, 1875-04-07
Important Meeting Of tho Centennial
Council.
How to Raise Money for Educa-
tional Purposes.
Needs Of the Chicago University and
Other Institutions.
Interesting Papers Read.


MORNING SESSION.
onjgc78 or THE oA1uEnlsu.
In 1s73 /. q meeting Of the Executive oomtn'ec Of
the Arne1sean Naptilt Educational Hoard ted II Al
bahy N. r., It was recommended 10 the Church o! tbs
country Of that denomination that In view OF tie
barsastcl condition ut ts institutions o learning, The
National Centennial period bs utilized in which 10
maks apccsi national effort 10 raiss fund.- to lift the
debt of such instituons and, possible, eodov them
tnd place them beyond want III the future.
Tho frat action taken among tho Uartts Of this
Stats upon The recommendation At the General An
sorfatlon held 1t bloomington in October sst wieu
Baptist Hlsto Centauufas CoMmssion appointed 10
talu charge Of and contrnl tic Csn,cuual work in
Illinois.
Ytstardsy meeting Of delegates from the Dstt!st
churches Of Chicago snd vicinity, called ths Ceu:e.l
Council held 1t ths Michigan Avcnuo Church, 10
llscuAs, lrs.. What Should Be Done !" SEC
oud, "l1ou II Should De Done !" ami Third,
"Nhy It Rhou!d he Dans.~ The attendance
waa not i.rgs had basn anticipated. large
IL tie OCCASION seemed to demand.
THE FOLLOWING DELEGATES
were present, ministers AMI laJmen: q. c. shIrk,
Tuscoa G. ". Northrup. Chicago: John u. whi.o,
:'resn.'lls; ". ": Evsrts ch,cago ~: D. cu'o, High
shandrsw, and 1iickok, Engle*ood; Lemucl Mos1,
Chicago: :. Il. whoaser: Chicago; Y. g. M.be, J. ".
s%!a sSa :ynonS y @ ssfa q t:1s: r.se.
L. IL; iie!s, A5 Ho~e l. J: n. Whitehead. J;c. Bur
5Sgh' q nfy p y Ghf@sy Il sW'e; C. NJ
aasson $. +. Moit, III g. Ioai. Il. ~ s!i,i, f.
Ma,aei S'ias1 5ams: rhF. o
frts. Naukcahs, M1.; II. ". Hiayton Seward, Seb.;
4. chapia, Lansrk: and chsF!ea 1sutaer, Aurora.
opened viii rrsyar ~ tbs lsev. !. !. Frost.
The 0ev d.. Rendtiek, rre.t!ens Of shnrtlef Col-
cHe Upper Alton, was ea1ea 10 tao chA aud the lAers
d. !. 4. Smith appointed Secretary.
The regular order Of exercises wss shen taken up,
~hen
resd paper on "Tha score Of ths Ceutenpja,,n Tho
paper historical md timely. a,l tIel w!sh prao-
movemsnt ~ announcei Il the Albany tnaoting. Tas
idea that whatever funds should Le raised wers to 10
a1pei rtrctiy to educational purposes, peFrsdoi tho
The rev. Dr., Moss moved that the address b ap-
proved and adopted a. tho ren.c Of The c1unei,.
for
Tin 1,ev. Dr.. w. ". Everts s.d b. vfahel to enlarge
atonary and general church. - well ~ lbs educational
interest. Tie lroader the work coue1npEtcJ 10
National csntenn. Ees sios T.s srpfees ns It,
ed ly but few, snd, u,atter of rolty the enlarge
.ncnt u the work would be found nrtesslry In New
fotE hs extension Of the hali bad been ayrtel upon
church deb.. would naturally 1ass and Bus
@ could u sesehsa .one Il. s psers hs
bolieFed shcy could It Wa the duty Of tho D4psts to
smbres tao oprostnnitJ to reach shsir hearts, which
place the Church sad all it, interests wheEe Il
earnestly dn6iteu 1t should Ia lis thought the Conn-
Ths soss M lot ii narro~, ss.h chssasss @ aad
local !nterc1s should not be allowed to inierfsre
ilnpeae tao wost. He would fkn TO sos com'nltteu
Coancil<. With view 70 tho enlargement of tho work
sna the promotion Of harmony IN tho undertaking.