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Download or read book Minutes of the National Council of the Congregational Churches of the United States written by and published by . This book was released on 2015-07-22 with total page 198 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from Minutes of the National Council of the Congregational Churches of the United States: At the Fifth Session, Held in Concord, N. H., October 11-15, 1883; With the Reports and Papers The National Council of the Congregational Churches of the United States convened for its fifth session, in the South church, in Concord, N. H., at 11 a. m., Thursday, October 11, 1883, and was called to order by Amos C. Barstow, of Rhode Island, chairman of the provisional committee, acting as temporary moderator, who made an address. Tellers. Rev. James W. Cooper, of Connecticut; Rev. Arthur F. Skeele. of New York; Rev. Thomas M. Boss, of Vermont; Rev. James R. Bourne, of Connecticut; Rev. Burke F. Leavitt, of Illinois, and Rev. George E. Hall, of Vermont, were requested to serve as tellers. The roll in part was read, and the constitution, by-laws, and rules. Fifteen minutes were spent in devotion. At 12.15 a recess was taken till 2.30. Thursday Afternoon, October 11. Organization. At 2.30, after singing, and pray'er by Rev. Egbert C. Smyth, d. D., of Massachusetts, and Rev. Joseph Ward, D. D., of Dakota territory, the roll in part was read, and from nominations without remark, Rev. Arthur Little, d. d., of Illinois, was chosen moderator, and was conducted to the chair by Rev. A. Hastings Ross, of Michigan. The moderator made an address and offered prayer. Welcome. Addresses of welcome were made by Samuel W. Hale, governor of New Hampshire, Edgar II. Woodman, mayor of Concord, and Rev. Franklin D. Ayer, pastor of the First church in Concord, to which response was made by the moderator. Christian giving. After singing, by vole of the Council, J. M. W. Hall, of Massachusetts, read a paper on Christian giving. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
