic; Rev. John Todd, Tabor. Davenport Association. - Rev. Oliver Emerson, Miles; Dea. James S. Conner, Davenport. Denmark Association. Rev. William Salter, D. D., Burlington; Charles Beardsley, Burlington. Des Moines River Association. Rev. James E. Snowden, Oskaloosa. Dubuque Association. - Rev. Ephraim Adams, Waterloo. Grinnell Association. Rev. Julian M. Sturtevant, Jr., Grinnell. Mitchell Association. - Harrison Gurley, New Hampton. North-Western Association.- Rev. Asa Countryman, Iowa Falls; Dea. Robert Wright, Iowa Falls. Sioux Association. General Association. - Rev. Fayette Hurd, Cherokee. KANSAS. Rev. Sylvester D. Storrs, Topeka. Central Association. Rev. Peter McVickar, D. D., Topeka; Rev. John Scotford, Louisville. Eastern Association. - Rev. Robert M. Tunnell, Wyandotte ; David J. Brewer, Leavenworth. Northern Association. Rev. Francis T. Ingalls, Atchison; Rev. James D. Liggett, Hiawatha. North-Western Association. - Rev. Samuel G. Wright, Brook Rev. Ezra H. Byington, Brunswick; Rev. Edward Y. Hincks, Portland; Nelson Dingley, Jr., Lewiston. Franklin Conference. — Rev. Uriah W. Small, Milton. Kennebec Conference. Dea. Simon Page, Hallowell. Oxford Conference. Rev. Arthur J. Benedict, Gorham, N. H. |