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_Their feet and hands in some instances show signs of frost-bite_, and _all of them with_ the _stamp of manhood almost blotted out of their faces, which show that they have been treated more cruelly and brutally than a nation of savages ought to permit inflicted upon its convicts. They are lying there dying, some of them on bare boards, so poor and emaciated that their bones almost come through their skin, many complaining for the want of food._

We believe they are fed improperly. Sick people ought to have light diet and these poor creatures get their beef water and meal for soup, as we are informed, with coarse meat and cabbage—such diet as they cannot eat. One _poor fellow burst out crying and said he was literally starving to death. We actually saw live vermin crawling over their faces, and the little bedding and clothing they have is in tatters and stiff with filth_.

We call the attention of the Board of Control to these matters, but under the law we know they can do but little to remedy these evils. We believe they will do the best they can. We are not to be understood as condemning the lessees in person for these things, but we do inveigh against the principle and system of this great State taking a poor creature’s liberty and turning him over to one whose interest it is to coin his blood into money.

As a fair sample of this system, on January 6, 1887, two hundred and four convicts were leased to McDonald up to June 6, 1887, and during this six months twenty died, nineteen were discharged and escaped and twenty-three returned to the walls disabled and sick, many of whom have since died. God will never smile upon a State that treats its convicts as Mississippi does. After a full examination and conference with the kind-hearted prison physician, Dr. Johnston, we find the following persons in the hospital almost in a dying state, some of them with hopelessly incurable diseases and others badly afflicted, and all of them confined for minor offenses, comparatively speaking, and who have long since suffered the full penalty of the law in being beaten and so cruelly mis-treated, and whom we here earnestly beg the Governor to pardon immediately, so that they may at least die free.

Then follow the names of twelve persons, all colored, who, in consequence of the abuse to which they were subjected in prison, are now suffering from incurable diseases. Oh, for some John Howard to arise in the South and become in God’s hand the instrument of wiping this terrible evil out of existence.

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FORTY-FIRST ANNUAL MEETING

of the

AMERICAN MISSIONARY ASSOCIATION.

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The Forty-first Annual Meeting of the American Missionary Association convened in the Second Parish Church at Portland, Maine, on Tuesday, October 25th, at 3 o’clock P. M.

Owing to the recent death of its President, Hon. Wm. B. Washburn, of Massachusetts, the Association was called to order by one of the Vice-Presidents, Alexander McKenzie, D.D., of the same State, who, after the singing of “Coronation,” read the Scriptures—Mark vi, 30–56—and led in prayer.

Rev. Henry A. Hazen, of Massachusetts, was elected Secretary, and Rev. Edgar M. Cousins, of Maine, Assistant Secretary.

In the unavoidable absence of W. H. Fenn, D.D., Rev. Charles H. Daniels welcomed the Association in behalf of the churches and the city of Portland.

Response was made by Vice-President McKenzie.

The following committees were nominated and elected:

_Committee on Nominations._—A. S. Walker, D.D., of Massachusetts; Rev. Rufus K. Harlow, of Massachusetts; W. L. Gage, D.D., of Connecticut; Rev. Arthur Shirley, of Maine; Charles Peck, Esq., of Connecticut.

_Committee of Arrangements._—Rev. Charles H. Daniels, Rev. Leavitt H. Hallock, Rev. Frank T. Bayley, William H. Fenn, D.D., Dea. E. F. Duren, all of Maine.

_Business Committee._—Rev. Geo. M. Howe, of Maine; J. D. Kingsbury, D.D., of Massachusetts; Rev. Geo. E. Hall, of New Hampshire; Rev. Geo. E. Street, of New Hampshire; Dr. Luther B. Morse, of Massachusetts; James G. Buttrick, Esq., of Massachusetts.

Secretary Beard read the portion of the Constitution relating to life membership and delegates, and the roll of the Association and Visitors was prepared, as follows;

ROLL.

_State Associations._

James Bell, N.J.; Ruel P. Cowles, Ct.; Rev. T. M. Davies, Me.; Miss Anne E. Farrington, N.C.

_Local Conferences._

Rev. G. W. Christie, Me.; Elnathan F. Duren, Me.; Rev. Wm. A. Houghton, Mass.; Rev. C. G. McCully, Me.; Rev. Wm. G. Mann, Me.; Charles Morse, Mass.; Rev. B. G. Northrup, Ct.; Miss L. L. Phelps, Me.; Rev. Lauriston Reynolds, Me.; E. N. Smith, Me.; Rev. N. J. Squires, Ct.; Edward A. Williams, Ct.; Rev. Alexander Wiswall, Me.

_Delegates from the Churches._

Rev. Jonathan E. Adams, Me.; Rev. Myron W. Adams, N.H.; Mrs. Elizabeth B. Allen, Me.; Rev. T. M. Beadenkoff, Me.; Mary Q. Brown, Mass.; Susan M. Brown, Mass.; Mary S. Burge, N.H.; J. W. Burgess, Mass.; Mrs. Caroline A. S. Burgess, Mass.; G. W. Catlin, Ct.; S. H. Chandler, Me.; Rev. G. E. Chapin, Me.; Rev. C. D. Crane, Me.; Albert Currier, Mass.; Mrs. Minnie A. Dickinson, Mass.; E. W. Douglass, N.C.; Mrs. Ruth Eastman, Me.; Rev. F. F. Emerson, R.I.; Rev. John D. Emerson, Me.; Edward H. Emery, Me.; Franklin Fairbanks, Vt.; Miss M. B. Fairbanks, Me.; B. Freeman, Me.; Rev. W. L. Gage, Ct.; Rev. Joshua S. Gay, Mass.; A. Gaylord, N.Y.; C. W. Goodnow, Me.; Mrs. C. W. Goodnow, Me.; J. M. Gould, Me.; Jas. Graham, Me.; Abbie Greene, Me.; Mrs. S. J. Hall, Mass.; Wolcott Hamlin, Mass.; Horace F. Hanson, M.D., Me.; Rev. D. W. Hardy, Me.; Rev. Henry A. Hazen, Mass.; Minnie E. Holt, Me.; Alonzo H. Libby, Me.; Rev. H. S. Loring, Me.; Rev. D. D. Marsh, Mass.; Mrs. D. D. Marsh, Mass.; Mrs. Eliza W. Merrill, N.H.; Rev. W. A. Merrill, Me.; Mrs. Martha N. Merrill, Me.; Charles W. Morton, Me.; M. A. Perry, Mass.; Rev. J. S. Richards, Me.; Rev. C. F. Ropes, N.H.; Alice M. Russell, Me.; Rev. Charles L. Skinner, Me.; Rev. B. P. Snow, Me.; Joel Spaulding, Me.; Mrs. Caroline Spencer, Me.; John M. Stearns, N.Y.; Rev. Edward G. Stone, N.H.; Rev. P. B. Thayer, Me.; Rev. M. Van Horn, R.I.; Rev. Wm. G. Wade, Me.; Rev. Albert Watson, N.H.; Frank Wood, Mass.; Clinton A. Woodbury, Me.; Rev. D. E. Adams, Mass.; Rev. Joseph Anderson, Ct.; Rev. Samuel H. Barnum, N.H.; Rev. E. Bean, Me.; Mrs. Philo Bevin, Ct.; Rev. Samuel Bowker, Mass.; Mrs. A. H. Burbank, Me.; Rev. Wm. T. Briggs, Mass.; Rev. Geo. P. Byington, Vt.; Rev. Edward L. Chute, Mass.; J. H. Clark, Me.; Dea. M. Collister, Mass.; Lucius C. Curtis, Me.; Mrs. E. C. Drisko, Me.; Rev. Omar W. Folsom, Me.; Rev. H. A. Freeman, Me.; Rev. A. K. Gleason, Me.; Lydia L. Hawkes, Me.; Dea. J. E. Henry, Mass.; Sarah P. Hill, Me.; Rev. John W. Hird, Mass.; Mrs. N. H. Holbrook, Mass.; Mrs. L. M. Holt, Me.; Rev. G. M. Howe, Me.; Rev. Frank E. Jenkins, Ky.; Rev. R. W. Jenkins, Me.; Rev. E. S. Jordan, Me.; J. R. Libby, Me.; Jas. M. Linsley, Ct.; Dea. Geo. W. Littlefield, Me.; Rev. C. W. Longren, Me.; Rev. Henry S. Loring, Me.; Rev. George E. Lovejoy, Mass.; Chas. E. Miller, Me.; Dr. Luther B. Morse, Mass.; Dea. B. A. Nourse, Mass.; Rev. C. H. Oliphant, Mass.; Dea. H. W. Otis, Mass.; Rev. Henry J. Patrick, Mass.; Mrs. Sarah Payne, Me.; Dea. Charles Peck, Ct.; Rev. L. Phelps, Mass.; Dea. H. M. Plumer, N.H.; J. G. Proctor, N.H.; Mrs. Proctor, N.H.; Rev. A. H. Quint, Mass.; Rev. Cyrus Richardson, N.H.; H. H. Ricker, Me.; D. B. Robinson, Me.; Rev. Arthur Smith, Me.; Rev. H. A. Stevens, R.I.; Joseph Stover, Me.; Mrs. Joseph Stover, Me.; Rev. Geo. A. Tewkesbury, Mass.; Rev. A. H. Tyler, Me.; Rev. Jos. N. Walker, Vt.; Mrs. Eben Webster, Mass.; Gorham N. Weymouth, Mass.

_Life Members._

Rev. A. F. Beard, N.Y.; James Bell, N.J.; Mrs. Matilda Burleigh, Me.; Timothy H. Chapman, Me.; E. L. Champlin, N.Y.; Rev. Samuel W. Clarke, Mass.; Rev. James W. Cooper, Ct.; Rev. C. H. Daniels, Me.; Rev. Oliver S. Dean, Mass.; Rev. G. S. Dickerman, Mass.; Rev. W. R. Eastman, Mass.; Miss D. E. Emerson, N.Y.; Mrs. Jacob Fullerton, Mass.; Rev. Geo. L. Gleason, Mass.; Mrs. Geo. L. Gleason, Mass.; D. C. Hawes, Me.; Samuel Harrison, Mass.; Esther P. Hayes, Me.; Rev. A. Hazen, Mass.; Alma J. Herbert, N.H.; Mrs. B. J. Holbrook, Mass.; H. W. Hubbard, N.Y.; Rev. Geo. Lewis, Me.; Mrs. K. B. Lewis, Me.; Rev. Nehemiah Lincoln, Me.; Charles L. Mead, N.Y.; Gyles Merrill, N.H.; Rev. C. P. Mills, Mass.; John W. Munger, Me.; Rev. C. L. Nichols, Me.; Mrs. Augusta F. Odlin, N.H.; Rev. James Powell, N.Y.; S. M. Rideout, Me.; Rev. J. E. Rankin, N.J.; Rev. Joseph E. Roy, Ill.; Mary Sawyer, Mass.; Rev. Charles W. Shelton, Ct.; Rev. Arthur Shirley, Me.; Rev. A. F. Skeele, Me.; Rev. W. F. Slocum, Md.; S. A. Spooner, Mass.; Rev. Calvin Terry, Mass.; Rev. E. P. Thwing, N.Y.; Rev. A. S. Walker, Mass.; Mrs. Mary E. Walker, Me.; Rev. I. P. Warren, Me.; Mrs. Juliet M. S. Warren, Me.; Mrs. C. L. Woodworth, Mass.; Rev. Henry C. Alford, Mass.; Rev. Edward E. Bacon, Me.; Rev. Smith Baker, Mass.; G. A. Bodge, Ct.; Charles E. Boothby, Me.; Clara R. Boynton, Mass.; Sadie H. Bragdon, Me.; Dea. T. H. Chapman, Me.; Joseph B. Drury, Mass.; Mrs. Joseph B. Drury, Mass.; Rev. John D. Emerson, Me.; Rev. L. H. Fellows, Ct.; Rev. Stacy Fowler, Mass.; Mrs. R. C. Gurney, Mass.; Rev. Henry L. Hammond, Ill.; Rev. Josiah T. Hawes, Me.; Rev. Rowland B. Howard, Mass.; Charles M. Lamson, Vt.; Rev. John H. McIlvaine, R.I.; T. A. McMaster, Mass.; Rev. Geo. N. Marden, Colo.; Barak Maxwell, Me.; Lucia G. Merrill, Mass.; Elisha Newcomb, Me.; Mrs. Annie F. Nichols, Me.; Robert L. Perkins, Mass.; Mrs. Maria S. Perry, Me.; Mrs. A. A. Phelps, Me.; Charles A. Richardson, Mass.; Miss C. M. Scales, Me.; Mrs. A. F. Skeele, Me.; Mary B. Spalding, Me.; Rev. Geo. F. Stanton, Mass.; Rev. Geo. E. Street, N.H.; Thomas H. L. Tallcott, Ct.; Mrs. M. E. Tenney, N.H.; Rev. L. J. Thomas, Me.; Eben Webster, Mass.

_Visitors._

Rev. W. H. S. Aubrey, England; Geo. B. Barrows, Me.; Rev. E. Bean, Me.; Rev. John B. Carruthers, Me.; Rev. R. C. Drisko, Vt.; Rev. C. H. Gates, Me.; Rev. W. H. Haskell, Me.; Rev. H. C. McKnight, Me.; J. L. Perkins, Mass.; H. Porter Smith, Mass.; Rev. J. W. Strong, Minn.; Rev. T. J. Valentine, Mass.; George L. Bunster, N.H.; Rev. Edgar M. Cousins, Me.; Rev. John Dinsmore, Me.; Rev. Henry Farrar, N.H.; Rev. D. E. French, Me.; Oliver H. Hay, Kans.; Charles Heath, Mass.; R. N. Holman, Mass.; Rev. Charles G. Holyoke, Me.; Dea. A. Kingsbury, Ct.; Ira L. McClary, Vt.; A. R. Mitchell, Me.; A. T. Muzzy, Me.; Rev. E. S. Palmer, Me.; Rev. H. F. A. Patterson, Me.; Rev. Augustus Root, Mass.; A. H. Siegfried, N.J.; Dea. Richard Smith, Mass.; Rev. Prof. Richard C. Stanley, Me.; Rev. David D. Tappan, Mass.; Joseph Walker, Me.

The Treasurer, H. W. Hubbard, Esq., presented his annual report, which was accepted and referred to the Committee on Finance to be appointed.

The report of the Executive Committee was read by the Field Superintendent, Rev. Charles J. Ryder, and the various portions of the report relating to different departments of work were referred to the special committees to be appointed.

The Association, led by Secretary Strieby, united in a concert of prayer with workers in the field.

The programme prepared by the Committee of Arrangements was adopted as the programme of the meeting, unless otherwise directed.

Adjourned to 7.30 P. M.

TUESDAY EVENING.

The meeting was called to order at 7.30 P. M. The devotional services were conducted by Pres. James W. Strong, D.D., of Minnesota.

The annual sermon was preached by A. J. F. Behrends, D.D., of New York, from the third verse of Jude, according to the Revised Version.

The sermon was followed by the administration of the Lord’s Supper. The following named persons officiated at the service: Ministers—W. L. Gage, D.D., of Connecticut; Rev. George S. Dickerman, of Massachusetts. Deacons—E. F. Duren, R. H. Hinkley, S. W. Larrabee, Horatio Staples, John M. Gould, of Maine; Augustus Gaylord, H. W. Hubbard, of New York; Elbert B. Munroe, of Connecticut.

At the close of the communion, adjournment was taken to Wednesday at 9 o’clock A. M.

WEDNESDAY MORNING.

The prayer meeting from 8 to 9 o’clock was led by Joseph Anderson, D.D., of Connecticut.

At 9 o’clock the Association was called to order by the Vice-President presiding, who read the Scriptures. Prayer was offered by Rev. Henry S. Loring, of Maine.

The records of the previous day were read and approved.

The Committee on Nominations reported the following committees to act for the Association, and the report was adopted:

Committee on Educational Work: Rev. Wm. F. Slocum, Jr., Md.; Elbridge Mix, D.D., Mass.; Rev. Oliver S. Dean, Mass.; Rev. Forrest F. Emerson, R.I.; Rev. Omar W. Folsom, Me.; Rev. George H. Scott, Mass.; Charles Heath, Esq., Mass.; Mr. W. A. Crosthwait, Tenn.

On Mountain Work: Alonzo H. Quint, D.D., Mass.; Geo. W. Phillips, D.D., Vt.; Rev. Geo. W. Grover, N.H.; Rev. Charles C. McIntire, Vt.; Rev. Henry M. Grant, Mass.; Rev. Henry J. Patrick, Mass.; Rev. John A. MacColl, Vt.

On Indian Work: Frank Wood, Esq., Mass.; Elijah Horr, D.D., Mass.; Rev. George A. Tewksbury, Mass.; Rev. Frank A. Warfield, Mass.; Galen C. Moses, Esq., Me.; A. L. Williston, Esq., Mass.; Carlos Montezuma, Ill.

On Chinese Missions: Rev. S. Lewis B. Speare, Mass.; Rev. Henry L. Griffin, Me.; Rev. George S. Dickerman, Mass.; Rev. Charles H. Pope, Me.; Rev. Charles P. Mills, Mass.; Dea. Horace W. Otis, Mass.; Mr. Yan Phou Lee, Ct.

On Church Work: Rev. Cyrus Richardson, N.H.; Rev. Joseph F. Lovering, Mass.; Rev. Mahlon Van Horne, R.I.; Rev. George F. Stanton, Mass.; Rev. Arthur F. Skeele, Me.; Frederick E. Sturgis, D.D., Mass.

On Finance: Charles A. Hull, Esq., N.Y.; Rev. Smith Baker, Mass.; Edward S. Atwood, D.D., Mass.; J. Hall McIlvaine, D.D., R.I.; Col. Franklin Fairbanks, Vt.; Augustus Gaylord, Esq., N.Y.

A paper on “The Influence of a Life and the Life of an Influence,” was presented by Associate Corresponding Secretary Augustus F. Beard, D.D.

A paper on “The Brotherhood of Man; or, The Three Brothers who Settled America,” was read by Corresponding Secretary M. E. Strieby, D.D.

A paper on “Need of Intelligence in Giving,” was read by Associate Corresponding Secretary James Powell, D.D.

The Committee on Nominations reported the following special committees upon the papers read:

1. Upon Secretary Strieby’s paper: C. M. Lamson, D.D., Vt.; Rev. J. W. Hird, Mass.; E. L. Champlin, Esq., N.Y.

2. Upon Secretary Beard’s paper: Rev. W. A. McGinley, N.H.; Rev. T. E. Babb, Mass.; Joseph W. Burgess, Esq., Mass.

3. Upon Secretary Powell’s paper: Joseph Anderson, D.D., Ct.; Rev. W. R. Eastman, Mass.; Timothy H. Chapman, Esq., Me.

Rev. Dr. Behrends, of New York, spoke upon the subject of Missionary Literature as presented in Secretary Powell’s paper. Rev. G. S. Dickerman and Rev. O. S. Dean, both of Massachusetts, spoke upon the same paper.

The Association listened to addresses in memory of its late President, the Hon. William B. Washburn, of Massachusetts. These addresses were given by Rev. S. G. Buckingham, D.D., of Massachusetts, and Secretary Strieby, of the Association. The latter presented a minute which had been adopted by the Executive Committee at their first meeting after learning of the death of Governor Washburn, and which they recommended for adoption at this meeting, and to be forwarded to the family of the late President.

The minute, which follows, was unanimously adopted by a rising vote:

“We recognize the hand of God in the recent and sudden death of Hon. William B. Washburn, the President of this Association. We mourn the loss of one whose name and influence have been so helpful to it; whose many private virtues have endeared him to so wide a circle of friends; whose public services in the Church and State have been so honored and valued; and we tender to his family our profound sympathy in their irreparable bereavement.

“Yet we are grateful to our Heavenly Father that he called our brother to himself by so painless a death and while in the discharge of his duty as a member of the American Board. We rejoice that in him we can point to one whose loving heart made his home happy, whose integrity and honorable dealing were a noble example in business life, whose honors and offices in the service of the State were unsought and were discharged with fidelity and ability, and whose life and work in the church were an honor to his profession and to the cause of Christ.

“In the suddenness of his departure we are reminded that we, too, may be called in an hour that we think not, and yet that it is the privilege of the Christian to be always ready to die with the armor on and in the active service of the Captain of our Salvation.”

Adjourned.

WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON.

The Association was called to order at 2 o’clock. Rev. George E. Street, of New Hampshire, offered prayer.

The report of the Committee on Educational Work, with an address, was presented by Rev. Wm. F. Slocum, Jr., of Maryland. Further addresses were made by Rev. Forrest F. Emerson, of Rhode Island; Mr. W. A. Crosthwait, of Tennessee, and Rev. Mahlon Van Horne, of Rhode Island.

The report of the Committee on Mountain Work was presented by Rev. Henry J. Patrick, of Massachusetts. Addresses in connection with the report were given by A. H. Quint, D.D., of Massachusetts, chairman of the committee; Rev. Frank E. Jenkins, of Kentucky; G. W. Phillips, D.D., of Vermont, and Rev. A. A. Myers, General Missionary of the Association, of Tennessee.

J. E. Rankin, D.D., led in closing prayer.

Adjourned to 7.30 P. M.

WEDNESDAY EVENING.

The Association was called to order at 7.30. Devotional exercises were conducted by James W. Cooper, D.D., of Connecticut.

An address on “The Nerve of Missions” was delivered by Pres. Wm. De Witt Hyde, D.D., of Bowdoin College, Maine.

Hon. Nelson Dingley, of Maine, gave an address upon “Some of the changed conditions in this country that demand increased missionary effort.”

The Association then listened to an address upon “The conversion of the Chinese in this country,” by Mr. Yan Phou Lee, of Connecticut.

W. H. S. Aubrey, D.D., of England, addressed the meeting upon “Some Phases of American Civilization.”

A brief closing address was made by the Vice President presiding.

Closed with singing the doxology and with the benediction.

THURSDAY MORNING.

The prayer meeting from 8 to 9 o’clock was led by Rev. J. E. Adams, of Maine. The Association was called to order by Vice-President A. J. F. Behrends, D.D., of New York, and led in prayer by Rev. R. B. Howard, of Massachusetts.

The minutes of Wednesday were read and approved.

The report of the Committee on Indian Work was presented by Frank Wood, Esq., of Massachusetts, who also addressed the Association, and was followed by Rev. George A. Tewksbury, of Massachusetts, Carlos Montezuma, of Illinois, a representative of the Apache Indians of Arizona, and President Joseph Ward, D.D., of Dakota.

The report was accepted and the recommendation adopted that a committee be appointed to co-operate with the Financial Secretary for Indian Missions.

The report of the Committee on Chinese Missions was presented by Rev. S. Lewis B. Speare, of Massachusetts, who addressed the Association, and was followed by Rev. Charles P. Mills, of Massachusetts; Gen. Augustus Gaylord, of New York, and Mr. Yan Phou Lee, of Connecticut.

The report was accepted and adopted, together with the following resolution:

_Resolved_, That the Association, holding its annual meeting in the State of Maine, sends its greetings to Rev. W. C. Pond, a son of Maine, with sympathy in his labors and rejoicing in his success among the Chinamen on the Pacific coast.

The report of the Committee on Church Work was presented by Rev. Cyrus Richardson, of New Hampshire, who addressed the Association, and was followed by Rev. George F. Stanton, of Massachusetts, and Mr. W. A. Crosthwait, of Tennessee.

The report was accepted and adopted.

The Committee on Nominations reported the following persons as a committee to co-operate with the Financial Secretary on Indian Missions: Frank Wood, Esq., Massachusetts; Franklin Fairbanks, Esq., Vermont; Elbert B. Munroe, Esq., New York; Joseph Ward, D.D., Dakota; Rev. Charles B. Mills, Massachusetts. And they were appointed.

Adjourned to 2 P. M.

THURSDAY AFTERNOON.

The Association was called to order at 2 P. M. Prayer was offered by Rev. Edward Payson Thwing, M.D., of New York.

The report of the Committee on Finance was presented by Charles A. Hull, Esq., who also addressed the Association, and was followed by J. Hall McIlvaine, D.D., of Rhode Island; Smith Baker, D.D., of Massachusetts; Rev. Charles W. Shelton, of the Association, and Rev. Oliver S. Dean, of Massachusetts. The report was accepted.

At this hour—3.30 o’clock—the Association adjourned to the First Baptist Church for a business session, leaving the Second Parish Church to a meeting of the Woman’s Bureau of the American Missionary Association.

The business meeting was called to order by Col. Franklin Fairbanks, of Vermont, who presided. Prayer was offered by Allen Hazen, D.D., of Massachusetts.

The Committee on Nominations reported as follows: First, as regards the office of President—No nomination had been made, but a recommendation that the matter be left in the hands of the Executive Committee, who have power to fill such a vacancy at any time. Second, as regards the remaining offices, the following nominations were made:

VICE-PRESIDENTS.

A. J. F. BEHRENDS, D.D., N.Y. F. A. NOBLE, D.D., Ill. ALEXANDER MCKENZIE, D.D., Mass. D. O. MEARS, D.D., Mass. HENRY HOPKINS, D.D., Mo.

CORRESPONDING SECRETARIES.

M. E. STRIEBY, D.D. JAMES POWELL, D.D. A. F. BEARD, D.D., all of New York.

TREASURER.

H. W. HUBBARD, Esq., N.Y.

AUDITORS.

PETER MCCARTEE, N.Y. CHARLES P. PIERCE, N.Y.

EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE.

(_For Three Years._)

LYMAN ABBOTT, D.D., N.Y.; J. R. DANFORTH, D.D., Penn.; A. S. BARNES, Esq., N.Y.; Gen. CLINTON B. FISK, N.Y.; A. P. FOSTER, D.D., Mass.

(_For One Year._) JAMES W. COOPER, D.D., Ct.

The report was accepted, and a ballot being taken, the persons named were elected.

The meeting listened to reports of the committees appointed upon the papers read on Wednesday by the Secretaries.

Rev. W. A. McGinley, of New Hampshire, presented the report upon Secretary Beard’s paper. The report was accepted.

C. M. Lamson, D.D., of Vermont, presented the report upon Secretary Strieby’s paper, which was accepted.

Joseph Anderson, D.D., of Connecticut, presented the report upon Secretary Powell’s paper, together with two resolutions. The report was accepted. The first resolution was adopted, as follows:

_Resolved_, That we submit to the Congregational churches, in local conferences assembled, for careful consideration, the question whether it is not desirable that such conferences establish special committees, whose duty it shall be to secure for this Association, along with the other benevolent societies of the denomination, a hearing from time to time in our churches, especially in those churches which are without pastors, and which for this, or other reasons, are liable to fail in their duty toward our great missionary and benevolent organizations.

And it was voted that the Secretaries print this resolution and send a copy to the clerk of each local conference, requesting him to bring it to the attention of the body.

After discussion, the second resolution relating to a Union Missionary Magazine was laid upon the table.

Adjourned to 7.30 P. M.

THURSDAY EVENING.

The meeting was called to order at 7.30 by Elbert B. Munroe, Esq., of New York. Rev. Frank A. Warfield, of Massachusetts, conducted devotional services.