Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1904-10-22

THE UNION
coNGREGATloNALIsTs VOTE IN
FAVOR OF PROPOSED JOINT
COUNCIL.
COMMEND ROOSEVELT
Many Important Matters Acted Upon
Observation-Disclosures of National I'm
portance Discussed-oppose Chinese
Exclusion Act.
What the Council Did.


Passed resolutions:
Asking congress of the United States
to repeal Chinese exclusion law.
Expressing sympathy with band of
Englishmen organized to resist school
bill
Thanking Des Moines Trades and
Labor assembly for the opportunity of
meeting with them last Sunday.
Petitioning congress of the United
States to act favorably on an interna-
tional peace congress.
Expressing satisfaction with Presi-
dent Roosevelt's, intention to call an
International peace conference.
Creating a committee to insure
higher educational work among
churches.
Start larger deaconness movement.
Send hearty greetings and express
sions of sympathy to Japanese mis-
sionaries.
Referred to committee on policy
recommendations for more strict OBJ
servance Of ordination rules.
Hears Labor Commissioner Brigham
on Why Union Men Do Not Attend
Church."
Indorse movement for church unity
| Choose Philadelphia as meeting
place in 1907.
What Home Missionary Society Did.
| Elected officers.
| Referred to special committee the
question Of removing headquarters
from New York to Chicago.
| Referred matter Of place of next
meeting to executive committee.
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| Des Moines, Oct 20. - Without a
dissenting voice, the national council
of the Congregational church last
evening Endorsed the great movement
for church unity and passed resolu-
lions providing for delegates to meet
with those of the Methodist Protestant
and United Brethren churches to
perfect the organization Of general
council Of united churches.
The resolutions approve the pur-
pose and general plan for the closer
union Of Methodist Protestant, United
Brethren and Congregational
churches, accept the plan as presented
by the committee representing the
three denominations, provide for the
appointment Of the committee from
the national council to unite
with the committees from the two
other bodies to arrange time and
place for the first meeting of the gen
eral council and further provide that
the delegates to this general council Of
/ the united churches be chosen from
the members of the national council,
should they meet at the same time
and place. and be chosen by the sew
eral state delegations, according to
a numerical scheme Of assignments to
be made by the provisional committee
Of this council; the moderator and the
/ members Of the provisional commit
tee to be ex-officio included as dele.
gates, and that the provisional com.
mittee be authorized to take all such
other action as may be necessary to
arrange for the meeting of the gen.
eral council.
1 National Subjects Discussed.
/ National and international affairs
were the subjects of vigorous resolu
lions passed by the National Council
of Congregational churches yesterday
afternoon.
i With great enthusiasm demon
strated by a rising vote, resolution
denouncing the Chinese exclusion ACT
and the alleged impositions to which
the Chinese are subjected in this coun
try was unanimously passed.
With equal enthusiasm it adopted
greetings to the Japanese missionaries
referring to the war as this fearful
baptism of blood through which you
are passing" and expressing the hope
!. that the God of battles would SO rule
as to bring out of it all the greatest
good to China, Russia and Japan
. Endorse RooseveIt's Action.
President Roosevelt's position or
the international peace conference
and The Hague was indorsed, and the
moderator was instructed to sent
copies of the resolution passed by the
council to the President and to con
gress.
President Slocum introduced a reso
luton against the Chinese exclusion
act.
Peace Conference Report.
The report of THE committee on tn,
peace conference was given by Rober
d. Benedict of Brooklyn. A number o
peace memorials We're presented to tn,
council, and the action of the, commit
tee embodied the text of all of them
The resolution met the unanimous in
dorsement of the council.
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