Congregational Board of Ministerial Relief.

The following were chosen as the Board of Ministerial Relief: Rev. Henry A. Stimson, New York; Rev. Louis F. Berry, Connecticut; Rev. Asher Anderson, Massachusetts; Guilford Dudley, New York; H. Clark Ford, Ohio; Rev. George R. Merrill, Minnesota; Martin Welles, Connecticut; Rev. Charles H. Richards, New York; Lucien C. Warner, New York; Rev. Frank J. Goodwin, Washington, D. C.; Rev. Nehemiah Boynton, New York; Rev. Joseph H. Selden, Connecticut; B. H. Fancher, New York; Rev. Samuel L. Loomis, New Jersey; Rev. Ambrose W. Vernon, Massachusetts.

Ministerial Education.

Instead of Recommendation 3 of the report of the Committee on Ministerial Education, the following was adopted:

That the Council urge the Congregational Education Society to coöperate with the commission in all possible ways, and in particular to supply the funds required for the expert initiation and development of the work.

Religious Education.

President Frank K. Sanders reported in behalf of the Committee on Religious Education. The report was accepted and the recommendations adopted with the following addition to Resolution 6:

"It also authorizes its committee to promote in wise ways the active coöperation of all our available agencies and resources in religious education."

Rev. Benjamin S. Winchester, educational secretary of the Congregational Sunday-School and Publishing Society, was introduced to the Council and made a short address.

A recess was taken till afternoon.

THURSDAY AFTERNOON.

The moderator called the Council to order at 2 P.M.

Memorial Service.

An impressive memorial service was held in honor of Mrs. Julia Ward Howe. "Jerusalem, the golden," was sung, prayer offered by Rev. Stephen A. Norton, Massachusetts, and remarks were made by President George A. Gates, Tennessee, and Rev. William N. DeBerry, Massachusetts. Mr. Amos R. Wells, editor of the Christian Endeavor World, read his poem in memory of Julia Ward Howe.

Ministerial and Religious Education.

Rev. James G. Merrill, Massachusetts, for the committee to which was referred the allied reports of the committees on Ministerial Education and Religious Education and the memorials bearing the same, made the following report, which was adopted:

"We declare the conviction that the underlying principles of these two reports are vital in respect of the perpetuation of Congregationalism.

"Our faith and order from its very inception has put vast emphasis upon intelligent faith, to secure which makes an educated ministry a necessity.

"No finer witness to this fact can be found than the planting in its earliest hours by the founders of Congregationalism in America of Harvard College, dedicated to the equipment of a scholarly pulpit, and each added institution of learning in the long array of Congregational academies and colleges makes manifest this cardinal truth.

"But the ministry must be met by an intelligent church if its intellectual might is to be maintained. The rising and potent movement in the direction of religious education is an essential ally in this regard.

"In view of these principles, we recognize the remarkable ability of the reports of the committees appointed by the Cleveland Council to consider this most important matter. We also suggest to the Council that, after listening to the chairmen of the two committees, they recommend the measures which the report suggests, and, so far as is consistent in the direction of the end that Congregationalism may alike be worthy of its past and equal to the opportunities of the days before it, adopt them.”

Evangelistic Committee.

Rev. George L. Cady, Massachusetts, in behalf of the Evangelistic Committee made an address.

Minutes.

The registrar was authorized to prepare the Minutes of the Council for publication.

The Council adjourned to 7.30 P.M. At 4.30, after the adjournment, it was learned that President Marion L. Burton, Massachusetts, had arrived, and by request he gave an address on "The American College."

THURSDAY EVENING.

The Council was called to order by the moderator, and Rev. Arthur Little, Massachusetts, conducted worship.

Resolution of Thanks.

The following was adopted:

"One of the signal features of this meeting of the National Council and the large societies has been the promotion of friendship. A truer devotion to the Christian cause has been engendered, as in the daily intercourse attending to great things we have strengthened the fraternal ties. Recognizing the incalculable value of personal fellowship, we deeply appreciate the services of all who have contributed to the pleasure and profit of our stay. We heartily express our thanks to his Excellency Governor Draper, and to his Honor Mayor Fitzgerald, for the welcome afforded us on behalf of the Commonwealth and the Municipality; to the Boston press for its full and intelligent report of the session; to the Committee of Thirty for its admirable and complete arrangements; to all who under them have given their services in so many ways; to the people of the churches of Boston and vicinity for their generous hospitality; to the friends in Andover, Bradford, and Plymouth for the gracious receeption on the occasion of the pilgrimages to those historic towns; to those who have had in charge the very complex program which has moved with such remarkable smoothness; and to the Rev. Daniel W. Waldron for the gavel which has been used during the meetings.

Address.

President Marion L. Burton, Massachusetts, gave an address on "The Religious Education of Our Youth."

The choir rendered the anthem, "The heavens are telling."

Address.

The concluding address of the Council was given by Rev. W. Horace Day, California, on "The Supremacy of Jesus Christ."

Closing Exercises.

Final words were spoken by the moderator; "Jesus shall reign where'er the sun was sung; after which the Fourteenth Triennial Session of the National Council was declared dissolved, and the benediction was pronounced by the moderator.

JOEL S. IVES, Registrar.

LEON C. SCHNACKE,

NEHEMIAH BOYNTON, Moderator.

GEORGE T. MCCOLLUM,

Assistant Registrars.

OFFICERS.

The fifteenth triennial session of the National Council will be held in Kansas City, Mo., 1913.

OFFICERS FOR THE SESSION OF 1910.

Moderator, Rev. NEHEMIAH BOYNTON, New York.

Assistant Moderators, President CHARLES S. NASH, California.
Rev. ARTHUR H. SMITH, China.

Secretary, Rev. ASHER ANDERSON, Massachusetts.
Registrar and Treasurer, Rev. JOEL S. IVES, Connecticut.
Assistant Registrars, Rev. LEON C. SCHNACKE, Kansas.

Rev. GEORGE T. MCCOLLUM, Illinois.

OFFICERS FOR 1910-1913.

The moderators hold office until their successors are chosen; and the presiding moderator appoints a committee of nominations at the opening of the next session. The following officers and committees were elected for the next three years:

Secretary, Rev. ASHER ANDERSON, of Massachusetts.

Registrar and Treasurer, Rev. JOEL S. IVES, of Connecticut. Auditor, DAVID N. CAMP, of Connecticut.

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