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coNGREG GArIoN1L UNCIL.
Programme for Sessions of the Inter- national Body, Which Meets In Bos- ion t, Scninm her.

| national Body, Which Meets In B0s ion in September.
 The International Council of Congre gationalists will meet in Boston in Sep
 tember, and it's session will be of grea importance The provisional pro
 gramme has been arranged as follows
 Wednesday, September 20-Organza
 ton. Evening" Sermon, Principal A
 M. Fairbairn, D. D., Oxford.
 Thursday - Morning: "Fundamenta
 Principles in Theology" pr. George
 Harris, Andover; Message of the Old
 Testament for To-day" Professor F. C.
 Porter, New Haven. Afternoons: "Tht l Historical Method in Theology" Dr.
 George P. Fisher, New Haven; Chris tian Doctrine" pr. P. T. Forsyth, Cam
 bridge Evening: Presidents address Dr. R. s. Storrs, Brooklyn.
 Friday-Morning: The Christian Idea of the State," President Angel, Ann Arbor; Municipal Government as Sphere for the Christian Man, MT. Batty Langley, M. F., London; MT. Samuel B. Capen, Boston. Afternoon: "The Church in Social Reforms" Albert Spicer Esq., M. F., London; Professor Graham Taylor, D. D., Chicago. Even- ing: International Relations and Re- responsibilities Dr. Lyman Abbott, New York; "The Christian Attitude Toward War in the Light of Recent Events,' pr. A. Mackennal, Bowdoin.
 Saturday-Morning: A breakfast. Afternoon: An excursion.
 Sunday: To be arranged.
 Monday-Morning: 'The Influence of Our Public Schools" Dr. F. A. Noble Chicago; "The Religious Motive in Edu- cation as Illustrated in the History of American Colleges" President w. J. Tucker, Hanover Afternoon: ''Ten- dencies of Modern Education" pr. J. D. Mcclure and Professor John Massie, M. A., J. P. England. Evening: Address es by educators. Presidents Eliot, Hyde and Slocum, and Dr. Henry Hopkins.
 Morning: The Pastoral Function, Congregational and Civic, Drs G. s. Barrett, Norwich, and Reu- ben Thomas, Brookline, Mass. After noon: Woman's Work, Mrs. James Stu art London; Mrs. Joseph Cook, New ton Womans Work in Foreign Mis- sions. pr. Grace Kimball, Poughkeep- sic. Evening: The Young People, the Rev. Messrs. c. F. Jefferson, New York c. Sylvester Horne, London. and c. H. Patton, St. Louis.
 Wednesday Morning: Obligations and Opportunities of Congregational ism In Great Britain, the Rev J. H. Jowett, Birmingham; in America, Pro lessor Williston Walker, Hartford; in Canada pr. J. H. George, Montreal; in other countries, speakers to be named. Scottish Congregationaism, the Rev. James Stark. D. D., Aberdeen. After noon: Independence and Fellowship, Drs. A. j. Lyman New York, and John Brown, Bedford. Duty of the Stronger to the Weaker Churches, the Rev. H. Arnold Thomas, Bristol. Evening: Greetings from Other Denominations, Bishops Lawrence and Andrews; Mrs. A. H. Strong and c. Cuthbert Hall.
 Thursday Morning: Distinctive Characteristics of Christianity, the Rev. Charles R. Brown Oakland, and pr. AllFeu cave, LonuoH' lHe liilucHVe "i the Study of Other Religions Upon Christian Theology, Dr. A. M. Fair bairn. oxford. Afternoon; Adaptation of Methods to New Conditions in For aign Missions, the Rev. R. Wardlaw London. The Permanent Motive in Missionary Work, Dr. c. M Lamson, Hartford, and a missionary to be named. Evening: The Living Christ. DTS. r. w. Gunsaulus, Chicago, and Joseph Parker. London.
 Friday--Excursion to Plymouth.