New Britain herald., 1915-10-27
|ALKER TREASURER
 ENA7I0NALCOUNCIL
btOn Man Elected to Succeed ReV. ]. s. Ives of Meriden

 Few Haven, Oct. 27.-The biennial eting of the National Council of Rgregational Churches will end to- and tonight the several mission
 and educational bodies which have
 as part of the great gathering
 also conclude their labors.
 n the opinion of clergymen and Rmen the meetings this year have In the largest in point of attend %e in the councils history, and the egate body has been fully as large in any previous year. Yesterday Rrnoon and evening the meeting of
 American board was in Woolsey
 as Center church could not &C., lmodate the audience.
 Appeals For Money.
 An incident during the afternoon he after Tim Deludamo, native m the Gilbert Islands and probably
 first South Sea Islander to ever bear before @ board meeting, had Ele an address in English in which appealed for money with which to
 for printing the Bible in the lru tongue A delegate rose to pro- e 2 collection for this purpose, but ksident Moore said that as the board
 accepted the hospitality of Yale versity the passing of the hat was # permissible. This also prevented Fr collection 10 raise tho debt of board.
 
 <beludamo, who is twenty-seVen IFS old, speaks seven languages of tronesia besides German, which 5 compulsory on the Island of urau, and English learned in the tman school. He has been brought e to read proof on the Nauru Bible. the audience was Prof. Hiram kgham of Yale, whose father was first missionary to the Gilbert hnds.
 Announces Wilson Committee When the council opened Moderator |hrdsley announced the committee six. to carry to President Wilson ' peace and Armenian atrocities buttons adopted yesterday, as Rev. c. F. Carter of Hartford, Conn.,,
 w. Mills, Marietta, Ohio, Rev. c. Mills, Montclair, N. J.. Guilford =dley, New York. David P. Jones, fanton, Pa., and Epaphroditus Peck Bristol, Conn. The moderator Sted that he had asked President #lson for an audience on Friday. ohm J. Walker of Boston, treasur- of the Home Mission society, was Ected council treasurer, vice Rev el S. Ives of Meriden, Conn.,, who Iires.s The council adopted a min on the long service of MT. Ives. Informal discussion was had on the he for the 1917 meeting at Los An les, and June was favored but the eision was left ,. lth the California legation. 552 Delegates Present. The credentials committee reported bt 552 delegates had been present It of possible 619 corporate mem Fs of the council.
 Votes of appreciation of the work Herbert Knox Smith of Farming h, Conn.,, and Miss Nichols, secre- |y to Dr. Herring. were adopted for |eir work on the membership rolls.
 Greetings from Japan. Greetings came from the Japanese urches and missions of the Pacific asst. praying that the God of all tions and races of mankind may ,hly bless you ..nd give you a new sion for the new world just being ought forth through the present nfiict." response was sent, writ a by pr. Nehe emiah Boynton. The plan of the commission on so- al service in employing it's own sec tary was continued for two years hen the office will become council cretaryship.
 Endorses U. s. Plan. The council endorsed the plan of Ie United States census bureau to Ike census of religious denomina- pms next year and pledged it's support the work.
 Epaphroditus Peck of Connecticut opposed constitutional amendment ' which a moderator would be elect at the close of a council meeting stead of as the first item of business his went over until 1917,