Organization.

Association was called to order at 11 o'clock, A.M., by Rev. C. W. Clapp. Rev. J. D. Moore was chosen Scribe; Rev. E. L. Cleaveland, D.D., Moderator; and Rev. G. B. Willcox, Assistant Scribe.

After receipt of certificates of membership, and completing the roll, prayer was offered by the Moderator, and the rules of order were read. Committees.

The following committees were appointed :

On overtures-Rev. Messrs. C. W. Clapp, W. T. Eustis, Jr., Hiram P. Arms, Z. S. Barstow, D.D. and Leonard Bacon, D.D.

On delegates to foreign bodies-Rev. Messrs. Willis S. Colton, Lavalette Perrin and E. Edwin Hall.

On state of religion-Rev. Messrs. Charles Hyde, R. C. Learned, H. P. Arms, George P. Fisher.

On subject for concio ad clerum-Rev. Messrs. Joel Hawes, D.D., L. Bacon, D.D. and Roswell Whitmore.

On devotional exercises-Rev. Messrs. C. W. Clapp, Charles Hyde and Lavalette Perrin.

Committee on overtures reported. Report accepted.

Report of committee appointed last year on home evangelization, made the order of the day for 4 o'clock, P. M.

Rev. Z. S. Barstow, D.D., delegate from the General Association of New Hampshire, gave the fraternal salutations of that body.

Time set for hearing delegates, and agents of various benevolent societies.

Voted, That the order of the day for 10 o'clock to-morrow morning, be hearing from delegates from, and to, foreign bodies; and, that agents of benevolent societies shall then have an opportunity to address this body, being limited to five minutes each.

Voted, That all agents, or others, who wish to be so heard, shall make application for permission through the committee on overtures.

Recess till 2 o'clock, P. M.

After recess, roll called.

Voted, That returned foreign missionaries be heard after the reading of the narrative of the state of religion; and that reading the narrative be the order of the day for to-morrow, at 3 o'clock, P. M.

Subject for concio ad clerum in 1861.

The committee on concio ad clerum reported as the subject for the year 1861-The Personality and Work of the Holy Spirit. Report accepted and adopted.

Everest Fund.

A committee was appointed to nominate Trustees of the Everest Fund, consisting of the following:-Rev. Messrs. Robert C. Learned, George P. Fisher and Stephen Fenn.

Report of the Trustees of the Everest Fund was read. Report accepted and ordered to be printed with the Minutes. (Report I.)

Report of Treasurer and Statistical Secretary.

Report of the Treasurer and Statistical Secretary was read. Report accepted, and put into the hands of a committee, consisting of Rev. Messrs. Hiram P. Arms, W. T. Eustis, Jr., R. C. Learned. (Report II.)

Copyright of Psalms and Hymns.

Trustees of copyright of "Psalms and Hymns" made a verbal report, which was accepted.

The same board was re-elected, viz.:-Rev. Messrs. Jeremiah Day, D.D., E. T. Fitch, D.D., Joel Hawes, D.D., Leonard Bacon, D.D. and E. L. Cleaveland, D.D.

Preacher of concio for 1860.

Rev. Charles W. Clapp was appointed preacher of the concio ad clerum for the year 1860,-Rev. Charles Hyde, substitute.

Trustees of Everest Fund

-Rev.

Committee on Trustees of Everest Fund reported the following:Messrs. C. B. McLean and F. A. Spencer, and Messrs. Averitt Wilcox and Lancel Foote, Trustees of Everest Fund. Report was accepted and adopted.

Change in rotation of annual meetings.

Overture from Fairfield East, concerning change of rotation of annual meetings of the General Association, was read and discussed, then referred to a committee, consisting of Rev. Messrs. R. C. Learned, L. Bacon, D.D., F. A. Spencer. W, H. Moore and Walter R. Long.

Home evangelization.

The hour having arrived for hearing report of committee on home evangelization, attention was given to its reading.

An overture from Fairfield West, on the same subject, was also read, and both were referred to a committee, consisting of Rev. Messrs. Joel Hawes, D.D., R. C. Learned, W. H. Moore, Warren G. Jones and Dennis Platt.

Communication from General Assembly of Presbyterian Church, N. S.

A communication from a committee of the General Assembly of the Presbyterian Church, N. S., was handed in by their delegate, Rev. Thornton A. Mills, and was read. After which Mr. Mills addressed the body in explanation.

Voted, To place said communication in the hands of the following committee, to consider thereon and report, viz. :-Rev. Messrs. Leonard Bacon, D.D., Joel Hawes, D.D., G. B. Willcox, Joseph Eldridge, D.D. and Dennis Platt.

Committee on devotional exercises reported to spend one hour to-morrow morning, beginning at 74 o'clock, as a season of social prayer. Report accepted and adopted.

Recess till 7, P. M.

Report of committee on non-resident and non-acting members of district Associations, was read and accepted.

Pending its consideration, the hour of public worship arrived.

Public worship-Associational sermon.

Prayer was offered by Rev. Roswell Whitmore. The Associational sermon was preached by Rev. Thomas T. Waterman, from Matt. vii: 15, 16" Beware of false prophets, which come to you in sheep's clothing, but inwardly they are ravening wolves. Ye shall know them by their fruits. Do men gather grapes of thorns, or figs of thistles?"

Adjourned, with prayer by the Moderator, to meet at 8 o'clock tomorrow morning.

Wednesday Morning, June 20, 1860.

The hour from 7 to 8, A.M., was spent as a season of prayer.
Association came to order at 8, A.M.

Opened with prayer by the Moderator, After the call of the roll, the Minutes of yesterday's proceedings were read.

Non-resident members of district Associations.

Unfinished business, connected with the report of committee on nonresident and non-acting members of district Associations, was then resumed. It was finally disposed of by the adoption of the following resolution:

Resolved, That it is the duty of members of district Associations residing beyond the limits of the Associations to which they belong, to apply for letters that they may regularly connect themselves with the Associations, or other bodies in correspondence with us, within whose bounds they dwell; and that it is urged upon the district Associations to see to the carrying out of this principle, so far as possible; and, in case of unreasonable delay on the part of absent members, to use such means as they may see fit, in the exigency, to bring delinquents back to duty, or to maintain the honor of the ministry.

Narrative of state of religion,

Committee on narrative of the state of religion reported. Report was accepted, and ordered to be read this afternoon in connection with the communion service, and to be printed with the Minutes. (Report III.)

Voted, That permission be given to all the representatives of benevolent societies, who have made application through the committee of overtures, to be heard at the appointed time,

Delegates and salutations of foreign bodies,

The hour of 10 o'clock, A. M. having arrived, delegates from foreign bodies in correspondence with this body, were heard, viz.:

Rev. Martin Kellogg, from the General Association of California; Rev. Thornton A. Mills, from the General Assembly of the Presbyterian Church, N. S.; Rev. David M. Elwood, from the Evangelical Consociation of Rhode Island; and Rev. Sidney H. Marsh, from the Oregon Associa

tion-who presented the Christian salutations of the bodies which they respectively represent.

Salutatory communications were also read from Rev. Edward P. Thwing, delegate, in behalf of the General Conference of Maine; Rev. J. Copeland, delegate, in behalf of the General Association of Kansas; Rev. E. Ripley, delegate, in behalf of the General Association of lowa; and Rev. James T. Hyde, delegate, in behalf of the General Convention of Vermont.

Agents of benevolent societies heard.

The following representatives of benevolent societies were then heard, viz.:

Rev. Charles H. Bullard, of the Am. Tract Society in Boston; Rev. L. B. Rockwood, of the Am. Tract Society in New York; Rev. G. L. Hovey, of the Am. and Foreign Christian Union; Rev. Theron Baldwin, of the Society for Promoting Theological and Collegiate Education in the West; Rev. John Orcutt, of the Am. Colonization Society; Rev. Henry T. Cheever, of the Church Anti-Slavery Society; and Mr. H. Clay Trumbull, of the Am. Sunday School Union.

New edition of Congregational Order, and kindred matters. The committee, which at the last annual meeting was appointed to provide for the publication of a new edition of the "Congregational Order," reported. Report accepted; after which it was

Voted, That the matters connected with the republication of the "Congregational Order," be referred back to the same committee, consisting of Rev. Messrs. Joel Hawes, D.D., Horace Hooker and W. H. Moore, with instructions to make what alterations in the book they may see fitting, and to report the same at the next annual meeting; and that Rev. Messrs. Leonard Bacon, D.D., and Robert C. Learned be added to the committee.

Voted, also, That this committee be instructed to draw up a series of rules of order for the better dispatch of business by this body, and report at the next meeting of the General Association.

The committee to whom was referred the communication from the committee of the General Assembly of the Presbyterian Church, N. S., reported. Their report was accepted, and made the order of the day on assembling in the afternoon.

The committee to whom were referred the report of the committee on home evangelization and the overture from Fairfield West, reported. Report accepted, and made the order of the day this evening immediately after the meeting of the Conn. Home Miss. Society.

Overtures on unlicensed preaching and licensure.

Overtures from Hartford North, New Haven West, and Windham Associations, concerning licensures and unlicensed preachers, were referred to a committee consisting of Rev. Messrs. W. T. Eustis, Jr., William Thompson, D.D., Abram Marsh.

Recess till 2 o'clock, P. M.

After recess the roll was called, and the order of the day was taken up, viz.: the report of committee on communication from the committee of the Presbyterian Church.

Rev. Thornton A. Mills was heard further on the subject, when a recess was taken until after the celebration of the Lord's supper.

Public worship-The Lord's supper.

At the appointed hour, 3 o'clock, P.M., the narrative of the state of religion was read.

The ordinance of the Lord's supper was attended in union with the First and Second Churches of Rockville,-Rev. S. W. Magill and Rev. Thornton A. Mills officiating at the table; and a missionary address was given by Rev. Andrew T. Pratt, M.D., of the Armenian Mission.

Action on communication from Presbyterian Church on Home Missions.

After a short recess, unfinished business was resumed, being report of committee on communication from the Presbyterian Church.

After full discussion, the report was unanimously adopted-each resolution being voted upon separately-and is as follows:

In reply to the communication from the General Assembly of the Presbyterian Church in the United States:

Resolved, I. That the General Association of Connecticut accepts, and sincerely adopts as its own, the expressions which the General Assembly offers of fraternal affection, and of desire to promote that great interest of our common Christianity for which the churches in connection with that Assembly have so long coöperated with the Congregational churches of Connecticut, through the agency of the American Home Missionary Society.

II. That, while the General Association regrets the new policy, under the name of church extension, which the General Assembly has found reason to undertake, it frankly and heartily acknowledges the right of the Assembly, and of all the churches, ministers and contributors in that connection, to judge for themselves, and to adopt such methods and such agencies of evangelization as shall to them seem best adapted to the great end of promoting the glory of Christ in the salvation of men. III. That, inasmuch as the Congregational pastors and churches of Connecticut are still entirely satisfied with those methods and principles which have guided their missions to the new settlements for three quarters of a century, and find no occasion for consultation about new plans or measures in that department of their work; and inasmuch as the determination of the General Assembly to enter upon a new system and method of church extension, having been definitively declared, is no longer a subject of negotiation or consultation between that body and the Congregational bodies with which it is in correspondence, the General Association respectfully, and with the fraternal desire of avoiding the possibility of an unprofitable debate declines the proposal for a conference, for which no adequate en 1 or motive is apparent.