VARD COLLEGE HARVARD APR 22 1918 The Conference EDITORIAL NOTE The new editor of the "Minutes" discovers one note persevering in all the annual introductory remarks of his predecessor, - a plea for greater promptness in forwarding statistical reports. In view of the gain of twenty-eight days this year, the gentle and persistent urging of past years seems to have borne fruit. "Herein is the saying true, One soweth and another reapeth." But there is ample opportunity yet for improvement. Therefore, O Pastor, for the general good let this matter rest upon your conscience from New Year's Day till your church report has been sent; therefore, O Clerk, be diligent in business, fervent in spirit, coöperating with six hundred others to the completion of our statistics in February rather than in March or April. There are probably mistakes in this volume. But the editor indulges the hope that they are few. Statistics represent the status of the churches on January 1. Names and addresses have been brought up to date as far as practicable. STATISTICS OF THE CHURCHES AND SUNDAY SCHOOLS. SUMMARIES: I. Church Statistics 75 Vice-Moderator, Rev. Theodore E. Busfield, North Adams. Secretary, — Rev. Henry Lincoln Bailey, Longmeadow. Assistant Registrar, - Rev. Almon J. Dyer, Sharon. Henry P. Emerson, Boston. EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE The six officers named above, and Rev. E. Victor Bigelow, Lowell; William Q. Wales, Dorchester; Rev. John L. Kilbon, Springfield. COMMITTEES Provisional Committee. The pastor of the First Church, Springfield; the Secretary; Rev. George T. Smart, Newton Highlands; Rev. Oliver W. Means, Springfield; Victor J. Loring, Wellesley Hills. Publication Committee. The Secretary; the Registrar; Rev. Seelye Bryant, Springfield; Rev. Henry M. Dyckman, Westfield; Rev. Henry O. Hannum, Holyoke. On the Work of the Churches. Rev. George A. Tewksbury, Concord; George M. Butler, Newton; Rev. Frederick M. Cutler, Hudson; Charles E. Swett, Winchester; Rev. Richard Wright, Cambridge. On Missionary Work. Rev. Edward A. Chase, Wollaston; Rev. Frank R. Shipman, Andover; Rev. Frank W. Merrick, Springfield; Francis O. Winslow, Norwood; Rev. Charles C. Merrill, Winchendon. To Audit Accounts. - Herbert N. Ackerman, West Medford; E. W. Lamson, South Framingham. On Temperance. - Rev. Newton M. Hall, Springfield; William R. Bigelow, Natick; Delcevare King, Quincy; Frederick Fosdick, Fitchburg; Rev. Charles H. Hamlin, Easthampton. Industrial Committee. - Rev. Harry W. Kimball, South Weymouth; Bayard E. Harrison, Malden; E. B. Fobes, Boston; Rev. William W. Jordan, Clinton; Rev. Edwin B. Robinson, Holyoke. On Gambling. - Rev. Morris H. Turk, Natick; George E. Keith, Brockton: William Shaw, Ballardvale; Thomas K. McAllister, Newtonville; Rev. Thomas W. Davison, Atlantic. On Federation of Churches and Cooperation with Other Denominations. Rev. Asher Anderson, Boston; Jacob P. Bates, Boston; Rev. Samuel C. Bushnell, Arlington; Kenyon L. Butterfield, Amherst; Frank G. Cook, Cambridge; Frank A. Day, Newton; Rev. John H. Denison, Boston; Rev. Frederick E. Emrich, Boston; Rev. Philip S. Moxom, Springfield; Rev. Charles H. Oliphant, Methuen; Arthur F. Whitin, Whitinsville; Rev. John J. Walker, Westboro. On Evangelistic Work. - Rev. Frank S. Hunnewell, Reading; Rev. William M. Macnair, Cambridge; Rev. George L. Cady, Dorchester; W. J. Wilson, Roslindale; Fred L. Willis, Worcester. On Polity. Rev. Charles F. Carter, Lexington; Rev. DeWitt S. Clark, Salem; Rev. John L. Sewall, Worcester; Rev. Nicholas Van der Pyl, Haverhill; Rev. Daniel Evans, Cambridge; Edward W. Chapin, Holyoke; Henry T. Richardson, Boston. On Morals and Rural Conditions. Kenyon L. Butterfield, Amherst; Rev. Silas P. Cook, Pittsfield; Rev. George A. Andrews, Monson; Rev. Charles O. Eames, Athol. On Men's Clubs. Charles W. Davidson, Newtonville; Frederick Fosdick, Fitchburg; Rev. William W. Jordan, Clinton; Charles M. Gardner, Westfield; George J. Anderson, Boston; Arthur H. Merritt, Dorchester; Rev. Parris T. Farwell, Wellesley Hills; Rev. Edwin N. Hardy, Quincy; Thomas K. McAllister, Newtonville; Frank H. Noyes, Boston. On Sunday-School Work. — Rev. Albert E. Dunning, Boston; Charles L. Zeigler, Roxbury; Rev. Burt L. Yorke, West Medford; Rev. Albert M. Hyde, Brockton; Phineas Hubbard, Cambridge. To Nominate for Corporate Membership, A. B. C. F. M. - Rev. William V. W. Davis, Pittsfield; Rev. Edward P. Drew, Worcester; Rev. John G. Taylor, Arlington Heights; Samuel B. Carter, Brighton; Charles H. Barrows, Springfield. On Nominations for 1910. - Rev. Frank E. Butler, South Hadley Falls; Rev. Thomas Simms, Braintree; Rev. Nicholas Van der Pyl, Haverhill; Dea. George French, North Adams; Dea. Henry H. Merriam, Worcester. On Sunday Observance. Rev. Clarence A. Vincent, Roxbury; William Shaw, Ballardvale; Rev. Charles N. Thorp, Chelsea. OFFICE, 610 CONGREGATIONAL HOUSE BOARD OF DIRECTORS REV. ARTHUR J. COVELL, Chairman. TERM EXPIRING 1910 HERBERT A. BOYNTON, Newtonville. REV. FREDERICK E. EMRICH, Brighton. REV. CHARLES H. OLIPHANT, Methuen. TERM EXPIRING 1911 WILLIAM S. O'BRIEN, Abington. REV. WILLIAM E. STRONG, Auburndale. REV. JAMES S. WILLIAMSON, Haverhill. TERM EXPIRING 1912 JOHN E. BRADLEY, Randolph. REV. ARTHUR J. COVELL, Fitchburg. REV. FRANK W. MERRICK, West Roxbury. APPORTIONMENT OF EXPENSES The churches are requested to contribute through the treasurers of their conferences for the expenses of the General Association a sum equivalent to six cents for each member, based upon the total membership of January 1, 1909, and the treasurers of the conferences are requested to forward the amounts as soon as possible to the treasurer, Mr. Henry P. Emerson, 33 Kingston Street, Boston. |