Daily Kennebec journal., 1901-10-17
CLAUSES ADOPTED.
Congregationa|ists Avoid Diff
cu!ties Of Tuesdays Session.
Original Resolution Divided Into
Clauses and Acted Uoon.
Officers Elected. Reports Read and Interesting
Addresses Made.

officers Of the six societies by an eX-
he"ship of the home sjcictics and of
one administf2ti. head. which was
interrupted by expira ,ion Of TIE time
limit ut last evenings scssi' Of the
National congregational council. Was
resumed. today. To overcome some of
the difficulties encountered. last even
ing. each speaker was limited to five
minutes and the resolution in question,
which inc luded three clauses, was di-
viGcd.
Tbs question Of limited governing
member ship Cf the home societies was
first consid. red. There vas little op-
position to this clause and after an uE-
successful attempt t. amend it 50 that
layIncn shall constitute half the mem
ber ship OF the federation Of societies,
it finally vas adopted in its original
form.
The final clause was adopted after !,
brief discussion. and then the council
adopted the resolution rs whole.
The seventh resolution. which urged
the five home societies to try the eX-
pertinent of a united annual meeting
also caused consdera BILE discussion.
but it was finally adopted in its orig
inal form by large ma joiity. \ recon-
mendation to consolidate the mission
ary publications into two was adopted
h Il strong vote after being amended
in favor of single magazine.
The other resolutions met with no
ported by the committee OF u was
unanimously adopted. The council then
prnceCIed to elect officers. the only
contest being for the office Of secre-
tary. for which there We're four can
didates.
Rev. Asher Anderson Of Meridcn. Ct.
was elct ted on the second ballot. Eev.
joel :. Ives Of Hartford. Ct.. was elect
ed registrar, and Rev. Samuel +. Forbes
If Hartford. Ct. treasurer.
Invitations had been received 10 hold
the next triennial session Of the coun-
ciI in Philadelphia and Des Moines re-
epectiyeiv. The Western delegates
gave Des Moines united support and
it was voted to hold the II 1t meeting
in that city.
over to addresses.
Foreign Elements in American Civil
:Zation." We're considered hy Rev. II.
y Schaufiler. superintendent of the
Slavic mission work for the ConSre-
gational Home Missionary Society. H.
said in part:
The enormous foreign element is
massed in the northern half of our
land. The character of the immigra-
ton is changing. We are receiving
much smaller numbers from northern
European countries, and much larger
from southern European countries.
our immigrant population is of ex-
ceedingly diversified character. What
we may call the Irish states begin with
Massachusetts and extend to Maryland
and again with Virginia reach West
through Tennessee to Mississippi. Inc
German states are 4 compact mass III
the center Of the republic. British
Americans are found chiefly in north
ern New England, Michigan and Mon
tana. Bohemians and Poles IN our
great northern cities and the aETicul-
turaI states of the middle and west.
The resulting typical citizens Of the
Northwest. will differ from the typical
citizens of Massachusetts,. Nothing
but pure and undefiled religion with
its high aims and pure motives VIII
unity these various elements.
DR. Schauffler was followed by the
Rev. J. c. Armstrong of Chicago. VINO
smoke of City Evangelization. Al
ter referring to various agencies Which
are at work IN the cities. he described
i'm detail the unique work of the 'hica-
60 Missionary Society. He said that
every field applying for help Is placed
under the care of a committee OF th'ee
directors. who are expected 10 NlSit
their field from time To time ana re-
mort its needs in writing. MonthIE
meetings of the directors, now nuroer-
;no eO are held. Once or twice year
tho pas,ors of the larger churches are
invited to meet with the directors. NJ
secret of the societies success IS 10 pe
found Ia united effort with iocai r.
snonsibility." The directors carry 70
their respective home churches the
facts they have learned by visiting the
mission fields. Another department o.
our work is TO aid weak cnurches'
sorn,a5 before our society came INTO
existance.
The triennial report Of the cohere-
o,:ional church building society Whs
presented by its secretary KEY. T. H.
cobb. d. ID. of New York.
The total receipts for three years
bave been s5SS. .270. The average annual
increase in the number of contributing
.hurches in the last five years IS III
per year.
The Church Building Society has an
.u,ered rearly two-thirds of the demands
made upon it during the last three years.
o.as to bring its list of aided churches
nm 20 80 and its parsonaSes up to '6S.
Sorne l2:e accoupts with churches and
rarsonaee. have been closed. and these
lhurch.s are treated In respect To thes'
,loe.d accounts. a If never aided. Will
,nost of them send contributions cV,iS
yaar The society has bestowed aid upon
more than go congregational churches
and more than .6i parsnnages. and oniT
:, very small percentage of The OrGariZd-
tinns have uaSSed ont of existence with
oui recognition Of the obligations uHdcT
IA. gt.s.