Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1904-10-18
What the Council Did.

What the Council Did.
e-elected officers:
Secretary-Rev Ashur Ander, Of
Boston.
Registrar-Rev. Joel S. Ives. Con-
necticut.
Treasurer-Rev. Samuel B. Forbes.
Connecticut.
ferred to special committee.
Debated official society in Alabama,
into which the race question enters.
Adopted report of labor committee.
Placed the Bible society cause among
church benevolences, providing annual
collection.
Made special order of business OF
resolutions favoring annual sessions.
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Des Moines, Oct 17-Intense feel.
ing on the matter of consolidating the
various missionary societies of the
great Congregational church was
strongly in evidence Saturday after.
noon when reports and resolutions
were offered recommending the con.
tinuance of the individual societies.
After heated debate the matter was
referred to special committee, which
! will report this afternoon or evening.
The. report Of the committee on the
4 federation OF societies as read by Rev.
Frank S., Fitch, d. d., of Biiffs1ol w6is3;
favored the continuance OF the seversi
societies, was adopted by the. council
as were numerous other reports with.
out being questioned.
Following this, DR. Fitch read the
memorial Of the Iowa society in favor
of reorganization Of the missionary so.
cieties
Question Of Meetings.
William e. Barton of the committee
on annual meetings of the council, sub.
mitted three resolutions to the council,
favoring annual, biennial and triennial
meetings, respectively, and these were
made special order Of business for
this afternoon. They will be printed
and distributed among the delegates.
Preliminary to the reading Of the reso-
lutions the committee entered into the
constitutional aspect, showing that 1t
would require a constitutional action
to make any change in the time OF
holding meetings, but explained that
by passing any one of the resolutions
introduced, its purpose would be in ef-
feet until 1907, when the matter could
be determined definitely. This was
made special order of business for
this afternoon at p. m.
The committee on labor made the
following recommendations
We recommend further, that the Ma
tional Council continue the appoint
| ment of labor committe.
| That the council, through its secre-
tary ask each state body in our fell
| lowship to appoint labor COMMITTEES
which shall be auxiliary to the Ma
tional Councils labor committee for
the purpose of information and sug-
gestion.
That the council instruct it's labor
committee to seek affiliation with kin-
dred committees of other denomina-
tions and with nom ecclesiastical
bodies that work for Industrial better
ment.
That the labor committee try to get
such expression from workingmen's
and employers organizations and lead
ers, as shall, in its judgment, best pro-
mote social welfare.
Some Minor Business.
1t was decided to send ten delegates
to the national convention Of the Anti
Saloon league, the delegates to be
chosen by the nominating committee.
Resolutions were introduced and
passed naming the Bible society as.
one of the benevolent institutions to
which annual subscriptions shall be
made.
The report of the committee on tho
manual of religious instruction was
read by Rev. F. L. Goodspeed, D. D.,
of Springfield. Mass.
| Sunday Sessions.
Yesterday morning interesting ses-
sions were held in the Plymouth
church by the Congregational Sunday
School and Publishing society. DR..
George M. Boynton. presiding, and of
the Congregational church Building
society with President Lucien G. War.
ner in the chair.
The afternoon at the Plymouth
church was given over to the session
of the council At the Christian
church the conference of the Congrega-
tional Home Missionary society and
its auxiliaries was held.
| AT the session of the council the
report of the late DR.. Scott of Worces-
ter. Mass, who was sent as the dele
gate of the council to the John Robin
con Memorial church, Gainsborough,
Scotland. but was taken sick and died
before returning home, was read by
| his son, Rev. Willard Scott of Wor.