The Portland daily press., 1889-10-11
THE coNcREcATIoNAIIsrs.
Yesterdays Proceedings of the TrI-
ennial Conciave at Worcester.

WORCESTER, Mass, October 10-The Con.
gregational Council met in Plymouth church
for the second days session, at 0 a. IN. The
list of members presenting credentials was
read. Devotional exercises were held.
Amendments to the bylaws relative to du-
ties of the presiding officer and appoint
ment of committees were referred to spe-
cial committee.
follows the names of those who will present
reports at the present session: American
Board of Commissioners for Foreign Mis-
sions, j. M. Sturtevant, ID. D., of Ohio ;
Sunday School and Publication Society, Rev.
Lyman Abbott of New YORK; New West
Theological Seminary, Rev. w. I'll. Ward,
ID. d., of New York.
Rev. Henry A. Hazsn of Auburndale was
elebted secretary for three years; Rev. T. b.
Forbes, of Rockville, Conn, treasurer; and
Hon. ID. N. Camp, of New Britain, Conn.,,
auditor.
Rev. DR.. Twitchell read RESOLUTIONS adopt
ed by the Congregational churches of Con-
necticut, fovoring the churches having con-
troll of the American Board, and asking for
reform proposed. The question to whom
the consolidaJors should report ought to be
settled. The matter was finally referred to
committee of five, namely: Rev. George l..
Walker Of Hartford, Conn, Geo. p Fisher
of New Haven, J. E. Twitchell of New Ha-
ven, r. R. Meredith of Brooklyn, N. Y, and
A. III. Quint of Boston.
The committee on roll submitted an addi-
ti0nal report on the Georgia Question as fol
lows: I'm reference to the delegates from
the conference in Georgia we would state
that your committee have had full and long
interviews with them, and also with the del
egates from the association of Georgia, and
have heard the case on both sides. The diff
Guilty which your committee has found in
dealing with this question of the reception
of the delegates from the conference is in
the present inc0mpleteness of the organiza-
tion of the churches in methods of fellow
ship. AS near as we can learn they adopt
the Congregational principles in the internal
affairs OF their respective churches. but have
not as yet been able to come up to the nor
NAL methods of fellowship with other Con.
gregational churches. Your committee con-
slider the principle of fellowship in the &C.
clesiastical relations of the churches ex-
pressed in councils and associations or con-
ferences and other ways as an essential fea-
ture OF COngregationalism as much so as the
self-government OF the two churches. II Is
this principle OF ecclesiastical fellowship
that seems TO your committee to be defective
in the present methods of the churches of
the conference of Georgia. At the same
time they wish to do their delegates justice.
They have been hearty in their expressions
!.
They have also made an attempt to secure a
welcome of ecclesiastical fellowship with
them, which was not accepted, and they say
that If they can have time to choose their
own method they think they can bring their
churches up to the methods of the eeelesias
tical fellowship which was a part of the
common lore of Congregationalism. Now,
whether it is better to receive the delegates
of the conference of Georgia with this in
comp application of the principles and
methods of Congregationalism, and trust
that In time the Chris tian fellowship that is
aroused will work out into normal ecclesias-
tlcal fellowship, or to refuse to admit them
tlllthey have effected an organization in the
usual Congregational way, Is a question
about which your committee are not agreed,
which they refer to the council"
Rev. DR.. Meredith thought the Georgia
delegates should be recognized.
Rev. DR.. .Quint favored committee of
nine to consider it.
Rev. DR.. Lyman Abbott said such COM
mittee could determine the facts.
Finally the matter was referred to the
committee.
The Council resolved to reaffirm the work
done by the Council of 1885, so that minis
tiers might attend wholly to the work in
hand without thought of sickness bringing
want to their families.
The Lutheran Church.
PITTsBURe, Pa, October 1O.-The annual
session of the General Council of the Evan
gelical Lutheran Church of North America
began in the First Lutheran church in this
city this morning, and will continue week
or ten days. Ninety-eight delegates, repre-
senting nearly every State in the Union, are
ID. d.. LII D., of PhiladelDhia, delivered the
annual address. These officers were elected !:
President--Rev. G. f, KrOtel of PHILADELPHIA
Recording Secretaries-Rey. 5. G. w. Meich-