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Corresponding Secretaries,

Rev. CHARLES J. RYDER,

Rev. H. PAUL DOUGLASS.

Treasurer,

IRVING C. GAYLORD.

Secretary Bureau of Woman's Work, Mrs. F. W. WILCOX.

District Secretaries,

Rev. G. H. GUTTERSON, 615 Congregational House, Boston, Mass.
Rev. LUCIUS O. BAIRD, 19 South La Salle Street, Chicago, Ill:
Rev. GEO. W. HINMAN, 21 Brenham Place, San Francisco, Cal.
Field Representative,

THE CONGREGATIONAL CHURCH BUILDING SOCIETY Mrs. IDA VOSE WOODBURY, 615 Congregational House, Boston, Mass. 287 FOURTH AVENUE, New York

President,

Dr. LUCIEN C. WARNER.

Corresponding Secretary,

Rev. CHARLES H. RICHARDS.

Treasurer,

CHARLES H. BAKER.

Field Secretaries,

Rev. WILLIAM W. NEWELL,

19 So. La Salle Street, Chicago. Rev. WILLIAM W. LEETE,

14 Beacon Street, Boston. Rev. H. H. WIKOFF,

San Francisco, Cal.

Assistant Field Secretaries, Mrs. C. H. TAINTOR, Clinton, Conn.
Rev. JOHN P. SANDERSON, 19 So. LaSalle St., Chicago.

THE CONGREGATIONAL EDUCATION SOCIETY
CONGREGATIONAL HOUSE, 14 BEACON STREET, BOSTON, MASS.

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CONGREGATIONAL HOUSE, 14 BEACON STREET, BOSTON, MASS.

President,

Rev. CLARENCE F. SWIFT.

Missionary and Extension Secretary,

Rev. WILLIAM EWING.

Treasurer,

S. F. WILKINS.

Business Manager,
LUTHER H. CARY.

Editor Sunday School Helps, Mr. SIDNEY A. WESTON.

District Secretaries, Rev. R. W. GAMMON, 19 West Jackson Street, Chicago. Rev. M. S. LITTLEFIELD, 289 Fourth Ave., New York City. Publishing Houses, 14 Beacon Street, Boston; 19 W. Jackson Blvd., Chicago.

THE CONGREGATIONAL BOARD OF MINISTERIAL RELIEF THE CONGREGATIONAL ANNUITY FUND

287 FOURTH AVENUE, NEW YORK

President, Rev. HENRY A. STIMSON. Secretary, Rev. WILLIAM A. RICE. Treasurer, B. H. FANCHER.

THE WOMAN'S BOARD OF MISSIONS

704 CONGREGATIONAL HOUSE, BOSTON, MASS.

Home Secretary.

MISS HELEN B. CALDER.

Treasurer. - MISS SARAH LOUISE Day.

THE WOMAN'S BOARD OF MISSIONS OF THE INTERIOR 19 S. LASALLE STREET, ROOM 1315, CHICAGO, ILL.

Secretary.

MRS. LUCIUS O. LEE. Treasurer. MRS. S. E. HURLBUT.

THE WOMAN'S BOARD OF MISSIONS FOR THE PACIFIC LACHMAN BLDG., ROOM 321, SAN FRANCISCO, Cal.

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Home Secretary. MRS. H. M. TENNEY, 37 Mesa Ave., Piedmont, Cal. Acting Treasurer. - MRS. W. W. FERRIER, 2716 Hillegass Ave., Berkeley, Cal.

THE WOMAN'S HOME MISSIONARY FEDERATION

President. MRS. H. H. HART, White Plains, N. Y.

Treasurer. MRS. H. A. FLINT, 604 Willis Ave., Syracuse, N. Y.

Corresponding Secretary. — MRS. FRANKLIN H. WARNER, 30 Ridgview Ave., White Plains, N. Y.

CONSTITUTION AND BY-LAWS OF THE

NATIONAL COUNCIL

THE Congregational Churches of the United States, by delegates in National Council assembled, reserving all the rights and cherished memories belonging to this organization under its former constitution, and declaring the steadfast allegiance of the churches composing the Council to the faith which our fathers confessed, which from age to age has found its expression in the historic creeds of the Church universal and of this communion, and affirming our loyalty to the basic principals of our representative democracy, hereby set forth the things most surely believed among us concerning faith, polity, and fellowship:

FAITH

We believe in God the Father, infinite in wisdom, goodness, and love; and in Jesus Christ, his Son, our Lord and Saviour, who for us and our salvation lived and died and rose again and liveth evermore; and in the Holy Spirit, who taketh of the things of Christ and revealeth them to us, renewing, comforting, and inspiring the souls of men. We are united in striving to know the will of God as taught in the Holy Scriptures, and in our purpose to walk in the ways of the Lord, made known or to be made known to us. We hold i to be the mission of the Church of Christ to proclaim the gospel to all mankind, exalting the worship of the one true God, and laboring for the progress of knowledge, the promotion of justice, the reign of peace, and the realization of human brotherhood. Depending, as did our fathers, upon the continued guidance of the Holy Spirit to lead us into all truth, we work and pray for the transformation of the world into the kingdom of God; and we look with faith for the triumph of righteousness and the life everlasting.

POLITY

We believe in the freedom and responsibility of the individual soul, and the right of private judgment. We hold to the autonomy of the local church and its independence of all ecclesiastical control. We cherish the fellowship of the churches, united in district, state, and national bodies, for counsel and co-operation in matters of common concern.

THE WIDER FELLOWSHIP

While affirming the liberty of our churches, and the validity of our ministry, we hold to the unity and catholicity of the Church of Christ, and will unite with all its branches in hearty co-operation; and will earnestly seek, so far as in us lies, that the prayer of our Lord for his disciples may be answered, that they all may be one.

United in support of these principles, the Congregational Churches in National Council assembled agree in the adoption of the following Constitution:

ARTICLE I.- NAME

The name of this body is the National Council of the Congregational Churches of the United States.

ARTICLE II. - PURPOSE

The purpose of the National Council is to foster and express the substantial unity of the Congregational churches in faith, polity, and work; to consult upon and devise measures and maintain agencies for the promotion of their common interests; to co-operate with any corporation or body under control of or affiliated with the Congregational churches, or any of them; and to do and to promote the work of the Congregational churches of the United States in their national, international, and interdenominational relations.

ARTICLE III. — MEMBERS

1. Delegates. (a) The churches in each District Association shall be represented by one delegate. Each association having more than ten churches shall be entitled to elect one

additional delegate for each additional ten churches or major fraction thereof. The churches in each State Conference shall be represented by one delegate. Each conference having churches whose aggregate membership is more than ten thousand shall be entitled to elect one additional delegate for each additional ten thousand members or major fraction thereof. States having associations but no conference, or vice versa, shall be entitled to their full representation.

(b) Delegates shall be divided, as nearly equally as practicable, between ministers and laymen.

(c) The Secretary and the Treasurer shall be members, ex officiis, of the Council.

(d) Any delegate who shall remove from the bounds of the conference or association by which he has been elected to the Council shall be deemed by the fact of that removal to have resigned his membership in the Council, and the Conference or Association may proceed to fill the unexpired term by election.

2. Honorary Members. Former moderators and assistant moderators of the Council, ministers serving the churches entertaining the Council, persons selected as preachers or to prepare papers, or to serve upon committees or commissions chosen by the Council, missionaries present who are in the service of the American Board of Commissioners for Foreign Missions and have been not less than seven years in that service, together with one delegate each from such theological seminaries and colleges as are recognized by the Council, may be enrolled as honorary members and shall be entitled to all privileges of members in the meeting of the Council except those of voting and initiation of business.

3. Corresponding Members. The Council shall not increase its own voting membership, but members of other denominations, present by invitation or representing their denominations, representatives of Congregational bodies in other lands, and other persons present who represent important interests, or have rendered distinguished services, may, by vote, be made corresponding members, and entitled to the courtesy of the floor.

4. Vacancies and Alternates. Each state or district organization may provide in its own way for filling vacancies in

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