, 1869-05-28

Special lN~le.4fH 10 l III LAiC24o AfI14ue-
fAKXINGrJK, H.. May r.
At the session o! the statc Congregational AZ
soctatson Of Illinois this morning, after de-
vot!onal exrrc!ses, Rev. n. E. WhittleseF foad
q paper m the statistical history OF the asso-
c4a.ion- This body, which now reports 9H
churches md 25a m!nistesr, opened its GEss keA.
s!on With delegates representing as many
An Interesting paper WIS nc1t read iy Rev. 3.
e. Mxn iall o. .'eh hos ms;o1sr! n 10 @ ear,s IT,
pioneers tNcEtF -1Tc senrs ago
Rev. William Carter then read papez on TIC
ToFs eompne 81 ae 1InSls iaS o
ie9r. rounded IN lsea. on ta,H9 enaoT5nsn1:
Knox co1lesc. Which Wss Originally sa!i.'' rsa;He
College, and which commenced wDEE In August
1851; chicago Theological Seminary, projcc:ed ~
Rer. Stephen feef, Of Wisconsin. chartered IN
1sss md opened n s "hsa.o1 co!lsSe pas,sea s,et,
College and Rock1ord Female seratnAsE; The
hrotner and sister Of Sostnsrn lllno,s az % S1ssa
ttopai and rresoy tcEtan brethren worked nj nfst
| together,
Rev. Lacius il. Parser presented paper On the
| irfot1natory Work Of the decentralization in Illinois,
openng Ut % eG teG son none IN
| the creed Of conrrrcat!oaasts. and their Ereat
engineering work In constructing ami running
he ss sst sioa xhea ,nG aSs ou
He next ventilated The subject OF seeret
focet!ca and gave .he record o' The association
on tQfH III ApAAttklHll HIlll
Ton, upon which this boly has always been sound
Honorable ncI1iol Vas male OF the Chicago,
Burlington :. Quincy ftailrnad, which runs no sin-
i,oty nj oyrr the county,, daring the war. was
ptpudls 1ccorled, was also the work aud stati'
iucuts Of Cone7eaa tenal!ss In the teulptsane" =
forra closing with reference to the crime OF IT,
fant:ei1e a:lh the amusement question.
Rcr. !. T. Ror, Of the IIore Missionary Society
from m his nstcficai home missionary sermon, mon!
which II nC,cars that good ser'7tc WAS ffl'lefet'
by the home Missionaries IN rreveuunc lliaos:
weFs saSS os IL
IN. me LID no; era d e. H,1 ]
the MctnoAlsts, TIE o?o1te,ic ialoss Of tanst
early Wes'sn co73ETsa.ionsASt , PREACHERS s,,s
cnIn, Sturteyant faTnham baldwin. t'rooks
ia i % II. Al ~, = H. rs; ss; ri Tn
into life ID Illinois b. the American HON
1es1esee Sess!S e the Ne sres ss % ;ac e M!n
; mlnd o. the Lord, and whose noir memories ss
. STIR the hearts aud inspire The a''ons Q! many
| the best A1ia truess Ecn OF to-!a5.
The association adjourned to tel Il a1.tS:n
ca promote good islioFss1! !: is m.alsss.:a' ils
: ard or1notiox thes,nr1. tine = tho s,,c.al sc
party IL tho vestry This afternoon
EVENING SESSIaN.
~
: Old 1rrnl& and shnEt, rlthy. and sometime
wlsty, ETeee hes froEa the fathers In Israel a. v"
; 4 mcrnc+.L hymn written hy M,A- Wu-
e No'yotc, T.! Chicago, vas then sung, Mrs uo.yol
:, presiding Mt the Grxan+
= A letter from kHE. Jeremiah Porter, one OF II
:. pjoncer1 OF Illinois now In RrpWussile, Te1a
h waB read, who Trports thrce Congregation
!. | churches lately established IN Nexcn
The inst speaker vas Rev. Mt. ls2seom, ~
Raye picture Of Chicago ID 1Si, Eaea thei
were three hundred reop,e In ii. Next came D
Rochet, with speech Of Ercht spiritual po"t
showing tic needs OF more eodi4neas IN tho hear
| Ct EuoI men to save The naiton nom the udt
: 6ln THAI Is axeeptoE oscl IL Lie M 1oooNe
by Rev. Nathaniel ClaTk, Of Elstn. He
l. Fa1uhan1, Of SeHazk. md Rev. Hiram Foot
ol Quincy. the olues. minister present: Al
Jenny. OF tlale.bu1T, Merritt, OF Dallas CITY. 81
4 age, II Chicago, and Nhiiutsey, Of uttz*A
e Rts. hi. Bartlett OF ChicaEut on lGhA1l o. II
i ! new cpnets TO the association. closed the uss
e the eytn1rg most beautifully With an OUTLOOK IN
e the Fort Of the future
l. ! Adjourned.