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CONGREGATIONAL
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CHRISTIAN CHURCHES
Combining the Congregational Year-Book, Volume No. 54, and The Christian Annual, Volume No. 60
1931 STATISTICS
ISSUED BY
THE EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE
OF THE
GENERAL COUNCIL OF THE CONGREGATIONAL
AND CHRISTIAN CHURCHES
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TABLE OF CONTENTS
PAGE
The Congregational and Christian Churches 4
Organization
General Council of Congregational and Christian Churches 5
The National Council of Congregational Churches 6
Corporation for the National Council 6
The General Convention of the Christian Church 6
Reports of Treasurers "^
Statement of Social Ideals 8, 9
Officers, Committees and Commissions 10-13
The General Convention of the Christian Church — Officers and Boards 14
Commission on Missions 15
Commission on Evangelism and Devotional Life 16
The Corporation for the National Council 17
The National Societies 18-28
City Organizations 29
Other Societies and Organizations 30-34
Theological Seminaries 35-42
Colleges 43
Congregational Clubs 44
Necrology 45-65
State Organizations, Officers and Meetings 66-71
Regional and Conference Officers — Christian Church 72, 73
Explanation of Schedules 74
Annual Statistics of Churches — Schedules 75-266
International Congregationalism 267
Summary I — Comparative Table by States 268, 269
Summary II — Comparative Table by Years 270
Supplementary Summaries 271
Ordinations 272, 273
Clerks 274-313
Church Assistants 314-321
Missionaries of the A. B. C. F. M 322-325
Retired Missionaries of the American Board 326, 327
University Pastors and Workers 327
Pastors not Members of Associations or Conferences, and Licentiates 328-338
Congregational and Christian Ministers in Full Standing 339-402
Last Minute Revisions 403, 404
Advertisements - 405-416
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THE CONGREGATIONAL AND CHRISTIAN CHURCHES
Principles of Christian Fellowship
The Congregational and Christian Churches of the United States by delegates assembled, reserving all the rights and cherished memories of their historic past and affirming loyalty to the basic principles of unity and democracy in church polity, hereby set forth the principles of Christian fellowship immemorially held by these churches.
We hold sacred the freedom of the individual soul and the right of private judgment. We stand for the autonomy of the local church and its independence of ecclesiastical control. We cherish the fellowship of churches, united in district, state and national bodies for counsel and co-operation. Affirming these convic- tions we hold to the unity of the Church of Christ, and will unite with all its branches in fellowship and hearty co-operation; and we earnestly seek that the prayer of our Lord for the unity of his followers may be speedily answered.
We find in the Bible the supreme rule of faith and life, but recognize wide room for differences in interpretation. We therefore base our union upon the acceptance of Christianity as primarily a way of life and not upon uniformity of theological opinion or any uniform practice of ordinances. (From the preamble of the Constitution of the General Council of the Congregational and Christian Churches.)
Form — Congregational and Christian Churches are bodies of self-governing Christian believers organized on a democratic basis in close association with a great body of similar churches throughout the world, covenanting together for religious worship, work, and fellowship, acknowledging Christ only as authori- tative Head.
Origin — Congregational Churches were first organized in England in the Six- teenth Century, in revolt against state control of religious worship, in the demand - for personal Christian experience, and in an effort to reproduce New Testament simplicity and democracy.
The Christian churches originated spontaneously in several parts of the United States in the latter part of the eighteenth century. In each instance the movement was a revolt against overhead control of local churches and ministers.
Principles — They believe in a free Kingdom of God under the sole authority and leadership of the Spirit of Christ, insuring freedom of the individual soul, liberty of conscience, the independence of the local church, and the free fellow- ship of the churches.
Ideals — Democratic life and organization, simplicity and vitality of faith, intellectual freedom, educational efficiency, evangelistic purpose, missionary zeal, social passion, unsectarian fellowship, unselfish devotion to the extension of the Kingdom.
Practice — Congregational and Christian Churches emphasize beliefs in which all evangelical Christians agree, exalt nothing trivial or sectarian, repudiate dogmatism and all legislative control, ecclesiastical or civic, of the spiritual life, and seek union of all churches, on the basis of mutual freedom and fellowship. Their rule of action is "In essentials unity, in non-essentials liberty, in all things charity."
Achievements — The old world and the new are indebted largely to Congrega- tionalism for the establishment and progress of the principle of religious tolera- tion. Congregationalism sailed to America in the Mayflower as the church of the Pilgrim Fathers. Settling first at Plymouth, then later fusing with the Puritan colonists that followed them, these founders of Congregationalism spread over New England, and through their democratic ideals laid the foundations for the free church, the free state, the free school, and the free social life of our country. The Congregational churches have been the pioneer Protestant churches of our nation in the promotion of education, missions, evangelism, and in most movements for Christian union, religious progress, and moral reform.
While the Christian Church originated later, and therefore did not have the original impact upon the nation's life, and while its numbers and resources have not been so large its ideals and principles have been identical with those of the Congregational churches.
The Local Church — The local church is the center and soul of the whole organization. It is self-administering and is the final arbiter of all questions relating to its own life.
Fellowship with churches of like organization differentiates these churches from the so-called independent church. This fellowship is held in associations, state or district conferences and the General Council described below.
The Association — A church is recognized denominationally by securing mem- bership in some association of churches, usually consisting of from ten to fifty such churches, located in geographical proximity to one another. These associa- tions are for the purpose of mutual stimulation, the holding of ministerial cre- dentials for ordained ministers and the performance of common Christian service.
The State Conference — The state or district conference is made up of the churches within its bounds holding membership in the several associations. Mutual helpfulness to all the churches, and as ordinarily organized, the carrying forward of church extension and missionary work within its own borders, are the functions of the conference. Usually the conference maintains a paid super- intendent and a central office. A directory will be found on page 17.
The General Council — What the State Conference is to the state the General Council is to the nation, with appropriate variations. It also becomes the unifying agency for coordinating the organization and work of the missionary societies. (See following pages.)
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GENERAL COUNCIL ORGANIZATION
The General Council of the Congregational and Christian Churches was organized on June 27, 1931, at Seattle, Washington, for the purpose of carrying on the functions hitherto performed by the National Council of the Congrega- tional Churches and the General Convention of the Christian Church. The older organizations continue their formal existence for the time being for possible legal requirements. Details of organization will be found on the following pages.
PURPOSE The purpose of the General Council is to foster and express the substantial unity of the Congregational and Christian churches in faith, purpose, polity and work; to consult upon and devise measures and maintain agencies for the pro- motion of the common interests of the Kingdom of God; to co-operate with any corporation or body under control of or affiliated with the Congregational or Christian churches or any of them; and to do and to promote the work of these churches in their national, international and interdenominational relations, and in general so far as legally possible to perform on behalf of the united churches the various functions hitherto performed by the National Coimcil for the Congrega- tional churches and by the General Convention for the Christian church, it being understood that where technical legal questions may be involved the action of the separate bodies shall be secured. (Article II of the Constitution.)
FUNCTIONS
As the name indicates, the General Council is a volxmtary organization of Congregational and Christian churches for the purpose of conference regardmg their common interests. The central function of the Council is to provide a gathering for useful discussion of questions of concern to the churches, and so to furnish inspiration for increased devotion and effectiveness.
Associated with the function of discussion and inspiration is that of the election of officers and agencies for carrying on the common work of the churches. Specifically, the Council provides for gathering and publishhig annually the statistics for the churches as given in this Year Book. For the purpose of stimulating fellowship and of coordinating the various agencies offices are main- tained with a small staff of Secretaries.
MEMBERS Each State Conference or similar organization of churches is entitled to elect two members (one being a woman) for each ten thousand members or major fraction thereof. Each local association or similar organization may elect one delegate for each ten churches or major fraction thereof. Each college and theological seminary recognized by the Council is entitled to one delegate. The Moderator, the Secretaries, the Treasurer and editors of national church period- icals are members ex-officiis.
EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE Between the sessions of the Council an Executive Committee chosen by the Council attends to details of business, arranging for the meetings and submitting programs for the same. This committee is also the agency for correlating the activities of the several Commissions.
COMMISSIONS
The fvmctions of the Commission on Missions are to correlate the ad- ministration of the several missionary societies and boards affiliated with the Coimcil in the interest of economy and efficiency, and to promote the appeal for benevolent funds. Through this Commission it is possible for the Council to keep in touch with the wide range of benevolent activity of the churches.
The Commission on Evangelism and Devotional Life maintains an office with an employed staff. Its name indicates the general field in which it operates. There are several other Commissions, none of them being charged with executive functions to any extent but rather with study and report, each in its own field, with such cooperation with the executive agencies of the denomination as seems feasible.
MISSIONARY SOCIETIES
The general missionary societies have as their controlling membership the membership of the General Council itself. Meeting in separate sessions under the direction of their own officers, the membership of each of these societies is in large majority identical with that of the General Council, so that in matters of common concern action taken by the General Council may usually be taken by each of the societies without further discussion, thus giving unity of operation in matters of common concern and making the missionary societies the instru- ments of the churches themselves.
During the process of merger of the Congregational and Christian Societies the work is administered unitedly as shown in the following pages, although until corporate mergers can be effected each missionary organization continues its legal existence.
MEETINGS Meetings of the General Council are held biennially in the odd numbered years. The meeting of 1933 is to be held at Cleveland, Ohio.
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THE NATIONAL COUNCIL OF THE CONGREGATIONAL CHURCHES
Organized Oberlin, Ohio, November 17, 1871. Merged with the General Convention of the Christian Church, Seattle, Washington, June 27, 1931. Meets biennially in conjunction with the General Council of the Congregational and Christian Churches for necessary legal business. Only such officers, committees and commissions as are necessary to its legal operations are maintained.
Moderator: Rev. Carl S. Patton, D. D., Los Angeles, Calif.
Assistant Moderators: Rev. Rockwell Harmon Potter, D. D., Hartford, Conn. Rev. William Horace Day, D. D., Bridgeport, Conn.
Secretary: Rev. Charles E. Burton, D. D., New York
Associate Secretary: Rev. Frederick L. Fagley, D. D., New York
Treasurer: Mr. William T. Boult, New York
Executive Committee: The Congregational members of the Exectuive Committee of the General Council.
Business Committee, Committee on Credentials, Nominating Committee and Commission on Evangelism and Devotional Life: The Congregational mem- bers of the corresponding bodies of the General Council. The Commission on Missions and Survey Committee: Identical with the members for the General Council.
CORPORATION FOR THE NATIONAL COUNCIL
Pending possible amendments to its charter on account of the merger with the General Convention the Corporation continues its functions as heretofore. (See page 17) The members are as follows:
Ex-officiis: The Moderator and Secretary of the National Council
Term Expiring 1933: Term Expiring 1935: Mr. Horatio Ford, Ohio Mr. Lucius R. Eastman, N. Y.
Mr. J. Howard Leman, Mass. Mr. Bernard A. Burger, N. Y.
Mr. Leslie R. Rounds, N. J. Mr. J. Morton Halstead, N. Y.
Hon. Epaphroditus Peck, Conn. Rev. Charles S. Mills, Conn.
Mr. Charles C. Putnam, N. Y. Mr. Raymond H. Fiero, N. Y.
Term Expiring 1937: Mr. B. H. Fancher, Conn. Pres. D. J. Cowling, Minn. Mr. H. M. Pflager, Mo. Mr. Edward L. Scheidenhelm Rev. Lewis T. Reed, N. Y.
THE GENERAL CONVENTION OF THE CHRISTIAN CHURCH
Organized Windham, Connecticut, 1819, as the General Christian Conference or Convention. United with the National Council of the Congregational Churches, June 27, 1931, at Seattle, Washington. Its organization is continued for the time being for the purpose of meeting necessary legal requirements. Only such officers as are necessary to its operations are maintained.
For list of officers see page 14.
The General Convention meets biennially in conjunction with the meeting of the General Council.
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NATIONAL COUNCIL OF THE CONGREGATIONAL CHURCHES
Statement of Receipts and Disbursements for the Year Ending December 31,
CASH FUNDS General Fund
Balance January 1, 1931 $ 8.337.58
Receipts
Dues $64,498.62
Calendars 12,451.63
Year Book 2,128.31
Contributions 7,690.90
Shipping Department 4,439.88
Income on Investments 2,500.00
Interest on Bank Balances 95.16
Total Receipts $93,804.50
Disbursements
Commission Expense $15,594.57
Salaries, Executive 13,750.11
Salaries, Clerical 7,782.66
Calendars 12,270.26
Travel 9,689.47
Year Book 8,640.81
Shipping Department 6,142.69
Office Expense 5,814.77
National Council Meeting 3,924.80
Advertising and Publicity 3,127.33
Rent 2,229.79
Total Disbursements 88,967.26
Receipts of Income over Disbursements 4,837.24
Transferred from:
General Fund Reserve 2,500.00
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7,337.24
15.674.82 Transferred to:
General Council of Congregational
and Christian Churches 8,500.00
Balance December 31, 1931 $7,174.82
Mileage Fund
Balance January 1, 1931 5,621.62
Dues 7,168.57
Disbursements (Nafl Council Meeting) 17,421.73
Disbursements over Receipts (10,253.16)
( 4,631.54) Transferred from:
Mileage Fxmd Reserve 1.028.21
Deficit Mileage Fund (3,603.33)
Cash in Corn Exchange Bank and Petty Cash Fund $3,571.49
GENERAL CONVENTION OF THE CHRISTIAN CHURCH
Statement of Current Receipts and Disbursements for the Year 1931 CURRENT FUNDS
Receipts Disbursements
Balance January 1, Salary, Executive..$ 3,466.66
1931 $ 43.08 Salaries. Clerical .. 1,887.09
From Conv. Treas., Rental 330.00
current receipts .... 3,926.14 Travel 445.51
From Conv. Treas., Office expenses .... 598.73
invested funds 5,650.96 Commissions 21.56
For travel exp. and Year Book 286.13
special services .... 211.34 Executive meetings 541.40
Sales of literature... 70.35 Fed. Council dues 1,000.00
From Year Book Seattle expenses... 1,379.16
account 1.57.8.5 Rice Annuity 47.25
Int. on Rice Annuity 27.50 Bal. on hand
From office expense Dec. 31, 1931 90.23
account 6.50
Total $10,093.72
Total receipts .... $10,093.72
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A STATEMENT OF SOCIAL IDEALS
Adopted by the National Council of the Congregational Churches of the United States, October 24, 1925.
We believe in making the social and spiritual ideals of Jesus our test for community as well as for individual life; in strengthening and deepening the inner personal relationship of the individual with God, and recognizing his obligation and duty to society. This is crystallized in the two commandments of Jesus: "Love thy God and love thy neighbor." We believe this pattern ideal for a Christian social order involves the recognition of the sacredness of life, the supreme worth of each single personality, and our common membership in one another — the brotherhood of all. In short, it means creative activity in coopera- tion with our fellow human beings, and with God, in the everyday life of society and in the development of a new and better world social order. Translating this ideal
I. Into Education Means:
1. The building of a social order in which every child has the best oppor- tunity for development.
2. Adequate and equal educational opportunity for all, with the possibility of extended training for those competent.
3. A thorough and scientific program of religious and secular education designed to Christianize everyday life and conduct.
4. Conservation of health, including careful instruction in sex hygiene and home building, abundant and wholesome recreation facilities, and education for leisure, including a nation-wide system of adult education.
5. Insistence on constitutional rights and duties, including freedom of speech, of the press, and of peaceable assemblage.
6. Constructive education and Christian care of dependents, defectives, and delinquents, in order to restore them to normal life whenever possible, with kindljr segregation for those who are hopelessly feebleminded. (This means that such institutions as the jails, prisons, and orphan asylums should be so con- ducted as to be genuine centers for education and health.)
7. A scientifically planned program of international education promoting peace and good-will and exposing the evils of war, intoxicants, illiteracy, and other social sins.
II. Into Industrial and Economic Relationship Means:
1. A reciprocity of service — that group interests, whether of labor or capital, must always be integrated with the welfare of society as a whole, and that society in its turn must insure justice to each group.
2. A frank abandonment of all efforts to secure something for nothing, and recognition that all ownership is a social trust involving Christian administration for the good of all and that the unlimited exercise of the right of private owner- ship is socially undesirable.
3. Abolishing child labor and establishing standards for the employment of minors which will insure maximum physical, intellectual and moral development.
4. Freedom from employment one day in seven, the eight-hour day as the present maximum for all industrial workers.
5. Providing safe and sanitary industrial conditions especially protecting women; adequate accident, sickness, and unemployment insurance, together with suitable provision for old age.
6. An effective national system of public employment bureaus to make possible the proper distribution of the labor forces of America.
7. That the first charge upon industry should be a minimum comfort wage and that all labor should give an honest day's work for an honest day's pay.
8. Adequate provision for impartial investigation and publicity, conciliation and arbitration in industrial disputes.
9. The right of labor to organize with representatives of its own choosing and, where able, to share in the management of industrial relations.
10. Encouragement of the organization of consumers' cooperatives for the more equitable distribution of the essentials of life.
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11. The supremacy of the service, rather than the profit motive in the ac- quisition and use of property on the part of both labor and capital, and the most equitable division of the product of industry that can be devised.
III. Into Agriculture Means:
1. That the farmer shall have access to the land he works, on such terms as will insure him personal freedom and economic encouragement, while society is amply protected by efficient production and conservation of fertility.
2. That the cost of market distribution from farmer to consumer shall be cut to the lowest possible terms, both farmers and consumers sharing in these economies.
3. That there shall be every encouragement to the organization of farmers for economic ends, particularly for cooperative sales and purchases.
4. That an efficient system of both vocational and general education of youths and adults living on farms shall be available.
5. That special efforts shall be made to insure the farmer adequate social institutions, including the church, the school, the library, means of recreation, good local government, and particularly the best possible farm home.
6. That there shall be a widespread development of organized rural com- munities, thoroughly democratic, completely cooperative, and possessed with the spirit of the common welfare.
7. That there shall be the fullest measure of friendly reciprocal cooperation between the rural and city workers.
rv. Into Racial Relations Means:
1. The practice of the American principle of the same protection and rights for all races who share our common life.
2. The elimination of racial discrimination, and substitution of full brotherly treatment for all races in America.
3. The fullest cooperation between the churches of various races, even though of different denominations.
4. Educational and social equipment for the special needs of immigrants, with government information bureaus.
v. International Relations Means:
1. The removal of every unjust barrier of trade, color, creed, and race, and the practice of equal justice for all nations.
2. The administration of the property and privileges within each coimtry so that they will be of the greatest benefit not only to ttiat nation but to all the world.
3. Discouragement of all propaganda tending to mislead peoples in their international relations or to create prejudice.
4. The replacement of selfish imperialism by such disinterested treatment of backward nations as to contribute the maximum to the welfare of each nation and of all the world.
5. The abolition of military armaments by all nations except for an internal police force.
6. That the church of Christ as an institution should not be used as an instrument or an agency in the support of war.
7. A permanent association of the nations for world peace and good-will, the outlawry of war, and the settling of all differences between nations by con- ference, arbitration, or by an international court.
We believe it is the duty of every church to investigate local moral and economic conditions as well as to know world needs. We believe that it is only as our churches themselves follow the example and spirit of Jesus in the fullest sense — translating these social ideals into the daily life of the church and the community — that we can ever hope to build the Kingdom of God on earth.
These affirmations we make as Christians and loyal citizens of our beloved country. We present them as an expression of our faith and patriotism. We urge upon all our citizens the support of our cherished institutions, faithfulness at the ballot, respect for law, and loyal support of its administrators. We believe that our country can and will make a great contribution to the realiza- tion of Christian ideals throughout the world.
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OFFICERS, COMMITTEES AND COMMISSIONS
Co-Moderators — Rev. Carl S. Patton, Los Angeles, Calif. — Rev. Frank G. Coffin, Columbus, Ohio
Assistant Moderators — Rev. Rockwell H. Potter, Hartford, Conn. — Rev. William H. Day, Bridgeport, Conn.
Secretary — Rev. Charles E. Burton, 287 Fourth Ave., New York, N. Y.
Associate Secretary — Rev. Frederick L. Fagley, 287 Fourth Ave., New York, N. Y.
Assistant Secretary — Rev. Warren H. Denison, C. P. A. Building, Dayton, Ohio
Treasurer— William T. Boult, 287 Fourth Ave., New York, N. Y.
The Executive Committee
Ex-officiis: The two Moderators, and as corresponding members, the Secretaries.
Term Expiring 1933: Term Expiring 1935:
Mr. John Calder, Mass. Rev. W. S. Archibald, Conn.
Mr. Maurice E. Preisch, N. Y. Rev. Allan K. Chalmers. N. Y.
Rev. L. E. Smith, Va. Mrs. C. J. Chandler, Mich.
Mrs. Daniel C. Turner, N. Y. Rev. W. W. Patton, N. J.
Mr. Franklin Warner, Calif. Rev. P. S. Sailer, N. Y.
Term Expiring 1937:
Rev. Arthur H. Bradford, R. I. Rev. Robert E. Brown, Ohio Mr. Hermon Eldredge, Ohio Mr. Elbert A. Harvey, Mass. Mr. Fred B. Smith, N. Y.
The Nominating Committee
Term Expiring 1933: Term Expiring 1935:
Rev. T. M. Shipherd, Conn. Mr. William K.Cooper.D.C. (Deceased)
Rev. C. C. Adams, Vt. Rev. L. Wendell Fifield, Wash.
Mrs. Robert E. Brown, Ohio Rev. Carl M. Gates, Mass.
Rev. Raymond G. Clark, Ohio Rev. F. C. Lester, Va.
Rev. Harley H. Gill. Calif. Rev. Walter H. North. Mo.
Col. Raymond Robins, 111. Mrs. W. A. Rowell, 111.
Committee on Credentials
Supt. F. L. Hall, Ohio Rev. Roy H. Campbell, Calif.
Rev. R. G. English, N. Y. Rev. W. E. Collins, Kans.
Supt. E. C. Gillette, Fla. Rev. W. A. Morgan, 111.
Mrs. John G. Percy, Ohio Mrs. Alice V. Morrill, Vt. Mr. C. C. Farnham, N. Y.
Business Committee
Rev. J. A. Richards, Ohio Prof. W. A. Harper, Tenn.
Rev. C. W. Merriam, Mich. Mr. H. E. Sims, Ohio
Rev. Ada S. Anderson, Mo. Mrs. Howard Holden. Mich.
Rev. J. Burford Parry, Mass. Mr. Alex Matheson, Wis.
Rev. C. C. Burger, Mo. Rev. A. E. Roraback, N. Y. Mr. W. P. Hunt, 111.
Survey Committee
Term Expiring 1933: Term Expiring 1935:
Rev. Samuel T. Clifton, R. I. Rev. R. J. Clinchy, D. C.
Mr. E. G. Warner, N. Y. Mrs. E. B. Dean, Nebr.
Mrs. H. H. Hosford, Ohio Rev. Ralph Timberlake, Mass.
Rev. V. V. Loper, Colo. Mr. F. E. Reeve, 111.
Mrs. W. W. Patton, N. J. Mrs. W. A. Rowell, 111.
Rev. W. T. Scott, N. C. Rev. John Stapleton, Pa.
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Commission on Missions
Ex-officiis: The Moderators and Secretary of the General Council. Members of the Home Board
Term Expiring 1933:
Rev. Ada S. Anderson, Mo.
Rev. L. L. Barber, N. H.
Rev. Ferdinand Q. Blanchard, Ohio
Mr. Frank E. Bogart, Mich. (Deceased)
Rev. Robert W. Coe, Mass.
Mr. Arthur J. Crockett, Mass.
Mrs. M. S. Freeman, Tenn.
Rev. Joel W. Harper, Wash.
Dr. G. E. Haynes, N. Y.
Rev. Oscar E. Maurer, Conn.
Mrs. B. J. Newman, Pa.
Mr. H. M. Pflager, Mo.
Mrs. Leslie Rounds, N. J.
Rev. Jay T. Stocking, Mo.
Mrs. Lucius H. Thayer, Mass.
Rev. Otto J. Tiede, S. D.
Mr. G. N. Whittlesey, N. Y.
Mr. P. R. Zeigler, Mass.
Term Expiring 1935:
Rev. Theodore M. Shipherd, Conn.
Rev. M. R. Boynton, 111.
Mrs. F. F. Clark, N. Y.
Mr. Dwight L. Rogers, R. I.
Mrs. Elbert A. Harvey, Mass.
Mr. Henry Hincks, Conn.
Mrs. W. L. James, N. Y.
Rev. L. E. Smith, Va.
Rev. Charles S. Mills, Conn.
Mrs. D. C. Turner, N. Y.
Dean Luther A. Weigle, Conn.
Mr. Charles C. West, N. J.
Mr. Ethelbert E. Grabill, Mass.
Mrs. H. P. Willcox, N. Y.
Mrs. L. O. Baird, Wash.
Mr. Loren N. Wood. N. J.
Mrs. Athella M. Howsare, Ohio
Rev. Thomas T. GifEen, Calif.
Members of the Prudential Committee, A. B. C. F. M.
Term Expiring 1932:
Mr. Frederick W. Chamberlain, 111. Mrs. Frank Gaylord Cook, Mass. Hon. Charming H. Cox, Mass. Rev. Carl M. Gates, Mass. Mrs. A. M. Gibbons, Ohio Mrs. C. E. Greef, Iowa Rev. Clarence Reidenbach, Mass. Hon. William E. Sweet, Colo. Mr. Franklin Warner, Calif.
Term Expiring 1934:
Rev. Horace F. Holton, Mass. Mrs. Ernest A. Evans, Calif. Dr. Douglas Horton, 111. Mrs. William H. Medlicott, Mass. Mr. John G. Talcott, Conn. Mrs. Elwyn G. Preston, Mass. Mrs. Alice V. Morrill, Vt. Dr. George L. Richards, Mass. Rev. W. G. Sargent, R. I.
Term Expiring 1933:
Mr. Emil Berndt, Hawaii Mr. Charles E. Burbank, Mass. Miss Sarah Louise Day, Mass. Mrs. H. M. Buckham, Vermont Mr. J. A. Kesler, Kansas Mr. Charles S. Olcott, Mass. Mrs. Edmimd A. Osbornson, 111. Dean J. E. Taylor, Neb. Rev. Carl H. Veazie, Wash.
Term Expiring 1935:
Mr. Blake Franklin, Calif. Rev. Dwight J. Bradley, Mass. Mrs. Robert C. Chapin, Wis. Rev. Charles W. Helsley, Me. Miss Elizabeth J. Hurlbut, III. Mr. E. R. Lay, la. Rev. Raymond A. McConnell, N. ^ Mrs. Oscar W. Low, Minn. Dr. Ashley Day Leavitt, Mass.
Members at Large
Rev. R. G. Clark, Ohio Miss Amy Welcher, Conn. Mrs. Albertis Montgomery, Okla. Rev. C. A. Voss, Pa.
Mrs. M. S. Poulson, Pa. Rev. Russell S. Brown, Ohio Rev. Chester B. Emerson, Mich. Rev. R. B. Walker, Ore. Rev. Frank J. Scribner, Wis.
Active:
Commission on Evangelism and Devotional Life
Term Expiring 1935:
Rev. E. W. Cross, N. Y. 1937 «ev. Koy C. Helfenstein, Del. 1935
Rev. M. R. Lovell, Conn. 1937
Prof. E. W. Lyman, N. Y. 1935
Rev. G. W. Miller. N. Y. 1937
Rev. W. W. Pickett, N. Y. 1933
Rev. F. K. Stamm, N. Y. 1937
Mr. Mitchell Ward, N. H. Rev. R. E. Brown, Ohio Mr. Chas. K. Calhoun, Conn. Rev. John M. Deyo, Conn. Rev. Ray Eusden, Mass. Rev. Asbury Krom, R. I. Mrs. Milo J. Sweet, Fla.
Term Expiring 1933:
Mrs. Frank Berry, Mass. Rev. Raymond Calkins, Mass. Rev. A. B. Coe, 111. Rev. S. R. Fisher, Mass. Mrs. W. P. Johnston, 111. Rev. Torrance Phelps, Mich. Rev. William H. Spence, N. H.
Term Expiring 1937:
Rev. L. R. Howard, Mass. Rev. McD. Howsare, Ohio Mr. Carl Kimball, Ohio Mrs. A. W. Palmer, 111. Prof. Robert S. Smith, Conn. Rev. James H. Lightboume, Ohio
12 Year Book, Congregational and Christian Churches [1931 Commission on Inter-Racial Relations
Active:
Rev. R. J. Clinchy, D. C. Mr. Hugh Thrift, D. C. Rev. H. S. Hardcastle, Va. Rev. N. G. Newman, Va. Dean D. Butler Pratt, D. C. Mrs. William A. Slade, D. C. Rev. Charles E. Browne, Md.
.Term Expiring 1933:
Mrs. Charlotte H. Brown, N. Mrs. L. C. Post, Mo. Rev. P. B. Waterhouse, Cal. Rev. A. D. Stauflacher, Cal. Rev. Phillip A. Swartz, 111. Mrs. Mary Turrell, D. C.
1937 1937 1933 1937 1935 1935 1933
Term Expiring 1935: Dr. Law Blanchett, 111. Rev. W. T. McElveen, Ga. Mrs. George R. Wilson, 111. Rev. Clarence Defur, Iowa Rev. R. E. Treat, Mich. Miss Lois Kughn, D. C.
Term, Expiring 1937: Rev. H. C. Ide, Cal. Mrs. F. P. Ensminger, Ga. Rev. Robert Hall, N. D. Rev. J. H. Hornung, Kans. Hon. Lowell E. Jepson, Minn. Rev. A. W. Sparks, Ohio R. W. Brooks, D. C.
Rev.
Hawaiian Cooperative Commission
Rev. Henry K. Poepoe, 769 Kanoa Lane, Honolulu
Rev. Wm. E. Rowan, Poia, T. H.
Rev. T. Markham Talmage, Honolulu, T. H.
Commission on Inter -Church Relations and Christian Unity
Term Expiring 1935: Pres. E. B. Dean, Nebr. Rev. M. L. Grant, Ind. Prof. D. H. Myers, 111. Rev. Frank H. Gardner, Mass. Mrs. Charles R. Wilson, Mich. Rev. Warren H. Denison, Ohio Miss Eliza Kendrick, Mass.
Active : Rev. F. K. Sanders, Mass. Rev. M. H. Turk, Me. Prof. E. K. Mitchell, Conn. Rev. A. H. Bradford, R. I. Rev. F. G. Coffin, Ohio Mrs. Judson Cross, Mass. Pres. Robbins Barstow, Conn. Rev. H. F. Holton, Mass. Mrs. A. M. Parker, Mass.
Term Expiring 1933: Rev. Edward M. Noyes. Mass. Mrs. E. A. Burditt, Vt. Rev. H. F. Swartz, Calif. Rev. William E. Gilroy, Mass. Rev. J. R. Nichols, 111.
1933 1935 1935 1933 1933 1933 1937 1937 1937
Term Expiring 1937: Rev. D. F. Bradley, Ohio Rev. Roy B. Guild, 111. Rev. L. W. Fifleld, Wash. Prof. W. A. Harper, N. C. Pres. Irving Maurer, Wis. Mrs. George Van Dyke, Ind.
Commission on Social Relations
Active:
Prof. Arthur E. Holt, 111. 1933
Rev. Clarence S. Bennett, Ind. 1933
Mr. F. W. Chamberlain, 111. 1935
Mrs. Catherine W. McCulloch, 111. 1933
Mr. George W. Mead, Wis. 1937
Rev. James MuUenbach, 111. 1937
Rev. H. E. Peabody, Wis. 1935
Rev. A. W. Swan, Wis. 1937
Mrs. George R. Wilson, 111. 1937
Term Expiring 1933: Mr. A. B. Clark, Conn. Mrs. F. D. Hornsby, Texas Rev. John M. Phillips, Conn. Mr. William Allen White, Kansas
Term Expiring 1935: Rev. C. S. Jones, Vt. Miss Lucy M. Eldredge, Ohio Mr. Robert E. Lewis, Ohio Miss Amy Welcher, Conn.
Term Expiring 1937: Rev. R. B. Blakeney, Maine Rev. F. H. Gardner, Mass. Rev. A. T. Peters, Mich. Rev. Noble S. Elderkin, Ohio Prof. O. C. Helming, Minn.
Commission on International Relations
Active: Rev. T. A. Greene, Conn. Rev. Alexander Abbott, Conn. Rev. James L. Barton, Mass. Mr. Jerome Davis, Conn. Hon. Arthur F. Ells, Conn. Rev. Stanley U. North, N. Y. Rev. John M. Phillips, Conn.
Term Expiring 1933: Rev. Eric I. Lindh, Mass. Rev. E. C. Boynton, N. Y. Miss Jane Addams, 111. Rev. Paul Macy, Ohio Hon. William E. Sweet, Colo. Rev. D. B. Atkinson, Ga. Mrs. Jeannette W. Emrich, N. Y.
Term Expiring 1935: 1933 Mrs. Bertha K. Landes, Wash. 1937 Mrs. C. E. Greef, Iowa 1933 Mr. J. R. Noel, 111. 1937 Mrs. B. F. Finkel, Mo. 1937 Rev. Chester B. Emerson, Mich. 1933 Rev. Dwight J. Bradley, Mass. 1937 Prof. Seldon B. Humphrey, Conn. Rev. Nehemiah Boynton, Mass.
Term Expiring 1937: Hon. Alfred Coit, Conn. Rev. Harold Cooper, Nebr. Pres. Hamilton Holt, Fla. Rev. F. C. Lester, Va. Rev. C. H. Wilson, N. Y.
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Commission on Stewardship
Active : Mr. Gardner Lattimer, Ohio Rev. John G. Truitt, Ohio Rev. O. S. Thomas, Ohio Rev. Paul G. Macy, Ohio Rev. Lathrop C. Grant, Ohio Rev. Louis Greene, Ohio Rev. Fred E. Ulrich, Ohio
Term Expiring 1933: Mr. C. E. Booz, Kans. Rev. Judson E. Fiebiger, N. Y. Rev. T. Aird MoflEat, Pa. Mrs. Albertis Montgomery, Okla. Mrs. Elisha A. King, Fla. Rev. Ernest M. HaUiday, N. Y.
Term Expiring 1935:
1937 Prof. F. J. Exner, Minn.
1937 Rev. H. Roy Phillippi, Mont.
1935 Hon. D. S. Remsen, N. Y.
1935 Miss Sylvina Norton, Conn.
1933 Mr. J. F. McTyier, N. Y.
1933 Prof. George D. Hubbard, Ohio
1933 Rev. Harry R. Miles, N. Y.
Term Expiring 1937: Rev. Paul C. Bekeschus, Ohio Mrs. H. S. Gilbert, Ore. Rev. A. B. Coe, 111. Dr. Alfred Williams Anthony, N. Y. Rev. Roy E. Bowers, Ohio Rev. John L. Lobingier, Mass. Rev. A. M. Hanson, Cal.
Active Rev. E. B. Robinson, Mass
Commission on the Ministry
Term. Expiring 1935: 1937 Rev. W. M. Alderton, m. Pres. Bobbins W. Barstow, Conn. 1933 Rev. Joel Harper, Wash.
Rev. S. C. Harrell, N. C. Rev. C. H. Harrison, Ore. Prof. Cyrus A. Osborne. 111. Rev. Carl H. Veazie, Wash.
1935 1933 1935 1935 1937
Rev. Marian H. Jones, R. I. Rev. W. F. Frazier, Vt. Rev. C. W. Dunham, Mass. Rev. F. G. Morecombe, N. Y. Prof. E. W. Lyman, N. Y.
Term Expiring 1933: Rev. O. S. Thomas, Ohio Rev. P. A. Johnson, Iowa Rev. E. B. Allen, 111. (Dec.) Rev. Theodore R. Faville, Wis. Rev. E. D. Gaylord, Calif. Rev. Samuel Johnson, Minn. Rev. Robert J. Locke, 111.
Commission on Law Observance
Active:
Col. Raymond Robins, 111. Mr. Walter O. Herrick, 111. Rev. Harold M. Kingsley, 111. Hon. J. V. Sees, Ind. Mr. Frank J. Harwood, Wis. Rev. James W. Fifield, Mich
Term Expiring 1937: Rev. Gail Cleland, Calif. Pres. E. B. Dean, Nebr. Prof. Walter M. Horton, Ohio Rev. Paul S. Kershner, Ohio Rev. S. A. Lloyd, Mich. Rev. A. D. Stauffacher. Calif. Rev. Herman F. Swartz
Corresponding : Mrs. Everett Bachelder, Mass. Rev. R. B. Blakeney, Maine Prof. A. G. Caris, Ohio Mr. Edwin O. Childs, Mass. Mr. William K.Cooper.D .C . ( Deceased ) Hon. John B. Hutton, Del.
Commission on Broadcasting
Active:
Rev. L. A. Lippitt, Iowa Pres. E. B. Dean, Nebr. Mrs. Elbert Reed, Iowa Prof. Nelson W. Wehrhan, Iowa Mrs. T. H. Whitney, Iowa
Mrs. E. L. Kimball, Minn. Rev. G. O. Lankford. N. C. Hon. Florence E. Allen, Ohio Rev. H. H. Lindeman, S. D. Rev. M. S. Poulson, Pa. Mrs. C. S. Rice, Mont. Mr. C. D. Sharpe, Conn. Rev. A. O. Stevens, Ky. Rev. Max Strang, Texas Dean Carl Taylor, N. C. Rev. E. S. Thompson, Calif. Mr. Hugh H. Thrift, D. C.
Corresponding : Rev. W. S. Archibald, Conn. Mr. Roger W. Babson, Mass.
Commission on
Active: Mr. Roger W. Babson, Mass. Mr. Frank Gaylord Cook, Mass. Rev. Vaughan Dabney, Mass. Rev. W. S. Alexander. N. Y. Mrs. James Allen, Mass. Rev. E. H. Byington, Mass. Rev. Claude A. McKay, Mass.
Corresponding : Rev. W. E. Baker, N. Y. Mr. David Adamson, N. Y. Rev. Howard S. Anderson, N. D.
Rev. R. W. Barstow, Conn. Rev. Hugh E. Brown, 111. Rev. E. B. Flory, Ohio Rev. E. M. Halliday, N. Y. Rev. Elisha A. King, Fla. Rev. John C. Schroeder, Maine Rev. Cleon Swarts, Ohio Rev. Carl A. Voss, Pa.
Church Attendance
Rev. H. K. Booth. Cal. Rev. Edward W. Huelster, Ind. Rev. Clement F. Hahn, Me. Rev. Oscar E. Maurer, Conn. Mrs. E. B. Robinson, Mass. Rev. H. D. Rugg, N. Y. Rev. G. Staley Hunt, Ala. Rev. John L. Keedy, Ohio Rev. M. H. Lichliter, Ohio Rev. W. F. Slade, 111. Rev. Roger E. Treat, Mich.
14 Year Book, Congregational and Christian Churches [1931 THE GENERAL CONVENTION OF THE CHRISTIAN CHURCH
Oificers
President, Rev. F. G. Coffin. Colum- bus, Ohio
Vice-President, Rev. D. B. Atkinson, Demorest, Ga.
Secretary, Rev. Warren H. Denison, Dayton, Ohio
Treasurer, Mr. J. L. Reck, Covington, Ohio
Secretary of Home Missions, Rev. A. W. Sparks, Dayton, Ohio
Secretary of Foreign Missions, Rev. W. P. Minton, Dayton. Ohio
Secretary of Christian Education, Dr. W. A. Harper, Nashville, Tenn.
Secretary of Publications, Mr. H. E. Sims, Piqua, Ohio
Secretary of Evangelism and Life Service, Rev. McD. Howsare, Day- ton. Ohio
Secretary of Finance, Rev. Warren H. Denison. Dayton, Ohio
Board of Missions
1. Department of Home Missions and Church Extension:
Rev. A. W. Sparks, Dayton, Ohio,
Executive Secretary Rev. H. M. Hainer, Hartford, Conn. Rev. C. G. Nelson, Athol, Kans. Rev. H. H. Short, Hagerstown, Ind. Rev. Jesse M. Kauffman. demons.
Iowa Mrs. McD. Howsare. Dayton. Ohio
2. Department of Foreign Missions: Rev. W. P. Minton. Dayton. Ohio.
Executive Secretary Rev. E. A. Watkins. Plainfield. Ind. Rev. W. P. Fletcher, Oshawa. Ont. Mr. Roy Rensberger. Goshen. Ind. Rev. J. O. Atkinson. Elon College.
N. C. Mrs. Alice V. Morrill. Woodstock. Vt.
Board of Christian Education
Dr. W. A. Harper. Nashville, Tenn..
Executive Secretary Rev. W. G. Sargent. Providence. R. I. Rev. H. A. Smith, Versailles, Ohio Rev. A. B. Kendall, N. Girard. Pa. Rev. Roy C. Helfenstein. Dover, Del. Rev. Edwin B. Flory. Dayton. Ohio Dr. H. Shelton Smith, Durham, N. C. Rev. Raymond G. Clark, Piqua. Ohio Miss Helen R. Stearns. New Haven,
Conn. „
Rev. L. E. Smith, Elon College, N. C. Dr. W. Vernon Lytle, Defiance, Ohio Dr. Frank E. Jenkins, Wadley, Ala.
Board of Publications
Personnel is same as of the Board of Trustees of the Christian Publishing Association.
Board of Evangelism and Life Service
Rev. McD. Howsare, Dayton, Ohio,
Executive Secretary Rev. Clarence Defur, Madrid, Iowa Rev. J. H. Lightbourne, Troy, Ohio Rev. W. H. Hainer, Irvington, N. J. Mr. Netum Rathbun, Dayton, Ohio Rev. Omer S. Thomas, Covington,
Ohio
Board of Finance
Rev. Warren H. Denison, Dayton,
Ohio, Executive Secretary Rev. r. G. Coffin, Columbus, Ohio Rev. D. B. Atkinson, Demorest, Ga. Mr. J. L. Reck, Covington, Ohio Rev. L. E. Smith, Elon College. N. C. Mr. A. F. Foor, Everett, Pa. Mrs. F. E. Bullock, Trotwood, Ohio
Board of Control Franklinton Christian College
Rev. J. O. Atkinson, Elon College, N.
C, Chairman Rev. W. G. Sargent, Providence, R. I. Rev. A. W. Sparks, Dayton, Ohio Mr. John V. Sees, Huntington, Ind. Rev. Omer S. Thomas, Covington, O. Rev. J. A. Henderson, Franklinton,
N. C. Mrs. Sadie K. Swartsel, Pleasant Hill,
Ohio
Woman's Mission Board
OFFICERS
Mrs. McD. Howsare, Dayton, Ohio.
President Mrs. H. A. Smith, Versailles, Ohio.
Vice-President Mrs. W. P. Minton, Dayton, Ohio,
Rec. Sec'y Mrs. Emma S. Powers. Dayton. Ohio,
Sec'y-Treas.
CONTINUING COMMITTEE
Mrs. Alice V. Morrill. Woodstock. Vt. Mrs. McD. Howsare. Dayton, Ohio Mrs. Warren H. Denison, Dayton,
Ohio Rev. W. P. Minton, Dayton, Ohio,
Ex-officio Miss Mary Preston, New York, N. Y.,
Ex-offlcio
Committee on Ministerial Relief
Rev. L. E. Smith, Elon College, N. C,
Chairman Rev. W. P. Minton, Dayton, Ohio Rev. A. G. Caris, Columbus, Ohio Rev. Warren H. Denison, Dayton,
Ohio Mr. Hermon Eldredge, Dayton, Ohio
The Christian Publishing Association
Mr. H. E. Sims. Piqua. Ohio. President Mr. O. W. Whitelock, Huntington,
Ind.. Vice-President Rev. W. J. Young. Muncie. Ind., Sec'y Rev. A. E. Kemp, Champaign, 111.,
Treas. Rev. W. W. Staley, Suffolk, Va. Mr. Roy C. Stanley, Troy, Ohio Mr. E. E. Duncan, Dayton, Ohio Mr. Charles Dunlap, Campbellstown,
Ohio Mr. O. S. Walker, Dayton, Ohio Manager, Mr. Tom B. Radabaugh,
West Milton, Ohio
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THE COMMISSION ON MISSIONS
287 Fourth Ave., New York City 14 Beacon St., Boston, Mass.
19 S. La Salle St., Chicago, 111. 933 Woodward Bldg., Washington, D. C.
C. P. A. Building, Dayton, Ohio
Chairman. — Rev. Jay T. Stocking, St. Louis, Mo.
Vice-Chairman. — Rev. Hobace F. Holton, Brockton, Mass.
Treasurer. — Mr. William T. Boult, New York City.
Recording Secretary. — Mbs. Elbert A. Harvey, Brookline, Mass.
General Secretary. — Rev. Charles E. Burton, New York City.
Secretaries. — Rev. Charles C. Merrill, Miss Mary Preston, New York City; Rev. Wilson P. Minton, Dayton, Ohio.
Editorial Secretary. — Rev. John R. Scotford; Assistant Secretary, Rev. Ansel E. Johnson; Publicity Secretary, Rev. Herbert D. Rugg, New York City.
Secretary of Laymen's Advisory Committee — New York
City.
Regional Secretaries. — Rev. Howell D. Davies, Mrs. Helen Street Ranney, Chicago, 111.; Rev. Judson L. Cross, Boston, Mass.; Rev. W. Knighton Bloom, Wash- ington, D. C.
functions
The several missionary organizations are related to the churches through identical membership, namely, that of the National Council. The Commission on Missions is the agency for this interrelationship. Its work is two-fold:
1. Fostering economy and efficiency. The Commission is charged with the duty of recommending processes whereby work may be economically and efficiently administered. It serves as a court of reference for the decision of questions arising between two or more societies.
2. The promotion of income. Since 1921 the largest activities of the Com- mission have concerned the raising of missionary funds. For two years this was done in the name of the National Council. At the 1923 meeting of the Council and of the Societies the Commission on Missions was elected by each of the missionary boards as its representative agency for presenting what is known as "the common appeal" for our total missionary work. In 1925 this was enlarged to include the entire promotional work.
organization
1. Membership. The Commission consists of the thirty-six elected members of the Home Board, the thirty-six elected members of the Prudential Committee of the American Board and nine members at large, and the Moderator and Secretary of the National Council ex officiis. With them sit the chief promotional Secretaries of the Societies, and once each year the State Superintendents.
2. The Executive Committee. The details of the work of the Commission are carried forward by a selected Executive Committee, of whose operations the entire Commission is informed through the minutes.
3. Promotional Council. For carrying out the plans of the Commission a Promotional Council has been constituted consisting of five representatives of the foreign board, five of the home boards, together with three State Superintendents, the Secretaries of the Commission, the Secretary of the National Council, the Secretary of the Laymen's Advisory Committee, and the Secretary of the Com- mittee on Missionary Education.
4. Other Committees. Chief among the other committees of the Commission are the Survey Committee, a Laymen's Advisory Committee, and a Committee on Missionary Education (which this year is united with the Promotional Council under the name of "Cooperative Coxmcil").
PROCESSES
1. Meetings. The Commission meets ordinarily but once a year. This meeting takes place in connection with the midwinter gathering of the Home Board and of the Prudential Committee of the American Board, thus economizing in time and travel expenses. The Executive Committee and the Promotional Council meet as occasion requires.
2. Literature. One of the important functions of the Commission on Missions is the publication of literature setting forth our entire missionary enterprise.
3. Field Work. Under the general direction of the Secretaries a small force of field workers directly employed by the Commission, with the cooperation of the Secretarial forces of the Societies and working through the state organiza- tions, is endeavoring to develop through actual contact with the churches those processes which seem to be most effective for disseminating missionary infor- mation and stimulating benevolent contributions. This process is so intimately related to the financial operations of the local churches that this latter interest is combined with the former, thus helping the churches to financial strengtti.
information
The local church may ordinarily secure information directly from its own state office. Persons not knowing to whom to write locally may communicate with the Commission directly.
16 Year Book, Congregational and Christian Churches [1931 THE COMMISSION ON EVANGELISM AND DEVOTIONAL LIFE
Room 913, 287 Fourth Avenue, New York City.
This Commission was established by the National Council at Des Moines in 1904 to assist the churches in providing plans and programs for recruiting new members for the church and furnishing the churches material for their use in enriching the devotional life of the people.
It is composed of six active and eighteen corresponding members elected by the National Council and is charged by the National Council to do two things:
FIRST: To bring before the churches the denominational program of evan- gelism and devotional life based on the following principles:
1. That the chief object of the Christian Church is to win men to Christ and to train them in the worship of God and in the service of their fellows.
2. That the pastor of the local congregation is the spiritual leader of the church, and that upon him rests the responsibility of initiating an aggressive practical lines.
3. That the pastor should avail himself of the experience of other pastors program for winning men in his church and of directing that program along and apply to his own work what is of most value to his particular situation.
4. That the pastor can aid the work of his church by selecting effective helpers from his membership, training them to assist in the work of the church and directing them in their efforts.
5. That the church should look upon its opportunity of leading the young people into the worship and service of the church as the prime object of its religious education program.
6. That the church is responsible for the cultivation of the devotional life of all the people in the church, in the home and in private meditation.
SECOND: To make a continuous study of methods used by effective churches; to make them known to all pastors; and to provide such other helps to evan- gelism and devotion as are within its powers.
PROGRAM
The work of the Commission is grouped around two centers:
I. The Program of Fall Activities.
1. The Fall Rally, to reinterest the members of the church and to enlist new people in the worship and service of the church.
2. Church Visitation of the entire parish.
3. Church attendance campaign.
II. The Pre-Easter or Lenten Program.
1. The Program of Preaching. This season is especially appropriate for the presentation from the pulpit of the great fundamental Christian truths; that the people within our churches may understand the foundations of faith, and that those without the chxirch may be led to accept the Christian inter- pretation of life and join in the worship and service of the church.
2. The Pastor's Training Class, which has for its object the leading of young people to study Christian truth and under the pastor's influence to accept Christ as the personal Saviour.
3. Training Personal Workers. The pastor may multiply himself by en- listing and training consecrated workers to cooperate with him in the service of winning others to the Christian life.
4. The Deepening of the Devotional Life. That the people may have a new loyalty to Christ and a new determination to manifest his love in the life of the world, increased Bible study, meditation and prayer should be encouraged.
5. The Easter Jn-Gathering.
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THE CORPORATION FOR THE NATIONAL COUNCIL
287 Fourth Avenue, New York
President. — Dr. Carl S. Patton, Los Angeles, Calif.
Secretary. — Charles Emerson Burton, d. d., 287 Fourth Avenue, New York. Treasurer and Financial Secretary. — William T. Boult, 441 Lexington Ave., New York.
ITS CHARTER The Corporation was chartered under the laws of Connecticut in 1909.
ITS OBJECT
The object of the Corporation is to hold and administer funds and property for Congregational purposes as represented in —
1. Congregational churches, singly or in groups.
2. Congregational Boards, Societies, Conferences, Associations, etc.
3. Congregational educational institutions.
4. Congregational eleemosynary institutions.
5. The National Council of Congregational Churches.
6. Any other organization "for the advancement of the general interests and purposes of the Congregational churches of this country."
7. "And said Corporation may cooperate with any other corporation or body which is under the charge and control of the churches of the Congregational order in the United States, or churches at the time affiliated with said order."
ITS CONTROL
The Corporation is under the direct control of the National Council of Congregational Churches of the United States.
ITS BUSINESS
The Corporation holds the Pilgrim Memorial Fund as the foundation for the pension system for Congregational ministers administered by the Annuity Fimd for Congregational Ministers, and other trusts aggregating approximately $5,000,000.
The Corporation is afforded the services of high-grade financiers and business men without compensation, resulting in (a) the safest of investments; and (b) substantial rates of interest.
ITS ADVANTAGES
With high degree of safety and productiveness of funds the corporation offers to donors of direct gifts, endowments, legacies, or conditional gifts, on account of which they receive income during life, several noteworthy advantages including —
1. Guarantees that the funds will not be dissipated, as not infrequently happens, especially when entrusted to institutions none too firmly established.
2. Provision according to the desire of the donor for the use of income in case of the completion of the work or the discontinuance of the activity of the beneficiary institution.
3. Extremely low cost of administration leaving practically the entire . income for actual service in the chosen fields.
MEMBERS OF THE CORPORATION For the members of the Corporation see page 6.
INFORMATION
Information will be furnished on request regarding the work and standing of any established Congregational organization or activity in a wholly disinterested spirit.
For general information address the Secretary.
1$ Year Book, Congregational and Christian Churches [1931
AMERICAN BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS FOR FOREIGN MISSIONS
Congregational House, 14 Beacon Street, Boston Organized in 1810. Incorporated in 1812
President. — Rockwell Harmon Potteh, d. d.
Vice-President. — Mrs. Franklin Warner, m. a.
Recording Secretary. — Oscar E. Maurer, d. d.
Assistant Recording Secretary. — Edward Warren Capen, ph. d.
Executive Vice-President. — Fred Field Goodsell, d. d.
Secretaries: — Helen B. Calder; Alden H. Clark, d. d.; D. Brewer Eddy, d. d.; Mrs. Lucius O. Lee; Rev. Ernest W. Riggs; Hugh Vernon White, d. d.
Treasurer. — Harold B. Belcher, 14 Beacon Street, Boston.
Assistant Treasurers. — Frederick A. Gaskins, S. Emma Keith.
Editorial Secretary. — Enoch F. Bell, d. d.
Candidate Secretaries. — Alden H. Clark, d. d. ; Grace E. McConnaughey.
Associate Secretaries. — Mabel E. Emerson; Wynn C. Fairfield, d. d.; Ruth L Seabury; Carolyn D. Smiley; Mary D. Uline.
Medical Secretary. — Dr. Mark H. Ward.
Assistant Secretary, Foreign Department. — Rev. Herbert E. B. Case.
Assistant Educational Secretary, Home Department. — Mildred C. Widber.
Assistant Secretary, Editorial Department. — Dorothy P. Cushing.
Field Secretary. — Mrs. Lydia Lord Davis.
Publishing and Purchasing Agent. — Harvey L. Meeken.
Prudential Committee. — Ashley Day Leavitt, d. d.. Chairman; The President and Vice-President ex officiis; Enoch F. Bell, Clerk; Mark H. Ward, m. d.. Assist- ant Clerk; Emil Berndt; Rev. Dwight Bradley; Mrs. M. H. Buckham; Charles Burbank; Frederick W. Chamberlain; Mrs. Robert C. Chapin; Mrs. Frank Gaylord Cook; Hon. Channing H. Cox; Miss Sarah Louise Day; Mrs. Ernest A. Evans; Blake Franklin; Rev. Carl M. Gates; Mrs. A. M. Gibbons; Mrs. C. E. Greef; Rev. Charles W. Helsley; Horace Holton, d. d.; Rev. Douglas Horton; Miss Elizabeth J. Hurlbut; J. A. Kesler; E. R. Lay; Mrs. Oscar W. Low; Rev. R. A. McConnell; Mrs. William H. Medlicott; Mrs. M. T. Morrill; Charles S. Olcott; Mrs. E. A. Osbornson; Elwyn G. Preston; Rev. Clarence Reidenbach, ph. d.; George L. Reichards, m. d.; William G. Sargent, d. d.; William E. Sweet; John G. Talcott; Dean J. E. Taylor; Rev. Carl H. Veazie; Franklin Warner.
The A. B. C. F. M. is the mother of missionary societies in North America. At its organization in 1810 it was interdenominational, and for a number of years thereafter it maintained that character. As the churches of other de- nominations organized foreign mission boards of their own, the American Board became the distinctive foreign missionary agency of the Congregational churches. As organized today it is a union of the three Congregational Woman's Boards of Missions and the parent Board.
The American Board maintains missions in East, West and South Africa, China, Japan, India, Ceylon, the Philippines, Micronesia, Mexico, Spain, Czecho- slovakia, Bulgaria, Turkey, Greece and Syria. It works through the church, the school, the hospital, the printing press, industrial and agricultural plants, social welfare centers, the home and the personalities of the foreign missionaries and their native associates.
Missionary work in any country is necessarily shaped to a considerable de- gree by national characteristics and political trends. The purpose of the Ameri- can Board and its missionaries is to build up in each land a work in accord with the genius and needs of the people of that country. The wave of national- ism which has swept all oriental countries since the World War has facilitated the assumption of administrative responsibility by the native churches.
Among the outstanding characteristics of the American Board work, the following may be mentioned:
1. Promotion of self-support of churches.
2. The training of native leadership.
3. Readiness to pass the administration of work over to native hands as rapidly as men and women are trained to carry it.
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4. A tendency to withdraw from primary educational work, recognizing the provisions of primary schools as an obligation of the government of the land.
5. Cooperation in union work in church and educational institutions. The churches founded by the American Board in South India are now a part of the United Church of South India. The churches fostered by the Shaowu and Foochow Missions in China are a part of the Church of Christ in China. While the churches in North China have not as yet become a part of the Church of Christ in China, the administration of their work is in the hands of a Board of Promotion, and the missionaries cooperate through their membership in Chinese churches rather than as a Mission. The American Board churches in Bulgaria are at present in process of union with the Methodist Episcopal churches of that country.
6. Approval of the organization of individual Boards of Trustees for edu- cational institutions which have reached college grade and require for their maintenance sums of money beyond the ability of a mission board to provide. Throughout the Near and Far East there are today colleges and universities started by the American Board which now operate under independent Boards of Trustees and to a very large extent set the educational standards for the people.
For the year ended August 31, 1931, an operating deficit of $74,125.84 was incurred, making the present accumulated deficit $162,733.02. The total income including gifts designated for objects outside the regular budget was $2,130,839.26. Gifts from churches, legacies, and matured Conditional Gifts all decreased from those of the previous year, while there was a slight gain in income from funds. The budget for the year to August 31, 1932, has been reduced by cutting the appropriations for work on the field and by economies in the expenses at home. The number of missionary replacements is also being severely curtailed. The steady decline in apportionment gifts for the last seven years is presenting a grave problem to the Prudential Committee.
Statistical Summary
The American Board is responsible for a foreign parish of 78,840,000 people. There are 17 missions under 12 different flags. The stations connected with these missions number 97 and the outstations 1,916. The missionaries under life appointment are 623 and include 142 ordained men, 73 unordained men, 205 wives and 203 single women. There are 71 associates who are serving for shorter periods, making a grand total of 694 missionaries. The native force of workers is 5,317. Religious services are carried on in 2,678 places. There are 705 organ- ized churches with 101,959 communicants. In 1930, 10,143 members were added to the church rolls. The total Christian constituency numbers 297,398. There are 1,297 Sunday Schools and 75,050 pupils. The educational work has 29 the- ological and training schools with 1,920 pupils and 10 colleges with 3,797 students. Below these are 75 secondary or middle schools with 12,327 pupils and 1,347 primary and elementary schools with 70,^602 pupils. The schools of all grades are 1,461 and the total imder instruction is 88,646. The medical statistics show that the Board has 32 hospitals and 57 dispensaries with which are connected 44 physicians and 30 foreign nurses. The record shows that there were 31,873 hospital patients and 169,758 dispensary patients. The total treatments were 553,610 or about 1,500 treatments per day. The native contributions for church work were $388,074, and receipts for all purposes amount to $759,706.
FORM OF BEQUEST
I give and bequeath to the American Board of Commissioners for Foreign Mis- sions incorporated under the laws of Massachusetts in 1812, the sum of
Dollars.
Woman's Boards or Missions
The reorganization of the American Board and the three Woman's Boards took place January 1, 1927. Each of the Woman's Boards continues as a holding company in order to care for funds and to receive legacies written in the name of the Board.
The treasurers respectively are: Woman's Board of Missions, Frederick A. Gaskins, Miss S. Emma Keith. Assistant Treasurer, 14 Beacon Street, Boston; Woman's Board of Missions of the Interior, Mrs. A. B. Wilcox, 19 South La Salle Street, Chicago; Woman's Board of Missions for the Pacific, Mrs. W. C. Blasdale, 421 Phelan Building, San Francisco. Calif.
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CONGREGATIONAL HOME BOARDS
OFFICERS
President. — Rev. vVilliam Horace Day, d. d.. Conn. First Vice-President. — Mb. George E. Haynes, N. Y. Second Vice-President. — Mrs. B. J. Newman, Penn. Third Vice-President. — Prof. H. Shelton Smith, N. C.
BOARD OF DIRECTORS Chairman. — Rev. William Horace Day, d. d., Conn. First Vice -Chairman. — Mr. George E. Haynes, N. Y. Second Vice-Chairman. — Mrs. B. J. Newman, Penn.
Term Expiring 1933: Rev. Ada S. Anderson, Mo. Rev. L. L. Barber, N. H. Rev. F. Q. Blanchard, Ohio *Mr. Frank E. Bogart, Mich. Rev. Robert W. Coe, Mass. Mr. Arthur J. Crockett, Mass. Mrs. M. S. Freeman, Tenn. Rev. Joel W. Harper, Wash. Mr. G. E. Haynes, N. Y. Rev. Oscar E. Maurer, Conn. Mrs. B. J. Newman, Penn. Mr. H. M. Pflager, Mo. Mrs. Leslie R. Rounds, N. J. Rev. Jay T. Stocking, Mo. Mrs. L. H. Thayer, Mass. Rev. Otto J. Tiede, S. Dak. Mr. G. N. Whittlesey, N. Y. Mr. P. R. Ziegler, Mass.
Term Expiring 1935: Mrs. L. O. Baihd, Wash. Rev. M. R. Boynton, 111. Mrs. F. F. Clark, N. Y. Rev. T. T. Giffen, Calif. Mr. E. V. Grabill, Mass. Mrs. E. a. Harvey, Mass. Mr. H. W. Hincks, Conn. Mrs. Athella M. Howsare, Ohio Mrs. W. L. James, N. Y. Rev. Charles S. Mills, Conn. Mr. D. L. Rogers, R. I. Rev. T. M. Shipherd, Conn. Rev. L. E. Smith, Va. Mrs. D. C. Turner, N. Y. Dean L. A. Weigle, Conn. Mr. C. C. West, N. J. Mrs. H. p. Willcox, N. Y. Mr. Loren N. Wood, N. Y.
Department for Apportionment Receipts
287 Fourth Avenue, New York
Treasurer. — William T. Boult Assistant Treasurer. — F. F. Moore
Receives Home Board apportionment contributions from churches, through
State and District Conferences, making periodic distribution to each Home Board.
Serves as a clearing house, at the close of year, for State reports for Year-Book, ♦Deceased.
THE CONGREGATIONAL PUBLISHING SOCIETY
14 Beacon Street, Boston. 418 S. Market Street, Chicago
OFFICERS and BOARD OF DIRECTORS
The Congregational Publishing Society is affiliated with the other Home Boards under an identical Board of Directors, President and Vice-Presidents as recorded on page 26; also with the Congregational Education Society under an identical Administrative Committee.
EXECUTIVE OFFICERS
General Manager and Editor. — Sidney A. Weston, ph. d.
Editor, Congregationalist and Herald of Gospel Liberty. — Rev. Wm. E. Gilroy, d. d.
Manager, Boston Bookstore. — Rev. Alexander L. McKenzie.
Manager, Chicago Bookstore. — Forrest C. Finley.
the editorial department This department creates the literature and materials of religious education; among these are included all courses of study for teachers and students and books dealing with religious education. It also edits all publications of a general religious character for use in homes, churches and communities.
the congregationalist and herald of gospel liberty The Congregationalist and Herald of Gospel Liberty, the property of the Congregational Publishing Society, and the only national weekly organ of our fellowship, combines under its present title two of the oldest religious weeklies in the country. The Herald of Gospel Liberty was founded in 1808, and con- tinued its publication until March, 1930, when it was combined with The Congre- gationalist. The Congregationalist continuing The Recorder and The Advance has had uninterrupted weekly publication since 1816. Since January 1, 1929, The American Missionary, founded in 1847, has been combined with The Congrega- tionalist, as a monthly magazine number devoted to the work of the homeland Societies.
THE BUSINESS DEPARTMENT
The Business Department, under the trade name of "The Pilgrim Press," has entire charge of the business affairs of all departments of the Society, including the manufacture of material, and its distribution through our bookstores in Boston and Chicago.
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CONGREGATIONAL EDUCATION SOCIETY
Congregational House, Boston, Mass.
OFFICERS AND BOAHD OF DIRECTORS
The Congregational Education Society is affiliated with the other Home Boards under an identical Board of Directors, President, Vice-Presidents, as recorded on page 26.
EXECUTIVE OFFICERS
Address 14 Beacon Street, Boston, unless otherwise specified.
General Secretary of Religious Education. — Herbert W. Gates, d. d.
Secretary of Educational Institutions. — W. R. Kedzie, d. d., 19 S. La Salle St., Chicago, 111.
Associate Secretary. — Robert W. Gammon, d. d., 19 S. La Salle St., Chicago, 111.
Student and Young People's Work.— Harry T. Stock, d. d.; Miss Lucy M. Eldredge, C. P. A. Bldg., Dayton, Ohio.
Social Relations.— Re\. Hubert C. Herring, Miss Helen G. Murray, Miss Kath- arine Terrell, 112 East 19th St., New York.
Missionary Education and World Friendship. — Rev. John Leslie Lobingier.
Leodership Training. — Rev. Erwin L. Shaver.
Treasurer. — Arthur J. Crockett.
administrative committee
(Identical with the Congregational Publishing Society)
Dean L. A. Weigle, Conn., Chairman; Rev. L. L. Barber, Mass.; Mr. John Calder, Mass.; Rev. Donald J. Cowling, Minn.; Mr. Arthur J. Crockett, Mass.; Mrs. JuDSON L. Cross, Mass.; Mr. Ethelbert V. Grabill, Mass.; Mrs. Elbert A. Harvey, Mass.; Mrs. Earle E. Higgins, Mass.; Rev. T. M. Shipherd, Conn.; Mr. J. R. Montgomery, 111.; Rev. Orville A. Petty, Conn.; Rev. H. Shelton Smith, N. C; Mrs. Lucius H. Thayer, Mass.; Mr. P. R. Ziegler, Mass.
committee on educational institutions
Rev. W. R. Kedzie, Secretary; Rev. Lucius O. Baihd; Rev. W. F. Bohn; Rev. D. F. Bradley; Dr. A. G. Caris; Mrs. C. J. Chandler; Pres. Donald J. Cowling; Mrs. F. E. Ferry; Dr. W. A. Harper; Mrs. Lester McLean, Jr.; Mr. J. R. Montgomery; Prbs. Thomas W. Nadal; Pres. George W. Nash.
FIELD secretaries
Rev. Charles L. Fisk, d. d., 1006 Hippodrome Bldg., Cleveland, Ohio.
Rev. Robert W. Gammon, d. d., i 19 So. La Salle St., Chicago, 111.
Miss Sallie A. McDermott, J
Rev. Charles G. Murphy, d. d., 410 Barkley Bldg., Lincoln, Neb.
Rev. Franklin J. Estabrook, 529 Mack Bldg., Denver, Colo.
Rev. Fred Gkey, Sixth and University Sts., Seattle, Wash.
Miss Stella M. Jordan, 14 Beacon St., Boston, Mass.
Several state conferences have their own Educational Secretaries cooperating with this Society.
This Society plans for and leads in the Religious Education program of the denomination in home, church and school, including missionary and social education, student and recruiting and young people's work.
Division of Educational Institutions
A department of the Education Society charged with the responsibility of developing the interests of our institutions of higher education. The work of this department is conducted in the spirit and purpose stated by the National Council in 1921, to develop closer relations between the Congregational churches and those colleges and other institutions of higher learning which share in the spirit and ideals of our fellowship and to make available the resources of that fellowship for the assistance of these institutions through administrative advice and financial aid. Through this department the Society administers the fund known as the "Congregational Foundation for Education."
Gifts or bequests for the work of the Education Society should be made as follows:
FORM OF BEQUEST
I give and bequeath to the "Congregational Education Society," a corpora- tion established under the laws of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts and
located at Boston, in said Commonwealth, the sum of dollars,
to be devoted to the uses and purposes of said corporation.
If a legacy is to be designated for the work of our educational institutions, the form of bequest is as above, omitting the last clause and substituting "for the purposes of its Foundation for Education."
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THE AMERICAN MISSIONARY ASSOCIATION
287 Fourth Avenue, New York
OFFICERS AND BOARD OF DIRECTORS
The American Missionary Association is affiliated with other Home Boards under an identical Board of Directors, President, Vice-Presidents as recorded on page 26.
EXECUTIVK OFFICERS
Executive Secretaries. — Rev. George L. Cady, Rev. Fred L. Brownlee.
Treasurer. — ^William T. Boult.
Honorary Secretary. — Rev. A. F. Beard.
Associate Secretary. — Mrs. F. W. Wilcox.
Associate Executive Secretary. — Mr. W. A. Daniel.
Regional Secretary. — Rev. Judson L. Cross.
Alumni Secretary. — Mr. George N. White.
Secretary Southern Church Work Among Negroes. — Rev. H. S. Barnwell.
administrative committee
Rev. F. Q. Blanchard, Ohio, Chairman; Rev. Robert W. Coe, Mass; Miss Marion V. Cuthbert, N. Y.; Rev. Edward W. Cross, N. Y.; Mrs. L. R. Eastman, N. Y.; Mr. J. Morton Halstead, N. Y.; Mr. George E. Haynes, N. Y.; Mr. Henry W. HiNCKS, Conn.; Mrs. L. R. Howard, Mass.; Mrs. Athella M. Howsare, Ohio; Rev. Oscar E. Maurer, Conn.; Mrs. L. R. Rounds, N. J.; Rev. Alfred G. Walton, Mass.; Mrs. H. P. Willcox, N. Y.; Mr. Loren N. Wood, N. J.
WHAT IT IS AND HOW IT WORKS
The Association represents the brotherly helping hand of the Congregational Christians stretched out to the unprivileged groups of America — particularly the American Highlander, the Negro, Indian, Chinese and Japanese, Puerto Rican and Mexican. It remains, as it began, a Crusade of Brotherhood standing in a day of race friction and class discrimination for the undiluted application to human relations of Jesus' way of life.
Upon foundations put down in earlier days by the Association there stand today Hampton, Atlanta and Fisk universities, Berea and Piedmont colleges and such well-known enterprises as the Interracial Movement. It is today, as ever, laying foundations — in institutions, in public sentiment, in individual character. It is demonstrating the possibility of mutual cooperation between the races represented among us for the eradication of injustice, discrimination, ani- mosity and prejudice, and for the upbuilding of a truly democratic and Christian civilization.
Its activities as always are mainly in the field of education. With the de- velopment of more adequate tax-supported institutions among the Negroes, work with them yearly becomes more particularly high school and normal training, together with college, seminary and university education. In churches, in Sun- day Schools, through primary schools, high and normal schools, theological seminaries, technical schools, hospitals and field work the representatives of the Association — Christian Ambassadors of Friendship — are developing leadership; to the end that each racial group may advance in cooperation with every other toward a more genuine application of the principles of life which distinguish brotherly men of good will.
The great proportion of our graduates among all races now in educational work is significant. So far as known none of them has ever been in court charged with crime. The degree of self-support achieved is witnessed by the fact that tuitions now paid equal at least ten times the original total budget of the Association and more than one-half of the gifts of all the Congregational churches toward the annual budget.
Speaking for his race. Major Moton recently said: "I doubt if there is any of our leaders who has not been directly or indirectly influenced by The American Missionary Association."
Speaking of the past, James Bryce, honored Viscount, said: "The Negro has made more progress in the last sixty years than the white race in any six hundred years."
Our achievements under God have been substantial. The challenge of the present hour calls for renewed application to our vital task.
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LITERATURE
The work of The American Missionary Association is described in various booklets and folders which can be secured from any of its offices.
The American Missionary magazine is published monthly, representing the work of several home missionary societies. It now appears as a monthly mag- azine issue of The Congregationalist.
STATISTICS. 1930-1931
The South. Church Work.— Churches. 116; missionaries, 81; members, 7,145.
Educational Work. — Colleges, 5; junior college, 1; secondary and elementary institutions. 12; instructors, 397; pupils. 5.215.
Puerto Rico. — Churches 20; members, 1.739; missionaries and evangelists. 29; workers. 29; teachers and pupils, 3,358; schools, 1; workers, 9; pupils. 64.
Indian Missions.— Churches, 22; members. 1,009; schools, 2; workers. 25; pupils. 146; missionaries and evangelists. 25.
Missions for Spanish-Speaking Americans. — School. 1; workers. 15; pupils. 170.
Japanese Missions — 5; workers. 3.
Summary. — Churches, 158; members, 9,893; schools, 23; pupils, 5.215.
FINANCIAL STATEMENT
Current Work for the Yeah 1930-1931
Receipts— Churches, Sunday Schools, Missionary Societies and Individuals. $298,394.56. Estates, $113,802.42. Income. $549,188.96. Slater Fund paid to institu- tions. $5,430.00. Tuitions, $143,380.61. Total, $1,110,196.55. Credit Balance, September 30. 1930. $953.68. Total, $1,111,150.23.
Expenditures— For the South, $627,630.96. Indian Missions, $51,494.59. Oriental and Mexican Missions. $32,455.82. Puerto Rico Missions, $67,255.83. Missions- Departmental Expense, $38,918.03. Equipment and Repairs, $68,169.47. Insurance, $23,646.92. Teachers' Travel, $22,789.64. Cooperative Work tor Missions, $17.- 652.19. Total Missions, $950,013.45. Commission on Missions, $14,283.88. Pro- motion Department, $38,800.10. Total Promotion Department Expense, $53,083.98. Finance Department. $29,528.18. Group Insurance. $3,619.49. Clergy Annuity Fund Premium. $1,360.81. Pensions. $31,189.22. Conditional Gift Annuities, $20,993.14. Income on Special Endowment and Trust Funds, $20,820.81. Total. $1,110,609.08. Credit Balance. September 30. 1931. $541.15. Total. $1,111,150.23.
DANIEL hand EDUCATIONAL FUND FOR COLORED PEOPLE — INCOME ACCOUNT
Receipts— Balance on hand September 30. 1930. $3,512.30. Collected for the year to September 30. 1931, $80,027.09. Total, $83,539.39. Expenditures for work in the South, $83,511.27. Balance on hand and appropriated September 30, 1931, $28.12. Total, $83,539.39.
SUMMARY OF RECEIPTS FOR YEAR ENDING SEPTEMBER 30, 1931
Current Work. $1,110,196.55. Daniel Hand Fund Income for Current Work. $80,027.09. Endowment Funds received during the year. $38,343.59. Total. $1,228,567.23.
FORM OF REQUEST
I give and bequeath the sum of dollars to "The American Mis- sionary Association," incorporated by act of the Legislature of the State of New York.
Wills should be attested by three witnesses (in some states three are re- quired, in other states only two), who shall write against their names their places of residence (if in cities, the street and number). The following form of attestation will answer for every state in the Union: "Signed, sealed, published and declared by the said (AB) as his last Will and Testament in the presence of us, who, at the request of the said (AB) and in his presence, and in the presence of each other, have hereunto subscribed our names as witnesses." In some states it is required that charitable bequests should be made at least two months before the death of the testator, but this rule does not apply to bequests in New York State to this Association.
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THE CONGREGATIONAL BOARD OF MINISTERIAL RELIEF
Incorporated under the laws of Connecticut 287 Fourth Avenue, New York
OFFICERS AND BOABD OF DIRECTORS
The Directors, President and Vice Presidents of The Congregational Board of Ministerial Relief are the same as those of the other Home Boards, see page 20.
EXECUTIVE OFFICERS
General Secretary. — Lewis T. Reed, d. d. Associate Secretary. — Harry R. Miles, d. d. Treasurer. — William T. Boult.
ADMINISTRATIVE COMMITTEE
Clarence H. Wilson, d. d., N. Y., Chairman; Ernest L. Anderson, R. I.; Mrs. Philip E. Browning, Conn.; Howard D. French, d. d., N. Y.; Henry W. Hincks, Conn.; Mrs. John W. Hoogland, N. Y.; Mrs. William L. James, N. Y.; Charles S. Mills, d. d.. Conn.; Mrs. Bernard J. Newman, Penn.; Mrs. Leslie R. Rounds, N. J.; Alanson H. Scudder, N. Y.; L. E. Smith, d. d., Va.; Jay T. Stocking, d. d.. Mo.; Charles C. West, N. J.; George N. Whittlesey, N. Y.
The Congregational Board of Ministerial Relief is organized to secure, hold, manage and distribute funds for needy retired Congregational ministers, widows of ministers and orphaned children of ministers, too young for self-support. Grants are made on the ground of service rendered and to meet the exigencies of age and disability.
In the year 1931, the national Board paid in grants, including the Christmas Fund, $221,038. It also sent to the state Boards for distribution by them $32,475 and, in addition, $23,483 was distributed by other state relief societies, making a grand total of $276,996 paid out to beneficiaries of the Boards.
Invested funds: national Board, $1,601,444, income $86,433; state Boards, $741,007, income $31,741.
Receipts: (national and state) apportionment, $103,331; legacies and matured conditional gifts, $54,222; Christmas Fund, $73,533; conditional gifts (national Board) $8,500; Granger Homestead (national Board) $11,819; other sources (state Boards) $1,621. Total receipts (national and state) $371,200. Receipts from Christian churches for the benefit of Christian Church ministers, $1,282.
During 1931, the national and state Boards itiade 834 regular grants and 117 emergency grants to persons not on their rolls, | total 951. The average annual grant, including Christmas remembrance (national and state combined) was $385 to a minister and $293 to a widow.
STATE BOARDS OF MINISTERIAL RELIEF
{States not named in the following list work directly through the National Board of Relief. Of the State Boards those of Massachusetts, Maine, Michigan, Minnesota, New Hampshire, Rhode Island, Vermont and Wisconsin send their income to the National Board, under a cooperative agreement for the maintenance of grants within the State.)
Northern California Congregational Conference: 421 Phelan Building, San Fran- cisco; Rev. Harley H. Gill, d. d., Supt.; Mr. F. P. Cole, Treas. Southern California Congregational Conference: 129 West Second Street, Los
Angeles; Rev. Edward D. Gaylord, d. d., Supt.; Mr. Fred M. Wilcox, Treas., La
Manda Park. The Trustees of the Fund for Ministers, Connecticut: 37 Garden Street, Hartford;
Rev. Sherrod Soule, d. d., Supt.; Rev. William F. English, ph. d., Treas. Ministerial Relief Association of the State of Illinois: 19 South La Salle Street,
Chicago; Mr. John H. Finley, Sec; Mr. F. E. Milligan, Treas. The Congregational Conference of Iowa: Grinnell; Rev. P. Adelstein Johnson,
D. D., Supt.; Mr. C. A. Blair, Treas. Maine Congregational Ministerial Relief Society : Rev. Charles A. Moore, d. d.,
Pres., Bangor; Rev. Basil C. Gleason, Treas., Brewer. The Board of Ministerial Aid, Massachusetts: 14 Beacon Street, Boston; Rev.
Frederick E. Emrich, d. d.. Chairman Executive Committee; Rev. Oliver D.
Sewall, Treas. Michigan Congregational Conference: 401 American State S^&vings Bank Building,
Lansing; Rev. Stephen A. Lloyd, Supt., Mr. Herman H. Halladay, Treas. Congregational Ministerial Relief Society of Minnesota: Rev. E. A. Drake, Sec.
and Treas., 3555 Second Avenue, South, Minneapolis. New Hampshire Congregational Conference: 4 North State Street, Concord; Rev.
Edward R. Stearns, d. d.. Sec. and Treas. Board of Trustees for Ministerial Fund, Rhode Island: Mr. E. L. Anderson, Treas.,
Rhode Island Hospital Trust Co., Providence. Fairbanks Board for Relief of Ministers, Vermont: Rev. William F. Frazier, d. d.,
■Sec, Burlington Savings Bank Building, Burlington. Wisconsin Congregational Conference: Room 709, Beaver Building, Madison: Rev.
Theodore R. Faville, d. d.. General Supt.
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THE ANNUITY FUND FOR CONGREGATIONAL MINISTERS
Incorporated under the laws of New Jersey, 1914 287 Fourth Avenue, New York
General Secretary. — Lewis T. Reed, d. d. Associate Secretary. — Harry R. Miles, d. d. Treasurer. — William T. Boult. Actuary. — George A. Huggins.
TRUSTEES
Charles S. Mills, d. d.. President; George N. Whittlesey, Vice-President; Thomas P. Alder, Robbins W. Barstow, d. d., John T. Beach, Bertram H. Fancher, Rev. William W. Patton, George W. Reynolds, Charles C. West.
The Annuity Fund for Congregational Ministers provides age annuities for Congregational ministers and incidental protection against the minister's per- manent total disability occurring during the years of active service, and for his family in case of his untimely death. ,
Its resources are derived from payments by the minister himself, contribu- tions of churches and individuals, legacies and conditional gifts and the dis- tributable income of the Pilgrim Memorial Fund.
The amount of annuity at annuity age depends on the accumulations to a member's credit.
Assets, December 31, 1931, $4,868,931; membership, including annuitants, 2,647; annuity payments $261,084; receipts for the Supplementary Fund from churches, individuals and legacies, $41,204. The most urgent matter before the Annuity Fund is an increase in these contributions for the Supplementary Fund which aids in maintaining Original Plan annuities at the maximum. Honor Roll of churches sharing the pastor's membership dues, 747.
PILGRIM MEMORIAL FUND
Established by vote of the National Council, October 13, 1917
287 Fourth Avenue, New York
The principal of this fund is held in perpetuity by The Corporation for the National Council to be invested and reinvested, and the distributable income turned over to the Board of Trustees of The Annuity Fund for Congregational Ministers to aid in providing Age Annuities and Disability Annuities for Congre- gational ministers who become members of the Annuity Fund and Death Benefits for their widows and minor orphan children.
The Pilgrim Memorial Fund, December 31, 1931, stood at $4,975,017, in addition to which the accumulated profits from the sale of securities, held in a Profit Reserve Account, amounted to $328,188. Many of the securities of the Pilgrim Memorial Fund were bought under extremely favorable conditions about ten years ago, with the result that the market value of the securities of the Pilgrim Memorial Fund, December 31, 1931, showed only a slight shrinkage in comparison with the cost.
The ultimate objective of the Pilgrim Memorial Fund is $8,000,000. Legacies and memorial gifts will be added to the principal, as a permanent endowment.
RETIREMENT FUND FOR LAY WORKERS
Incorporated under the laws of New Jersey, 1930
The officers and trustees of the Retirement Fund for Lay Workers are the same as the officers and trustees of The Annuity Fund for Congregational Ministers.
Retirement Fund for Lay Workers is devoted to the purpose of providing annuity benefits for lay workers in Congregational churches, missionary societies, state conferences, colleges, hospitals or other institutions of any kind under Congregational auspices. It is operated on a contributory basis, the resources being provided by annual dues payable by both employer cind employe. The membership on December 31. 1931, was 245.
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THE CONGREGATIONAL CHURCH EXTENSION BOARDS
287 Fourth Avenue. New York
(Including The Congregational Home Missionary Society, organized in New York City, May 12, 1826; The Congregational Church Building Society, organized 1853; The Congregational Sunday School Extension Society, organized 1917; all incorporated under the laws of the State of New York.)
OFFICERS AND BOARDS OF DIRECTORS
The Church Extension Boards are affiliated with the other Home Boards under an identical Board of Directors, President and Vice-Presidents, as recorded on page 26.
EXECUTIVE OFFICERS
General Secretary. — Ernest M. Halliday, d. d.
Treasurer. — William T. Boult.
Assistant Treasurer. — Frank F. Moore.
Church Building Secretary. — Elbert C. Wood.
Editorial and Field Secretary. — Rev. Frank E. Henry.
Associate Secretary of Missions. — Miss Miriam L. Woodberhy.
Secretary of Missions, Eastern Division. — W. Knighton Bloom, d. d., 933 Woodward
Building, Washington, D. C. Secretary of Missions, Western Division. — Frank Lincoln Moore, d. d., 19 South
La Salle Street, Chicago, 111.
DEPARTMENTAL DIRECTORS
City Work. — Luman H. Royce, d. d., 11432 Mayfield Road, Cleveland, Ohio. Foreign-speaking Work. — Herman Obenhaus, d. d., 19 S. La Salle St., Chicago, 111. Negro Work in the North. — Rev. H. M. Kingsley, 5712 Prairie Avenue, Chicago, 111. Town and Country Work. — Malcolm Dana, d. d., 1834 Yale Station, New Haven,
Conn.; Rev. A. W. Sparks, Associate Director, 2145 N. Malvern Ave., Dayton,
Ohio.
administrative committee
Rev. G. W. C. Hill, Chairman; Mrs. Charles E. Blake; Rev. Morrison R. Boyn- ton; Mrs. F. F. Clark; W. G. Clarke; Rev. Robert W. Coe; Mrs. F. A. Coombs; Rev. William Horace Day; Mrs. B. J. Newman; Hon. Epaphroditus Peck; Harry M. Pflager; Dwight L. Rogers; Mrs. D. C. Turner; Rev. Carl A. Voss; Richard E. Whittlesey.
superintendents of missionary states and districts
Alaska and Northern Idaho. — Rev. W. S. Pritchard, Acting Superintendent, Ply- mouth Church, Seattle, Wash.
Florida. — Edwin C. Gillette, d. d., 117 W. Forsyth St., Jacksonville, Fla.
German Work. — Herman Obenhaus, d. d., 19 S. La Salle St., Chicago, 111. South Central District: Texas, Louisiana and Arkansas. — Rev. Lucian J. Marsh, 829 W. 13th St., Oklahoma City, Okla.
Southeast District: Kentucky, Tennessee, Alabama and West Florida. — Fred P. Ensminger, d. d., Asst. Superintendent, Demorest, Ga. The Carolinas and Georgia. — Rev. Milo J. Sweet, Pastor-at-Large, 226 W. Henderson St., Salisbury, N. C.
Southwest District: Arizona, New Mexico and West Texas — Rev. R. R. Shoemaker, 345 W. Latham St., Phoenix. Arizona.
superintendents of co-operating states and districts
Colorado. — Arthur J. Sullens, d. d., 634 Mack Building, Denver, Colo. Intermountain District. — (Wyoming, Utah, and Southern Idaho) — Rev. James F.
Walker, 314 S. 10th Ave., Pocatello, Idaho. Montana. — Rev. Claton S. Rice, 427 Stapleton Bldg., Billings, Mont. North Dakota. — Rev. Augustus C. Hacke, Room 1, O'Neil Block, Fargo, N. D. Oklahoma. — Rev. Lucian J. Marsh, 829 W. 13th St., Oklahoma City, Okla. Oregon. — C. H. Harrison, d. d., 502-4 Odd Fellows Bldg., Portland, Ore. South Dakota. — Samuel W. Keck, d. d.. Box 138, Huron, S. D.
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SUPERINTENDENTS OF SELF-SUPPORTING STATES
Northern California Congregational Conference: — Harley H. Gill, d. d., 421 Phelan Bldg., San Francisco.
Southern California Congregational Conference: — Edward D. Gaylord, d. d., 129 W. Second St., Los Angeles.
Missionary Society of Connecticut: Shefrod Soule, d. d., 37 Garden St., Hartford.
Hawaiian Evangelical Association: Rev. J. P. Erdman, Box 150, Honolulu, T. H.
Congregational Conference of Illinois: Robert J. Locke, d. d., 19 S. La Salle St., Chicago.
Indiana Conference of Congregational and Christian Churches: Rev. John HuMFREYS, Angola.
Congregational Conference of Iowa: P. Adelstein Johnson, d. d., Grinnell.
Kansas Congregational Conference: Rev. J. B. Gonzales, 410 New England Bldg., Topeka.
Congregational Conference and Missionary Society of Maine: Rev. Rodney W. Roundy, 95 Exchange St., Portland.
Massachusetts Congregational Conference and Missionary Society: Pres. Fred- erick H. Page, d. d.; F. E. Emrich, d. d.. Sec. Emeritus, 14 Beacon St., Boston.
Michigan Congregational Conference: Stephen A. Lloyd, d. d., 401 American State Savings Bank Bldg., Lansing.
Middle Atlantic Conference: Walter Spooner, d. d.. Room 421, 1060 Broad St., Newark, N. J.
Congregational Conference of Minnesota: Rev. A. K. Voss, 429 Palace Bldg., Minneapolis.
Missouri Congregational Conference (Department of Home Missions) : Rev. C. C. Burger, 6501 Wydown Blvd., St. Louis.
Nebraska Congregational Conference: Rev. W. A. Tyler, 410 Barkley Bldg., Lincoln.
New Hampshire Congregational Conference: E. R. Stearns, d. d.. Concord.
New York Congregational Conference, Inc.: Walter H. Rollins, d. d., 287 Fourth Ave., New York.
Ohio Conference of Congregational Christian Churches: Rev. Fred L. Hall, 1006 Hippodrome Bldg., Cleveland.
Pennsylvania Congregational Conference: Charles W. Carroll, d. d., 133 S. 63rd St., Philadelphia.
Rhode Island Congregational Conference: Charles E. McKinley, d. d., 1021 Hos- pital Trust Bldg., Providence.
Vermont Domestic Missionary Society: Rev. Wm. F. Frazier, Savings Bank Bldg., Burlington.
Washington Congregational Conference: L. O. Baird, d. d., Plymouth Church. Seattle.
Wisconsin Congregational Conference: Theo. R. Faville, d. d., 709 Beaver Bldg., Madison.
Members. — All members of the National Council of Congregational Churches; a limited number of corporate members at large; and Life Members who became such before 1914. A gift of Fifty Dollars constitutes one an Honorary Life Member.
FACTS WORTH NOTING
congregational home missionary society
That this year the Society completes its hundred and sixth year.
That in the early history of the Society it was interdenominational.
That many Presbyterian churches owe their foundation and life to the Society.
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That the Society has expended over forty million dollars to plant and sustain mission churches.
That the Society commissioned 169 missionaries the first year of its history, 471 last year, not including those sent out by Self-supporting States.
That four out of every five Congregational churches were planted by the Society or its auxiliaries.
That the average salary of a missionary pastor for the past year was $1,647 of which the Society contributed $653.
That the receipts of the Society for 1930-31 were $434,298; for 1826, $18,140.
That the expenditures of the Society for 1930-31 were $433,763; for 1826-27, $13,984.
That twenty-three Self-supporting States maintained their own home mis- sionary work and sustained a fraternal relation to the National Society.
Form of Bequest. — I give and bequeath to "The Congregational Home Mis- sionary Society," organized in the city of New York in the year, 1826, a corpora- tion existing under the laws of the State of New York, the sum of
dollars to be applied to the uses and purposes of said Society.
CONGREGATIONAL CHURCH BUILDING SOCIETY
In seventy-eight years this Society has made 6,271 grants in aid of church building and 1,733 in aid of parsonage building. The aid given has amounted to $12,573,653. It has helped to secure church property worth over $40,000,000, and has been an important factor in the nearly 200 per cent growth in our denomina- tion in a little more than half a century.
The total receipts for the fiscal year ending March 31, 1931, were $529,464.38 for current use. The contributions for church and parsonage building were $144,236.05. The repayments on church and parsonage loans were $306,566.09. Conditional gifts and legacies amounted to $9,411.32. From other sources of income came $69,250.92.
Last year the Board voted church grants and loans and parsonage loans, amounting to $360,820. Paid on 98 new houses of worship and 20 parsonages, putting into them $413,380.02. Applications for grants, church loans and par- sonage loans, asking for $235,240, were carried over into our new year.
Form of Bequest. — I give and bequeath to "The Congregational Church Building Society, a corporation organized and existing under the laws of the
State of New York, the sum of dollars to be applied to the uses
and purposes of said Society.
CONGREGATIONAL SUNDAY SCHOOL EXTENSION SOCIETY
All commissioned workers of The Congregational Home Missionary Society are responsible also for the work of the Sunday School Extension Society, the latter contributing a percentage of their support. This work consists chiefly in founding and maintaining Sunday Schools and in sending out college young people for summer extension service. In cooperation with the Education Society a Children's Day program is provided each year.
Form of Bequest. — I give and bequeath to "The Congregational Sunday School Extension Society," a corporation organized and existing under the laws
of the State of New York, the sum of dollars te be applied to
the uses and purposes of said Society.
THE CONGREGATIONAL WOMAN'S HOME MISSIONARY FEDERATION
Incorporated in Kansas, October 15, 1913 The work of the Federation, through the merger of the national societies, has been delegated to the various denominational Home Boards and Commissions.
The Federation continues to maintain its corporate existence according to its charter, to care for its funds, and to receive gifts and legacies. President, Mrs. Charles E. Blake, 7 Angell Court, Providence, R. I.; treasurer, Mrs. H. H. Hart, Room 801, 287 Fourth Avenue, New York, N. Y.
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CITY ORGANIZATIONS
The following organizations do missionary and extension work as indicated within their own confines largely in immediate cooperation with state conferences.
Bay Association of Congregational Churches of Northern California, In- corporated. Church extension work.
President, ; Secretary, Rev. Harley H. Gill, 421 Phelan Bldg., San Francisco;
Treasurer, C. W. Brock. Fimds: $16,000; expenditures 1931, $230.
City Missionary Society, 14 Beacon St., Boston, Mass. City missionary and relief work. President, William Ellison; Secretary, Rev. Ralph H. Rowse; Treasurer, Philip S. Davis. Funds: $453,441; expenditures 1931, $87,937.
Congregational Church Union of Boston and Vicinity. Sears Building, Boston. Church building aid. President, Samuel Usher; Secretary, Oren C. Boothby; Treasurer, Robert P. Kelsey. Funds, $74,912; expenditures 1931, $40,493.
Chicago Congregational Union, 19 S. La Salle St. Church extension work, in- cluding research, surveys and religious education. President, Frederick J. Newey; General Director, Rev. Ernest Graham Guthrie; Treasurer, H. A. Brinkman. Income: $213,154; expenditures 1931, $245,641.
Congregational Union of Cleveland, 1006 Hippodrome Bldg., Cleveland, Ohio. Church extension work. Moderator, A. F. Allen; Secretary, Rev. Orville L. Kiplinger; Treasurer, Robert S. Crawford. Endowment Funds, $290,511; expenditures 1931, $23,751.
Congregational Association of Detroit. Office, First Congregational Church. Extension work. Moderator, Ray B. Johnston; Superintendent, Rev. A. M. Meikle; Treasurer, W. G. Clarke. Funds $35,000; expenditures 1931, $18,000.
City Missionary Society, Hartford, Conn., 166 Village St. Congregational church extension; Village St. Mission and Community Center; summer camp and fresh air work. President, J. Harold Williams; Superintendent, Rev. Philip M. Rose; Treasurer, Allen H. Newton. Expenditxires 1931, $16,578.
Congregational Church Extension Society of Los Angeles. 611 American Bank Building. Extension work. President, Rev. Carl S. Patton; Superintendent, Rev. Edward D. Gaylord; Treasurer, C. E. Spaulding. Funds, $75,000 (estimated) ; expenditures 1931, $79,279.
Minneapolis and St. Paul Congregational Unions. Church extension work.
I [Presidents, Minneapolis, J. M. McBride; St. Paul, Rev. A. H. Gilmore; Joint Superintendent, Rev. J. P. Miller, Palace Bldg., Minneapolis, Minn.; Treasurers, Minneapolis, W. O. Jones; St. Paul, Herbert Swanson. Expenditures 1931, $6,550.
New York City Congregational Church Association, Inc., 287 Fourth Ave., New York City. Church extension, added to the functions of the local association. Moderator, James W. McCandless; Executive Secretary, Rev. Leslie J. Barnette; Treasurer, Edward Wade. Invested funds, $6,453; expenditures 1931, $47,623.
Seattle Extension Society, Plymouth Church, Seattle, Wash. Church extension, Sunday School and Bible vacation work. President, Arthur P. Johnson; Acting Superintendent, Rev. Lucius O. Baird; Treasurer, R. H. G. Edmonds. Expenditures, 1931, $4,619.
Congregational Union of Springfield, Inc., Springfield, Mass. Church extension in cooperation with state conference. President, Rev. Garrett V. Stryker; Clerk, Rev. John B. Lewis; Treasurer, John A. Dale. Assets, $11,415; expenditures, 1931, $8,209.
The Congregational City Missionary Society of St. Louis, 6501 Wydown Ave., St. Louis, Mo. Church extension work. President, H. M. Pflager; Superintendent, Rev. Charles C. Burger; Treasurer, S. F. Piatt. Fimds, $13,326; expenditures 1931, $5,937.
Worcester City Missionary Society, 790 Main St., Worcester, Mass. Church ex- tension and missionary work. President, Edwin G. Norman; Secretary, Rev. Harrison L. Packard; Treasurer, E. G. Seal. Funds, $60,881; expenditures 1931, $4,203.
Illnformation inserted from last Year Book.
30 Year Book, Congregational and Christian Churches [1931 OTHER CONGREGATIONAL ORGANIZATIONS
AMERICAN CONGREGATIONAL ASSOCIATION
Organized, 1853. Incorporated, 1854. Headquarters, Congregational House, 14 Beacon Street, Boston
OFFICERS
President. — Rev. Edward M. Noyes, Newton Centre, Mass.
Vice-President. — Ethelbert V. Grabill, Jamaica Plain, Mass.; Rev. J. Edgar
Park, Norton, Mass. Corresponding and Recording Secretary. — Thomas Todd, Concord. Chairman of Executive Committee. — Franklin P. Shumway. Treasurer. — Phineas Hubbard, 14 Beacon St., Boston. Librarian. — Rev. Frederick T. Persons.
Directors. — Rev. Edward M. Noyes, Newton Centre; Franklin P. Shumway, Mel- rose; Alfred M. Ziegler, Newtonville; D. Chauncey Brewer, Boston; Thomas Todd, Concord; Rev. J. Edgar Park, Norton; John D. Graham, Boston; Wil- liam Q. Wales, West Newton; Ethelbert V. Grabill, Jamaica Plain; Rev. Arthur J. Covell, Boston; Phineas Hubbard, Cambridge; Rev. D. Augustine Newton, Westboro; J. J. Tillinghast, Milton; Rolfe Cobleigh, Newton High- lands; Frank M. Forbush, Newton Centre; Arthur H. Merritt, Dorchester; Rev. John H. Quint, Chelsea; Rev. Charles H. Williams, Jamaica Plain; Appleton p. Williams, Newton Highlands; Willard C. Hill, Lexington; Rev. Enoch F. Bell, Newton Centre; Walter H. Black, Jamaica Plain; Edson W. White, Wakefield; Sargent H. Wellman, Topsfleld; Rev. Clarence W. Dun- ham, Dorchester; Hon. Channinc H. Cox, Boston; Ralph E. Whitney, New- ton Highlands; Frank E. Bridgman, Wollaston; Rev. Morton D. Dunning, Wellesley Farms, Rev. Carl M. Gates, Wellesley Hills.
objects
To maintain, in the city of Boston a Congregational House; to care for and perpetuate a library of books, pamphlets, and manuscripts, and a collection of portraits and relics of the past; to promote friendly intercourse and cooperation among Congregational ministers and churches, and with other denominations; and to do whatever else — within the limits of its charter — shall serve to illustrate Congregational history and promote the general interests of Congregational churches.
membership
The membership of the Association consists of Congregationalists who have been elected by the Directors at any regular meeting. There are two classes of members — Life and Annual. Annual members pay an annual assessment of $1.00. The payment of $10 at one time by a member constitutes him a life member. All moneys received for membership are applied exclusively to the increase of the library.
the congregational house
Was erected in 1898 (costing over $700,000) to house the Congregational Library, provide rooms at low cost for 14 Congregational Missionary Organiza- tions, the Congregational Book Store, Pilgrim Hall for gatherings, and Committee Rooms, and to promote the general interests of Congregational churches.
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THE CONGREGATIONAL BOARD OF PASTORAL SUPPLY
615 Congregational House, Boston
Directors. — Rev. Watson L. Phillips, d. d.. Chairman; Appleton P. Williams, Treasurer; George F. Kendall, Auditor; Rev. C. A. Adams; Rev. James W. BiXLER, D. D.; Rev. C. T. Chase; Rev. H. J. Chidley, d. d.; Arthur J. Crockett; Rev. William F. Frazier, d. d.; Rev. John C. Goddard, d. d.; Rev. L. E. Grubauch; Rev. K. a. Handanian; Rev. Ernest F. McGregor; Rev. C. E. McKinley, d. d.; Pres. Warren J. Moulton, d. d.; Rev. J. E. Newton; Rev. F. H. Page, d. d.; Oscar a. Phelps; E. W. Sherman; Rev. E. R. Stearns, d. d.; Sargent H. Wellman.
Secretary. — Rev. Arthur J. Covell, d. d.
This Board is maintained and controlled by the Congregational Conferences of the six New England states. It is an advisory agency in aiding pastoral settlements. Its rule is to make recommendations to a church only in response to direct official request. It is the servant of the churches, and is entirely responsible to them.
Our business is to set before the churches clear and impartial and con- siderate testimonies relative to ministers concerning whom they make inquiries. We give names of men available for the pastorate, if that is desired; and we designate and engage men to preach with reference to settlement whenever that may be left with us. We also furnish temporary or occasional supplies wherever they may be wanted. The Secretary visits churches upon request, supplying the pulpit and meeting the committee of the church.
The Secretary also visits the theological seminaries, that he may, so far as possible, know personally the men of the senior classes who are ready for settlement. And as far as desired, and other duties permit, he speaks before associations of churches and ministerial unions in the interests of the work for which the Board stands.
The work of the office is large. We have carefully recorded state- ments concerning more than half of all the Congregational ministers in the country, and of nearly all those in New England. The churches served by us are most largely in the New England states, but our business reaches to almost every state, and passes even a little beyond the bounds of the Union.
The records of our office contain important facts relative to the churches that have corresponded with us. They cover preaching engagements of every sort made through our agency, and they include copies of all letters descriptive of ministerial standing and capacity. Nothing is done that is not put within reach of authorized inspection.
It is not meant that anything should be done as a matter of merely personal favor or disfavor. It is not intended either that the individual judgment of any one person should be much put forward as of decisive weight. In matters con- cerning ministerial character and capacity it is meant that there should be gathered in, as far as possible, the general judgment of discerning men who have had opportunity or knowledge; and it is the business of the Secretary to place this general judgment as best he can before those who have need to know and the right to know what it is.
The expenses of the Board are borne chiefly by contributions from the churches of New England, through the treasuries of the State Conferences. Fees are charged, however, to ministers for the furnishing of opportunities for the occasional supplying of pulpits, and also for aid in securing pastoral settle- ments outside of New England. Within New England, there is no settlement fee. No charge is made to churches anywhere. But churches outside of the six cooperating states have often assumed the payment of office fees which might otherwise have been paid by the ministers concerned.
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BOSTON SEAMAN'S FRIEND SOCIETY, INC.
Office: 618 Congregational House, Boston Organized 1827. Incorporated 1829. Reorganized 1922.
On recommendation of the Commission on Missions the Society was reorgan- ized in 1922 and became the sole representative for sailor work of the New England Congregational churches, and is therefore entitled to a regular appor- tionment from them. The Society's affairs are administered by the representa- tives named below, chosen by the New England Conferences. The former organization transferred to the new Corporation more than $200,000 worth of real estate and other assets, including land and buildings in Boston and Vine- yard Haven and invested funds.
The Society is devoted to the material, social and religious welfare of seamen of all nations. Has finely equipped Bethels at 287 Hanover St., Boston, and at Vineyard Haven, and reading rooms at Tarpaulin Cove and Cape Cod Canal. The Society provides dormitory accommodations, reading and recreation rooms, pool tables, and games of many kinds, a canteen, shower baths, postal and banking facilities, and a check room for seamen's baggage. Free entertainments and religious services are held weekly. Sick, destitute and ship-wrecked sailors are cared for. Books and magazines are placed aboard ships.
OFFICERS
President. — Mr. Charles Stewart, Boston, Mass.
Vice-President. — Capt. Harold L. Colbeth, Buzzard's Bay, Mass.
Treasurer. — Mr. Charles F. Stratton, Cambridge, Mass.
Clerk. — Rev. Robert M. Bartlett, Longmeadow, Mass.
Secretary. — Rev. Merritt A. Farren, Boston, Mass.
Chairman of Executive Committee. — Enos H. Bigelow, m. d., Framingham, Mass.
state representatives
Maine Rev. John H. Quint, d. d., Chelsea
^ „ „ ^, , Mr. Herbert P. Sawtell, Worcester
Mr. Andrew C. Furbush, Portland mr. Andrew B. Sides, Waban
Rev. Morris H. Turk, d. d., Portland rev. Willard L. Sperry, d. d., Cambridge
, . Rev. Russell H. Stafford, d. d., Brookline
New Hampshire mr. Charles Stewart, Boston
Rev. James F. English, Manchester Mr. Lucius E. Thayer Newton
Rev. Earl F. Nauss. Nashua R/v- Charles N. Thorp, Lincoln
Rev. Arthur A. Rouner, Portsmouth Mr. Harry H. Walker Boston
Mr. Sargent H. Wellman, Topsfield
Rev. J. Graydon Brown, Rutland Rhode Island
Rev. Herbert H. Hines, Woodstock rev. Samuel T. Clifton, Providence
Rev. George A. Neeld, St. Johnsbury rev. m. Raymond Plumb, Edgewood
Massachusetts ^^^^ ^^'^^^^ ^- ^^smer, Newport Rev. Robert M. Bartlett, Longmeadow Connecticut
Rev. DwiGHT J. Bradley, Newton Center Rgy. Robbins W. Barstow, d. d., Hartford
Mr. Charles E. Burbank, West Boylston rev. Ralph A. Christie, Middletown
?,''°^,?- Bigelow, m. d., Framingham rev. Francis T. Cooke, Bristol
Mr. William E. Clapp, Maiden rev. J. Romeyn, Danforth, New London
9^^^-."^°'^°x^;,*-'°^^^™'„r^^.^^"^^, ^^y Rev. Theodore A. Greene, New Britain
Mr. Arthur J. Crockett West Roxbury rev. James E. Gregg, d. d., Waterbury
SP'-tt ** Vi'^TTON, Pittsfleld Rev. Albert J. Lord, d. d., Meriden
Mr. Henry H. Norris, Winchester rev. Harry J. Newton, New Haven
Mr. Robert E.Peabody, Jamaica Plam rev. John M. Phillips, d. d., Hartford Mr. Henry B. Prout, Brookline
Bequests should be made payable to the Boston Seaman's Friend Society, Inc. Contributions from churches and individuals solicited. Contributions received on an annuity basis.
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SCHAUFFLER SCHOOL
{Religious Education Missionary Training and Soci^ Work.
5111-5115 Fowler Avenue, S. E., Cleveland, Ohio
Organized 1886. Incorporated 1905, an Ohio Corporation, not for profit.
Trustees. — Clay Harhick, President, Marie A. Jindra, Secretary, Robert L. Beck, Mrs. C. R. Bissell, Mrs. Charles M. Preston, Rev. Philip Smead Bird, d. d.. Prof. P. J. Twiggs, Miriam Woodberry.
Checks payable to Mrs. A. E. Sicha, Assistant Treasurer. A Corporation of 24 members, four elected annually for six-year terms, chooses trustees and advises on general policies. Property ($430,000) reverts to Congregational Con- ference of Ohio, if it ceases to be used for purposes of training young women in religious and social leadership. Endowment $180,000.
$1,500 of $35,000 budget provided by apportionment gifts through Congrega- tional Education Society, about $9,000 by income from endowment, about $1,500 by D. A. R. scholarships, about $2,000 from students, balance ($21,000) by direct gifts of individuals and churches of this and other denominations. Estate Loans, Annuity Gifts, Legacies solicited.
Special classes to train those of foreign birth or parentage in English, when necessary.
Three-year courses for high school graduates leading to diploma in mission- ary, pastor's assistant and welfare work, four-year course for high school grad- uates, one year for college graduates, degree B. S. in R. E. and B. S. in Social Work.
Unusual opportunities for scholarship and self-help assistance.
Enrollment 65 or 14 nationalities or races and 14 denominations; 54% of these are of American parentage, and 59% of American birth; evening extension classes in English and civics for immigrants, 204 of 20 nationalities.
Faculty. — Mrs. Mary Wooster Mills, M. A., Principal Emeritus; Raymond G. Clapp, M. a., B. D., D. D., President; Mrs. Janet N. Clapp, M. A., Dean; Edwin A. Ralph, B. A., B. D., Dorothy E. Welch, M. A., Mabel Schramm, B. A., Marie Baumgartner, M. A., Marie A. Jindra, Louise E. Kruggel, Jean Starr, Goldie Dillow, Mrs. P. W. Whitlock (part time); and non-resident part time teachers — Ferdinand Blanchard, d. d., Dan F. Bradley, d. d., Edwin
A. Brown, B. A., S. T. B.; Mrs. H. B. Cass, Janice Case, Neil Crawford,
B. A., B. D.; Harry H. Hubbell, M. A., B. D.; Violet Johnson, B. A., M. R. E.; Gertrude Nyland, M. R. E.; John Prucha, B. D., LL. B., Permelia Shields, B. A., Earl H. Thayer, B. A., B. D., M. R. E.; Mrs. William Wheeler; Caroline Wuehtz, R. N.
CURRICULUM
BIBLE — Old Testament History, Life and Teaching of Christ, Apostolic Age, Isaiah. Psalms; ENGLISH — College English Composition, Advanced Theme Writing, Public Speech, History of English Literature, Modern English Drama, Modern English Poetry and Essays, Masterpieces of Literature; HISTORY — Recent American History, Recent European History, Church History, Contemporary History, Missions and Comparative Religion; LANGUAGES — Elementary and Advanced French and German, Czech and Slovak Bible; SCIENCE — Natural Science, Biology, Physiology, Evolution; TECHNIQUE — Pastor's Assistant Practice (Stenography, Typing, Mimeographing, Business Methods), Institutional Church Methods (Sewing Classes, Cope Saw, Paper, Basketry, Metal Work, Domestic Science), Vocal Music (Appreciation and Chorus and Quartette Singing), Piano and Blackboard Lettering and Drawing; PHYSICAL ED. — Hygiene (Personal, Commimity, Social), Gymnasium games, drill, folk dancing; SOCIAL SCIENCE — Sociology, Rural and Urban Social Problems, Immigration, Population move- ments. Social Surveys, Social Case Work, Recreational Leadership, Reaction of Economic conditions on Social Life; PSYCHOLOGY AND PHILOSOPHY— General Psychology, Child and Adolescent Psychology, Psychology of Religion, Philosophy of Religion, History of Philosophy, Modern Religious Thought, Ethics (Theoretical, Personal, Social), Current Religious Literature; RELIGIOUS EDU- CATION— Principles of Religious Education, Elementary Department Methods, Pre-school (Kindergarten) Methods, Secondary Religious Education and Young People's Work, Drama and Pageantry (especially religious). Administration and Curriculum of Religious Education, Worship Programs, Junior Choir and Hymn- ology. Personal Evangelism. Use of Art in Religious Education, Practical Teaching and Observation in Sunday, Week Day, Vacation and Americanism Schools.
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PILGRIM PLACE IN CLAREMONT
Founded in 1915; incorporated under the laws of California; endorsed and commended by the National Council.
OFFICERS AND DIRECTORS
Raymond C. Brooks, d. d.. President, 489 W. Sixth St., Claremont; Franklin Warner, Vice-President, Claremont; Rev. Albert P. Davis, Exec. Secretary, 130 E. Mesa Ave., Claremont; Rev. A. D. Stauffacher, Rec. Secretary, 441 Harvard Ave., Claremont; Harry T. Belcher, Treasurer, Claremont; Martin Abernethy, Claremont; Mrs. Edith K. Chaplin, Claremont; Dr. Luther Free- man, Pomona; Mrs. E. C. Norton, Claremont; Mrs. Wm. J. Pell, Claremont; Rev. a. O. Pritchard, Sierra Madre; Rev. John M. Schaefle, Los Angeles; Miss Ela C. Sugg, Claremont; Mrs. Edna B. Watts, Claremont; J. G. Zorn, Claremont; Honorary Members: Mrs. J. A. Blaisdell, Claremont; Rev. Corliss W. Lay, Long Beach; Mrs. W. C. Merritt, Claremont.
location
Pilgrim Place is located upon a beautiful twenty acre tract in Claremont in Southern California. Claremont is the home of Pomona College, Scripps College for Women and Claremont Colleges and is recognized as one of the educational centers of America. The town is in the midst of the orange belt, with the Sierra Madre mountains rising to a height of 10,000 feet near by. Claremont is thirty-three miles east from Los Angeles and twenty-five miles from Pasadena.
object
The purpose of Pilgrim Place is to provide comfortable homes at a minimum cost for ministers, missionaries and other Christian workers and their families in a region where living conditions are attractive and living costs are low.
Pilgrim Place operates 25 houses. A four, five or six-room cottage, fully furnished, may be rented for from $25 to $40 per month. If a minister or retired Christian worker prefers to build his home, Pilgrim Place is glad to cooperate. Such homes are held in the name of the Corporation but are legally recognized as the homes of the builders during their lifetime. Eight such homes are now complete.
recent development
During 1931, two beautiful residence buildings have been constructed. One of these, known as the Old Hadley House, includes seven single rooms of apart- ment type, together with a large living room for common use. This house is intended especially for women. Another house, finished in October, 1931, is known as the Horace Bushnell House. It includes two apartments. Plans for other buildings have been finished and await funds from interested donors.
Pilgrim Place invites the interest and cooperation of all Congregationalists in the development of this important enterprise. Contributions will be especially welcomed at the present time for:
(1) Additional cottages in the Cottage Court, each unit to cost from $3,000 to $5,000.
(2) Additional homes, with endowment for each of $5,000.
(3) Drives, walks and planting; estimated cost, $10,000.
(4) General endowment for modest administration expenses and the main- tenance of low rental costs, $300,000.
Form of Bequest. — I give, devise and bequeath to "Pilgrim Place in Clare- mont" incorporated under the laws of California the sum of dollars
or the following described property.
Correspondence regarding Bequests, Annuities and other matters should be addressed to the President, Rev. Raymond C. Brooks, or the Secretary, Rev. Albert P. Davis, 601 Mayflower Road, Claremont, Calif.
THE NEW YORK CONGREGATIONAL HOME FOR THE AGED
123 Linden Boulevard, Brooklyn, New York
Directors. — Thomas H. Roulston, Pres. ; Edward W. Peet, m. d., Charles R. Heb- ard, Gilbert C. Halsted, Wm. H. Kephart, d. d., George A. Hough, James Weild, Frederick W. Starr, Howard M. Taylor; Arthur K. Wing, Atty., Henry C. Turner, James Weild, Treasurer; Mrs. John J. Pearsall, Chairman Board of Managers. The New York Congregational Home for the Aged incorporated under
the Membership Corporation Law of State of New York, April 18, 1910.
Object. — To provide and maintain a home for aged men and women affiliated
with Congregational churches of New York City and vicinity. The Home
occupies a fine colonial building, furnished and equipped for service through the
gifts of members of Congregational churches in New York City.
There are four classes of membership: Contributing, $25; Sustaining, $10,
Associate, $1.00; Life, $100; Patrons for Life, $500.
Checks should be made payable to James Weild, Treasurer, 850 East 39th St.,
Brooklyn, N. Y.
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THEOLOGICAL SEMINARIES
ANDOVER NEWTON THEOLOGICAL SCHOOL
Newton Centre, Massachusetts
An interdenominational theological school located in Greater Boston. Andover was founded in 1807, Newton in 1825. Andover Newton was formed in 1931.
THE FACULTY
Everett Carleton Herhick, d. d., ll. d.. President
Vaughan Dabney, d. d.. Dean and Bartlet Professor of Sacred Rhetoric
Frederick Lincoln Anderson, d. d.. Professor of Biblical Interpretation, New
Testament WiNFRED Nichols Donovan, d. d.. Professor of Biblical Interpretation, Old Testa- ment Henry Kalloch Rowe, ph. d.. Professor of Church History and Social Science Richard Miner Vaughan, d. d.. Professor of Christian Theology Daniel Evans, d. d., Abbot Professor of Christian Theology James Percival Berkeley, d. d.. Professor of Religious Education Woodman Bradbury, d. d.. Professor of Homiletics and Pastoral Duties Charles Nathaniel Arbuckle, d. d.. Associate Professor of Preaching Basil Mathews, m. a. (Oxon.) Helen Barrett Montgomery Professor of Chris- tianity and World Relations Charles Melvin McConnell, s. t. b.. Professor of Country Church Life Harold Washington Ruopp, m. a., s. t. b.. Professor of the Art of Preaching Edgar Sheffield Brightman, ph. d., ll. d.. Lecturer in Theology Herbert Collins Parsons, m. a.. Lecturer in Applied Social Ethics George Arthur Huntley, m. d.. Acting Professor in Missions DwiGHT J. Bradley, b. d.. Lecturer in Pastoral Problems Austin Philip Guiles, m. a., b. d.. Director of Clinical Training Russell Chase Tuck, s. t. m.. Instructor in New Testament Studies Doris Louise Bigglestone, b. d.. Instructor in Religious Education William Jacob Cloues, b. d., Alva Woods Librarian Owen Hamilton Gates, ph. d., Andover Librarian
Andover Seminary has become affiliated with The Newton Theological Insti- tution to form the new Andover Newton Theological School which is located at Newton Centre, in the vicinity of Boston. The combination of the two schools and the location make new and unusual advantages possible for theological students interested in taking their professional study in New England. The combined resources provide for an enrichment of the curriculum and an en- largement of the faculty.
The Andover Newton Theological School in affiliation with Harvard gives the students the privilege of taking any work in Harvard open to theological students and without additional expense. In greater Boston and New England are many of the oldest and most famous of the educational institutions of the country. Andover Newton is in the midst of them so that the students can enjoy the cultural and traditional advantages which bring college and pro- fessional students to Boston, not only from all over the country but from all over the world.
The co-operation of the churches in the vicinity offers many opportunities where, on the basis of co-operative scholarships, students can make their way and at the same time gain valuable and practical experience. The School offers scholarship grants, so far as it is able, to students dependent upon self-support and seeks to aid in securing for them church positions in which service can be given in return.
The School grants three degrees: B. D., S. T. M., and M. R. E. The B. D. is granted after three years' study to students who have had a college course or its equivalent. The M. R. E. is granted to students with similar preparation after two years' study. The S. T. M. is granted after at least a year of graduate study and the presentation of a satisfactory thesis.
For catalogue and further information address the President or the Dean.
36 Year Book, Congregational and Christian Churches [1931 ATLANTA THEOLOGICAL SEMINARY FOUNDATION
Nashville, Tennessee
William James Campbell, a. m., s. t. b., d. d.. President, Professor Church History. William Allen Harper, m. a., lit. d., ll. d.. Professor Religious Education. Jason Noble Pierce, b. d., d. d.. Professor Practical Theology. Malcolm Dana, b. d., d. d.. Lecturer in the Rural Church.
To the list of the Foundation Faculty may be added, for Academic purposes, both the Faculty of Vanderbilt School of Religion and also others from the Faculties of Vanderbilt University whose work contributes to ministerial education.
The Foundation is affiliated with Vanderbilt University, and offers every advantage of location, education, and self support.
For information write William James Campbell, President.
BANGOR THEOLOGICAL SEMINARY
Bangor, Me.
Incorporated under the laws of Massachusetts Feb. 25, 1814; charter con- firmed by the Legislature of Maine, Feb. 19, 1831.
Warren J. Moulton, ph. d., d. d., ll. d.. President, and Hayes Professor of New Testament Language and Literature.
Francis B. Denio, d. d.. Professor Emeritus of Old Testament Language and Literature.
Calvin M. Clark, d. d., Waldo Professor of Ecclesiastical History and Lecturer on Congregational Polity and Pastoral Theology.
JoRN J. Martin, ph.d., d.d.. Buck Professor of Christian Theology, and Fogg Pro- fessor of Sacred Rhetoric and Oratory.
Charles Gordon Cumming, ph. d., George A. Gordon, Professor of Old Testament Language and Literature.
Alfred Morris Perry, ph. d., d. d.. Associate Professor of New Testament Language and Literature, and Librarian.
Marion J. Bradshaw, m. a., d. d.. Professor of the Philosophy of Religion.
Ralph S. Adams, a. b.. Associate Professor of Rural Work.
Rev. John M. Arters, d. d.. Lecturer on Methodist Polity.
Prof. Mark Bailey, m. a.. Instructor in Vocal Culture.
Rev. Frederick T. Persons, m. a.. Lecturer on Church Architecture.
Walter Reginald Whitney, b. a.. Instructor in English.
lecturers on the bond foundation
Phof. Webster Chester, ph. d., of Colby College, on Geology. on Religious Education.
convocation week lectures
Rev. Douglas Horton, d. d.. Leader of the Quiet Hour.
John R. Mott, m. a., ll. d.. Lecturer on Applied Christianity.
Hev. C. Wallace Petty, d. d., ll. d.. Lecturer on Preaching.
Rev. Maurice Roy Ridley, m. a.. Lecturer on Literature and Life.
1931] Theological Seminaries 37
THE CHICAGO THEOLOGICAL SEMINARY
5757 University Avenue, Chicago
Albert W. Palmer, President.
A. C. McGiFFERT, Jr., Director of Studies.
Robert Cashman, Business Manager.
The Chicago Theological Seminary, established in 1855 to furnish training for Christian leadership according to the highest academic standards, has been a pioneer in the introduction into the theological curriculum of several unique features designed to meet the changing spiritual needs of succeeding generations. For example. Dr. Graham Taylor was called to the chair of Christian Economics when such a professorship was practically unknown. Recent developments have been in the fields of research in personality problems; in studies of the city and rural churches; in culture through art and drama, literature and music; and in the supervision of the practical work of students with a view to their develop- ment as leaders of the institutions of religion in the modem world.
In 1915 the institution removed to the neighborhood of the University of Chicago, with which it is affiliated through the Divinity School of the University. Thus Seminary students enjoy the advantages of a University which is inter- nationally known for its high standards and academic productiveness. In June, 1928, the new buildings of the Seminary were completed and dedicated.
THE FACULTY
Albert W. Palmer, d. d., ll. d.. President and Professor of Practical Theology.
Graham Taylor, a. m., d. d., ll. d.. Emeritus, Social Economics.
Arthur Cushman McGiffert, Jr., d. b., a. m.. Christian Theology and Director of Studies.
Benjamin Willard Robinson, ph.d.. New Testament.
Arthur Erastus Holt, ph. d., d. d.. Social Ethics.
Fred Eastman, Litt. d.. Religious Literature and Drama.
Davis Edwards, a. m.. Public Speaking.
Wilhelm Pauck, Lie. Theol., Church History.
Matthew Spinka, a. m., ph. d.. Librarian and Lecturer in Church History.
Samuel Kincheloe, a. m., ph. d.. Sociology of Religion.
Walker Moore Alderton, a. m., d. b.. Director of Student Field Activities.
Carl Romig Hutchinson, d. b.. Research Associate.
Cecil Michener Smith, a. m.. Music.
Mrs. Clara E. Powell, ph. d.. Religious Education.
VonOgden Vogt, a. m., d. b.. Religion and Fine Arts.
Anton T. Boisen, a. m.. Pastoral Psychology.
James Mullenbach, d. b., ll. d.. Social Ethics.
Charles Clayton Morrison, ph. d.. International Relations.
Clifford Mansardt, ph. d.. Missions.
To the list of the Seminary Faculty may be added, for academic purposes, both the Faculty of the Divinity School and also others from the Faculties of the University of Chicago, whose work contributes to ministerial education.
38 Year Book, Congregational and Christian Churches [1931
HARTFORD SEMINARY FOUNDATION
Hartford, Conn. President. — Robbins Wolcott Barstow, d. d., Practical Theology President Emeritus. — William Douglas Mackenzie, d. d., ll. d. Secretary. — Asa Robert Crawford Dean Hartford Theological Seminary. — Rockwell Harmon Potter, d. d.. Practical
Tiieology Dean Hartford School of Religious Education. — Karl R. Stolz, ph. d., d. d., English
Bible Dean Kennedy School of Missions. — Edward Warren Capen, ph. d., Sociology Dean of Women. — Mrs. Lester McLean, b. a.
Librarian of The Case Memorial Library. — Charles Snow Thayer, ph. d.. Bibliology Field Representative. — Willard T. Carter
* Lewis Bayles Paton, ph. d., d. d., Old Testament Exegesis
Duncan Black Macdonald, d. d., Semitic Languages
Curtis M. Geer, ph. d.. Social Service
A. J. William Myers, ph. d.. Education
Lewis Hodous, d. d.. Missions in China; Philosophy of Religion
George Ross Wells, ph. d., Psychology
Alexander Converse Purdy, ph. d.. New Testament Interpretation
William Gtrdlestone Shellabear, d. d., Mohammedanism
Elbert Clarence Lane, d. d., Hebrew and Greek
Elmer E. S. Johnson, ph. d., d. d.. Reformation and Modern Church History
Henry Winters Luce, d. d., Missions in China
George H. C. Macgregor, d. litt., New Testament Exegesis
George William Brown, ph. d.. Missions in India
Herbert H. Farmer, m. a., Systematic Theology
Plato Ernest Shaw, b. litt.. Early Church History
Eleanor Hope Johnson, ph. d.. Psychology
William Deluge Barnes, Jr., s. t. m., Practical Department
Mrs. Agnes C. L. Donohugh, m. a., f. r. a. i., Ethnology
Edna May Baxter, m. a., b. d.. Education
Charles Thomas Paul, m. a., f. r. g. s.. Missions in Latin America
Andrew Fitch Hensey, Missions in Central Africa
MosEs Bailey, s. t. m., ph. d., Old Testament Exegesis
Melancthon W. Jacobus, d. d.. Dean Emeritus Theological Seminary, New Testa- ment
Edward Hooker Knight, d. d.. Dean Emeritus School of Religious Education, Bible
Waldo Selden Pratt, mus. d., l. h. d.. Emeritus, Liturgies
Edwin Knox Mitchell, d. d.. Emeritus, Early Church History
Arthur Lincoln Gillett, d. d.. Emeritus, Apologetics
Charles Stoddard Lane, d. d.. Emeritus, Church History
William Charles Willoughby, Emeritus, r. r. g. s., f. r. a. i.. Missions in Africa
The three distinct Schools of the Hartford Seminary Foundation offer training for all forms of Christian service. The thirty-acre campus with distinguished buildings gives equipment for nearly 250 courses offered by over fifty professors, instructors and lecturers. The Case Memorial Library of 191,831 volumes is one of the greatest theological libraries in the country. All classes are open to both men and women.
The Hartford Theological Seminary prepares college graduates for the ministry of the Gospel. It uses the resources of modern scholarship in the service of the Christian faith in training for ministerial work. The degree of b. d. is granted for the completion with credit of the regular course. Degrees of s. t. m. and ph. d. are granted for advanced work.
The School of Religious Education trains men and women for positions of leadership in the field of religious education, and provides a thorough practical training for lay workers in other forms of church service. A two-years' course for those who have had two years of college work or are graduates of normal school leads to the degree of b. r. e. For college graduates a more advanced course is offered, leading to m. r. e., m. a., or ph. d.
The Kennedy School of Missions furnishes Special Missionary Preparation for missionaries, candidates and appointees of all Mission Boards. It has served most of the large Mission Boards of the United States and Canada. Its alumni are in all the great mission fields. Degrees of m. a. and ph. d. are granted for advanced work.
For information address the Deans of the respective Schools. ♦Deceased.
1931] Theological Seminaries 39
OBERLIN GRADUATE SCHOOL OF THEOLOGY
Oberlin, Ohio
FACUIiTT
President. — Ernest Hatch Wilkins, ph. d., litt. d., ll. d.
Dean, Thomas Wesley Graham, d. d., Homiletics
Kemper Fuxlerton, a. m., d. th., Old Testament •
George Walter Fiske, ph. d., d. d.. Practical Theol. Relig. Educ.
Herbert Alden Youtz, ph. d., s. t. b.. Philosophy of Religion, Chr. Ethics
Francis William Buckler, m. a., m. r. a. s.. Church History
Walter Marshall Hopton, b. d., ph. d., s. t. m.. Systematic Theology
Clarence Tucker Craig, ph. d., s. t. b., d. d.. New Testament
Robert Elliott Brown, d. d.. Practical Theology and Human Relations
Clarence Herbert Hamilton, ph. d.. Professor of Missions
Frank Hugh Foster, ph. d., d. d.. Biblical and Oriental Languages
C. Leonard Woolley, m. a., Haskell Lecturer, 1931-32
The Graduate School of Theology provides the opportunity for college grad- uates to get adequate training for Christian service in the ministry of the church, secretaryship of the Young Women's Christian Association or Young Men's Christian Associations at home or abroad, for leadership in religious education at home or abroad and for Christian social service in city or country communities. Throughout its history, though independent by charter, Oberlin has sustained the most friendly relationship with Congregational churches and work.
Equipment. — In September of 1931 the School of Theology moved into new quarters. It now occupies a group of buildings designed by Mr. Cass Gilbert and made possible by the generous gift of two friends of the School, the late Mrs. D. Willis James and Mr. John D. Rockefeller, Jr. The theological group, built in North Italian style, is composed of two buildings connected by cloisters to form a quadrangle. One of these buildings is used for classroom, chapel and administration purposes, and the other for dormitories for single and married students, a refectory, a library, a recreation room and a gymnasium. These new buildings compose a quadrangle of unusual beauty and utility. Students in the School of Theology use the main library of Oberlin College which contains 332,866 bound volumes and as many pamphlets. The library files include the leading secular and religious newspapers and the leading monthlies and quar- terlies. The Oberlin library is the largest college library in the United States. The library and seminar rooms in the theological quadrangle house about twenty thousand of the most active books in the theological section and the periodicals required by theological students. The gymnasium and recreation rooms in the quadrangle are well equipped for physical training and indoor games. The athletic fields and tennis courts of Oberlin College provide amply for out door exercise.
Terms of Admission. — College graduation and church membership are re- quired. Men and women of any denomination, race, or color are admitted. This year we find fifteen denominations are represented in the student body.
Degrees in Course. — The degree of Bachelor of Divinity is granted at the completion of a three years' course covering ninety semester hours of work chosen from a broad range of courses set up in a curriculum which recently has been thoroughly restudied. The degrees of Master of Arts and Master of The- ology are also offered.
Special Assets. — Students in the Graduate School of Theology have the advantage of being a part of the student body of one of the most cosmopolitan colleges in America. They share in the university privileges and the scholarly standards and fine Christian ideals of Oberlin. Oberlin is a center of unique and broad missionary interests, and has contributed largely to the missionary forces of the Congregational Church. The Oberlin Conservatory of Music is one of the leading conservatories of the world, and makes available unusual musical advantages. Oberlin is equipped with a splendid Art Building, a fine Art Library which includes a collection of over 60,000 stereopticon art slides. Living expense is moderate and the generous scholarships and prizes with the opportunities for self-help in the community make self-support comparatively easy.
For catalogue and further information, address the Dean.
40 Year Book, Congregational and Christian Churches [1931
UNION THEOLOGICAL COLLEGE
Incorporated 1916, Chicago, 111.
George T. McCollum, d. d.. Chairman. Walter A. Morgan, d. d., Vice-ChaitTnan
of Board Rev. H. Russell Jay, Examiner for Illinois Congregational Conference Rev. W. E. Wilkins, Examiner for Wisconsin Congregational Conference Rev. Peter Young, Examiner for Iowa Congregational Conference Rev. Ivan R. Welty, Examiner for Michigan Congregational Conference Rev. Albert Wilson, Examiner for Missouri Congregational Conference.
FACXn.TY
President. — James Alexander Jenkins, a. m., d. d.. Theology, Comparative Religion
and Philosophy Dean and Secretary. — Cyrus A. Osborne, a. m., d. b.. Congregational Polity,
Bible Ancestry, Biology Registrar and Director of Foreign Students. — Otto C. Grauer, d. d., English
Language and Literature. Sermon Building Douglas Richard Patterson, a. m., d. b., English Bible, Religious Education,
Church History Charles Emerson Peet, a. m.. Astronomy and Geology Charles E. Stenman, Finnish Studies Miss Minnie Whitman, Junior College Studies
lecturers
Clarence T. Brown, d. d.. The Minister as Prophet Orvis F. Jordan, d. d., The Community Church Ideal Wilfred A. Rowell, d. d.. The Minister as an Executive Clyde McGee, d. b.. Church and Community John R. Nichols, d. d.. Pastoral Ministry William F. Slade, ph. d.. Personality Adjustments VonOgden Vogt, a. m., d. d.. Artistic Elements in Worship Paul H. Yourd, d. d.. The Land of the Book
The College is openly and frankly interdenominational in its attitude and appeals, and students of various denominations are now in attendance upon equal terms. It was organized, however, by Congregationalists and took over undergraduate and foreign work of the Chicago Theological Seminary; its Faculty and Board of Directors are nearly all Congregationalists. It depends primarily for sympathy and financial support on the denomination responsible for its origin and ongoing.
The College is centrally located, adjoining the New First Congregational Church, which offers unusual opportunity for church work and worship. High school graduation is the standard requirement for entrance. The usual seven- year college and seminary curriculum is systematically abridged into four years by selecting the most essential theological and as many college studies as can be provided in the time available.
The ten major branches included are as follows:
(1) The history, contents and use of the English Bible.
(2) Preaching, Evangelism and Pastoral Ministry.
(3) The History of Religion among the Nations.
(4) Christian Faith and Theology.
(5) Religious Education and Social Christianity.
(6) Ancient and Modern History.
(7) English Language and Literature.
(8) The Natural Sciences.
(9) Psychology, Ethics, Philosophy.
(10) Ecclesiastical and Civic Organizations, Denominational Polity, Missions.
The College offers the degree of Bachelor of Theology (TH. B.) to those fully qualified who complete the course in a satisfactory manner and present a thesis of not less than five thousand words on a subject acceptable to the com- mittee on graduation. In no case will the College bestow its degree upon students who have not met the requirements — a high school course or its full equivalent, a satisfactory completion of the course of study, and an acceptable thesis.
To the above there has now been added a Junior College Course.
For information address the President or the Secretary, 44 North Ashland Boulevard, Chicago, 111.
1931] Theological Seminaries 41
DIVINITY SCHOOL OF YALE UNIVERSITY
New Haven, Conn.
Open for service, 1822. This School is undenominational, but is mentioned as having had a Congregational origin and early history.
James Rowland Angell, ph. d., ll. d.. President.
Rev. Lvther Allan Weigle, ph. d., litt. d.. Dean of the Divinity School and Sterling Professor of Religious Education.
Rev. Harlan Page Beach, d. d., D. Willis James Professor of the Theory and Prac- tice of Missions, Emeritus.
Rev. Charles Reynolds Brown, d. d., ll. d., s. t. d., Dean of the Divinity School on the Justus S. Hotchkiss Foundation, and Pastor of the University Church, Emeritus.
Rev. Frank Chamberlin Porter, ph. d., d. d., Winkley Professor of Biblical The- ology, Emeritus.
E. Hershey Sneath, ph. d., ll. d., Professor of the Philosophy of Religion and of Religious Education, Emeritus.
Rev. John Clark Archer, b. d., ph. d.. Professor of Missions and Comparative Re- ligion.
Rev. George Dahl, ph. d.. Professor of Old Testament Literature on the Samuel Holmes Foundation.
Rev. Charles Allen Dinsmore, d. d.. Lecturer on the Spiritual Content of Literature on the Mattatuck Foundation.
Rev. Hubert Greaves, m. a.. Professor of Public Speaking.
Rev. Hugh Hartshorne, ph. d.. Research Associate in Religion.
Rev. Kenneth Scott Latourette, ph. d., d. d., D. Willis James Professor of Missions and Oriental History.
Rev. Halford Edward Luccock, d. d., litt. d.. Professor of Homiletics.
Rev. Douglas Clyde Macintosh, ph. d., d. d., Dwight Professor of Theology, and Chairman of the Department of Religion in the Graduate School.
Rev. Robert Seneca Smith, b. d., ph. d., Horace Bushnell Professor of Christian Nurture.
Rev. Henry Hallam Tweedy, d. d.. Professor of Practical Theology.
Rev. Malcolm Dana, d. d.. Associate Professor of Rural Church Work.
Rev. Jerome Davis, ph. d., Associate Professor of Practical Philanthropy on the Gilbert L. Stark Foundation.
Rev. H. Richard Niebuhr, ph. d.. Associate Professor of Christian Ethics.
Clarence Phouty Shedd, b. d., m. a.. Associate Professor of Christian Methods on the Stephen Merrell Clement Foundation.
Paul Herman Vieth, ph. d.. Associate Professor of Religious Education and Director of Field Work.
Rev. Roland Herbert Bainton, ph. d., Associate Professor of Church History.
Rev. Robert Lowry Calhoun, ph. d., Associate Professor of Historical Theology.
Rev. John Young Campbell, m. a.. Assistant Professor of Biblical Theology.
Rev. Carl Herman Kraeling, ph. d.. Assistant Professor of New Testament Criti- cism and Interpretation.
Relation to the University. — The Divinity School is one of the coordinate departments of Yale University. The studies are arranged in five vocational groups, each leading to the de^ee of b. d. These groups are (a) The Preaching Ministry and Pastoral Service; (b) Foreign Missionary Service; (c) Religious Education in Church and School; (d) Community Service Through Religious Agencies; (e) Religious Leadership in Colleges and Universities; (f ) Teaching and Research in Religion. A graduate class for advanced study is also offered, lead- ing to the degree of m. a., or ph. d.
Opportunities for Self-Help. — The scholarship funds of the school are used to create opportunities through which the students may receive training for their future work.
Application for Admission. — Only graduates of colleges or universities of recognized standing are admitted to the School. Catalogues and forms of appli- cation for admission may be obtained by addressing the Dean, Yale Station, New Haven, Conn, The next year will begin on Thursday, Sept. 29, 1932.
42 Year Book, Congregational and Christian Churches [1931
PACIFIC SCHOOL OF RELIGION
Berkeley, Calif.
Founded, 1866. Incorporated in California, Feb. 3, 1872.
FACULTY
Herman F. Swaktz, m. sc, d. d., President and Professor of Homiletics.
William Frederic Bade, b. d., ph. d., litt. d.. Professor of Old Testament Literature
and Semitic Language and Director Palestine Institute. John Wright Buckham, a. b., d. d.. Professor of Christian Theology and Philosophy
of Religion. Chester Charlton McCown, ph. d., d. d.. Dean and Professor of New Testament
Literature and Interpretation. George Tolover Tolson, a. m., d. d.. Librarian and Professor of Church History. Herbert Francis Evans, b. d., ph. d.. Professor of Religious Education. George Percy Hedley, m. a., b. d., th. d.. Acting Assistant Professor of the New
Testament and Registrar. Thomas T. Giffen, d. d.. Instructor in the Practical Department. Ralph C. Waddell, m. a., b. d., th. d.. Supervisor of Student Field Work. Walter Bronson Thomas, b. p. e.. Instructor in Community Recreation. Anthony Faulkner Blanks, m. a., ph. d.. Instructor in Expression. Otto H. Houser, a. m., d. d.. Instructor in Methodist History and Polity. Willard Brown Thorp, a. b., d. d.. Instructor in Homiletics. D. Willard Lyon, a. b., d. d.. Visiting Professor of History of Religion. Herbert Harry Powell, ph. d., s. t. d., Lecturer in Semitic Languages.
The School of Religion is adjacent to the University of California, the libraries and the courses of which institution are of great service to the students of this
school. , , „ ^ .. ,. .
The School of Religion trams men and women for the pastorate, religious education, social service, and missions.
A college degree is required for candidacy for the b. d. degree. Apply for information concerning other degrees and advanced courses.
The Palestine Institute is a laboratory for the biblical studies, employing among other resources the noteworthy archaeological treasures being recovered from the explorations made by Dr. Bade for the School at Tell-en-Nasbeh.
The location of the School is wonderfully beautiful, and the climate is even, cool, and stimulative, favorable for study during the entire year.
Sixty-sixth year begins August 15, 1932.
THEOLOGICAL SEMINARIES
SUMMARY OF OFFICERS AND STUDENTS, 1931-32, AND TOTALS FOR PRECEDING YEARS
Seminary
Andover Newton
Atlanta
Bangor
Chicago
Hartford
Oberlin
Pacific
Union
Yale
Students
^ en
13 3
7
12
28
9
7
7
20
6 1 5 6 20 2 7 3
> C8 ■O s-t
<0
18 4 6
20 108
18
13
87
112
8
48
169
142 44 54 31
139
21 3
7 28
47
36 5
151 15 61
217
297 62
103 36
226
Cm
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(42) ( 4) ( 5) (50) (140)
( 4) ( 0)
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Totals 1931-32 |
106 |
58 |
274 |
747 |
147 |
1168 (245) |
|
Totals 1930-31 |
94 |
61 |
202 |
700 |
221 |
1123 |
|
1929-30 |
91 |
53 |
232 |
632 |
257 |
1121 |
|
1928-29 |
90 |
47 |
215 |
618 |
164 |
997 |
|
1927-28 |
92 |
63 |
195 |
625 |
220 |
1040 |
|
1926-27 |
94 |
54 |
132 |
578 |
205 |
915 |
|
1925-26 |
106 |
64 |
117 |
623 |
121 |
861 |
|
1924-25 |
97 |
64 |
122 |
517 |
155 |
794 |
|
1914-15 |
75 |
53 |
49 |
399 |
70 |
518 |
|
1904-05 |
65 |
40 |
42 |
312 |
51 |
405 |
|
1894-95 |
58 |
27 |
39 |
378 |
81 |
498 |
|
1884-85 |
44 |
18 |
22 |
290 |
32 |
344 |
|
1874-75 |
37 |
22 |
13 |
281 |
35 |
329 |
|
1864-65 |
24 |
9 |
19 |
162 |
181 |
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NECROLOGY
BRIEF BIOGRAPHIES OF CONGREGATIONAL AND CHRISTIAN
MINISTERS WHOSE DEATH WAS REPORTED
DURING THE YEAR 1931
X signifies a Christian minister.
In many cases further information is on file in the office of the General Council. This may be had on request.
Abbott, Ernest Hamlin, born, Cornwall-on-Hudson, N. Y., April 18, 1870. Education: Harvard University, B. A., 1893; Union Theological Seminary, 1893-95; Andover Theological Seminary, 1896, graduate. Ordination: Congregational Council, Andover, Mass., June 8, 1896. Congregational Pastorate: Fryeburg, Me., 1896-1902. Publications: Re- ligious Life in America, 1902; On the Training of Parents, 1908; What They Did With Themselves, 1909. Editor in Chief, The Outlook, 1923-28; Associate editor. Outlook and Independent, 1928-31. Died at Cornwall- on-Hudson, N. Y., Aug. 8, 1931. (See Who's Who in America.)
Aiken, Walter Torrey, born, Norwalk, Conn., Jan. 1, 1884. Education: Colgate College, B. A., 1908, M. A., 1928; Colgate Theological Sem- inary, B, D., 1912; post graduate work, Yale University, 1914-15; Grad- uate School of Harvard University, 1922; Newton Theological Seminary, M, R. E., 1923. Ordination: Baptist, Noank, Conn., June 12, 1912; entered Congregational fellowship, 1926. Congregational Pastorate: Mittineague Church, West Springfield, Mass., 1926-31. Died at Springfield, Mass., Dec. 31, 1931.
Ainslie, James Stuart, born, Hartwick, Otsego County, N. Y., May 6, 1856. Education: Cornell University, B. A., 1881; Divinity School of Yale University, 1881-82. Honorary Degree: D. D., Wheaton College. Ordination: Congregational Council, Ogdensburg, N. Y., May 23, 1882. Congregational Pastorates: Ogdensburg, N. Y., 1882-90; Plymouth Church, Fort Wayne, Ind., 1890-1900; North Shore Church, Chicago, 111. (organ- ized), 1900-15; Argyle Community Church, Chicago, 111. (organized), 1916-29. Died at Ithaca, N. Y., April 11, 1931. (See Who's Who in America.)
Allen, Ernest Bourner, born, Kalamazoo, Mich., June 2, 1868. Edu- cation: Olivet College, B. A., 1895; Oberlin Theological Seminary, B. D., 1903. Honorary Degree: D. D., Olivet, 1907, Oberlin, 1923. Ordination: Congregational Council, Pilgrim Church, Lansing, Mich., Sept. 19, 1895. Congregational Pastorates: Pilgrim Church, Lansing, Mich., 1895-1901; Washington Street Church, Toledo, Ohio, 1901-18; Pilgrim Church, Oak Park, 111., 1918-31. Publication: The Toledoan's Creed. Died at Oak Park, 111., Nov. 16, 1931. (See Who's Who in America.)
Andrews, George Whitfield, born, Wayne, Ohio, Feb. 4, 1833. Edu- cation: Oberlin College, B. A., 1858, M. A., 1862; Andover Theological Seminary, 1867, graduate. Honorary Degree: D. D., Ripon College, 1886, Oberlin College, 1914. Ordination: Congregational Council, East Hamp- ton, Conn., Nov. 13, 1867. Congregational Pastorates: East Hampton, Conn., 1867-70; Marion, Ala. (organized) 1870-71; CoUinsville, Conn., 1872; Montgomery, Ala. (organized) 1872-75; College Church, Talladega, Ala., 1875-76, 1878-82 and 1887-94. Missionary in Alabama for Ameri- can Missionary Association, 1870-71 and 1872-1908. Dean and professor of theology, Talladega College, 1875-1908, also serving as president for ten years (about 1894-1904) ; professor emeritus, 1908-31. Died at Oberlin, Ohio, March 31, 1931.
Angell, John Quincy, born, Randolph, Vt., May 10, 1868. Education: Boston University, two years. Ordination: Methodist Episcopal, Mont- pelier, Vt., April 3, 1904; entered Congregational fellowship, 1926. Con-
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gregational Pastorates: Brookfield, Vt., 1923-31, also serving East Braintree, 1927-28. Died at Brookfield, Vt., Sept. 25, 1931.
Archer, Frank Kelunohopono, horn, Hanalei, Kauai, T. H., in 1856. Ordination: Congregational Council, Hoolehua, Molokai, T. H., Nov. 13, 1927. Congregational Pastorate: Hoolehua, Molokai, 1927-31. Died at Hoolehua, Molokai, T. H., March 18, 1931.
Armstrong, Edward Payson, horn, Mansfield Centre, Conn., May 28, 1852. Education: Amherst College, B. A., 1875; Divinity School of Yale University, 1878, graduate. Ordination: Congregational Council, Killing- worth, Conn., Feb. 15, 1881. Congregational Pastorates: Bridgewater, Vt., 1879-80; Killingworth, Conn., 1881-83; Taftville Church, Norwich, Conn., 1883-85; Humphrey Street Church, New Haven, Conn, (assistant pastor), 1896-99; Bay Shore, Long Island, N. Y., 1899-1909; Ocean Avenue Church, Brooklyn, N. Y., 1909-13; Immanuel Church, Atlanta, Ga., 1913- 15; East Side Church, Binghamton, N. Y., 1915-19; Henrietta, N. Y., 1919-21; Randolph, N. Y., 1921-29. Died at State College, Pa., Nov. 26, 1931.
Bacon, William Augustus, horn, Amesbury, Mass., Oct. 11, 1869. Education: Dartmouth College, B. A., 1890; Hartford Theological Sem- inary, 1895, graduate. Ordination: Congregational Council, Beverly, Masis., Oct. 1, 1895. Congregational Pastorates: Washington Street Church, Beverly, Mass., 1895-99; Shelburne Falls, Mass., 1899-1901; Park Church, Springfield, Mass., 1902-03; Canning Town, London, England, 1903-04; Littleton, N. H., 1905-23, and Waterford, Vt., 1916-23; Lyndon- ville, Vt., 1923-28; Mystic Side Church, Everett, Mass., 1929-31. Died at Saugus, Mass., July 28, 1931.
Bailey, Amos Judson, horn, Chicago, 111., June 9, 1843. Education:
Wheaton College, B. A., 1868, M. A. ; Chicago Theological Seminary,
1871, graduate. Ordination: Congregational Council, Granville, 111., Oct. 24, 1871. Congregational Pastorates: Bloomingdale, 111. (supply) 1871; Mt. Palatine, 111. (supply) 1871-72; Monroe, Wis., 1872-74; Hennepin, 111., 1874-80; Waukegan, 111., 1880-83; Lake View Church, Chicago, 111., 1884-86; Ogden, Utah, 1886-92; Plainfield Church, Meriden, N. H., 1901- 07. Superintendent for American Home Missionary Society in Wash- ington, 1892-1900. Died at Seattle, Wash., Sept. 18, 1931.
Baldwin, Cyrus Grandison, horn, Napoli, N. Y., Oct. 10, 1852. Edu- cation: Oberlin College, B. A., 1873, M. A., 1876. Andover Theological Seminary, two years. Honorary Degree: D. D., Oberlin, 1896. Ordina- tion: Congregational Council, Dartford, Wis., Jan. 25, 1881. Congrega- tional Pastorate: Palo Alto, Cal., 1901-09. Professor, Latin, Ripon Col- lege, 1875-84. President, Pomona College, 1890-97. Died at Palo Alto, Cal., Jan. 10, 1931.
Barnard, Henry Tristram, horn, Exeter, Me., April 1, 1841. Educa- tion: Cobb Divinity School. Ordination: Free Baptist, Nov. 2, 1880; entered Congregational fellowship, 1892. Congregational Pastorates: Second Church, Jericho, Vt., 1888-91, also serving Underbill, 1889-91; West Rutland, Vt., 1891-93; Bradford, Vt., 1894-99, also serving Fairlee, 1896-1899; Brownington and Barton Landing (now Orleans) Vt., 1899- 1900; West Stafford and Staflfordville, Conn., 1900-04; Tolland, Conn., 1904-07; Mclndoe Falls, Vt., 1907-13. Died at New York, N. Y., April 26, 1931.
Barnes, Stephen Goodyear, horn, Perth Amboy, N. J., April 2, 1853. Education: Lafayette College, B. A., 1873, Ph. D., 1878; Andover The- ological Seminary, 1878-79; Hartford Theological Seminary, 1892, grad- uate. Honorary Degrees: Litt. D., Lafayette College, 1890; D. D., Iowa College, 1896. Ordination: Congregational Council, Grinnell, Iowa, April 25, 1881. Congregational Pastorates: Longmeadow, Mass., 1891-1900; Union (College) Church, Nashville, Tenn., 1901-02; South Church, St. Johnsbury, Vt., 1902-11; First Church, Burlington, Vt. (supply), 1912-13.
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Professor, English literature, Iowa College, 1873-91; dean, theological department, Fisk University, 1900-02; lecturer on theology, Hartford Theological Seminary, 1902. Puhlications: The Spiritual in Art and Literature, 1891; Voices of Faith and Love (poems), 1908 — second series, 1923. Editor, French American Citizen, 1894-95. Died at Essex Junction, Vt., Jan. 6, 1931. (See Who's Who in America.)
Beals, Charles Edward, horn, Stoughton, Mass., July 15, 1869. Edu- cation: Massachusetts Institute of Technology, four years; Drew Theo- logical Seminary, 1892, graduate. Ordination: Methodist Episcopal, 1892; entered Congregational fellowship, 1896. Congregational Pastor- ates: Maverick Church, East Boston, Mass. (assistant pastor), 1896-97; Stoneham, Mass., 1897-1900; Second Church, Greenfield, Mass., 1900- 03; Prospect Street Church, Cambridge, Mass., 1903-08; Second Church, Conway, N. H., 1920-22; South Main Street Church, Manchester, N. H., 1922-29; East ChUrch, Taunton, Mags., 1929-31. Puhlicaitions: The Higher Soldiership; Helen Drake Beals — A Father's Tribute. Editor, Proceedings of Second National Peace Congress, Chicago, 1909; con- tributing editor. Unity, 1912-29. Diizd at Taunton, Mass., Oct. 4, 1931. (See Who's Who in America.)
Bean, Ebenezer, horn, North Conway, N. H., July 20, 1829. Educa- tion: Bowdoin College, B. A., 1857; Bangor Theological Seminary, 1861, graduate. Ordination: Congregational Council, Dexter, Me., March 25, 1862. Congregational Pastorates: Dexter, Me., 1861-62; Gray, Me., 1863- 74; Camden, Me., 1874-76; Fort Fairfield, Me., 1876-77; Gray, Me. (second pastorate) 1877-93; Bluehill, Me., 1893-1907. Died at Walnut HiU, Me., May 16, 1931.
Beckwith, Clarence Augustine, horn, Charlemont, Mass., July 21, 1849. Education: Olivet College, B. A., 1874, M. A., 1877; Divinity School of Yale University, 1874-76; Bangor Theological Seminary, 1877, grad- uate; University of Berlin, 1897-98. Honorary Degrees: S. T. D., Olivet College, 1892, LL. D., 1927. Ordination: Congregational Council, Brewer, Me., Jan. 9, 1878. Congregational Pastorates: First Church, Brewer, Me., 1878-82; West Roxbury, Boston, Mass., 1882-92. Professor, Christian theology, Bangor Theological Seminary, 1892-1905, and in Chicago The- ological Seminary, 1905-26, professor emeritus, 1927-31. Puhlications: Realities of Christian Theology, 1906; The Idea of God, 1922. Editor, de- partment theology, philosophy and ethics in the New Schaff-Herzog Encyclopedia; contributor to Dictionary of the Apostolic Age and Dic- tionary of Religion and Ethics. Died at Bangor, Me., April 2, 1931. (See Who's Who in America.)
Beers, Robert Welsted, horn, Easton, Pa., Dec. 3, 1860. Education: Lafayette College, B. A., 1880; Princeton Theological Seminary, M. A., 1884. Ordination: Presbyterian, EUston, Md., April, 1884; entered Congregational fellowship, 1905. Congregational Pastorates: Broadway Church, Somerville, Mass., 1905-12; Lawrence Street Church, Lawrence, Mass., 1912-18; Union Church, Peiping, China, 1918-21; Union Church, Manila, Philippine Islands, 1921-22; Federated Church, Topsfield, Mass., 1927-30. Publication: The Mormon Puzzle. Died at Hathorne, Mass., Nov. 21, 1931.
X Bennett, Austin H., horn, Bridgeport, 111., Feb. 16, 1862. Education: Union Christian College (Indiana). Ordination: Illinois Christian Con- ference, Burnt Prairie Church, Oct., 1885. Christian Pastorates: Louis- ville, Carters Temple, Pleasant Hill, Bible Chapel, Raeftown, Antioch, Bethany, Hunt City, Richland, Hord, Christian Temple, Sugar Creek, Pleasant View, Burnt Prairie, Christian Chapel, Hardinsville, Trimble, Sumner, Arthur, Muncie, Hope, Sims, Wabash, Bethel churches in Illinois; Kirklin, Bethsaida, Big Springs churches in Indiana. State Field Secretary of Illinois, President of Southern Indiana and Illinois Con- ferences. Died at Merom, Ind., Jan. 30, 1931.
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Blake, Elmer Thomas, horn, Glover, Vt., July 5, 1862. Education: Dartmouth College, B. A., 1888; Andover Theological Seminary, 1895, graduate. Ordination: Congregational Council, Charlestown, N. H., Feb. 25, 1896. Congregational Pastorates: Charlestown, N. H., 1895-1913; Meredith, N. H., 1913-17; Pembroke, N. H., 1917-24; Cotuit, Mass., 1924-26; Romsey Church, Dorchester, Mass., 1926-29; Pilgrim Church, Dor- chester, Mass. (associate pastor) , 1929-30. Teacher, Preparatory Depart- ment, Drury College, 1888-91. Died at Marblehead, Mass., Aug. 28, 1931.
X Bonner, Doc, horn, Tucker County, W. Va., July 21, 1891. Ordina- tion: West Virginia Christian Conference, Rosendorph, W. Va., Sept. 10, 1923. President West Virginia Christian Conference. Died at Davis, W. Va., Jan. 24, 1931.
BouGHTON, Clement Abner, horn, March 4, 1869. Ordination: Con- gregational Council, Necedah, Wis., May 12, 1898. Congregational Pas- torates: Cooksville and Stoughton, Wis., 1895-97; Necedah, Wis., 1897-1901; New London, Wis., 1905-08; Lafayette, Colo., 1912-16; First Church, Eaton, Colo., 1916-18; McCook, Neb., 1919-28. Died at Odell, Neb., March 31, 1931.
X Bowman, Andrew J., horn, Manchester, Ohio, March 3, 1868. Edu- cation: Defiance College and Christian Divinity School (Ohio). Ordina- tion: Southern Ohio Christian Conference, Pt. Isabel, Ohio, October, 1906. Christian Pastorates: Union, Brown County; Union, Adams County; Poplar Chapel, Antioch, Russellville churches in Ohio. Secre- tary of Conference Relief, 1907-1912; Conference Secretary, 1912-1931. Died near Decatur, Ohio, December 29, 1931.
Brehm, William Evans, horn, Newville, Pa., April 5, 1858. Education: Gettysburg Theological Seminary, 1888-89. Ordination: Congregational Council, Le Raysville, Pa., Dec. 10, 1890. Congregational Pastorates: Le Raysville, Pa., 1890-91; Kinsley, Kans., 1891-92; Downs, Kan., 1892- 1898, also serving Carbondale, 1895 and Osborne, 1895-1898; Osborne, Kan., (second pastorate), 1901-03; Downs, Kan., (second pastorate), 1903-07; Great Bend, Kan., 1909-11; Union Church, Garden City, Kan., (organized) 1911-12; Onaga and Neuchatel, Kan., 1921-22. Superin- tendent, Kansas Congregational Conference, 1912-19. Assistant to presi- dent, Washburn College, 1923-25. Died at Bisbee, Ariz., Dec. 29, 1931.
Burgess, George H., horn, Dec. 14, 1857. Education: Williams Col- lege, 1882-83; Illinois Wesleyan University, 1883, Ph. B., 1898, M. A., 1899, Honorary Degree: D. D., Illinois Wesleyan, 1909. Ordination: Congrega- tional Council, Hancock, N. Y., July 22, 1884. Congregational Pastorates: Hancock, N. Y., 1883-88; Roxbury, Conn., 1888-90; Hadlyme, Conn., 1890-94; Normal, 111., 1894-1901; Maywood, 111., 1901-04; Warsaw, N. Y., 1904-17; Third Church, Denver, Colo., 1919-31. Died at Denver, Colo., Nov. 1, 1931.
Buswell, Jesse, horn, Acworth, N. H., Aug. 8, 1869. Education: Amherst College, 1889-93; Hartford Theological Seminary, 1898, graduate. Ordination: Congregational Council, Kingfisher, Okla., Oct. 18, 1898. Congregational Pastorates: Kingfisher, Okla., 1898-99; Wessington Springs, Templeton and Anina, S. Dak., 1899-1900; Pecatonica, 111., 1900- 02; Glenwood, Minn., 1902-05; Mantorville, Minn., 1905-09; Ault, Colo., 1909-10; Plains, Mont., 1910-11; Commimity Church, Camos Prairie, Mont., 1911-18. Died at Delhi, Cal., June 5, 1931.
Butcher, Stephen George, horn, Kent, England, Aug. 15, 1867. Edu- cation: Beloit, B. A., 1895; Hartford Theological Seminary, 1895-97; special course, 1899. Ordination: Congregational Council, New Britain, Conn., Aug. 7, 1900. Congregational Pastorates: South Church, New Britain, Conn, (assistant pastor) 1896-1900; Orange Park, Fla., 1900-03; First Church, Rapid City, S. Dak., 1904-08; University Church, New
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Orleans, La., 1908-10; Redfield, S. Dak., 1911-14; Leavenworth, Kan., 1914-23; Hutchinson, Kan., 1923-31. President: Orange Park Normal School, Orange Park, Fla., 1900-04; Straight University, New Orleans, La., 1908-11, for American Missionary Association. Died at Hutchinson, Kan., June 7, 1931.
Butler, Jesse C, horn in Benton County, Alabama, April 8, 1850. Ordination: Congregational Council, Equality Church, Central, Ala., Aug. 25, 1896. Congregational Pastorates: Eclectic, Watson Chapel, Ala. (organized as Cotton), 1898-1924, also serving, Balm of Gilead Church, Central, 1898-1905; Kidd, 1898-1903; Kent, 1899-1901; Equality Church, Central, 1901-05 and 1916-20; First Church, Tallassee, 1905-12; Mt. OUve Church, Tallassee, 1905-11 and 1913; Union Church, Eclectic, 1920-21. Died at Tallassee, Ala., Jan. 12, 1931.
Candy, John Franklin, horn, Dakota, 111., April 9, 1886. Education: Beloit College, B. A., 1911; Divinity School of Yale University, B. D., 1915. Ordination: Congregational Council, Geneva, Ohio, Sept. 6, 1915. Congregational Pastorate: Geneva, Ohio, 1915-31. Teacher, St. Paul's Institute, Tarsus, Turkey, under American Board, 1911-12. Missionary in Northern Wisconsin, 1912. Died at Geneva, Ohio, Nov. 7, 1931.
Childs, Eli Alexander, horn, Kauakuna, Wis., Nov. 20, 1858. Edu- cation: Attended Lawrence University and Hillsdale College; Oberlin Theological Seminary, B. D., 1889; Post graduate work. Pacific School of Religion, 1920-21. Ordination: Congregational Council, Red Jacket, Mich., June 21, 1887. Congregational Pastorates: Red Jacket, Mich., 1887; Plainfield, Wis., 1889-90; Trinity Church, Endeavor, Wis. (organized), 1890-98; Ingle Chapel, Freewater, Ore., 1900-01; First Church, Oakland, Cal. (assistant pastor), 1920-21. Founder and principal, Christian En- deavor Academy, Endeavor, Wis., 1890-98. Puhlication: Not As The World. Died at Los Angeles, Cal., Dec. 29, 1930.
X Chitty, Charles J., horn, West Salem, 111., Aug. 10, 1879. Ordina- tion: Illinois Christian Conference, Sims, 111., Aug. 29, 1924. Christian Pastorates: Pleasant Hill, 111., 1922-24; Sims, Burnt Prairie, and Rich- land, 111., 1924-28; Cottage Home, Carter's Temple, Pleasant Union, and Berlin, 111., 1927-30; White Oak, 111., 1927-31; Willow Prairie, 111., 1928-31; Bethany, lU., 1929-31. Died at Olney, 111., May 25, 1931.
X Claridge, Pleasant, horn, Madison County, Ohio, Sept. 21, 1843. Ordination: Deer Creek Christian Conference, Clark's Run church. Christian Pastorates: Shiloh, Zion, Waverly, Overly Chapel in Ohio. Died at Williamsport, Ohio, Nov. 4, 1930.
Collins, Elbert James, horn, Dresden, Ohio, Sept. 1, 1850. Educa- tion: Muskingum College. Ordination: United Brethren in Christ, Can- ton, Ohio, September, 1876; entered Congregational fellowship, 1887. Congregational Pastorates: Mount Hope, Kan., 1887-90; Roberts and Mel- vm, m., 1890-92; Chillicothe, 111., 1892-1900; La Moille, 111., 1900-23; pastor emeritus, 1923-31. Died at La Moille, 111., May 4, 1931.
Crane, Henry Calvin, horn. East Norton, Mass., Nov. 30, 1845. Edu- cation: Dartmouth College, B. A., 1869; Andover Theological Seminary, 1873, graduate. Ordination: Congregational Council, Nantucket, Mass., Sept. 9, 1873. Congregational Pastorates: Nantucket, Mass., 1873-74; Franklin, Mass., 1874-76; Plymouth Church, Allegheny City, Pa., 1877-83; North Church, Springfield, Mo., 1883-84; Central Church, Springfield, Mo., 1883-86; Hillside Church, Omaha, Neb., (organized), 1886-90; Port Townsend, Wash., 1891; Courtland Street Church, Everett, Mass., 1892; Pepperell, Mass., 1892-95; United Church, East Providence, R. I., 1896; Central Village, Conn., 1897-99. Died at Floral City, Fla., Dec. 24, 1929.
Dalton, Martin Luther, horn, McDonough, Chenango County, New York, June 20, 1849. Education: Auburn Theological Seminary, 1883-84, Ordination: Congregational Council, Triangle, Broome County, N. Y.,
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Oct. 26, 1880. Congregational Pastorates: Triangle, N. Y., 1879-81; Munnsville, N. Y., 1881-88; Camden, N. Y.. 1888-91; Salamanca, N. Y., 1891-1900; Chagrin Falls, Ohio, 1900-05; Ontario, N. Y., 1905-09; Lacka- wanna, N. Y., 1909-10; Maine, N. Y., 1911-18; Summer Hill, N. Y., 1918- 22; Howells, N. Y., 1922-31. Died at Howells, N. Y., Oct. 24, 1931.
Davenport, Merriam Bacheler, horn, North Stamford, Conn., Feb. 9, 1851. Education: Oberlin College, 1878-79. Ordination: Congregational Council, South Woodbury, Vt., June 18, 1895. Congregational Pastorates: South Woodbury, Vt., 1892-95; Albany, Vt., 1896-97; North Troy, Vt., 1897-1901; Maine and Union Center, N. Y., 1901-03; Tulare, Cal., 1904- 07; Graham, Cal., 1909-11; Tulare, Cal. (second pastorate), 1911-13. Died at Palo Alto, Cal., May 20, 1931.
Davis, Ozora Stearns, horn, Wheelock, Vt., July 30, 1866. Educa- tion: Dartmouth College, B. A., 1889; Hartford Theological Seminary, 1894, graduate; University of Leipzig, M. A. and Ph. D., 1896. Honorary Degrees: D. D., Iowa College, 1906, Dartmouth College, 1909; LL. D., Colorado College, 1921, Washburn College, 1922. Ordination: Congre- gational Council, Springfield, Vt., Sept. 14, 1896. Congregational Pastorates: First Church, Springfield, Vt., 1895-99; Central Church, New- tonville, Mass., 1899-1904; South Church, New Britain, Conn., 1904-08. President, Chicago Theological Seminary, 1909-29, president emeritus and professor of practical theology, 1929-31. Moderator of the National Council of Congregational Churches, 1927-29. Publications: John Robin- son—The Pilgrim Pastor, 1903; An Invested Life— Butler Winfield Fir- man, 1912; The Pilgrim Faith, 1913; Using the Bible in PubUc Address, 1916; At Mother's Knee, 1916; Meeting the Master, 1917; International Aspects of Christianity, 1919; The Gospel in the Light of the Great War, 1919; Evangelistic Preaching, 1921; Comrades in the Great Cause, 1921; Preaching the Social Gospel, 1922; Preaching by Laymen, 1923; Prin- ciples of Preaching, 1924; Credentials of the Church, 1929; Preaching on Church and Community Occasions, 1929. Died near Kansas City, Mo., March 15, 1931. (See Who's Who in America.)
Dickinson, Ferdinand West, horn, Griggsville, 111., June 28, 1838. Education: Illinois College, 1864, graduate; Bangor Theological Seminary, 1867, graduate. Ordination: Congregational Council, Turner, Me., June 17, 1868. Congregational Pastorates: Turner, Me., 1868-70; Coventry, Vt., 1870-73; Wauseon, Ohio, 1873-75; Grass Lake, Mich., 1875-76; Vermont- ville, Mich., 1877-80; Almont, Mich., 1880-82; West Williamsfield, Ohio, 1882-85, also serving WiUiamsfield Center, 1884-85; Oneida, 111., 1886-88; North Walton and West Brook, N. Y., 1888-94; Candor, N. Y., 1895-1900; Westmoreland, N. Y., 1900-01. Died at Homer, N. Y., July 27, 1931.
Dole, Charles Joel, horn, Vienna, 111., Feb. 15, 1863. Education: Oberlin Theological Seminary, 1889, graduate. Ordination: Congrega- tional Council, Painesville, Ohio, Feb. 26, 1890. Congregational Pas- torates: Fairport Harbor, Ohio, 1889-90; Lorain, Ohio, 1892-96; Clebourne, Tex., 1896-97; Lexington, Ohio, 1902-06; Lagonda Avenue Church, Springfield, Ohio, 1906-10; Chelsea, Mich., 1912-16; Grace Church, Cleve- land, Ohio, 1916-20; Parkwood Church, Lakewood, Ohio (organized), 1922-25. Field Worker for Congregational Pilgrim Memorial Fund and Near East Relief, 1920-21. Died at Castalia, Ohio, March 20, 1931.
Dole, James Herbert, horn, Berlin, 111., Nov. 5, 1860. Education: Attended Chicago Theological Seminary. Ordination: Congregational Council, Fruitport, Mich., April 26, 1887. Congregational Pastorates: Nunica and Fruitport, Mich., 1885-88; Croton, Mich., 1888-89; East Fulton Church, Pompei, Mich., 1889-90; Kelloggsville, Ohio, 1891-96. Died at Ravenna, Ohio, June 5, 1931.
Donnell, Albert, horn, Cambridge, Mass., May 20, 1856. Education: Bangor Theological Seminary, 1882, graduate. Ordination: Congrega- tional Council, Berlin, N. H., June 20, 1883. Congregational Pastorates: Bristol, Me., (supply) 1882; Berlin, N. H., 1883-85; Riverside Church,
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Haverhill, Mass., 1885-86; Eastport, Me., 1888-90; Bluehill, Me., 1890-92; Johnson, Vt., 1893-95; Wellfleet, Mass., 1895-97; Slatersville, R. I., 1897- 1910; Burlington, Mass., 1911-16; Jewett City, Conn., 1916-19; Castine, Me., 1919-21; Newington, N. H., 1921-26. Died at East Lansing, Mich., Dec. 11, 1931.
DuRANT, Edward, horn, London, England, Nov. 8, 1853. Ordination: Congregational Council, Steele City, Neb., July 29, 1890. Congregational Pastorates: Steele City, Neb., 1889-91; Bangor, Mich., 1891; Aten, Neb., 1892-93; Weaver Church, Pioneer, Iowa, 1893-94; Wittemburg Church, Newton, Iowa., 1894-98; also organizing and serving Oak Grove Church, Newton, 1896-98; Arion, Iowa, one year about 1914. Died at Mason City, Iowa, Oct. 2, 1931.
Enlow, Charles Egbert, born, Newtown, 111., Nov. 15, 1863. Ordina- tion: Congregational Council, Greenwood, Nebr., Dec. 15, 1891. Congre- gational Pastorates: Greenwood and Waverly, Neb., 1891-93; Woodstock, m., 1893-94; Crystal Lake, 111., 1896-99; Pilgrim Church, Springfield, Mo., 1905-06; De Long, 111., 1909-11; Carpentersville, 111., 1911-13; Winter Park, Fla., 1913-17; Cobden and Alto Pass, 111., 1922-24; Dupo, 111., 1928; Villa Ridge, 111., 1929-31. Field Worker in Florida for Congregational Home Missionary Society, 1917-20; in Illinois for Congregational Con- ference of Illinois, 1922-23. Died at Villa Ridge, 111., May 16, 1931.
Evans, James Jeffrey, horn. New Castle, Emlyn, South Wales, March 10, 1856. Education: Crockerstown College, South Wales, 1879, graduate; Bala-Bangor Independent College, theological course, 1886, graduate. Ordination: Congregational Council, Nelson, N. Y., 1887. Congregational Pastorates: Nelson, N. Y., 1887-91; Bangor and Wind Gap, Pa., 1895-98; Minersville, Pa., 1899-1902; Old Man's Creek (Iowa City), Iowa, 1902-04; Frostburg, Md., 1904-05; Shawnee, Ohio, 1905-07; Springdale, Long Prairie and Loon, Wash., 1907-08; Bevier, Mo., 1910-16; Oak Hill, Ohio, 1922-24. Died at Spokane, Wash., March 22, 1931.
Fales, Elisha Farrington, horn, Wrentham, Mass., Nov. 22, 1849. Education: Brown University, M. A., 1870; Andover Theological Sem- inary, 1874, graduate. Ordination: Congregational Council, Carthage, Mo., Dec. 29, 1874. Congregational Pastorates: Carthage, Mo., 1874-82; Palestine, Tex., 1882-93; Park Church, Philadelphia, Pa. (organized) 1893-95. Missionary for American Home Missionary Society in Missouri, 1874. Died at Philadelphia, Pa., March 2, 1930.
FiNSTER, Clarence, horn, Mannsville, Jefferson County, N. Y., July 30, 1849. Education: Cornell University, B. A., 1873; Divinity School of Yale University, B. D., 1877. Ordination: Congregational Council, Robin- son, Mich., March 26, 1878. Congregational Pastorates: Robinson, Olive and Bass River, Mich., 1877-81; Allendale, Mich., 1881-90, also serving Eastmanville, 1883-90 and Lamont, 1887-90; Rockford, Mich., 1890-98; Grand Haven, Mich., 1899-1906; Rockford, Mich, (second pastorate) 1908-19, pastor emeritus, 1919-31. Died at Rockford, Mich., Feb. 2, 1931.
FiSKE, Samuel Asa, horn, Shelburne, Mass., Aug. 5, 1875. Education: Amherst College, B. A., 1897; Hartford Theological Seminary, B. D., 1900. Ordination: Congregational Council, Avon, Conn., Oct. 10, 1900. Congregational Pastorates: Avon, Conn., 1900-03; Georgetown, Conn., 1903-06; Berlin, Conn., 1906-31. Died at Berlin, Conn., Jan. 1, 1931.
Gleason, Avery Keep, horn, West Brookfield, Mass., May 8, 1860. Ordination: Congregational Council, Wells, Me., Dec. 14, 1886. Congre- gational Pastorates: Second Church, Wells, Me., 1886-87; Westport, Mass., 1888-90; Magnolia and West Gloucester, 1891-92; Dunbarton, N. H., 1892-1900; Raynham and North Raynham, Mass., 1900-11; Feeding Hills, Mass., 1911-20; Ashfield, Mass., 1920-25; Oildale and Oil Centre, Cal., 1925-29. Died at North Easton, Mass., Dec. 3, 1931.
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Graham, John, horn, Annfield Plain, England, Dec. 3, 1859. Educa- tion: Bangor Theological Seminary, 1891. Ordination: Congregational Council, Lakeville, Mass., Jan. 19, 1890. Congregational Pastorates: North Rochester and Union Grove Church, Lakeville, Mass., 1889-90; Old Town, Me., 1891-92; Lakeville, Mass., 1892-94; Westport, Mass., 1894-98; Sheldon, Vt., 1898-1901; First Church, West Newbury, Mass., 1901-04; Warwick, Mass., 1904-12; Bethlehem, N. H., 1912-13; South Bridgton, Me., 1913-20; Kittery Point, Me., 1920-31. Died at Kittery Point, Me., July 20, 1931.
Grantham, Lewis Jefferson, horn, Irving, Montgomery County, 111., Dec. 11, 1856. Ordination: 1888; entered Congregational fellowship, 1900. Congregational Pastorates: Makanda, 111. (organized) 1900-02; Crescent City, 111., 1902-03; Askum, 111., 1903-07; Union Church, Moline, 111., 1907-08; Wellston, Okla., 1909-10; Hinsdale, Okla., 1910-12; Hennessey, Okla., 1913-14; Drummond, Okla., 1914-15; Binger, Okla., 1916-17; Friona, Texas, 1918; Crawford, Neb., 1918-19; Antioch, Neb., 1919-21. Field Worker in Texas for Sunday School Extension Society, 1917. Died at Cresco, Iowa, Aug. 30, 1931.
Greeley, Frank Norton, horn, Chicopee Falls, Mass., May 6, 1850. Education: University of Michigan; Auburn Theological Seminary, Ordination: Congregational Council, Orwell, N. Y., Nov. 13, 1877. Con- gregational Pastorates: Volney, N. Y., 1873-75; Orwell, N. Y., 1876-79; New Haven, N. Y., 1880-81 and 1883-84; Edgartown, Mass., 1887; East Milton, Mass., 1888; Cupertino, Cal., 1893-97; Vanderwerken, Va., 1915- 20. Died at Los Angeles, Cal., March 27, 1931.
Greenwood, William, horn, Boston, Mass., July 16, 1845. Education: Amherst College, B. A., 1871, M. A., 1893; Divinity School of Yale Uni- versity, B. D., 1874; National Normal University, Ph. D., 1894. Ordina- tion: Congregational Council, Hatfield, Mass., Sept. 1, 1874. Congrega- tional Pastorates: Hatfield, Mass., 1874-76; West Haverhill, Mass., 1877- 79; Windsor, Vt., 1883-87. Professor, Latin, Wheaton College (Illinois), 1896-99. Died, Feb. 1, 1931.
GuiJCK, Edward Leeds, horn, Honolulu, T. H., March 21, 1862. Edu- cation: Dartmouth College, B. A., 1883; Union Theological Seminary, 1887; Harvard University, M. A., 1893. Ordination: Congregational Council, Groton, Mass., Dec. 3, 1889. Congregational Pastorates: Groton, Mass., 1889-92; West Lebanon, N. H., 1907-10. Teacher, Evidences of Christianity, Dartmouth College, 1889. Author, Outline Studies in the Growth of the Kingdom, (with Sidney Lewis Gulick), 1910. Editor, school editions, Silas Marner; Macaulay's Essays on Milton. Died at Brookline, Mass., April 27, 1931. (See Who's Who in America.)
Haney, Richard Sherman, horn, Pekin, 111., April 20, 1873. Edu- cation: Wesleyan College (Illinois), 1896, graduate. Ordination: Methodist Episcopal, Charleston, 111., Sept. 24, 1899; entered Congrega- tional fellowship, 1905. Congregational Pastorates: Second Church, Moline, 111., 1905-17; Union Church, Moline, 111., 1919-20; Allison, Iowa, 1920-23; Eagle Grove, Iowa, 1923-26; Webster City, Iowa, 1926-31. Died at Webster City, Iowa, Dec. 20, 1931.
Henshaw, George, horn, London, England, June 20, 1844. Ordina- tion: Congregational Council, Welsh Conference, Southern Ohio, at Pomeroy, Ohio, 1880. Congregational Pastorates: Welsh Church, Pom- eroy, Ohio, 1880-82; Syracuse, Ohio, 1882-85; Carmel and Centerville, Ohio, 1885-87; Sharon, Pa., 1887-97; West Andover, Ohio, 1897-1902; Huntsburg, Ohio, 1909-12; First Church, Newark, Ohio, 1913-14. Died at Sharon, Pa., March 1, 1931.
Heyse, Ada Andress (Mrs.), horn in 1876. Ordination: Congrega- tional Council, 1919. Congregational Pastorate: Melvin, 111., 1919-23. Died at Kansas City, Mo., August 10, 1931.
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Hill James Langdon, born, Garnavillo, Iowa, March 14, 1848. Edu- cation: Grinnell (Iowa) College, B. A., 1871; Andover Theological Sem- inary, B. D., 1875. Honorary Degree: D. D., Grinnell College, 1891. Ordination: Congregational Council, Lynn, Mass., Sept. 15, 1875. Con- gregational Pastorates: North Church, Lynn, Mass., 1875-86; Mystic Church, Medford, Mass., 1886-94. One of the jounders of the United Society of Christian Endeavor. PuhlicatioTis: The Growth of Govern- ment, 1878; Seven Sorts of Successful Sunday Evening Services, 1904; The Century's Capstone; The Immortal Seven; The Worst Boys in Town; Formative Influences in Early Iowa; Memoir of William Salter; A Crowning Achievement; Revisiting the Earth; The Scholar's Larger Life; The New Forum and the Old Lyceum; Yankees; Memory Comforting Sorrow; Earthly Melodies and the New Song; Tiptops of Travel; My First Years as a Boy. Associate editor, Golden Rule, Boston, 1886-89. Died at Salem, Mass., March 5, 1931. (See Who's Who in America.)
HiLLMAN, Alfred Thomas, born, Poland, Me., Dec. 31, 1854. Educa- tion: Bates College, Cobb Divinity School, 1883, graduate. Ordination: Free Baptist, Point of Pines, Me., Oct. 8, 1882; entered Congregational fellowship, 1888. Congregational Pastorate: Second Church, Conway, N. H., 1907-18. Field missionary for the New Hampshire Missionary Society, 1887-90 and general secretary, 1890-1907. Died at Pembroke, N. H., Nov. 12, 1931.
Hood, Edmund Lyman, horn, Ravenna, Ohio, Aug. 18, 1858. Education: University of Minnesota, 1877-80; Divinity School of Yale University, B. D., 1885; University of California, M. A., 1896, fellow in English Literature, 1897-98; New York University, Ph. D., 1899. Ordination: Congregational Council, Glen Ullin, N. Dak., Aug. 2, 1885. Congregation- al Pastorates: Santa Fe., N. Mex., 1887-88; Park Church, Berkeley, Cal., 1896-97; Aquebogue, N. Y., 1899-1904; Jacksonville, Fla., 1904-05; River Edge, N. J., 1919-24; Roseland, La., 1927-28. Superintendent in Southwest for American Home Missionary Society, 1888-93. President and professor, church history, Atlanta Thoelogical Seminary, 1905-18. Publications: Pedagogy in the Middle Ages, 1898; History of the National Council of the Congregational Churches, 1901; History of the Greek Russian Church in America, 1902; History of the New West Education Commission, 1905; Christ in the Church and in Literature, 1911. Died at Oakland, Cal., Aug. 14, 1931. (See Who's Who in America.)
HoRiNE, Stephen Davis, born, Friendswood, Wis., Oct. 24, 1858. Edu- cation: Chicago Theological Seminary, B. D., 1893. Ordination: Congre- gational Council, Nora Springs, Iowa, June 2, 1890. Congregational Pastorates: Riley, 111., 1891-92; Ogden, Iowa, 1893-1896. Died at Whittier, Cal., Feb. 9, 1931.
Jackson, William B., born, Leicester, England, Dec. 24, 1844. Edu- cation: Ursinus College (Pennsylvania). Ordination: Reformed Church, Liscomb, Iowa, 1897; entered Congregational fellowship, 1902. Congrega- tional Pastorates: Ocheyeden, Iowa, 1902-03; Golden Church, Ryan, Iowa, 1903-05; Grandview, Iowa, 1911-13; Cass Church, Anamosa, Iowa, 1913- 17; Sully, Iowa, 1917-19. Died at Liscomb, Iowa, Jan. 30, 1931.
Jenkins, David Lloyd, born, Carmarthenshire, South Wales, Feb. 21, 1844. Education: Collegiate and Theological training in South Wales. Ordination: Congregational Council, South Wales, July 1, 1868. Congre- gational Pastorates: Trefgarn and Cardiff, Wales, 1868-76; San Jose, Costa Rica, 1876-80; Leamington and Chichester, England, 1880-90; East Church, Los Angeles, Cal., 1891-94; Eagle Rock Church, Los Angeles, Cal., 1895-97; Redonda, Cal., 1901-03; also serving Villa Park, 1903; West End Church, Los Angeles, Cal., 1904-05; Mayflower Church, Los Angeles, Cal., (supply), 1911-12. Died at Los Angeles, Cal., July 18, 1931.
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Jordan, William Thayer, horn, Waterville, Me., Sept. 15, 1858. Edu- cation: Colby College and Oxford University, England. Ordination: Congregational Council, Deering, Me., Jan. 29, 1891. Congregational Pastorates: Free Church, Deering, Me., 1888-94; Silverton, Colo., 1895-98; Trinidad, Colo., 1898-1900; Prospect Avenue Church, Kansas City, Mo., 1901-05; Ottawa, Kan., 1907-12; Holliston, Mass., 1913-26. Died at Framingham, Mass., July 24, 1931.
X Judy, DeK., born, Darke County, Ohio. Ordination: Eastern In- diana Christian Conference, New Liberty church, Ind., Sept. 16, 1898. Died at Greenville, Ohio, Oct., 1930.
Kamakawiwoole, Charles Moses, horn, Kaauhuhu, Kohala, T. H., March 21, 1850. Ordination: Congregational Council, Hawaii, Sept. 9, 1888. Congregational Pastorate: Paauhau, Hamakua, T. H., 1888-1931. Died at Hilo, Hawaii, March 6, 1931.
Kambour, Gabriel Basil, horn, Magnesia, Turkey, Asia Minor, Feb. 17, 1855. Education: Amherst College, 1885-86; Andover Theological Seminary, 1889, graduate, post graduate course, 1890; Athens Uni- versity, Greece, 1891-92. Ordination: Congregational Council, Temple- ton, Mass., April 5, 1893. Congregational Pastorates: Templeton, Mass., 1893-1904; Colebrook, N. H., 1904-07; Waterford and Lower Waterford, Vt., 1907-08; Campton, N. H., 1908-16; First Church Charlemont, Mass., 1916-19, also serving East Charlemont, 1917-19; Burlington, Mass., 1920- 22. Died at Rockland, Mass., June 17, 1931.
Keedy, Edward E., horn, Rohrersville, Md., Jan. 6, 1869. Education: Lebanon Valley College, B. A., 1899; Divinity School of Yale Uni- versity, B. D., 1893. Ordination: Congregational Council, Hadley, Mass., Oct. 16, 1894. Congregational Pastorates: First Church, Hadley, Mass., 1894-1903; Warren Church, Westbrook, Me., 1903-16; First and Park Churches, Cooperstown, N. Dak., 1917-19; Minot, N. Dak., 1919-31. Registrar, Congregational Conference of North Dakota, 1923-31. Publi- cations: The Naturalness of the Christian Life, 1902; Moral Leadership and the Ministry, 1912. Died at Minot, N. Dak., April 16, 1931.
Kirkpatrick, John Ervin, born, Chenoa, 111., Feb. 20, 1869. Education: Chicago Theological Seminary, B. D., 1895; Graduate School of Yale University, M. A., 1906; Hartford Theological Seminary, Ph. D., 1908. Ordination: Congregational Council, Seabrook, Kan., May 24, 1895. Congregational Pastorates: Seabrook and Sunnyside, Topeka, Kan., 1895-98; Ahna, Kan., 1898-1901; Kirwin, Kan., 1901-05; Oxford, Conn., 1905-08. Secretary and teacher of history and political science, Wash- burn College, 1908-19; teacher of history, Olivet College, 1923-26. Publi- cations: Timothy Flint; The American College and Its Rulers; College Control in Michigan; Force and Freedom in Education; Academic Or- ganization and Control; Rise of Non- Resident Government in Harvard University. Died at Topeka, Kan., Jan. 31, 1931.
X Klapp, Peter T., born, Alamance County, North Carolina, July 26, 1848. Education: Graham College, North Carolina, B. A., 1871. Ordina- tion: Eastern North Carolina Christian Conference at Pope's Chapel, Nov. 22, 1875. Christian Pastorates: Damascus, 8 years; Shallow Well, 10 years; Zion, 15 years; Moore Union, 20 years; Lee's Chapel, 6 years; Mt. Bethel, 16 years; Howard's Chapel, 7 years; Pope's Chapel, 10 years; Good Hope, 10 years; Oak Level, 10 years, and several others, all in North Carolina; also some pastorates in Virginia. Started foreign mission work among the Christians. Died at Elon College, N. C, May 27, 1931.
Kloss, Charles Luther, born, New Berlin, Pa., Nov. 7, 1862. Edu- cation: Highland CoUege, B. A., 1882, M. A., 1886; Divinity School of Yale University, B. D., 1885; Universities of Berlin and Heidelberg, two years. Honorary Degree: D. D., Highland College, 1905; Drury College, 1907. Ordination: Congregational Council, Axtell, Kan., Oct.
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12, 1885. Congregational Pastorates: Axtell, Kan., 1885-87; Argentine, Kan., 1889-90; Tabernacle Church, Kansas City, Mo., 1891-97; First Church, Webster Groves, Mo., 1898-1904; Central Church, Philadelphia, Pa., 1904-09; First Church, Webster Groves, Mo., (second pastorate) 1911-18; Plymouth Church, Oakland, Cal., 1918-22; San Mateo, Cal., 1923-31. Died at San Francisco, Cal., Oct. 28, 1931. (See Who's Who in America.)
KuHL, Edward Percival, horn, Atchison, Kan., June 4, 1860. Ordina- tion: Congregational Council, Fredonia, Kan., Sept. 21, 1904. Congrega- tional Pastorates: Fredonia, Kan., 1903-04; Peoples Church, Brainerd, Minn., 1905; McLain, 111., 1908-09; Centralia, 111., 1909-10; Gridley, 111., 1911-14. Died at Gridley, 111., Jan. 29, 1931.
Leek, John DeWitt, horn, Uxbridge, Ontario, Canada, Sept. 19, 1856. Education: Garrett Biblical Institution, B. D., 1889. Ordination: Methodist Episcopal of Canada, at Port Perry, Ontario, Canada, May 2, 1880; entered Congregational fellowship, 1919. Congregational Pastor- ates: Drake, N. Dak., 1919-20; Pittsfield, 111., 1920-23; Plymouth, 111., 1923-26. Died at Sioux City, Iowa, June 24, 1931.
Lewis, J. Morgan, horn, in Wales in 1866. Education: Marietta Col- lege, 1893, graduate; Pacific School of Religion, B. D., 1896; University of Washington, M. A. Ordination: Congregational Council, Oakland, Cal., May, 1896. Congregational Pastorates: Carrier, Okla., 1901-02; White Salmon, Wash., 1904-08; Scappoose, Ore., 1910-11; Weaverville, Cal., 1911- 16; Almira, Wash., 1916-20; Monroe, Wash., 1920-24. Died at Seattle, Wash., June, 1931.
Lewis, Thomas Stephan, horn, Aberaman, Glamorgan Shire, South Wales, August 23, 1855. Education: Seminary at Aberdare, Wales; Ban- gor Theological Seminary, 1889, graduate. Honorary Degree: D. D., Oskaloosa College, 1925. Ordination: Congregational Council, Bristol, Me., Oct. 9, 1889. Congregational Pastorates: Bristol, Me., 1889-91; Web- ster, N. H., 1892-96; Green's Landing, Me., 1897; Third Church, Deer Isle, Stonington, Me., 1897-98; Madison, Me., 1898-1900. Wilmot, N. H., 1901-03; Campton, N. H., 1904-07; South Hartford, N. Y., 1908-11; Clifford, Welsh Hill, Pa., 1912-16. Publications: A Practical Under- standing of The American Constitution. Died at Scranton, Pa., Nov. 30, 1930.
LiLLiE, Isaac Brock, horn in Canada, Aug. 17, 1858. Ordination: Congregational Council, Bay Mills, Mich., Aug. 24, 1886. Congregational Pastorates: Bay Mills and Pine Grove, Mich., 1885-87; Superior, Mich., 1886-88; Vienna and Briley, Mich., 1888-89; Chippewa Lake and Rod- ney, Mich., 1890; Vicksburg, Mich., 1891; Crystal, Mich., 1891-92; Cannons- burg and Cannon, Mich., 1892-94; Alamo, Mich., 1894-96; Clarksville and South Boston, Mich., 1896-97; Linden, Mich., 1898-99; First and Second Churches, Ada, Mich., 1899-1901; Baldwin, Mich., 1902-03; Mattawan, Mich., 1903-04; Harmony, Okla., 1904-05; Lamont and Eastmanville, Mich., 1905-06; Freeport, Mich., 1906-07; Hudsonville, Mich., 1907-10; Grand Junction, Mich., 1911-13; Buckley and Sherman, Mich., 1913-15; First Church, Ada, Mich., (second pastorate), 1915-16; Mattawan, (sec- ond pastorate) , and Texas, Mich., 1917-22; Thompsonville, Mich., 1922-24. Died at Hammond, Ind., June 4, 1931.
Livingston, Stephen Tracy, horn, Sivas, Turkey, Dec. 29, 1864. Edu- cation: Williams College, B. A., 1887, M. A., 1901; Hartford Theological Seminary, 1891, graduate. Ordination: Congregational Council, South E^remont, Mass., July 8, 1891. Congregational Pastorates: South Egre- mont, Mass., 1891-95; First Church, Bridgton, Me., 1906-19; Thompson, Conn., 1919-26. Instructor, Williams College, 1896-1901; Hartford Theo- logical Seminary, 1901-04. Died at White Plains, N. Y., June 27, 1931.
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LocKETT, John J., bom, Stockport, England, Feb. 8, 1867. Ordination: Primitive Methodist Church, Lowell, Mass., May, 1897; entered Congrega- tioncJ fellowship, 1911. Congregational Pastorates: Andover, Conn., 1911-17; First Church, Greenfield, Mass., 1917-20; Southboro, Mass., 1920-25; Oldtown Church, North Attleboro, Mass., 1925-31. Died at West Newton, Mass., Aug. 25, 1931.
Long, Cedric Bright, born, Medford, Mass., April 21, 1889. Educa- tion: Harvard University, 1913, graduate; Union Theological Seminary, 1918, graduate. Ordination: Congregational Council, Epping, N. H., May 14, 1918. Congregational Pastorate: Epping, N. H., 1918. Editor "Co- operation", (monthly magazine of the Cooperative League of the U. S. A.) , 1923-31. Died at Poughkeepsie, N. Y., Sept. 30, 1931.
Long, Nicholas Mathew, horn, Somerville, Tenn., July 27, 1849. Education: King College, 1872, graduate; Theological Seminary in Co- lumbia, S. C. Honorary Degree: D. D., 1880. Ordination: Presbyterian, Somerville, Term., 1875; entered Congregational fellowship, 1889. Con- gregational Pastorate: Strangers Church (now First Church) Memphis, Term., 1881-1915, pastor emeritus, 1915-31. Died at Memphis, Tenn., Jan. 5, 1931.
Lord, Amos Jasper, horn, Orange, Vt., Aug. 17, 1889. Education: Bangor Theological Seminary, 1912-15; Amherst College, 1916-18. Ordi- nation: Congregational Council, Orange, Vt., July 8, 1915. Congregational Pastorates: Orange, Vt., 1911-17; Packardville, Mass., 1917-21; Orange, Vt. (second pastorate) 1921-31. Died at Barre, Vt., April 11, 1931.
Love, Archibald L., horn, Berlin, Conn., April 2, 1854. Education: Hamilton College, 1876, graduate; Andover Theological Seminary, 1879, graduate; resident licentiate, 1880. Honorary Degree: D. D., Hamilton College, 1899. Ordination: Congregational Council, Pilgrim Church, Southboro, Mass., Dec. 17, 1879. Congregational Pastorates: Pilgrim Church, Southboro, Mass., 1879-84; Princeton, Mass., 1884-87; Putnam, Conn., 1887-90; Covenant Church, Maplewood, St. Louis, Mo. (organized), 1893-96; Valley Park, Mo., (organized) 1896-97; Albany, N. Y., 1898-1904; Manhattan Church, New York City (assistant pastor), 1908-10; Plymouth Church, Brooklyn, N. Y. (assistant pastor), 1910-13. Superintendent, Congregational City Missionary Society of St. Louis, Mo., 1891-98. Died at Brooklyn, New York, June 12, 1931.
MacDonald, Fred Alan, horn, Charlestown, Mass., Feb. 7, 1887. Edu- cation: McCormick Theological Seminary, 1911-12; Divinity School of Yale University, 1914, graduate. Ordination: Congregational Council, Chester, Mass., June 25, 1914. Congregational Pastorates: Second Church, Chester, Mass., 1914; Westerly, Rhode Island, 1915-22; First Church, (Old South) Worcester, Mass., 1922-31. Died at Worcester, Mass., March 1, 1931.
Marshall, William Reynolds, horn, Enon Valley, Pa., May 3, 1871. Education: Moody Bible Institute, 1898, graduate; Chicago Theological Seminary, 1911. Ordination: United Evangelical Church, Stockton, 111., March 19, 1900; entered Congregational fellowship, 1912. Congregational Pastorates: Ewing Street Mission, Chicago, 111., 1912-15; Livingston, Mont., 1915-17; Bellingham, Wash., 1917-22; Atlantic Avenue Church, Long Beach, Cal., 1922-27; First Church, Casper, Wyo., 1927-29; Rock Springs, Wyo., 1929-31. Died at Rock Springs, Wyo., Jan. 4, 1931.
McCreery, Guy Winters, horn, Du Quoin, 111., Aug. 19, 1873. Edu- cation: Denver University, B. A., 1897, M. A., 1903; School of Theology, Boston University, S. T. B., 1902. Ordination: Colorado Methodist Epis- copal Conference, September, 1904; entered Congregational fellowship, 1925. Congregational Pastorates: Bay Shore Community Church, Long Beach, Cal. (organized), 1925-28. Director of Religious Education, First Church, Long Beach, Cal., 1922-23. Died at San Diego, Cal., Oct. 23, 1931.
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McLane, William W., horn, Lewisville, Pa., Nov. 13, 1846. Educa- tion: Blackburn College, B. A., 1871, M. A., 1874; Western Theological Seminary, 1874, graduate: Graduate School of Yale University, Ph. D., 1889. Honorary Degree: D. D., Blackburn College, 1882. Ordination: Presbyterian, 1874; entered Congregational fellowship, 1884. Congrega- tional Pastorates: College Street (now Plymouth) Church, New Haven, Conn., 1884-1912; Church of Christ, Leominster, Mass., 1913-30. Publica- tions: The Cross in the Light of Today, 1883; Evolution in Religion, 1892; A Scientific Study of Christianity (also translated into Japanese); The Secret of Successful Life, 1918. Died at Lynn, Mass., June 14, 1931. (See Who's Who in America.)
Meserve, Isaac Curtis, horn, Roxbury, Mass., March 27, 1847. Edu- cation: Hartford Theological Seminary, 1869, graduate. Honorary De- gree: D. D., Gates College, 1897. Ordination: Congregational Council, Portland, Conn., Oct. 14, 1869. Congregational Pastorates: Portland, Conn., 1869-71; State Street Church, Brooklyn, N. Y., 1871-74; Daven- port Church, New Haven, Conn., 1874-97; Craven Hill Church, London, England, 1897-1900; Plymouth Church, San Francisco, Cal., 1903-10; Oneonta Church, South Pasadena (organized), 1910-16, pastor emeritus, 1916-31. Died at Glendale, Cal., March 17, 1931.
Michael, George, horn, Shawnee, Pa., March 15, 1843. Education: Pennsylvania College, B. A., 1871; Union Theological Seminary, 1871-72; Divinity School of Yale University, B. D., 1874. Ordination: Stanton, Mich., July 8, 1874. Congregational Pastorates: Stanton, Mich., 1874-75; Milton Mills, N. H., 1875-76; Freeport, Me., 1876-78; Moriah, N. Y., 1879-81; Alfred, Me., 1881-85; Greeley, Colo., 1885-87; Manitou, Colo., 1887-89; Burlington, Kan., 1891-94; Neillsville, Wis., 1894-96; Detroit City, Minn., 1896-98; Walker, Minn., 1900-09; Mahnomen, Minn., 1909-11; Walker, Minn, (second pastorate) 1911-18. Died at Walker, Minn., June 11, 1931.
Miller, Elisha Wright, horn, Williston, Vt., Oct. 29, 1845. Education: Yale College, 1868; Divinity School of Yale University, B. D., 1872. Ordination: Congregational Council, Hersey, Mich., Oct. 23, 1873. Con- gregational Pastorates: South Royalton, Vt., 1872-73; Hersey and Reed, Mich., 1873-74; Rockford, Mich., 1874-77; Big Rapids, Mich., 1877-82; Clinton, Mich., 1882-84; Eaton Rapids, Mich., 1891-96; Carson City, Mich., 1896-98; Douglas, Mich., 1898-1903; Beaufort, N. C, 1903-04; Udall, Kan., 1904-06; Wakefield, Kan., 1906-08; Sandstone, Kan., 1920-24. Superin- tendent for the Congregational Sunday School and Publishing Society in Michigan, 1884-91. Publication: A Catachism for Children's Training Classes, 1887. Died at Jackson, Mich., May 18, 1931.
Mills, Harlow Spencer, horn, Clay, Washington County, Iowa, Oct. 8, 1846. Education: Grinnell College, 1874, graduate; Chicago Theological Seminary, 1877, graduate. Honorary Degree: D. D., Grinnell College, 1914. Ordination: Congregational Council, Dunlap, Iowa, June 5, 1877. Congregational Pastorates: Dunlap, Iowa, 1877-83; Forest Grove, Ore., 1883-85; Alton, 111., 1886-88; Huron, S. Dak., 1888-91; Union City, Mich., 1891-96; Benzonia, Mich., 1896-1916; pastor emeritus, 1916-31. Publica- tion: The Wider Parish. Died at Claremont, Cal., Feb. 1, 1931.
MiNNis, Thomas Wesley, horn, Englishtown, N. J., April 10, 1850. Education: Bangor Theological Seminary, 1882; Andover Theological Seminary, 1882-83. Ordination: Congregational Council, Kingston, N. H., Sept. 2, 1884. Congregational Pastorates: Kingston, N. H., 1884-86; May- flower Church, Wichita, Kan. (organized) 1887-88; Olivet Church, Wichita, Kan., 1888-89; El Reno, Okla. (organized) 1890-92; Stark, 111., 1893-94; Grand Meadow, Minn., 1897-1900; De Long, 111., 1901; Glen Ullin, N. Dak., 1904-05; Christopher, Wash., 1907-10. Died at Seattle, Wash., July 15, 1931.
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Mitchell, Charles Caldwell, born, New Castle, Pa., Feb. 21, 1869. Education: Hillsdale College, 1901, graduate; Chicago Theological Sem- inary. Honorary Degree: D. D., Hillsdale College, 1922. Ordination: Free Baptist, Millington, Mich., 1895; entered Congregational fellowship, 1925. Congregational Pastorates: Orland, Ind., 1919-24; Hudson, Mich., 1924-27; Vermontville, Mich., 1927-29. Publication: Millionaire of Uz, 1920. Died at Hillsdale, Mich., Sept. 28, 1931.
Moore, George Foot, born, West Chester, Pa., Oct. 15, 1851. Educa- tion: Yale University, B. A., 1872, M. A., 1883; Union Theological Sem- inary, 1877. Honorary Degrees: D. D., Marietta College, 1885, Yale Uni- versity, 1897, Gottingen University, 1909; LL. D., Western Reserve Uni- versity, 1903, Harvard University, 1906; Litt. D., Yale University, 1915; D. H. L., Hebrew Union College, Cincinnati, 1925. Ordination: Presby- terian, Columbus, Ohio, Feb. 8, 1878; entered Congregational fellowship, 1884. Hitchcock professor, Hebrew, Andover Theological Seminary, 1883-1902, lecturer on the History of Religions, 1893-1902, preacher, 1900-03, and president of the faculty, 1899-01. Publications: Com- mentary on Judges (International Critical Commentary), 1895; The Book of Judges, Translation and Notes (Polychrome Bible), 1898; The Book of Judges in Hebrew, Critical Edition with Notes, 1900; The Literature of the Old Testament, 1913; History of Religions, Vol. I, 1913, revised edition, 1920, Vol. II, 1919; Metempsychosis, 1914; Judaism, two volumes, 1927; also articles in Encyclopaedia Biblica. Died at Cambridge, Mass., May 16, 1931. (See Who's Who in America.)
Neal, Burton Y., born, Donnelson, 111., Nov. 27, 1870. Ordination: 1899; entered Congregational fellowship, 1924. Congregational Pastor- ates: Pilgrim Church, Bakersfield, Cal., 1924-26; Buena Park, Cal., 1927- 31. Died at Los Angeles, Cal., Feb. 5, 1931.
Newton, Howell Elder, born, Lumpkin County, Georgia, March 19, 1850. Education: Atlanta Theological Seminary. Ordination: Congrega- tional Council, April 22, 1889. Congregational Pastorates: Center Church, Howell's Mills, Ga., 1889-93, also serving Chamblee Church, Popular Springs, Ga., (organized) 1890-93; Pleasant Hill Church, Atlanta, Ga., 1893-96; Center Church, Atlanta, Ga., 1897-1904; 1914-16; 1921-24, also serving Ephesus Church, Braswell, 1897-1901; Lindale, Ga., (organized) 1904-11; Bowman, Ga., 1911-14; Marietta Street Church, Atlanta, Ga., 1919-21; Hampton, County Line, 1921-26. Died at Atlanta, Ga., Nov. 10, 1931.
Northrop, Charles Addison, born, Ridgefield, Conn., March 21, 1850. Education: Yale University, B. A., 1872; Union Theological Seminary, 1878, graduate. Ordination: Congregational Council, Georgetown, Conn., Oct. 2, 1878. Congregational Pastorates: Georgetown, Conn., 1878-80; Litchfield, Mich., 1880-82; Jewett City, Conn., 1883-85; First Church, Norwichtown, Conn., 1885-1904; Secretary, Systematic Beneficence, Na- tional Council of Congregational Churches, 1904-07. Missionary for the American Missionary Association in the Tennessee mountains, 1907-09. Died at Danbury, Conn., Sept. 19, 1931.
X Orebaugh, John C, born, Timberville, Va., July 4, 1864. Ordination: Indiana Miami Reserve Christian Conference at Whetstone Church, Anderson, Ind. Christian Pastorates: Farmland, Ind., 1911-14; Fort Re- covery and Wabash, Ohio, 1914-16; Ansonia and Teegarden, Ohio, 1916-18; Linn Grove and Murray, Ind., 1918-20; Merriam, Ind., 1920-24; Darlington and Garfield, Ind., 1924-27; Antioch, Ind., 1927-29; Sugar Grove and West Union, Ohio, 1929-31; Coletown and Beamsville, 1931. Died at Green- ville, Ohio, Nov. 12, 1931.
O'Brien, James Putnam, born, Walton, Nova Scotia, Canada, Sept. 19, 1861. Education: Oberlin College, B. A., 1884; Oberlin Theological Seminary, B. D., 1887; graduate course, 1890-91. Honorary Degree: D. D., Kansas University, 1910; Drury CoUege, 1914. Ordination: Presbyterian,
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1887; entered Congregational fellowship, 1891. Congregational Pastor- ates: Hope Church, St. Louis, Mo., 1891-98; Tabernacle, Kansas City, Mo., 1898-1901. Superintendent and district education secretary in the south and southwest for the Congregational Sunday School and Pub- lishing Society, 1901-18. Dean, Talladega Theological Seminary, 1918-22. President, Straight College, 1922-31. Died at New Orleans, La., April 16, 1931. (See Who's Who in America.)
X Oren, E. D., born, Linn, Ind. Ordination: Indiana Miami Reserve Christian Conference at Whetstone Church, Anderson, Ind. Christian Pastorates: Montpelier, Straughn, Salamonia, Linn Grove, Stelvideo, all in Indiana. Died at Richmond, Ind., Sept. 28, 1930.
OusLEY, Benjamin Forsyth, horn, Davis Bend, Warren County, Miss., Oct. 4, 1855. Education: Fisk University, B. A., 1881, M. A., 1885; Oberlin Theological Seminary, B. D., 1884. Ordination: Congregational Council, Oberlin, Ohio, June 22, 1884. Congregational Pastorates: Beau- fort, N. C, 1915-16; Dudley, N. C, 1918-22, pastor emeritus, 1926-31. Missionary of the American Board at Kambini, Inhambane, East Coast of Africa, 1884-93. Principal, under the American Missionary Asso- ciation, Normal Institute, Mound Bayou, Miss., 1900-14; Washburn Seminary, N. C, 1915-16. Died at Dudley, N. C, April 20, 1931.
Page, Harlan, horn, Jamaica Plain, Boston, Mass., Dec. 5, 1854. Edu- St. Chrischona Theological Seminary (Switzerland), 1884, graduate, graduate. Ordination: Congregational Council, Beechwood, Cohasset, Mass., Feb. 6, 1883. Congregational Pastorates: Beechwood, Cohasset, Mass., 1882-88; First Church, Ashburnham, Mass., 1888-89; Hardwick, Mass., 1891-1914, also serving Dana, 1893-1913; Dover, Mass., 1916-18. Died at Jamaica Plain, Boston, Mass., Feb. 8, 1931.
X Page, Robert W., horn, Wilmington, Ohio, June 8, 1858. Ordination: Elwood, Ind., March 29, 1892. Christian Pastorates: Majenica, Ind., 1896- 98 and 1920-22; Merriam, Ind., 1898-1903, 1904-09, 1915-20; Kimmell, Ind., 1903-04, 1924-26; Lebanon, Ind., 1909-15; Ottawa, Ohio, 1922-24, 1929-31; Bluffton, Ind., 1926-28; Haubstadt, Ind., 1928-29. President Indiana Miami Reserve Conference 1894-96; of the Eel River Conference, 1924-28. Died at Merriam, Ind., Oct. 13, 1931.
Paulu, Anton, horn, Patcov, Bohemia, Dec. 14, 1845. Education: St. Chrischona Theological Seminary (Switzerland), 1884, graduate. Ordination: Presbji;erian, Omaha, Neb., Jan. 20, 1890; entered Con- gregational fellowship, 1894. Congregational Pastorates: Bohemian Church, Vining, Iowa, 1894-24, also organizing and serving, Bohemian Church, Luzerne, 1899-1919. Pastor emeritus Bohemian Church, Vining, 1924-31. Missionary in Iowa for Congregational Home Missionary So- ciety, 1894-1924. Died at Conrad, Iowa, Jan. 1, 1931.
Penniman, Andrew Ogden, horn, Circleville, Ohio, Nov. 4, 1854. Edu- cation: Wabash College, 1879, graduate; Union Theological Seminary, 1882, graduate. Ordination: Neosho Presbytery, Fort Scott, Kan., Aug. 29, 1882; entered Congregational fellowship, 1888. Congregational Pas- torates: Garnett, Kan. (organized) 1888-95; First Church, Ft. Scott, Kan., 1895-98; First Church, Dunkirk, Ind., 1898-1900; Central Church, South Bend, Ind. (organized) 1900-02; First Church, Ft. Scott, Kan. (second pastorate) 1908-10; Pilgrim Church, Arkansas City, Kan., 1910-14; Gar- nett, Kan. (second pastorate) 1914-19. Died at Garnett, Kan., Feb. 22, 1931.
Phillips, Ellsworth Washington, horn, Nelson, N. H., Aug. 5, 1861. Education: Williams College, B. A., 1888; Hartford Theological Seminary, 1891, graduate. Ordination: Congregational Council, Hope Church, Worcester, Mass., Oct. 19, 1891. Congregational Pastorates: Hope Church, Worcester, Mass., 1891-1906; Whitman, Mass., 1906-11; Union Church,
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Worcester, Mass. (associate paistor) 1912-14; Hadwen Park Church, Wor- cester, Mass. (organized) 1915-20; Memorial Church, Worcester, Mass., 1920-26. Secretary, Worcester City Missionary Society, 1915-31, part of the time also serving as treasurer. Died at Worcester, Mass., Oct. 3, 1931.
Prior, Arthur E., horn in England, July 12, 1874. Ordination: Con- gregational Council, Romeo, Mich., May 2, 1894. Congregational Pas- torates: Helena, Mich., 1893-94; New Baltimore, Mich., 1894-96; Hilliards, Mich., 1896-97; Cooper, Mich., 1898-99; Baroda, Mich., 1899-1900; Union- ville, Ohio, 1904-06; Lexington, Ohio, 1906-08; Harvard, Neb., 1908-09; Newell, Iowa, 1909-11; De Smet, S. Dak., 1911-12; New England and Pleasant View, N. Dak., 1916-18; Cleveland and First Church, Medina, N. Dak., 1920-21; Hettinger and Reeder, N. Dak., 1923-26; Big Timber, McLeod and Springdale, Mont. 1926-27; Hettinger (second pastorate), Haynes and Petrel, N. Dak. and Lemon, S. Dak., 1927-29; Big Timber, Mont, (second pastorate) 1929-31; Paonia, Colo., 1931. Died at Paonia, Colo., July 24, 1931.
Ratliff, Joseph, horn, Marion, Indiana, Oct. 16, 1849. Education: Wabash College. Ordination: Society of Friends, Marion, Ind., April, 1876; entered Congregational fellowship, 1896. Congregational Pas- torates: Valley Church, Lyons, Kan., 1907-11; Chase, Kan., 1911-13; Valley Church, Lyons, Kan. (second pastorate) , 1914-20. Died at Lyons, Kan., Feb. 14, 1931.
RiEDiNGER, Jacob P., horn, Randolph, Ohio, Nov. 24, 1844. Educa- tion: Oberlin College, B. A., 1872; Oberlin Theological Seminary, B. D., 1876. Ordination: Congregational Coiincil, Kirtland, Ohio, March 7, 1878. Congregational Pastorates: Kirtland, Ohio, 1877-80; Kelly's Island, Ohio, 1880-83; Grafton and Belden, Ohio, 1883-86; Findlay, Ohio, 1886- 87; North Ridgeville, Ohio, 1887-99; Rockport (now West Park, Cleve- land), 1903-17; Tavares, Fla., 1917-18. Pastor emeritus. West Park, Cleveland, 1927-31. Died at Cleveland, Ohio, Oct. 2, 1931.
X RiGGLEMAN, SiMON ELIJAH, hom, Petersburg, W. Va., Nov. 28, 1844. Ordination: West Virginia Christian Conference, Oak Dale, W. Va., Sept., 1888. Died at Parsons, W. Va., Feb. 16, 1931.
X RiPPEY, George W., horn, Shelby County, Ohio, Dec. 1, 1853. Ordina- tion: Northwestern Ohio Christian Conference, Vaughnsville, Ohio, 1874. Christian Pastorates: Lake Fork, 111., 15 years; Atwood, 111., 12 years; Arthur, 111., 10 years; Pleasant View, 111., 7 years; Prairie Chapel, 10 years; Bethel, 111., 6 years; Tuscola, 111., 2 years; also at Jack Oak, Milmine, Hope, Tilton, Pierson, all in Illinois. President Central Illinois Conference 5 years; Secretary of same, 15 years. Died at Atwood, 111., Dec. 7, 1931.
Rodriguez, Macario, hom, Las Cabezes of Farjardo, Puerto Rico, in 1875. Ordination: Congregational Council, Humacao, Puerto Rico, in 1913. Service in Puerto Rico Congregational Churches: Assistant Pastor, Yabucoa, 1905-08 and 1911-17; Naguabo, 1908-09; Humacao, 1909-11; Pastor, First Church, Humacao, 1917-29; First Church, Fajardo, 1929-31. Died at Humacao, Puerto Rico, Sept. 23, 1931.
RoTHROCK, Edgar Sylvanus, horn in Springfield Township, Summit County, Ohio, May 3, 1862. Education: Buchtel College, 1886, graduate; Oberlin Theological Seminary, B. D., 1889. Honorary Degree: D. D., Defiance College, 1930. Ordination: Congregational Council, Garrets- ville^ Ohio, July 2, 1889. Congregational Pastorates: Brecksville, Ohio, 1887-89; Garrettsville, Ohio, 1889-95; Park Church, Cleveland, Ohio, 1895-99; Pilgrim Church, Cleveland, Ohio, (associate pastor) 1899-1909. Superintendent, Congregational Conference of Missouri, 1909-10; Congre- gational Conference of Ohio, 1910-30, superintendent emeritus, 1930-31. Died at Cleveland, Ohio, June 13, 1931.
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SARGErrr, Benjamin Farrington, horn, Hopkinton, N. H., March 21, 1853. Education: Knox College, two years; Hamilton College, 1873, graduate; Chicago Theological Seminary, 1873-74; Auburn Theological Seminary, 1874-75; Union Theological Seminary, 1877, graduate. Ordi- nation: Congregational Council, Paxton, 111., June 22, 1877. Congrega- tional Pastorates: Paxton, 111., 1877-79; South Church, Grand Rapids, Mich., 1880-89; Trinidad, Colo, (supply), 1889-90; First Church, Fresno, Cal., 1890-92; Santa Rosa, Cal., 1893-96; Petaluma, Cal., 1896-99; North Berkeley, Cal., 1899-1904; OHvet Church, San Francisco, Cal., 1904-08; Grass Valley, Cal., 1910-14; Woodside, Cal., 1914-16; Suisun, Cal. (supply), 1919. Died at Guerneville, Cal., June 19, 1931.
ScoTFORD, Henry Clinton, horn, Saline, Mich., Oct. 30, 1849. Educa- tion: Olivet College, B. A., 1873, M. A. ; Chicago Theological Sem- inary, 1877-78; Divinity School of Yale University, 1880, graduate. Honorary Degree: D. D., Philandri Smith College, (Arkansas), 1895. Ordination: Congregational Council, Alpena, Mich., Oct. 9, 1878. Congre- gational Pastorates: North Topeka, Kan., 1876-77; Alpena, Mich., 1878- 79; Eureka, Kan., 1880-83; Olivet Church, Kansas City, Mo., 1883-88; Pilgrim Church, Kansas City, Mo., 1889-90; Loda, 111., 1891-94; Lake Linden, Mich., 1894-95; Nashua and Bradford, Iowa, 1895-98; Trinity Church (later Hamilton Park), Chicago, 111., 1901-13. Puhlication: Harold Strait or A Modern Heroic Life, 1913. Died at Cleveland, Ohio, Jan. 14, 1931.
Shoemaker, Nellie May (Austin) , horn near Odell, 111., Aug. 8, 1868. Education: Gibbon Collegiate Institute. Ordination: United Brethren, Riverside, Cal., June 10, 1900; entered Congregational fellowship, 1911. Congregational Pastorates: (serving as co-pastor with her husband, Rev. John R. Shoemaker) Loleta, Cal., 1911-13; Herald, Cal., 1915-18; Adin, Cal., 1918-22; Fort Bidwell, Cal., 1922-29; Calvary Church, Oak- land, Cal., 1929-31. Died at Oakland, Cal., Sept. 20, 1931.
Simmons, Abraham, horn, Charleston, S. C, Sept. 14, 1856. Educa- tion: Talladega College; Talladega Theological Seminary, 1893, graduate. Ordination: Congregational Council, Shelby, Ala., Oct. 1, 1893. Con- gregational Pastorates: First Church, Shelby, Ala., 1893-96; Kymulga, Ala., 1896-97; First Church, Birmingham, Ala., 1897-1901; Jenifer, Ala., 1901-08 and Ironton, 1901-05; Thibodaux, La., 1908-10; Beecher Memo- rial, New Orleans, La., 1910-16; Howard Church, New Orleans, La., 1919- 22. Died at Detroit, Mich., Jan. 5, 1931.
Smart, Isaac Chipman, horn, Shoreham, Vt., July 28, 1857. Educa- tion: Amherst, B. A., 1881; Union Theological Seminary, 1885, graduate. Honorary Degree: D. D., Middlebury College, 1907, University of Ver- mont, 1920. Ordination: Congregational Council, South Church, Pitts- field, Mass., June 9, 1885. Congregational Pastorates: South Church, Pittsfield, Mass., 1885-1906; College Street Church, Burlington, Vt., 1906- 31. Died at Burlington, Vt., June 6, 1931.
Smith, Charles Cullen, horn, Lone Tree, Iowa, May 7, 1856. Ordina- tion: Congregational Council, Pilgrim Church, Chicago, 111., Sept. 30, 1902. Evangelist. Died at Newton Highlands, Mass., March 5, 1931.
Smits, Bastian, horn, Holland, Mich., May 15, 1857. Education: Hope College (Michigan), B. A., 1881; New Brunswick Theological Seminary, D. R., 1884. Ordination: Dutch Reformed, Grand Rapids, Mich., Aug. 29, 1884; entered Congregational fellowship, 1888. Congregational Pas- torates: Constantine, Mich., (organized), 1888-92; Ypsilanti, Mich., 1892- 97; Charlotte, Mich., 1897-1901; First Church, Jackson, Mich., 1901-21. Died at Constantine, Mich., March 18, 1931.
Snowden, Clifford Lamont, horn in 1868. Education: Iowa College, 1891, graduate; Chicago Theological Seminary, 1894-95. Ordination: Congregational Cotmcil, Harlan, Iowa, Jan. 25, 1897, Congregational
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Pastorates: Harlan, Iowa, 1896-98; Fairfield, Iowa, 1899; Brainerd Church, Chicago, 111., 1901; St. Lawrence Church, Portland, Me., 1909-17. Died at Covington, Ga., Sept. 28, 1931.
SoLANDT, Andrew Parker, horn, Quebec, Quebec, June 4, 1857. Edu- cation: McGill University, B. A., 1887; Congregational College of Can- ada, 1888, graduate; Graduate School of Theology, Oberlin, D. B., 1889. Ordination: Congregational Council, Brigham, Quebec, June 14, 1888. Congregational Pastorates: Brigham, Quebec, 1888-90; Bakersfield, Vt., 1890-92; East Berkshire, Vt., 1892-96, also serving Montgomery, 1893-96; Odell, 111., 1896-1901; Emmetsburg, Iowa, 1901-02; Alton, Iowa, 1902-03; Fairmount Church, Wichita, Kan., 1903-07; Maple Hill, Valencia and Williard, Kan., 1911-13; Fairfield, Neb., 1913-15; Wahoo, Neb., 1915-17; Valley Springs, S. Dak., 1917; First Church, Granby and East Hartland, Conn., 1919-24. Professor, Romance Languages and Bible, Fairmount College, (now University of Wichita), 1903-11. Died at Plantsville, Conn., Feb. 24, 1931.
Stocking, William Redfield, horn, Urumia, Persia, March 31, 1844. Education: Williams College, 1867-69; Andover Theological Seminary, 1869-71. Ordination: Congregational Council, Second Church, Westfield, Mass., June 19, 1871, (for Presbyterian missionary service). Died at Swarthmore, Pa., Feb. 22, 1931.
Strothard, George William, horn, Somerset, Bermuda Islands, Jan. 20, 1880. Education: Scio and Mt. Union College, M. A., 1906; Colgate Theological Seminary. Ordination: Methodist Episcopal, September, 1908; entered Congregational fellowship, 1930. Congregational Pastor- ates: Munnsville, N. Y., 1917-20; Austinburg, Ohio, 1929-30. Died at Austinburg, Ohio, July 28, 1931.
Sutherland, Ward Taylor, horn, Towanda, Pa., April 16, 1857. Edu- cation: Genesee Wesleyan College, 1873, graduate; University of Roches- ter, B. A., 1878, M. A., 1882; Divinity School of Yale University, B. D., 1887. Honorary Degree: D. D., University of Rochester, 1896. Ordination: Congregational Council, Ashland, Wis., Sept. 1, 1887. Congrega- tional Pastorates: Ashland, Wis., 1887-89; Meadville, Pa., 1889-94; Ox- ford, N. Y., 1894-1903; Wellsville, N. Y., 1903-14; Tallmadge, Ohio, 1914- 20; Rock Creek, Ohio, 1920-30. Died at Clifton Springs, N. Y., Aug. 18, 1931.
Taylor, Horace Judson, horn, Tirupuvanum, Madura Mission, South India, June 6, 1847. Education: Western Reserve College. Ordination: Congregational Council, Honolulu, T. H., July 5, 1874. Congregational Pastorates: Athens, Ala., 1878-80; Second Church, Marietta, Moss Run, Little Muskingum and Cow Run, Ohio, 1883-85; Anacortes, Wash., 1885- 96, also organizing and serving Fidalgo City and Rosario, 1889-96; Kelloggsville, Ohio, 1897-1900; Anacortes, Fidalgo City and Rosario, Wash, (second pastorates), 1900-09. Missionary in the Gilbert Islands for the American Board, 1874-77 and 1880-82; in Alabama for the Ameri- can Missionary Association, 1878-80; in Washington for the Congrega- tional Home Missionary Society, 1885-96 and 1900-09. Died at Anacortes, Wash., July 31, 1931.
Thayer, Lucius Harrison, horn. Westfield, Mass., Nov. 28, 1857. Edu- cation: Amherst College, B. A., 1882; Divinity School of Yale University, B. D., 1888, Dwight fellow, 1889-90. Honorary Degree: D. D., Dart- mouth College, 1909, Amherst, 1929. Ordination: Congregational Coun- cil, North Church, Portsmouth, N. H., Jan. 28, 1891. Congregational Pastorates: Cando, N. Dak., (organized), 1887; North Church, Ports- mouth, N. H., 1890-1928, pastor emeritus, 1928-31. President, New Hampshire Home Missionary Society and New Hampshire Congregational Conference, 1909-31. Died at Dublin, N. H., Sept. 19, 1931. (See Who's Who in America.)
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Trueblood, William Jasper, horn, Little York, Ind., Sept. 1, 1847. Education: Hartsville Theological Seminary, 1872, graduate. Ordination: United Brethren in Christ, Aug. 20, 1873; entered Congregational fel- lowship, 1882. Congregational Pastorates: Organized and served churches at Beachwood, Cedarwood, Central and Mauckport, Ind., 1882-88; Revillo, S. Dak., 1888-90; Frankfort and Turton, S. Dak., 1890-92; Beachwood, Ind. (second pastorate) 1892-95; Union and Ridge, 111., 1895-99; West Frankfort and Johnson City, 111., 1899-1900; Hammond, Ind., 1902-04; Sandoval, 111., 1906-09; Rosamond, Ind., 1912-14. Died at Whiting, Ind., May 21, 1931.
Tuck, Edward Arthur, horn, Milford, N. H., Feb. 6, 1860. Education: Brown University, 1881-82; Amherst College, B. A., 1885; Chicago The- ological Seminary, 1886-87; Rochester Theological Seminary, 1887-88. Ordination: Baptist, Newburg, N. Y., Nov. 7, 1891; entered Congregation- al fellowship, 1906. Congregational Pastorates: Otisfield and Casco, Me., 1901-03; West Stewartstown, N. H., 1906-08; West Concord, N. H., 1908- 12; Federated Church, Sturbridge, Mass., 1923-26. State missionary for New Hampshire Congregational Home Missionary Society, 1905-06. Died at Penney Farms, Fla., Dec. 15, 1931.
Tyler, Henry Mather, horn, Amherst, Mass., Nov. 18, 1843. Educa- tion: Amherst College, B. A., 1865, M. A., 1868. Honorary Degrees: D. D., Amherst College, 1902; L. H. D., Smith College, 1926. Ordinatio7i: Congregational Council, Toulon, 111., May 6, 1872. Congregational Pas- torate: Calvinistic Church, Fitchburg, Mass., 1872-77. Walker instructor, Latin, Amherst College, 1868-69; professor, Greek and German, Knox College, 1869-72; professor, Greek, Smith College, 1877-1912 and dean of the faculty, 1900-12. Author, A Greek Play and Its Presentation, 1891. Edited (with introduction and notes) Selections from Greek Lyric Poets, 1879, 1905; reedited and revised W. S. Tyler's editions of the Germania and Agricola of Tacitus, 1878, and Plato's Apology and Crito, 1887. Died at Northampton, Mass., Nov. 3, 1931. (See Who's Who in America.)
VanBlarcom, Grant, horn, Jersey City, N. J., Dec. 4, 1863. Educa- tion: Shurtleff College; Andover Theological Seminary, 1889, graduate. Ordination: Congregational Council, Rosemond, 111., Oct. 16, 1890. Con- gregational Pastorates: West Stewartstown, N. H., 1889-90; Rosemond, 111., 1890-93; Lusk and Manville, Wyo., 1893-94; De Peyster, N. Y., 1896- 97. Died at Stamford, Conn., Aug. 3, 1931.
Veazie, Walter C, horn, Randolph, Mass., June 12, 1847. Ordina- tion: Congregational Council, Pueblo, Colo., March 18, 1884. Congrega- tional Pastorates: East and Second Churches, Pueblo, Colo., 1884-87; Veazie, lone, Metaline Falls and Cusick, Wash, (joint service with his son. Rev. Carl H. Veazie), 1910-22; Winslow, Wash., 1923-24. Home mis- sionary evangelist in Kansas, 1887-99, in Colorado, 1901-06. Assistant superintendent in Texas, 1907-08 and superintendent in Utah and Idaho, 1908-10, for Congregational Home Missionary Society. Died at Tacoma, Wash., May 6, 1931.
Walton, Gilbert G., horn, Philadelphia, Pa., Jan. 27, 1845. Educa- tion: Valparaiso and Northwestern Universities; Moody Institute. Ordi- nation: Congregational Council, Robbins, Tenn., Sept. 20, 1901. Missionary Superintendent for Southern Mountain Field under American Mis- sionary Association and Congregational Sunday School and Publishing Society, 1893-1910. Died at Graysville, Tenn., Nov. 2, 1931.
Washburn, Charles Henry, horn, Auburndale, Mass., Dec. 9, 1860 Education: Amherst College, 1883, graduate; Andover Theological Sem- inary, 1883-84. Ordination: Congregational Council, Berlin, Mass., Dec. 2, 1885. Congregational Pastorates: Berlin, Mass., 1885-88; North Wo- burn and Burlington, Mass., 1888-90; First Church, Falmouth, Mass.,
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1890-98; Berkley Temple, Boston, Mass. (associate pastor), 1898-99; Maynard, Mass., 1899-1904; Trinity Church, Neponset, Mass., 1904-14; Fowler Church, Fall River, Mass., 1914-16; Linden Church, Maiden, Mass., 1916-22; Church of Christ, Burlington, Mass., 1922-31. Publica- tions: Falmouth by the Sea; Residental Falmouth. Died at Boston, Mass., Nov. 14, 1931.
Weatherby, Charles W., horn in Alabama, March 7, 1882. Educa- tion: Atlanta Theological Seminary, B. B. L., 1912. Ordination: Con- gregational Council, Atlanta, Ga., May 8, 1912. Congregational Pas- torates: Manchester, Okla. and Waldron, Kan., 1912-16; Newcastle and Silt, Colo., 1921-23; North Louisiana Larger Parish, (Drew and Pleas- ant Hill Churches, Monroe, Union Church, Downsville and Equality Church, Eros) 1926-30. Died at West Monroe, La., Jan. 2, 1931.
Webster, Franklin Gates, born, Lynn, Mass., May 9, 1860. Educa- tion: Dartmouth College, B. A., 1883; Hartford Theological Seminary, 1886, graduate. Ordination: Congregational Council, Cummington, Mass., June 9, 1886. Congregational Pastorates: Cummington and Plainfield, Mass., 1886-88; Passaic, N. J., 1888-90; Oswego Falls, N. Y., 1893-97; Summer Hill and Groton City, N. Y., 1898-1903; De Ruyter, N. Y., 1903-10; Harford, Pa., 1910-14; West Bloomfield, N. Y., 1914-20; Lysander, N. Y., 1920-23; Redfield, N. Y., 1923-29. Died at Syracuse, N. Y., Feb. 24, 1931.
Wellwood, Samuel D., horn, Carlton Place, Ontario, Canada, March 10, 1857. Education: Collegiate Institute, St. Catherines and Normal School, Goderich, in Ontario, Canada. Ordination: Congregational Coun- cil, Tipton, Mich., Nov. 24, 1897. Congregational Pastorates: Tipton, Mich., 1896-98; Wheatland, Mich., 1898-1901; Bancroft, Mich., 1901-06; Lodi, Ohio, 1906-09; Grass Lake, Mich., 1909-11; Mayflower Chvirch, Lansing, Mich., 1911-13; Shandon, Ohio, 1913-22; Storrs Church, Cincin- nati, Ohio, 1922-30. Died at Shandon, Ohio, March 30, 1931.
Willard, John Dayton, born, Appleton, Wis., May 31, 1885. Edu- cation: Amherst College, 1907, graduate; Hartford Theological Seminary, 1908-10; graduate courses, Massachusetts Agricultural College and Har- vard Graduate School of Education. Ordination: Congregational Coiin- cil, Worthington, Mass., June 7, 1910. Congregational Pastorates: Pelham and Packardville, Conn., 1905-09; Vernon Center, Conn., 1909-10; Worth- ington, Mass., 1910-13. Died at Amherst, Mass., Dec. 22, 1931.
Williams, James, born, Carmarthen, South Wales, Great Britain, Sept. 13, 1866. Education: Presbyterian College (Carmarthen, Wales), 1892, graduate; Divinity School of Yale University, B. D., 1896. Ordina- tion: Congregational Council, Abercarn Mon, England, Sept. 1, 1897. Congregational Pastorates: Abercarn Mon, England, 1897-99; Shamokin, Pa., 1900-01; Slatington, Pa., 1901-05; Jones Memorial Church, Scranton, Pa., 1906-12; Neath and West Warren, Pa., 1912-19; Federated and West Churches, Spring Creek, Pa., 1919-22; Osceola, N. Y., 1922-26; Lisle, N. Y., 1926-28. Died at Dormont, Pittsburgh, Pa., July 29, 1930.
Williams, William Tudwel, born, Abersoch, North Wales, Great Britain, Oct. 31, 1861. Education: Bala-Bangor Independent College, (Wales) School of Arts, 1884, graduate; School of Theology, 1887, grad- uate. Ordination: Congregational Council, Parsons, Pa., Dec. 8, 1888. Congregational Pastorates: Parsons, Pa., 1888-91; Slatington, Pa., 1891- 97, also serving Catasauqua, 1894-97; Welsh Church, New York, N. Y., 1897-1902; Shamokin, Pa., 1905-20; Taylor, Pa., 1920-25. Died at Scranton, Pa., May 19, 1931.
Wilton, Richard Thomas, horn, Plymouth, England, Oct. 9, 1849. Education: Harvard University, B. A., 1879; Harvard Divinity School, S. T. B., 1881. Ordination: Congregational Council, Lanesville, Glou- cester, Mass., Nov. 16, 1881. Congregational Pastorates: North Roches-
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ter and Union Grove, Lakeville, Mass., 1881-84; Rindge, N. H., 1884-86; West Tisbury, Mass., 1889-92; Third Church, Chelsea, Mass., 1892-93; Wolfeboro, N. H., 1894-96; Lyman, Me. (supply), 1897; East Derry, N. H., 1898-1903. Died at Elkins, N. H., Oct. 6, 1931.
Wood, Andrew Biddle, horn, Frederica, Del., Nov. 15, 1878. Educa- tion: Dickinson College, B. A., 1904. Ordination: Methodist Episcopal, Baltimore, Md., April 1, 1906; entered Congregational fellowship, 1922. Congregational Pastorate: Rugby Church, Brooklyn, N. Y., 1922-25. Died at Easton, Pa., May 25, 1931.
Wright, Mary Page, horn in Stark County, Illinois, Feb. 17, 1848. Education: Adrian College (Michigan). Ordination: Congregational Council, Emmetsburg, Iowa. 1910. Congregational Pastorate: Gaza, Iowa, 1910-12. Missionary for American Board, Harpoot, Eastern Turkey, 1881-85; Marsovan, Western Turkey, 1885-86. Died at Iowa City, Iowa, Nov. 2, 1930.
SUMMARIES
To and including 1930, Congregational ministers only.
TABULAR VIEW, 1875-1931
1. Number, Age, Service
|
Year |
i Whole No. 1 of Deaths |
Average Ages |
Average Length of Service |
|
|
1875-1930 |
1 |
5655 |
1 72 yrs., 11 mos., 28 ds. |
37 yrs., 3 mos., 27 ds. |
|
1931 |
1 |
140 5795 |
1 72 yrs., 7 mos., 1 d. 1 72 yrs., 11 mos., 25 ds. |
41 yrs., 5 mos., 18 ds. |
|
1875-1931 |
1 |
37 yrs., 5 mos., 3 ds. |
||
|
2. Age by Decades |
||||
|
Year |
1 Over 90 81-90 |
71-80 61-70 1 51-60 | 41-50 |
Under | Un- 31-40 30 1 known |
|
|
1875-1930 |
1 159 |
1 1059 |
1708 1 1268 1 714 | 384 |
233 1 67 1 63 |
|
1931 |
1 4 |
1 34 |
45 1 37 1 10 1 7 |
1 1 0 1 2 |
|
1875-1931 |
1 163 |
1 1093 |
1753 1 1305 1 724 | 391 |
234 1 67 1 65 |
66 Year Book, Congregational and Christian Churches [1931
THE STATES
ORGANIZATIONS, OFFICERS, AND MEETINGS
Alabama Conference of Congregational and Christian Churches (White). (Ala- bama and Florida West). Organized, 1930. Succeeding the Congregational Conference of Alabama, organized 1892. Officers: Rev. J. D. Dollar, Lanett, moderator; Rev. J. E. Each. Thorsby, assistant moderator; Rev. F. P. Ensminger, Demorest, Ga., superintendent, regis- trar and treasurer; Miss Marguerite Davison, Thorsby, extension service worker. Session of 1932: Mt. Olive Church, Tallassee, Nov. 8-10.
Alabama, Congregational Conference of, (Colored). (Alabama and Mississippi). Organized, 1876.
Officers: Prof. A. E. Gregory, Talladega College, Talladega, moderator; Rev. H. S. Barnwell, 239 Auburn Ave., N. E., Atlanta, Ga., superintendent; Rev. Thomas L. Routt, 644 Clay St., Marion, registrar; H. A. Boyd, Selma, treasurer.
Session of 1932: Selma, March 24.
Alaska. See Washington.
Arizona. See Southwest.
Arkansas. See Missouri, Oklahoma and Tennessee (Colored).
California, Northern, Congregational Conference. Organized, 1857; incorporated, 1908.
Officers: Rev. W. W. Furze, 4 Greenbank Ave., Piedmont, moderator; Rev. Harley H. Gill, 421 Phelan Building, San Francisco, superintendent and registrar; Rev. Benjamin Gould, 3rd & San Antonio Sts., San Jose, president, board of directors; David H. Dexter, 1228 Taylor St., San Francisco, treasurer.
Session of 1932: First Church, Berkeley, October.
California, Southern, Congregational Conference. Organized, 1887; incorporated, 1908.
Officers: Rev. A. D. Stauffacher, Claremont, moderator; Rev. Edward D. Gaylord, 611 American Bank Building, 129 W. 2nd St., Los Angeles, superin- tendent and registrar; Rev. Beverly L. Oaten, 611 American Bank Building, 129 W. 2nd St., Los Angeles, educational secretary; Rev. Samuel Hitchcock, 1555 W. Vernon Ave., Los Angeles, secretary; C. E. Spaulding, 611 American Bank Building, 129 W. 2nd St., Los Angeles, treasurer.
Session of 1932: Whittier, May.
Carolinas, Conference of Congregational Churches of the (White). (North and South Carolina). Organized, 1917; incorporated, 1927.
Officers: Rev. George N. Edwards, 47 Pitt St., Charleston, S. C, moderator; Rev. Milo J. Sweet, 226 West Henderson St., Salisbury, N. C, pastor-at-large, registrar and treasurer.
Session of 1932:
Colorado Congregational Conference. Organized, 1868. Holding body, Colo- rado Congregational Association, Incorporated, 1915.
Officers: Rev. H. C. Kimmel, Manitou, moderator; Rev. Arthur J. SuUens, 634 Mack Building, Denver, superintendent and registrar; Denver R. Piatt, 634 Mack Building, Denver, treasurer.
Session of 1932: Montrose, May.
Connecticut, General Conference of Congregational Churches of. Organized, 1864.
Officers: Hon. Charles Phelps, Rockville, moderator; Rev. Sherrod Soule, 37 Garden St., Hartford, superintendent of Missionary Society of Connecticut; Rev. William F. English, 37 Garden St., Hartford, registrar and treasurer of benev- olence; Rev. Irving A. Burnap, 5 Jewell Court, Hartford, treasurer.
Session of 1932: Center Church, Torrington, Nov. 1-2.
Delaware. See Middle Atlantic.
District of Columbia. See Middle Atlantic.
Evangelical Protestant Conference of Congregational Churches. Formerly the Evangelical Protestant Church of North America, organized, 1912, being the outgrowth of the Evangelical Protestant Ministers Association which dates back to 1878. Officers: Rev. Paul C. Bekeschus, 1427 Race St., Cincinnati, Ohio, moderator; George S. Treusch, 303 Shaler St., Pittsburgh, Pa., registrar; Henry Brockhoff. 2903 Sullivan Ave., St. Louis, Mo., treasurer. Session of 1932: Bridgetown, Ohio, June.
Florida Congregational Conference. Organized, 1883; incorporated, 1921.
Officers: Robert G. Williams, Box 56, Lake Worth, moderator; Rev. Edwin C. Gillette, 117 W. Forsyth St., Jacksonville,