HILKARY, Wired trudge + Sord. COMMITTEES OF THE ASSOCIATION, 1897-98. Provisional committee. - Revs. G. Glenn Atkins and Charles H. Watson; Levi̟ J. Gunn and F. A. Rugg, all of Greenfield; Rev. Francis J. Marsh, Boston. Publishing committee. - Rev. Henry A. Hazen, of Auburndale; Rev. Francis J. Marsh, of Boston; Wm. A. Paine, of Boston; Rev. Ezra H. Byington, of Newton; Rev. Ellis Mendell, of Jamaica Plain. Auditing committee.-H. N. Ackerman, of West Medford; Thomas Todd, of Concord; Rev. Howard A. Bridgman, of Boston. On Sunday observance. Rev. Ezra H. Byington, of Newton; Rev. Frank L. Goodspeed, of Springfield; Rev. Albert H. Plumb, of Boston; Henry M. Moore, of Somerville; Rev. Reuen Thomas, of Brookline. On gambling. -Arthur H. Wellman, of Malden; Gorman D. Gilman, of Newton; S. T. Field, of Shelburn Falls; Rev. Chas. H. Hamlin, of Easthampton; Rev. Chas. M. Southgate, of Auburndale; W. H. Emerson, of Cambridge; Rev. Edward M. Noyes, of Newton Centre; S. Homer Woodbridge, of Boston. On temperance. - Rev. Payson W. Lyman, of Fall River; Rev. Perley B. Davis, of Dorchester; Rev. Parris T. Farwell, of Wellesley Hills; Rev. F. Barrows Makepeace, of Springfield; Mrs. Mary H. Hunt, of Dorchester; Rev. Willis A. Hadley, of Lynn; Rev. Chas. L. Morgan, of Jamaica Plain. On labor organizations. · James G. Buttrick, of Lowell; Rev. Charles E. Jefferson, of Chelsea; Rev. Reuen Thomas, of Brookline; Rev. Albert W. Hitchcock, of Newburyport; Rev. William H. Allbright, of Dorchester; Rev. Charles L. Morgan, of Jamaica Plain; Rev. Jesse H. Jones, of North Abington; Rev. Parris T. Farwell, of Wellesley Hills; John H. Colby, of Boston. On the wider eirculation of religious literature. - Rev. F. Barrows Makepeace, of Springfield; Rev. William E. Barton, of Boston; Rev. Ellis Mendell, of Jamaica Plain. Members of Executive Committee of Massachusetts Home Missionary Society. Rev. Geo. H. Johnson, of Lowell; Thomas Todd, of Concord. On the nomination of candidates for the corporate membership of the American Board. Rev. Elijah Horr, of Brookline; Rev. Charles H. Daniels, of Newton; Rev. Henry E. Barnes, of North Andover; Rev. Charles B. Rice, of Danvers; G. Henry Whitcomb, of Worcester. On consolidation of missionary publications. Rev. Edward C. Ewing, of Danvers; Rev. John R. Thurston, of Whitinsville; Rev. E. Ellsworth Strong, of Auburndale; Rev. John E. Tuttle, of Worcester; William F. Whittemore, of Boston. On proposed amendment to Rule XV. - Rev. Warren P. Landers, of Middleton; Rev. Charles H. Beale, of Boston; Rev. Merle A. Breed, of Westboro; Rev. William E. Barton, of Boston; Rev. Charles E. Jefferson, of Chelsea. COMMITTEE ON THE WORK OF THE CHURCHES. Chairmen of Committees of Local Conferences. - Andover, Rev. E. W. Pride; Barnstable, Rev. Wm. C. Detling; Berkshire North, Rev. Alford B. Penniman; Berkshire South, Rev. Walter W. Curtis; Brookfield, Rev. Benson M. Frink; Essex North, Rev. John N. Lowell; Essex South, Rev. T. Frank Waters; Franklin, Rev. Edward P. Butler; Hampden, Rev. Henry C. Messerve; Hampshire, Rev. Robert M. Woods; Hampshire East, Rev. George E. Fisher; Mendon, Rev. Rufus K. Harlow; Middlesex South, Rev. Geo. A. Brock; Middlesex Union, Rev. George A. Tewksbury; Norfolk, Rev. Robert R. Kendall; Old Colony, Rev. William Carruthers; Pilgrim, Rev. Oscar F. Davis; Suffolk North, Rev. Albert Watson; Suffolk South, Rev. Wm. H. Bolster; Suffolk West, Rev. Charles E. Havens; Taunton, Rev. Elwin L. House; Woburn, Rev. Isaac Pearson; Worcester Central, Rev. Thomas E. Babb; Worcester North, Rev. Davis Foster; Worcester South, Rev. John R. Thurston. (Continued on opposite page.) Members at large until 1898. - Revs. Smith Baker, Charles H. Beale, Albert W. Moore, Alpheus C. Hodges: Russell L. Snow, Charles A. Denny. Until 1899. Revs. A. W. Archibald, S. G. Barnes, John D. Kingsbury, and Geo. R. Hewett; Preston B. Keith, Brockton, and W. G. Harding, Pittsfield. Until 1900. — - Rev. Joshua Coit, Rev. George W. Winch, Rev. Harry L. Brickett, Rev. George A. Tewksbury, Rev. T. Clayton Welles, Rev. Franklin S. Hatch, Thomas Weston, William Woodward, E. F. Morris. Members ex officio. - Revs. Henry A. Hazen and Francis J. Marsh. Meeting of 1898. Greenfield, Tuesday, May 17. Expenses. The treasurers of the conferences are requested to ask the churches to contribute, at the autumnal meetings, a sum equivalent to three and one half cents for each member, based upon the total membership of Jan. 1, 1897, and to forward the amount to William A Paine, 52 Devonshire Street, Boston, Mass. These amounts are nee led promptly, and it is specially requested that all dues be paid before Jan. 1, 1898. The number of members in each church will be found in the statistics of the churches in this pamphlet. OFFICERS OF THE GENERAL ASSOCIATION. (ELECTED FOR THREE YEARS EACH.) REV. HENRY A. HAZEN, Auburndale, secretary. From 1888. Re-elected 1897. REV. EUGENE C. WEBSTER, Neponset, assistant secretary. From 1895. Re-elected 1897. REV. FRANCIS J. MARSH, Boston, registrar. From 1889. Re-elected 1897. REV. JAMES W. FLAGG, Foxboro, assistant registrar. Elected 1897. WILLIAM A. PAINE, Boston, treasurer. Chosen 1891. Re-elected 1897. BOARD OF PASTORAL SUPPLY. Room 22A Congregational House. I. NAME. This body shall be called THE GENERAL ASSOCIATION OF THE CONGREGATIONAL CHURCHES OF MASSACHUSETTS. II. OBJECT. Its object is to secure Christian union, fellowship, and intercourse among the ministers and churches; promote spirituality, and to co-operate with one another and with other ecclesiastical bodies in advancing the Redeemer's kingdom. III. DOCTRINAL BASIS. - This Association agrees to the Declaration of Faith adopted by the National Council of Congregational Churches in the year 1865, the doctrines therein set forth being understood by us to be distinctly those which, from the beginning, have been embraced by the churches of New England as the doctrines of the gospel. IV. DENOMINATIONAL BASIS. - Being based exclusively upon Congregational principles, this Association shall, under no circumstances exercise ecclesiastical authority over churches or individuals, or interfere with the government or discipline of the churches, or consent to hear appeals, or give advice in ecclesiastical causes of any kind. V. MEMBERS. Each evangelical Congregational church in this State may send to the Association its pastor and one delegate, and each Conference and each Association in the State may appoint one delegate each year, which delegates, with the secretary, assistant secretary, registrar, assistant registrar, treasurer, and the pastor of the church with which the annual session is held, shall compose the General Association. Delegates from corresponding bodies, ministers appointed to preach sermons, and chairmen of committees attending to present reports shall be honorary members, together with such other persons as the Association may vote to admit. VI. OFFICERS. 1. A secretary, an assistant secretary, a registrar, an assistant registrar, and a treasurer shall be chosen by ballot, each to serve three years from the close of the session at which the choice was made; to these offices any member of any Congregational church connected with this body shall be eligible. In case any of these offices become vacant between the annual meetings of the Association, the vacancy may be filled until the next following meeting by vote of the remaining officers. 2. A moderator shall be chosen by ballot from the members at each annual session who shall serve until his successor is chosen at the opening of the next annual session. 3. The secretary shall conduct the correspondence of the Association, collect the statistics of ministers and churches, and have charge of the printing thereof; distribute the publications of the Association and preserve, for the permanent use of the Association, copies of all its publications. 4. The registrar shall make the records of each meeting, and preserve them as the permanent property of the Association. He shall give suitable notice to the churches of the time and place of each session. 5. The treasurer shall receive all money raised for the use of the Association, disburse the same as directed, and present an annual report, to be audited as the Association may direct. 6. The secretary, assistant secretary, registrar, assistant registrar, and treasurer shall be, ex officio, members of the Association. Their travelling expenses in attending the several sessions shall be paid by the Association. VII. ANNUAL MEETING. - The annual meeting shall be held on the third Tuesday of May, at two P. M. (or at some other more convenient hour), at such place as shall have been duly designated. VIII. HOME MISSIONARY SOCIETY.-The Massachusetts Home Missionary Society may annually elect two delegates to be members of this body, while it consents that this body may nominate two persons for membership in the Executive Committee of that society. The two persons thus nominated shall be from the membership of the Association at the time, and shall not be eligible for nomination for more than two years in succession, and shall, if required, make report concerning the work of the society at the next meeting of the Association. IX. CORRESPONDENCE. Official fraternal intercourse with the several State Congregational organizations, and with other denominations, is sufficiently had by the representation of this body in the National Council of the Congregational Churches of the United States. X. ORGANIZATION. The moderator, or in his absence, the pastor of the church of the place of meeting, or the secretary, may call the Association to order, and preside in the meeting until it be properly organized. The Association shall then be organized by the choice of a moderator and the session shall be opened with prayer. XI. COMMITTEES. The following committees shall be chosen: (1.) A Committee on Credentials, which shall be appointed by the moderator immediately after the opening of the session, to which all certificates of membership shall be referred. (2.) A Committee on Nominations, to nominate the following and any other committees referred to them, except as hereinafter provided. (3.) A Committee of Arrangements for the session consisting of five, of whom two shall be from members of the Provisional Committee, to prepare the business of the session, and no business shall be introduced |