Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1871-11-24

The National c uerea atilns, Council. whi,h
meet in Ob5rliu. Ohio, Thursday, is the fifth in
the history of tae dissemination, the first Of
which vas hell ia Cambridge Mass. 10 1857.
Some Of the questions likely 90 De discussed
are Whether ta-s counel % conference shall be
the first cf gse.ils. occurring NJ reru'sr inter
vsls. or whether f., sdsl he .as las, fr many
yesrs. Tee whole quest. 10 Of Sabbath school
work vii also De c.1.if.rsl the I1mte- and
character Of Sabbath te-r.aes; ths sUtee. o.,
church sttnz. the relations Of the church TO
the Temperance question. and whether the work
q The benevolent societies cannot be more pru-
IDENTIFY and effectively done Whatever action
the council may take % these aai other matters,
IL is u ersto1d that 3, can have nc ecclesiastical
power. I,s ulersuc-s viii he IN no sense law;
only advice The thiag mos, sought by the pro-
ject,Is Of She council is c.oser union ,f the
churches. with the increased strength l. may
give, without iozs q that individual freedom
Of the several churches which Las b1aa the die
tinct;ve feature Of the Denomination.
The basis Of representation sioptel ST pre-
liminsry meeting In Boston last December is
such = to SECURE f.r the council about three hun
drei delegates, lay laI clerical Among those
elected are Senator Patterson; Chief Justice
Chapman the Hon. Willism 2 Vashburn,
Governor elect Of massachusetts, Governor
Buckingham; Presidents Of colleges Angel,
Of Michigan University Andrews, Of Mari
eta Chapil, q Bsl..t; Kitclel, of Middle
bury Hopkins. Of Williams Professor Park :;
Dr. Quint. Tl,mpso1, Burlington q The
Beeohers, EiVarl snd Henry Ward Rev Eb-
enezsr Cutter, j. D., Massachusetts, Rev. -hen
HALEY. Professor II Mead. ONO Rev J. W.
4ough, Mialicsn Rev. Martin Post, Illinois ;
Rev william Cochran. Wisconsin Rev. Tra-
man VI. Post, D. D Missouri; Rev Roswell
Poster. Nebraska Rev b Nuuiug, Mime
sofa Rev Sidney Il Marsh. D. D., Oregon :;
Rev Isrscl E. Dwiuell. =. J., California.
The vermont delegates are:
General Couference-Rsy. Z. j.. Ei.chel D.
D., Rev Csrk E Ferria, Hon. Julius Con
verse
Franklin Coufereucs-E-y. 6. T. wright
Rutland and Bennington Confereuces-l,ev.
Aldace WslseI, j. D., Joel NJ Haven. ESQ.
Orleans Coufereuce-Rsv s. ". Wild.
Washington County Conterence-lsy. j. r.
Bsbbitt
Windsor Couference-Rey A. B. Dasooub.
Des Amasa Wooieon.
windham Confereuos-Rsv. Joseph Chandler,
Des Charles F Thompson.
Caledonia Conference Rev S G. N0rcl0ss.
The Representatives Of the Congregational
churches Of the country. nov in session s., Ober-
lin, Ohio. have sC7eel On name and e ,nstita-
ton, giving to their body an independent ezis-
teuee, but vithou; legislative OF Judicial authori-
ty over the individual churches. Until recent
ly the general sentiment has been thst body
which could claim in any proper tense TO be a
denominations, centre. ves undesirable. But
nov there sre in the United States nearly three
thousand churches Of this order. and the mum
Der is RAPIDLY increasing. It was. therefore,
deemed important that they should have the
moral support snd the hearty sympathy Of each
other, snt tb,t there should be unity of opin-
ion sud Of action. So the council hiss decided 70
meet trienuisliy, and adopted the following doe
triusl basis simCst unanimously
~ They the Congregational churches, by el-
ders and messengers assembled. " agree IN be
ef that the Holy Scriptures are the sufficient
and only infallble rule o.. religious fsith and
practice; their Interpretation thereof being in
substantial accordance with The great doctrines
OF Cnristisn faith commonly called evangelical,
held in our churches in early times, and futH-
GENTLY set forth in former general councils. %
The question Of name cost the Council half &
Day Of exciting work, il which the moderator
did biz best to keep order. sometimes with ques-
tionSble results A strong msi1rity decided that
3 new thing, which never existed before. should
bsve a new name. OF, If an old name. with 2 new
significance Council Wss a word which indi-
Gated the first Congregational body, sni the
Council il the name adopted.
Ii is TO consist Of che delegate for every ten
/ churches. and che for a fraction Of tel greater
than one-hslf it being understood that when
ever the churches Of any State are directly unit
ed iu general organization. they may sppont
the delegates IN such holy, instead OF in local
organizations, but in the stove ratio. In sddi-
tiou, the churches united in a general organize
ton may hSve one delegate, and one for each ten
/ thousand COMMITMENTS in their fellowship, and
one for major fraction thereof, it being recon-
mended that the number Of delegates be. in all
cases, divided between ministers and lsynen. s'
nearly equally as practicable