THE BOARD OF MINISTERIAL AID.

This Board had its origin in action taken by the General Association of the Congregational churches of Massachusetts in 1868, and was incorporated by an act of the Legislature in 1869.

Caleb H. Warner, 48 Brewster Street, Cambridge, is now its president; Arthur G. Stanwood, Esq., 701 Sears Building, Boston, is treasurer, to whom all contributions should be sent.

Rev. Edward B. Palmer, Rev. Morton Dexter, and Rev. Charles B. Rice are the executive committee.

Applications for aid should be sent to Rev. Edward B. Palmer, at Room 9, Congregational House. A small contribution is greatly needed annually from each church. Donations are also solicited from individuals. Should any one desire to leave a legacy in aid of the benevolent work of this Board, the following form of bequest will be sufficient:

I give and devise to the Board of Ministerial Aid, incorporated under the laws of Massachusetts, for the charitable uses and purposes of said Corporation,

No officer of this Board receives any compensation for his services. No other board, society, or organization in this Commonwealth contributes anything for the support of needy Congregational ministers. Our country gives large pensions to her needy soldiers. Why should not our churches give something for "the aid, support, and comfort of their aged, disabled, superannuated, or needy ministers," and of "the widows and children of such ministers "?

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OF THE

CONGREGATIONAL CHURCHES OF MASSACHUSETTS.

1899.

MINUTES

OF THE

NINETY-SEVENTH ANNUAL MEETING,

BROCKTON, MAY 16-18,

WITH THE STATISTICS.

BOSTON :

CONGREGATIONAL SUNDAY SCHOOL AND PUBLISHING SOCIETY

CONGREGATIONAL HOUSE.

LIBRARY

The Envy

COMMITTEES OF THE ASSOCIATION, 1899-1900.

Provisional committee. Rev. Henry R. McCartney and W. I. Fletcher, Amherst; Rev. Henry T. Rose, Northampton: Rev. C. H. Hamlin, Easthampton; Rev. Francis J. Marsh, Boston.

Publishing committee. — Rev. Henry A. Hazen, Auburndale; Rev. Francis J. Marsh, Boston; Henry P. Emerson, Lynn; Henry D. Noyes, Hyde Park; Rev. Perley B. Davis, Dorchester.

Auditing committee. - Charles E. Swett, Winchester; J. H. Tewksbury, Brookline; Rev. Charles M. Southgate, Auburndale.

Members of the Executive Committee of the Massachusetts Home Missionary Society. Rev. Elijah Horr, Brookline; William C. Strong, Newton Highlands. On ministerial standing. - Rev. A. Z. Conrad, Worcester; Rev. Wm. H. Davis, Newton; Rev. W. A. Bartlett, Lowell; Rev. Edward A. Reed, Holyoke; Rev. John A. MacColl, New Bedford.

On the nomination of candidates for corporate membership of the American Board. Rev. L. S. Rowland, Lee; Rev. B. H. Weston, Centerville; Rev. Willard Scott, Worcester; George N. Webber, Northamptou; D. W. Willcox, Medford.

On Sunday obserrance. Rev. A. H. Plumb, Boston; Rev. John E. Tuttle, Worcester; Rev. Arthur Little, Dorchester; Rev. R. A. McFadden, Chelsea; Joseph Willett, Needham.

On gambling. - Rev. C. H. Hamlin, Easthampton; Rev. C. M. Southgate, Auburndale; Rev. Isaac Pierson, Medford; S. Homer Woodbridge, Boston; Rev. William Gallagher, South Braintree; Rev. Edward M. Noyes, Newton Center; S. K. Hamilton, Wakefield.

On the wider circulation of religious literature. Rev. G. Glenn Atkins, Greenfield; Rev. E. Victor Bigelow, Cohasset; H. Porter Smith, Cambridge; Rev. Warren P. Landers, Somerville; Hamilton S. Conant, Boston.

Trustees of the Board of Pastoral Supply for three years. Rev. De Witt S. Clark, Salem; Rev. Edward M. Noyes, Newton Center; Henry H. Proctor, Boston; Henry E. Cobb, Newton..

On the work of the churches. For three years: Rev. J. D. Kingsbury, Bradford: Rev. G. A. Tewksbury, Concord; E. F. Morris, Monson. For two years: Rev. S. G. Barnes, Longmeadow; Rev. F. L. Bristol, Uxbridge; Geo. H. Shaw, Middleboro. For one year: Rev. J. Coit, Winchester; Rev. John R. Thurston, Whitinsville; Arthur E. Gray, Worcester.

On temperance. Rev. W. H. Davis, Newton; Arthur H. Wellman, Malden; T. M. Balliet, Springfield; Francis E. Bundy, M. D., Boston; Jessie A. Brown, Woburn.

On labor organizations.

Rev. W. H. Allbright, Dorchester; Rev. Daniel Evans, Cambridge; Rev. E. L. House, Dorchester; James G. Buttrick, Lowell; W. L. Spaulding, Worcester; Rev. Parris T. Farwell, Wellesley Hills; Rev. F. W. Merrick, West Roxbury.

2. The Statistics of the Churches, Sunday Schools, and Benev
olence, arranged alphabetically.

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iv

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5-21

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28-57

VI. REPORT OF THE SECRETARY

VII. REPORT OF THE TREASURER AND AUDITING COMMITTEE
VIII. REPORT OF THE COMMITTEE ON THE WORK OF CHURCHES

IX. REPORT OF DIRECTORS OF BOARD OF PASTORAL SUPPLY
X. REPORT ON GAMBLING

XI. REPORT OF COMMITTEE ON TEMPERANCE
XII. REPORT ON MINISTERIAL STANDING

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87

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91

98

101

109

XIII. REPORT ON LABOR ORGANIZATIONS

107

XIV. MINISTERIAL RECORD: Ordinations, etc.

139

XVI.

XV. ALPHABETICAL INDEX OF MINISTERS, with post-office addresses,
ALPHABETICAL INDEX OF LICENTIATES

XVII.

ALPHABETICAL INDEX OF MINISTERS OF OTHER DENOMINA-
TIONS SUPPLYING CONGREGATIONAL CHURCHES
XVIII. GENERAL INDEX

149

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NOTICES FOR 1900.

Meeting of 1900. — Amherst, Tuesday, May 15.

Expenses. The treasurers of the conferences are requested to ask the churches, at the autumnal meetings, to contribute a sum equivalent to six cents for each member, based upon the total membership of Jan. 1, 1899, and to forward the amount to Henry P. Emerson, 33 Bedford Street, Boston, Mass. These amounts are needed promptly, and it is specially requested that all dues be paid before Jan. 1, 1900. The number of members in each church will be found in the statistics of the churches on pages 28-56.

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.

HENRY P. EMERSON, Boston, treasurer.

Chosen 1899.

BOARD OF PASTORAL SUPPLY.

Room 22A Congregational House.