AT THE ELEVENTH SESSION, HELD IN PORTLAND, MAINE,

OCTOBER 12-17, 1901.

WITH THE REPORTS AND PAPERS.

BOSTON, MASS.:

UNDER DIRECTION OF THE NATIONAL COUNCIL,

BY THE PUBLISHING COMMITTEE.

1901.

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1901

NEXT MEETING-OFFICERS - COMMITTEES.

The twelfth triennial session of the National Council will be held in the city of Des Moines, Iowa, in October, 1904.

OFFICERS FOR THE SESSION OF 1901.

Moderator, Rev. AMORY H. BRADFORD, of New Jersey.

Assistant Moderators, Mr. WILLIAM H. STRONG, of Michigan, and
Rev. STEPHEN L. B. PENROSE, of Washington.

Secretary, Rev. Asher AndeRSON, of Massachusetts.

Registrar, Rev. JOEL S. IVES, of Connecticut.

Assistant Registrars, Rev. W. HERMAN HOPKINS, of New York, and
Rev. J. BRAINerd Thrall, of Massachusetts.

OFFICERS FOR 1901-1904.

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 appointed for the next three years:

Secretary, Rev. Asher Anderson, of Massachusetts.

Registrar, Rev. JOEL S. IVES, of Connecticut.

Treasurer, Rev. SAMUEL B. FORBES, of Connecticut.

Auditor, DAVID N. CAMP, of Connecticut.

COMMITTEES. — 1901–1904.

STANDING.

Provisional committee. Charles A. Hull, of New York; Rev. Amory Bradford, of New Jersey; Rev. Francis J. Van Horn, of Iowa; William H. Wanamaker, of Pennsylvania; Rev. Michael Burnham, of Missouri; E. H. Pitkin, of Illinois; Rev. Cyrus Richardson, of New Hampshire; Rev. Edward C. Moore, of Massachusetts; Rev. Asher Anderson,' of Massachusetts; Rev. Joel S. Ives,' of Connecticut; Rev. Samuel B. Forbes,' of Connecticut.

Trustees. - Edwin H. Baker, of Connecticut; H. Clark Ford, of Ohio; Rev. Elijah Horr, of Massachusetts; Rev. Thomas B. McLeod, of New York; Rev. George R. Merrill, of Minnesota; Robert Patton, of Illinois; Rev. Charles H. Richards, of Pennsylvania; Rev. Henry A. Stimson, o New York; William H. Strong, of Michigan; Lucien C. Warner, of New York; Arthur H. Wellman, of Massachusetts; Edward Whitin, of Massachusetts; also the moderator, secretary, and treasurer.

Publishing committee. - Thomas Todd and Rev. George A. Hood, of Massachusetts, and, ex-officiis, the registrar, secretary, and treasurer.

Congregational Exhibit, World's Fair, St. Louis, 1903. - Rev. Cornelius H. Patton, of Missouri; Rev. Morton Dexter, of Massachusetts; Rev. Charles M. Sheldon, of Kansas; Lucien C. Warner, of New York; Rev. William A. Waterman, of Indiana.

Enrichment of Worship — Rev. George R. Merrill, of Minnesota; J. W. Plat ner, of Massachusetts; Rev. Joseph H. Chandler, of Wisconsin; Prof. Waldo S. Pratt, of Connecticut; Rev. William B. Chamberlain, of Illinois.

Ter-centenary, Gainsborough. — Rev. George R. W. Scott, of Massachusetts. Manual.― Rev. Williston Walker, of Connecticut; Rev. Nehemiah Boynton, of Michigan; Rev. Frank L. Goodspeed, of Massachusetts.

Comity, jederation, and unity. - Rev. William Hayes Ward, of New York; R. E. Jenkins, of Illinois; Rev. Elias B. Sanford, of New York; Rev. William H. Warren, of Michigan; Rev. Arthur L. Gillett, of Connecticut; Rev. Michael Burnham, of Missouri; Rev. L. H. Cobb, of New York.

Ex officiis.

Resigned, Feb. 14, 1902.

8 Resigned, Jan. 14, 1902.

Elected by the Directors to fill vacancies, Feb. 11, 1902: Guilford Dudley, New York; John H. Perry, Connecticut.

Labor. Rev. Frank W. Merrick, of Massachusetts; Rev. Washin ton Gladden, of Ohio; Rev. William J. Tucker, of New Hampshire; Rev. David N. Beach, of Colorado; Rev. William A. Knight, of Massachusetts.

Deaconess Association of Chicago. Rev. Edward F. Williams, of Illinois; Henry M. Moore, of Massachusetts; Rev. George E. Hall, of New Hampshire. Expenses of delegates.— Rev. Charles E. Jefferson, of New York; Joseph W. Rice, of Rhode Island; Rev. Henry Hopkins, of Massachusetts; Rev. E. Payson Hood, of New York; Rev. John W. Bradshaw, of Ohio.

Better Sunday-school instruction. - Frank K. Sanders, of Connecticut; Rev. James A. Blaisdell, of Michigan; Henry A. King, of Massachusetts; Rev. Glenn A. Taylor, of Iowa; Samuel T. Dutton, of New York; Rev. Rockwell H. Potter. of Connecticut; George F. West, of Maine.

Church property. Rev. Irving W. Metcalf, of Ohio; Rev. Henry A. Stimson, of New York; H. Clark Ford, of Ohio.

Polygamy. Rev. Amory H. Bradford, of New Jersey; Rev. Asher Anderson, of Massachusetts.