ment along the lines suggested, this committee of twenty-five to be instructed to enlarge its numbers by inviting ten nominations from the National Mission Boards and a nomination from the Board of Directors of each state conference having more than 5,000 members, one additional being named for each additional 25,000 members or major fraction thereof.

3. The projection by this Commission of a comprehensive survey of our denominational fields of labor, showing in detail the specific needs of men and money for the purpose of securing a solid basis for a plan of advance.

4. The formulation by this Commission of a five-year program of effort which shall include all our common undertakings-missionary, educational, social and evangelistic, a central feature of which program shall be a united denominational budget of annual expenditure to be provided by an Every Member Canvass, and which in the aggregate shall call for the raising of a minimum of $50,000,000 divided as the need shall appear.

Ample provision shall be made in the program for development of the educational and spiritual forces of which gifts of money are simply the visible expression. It will also be recognized as fundamental that our local churches shall be aided in every feasible way to secure an equipment, maintain a staff and conduct activities adequate to the demands of our time.

5. In addition to the above the following elements should be included in such program:

(a) A Program of Prayer, with an urgent call to our entire fellowship to unite in specific petition for the ongoing of the Kingdom through this program. (b) A Program of Christian Work, including (1) evangelism; (2) religious education; (3) church extension; (4) community service; (5) world service through foreign missionary activities.

(c) A Campaign of Enlistment in Christian life work, including (1) the ministry; (2) missionary service; (3) church assistants; (4) miscellaneous, religious work.

(d) A Campaign of Stewardship seeking the commitment of Congregational Christians to the principle and

practice of the trusteeship of all we are and have. 6. The creation by the Commission of a simple but adequate organization for the execution of the plan together with a method for meeting the costs of such execution. It is the judgment of your Commission that such costs should be a first charge upon the united budget and that they should not exceed two per cent of the total.

7. Close co-operation at all points with the Interchurch World Movement, supplementary features special to our own denomination being provided as needed.

8. The Tercentenary Program Committee above named to be empowered to take all necessary steps for getting the contemplated survey under way and to prepare a plan of action for submission to the full Commission when it is called together.

9. That the Interchurch World Movement be heartily endorsed, that the Mission Boards of the denomination be asked to co-operate with it, and that our Tercentenary Program Commission be instructed to carry forward its task in close relationship to the Movement's plans.

10. That the Council, recognizing that a campaign of such magnitude will require an unusual initial expense, recommends to our Mission Boards that they underwrite the Interchurch World Movement and the plans of promotion adopted by the Commission just appointed up to a total of six per cent of the aggregate budget adopted, the same to be divided as the commission shall decide. It is understood that the portion assigned to the Interchurch World Movement is to be secured by that body from special gifts made to its treasury and that the portion used by the commission for the promotion of its work shall be a first charge pro rata against receipts secured under the plan of campaign proposed.

11. That the Commission on Missions be asked to print the recommendations as amended and adopted.

The following recommendation of the Commission on Missions was referred to the Tercentenary Program Commission : That $30,000,000 of the proposed fund be raised as a na

tional denominational budget through national denominational agencies and include amounts which have been raised or shall be raised for the Pilgrim Memorial Fund, for which a total of $8,000,000 is hoped, and enlarged contributions from the churches for the Mission Boards; the remaining $20,000,000 to be raised for our educational institutions as an integral part of the general effort.

On recommendation of the Nominating Committee the following were elected.

Secretary, Rev. Hubert C. Herring.

Treasurer, Mr. Frank F. Moore.

Executive Committee:

For six years. Rev. C. F. Carter, Connecticut.

For four years.

Mr. A. M. Lyon, Massachusetts.

Rev. R. R. Wicks, Massachusetts.
Mr. V. A. Wallin, Illinois.

Additional members of the Commission on Evangelism:
Rev. C. E. Jefferson, New York.

Rev. J. E. Park, Massachusetts.

Voted: That three laymen be added to the Commission on Evangelism.

On recommendation of the Nominating Committee the following commissions were elected:

Commission on Social Service (P. 6).

Commission on the Status of the Ministry (P. 7).
Commission on Organization (P. 7).

Commission on Religious and Moral Education (P. 6).
Commission on Temperance (P. 7).

Commission on Ordained Women, Church Assistants and
Lay Preachers (P. 7).

Three amendments to the By-Laws of the Council were presented by Hon. J. H. Perry of Connecticut and referred to the Business Committee (P. 32).

The Committee on Greetings reported the receipt of a telegram from the General Convention of the Universalist Church in session in Baltimore, Maryland, to which a reply

was sent.

Report of the National Service Commission was presented and accepted as printed (P. 229).

The following resolution was adopted:

Resolved: That the National Service Commission constituted by the National Council of Congregational Churches at its meeting held in Columbus, Ohio, in 1917, be and hereby is discharged from further duties, and that the continuance and completion of any work within the scope of its original constitution be committed to the Social Service Commission; and further

Resolved: That the treasurer of the National Service Commission is hereby instructed to close his accounts on November 1 next, and to turn over the balance of funds in his hands on that date to the treasurer of the Congregational Education Society for the use of the Social Service Commission.

The following resolution presented by Chaplain John T. Axton of New Jersey was adopted:

Whereas: The War Department has announced its determination to commit to its chaplains the entire program of religious work for soldiers, and to cause the immediate withdrawal of the welfare societies from camps, posts and stations, thereby placing great responsibility upon the chaplains and increasing the need for men of exceptional ability; and in view of the limitations in grades, privileges and allowances that have deterred strong men from entering this field of service,

Therefore be it Resolved: By the National Council of Congregational Churches of the United States in session at Grand Rapids, Michigan, October, 1919,

That we most heartily endorse the four propositions agreed upon by the General Committee on Army and Navy Chaplains, and we urge the Congress of the United States to enact legislation that will put these propositions into effect immediately.

These propositions are:

1. Organization. There shall be created a corps in the Army of the United States to be known as the Corps of Chaplains. Said corps shall be administered by a staff of three chaplains fairly representing the religious forces of the country.

2. The chaplains of said corps shall have rank, pay and allowances as follows:

5 per cent with the rank, pay and allowance of colonel. 10 per cent with the rank, pay and allowance of lieutenant colonel.

15 per cent with the rank, pay and allowance of major. 20 per cent with the rank, pay and allowance of captain. 25 per cent with the rank, pay and allowance of first lieutenant.

3. The number of chaplains (including those now holding permanent commissions) in the said corps shall be in the proportion of one for each twelve hundred commissioned officers and enlisted men authorized by law for the permanent military establishment.

4. Appointments. No person shall be commissioned as a chaplain who is over 35 years of age, and all commissions shall be provisional for the term of two years, except that any clergyman who shall have served during the period of the recent emergency as a Chaplain in the Army of the United States shall be eligible for permanent appointment on his army record without regard to the requirement of provisional service and examination respecting mental qualifications,

Resolved: That copies of this resolution be sent to the Secretary of War, the Chairman of the House Committee on Military Affairs, the Chairman of the Senate Committee on Military Affairs, and the Secretary of the General Committee on Army and Navy Chaplains.

MONDAY, OCTOBER 27.

Devotional service at 9.00 A. M. was conducted by Rev. E. B. Allen of Illinois.

The council was called to order at 9.30 by the Moderator.

On recommendation of the Business Committee the following amendments to the By-Laws of the Council previously proposed by Hon. J. H. Perry of Connecticut were adopted:

1. By-Law VII, Section 4, Add the words, "No person shall be eligible for successive reappointment on this committee."