TABLE OF CONTENTS.

ORRIS SANFORD FERRY. By Rev. John A. Hamilton, Norwalk, Conn..
CONFERENCE OF THE ELDERS OF MASSACHUSETTS WITH THE REV. ROBERT
LENTHAL, OF WEYMOUTH, HELD AT DORCHESTER, FEB. 10, 1639.
By J. Hammond Trumbull, LL. D., Hartford, Conn.

A CHURCH CREED: WHAT SHALL IT EMBRACE ? By Rev. William W.
Woodworth, Berlin, Conn..

OUGHT CONGREGATIONAL CHURCHES TO DISPENSE WITH PUBLIC ASSENT
TO THEIR CREEDS AS A PREREQUISITE TO MEMBERSHIP? By the
Editor

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219

232

249

261

AGRIPPA'S REPLY. By Francis Brown, Union Theological Seminary, New
York City

273

WATER AS A MIRROR OF THE WISDOM AND GOODNESS OF GOD. By Rev.
Myron A. Munson, Neponset, Boston

281

Ministers Installed,

342. — Ministers Dismissed, 343.—Ministers Married, 343.- Ministers Deceased, 343. — Ministers' Wives Deceased, 344.

CHANGES IN THE POST-OFFICE ADDRESS OF MINISTERS

THE AMERICAN CONGREGATIONAL UNION. Quarterly Statement.

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SELAH BURR TREAT. By Rev. Increase N. Tarbox, D. D., Boston

RITSCHL'S CRITICAL HISTORY OF THE DOCTRINE OF JUSTIFICATION. By
Rev. George F. Magoun, D. D., Grinnell, Iowa .

347

.

376

HARRIET MARTINEAU'S AUTOBIOGRAPHY AND MEMORIALS. By Frank Fox-
croft, Boston.

VITAL STATISTICS OF THE CONGREGATIONAL MINISTERS WHO DIED IN THE
YEAR 1876. By Rev. Henry A. Hazen, Billerica, Mass. .

CONGREGATIONAL NECROLOGY:

Rev. Moses McLellan Colburn

Mrs. Hannah Hatch (Tilden) Perkins

Mrs. Emily Porter (Pitkin) Whiton

Miss Lucy Angela Woodcock

LITERARY REVIEW

BOOKS RECEIVED

EDITOR'S TABLE

QUARTERLY RECORD:

Churches Formed, 457- - Ministers Ordained, 457. - Ministers Installed,

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457.- Ministers Dismissed, 458. — Ministers Married, 458. — Ministers

Deceased, 458.- Ministers' Wives Deceased, 458.

CHANGES IN THE POST OFFICE ADDRESS OF MINISTERS

393

407

431

431

432

433

435

448

451

AMERICAN CONGREGATIONAL ASSOCIATION

AMERICAN CONGREGATIONAL UNION.

Printed by ALFRED MUDGE & SON, 34 School Street, Boston.