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MINUTES
GEIRAI ASSOCIATION OF MASSACHUSETTS,
SESSION IN WRENTHAM, JUNE, 1S51.
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MINUTES
GENERAL ASSOCIITION OF MiSSMUSETTS,
AT THEIR
SESSION IN WRENTHAM, JUNE, 1851.
WITH THE
NARRATIVE OF THE STATE OF RELIGION,
HISTORICAL SKETCH OF THE ASSOCIATION.
BOSTON:
PRESS OF CROCKER AND BREWSTER,
47, Washington.stre et.
1851.
MINUTES
The General Association of Massachusetts convened in
the Congregational Meeting-house, at Wrentham, June
24th, 1851, at 5 o'clock, P. M. The delegates were called
to o^er by the Rev. Horace James, pastor of the Church,
and Rev. Emerson Davis, D. D., was chosen Scribe, pro
tern.
Delegates Present.
The following persons presented certificates of their
election as delegates from the District Associations, viz :
Andover Association,
Berkshire Association,
Brewster Association,
Bridgewater Association,
Brookfield Association,
Essex North Association,
Essex South Association,
Franklin Association,
Rev. Willard Child, D. D.,
Rev. William T. Briggs.
Rev. J. W. Turner,
Rev. Francis Norwood.
Rev. E. W. Noble,
Rev. Richard Tolman.
Rev. J. R. Bragg,
Rev. David Brigham.
Rev. Jason Morse.
Rev. D. T. Fisk.
Rev. Robert Crowell, D. D.,
Rev. James Aiken.
Rev. Willard Jones,
Rev. James H. Merrill.
Hampshire East Asso.
Hampshire West Asso.
Hampshire Association,
Hampshire East Asso.
Harmony Association,
Mendon Association,
Middlesex South Asso.
Middlesex Union Asso.
Norfolk Association,
Old Colony Association,
Pilgrim Association,
Salem Association,
Suffolk North Asso.
Suffolk South Asso.
Taunton Association,
Vineyard Sound Asso.
Woburn Association,
Worcester Central Asso.
Worcester North Asso. j
Mass. Home Miss. Society,
Rev. R. H. Seeley,
Rev. Hubbard Beebee.
Rev. C. J. Hinsdale,
Rev. A. C. Pierce.
Rev. Joseph B. Baldwin.
Rev. George Cook.
Rev. David Holman,
Rev. Michael Burdett.
Rev. Mortimer Blake,
Rev. Wm. Barnes.
Rev. B. G. Northrup.
Rev. C. W. Wood,
Rev. C. Packard.
Rev. J. W. Ward,
Rev. Abel G. Duncan.
Rev. S. B. Goodenow,
Rev. A. Eldridge.
Rev. C. S. Porter.
Rev. S. M. Worcester, D.^.,
Rev. George T. Dole.
Rev. Wm. A. Stearns,
Rev. W. S. Leavitt.
Rev. Wm. C. Foster.
Rev. Constantine Blodgett,
Rev. Jonathan Crane.
Rev. H. B. Hooker.
Rev. Harrison G. Park,
Rev. Alfred Emerson.
Rev. W. A. Houghton,
Rev. Henry Adams.
Rev. D. B. Bradford,
Rev. R. Manning Chipman.
Rev. Joseph S. Clark.
Ex- Officio Members.
Rev. Emerson Davis, D. D., Secretary ; and Rev. Horace
James, Pastor of the Church in Wrentham.
Delegates from Corresponding Bodies.
The following individuals appeared as delegates from
Corresponding Bodies, viz :
General Association of Connecticut, — Rev. "Wm. Clift.
Evangelical Consociation of Rhode Island, — Rev. Wm.
J. Breed.
General Association of Iowa, — Rev. Harvey Adams.
Congregational Union of Canada East, — Rev. E. J.
Sherrill, Rev. A. C. Geikie.
Presbyterian and Congregational Convention of Wis-
consin,— Rev, M. Montague.
General Assembly of the Presbyterian Church, last
met at St. Louis, — Rev. I. O. Fillmore.
General Assembly of the Presbyterian Church, last
met at Utica, — Rev. Ransom Hawley, Rev. B. W. Chid-
law.
, Honorary Members.
Last delegate to the General Assembly of the Presbyte-
rian Church, last met at Utica, — Rev. Francis Horton.
Last delegate to the General Association of New
Hampshire, — Rev. E. Maltby.
Last delegate to the Congregational Union of Canada
East, — Rev. D. Sandford.
Rev. A. Geikie, of Canada West ; Rev. E. C. Pritchett,
of Rhode Island ; Rev. S. Storrs Howe, of Iowa ; and
Rev. E. P. Marvin, of Michigan.
Organization.
Rev. Constantine Blodgett was chosen Moderator;
Rev. Smith B. Goodenow, Scribe ; and Rev. C. S. Porter,
Assistant Scribe.
The JRules and By-Laws of the Association were read,
and prayer was offered by th^^oderator.
Committees.
The following Committees were chosen, viz :
On Elections., — Rev. Messrs. Child, Stearns, and Cook.
Of Arrangements^ — Rev. Messrs. James, Crane, and
Davis
On Nominations, — Rev. Messrs. Ward, Tolman, and
Bradford.
On Accounts, — Rev. Messrs. Hinsdale and Horton.
Of Publication, — Rev. Messrs. Clark, Stearns, and Fos-
ter.
To prepare a Narrative of the State of Religion, — Rev.
Messrs. Eldridge, Foster, Packard, Clift, and Adams.
Voted, That the morning sessions of this Body com-
mence at 8 o'clock, the afternoon sessions at 2 o'clock,
and the evening sessions at 7| o'clock.
The Committee of Arrangements reported in part.
After uniting in prayer with Rev. Mr. McClure of Mai-
den, the Association adjourned till 8 o'clock on Wednes-
day morning.
In the evening, the Association listened to a sermon by
Rev. Dr. Child, from Luke xix. 22.
Wednesday morning. A prayer-meeting was held at
6 o'clock, according to previous arrangement in Associa-
tion.
At 8 o'clock, the Association came to order. The roll
was called, prayer was offered by the Moderator, and the
mirmtes were read.
Neiu Associations.
Upon recommendation of the Committee of Arrange-
ments,—
Voted, That the Bridgewater Association, and the Sa-
lem Association, be received into regular connection with
the General Association, by the admission of their dele-
gates to full membership in this body.
Voted, That the names of these two new Associations
be inserted upon the lists of rotation for Associational
sermon and place of meeting, immediately before the
names of the Associations which designated the preacher
and received the meeting the present year.
Reports of Delegates to Corresponding Bodies.
Rev. Erastus Maltby reported his attendance at the
last meeting of the General Association of New Hamp-
shire.
Rev. Francis Horton reported his attendance at the
last meeting of the Presbyterian General Assembly, at
Utica.
Rev. David Sandford reported his attendance at the
last meeting of the Congregational Union of Canada
East.
A committee, consisting of the Rev. Messrs. Hooker,
Duncan, Brigham, Merrill, and Chipman, was appointed
to nominate the delegates to Corresponding Bodies.
Publication of the Minutes.
Voted, That the Committee of Publication be instructed
to appoint the Agent, for printing and distributing the
Minutes of this Body for 1851, and to publish his name in
connection with those Minutes.
Place of next Meeting.
Voted, That our next meeting be held with the First
Church in Lowell, in Andover Association.
Preacher for next Year.
Voted, That the Essex South Association appoint the
preacher for the next year.
Pastoral Address.
Voted, That Messrs. Ide, Tucker, and Sandford, of Men-
don Association, be appointed to prepare the Pastoral
Letter for 1852.
The Rev. J. W. Turner, of Great Barrington, read the
Pastoral Address ; which was referred to a committee,
consisting of Rev. Messrs. Stearns, Child, Emerson, and
Turner.
At 10 o'clock, after a recess of ten minutes, the Asso-
ciation engaged in devotional exercises for half an hour.
Preacher on Home Missions.
Rev. C. S. Porter, of Plymouth, was appointed the
next preacher on Home Missions, — and Rev. Prof. Park,
D. D., of Andover, his substitute.
By permission, Rev. Dr. Hewitt, of Connecticut, ad-
dressed the Association for a few minutes.
History of the Association.
An overture was received from the Norfolk Association,
suggesting the propriety of having a brief history of the
Association published with its Minutes. This was refer-
red to a committee, consisting of Rev. Messrs. Clark, Wor-
cester, Davis, and Chipman.
Voted, That the two Presbyterian General Assemblies,
be distinguished in our Minutes by the respective places
of their last meeting.
Ordination hy Associations.
' An overture was received from the Berkshire Associa-
tion, containing the following questions :
" 1. Have the Associations of Massachusetts the power
to ordain Missionaries and Evangelists ?
" 2, How far and to what extent, have our Associations
been in the habit of so ordaining ?"
In accordance with a suggestion in the overture, it was
Voted, That the subject be referred to the District Asso-
ciations, to report next year.
Expenses of Councils.
An overture was received from the Andover Associa-
tion, requesting the adoption of a recommendation, that
in all cases hereafter, the parties calling a council, or the
several churches sending to it, agree to pay the expenses
of the pastors and delegates who attend.
Voted, That the subject be referred to the District Asso-
ciations, to report next year.
Delegates to Corresponding Bodies.
Upon report of the committee, with amendments, the
delegates to Corresponding Bodies were appointed, as fol-
lows :
To the Presbyterian General Assembly, next meeting in
Washington, D. C, 3d Tuesday of May, 1852:
Rev. E. Carpenter, \ p„|™„,.^p.
Rev. C. Packard, ( Frimanes.
Rev. George Cooke, ) substitutes.
Rev. Ehas Wells, )
To the Presbyterian General Assembly, next meeting in
Charleston, S. C, 3d Tuesday of May, 1852 :
Rev. A. P. Marvin, ) xi •
-no 1 TT • ( Primaries.
Rev. bamuel Harris, )
Rev. W. A. Stearns, ) o i, ^-x x
T> -1X7- T -D jj- \ \ substitutes.
Rev. W. I. Buddmgton, )
To the General Association of Connecticut, next meet-
ing in Bethel, 3d Tuesday of June, 1852 :
Rev. T. Snell, D. D., ) p,i^^,igg
Rev. P. Couch, \ ^'™aries.
Rev! S. W^Hanks, | Substitutes.
To the General Association of Vermont, next meeting
in Castleton, 3d Tuesday of June, 1852 :
Rev. H. B. Hooker, ) ^ .
Rev. D. B. Bradford, \ P^i^^ries.
Rev. C. Hitchcock, I). D., ) o i, j.-^. ^
Rev. J. Bates, D. D., ^ Substitutes.
To the General Association of New Hampshire, next
meeting in Acworth, last Tuesday of August, 1851 :
Rev. S. S. N. Greely, )^. .
Rev. L. S. Parker, \ Primaries.
Rev. W. H. Hay ward, ) o, , ,.. .
Rev. D. Brigham, \ Substitutes.
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To the Evangelical Consociation of Rhode Island, next
meeting in Little Compton, 2d Tuesdey of June, 1852 :
Rev. Alvan Cobb, ) p„- ^ -.^
Rev. L. Packard, \ Primaries.
Rev. H. Bardwell, ) c? -u ^-^ j.
■o TT T i Substitutes.
Rev. H. James, j
To the General Conference of Maine, next meeting in
Searsport, 4th Tuesday of June, 1852 :
Rev. A. Swazey, ) ^ .
Rev. D. T. KimbaU, \ ^''^^'^'^''
Rev. C. Blodget, ) ^ u j.-x j.
Rev. J. H. M?rri^ll, \ Substitutes.
To the General Association of New York, next meeting
in Brooklyn, 1st Wednesday of September, 1851 :
Rev. H. Neill, ) Primaries
Rev. D. N. Coburn, \ ^^^i^i^ries.
Rev. O. G. Hubbard, ) a \. j.-j. j.
Rev. A. Foster, \ Substitutes.
To the General Association of Michigan, next meeting
in Jackson, 4th Tuesday of May, 1852 :
Rev. E. W. Noble, ) Pri^naries
Rev. J. C. Webster, ] Primaries.
Rev. C. S. Porter, ) Substitutes.
Rev. D. CoggiU;
To the Presbyterian and Congregational Convention of
Wisconsin, next meeting in Mineral Point, 1st Thurs-
day of October, 1851 :
Rev. W. Bates, Primary.
Rev. J. S. Clark, Substitute.
3d Thursday of May, 1852 :
Rev. E. Beecher, D. D., Primary.
Rev. J. Nelson, D. D., Substitute.
To the General Association of Iowa, next meeting in
Muscatine, 1st Thursday of June, 1852 :
Rev. J. Todd, D. D., Primary.
Rev. E. Alden, Substitute.
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To the General Association of Oregon, next meeting in
, 3d Tuesday of September, 1852 :
Uev. D. Andrews, Primary.
Rev. E. N. Kirk, Substitute.
To the Congregational Union of Canada East, next
meeting in Montreal, 1st Tuesday of September, 1851 :
Rev. G. W. Blagden, D. D., } p^i^^^ies
Rev. A. Blanchard, )
Rev. W. Child, D. D., j Substitutes.
Rev. G. W. Bourne, )
To the Congregational Union of England and Wales :
Rev. A. Lavt^rence, Primary.
Rev. E. Burgess, D. D., Substitute.
Cliaritahle Collections.
Rev. Mr. Stearns offered the following resolution, which
was adopted :
Resolved, That a committee of five be appointed, to in-
quire, and report next year, whether any, and, if so, what
measures can be devised, to secure larger and more gen-
eral contributions from our churches, to the several objects
of benevolence approved by this body, — and at the same
time diminish the expense of agency in collecting the
aforesaid contributions.
Rev. Messrs. W. A. Stearns, of Cambridgeport, E. Malt-
by, of Taunton, — R. S. Storrs, D. D., of Braintree, S.
Sweetser, of Worcester, and A. L. Stone, of Boston, were
appointed that Committee.
Slavery and Law.
A memorial was received from the Vineyard Sound
Association, on the subject of Slavery, requesting the ac-
tion of this body in reference to the same. Also, a request
from a member of Association, that the resolutions of the
General Association of Connecticut, at its late meeting,
on the subject of Human and Divine Law, be adopted by
this body.
Voted, That the memorial and resolutions be referred to
a select committee.
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Rev. Messrs. Packard, Fisk, and Brigham, having been
designated by the Committee on Nominations for the pur-
pose, were elected.
Adjourned till 2 o'clock.
At 2 o'clock^ the Association re-assembled, and, after
uniting in prayer with Rev. Mr. Montague, listened to re-
ports on the state of religion in the several District Asso-
ciations of this Commonwealth ; also, from the States of
Rhode Island, Connecticut, and Iowa, and from the Gen-
eral Assembly, last met at St. Louis.
Adjourned till 7| o'clock.
At 7f o'clock, the Association listened to a Sermon on
Home Missions, by the Rev. R. McEwen of Enfield, from
Ex. xxxiii. 14; after which a collection was taken up,
amounting to $30 08.
Adjourned till Thm'sday, 8 A. M.
Tliursday morning. A prayer-meeting was held at 6
o'clock.
At 8 o'clock, the Association came to order. The roll
was called, prayer was offered by the Moderator, and the
minutes were read.
At 9 o'clock, the Association listened to reports from
Wisconsin, and Canada East, and from the General As-
sembly, last met at Utica.
At 10 o'clock, after a recess of five minutes, the Asso-
ciation engaged in devotional exercises for half an hour.
Addresses in behalf of Benevolent Societies, etc.
Rev. B. W. Chidlaw, addressed the Association in be-
half of the American Sunday School Union.
Rev. S. S. Howe, spoke in regard to a Presbytery in
Iowa.
Mr. Uhlfelder, spoke in behalf of the Society for the
amelioration of the condition of the Jews.
Rev. A. Geikie, spoke in regard to religious interests in
Canada West.
Rev. S. C. Damon, spoke in behalf of religious interest
in the Sandwich Islands, Oregon, and California.
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Doctrinal Tracts and Books.
Rev. S. Harding, addressed the Association in behalf of
the Doctrinal Tract and Book Society. Whereupon, it
was
Resolved^ That the objects of the Doctrinal Tract and
Book Society, in publishing the standard works of the
Congregational fathers, has the cordial approbation of the
Association, and we warmly commend it to the considera-
tion and support of the churches.
Education Society.
Rev. W. A. Stearns, spoke in behalf of the American
Education Society. Whereupon, it was
Resolved, That we rejoice in the present prosperity and
prospects of the American Education Society, and, con-
sidering its vital importance to the church, we commend
it as an enterprise, which ought to be more generally and
generously sustained.
Sabbath Schools.
Rev. W. A. Stearns, spoke also in behalf of the Massa-
chusetts Sabbath School Society. Whereupon, it was
Resolved, That we approve of the efforts of the Massa-
chusetts Sabbath School Society, especially in sending
Sabbath School Libraries to the West, — and we would
recommend that our Sabbath Schools take collections for
this object.
History of the Association.
The Committee on the History of the Association, and
the Committee on the Pastoral Address, reported. Where-
upon, it was
Voted, That the printing of the Pastoral Address this
year be omitted, and that the Secretary of the General
Association be requested to prepare for publication with
the Minutes of this year, a sketch of the origin, objects,
and operations of this Body.
Assessment.
The Committee on Accounts reported ; and upon their
recommendation, it was
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Voted, That an assessment of twenty-five cents be laid
upon each member of the District Associations, for the
coming year.
Narrative for the Year.
Rev. Mr. Eldridge, in behalf of the Committee on the
Narrative of the State of Religion, made a report, which,
was adopted.
Slavery and Law.
The Committee appointed on the subject of Slavery,
and the relations of Human and Divine L-bw, reported ;
and their report was adopted, as follows :
Resolved, That we hereby adopt the resolutions recently
passed by the General Association of Connecticut, with
slight modifications, viz.
Whereas recent events have directed the attention of
our fellow citizens to the relation of divine to human laws,
and the duties of Christians in cases where conflicts arise
between them ; therefore.
Resolved, 1. That to God, as the supreme lawgiver,
our unconditional submission is due, and that no law in
conflict with the divine law is binding upon us.
2. That human government is ordained of God, and is
designed to be the expression of his will, and therefore, as
a general rule, binds the conscience of the citizen to obe-
dience.
3. That in those cases where, through human ignor-
ance or wickedness, the law of man conflicts with the law
of God, the latter is to be obeyed ; and that each individ-
ual must decide for himself, whether or not there is such
a conflict, under his responsibility to God and to human
government.
Upon the memorial from Vineyard Sound Association,
it was
Resolved, That we re-affirm the sentiments on the gen-
eral subject of Slavery, expressed by this General Associa-
tion at their session June, 1845. [See Historical Sketch.]
Adjourned to 2 o'clock.
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At 2 o'clock, the Sermon before the Lord's Supper, was
preached by Rev. H. B. Hooker, from 1 Thess. iii. 7, and
the ordinance was administered by Rev. Messrs. W. A.
Stearns and J. O. Fillmore.
Resolved, That the thanks of this General Association,
be presented to Rev. Horace James and his congregation,
for the use of their meeting-house during the present ses-
sion, and for their christian hospitality ; and to the Choir
of Singers, for their acceptable services.
Mr. James was requested to communicate this vote to
his people.
The foregoing Minutes were adopted, a Psalm was
sung, and prayer was offered by Rev. Mr. Pierce, and the
Association adjourned.
CONSTANTINE BLODGETT, Moderator.
SMITH B. GOODENOW, Scribe.
CHARLES S. PORTER, Assistant Scribe.
NARRATIVE OF THE STATE OF RELIGION.
It will be impossible to give, in the space devoted to
this " narrative," any thing more than the most brief and
sketchy outline of the state of the churches throughout the
Commonwealth.
Without prelude, therefore, allow your Committee to
submit, that the general condition of our Zion is one of
growing prosperity. The district reports furnish evidence
of marked progress in the various elements of external
strength and success. The past year has witnessed the
erection of an unusual number of new church edifices, and
the enlargement or improvement of others. And it is to
be observed, in these efforts to make room for inward and
spiritual extension, that just ideas of commodiousness,
architectural symmetry, and tasteful decoration even, are
gaining influence upon the christian community.
The Pastoral relation has been less disturbed than is too
often the case, and is manifestly growing in permanency.
While the actual number of ministers within the State is
no greater, and probably less than at the beginning of
1850, the proportion of pastors is increased, and the
churches are more generally supplied.
But it here becomes our painful duty, to record the re-
moval from among us, by death, to their reward in heaven,
of several highly useful ministers of Christ. Among the
number, prominent for years, experience, and wisdom, the
Rev. Mr. Fiske, of the Mendon Association, has been
gathered to his fathers during the year, like a shock of corn
fully ripe. We had hoped to meet him, in this convoca-
tion, to be holden at the scene of his protracted labors.
But the will of the Lord be done.
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A considerable number of new churches have been or-
ganized within our limits, under favorable auspices, in
course of the last year. And encouraging accounts of
progress are furnished us from those of comparatively re-
cent establishment, together with the notice of but a soli-
tary failure. It is in this connection a significant fact,
that occasion has arisen for the formation of two new Dis-
trict Associations, which present themselves to this body
at the existing session for the first time.
It is grateful also to notice how the benevolent spirit of
the churches is keeping pace with the growing prosperity
which the Master bestows. Much is required of those to
whom much is given ; and almost if not quite every Dis-
trict Association can report of itself an increase of chari-
table contributions over previous years. And especially
is it gratifying to perceive a revival of interest, at this the
right day and hour, in that benevolent institution, which
would aid men of purpose and faith to the gospel ministry.
May it be taken back to the cordial approbation of the
churches, and assisted into all the great good of the days of
Cornelius.
Sabbath school instruction is becoming more and more
important in the estimation of the christian community.
And, although the fear will arise that some make it an
excuse for abandoning that parental instruction which our
fathers employed so effectually, no right-minded Christian
can fail to rejoice in the unfaltering and increasing zeal
with which this means of grace — the nursery of the
church — is fostered throughout the State. Not a few of
the revivals reported, began in the Sabbath schools and
among the young.
We must not fail to notice a progress in the spirit and
attitude with which the churches are taking up the moral
movements of the age. The experience of the last year
contains evidence of increased philanthropy, wisdom, and
firmness, on their part, in this regard. A few years ago
how could they have endured so powerful an agency for
agitation as this daring fugitive law. It would have rent
some of them in sunder, and filled many more with inter-
nal dissension. But no such sad fact, or the slightest ap-
proximation thereto, is spoken of in any one of all the
district reports. Here is progress, and that of a high order.
Reflection has brought these christian bodies to rest re-
spectively and collectively, upon the harmonious platform
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of disapproving the law, on the one hand, and disapprov-
ing overt opposition to the law on the other hand ; upon
the firm basis of general agreement, as to the duty of act-
ing conscientiously towards all laws, and of correcting the
bad ones in the most appropriate manner.
In connection with the matter of moral reform, should
it not be regarded, brethren, as a subject of gratulation
and of significant prognostication, that so much of the
philanthropic — the practically good element, is being re-
sumed by us from heretical hands and employment : that
while we hold fast to " the faith," we are learning of them,
if you please, not to leave " the works " undone ? Is not
the increase of our christian zeal, for the sake of Christ, in
the cause of the poor, the naked, the hungry, the sick, the
imprisoned, the oppressed, taking wind from the sail and
speed from the keel of sham Christianity.
But the gloomy part of this narrative, though it be al-
most the only thing of that character, which the district
reports present, must not be overlooked and should not be
forgotten. The state of the temperance cause, with some
local exceptions, is sorrowful in the extreme. Many As-
sociations have to confess a relapse of interest and a retro-
grade movement. Few have barely held the ground pre-
viously gained, and none have gone forward except the
Barnstable Association. To the Sons of Cape Cod all
honor is due for the noble stand taken, and the actual pro-
gress made upon this subject. May the time soon come
in all our maritime towns and along all the borders of the
sea, as well as inland, when the sources of intemperance
shall be dried up forever.
But the main feature of the report we submit, has thus
far only been alluded to. It is the very general and profi-
table seasons of revival, experienced during the year. Our
churches have been blessed, in unusual numbers and to an
uncommon degree, with a special out-pouring of divine
grace. The Holy Spirit has been abroad over the length
and breadth of the State, quickening the life of Christians
and converting sinners unto God. It would seem that no
region of any considerable extent has been left unvisited
by his precious influences. The Associations come up to
this annual assemblage bending under their sheaves. With
scarce an exception, their hearts and lips are full of what
He hath done for them. This is the work of the Lord and
it is marvellous in our eyes. In no year, among many past.
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have so many been gathered into His visible kingdom ;
and in no one of them, unless it be the last past, has the
grace of God, which bringeth conversion and salvation,
been so powerfully and generally manifest among the
churches. Some instances are reported, where the arm of
the Lord was most signally revealed in the power, pun-
gency, and thoroughness of the work. Our Colleges, High
Schools, and Female Seminaries have been largely blessed.
Thus numbers of young men and young women are newly
enlisted on the side of Christ, who will exert great influence
from commanding stations at home and abroad upon the
church and the world. But a peculiar law of the divine
operations for the last year, is the very great number of
churches — the most of them feeble, languishing ones —
which have been gi-eatly refreshed.
It is also a marked and favorable characteristic of the
revival reports, that no mention is made in any of them of
extraneous aid, or of specially exciting means and agen-
cies. We are left to gather the satisfactory inference, that
in all or most instances, the ordinary means have been
blessed ; that the word of God, fairly unfolded and faithful-
ly applied to the consciences of the people, in stated pas-
toral ministrations, has been signally owned and honored.
It is another most encouraging trait in the revivals of
the year, as gathered from the returns, that in some happy
instances, the presence of the Spirit has been continually
experienced. There was no relapse into coldness and stu-
pidity. The work went on, quietly, but without cessation,
and is now in progress.
Could these two conditions of healthy and steady growth
which have last been referred to, of revivals continuous,
and revivals under regular pastoral ministrations — so na-
turally connected — become generally prevalent over the
State, over our land, and over all Christendom, that were
a blessed consummation.
The earliest dawn of such a state of things among us, is
therefore to be welcomed as a harbinger of good. Let us
joyfully hail it, as another indication that the time is com-
ing when the grace of God shall have free course to run
and be glorified — as a new morning-streak to usher in the
clear day of promise and hope, when the knowledge of the
Lord shall fill the world as the waters do the sea, and His
brightness shall go forth as the sun, and His salvation as
a lamp that burneth.
HISTORICAL SKETCH OF THE GENERAL ASSO-
CIATION OF MASSACHUSETTS.
The disconnected state of the District Associations in
Massachusetts, the little acquaintance the ministers had
with each other, and the hope that by drawing the bonds
of union closer, the cause of truth might be better promot-
ed, suggested the expediency of a General Association.
Delegates from eight District Associations, — Berkshire,
Mountain, Hampshire North and South, and Hampshire
North East, Brookfield, Westminster, and Mendon, — met
at Northampton, July 1802, They agreed that it was ex-
pedient to form such an Association, and recommended as
the basis of their union an acknowledgment of the doc-
trines of Christianity as expressed in the Assembly's Cate-
chism. They agreed that each District Association should
send two delegates, who should meet and organize ; and
that the first meeting should be holden the next year.
It was also agreed by the Convention, that the objects
to be kept in view, should be to promote brotherly inter-
course and harmony, and their mutual assistance, anima-
tion and usefulness, as ministers of Christ ; to obtain re-
ligious information relative to the state of their churches,
of the churches in this land and throughout the world, and
to co-operate with one another, and with similar institu-
tions, in building up the cause of truth and holiness.
The first meeting of the body was holden at Northamp-
ton, June 29, 1803, to which Berkshire, Mountain, Hamp-
shire North, Brooldield, and Westminster Associations
sent delegates.
In 1838, the Mountain Association was disbanded, and
its members united with others. In 1808, Hampshire North
became two — Hampshire North and Central ; and in 1813,
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Hampshire North was called Franklin. In 1843, Hamp-
shire Central became two — Hampshire and Hampshire
East. In 1821, Worcester North took the place of West-
minster.
In 1807, Worcester South and Essex Middle sent dele-
gates to General Association. The former in 1826 was
called Harmony, and the latter about 1834 took the name
of Essex North.
In 1808, Haverhill Association was first represented in
this body ; in 1835, its members were distributed among
neighboring Associations.
In 1810, Hampshire South, afterwards Hampden, and
Salem and Vicinity sent delegates to the General Asso-
ciation. In 1841, the latter, in the published Minutes,
took the name of Essex South. In 1844, Hampden be-
came Hampden East and Hampden West.
In 1811, Union Association sent delegates. This was
composed of ministers and churches in and about Boston ;
it became extinct about 1823.
In 1820, Old Colony Association first sent delegates ;
and in 1822, Barnstable, the place of which was supplied
by Brewster in 1836.
In 1823, Andover and Suffolk Associations were first
represented in this body, and in 1828 the latter became
Suff'olk North and Suffolk South.
In 1825, Worcester Central was first represented, and
in 1827 Middlesex Union and Taunton ; in 1830, Middle-
sex South and Pilgrim Associations; in 1835, Woburn;
in 1837, Vineyard Sound ; in 1841, Mendon ; and in 1851,
Bridgewater and Salem — the latter of which was formed
out of Essex South.
These dates do not specify the time when the Associa-
tions were formed, nor the precise year in which they as-
sumed the present name, but the year w;hen under that
name they were first represented in the General Asso-
ciation.
Two inquiries will be made by the reader ; (1.) Why
was not the General Association of Massachusetts formed
at an earlier period ? One reason was, the " Convention,"
so long as the Congregational ministers were all of one
denomination, was in part a substitute for it. (2.) Why
did not all the Associations that existed in 1803, and
others as soon as formed, send delegates to it ? There
were strong prejudices against it in the minds of many.
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There were in several of the Associations many ministers
of liberal sentiments, and though not known as Unita-
rians, they opposed the organization of the General Asso-
ciation ; some through fear of its injuring the Convention,
others through fear that it u^ould become a body of great
ecclesiastical power, and interfere with the discipline, and
destroy the independence of the churches, and others still
opposed it, on the ground, that it might lower the standard
of orthodoxy in the churches, by bringing the extremes to-
gether on a common ground. The opposition to it in
some sections of the State, especially the Eastern, was
very great.
It was first called the General Association of Massa-
chusetts Proper, but when Maine became a separate State
the word " proper " was omitted.
The house of the first Secretary, Rev. E. Hale, was
burned in October, 1816, and with it the records of the
General Association up to that date, in consequence of
which the knowledge of what transpired at some of the
meetings of this body is very imperfect.
Correspondence ivith Foreign Bodies.
1809. Delegates were this year first received from the
General Associations of Connecticut and New Hampshire.
1811. From the General Assembly of the Presbyterian
Church.
1812. From the General Convention of Vermont.
1821. From the Evangelical Consociation of Rhode
Island.
1835. From the General Association of New York.
1838. From the General Assembly of the Presbyterian
Church, (N. S.)
1843. From the General Association of Michigan.
1845. From the General Convention of Wisconsin and
from Canada East.
1846. From the General Association of Iowa.
1847. A correspondence was opened with the Associa-
tion of Oregon.
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Secretaries.
Rev, Enoch Hale, elected 1804, declined re-election in
1824.
Rev. Thomas Snell, D. D., elected 1824, declined re-
election in 1850.
Rev. Emerson Davis, D. D., elected 1850.
Various Acts of the Association.
Instead of quoting verbatim from the Minutes the votes
and resolves of the Association on the subjects that came
before them, only the subject will generally be mentioned ;
the reader is referred to the printed minutes for the par-
ticulars.
1810. Messrs. Adoniram Judson, Samuel Nott, Jr.,
Samuel J. Mills, and Samuel Newell were introduced to
the meeting, and presented a paper with their names af-
fixed to it, on the subject of missions to the heathen. The
paper was referred to a committee, that reported resolu-
tions for instituting a Board of Commissioners for Foreign
Missions. ~ "
organized in September.
1812. The American Board of Commissioners, having
received an act of incorporation, ceased to be under the
supervision of this body.
1813. A committee presented a report and a resolution
in favor of the Massachusetts Society for the suppression
of intemperance.
1814. A document, purporting to have been approved
by delegates from several Associations at a meeting in
Boston in 1705, and confirmed by the Convention in 1706,
was laid before the Association, and a committee appoint-
ed to inquire into its history and report upon the subject
next year. This document may be found in the Panoplist,
vol. 10, page 320-8. The document pointed out some de-
fects in church discipline and proposed a remedy. It ob-
jects to councils, and recommends instead of it the conso-
ciation system.
1815. The committee presented a long and able report,
which is a document of permanent value, and may be
found in the printed Minutes of this year. Its publica-
tion was followed by an attempt to introduce the conso-
ciation system.
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At this meeting measures were adopted for petitioning
Congress to abolish Sabbath mails.
A pastoral letter was this year first addressed to the
chm'ches, which has been continued to the present time.
The subjects of these letters have generally been an ex-
hortation to various christian duties. Sometimes a par-
ticular topic has been discussed ; — as in 1816, Peace ;
1817, Prevailing sins ; 1831, Living so as to turn our lives
to the best account for Christ ; 1839, Our indebtedness to
ovir Pilgrim fathers ; 1827, Means of promoting revivals ;
1840, Importance of revivals ; 1841, Duties of christian
parents ; 1848, The training of baptized children, etc.
1816. The Consociation of Churches was discussed.
1817. A committee was appointed to consider the ex-
pediency of forming a Domestic Missionary Society for
aiding feeble churches in our own State.
It was also recommended that pastors and churches use
special exertions for the instruction of the young in the
knowledge of the Bible.
1818. The Domestic Missionary Society of Massachu-
setts was formed and put under the control of the Asso-
ciation.
1819. Measures were taken to form an Association
composed of delegates chosen by all the General Associa-
tions of New England. It was called the Committee of
Union. It met in October annually, but was not long
continued.
This year the statistics of the Association were first
published. They consisted only of the names of the As-
sociations, which were twelve in number, and the number
of ministers in each, in all 160. The Colonization Society
was commended to the churches.
1823. It was recommended to ministers not to attend
ex-parte councils without much deliberation and obvious
and urgent necessity.
1824. The plan of an African school, to educate colored
teachers and preachers for Africa, was examined and re-
commended. The formation of Bible classes was com-
mended, and the District Associations required in future
to notice the formation and operation of them in their
narratives. Wilbur's Reference Testament was examined
and approved.
The subject of an annual visitation of the churches by
pastors and delegates from other churches was discussed ;
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and also the question, "What shall be done by this body-
to promote a more scriptural observance of the Sabbath ?
1826. A resolution in favor of a visitation of the
churches was adopted.
The following resolution was offered : " That an asso-
ciation of ministers, acting in their associated capacity, is
authorized to ordain Evangelists." It was referred to a
committee to report the next year. The report sustained
the resolution and was adopted.
1827. The American Society for the promotion of
Temperance was recommended, and it was resolved. That
we will abstain from the use of distilled liquors ourselves,
and discourage the use of them by others.
1828. The Domestic ]VIissionary Society of Massachu-
setts was united with the Massachusetts Missionary So-
ciety, through which the Association now cares for the
feeble churches of the Commonwealth. On account of
this connection, two delegates from that Society are ad-
mitted to membership in this body, and a sermon annually
preached before the Association on Home Missions by
one previously appointed, and a collection taken in aid of
the cause. The following persons have preached : In
1828, A. Hyde, D. D. 1840, Samuel Backus.
1829, L. Beecher, D. D. 1841, Cyrus Mann.
1830, Freegrace Reynolds. 1842, T. S. Clarke.
1831, T. Snell, D, D. 1843, E. Maltby.
1832, J. Todd, D. D. 1844, B. B. Edwards, D. D.
1833, Daniel Crosby. 1845, J. W. Ward.
1834, R. S. Storrs, D. D. 1846, O. Fowler.
1835, L. Withington, D. D. 1847, H Bushnell, D. D.
1836, Wm. M. Rogers. 1848, E. Smalley, D. D.
1837, J. B. Condit. 1849, S. Sweetser.
1838, E. Burgess, D. D. 1850, S. Han-is.
1839, H. N. Brinsmade, D. D. 1851, R. McEwen.
1829. It was recommended that collections be taken
on or near the fourth of July for the Colonization Society.
There was a discussion and resolutions respecting our
intercourse with the General Assembly, that body having
complained that the rules of christian courtesy had not
been observed in regard to receiving their ministers, or
that we had fellowshipped some not in good standing
with them.
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1830. The applications from Agents to address the
Association having become numerous, it was voted that a
limited time should be set apart for this purpose by the
Committee of Arrangements.
Resolutions were passed in regard to the observance of
the Sabbath, and the supplying of the destitute with the
Bible. These subjects have frequently occupied the at-
tention of the Association in subsequent years. The im-
portance of securing a fuller attendance at the Monthly
Concert of prayer, and the means of doing it, were con-
sidered.
1831. Resolved, that the traffic in ardent spirits is in-
consistent with a profession of piety.
A committee reported, on the subject of Sabbath dese-
cration, the expediency of forming an Association, and of
appointing a general agent ; which was adopted.
1832. Voted to observe July 17th, as a day of fasting
and prayer, that God will save us from the ravages of the
Asiatic cholera.
The Colonization Society was commended as an insti-
tution that is doing much to suppress the slave trade.
1833. A committee reported on the subject of Moral
Reform ; which report was adopted, and the cause recom-
mended.
It was agreed to observe the first Monday of 1834, as a
day of fasting and prayer for the conversion of the world ;
and the last Monday in February for the conversion of
young men in Colleges and Seminaries of learning.
A committee was appointed to report on the condition
of " exiled churches " in this State.
It was resolved, that laws licensing the traffic in ardent
spirits are morally wrong; for sin ought not to be li-
censed.
Resolved, also, tliat the use of tobacco by ministers ob-
structs the progress of temperance and is injurious to the
cause of religion.
1834. A long series of resolutions was passed, con-
demning the exportation of ardent spirits to the South
Sea Islands.
The subject of popery was discussed, and a committee
appointed to collect information on the subject and report.
A series of resolutions on Slavery was adopted, declar-
ing it to be opposed to the word of God and the principles
of our government. The principles of the Anti- Slavery
27
Society were approved, so far as they do not come in con-
flict with the American Colonization Society.
Maternal Associations were recommended.
1835. Temperance resolutions, long and strong, were
passed. Mount Holyoke Female Seminary was com-
mended to the patronage of the liberal.
It was decided, that according to the views and princi-
ples on which this Association was formed, none but pas-
tors are eligible to a seat in this body, or to be sent as
delegates to foreign bodies. In 1839 it was voted that
resident members of District Associations, whether pastors
or not, are eligible to a seat in this body, and that dele-
gates must pay the tax for them.
1836. A series of resolutions was passed relative to
itinerating evangelists. [See printed Minutes.]
The Association disapproved of the practice of appoint-
ing the hour of ordination so soon after the meeting of
council as not to allow time for a careful examination of
the candidate.
The report of the committee in regard to exiled churches
was ordered to be re-examined, so as to be sure of accuracy
in its statements, and then to be published. In 1837, it
was ordered that it be deposited in the archives of the
Association, and kept for future use.
1837. The first Friday in September was appointed to
be observed by the churches in this State as a day of fast-
ing and prayer on account of the low state of religion and
the disastrous effects of the pecuniary pressure.
1839. Resolutions were passed, disapproving of Sab-
bath rail-road travelling.
1841. The Association recommended the formation of
Juvenile Temperance Societies, and the procuring of lec-
tures from reformed inebriates.
A Committee was appointed to correspond with leading
men at the South, on the subject of Slavery, with the hope
of doing good. A report was subsequently published.
1842. Resolutions were passed in regard to Romanism
in the United States. A committee was appointed to
report. The report was printed.
1845. The Association expressed their abhorrence of
American slavery, and declared it to be contrary to the
word of God, and their conviction that so far as the Bible
has the ascendancy in the conscience. Christians will
separate themselves from all responsible connection with it
28
The question was agitated whether the basis of our
organization shall be so modified as to admit of a lay
delegation.
The last Thursday in September was appointed as a
day of fasting and prayer in view of the low state of re-
ligion in the churches.
1846. The Association reaffirmed their views of slavery
expressed last year.
1847. Resolved, 1. That every member of the human
family, bond or free, has a right to the Bible.
2. That any system, which can exist only by keeping
men in ignorance and withholding from them the word of
God, must be an abomination in the sight of heaven, and
should be so in the sight of all men.
Another resolution commends the American Bible So-
ciety, for offering to supply the slaves with the Bible as
fast as means are furnished for that object.
1847. Resolutions were adopted on peace, colonization,
and in condemnation of slavery. Also a series of resolu-
tions were presented by Dr. Hewett of Connecticut, on
legislation to prevent the evils of intemperance, and
adopted.
1849. A Committee reported on the subject of common
school education.
1850. The delegate to the General Assembly, (O. S.),
presented the instructions given liim last year by this
hodj, exhorting them to do their duty in regard to slavery.
The treatment of the instructions by that body occasioned
a long discussion in regard to our duty, and resulted in
sending a letter instead of a delegate to that body in
1851.
1851. A delegate was received from that body.
In 1838 a historical sketch of this Association was pub-
lished in the American Quarterly Register, prepared by the
Secretary, Rev. T. Snell, D. D. [Vol. XL pp. 160-170.]
Unquestionably a vast amount of good has been done
by this body. There has been no subject pertaining to
the intellectual, moral and spiritual welfare of mankind
which it has not examined, discussed and aided. Many
things have been necessarily omitted that might have been
introduced into this sketch.
The following table embodies much information that
will be useful to the pastors :
Year. Places of Meet
Moderators.
Scribes.
Preachers.
lb03
Northampton,
Thomas Holt.
--1S04
Hard wick,
Joseph Lee,
1S05
Washington,
1S06
Hatfield,
1S07
Wmdsor,
Stephen West, D. D.
Samuel Austin, D. D.
J. Spalding.
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Worcester,
Joseph Lee,
Alvin Hyde, D. D.
A, Huntington.
1809
Newburyport,
J. Lvman, D. D.
L. Woods, D. D.
S. Austin, D. D.
ISIO
Bradford,
M. Cutler, LL. D.
S. Worcester, D. D.
N. Turner.
ISll
Salem,
Samuel Tajrgart,
A. Hyde, D. D.
R. S. Storrs, Senior.
1812
Westfield,
S Austin, D. D.
P. Willislon,
J. Allen.
1813
Conway,
E. Filch, D. D.
S. Worcester, D. D.
S. Worcester, D. D.
1814
Dorchester,
J. Morse, D D.
John Keep,
T. Snell, D. D.
1815
Royaiston,
J. Lyman, D. D.
James Murdock,
J. Codman, D. D.
1816
Leicester,
E. Porter, D D.
Samuel Mead,
Joseph Lee.
1817
Belchertown,
T. Packard. D. D.
William Bascom,
J. Bullard.
1818
Middlefield,
J. Lvman, D. D.
John Keep,
J. Lyman. D. D.
1819
Pittsfield,
S. Shepard, D. D.
S. E. Dwight, D. D.
J. Smith, D. D.
1820
Beverly,
T Packard, D. D.
E. Phelps, D. D.
Roswell Hawks.
182.
Haverhill,
W. Fay, D. D.
E. Cornelius, D. D.
T. Andros.
1822
Springfield,
H. Humphrey, D. D.
A. Ely, D. D.
J. H. Rice, D D.
1823
New Bedford,
S. Walker,
J. Edwards, D. D.
D D. Field, D. D.
lt524
Ashiield,
0. Cobb, D. D.
B. B. Wisner, D. D.
D. L. Hunn.
1825
Boston,
E. Porter, D. D.
J. Woodbridge, D. D.
J. Nelson, D. D.
1826
Fitchburg,
J. Fiske, D. D.
W. Fay, D. D.
T. Shepard.
1827
Worcester,
S. Osgood, D. D.
E. Pond, D. D.
S. Sewall.
1828
Falmouth,
N. Perkms,
L F. Dimmick, D D.
L. Beecher, D. D.
1829
Andover,
W. Fay, D. D.
E. Burgess, D. D.
J. Goffe.
1830
Groton,
D. D Field, D, D.
C. Hitchcock, D. D.
Isaac Braman.
1831
Taunton,
J. Codman, D. D.
D. Oliphant,
S. Osgood, D. D.
1832
Northampton,
J. Chickering,
P. Cooke, D. D.
D. Phelps, D. D.
1833
Dorchester,
J. Greenleaf,
J. P. Cleaveland.D.D
J. Vaill.
1834
Lee,
S. Shepard. D. D.
M. Badger, D. D.
S. Lee.
1835
Framingham,
S. Holmes,
W. Fay, D. D.
None.
1836
Worthington,
J. Brown, D. D.
S.M Worcester, D.D
H. Humphrey, D. D.
—1837
N. Brook-field,
J. Codman, D. D.
G. W. Blagden,D.D.
H. Adams
1S3S
New Bedford,
L. Sheldon.
J. S. C Abbott,
E. Perkins.
1839! Plymouth,
1840 Ipswich,
1841 Westfield,^
J. Nelson, D. D.
D. Crosby,
S. Nott.
P. Cooke, D. D.
D. Phelps, D. D.
T. Snell, D. D.
T. Robbins, D. D.
J. H. Towne,
A. Cobb.
1842 Westboro',
T. M. Cooley, D. D.
E. Smalley, D. D.
G. Fisher.
1843; Sunderland,
J. Bennett,
E. Maltby,
J. Bennel.
1844|Woburn,
C. Hitchcock, D. D.
C. Mann,
D. T. Kimball.
1845, Westminster,
0. Fowler,
E. Davis, D. D.
C. Rockwell.
1846 Pepperell,
J. A. Albro, D. D.
W. P. Paine,
A. Blanchard.
1847 Worcester,
A. Peters, D. D.
S. C. Jackson, D. D.
A. Peters, D. D.
1848 Chelsea,
D. Phelps, D. D.
J. S. Clark,
W. P Paine.
1849 Roxbury,
T. M. Cooley, D. D.
E. Maltby,
A. Bullard, D. D.
1850 Sandwich,
E. Davis, D. D.
P. Couch,
T. Shepard.
1S51
Wrentham,
C. C. Blodget,
S. B. Goodenow,
H. B Hooker.
TREASURER'S REPORT.
General Association of Massachusetts, in account with E. Davis, Treasurer.
Cr.
June 1850. Balance in Treasury, S9 20
" 1&51. Received from the several District Associations, . . 199 75
$20S 95
Contra, Dr.
Aitg. 1S50. Transportation of Assembly's Minutes and other
documents, $0 75
" " Postage, 25
J?f»e, 1S51. Paid Crocker and Brewster, for printing, paper, and
doing up 1,000 Minutes for 1850, and Circulars, 129 50
Freight on Connecticut Mmutes, .... 50
Secretary's travelling expenses, .... 7 50 — 138 50
Balance in the Treasury, $70 45
I have examined the Treasurer's account, and find it correctly cast, and' that
there is in the Treasury, $70 45. A tax of 25 cents will be sufficient to meet the
expenses of next year.
CHARLES J. HINSDALE, Com. on Accounts.
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REMARKS ON THE PRECEDING TABLES.
As compared willi the last year's Summary, the present shows an advance of
one District Association, nine churches, 3,346 members, and 4,935 Sabbath-school
and Bible-class pupils. The number of ministers in charge of churches is greater
by six, and of those without pastoral charge by seven, than were reported last
year.
It is mortifying to add, that, after all the pains taken to get these figures, they
are but an approximation to the facts, — on account of defective statistics. The re-
turns from only ten Associations out of the twenty-seven were complete when
they came into the hands of the Publishing Committee ; viz. Broohfield^ Franklin,
Hampden West, Ha7npshire East, Mendon, Middlesex Vnion, Salem, Siijfolk
South, Taunton, and Worcester Central. The delegates from each of these
bodies, not only procured full returns, but prepared them for publication. Oi tl.e
other seventeen tables, there were seven which no printer, of common sense,
would ever think of trying to set up till they had been reconstructed entire. This
labor devolved, of course, on the Publishing Committee — a labor which none can
better appreciate than those who find it too much to construct only one such table
in a regular and readable form. Add to this the trouble of sending a printed cir-
cular to each delinquent member, postage prepaid, and the vexation of receiving
from some no answer at all, and from others an answer with a five cent postage
to pay.
In view of these facts, and in remembrance of unavailing entreaties annually
uttered for the last five or six years, the Publishing Committee express it as their
painful conviction, that the General Association of Massachusetts must revert to
their old way of sending forth statistics not worth the ink with which they are
printed, or else (not quite as bad) suppress them altogether: — thus depriving our-
selves of the only possible means of marking the progress of Christ's Church, so
far as our own denomination in Massachusetts is a part of it, and incurring the
reproaches of posterity for inflicting on them an irreparable loss .'
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SCRIBES OR REGISTERS OF THE SEVERAL ASSOCIATIONS.
General Association, E. Davis, D. D., Westjicld.
Andover Association,
Berkshire,
Brewster,
Bridgewater,
Brookfield,
Essex North,
Essex South,
Franklin,
Hampden East,
Hampden West,
Hampshire,
Hampshire East,
Harmony,
Men don,
Middlesex South,
Middlesex Union,
Norfolk,
Old Colony,
Pilgrim,
Salem,
Suffolk North,
Suffolk South,
Taunton,
Vineyard Sound,
Woburn,
Worcester Central,
Worcester North,
S. W. Hanks, Lowell
J. Jay Dana, South Adams,
E. W. Tucker, Chatham.
B. Sanford, East Bridgewater.
J. Morse, Brimjield.
D. T. Kimball, Ipswich.
James Fletcher, North Danvers.
T. Packard, Jr., Shelburne.
E. B. Clark, Chicopee.
E. Davis, D. D., Westjield.
J, S. Judd, Whately.
R. Ayers, Hadley.
W. Bates, Northbridge.
T. T. Richmond, Medfield.
A. Bigelow, West Needham.
0. G. Hubbard, Leominster.
S. L. Rockwood, Hanson.
W. A. Mandell, South Dartmouth.
J. Peckham, Kingston.
A. Gannett, Beverly.
W. I. Budington, Charlestown.
J. W. Alvord, Boston.
R. Carver, Raynham.
A. Cobb, Yarmouth.
E. W. Allen, North Reading.
G. P. Smith, Worcester.
R. M. Chipman, Athol.
RULES OV THE ASSOCIATION.
1. The Association, by which the General Association of Massa-
chusetts was originally organized, asreed to admit, and this Associa-
tion continue to admit, as articles of faith, the doctrines of Christianity,
as they are generally expressed in the Assembly's Shorter Catechism ;
and the above-mentioned doctrines, understood by us to be distinctly
those, which from the beginning, have been embraced by the churches
of New England as the doctrines of the Gospel, are considered as the
basis of our union.
2. This General Association is founded on the principles of Con-
gregationalism, and wholly disclaims ecclesiastical jurisdiction over
the churches, or the opinions of individuals. Its object is to promote
brotherly harmony and intercourse among the ministers of Christ ; —
to obtain religious information relative to the state of their churches,
and of the christian church in this country, and throughout the world ;
—and to co-operate with one another, and with other ecclesiastical
bodies, in the most eligible measures for advancing the cause of truth
and holiness.
3. Each District Association in Massachusetts, consenting to the
principles of this Union, as stated in the first article, may appoint two
delegates annually, to cotnpose this General Association : and it is
recommended, that one be appointed, who attended the preceding
year.
4. The time of the annual meeting of this Association, shall be on
the fourth Tuesday of June, at five o'clock, P. M., at such place, as
shall have been duly notified.
5. Seven members, delegated from the particular Associations of
Massachusetts, shall be requisite to form a quorum for transacting any
business ; but for opening and adjourning the meeting, a less number
shall be competent.
6. The secretary, and the minister of the church where the Asso-
ciation meet, shall have seats, and act as members ; the Associations
to which they belong retaining the right to elect their number of Dele-
gates in addition.
7. The minister of the church in the place where the Association
meets, or the secretary, may call the Association to order, and preside
in the meeting until the Association shall be properly organized.
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8. The certificates of the delegates present shall be read by the
Secretary, or by a temporary Scribe; and the Association shall then be
oriUanized by the choice of a Moderator, a Scribe, and, if necessary,
an assistant Scribe, by ballot. The Rules of the Association shall also
be read, and the Moderator shall open the business with prayer.
9. At the opening of the session on each subsequent day, the Mod-
erator shall take the chair at the hour to which the Association stands
adjourned; shall immediately call the members to order; direct the
roll to be called ; shall open the meeting with prayer, and cause the
minutes of the preceding day to be read ; and the session of each day
shall be closed with prayer.
10. At each meeting of the Association, a Committee of Arrange-
ments, consisting of three, shall be appointed by nomination, to pre-
pare the business of the session ; and no business shall be introduced
during the session, but through the hands, and with the approbation of
the Committee. But if said Committee decline presenting any item
of business proposed by any member, he shall have the privilege of
appeal to the Association.
11. Every motion, on being seconded, shall, if requested by the
Moderator, or any two members, be reduced to writing, and no motion
shall be open to discussion, until it be seconded.
12. The Moderator may speak to points of order, in preference to
other members, rising from his seat for that purpose ; and shall decide
questions of order, subject to an appeal to the house by any two mem-
bers. But he may not speak to the merits of the question without
leaving the chair, and placing some other member in it, to preside
while he speaks.
13. On questions of order, adjournment, postponement, commit-
ment, or the previous question, no member shall speak more than
once. Nor on any question shall a member speak more than twice,
without leave of the Association.
14. When a question is under debate, no motion shall be received,
except for adjournment, amendment, postponement, commitment, or
the previous question ; viz. Shall the main question be now put? The
effect of adopting the previous question shall he to put an end to de-
bate, and to bring the Association to a direct vote upon amendments
reported by a Committee, if any, upon pending amendments, and then
upon the main question.
15. If a question under debate contain ^veral parts, any member
may have it divided, and a question taken on each part.
16. Every member, when speaking, shall address himself to the
chair; and shall be subject to no needless interruption; if he act dis-
orderly, it shall be the duty of the Moderator, and the privilege of
other members to call him to order.
17. The discussions in the Association, and the whole deportment
of the members, shall be in accordance with decorum, with due respect
to the chair, and with courtesy to each other.
18. No member shall leave the Association before the session is
closed, except with the consent of the body ; nor shall any one leave
the house during a sitting, without the consent of the Moderator.
19. Each annual meeting shall be closed with a psalm or hymn,
and prayer by the Moderator, or such other member as he shall ap-
point.
20. Our principles of fraternal intercourse with all ecclesiastical
bodies in correspondence with us are, that this Association, and each
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body connected with, it, shall annually appoint Delegates to the other,
which shall be adntiitted to the privilege of sitting, and deliberating
upon all matters which may come under consideration.
21. The principle of the connection formed with the Massachusetts
Missionary Society is, that said Society may annually appoint two
delegates to this body, who shall be admitted to equal privileges with
the members from the District Associations.
22. Gentlemen, who are admitted as honorary members, shall be
allowed full liberty to take part in all deliberations ; though they are
not considered as entitled to vote ; and it is expected they will give
notice to the body, if they find it necessary to withdraw previous to
the close of the session. The approbation of the Committee of Ar-
rangements shall be obtained, before a gentleman shall be proposed to
sit as an honorary member.
23. The Delegates, who the preceding year attended the meetings
of foreign bodies, shall, ex officio^ have seats as honorary members of
the General Association.
24. A Committee of three shall be annually appointed, to submit to
the General Association at the next meeting, a Pastoral Address, to
excite the attention of ministers and Christians to faithful discipline
in the churches, the instruction of the rising generation, the sanctifica-
tion of the Sabbath, and other subjects relating to the general interests
of religion. The addiess being approved by the General Association,
shall be signed by the Moderator, and printed with the minutes.
This Committee shall be chosen from the several Associations in
rotation.
25. The several Associations shall have the offer of receiving, in
rotation, the annual meeting of the General Association, and each one,
in turn, shall appoint one of their number to preach the Associational
Sermon, which shall be delivered at two o'clock, Thursday, P. M.,
after which the sacrament of the Lord's Supper shall be administered.
The narratives given by the Delegates of the several Associations
concerning the state of religion and the churches, shall be given on
Wednesday afternoon, and shall be presented in writing, with a view
to obtain an accurate account of the principal facts, not however to
prevent any more particular details which the Delegates may think
expedient to add, or the Association to request. The returns, with
respect to the number in the churches, etc., shall be made out accord-
ing to a printed schedule of this body, and according to the numbers
on the first of January past.
26. A Committee shall be appointed to receive the narratives and
statements, and shall condense them into one narrative, to be submit-
ted to the General Association and published. The written narratives
shall be deposited with the Secretary.
27. A Committee shall be appointed to nominate Delegates to
foreign bodies, which delegates shall, as far as practicable, be selected
from the District Associations in rotation. The brethren chosen sub-
stitutes in the delegations to the several bodies in our connection,
shall, at our next session be considered as Delegates to the respective
bodies, if they shall not previously have taken their seats there, through
the failure of their principals.
28. The Secretary shall be chosen for three years, from the close
of the meeting at which the choice shall be made. He shall, ex officio,
be the Treasurer of the General Association ; and shall be allowed his
own travelling expenses in attending the meetings of this Association.
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A Committee shall be appointed annually, to audit the accounts, who
shall report the state of the treasury, and the sum in their opinion
necessary to be paid the next year by the members of the several
Associations connected with this body. The Secretary shall be au-
thorized to pay such expenses as are allowed by this Association.
29. It shall be the duty of the Delegates of the District Associa-
tions, to pay the amount of the Assessments due from their respective
Associations for the past year, whether collected by them or no(.
30. A Publishing Committee shall be annually appointed, to make
such extracts from the minutes of the meeting, as in their judgment it
will be proper to publish; procure to be printed such number of copies,
with the Pastoral Address and Narrative of the State of Religion, as
will give one copy to each minister of the Associations represented in
this body ; and such a number of copies for other bodies connected
with this Association, as shall be mutually agreed upon. It shall be
the duty of the Secretary to receive the publications from foreign
bodies, and distribute them among the several Associations, in propor-
tion to the tax paid by them respectively. One copy of each publica-
tion, received by the General Association, or printed by its order, shall
be kept in the archives.
31. An Agent shall be appointed in Boston to transmit the Extracts
of the Minutes of this General Association to other ecclesiastical
bodies, and to receive their Extracts or other publications, and trans-
mit them to the several District Associations represented in this body.
And notice of his appointment and place of business, shall be inserted
in the printed Extracts. He shall be entitled to a suitable compen-
sation.
32. It shall be the duty of the Secretary to communicate proper
information to the Agent in Boston, and to the Publishing Committee,
for their direction.
33. Previously to the close of each meeting, the General Associa-
tion shall specify a place for meeting the next year, and request some
District Association to appoint a preacher to deliver the Associational
Sermon. And the church of the place of meeting is desired to make
preparations to celebrate the Lord's Supper during the session.
34. A Vote or Resolve to establish, alter, or annul a standing rule of
this body, shall be read twice on different days, and may be debated
at each reading. At the first reading the question shall be, Shall it be
read the second time "?
BY-LAWS
1. An annual sermon shall be preached before the Association, on
the subject of Home Missions, and a collection taken. The preacher
shall be appointed by this body.
2. No report of the state of religion shall be read in public, unless
it be approved by the Association from which it comes, or by the
Committee of Arrangements of the General Association.
3. It is recommended to the several District Associations, to have
their narratives on the state of religion, condensed, so as not to exceed
five minutes in the time of reading.
4. The printed Minutes of this Association, shall be sufHcient testi-
monials of the appointment of Delegates to Foreign Bodies.
5. It shall be the duty of those Delegates who attend the meetings
of Foreign Bodies, whether they be Primaries or Substitutes, to certify
the Secretary in writing, on or before the opening of the annual meeting
next after his appointment.
6. The Minutes of this Association shall be sent to the individual
members of the Associations connected with this body by mail, and
the Chairman of the Committee of Publication, shall furnish a list of
the names required to the Agents of the Association.
7. The Minutes of this body, forwarded to the General Association
of Connecticut, shall be, according to their request, sent by mail, under
the direction of the Publishing Committee.
8. The names of all the members of the Associations belonging to
this body, whether with or without charge, shall be inserted in the
published returns.
9. Every church without a pastor, by paying twenty-five cents,
annually, to the Treasurer oi the General Association, through the
Treasurer of the local Association, with which said church is connect-
ed, shall be entitled to receive the Minutes of the General Association,
to be forwarded in the same way as minutes are forwarded to mem-
bers of the Association.
APPENDIX.
The order in which the several Associations shall have the offer of
receiving the Annual Meeting of the General Association, commenc-
ing with the Suffolk North in 1848.
Suffolk North,
Suffolk South,
Vineyard Sound,
Bridgewater,
Salem,
Mendon,
Andover,
Brewster,
Taunton,
Hampshire,
Essex South,
Hampshire East,
Norfolk,
Berkshire,
Middlesex South, .
Brookfield,
Old Colony,
Pilgrim,
Hampden East,
Essex INorth,
Hampden West,
Franklin,
Harmony,
Woburn,
Worcester North,
Middlesex Union,
Worcester Central.
The order in which the several Associations shall appoint one of
their number to preach the Associational Sermon, commencing with
the Worcester Central, in 1848.
Worcester Central,
Suffolk North,
Suffolk South,
Bridgewater,
Salem,
Vineyard Sound,
Essex South,
Franklin,
Harmony,
Mendon,
Hampden East,
Brookfield,
Hampden West,
Middlesex South,
Norfolk, _
Hampshire,
Hampshire East,
Worcester North,
Okl Colony,
Pilgrim,
Taunton,
Middlesex Union,
Woburn,
Essex North,
Brewster,
Andover,
Berkshire.
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MINUTES
fflBRAL ASSOCIATION OF MASSACHUSETTS,
AT THEIR
SESSION IN LOWELL, JUNE, 1652,
MINUTES
GENBML mmm of mssimetts,
SESSION IN LOWELL, JUNE, 1852,
WITH THE
NARRATIVE OP THE STATE OF RELIGION,
PASTORAL LETTER.
BOSTON:
PRESS OF CROCKER AND BREWSTER,
47, Washington. stre et.
1852.
MINUTES.
The General Association of Massachusetts assem-
bled in the Meeting-house of the First Congregational
Church in Lowell, June 22d, 1852, at 5 o'clock, P. M.
The delegates were called to order by Rev. W. Child, D. D.,
pastor of the Church, and Rev. L. H. Sheldon was chosen
Scribe, pro tem.
Delegates.
The following clergymen presented certificates of their
election as delegates from the District Associations, and
were enrolled as members, viz :—
Andover Association,
Berkshire Association,
Brewster Association,
Bridgewater Association,
Brookfield Association,
Essex North Association,
Essex South Association,
Franklin Association,
Hampden East Asso.
Rev. J. H. Towne,
Rev. Wm. T. Briggs.
Rev. Henry Neill,
Rev. N. Lasell.
Rev. M. H. Wilder,
Rev. A. K. Packard.
Rev. S. Raymond,
Rev. B. Sanford.
Rev. L. Packard,
Rev. Jason Morse.
Rev. A. Cross,
Rev. R. Campbell.
Rev. J. M. Hoppin.
Rev. N. S. Dickinson,
Rev. Charles Kendall.
Rev. J. W. Harding,
Rev. Thomas Wilson.
Hampden West Asso.
Hampshire Association,
Hampshire East Asso.
Harmony Association,
Mendon Association,
Middlesex South Asso.
Middlesex Union Asso.
Norfolk Association,
Old Colony Association,
Pilgrim Association,
Salem Association,
Suffolk North Asso.
Suffolk South Asso.
Taunton Association,
Vineyard Sound Asso.
Woburn Association,
Worcester Central Asso.
Worcester North Asso.
Mass. Home Miss. Society
Rev. T. M. Cooley, D. D.,
Rev. H. M. Field.
Rev. Edward Clarke,
Rev. J. R. Miller.
Rev. J. Woodbridge, D. D.,
Rev. E. Hitchcock, D. D.
Rev. S. Holman,
Rev. H. A. Read.
Rev. Wm. Barnes,
Rev. Horace James.
Rev. A. Bigelow.
Rev. L. H. Sheldon,
Rev. D. H. Babcock.
Rev. Joshua Emery,
Rev. L. Root Eastman.
Rev. Jacob Roberts,
Rev. J. A. Roberts.
Rev. C. S. Porter,
Rev. C. Livingston.
Rev. S. M. Worcester, D. D.,
Rev. Allen Gannett.
Rev. J. B. Waterbury, D. D.,
Rev. W. S. Leavitt.
Rev. N. Adams, D. D.,
Rev. H. M. Dexter.
Rev. J. O. Barney,
Rev. Robert Carver.
Rev. Cyrus Mann.
Rev. Lyman Whiting,
Rev. E. W. Allen.
Rev. Henry Adams,
Rev. George P. Smith.
Rev. A. A. Whitmore,
Rev. J. C. Paine.
Rev. J. S. Clarke, D. D.,
Rev. E. Maltby.
Members Ex- Officio.
Rev. Emerson Davis, D. D., Secretary,
Rev. W. Child, D. D., Pastor of the Church.
Delegates from Corresponding Bodies. <
General Assembly of the Presbyterian Church, (O. S.), —
Rev. Charles Fitch.
General Association of New Hampshire, — Rev. A. W.
Burnham.
Evangelical Consociation of Rhode Island, — Rev. Sam-
uel Beane.
General Association of Connecticut, — Rev. A. McEwen,
D. D., Rev. H. B. Blake.
General Association of New York, — Rev. E. Newhall.
General Association of Michigan, — Rev. A. D. Kitchell.
Honorary Member.
Rev. P. Couch, delegate to last General Association of
Connecticut.
Organization.
Rev. John Woodbridge, D. D., was chosen Moderator;
Rev. H. M. Dexter, Scribe ; and Rev. H. Neill, Assistant ^j^.
Scribe.
The Rules and By-Laws of the Association were read,
and prayer was offered by the Moderator.
Committees.
The following Committees were appointed : —
On Elections, — Rev. Messrs. Waterbury, Sheldon and
Carver.
On Arrangements , — Rev. Messrs. Child, Emerv and
Maltby.
On Nominations, — Rev. Messrs. Barney, Leavitt and
Smith.
On Accounts, — Rev. Messrs. Hitchcock and Mann.
On Publication, — Rev. Messrs. Dexter, Horton and Bud-
ington.
To prepare the Narrative of the State of Religion, — Rev.
Messrs. Waterbury, Neill, Mann, Couch and Burnham.
To nominate Delegates to Corresponding Bodies, — Rev.
Messrs. Cooley, Clark and Smith.
Voted, That the several sessions of this Body be opened
respectively, at 8 o'clock, A. M., 2 o'clock, P. M., and 7|
o'clock, P. M.
Special Committee upon Temperance.
Rev. Messrs. Hitchcock, Cooley and L. Packard were
appointed a committee to prepare resolutions expressing
the sense of this Body in reference to the Law recently
passed by the Legislature of Massachusetts for the sup-
pression of the sale of intoxicating liquors.
After uniting in prayer with Rev. Dr. N. Adams, the
Association adjourned until 8 o'clock on Wednesday
morning.
In the evening a sermon, founded upon Colossians ii.
10, was preached by Rev. W. A. Stearns.
Wednesday mornings 8 o'clock. Met according to ad-
journment. After the calling of the Roll, prayer was of-
fered by the Moderator, and the Minutes of the previous
day were read.
Reports from Delegates to Corresponding Bodies.
Rev. P. Couch reported his attendance at the meeting
of the General Association of Connecticut.
Rev. L. Packard reported his attendance at the meeting
of the Evangelical Consociation of Rhode Island.
Rev. W. A. Stearns reported the reasons of the non-
attendance of the delegates appointed to the General As-
sembly, (O. S.)
Resolutions in reference to the New Liquor Lav).
The committee appointed for the purpose of preparing
resolutions expressing the sense of this Association in
reference to the new Law for the suppression of the sale
of intoxicating drinks, reported as follows : —
Resolved^ That this Association cordially approves of
the Law recently passed by the Legislature of this State
called the " Liquor Law," and soon to go into operation.
Resolved, That, as ministers of the Gospel, we will our-
selves yield to the requisitions of this Law, and do all we
can to induce others to sustain it.
Resolved, That we have strong confidence in the ability
and disposition of a large majority of the population of
the State, to give such an efficient execution to this law,
as will secure to the community the great benefits it is
adapted to confer.
Resolved, That there is nothing in this liaw, however
thoroughly executed, that should prevent the continued
use of those moral means which have already accomplish-
ed so much in the cause of Temperance.
Resolved, That these Resolutions be signed by the
Moderator and Scribe, and transmitted to the Temperance
Convention now sitting in Worcester.
These resolutions were unanimously adopted as the ac-
tion of this Association, and Rev. Messrs. Hitchcock,
Mann and Smith were appointed to proceed to Worcester
and present them to the State Temperance Convention
holding its session there.
Report on Charitable Contributions.
The committee appointed last year to consider the sub-
ject of Charitable Collections in our Churches, made the
following Report, which was adopted, and ordered to be
printed.
At a meeting of the General Association of Massachu-
setts, held at Wrentham June 1851, the following resolu-
tion was adopted, viz.
" Resolved, That a committee of five be appointed to
inquire and report next year, whether any, and if so, what
measures can be devised, to secure larger and more gen-
eral contributions from our churches to the several objects
of benevolence approved by this body, and at the same
time diminish the expense of agency in collecting the
aforesaid contributions."
In pursuance of this resolve, a letter was addressed to
several Agents and Secretaries, of which the following is
an extract.
It was not our intention " to displace or disturb to any
great extent the present system of agency, but rather to
see if the business of collecting funds for benevolent pur-
poses might not be so systematised that all or nearly all
the churches in our connection would contribute annually
or as often as once in two years, to all the objects patron-
ized by the Association ; that instead of a rush of agents
to the larger churches, the smaller churches might also be
periodically visited, and that both the smaJJer and the
larger churches might take collections spontaneously un-
der the direction of their pastors, when it should not be
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convenient for an agent to visit them. By some such
plan, it is thought the smaller churches might be benefit-
ed, the larger ones saved from the annoyance of too fre-
quent and irregular solicitations, the funds contributed
considerably increased, the labor of collecting them dimin-
ished, and different agencies be brought to a better intelli-
gence and harmony of action."
In accordance with these views, several of the Secreta-
ries and Agents were requested to furnish the committee
with a list of the churches which contributed to their ob-
jects, respectively, in 1851, stating how many contributed
with, and how many without solicitation from an agent.
The Committee also held a conference with such of the
Secretaries and Agents as they could get together for the
purpose, and received important statements and sugges-
tions from them.
There is manifestly in connection with our benevolent
institutions a great evil to be corrected.
Some churches contribute almost nothing ; others wil-
ling to give are overlooked by the collectors of funds, on
account of pecuniary feebleness, and in the churches gen-
erally, too large a per centage of the collections is required
to meet the expense of taking them. There is also too
much confusion and inefficiency in this whole matter, re-
sulting from want of system.
"Without attributing blame to the managers of these in-
stitutions, who are as much troubled by the present state
of things as ourselves, it must be confessed that the pre-
sent mode of taking coUectlons is too expensive. A reme-
dy must be provided, or we expose our whole benevolent
system to go by the board. Our churches exercise a pro-
digious power through the enginery of association. But
if, by want of economy, we create dissatisfaction in our
patrons, reaction will follow, and our hopes wiU be
blighted.
We look for the remedy in the pastors themselves. It
can come from no other quarter. Agents and managers
of Societies may maintain the closest practicable economy,
and yet the costs of collection will make disheartening in-
roads upon the amounts contributed. It is moreover the
proper business of pastors to see that the churches under
their care are provided with knowledge and with opportu-
nities for wise action on these subjects. Nor is a Church
ordered aright till its benevolence is brought into system.
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Reform must be immediately attempted. Are we willing
that our benevolent enterprises should be abandoned or
crippled ? Are we willing that a large per centage of our
people's contributions should be expended in collecting ?
Must we not take a personal responsibility in this matter
and act as agents in our own congregations ?
It is the opinion of your committee, that every Church
ought to do something annually, or as often as once in two
years, for our prominent objects of christian benevolence.
We do not except those Churches which are assisted by
the Home Missionary Society; nor any Church which has
in it so much as a single poor widow who \^^shes a part-
nership in the world's conversion by giving those ''two
mites which make a farthing."
Among the reasons why every Church should contri-
bute something are the following : —
1. Every Church has a share in the gifts, commands
and promises of the gospel.
2. Bringing these subjects before a people for contribu-
tioit increases their knowledge of the religious state of the
world, and deepens their interest in its conversion.
3. It strengthens their faith and gives fervor to their
prayers.
4. It cultivates the spirit of benevolence, which is the
spirit of Christ.
5. It increases self-respect, making the Christian con-
scious that he shares with his brethren in the work of the
Lord, and thus elevates the feebler churches.
6. It makes it easier to support the gospel at home.
If a pastor wishes to starve himself out, let him allow no
contributions to be taken among his people for general
objects.
Aside from the good accomplished abroad, we cannot
afford to dispense with our Foreign Missions, Home Mis-
sions, Bible distributions, etc., as means of grace at home.
They confer an incalculable benefit upon our churches,
and no Church at this day can prosper without them.
If contributions ought to be taken in every Church, it is
obvious that they must be taken, much of the time, with-
out public agents. If each Benevolent Society employs a
single collecting agent, he can visit each Church to preach
on the Sabbath, only about once in five years. In the
mean while pastors and churches must make their own
collections.
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Your committee are also of opinion, that the agency
actually employed can be made more productive. Let
the agent visit the churches throughout the Common-
wealth in rotation — for the purpose of preaching on the
Sabbath. This he can do about once in five years. Let
him at these visits aim to make in the small churches, as
well as in the large ones, a powerful impression. Indeed
those churches which contribute least will demand most
of the Agent's care. They must be brought into a giving
state. If $10 were expended on such a Church one year
and only |5 collected that year, the surplus of expenditure
would prove in the end money well invested. But let him
visit all the churches, as far as practicable, in rotation.
At these visits let him wind up his five year clock, and
direct the people in each religious society how to keep it
going. If a system should be arranged by pastors, and
ever Church should have its appointed times for taking
collections, let the agent remember these times. Let him
call on the pastor a little before the time arrives, remind
him that the time for collection is at hand, furnish him
with documents, call on some of the leading brethren, per-
haps collect a meeting of friends, and present the case be-
fore them. This might be done on week days, and in
two or three societies in the course of the week, prepara-
tory to the collection on the Sabbath.
Your committee would not impose too heavy burdens
upon agents. They are but men, many of them have
families and must take care of them, and all of them need
some time for rest and some time for study. But a good
agent, like a good pastor, will expect to work in his calling,
upon week days as well as Sabbath days, to the extent of
his ability. And it gives us pleasure to learn how much
some agents have accomplished by their week-day labors,
and from their experience it is certain that such labors
might be made very productive.
In any effort to systematize our benevolent operations,
your committee think that while the large churches might
be disposed to contribute annually to all the prominent
objects, the smaller churches might make contributions
to some of those objects once in two years. They think
that two or three of the leading societies should receive, in
all cases, an annual contribution, even if the Church loere
so poor that its contribntton should not amount to one dollar.
Other objects might alternate, one receiving patronage
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one year, another the next. Or the churches might make
any other profitable arrangement, only let it be an arrange-
ment actually made and then adhered to. We think it
better that the Societies should alternate, as suggested,
than that two should be united. The Charters of these
Societies, their local centres, and other circumstances will
not allow, in most cases, the desired union.
Yom- committee are pleased to learn that in some parts
of the Commonwealth systematic contributions have al-
ready been secm-ed. In some parts of the State, and the
same is true of some churches in other parts, contributions
are as regular as the return of the seasons — and that too
without much agency from abroad. In 1840 this subject
was brought before the General Association, and an ar-
rangement was made for collections in the different coun-
ties and Associations of the State. That arrangement is
herewith presented. Your committee would neither at-
tempt to make any improvement upon it, nor insist upon
it as the best arrangement possible. It has never been car-
ried out. Pastors and Associations, however, should they
attempt to secure system in our benevolent operations,
may derive assistance from the arrangement in question.
Having made these general statements, your committee
would recommend to this body the adoption of the fol-
lowing resolutions :
Reso/red, That this Association hereby earnestly request
each District Association, or Auxiliary Society, to take
this subject of systematising the benevolent collections
within its limits into consideration at its next meeting,
and adopt some measures, (such as in their judgment may
be best adapted to the locality in question,) which shall
secure the object so much desired by us all.
Resolved, That every pastor be requested to bring this
subject before the Church under his care, and obtain from
it a vote (if expedient) as to what objects it will patronise
by contributions, and at what times, and inform the Ag-ents
of the Societies interested accordingly.
Resolved, That every Secretary and Agent be requested
to aid, by every means in his power, the perfecting of
some such arrangement as has been proposed in this
report.
Resolved, That the Secretaries and Agents be requested
to make an annual return, to the Publishing Committee
of this Association, on or before the last of May, of all
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the Churches (alphabetically arranged) which have con-
tributed to the object of which they have special charge,
stating the sums given by each Church, and whether col-
lected with or without the presence of an agent, and that
the Publishing Committee be authorized to take measures
for publishing the statistics thus obtained, provided they
can do it without expense to the Association.
W. A. Stearns,
Erastus Maltby,
R. S. Storrs,
S. SWEETSER,
A. L. Stone.
Place of next Meeting.
Voted, That the next meeting of this Body be held in
the meeting-house of the Church in Yarmouth, Rev. Mr.
Packard, Pastor.
Adjourned to 2 P. M.
2 P. M. After uniting in prayer with Rev. Mr. Blake,
of Conn., the Association listened to reports of the state of
Religion within the bounds of the Bodies represented
in it.
Letters were also read from the General Association of
Iowa, and the Congregational Union of Canada East.
hicrease of Churches.
On motion of Rev. C. Mann,
Resolved, That the great increase of Evangelical
churches in number and efficiency, within a few years
past, demands devout gratitude to God, and a confident
reliance in His future blessing upon these churches.
Adjourned to 7f o'clock.
7f P. M. Association listened to the sermon on Home
Missions, from Acts v. 20, by Rev. C. S. Porter ; after
which a collection was taken up.
Adjourned to 8 A. M., tomorrow.
Tlmrsday mornings 8 o'clock. After the calling of the
roll and prayer by the Moderator, the minutes of yesterday
were read and approved.
Preacher on Home Missions.
Rev. Austin Phelps, of Andover Theological Seminary,
was appointed first preacher on Home Missions before the
Association for the next year ; and Rev. M. P. Braman,
of Danvers, his substitute.
Narrative of the State of Religion.
The narrative of the religious state of the Churches for
the past year was read, adopted, and ordered to be printed
with the Minutes.
Pastoral Address.
The Pastoral Address was reported and referred to the
Publishing Committee, with power to omit at discretion,
in order to bring it within proper limits for publication.
Delegates to Foreign Bodies.
The following appointments were made of delegates to
Foreign Bodies in correspondence with us.
To the General Assembly of the Presbyterian Church,
(O. S.) next meeting in Philadelphia, 3d Tuesday of
May, 1853 :
Rev. W. A. Stearns, ) -n • •
Rev. W. I. Budingtin, \ Pn^anes.
To the General Assembly of the Presbyterian Church,
(N. S.), next meeting in Buffalo, 3d Tuesday of May,
1853:
Rev. J. C. Paine. ) t-, .
Rev. E. Wells, \ Primaries.
l^^' S' w-?1''''^V''t. t. \ Substitutes.
Rev. E. Hitchcock, D. D.,
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To the General Conference of Maine, next meeting in
Saco, 4th Tuesday of June, 1853 :
Rev. C. Biodgett, j Primaries
Rev. J. H. Merrill, \ t^^^^^^^s.
Rev. B. Emerson, D.D., \ substitutes
Rev. N. Munro, j feubslitutes.
To the General Association of New Hampshire, next
meeting in Pittsfield, 4th Tuesday of August, 1852 :
Rev. W. H. Hayward, ) primaries
Rev. D. Brigham, \
Rev. H.M. Dexter, [substitutes.
Rev. L. Carey, j
To the General Convention of Vermont, next meeting
in Brattleboro', 2d Tuesday of June, 1853 :
Rev. C. Hitchcock, D. D., ] p„. _ -^^
Rev. J. Bates, D. D., j ^•^^^aries.
Rev.HNeiU Substitutes.
Rev. M. Hopkins, D. D., )
To the Evangelical Consociation of Rhode Island, next
meeting in Barrington, 2d Tuesday of June, 1853 :
Rev. H. Bardwell, ) ^^ .
i: TT T } Primaries.
Rev. H. James, )
Rev. X M Hoppin, Substitutes.
Rev. E. Thurston, )
To the General Association of Connecticut, next meet-
ing in Waterbury, 3d Tuesday of June, 1853 :
Rev. T. P. Terrv,
X) o A^r u I i Primaries.
Rev. S. W. Hanks, ]
Rev. N. Adams, D. D., L. , ,., ,
Rev. H. M. Field, \ Substitutes.
To the General Association of New York, next meeting
in Canandaigua, 1st Wednesday of September, 1852 :
Rev. A. Foster, j
Rev. E. Maltbv. q u .v ^
-D T tj T3- u } Substitutes.
Rev. J. H. Bisbee, ^
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To the General Association of Michigan, next meeting
in Ann Arbor, 4th Tuesday of May, 1853 :
Rev. C. S. Porter, ) ^ .
■D TD r^ TVT n } Primaries.
Rev. B. G. Northrop, )
Rev. D. Oliphant, q , r^ 4.
Rev. J. J. Abbott, I Substitutes.
To the Presbyterian and Congregational Convention of
Wisconsin, next meeting in Racine, 1st Thursday of
October, 1852 :
Rev. J. S. Clarke, D. D., Primary.
Rev. S. Wolcott, Substitute.
To the General Association of Illinois, next meeting in
Quincy, 3d Thursday of May, 1853 :
Rev. J. Nelson, D. D., Primary.
Rev. J. W. Ward, Substitute.
To the General Association of Iowa, next meeting in
Mount Pleasant, 1st Wednesday of June, 1853 :
Rev. E. Alden, Primary.
Rev. L. F. Diramick, D. D., Substitute.
To the General Association of Oregon :
Rev. E. N. Kirk, Primary.
Rev. W. Barnes, Substitute.
To the Congregational Union of Canada East :
Rev. W. Child, D. D., ) Primaries
Rev. G. W. Bourne, )
Rev. E. Davis, D. D., cj u r+ +
Rev. G. P. Smith, J Substitutes.
To the Congregational Union of England and Wales :
Rev. E. Burgess, D. D., Primary.
Rev. J. A. Albro, D. D., Substitute.
At 9 A. M. adjourned one hour, for the purpose of per-
mitting the members of the Association to avail them-
selves of the courteous invitation of Hon. Linus Child to
visit some of the manufacturing establishments.
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10 O'clock, A. 31. Messrs. Crocker and Brewster were
appointed Agents for the distribution of the Minutes of
the present 3-ear.
Congregatioyial Convention.
The following resolutions were presented and adopted,
viz :
Resolved, That the proposed " National Congregational
Convention" demands the earnest interest of the Congre-
gational ministers and churches of ^Massachusetts.
Resolved, That we cordially concur in the action of the
General Association of Connecticut, and in that of the
Evangelical Consociation of Rhode Island, approving such
a Convention.
Resolved, That this Association send a delegation of
twenty-one ministers to that Convention, and recommend
also to the District Associations to send delegates.
Delegates to the Congregational Convention.
The following clergymen were appointed as dele-
gates : —
Rev. A. Blanchard, Rev. B. S. Northrop,
Rev. M. Hopkins, D. D., Rev. R. S. Storrs, D. D.,
Rev. J. Bates, D. D., Rev. A. Eldridge,
Rev. L. F. Diramick, D. R, Rev. S. M. Worcester, D. D.,
Rev. Geo. C. Partridge, Rev. I. P. Langworthv,
Rev. S. Osgood, D. D., Rev. E. Beecher, D. D.
Rev. E. Davis, D. D., Rev. H. B. Hooker,
Rev. J. ^Yoodbrid^e, D. D., Rev. L. Whiting,
Rev. E. Hitchcock"; D. D., Rev. S. Sweetse'r,
Rev. L. Griggs, Rev. P. Cooke, D. D.
Rev. J. Ide, D. D.,
Assessment.
The Committee on Accounts reported, and an assess-
ment of fifty cents was laid upon each member of the
District Associations, for the expenses of the coming
year.
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Overtures of Andover and Berkshire Associations.
The coinmittee to whom were referred the overtures of
last year from the Andover and Berkshire Associations,
with the action of the District Associations upon the
same, reported that no action was needed in the premises.
Mode of Selection of Deleg-ates to Foreign Bodies.
Voted, That each District Association be requested to
send annually to the General Association, for the use of
the committee chosen to nominate delegates to Foreign
Bodies, the names of two or more of their members who
may be suitably appointed to represent this Association to
Foreign T3odies in correspondence with us.
Next Pastoral Letter.
Rev. Messrs. Hooker, Judkins and Wells, from the
Vineyard Sound Association, were appointed a committee
to prepare the next Pastoral Letter.
Several Agents representing Benevolent Societies were
heard.
Inexpedient for this Association to hear Agents.
Whereas the business of this Association requires all
the time placed at its disposal :
Resolved, That it is not expedient, under ordinary cir-
cumstances, to give attention to addresses from the repre-
sentatives of benevolent societies.
Frequent Changes in the Ministry.
On motion of Dr. Waterbury, —
Resolved, In view of the unsettled state of the ministry
in this Commonwealth, the frequent dissolution of the
pastoral relation (in many cases without sufficient cause,)
and the alarming consequences to our Zion from this
source, a committee of five be appointed to investigate
this subject, and report at the next annual meeting as to
the causes and remedies of so great a practical evil.
Rev. E. Davis, D. D., Rev. J. B. Waterbury, D. D., Rev.
Samuel Harris, Rev. C. S. Porter, and Rev. L. Sabin
were appointed this committee.
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The usual votes of thanks were passed : to the Church
of Rev. Dr. Child and other friends in Lowell; to the
Choir; to the " Mechanics Association," for the tender of
the free use of their Reading-Room ; to the Hon. Linus
Child, for courtesies from the manufacturing establish-
ments ; and to the Moderator.
Adjourned until 2 P. M.
2 o'clock, P. M. The Association met and listened to a
sermon by Rev. R. Crowell, D. D., from Proverbs vi. 23.
The Sacrament of the Lord's Supper was then adminis-
tered by the Moderator and Rev. Charles Fitch.
After prayer, the Association adjourned sine die.
JOHN WOODBRIDGE, Moderator.
H. M. DEXTER, Scribe.
HENRY NEILL, Assistant Scribe.
NAREAHVE OF THE STATE OF RELIGION.
Reports from the District Associations shew that, dur-
ing the past year^ the God of Zion has spread over the
churches of this Commonwealth the wing of his protect-
ing love.
The tokens of good are seen in a general continued
prosperity, in the erection of new houses of worship, and
the enlargement of old ones to accommodate the increas-
ing numbers of worshippers, in a general disposition to
sustain the ministry, and to contribute to the various Be-
nevolent Societies for the diffusion of the Gospel, in revi-
vals of religion, whereby many, especially among the
young, have been brought into the fold of Christ, in zeal
for Sabbath Schools, and in an increasing interest in the
cause of temperance. On the other hand, it would seem,
as if to counter-balance this brighter view, we have as
usual to mourn over Sabbath desecration, a spirit of in-
creasing worldliness among professors of religion, a want
of interest and self-denial in supporting the gospel, and
the frequent dissolution of the pastoral relation for insuffi-
cient causes. There is thus a dark side as well as a bright
side in the present phase of our Zion. It has been so
hitherto. But the day is coming when, as the cry is heard
of ' Watchmen what of the night?' the response will be,
' The morning cometh.' How shall this blessed consum-
mation be hastened ?
First, by a holy ministry — a consecration entire to the
work on the part of those who bear the vessels of the
Lord.
Secondly, by a deeper piety in the churches, walking
with God, and co-operating with pastors in active efforts
to save souls.
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Thirdly, in a t2feneral and steady support of the minis-
try, eschewing that restlessness which seeks for a change
of pastoral labors. By these means may we hope that
the churches of the Commonwealth will grow and pros-
per, and send their influence even to the ends of the
earth.
The voice of Providence, as usual, has spoken in
solemn tones during the past year. The names of Stuart,
Edwards, Rogers, Coggin, Dexter, Hazen, are embalmed
in the afl'ections of their brethren ; and whilst their bright
example should stimulate us to emulate their virtues,
their departure should remind us of the importance of
doing with our might what our hands find to do.
If called upon to record the merciful dealings of
Heaven more particularly towards our churches, we might
refer especially to the fact that in our Colleges and Semi-
naries God's Spirit has been present to convert and sanc-
tify the young, and that in the metropolis and other por-
tions of the State very interesting revivals of religion have
been experienced, the fruits of which are being gathered into
the churches. We gratefully recognize also the favora-
ble tokens of God's providence in the Temperance cause,
calling to our aid energetic legislation, so as to give the
hope that the monster vice of intemperance will be great-
ly diminished, if not extirpated; and we would express
the hope, that all the virtuous and the good will lend
their influence to support a law designed to rid us of one
of the greatest scourges of mankind.
Amid all the worldly excitement consequent upon the
wonderful developement of new inventions, the augmenta-
tion of business, the increase of transportation, the fever-
ish excitement of newly discovered lands, and rapid emi-
gration, we still see an under-current of Providence, by
which all these things are to subserve the groat cause of
our holy Religion and the coming of Christ's kingdom.
With renewed pleasure do we record the continued fra-
ternal harmony which characterizes our relations with
corresponding bodies. Receiving as we do from those
branches of Christ's kingdom with whom we have long
taken sweet counsel expressions of their confidence and
esteem, we are bound to say that these sentiments are
cordially reciprocated on our part towards them. Indeed
there is a growing desire throughout our churches to pre-
serve the unity of the spirit in the bond of peace.
PASTORAL ADDRESS.
Dear Brethren, —
It has been custoinary for this body annually to address
the churches, with which it is connected, upon some im-
portant subject relating ''to the general interest of religion."
Allow us then, on this occasion, to direct your thoughts
to the duty of considering' the important position in which
you stand to the world. When Christ said to his follow-
ers, " Ye are the salt of the earth ; ye are the light of the
world ; a city that is set on an hill cannot be hid," he
meant to lead them to reflection upon the character which
they sustained, the circumstances in which God had
placed them, and the duties and consequences resulting
from their peculiar position. He knew that while neg-
lectful of these things, they must of course be unmindful
of many other facts which they ought not to overlook or
forget. This is equally true of you. Brethren, and of all
other Christians at the present day. If you forget your
character and standing, as the disciples of Christ, and
subjects of his spiritual kingdom, darkness and confusion
of mind, indefiniteness and inefficiency of conduct will
most certainly be the result.
You cannot, Brethren, know with whom or with what
you have to contend, unless you consider well your posi-
tion. You can have no adequate conception of the num-
ber, the malice, or the power of your enemies. If you are
true Christians, you belong to a body with which Satan
and all the powers of darkness are at war. The object
which excites the highest indignation of this grand adver-
sary, as well as that of wicked men, — against which they
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indulge the most implacable malice, and for the injury or
destruction of which they are laboring with the most un-
tiring effort, is that kingdom of which you are all members.
On account of your connection with this body, " Satan
hath desired to have you, that he may sift you as wheat "
For the same reason the world are in arms against you.
" If ye were of the world, the world would love his own ;
but because ye are not of the world, but Christ hath
chosen you out of the world, therefore the world hateth
you." Whenever, therefore, you would know who your
enemies are, or admonish yourselves of their number or
their power, look at them from the elevated position in
which Christ has placed you as members of His Church.
And while you avail yourselves of this advantageous
survey of the mighty host encamped against you, remem-
ber that you cannot yourselves avoid their minutest in-
spection. Instead of a position which conceals you from
their view, and guards you from their attacks, you stand
upon an elevation where you cannot be hid. You occupy
a position in full view of your enemies, in which your
strength and your weakness, your means of defence and
exposure to attack, are distinctly seen, and from which all
your movements are closely and constantly watched. As
subjects of Christ's kingdom, you must meet the enemy in
the open field. You are not permitted to fight in ambush,
or to achieve your victories by stratagem. It must be seen
that those whom you conquer have had a fair chance in
the battle-field, and enjoyed all the advantages which
truth and honesty, openness and candor, on your part,
could give them. This is essential to the glory of your
victory.
Again, Brethren, you cannot know the number or the
value of your friends, unless you seriously consider your
position as the subjects of Christ's spiritual kingdom.
Your union with him, and connection with the great body
of the redeemed, makes you objects not only of His love
and that of his Father, but of the affection and delight of
all the saints both in earth and in heaven, to whom you
are, or shall be known. In their prayers for the coming
and kingdom of their Lord, are included the most fervent
aspirations for your increase in holiness and enjoyment of
God. Their efforts for the conversion of sinners, and for
the increase and glory of the Church, are all tending to
those results by which your own highest good will be
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secured. Christ, in his intercession for his people at the
right hand of God, is praying for yon ; and in the light of
divine truth, and in the gift of tlie Holy Ghost given in
answer to his intercession, will your spiritual, if not your
temporal interest be promoted. In the movements of his
providence against the foes of Zion will all your enemies
be slain. In the dispensations of his grace, by which his
Church shall be enlarged, and her glory displayed, you
will be partakers in her triumphs and her joys. God looks
upon you, and feels towards you, not merely as you are
in yourselves, sanctified but in part, and defiled by innu-
merable sins, but as united to Christ, members of his
body the Church, whom he is determined "to sanctify arid
cleanse by the washing of water by the word, that he may
present it to himself a glorious Church, not having spot or
wrinkle or any such thing; but that it may be holy and
without blemish." The same great and precious promises
which secure the final triumph and glory of the Church,
all reach you as members of this body, and the same
Almighty arm is stretched out for your defence, which is
to establish, and perpetuate, and glorify the kingdom of
Christ. Consider these things, Brethren, and let them in-
spire you with new hope and courage and resolution in
the service of your Lord.
Unless you consider well the position to which God
has elevated you. Brethren, you can have no adequate
conception of your responsibility. So long as you act un-
der the impression that you are your own keepers only,
that your conduct is to affect yourselves alone, that the
extent of your obligation is the sphere in which your own
intellectual and moral improvement is to be sought, and
your own temporal and eternal welfare secured, you must
necessarily have but a very imperfect idea of your respon-
sibility. But if you keep in mind the fact that you are,
as Christ affirms, " the salt of the earth, and the light of
the world," you cannot escape a conviction of your duty
to regard the character and condition of others^ as well as
your own. If God has shed upon you the light of truth
and holiness, and thus given you an influence which may
extend its saving effects through the earth, and you are
mindful of this fact, you will feel a responsibility in regard
to the condition of the world. In view of "the darkness
which covers the earth, and the gross darkness of the
people," the duty of letting your light shine before men in
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all possible ways, and to every possible extent, must deep-
ly impress your minds.
Some of your most important duties arise from the cir-
cumstances in which God has placed you. These, in all
their variety and extent, you will not perceive unless you
attentively consider your position ; nor will you feel the
weight and power of the motives by which you ought to
be influenced to perform these duties. How can you be
sufficiently grateful for what God has done for you, if you
do not consider what this is ? How can you ever feel
that deep humility, or self-abasement, which becomes you
as ransomed sinners, unless you see, in contrast with the
depths of sin into which you were fallen, the glorious
height to which his special grace has elevated you. What
will tend so powerfully to influence you to put on the
whole armor of God, the girdle of truth, the breast-plate of
righteousness, the shield of faith, the helmet of salvation,
and the sword of the Spirit which is the Vv^ord of God, as
the thought, that the great adversary of Christ and his
Church is your personal enemy, and that his most deter-
mined hostility to you has its origin in your connection
with them. ? It is your duty "to seek first the kingdom of
God and his righteousness." Now if you do not consider
the nature of this kingdom ; if you allow yourselves to
remain ignorant of its spiritual nature, and pre-eminent
importance; especially if you overlook your own connec-
tion with it, and the obligations which grow out of this
connection, how can it be expected that you will fully dis-
charge this duty ?
Besides, Brethren, if you overlook, or underrate your
connection with the Church of God, you will be very
likely to mistake the proper instrumentalities of doing
good, as well as neglect the performance of your duties.
Indeed, the neglect of duty is, always^ a failure in respect
to the best means of doing good. A faithful discharge of
his obligations is essential to the highest usefulness of
every man. But the important fact of which we would
here remind you is, that your position as the disciples of
Christ, and members of his body the Church, gives you
peculiar facilities for doing good. This is a divinely ap-
pointed institution for the reformation and salvation of the
world. It is in reality, and should be in form, so far as
this would increase its efficiency, a society for the promo-
tion of every good work ; for the relief of the poor, for the
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distribution of the Scriptures, for the maintenance of the
gospel at home, and its extension abroad, for the educa-
tion of a competent ministry, for the promotion of temper-
ance, for the reformation of morals, and for the security of
human rights in all their various forms. We object not
to the formation of other societies for the promotion of
any, or all of these good objects, by those who are not
members of the Church ; nor do we think it wrong for pro-
fessors of religion to imite in sustaining other societies for
the attainment of these great ends, when the circumstances
of the case evidently call for their aid. But we do think
it of great importance that these works of righteousness
be considered as a part of the appropriate business of the
Church, and among the means by which the great end
of its organization is to be secured. Do not. Brethren,
cherish for a moment the false notion, that there are, or
can be other institutions better suited to do good than that
which God has appointed for this express purpose. Aim
to attain a higher degree of sanctification yourselves, and
constantly exert your influence for the increased purity of
the Church. Be always active for the good of the Church,
never against it. Recognize it as God's instrumentality
for the removal of sin, and the promotion of holiness in the
world ; and ever keep in mind the fact, that whatever tends
to substitute holiness in the place of sin is the most im-
portant agency conceivable for ridding the world of the
evil of the one, and filling it with the blessings of the other.
While you honor the Church of God by an acknowledge-
ment of its divine origin, and aim to render it instrumental
of accomplishing the great end of its organization, you
may expect his blessing will attend your efforts to do good,
and render them effectual. It is of unspeakable impor-
tance, not only to do the very things which God requires,
but to attempt their accomplishment by the means, which,
in the exercise of his wisdom and goodness, he has ap-
pointed. #
It may not be improper, Brethren, here to add, that an
habitual and serious reflection upon the circumstances in
which God has placed you, will contribute not a little to
your own spiritual enjoyment. Connected as you are
with the kingdom of Christ on earth, the facts which relate
to your position are among the most interesting subjects
of thought to which the human mind can be directed.
The love of God to a perishing world ; the redemption of
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sinners by the blood of Christ ; the affecting contrast made
between the present and former condition of saints by the
renovating influence of the Holy Spirit ; the promise of
persevering grace and strength according to their day,
which God has given them ; their agency in the conversion
of the world, the ultimate and complete triumph of that
cause which they have espoused, and the glorious inheri-
tance in heaven to which all the faithful in Christ are en-*
titled ; are among the subjects which will naturally occur
to your minds whenever you consider the position in
which the grace of God has placed you. Your serious re-
flection upon these and their associated subjects, will
deepen your humility, increase your faith, strengthen your
hopes, quicken your zeal, inspire you with new courage in
the service of your divine Master, and greatly multiply
and heighten your spiritual enjoyments.
TREASURER'S REPORT
General Association of Massachusetts, in account with E. Davis, Treasurer.
Cr.
JwjselSSl. Balance in Treasury, ^70 45
" 1852. Received from District Associations, . . . , . 106 00
$176 45
Contra, Dr.
June21, 1851. Paid J. S. Clark, for expense of completing Min-
utes of 1850, ^2 52
Sept. 9, " Paid Crocker and Brewster, for postage on 527
Minutes, 15 SI
" " Freight on Connecticut Minutes, ... 38
June, 1852. Paid Crocker and Brewster, for printing, paper,
and doing up 1,000 Minutes for 1851, etc. 136 75
" " Secretary's travelling expenses, . . . 6 50
" " Paid J. S. Clark, for expense of completing Min-
utes of 1851, 2 37—164 33
Balance in the Treasury, $12 12
We have examined the Treasurer's accounts, and find them correct.
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REMARKS ON THE PRECEDING TABLES.
The Committee of Publication for 1851 closed their labors with the " mortify-
ing " remark, that after all their efforts they had reached but an approximation to
the facts, " on account of defective statistics." What would have been the re-
flections of those gentlemen if they had been called to supervise the Returns o{
this year we can only conjecture, but their successors in this thankless, and per-
plexing, and unsatisfying toil are compelled to feel that in hardly a single point
will the document we are obliged— after a delay which has no doubt been thought
unreasonable — to send forth, satisfy the inquiries of the statistician. Imperfect as
were the returns of 1S51, those of 1852 were still more so, and, after having writ-
ten about seventy letters (postage prepaid) we have found ourselves under the
necessity of issuing them with these defects but Uttle remedied, or withholding
them altogether.
In view of these facts, the Committee propose to present to the next General
Association of Massachusetts, the following resolution :
Resolved, That none of the District Associations, nor any member of the same,
shall be entitled to receive a copy of the "Minutes " for 1853, unless the returns of
such District Association are filed with the Scribe of the General Association, in
a complete form, alphabetically arranged, and ready for the press, within one
week after the adjournment of the General Association.
RULES OF THE ASSOCIATION.
1. The Association, by which, the General Association of Massa-
chusetts was originally organized, agreed to admit, and this Associa-
tion continue to admit, as articles of faith, the doctrines of Christianity,
as they are generally expressed in the Assembly's Shorter Catechism ;
and the above-mentioned doctrines, understood by us to be distinctly
those, which from the beginning, have been embraced by the churches
of New England as the doctrines of the Gospel, are considered as the
basis of our union.
2. This General Association is founded on the principles of Con-
gregationalism, and wholly disclaims ecclesiastical jurisdiction over
the churches, or the opinions of individuals. Its object is to promote
brotherly harmony and intercourse among the ministers of Christ ; —
to obtain religious information relative to the state of their churches,
and of the christian church in this country, and throughout the world ;
— and to co-operate with one another, and with other ecclesiastical
bodies, in the most eligible measures for advancing the cause of truth
and holiness.
3. Each District Association in Massachusetts, consenting to the
principles of this Union, as stated in the first article, may appoint two
delegates annually, to compose this General Association : and it is
recommended, that one be appointed, who attended the preceding
year.
4. The time of the annual meeting of this Association, shall be on
the fourth Tuesday of June, at five o'clock, P. M., at such place, as
shall have been duly notified.
5. Seven members, delegated from the particular Associations of
Massachusetts, shall be requisite to form a quorum for transacting any
business ; but for opening and adjourning the meeting, a less number
shall be competent.
6. The secretary, and the minister of the church where the Asso-
ciation meet, shall have seats, and act as members ; the Associations
to which they belong retaining the right to elect their number of Dele-
in addition.
7. The minister of the church in the place where the Association
meets, or the secretary, may call the Association to order, and preside
in the meeting until the Association shall be properly organized.
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58
8. The certificates of the delegates present shall be read by the
Secretary, or by a temporary Scribe; and the Association shall then be
organized by the choice of a Moderator, a Scribe, and, if necessary,
an assistant Scribe, by ballot. The Rules of the Association shall also
be read, and the Moderator shall open the business with prayer.
9. At the opening of the session on each subsequent day, the Mod-
erator shall take the chair at the hour to which the Association stands
adjourned; shall immediately call the members to order; direct the
roll to be called ; shall open the meeting with prayer, and cause the
minutes of the preceding day to be read ; and the session of each day
shall be closed with prayer.
10. At each meeting of the Association, a Committee of Arrange-
ments, consisting of three, shall be appointed by nomination, to pre-
pare the busines^ of the session ; and no business shall be introduced
daring the session, but through the hands, and with the approbation of
the Committee. But if said Committee decline presenting any item
of business proposed by any member, he shall have the privilege of
appeal to the Association.
U. Every motion, on being seconded, shall, if requested by the
Moderator, or any two members, be reduced to writing, and no motion
shall be open to discussion, until it be seconded.
12. The Moderator may speak to points of order, in preference to
other members, rising from his seat for that purpose ; and shall decide
questions of order, subject to an appeal to the house by any two mem-
bers. But he may not speak to the merits of the question without
leaving the chair, and placing some other member in it, to preside
while he speaks.
13. On questions of order, adjournment, postponement, commit-
ment, or the previous question, no member shall speak more than
once. Nor on any question shall a member speak more than twice,
without leave of the Association.
1 4. When a question is under debate, no motion shall be received,
except for adjournment, amendment, postponement, commitment, or
the previous question; viz. Shall the main question be now put? The
effect of adopting the previous question shall be to put an end to de-
bate, and to bring the Association to a direct vote upon amendments
reported by a Committee, if any, upon pending amendments, and then
upon the main question.
15. If a question under debate contain several parts, any member
may have it divided, and a question taken on each part.
16. Every member, when speaking, shall address himself to the
chair ; and shall be subject to no needless interruption ; if he act dis-
orderly, it shall be the duty of the Moderator, and the privilege of
other members to call him to order.
17. The discussions in the Association, and the whole deportment
of the members, shall be in accordance with decorum, with due respect
to the chair, and with courtesy to each other.
18. No member shall leave the Association before the session is
closed, except with the consent of the body ; nor shall any one leave
the house during a sitting, without the consent ef the Moderator.
19. Each annual meeting shall be closed with a psalm or hymn,
and prayer by the Moderator, or such other member as he shall ap-
point.
20. Our principles of fraternal intercourse with all ecclesiastical
bodies in correspondence with us are, that this Association, and each
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body connected with it, shall annually appoint Delegates to the other,
which shall be admitted to the privilege of sitting, and deliberating
upon all matters which may come under consideration.
21. The principle of the connection formed with the Massachusetts
Missionary Society is, that said Society may annually appoint two
delegates to this body, who shall be admitted to equal privileges with
the members from the District Associations.
22. Gentlemen, who are admitted as honorary members, shall be
allowed full liberty to take part in all deliberations; though they are
not considered as entitled to vote ; and it is expected they will give
notice to the body, if they find it necessary to withdraw previous to
the close of the session. The approbation of the Committee of Ar-
rangements shall be obtained, before a gentleman shall be proposed to
sit as an honorary member.
23. The Delegates, who the preceding year attended the meetings
of foreign bodies, shall, ex officio, have seats as honorary members of
the General Association.
24. A Committee of three shall be annually appointed, to submit to
the General Association at the next meeting, a Pastoral Address, to
excite the attention of ministers and Christians to faithful discipline
in the churches, the instruction of the rising generation, the sanctifica-
tion of the Sabbath, and other subjects relating to the general interests
of religion. The addiess being approved by the General Association,
shall be signed by the Moderator, and printed with the minutes.
This Committee shall be chosen from the several Associations in
rotation.
25. The several Associations shall have the offer of receiving, in
rotation, the annual meeting of the General Association, and each one,
in turn, shall appoint one of their number to preach the Associational
Sermon, which shall be delivered at two o'clock, Thursday, P. M.,
after which the sacrament of the Lord's Supper shall be administered.
The narratives given by the Delegates of the several Associations
concerning the state of religion and the churches, shall be given on
Wednesday afternoon, and shall be presented in writing, with a view
to obtain an accurate account of the principal facts, not however to
prevent any more particular details which the Delegates may think
expedient to add, or the Association to request. The returns, with
respect to the number in the churches, etc., shall be made out accord-
ing to a printed schedule of this body, and according to the numbers
on the first of January past.
26. A Committee shall be appointed to receive the narratives and
statements, and shall condense them into one narrative, to be submh-
ted to the General Association and published. The written narratives
shall be deposited with the Secretary.
27. A Committee shall be appointed to nominate Delegates to
foreign bodies, which delegates shall, as far as practicable, be sdected
from the District Associations in rotation. The brethren chosen sub-
stitutes in the delegations to the several bodies in our connection,
shall, at our next session be considered as Delegates to the respective
bodies, if they shall not previously have taken their seats there, through
the failure of their principals.
28. The Secretary shall be chosen for three years, from the close
of the meeting at which the choice shall be made. He shall, ex officio,
be the Treasurer of the General Association ; and shall be allowed his
own travelling expenses in attending the meetings of this Association.
60
A Committee shall be appointed annually, to audit the accounts, who
shall report the state of the treasury, and the sum in their opinion
necessary to be paid the next year by the members of the several
Associations connected with this body. The Secretary shall be au-
thorized to pay such expenses as are allowed by this Association.
29. It shall be the duty of the Delegates of the District Associa-
tions, to pay the amount of the Assessments due from their respective
Associations for the past year, whether collected by them or not.
30. A Publishing Committee shall be annually appointed, to make
such extracts from the minutes of the meeting, as in their judgment it
will be proper to publish; procure to be printed such number of copies,
with the Pastoral Address and Narrative of the State of Religion, as
will give one copy to each minister of the Associations represented in
this body ; and such a number of copies for other bodies connected
with this Association, as shall be mutually agreed upon. It shall be
the duty of the Secretary to receive the publications from foreign
bodies, and distribute them among the several Associations, in propor-
tion to the tax paid by them respectively. One copy of each publica-
tion, received by the General Association, or printed by its order, shall
be kept in the archives.
31. An Agent shall be appointed in Boston to transmit the Extracts
of the Minutes of this General Association to other ecclesiastical
bodies, and to receive their Extracts or other publications, and trans-
mit them to the several District Associations represented in this body.
And notice of his appointment and place of business, shall be inserted
in the printed Extracts. He shall be entitled to a suitable compen-
sation.
32. It shall be the duty of the Secretary to communicate proper
information to the Agent in Boston, and to the Publishing Committee,
for their direction.
33. Previously to the close of each meeting, the General Associa-
tion shall specify a place for meeting the next year, and request some
District Association to appoint a preacher to deliver the Associational
Sermon. And the church of the place of meeting is desired to make
preparations to celebrate the Lord's Supper during the session.
34. A Vote or Resolve to establish, alter, or annul a standing rule of
this body, shall be read twice on different days, and may be debated
at each reading. At the first reading the question shall be, Shall it be
read the second time ?
BY-LAWS.
1. An annual sermon shall be preached before the Association, on
the subject of Home Missions, and a collection taken. The preacher
shall be appointed by this body.
2. No report of the state of religion shall be read in public, unless
it be approved by the Association from which it comes, or by the
Committee of Arrangements of the General Association.
3. It is recommended to the several District Associations, to have
their narratives on the state of religion, condensed, so as not to exceed
five minutes in the time of reading.
4. The printed Minutes of this Association, shall be sufficient testi-
monials of the appointment of Delegates to Foreign Bodies.
5. It shall be the duty of those Delegates who attend the meetings
of Foreign Bodies, whether they be Primaries or Substitutes, to certify
the Secretary in writing, on or before the opening of the annual meeting
next after his appointment.
6. The Minutes of this Association shall be sent to the individual
members of the Associations connected with this body by mail, and
the Chairman of the Committee of Publication, shall furnish a list of
the names required to the Agents of the Association.
7. The Minutes of this body, forwarded to the General Association
of Connecticut, shall be, according to their request, sent by mail, under
the direction of the Publishing Committee.
8. The names of all the members of the Associations belonging to
this body, whether with or without charge, shall be inserted in the
published returns.
9. Every church without a pastor, by paying twenty-five cents,
annually, to the Treasurer of the General Association, through the
Treasurer of the local Association, with which said church is connect-
ed, shall be entitled to receive the Minutes of the General Association,
to be forwarded in the same way as minutes are forwarded to mem-
bers of the Association.
APPENDIX
The order in -which the several Associations shall have the offer of
receiving the Annual Meeting of the General Association, comraenc-
inff with the Suffolk North in 1848.
Suffolk North,
Suffolk South,
Vineyard Sound,
Biidgewater,
Salem,
Mendon,
Andover,
Brewster,
Taunton,
Hampshire,
Essex South,
Hampshire East,
Norfolk,
Berkshire,
Middlesex South,
Brookfield,
Old Colony,
Pilgrim,
Hampden East,
Essex ^orth,
Hampden West,
Franklin,
Harmony,
Woburn,
Worcester North,
Middlesex Union,
Worcester Central.
The order in which the several Associations shall appoint one of
their number to preach the Associational Sermon, commencing with
the Worcester Central, in 1848.
Worcester Central,
Suffolk North,
Suffolk South,
Bridgewater,
Salem,
Vineyard Sound,
Essex South,
Franklin,
Harmony,
Mendon,
Hampden East,
Brookfield,
Hampden West,
Middlesex South,
Norfolk,
Hampshire,
Hampshire East,
Worcester North,
Old Colony,
Pilgrim,
Taunton,
Middlesex Union,
Woburn,
Essex North,
Brewster,
Andover,
Berkshire.
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MINUTES
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MINUTES
GllRAL ASSOCIITION OF MfflCfiUSETTS,
SESSION HI YAEMOUTH, JUNE, 1863,
WITH THE
NARRATIVE OF THE STATE OF RELIGION,
PASTORAL LETTER.
BOSTON: •
PRESS OF CROCKER AND BREWSTER,
47, Washington-street
1853.
MINUTES
The General Association op Massachusetts assembled
in the Meeting-house of the First Congregational Church in
Yarmouth, June 28th, 1853, at 5 o'clock, P. M. The dele-
gates were called to order by Rev. A. K. Packard, pastor of
the Church, and Rev. Ebenezer Alden, Jr., was chosen Scribe,
pro tern.
Delegates.
The following clergymen presented certificates of their elec-
tion as delegates from the District Associations, and were en-
rolled as members, viz : —
Andover Association,
Berkshire North Asso.,
Berkshire South Asso.,
Brewster Association,
Bridgewater Association,
Brookfield Association,
Essex North Association,
Essex South Association,
Franklin Association,
Hampden East Association,
Rev. J. H. Towne,
Rev. Brown Emerson.
Rev. Robert Crawford,
Rev. W. H. Tyler.
Rev. Ehas Clark,
Rev. Otis Lombard.
Rev. 0. My rick,
Rev. J. H. WiUis.
No delegate.
Rev. James Kimball,
Rev. John Keep.
Rev. S. J. Spalding,
Rev. Calvin E. Park.
Rev. James M. Hoppin,
Rev. James Fletcher.
Rev. Alfred E. Ives.
Rev. George A. Oviatt,
Hampden West Association,
Hampshire Association,
Hampshire East Asso.,
Harmony Association,
Mendon Association,
Middlesex South Asso.,
Middlesex Union Asso.,
Norfolk Association,
Old Colony Association,
Pilgrim Association,
Salem Association,
Suffolk North Association,
Suffolk South Association,
Taunton Association,
Vineyard Sound Asso.,
Wobum Association,
Worcester Central Asso.,
Worcester North Asso.,
Mass. Home Miss. Society,
Rev. Simeon Miller.
Rev. J. S. Judd.
Rev. David Eastman.
Rev. L. Griggs.
Rev. G. H. Newhall,
Rev. Charles Simmons.
Rev. Wm. C. Jackson,
Rev. J. C. Webster.
Rev. Joel S. Bingham,
Rev. Edwin R. Hodgman.
Rev. L. R. Philhps,
Rev. S. L. Rockwood.
Rev. D. C. Burt.
Rev. Stillman Pratt,
Rev. Ebenezer Alden, Jr.
Rev. Allen Gannett,
Rev. Jeremiah Taylor.
Rev. Benjamin Tappan, Jr.
Rev. A. L. Stone.
Rev. S. H. Emery,
Rev. C. P. Grosvenor.
Rev. H. B. Hooker, D. D.,
Rev. E. Welles.
Rev. L. Whiting.
Rev. Daniel R. Cady,
Rev. H. B. Hohnes.
Rev. J. C. Paine,
Rev. W. H. Heywood.
Rev. J. S. Clark, D. D.,
Rev. E. A. Lawrence.
Members Ex- Officio.
Rev. Emerson Davis, D. D., Secretary,
Rev. A. K. Packard, Pastor of the Church.
Delegates from Corresponding Bodies. ,
General Assembly of the Presbyterian Church (0. S.),-
Rev. Samuel B. Jones, D. D.
General Assembly of the Presbyterian Church (N. S.)? —
Rev. William Adams, D. D.
General Conference of Maine, — Rev. David Cushman.
General Association of New Hampshire, — Rev. J. Scales.
EvangeHcal Consociation of Rhode Island, — Rev. T. A.
Taylor.
General Association of Connecticut, — Rev. J. H. Pettingell.
General Association of Michigan, — Rev. Philo R. Hurd. .
General Association of Ilhnois, — Rev. Addison Lyman.
Congregational Union of Canada West, — Rev. A. Geikie.
Honorary Members.
Rev. H. M. Dexter, delegate to last General Association of
New Hampshire.
Rev. H. James, delegate to last Evangelical Consociation of
Rhode Island.
Rev. James P. Terry, delegate to last General Association
of Connecticut.
Organization.
Rev. J. S. Clark, D. D., was chosen Moderator ; Rev. A.
L. Stone, Scribe ; and Rev. L. Whiting, Assistant Scribe.
The Rules of the Association were read by the Secretary,
and prayer was offered by the Moderator.
Committees.
The following Committees were appointed : —
On Elections, — Rev. Messrs. Rockwood, Gannett and Craw-
ford.
On Arrangements,— ^QY. Messrs. Lawrence, Towne and
Packard.
On Nominations, — Rev. Messrs. James, Hooker and Spal-
ding.
On Accounts, — Rev. Messrs. Lombard and Fletcher.
On Publication, — Rev. Messrs. Stone, Whiting and J. S.
Clark.
To prepare the Narrative of the State of Religion, — Rev.
Messrs. Tappan, James, Crawford, Jones and Cushman.
To nominate Delegates to Corresponding Bodies, — Rev.
Messrs. Hooker, Griggs and Miller.
Voted, That the several sessions of this Body be opened re-
spectively at 8 o'clock, A. M., 2 o'clock, P. M., and 7f o'clock,
P.M.
After prayer by the Moderator, the Association adjourned to
8 o'clock, Wednesday morning.
In the evening, a discourse founded upon Phil. 4 : 8, was
preached by Rev. S. R. Buckingham.
Wednesday morning, 8 o'clock. The Association met ac-
cording to adjournment. After the calling of the Roll, prayer
was offered by the Moderator, and the Minutes of the previous
day were read.
Reports from Delegates to Corresponding Bodies.
Rev. John W. Harding reported his attendance at the meet-
ing of the General Association of New York.
A written report was received and read from Rev. Charles
S. Porter, of his attendance at the meeting of the General As-
sociation of Michigan.
A written report was received and read from Rev. W. A.
Stearns and Rev. W. I. Budington, of their attendance as del-
egates at the General Assembly of the Presbyterian Church
(0. S.), meeting at Philadelphia.
Rev. J. C. Paine reported the reasons of the non-attendance
of the delegates appointed to the General Assembly of the Pres-
byterian Church (N. S.), meeting at Buffalo.
Rev. H. M. Dexter reported his attendance at the meeting
of the General Assembly of New Hampshire.
Rev. Horace James reported his attendance at the meeting
of the Evangelical Consociation of Rhode Island.
Rev. J. P. Terry reported his attendance at the meeting of
the General Association of Connecticut.
Rev. E. Alden, Jr., reported his attendance at the meeting
of the General Association of Iowa.
New Associations.
The Committee on Elections reported the dissolution of the
Berkshire Association and the formation of two new Associa-
tions in its place, under the respective titles of Berksliire North
Association and Berkshire South Association ; and recommended
0m> admission of the Associations and their delegates to mem-
bership in this Body, and the proper collocation of the new As-
sociations in the enrolment of members and in the lists arranged
in the Appendix.
On motion, the report was adopted.
Report on Frequent Changes in the Ministry.
The Committee appointed at the last meeting of the General
Association, to investigate the subject of the frequent dissolution
of the pastoral relation, presented the following report, which,
on motion, was adopted, and ordered to be printed with the
Minutes.
At the meeting of the Massachusetts Greneral Association,
holden at Lowell, in June, 1852, it was
Resolved, That in view of the unsettled state of the ministry
in this Commonwealth, the frequent dissolution of the pastoral
relation (in many cases without sufficient cause), and the alarm-
ing consequences to our Zion from this source, a Committee of
five be appointed to investigate this subject, and report at the
next annual meeting as to the causes and remedies of so great
a practical e\al.
The Committee appointed under this resolution, having given
attention to the subject, beg leave to report : —
Our first inquiry was whether it be a fact, that dismissions
are more frequent now than formerly they were, and whether
the length of the pastorate in the same place is shorter than it
once was.
We found that in Essex County, in 1802, there were 47 set-
tled pastors, the average length of whose pastorates, where then
settled, was 19 1-4 years. In 1852, there were in the same
County 45 Orthodox Congregational pastors, the average length
of whose pastorates was 13 1-2 years.
In Norfolk County, in 1802, there were 28 pastors, the av-
erage length of whose pastorates was 16 3-4 years ; but in
1852, the average length of its 28 pastorates was only 10 1-9
years.
In Berkshire County, in 1802, there were 16 pastors, the
average length of whose pastorates was 18 years. In 1852,
the average length of 21 pastorates was only 5 2-5 years.
In the whole of the three Counties, Hampden, Hampshire
and Franklin, there were in 1802, 53 pastors, the average
length of whose pastorates was 19 1-5 years. In 1852, there
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were 71, the average length of whose pastorates was 9 1-2
years.
Your Committee have made other examinations and compar-
isons, till they are satisfied that where pastors fifty years ago
continued in the same place 9 years, they now continue not
more than from 3 to 6 years.
The resolution speaks of the alarming consequences to our
Zion from this source. One of these is that the harmony and
peace of churches and parishes are greatly disturbed by the
course they pursue to get rid of a minister and to procure a
successor. Some are always desirous of retaining their pastor,
to which others are opposed. Though the pastor should keep
quiet, his dismission will be a subject of strife and debate among
the people. Sometimes the controversy becomes so warm that
the church divides, and instead of one, there are two feeble
churches, one of which, perhaps, asks for missionary aid. When
there is discord in a church, if one party is pleased with a can-
didate, the other is sure to be displeased. The result is, that
they remain destitute a long time, or settle a man in whom they
are not perfectly united, and he enters upon his labors with the
fact staring him in the face, that he cannot long continue.
The divisions that grow out of the dismission of ministers mar
the piety of churches and retard the spiritual growth of the
members. It is deserving of notice, that where a minister is
dismissed, the stream of Christian benevolence that flowed from
that church becomes nearly dry, and our missionary operations
at home and abroad are made to suj0fer.
Another consequence of these frequent changes is, that the
respect of the people for the ministry is diminished. In order
to effect in haste the dissolution of the pastoral relation, a min-
ister's faults are searched out, talked about in families, and
greatly magnified. It may be his name becomes a proverb and
by-word among the ungodly. Some become prejudiced against
all ministers, and are less willing to contribute to their support.
Another consequence is, that it leads to a general depravation
of morals, and begets in the minds of the young a recklessness-
in regard to rehgion. All who are acquainted with the moral
and religious aspect of communities, where the pastoral relation
has frequently been dissolved, may see at a glance, that the
efiect of these changes is evil, and in some cases only evil.
Some churches do not recover from the shock for a whole gen-
eration.
We are required by the resolution to speak of the causes of
this great practical evil.
One cause of frequent changes in the ministry, is the fact
that neither the people nor the pastor expect it to be for life.
Once it was understood that the union between the pastor and
people was almost as sacred and indissoluble as that of husband
and wife. He was, at his settlement, furnished with a house
and a lot of land, or with the means of purchasing one. There
was no intention on the part of either to take any measures to
sunder the tie. The people had invested capital in the minister ;
having, at considerable expense, given him an outfit, they would
not think of dismissing him, unless there were reasons for it of
a special character. On the other hand, the minister, having
received such an outfit from the people, felt himself bound
to abide in his place. The giving and receiving of a settle-
ment was a sort of mutual pledge that the union should not be
dissolved for any trivial reasons.
But the times have changed. No such pledge is given, and
we do not think there is such an honest purpose on the part of
either minister or people to make the union permanent. Though
it is often said, we hope this union will be dissolved only by
death, yet there is an intention that it shall be severed, if any
thing should occur that shall seem to render it desirable.
The contract between the pastor and the people in years
past, has often contained a provision, that it may be dissolved
by either party's giving three or six months notice of their wish
to have it dissolved. Why such a provision, if it is believed it
will be permanent ? People often seem more anxious to know
at the beginning how to get rid of their minister, than how they
can retain him. Some restless spirits seem to be looking anx-
iously for an occasion to see how easily a dismission can be
effected. We think, therefore, that one cause of short pastor-
ates, grows out of a feeling, that they will be short. They are
not regarded as unions that must not be dissolved for triflmg
reasons.
Another cause of short pastorates, grows out of hasty settle-
ments. Sometimes the pastor, who has been suddenly dismissed,
having a family to provide for, and being dependent on his daily
labor for their daily bread, is in haste to be re-settled. He
preaches from one to three Sabbaths, has a shght acquaintance
with a very few, who esteem him most highly, and receives a
call, which he accepts. It soon appears that there are difficul-
ties of long standing ; and that the few, who did not vote for
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his settlement, are more influential than he supposed, and the
prospect of usefulness is rather dark. He finds that the society
is in debt, and that brotherly love does not abound ; or it may
be, the minister is not so well adapted to that particular place
as he is to some other. As soon as they become acquainted
with each other, one or the other perceives his mistake, which
produces coldness, and leads to a dismission. Formerly, it was
not uncommon for candidates for settlement, to preach from
three months to a year, before receiving a call. We can point
to numerous cases, in which the candidate preached more years
prior to his settlement, than most now do Sabbaths. We are
fully of the opinion, that hasty settlements are often the occasion
of short pastorates.
Another cause of short pastorates, is thought to be a want of
sufficient and proper preparation for the duties of the sacred
office.
By an insufficient preparation, we mean an insufficient knowl-
edge of human nature. If a young man commences his pre-
paratory course at an early age, goes through college and the
theological seminary, he enters the ministry having only a lim-
ited acquaintance with any class of persons except students. It
can hardly be supposed that he will have that knowledge of the
world as it is, that will enable him to adapt his discourses in the
best manner to aU the varieties of character of which a congre-
gation is composed.
By a lack of proper preparation, we mean a lack of energy
and determination to go forward. We have noticed, in looking
over lists of dismissions, that many of them occur within three
or four years after settlement. Young men in their preparatory
course, examine subjects and collect materials that enable them
to write sermons for a short time with comparative ease. When
they have gone over the topics they have investigated, and
have used up their materials, then comes a crisis. Unless they
are full of high and noble purposes, their sermons are hkely to
lose their freshness and interest, and the people will begin to
discover a falhng off, in point of vigor. It requires energy and
a rehsh for hard study, for a young man to meet this crisis and
go on improving. We think that a lack of it makes some
willing to be dismissed, and remove to another field, where they
may repeat what has been written.
in this connection Ave would say that the amount of labor
required of ministers now is very great ; sermons must be pre-
pared in haste, and men feel as if it would be pleasant and de-
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sirable to change their location, so as to be able to bestow on
the sermons they have written, another week's labor. Our
opinion is, that when they change the place, they keep the pain,
and that they can revise their sermons without the trouble of
entering a new field, more easily than with.
Another cause of the short pastorates, and the last we shall
mention, is inadequate support. We know that all ministers
are obliged to practise rigid economy to make their salary meet
their expenses. We do not think that ministers ought to be
rich and increasing in goods, but they ought to live as comforta-
bly as the average of their parishioners, and to have their salary
promptly paid in cash, so as to enable them to deal honestly
with their fellow men. The minister, in country towns per-
haps more than in cities, is a representative of the parish. If
he is pinched Avith poverty, unable to go abroad and mingle with
his brethren, if he cannot replenish his library occasionally by
adding to it a few new books, the people suffer in consequence
of it. We intended to give great prominence to a want of sup-
port, as a cause of frequent dismissions ; but during the past
year, we have been gratified to learn that the people are turning
their attention to this subject, and that the salaries of many
ministers have already been increased. This is a confession on
the part of the people that the support is inadequate ; and as
they have begun to rectify the evil, it seems hardly proper for
us to speak with great severity.
After having said thus much respecting the causes of short
pastorates, the remedies will readily suggest themselves to every
reflecting mind.
1. Let the people be instructed more fully in regard to the
sacredness of the pastoral relation, that it is a tie that cannot be
sundered for trifling reasons without great moral injury to that
party that does it. Let them be told the temporal and spiritual
advantages that may be expected to follow in the train of long
pastorates, and that a man of moderate ability will accompKsh
more in the same place in twenty years, than can be accom-
phshed by four men of much greater abihty, by laboring five
years each. A good man who is devoted to his work, by re
maining in the same place long, acquires an influence, that one
who changes his place often can never gain.
2. Let pastor and people avoid hasty settlements.
3. Let young ministers before taking charge of a parish,
spend a few months with some settled pastor, assisting him in
attending meetmgs and funerals, in visiting from house to house,
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and in preparing sermons suggested by the scenes in which he
mingles. Let them when settled, think of the crisis that will
come, when writing sermons may " a task and burden prove,"
and by prayerfulness and hard study, find an ever present im-
pulse urging them onward.
4. Let parishes be instructed in some way, in regard to the
provision they should make for the support of their ministers.
We would suggest to pastors who may be called to address the
people at ordinations and installations, to make this the promi-
nent topic in the address, especially in places where the salary
is very small. The people should be urged to provide parson-
ages. If small parishes would make a special effort to provide
a comfortable parsonage, and give their minister the use of it,
in addition to the usual salary, it would prevent many dismis-
sions. We would not recommend the building of parsonages, if
the minister is to be charged a high rent to be deducted from a
small salary.
We conclude this report with an extract from a tract recently
published by the Congregational Union of England and Wales,
on the same subject.
" Deacons should feel the obligation laid upon them by their
office, to set an example of concern for their minister's relief
from excessive worldly care. If there be straitness, it is theirs
to reduce it if possible. If they cannot increase his permanent
income, they may effect something, perhaps, for the family, by
insurance in the event of his death ; or it may be, something for
himself, in the shape of annuity in old age. They do not use
their office well, if, through their want of diligence and system,
the pastor suffers want. Apart from personal friendship that
might be supposed to move them, they are bound, as selected
by the church to watch over its general interests, to give heed
to this very thing."
In behalf of the Committee,
E. Davis.
Besolved, That it be recommended to each pastor within the
bounds of the Association, to communicate this report in some
suitable manner to his congregation.
Corresponding Members.
Rev. Samuel R. Buckingham, Rev. A. Eldridge and Rev.
Enoch Pratt being'present, were invited to sit as corresponding
members.
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Voted, That the General Association of California be received
into fellowship and correspondence with this Bodj.
Pastoral Address.
The Pastoral Address was read by Rev. H. B. Hooker, D.
D.., Chairman of the Committee, and on motion, adopted and
ordered to be printed with the Minutes.
Devotional Exercises.
At a quarter before 11 o'clock, A. M., the Association voted
to spend fifteen minutes in devotional exercises, which was done.
Distributing Agent.
Voted, That the printer or printers employed to publish the
Minutes of this Body, shall also be appointed as Distributing
Agent for the Minutes.
Correspondence with Railroad Companies.
Voted, That our Secretary be authorized to make such ar-
rangements as can be made with any railroad companies to
secure a reduction of fares in attending our future meetings.
Committee on Sabbath Desecration.
A resolution was moved on the subject of Sabbath desecra-
tion by the transportation of the mails, which was referred to a
special Committee, consisting of Rev. Messrs. Hoppin, Griggs
and Cady, to report resolutions for the action of this body.
Congregational Library Association.
Voted, Whereas, a Congregational Library Association has
been recently formed at Boston, designed to cement the bonds
of fellowship in our denomination, and also to collect and pre-
serve historical memorials, therefore
Resolved, That this Body earnestly commends this Associa-
tion to the attention of ministers and laymen, as suited to meet
a social and rehgious necessity in our connection, which the
spirit of Christianity, our form of Church government, and the
value of our historical reminiscences loudly call on us to supply.
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Place of next Meeting.
Voted, That the next meeting of this Body be held in the
meeting-house of the Central Church in Fall River, Rev. Eli
Thurston, Pastor. Harmony Association to appoint the Asso-
ciational Preacher.
Rev. Messrs. Cobb, Blodgett and Thurston, from the Taun-
ton Association, were appointed a Committee to prepare the
next Pastoral Letter.
Preacher on Some
Rev. M. P. Braman, of Danvers, was appointed first Preacher
before the Home Missionary Society for the next year, and Rev.
Mark Hopkins, D. D., of Williamstown, his substitute.
Change of Organization.
The following resolution from Essex North Association, pre-
sented by their delegates, Avas moved.
Resolved, That our delegates to the General Association be
instructed to bring before that body the question of the expe-
diency of so altering the Constitution as to admit a lay repre-
sentation, and exert whatever appropriate influence they may
b)e able in favor of this measure.
Pending discussion on a motion to refer to a Special Commit-
tee, the Association adjourned to 2 o'clock, P. M.
Reports of State of Religion.
2 o''clocJc, P. M. After singing, and uniting in prayer with
Rev. A. Geikie, of Canada West, the Association listened to
reports of the state of religion within the bounds of the bodies
represented in it.
The salutations of the General Association of the Presbyte-
rian Church (0. S.), last meeting at Philadelphia, were pre-
sented by Rev. Samuel B. Jones, J). D., delegate from that
Body.
Rev. J. H. Pettingell, delegate from the General Association
of Connecticut, presented the fraternal greetings of that Body.
Rev. David Cushman, delegate from the General Conference
of Maine, made report of the state of educational, moral and
religious interests within the bounds of that Conference.
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Rev. J. Scales presented the salutations of the General As-
sociation of New Hampshire, as delegate from that Body.
Rev. T. A. Taylor, delegate from the Evangelical Consocia-
tion of Rhode Island, presented the greeting of that Body to
the Association.
Rev. Philo R. Hurd, delegate from the General Association
of Michigan, reported the religious and moral aspect of affairs
in that State.
Rev. Addison Lyman, delegate from the General Association
of Blinois, gave statements in regard to the condition of the
Congregational Churches in that State.
Letters were read from the General Association of Iowa, and
the General Association of New York, expressing the Christian
salutations of those Bodies.
After uniting in prayer with Rev. W. H. Tyler, the Associa-
tion adjourned to 7| o'clock, evening, to hear the sermon upon
Home Missions.
7| o'clock, P. M. Association assembled pursuant to ad-
journment, and listened to the sermon on Home Missions,
preached by Rev. Prof. Phelps, of Andover, from Ps. 51 : 12,
13. After which a collection was taken up, amounting to
$17.76.
Adjourned to 8 A. M., to-morrow.
Thursday morning, 8 6* clock. After prayer by the Modera-
tor, and the calling of the Roll, the Minutes of yesterday were
read and approved.
On motion.
Voted, To assign the half hour from 9 o'clock to 9| , for re-
maining reports from delegates representing foreign bodies.
The motion to refer the memorial of Essex North Association
on the subject of admitting a lay representation in this Body, to
a Special Committee, was taken up, debated and lost.
Delegates to Foreign Bodies.
The following appointments were made of delegates to Foreign
Bodies in correspondence with us.
To the General Assembly of the Presbyterian Church (0.
S.), next meeting in Buffalo, 3d Tuesday of May, 1854 :
Rev. J. B. Waterbury, D. D., ) p • ^^i^g
Rev. J. Emery, \ ^^unaries.
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To the General Assembly of the Presbyterian Church (N.
S.)j next meeting at Philadelphia, 3d Tuesday of May,
1854 :
Rev. E. Hitchcock, D. D., ) primaries
Rev. C. I. Hinsdale, \ ^^^^^^es.
Rev. A. L. Stone,
Rev. Samuel Harris,
Substitutes.
To the General Conference of Maine, next meeting in Bangor,
3d Tuesday of June, 1854 :
Rev. B. Emerson, D. D., ) p_- „ „•,
Rev. Edward Beecher, D. D., \ ^"^^^^^^s.
R:;:RF.Hid, Substitutes.
To the General Association of New Hampshire, next meeting
at Littleton, 4th Tuesday of August, 1853 :
Rev. Jonathan Edwards, ) p •„_• „
Rev. T. Packard, Jr., iTimanes.
Rev. Lyman Cutler, Substitutes.
Rev. David Eastman, )
To the General Convention of Vermont :
Rev. Mark Hopkins, D.D., | primaries.
Rev. J. B. Baldwin, )
Rev. A. M. Colton, Substitutes.
Rev. J. M. Prince, \
To the Evangelical Consociation of Rhode Island, next meet-
ing in Providence, 2d Tuesday of June, 1854:
Rev.J.M Hoppin, | Primaries.
Rev. E. Thurston, \
Rev. Jacob White, Substitutes.
Rev. Osborn Myrick, J
To the General Association of Connecticut, next meeting
at , 3d Tuesday of June, 1854 :
Rev. Nehemiah Adams, D. D., j primaries.
Rev. H. M. Field, j
Rev. Ljjnan Whiting, Substitutes.
Rev. John Todd, )
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To the General Association of New York, next meeting at
Owego, August 24, 1853 :
Rev. E. Maltby, } Primaries
Rev. J. H. Bisbee, \ l-rimanes.
Rev. C. Packard,
Rev. Samuel Howe,
Substitutes.
To the General Association of Michigan, next meeting at
Detroit, 4th Tuesday of May, 1854 :
Rev. D. R. Cady, ) p^i^^^ies
Rev. J. J. Abbott, \ ^^™anes.
Rev. M. R. Cross, | g ]3grf^+.gg
Rev. S. G. Buckingham, j
To the General Association of Wisconsin :
Rev. Horace James, Primary.
Rev. I. P. Langworthy, Substitute.
To the General Association of Illinois, next meeting at Chi-
cago, 3d Tuesday of May, 1854 :
Rev. J. W. Ward, Primary.
Rev. J. C. Webster, Substitute,
To the General Associations of California and Oregon :
Rev. E. Davis, D. D., Primary.
Rev. J. S. Clark, D. D., Substitute. ^
To the Congregational Union of Canada :
Rev. Willard Child, D. D., ) p^i^^^eg
Rev. G. W. Bourne, )
Rev. B. Tappan Jr., Substitutes.
Rev. A. E. P. Perkins, )
To the Congregational Union of England and Wales :
Rev. J. H. Towne.
Committee on Infant Baptism.
Voted, That a Committee of three be appointed to ascertain
the existing facts in reference to the baptism of infants in our
Churches, inquire after causes of the neglect of infant baptism
and present a report at the next meeting of this Body.
Committee — Rev. Dr. N, Adams, George A. Oviatt and
Samuel Harris.
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Voted, That the evening of Tuesday, now unappropriated by
this Association, be hereafter devoted to hearing the sermon
before the Home Missionary Society, and that the reports from
foreign bodies be assigned for Wednesday evening.
Doctrinal Tract and Book Society.
Resolved, 1st, That this Association learn with pleasure that
the Doctrinal Tract and Book Society are publishing valuable
Theological books, including the works of the New England
fathers and other distinguished writers, and that the Society
design, as far as their means will permit, to furnish both our
Foreign and Home Missionaries with their publications.
Resolved, 2d, That facts justify the conclusion that the want
of books among some of this class of ministers is more afflic-
tive to the Churches than the want of bread.
Resolved, M, That we commend this Society to the attention
and contributions of benevolent individuals and of Churches in
our connection.
9 0^ clock, A. M. Rev. William Adams, D. D., presented
the Christian salutations of the General Assembly of the Pres-
byterian Church (N. S.), last meeting at Buffalo, as delegate
from that Body.
Rev. A, Geikie presented the fraternal greeting of the Con-
gregational Union of Canada West, as delegate from that Body.
The Committee on Accounts presented the following report,
which was, on motion, adopted.
The Committee on Accounts report that they have examined
the accounts of the Treasurer, with the vouchers accompanying
them, and find them to be correct. The whole amount received
into the treasury from the several District Associations, is
$188.25. This, with the $12.12 remaining as the balance
from last year's account, makes the sum of $200.37 received
into the treasury during the year. The Bridgewater Associa-
tion and the Mendon Association, have not yet paid their tax
for 1852.
We find that the whole sum paid out by our Treasurer during
the year, is $165.05, leaving a balance of $35.32 now in the
hands of the Treasurer.
We recommend that a tax of 50 cents be assessed upon each
member of the local Associations, in order to meet the probable
expenses of the coming year.
Otis Lombard,
James Fletcher.
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Resolved, That the question of altering the Rules of this As-
sociation, so that greater efficiency may be given to this Body,
be referred to a Special Committee to report at the next meet-
ing of the General Association.
Committee of Reference — Rev. Dr. Dimmick, Rev. Dr. E.
Davis, Rev. Dr. S. Sweetser, Rev. S. G. Buckingham and
Rev. A. L. Stone.
Resolutions on SahhatJi Desecration.
The Committee to which was referred the subject of action in
relation to Sabbath Desecration, reported the following resolu-
tions, which were, on motion, adopted.
Resolved, 1st, That as the sanctification of the Christian Sab-
bath is one of the firmest safeguards of society, as well as one
of the highest requirements of religion, we, as Christians and
citizens, express our strong disapproval of the transportation of
the mail on the Lord's day.
Resolved, 2d, That we notice with great satisfaction the re-
cent reported vote of the stockholders of the New Haven and
New York Railroad Company, instructing the directors not to
re-contract with the Post Office Department to carry the United
States Mail on the Sabbath, and we would express the earnest'
hope that other railroad corporations would imitate this salutary
example.
Narrative of the State of Religion.
The narrative of the religious state of the Churches for the
past year, was read, adopted, and ordered to be printed with
the Minutes.
Resolved, That a copy of the Minutes of this Association be
sent to the secretaries of the different benevolent societies and
ecclesiastical bodies in correspondence with this Body.
Resolved, That the Publishing Committee be instructed to
secure the names of the Scribes of the District Associations,
and publish the same in the Minutes of this year ; and that the
delegates furnish with their annual statistics the name of the
Scribe of the Association which they represent.
Resolution on Peace.
Resolved, That we cordially commend to the favor and coop-
eration of the Christian community, the special efforts now
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making by the friends of peace to secure permanent peace
between this country and England, by a provision in the pend-
ing treaty between them, for the adjustment of all future mis-
understandings by reference in the last resort to umpires instead
of the sword.
Resolution on Slaveliolding.
Resolved, That, in continuing our correspondence with south-
ern ecclesiastical bodies, this Association, so far from expressing
any satisfaction with the practice of slaveholding, desire it to be
understood, that in connection with other objects, it is for the
purpose of bearing their continued and earnest testimony against
the sm of slaveholding, and exerting their appropriate influence
in favor of its speedy removal.
Resolution in relation to Publishing Societies.
Resolved, That while the General Association of Massachu-
setts entertain a profound regard for our large Publishing Soci-
eties, and rejoice in the great good they are accomplishing, they
would express an earnest desire that these societies would not
make the subject of Slavery an exception in their efforts to rid
the world of all iniquity by diffusing throughout it an evangelical
literature, but would set forth in their publications the senti-
ments of our common Christianity on the enormous sin of slavery,
with the same freedom and faithfulness with which they exhibit
and rebuke all other sins.
Committee on Schedule,
Resolved, That a Committee of three be appointed to prepare
a Schedule to regulate the appointment of delegates to foreign
bodies in correspondence \\'ith us, and report at the next meet-
ing of the General Association.
Committee — Rev. Dr. Davis, Rev. S. H. Emery and Rev.
Dr. Smalley.
Vote of Thanhs.
Voted, That the thanks of this Association be cordially and
earnestly tendered to the Church and people of Rev. A. K.
Packard and to other famihes in Yarmouth, for their generous
hospitalities to the members of the Association in this present
session ; to the Choir, for their very acceptable performances
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on the occasion of our public meetings ; and to the Moderator,
for the courtesy, patience and ability with which he has pre-
sided over the dehberations of this Body.
The Minutes were read and approved, and after singing, and
uniting in prayer with the Moderator, the Association adjourned
until 2 P. M.
2 0^ clock, P. 3£ The Association met to observe the Sacra-
ment of the Lord's Supper. The sermon was preached by Rev.
Alfred E. Ives, of Deerfield, from 1 Cor. 1 : 30. Rev. Dr,
Davis, of Westfield, and Rev. J. Scales, of New Hampshire,
administered the Sacrament.
After prayer, the Association adjourned sine die.
J. S. CLARK, D. D., Moderator.
A. L. STONE, Scribe.
L. WHITING, Assistant Scribe.
NARMTIYE OP THE STATE OF RELIGION.
No thrilling narrative can be given of the progress of religion
during the past year. There is gratifying evidence, however,
of vitahty in the churches, and of peaceful and healthful growth.
The accessions to indi^ndual churches have in few cases been
large ; but a larger number of churches, perhaps, have been
blest, than in most former years ; and it may be found, when
the statistical returns are complete, that the aggregate increase
compares favorably with that of our more prosperous years. It
is interesting to know that the Colleges at Amherst and Wil-
liamstown, some of our Academies, and the female schools at
Mount Holyoke, Pittsfield, Great Barrington and Norton, have
shared in these gentle eSusions of the Spirit.
The ranks of the ministry have been agaia invaded repeatedly
by death. Sykes, Warner, Hubbard, Fowler, Smith, Stone,*
are no longer with us. We bless God, however, that so many
remain, and that so many of the fathers still continue, to aid us
by their counsels and to bless the churches by their wise and
faithful labors. There are some evidences of an increasing
sense of the value of the pastoral relation. The pastoral tie has
been ruptured in more cases than we like to speak of ; but it
has also been happily preserved in some most trying circum-
* Rev. Oren Sykes, Pastor of the Congregational Church in Bedford, died Dec.
15, 1852, aged 47 years.
Rev. A. B. Warner, Pastor of the Mystic Church in Sledford, died May 26, 1853,
aged 39 years.
Rev. O. G. Hubbard, Pastor of the Church in Leominster, died Aug. 15, 1852,
aged 45 vears.
Rev. Orin Fowler, of Fall River, died at Washington, while member of the House
of Representatives, September 4, 1852, aged 61 years.
Rev. George P. Smith, Pastor of the Old South Church in Worcester, died Sept.
3, 1852, ased 38 years.
Rev. Mlcah Stone, of Brookfield, died Sept. 21, 1852, aged 82 years, wanting one
day.
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stances, and in very many cases was never stronger than at
present. Many churches are giving an ampler support to their
pastors than in former years, and multiplying the proofs of their
love in other ways. Several vacant pulpits have been filled
with able and excellent men, on whose labors the seal of God's
blessing has already been put.
Sabbath Schools are generally flourishing. From some quar-
ters, however, we regret to hear complaints of the neglect of
religious instruction m the family, and partial inattention to the
baptism of the infant children of the church. But we rejoice to
be able to say that elsewhere there is increased regard to infant
baptism ; and it is fervently to be hoped, that there may be no-
where among us any continuing neglect of so important an
ordinance.
There are evidences of progressive attachment to the great
causes of church benevolence. Our standard of liberality Avill
yet reach, we doubt not, a far higher point ; yet the churches
of Massachusetts cannot be too grateful that they are permitted
to do so much from year to year for the spread of the gospel.
Probably they have in no year done more, than in that which
has just expired.
Evidence comes up from different parts of the State, that
much hard work remains to be done before the sale of liquors
for intoxicating purposes will cease. And we think it cannot
be too deeply impressed upon the minds of our ministers and
members, that let civil legislation be the most perfect possible,
they must long persevere in well doing in reference to this mat-
ter— ^laboring the more strenuously as legislation becomes more
stringent, and forgetting not that the gospel in men's hearts can
alone rid us completely and finally of the evil.
It only remains to say that we have been gratified during the
present session of our Association, at the presence of delegates
from so many of the ecclesiastical bodies with which Ave are in
fellowship and correspondence, and at the intelligence commu-
nicated by them of the prosperity of the kingdom which is so
dear to us all, within their Emits.
PASTORAL LETTER.
Belo^-ed Beethrex, —
We come to you as ministers of Christ in this epistle, on a
deeply interesting errand to ourselves, and we think we can
make it appear, that errand is of high importance to you. We
come, not in the spirit of authority and of command, but in a
way better suited to win your confidence and regard. We
come to ask a very great favor of you, brethren. We wish you
to do that which will very greatly augment the happiness of our
pastoral life and labors. We are your servants for Chiist's
sake, and yet solicit serAice of you. We are capable of a kind
of happiness which it is your privilege to confer. We have
already had something of this at your hands, and the sacred
pleasure it has given us, stimulates us to seek for more of the
same kind.
And the more boldly do we press our invitation, in that you
yourselves cannot be impoverished, but must be greatly enriched
by the joy you shall thus impart. If an Apostle was not back-
ward to press the injunction, " Fulfil ye my joy," — neither do
we feel ashamed to come to you on the same errand.
And the happiness that we seek is that which will arise from
our evidence of the eminence of your piety. If Paul could joy-
fully say, " We were comforted in all our afflictions by your
faith," we desire the privilege of using the same language in
reference to yourselves. And that we may be able to furnish
you with some important topics of reflection in relation to this
subject, we will state some of the ways m which your eminent
devotion to the sernce of God wiU cause our joy.
1. You will thus confirm our confidence in the Divine nature
and power of the gospel we preach. We glory in aU the various
internal evidences we have of its truth, and had we never seen
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an instance of the practical power of gospel triiths upon human
character, we should still rejoice in them as precious pearls
dropped from the celestial world.
But every instance of the gospel's power over the human
heart to raise it from its sinful degradation and liken it to God,
is a new and beautiful star on an already briUiant firmament.
And when we see any of you emerging from the darkness and
guilt of a sinful hfe, and gaining higher and higher elevation of
Christian character ; when we see the lovely image of our Di-
vine Redeemer brought out more vividly and more apparent to
all men in your glowing hkeness to him ; then and therein do
we see the glory of the gospel. Its precious truths, behoved,
and loved, and obeyed, have given you this moral elevation.
And we love the gospel the more, and have more affecting im-
pressions of its Divuie power, in view of the moral excellence it
has wrought in you. And we submit if it be not a noble work
for any saint to be such a saint as to give the minister of Christ
a hveher apprehension of the value of the gospel as the wisdom
and power of God.
2. Your eminent piety will give us the joyful assurance
that all our messages shall find warm and welcoming hearts.
Low degrees of piety are often fomid in alliance with a cavil-
ling and captious spirit. And not a few there are in Zion whose
spiritual appetite is such that the gospel does not suit them save
it comes as when one brings " butter m a lordly dish." The
things of the kingdom must come clothed in such and such pe-
cuhar forms of speech, and something very captivating must
mark the speaker's mode of appeal. And, because few can
reach the eminence prescribed, these spiritual dyspeptics remain,
to a great extent, unblest by the gospel, and by a responsibihty
all their own, they are the lean kine of the Lord's heritage.
But eminent spirituality of mind in you, brethren, will place
you in a totally different relation to us. Such a spirituahty im-
pHes hungering and thirsting after righteousness — intense de-
sire for spiritual nourishment. And in quest of it you will visit
the house of God httle concerned, or curious concerning who is
to furnish it. If the trembhng hands of age are stretched forth
to give it, warm will be your welcome of it. If uiexperienced
youth is the Lord's ambassador, savory will be the viands borne
even by such hands. You will have little heart to mqmre
whether the preacher be old or young, learned or unlearned,
coarse or accomphshed. To whichsoever of these classes we
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severally happen to belong, we shall find devout, intent, docile,
loving hearers.
In the con^dction that we have such disciples among us, we
can study out the great truths we are to preach with joyful dil-
igence, and a delightful presentiment of usefulness. If, at
times, in our despondency and self-distrust, we seem to be as
the raven, the unclean bird that fed the hungry prophet, yet it
will greatly comfort us that we have, if not literally prophets,
yet such hearers to feed ; souls not curious about the dish, or
him that bears it, but hungering for the word of life.
3. Your eminent piety will greatly comfort us in the assur-
ance it will give us that we have fellow-laborers.
We are social beings, brethren, and dearly love sociality in
the things of the kingdom of God. It is not good for us to be
alone in that great warfare we have engaged to carry on against
the guilt and misery of the world. We confess there are times,
when, through the coldness and backwardness of those called
the Lord's, we have felt bereaved and sad — ^have felt the lone-
liness of those who are deprived of their natural helpers. We
could not relax our labor if we had not sympathizing breasts and
cooperating hands ; yet were we shorn of our strength, and the
burden bore heavily upon us.
But, when the rising spirituality and growing fervor of God's
people brought them to our aid, then was there sweet music in
the voices we heard. We were alone no longer. Blessed is
the pastor, whose own warm heart is made still warmer by the
sacred fire that burns in the bosoms of the faithful saints around
him, and who goes on with his arduous labors, feeling, that on
all hands about him, there are zealous and earnest co-workers
in promoting the kingdom of God.
4. Permit us to add, brethren, your earnest piety will give
us a more joyful boldness in pressing the claims of the gospel
upon perishing sinners.
In seeking to lead men to God and heaven, we must, at
times, bring out into as clear a fight as possible, those graces of
character which constitute true piety, and which quahfy men
for eternal life. We must present as impressive representations
as we are able, of love, faith, zeal for God's glory, compassion
for the lost, meekness, forbearance, &c. These are various
forms of the beauty of holiness, and men must have clear ideas
of them, so that they may see what they themselves are not,
and yet what they must be, in order to reach heaven.
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Now, brethren, we present our messages on these pomts to
sinners, with sad presentiments of their caviling and scorn, when
we are conscious that serious defects mark the characters of
Christians around us. We anticipate with pain the self-justifj-
ing references sure to be made to your moral blemishes.
But when filled with holj exultation in view of your glowing
piety, when we are joyfully conscious that the pictures we draw
of the beauty of the Christian graces are but transcripts of your
own characters, then a most delightful animation is enkindled in
our work. With vigor do we bend the bow, and it is not the
blunted but the sharpened arrow that we send. We are strong
for God in our great work. We labor in precious hope. Ye
do thus greatly comfort and strengthen us, brethren.
5. Permit us to add, we rejoice in the eminent piety of the
saiiits, because it powerfully and happily reacts upon our own.
As we, from time to time, make pastoral visits among our
people, we find, here and there, specimens of deep and fervent
piety most comforting to our hearts. We have seen love in
such fervency, and faith so strong, and hope so bright, and sub-
mission in trial so profound, and meekness and gentleness under
injuries so captivating, and visions of eternal things so clear and
affecting, that the preacher has become the hearer, and the
teacher the taught, and he that came to raise the disciple's piety
higher, has gone home to mourn that his own came not up to
the beautiful specimen he had found in certain of the saints.
Some of you, by the eminent beauty of your holiness, have vir-
tually bidden us shake ourselves from the dust, and seek to gain
your own high position upon the Delectable mountains. We
have been reproved, humbled, and stimulated to an higher and
hoher consecration of ourselves to God by what we have seen in
some of you. Would that all the Lord's servants were proph-
ets— that not one of the beloved disciples of Christ under our
care but would rise to that high moral position which should call
us up also to more eminent holiness. We are joyfully wilhng,
brethren, to take all the admonition your more eminent piety
shall give us, and to be incited by it to run with you the race
in an holy strife of ascertaining which of the parties shall possess
most of the hkeness of our common Lord.
Give, then, beloved in the Lord, your spiritual guides, that
eminently attractive influence in behalf of their own higher con-
secration to God which is found in your own exalted piety. We
preach to you the glorious gospel of the blessed God. Return
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our labor of love by that preaching to us which will arise from
its high sanctifying power over you. We cannot but feel such
a ministration. You will thus cast fuel on the fire of our piety,
which, by our augmented zeal and love, shall react again hap-
pily upon you.
6. It only remains to say, your holy devotion to God will
fulfill our joy by the cheering hope it will inspire that we shall
meet and dwell with you in the happy realms above.
Our care and labor has been that we aid you in the attain-
ment of the sublimest joy a human being can reach, viz : — a
presentation faultless and blameless before the throne of God.
No being but the Infinite knows the depth and fervor of our
longings that you might be our joy and our crown in the day of
the Lord Jesus. Some of our brightest and sweetest anticipa-
tions of heaven have had respect to recognizing you in that
blessed world as sons and daughters of the Lord Almighty.
Now, brethren, stronger and more joyful grows this hope with
all the tokens of your advancing piety. The more of the beauty
of holiness we can discern in you, the brighter shine all the
Christian graces ; the more pure, and spiritual, and heavenly
your minds become, the more do our rejoicing eyes thus behold
of your fitness for the heavenly home, and the more assuredly
do we hope that pastor and people shall review the happy fel-
lowship of earth, in the happier fellowship of heaven. Is it too
much to ask, that by holy and still hoher fives you wiU cheer
us with such blessed hopes ?
Now, if all these things are so, brethren, then you can per-
ceive that you sustain a most interesting and important relation
to us. HoAv much of our happiness is in your hands ! You
can throw an inexpressible gloom and sadness over us, weaken-
ing our hands and discouraging our hearts. But, on the other
hand, you can gladden us as no language can describe. Your
eminent piety will cause our happy hearts to exclaim with Paul,
" For what thanks can we render to God again for you, for all
the joy wherewith we joy for your sakes before our God."
What then will you do with the happiness of those who are over
you in the Lord ? That precious trust is in your keeping.
Shall we not find that we have committed it to safe hands ?
Shall not the history of our future intercourse with you be the
history of men who can say, " We have no greater joy than to
see our children walking in the truth," — that joy being realized
by our beholding your eminent piety ?
TREASURER'S REPORT
General Association of Massachusetts, in account with E. Davis, Treasurer.
Cr.
June 1852. Balance in Treasury, ^12 12
" 1853. Received from District Associations, 188 25
$200 37
Co7itra, Dr.
Sept. 13, 1852. Paid Crocker and Brewster, for postage on Min-
utes for 1852, $14 52
June, 1853. Paid H. M. Dexter, for postage on letters sent
by him as publishing committee, . . . 3 CO
" " Paid Crocker and Brewster, for printing Min-
utes, etc 136 75
" " Paid for a package from New Haven, . , 38
" " Secretary's travelling expenses, ... 10 40—165 05
Balance in the Treasury, $35 32
We have examined the Treasurer's accounts, and find them correct,
OTIS LOMBARD, ) ^ a ,
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SCRIBES OR REGISTERS OP THE SEVERAL ASSOCIATIONS.
General Association, E. Davis, D. D., Westjield.
Andover Association,
Berkshire North,
Berkshire South,
Brewster,
Bridgewater,
Brookfield,
Essex Nortli,
Essex South,
Franklin,
Hampden East,
Hampden West,
Hampshire,
Hampshire East,
Harmony,
Mendon,
Middlesex South,
Middlesex Union,
Norfolk,
Old Colony,
Pilgrim,
Salem,
Suffolk North,
Suffolk South,
Taunton,
Vineyard Sound,
Woburn,
Worcester Central,
Worcester North,
Benjamin F, Clark, Chelmsford.
Robert Crawford, North Adams.
A. H. Dasheill, Stockbridge.
A. K. Packard, Yarmouth.
Baalis Sanford, East Bridgewater.
J. C. Morse, Brimfield.
D. T. Kimball, Ipswich.
James Fletcher, North Danvers.
Theophilus Packard, Jr., Shelburne.
E. B. Clark, Chickopee.
E. Davis. D. D., Westjield.
J. S. Judd, Whately.
Rowland Ayers, Hadley.
Thomas C. Biscoe, Grafton.
Thomas T. Richmond, Medfield.
W. M. Thayer, Ashland.
Lyman Cutler, Pepperell.
Samuel L. Rockwood, Hanson.
William A. Mandell, South Dartmouth.
Ebenezer Alden, Jr., Marshfield.
Allen Gannett, Beverly.
F. G. Pratt, Melrose.
A. L. Stone, Boston.
Franklin Holmes, Norton.
A. Cobb, Sandwich.
R. T. Robinson, Winchester.
D. R. Cady, Westboro\
John C. Paine, Gardner.
RULES OF THE ASSOCIATION.
1. The Association, by which the General Association of Massa-
chusetts was originally organized, agreed to admit, and this Associa-
tion continue to admit, as articles of faith, the doctrines of Christianity,
as they are generally expressed in the Assembly's Shorter Catechism ;
and the above-mentioned doctrines, understood by us to be distinctly
those, which from the beginning, have been embraced by the churches
of New England as the doctrines of the Gospel, are considered as the
basis of our union.
2. This General Association is founded on the principles of Con-
gregationalism, and wholly disclaims ecclesiastical jurisdiction over
the churches, or the opinions of individuals. Its object is to promote
brotherly harmony and intercourse among the ministers of Christ ; —
to obtain religious information relative to the state of their churches,
and of the christian church in this country, and throughout the world ;
— and to co-operate with one another, and with other ecclesiastical
bodies, in the most eligible measures for advancing the cause of truth
and holiness.
3. Each District Association in Massachusetts, consenting to the
principles of this Union, as stated in the first aiticle, may appoint two
delegates annually, to compose this General Association : and it is
recommended, that one be appointed, who attended the preceding
year.
4. The time of the annual meeting of this Association, shall be on
the fourth Tuesday of June, at five o'clock, P. M., at such place, as
shall have been duly notified.
5. Seven members, delegated from the particular Associations of
Massachusetts, shall be requisite to form a quorum for transacting any
business ; but for opening and adjourning tiie meeting, a less number
shall be competent.
6. The secretary, and the minister of the church where the Asso-
ciation meet, shall have seats, and act as members ; the Associations
to which they belong retaining the right to elect their number of Dele-
gates in addition.
7. The minister of the church in the place where the Association
meets, or the secretary, may call the Association to order, and preside
in the meeting until the Association shall be properly organized.
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8. The certificates of the delegates present shall be read by the
Secretary, or by a temporary Scribe ; and the Association shall then be
organized by the choice of a Moderator, a Scribe, and, if necessary,
an assistant Scribe, by ballot. The Rules of the Association shall also
be read, and the Moderator shall open the business with prayer.
9. At the opening of the session on each subsequent day, the Mod-
erator shall take the chair at the hour to which the Association stands
adjourned; shall immediately call the members to order; direct the
roll to be called ; shall open the meeting with prayer, and cause the
minutes of the preceding day to be read ; and the session of each day
shall be closed with prayer.
10. At each meeting of the Association, a Committee of Arrange-
ments, consisting of three, shall be appointed by nomination, to pre-
pare the business of the session ; and no business shall be introduced
during the session, but through the hands, and with the approbation of
the Committee. But if said Committee decline presenting any item
of business proposed by any member, he shall have the privilege of
appeal to the Association.
11. Every motion, on being seconded, shall, if requested by the
Moderator, or any two members, be reduced to writing, and no motion
shall be open to discussion, until it be seconded.
12. The Moderator may speak to points of order, in preference to
other members, rising from his seat for that purpose ; and shall decide
questions of order, subject to an appeal to the house by any two mem-
bers. But he may not speak to the merits of the question without
leaving the chair, and placing some other member in it, to preside
while he speaks.
13. On questions of order, adjournment, postponement, commit-
ment, or the previous question, no member shall speak more than
once. Nor on any question shall a member speak more than twice,
without leave of the Association.
14. When a question is under debate, no motion shall be received,
except for adjournment, amendment, postponement, commitment, or
the previous question; viz. Shall the main question be now put ? The
effect of adopting the previous question shall be to put an end to de-
bate, and to bring the Association to a direct vote upon amendments
reported by a Committee, if any, upon pending amendments, and then
upon the main question.
15. If a question under debate contain several parts, any member
may have it divided, and a quesiion taken on each part.
16. Every member, when speaking, shall address himself to the
chair; and shall be subject to no needless interruption ; if he act dis-
orderly, it shall be the duty of the Moderator, and the piivilege of
other members to call him to order.
17. The discussions in the Association, and the whole deportment
of the members, shall be in accordance with decorum, with due respect
to the chair, and with courtesy to each other.
18. No member shall leave the Association before the session is
closed, except with the consent of the body ; nor shall any ont; leave
the house during a sitting, without the consent of the Moderator.
19. Each annual meeting shall be closed with a psalm or hymn,
and prayer by the Moderator, or such other member as he shall ap-
point.
20. Our principles of fraternal intercourse with all ecclesiastical
bodies in correspondence with us are, that this Association, and each
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body connected with it, shall annually appoint Delegates to the other,
which shall be admitted to the privilege of sitting, and deliberating
upon all matters which may come under consideration.
21. The principle of the connection formed with the Massachusetts
Missionary Society is, that said Society may annually appoint two
delegates to this body, \\ho shall be admitted to equal privileges with
the members from the District Associations.
22. Gentlemen, who are admitted as honorary members, shall be
allowed full liberty to take part in all deliberations; though they are
not considered as entitled to vote ; and it is expected they will give
notice to the body, if they find it necessary to withdraw previous to
the close of the session. The approbation of the Committee of Ar-
rangements shall be obtained, before a gentleman shall be proposed to
sit as an honorary member.
23. The Delegates, who the preceding year attended the meetings
of foreign bodies, shall, ex officio^ have seats as honorary members of
the General Association.
24. A Committee of three shall be annually appointed, to submit to
the General Association at the next meeting, a Pastoral Address^ to
excite the attention of ministers and Christians to faithful discipline
in the churches, the instruction of the rising generation, the sanctifica-
tion of the Sabbath, and other subjects relating to the general interests
of religion. The add' ess being approved by the General Association,
shall be sianed by the Moderator, and printed with the minutes.
This Committee shall be chosen from the several Associations in
rotation ,
25. The several Associations shall have the offer of receiving, in
rotation, the annual meeting of the G^-neral Association, and each one,
in turn, shall appoint one of their number to preach the Associational
Sermon, which shall be delivered at two o'clock, Thursday, P. M.,
after which the sacrament of the Lord's Supper shall be administered.
The narratives given by the Delegates of the several Associations
concerning the state of religion and the churches, shall be given on
Wednesday afternoon, and shall be presented in writing, with a vi^sv
to obtain an accurate account of the principal facts, not however to
prevent any more particular details which the Delegates may think
expedient to add, or the Association to request. The returns, with
respect to the number in the churches, etc., shall be made out accord-
ing to a printed schedule of this body, and according to the numbers
on the first of January past.
26. A Committee shall be appointed to receive the narratives and
statements, and shall condense them into one narrative, to be submit-
ted to the General Association and published. The written narratives
shall be deposited with the Secretary.
27. A Committee shall be appointed to nominate Delegates to
fiireign bodies, which delegates shall, as far as practicable, be selected
from the District Associations in rotation. The brethren chosen sub-
stitutes in the delegations to the several bodies in our connection,
shall, at onr next session be considered as Delesates to the respective
bodies, if they shall not previously have taken their seats there, through
the failure of their principals.
28. The Secretary shall be chosen for three years, from the close
of the meeting at which the choice shall be made. He shall, ex officio,
be the Treasurer of the General Association ; and shall be allowed his
own travelling expenses in attending the meetings of this Association.
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A Committee shall be appointed annually, to audit the accounts, who
shall report the state of the treasury, and the sum in their opinion
necessary to be paid the next year by the members of the several
Associations connected with this body. The Secretary shall be au-
thorized to pay such expenses as are allowed by this Association.
29. It shall be the duty of the Delegates of the District Associa-
tions, to pay the amount of the Assessments due from their respective
Associations for the past year, whether collected by them or not.
30. A Publishing Committee shall be annually appointed, to make
such extracts from the minutes of the meeting, as in their judgment it
will be proper to publish; procure to be printed such number of copies,
with the Pastoral Address and Narrative of the State of Religion, as
will give one copy to each minister of the Associations represented in
this body ; and such a number of copies for other bodies connected
with ihis Association, as shall be mutually aareed upon. It shall be
the duty of the Secretary to receive the publications from foreign
bodies, and distribute them among the several Associations, in propor-
tion to the tax paid by them respectively. One copy of each publica-
tion, received by the General Association, or printed by its order, shall
be kept in the archives.
31. An Agent shall be appointed in Boston to transmit the Extracts
of the Minutes of this General Association to other ecclesiastical
bodies, and to receive their Extracts or other publications, and trans-
mit them to the several District Associations represented in this body.
And notice of his appointment and place of business, shall be inserted
in the printed Extracts. He shall be eutiiled to a suitable compen-
sation.
32. It shall be the duty of the Secretary to communicate proper
information to the Agent in Boston, and to the Publishing Committee,
for their direction.
33. Previously to the close of each meeting, the General Associa-
tion shall specify a place for meeting the next year, and request some
District Association to appoint a preacher to deliver the Associational
Sermon. And the church of the place of meeting is desired to tnake
preparations to celebrate the Lord's Supper during the session.
34. A Vote or Resolve to establish, alter, or annul a standing rule of
this body, shall be read twice on different days, and may be debated
at each reading. At the first reading the question shall be. Shall it be
read the second time ?
BY-LAWS.
1. An annual sermon shall be preached before the Association, on
the subject of Home Missions, and a collection taken. The preacher
shall be appointed by this body.
2. No report of the state of religion shall be read in public, unless
it be approved by the Association from which it comes, or by the
Committee of Arrangements of the General Association.
3. It is recommended to the several District Associations, to have
their narratives on the state of religion, condensed, so as not to exceed
five minutes in the time of reading.
4. The printed Minutes of this Association, shall be sufficient testi-
monials of the appointment of Delegates to Foreign Bodies.
5. It shall be the duty of those Delegates who attend the meetings
of Foreign Bodies, whether they be Primaries or Substitutes, to certify
the Secretary in writing, on or before the opening of the annual meeting
next after his appointment.
6. The Minutes of this Association shall be sent to the individual
members of the Associations connected with this body by mail, and
the Chairman of the Committee of Publication, shall furnish a list of
the nfimes required to the Agents of the Association.
7. The Minutes of this body, forwarded to the General Association
of Connecticut, shall be, according to their request, sent by mail, under
the direction of the Publislimg Committee.
8. The names of all the members of the Associations belonging to
this body, whether with or without charge, shall be inserted in the
published returns.
9 Every church without a pastor, by paying twenty-five cents,
annually, to the Treasurer of the General Association, through the
Treasurer of the local Association, with which said church is connect-
ed, shall be entitled to receive the Minutes of the General Association,
to be forwarded in the same way as minutes are forwarded to mem-
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MINUTES
CENEML mmmm of missichiisbtts.
SESSION IN FALL RIVER, JUNE, 1854.
WITH TUS
NARRATIVE OF THE STATE OF RELIGION,
PASTORAL LETTER
BOSTON
CONGREGATIONAL BOARD OF PUB LTCATION,
No. 13 Tremont Teiiii^le.
18 5 4 -
MINUTES
fiElRAL ASSOCIATION OF MASSAMBTTS,
SESSION IN FALL RIVER, JUNE, 1864.
WITH THE
NARRATIVE OF THE STATE OP RELIGION,
PASTORAL LETTER.
BOSTON:
CONGREGATIONAL BOARD OF PUBLICATION,
No. 15 Tremont Temple.
1854.
MINUTES.
The General Association op Massachusetts assem-
bled in the Meeting-house of the Central Congregational
Church in Fall River, June 27th, 1854, at 5 o'clock, P. M.
The delegates were called to order, in the absence of the
pastor, by the E-ev. Dr. Davis, Secretary of the Associa-
tion ; and Rev. J. T. Tucker was chosen Scribe, pro tern.
Delegates.
The following clergymen presented certificates of their
election as delegates from District Associations, and were
enrolled as members, viz : —
Andover Association,
Berkshire North Asso.,
Berkshire South Asso.,
Brewster Association,
Bridgewater Association,
Brookfield Association,
Essex North Association,
Essex South Association,
Franklin Association,
Hampden East Asso.,
Rev. H. M. Storrs.
Rev. Joseph Knight,
Rev. J. Todd, D. D.
Rev. W. H. Phelps,
Rev. A. H. Dashiell, Jr.
Rev. N. S. Dickinson,
Rev. E. Dow.
Rev. David Bingham,
Rev. Calvin Chapman.
Rev. T. G. Colton.
Rev. Albert Paine,
Rev. S. J. Spaulding.
Rev. U. W. Condit.
Rev. D. A. Strong,
Rev. B. F. Clark.
Rev. Jonathan Bowers,
Rev. S. G. Buckingham.
Hampden West Asso.,
Hampshire Association,
Hampshire East Asso.,
Harmony Association,
Mendon Association, ■
Middlesex South Asso.,
Middlesex Union Asso.,
Norfolk Association.
Old Colony Association,
Pilgrim Association,
Salem Association,
Suffolk North Asso.,
Suffolk South Asso.,
Taunton Association,
Vineyard Sound Asso.,
Woburn Association,
Worcester Central Asso.,
Worcester North Asso.,
Mass. Home Miss. Soc,
j Rev. Ralph Perry,
I Rev. Henry Cooley.
Rev. M. E. White,
Rev. R. S. Stone.
Rev. J. W. Curtis.
Rev. T. C. Biscoe,
Rev. William Warren.
Rev. T. T. Richmond,
Rev. J. T. Tucker.
Rev. J. C. Webster,
Rev. E. Dowse. -
Rev. E. A. Bulkley.
Rev. H. D. Walker,
Rev. D. Wight, Jr.
Rev. E. W. Harrington,
Rev. W. L. Mather.
Rev. Stillman Pratt,
Rev. Edward P. Kimball.
Rev. Jeremiah Taylor, —
Rev. A. R. Baker.
Rev. W. I. Budington,
Rev. George Richards.
Rev. Edward Beecher, D. D.,
Rev. R. W. Clark.
Rev. A. Cobb,
Rev. N. Richardson.
Rev. A. C. Childs,
Rev. Horace Pratt.
Rev. George T. Dole,
Rev. W. C. Whitcomb.
Rev. J. R. Worcester,
Rev. George Bushnell.
Rev. W. H. Hayward,
Rev. A. P. Marvin.
Rev. J. S. Clark, D. D.,
Rev. S. H. Emery. _^
Members Ex- Officio.
Rev. Emerson Davis, D. D., Secretary.
Rev. E. Thurston, Pastor.
Delegates from Corresponding Bodies.
General Assembly of the Presbyterian Church, which
was held at Buffalo, N. Y., — Rev. Stuart Robinson.
General Assembly of the Presbyterian Church, which
was held at Philadelphia, — Rev. James W. McLane, D. D.
Congregational Union of Canada, — Rev. Henry Wilkes,
D. D.
Vermont General Convention, — Rev. S. M. Plimpton.
General Association of New Hampshire, — Rev. N.
Barbour.
■ General Association of Connecticut, — Rev. Austin
Putnam.
Evangelical Consociation of Congregational Churches
in Rhode Island, — Rev. Samuel Wolcott.
General Association of the State of New York, — Rev.
B. B. Parsons.
Presbyterian and Congregational Convention of Wis-
Honorary Members.
Rev. Charles J. Hinsdale, delegate to General Assem-
bly, New School.
Rev. A. Eldridge, delegate to General Assembly, Old
School.
Rev. J. W. Ward, delegate to General Association of
Illinois.
Rev. Dr. Dimmick, delegate to General Association of
Iowa.
Organization.
The Rev. John Todd, D. D., was chosen Moderator ;
Rev. J. T. Tucker, Scribe; and Rev. Rufus W. Clark,
Assistant Scribe.
Prayer was offered by the Moderator, and the Rules of
the Association were read by the Secretary.
Committees.
The following Committees were appointed : —
On Elections, — Rev. Messrs. Knight, Storrs, and Jere-
miah Taylor.
On Arrangements^ — Rev. Messrs. Dr. Clark, Bucking-
ham, and S. H. Emery and Pastor.
On Nominations^ — Rev. Messrs. Dr. Edward Beecher,
Buckley and E. W. Harrington.
On Accounts, — Rev. Messrs. Brigham and Condit.
On Publication, — Rev. Messrs. R. W. Clark, G. Richards
and L. Whiting.
To prepare the Narrative of the State of Relig-io7i, — Rev.
Messrs. Worcester, Baker, Walker, Perry and Dashiell.
To nominate Deleg-ates to Foreig-n Bodies, — Rev. Messrs.
Richards, Marvin and Dickinson.
The Committee of Arrangements reported, that the
same order of procedure be adopted as last year, unless
objected to. Report was adopted.
In the failure of both the preachers for this evening be-
fore the Mass. Home Missionary Society, voted, that the
Rev. E. Davis, D. D., be requested to preach.
Association adjourned, with prayer, to 7| o'clock.
Tuesday evening;, 1% o^clock. Association met in pub-
lic worship, and listened to a discourse by Rev. Dr. Davis,
from Luke vii. 22. A collection was taken up of $38 5Q.
After service. Association adjourned to 8 o'clock to-
morrow morning.
Wednesday, 8 o''clock. The Association met according
to adjournment. After the calling of the Roll, prayer was
offered by the Moderator, and the Minutes of the previous
day were read.
The following gentlemen were, on motion, invited to
sit as honorary members : —
Rev. L. Beecher, D. D., Boston ; Rev. J. Bruce, Con-
necticut ; Rev. S. Bliss, Boston ; Rev. B. Holmes, Ando-
ver ; Rev. M. Badger, D. D., New- York ; Rev. T. N. Tar-
box, Boston ; Rev. S. Clark, Worcester ; Rev. W. C. Dick-
inson, Middleboro' ; Rev. N. Cogswell, Yarmouth ; Rev.
A. Bnllard, Boston ; Rev. W. P. Doe, Rhode-Island ; Rev.
S. Harding, Boston; Rev. N. Monroe, Bradford; Rev. S.
B. Morley, Attleboro' ; Rev. G. Ford, Groton ; Rev. E.
Sanford, Raynham ; Rev. S. Raymond, Bridgewater ;
Rev. L. Swain, Rhode-Island ; Rev. J. J. Abbott, Ux-
bridge ; Rev. R. Torrey, Rhode-Island ; Rev. Thomas
Shepard, D. D., Rhode-Island ; Rev. R. Carver, Raynham ;
Rev. Charles D. Lothrop, Sterling ; Rev. B. Dickinson,
D. D., Boston ; Rev. S. S. Joselyn, New- York.
Reports from Delegates to Corresponding Bodies.
Reports were received from : —
Rev. J. W. Ward, at the General Association of
Illinois.
Rev. A. Eldridge, at the General Assembly of the Pres-
byterian Church, at Buffalo, N. Y.
Rev. C. I. Hinsdale, at the General Assembly of the
Presbyterian Church, at Philadelphia.
Rev. Dr. Dimmick reported that he performed by letter
this same duty to the General Association of Iowa.
Report on Nomination of Delegates to Foreign Bodies.
Rev. Dr. E. Davis, from the Committee on Nominations
of Delegates to Foreign Bodies, made the following re-
port, which, on motion, was accepted, and, after discus-
sion, was adopted : —
The Committee appointed to prepare a Schedule to
regulate the appointment of Delegates to Foreign Bodies
in correspondence with us, beg leave to report : —
It has been said that some Associations have sent more
delegates to Foreign Bodies than others, and that some
members of Associations have been appointed more fre-
quently than others. We believe this is true. From an
examination of the Minutes for twenty-five successive
years, it appears that Brookfield Association, having eigh-
teen churches, has had twenty-six appointments, while
Franklin, which has twenty-five churches, has had only
fifteen appointments, and Hampshire, with seventeen
churches, only nine appointments. Suffolk North and
Worcester Central, each having eighteen churches, have
had each twenty-five appointments, while Woburn, with
sixteen churches, has had only eight, and Essex North,
with twenty-five churches, has had but nineteen. It is
plain, therefore, that justice has not been done to the As-
sociations in the matter of appointments.
We do not believe, however, that there has been any
intention on the part of committees who have made out
and nominated the list of delegates to do any injustice.
The committees, it is not likely, are acquainted with half
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the clergymen in the State, and they do not know to what
Associations those who have been appointed, belonged. It
is true they have documents in their hands by studying
which carefully several hours, they might ascertain from
what Associations the appointments ought to be made.
They cannot spend the time, and throwing aside the pa-
pers, proceed to make a selection in the best way they
can. We believe the committees have done the best they
could.
If any individual has never been appointed it was
because he did not happen to be personally known to
the committee, and not because they designed to slight
him.
We have marked out a plan which will secure the ap-
pointment of one delegate from each Association every
year. This we know is not perfectly equal, for it gives to
a small Association a delegate as often as it does to a
large one, but the plan has the merit of being simple and
feasible.
We have twenty-eight Associations, and appoint an-
nually twenty-eight new delegates, who are substitutes
for those appointed the previous year. We have arranged
the Associations alphabetically, and divided them into
two divisions, the first fourteen in one, and the last four-
teen in the other. We have arranged the names of For-
eign Bodies alphabetically, and to the first of them select
one delegate from the first of the first division, and the
other from the first in the second division.
THE SCHEDULE.
Assembly, ^0. S.), Andover and Mendon.
Assembly, (N. S.), Berkshire North and Middlesex South.
Canada, Berkshire South and Middlesex North.
Connecticut, Brewster and Norfolk.
California and Oregon, Bridgewater.
England and Wales, Old Colony.
Illinois, Brookfield and Pilgrim.
Iowa, Essex North and Salem.
Maine, Essex South and Suffolk North.
Michigan, Franklin and Suffolk South.
New Hampshire, Hampden East and Taunton.
New York, Hampden West and Vineyard Sound.
Rhode Island, Hampshire and Woburn.
Vermont, Hampshire East and Worcester Central.
Wisconsin, Harmony and Worcester North.
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Next year move the names of the Bodies downward
one place, and transfer the bottom one to the top, and so
on in successive years, and give each Association an op-
portunity to send a delegate to all the Bodies in corres-
pondence with us.
If the number of Associations shall hereafter be increas-
ed, it will be balanced, no doubt, by an increase in the
number of corresponding Bodies. Whatever changes may
occur can be provided for hereafter.
The Committee recommend that when more than two
delegates are tO be appointed to any foreign Body, they
be selected from the large Associations.
Subject of Slavery.
Committee of Arrangements reported certain papers on
the subject of Slavery as business in order for the Asso-
ciation. On motion, that part of this business relating to
correspondence with the Assemblies of the Presbyterian
Church, was referred to a Committee of five, — Rev.
Messrs. Warren, Marvin, Brigham, J. Taylor, and Mather.
On motion, the remainder of these papers were referred
to a special Committee of five, — Rev. Messrs. H. M. Storrs,
R. W. Clark, Colton, R. S. Stone, and Bushnell.
Devotional Exercises.
After a recess of ten minutes, the Association spent a
season in devotional exercises, during which obituary no-
tices of clergymen deceased during the year were pre-
sented.
Rev. George H. Newhall, of Walpole, died Aug. 21,
1853, aged 27 years.
Rev. Elias Wells, of Sandwich, died Sept. 9, 1853,
aged 44 years.
Rev. George Fisher, of Harvard, died Sept. 6, 1853,
aged 57 years.
Rev. Oliver M. Sears, of Dalton, died Sept. 29, 1853,
aged 35 years.
Rev. Joshua Bates, D. D., of Dudley, died Jan. 14, 1854,
aged 78 years.
Rev. John Storrs, of Winchendon, died May 8, 1854,
aged 52 years.
Rev. Phineas Fish, of Cotuit, died June 16, 1854, aged
69 years. ,
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Place of next Meeting'.
Voted., That the next meeting of this Body be held in
the First Church in Northampton, Rev. J. P. Cleaveiand,
D. D., Pastor.
Mendon Association to appoint the Associational
Preacher.
Pastoral Address.
Rev. A. Cobb presented the Pastoral Address, which,
on motion, was accepted, and referred to the Publishing
Committee for publication.
Adjourned to 2 P. M.
Reports of State of Religion.
2 o^clock, P. M. Association proceeded to hear reports
of Narratives on the State of Religion, after uniting in
prayer with Rev. Dr. Wilkes of Montreal, Canada.
The narratives from the local Associations having been
finished, the Association received the salutations of the
General Assembly of the Presbyterian Church, (O. S.,)
from the Rev. Stuart Robinson, delegate from that Body.
Rev. J. W. McLane, D. D., delegate from the General
Assembly of the Presbyterian Church, (N. S.,) presented
the fraternal greetings of that Body.
Next Pastoral Letter.
Rev. Dr. Leonard Withington, Messrs. Hosford and
Pike were appointed a Committee to prepare the Pastoral
Address.
Preacher on Home Missions.
Rev. John Todd, D. D., was appointed Primary, and
Rev. J. T. Tucker Alternate, as preachers before the Mass.
Home Missionary Society, next year.
Congregational Library Association.
On motion of Dr. J. S. Clark, resolved, That the objects
of the Congregational Library Association entitle it to the
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sympathy and patronage of the entire denomination ; and
that the Congregational ministers in this Commonwealth
be requested to bring the subject before their respective
churches, in such form as they may think proper, with a
view to secure their membership and cooperation.
Adjourned, with prayer by Rev. A. R. Baker, to 7f
o'clock.
Reports of State of Religion — continued.
Wednesday evenings 7f o'clock. Association met, and,
after prayer by Rev. J. W. Ward and singing, proceeded
with the reception of delegates from Foreign Bodies.
Rev. H. Wilkes, D. D., presented the salutations of
Canada Union to this Body.
Rev. S. M. Plimpton appeared as delegate from the
General Convention of Vermont.
Rev. N. Barbour appeared as delegate from the General
Association of New Hampshire.
Rev. A. Putnam appeared as delegate from the General
Association of Connecticut.
Rev. B. B. Parsons appeared as delegate from the Gen-
eral Association of the State of New York.
Rev. C. W. Munroe appeared as delegate from the
Presbyterian and Congregational Convention of Wis-
consin.
Rev. Samuel Wolcott appeared as delegate from the
Evangelical Consociation of Rhode Island.
Voted.) To adjourn to 8 o'clock to-morrow morning.
Thursday., 8 o'clock., A. M. Association met, and the
Roll was called. Prayer was offered by the Moderator.
The Minutes were read and approved.
The Report on Correspondence with the Presbyterian
General Assemblies was taken up, and the following reso-
lution was adopted : —
Resolved, That in continuing our correspondence with
the General Assemblies of the Presbyterian Church, it is
our desire and expectation that Delegates shall thoroughly
represent the sentiment of our churches upon the subject
of slavery, as often expressed in the votes of this Body.
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The Report of R-ev. Dr. Dimmick, on " Rules," was
taken up, and being amended, was, on motion, adopted as
follows : —
Resolved, That the introduction of a Lay Delegation
into this Body is, in the estimation of this Body, desira-
ble, if it be effected with the concurrence of the Associa-
tions and churches.
Rev. Dr. Edward Beecher, from the same Committee,
reported the following resolution, which was adopted : —
Resoli-ed, That a Committee be appointed to draw up,
for the consideration of the Association, a plan of organi-
zation, in which the existing Conferences and local be-
nevolent Associations, be combined in one system, from
which may be appointed a lay delegation, to h@ united in
this Body with the clejical delegation. That said Com-
mittee shall also be directed to receive the responses of
the Associations and of the churches through them, and
to report the result to this Body at their meeting the next
year.
The following Committee was appointed under this
resolution, — Rev. Messrs. Dr. Dimmick, J. S. Clark, and S.
Sweetzer.
The Nebraska Papers.
On motion, the Report of the Committee on the Ne-
braska papers was received and adopted, as follows : —
Believing it to have been God's design in founding this
nation to provide a land where Religion and Liberty
should be unrestrained, and their enjoyment secured to
every inhabitant; and believing that a crisis has been
reached, in which it must soon be decided whether this is
to be a free or a slave Republic, therefore.
Resolved, 1. That we view with sorrow and alarm the
recent aggressions of the slave power in this country, as
opposed to the manifest will of God, as violations of the
national honor and faith, and as encouraging the rupture
of all national ties ; and that first of all we appeal to God
for the justice of our cause, and entreat his aid in all our
efforts to avert the consummation we deplore.
2. That we deem it not only a right but our solemn
duty, as christian ministers, to rebuke, as they deserve, the
evils and sins connected with slavery, and to advocate
those sacred principles of liberty which lie at the founda-
tion of every just government, and serve as the fruitful
source of all true, social and national prosperity.
3. That, in the present emergency, it is the duty of
our great Benevolent Societies, and that we call upon
every one which would receive our confidence or support,
to make no exceptions in favor of American slavery, but
to deal with it as with other sins, which hinder the coming
of Christ.
4. That we deem it the duty of all good men and
christian ministers emigrating westward, whose destination
is not determined by other and proper considerations, to
join the emigration to Kansas and Nebraska, and there
help to build up free States.
5. That no human enactments can absolve us, as
Christians, from the duty of feeding the hungry, clothing
the naked, and relieving the stranger and the oppressed
who flee to us for protection.
All which is respectfully submitted.
H. M. Storrs,
In behalf of Committee.
Rev. Dr. E. Beecher presented the following additional
resolution : —
Resolved^ That a Committee of five be appointed to
confer with the Publishing Societies referred to in the ac-
tion of this Body the last year, to ascertain their views
and action on the subject of slavery, and report to this
Body the next year.
Committee appointed is Rev. Messrs. Worcester of Sa-
lem, Storrs, Eldridge, Tucker, and Dr. E. Beecher.
Delegates to Foreign Bodies.
The Report of the Committee on Nominations to For-
eign Bodies was presented, and is as follows : —
To the General Assembly of the Presbyterian Church,
(O. S.) next meeting in Nashville, Ten., 3d Tuesday
of May, 1855 :
Rev. L. F. Dimmick, D. D., ) to •
-n T o u- M Primaries.
Rev. L. Sabin, )
Rev. H. M. Storrs, j ^ u ^.-j. j.
T, T rri -n 1 \ Substitutes.
Rev. J. T. Tucker, \
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To the General Assembly of the Presbyterian Church,
(N. S.), next meeting in St. Louis, 3d Tuesday of
May, 1855 :
Rev. A. L. Si one, ) -r, •
-n c, 1 XT • } Primaries.
Hev. Samuel Harris, )
Rev. J. Jay Dana, ) ^ u t--^ j.
T, TT17 T\V mu } Substitutes.
Rev. W. M. Thayer, )
To the General Conference of Maine :
Rev. B. F. Hosford, | ^ .
„ T A r^ I Primaries.
Rev. J. A. Copp, )
Rev. J. E. Dvvinell, ) ^ u x-x +
Rev. A. C. Adams, J Substitutes.
To the General Association of New Hampshire, next
meeting at Derry, 4th Tuesday of August, 1854 :
Rev. R. S. Storrs, ] -r, .
-n TTk m X } Primaries.
Rev. D. Eastman, \
Rev. E. B. Clark, ) ^s u +v \.
Rev. R. Carver, ^ Substitutes.
To the General Convention of Vermont, next meeting
in Brattleboro' :
Rev. A. M. Colton, ) Primaries
Rev. J. M. Paine, J Pumaries.
Rev. R. McEwen,
Rev. S. Sweetser, D. D.,
Substitutes.
To the Evangelical Consociation of Rhode Island, next
meeting at Pawtucket, 2d Tuesday of June, 1855 :
^'"nf''*^ -t ! Primaries.
Rev. Osborn Myrick, )
Rev. R, S. Stone, ) o u x-x x
-n T -r. 1 J ' Substitutes
Rev. J. Edwards,
To the General Association of Connecticut, next meet-
ing at Meriden, 3d Tuesdg.y of June, 1855 :
Rev. L. Whiting, ) ^^ .
-n T m 1 1 ^ } Primaries.
Rev. J. Todd,
^;:xS.Me\tT' * Sabstitutes.
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To the General Association of New York, next meeting
at Madrid, Aug. 25, 1854 :
Kev. C. Packard, j pri^^^ries.
Rev. B. G. Clark, )
Rev. R. Perrv,
Rev. H. B. Hooker,
Substitutes.
To the General Association of Michigan :
Rev. M. K. Cross, ) j^ .
T, a /-I -D I • u I Primaries.
Rev. S. G. Buckingham, )
Rev. W. H. Gilbert, ) a u +-x .
•n T) -XTT /-ii I \ Substitutes.
Rev. R. VV. Clark, )
To the Presbyterian and Congregational Convention of
Wisconsin, next meeting at Fond du Lac, 1st Tues-
day of Oct., 1854 :
Rev. I. P. Langworthy, Primary.
Rev. J. J. Abbott, ) a u j.-^ j.
T> T /~i Ti • \ Substitutes.
Rev. J. C. Paine, j
To the General Association of Illinois :
Rev. J. C. Webster, Primary.
Rev. J. Morse, (substitutes.
Rev. E. Alden, Jr.
To the General Association of Iowa :
Rev. N. Munroe, ) PHmaHes
Rev. P. Cook, D. D., j Primaries.
Rev. J. Pike, j c< u j-. ,
Rev. M. P. Braman, D. D., j Substitutes.
To the General Association of California and Oregon t
Rev, J. S. Clark, Primary.
Rev. J. D. Farnsworth, Substitute.
To the Congregational Union of Canada :
Rev. B. Tappan, Jr., ) -„ .
■n A T-t Ti Ti 1 • I Primaries.
Rev. A. E. P. Perkins, )
Rev. O. Lombard, ) c. , ,•, ,
■D T XT Qu 1^ \ Substitutes.
Rev. L. H. Sheldon, )
To the Congregational Union of England and Wales :
Rev. W. L. Mather,
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NarratiDe of the State of Religion^
Uev. J. E.. Worcester presented the Narrative on the
State of Religion.
Voted, That it be adopted, and published in the Min-
utes.
On motion of Rev. Mr. Buddington,- — ■
■Resolved, That in view of the reports from the district
Associations made to this Body by their respective dele-
gates, especially when taken in connection with the in-
crease of our population and our wealth, this Associa-
tion is impressed with the solemn conviction that our
Congregational churches are not making the advance, in
numbers and benevolence which is to be expected from
our present relations and historical antecedents.
Resolved, That the Publishing Committee be instructed
to compare the statistics of the churches with those of
our population, and present the results of such comparison
to the Genera] Association at their next meeting.
The Treasurer's Report was presented and adopted*
Infant Baptism.
The Committee on Infant Baptism, at the request of
its chairman. Rev. N. Adams, D. D., was continued until
next year, to perfect its report.
The Secretary presented a letter from Rev. W. E. Cat-
lin, a delegate from the General Association of Illinois,
conveying the friendly greetings of that Body.
Alphabetical Catalogue.
Voted, That the Committee on Publication be directed
to prepare an Alphabetical Catalogue of all the names of
Ministers in our Minutes, with their Post-office address.
Vote of Thanks.
On motion of Dr. J. S. Clark, —
Voted, That the thanks of this Association be cordially
and earnestly tendered to the Church and people of Rev.
Eli Thurston and to other families in Fall River, for their
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generous hospitalities to the members of the Association
in this present session ; to the Choir, for their very accept-
able performances on the occasion of our public meetings;
and to the Moderator, for the courtesy, patience and abil-
ity with which he has presided over the deliberations of
this Body.
Minutes were approved.
Voted, That the Association adjourn to 2 o'clock this
afternoon, and was closed with prayer by Rev. S. Wol-
cott.
2 o'clock, P. M. The Association met to observe the
Sacrament of the Lord's Supper. The sermon was
preached by Rev. J. J. Abbott of Uxbridge, from Gala-
tians, ii. 20. Rev. Messrs. Dr. Badger, Hurlbert and
McLane, aided the Moderator in administering the Sa-
crament.
After prayer, the Association adjourned sine die.
JOHN TODD, Moderator.
J. T. TUCKER, .Scribe.
R. W. CLARK, Assistant Scribe.
NARRATIVE OF THE STATE OF RELIGION.
Aided by reports from the different local Associations,
we are called now to look back upon another year, and to
consider what, during the year, has been done, in connec-
tion with the more than 460 Congregational Churches of
this Commonwealth, to win souls to Christ, and to pro-
mote the interests of the Redeemer's kingdom. While
we see much cause for gratitude, it cannot but be felt at
once, that there is much occasion also for humiliation.
Sustained by Him in whose hand our breath is, most, not
all, of those ministers who were connected with this body
one year ago, still live, and are permitted still to preach
the gospel. The churches too still live. The members
are generally at peace among themselves, and " walk," we
trust, in some good measure, " in the truth." Some of the
feeble churches are gaining strength, some of the strong
are becoming yet more strong, some are leaving the houses
in which they and their fathers have worshipped, and are
erecting more elegant and costly structures, and a few
cases are mentioned in which, urged by a necessity grow-
ing out of an increase of church and congregation until
they have not room, one church is about to become two
bands. There are not wanting such outward marks of
progress, but, alas, some of the Associations speak of a
worldly prosperity too great apparently for the spiritual
good of the churches. The Lord's hand is not shortened
that it cannot save, neither is his ear heavy that it cannot
hear, yet among all our churches not more than about
thirty report any thing which can be spoken of as a revi-
val of religion, and in most of these cases the interest
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does not seem to have been of a very deep and extensive
character. A few instances there have been of deeply in-
teresting and powerful works of grace, and some of the
Associations which do not report revivals, yet speak of the
churches as having generally received accessions from the
world, to a greater or less extent, which afford occasion
for grateful praise. We would not forget that " there is
joy in the presence of the angels of God over one sinner
that repenteth," and while we mourn that the last has not
been marked as " a year of the right hand of the Most
High" among our churches, doubtless because of too little
prayer and too little effort, we would still rejoice and give
thanks that not one only, but some hundreds of the mem-
bers of our congregations have, within the year, been
hopefully translated from the kingdom of darkness into
the kingdom of God's dear Son.
While called to humiliation by the fact that so few
seem to have been savingly benefitted by our labors the
past year, we are admonished to do with our might what
our hands find to do in the future, not by this fact only.
Seven pastors who were connected with this Body, Rev.
Messrs. Newhall, Fisher, Wells, Sears, Bates, Storrs, and
Fish ; and at least four other ministers who have hereto-
fore been pastors among our churches. Rev. Messrs. Pre-
served Smith, William A. Hawley, Jared Read, and Jona-
than Bigelow, have been called to cease from their labors
upon earth. We too must soon cease from our labors,
and should work the work of him that sent us, while it
is day.
It is painful to notice in how many instances the pas-
toral relation has been sundered in other ways than by
death. The reports of the different Associations do not
yet give all the facts upon the subject, but the number of
dismissions during the year cannot have been much less
than forty. In not a few cases these dismissions have
been occasioned by want of adequate support. The sala-
ries of ministers have not generally been increased, in
proportion to the increased expenses of living, and the
consequence has been, in many cases, that pastors have
been obliged to leave fields in which they might otherwise
have still been usefully and happily employed. It is
cheering to learn, however, that the churches are begin-
ning not only to increase the pecuniary compensation of-
fered when they invite ministers to become their pastors,
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but, in some cases, to consider the necessities, in present
circumstances, of those already settled, and generously to
meet those necessities.
Sabbath schools in most sections of the state seem to
be in a condition quite as interesting and promising as
heretofore. There is still complaint in some Associations
of far too much neglect on the part of parents of the duty
and the privilege of consecrating their infant children to
God in the rite of baptism ; and this, we fear, is often
evidence that in other respects parents are not doing all
they should do to bring their children under the influence
of the truth, and secure for them a saving interest in
Christ.
The various benevolent enterprises of the day still re-
ceive the benefactions of the churches. In several Asso-
ciations, contributions to these enterprises are distinctly
said to have increased. There is progress from year to
year, it is believed, in the amount contributed by our
churches, but whether that progress on the whole keeps
pace even with the increased ability of the churches may
be doubtful. Certainly very many of the members of our
churches have yet much to learn in regard to the duty and
the privilege of living to do good. The churches are not
yet, to so great extent as we trust they will soon become,
bodies of benevolent, giving men, working for Christ.
Quite too many of their numbers have come to their in-
closure apparently only to live in Christ, not to live for
Christ ; to rest, to hope, and to be saved, but not to work;
not feeling that, through their agency, this world, so lost
in darkness and in sin, is to be filled with light and ho-
liness.
Right feeling in regard to temperance has, it is believed,
been making progress in our churches. The conviction is
becoming more deep and more extensive, that much re-
mains yet to be accomplished, and the firm determination
is increasing to do what may be done, both to suppress
the sale of intoxicating drinks and to dissuade the people
from their use.
We should not do justice to the reports of the different
Associations, upon which this report is based, — to the
feelings of the pastors, the churches, and the people at
large of this Commonwealth, or to our own feelings,
should we fail to mention one other subject which is not
always mentioned in this annual narrative. God, whose
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thoughts are not our thoughts, nor his ways our ways,
who will make the wrath of man to praise him, but who
does not always restrain that wrath when we would re-
strain it had we the power, h^s, in his wisdom, suftered
laws to be enacted and events to take place in our coun-
try within the last few years, and especially within the
last few months, which, while they have caused us deeply
to mourn, have also awakened among us new interest in
the cause of human liberty, and have caused us to be,
more than ever heretofore, of one heart and one mind in
our deep hostility to slavery, as it exists in the Southern
States of this Union ; in our determination to do what in
us lies to prevent the extension of that system of oppres-
sion, and in our desires for, and our prayers and efforts to
hasten on, the time when, in this land at least, all the
chains of the oppressor shall be broken, and all the op-
pressed go free. We mourn, for great wrong has been
done ; we fear, for there is danger that yet other wrongs
will be done, and great evils brought upon our land ; but
we do not mourn, even in this case, as those who have no
hope. We do hope that out of all this evil (^od purposes
to bring good.
From delegates present from ecclesiastical Bodies in
other States of this Union, and on our borders, we have
been permitted to hear many things which give us great
pleasure, as they indicate the progress of the cause of
truth and righteousness within their limits, and thus ani-
mate our hopes and cheer us in our labors, as we look for
the time when all the kingdoms of this world shall be-
come the kingdoms of our Lord.
PASTORAIi ADDRESS
Dear Brethren, —
We address you on a topic, as we think, suited to the
times upon which we have fallen. In the agitated state
of our country and of the world, amid the restlessness of
human passions, it seems to us, there is no theme more
important, than the Apostle's exhortation to his beloved
brethren at Thessalonica — " Study to be quiet."
You are aware, that it is your duty to cherish all the
christian virtues, the basis of which is love to God and
man. As Christians, you are not to " pass over the love
of God;" nor over love to one another. If you love God^
whom you have not seen, you will love your brother
whom you have seen. If you love your brother, you will
seek his welfare ; you will not injure him, in his person,
property, or reputation. You will then " study to be
quiet." This study, brethren, is a great and profound
study. It springs from love, and is what angels know
and practice. In view of the uneasy spirits of men, it is
no wonder we are exhorted to be quiet ; and so moment-
ous is the virtue, we are bound to make it the great pur-
suit of life ; and study into the nature, the science, the
philosophy of quietude.
You readily perceive, brethren, this virtue is freedom
from alarm — not turbulent, not offensive, not troublesome ;
but calm, mild, meek, contented. It is far removed from
all infringement on the rights of others, whereby their
peace is disturbed — their just interests are, in any way,
prejudiced.
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Bfethren, it is no part of quietness, to be indifferent to
surrounding objects. Though it does not move out of its
circle, yet it does move in it, and is diligent in its appro-
priate sphere. It is an intense pursuit of what belongs to
us; and one important thing belonging to us, is to take a
deep interest in all events and measures. Move in your
own channel, and let others do the same. Your sphere is
to reverence God in his works, providence and grace, and
not to be stoical in any thing.
The Scriptures inculcate a laborious life. It was a law,
enacted by the Creator, from the beginning, for all future
generations, " In the sweat of thy face shalt thou eat
bread." The apostle reiterates the same : "He that will
not work, neither shall he eat." In your study to be
quiet, do not lead an indolent life. The best way to be
quiet, is to be engaged in our own appropriate calling, so
as not to molest others.
Consider, friends, this is an equitable spirit. All men
are born free, and are entitled equally to ■' life, liberty,
and the pursuit of happiness." The spirit we are com-
mending gives to all their sacred rights ; and unless we
are quiet, we infringe upon them and are unjust and op-
pressive. The equitable rule of our blessed Savior, " AH
things whatsoever ye would that men should do to you,
do ye even so to them," is a happy illustration of qui-
etude. This spirit is the spirit of peace. " Blessed are the
peace makers."
It becomes Christians, in order to be quiet, to be hum-
ble. Nothing can contribute more to quietness than hu-
mility. A person of an unquiet temper is never humble.
He is proud, boisterous, boasting of things without his
measure. But if humble, he will lay no claims above his
rights. He will be sober and unassuming.
There is also, brethren, an honesty interwoven with
this virtue, that is commendable ; keeping us back from
disturbing our neighbor, from robbing him of his rest, or
cheating him of his due. The apostle mentions honesty
as one of the results of quietness : " Be quiet, that ye
walk honestly towards them that are without." The un-
quiet are busy-bodies, and are cheats upon the public.
Our study is to attend to our own business, that we may
be honest. There is a comfortableness in this spirit, which
will abundantly repay the effort. It is even. He that
goes by fits and starts, is not quiet, nor comfortable. Be
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not to-day this way, and to-raorrow that, lest you be un-
connfortable to yourselves and to your neighbors. Be
equally balanced — never ruffled.
A few words upon the study of this spirit. You cannot
attain to it, unless you study for it. We are apt to be
restless, and often think we have a right to be so, espe-
cially when things do not go to suit us. The bad princi-
ple is so interwoven with our moral nature, it requires
hard study to find out its retreats, and eradicate its poison.
We must study all the laws of our natures, to see where
our quiet is liively to be disturbed ; and stand against
every foe that may ruffle our passions.
Consider, brethren, how much good influence this virtue
would have upon the world. Were all nature quiet, there
would be no storms, tempests, hurricanes, nor earthquakes.
We should behold the quiet of nature, and perceive naught
but the small rain upon the tender herb, the genial show-
ers upon the grass, and the influence of an unclouded sun
to finish the blessing. So, let the passions of men be
quiet, there would be no wars, no turmoil, no disputings,
no backbitings, and mischievous talking; no swelling bil-
lows, tossing men upon the ocean of human life. Every
man would love his neighbor as himself; would be in-
dustrious, and endeavor to make others so. If every
Christian would study this virtue, and practice it, it
would be as life from the dead to the circle in which he
moved. Every one should study to do his part.
There is a harmony about quietness, which is lovely.
Were all our churches and congregations and communi-
ties quiet, there would be peace and concord reigning
among them. Ministers would dwell among their own
people, and our churches would esteem them very highly
in love for their works sake. We should have harmonious
families, parishes and states — no agitations. Would not
all be of one heart and one soul ?
Brethren, it is a very pleasant and lovely way to pass
along our probation. The amiability of quietness com-
mends it to our particular study. Some seem to be in
their chosen element always finding fault with somebody
or something, or every body and every thing. But we
have a lesson to learn, of greater magnitude, during our
probation, than to sow seeds of discord among the com-
munity. Is itnot desirable that every man should sit under
his vine and fig-tree, with none to make afraid.
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It is safe to be quiet. " He that walketh uprightly,
walketh surely." The path of duty is the path of safety.
A meek and quiet spirit, is the ornament of our holy re-
ligion.
By these remarks, we intend not to recommend to you
the spirit of inaction. The old exploded doctrine of qui-
etism, of more than two centuries a^o, does not enter into
the quiet spirit of the gospel. We are not to repose
under a state of rest, in a sort of drowsy submission to
divine influence; but to earnestly reach forward to greater
attainments in holiness, and constantly lay up a good
foundation for the time to come. We are to study to be
quiet, and to do our own business, and work with our
own hands ; do with our might whatsoever our hands
find to do. Christians have enough to do to employ all
their time, their talents, and their hearts, to keep them
with all diligence. They are to pray without ceasing and
to watch unto prayer. " The whole world lieth in wick-
edness." Souls are perishing by thousands, and "the
time is short." It is good to be jealously affected always
in a good thing. " Let all your things be done with char-
ity," in a quiet way.
Brethren, remember the poor heathen, and hasten to
their rescue. Remember your own countrymen — the err-
atic, and especially them that are in bonds, as bound with
them. Remember the church of God, the temple of the
Holy Ghost; and study to be quiet within her consecrated
walls. " Be at peace among yourselves." Seek the qui-
etness of your own families, having your children in sub-
jection ; dedicating them to God, in that sacred rite of
infant baptism, instituted by Christ, perpetuated by the
apostles, by the primitive church, and by our pilgrim
fathers. Brethren, a fearful responsibility rests upon our
churches, for this neglect, and, to a great extent, the disuse
of this ordinance. Remember your offspring need the
thing signified, as well as yourselves : " The washing of
regeneration, the renewing of the Holy Ghost, and the
sprinkling of the blood of Jesus Christ."
Brethren, there is a fastidious spirit, we fear, too preva-
lent in our churches and communities, which is attended
by bad results, especially in relation to the peace and per-
manency of the ministry, which frequently ends in the
disquiet of the brethren. The same love of novelty ap-
pears in regard to them, as in regard to other men. Peo-
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pie, from want of a quiet spirit, must have something
new; not so much in thought, as manner, mode and mea-
sure ; a new voice, a new mode of illustration, a new way
of saying things, a new minister every two or three years.
Study to be quiet in this matter.
Finally, beloved, we exhort you not to be carried about
by every wind of doctrine — let your steadfastness appear
in a quiet life. Seek not wonders in religion, any farther
than God works to bring sinners out of darkness into his
marvellous light. Enquire for the old paths of truth and
soberness, and quietly fix your eye upon God, whose
agency is marching through heaven and earth, in majestic
sublimity and loveliness. Keep on quietly toward your
final resting place. " Let thine eyes look right on, and
let thine eyelids look straight before thee. Ponder the
paths of thy feet, and let all thy ways be established.
Learn the lesson of quietness thoroughly. Let your path
be that of the just, which is as the shining light, that
shineth more and more to the perfect day. Quietly wait
upon the Lord, and he will renew your strength, and ena-
ble you to mount up, with wings as eagles, to run and
not be weary, and walk and not faint."
TREASURER'S REPORT.
General Association of Massachusetts, in account ivith E. Davis, Treasurer.
Cr.
June 1853. Balance in Treasury, |;35 32
Sept. " Received from Mendon Association, ..... 7 00
June 1854. Received from District Associations, 200 50
$242 82
Contra, Dr.
June, 1854. Paid Crocker and Brewster, for printing- Min-
utes, etc -■. . 136 75
" " Paid for a package from Connecticut, . . 38
« " Secretary's travelling expenses, ... 8 60—145 73
Balance in the Treasury, $97 09
We have examined the above account, and find it correct. We recommend
that a tax of 25 cents be assessed upon each member of the local Associations for
the ensuing year.
D. BRIGHAM, ? ^ ^ ,
U. W. CONDIT 1 ^om. on Accounts.
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THE STATISTICAL TABLES.
It is a melancholy fact, that no efforts or appeals can induce the
pastors to send in full and correct returns from their churches.
IMany of the preceding tables were sent to me in a very imperfect
state. Some had not returns from more than half the churches, and
one did not contain even the names of five of the churches and pas-
tors. Circulars were sent out to delinquent pastors, and returns have
been received from only one third of them, and some of these came in
too late for insertion. If the Association desire to have the tables
full, more efficient measures must be adopted to secure prompt and
correct returns from all the churches.
K. W. CLARK, Chairman of Pub. Com.
SCRIBES OR REGISTERS OF THE SEVERAL ASSOCIATIONS.
General Association, E. Davis, D. D., Westfield.
Andover Association,
Berkshire North,
Berkshire South,
Brewster,
Bridgewater,
Brookfield,
Essex North,
Essex South,
Franklin,
Hampden East,
Hampden West,
Hampshire,
Hampshire East,
Harmony,
Mendon,
Middlesex South,
Middlesex Union,
Norfolk,
Old Colony,
Pilgrim,
Salem,
Suffolk North,
Suffolk South,
Taunton,
Vineyard Sound,
Woburn,
Worcester Central,
Worcester North,
Amos Blanchard, D. D., Lowell.
Robert Crawford, North Adams.
A. H. Dasheill, Stockbridge.
A. K. Packard, Yarmouth.
Baalis Sanford, East Bridgewater.
J. C. Morse, Brimfield.
D. T. Kimball, Ipswich.
James Fletcher, North Danvers.
Theophilus Packard, Jr., Shelburne.
E. B. Clark, Chickopee.
E. Davis, D. D., Westfield.
J. S. Judd, Whately.
G. E. Fisher, North Amherst.
George Lyman, Sutton.
Thomas T. Richmond, Medfield.
Levi A. Field, Marlboro\
Edwin A. Buckley, Groton.
Samuel L. Rockwood, Hanson.
William A. Mandell, South Dartmouth.
Ebenezer Alden, Jr., Marshfield.
Allen Gannett, Beverly.
F. G. Pratt, South Maiden.
A. L. Stone, Boston.
Franklin Holmes, Norton.
A. Cobb, Sandwich.
R. T. Robinson, Winchester.
George Bushnell, Worcester.
John C. Paine, Gardner.
RULES OF THE ASSOCIATION.
1. The Association, by which the General Association of Massa-
chusetts was originally organized, agreed to admit, and this Associa-
tion continue to admit, as articles of faith, the doctrines of Christianity,
as they are generally expressed in the Assembly's Shorter Catechism ;
and the above-mentioned doctrines, understood by us to be distinctly
those, which from the beginning, have been embraced by the churches
of New England as the doctrines of the Gospel, are considered as the
basis of our union.
2. This General Association is founded on the principles of Con-
gregationalism, and wholly disclaims ecclesiastical jurisdiction over
the churches, or the opinions of individuals. Its object is to promote
brotherly harmony and intercourse among the ministers of Christ ; —
to obtain religious information relative to the state of their churches,
and of the chri-tian church in this country, and throughout the world,*
— and to co-operate with one another, and with other ecclesiastical
bodies, in the most eligible measures for advancing the cause of truth
and holiness.
3. Each District Association in Massachusetts, consenting to the
principles of this Union, as staled in the first article, may appoint two
delegates annually, to compose this General Association : and it is
recommended, that one be appointed, who attended the preceding
year.
4. The time of the annual meeting of this Association, shall be on
the fourth Tuesday of June, at five o'clock, P. M., at such place, as
shall have been duly notified.
5. Seven members, delegated from the particular Associations of
Massachusetts, shall be requisite to form a quorum for transacting any
business ; but for opening and adjourning the meeting, a less number
shall be competent.
6. The secretary, and the minister of the church where the Asso-
ciation meet, shall have seats, and act as members; the Associations
to which they belong retaining the right to elect their number of Dele-
gates in addition.
7. The minister of the church in the place where the Association
meets, or the secretary, may call the Association to order, and preside
in the meeting until the Association shall be properly organized.
8. The certificates of the delegates present shall be read by the
Secretary, or by a temporary Scribe ; and the Association shall then be
organized by the choice of a Moderator, a Scribe, and, if necessary,
an assistant Scribe, by ballot. The Rules of the Association shall also
be read, and the Moderator shall open the business with prayer.
9. At the opening of the session on each subsequent day, the Mod-
erator shall take the chair at the hour to which the Association stands
adjourned; shall immediately call the members to order; direct ihe
roll to be called ; shall open the meeting with prayer, and cause the
minutes of the preceding day to be read ; and the session of each day
shall be closed with prayer.
10. At each meeting of the Association, a Committee of Arrange-
ments, consisting of three, shall be appointed by nomination, to pre-
pare the business of the session ; and no business shall be introduced
during the session, but through the hands, and with the approbation of
the Committee. But if said Committee decline presenting any item
of business proposed by any member, he shall have the privilege of
appeal to the Association.
11. Every motion, on being seconded, shall, if requested by the
Moderator, or any two members, be reduced to writing, and no motion
shall be open to discussion, until it be seconded.
12. The Moderator may speak to points of order, in preference to
other members, rising from his seat for that purpose ; and shall decide
questions of order, subject to an appeal to the house by any two mem-
bers. But he may not speak to the merits of the question without
leaving the chair, and placing some other member in it, to preside
while he speaks.
13. On questions of order, adjournment, postponement, commit-
ment, or the previous question, no member shall speak more than
once. Nor on any question shall a member speak more than twice,
without leave of the Association.
14. When a question is under debate, no motion shall be received,
except for adjournment, amendment, postponement, comihitment, or
the previous question; viz. Shall the main question be now put'? The
effect of adopting the previous question shall be to put an end to de-
bate, and to bring the Association to a direct vote upon amendments
reported by a Committee, if any, upon pending amendments, and then
upon the main question.
15. If a question under debate contain several parts, any member
may have it divided, and a question taken on each part.
16. Every member, when speaking, shall address himself to the
chair; and shall be subject to no needless interruption ; if he act dis-
orderly, it shall be the duty of the Moderator, and the privilege of
other members to call him to order.
17. The discussions in the Association, and the whole deportment
of the members, shall be in accordance with decorum, with due respect
to the chair, and with courtesy to each other.
18. No member shall leave the Association before the session is
closed, except with the consent of the body ; nor shall any one leave
the house during a sitting, without the consent of the Moderator.
19. Each annual meeting shall be closed with a psalm or hymn,
and prayer by the Moderator, or such other member as he shall ap-
point.
20. Our principles of fraternal intercourse with all ecclesiastical
bodies in correspondence with us are, that this Association, and each
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body connected with it, shall annually appoint Delegates to the other,
which shall be admitted to the privilege of sitting, and deliberating
upon all matters which may come under consideration.
21. The principle of the connection formed with the Massachusetts
Missionary Society is, that said Society may annually appoint two
delegates to this body, who shall be admitted to equal privileges with
the members from the District Associations.
22. Gentlemen, who are admitted as honorary members, shall be
allowed full liberty to take part in all deliberations; though they are
not considered as' entitled to vote; and it is expected they will give
notice to the body, if they find it necessary to withdraw previous to
the close of the session. The approbation of the Committee of Ar-
rangements shall be obtained, before a gentleman shall be proposed to
sit as an honorary member.
23. The Delegates, who the preceding year attended the meetings
of foreign bodies, shall, ex officio, have seats as honorary members of
the General Association.
24. A Committee of three shall be annually appointed, to submit to
the General Association at the next meeting, a Pastoral Address, to
excite the attention of ministers and Christians to faithful discipline
in the churches, the instruction of the rising generation, the sanctifica-
tion of the Sabbath, and other subjects relating to the general interests
of religion. The addiess being approved by the General Association,
shall be signed by the Moderator, and printed wiih the minutes.
This Committee shall be chosen from the several Associations in
rotation.
25. The several Associations shall have the offer of receiving, in
rotation, the annual meeting of the General Association, and each one,
in turn, shall appoint one of their number to preach the Associational
Sermon, which shall be delivered at two o'clock, Thursday, P. M.,
after which the sacrament of the Lord's Supper shall be administered.
The narratives given by the Delegates of the several Associations
concerning the state of religion and the churches, shall be given on
Wednesday afternoon, and shall be presented in writing, with a view
to obtain an accurate account of the principal facts, not however to
prevent any more particular details which the Delegates may think ,
expedient to add, or the Association to request. The returns, with
respect to the number in the churches, etc., shall be made out accord-
ing to a printed schedule of this body, and according to the numbers
on the first of January past.
26. A Committee shall be appointed to receive the narratives and
statements, and shall condense them into one narrative, to be submit-
ted to the General Association and published. The written narratives
shall be deposited with the Secretary.
27. A Committee shall be appointed to nominate Delegates to
foreign bodies, which delegates shall, as far as practicable, be selected
from the District Associations in rotation. The brethren chosen sub-
stitutes in the delegations to the several bodies in our connection,
shall, at our next session be considered as Delegates to the respective
bodies, if they shall not previously have taken their seats there, through
the failure of their principals.
28. The Secretary shall be chosen for three years, from the close
of the meeting at which the choice shall be made. He shall, ex officio,
be the Treasurer of the General Association ; and shall be allowed his
own travelling expenses in attending the meetings of this Association.
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A Committee shall be appointed annually, to audit the accounts, who
shall report the state of the treasury, and the sum in their opinion
necessary to be paid the next year by the members of the several
Associations connected with this body. The Secretary shall be au-
thorized to pay such expenses as are allowed by this Association.
29. It shall be the duty of the Delegates of the District Associa-
tions, to pay the amount of the Assessments due from their respective
Associations for the past year, whether collected by them or not.
30. A Publishing Committee shall be annually appointed, to make
such extracts from the minutes of the meeting, as in their judgment it
will be proper to publish; procure to be printed such number of copies,
with the Pastoral Address and Narrative of the State of Religion, as
will give one copy to each minister of the Associations represented in
this body ; and such a number of copies for other bodies connected
with this Association, as i?hall be mutually agreed upon. It shall be
the duty of the Secretary to receive the publications from foreign
bodies, and distribute them among the several Associations, in propor-
tion to the tax paid by them respectively. One copy of each publica-
tion, received by the General Association, or printed by its order, shall
be kept in the archives.
31. An Agent shall be appointed in Boston to transmit the Extracts
of the Minutes of this General Association to other ecclesiastical
bodies, and to receive their Extracts or other publications, and trans-
mit them to the several District Associations represented in this body.
And notice of his appointment and place of business, shall be inserted
in the printed Extracts. He shall be entitled to a suitable compen-
sation.
32. It shall be the duty of the Secretary to communicate proper
information to the Agent in Boston, and to the Publishing Committee,
for their direction.
33. Previously to the close of each meeting, the General Associa-
tion shall specify a place for meeting the next year, and request some
District Association to appoint a preacher to deliver the Associational
Sermon. And the church of the place of meeting is desired to make
preparations to celebrate the Lord's Supper during the session.
34. A Vote or Resolve to establish, alter, or annul a standing rule of
ihis body, shall be read twice on different days, and may be debated
it each reading. At the first reading the question shall be, Shall it be
read the second time 1
E Y ■ L A W S .
1. An annual sermon shall be preached before the Association, on
the subject of Home Missions, and a collection taken. The preacher
shall be appointed by this body.
2. No report of the state of religion shall be read in public, unless
it be approved by the Association from which it comes, or by the
Committee of Arrangements of the General Association.
3. It is recommended to the several District Associations, to have
their narratives on the state of religion, condensed, so as not to exceed
five minutes in the time of reading.
4. The printed Minutes of this Association, shall be sufficient testi-
monials of the appointment of Delegates to Foreign Bodies.
5. It shall be the duty of those Delegates who attend the meetings
of Foreign Bodies, whether they be Primaries or Substitutes, to certify
the Secretary in writing, on or before the opening of the annual meeting
next after his appointment.
6. The Minutes of this Association shall be sent to the individual
members of the Associations connected with this body by mail, and
the Chairman of the Committee of Publication, shall furnish a list of
the names required to the Agents of the Association.
7. The Minutes of this body, forwarded to the General Association
of Connecticut, shall be, according to their request, sent by mail, under
the direction of the Publishing Committee.
8. The names of all the members of the Associations belonging to
this body, whether with or without charge, shall be inserted in the
published returns.
9. Every church without a pastor, by paying twenty-five cents,
annually, to the Treasurer of the General Association, through the
Treasurer of the local Association, with which said church is connect-
ed, shall be entitled to receive the Minutes of the General Association,
to be forwarded in the same way as minutes are forwarded to mem-
bers of the Association.
APPENDIX.
The order in which, the several Associations shall have the offer of
receiving the Annual Meeting of the General Association, commenc-
ing with the Suffolk North in 1848.
Suffolk North,
Suffolk South,
Vineyard Sound,
Bridgewater,
Salem,
Mendon,
And over,
Brewster,
Taunton,
Hampshire,
Essex South,
Hampshire East,
Norfolk,
Berkshire,
Middlesex South,
Brookfield,
Old Colony,
Pilgrim,
Hampden East,
Essex ^orth,
Hampden West,
Franklin,
Harmony,
Woburn,
Worcester North,
Middlesex Union,
Worcester Central,
The order in which the several Associations shall appoint one of
their number to preach the Associational Sermon, commencing with
the Worcester Central, in 1848.
Worcester Central,
Suffolk North,
Suffolk South,
Bridgewater,
Salem,
Vineyard Sound,
Essex South,
Franklin,
Harmony,
Mendon,
Hampden East,
Brookfield,
Hampden West,
Middlesex South,
Norfolk,
Hampshire,
Hampshire East,
Worcester North, ^
Old Colony,
Pilgrim,
Taunton,
Middlesex Union,
Woburn,
Essex North,
Brewster,
Andover,
Berkshire.
APPOINTMENT OF DELEGATES.
At the meeting in 1855, one Delegate from each District Associa-
tion will be appointed to the Body whose name stands in the oppo-
site column. It is the privilege of each Association to nominate a
Delegate.
Andover and Mendon,
Berkshire North and Middlesex South,
Berkshire South and Middlesex North,
Brewster and Norfolk,
Bridgewater and Old Colony,
Brookfield,
Pilgrim,
Essex North and Salem,
Essex South and Suffolk North,
Franklin and Suffolk South,
Hampden East and Taunton,
Hampden West and Vineyard Sound,
Hampshire and Woburn,
Hampshire East and Worcester Central,
Harmony and Worcester North,
Wisconsin.
Gen. Assembly, (0. S.)
Gen. Assembly, (N. S.)
Canada.
Connecticut.
California and Oregon.
England and Wales.
Illinois.
Iowa.
Maine.
Michigan.
New Hampshire.
New York.
Rhode Island.
Vermont.
REPORT ON A LAY DELEGATION.
The Committee appointed to consider " the question of altering- the Rules of
this Association, so that greater efficiency may be given this Body," have given
what attention they have been able to {he subject committed to them, and re-
spectfully present the following Report : —
The Association are not unaware, that complaints have been frequently made,
that the meetings of this Body are often less fraught with interest, and less effec-
tive in leaving deep and wide-spread impressions behind, than those of many of
the Ecclesiastical bodies of our land. Perhaps these complaints have, in some
cases, gone beyond reason, yet it will not, probably, be denied, that there is, to
some extent, a just foundation for them.
Some of the causes of this, it is probably not practicable to remove. The
other Bodies referred to, generally connect with their meetings the Anniversaries
of the various Benevolent Associations in which they are engaged, or are them-
selves the organs by which the benevolont enterprises of their denominations are
conducted. This imparts an interest to those occasions which, ordinarily, nothing
else can give. With us, the Anniversaries of our Benevolent Societies are held
on an independent platform, at another time, and invariably at the same place.
It is difficult, after the exciting scenes of Anniversary week in Boston, and that in
the short space of some three or four weeks, to get up another occasion, and per-
haps in a less favorable place, that shall be of equal interest. The freshness of the
feeling, and of the strength, have been expended, and the wearied powers have
hardly had time to recruit.
Still there are reasons, it is believed, and good reasons, for the continuance of
this Body. Fraternal feeling in the Commonwealth is promoted by it. The
statistics of our churches are gathered here, as we have, at present, no other
means of gathering them. Places distant from the Metropolis, and less favored
with religious and benevolent anniversaries, are occasionally, and in turn, brought
into connection with its meetings ; and, if its meetings are such as they should
be, are benefitted by them. And it is the organ of correspondence with various
Ecclesiastical Bodies of the land. All these are ends of value. They cannot be
dispensed with w^ithout loss.
One change, the Committee believe, might be made in the constitution of this
Body, which would be advantageous ; which, carried out in practice, would in-
crease its efficiency. It is, such alteration of the Rules, as will admit a Lay
EEPEESENTATiON in its mectuigs.
The Committee are aware that this has been thought of before ; has been made
the subject of discussion, more or less, and failed of adoption ; yet, it seems to
them, that the subject is worthy of reconsideration. And several reasons present
themselves, in their view, favoring the proposed change.
1. Laymen are often as competent as ministers to take part in the general ex-
ercises that constitute the doings of this Body, and as capable of deriving benefit
from them. Why .should they not be called to do service in connection with a
public body like this, and allowed to receive the benefit they might obtain ?
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2. The business we do here, generally, as much concerns Laymen as it does
Ministers. We legislate for nobody ; but we express opinions, -which, we design
shall have an effect ; and to which, for the purposes of a free and inlelligent re-
hgion, we attach much the same importance we should to authoritative enact-
ments. We deem this the belter way, for a Body like ours, to promote the king-
dom of Christ. But the opinions we express here, — in regard to JVlissions, for in-
stance, Home or Foreign ; in regard to the Bible or Tract cause ; the Seaman's
cause; Slavery, Temperance, or any other important inierest of the Church, —
these opinions as much concern the Laymen, as they do ourselves. Indeed, in
most cases, we are dependent on the Laymen, to accomplish the very things
which we ourselves propose. We cannot move a step in our independent
strength We must fall back upon them. They must supply the means, by
which only any schemes we devise can be realized Should they not be admit-
ted, then, at the inception of these schemes ? Would it not, moreover, give ad-
ditional weight, among our churches, to any proposition or resolution going forth
from this Body, if those churches were directly represented in this Body ; if they
could feel that Delegates from their own Brotherhood had stood at the fountain-
head, and aided in the very rise of plans, in behalf of which their cooperation is
solicited.?
3. A Lay representation in this Body seems more in accordance with the true
spirit of Congregationalism, than the merely clerical character of this Body, as it
now exists. Congregationalism is a Democracy , in its earthly arrangement, under
law to Jesus Christ. Congregationalism allows large liberty of thought and
action to the individual man, amenable to Christ, and allows large privilege to all
classes, and all individuals, under its regimen. It is the very genius of Congre-
gationalism to produce individuality of an elevated character, and then, through a
sameness of spirit, an intelligent union and fellowship. Congregationalism, emi-
nently, rolls responsibility upon the individual ; assigns him'a post to occupy ;
calls him up to whatever service of usefulness his powers qualify him to render.
Others may choose to place the government of the Church in other hands, —
in those of a single head with a triple crown ; in a privileged, irresponsible priest-
hood ; or making such other arrangements as will leave the masses of the chris-
tian commonwealth rather to be cared for, than to care for themselves, and take
part in caring for the common good. But with us, every individual member of
the church, of mature manhood, is a component part of the government of the
church. Is it not a little incongruous with these fundamental principles of our
system, that our public gatherings for business — like the present — should have in
them no Lay representation ; no church representation ?
4. A Lay representation should belong to this Body, from the fact that the
Bodies generally with which we are in correspondence are of this character —
are ecclesiastical bodies, and not simply clerical bodies. The Presbyterian bodies
certainly, to whom we send, and from whom we receive delegates, are of this
character. The General Conference of Maine, the Consociation of Rhode-
Island, the General Convention of Vermont, are constituted m like manner, with
representatives of the churches. So with the General Association of New York,
and the General Associations of the Slates West, now springing up, with few if
any exceptions, it is understood, and so with the Congregational Union of
Canada. Nearly or quite all the recent organizations are so arranged, as to have
a direct representation from the churches. This is the tendency of things at the
present time. And it is a tendency to a right, natural, and normal state, which
should have existed from the beginning. Is it not worthy of the Massachusetts
Congregational Ministry to make the change, or propose to the churches the
change, needful to give this Body the same character, and take the churches in
with them in these public transactions relating to the churches' welfare?
We sometimes, with our present arrangement, feel ourselves under a measure
of embarrassment in the use of language. You send a Delegate to some Foreign
Body. He cannot say that he brings the greetings of the Congregational
churches of Massachusetts. The churches have not commissioned him, in any
sense. He does not quite like to say, that he brings greetings from the Minis-
ters, or the Ministry, ignoring the churches He can use the term General
Association of Massachusetts, which means simply the Ministers : and he will be
likely to have some uncomfortable consciousness of its restricted meaning, even
while he utters it. Occasions will be likely to occur, too, in the proceedings and
discussions of successive sessions, when he would like to exhibit himself as the
Representative of the churches of the Old Bay State, and to utter, in their
name, what he knew to be the deep throbbings of their heart. But he cannot do
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it. He can speak of them, indeed ; but he cannot speak for them. He may
speak in the name of the ministry. — a ministry which he may deem himself very
highly honored to represent. But he would speak of the whole of our Zion,
churi-hes and ministry tog-ether, and bear tidings from the hearts of the whole to
the Bodies he visits. Give, then, the churches a place on your floor, and he may
do it consislenily.
In some of the grave papers, even, of our Association itself, the embarrass-
ment now alluded to has been felt, and has produced a use of language not
entirely accurate. In the second Rule, defining the objects of the Association,
one is said to be. — " to cooperate with one another, and with other ecclesiastical
bodies," etc. We are not an ecclesiastical Body, though the framers of the
Rule seem, for the moment, to have acted under the impression that we were,
since we do ecclesiastical work. Would it not be better so to change our Rules
as to admit a Lay representation from the churches, and make us strictly an
Ecclesiastical Body, in correspondence with the work we do?
There are always difficulties in making changes. It will be so, if any change
is attempted in the present case. Yet it is hoped that none will present them-
selves which will prove insurmountable.
The views now expressed, the undersigned respectfully present to the Asso-
ciation, as their Report on the important subject committed to them*
L. F. DIMMICK,
E. DAVIS,
S. G. BUCKINGHAM,
S. SWEETSER,
A. L. STONE,
Committee,
Some of the Committee sign the Report with some qualification.
MEMBERS OF THE SEVERAL ASSOCIATIONS,
AEKANGED IN ALPHEAETICAL ORDER, WITH THE POST-OFFICE ADDRESS OF
' EACH.
Abbot Jacob J., Uxbridge.
Abbot Joseph, Beverly.
Adams Aaron C, Maiden.
Adams Darwen, Dunstable.
Adams George M., Conway.
Adains Nehemiah, D. D., Boston.
Albro John A., D. D., Cambridge.
Alden Ebenezer, Marshfield.
Allen Cyrus W , Hubbardston.
Allen Ephraim W., Salem.
Allen Henry, Wayland.
Anderson Rufus, D. D., Boston.
Angler Luther H , Concord.
Ashley S. S , Northfield.
Austin F. D., Tolland.
Ayres Rowleuid, Hadley.
Babcnck Daniel H., South Plymouth.
Backus Joseph W., Blackstone.
Bacon Enoch, Centerville.
Bacon James M., Salisbury.
Badger Milton, D. D., New York.
Bailey S. VV.
Baker Abijah R., Lynn.
Baldwin Joseph B., West Cummington.
Bardwell Horatio, Oxford.
Barnum Samuel W,, Chesterfield.
Barrows Elijah P , Andover.
Barrows Homer, Wareham.
Barrows William, Grantville.
Bates William, Douglas Centre.
Beach Nathaniel, Millbury.
Beaman William N., North Hadley.
Bean Samuel, Little Compton, R. I.
Beardsley Bronson B., Shirley.
Beckwith George C, D. D., Boston.
Beebe Hubbard, Sturbridge.
Beecher Edward, D. D., Boston.
Beecher Lyman, D. D., Boston.
Beecher William H., Reading.
Bennett Joseph L., East Cambridge.
Bigelow Andrew, West Hampton.
Bingham J. S., Leominster.
Bisbee John H , Worthington.
Biscoe Thomos C , Grafton.
Blagden George W., D. D., Boston.
Blake Mortimer, Mansfield.
Blanchard Amos, D. D., Lowell.
Bliss Isaac G., Southbridge.
Bliss Seth, Boston.
Bliss Thomas C, North Middleboro'.
Blodgetl Constantine, Pawtucket.
Blodgett Edward P., Greenwich.
Bodwell Joseph C, Framingham.
Bonney Elijah H., Campello.
Bowers John, Wilbraham.
Bradford James, Sheffield.
Bradford Samuel, Montague.
Bragg Jesse K., Brookfield.
Braman Isaac, Georgetown.
Braman Milton P , D. D. Tapleyville.
Breed David, Chester.
Bridge Henry M., Warwick.
Briggs Isaac, North Rochester.
Briggs William T., North Andover.
Brigham David, Bridgewater.
Brigham John C, D. D., New York.
Brigham Levi, Saugus.
Brooks Edward F., Gill.
Brown Josiah W., Ashburnham.
Bryant Sidney, Canaan, N. Y.
Buckingham Samuel G., Springfield.
Budington William J., Charleslown.
Bullard Asa, Boston.
Bullard Edwin W., Royalston.
Bulkley Edwin A., Groton.
Burnap U. C, Lowell.
Burt Daniel C, North Fairhaven.
Bushnell George, Worcester.
Bashiiell William, Newton.
Butler Daniel, Groton.
Byington Swift, West Brookfield.
Cady Daniel R., Westboro'.
Caldwell James, Sheffield.
Campbell Rodney, Newburyport.
Canning Josiah W., Gill.
Carlton Hiram, West Barnstable.
Carpenter Eber, Brookltn, N. Y.
Carver Robert, Raynham.
Chandler Azariah, D. D., Greenfield.
Chapman Calvin, Lakeville.
Chapman James D., Cummington.
Chase Ebenezer, Eastham.
Child Willard, D. D., Lowell.
Childs A. C, East Falmouth.
Chute Ariel P., Lynnfield.
Clapp Eraslus.
Clark Benjamin F., Amherst.
Clark Benjamin F., North Chelmsford.
Clark Dorus, Waltham.
Clark Eber L., Washington.
Clark Eli B., Chicopee.
Clark Elias, Effremont.
Clark E. W., Winchester.
Clark Jonas B., Swampscutt.
Clark Joseph S., D. D., Boston.
Clark Lewis F., Whilinsville.
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Clark Nelson, Quincy.
Clark Perkins K., Hinsdale.
Clark Rufus W., Boston.
Clark Sereno D., Sunderland.
Clark Solomon, Canton.
Clark Theodore J., Cummington.
Cleaveland John P., D. D., Northampton.
Cobb Alvan, Taunton
Cobb Asahel, Sandwich.
Cobb Leaiider, Marion.
Cobb Nathaniel, New Bedford.
Coggin Jacob, Tewksbury.
Coggin William S., Boxford.
Cogswell Nathaniel, Yarmouth.
Colburn Moses M., South Dedham.
Cole S., West Tisbury.
Collon Aaron M., East Hampton.
Colton Theron G., Ware.
Condit Uriah \V., Lynnfield Centre.
Cook E. W., Haydensville.
Cook Russell S., New York.
Cook Parsons, D. D., Lynn.
Cooley Henry, West Springfield.
Cooley Timothy M., D. D., Granville.
Copp Joseph A., Chelsea.
Cordley Christopher M., Randolph.
Corey John E., Freetown.
Cornell William M , Boston.
Couch Paul, North Bridgewater.
Cowles J. P., Ipswich
Craig Wheelock, New Bedford.
Crawford Robert, North Adams.
Crosby Josiah 1)., Ashburnharn.
Cross Joseph W., West Boylston.
Crowell Robort, D. D-, Essex.
Cummings Preston, Leicester.
Curtis J., Charlestown
Curtis Joseph W., Hadley.
Gushing Christopher, North Brookfield.
Gushing James R., East Taunton.
Cutler Lyman, Newton.
Dana J. Jay, Adams.
Darling George, Lowell.
Dasheill Alfred H., Jr., Stockbridge.
Davis Emerson, D. D., Westfield.
Davis Timothy, Kingston.
Denhara George, Wellfleet.
Denison A. C , Leicester.
Dexter Henry M., Boston.
Dickinson Noadiah S., Chatham.
Dickinson William C, Middleboro'.
Dimmiek Luther F., D. D., Newburyport.
Dodge Benjamin, Acton.
Dodge J , Harvard.
Dole George T., North Woburn.
Dow E., South Wellfleet.
Dowse Edmund, Sherburne.
Duncan A. G., Hanover.
Dwight E. S., Amherst.
D wight John, North Wrenlham.
Eastman David, Leverett.
Eastman John, West Hawley.
Eastman Lucius R., Berkley.
Eddy C, Lanesboro'.
Edgell John Q. A., Andover.
Edwards Jonathan, Wob'urn.
Eldridge Azariah, New Bedford.
Elliot II. B., Springfield.
El wood David M., Southboro'.
Ely Alfred, D. D., Monson.
Emerson Brown, D. D., Salem.
Emerson Reuben, South Reading.
Emery Joshua, North Weymouth.
Emery Samuel H., Taunton.
Farnsworth James D., Scotland.
Farwell Asa, Haverhill.
Ferguson John, Whately.
Field David, D. D., Stockbridge.
Field Henry M., West Springfield.
Field Levi A., Marlboro'.
Fisher George E., North Amherst.
Fiske John, D. D., New Braintree.
Fiske Daniel T., Newburyport.
Fitch Chester.
Fitz Daniel, Ipswich.
Flagg Horatio, Colraine.
Fletcher James, Nerth Danvers.
Foster Aaron B., Petersham.
Foster Aaron, East Charlemont.
Foster E. B., Lowell.
Foster William C, Lawrence.
Frost Daniel O., Norihfield.
Furber Daniel L., Newton Centre.
Gale Nahum, Lee.
Gale Wakefield, Rockport.
Gannett Allen, Beverly.
Gannett George, West Cambridge.
Gassett Edward Y., Foxboro'.
Gaylord H. J.
Gibson Hugh, Otis.
Gilbert Lyman, D. D., West Newton.
Gilbert S. B., Wendell.
Gilbert William H , Ashfield.
Goldsmith A., South Abington.
Goodyear George, South Koyalston.
Gould William, Fairhaven.
Graves Alpheus, Heath.
Greeley Stephen S. N., Great Barrington.
Griffin N. H , Williamstown.
Griggs Leverett, Millbury.
Grosvenor Charles P., Rehoboth.
Hall Gordon, Northampton.
Hall Thomas A., Lee.
Hallock William A., D. D., New York.
Hammond William B., South Braintree.
Hanks Sleadnian W., Lowell.
Harding John W., Longraeadow.
Harding Sewall, IBoslon.
Harding Willard M., South Weymouth.
Harrington Eli W., Rochester.
Harrington , Middlefield.
Harris Samuel, Piltsfield.
Harrison Samuel, Piltsfield.
Haskell Joseph, Dover.
Hastings G. H., Rome, Italy.
Hatch J. L , Gloucester.
Hatch Roger C, Warwick.
Haven John, Charlton.
Hayward William H., New Salem.
Hinsdale Charles J., Blandford.
Hitchcock Calvin, D. D., Wrentham.
Hitchcock Edward, D. D., Amherst.
Hitchcock William D., Clinton.
Hoadley L. Ive^, Auburn.
Hodo:man Edwin R., Lunenburg.
Hoisinglon H. R., Williamstown.
Holbrook Willard, Rowley.
Holley Piatt T., Sandisfield.
Holman David, Douglas.
Holman Sidney, West Millbury.
Holmes Franklin, Norton.
Holmes Henry B., Andover.
Hood J. A., Middletou.
Hooker Henry B., Falmouth.
Hopkins Mark, D. D , Williamstown.
Hoppin James M.. Salem.
Horton Francis, West Cambridge.
Hosford Benjamin F., Haverhill.
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Hosford Isaac, Lowell.
Houghton William A., Berlin.
Hovey George L., Boston.
Hull J. D., South Reading. .
Humphrey Heman, D. D., Pittsfield.
Hunt Samuel, Franklin.
Huntington Daniel.
Hyde J. T., New Branitree.
Ide Jacob, D. D., West Med way.
Ives Alfred E., Deerfield.
Jackson Samuel C, D. D., Andover.
Jackson William C, Lincoln.
James Horace, Worcester.
Jones J. T., North Reading.
Jenks William, D. D., Boston.
Judd Jonathan S , Whately.
Judkins Benjamin, Nantucket.
Keep John, Dana.
Kendall Charles, Bernardston.
Kendall S. C, Webster.
Kimball Caleb, Medway.
Kimball Edward P., Halifax.
Kimball James, Oakham.
Kingham Matthew, Charleraont.
Kirk Edward N., Boston.
Knapp Jared O , Hatfield.
Knight Caleb, Southampton.
Knight Joseph, Peru.
Knight Richard, Holyoke.
Langstrolh Lorenzo L., Greenfield.
Langworthy Isaac P., Chelsea.
Lasell Naihaiiiel, Auburjidale.
Laurie Thomas, West Roxbury.
Lawrence Edward A., East Windsor, Ct.
Lawrence John, Carlisle.
Leland John H. M., Norwich.
Leonard E., Milton. '
Lewis Wales, East Haverhill.
Lincoln I. N., Williamstown.
Livingston Charles, Plympton.
Lombard Otis, Southfield.
Lord Samuel J. M , Norih Truro.
Lolhrop Charles, Sterling.
Luce Leonard, Westfield.
Lyman George, Sutton.
Lyman S.
McCollom, James T., Bradford.
IVFcEwen Robert, Enfield.
McLoud Anson, Topsfield.
Maltby Erasmus, Taunton.
Mandell William A., South Dartmouth.
JMann Cyrus, North Falmouth.
Marsh Christopher, Jamaica Plain.
Marsh Dwight W., Mosul, Turkey.
Marvin Abijah P., Winchendon.
Marvin Elihu P., Medford.
Mather William L., Mattapoisett.
Maynard J. L., East Douglas.
Means James H., Dorchester.
Means John O., East Medway.
Merrick James L , South Amherst.
Merrill James H., Montague.
Merrill James, Lowell.
Miller Jacob G, Housatonic.
Miller Moses,, Chicago, 111.
Miller Rodney A., Worcester.
Miller Simeon, Holyoke.
Mills Charles L., North Bridgewater.
jVIonroe Nathan, Bradford.
Moody Eli, Burlington.
Mordough J. H., Hamilton.
Morley S. B., West Attleboro'.
Morong Thomas, Pepperell.
Morse Jason, Brimfield.
Myrick O;, Piovincetown.
Nash John A., Amherst.
Nason Elias, Natick.
Nelson John, D. D., Leicester.
Newton Ezra, Dightou.
Nichols Washington A., Chicago, 111.
Nickels Christopher M , Barre.
Noble Edward W., Truro.
Northrup B. G., Saxonville.
Northrup L. H., Warren.
Norton C. H., North Becket.
Norton J. F., Athol.
Nolt Samuel, Wareham.
Noyes Daniel T., Milton.
Osgood Samuel, D. D., Springfield.
Oviatt George A., Chicopee.
Packard Abel K., Yarmouth.
Packnrd Theophilus, D. D., Shelburne.
Packard Theophilus, Jr., Shelburne.
Page Jesse, Atkinson, N. H. ♦
Paine John C, Gardner.
Paine William P., Holden.
Park Calvin E., West Bosford.
Park Edwards A., D. D., Andover.
Park Harrison G.. Burlington.
Parker Leonard S., Haverhill.
Parsons John U., Hyannis.
Partridge George C, Greenfield.
Patrick G. H., Amherst.
Peabody Charles, Windsor.
Pease Giles, Sandwich.
Peck David, Orange.
Peckham Joseph, Kingston.
Peters Absalom, D. D., Williamstown.
Perkins A. E., Phillipston.
Perkins Ebenezer, Royalston.
Perkins Jonas, Weymouth.
Perry Albert, Stoughton.
Perry Gardner B., D. D., Groveland.
Perry Ralph, Agawam.
Phelps Austin, Andover.
Phelps Winthrop H., Curtisville.
Phillips John C, Methuen.
Phillips L. R , Sharon.
Phipps William, Paxton.
Pickard Daniel W., Groveland.
Pickett Aaron, Sandisfield.
Pierce Charles H., Andover.
Pierce Willard, North Abington.
Pike John, Rowley.
Pomeroy Jeremiah, Rowe.
Pomeroy Rufus, Otis.
Pomeroy Swan L., D. D., Boston.
Poor Daniel J , Gorham, Me.
Porter Charles S., Boston.
Powers Daniel, South Abington.
Prince John M., Georgetown.
Pratt Edward, New York.
Pratt Francis G.. South Maiden.
Pratt Horace, Waquoit.
Pratt Miner G., Andover.
Pratt Stillman, Carver.
Putnam Israel W., Middleboro'.
Quint Alonzo H., Jamaica Plain.
Raymond Stetson, Bridgewater.
Reed Andrew H., Mendon.
Reed Frederick A., Cohasset.
Renshaw C. S., Richmond.
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Rice Chauncy D., Poughkeepsie, N. Y.
Rich A. B., Beverly.
Richards George, Boston.
Richmond Thomas T., Medfield.
Riddel Samuel H., Boston.
Roberts James A., Woodstock, Ct.
Robinson Reuben T., Winchester.
Rockwood Samuel L., Hanson.
Rood T. H., Goshen.
Ropes William li., Wrentham.
Root Edward W., Williamsburg.
Russell Ezekiel, East Randolph.
Sabin Lewis, Templeton.
Sanders Marshall D., Ceylon.
Sanford Baalis, East Bridgewater.
Sanford David, Medway.
Sanford Enoch, Raynham.
Sanford William A., Boylston.
Sawyer Benjamin, Salisbury.
Seabury Edwin, Gloucester.
Searle Richard T., New Marlboro'.
Seely R. H., Springfield.
Sessions Alexander J., Melrose.
Se-^all Samuel, Burlington.
Seymour C. W., Whately.
Seymour Henry, Hawley.
Sheldon Luther, D. D., Easton.
Sheldon Luther H., Townsend.
Sheldon Noah, Slockbridge.
Simmons Charles, North Wrentham.
Skinner Edwin S., Soutti Wilbraham.
Smith Asa B., Buckland.
Smith Charles, Boston.
Smilh John D., Berkley.
Smith iVlatson M., Brookline.
Smilh Stephen S , Warren.
Snell Thomas, D. D., Norih Brookiield..
Snow Porter H., South Hadley Falls.
Southgate Robert, Ipswich.
Southworth Terlius D.
Spaulding Samuel J., Newburyport.
Spear Charles N., Sudbury.
Stearns Jesse G. D., BiUerica.
Stearns William A., D. D., Cambridgeport.
Slone Andrew L., Boston.
Stone Cyrus, Boston.
Stone RoUin S., East Hampton.
Stone Timothy D., Norwich, Conn.
Storrs Henry M , Lawrence.
Storrs Richard S., D. D , Braintree.
Stowe Timothy, New Bedtbrd.
Slowell Abijah, Gardner.
Strong David A., South Deerfield.
Strong Stephen C, Southampton.
Sturtevant W. H., Holmes' Hole.
Sullivan Lot B., Wendall.
Swallow J. E., Wilmington.
Swazey Arthur, Brighton.
Sweetser Selh, D. D", Worcester.
Swift Edward Y., South Hadley.
Tappan Benjamin, Jr., Charlestown.
Tarbox Increase N., Boston.
Tatlock John, Williamstown.
Taylor Jeremiah, Wenham.
Taylor John L., Andover.
Teele Albert K., Milton.
Temple J. H.
I Tenney Charles, Haverhill.
M'enney Francis V., By field.
Terrey Calvin, North Weymouth.
Terrey James P., South Weymouth.
Thatcher Isaiah C, South Dennis.
''Thayer William M., Ashland.
Thompson Augustus C, Roxbury.
Thompson George W., Dracut.
Thompson Leander, Woburn.
Thompson Otis, North Abington.
Thurston Eli, Fall River.
Tisdale James, Shutesbury.
Todd John, D. D., Pittsfield.
Tolman Richard, Tewksbury.
Towne Joseph H., Bridgeport, Ct,
Tracy Joseph, Beverly.
Treat Selah B., Boston.
Tuck, J. W., Ludlow.
Tucker Josiah T., Holliston.
Tupper Martyn, Hardwick.
Turner Josiah W., Portland, Me.
Tyler William H., Pittsfield.
Utley Samuel, AusterUtz, N. Y.
Walker Horace, East Abington.
Walker Townsend, Chester Village.
Ward James W., Abington.
Ward S. D., Feeding Hills.
Ware Samuel, South Deerfield.
Warner O.
Warren William, Upton.
Walerbury Jared B, D D., Boston.
Webster, John C , Hopkintnn.,
Wells John H , West Yarmonth.
Wheaion Levi, Gloucesler.
White Isaac C , North Abington,
While Jacob, Orleans.
White Morris E., Northampton.
AVhiie O. H , Westminster.
Whitcomb William C, Stoneham.
Whitmore Zolva, Becket.
Whiting Lyman, Reading.
Whitney John, Wallham.
Wickes Henry, Princeton.
Wickes J., Canaan, N. Y.
Wight Daniel, Jr., North Scltuate.
AVilcox G. B., Filchburg.
Wilcox Philo B , West Bridgewater.
Wilder H. A., South Africa.
Wilder Moses H., Harwich.
Williams N. W., Shrewsbury.
Williams Thomas, Providence, R. I.
Williston Payson, D. D., Easthampton.
Wilson Thomas, Westford.
Winchester AVarren W., Clinton.
Winslow Hubbard, Boston. '*
Withingion Leonard, D. D., Newburyport.
Wood Charles W.. Ashby.
"Woodbury James T., Milford.
Woodbury S , Brooklyn, N. Y.
Woodbridge John, D. D., Hadley.
Woodbridge Jonathan E., Auburndale.
Woodworth C. L., Amherst.
Worcester Isaac R., Auburndale.
Worcester Samuel M., D. D., Salem.
Wright Ebenezer B., Norwich.
Wright William, Cliicop.ee.
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MINUTES
itneral I^SMdatk 0f Pa5sat|tt5dt5,
SESSION IN NORTHAMPTON, JUNE, 1855.
WITH THE
NARRATIVE OF THE STATE OF RELIGION.
BOSTON:
CONGREGATIONAL BOARD OF PUBLICATION,
No 16 Tremont Temple.
1855.
MINUTES
§mxnl %BBschAm 0f passat^Hsdts,
AT THEIR
SESSION IN NORTHAMPTON, JUNE, 1855.
NARRATIVE OF THE STATE OF RELIGION.
BOSTON:
CONGREGATIONAL BOARD OF PUBLICATION,
No. 16 Tremont Temple.
1855.
PRINTED BY CROCKER AND BREWSTER,
47 Washington Street.
MINUTES.
The General Association of Massachusetts assem-
bled in the Meeting-house of the First Congregational
Church in Northampton, on Tuesday, June 26, 1855, at
5 o'clock, P. M. The Association was called to order by
Rev. John P. Cleaveland, D. D. ; and Rev. Joseph Peck-
ham was appointed Scribe, pi'O tern.
The following clergymen presented certificates of their
election as Delegates from District Associations, and
were enrolled as members : —
Andover,
Berkshire North,
Berkshire South,
Brewster,
Bridge water,
Brookfield,
Essex North,
Essex South,
Franklin,
Amos Blanchard, D. D.
Heman Humphrey, D. D.
Stephen S. N. Greeley,
Richard T. Searle.
None.
None.
( Jesse K. Bragg,
j Christopher Gushing.
Nathan Monroe,
Asa Farwell.
Israel E. Dwinell.
James H. Merrill,
Aaron Foster.
Hampden East,
Hampden West,
Hampshire,
Hampshire East,
Harmony,
Mendon,
Middlesex South,
Middlesex Union,
Norfolk,
Old Colony,
Pilgrim,
Salem,
Suffolk North,
Suffolk South,
Taunton,
Vineyard Sound,
Woburn,
Worcester Central,
Worcester North,
Eli B. Clark,
Theron G. Colton.
Timothy D. Cooley, D. D.,
Stephen D. Ward.
Edward W. Root,
Theodore J. Clark.
William H. Beaman,
John Woodbridge, D. D.
Lewis F. Clark,
Joshua L. Maynard.
Joshua T. Tucker,
Thomas T. Richmond.
Edmund Dowse.
G. Buckingham Willcox,
Daniel Butler.
Willard M. Harding,
William B. Hammond.
Wheelock Craig,
Benjamin Judkins.
Joseph Peckham,
Daniel H. Babcock.
Parsons Cooke, D. D.,
Jonas B. Clark.
George Richards.
Thomas Laurie,
Alonzo H. Quint.
Erastus Maltby,
Eli Thurston.
Henry B. Hooker.
William C. Whitcomb.
George Bushnell,
N. W. Williams.
Abijah P. Marvin,
John F. Norton.
Also, Mass. H. M. Society, Joseph S. Clark, D. D.
. , T-, re • i Emerson Davis, D. D., SecWy.
Also, Ex-officio, j^j^^ p^ Cleaveland, D. D.
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The following clergymen, who had represented this
Association to other bodies since the session of 1854,
were enrolled as Honorary Members :
Congregational Union of Canada, — A. E. P. Perkins,
Otis Lombard.
Congregational Convention of Vermont, — Aaron M.
Colton.
Evangelical Consociation of Rhode Island, — Rollin S.
Stone.
General Association of Michigan, — Samuel G. Buck-
ingham.
General Assembly of the Presbyterian Church which
met at Nashville, — Lewis Sabin.
The following clergymen were present as Delegates
from Corresponding Bodies :
General Association of New Hampshire, — Amos Blan-
ch ard.
General Convention of Vermont, — C. H. Kent.
Evangelical Consociation of Rhode Island, — Samuel
Wolcott.
General Association of Connecticut, — L. B. Rockwood.
General Association of Illinois, — N. H. Eggleston.
General Association of Iowa, — William Salter.
Presbyterian General Assembly, meeting last at Nash-
ville,— Alfred Nevin.
Presbyterian General Assembly, meeting last at St.
Louis, — William W. Newell.
And, admitted by subsequent vote :
Congregational Conference of Ohio, — Levi L. Fay.
ORGANIZATION.
The Rev. Henry B. Hooker, of Falmouth, was chosen
Moderator ; Rev. Joseph Peckham, of Kingston, Scribe ;
and Rev. Alonzo H. Quint, of Jamaica Plain, Assistant
Scribe.
Prayer was offered by the Moderator.
The Rules of the Association were read by the Perma-
nent Secretary.
The following Committees were appointed : —
On Elections : — ^Rev. Messrs. Judkins, E. B. Clark, and
Merrill.
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On Arrangements : — K.ev. Messrs. Cleaveland, Maltby,
and Butler.
On Nominations : — Rev. Messrs. Tucker, Craig, and
Root.
On Accounts : — Rev. Mr. Ward.
In the failure of the preacher appointed for the evening
in behalf of the Home Missionary Society,
Voted, That Rev. Milton Badger, D. D., be requested to
officiate in that capacity.
The Association adjourned, after prayer, to meet at 7f
o'clock, P. M.
Tuesday evening; 7f o^clock. The Association met for
public worship, and listened to a sermon by the Rev. Dr.
Badger, from Psalm cxlv : 11. A collection was taken up,
amounting to $29 77.
The Association adjourned, with prayer, to meet
"Wednesday morning, at 8 o'clock,
Wednesday, A. M., 8 o^ clock. The Association met ac-
cording to adjournment. After the calling of the roll,
prayer was offered by the Moderator, and the minutes of
the previous day were read.
Members of Committees appointed in 1854, specially to
report at this session, were admitted to sit as Honorary
Members, as follows : —
Edward Beech er, D. D., Samuel M. Worcester, D. D.,
Luther F. Dimmick, D. D.
REPORTS OF DELEGATES TO CORRESPONDING BODIES.
Reports of attendance were made in person by the fol-
lowing brethren : —
Rev. A. E. P. Perkins, delegate to the Congregational
Union of Canada.
Rev. Lewis Sabin, delegate to the Presbyterian General
Assembly which last met at Nashville.
Rev. J. S. Clark, D. D., reported that he had communi-
cated by letter with the General Association of Oregon,
aiid presented a letter from that body.
Reports were received by letter fro?Ti the following
brethren : —
Rev. Lyman Whiting, of his attendance on the General
Association of Connecticut.
Rev. Samuel Harris, of his attendance on the Presbyte-
rian General Assembly which met at St. Louis.
REPORTS OF REGULAR COMMITTEES.
TJie Committee on Elections reported in reference to cre-
dentials of members ; and also recommended that the Con-
gregational Conference of Ohio be received into corres-
pondence with this body, and that Rev. Levi L. Fay be
received as its Delegate ; the report was adopted.
The Committee on Nominations reported the following
names for the offices specified : —
On Publication, — Rev. Messrs. Alonzo H. Quint, Par-
sons Cooke, D. D., and Thomas T. Richmond.
On Narrative of the State of Religion, — Rev. Messrs.
Amos Blanchard, D. D., Erastus Maltby, and T. C. Colton.
On Nomination of Delegates to Corresponding Bodies, —
Rev. Messrs. Heman Humphrey, D. D., Eli Thurston, and
George Bushnell.
The report was adopted.
REPORTS OF SPECIAL COMMITTEES.
The Report on Lay Delegation was assigned specially
for 11 o'clock this morning.
The Committee on Infant Baptism presented a report,
by Rev. George A. Oviatt, which was accepted, and, after
some discussion, laid upon the table ; and the whole sub-
ject was referred to a Committee consisting of Rev.
Messrs. Seth Sweetser, D. D., Edward Beecher, D. D.,
Benjamin Tappan, Jr., Eli Thurston, and Jonathan S. Judd,
who should report at the session of 1856.
After a recess of five minutes, the Association spent a
season in Devotional Exercises; in the course of which
notices were read of the clergyman deceased during the
past year. [See " Narrative, etc."]
REPORTS RESUMED.
At the hour of special assignment, the Committee on a
Lay Delegation presented their report, through Rev. Dr.
Dimmick, which was accepted and assigned for considera-
tion at 8 o'clock, A. M., Thursday.
The Report of the Committee of Conference with the
Publishing Societies^ " to ascertain their views and actions
on the subject of slavery," was made the special assign-
ment for 10, A. M., Thursday.
Adjourned until 2 o'clock, P. M.
Wednesday. 2 o'clock^ P. M. The Association met at
the hour of adjournment, and was opened with singing
and prayer.
NARRATIVES OF THE STATE OF RELIGION.
The Association listened to the narratives from the
local Associations ; and after their close, received the
salutations of Corresponding Bodies, through the follow-
ing Delegates : —
Rev. Amos Blanchard, from the General Association of
New Hampshire.
Rev. C. H. Kent, from the General Convention of Ver-
mont.
Rev. L. B. Rockwood, from the General Association of
Connecticut.
A letter from the Delegate of the General Association
of Michigan, presented the fraternal greetings of that
body.
Adjourned, with prayer, to meet at 7f o'clock this
evening.
Wednesday evenings 7f o'^clock. The Association met,
and after prayer, proceeded with the reception of Dele-
gates from Corresponding Bodies, as follows : —
Rev. Levi L. Fay, from the Congregational Conference
of Ohio.
Rev. N. H. Eggleston, from the General Association of
Illinois.
Rev. William W. Newell, from the Presbyterian Gen-
eral Assembly which met last at St. Louis.
Rev. Alfred Nevin, from the Presbyterian General As-
sembly which met last at Nashville.
Rev. "William Salter, from the General Association of
Iowa.
Rev. Samuel Wolcott, from the Evangelical Consocia-
tion of Rhode Island.
HOME MISSIONS.
The Committee of Arrangements introduced resolutions
relative to Home Missions at the West, which were laid
upon the table.
SETTLEMENT OF KANSAS.
A resolution, introduced by the same Committee, in
reference to this subject, was laid upon the table.
TOBACCO.
The Committee of Arrangements introduced a resolu-
tion in opposition to the use of tobacco : it was laid upon
the table.
STATISTICS.
The Committee of Arrangements presented the follow-
ing resolution, adopted by Hampshire Association May 1,
1855 :—
Resolved, That the Delegates to the General Association
be instructed to submit to that body an overture respect-
ing the propriety of omitting the footing up of the statis-
tics for each Association, and the aggregate of the same
for the State, on account of the gross inaccuracy of all
the tables previously published under the sanction of the
General Association.
It was laid upon the table.
After prayer, adjourned to 8 o'clock Thursday.
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Thursday, 8 o'clock, A. M. The Association met at the
time appointed ; the roll was called; prayer was offered
by the Moderator ; and the minutes of the previous day
were read.
REPORT ON LAY DELEGATION.
The report of the Committee on the introduction of a
Lay Delegation into this body, was taken up : showing
that the District Associations had decided adversely to
such a change in this body, the Committee recommended
the passage of the following vote : —
Resolved, That it is due to the original objects of this
Association, that its method of proceeding at its annual
meeting be revised, with a view to restrain its action to
what is legitimate, and, if possible, to promote and in-
crease its true usefulness.
The resolution was adopted ; and it was voted to ap-
point a Committee to carry out the object of the resolu-
tion ; a proposition to instruct the Committee to ascertain
the wishes of the local Conferences as to the formation of
a General Conference was lost. The Committee consists
of Rev. Messrs. S. G. Buckingham, Rufus W. Clark, Eras-
tus Maltby, George Richards, and Israel E. Dwinell.
HOME MISSIONARY SOCIETY PREACHER FOR 1856.
Rev. John P. Cleaveland, D. D., of Northampton, was
appointed Alternate Preacher for 1856, Rev. J. T. Tucker,
of Holliston, being Primary.
DELEGATES TO FOREIGN BODIES.
The Committee appointed to nominate Delegates made
the following report, which was adopted : —
To the Presbyterian General Assembly, (O. S.) :
J. T. Tucker, ] ^.
R. S. Storrs, D. D.,. \ Primaries.
Mark Hopki'ni^'D. D., ^ Substitutes.
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To the Presbyterian General Assembly, (N. S.) :
J. Jay Dana, ) -n ■
William M. Thayer, \ Primaries.
A. H. Dashiell, Jr., ) „ i ^-^ j
John Dodge, \ Substitutes.
To the General Conference of Maine :
Israel E. Dwinell, ) r> ■
Aaron C. Adams, \ P^^'^^ries.
N. Adams, D. D., ) ^ , ... .
George M. Adams, J Substitutes.
To the General Association of New Hampshire :
Eli B. Clark, } j, .
•D u 4- /-I } rrimaries.
Robert Carver, )
Emerson Davis, D. D., ) o u x-i. j.
Leonard Withington, D. D., )
To the General Convention of Vermont :
Robert McEwen, ) PHmarJps
Seth Sweetser, D. D., \ ^^^"^aries.
Abijah P. Marvin, Substitutes.
George Lyman, )
To the Evangelical Consociation of Rhode Island ;
Joseph W Cross, f Primaries.
James T. McCollom, )
:William H. Beaman, Substitutes.
William P. Paine, )
To the General Association of Connecticut :
Israel C Thatcher, {primaries.
James H. Means, )
Israel W. Putnam, D. D., Substitutes.
• James A. Roberts, )
To the General Association of New York :
Ralph Perry, ) p^ii^aries.
Henry B. Hooker, )
Theodore G. Clark, j Substitute.
A. J. Sessions,
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To the General Association of Michigan :
William H. Gilbert, ) j, .
Rufus W.Clark, | Primaries.
Edward S. Skinner, ) ^i i ^.-i. l
-n, , ,. TT I ' Substitutes.
Franklin Holmes,
To the General Association of Wisconsin :
Jacob J. Abbot, ) t-. •
T u n -D • I Primaries.
John C. Fame, )
Eden B. Foster, ) o i, i.-j. x
Jacob Ide, D. D., \ Substitutes.
To the General Association of Illinois :
Jason Morse, ) t^ •
E. Alden, Jr., \ Primaries.
Randolph Campbell, ) r. u ^-^ j.
* i\/r T 1 I Substitutes.
Anson McJ^oud, )
To the General Association of Iowa :
John Pike,
Milton. P. Braman, D. B. ' Primaries.
Robert Southgate, ) o r, x-x j.
George Richa?ds, | Substitutes.
To the General Association of California and Oregon,
and to the Congregational Conference of Ohio :
J. S. Judd, Primary.
L. F. Waldo, Substitute.
To the Congregational Union of Canada :
Luther H. Sheldon
James H. Merrill, ^ Primaries.
William B. Hammond, ) o i x-x ^
Edward W. Noble, j Substitutes.
To the Congregational Union of England and Wales
William L. Mather, Primary.
Joseph Pekham, Substitute.
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PLACE OF MEETING AND PREACHER FOR 1856.
Voted, That the meeting of this Body in 1856 be held
in the South Church, Salem, of which Rev. Brown Emer-
son, D. D., is the Senior Pastor, and Rev. Israel E. Dwi-
nelj, the Junior.
Voted, That Hampden East Association select the As-
sociational Preacher.
PASTORAL ADDRESS FOR 1856.
Rev. Messrs. William C. Jackson, Henry Allen, and
Charles V. Spear, were appointed to prepare the Pastoral
Address for next year.
FURTHER REPORTS OF DELEGATES.
Rev. S. G. Buckingham reported his attendance on the
General Association of Michigan.
Rev. A. M. Colton reported his attendance on the Gen-
eral Convention of Vermont.
CONGREGATIONAL SOCIETIES.
Rev. William I. Budington addressed the Association
in reference to the American Congregational Union, lo-
cated at New York ; Rev. Parsons Cooke, D. D., in refer-
ence to the Congregational Board of Publication ; and
Rev. J. S. Clark, D. D., in reference to the Congregational
Library Association, located at Boston.
THE PUBLISHING SOCIETIES IN THEIR RELATION TO SLAVERY.
The Committee appointed at the last previous session
to ascertain of the various "Publishing Societies" "their
views and action on the subject of slavery," made a report
through Rev. Dr. Worcester ; the report was accepted and
laid upon the table.
NARRATIVE.
Rev. Amos Blanchard, D. D., for the Committee ap-
pointed to prepare the Narrative of the State of Religion,
presented their report, which was accepted, adopted, and
ordered to be printed with the Minutes.
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FINANCES.
The Treasurer's Report, properly audited, was presented
and adopted.
HOME MISSIONS.
The resolutions on Home Missions at the West were
taken from the table, amended, adopted, and ordered to be
published in the following form : —
Resolved, That whilst this Association cherish a grow-
ing attachment to the essential features of Congregation-
alism, and a growing desire for its spread throughout the
country, they would still deprecate the adoption of any
measures on the part of Congregationalists, which would
naturally tend to divest Congregationalism of its eminent-
ly unsectarian character, or needlessly to array it in hos-
tility to any evangelical denomination.
Resolved, That on the subject of Congregational and
Presbyterian church extension, this Association deem it
sufficient to refer to the following recently adopted resolu-
tions of the General Association of Connecticut, as hap-
pily expressing the sentiments which this body entertains,
and by which their future course will be governed.
" Resolved, That the recent measure of the General As-
sembly of the Presbyterian Church at St. Louis, appoint-
ing a central Committee for employing "exploring or itin-
erant missionaries, and the planting of Presbyterian
churches in advance of all others in towns and neighbor-
hoods," is regarded by us as one which must divert funds
from the American Home Missionary Society to sectarian
purposes, as very unfraternal toward the Congregational-
ists who have contributed, and do contribute, the largest
part of the funds of that Society ; as inconsistent with the
principles of cooperation in the Home Missionary work
long acted upon by Congregationalists and Presbyterians,
and if persisted in, sure to result in the speedy cessation
of all such cooperation."
" Resolved, That we have been greatly gratified by the
presence and communications of delegates from Congre-
gational bodies in the Western States, and we hereby de-
clare that we deeply sympathize with the brethren of our
faith and order with whom we are in correspondence, la-
boring at the West, that we have confidence in them, and
express it as our conviction, that the men and churches
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of Massachusetts will stand by them in their trials, and
continue to sustain them by their sympathies, prayers and
liberality."
SETTLEMENT OF KANSAS.
The resolution in reference to this subject was taken up
and adopted, as follows :
Resolved, That this Association feel a deep interest in
the great work of settling the territory of Kansas with an
enterprising, intelligent and Christian population, and
that we earnestly recommend to all our churches and the
ministry to encourage in all suitable ways every judicious
and Christian scheme for carrying this benevolent design
into effect.
Adjourned, to meet at 2 o'clock, P. M., for public
Tliursday, 2 o'clock, P. M. The Association met to ob-
serve the sacrament of the Lord's Supper.
The sermon was preached by Rev. J. T. Tucker, of
Holliston, from Hebrews vii : 16.
Rev. Messrs. Sweetser and Bushnell assisted the Mode-
rator in administering the sacrament.
After the religious services, business was resumed, and
the following transacted.
DR. BAIRD.
The Committee of Arrangements offered the following,
which was adopted : —
Whereas, a General Convention of the friends of Pro-
testant Christianity is to be held the present summer at
Paris, and the Rev. Dr. Baird is intending to be present at
the Convention,
Resolved, That ho be authorised and requested to re-
present this Body in the Convention, and that the officers
of the Association furnish him with the necessary cre-
dentials.
THE PUBLISHING SOCIETIES.
The report of the Committee on this subject was taken
from the table, and again referred to the Committee which
presented it, — Rev. George Bushnell being substituted on
the Committee for Rev. H. M. Storrs, who had left the
State.
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STATISTICS.
The Committee appointed last year to "compare the
statistics of the churches with those of our population,"
reported that nothing had been done ; it was voted that
this work be assigned to the Committee of Publication
now appointed.
The Resolution from Hampshire Association regarding
the accuracy of the statistics of the churches was taken
from the table, and referred to the Committee of Publi-
cation.
On motion of Rev. C. Cushing, —
Voted, That, in order to secure more perfect statistical
returns from our churches, the Publishing Committee be
instructed to forward to the Scribes of the District Asso-
ciations as many of the copies of the blank forms append-
ed to the Minutes of the General Association, as there are
churches in their several Associations, to be sent by these
Scribes to the Pastors or Officers of these churches a short
time previous to the annual meeting of this General As-
sociation.
VOTES OF THANKS.
On motion of Rev. Dr. Cooley, —
Resolved, That the Rev. Dr. Cleaveland be requested
to communicate to the First Church and Society the
thanks of this body for the use of their church during our
session ; to the Choir, for their interesting performances
on the occasion ; and to the people of Northampton, for
their generous hospitalities.
On motion of Rev. Dr. Humphrey, —
Voted, That the thanks of this Body be presented to the
Moderator, for the able, patient, and courteous manner in
which he has discharged the duties of the chair.
After prayer by Rev. Dr. Cleaveland, the Association
adjourned, sine die.
HENRY B. HOOKER, Moderator.
JOSEPH PECKHAM, Scribe.
ALONZO H. QUINT, Assistant Scribe.
NARRATIVE OF THE STATE OF RELIGION.
In noticing the dealings of God wath ourselves and our
churches, during the past year, we have first to record the
trophies of death.* We miss the venerable forms of the
Rev. Messrs. Fiske, D. D. of New Braintree, Canning of
Gill, Farns worth of Bridgewater, Coggin of Tewksbury,
and Chapman of Cummington, who have fallen at the ages
of 83, 74, 62, 73, and 50, respectively. Another, the Rev.
* Pastors of churches : —
Rev. Josiah W. Canning, of Gill, died Oct. 4, 1854, aged 74.
Rev. James D. Farnsworth, of Bridgewater, died Nov. 5, 1854,
aged 62.
Rev. Jacob Coggin, of Tewksbury, died Dec. 12, 1854, aged 73.
Rev. James D. Chapman, of Cummington, died Dec. 19, 1854,
aged 50.
Rev. John Fiske, D. D., of New Braintree, died March 15, 1855,
aged 83.
Rev. Lyman Cutler, of Newton, died April 28, 1855, aged 28.
And clergymen not then Pastors : —
Rev. Uzziah C. Burnap, of Lowell, died Aug. 11, 1854, aged 60.
Rev. Leonard Woods, D. D., of Andover, died Aug. 21, 1854,
aged 81.
Rev. Caleb Knight, died at Hatfield, Oct. 25, 1854, aged 83.
Rev. Freegrace Reynolds, of Wilmington, died Dec. 8. 1854,
aged 88.
Rev. Samuel W. Colburn, died at New York, Dec. 19, 1854,
aged 73.
Rev. Moses Miller, died at Chicago, 111., April, 1855, aged 80.
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Lyman Cutler of Newton, has been summoned away, in
his youthful vigor, at the threshold of what had promised
to be a career of signal usefulness. To these must be
added the names of Rev. Messrs. Burnap, aged 60 ; Miller,
aged 80 ; Colburn, aged 73 ; Knight, aged 83 ; Reynolds,
aged 86 ; and Leonard Woods, D. D., aged 81, who had
retired from active service : the last named, a veteran
teacher of Theology, whose long life and useful labors are
his best eulogium, and have reared for him an imperisha-
ble memorial. It is a note-worthy fact, that the average
age of these twelve was nearly threescore years and ten.
We would gratefully acknowledge the Divine goodness in
sparing them to us so long, and in the Christian tranquil-
lity of their closing scenes, while we feel ourselves admon-
ished anew to work with diligence while the day lasts.
The most marked feature of the Reports from the Dis-
trict Associations, is the very gratifying one of an unusual
number of Revivals of religion. Nearly every Association
sends us tidings of some degree of extraordinary religious
interest in some of the churches within its limits. No
year has witnessed so many revivals since 1831. The
dews of Divine grace have distilled upon some seventy
congregations in much greater than usual abundance, and
several of them have experienced refreshing showers. The
list of these churches is too long to be given here, but we
cannot forbear noticing, with special interest, the work of
grace in the old town of Plymouth. More than 150 have
been hopefully converted within the parishes of the First
and Second Churches, giving a new pledge of the perpe-
tuity of the Puritan spirit in the place of our fathers'
sepulchres.
We ought to record also, as occasions of special con-
gratulation and praise to God, the spiritual blessings dis-
pensed to the Colleges of Amherst and Williamstown.
More than usual religious interest exists in Phillips' Acad-
emy, Andover. The institutions of this class at Hadley,
East Hampton, and Monson have enjoyed precious revi-
vals ; the last named having been thus blessed for a series
of years. The institutions for female education at South
Hadley, Pittsfield, and Norton have also shared largely in
these richest of Divine benefactions.
A very large proportion of the converts in all these revi-
vals have been young men and young women. To a
very gratifying extent, no unusual means appear to have
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been employed, though there has doubtless been, in all
cases, extraordinary earnestness in preaching the gospel
from the pulpit and in private intercourse. The public
preaching has generally been done by the pastors them-
selves, and meetings have scarcely ever been multiplied
beyond the ability of the pastors, when in usual health,
permanently to sustain. Experience has shown that the
best help which a pastor can have at such seasons is that
of devoted church members, each in his own sphere seek-
ing to apply the truth to others, both by lip and life. In-
stances have occurred of fidelity in lay efforts to win souls,
which, if imitated tvith equal success by all the evangelical
professors of religion in our land, would ensure the hope-
ful conversion of every man, woman and child in the
United States within a single year.
Many of the larger vacant churches have been supplied
with pastors. Many of the feebler ones are maintaining
the institutions of the gospel by means of "stated sup-
plies," a method far preferable to that of continual change.
We are pained, however, to observe that few of our large
churches seem to expect to find a pastor but by creating a
vacancy elsewhere. A restless spirit is still abroad, in the
responsibility for which, the ministry itself, we must fear,
largely participates. An improvement in this matter is
reported from some sections of the State, while the general
aspect of the churches in regard to the pastoral relation is
far from satisfactory. Parsonages have been built in some
parishes : and the salaries of many pastors have been in-
creased in some ratio to the augmented expenses of the
times. This has been done, in most cases, without solici-
tation or hint from the pastor, as the expression of the
people's sense of justice. In many of our parishes, the
neglect of this duty, so vital to the permanence of the
ministry and the prosperity of the churches, is to be as-
cribed rather to inconsideration, than to any want of at-
tachment to their pastors. The experiment, it is believed,
has, in every case, proved equally satisfactory to both
parties.
A great and good work has been done within the year
in erecting new houses of worship, and in repairing and
beautifying old ones. The success of probably all such
enterprises, and the remuneration in gratified feeling to
the congregations which have thus testified their love of
the Lord's House, afford abundant encouragement to such
as still need it, to go and do likewise.
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From the last Report of the Massachusetts Missionary
Soeiery. ir appears that sixteen years ago, our churches in
this State numbered 375. Of that number SO, or '21 per
cent., were aided by that Society. Now, our churches
number 4G9, and only 38 are aided by that Society —
thouijh a few, live or six, are aided by stronger churches
in their immediate neighborhood. That is, the number of
our churches has increased within sixteen years 25 per
cent., while the number of feeble chiuches has diminished
by nearly one half. In other words, we have seen within
that time an addition of 140 to the number of self-sup-
porting Congregational Churches in Massachusetts, or at
the rate of Sf tor each year. No instance of church ex-
tinction is known to have occurred within the last year.
The past year has witnessed a great increase of etfort
in behalf of" the heathen at our doors, the neglectors of
public worship among the sons of New England, and the
votaries of superstition and formalism whom the Provi-
dence of God is bringing into our rural towns, as well as
our commercial and manufacturing cities, to be evange-
lized, we must hope, and wrought by the gospel as goodly
stones into our social and civil structure. Lecturing, in
some cases, by those of their own nation, who combine a
fervid love of the gospel with a perfect familiarity with
their language and their prejudices, and the simple read-
ing of the Sacred Scriptures from house to house, in other
instances, have so far succeeded in reaching the minds of
our German and Irish fellow citizens, as to leave no room
for doubt that great good is yet to be eftected in these
ways. ^Yhat has been done in this direction is, we trust,
but the beginning of what is to be accomplished. Have
we not reason to reproach ourselves with indolence and
unbelief, in so hastily assuming that our brethren, who, in
their strugglings upward, have, like our own progenitors,
found their way to our shores, are not to become, in them-
selves or in their children, both worthy citizens, and fellow
heirs with us of the grace of God ?
There is no abatement of interest in Sabbath Schools:
though they are still, both in numbers and tisefulness, far
below what we are convinced they ought to be. Their
members exceed in but few instances the number of com-
municants in the churches. Their aggregate falls far be-
low that of the church members. The great want every
where felt is that of competent and faithful teachers:
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a want destined to be still felt until the Spirit be poured
out upon us more abundantly from on high.
The enterprises of benevolence seem not to have lost or
loosened their hold upon the affections of our churches,
though the contributions of the year by no means keep
pace with our rapidly increasing wealth. The native and
Christian anti-slavery sentiment of New England finds
utterance through all our pulpits, and meets with a cor-
dial response in all our parishes. We could not suppress
it if we would ; we would not, if we could. We believe,
however, that our proper line of Associational and of
separate ministerial action is coming to be understood to
be that of a calm, honest, earnest expression of our con-
victions, on fitting occasions, especially in our correspond-
ence with Ecclesiastical bodies at the South, abstaining
from the harsh vituperation which we are in danger of
contracting from the prevailing temper of political dis-
cussions.
We may, without arrogance, claim the Temperance
reformation as, in a sense, the daughter of New England
Congregationalism. Our ministers and churches have,
from the first, been foremost in promoting it. Their una-
bated earnestness is testified to from every part of our
Common vi^ealth. Accustomed to practice and to incul-
cate obedience to law, in virtue of its authority as law,
they will assuredly be found lending all their exertions to
sustain legislation in aid of this great public reform.
There is, however, some ground for apprehension that the
legal and political relations of the subject for some years
past have in a measure thrust out of sight its original
character as a high moral and religious movement. At
its heart, there lies the noble Christian principle : " If meat
make my brother to offend, I will eat no meat while the
world standeth, lest I make my brother to offend." As
Christians and ministers, we need to be continually at
work, in preaching and personal intercourse, to induce
men, women and children, to adopt this great rule of ac-
tion, as part of the process of bringing them to Christ.
In no other way can we hope to provide for Temperance
legislation its only adequate support, in a christianized
public sentiment, demanding the laws requisite to protect
us, as far as law can do it, against the mischiefs of intem-
perance as spontaneously, and enforcing them as effectively,
as in respect to any other acknowledged evil.
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Our cherished Theological Seminary at Andover enjoys
more than its usual prosperity. We disparage none of its
former venerated teachers, when we say that its corps of
instruction was never more ably filled. The number of
students is greater than for many years past ; and its high
scholarly enthusiasm does not seem to be maintained at
the sacrifice of a devotional spirit and of missionary zeal.
About one quarter of the present senior class are to be-
come foreign missionaries. As many more are destined
to the Western field, leaving not more than fourteen to
supply the abounding destitutions of New England. We
can hardly expect all even of these to become pastors.
It has been said by a high authority, " that a religious
body within which there is vitality will ordinarily supply
itself with an adequate proportion of ministers." If this
be so, the facts on this subject are painfully suggestive in
respect to our own spiritual state.
Our churches, as a general fact, are undeniably sound
in the faith, never perhaps more so. The religious delu-
sions of the day make but little impression upon them.
We are afflicted with no alarming divisions on doctrinal
subjects. The returns from our churches, however, indi-
cate among their members a sad laxity of practical belief
in the truth, importance and scriptural authority of Infant
Baptism. Even of those who account it a privilege,
many, it is to be feared, do not feel it to be a duty bind-
ing on their consciences. This state of things betokens,
we must think, some want of fidelity in the details of pas-
toral labor; in faithful religious intercourse with families;
in patient effort to remove objections, and to lead parents
individually to correct views.
Other facts in the state of our churches might be cited,
as calling the ministry to rigorous self-examination, espe-
cially on the following points ; the laying out of our
strength upon our proper work, as ministers of Christ;
our caution as to the danger of spending, in lucrative and
semi-secular employments, the time and strength demand-
ed for our parish duties ; the evangelical, as well as ortho-
dox character of our preaching ; its full and varied exhi-
bitions of Christ with the- direct aim to win souls ; the
direction of study mainly to the preaching of Christ ap-
propriately to our hearers' wants with the freshness and
originality of an ever new experience, in ourselves, of the
power of His truth : our Christian wisdom in shunning
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needless collisions with the world, and leaving some
things to be accomplished ' by time and the good provi-
dence of God ; the cast of our Theology as one of the
'feelings' not less than of the 'intellect;' our ministerial
singleness of aim, and our perception of the truth, that by
this spiritual direction of our labors, we shall, in the end,
have most effectually aided all the plans of true philan-
thropy for even social improvement. To such self-scrutiny
we are impelled also by the hallowed associations of the
place of our meeting, where Edwards labored, and where
the remains of Brainerd sleep.
The Reports of the local Associations breathe, for the
most part, a conciliatory spirit towards all other branches
of the household of faith. They prove that we know, in
some measure, how to unite a well-defined belief and de-
cision in maintaining it with candor towards those who
differ with us. Heartily do we rejoice and bless God, in
view of all that is accomplished by their labors, and pray
that grace, mercy and peace may be multiplied to them
all abundantly.
We have time for but a brief notice of the Reports of
Delegates from Ecclesiastical Bodies in correspondence
with us.
The fraternal intercourse which formerly existed be-
tween the O. S. Presbyterians and ourselves has been
happily renewed this year, and we trust with the prospect
of mutual advantage. One token of prosperity peculiar
to our brethren of that denomination is, that they are bet-
ter supplied with candidates for the ministry than ever
before.
From our N. S. Presbyterian brethren, we have such
earnest protestations of confidence and good feeling as
lead us to hope that their action at the late session of the
General Assembly at St. Louis has been misinterpreted.
The addition of 5,000 members to their churches on pro-
fession of their faith within the past year is cheering evi-
dence of their prosperity.
Our Congregational brethren in the Western States are
full of zeal and activity ; and the blessing of God has rest-
ed upon their labors in a marked degree, the last year.
A Theological Seminary, centrally located at Chicago,
and in process of being amply endowed with Western
funds, gives the highest promise of future good. The
church building fund, contributed for their benefit by
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Eastern churches in 1853, has been productive of the hap-
piest results.
Reports from the Congregational Churches of the East-
ern States indicate a higher degree of spiritual prosperity
than they have enjoyed for many years.
Amidst all our occasions for gratitude, in view of our
visible peace and prosperity and the special refreshings of
the year, we are still constrained to mourn that our churches
are so far from fulfilling reasonable expectations in view
of their numbers, social position, intelligence and wealth.
In this remark, we ascribe all its just value to their influ-
ence in retarding and often arresting, the natural process
of moral deterioration. It is much to be the instruments
of staying the work of corruption. We know, too, the
heavy draft upon our churches for recruits for the great
array of Western emigration, so heavy in some cases, as
actually to diminish the number of church members not-
withstanding numerous additions. But, with a resident
membership of some 67,000, an annual increase, taking
one year with another, of only about 2,000, or less than
five to each church, is surely but a slow progress. How
long will the world's conversion linger, if its rate of ad-
vance is to be that of even the past comparatively favorable
year ? Many of our church members, too, verify the pic-
ture drawn by Rev. John Angel James, and endorsed as
true by Rev. Dr. Wayland, of "a strange combination of
zeal and worldly-mindedness : great activity for the exten-
sion of religion in the earth, united with lamentable in-
difference to the state of religion in the soul ; in short, ap-
parent vigor in the extremities, with a growing torpor at
the heart. Multitudes are substituting zeal for piety, liber-
ality for mortification, and a social for a personal religion.
The line of separation between the church and the world
becomes less and less perceptible : and the character of
genuine Christianity, as expounded from pulpits and de-
lineated in books, has too rare a counterpart in the lives
and spirit of its professors."*
We are confident, however, that this state of things
cannot long continue. Meantime, let us labor in high
faith and hope derived less from passing appearances,
even those most encouraging, than from the sure promises
of God, and with new earnestness in prayer that the set
time to favor Zion may be hastened.
* '' Primitive Piely Revived."
TllEASUHER'S REPORT.
General Association of Massachusetts, in account with E. Davis, Treasurer.
Cr.
June 1854. Balance in Treasury, ^97 09
Nov. " Received of Mr. Harding, 68
June 1855. Received from District Associations, IIS 75
$216 52
Contra, Dr.
Oct. 1854. To cash paid for postage on Minutes, . . . 10 68
June, 1855. " Postage and expenses, 2 00
" " Secretary's travelling expenses, .... 1 80
" " Paid S. Harding, for printing Minutes, etc. . 155 29
" " Printing 500 Circulars by Publishing Committee, 5 37—175 14
Balance in the Treasury, $41 38
I have examined the above account, and find it correct. I recommend that
a tax of 25 cents be assessed upon each member of the local Associations for the
ensuing year.
S. D. WARD, Com. on Accounts.
[Adopted and ordered to be published.]
RULES OE THE ASSOCIATION.
1. The Association, by which the General Association of Massa-
chusetts was originally organized, agreed to admit, and this Associa-
tion continue to admit, as articles of faith, the doctrines of Christianity,
as they are generally expressed in the Assembly's Shorter Catechism ;
and the above-mentioned doctrines, understood by us to be distinctly
those, which from the beginning, have been embraced by the churches
of New England as the doctrines of the Gospel, are considered as the
basis of our union.
2. This General Association is founded on the principles of Con-
gregationalism, and wholly disclaims ecclesiastical jurisdiction over
the churches, or the opinions of individuals. Its object is to promote
brotherly harmony and intercourse among the ministers of Christ ;—
to obtain religious information relative to the state of their churches,
and of the christian church in this country, and throughout the world;
— and to co-operate with one another, and with other ecclesiastical
bodies, in the most eligible measures for advancing the cause of truth,
and holiness.
3. Each District Association in Massachusetts, consenting to the
principles of this Union, as stated in the first article, may appoint two
delegates annually, to compose this General Association : and it is
recommended, that one be appointed, who attended the preceding
year.
4. The time of the annual meeting of this Association, shall be on
the fourth Tuesday of June, at five o'clock, P. M., at such place, as
shall have been duly notified.
5. Seven members, delegated from the particular Associations of
Massachusetts, shall be requisite to form a quorum for transacting any
business ; but for opening and adjourning the meeting, a less number
shall be competent.
6. The secretary, and the minister of the church where the Asso-
ciation meet, shall have seats, and act as members ; the Associations
to which they belong retaining the right to elect their number of Dele-
gates in addition.
7. The minister of the church in the place where the Association
meets, or the secretary, may call the Association to order, and preside
in the meeting until the Association shall be properly organized.
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8. The certificates of the delegates present shall be read by the
Secretary, or by a temporary Scribe; and the Association shall then be
organized by the choice of a Moderator, a Scribe, and, if necessary,
an assistant Scribe, by ballot. The Rules of the Association shall also
be read, and the Moderator shall open the business with prayer.
9. At the opening of the session on each subsequent day, the Mod-
erator shall take the chair at the hour to which the Association stands
adjourned; shall immediately call the members to order; direct ihe
roll to be called ; shall open the meeting with prayer, and cause the
minutes of the preceding day to be read; and the session of each day
shall be closed with prayer.
10. At each meeting of the Association, a Committee of Arrange-
ments, consisting of three, shall be appointed by nomination, to pre-
pare the business of the session ; and no business shall be introduced
during the session, but through the hands, and with the approbation of
the Committee. But if said Committee decline presenting any item
of business proposed by any member, he shall have the privilege of
appeal to the Association.
11. Every motion, on being seconded, shall, if requested by the
Moderator, or any two members, be reduced to writing, and no motion
shall be open to discussion, until it be seconded.
12. The Moderator may speak to points of order, in preference to
other members, rising from his seat for that purpose ; and shall decide
questions of order, subject to an appeal to the house by any two mem-
bers. But he may not speak to the merits of the question without
leaving the chair, and placing some other member in it, to preside
while he speaks.
13. On questions of order, adjournment, postponempnt, commit-
ment, or the previous question, no member shall speak more than
once. Nor on any question shall a member speak more than twice,
without leave of the Association.
14. When a question is under debate, no motion shall be received,
except for adjournment, amendment, postponement, commhment, or
the previous question; viz. Shall the main question be now put? The
effect of adopting the previous question shall be to put an end to de-
bate, and to bring the Association to a direct vote upon amendments
reported by a Committee, if any, upon pending amendments, and then
upon the main question.
15. If a question under debate contain several parts, any member
may have it divided, and a question taken on each part.
16 Every member, when speaking, shall address himself to the
chair; and shall be subject to no needless interruption; if he act dis-
orderly, it shall be the duty of the Moderator, and the privilege of
other members to call him to order.
17. The discussions in the Association, and the whole deportment
of the members, shall be in accordance with decorum, with due respect
to the chair, and with courtesy to each other.
18. No member shall leave the Association before the session is
closed, except with the consent of the body ; nor shall any one leave
the house during a sitting, without the consent of the Moderator.
19. Each annual meeting shall be closed with a psalm or hymn,
and prayer by the Moderator, or such other member as he shall ap-
point.
20. Our principles of fraternal intercourse with all ecclesiastical
bodies in correspondence with us are, that this Association, and each
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body connected with it, shall annually appoint Delegates to the other,
which shall be admitted to the privilege of sitting, and deliberating
upon all matters which may come under consideration.
21. The principle of the connection formed with the Massachusetts
Missionary Society is, that said Society may annually appoint two
delegates to this body, who shall be admitted to equal privileges with
the members from the District Associations.
22. Gentlemen, who are admitted as honorary members, shall be
allowed full liberty to take part in all deliberations ; though they are
not considered as entitled to vote ; and it is expected they will give
notice to the body, if they find it necessary to withdraw previous to
the close of the session. The approbation of the Committee of Ar-
rangements shall be obtained, before a gentleman shall be proposed to
sit as an honorary member.
23. The Delegates, who the preceding year attended the meetings
of foreign bodies, shall, ex officio, have seats as honorary members of
the General Association.
24. A Committee of three shall be annually appointed, to submit to
the General Association at the next meeting, a Pastoral Address, to
excite the attention of ministers and Christians to faithful discipline
in the churches, the instruction of the rising generation, the sanctifica-
tion of the Sabbath, and other subjects relating to the general interests
of religion. The address being approved by the General Association,
shall be signed by the Moderator, and printed wiih the minutes.
This Committee shall be chosen from the several Associations in
rotation.
25. The several Associations shall have the offer of receiving, in
rotation, the annual meeting of the General Association, and each one,
in turn, shall appoint one of their number to preach the Associational
Sermon,' which shall be delivered at two o'clock, Thursday, P. M.,
after which the sacrament of the Lord's Supper shall be administered.
The narratives given by the Delegates of the several Associations
concerning the state of religion and the churches, shall be given on
Wednesday afternoon, and shall be presented in writing, with a view
to obtain an accurate account of the principal facts, not however to
prevent any more particular details which the Delegates may think
expedient to add, or the Associution to request. The returns, with
respect to the number in the churches, etc., shall be made out accord-
ing to a printed schedule of this body, and according to the numbers
on the first of January past.
26. A Committee shall be appointed to receive the narratives and
statements, and shall condense them into one narrative, to be submit-
ted to the General Association and published. The written narratives
shall be deposited with the Secretary.
27. A Committee shall be appointed to nominate Delegates to
foreign bodies, which delegates shall, as far as practicable, be selected
from the District Associations in rotation. The brethren chosen sub-
stitutes in the delegations to the several bodies in our connection,
shall, at our ne.xt session be considered as Delegates to the respective
bodies, if they shall not previously have taken their seats there, through
the failure of their principals.
28. The Secretary shall be chosen for three years, from the close
of the meeting at which the choice shall be made. He shall, ex officio,
be the Treasurer of the General Association ; and shall be allowed his
own travelling expenses in attending the meetings of this Association.
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A Committee shall be appointed annually, to audit the accounts, who
shall report the state of the treasury, and the sum in their opinion
necessary to be paid the next year by the members of the several
Associations connected with this body. The Secretary shall be au-
thorized to pay such expenses as are allowed by this Association.
29. It shall be the duty of the Delegates of the District Associa-
tions, to pay the amount of the Assessments due from their respective
Associations for the past year, whether collected by them or not.
30. A Publishing Committee shall be annually appointed, to make
such extracts from the minutes of the meeting, as in their judgment it
will be proper to publish; procure to be printed such number of copies,
with the Pastoral Address and Narrative of the State of Religion, as
will give one copy to each minister of the Associations represented in
this body ; and such a number of copies for other bodies connected
with this Association, as shall be mutually agreed upon. It shall be
the duty of the Secretary to receive the publications from foreign
bodies, and distribute them among the several Associations, in propor-
tion to the tax paid by them respectively. One copy of each publica-
tion, received by the General Association, or printed by its order, shall,
be kept in the archives.
31. An Agent shall be appointed in Boston to transmit the Extracts
of the Minutes of this General Association to other ecclesiastical
bodies, and to receive their Extracts or other publications, and trans-
mit them to the several District Associations represented in this body.
And notice of his appointment and place of business, shall be inserted
in the printed Extracts. He shall be entided to a suitable compen-
sation.
32. It shall be the duty of the Secretary to communicate proper
information to the Agent in Boston, and to the Publishing Committee,
for their direction.
33. Previously to the close of each meeting, the General Associa-
tion shall specify a place for meeting the next year, and request some
District Association to appoint a preacher to deliver the Associational
Sermon. And the church of the place of meeting is desired to make
preparations to celebrate the Lord's Supper during the session.
34. A Vote or Resolve to establish, alter, or annul a standing rule of
this body, shall be read tvi^ice on different days, and may be debated
at each reading. At the first reading the question shall be, Shall it be
read the second time ?
BY-LAWS
1. An annual sermon shall be preached before the Association, on
\he subject of Home Missions, and a collection taken. The preacher
shall be appointed by this body.
2. No report of the state of religion shall be read in public, unless
it be approved by the Association from which it comes, or by the
Committee of Arrangements of the General Association.
3. It is recommended to the several District Associations, to have
their narratives on the state of religion, condensed, so as not to exceed
five minutes in the time of reading.
4. The printed Minutes of this Association, shall be sufficient testi-
monials of the appointment of Delegates to Foreign Bodies.
5. It shall be the duty of those Delegates w^ho attend the meetings
of Foreign Bodies, whether they be Primaries or Substitutes, to certify
the Secretary in writing, on or before the opening of the annual meeting
next after his appointment.
6. The Minutes of this Association shall be sent to the individual
members of the Associations connected with this body by mail, and
the Chairman of the Committee of Publication, shall furnish a list of
the names required to the Agents of the Association.
7. The Minutes of this body, forwarded to the General Association
of Connecticut, shall be, according to their request, sent by mail, under
the direction of the Publishing Committee.
8. The names of all the members of the Associations belonging to
this body, whether with or without charge, shall be inserted in the
published returns.
9. Every church without a pastor, by paying twenty-five cents,
annually, to the Treasurer of the General Association, through the
Treasurer of the local Association, with which said church is connect-
ed, shall be entitled to receive the Minutes of the General Association,
to be forwarded in the same way as minutes are forwarded to mem-
bers of the Association.
PLACE OF MEETING
The order in which the several Associations have the offer of receiv-
ing the Annual Meeting of the General Association; Hampshire having
the session of 1855.
Suffolk North,
Suffolk South,
Vineyard Sound,
Bridgewater,
Salem,
Berkshire South,
Mendon,
Andover,
Brewster,
Taunton,
Hampshire,
Essex South,
Hampshire East,
Norfolk,
Berkshire North,
Middlesex South,
Brookfield,
Old Colony,
Pilgrim,
Hampden East,
Essex North,
Hampden West,
Franklin,
Harmony,
Woburn,
Worcester North,
Middlesex Union,
Worcester Central.
SELECTION OF PREACHER.
The order in which the several Associations shall appoint one of
their number to preach the Associational Sermon ; Mendon appoint-
ing the preacher of 1855.
Worcester Central,
Suffolk North,
Suffolk South,
Bridgewater,
Salem,
Berkshire North,
Vineyard Sound,
Essex South,
Franklin,
Harmony,
Mendon,
Hampden East,
Brookfield,
Hampden West,
Middlesex South,
Norfolk,
Hampshire,
Hampshire East,
Worcester North,
Old Colony,
Pilgrim,
Taunton,
Middlesex Union,
Woburn,
Essex North,
Brewster,
Andover,
Berkshire South.
APPOINTMENT OF DELEGATES.
At the meeting in 1856, one Delegate from each District Associa-
tion will be appointed to the Body whose name stands in the oppo-
site column. It is the privilege of each Association to nominate a
Delegate.
Andover and Mendon,
Berkshire North and Middlesex South,
Berkshire South and Middlesex North,
Brewster and Norfolk,
Bridgewater and Old Colony,
Brookfield,
Pilgrim,
Essex North and Salem,
Essex South and Suffolk North,
Franklin and .Suffolk South,
Hampden East and Taunton,
Hampden West and Vineyard Sound,
Hampshire and Woburn,
Hampshire East and Worcester Central,
Harmony and Worcester North,
Vermont.
Wisconsin.
Gen. Assembly, (0. S.)
Gen. Assembly, (N. S.)
Canada.
Connecticut.
California and Oregon,
and Ohio.
England and Wales.
Illinois.
Iowa.
Maine.
Michigan.
New Hampshire.
New York.
Rhode Island.
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SCRIBES OR REGISTERS OF THE SEVERAL ASSOCIATIONS.
General Association, E. Davis, D. D.
Westjield.
Andover Association,
Berkshire North,
Berkshire South,
Brewster,
Bridgewater,
Brookfield,
Essex North,
Essex South,
Franklin,
Hampden East,
Hampden West,
Hampshire,
Hampshire East,
Harmony,
Mendon,
Middlesex South,
Middlesex Union,
Norfolk,
Old Colony,
Pilgrim,
Salem,
Suffolk North,
Suffolk South,
Taunton,
Vineyard Sound,
Woburn,
Worcester Central,
Worcester North,
Amos Blanchard, D. D , Lowell.
Robert Crawford, North Adams.
Alfred H. Dashiell, Jr., Stockbridge.
Abel K. Packard, Yarmouth.
Baalis Sanford, East Bridgewater.
Jason Morse, Brimjield.
David T. Kimball, Ipswich.
Ephraim W. Allen, Salem.
David A. Strong, South Deerfield.
Eli B. Clark, Chickopee.
Emerson Davis, D. D., Westfield.
Jonathan S. Judd, Whately.
George E. Fisher, North Amherst.
George Lyman, Sutton.
William L. Ropes, Wrentham.
Levi A. Field, MarlboroK
Edwin A. Bulkley, Groton.
D. Temple Packard, North Bridgewater.
Timothy Stowe, New Bedford.
Ebenezer Alden, Jr., Marshfield.
Jonas B. Clark, Swampscott.
William Barrows, Grantville.
Thomas Laurie, West Roxbury.
Franklin Holmes, Norton.
Asahel Cobb, Sandwich.
Reuben T. Robinson, Winchester.
Henry Wickes, Princeton.
John C. Paine, Gardner.
MEMBERS OF THE SEVERAL ASSOCIATIONS,
pranged in alphabetical order ^ with the Post- Office address of each, and with the
number of the Association in which each name occurs in the statistics.
Abbot Jacob J., Uxbridge. 14
Abbol Joseph, Beverly. 21
Adams Aaron C, Maiden. 22
Adams Darwen, Dunstable. 17
Adams George M., Conway 9
Adams Nehemiah, D. D., Boston. 23
Albro John A., D. D., Cambridge. 22
Alden Ebenezer, Jr., Marshfielcl. 20
Alden Edmund K , Lenox. 3
Allen Benj. R., Marblehead. 21]
Allen Cyrus W , Huhbardston. 28
Allen Ephraim W., Salem. 8
Allen Henry, Wayiand. 16
Allen W., Dracut 1
Anderson Rufus, D. D., Boston. 22
Angier Luther H , Concord. 16
Ashley S. S , Northboro'. 27
Austin Franklin D., Tolland. 11
Ayres Rowland, Hadley. 13
Babcock Daniel H., South Plymouth. 20
Bacon Enoch, Centerville. 25
Bacon James M., Salisbury. 7
Badger Milton, D. D., New York. 1
Baldwin Joseph B., West Cummington. 12
Banister S. VV., Ware. 6
Ballard J., Lunenburg. 17
Bardwell Horatio, Oxford. 27
Barney James O., Seekonk. 24
Barnum Samuel W., Stanford, Ct. 12
Barrows Elijah P , Andover 1
Barrows Homer, Wareham. 19
Barrows William, Grantville. 22
Barton F. A., Indian Orchard. 10
Bates William, Northbridge. 14
Beach Nathaniel, Millbury. 14
Beaman Warren H., Norih Hadley. 13
Beane Samuel, Little Compton, R. L 19
Beardsley Bronson B., Shirley. 17
Beckwilh George C, D. D-. Boston. 22
Beecher Edward, D. D., Boston. 23
Beecher Lyman, D. D., Boston. 23
Beecher William H., Reading. 26
Beimeti Joseph L, East Cambridge. 22
Bigelow Andrew, West Hampton. 12
Billinas R. S., Sht-lburne. 9
Bingham J. S , Leominster. 17
Bisbee John H , Worthington 12
Biscoe Thomas C , Grafton. 14
Blagden George W., D D., Boston. 22
Blake Henry B , Belchertown. 13
Blake Mortimer, Mansfield. 15
Blanchard Amos, D. D., Lowell. 1
Blanchard W. S 10
Blis-i Isaac G , Southbridge. 6
Bliss Seth, Boston. 22
Blodgetl Constanline, Pawtncket. 24
Bliidgett Edward P , Greenwich. 13
Bodwcll J.)seph C, Framingham. 16
Bowers John, Wilbraham. 10
Bradford D. B., Ware Village. 6
Bradford James, Sheffield. 3
Bragg Jesse K., Brookfield. 6
Bramard Timothy G , Halifax. 20
Braman Isaac, Georgetown. 7
Bramaii Milton P , D. D. Danvers. 21
Breed David, Chester. 11
Bremner David, Rockport. 8
Bridge Henry M., Warwick. 9
Briggs Isaac, North Rochester. 19
Briggs Wi ham T., North Andover. 1
Brigham David, Bridgewater. 5
Brigham John C, D. D., New York. 3
Brigham Levi, Saugus. 21
Brooks Edward F.,"Gill. 9
Brown J R., Longmeadow. 10
Bryant Sidney, Mettineague. 11
Buckingham Samuel G., Springfield. 10
Bollard Asa, Boston. 22
Bullard Ebenezer W., Royalslon. 23
Bulkley Edwin A., Groton. 17
Burdett M., Philadelphia, Pa. 14
Burt Daniel C, North Fairhaven. 19
Bushnell George, Worcester. 27
Bushoell William, Newton. 22
Butler Daniel, Groton. 17
Byington Swift, West Brookfield. 6
Cady Daniel R., Westboro'. 27
Campbell Randolph, Newburyport. 7
Carlton Hiram, West Barnstable. 25
Carpenter Eber, Southbridge. 6
Curver Robert, Raynham. 24
Chandler Azariah, D. D., Greenfield. 9
Chapman Win. R., Hanover, Four Corn. 13
Chapman Calvin, Lakeville. 5
Chace Ebenezer, Easthnm. 4
Childs A. C, East Falmouth. 25
Chute Ariel P., Lynnfield 21
Clapp Eraslus, Easthampton. 12.
Clark , East Dracut. 1
Clark Benjamin F., Sunderland. 9
Clark Benjamin F., North Chelmsford. 1
Clark Dorus, Boston. 22
Clark Eber L., Washington, a
Clark Edward, Cummington. 12
Clark Eli B., Chic. pee. 10
Clark Elias, Egremonl. 3
Clark James A':, Southw^ck. U
Clark Jonas B.. Swampscott. 21
Clark Joseph S., D. D , Boston. 23
Clark Lewis F., WhilinsviUe. 14
Clark .\el.-on, Quincy. IS
Clark Perkins K , Hinsdale. 2
Clark Kufus W., East Bo.^ton. 23
Clark Sereno D , Sunderland. 9
Clark Solomon, Canton IS
Clark Theodore J., Cummington. 12
Cleaveland •lam-'S B , South Egreniont. 3
Cleaveland John P., D. D., Northampton. 12
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Cloyes , South Reading. 26
Cobb Alvan, Taunton '2i
Cobb Asahel, Sandwich. 25
Cobb l,eander, Marion. 19
Cobb Nathaniel, New Bedford. 19
Coggiu William S., Boxford. 21
Cogswell Nathaniel, Yarmouth. 4
Cogswell Nathaniel, Carver. 20
Colburn Moses M., South Dedham. 23
Cole Samuel, West Tisbury. 25
Colion Aaron M , East Hampton. 12
Colton T. E., Monson. 10
Condil Uriah W., Lyinifield Centre. 8
Cone L. H., Indian Orchard. 10
Cook E. W., Haydeuville. 12
Cook Kussell S., New York. 2
Cooke Parsons, D. D.. Lynn. 21
Cooley Henry, West Springfield. 11
Cooley Timothy M., U. D., Granville. 11
Copp Joseph A., Chelsea. 22
Cordley Christopher M., Randolph. 18
Corey John E., Freetown. 21
Cornell William M , Boston. 22
Conch Paul, North Briilgewater. 18
Cowles J. P., Ipswich 7
Craig Wheek-ck, New Bedford. 19
Crawford Robert, Norlh Adams. 2
Crosby Josiah U., Ashburnhain. 23
Cross Abijah, Haverhill. 7
Cross Josepli W., West Boylston. 27
Crowell Robert, D. D, Essex. 8
Cummings Preston, Leicester. 27
Cunningham John, Southbridge. 6
Curtis J, Charleslowii 22
Curtis Joseph W., Hadley. 1.3
Cusliing Christopher, North Brookfield. 6
Gushing James R., East Taunton. 24
Dana J. Jay, Adams. 2
Dashiell Alfred H., Jr., Stockbridge. 3
Davis Emerson, D. D., Westfield. 11
Davis Tiiiiothv, Kingston. 20
Denham George, Wellfleet. 4
Denison A C , Leicester. 27
Dexter Henry M., Boston. 23
Dickinson Noadiah S., Chatliam. 4
Dickinson AVilliam C, iVIiddleboro'. 19
Dimmick Luther F., D D , Newbuiyport. 7
Dixon William E., Ellington. 10
Dodd S G , Spencer. 6
Dodge Benjamin, Acton. 17
Dodge J , Harvard. 17
Doe F. B , Lancaster. 17
Dole George T., North "Woburn. 26
Dow E., Monument. 25
Dowse Edmund, Sherburne. 16
Drummond Joseph P., West Cambridge. 26
Duncan A. G., Hanover. IS
Duncan T. W , Windsor. 2
Dwij-ht E. S , Amherst. 13
Dwight John, North Wrentham. 15
Dwiiiell Israel E, Salem. 8
Dyer E. Porter, Hiiigham. IS
Eastman David, Leverelt. 13
Easlman John, We>t Hawley. 9
Eastman L. Root, Berkley. 18
Eddy Chauncy, Lanesboro'. 2
EdgellJohn Q A , Andover. 7
Edwards Jonathan, AVoburn. 26
Eldrid'je Azariah, New Bedford. 19
Elwood David M., Soulhboro'. 16
Ely Alfred, D. D., Monson 10
Emerson Brown, D. D., Salem. S
Emerson Edward B., Heath. 9
Emery Joshua, Norih Weymouth. 18
Emery Samuel H., Taunton. 24
Farwell Asa, Haverhill. 7
Ferguson John, Whately. 9
Field David, D. D., Stockbridge. 3
Field Levi A., Marlboro'. 16
Fisher George E., North Amherst. 13
Fisk Frederick A , East Marshfield. 20
Fiske Daniel T., Newburyport. 7
Fiiz Daniel, Ipswich. S
Flags Horatio, Coleraine. 9
Fletcher James, North Danvers. S
Folsom G. D. F.. Springfield. 10
Foster Andrew B , Petersham. 28
Foster Aaron, East Charlemont. 9
Foster E B., Lowell. 1
Foster William C, Lawrence. 1
Fowler Bancroft, Stockbridge 3
Freeman Joseph, Hanover. IS
Furber Daniel L., Newton Centre. 22
Gale Nahum, Lee. 3
Gale Wakefield, Rnckport. 8
Gannett George, West Cambridge. 26
Garretie Edmund Y., Foxboro'. 15
Gay Ebenezer, Bridgewater. 5
Gibson Hugh, Otis. 3
Gilbert Lyman, D. D , West Newton. 22
Gilbert S. B., Wendell. 9
Gilbert William H , Ashfield. 9
Giddings Edward, Housatonic. 3
Gould William, Fairhaven. 19
Grannis Horace R., Holland. 6
Greeley Stephen S. N., Great Barringlon. 3
Greenwood Charles, North Chelsea. 22
Griffin N. H , Williamstown. 2
Griggs Leverett, Millbury. 14
Grosvenor Charles P., Rehoboth. 24
Hall Gordon, Northampton. 12
Hall Thomas A., Lee. 3
Hammond William B., South Braintree. 18
Hanks Sieadman W., Lowell 1
Harding John W., Lniigmeadow. 10
Harding Sewall, Boston. 15
Harding Willard M., South Weymouth. 18
Harrington Eli W., Rochester. 19
Harrington iVloody, Middlefield. 12
Harris Samuel, Pillsfield. 2
Harrison Samuel, Pitt^field. 2
Haskell Joseph, Dover. 15
Hastings G H., Rome. Italy. 23
Hatch Roger C, Warwick. 9
Haven John, Charlton. 6
Haven Joseph, Amherst. 16
Hawks Theron H., We.st Springfield. 11
Hay*ard William H., New Salem. 28
Hazen T. A., Dallon 2
Headley P. C , Sandwich. 25
nine S , Westboro'. 10
Hinsdale Clia'les J, Blandford. 11
Hitchcock Calvin, D D , Wrentham. 15
Hitchcock Edward, D. D., Amherst. 13
Hill George E , Sheffield. 3
Hoadley L. Ive*, Auburn. 27
Ho(lgm;in Edwin R., Lunenburg. 17
Hoisinglon H. R., Williamstown. 2
Holbrook Willard. Rowley. 7
Holcnan David, Douglas. 14
Holmaii Sydney, West Millbury. 14
Holmes Franklin, Norton. 24
Holmes Henry B., Andover. 27
Hooker Henry B, Falmouth. 25
Hopkins Mark, D. D , Williamstown 2
Hoppin James M.. Salem. 8
Horton Francis, West Cambridge. 26
Hosford Benjamin F., Haverhill. 7
Hosford Isaac, Lowell. 1
Houghton James C, South Wilbraham. 10
Houghton William A., Berlin. 27
Hovey George L., Bo>ton. 27
Hull Joseph D., South Reading. 26
Humphrey Heman, D. D., Pillsfield. 2
Hunt Samuel, Franklin. 15
Huntington Daniel. 18
Hyde James T., New Braintree. 6
Ide Jacob, D. D., West Medway. 15
Jackson Samuel C, D. D., Andover. 1
Jackson Wil iam C, Lincoln. 16
James Horace, Worcester. 27
Johnson Joseph B., Plymouth. 20
Jones T. N., North Reading. 26
Jenks William, D. D., Boston. 22
Judd Jonathan S , Whalely. 12
Judkins Benjamin, Nantucket. 19
Keep John, Dana. 6
Kellog!; Elijah, Boston. 23
Kendall S. C, Websler. 14
Kimball Caleb, Medway. 15
Kimliall D. T , Ipswich. 7
Kimball Edward P., Halifax. 20
Kmiball James, Oakham. 6
Kiu^man Matthew, i'harlemont. 9
Kirk Edward N., Boston. 23
Kiitredge C B., Monson. 10
Kiiapp .(ared O , North Cornwall, Ct. 12
Krnght Joseph, Peru. 2
Knight Richard, Holyuke. 11
Langstroth Lorei zo L., Coleraine. 9
Langworthy Isaac P., Chelsea. 22
L;isell Naihaiiiel, Amesbury Mills. 7
Laurie Thomas, Wert Roxbury. 23
Lawrence John, Carlisle. 26
Leland John H. M., Norwich. 12
Leonard Edwin, Milton. IS
Lewis Wales, Haverhill. 7
Lincoln I. N , WiUiamstown. 2
Livingston Charles, Plymptoii. 20
Loonns E., Liilleton 17
Lomljard Otis, Soulhfield. 3
Lolhrop Charles D , Atlleboro'. 21
Luce Leimard, Boxboro'. 17
Lymjin Gcorsje, Sutton. 14
Lynian S., Easthampton. 12
McCollom. James T., Bradford. 7
McEwen Roberi, Enfield 13
McLoud Anson, Topsfield. 21
Maliby Eraslu.s, Taunton. 24 *
Mandell William A., Westminster. 19
Mann Cyrus, North Falmouth. 25
Manning Jacob M., MedCord. 26
Marsh Christopher, Jamaica Plain. 23
Marsh Dwight W., Mosul, Turkey. 2
Marvin Abijah P., Winchendon. 28
Marvin Elihu P., Medlbrd. 26
Mather William L , Maltapoisett. 19
Maynard Joshua L., East Douglas. 14
Means James, New York. 16
Means James H , Dorchester. IS
Means John O., East Medway. 15
Merrick James L , South Amherst. 13
Merrill James H., Montague. 9
Merrill Joseph, Lowell. I
Miles James B., Charlestown. 22
Miller Rodney A., Worcester. 27
Miller Simeon, Holyoke. 11
Miller William, Sterling. 27
Mills Charles L., North Bridgewater. 18
M.lls Henry, Granby. 13
Mordough J. H. Hamilton. 8
Morley S. B , West Attleboro'. 24
Morong Thomas, Pepperell. 17
Morse J-.ison, Brimfield 6
Munroe Natlian, Bradford. 7
.Murray James O., South Danvers. 8
Myrick O., Provincetown. 4
Nason Elias, Natick. 16
Neally J. W., Ipswich. 7
Nelson John, D. D., Leicester. 27
Nevin Edward H , Walpole. 15
Newcomb Harvey, Brooklyn, N. Y. 16
Newton Ezra, Jr., Dighton. 24
Nickels Christopher M , Barre. 27
N.ble Edward W., Truro. 4
iN'orthrup B. G., SaxonviUe. 16
Norton C. H , North Becket. 2
Noiton John F., Alhol. 28
Norwood Francis, West Granville, 11
Nott Samuel, Jr., Wareham. 19
Oreutt .John. 14
Osgood Samuel, D. D., Springfield. 10
Oviatt George A., Chicopee. 10
Packard Abe! K., Yarmouth. 4
Packard D. T., Campello. 18
Packard Theophilus, D. D., Shelburue. 9
Paine Albert, West Amesbury. 7
Paine .lohii C. Gardner. 28
Paine William P., Holden. 27
Park Calvin E., West Boxford. 7
Park Edwards A., D. D., Andover. 22
Parker Leonard S., Haverhill. 7
Parsons H M., Springfield. 10
Parsons .lohn. West Dracut. 1
Parsons .lohn U , Hyannis. 4
Patrick Henry J., Bedford. 26
Pease Giles, Sandwich. 4
Peck David, Oransre. 9
Peckham Joseph, kingslon. 20
Peiinell Lewis, West Stockbridge Centre. 3
Peirce WiUard, Norih Abingtoii. 13
Peters Absalom, D. D., Williamstown. 2
He.kins A E. P , Royalston. 23
Perkins Ebenezer, Royalston. 28
Perkins Jonas, Weymouth. 18
Perry Albert, Stoughton. 18
Perry David, Brookfield. 6
Perry Gardner B., D. D., Groveland. 7
Perry Ralph, Agawam. U
Phelps Austin, Andover. 23
Phelps Winihrop H., Monterey. 3
Phillips John C, Methuen. 1
Phillips L. R , Sharon. IS
I'hipps William, Paxton. 27
Pickard Daniel W., Groveland. 7
Pickett Aaron, Sandisfield. 3
Pierce C H., Andover. 1
Pike John, Rowl.-y. 7
Pomeroy Rufus, Otis. 3
Pomroy .leremiah, Rowe. 9
Pomroy Swan L., D D., Boston. 22
Poor Daniel J , Gorham, Me. 15
Porter Charles S., South Boston. 23
Powers Dennis, South Abiiigton. IS
Pratt Edward, New York. 15
Pratt E., Brewster. 4
Pratt Francis G.. South Maiden. 22
Pratt Henry, Dudley 6
Pratt Horace, Waquoit. 25
Pratt Miner G., Andover. 27
Pratt Stillman, Middleboro'. 20
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Prince John M., Georgetown. 7
Putnam Israel W., D. D., Midilleboro'. 5
Quint Alonzo
H., Jamaica Plam. 23
Raymond Stetson, Bridgewater. 5
Reed Andrew H., JVIfendon. 15
Reed Frederick A , Cohasset. 18
Reiishaw C. S., Richmond. 2
Rich A. B , Beverly. 8
R(cuards George, Boston. 22
Richardson N., Laiiesville. S
Richmond Thomas T., Medfield. 15
Riddel Samuel H., Boston. 23
Roberts Jacob, Fairhaven. 19
Roberts James A., Middleboro'. 19
Robinson Reuben T., Winchester. 26
Rockwood Samuel L., Hanson. 18
Rood Thomas H., Goshen. 12
Ropes William L., Wrentham. 15
Ruot Augustine, Erving. 9
Root Kdward \V., Williamsburg. 12
Russell Ezekiel, East Randolph. 18
Sabin Lewis, Templeton. 28
Sanders Marshall D., Ceyh-n. 2
Sanford Baalis, East Bridgewater. 5
Sanford David, Medway. 15
Saiitbrd Enoch, Raynham. 5
Sanlord Enoch, South Wellfleet. 4
Sanford William H., Boylston Centre. 27
Sawyer Benjamin, Salisbury. 7
Searle Richard T., New Marlboro'. 3
Seely R. H., Springfield. 10
Sessions Alexander J., Melrose. 26
Sewall Jotham B , Lynn. 21
Sewall Samuel, Builington. 26
Seymour C. N., Whately. 12
Seymour Henry, Hawley. 9
Sheldon Luther, D. D., Easton. IS
Sheldon Luther H., Townsend. 17
Sheldon Noah, Slockbridge. 3
Simmons Charles, North Wrentham. 15
Sleeper William I'., Worcester. 27
Smitli Asa B., Buckland. 9
Smith Charles, Boston. 23
Smith John D., Berkley. 24
Smith iMatson M., Brookline. 23
Smith Stephen S., Warren. 6
Snell Thomas, D. D., Norih Brookfield. 6
Snow Porter H., Baltimore, Md. 10
Southgate Robert, Ipswich. 8
Southworth Tertius D. 15
Spaulding Samuel J., Newburyport. 7
Spear Charles V., Sudbury. Iti
Stearns .lesse G. D., Billerica. 26
Stearns Wdliam A., D. D., Amherst. 13
Sione Andrew L., Boston. ii3
Stone Cyrus, Boston 4
Stone Rollin S., East Hampton. 12
Stone Timothy D. P , Norwich, Conn. 15
Storr.s Richard S., D. D , Braintree. 18
Stowe Timothy, New Bediord. 19
Slowell Abijah, Gardner. 28
Strong Stephen C, Southampton. 12
Sturtevant William H., Holmes' Hole. 25
Swallow J E., Wilmington. 26
Swasey Arthur, Brighton. 23
Street Edward. 12
Strong David A., South Deerfield. 9
Sweetser Seth, D. D., Worcester. 27
Swift Edward Y., South Hadley. 13
Tappan Benjamin, Jr., Charlestown. 22
Tarbox Increase N., Boston. 16
Tatlock John, Williamstown. 2
Taylor Jeremiah, Wenham. 21
Taylor John L., Andover. 1
Teele Albert K., Milton. 18
Temple J. H., Framingham. 12
Tenney Charles, Haverhill. 7
Tenney Francis V., Byfield. 7
Terry Calvin, North Weymouth. IS
Terry James P., South Weymouth. 13
Thacher Isaiah C, South Dennis. 4
Thayer William M., Ashland. 16
Thompson Augustus C, Roxbury. 23
Thompson John C, Holyoke. 12
Thompson Leander, West Amesbury. 7
Thompson Otis, North Abington. 5
Thurston Eli, Fall River. 24
Thurston R B., Chicopee. 10
Tisdale James, Shutesbury. 9
Todd John, D. D., Pittsfield. 2
Tolman Richard, Tewksbury. 1
Treat Selah B., Boston. 23
Tuck, J. W , Ludlow. 10
Tucker Joshua T., Holliston. 15
Tupper Martyn, Hard wick. 6
Turner Josiah W., Portland, Me. 3
Tyler William H., Pittsfield. 2
Uhler George, Cunisville, Stockbridge. 3
Utiey Samuel, Austerlilz, N. Y. 3
Vaill J., D. D., Palmer. 10
Waldo L. F., North Brookfield. 6
Walker Horace D., East Abington. 18
Walker Townsend, Chester Village. 11
Ward James W., Abington. 18
Ward S. D., Feeding Hills. 11
Warner O., Northampton. 12
Warren William, Upton 14
Waterbury Jared B., D D., Boston. 22
Webster, John C , Hopkinttm. 16
Wells John H , West Yarmonth. 4
Wheaion Lrvi, Gloucester. 8
White Isaac C, North Abington, 18
White Jacob, Orleans. 4
While Morris E., Northampton 12
Whitcomli William C, Stoneham. 26
W hitmore Zolva, Beckel. 3
Whiling L\man. Reading. 26
Whitney John, Waltham 22
Wickes Henry, Princeton 27
Wickes J..hn, Ca.,aan, N. Y. 2
Wisrlil Daniel, Jr., North Scituate. IS
Willc.x G B., Filchburg 17
\\'ilcox PhiUi B , East Bridgewater. IS
Wilder H A., South Alrica. 2
Wildef Moses H., Harwich. 4
Willard John, Fairhaven. 19
Williams N. W , Shrewsbury. 27
Williams Thumas, Providence, R. I. 15
Williston Paysoii, D D., Easthampton. 12
Wilson Thomas, WestfonI 1
Will, hesler Warren W., Clinton. 27
Winslow Hubbard, New York. 22
Withingion Leonard, D D., Newburyport. 7
Wo..d Chailes W., Ashbv 17
Woodbury James T., Milford 15
AV, odbridge John, D D., Hadley. 13
Wo.idbridge Jonathan E., Auburndale. 27
Woodworth C. L., Amherst. U
Worcester Isaac R., Anburndale. 27
Worcester Samuel M , D D., Salem. 21
AVrigl.t E. B., Monson 12
Wright William, South Windsor, Ct. 10
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MINUTES
1
OF THE
general |^ss0cialtfltt of P^asMcljiiselts,
AT THEIR
SESSION IN SALEM, .R'NE, 1856.
WITH THE
-
NARRATIVE OF THE STATE OF RELIGION,
AND THE
STATISTICS OF THE CHURCHES.
BOSTON:
CONGREGATIONAL BOARD OF PaBLICATION,
No 16 Tremont Temple.
1866.
MINUTES
imeral JsBwiation of passacljusetts,
SESSION IN SALEM, JUNE, 1856.
WITH THE
NARRATIVE OF THE STATE OF RELIGION,
STATISTICS OF THE CHUECHES.
BOSTON:
CONGREGATIONAL BOARD OF PUBLICATION,
No. 16 Tremont Temple.
1856.
PRINTED BY CROCKER AND BREWSTER^
47 Washington Street.
MINUTES.
The General Association of Massachusetts assembled
in the South Church in Salem, on Tuesday, June 24, 1856,
at 5 o'clock, P. M. The delegates were called to order by
Rev. I. E. Dwinell ; and Rev. Ebenezer Cutler was appointed
Scribe, pro tem.
The following clergymen presented certificates of their
were enrolled as members : —
Andover,
Berkshire North,
Berkshire South,
Brewster,
Bridgewater,
Brookfield,
Essex North,
Essex South,
Franklin,
Hampden East,
Richard Tolman,
Eden B. Foster.
J. Jay Dana,
Samuel Harrison.
Edmund K. Alden.
John U. Parsons,
Ebenezer Chase.
Stetson Raymond,
Baalis Sanford.
Martin Tupper.
Francis V. Tenney,
James T. McCollom.
Daniel Fitz,
E. W. Allen.
John Ferguson.
Samuel Osgood, D. D.
J. C. Housrhton.
Hampden West,
Hampshire,
Hampshire East,
Harmony,
Mendon,
Middlesex South,
Middlesex Union,
Norfolk,
Old Colony,
Pilgrim,
Salem',
Suffolk North,
Suffolk South,
Taunton,
Vineyard Sound,
Woburn,
Worcester Central,
Worcester North,
Also, Mass. H. M. Society,
Also, Ex-oflicio,
Franklin D. Austin.
John H. Bisbee.
Rowland Ayres.
Jacob J. Abbott,
William Bates.
Samuel Hunt,
John Haskell.
Henry Allen.
Charles W. Wood,
F. B. Doe.
Frederick A. Reed,
E. Porter Dyer.
Homer Barrows,
Timothy Stowe.
Frederick A. Fiske,
Joseph B. Johnson.
Parsons Cooke, D. D.
Jonas B. Clark.
Joseph A. Copp,
William Barrows.
Alonzo H. Quint.
T. E. Bliss,
Franklin Holmes.
Hiram Carlton,
Cyrus Mann.
( Joseph D. Hull,
( Jesse G. D. Stearns.
Ebenezer Cutler.
John F. Norton,
Ebenezer W. Bullard.
j Joseph S. Clark, D. D.
( Amos Blanchard, D. D.
Brown Emerson, D. D.
I. E. Dwinell,
Emerson Davis, D. D., Secretary/.
The following clergymen, who had represented this Asso-
ciation to corresponding bodies since the session of 1855,
were enrolled as Honorary Members :
General Association of Connecticut, — Isaiah C. Thatcher.
General Association of New York, — A. J. Sessions.
Presbyterian General Assembly, (O. S.), — B. G. Northrop.
The following clergymen were present as Delegates from
Corresponding Bodies :
Congregational Union of Canada, — E. Ebbs.
General Association of New Hampshire, — Otis Holmes.
General Convention of Vermont, — S. K-. Hall.
General Association of New York, — S. C. Brown.
General Association of Michigan, — John D. Pierce.
Convention of Wisconsin, — J. Lewis.
General Association of Iowa, — Ephraim Adams.
Presbyterian General Assembly, (N. S.), — William R.
DeWitt, D. D.
Presbyterian General Assembly, (O. S.), — Alexander T.
McGill, D. D. .
organization.
Rev. Daniel Fitz, of Ipswich, was chosen Moderator;
Rev. Alonzo H. Quint, of Jamaica Plain, Scribe; and Rev.
Timothy Stowe, of New Bedford, Assistant Scribe.
Prayer was offered by the Moderator.
The Rules of the Association were read by the Secretary.
The following Committees were appointed :
On Elections : — Rev. Messrs. Dana, William Barrows, and
Reed.
On Accounts : — Rev. Messrs. Cutler and Alden.
On Nominations : — Rev. Messrs. Bisbee, Homer Barrows,
and Thatcher.
On Arrangements : — Rev. Messrs. Dwinell, Blanchard, and
Parsons.
After prayer, the Association adjourned, to meet at 7|
o'clock, P. M.
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Evening-, 7f o^clock. The Association met for public wor-
ship, when a sermon in behalf of the Home Missionary So-
ciety was preached by Rev. J. T. Tucker, of HoUiston, from
Isaiah xxvi : 15. A collection was taken up, amounting to
$40 46.
The Association adjourned, to meet on Wednesday morn-
ing at 8i o'clock.
Wednesday, A. M., 8^ o'clock. The Association met ac-
cording to adjournment. The roll was called, prayer was
offered by the Moderator, and the minutes of the previous
day were read.
The Committee on Elections made a report as to creden-
tials.
The Committee on Nominations reported the following
names for the offices specified : —
On Publication, — Rev. Messrs. Sewall Harding, A. H.
Quint, and Timothy Stowe.
On Narrative of the State of Religion, — Rev. Messrs. E. K.
Alden, Richard Tolman, C. W. Wood, Rowland Ayres, and
John Ferguson.
On Nomination of Delegates to Corresponding Bodies, —
Rev. Messrs. Dana, E. Davis, D. D., Parsons Cooke, D. D.,
F. D. Austin, and J. F. Norton.
The report was adopted.
REPORTS OF DELEGATES TO CORRESPONDING BODIES.
Reports of attendance were made in person by the follow-
ing brethren : —
Rev. J. S. Copp, delegate to the General Conference of
Maine.
Rev. I. C. Thatcher, delegate to the General Association
of Connecticut.
Rev. J. J. Dana, delegate to the Presbyterian General As-
sembly, (N. S.)
Rev. A. J. Sessions, delegate to the General Association of
New York.
A letter was received from the General Association of
Oregon.
f Rev. Jason Morse reported by letter his attendance at the
General Association of Illinois.
STATISTICS.
A report was presented by the Committee of Publication,
recommending an addition to the Rules, by constituting the
office of Statistical Secretary. The report was accepted, and
the proposed' amendment was ordered to be read a second
time tomorrow%
The same Committee were, at their request, excused from
reading a report upon the " statistics of our churches com-
pared with the population."
HONORARY MEMBERS.
Rev. Drs. D. O. Allen and Milton Badger were invited to
sit as Honorary Members.
STATE OF THE COUNTRY.
A resolution, presented by the Committee of Arrange-
ments, after discussion and amendment, was adopted as
follows :
Resolved, — That a Committee of nine be appointed, to
take into consideration the civil and religious state of the
country, and report such resolutions in reference thereto as
they may deem expedient.
The Committee consisted of Rev. Drs. Samuel Osgood,
J. S. Clark and A. Blanchard, and Messrs. A. J. Sessions,
J. J. Dana, H. Carleton, E. B. Foster, J. T. McCollom, and
C. Mann.
The following resolution, introduced by the same Commit-
tee, was laid upon the table :
Resolved, That, in the opinion of the General Association
of Massachusetts, some organization is desirable representing
the Congregational Churches of the United States.
A motion to insert in the printed Mihutes the amount of
benevolent contributions in the various Associations, was
laid upon the table.
After a recess, the Association spent a season in Devo-
tional Exercises; in the course of which notices were read of
the Congregational clergymen of this State deceased since
the last meeting of this body. [See " Narrative," etc.]
THE PUBLISHING SOCIETIES.
The Committee re-appointed last year, to ascertain of the
various "Publishing Societies, their views and actions on
the subject of slavery," made a report through Rev. Dr. Wor-
cester. The report was accepted ; and the following resolu-
tions, embraced in their report, were unanimously adopted :
Resolved, That it is not expedient for this Association to
take any further action in respect to the Massachusetts Sab-
bath School Society, the Congregational Board of Publica-
tion, or the American Sunday School Union.
Resolved, That, this Association is gratified with the action
of the American Tract Society at its recent meeting in New
York ; that we regard the appointment of a Committee of
investigation as a wise and timely measure, evincing as it
does a willingness on the part of the Society to reconsider its
duty on the subject of slavery ; that we are particularly
pleased with the statements of the Executive Committee re-
specting the omission of words and phrases having reference
to slavery, in the publications of the Society, and also with
their admission that there are " Aspects of the subject and of
duties and evils connected with it, in which it might be
hoped that evangelical Christians, North and South, would
agree," and in respect to which, therefore, they see not why
tracts " breathing the love of Christ and promising useful-
ness " may not be approved and published.
Resolved, That while we do not desire the Tract Society
to publish at all on the political aspects of slavery, nor upon
slavery in its moral aspects except in the spirit of love and
with the utmost christian candor and impartiality, it is our de-
liberate conviction, that silence in respect to the enormous
and admitted evils of slavery, on the part of a great publish-
ing Society devoted to the cause of good morals and religion,
is not wise as a matter of policy nor consistent v^ith Christian
faithfulness ; that the time will come, if it has not already,
when not to be openly against a system so fraught with evil
and danger, is to be for it, and therefore that this Society
should be ready to take the position to which the providence
of God and the demands of the age summon it, and exert its
powerful influence against the sins of slavery as against other
sins.
Resolved, That in the present condition of the afFairs.of the
American Tract Society, its officers and agents with all its
friends and patrons h'ave urgent occasion to supplicate the
throne of grace, that the Spirit of the Lord may rest upon
them, the spirit of wisdom and understanding, the spirit of
counsel and might, the spirit of knowledge and of the fear
of the Lord.
CORRESPONDENCE WITH OTHER BODIES.
The Committee of Arrangements introduced resolutions
discontinuing our correspondence with other denominations.
Without acting upon these resolutions, the Association
adjourned to meet at 2 J, P. M.
Wednesday, 2 J, P. M. Met at the hour appointed, when
the session was opened by singing and prayer.
NARRATIVES OF THE STATE OP RELIGION.
The Association listened to the reports of the state of re-
ligion in the various district Associations.
SALUTATIONS OF DELEGATES FROM CORRESPONDING BODIES.
The salutations of corresponding bodies were presented
by the following delegates :
Eev. Otis Holmes, from the General Association of New
Hampshire.
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Rev. S. C. Brown, from the General Association of New-
York.
Rev. John D. Pierce, from the General Association of
Michigan.
Adjourned at 5f , to meet at 7j, P. M.
Wednesday evening, 7J, P. M. Met according to adjourn-
ment; prayer was offered by Rev. Dr. McGill.
The Association listened to a presentation of the objects
of the Systematic Beneficence Society, by John Gulliver, and
to a brief notice from Rev. Sewall Harding, Secretary of the
Congregational Board of Publication. .
SALUTATIONS — -CONTINUED.
The Association received further salutations of delegates,
as follows^:
Rev. J. Lewis, from the Presbyterian and Congregational
Convention of Wisconsin.
Rev. E. Ebbs, from the Congregational Union of Canada.
Rev. S. R. Hall, from the General Convention of Vermont.
Rev. Ephraim Adams, from the General Association of
Iowa.
Rev. Dr. William R. DeWitt, from the Presbyterian Gen-
eral Assembly, (N. S.)
The Association then adjourned, with prayer, to Thursday,
8, A. M.
Thursday, 8, A. M. The Association met at the hour ap-
pointed ; prayer was offered by Rev. Mr. Taylor of Manches-
ter, the roll was called, and the minutes of the preceding day
were read.
On motion, —
Voted, That any member of the Association may have
leave of absence, at 10 o'clock this morning, for half an hour,
to visit the Museum in this city, in accordance with the invi-
tation of its officers.
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PSALMODY.
Upon the request of the Taunton Association, —
Voted, That a Committee of five be appointed to report
to this body at its next session upon the expediency of a
thorough revision of our Church Psalmody.
Rev. Messrs. Maltby, I. C. Thatcher, E. Nason, Ayres, and
S. M. Worcester, D. D., were appointed this Committee.
PASTORAL LETTER.
Voted, That the Pastoral Letter be omitted for this year.
EXERCISES AT ANNUAL MEETINGS.
The Committee appointed last year to revise "the mode of
proceeding" of this Association, "with a view to restrain its
action to what is legitimate, and, if possible, to promote and
increase its true usefulness," made a report through Rev. E.
Maltby.
Voted, That it be adopted and published in the Minutes:
and Rev. Messrs. E. Davis, D. D., J. A. Copp, J. T. McCol-
lom, J. P. Cleaveland, D. D., and H. B. Hooker, were ap-
pointed the Committee contemplated in the report.
SALUTATIONS CONTINUED.
Rev. Dr. McGill presented the salutations pf the Presbyte-
rian General Assembly, (O. S.)
Rev. B. G. Northrop reported his attendance upon the
Presbyterian General Assembly, (O. S.)
ELECTION OF SECRETARY.
Rev. E. Davis, D. D., was re-elected Secretary for three
years.
CORRESPONDENCE.
The resolutions concerning delegations to bodies not of
our denomination, were taken up and discussed; and the fol-
lowing substitute was passed :
Resolved, That the subject of continuing our present cor-
respondence with the Presbyterian churches be referred to
the District Associations, to report at our next meeting.
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DELEGATES TO FOREIGN BODIES.
The CommiUee orl Nominations reported the following list
of delegates, "which report was adopted :
To the Presbyterian General Assembly, (O. S.) :
„ . . ( Mark Hopkins, D. D.
Primaries, j Benjamin S. Hosford.
c, , ,., , i E. A. Bulkley,
Substitutes, j g_ g_ ^_ ^^^^^^^
To the Presbyterian General Assembly, (N. S.) :
^. . ( A. H. Dashiell, Jr.
Primaries, j j^^n p^^ge.
o u i-j. i. i Ezekiel Russell,
Substitutes, j ^^^^^ ^ ^-1^;^^
To the General Conference of Maine :
-o . . ( N. Adams, D. D.
Primaries, j George M. Adams.
o WW $ J- Vaill, D. D.
Substitutes, I j^^^^ Q g^^^^y_
To the General Association of New Hampshire :
-p . . ( Emerson Davis, D. D.
primaries, j Leonard Withington, D. D.
o u J.-J. J. i John H. Bisbee,
Substitutes, j j^ ^ j^ ^^^^^,^1
To the General Convention of Vermont :
Ti . . ( Abiiah P. Marvin,
Primaries, { ri t
' ( George Lyman.
o 1- J.-J. i. ( Jacob Ide, D. D.
Substitutes, 1 r^ m T u
' ( O. T. Lamphear.
To the Evangelical Consociation of Rhode Island :
-T-, • • ( Warren H. Beaman,
Primaries, j ^.^^.^^^ p_ p^.^^^
CI i_ J.-J. i. { David Holman,
Substitutes, j^^^ ^^ p^.^^;
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To the General Associations of Connecticut and Cali-
fornia*:
Primaries, j Israel W. Putnam, D. D.
James A. Roberts.
Substitute, Christopher Cushing,
To the General Association of New York :
Theodore G. Clark,
Primaries, . g^^^^^ ^ ^^^^^^
c, , ,-, , ( Horace James,
Substitutes, < T-, . J Ti -D1 J ,.
' ( Edward P. Blodgett.
To the General Association of Michigan :
-n ■ • { Franklin Holmes,
Primaries, j j^^^^^^ ^^ ^^j,^^^^
Substitutes I ^^^P^ ^^"'y'
substitutes, J jj.^^^ Carlton.
To the General Association of Wisconsin :
■n • • i Eden B. Foster,
Primaries, { ^^ .j ci r j
' ( David Sanford.
Substitute, I g--H™P^-/.D.D.
To the General Association of Illinois :
Randolph Campbell,
Anson McLoud.
o u J--J. i- { Daniel Fitz,
Substitutes, ^ T u T -D 4.J-
' ( Joseph L. Bennett.
To the General Association of Iowa :
p . . (A. Foster,
' \ George Richards.
Q t^ j.-i. + \ Robert Southgate,
Substitutes, j jj^j^^y ^ p^^^g^^
To the Congregational Conference of Ohio, and to the
General Association of Oregon :
Primary, Joseph B. Johnson.
Substitute, James H. Means.
* By letter.
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To the Congregational Union of Canada :
T3 . . (J. Jay Dana,
rnmaries, i t-u j -j^r t^t i i
' I Edward W. Noble.
Q u +•+ ^ ( William Gould,
Substitutes, ^ -p, -J o • 1
' ( David Brigham.
To the Congregational Union of England and Wales :
Primary, Edward P. Kimball.
Substitute, Edward N. Kirk.
HOME MISSIONARY SOCIETY PREACHER FOR 1857.
Rev. J. Jay Dana was elected substitute preacher on Home
Missions for 1857, Rev. J. P. Cleaveland, D. D., being pri-
mary.
STATE OF THE UNION.
The Committee on the State of the Union reported through
Rev. Dr. Blanchard, as follows :
Whereas, in view of the late occurrences in Congress and
in one of the Territories, growing out of the encroachments
of slavery, we are constrained to regard the condition of our
country as solemn and critical, beyond any, through which
we have ever passed, therefore,
Resolved, That the crisis calls us to special prayer for the
nation, and to redoubled efforts to deepen and diffuse the
spirit of the gospel, as the only remedy for existing evils, and
the only foundation of hope for the perpetuity of American
institutions.
Resolved, That passing events call upon us, as Christian
patriots, to stand firm in our defence of the interests of free-
dom and of the Union, and to seek to promote them in all
lawful, wise, and Christian methods.
The report was adopted.
PLACE OF MEETING, PREACHER, AND PASTORAL LETTER FOR 1857.
Voted, That the session of this body in 1857 be held at
Belchertown.
Voted, That the Associational preacher for 1857 be ap-
pointed by Brookfield Association.
Voted, That the Pastoral Letter be prepared by Rev. Messrs.
J. B. Johnson, E. Alden, Jr., and Joseph Freeman.
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ADDITIONAL RUIZES ON STATISTICS.
The additional Rules prepared by the Committee of Publi-
cation were adopted, as follows :
A Statistical Secretary shall be chosen for three years from
the first of September following his appointment. It shall
be his duty to procure the Statistics of the churches through
the Scribes or other statistical officers of the District Associa-
tions ; complete and arrange them for publication, and pre-
sent them in that form and properly combined into a sum-
mary, at the same time with the reports of the several Dis-
trict Associations at each session. He shall superintend their
printing; shall be a member, ex-officio, of this body and of
the Publishing Committee, and shall be allowed his travel-
( ling expenses in attending the meetings of the Association.
Each District Association connected with this body is re-
quested to appoint a Statistical Scribe, to collect the statis-
tics of the churches within its bounds in methods designated
by this body and in connection with the Statistical Secretary
of the General Association.
Rev. Alonzo H. Quint, of Jamaica Plain, was elected Sta-
tistical Secretary for three years.
Voted, That the insertion of the amount of benevolent con-
tributions in the published Minutes, be referred to the dis-
cretion of the Publishing Committee.
Voted, That the lists of delegates to corresponding bodies,
when published in the Recorder or Congregationalist, pro-
perly attested, be the credentials of persons appointed.
NARRATIVE.
The Narrative of the State of Relig-ion was read by Rev.
Mr. Tolman, adopted, and ordered to be printed.
Adjourned, to meet at 2 o'clock.
Thursday, 2 o^clock, P. M. The Association met for public
worship and the sacrament of the Lord's Supper.
The sermon was preached by Rev. Mr. Seelye, of Spring-
field, from 2 Cor. iii : 18.
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The Sacrament of the Lord's Sapper was administered by-
Rev. Messrs. Fitz, Dana, and B. R. Allen of Marblehead.
After religious services business was resumed.
ACCOUNTS.
The Treasurer's Account was reported approved by the
Auditing Committee, and ordered to be printed.
VOTES OF THANKS.
Voted, That the thanks of this Association be presented to
the people of this city, for their liberal hospitalities ; to the
South Church and Society, for the use of their church ; and
to the clroir for their musical assistance.
INFANT BAPTISM.
A report on Infant Baptism, presented by the Committee
appointed last year, was deferred to next year, — the report in
the mean time to be referred to the Publishing Committee to
be printed.
SYSTEMATIC BENEFICENCE.
The following resolutions were adopted :
Resolved, That the exigencies of the church and the world
demand a higher standard of beneficence on the part of every
Christian.
Resolved, That the plans for this purpose, proposed by the
" American Systematic Beneficence Society" be recommend-
ed to the serious and prayerful attention of all our churches.
After singing, prayer was offered by Mr. Dwinell, and the
Association adjourned to the 4th Tuesday in June, 1857.
DANIEL FITZ, Moderator.
Alonzo H. Quint, Scribe.
Timothy Stowe, Assistant Scribe.
REPOKT UPON REVISION OF EXERCISES.*
The Committee appointed by this body, to " revise its mode
of proceeding at its annual meeting, with a view to restrain its
action to vjhat is legitimate, and, if possible, to promote and
increase its usefulness,''^ present the following report : —
There can be little doubt, we think, that this Association
has sometimes, in its proceedings, gone beyond its legitimate
limits, as was shown by Rev. Dr. Dimmick's Report last year.
When it adopted the Plan of Union with the Presbyterian
Churches, we think it did so — and also when it showed a
disposition to establish a system of Consociations among our
churches. And in the same light we must regard the organ-
ization of the Foreign and Home Missionary Societies. For
excellent as these societies are, their formation properly be-
longed to the churches, who were to support them, rather
than to a purely ministerial body.
And this brings us to the character of this Association, and
the principles of its organization, as determining its appro-
priate sphere of action. It is made up of ministers alone.
The churches are not represented in it. And in its Rules,
which are the basis of its organization, '''■its object" is de-
clared to be, " to promote brotherly harmony and intercourse
among the ministers of Christ; to obtain religious information
relative to the state of the churches, and of the Christian Church
throughout the world; and to co-operate with one another, and
vnth other ecclesiastical bodies, in the most eligible measures
for advancing the cause of truth and holiness." (Rule 2d.) —
»See page 11.
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Thus we see, that this Association was called into existence
especially for the benefit of Ministers. It was not organized
for the good of the churches, but for the good of the Pastors
of these churches. It was designed to promote their inter-
course, their harmony, their information, their usefulness.
The Plan of this Association was evidently suggested by
the Local., or District Associations, which are as old almost
as the settlement of ministers in New England, and which,
at the close of the last century, had come to embrace nearly
all the ministers in the State. A confederation of these sev-
eral bodies into one General Body, was perfectly natural, and
must have occurred to many minds, as well fitted to enlarge
and systematize the good influences, that were already ema-
nating from these distinct and independent gatherings.
Nevertheless, — as some one writes upon this subject, — " a few
of the Fathers had their fears, that a General Association
would exert some control over the churches and their pastors,
not consistent with the Congregational independence which
underlies the whole superstructure of our Ecclesiastical Polity.
On this account alone, several of the local Associations did
not fall into the arrangement at first; and the Mendon Asso-
ciation, of which Dr. Emmons was the Nestor., never came in-
to it till after his death. Thus warned, the General Associa-
tion interposed a special guard against such tendencies to-
wards Ecclesiastical and Prelatical power, by a distinct
avowal of its Congregational principles ; an emphatic disa-
vowal of any judicatorial rights; and a full announcement of
its real and only aims." (Rev. Joseph S. Clark's Letter.) —
This declaration of its object, and this announcement of the
principles of its organization, is the one already referred to,
and shows plainly enough what this Association was design-
ed to be. It was to be a Ministerial., and not an Ecclesiasti-
cal body. It was to represent the Ministers, and not the
Churches of Massachusetts. It was for the mutual improve-
ment and aid of the Pastors of these churches, and not in any
sense for the care of the Churches themselves, that this Body
was organized. And here is where we have so far departed
from the principles of our organization. We have come to
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regard ourselves, as representing the chnrcbes, and acting for
the churches, and taking care of the churches, — instead of be-
ing simply a body of Pastors, representing and acting for our
brethren in the ministry, and endeavoring to promote one
another's edification and usefulness.
To be sure, our own interests, and the interests of our
churches, are most closely connected — they are well nigh
identical. And then, what must always be our apology, and
perhaps our justification, for the care that we bestow upon
the interests of the churches, is, that they have no Ecclesias-
tical body to look after those interests ; not even to receive
the Delegates that are sent to them from Foreign Bodies, or
to make arrangements for the collection of their charities.
Still there is danger in it. And it is questionable, when the
churches refuse to provide for such a want, at least in any
such way, how far we should allow ourselves to do it. It
was an objection with many, to incorporating a Lay element
into this Body, that it might lead to the exercise of Eccle-
siastical authority ; but there is as much danger from Prelati-
cal power, as there is of Ecclesiastical domination. .Ministers
are quite as likely to usurp undue authority over the churches
as those bodies which have a Lay element in them, as history
shows. Every Hierarchy has grown up in this way.
But aside from all danger, — which may be greater or less, —
it is enough, that this Association was not formed to take
care of the churches, but for the good of Ministers. It is an
Association of Pastors, for their mutual edification and use-
fulness ; and this fundamental idea of our organization,
should always guide and limit our proceedings.
, This much then may be safely recommended — that loe
should keep nearer to this central idea, from which we have
manifestly swerved ; that we should have more distinct and
exclusive reference, to our edification and usefulness as Pas-
tors, and less to the affairs of the Churches ; and especially,
that we should have less to do with so many matters, which
have only a remote, if any relation, to the cause of Christ.
In regard to our " Method of proceeding' at our Annual
Meeting,''^ your Committee could desire, if it were possible,
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that there were fevjer matters of mere business to he attended
to, and less of detail and repetition in the Narratives of the
State of Religion ; and that more time could he devoted par-
ticularly to consultation upon our duties and difficulties as Pas-
tors. And they would recommend, that the Narratives, in-
stead of being read publicly, be referred to a Committee, who
shall prepare a digest of them, as at present, and read it to
the Association.
They also recommend, that the afternoon and evening of
Wednesday be appropriated to the presentation and discus-
sion of Theological and practical questions connected with
the Ministerial profession, in accordance with a schedule of
subjects previously prepared and published by a Committee
appointed for that purpose.
They also recommend, that the Reports from Foreign
Bodies do not ordinarily exceed fifteen minutes.
They further recommend, that instead of our present " Pas-
toral Address,''^ which is now addressed to our churches, it be
made a Letter to the Pastors. This would be more in ac-
cordance with the object of our Association, and such a
Letter might become the vehicle of valuable and timely sug-
gestions, and addressed at once to all the Congregational
Pastors of the Commonwealth.
Finally, they recommend the following resolution be adopt-
ed, viz.
Resolved, That a Committee of five be appointed, to draft
the details of a plan in accordance with this Report, to be
presented at the meeting of the next General Association.
NARRATIVE OF THE STATE OF RELIGION.
In sketching a brief outline of the dealings of God with us
the past year, we notice, in the outset, the afflictive dispensa-
tions of his Providence, in removing some of the standard-
bearers of our Zion. Of the ten deceased,* only four were
settled pastors. These were called home to their reward, at
the ages of 92, 86, 68, and 47, respectively. Surely, amid
our grief at the loss of these men of God, we have great
occasion for gratitude, that the settled ministry connected
with this body, have been so remarkably exempt from the
invasions of death ; and that the four, who have fallen, were
spared to so good an average age as that of more than three
score years and ten. The six ex-pastors deceased, were per-
mitted to serve God on earth, to the average age of 60.
Bu1;^now that these revered and beloved fathers and brethren
in the ministry have gone to their account, may we, who sur-
vive, be stirred up to greater diligence in the Master's ser-
vice, and to fervent prayer that more laborers may be sent
* Pastors of churches : —
Robert Crowell, D. D., of Essex, died Nov. 10, 1855, aged 68.
William R. Chapman, of Hanover, died Oct. 25, 1855, aged 47.
Payson Williston, D. D., of Easthampton, died Jan. 30, 1856, aged 92.
Theophilus Packard, D. D., of Shelburne, died Sept. 16, 1855, aged 86.
Clergymen not pastors : —
Abijah Cross, of Haverhill, died April 14, 1856, aged 62.
Samuel W. Strong, died at Reading, Pa, April 16, 1856, aged 34.
Bancroft Fowler, of Stockbridge^ died April 5, 1856, aged 80.
Horatio J. Lombard, died at Springfield, April 28, 1856, aged 64.
Charles Simmons, of North Wrentham, died May 12, 1856, aged 57.
Noah Sheldon, of Stockbride, died May 14, 1856, aged 66.
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into the harvest, which is, to so sad an extent, perishing for
lack of reapers.
We turn, with joy, from these doings of death, to notice
the gracious operations of the life-giving Spirit.
The Reports from the District Associations, with but few
exceptions, furnish cheering evidence of the continued pros-
perity of our churches, amid all the agitations now pervading
the nation. Though there have not been so many, and so
marked instances of the outpouring of the Spirit, the past
year, as the year before, we have occasion to bless God, that
every Association can bear witness to more or less of the
manifestations of his grace, in the form of the gently distilling
dew, or, as in a majority of cases, of the reviving rain, —
encouraging us to look up for more copious effusions of
those divine influences, with which we flourish, but without
which we die.
It is worthy of notice, as a prominent feature of the visita-
tions of mercy with which we have been blessed, that God
has spoken to us, generally, by the still small voice. Though
his kingdom has come, in some places, as at Seekonk and
Rehoboth, with great power, it has not come with obser-
vation. The work of his grace in the hearts of the peo-
ple has been too deep and thorough to be noisy or obtru-
sive ; too gentle in its operation to be soon spent, — going
on, as in some cases, month after month, through the stim-
mer's heat and the winter's cold, — affording us most delight-
ful instances of continuous refreshing from the presence of
the Lord.
In connection with the manifold tokens of the sanctifying
and saving influences of the Spirit, which so cheer our hearts,
it is painful to refer to some of the evils, over which the
friends of our Zion have cause to mourn.
One of these evils is the great instability in the pastoral
office, with all the attendant ruinous consequences. Nearly
every District reports from one to half a dozen cases, of the
sundering of the pastoral tie. This evil, however, great
as it now is, seems to be diminishing, judging from the
numerous instances specified of an increase in the salary of
pastors.
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Another evil, over which we have cause to mourn, is the
great neglect of Infant Baptism, as manifest in the returns
from many of the churches, — impressing us with the convic-
tion that there should be more faithful and thorough instruc-
tion, on the part of pastors, in the principles of the Abra-
hamic covenant, so as to lead pious parents to consecrate,
not only themselves, but their offspring, to the Lord, in the
ordinance of his own appointment.
But the evil which lies, in no inconsiderable degree, at the
root of all, the evil of evils, is that dry rot of worldliness,
which is, to a grievous extent, eating out the very heart of
the piety of our churches. There is devotion — but it is to
gain, instead of godliness. The consecration to Christ, by
many professing disciples, is so lacking in whole-heartedness,
that, though they are, it may be, of emfnent power in the
world, they are but ciphers, or dead weights, in the church ;
seeming to forget that the burning zeal, and all-conquering
energy, displayed in their secular pursuits, should be laid
upon the altar of Him, who gave himself for them ; that they
should be as wide awake and active in the religious, as in
the industrial, or political life. This is indeed for a lamenta-
tion, since piety, to be healthy and vigorous, must be opera-
tive in good works, — the fountain of love within, keeping it-
self pure and sweet, only as it pours forth the living streams.
How important, then, that all our churches receive that bap-
tism of the Spirit, with which some of them have been so
richly blessed.
In regard to the Sabbath School cause, it is highly gratify-
ing to observe that, according to the testimony of the Re-
ports— the most of which made special reference to the mat-
ter— this cause is taking a deeper and stronger hold on the
hearts of God's people, that never did they more fully realize
the importance of the Savior's injunction, " Feed my lambs."
The Sabbath School has shared largely in the spiritual re-
freshings of the past year, thus proving itself, as heretofore,
preeminently the nursery of the church. We record also,
with gratitude, the fact, that the children and youth in many
of our Sabbath Schools are contributing liberally to the cause
of benevolence, believing that the best way to raise the
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standard of beneficence in our churches, is to train the rising
generation to habits of charity.
As it respects the cause of Temperance, the tidings from
different parts of the Commonwealth are not particularly en-
couraging. The unanimous opinion expressed is, that the
prohibitory law has worked well, wherever it has worked at
all. But it is far from being every where faithfully enforced.
And there seems to be a growing conviction that mere legal
enactments, however excellent, will not of themselves suffice
to do away with the mischiefs and the miseries of the intoxi-
cating cup ; but that for this end, in connection with wise
legislation, there must be a more general resort to those
moral means, which, under God, proved so efficient in the
early stages of the Temperance reformation. The gospel,
fully and faithfulfy preached and applied, is believed to
be the grand instrumentality for promoting this and every
other enterprise for ameliorating the condition of our fel-
low-men.
The recent manifestations of the aggressive and ruffianly
spirit of the slave-power, appear to have roused the ministers
and churches within our bounds, as never before. From the
verdant hills of Berkshire to the barren sands of the Cape,
the voice is as the voice of many waters, for free territory and
free speech, now and forever ; so that, dark as is the cloud of
strife that hangs over us, threatening our dearest interests
with its fiery bolts, " hope plays on its edges, and tinges them
with gold," — encouraging us to supplicate more earnestly for
the speedy coming of that year of jubilee, when liberty shall
be proclaimed through all the land, to all the inhabitants
thereof.
In relation to the reports of Delegates from Ecclesiastical
Bodies in correspondence with us, suffice it to say, that they
have been generally of such a hopeful character, as to cheer
our hearts in the service of our common Master ; and that
they have breathed such a Christian spirit as to strengthen
and deepen our attachment to these other branches of the
household of faith, and lead us to pray that we may ever
keep the unity of the Spirit in the bonds of peace, provoking
each other only to love and to good works.
TEEASURER'S HEPOHT.
General Association of Massachusetts, in account with E. Davis, Treasurer.
Cr.
June, 1855. Balance in Treasury, $41 38
May, 1856. Cash for Minutes sold, 1 78
June, " Received of District Associations, 104 50
$147 66
Dr.
July, 1855. Mistake in last account, ^5 00
Oct. " Postage on Minutes 10 90
May, 1856. Postage Bill of Publishing Committee, 6 50
June, "■ Messrs. Crocker and Brewster, for Minutes, . . . . 157 S7
" " Do. do. for Circulars, . . . . 11 25
" " Binding Minutes, 1 00
" " Secretary's travelling expenses, 7 00
$199 52
We have examined the above account, and find it correct, and that there is
deficiency in the Treasury of $51 86. We recommend that a tax of Fifty cents 1
assessed upon each member of the local Associations for the ensuing year.
E CUTLER )
e' K ALDEN I ^°'^- °'^ Accounts.
[Adopted and ordered to be published.]
RULES OF THE ASSOCIATION.
1. The Association, by which the General Association of Massachu-
setts was originally organized, agreed to admit, and this Association con-
tinue to admit, as articles of faith, the doctrines of Christianity, as they are
generally expressed in the Assembly's Shorter Catechism ; and the above-
mentioned doctrines, understood by us to be distinctly those, which from,
the beginning, have been embraced by the churches of New England as
the doctrines of the Gospel, are considered as the basis of our union.
2. This General Association is founded on the principles of Congrega-
tionalism, and wholly disclaims ecclesiastical jurisdiction over the churches,
or the opinions of individuals. Its object is to promote brotherly harmony
and intercourse among the ministers of Christ ; — to obtain religious informa-
tion relative to the state of their churches, and of the christian church in
this country, and throughout the world; — -and to co-operate with one
another, and with other ecclesiastical bodies, in the most eligible measures
for advancing the cause of truth and holiness.
3. Each District Association in Massachusetts, consenting to the prin-
ciples of this Union, as stated in the first article, may appoint two dele-
gates annually, to compose this General Association : and it is recom-
mended, that one be appointed, who attended the preceding year.
4. The time of the annual meeting of this Association, shall be on the
fourth Tuesday of June, at five o'clock, P. M., at such place, as shall
have been duly notified.
5. Seven members, delegated from the particular Associations of Mas-
sachusetts, shall be requisite to form a quorum for transacting any busi-
ness ; but for opening and adjourning the meeting, a less number shall
be competent.
6. The secretary, and the minister of the church where the Asso-
ciation meet, shall have seats, and act as members ; the Associations to
which they belong retaining the right to elect their number of Delegates
in addition.
7. The minister of the church in the place where the Association meets,
or the secretary, may call the Association to order, and preside in the
meeting until the Association shall be properly organized.
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8. The certificates of the delegates present shall be read by the Secre-
tary, or by a temporary Scribe ; and the Association shall then be organized
by the choice of a Moderator, a Scribe, and, if necessary, an assistant
Scribe, by ballot. The Rules of the Association shall also be read, and
the Moderator shall open the business with prayer.
9. At the opening of the session on each subsequent day, the Modera-
tor shall take the chair at the hour to which the Association stands ad-
journed; shall immediately call the members to order; direct ihe roll to
be called ; shall open the meeting with prayer, and cause the minutes of
the preceding day to be read ; and the session of each day shall be closed
with prayer.
10. At each meeting of the Association, a Committee of Arrangements,
consisting of three, shall be appointed by nomination, to prepare the
business of the session; and no business shall be introduced during the
session, but through the hands, and with the approbation of the Com-
mittee. But if said Committee decline presenting any item of business
proposed by any member, he shall have the privilege of appeal to the
Association.
11. Every motion, on being seconded, shall, if requested by the Mode-
rator, or any two members, be reduced to writing, and no motion shall be
open to discussion, until it be seconded.
12. The Moderator may speak to points of order, in preference to
other members, rising from his seat for that purpose ; and shall decide
questions of order, subject to an appeal to the house by any two mem-
bers. But he may not speak to the merits of the question without leav-
ing the chair, and placing some other member in it, to preside while
he speaks.
13. On questions of order, adjournment, postponement, commitment, or
the previous question, no member shall speak more than once. Nor on
any question shall a member speak more than twice, without leave of
the Association.
14. When a question is under debate, no motion shall be received,
except for adjournment, amendment, postponement, commitment, or the
previous question; viz. Shall the main question be now put? The effect
of adopting the previous question shall be to put an end to debate, and
to bring the Association to a direct vote upon amendments reported by a
Committee, if any, upon pending amendments, and then upon the main
question.
15. If a question under debate contain several parts, any member may
have it divided, and a question taken on each part.
16. Every member, when speaking, shall address himself to the chair;
and shall be subject to no needless interruption ; if he act disorderly, it
shall be the duty of the Moderator, and the privilege of other members
to call him to order.
17. The discussions in the Association, and the whole deportment of
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the members, shall be in accordance with decorum, with due respect to the
chair, and with courtesy to each other.
18. No member shall leave the Association before the session is closed,
except with the consent of the body ; nor shall any one leave the house
during a sitting, without the consent of the Moderator.
19. Each annual meeting shall be closed with a psalm or hymn, and
prayer by the Moderator, or such other member as he shall appoint.
20. Our principles of fraternal intercourse with all ecclesiastical bodies
in correspondence with us are, that this Association, and each body con-
nected with it, shall annually appoint Delegates to the other, which shall
be admitted to the privilege of sitting, and deliberating upon all matters
which may come under consideration.
21. The principle of the connection formed with the Massachusetts
Missionary Society is, that said Society may annually appoint two dele-
gates to this body, who shall be admitted to equal privileges with the mem-
bers from the District Associations.
22. Gentlemen, who are admitted as honorary members, shall be
allowed full liberty to take part in all deliberations ; though they are not
considered as entitled to vote ; and it is expected they will give notice
to the body, if they find it necessary to withdraw previous to the close
of the session. The approbation of the Committee of Arrangements shall
be obtained, before a gentleman shall be proposed to sit as an honorary
member.
23. The Delegates, who the preceding year attended the meetings of
foreign bodies, shall, ex officio^ have seats as honorary members of the
General Association.
24. A Committee of three shall be annually appointed, to submit to the
General Association at the next meeting, a Pastoral Address^ to excite
the attention of ministers and Christians to faithful discipline in the
churches, the instruction of the rising generation, the sanctification of the
Sabbath, and other subjects relating to the general interests of religion.
The address being approved by the General Association, shall be signed
by the Moderator, and printed with the minutes. This Committee shall be
chosen from the several Associations in rotation.
25. The several Associations shall have the offer of receiving, in rota-
tion, the annual meeting of tlie General Association, and each one, in turn,
shall appoint one of their number to preach the Associational Sermon,
which shall be delivered at two o'clock, Thursday, P. M., after which
the sacrament of the Lord's Supper shall be administered. The narratives
given by the Delegates of the several Associations concerning the state
of religion and the churches, shall be given on Wednesday afternoon, and
shall be presented in writing, with a view to obtain an accurate account
of the principal facts, not however to prevent any more particular details
which the Delegates may think expedient to add, or the Association to
request. The returns, with respect to the number in the churches, etc.,
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shall be made out according to a printed schedule of this body, and ac-
cording to the numbers on the first of January past.
26. A Committee shall be appointed to receive the narratives and state-
ments, and shall condense them into one narrative, to be submitted to the
General Association and published. The written narratives shall be de-
posited with the Secretary.
27. A Committee shall be appointed to nominate Delegates to foreign
bodies, which delegates shall, as far as practicable, be selected from the
District Associations in rotation. The brethren chosen substitutes in the
delegations to the several bodies in our connection, shall, at our next
session be considered as Delegates to the respective bodies, if they shall
not previously have taken their seats there, through the failure of their
principals.
28. The Secretary shall be chosen for three years, from the close of
the meeting at which the choice shall be made. He shall, ex officio, be the
Treasurer of the General Association ; and shall be allowed his own travel-
ling expenses in attending the meetings of this Association. A Committee
shall be appointed annually, to audit the accounts, who shall report the
state of the treasury, and the sum in their opinion necessary to be paid
the next year by the members of the several Associations connected with
this body. The Secretary shall be authorized to pay such expenses as
are allowed by this Association.
29. It shall be the duty of the Delegates of the District Associations,
to pay the amount of the Assessments due from their respective Associa-
tions for the past year, whether collected by them or not.
30. A Publishing Committee shall be annually appointed, to make such
extracts from the minutes of the meeting, as in their judgment it will be
proper to publish; procure to be printed such number of copies, with the
Pastoral Address and Narrative of the State of Religion, as will give one
copy to each minister of the Associations represented in this body ; and
such a number of copies for other bodies connected with this Associa-
tion, as shall be mutually agreed upon. It shall be the duty of the Secre-
tary to receive the publications from foreign bodies, and distribute them
among the several Associations, in proportion to the tax paid by them re-
spectively. One copy of each publication, received by the General Asso-
ciation, or printed by its order, shall be kept in the archives.
31. A Statistical Secretary shall be chosen for three years from the
first of September following his appointment. It shall be his duty to pro-
cure the Statistics of the Churches through the Scribes or other statisti-
cal officers of the District Associations ; complete and arrange them for
publication, and present them in that form and properly combined into a
summary, at the same time with the reports of the several District Associa-
tions at each session. He shall supe; intend their printing; shall be a
member, ex- officio, of this body and of the Pubhshing Committee, and shall
be allowed his travelling expenses in attending the meetings of the Asso--
ciatipq,
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32. Each District Association connected with this body, is requested to
appoint a Statistical Scribe, to collect the statistics of the churehes within
its bounds, in methods designated by this body, and in connection with
the Statistical Secretary of the General Association.
33. An Agent shall be appointed in Boston to transmit the Extracts of
the Minutes of this General Association to other ecclesiastical bodies, and
to receive their Extracts or other publications, and transmit them to the
several District Associations represented in this body. And notice of his
appointment and place of business, shall be inserted in the printed Ex-
tracts. He shall be entitled to a suitable compensation.
34. It shall be the duty of the Secretary to communicate proper in-
formation to the Agent in Boston, and to the Publishing Committee, for
their direction.
35. Previously to the close of eachv meeting, the General Association '
shall specify a place for meeting the next year, and request some District
Association to appoint a preacher to deliver the Associational Sermon.
And the church of the place of meeting is desired to make preparations to
celebrate the Lord's Supper during the session.
36. A Vote or Resolve to establish, alter, or annul a standing rule of this
body, shall be read twice on different days, and may be debated at each
reading. At the first reading the question shall be, Shall it be read the
second time ?
BY-LAWS
1. An annual sermon shall be preached before the Association, on the
subject of Home Missions, and a collection taken. The preacher shall be
appointed by this body.
2. No report of the state of religion shall be read in public, unless it be
approved by the Association from which it comes, or by the Committee
of Arrangements of the General Association.
3. It is recommended to the several District Associations, to have their
narratives on the state of religion, condensed, so as not to exceed five
minutes in the time of reading.
4. The printed Minutes of this Association, shall be sufficient testimo-
nials of the appointment of Delegates to Foreign Bodies.
5. It shall be the duty of those Delegates vf\io attend the meetings of
Foreign Bodies, whether they be Primaries or Substitutes, to certify the
Secretary in writing, on or before the opening of the annual meeting next
after his appointment.
6. The Minutes of this Association shall be sent to the individual
members of the Associations connected with this body by mail, and the
Chairman of the Committee of Publication, shall furnish a list of the
names required to the Agents of the Association.
7. The Minutes of this body, forwarded to the General Association of
Connecticut, shall be, according to their request, sent by mail, under the
direction of the Publishing Committee.
8. The names of all the members of the Associations belonging to this
body, whether with or without charge, shall be inserted in the published
returns.
9. Every church without a pastor, by paying twenty-five cents, an-
nually, to the Treasurer of the General Association, through the Treasurer
of the local Association, with which said church is connected, shall be en-
titled to receive the Minutes of the General Association, to be forwarded
in the same way as minutes are forwarded to members of the Asso-
ciation.
PLACE OF MEETING.
The order in which the several Associations have the offer of receiving
the Annual Meeting of the General Association; Hampshire East having
the session of 1857.
Suffolk North,
Suffolk South,
Vineyard Sound,
Bridgevsrater,
Salem,
Berkshire South,
Mendon,
Andover,
Brevs^ster,
Taunton,
Hampshire,
Essex South,
Hampshire East,
Norfolk,
Berkshire North,
Middlesex South,
Brookfield,
Old Colony,
Pilgrim,
Hampden East,
Essex North,
Hampden West,
Franklin,
Harmony,
Woburn,
Worcester North,
Middlesex Union,
Worcester Central.
SELECTION OF PREACHER.
The order in which the several Associations shall appoint one of their
number to preach the Associational Sermon; Brookfield appointing the
preacher of 1857.
Worcester Central,
Suffolk North,
Suffolk South,
Bridgewater,
Salem,
Berkshire North,
Vineyard Sound,
Essex South,
Franklin,
Harmony,
Mendon,
Hampden East,
Brookfield,
Hampden West,
Middlesex South,
Norfolk,
Hampshire,
Hampshire East,
Worcester North,
Old Colony,
Pilgrim,
Taunton,
Middlesex Union,
Woburn,
Essex North,
Brewster,
Andover,
Berkshire South.
APPOINTMENT OF DELEGATES.
At the meeting in 1857, one Delegate from each. District Association
will be appointed to the Body whose name stands in the opposite column.
It is the privilege of each Association to nominate a Delegate.
Andover and Mendon,
Berkshire North and Middlesex South,
Berkshire South and Middlesex Union,
Brewster and Norfolk,
Bridgewater and Old Colony,
Brookfield,
Pilgrim,
Essex North and Salem,
Essex South and Suffolk North,
Franklin and Suffolk South,
Hampden East and Taunton,
Hampden West and Vineyard Sound,
Hampshire and Woburn,
Hampshire East and Worcester Central,
Harmony and Worcester North,
Rhode Island.
Vermont.
Wisconsin.
Gen. Assembly, (0. S.)
Gen. Assembly, (N. S.)
Canada.
Connecticut and Oregon.
California and Ohio.
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REMARKS.
In the preceding statistical tables 475 churches are enumerated ; of
these, 9 present no returns, viz. 1st in Lawrence, 1st in Pittsfield, Salis-
bury Hill, Pelham, Prescott, Millville in Blackstone, Grass Hill in Mil-
bury, Dane St. in Beverly, and Mariners' in Boston ; this number is the
smallest left delinquent in any year except 1855, which furnished the
same ; in fulness, this years' greatly exceeds any preceding.
Twelve additional churches are enumerated, viz. Andover Free, Bal-
lardvale, Manchester, Mendon, Assabet, Edgartown, Somerville, Harwich
Port (organized April 3, 1855,) Watertown (org. April 17, 1855,) Ashfield
2d (org. June 13, 1855,) Franklin South (org. Sept. 13, 1855,) and West-
field 2d (org. May 22, 1856 ) It will be seen that the .last three were or-
ganized in the year preceding the last session of the General Association ;
most of the others were omitted from previous Minutes only by neglect.
Two churches have been dropped, viz. North Haverhill, and North Orange ;
the former, because it is in New Hampshire ; the latter for reasons un-
known to the Committee.
During the year from June 1855 to June 1856, 60 pastors have been
dismissed ; 44 pastors have been settled ; and 4 have died ; 3 pastors are
added to the list by churches newly reported, and 1 is omitted in drop-
ping his church.
The comparison between this and last year's members, comparing the
449 churches which reported in both years, is this :
In 1855, 65,989 members; in 1856, 65,404.
This shows a loss of 585. whereas the excess of additions over removals
gives a gaiyi of 1,250 ; this discrepancy is mainly attributed to revisions
of church lists ; as in Amherst College church, where 457 names were
dropped.
The actual membership of the churches connected with the General As-
sociation, after supplying the defective returns of this year from preced-
ing statistics, is as follows :
475 churches : 68,391 members.
For the present issue no responsibility belongs to any one, except the
care of printing to the Publishing Committee ; they have however made
vigorous efforts to perfect the (generally) defective papers placed in their
hands. But they have inserted nothing without authority ; and if names
are omitted, the fault lies in other quarters.
It will be seen by the Minutes, that a new method of collection was
adopted at the last session, under which Rev. Alonzo H. Quint, of
Jamaica Plain, was appointed Statistical Secretary for three years fol-
lowing the 1st of Septem^ber. In accordance with their action, also, each
Association is hereby requested to appoint a Statistical Scribe ; each
Scribe, and any one who discovers errors in names or dates, is requested
to communicate with the Statistical Secretary.
SCRIBES OF THE SEVERAL ASSOCIATIONS.
General Association, Emerson Davis, D. D., Westfield.
Andover Association,
Berkshire North,
Berkshire South,
Brewster,
Bridgewater,
Brookfield,
Essex North,
Essex South,
Franklin,
Hampden East,
Hampden West,
Hampshire,
Hampshire East,
Harmony,
Mendon,
Middlesex South,
Middlesex Union,
Norfolk,
Old Colony,
Pilgrim,
Salem,
Suffolk North,
Suffolk South,
Taunton,
Vineyard Sound,
Woburn,
Worcester Central,
Worcester North,
Amos Blanchard, D. D , Lowell.
J. Jay Dana, South Adams.
Alfred H. Dashiell, Jr., Stockbridge.
Abel K. Packard,' Yarmouth.
Calvin Chapman, Lakeville.
John Haven, Charlton.
David T. Kimball, Ipswich.
Ephraim W. Allen, Salem.
David A. Strong, South Deerfield.
Eli B. Clark, Chickopee.
Emerson Davis, D. D., Westjield.
George E. Fisher, North Amherst.
George Lyman, Sutton.
William L. Ropes, Wrentham.
Levi A. Field, Marlboro'.
Edwin A. Bulkley, Groton.
D. Temple Packard, North Bridgewater.
Timothy Stowe, New Bedford.
Ebenezer Alden, Jr., Marshfield.
Jonas B. Clark, Swampscott.
William Barrows, Reading.
Thomas Laurie, West Roxbury.
Franklin Holmes, Norton.
Asahel Cobb, Sandwich.
Reuben T. Robinson, Winchester.
N. W. Williams, Shrewsbury.
John C. Paine, Gardner.
NAMES OF CLERGYMEN
Arranged in alphabetical order, with the Post- Office address of each, and with the
number of the Association in which each name occurs in the statistics.
Abbot Jacob J., Uxbridge. 14
Abbot Joseph, Beverly. 21
Adams Aaron C, Maiden. 26
Adams Darwin, Dunstable. 1
Adams George M., Conway. 9
Adams Nehemiah, D. D., Boston. 23
Albro John A., D. D., Cambridge. 22
Alden Ebenezer, Jr., Marshfield. 20
Alden Edmund K, Lenox. 3
Allen Benj. R., Marblehead. 21
Allen Cyrus W., Hubbardston. 28
Allen Ephraim W., Salem. 8
Allen Henry, Wayland. 16
Allen William, Dracut. 1
Alvord JohnW., Groton. 23
Ames Marcus, Westrainstej. 28
Anderson Rufus, D. D., Boston. 22
Angier Luther H., Concord. 16
Ashley S. S , Northboro'. 27
Austin Franklin D., Tolland. 11
Ayres Rowland, Hadley. 13
Babcock Daniel H., South Plymouth. 20
Bacon Elisha, Centerville. 25
Bacon James M., Salisbury. 7
Badger Milton, D. D., New York. 1
Baker A. R., West Needham. 16.
Baldwin Joseph B., West Cummington. 12
Bannister S. W., Ware. 6
Bardwell Horatio, Oxford. 27
Barney James O., Seekonk. 24
Barnum Samuel W., Phillipston. 28
Barrows Elijah P , Andover, 1
Barrows Homer, Wareham. 19
Barrows William, Reading. 22
Barton F. A., Indian Orchard. 10
Bates James, Granby. 13.
Bates William, Northbridge. 14
Beach Nathaniel, Millbury. 14
Beaman Warren H., North Hadley. 13
Beane Samuel, Little Compton, R. I. 19
Beardsley Bronson B., Shirley. 17
Beckwith George C, D. D., Boston. 22
Beecher Lyman, D. D., Boston. 23
Bennett Joseph L., East Cambridge. 22
Bigelow Andrew, Medfield. 15
Billings Richard S., Shelburne. 9
Bingham J. S., Leominster. 17
Bisbee John H , Worthington. 12
Biscoe Thomas C , Grafton. 14
Blagden George W., D. D., Boston. 22
Blake Henry B., Belchertown. 13
Blake Mortimer, Taunton. 24
Blanchard Amos, D. D., Lowell. 1
Blanchard N. B.. Edgartown. 19
Blanchard W. S. 10
Bliss Isaac G., Southbridge. 6
Bliss Seth, Boston. 22
Bliss Thomas E., Blackstone. 14, 24
Blodgetl Constantine, Pawtucket. 24
Blodgett Edward P., Greenwich. 13
Bodwell Joseph C, Framinghara. 16
Bowers John, Wilbraham. 10
Bradford James, Sheffield. 3
Bragg Jesse K., Brookfield. 6
Brainard Timothy G-, Halifax. 20
Braman Isaac, Georgetown. 7
Braman Milton P , D. D., Danvers. 21
Bremner David, Rockport. 8
Bridge Henry M., Warwick. 9
Briggs Isaac, North Rochester. 19
Briggs William T., Princeton. 27
Brigham David, Bridgewater. 5
Brigham John C, D. D., New York. 3
Brigham Levi, Saugus. 21
Brigham Willard, A-hfield 9
Brooks Edward F., Gill. 9
Brown J. R., Longmeadow. 10
Buckingham Samuel G., Springfield. 10
BuUard Asa, Boston. 22
66
Billiard Ebenezer W., Royalston. 2S
Bulkley Edwin A., Groton. 17
Burden M., Philadelphia, Pa. 14
Burt Daniel C, North Fairhaven. 19
Burt David, Rutland. 27
Bushnell George, Worcester. 27
Bushuell William, Newton. 22
Butler Daniel, Groton. 17
Byington Swift, West Brookfield. 6
Cady Daniel R., West Cambridge. 26
Campbell Randolph, Newburyport. 7
Carlton Hiram, West Barnstable. 25
Carpenter Eber, Southbridge. 6
Carver Robert, Raynham. 24
Chandler Azariah, D. D., Greenfield. 9
Chapman Calvin, LakeviUe. 5
Chace Ebenezer, Easlham. 4
Chute Ariel P., l.ynnfield. 21
Clapp Erastus, Easthampton. 12
Clark Benjamin P., Winchendon. 23
Clark Benjamin F., North Clielmsford. 1
Clark Dorus, Boston. 22
Clark Eber L., Washington. 8
Clark Edward, Ashfield. 9
Clark Edward W., Aubiirndale. 26
Clark Eli B., Chieopee. 10
Clark James A., Southwick. U
Clark Jonas B., Swampscott. 21
Clark Joseph S., D. D., Boston. 23
Clark Lewis F., AVhitinsville. 14
Clark Nelson, Quincy. IS
Clark Perkins K , South Deerfield. 9
Clark Rufus W., East Boston. 23
Clark Sereno D., Sunderland. 9
Clark Solomon, Canton. 23
Clark Theodore J., Cummington. 12
Cleaveland James B., South Egremont. 3
Cleaveland John P., D. D., Lowell. 1
Cloyes D., South Reading. 26
Cobb Alvan, Taunton. 24
Cobb Asahel, Sandwich. 25
Cobb Leander, Marion. 19
Cobb Nathaniel, Kingston. 19
Coggin William S., Boxford. 21
Cogswell Nathaniel, Yarmouth. 4, 20
Colburn Moses M., South Dedhara. 23
Cole Samuel, West Tisbury. 25
Collon Aaron M , East Hampton. 12
Colton T. G., Monson. 10
Cooke Eli<ba W., Haydenville. 12
Cook Russell S., New York. 2
Cooke Parsons, D. D., Lynn. 21
Cooley Timothy M., D. D., Granville. 11
Copp Joseph A., Chelsea. 22
Cordley Christopher M., Randolph. 18
Corey John E., Freetown. 24
Cornell William M., Boston. 22
Couch Paul, North Bridgewater. 18
Cowles John P., Ipswich 7
Craig Wheelock, New Bedford. 19
Crosby Josiah D., Ashburnham. 28
Cross Joseph W., West Boylston. 27
Cummings Preston, Leicester. 27
Curtis J., Charlestown. 22
Curtis Joseph W., Hadley. 13
Gushing Christopher, North Brookfield. 6
Gushing James R., East Taunton. 24
Cushman Job, North Truro. 4
Culler Ebenezer, Worcester. 27
Dana J. Jay, Adams. 2
Dashiell Alfred H., Jr., Stockbridge. 3
Davis Emerson, D. D., Westfield. 11
Davis Timothy, Kingston. 20
Demond Elijah, Mendon. 15
Denham George, Wellfleet. 4
Dennen Stephen R., ^Vatertown. 23
Dexter Henry M., Boston. 23
Dickinson Erastus, Sudbury. 16
Dickinson Noadiah S., Chatham. 4
Dimmick Luther F., D. D , Newburyport. 7
Dixon William E., Ellington, Ct. 10
Dodd S. G, Spencer. 6
Dodge Benjamin, Acton. 17
Dodge John, Harvard. 17
Doe F. B., Lancaster. 17
Doe Walter P , West Stockbridge. 3
Dole George T., North Woburn. 26
Dow E., Monument. 25
Dowse Edmund, Sherburne. 16
Drummond Joseph P., West Newton. 23
Duncan A. G., Boston. 18
Duncan T. W., Chilmark. 25
Durfee Calvin, Williamstown. 2
Dwight Edward S., Amherst. 13
Dwight John, North Wrenthara. 15
Dwinell Israel E., Salem. 8
Dyer E. Porter, Hingham. IS
Eastman David, Leverett. 13
Eastman L. Root, Berkley. 18
Eddy Chauncy, Lanesboro'. 2
Edgell John Q. A., Andover. 7
Edson S. AV., West Granville. 11
Edwards Henry L., Abington. 18
Eldridge Azariah. 19
El wood David M., Southboro'. 16
Ely Alfred, D. D., Monson. 10
Emerson Brown, D. D., Salem. S
Emerson Edward B., Heath. 9
Emerson Reuben, South Reading. 8, 26
Emery Joshua, North Weymouth. 18
Farwell Asa, Haverhill. 7
Ferguson John, Whately. 9
Field David, D. D., Stockbridge. 3
67
Field Levi A., Marlboro'. 16
Fisher Caleb E., Andover, 1
Fisher George E., North Amherst, 13
Fisk Frederick A., East Marshfield. 20
Fiske Daniel T., Newburyport. 7
Fitz Daniel, Ipswich. S
Flagg Horatio, Coleraine. 9
Fletcher James, North Danvers. 8
Folsom G. D. P., Sprmgfield. 10
Ford George, East Falmouth. 25
Foster Aaron, East Charlemont. 9
Foster Andrew B., Gill. 9
Foster Davis, West Newbury. 7
Foster Eden B., Lowell. 1
Foster Roswell, Waltham. 16
Foster William C, Lawrence. 1
Freeman Joseph, Hanover. 20
Frost Daniel C, Northfield. 9
Furber Daniel L., Newton Centre. 22
Gale Nahum, Lee. 3
Gale Wakefield, Rockport. 8
Galpin Charles. 13
Gannet Allen W., Boston. 21.
Gannett George, West Cambridge. 26
Garrette Edmund Y., Foxboro'. 15
Gay Ebenezer, Bridgewater. 5
Gibson Hugh, Chester. 11
Gilbert William H., Granby, Ct. 9
Giddings Edward, Housatonic. 3
Goodsell Dana. 13
Gould William, Fairhaven. 19
Greeley Stephen S. N., Great Barrington. 3
Greene Henry S., Ballard Vale. 1
Greenwood Charles, North Chelsea. 21
Griffin N. H., Williamstown. 2
Grosvenor Charles P., Rehoboth. 24
Gurney John H.. New Braintree. 6
Hall Gordon, Northampton. 12
Hall Thomas A., Otis. 3
Hammond Charles, Groton. 17
Hammond William B., South Braintree. 18
Hanks Steadman W., Lowell. 1
Harding John W., Lougmeadow. 10
Harding Sewall, Boston. 15
Harding Willard M., South Weymouth. 18
Harrington Eli W., Rochester. 19
Harrington Moody, Middlefield. 12
Harrison Samuel, Pittsfield. 2
Haskell John, Dover. 15
Hastings G. H., Rome, Italy. 23
Hatch Roger C, Warwick. 9
Haven John, Charlton. 6
Haven Joseph, Amherst. 16
Hawks Roswell, South Hadley. 13
Hawks Theron H., West Springfield. 11
Hazen T. A., Dalton. 2
Headley P. C, Sandwich. 25
Hine S. 10
Hinsdale Charles J., Blandford. 11
Hitchcock Calvin, D. D., Wrenlham. 15
Hitchcock p;dward, D. D., Amherst. 13
Hill George E , Sheffield. 3
Hixon Asa, Franklin. 15
Hoadley L. Ives, Auburn. 27
Hodgman Edwin-R., Lynnfield Centre. 8
Hoisinglon H. R., Williamstown. 2
Holbrook Willard, Rowley. 7
Holman David, Douglas. 14
Holman Sydney, West Millbury. 14
Holmes Franklin, Norton. 24
Homes Francis, Westfield. 11
Hooker Henry B., Falmouth. 25
Hopkins Mark, D. D , Williamstown. 2
Hoppin James M., Salem. 8
Hosford Benjamin F., Haverhill. 7
Hosford Isaac, Lowell. 1
Houghton James C, South Wilbraham. 10
Houghton William A., Berlin. 27
Hovey George L., Greenfield. 9, 27
Howland Freeman P., Abington. 20
Hubbard Anson, East Falmouth. 25
Hull Joseph D., Somerville. 26
Humphrey Heman, D. D., Pittsfield. 2
Hunt Samuel, Franklin. 15
Huntington Daniel, New London, Ct. 13
Ide Jacob, D. D., West Med way. 15
Ide Jacob, Jr., Mansfield. 15
Jackson Samuel C, D. D., Andover. 1
Jackson William C, Lincoln. 16
James Horace, Worcester. 27
Jessup Lewis, Millbury. 14
Johnson Joseph B., Plymouth. 20
Jones T. N., North Reading. 26
Jenks William, D. D., Boston. 22
Jenkins Jonathan L., Lowell. 1
Judkins Benjamin, Somerville. 22
Keep John, Dana. 6
Kellogg Elijah, Boston. 23
Kendall S. C, Webster. 27
Kimball Caleb, Medway. 15
Kimball David T., Ipswich. 7,8
Kimball Edward P., Chiltonville. 20
Kimball James, Oakham. 6
King Jonathan, Abington. 20
Kingman Matthew, Charlemont. 9
Kirk Edward N., Boston. 23
Kiltredge C. B., Monson. 10
Knight Richard, South Hadley Falls. 10, H
Lamphear Orpheus T., Lowell. 1
Langstrolh Lorenzo L., Coleraine. 9
Langworthy Isaac P., Chelsea. 22
Laurie Thomas, West Roxbury. 23
68
La.wrence John, Carlisle. 26
Le'land John H. M., Palmer. 10
Leonard Edwin, Milton. IS
Lewis Wales, Haverhill. 7
Lincoln I. N., Williamstown. 2
Little E. G., Ashburnham. 28
Livingston Charles, Mattapoisett. 19
Lombard Otis, Southfield. 3
Longley Moses L., Peru. 2
Loomis E., Littleton. 17
Loomis Wilbur F., Shelburne. 9
Lord Charles, Whately. 12
Loihrop Charles D., Attleboro'. 21
Luce Leonard, Boxboro'. 17
Lyman George, Sutton. 14
Lyman S., Easthampton. 12
McCollom, James T., Bradford. 7
McEwen Robert, Enfield. 13
McLoud Anson, Topsfield. 21
Mallby Erastus, Taunton. 24
Mandell William A., Lunenburg. 17
Mann Cyrus, North Falmouth. 25
Manning Jacob M., Medford. 26
Marsh Christopher, Jamaica Plain. 23
Marsh Dwight W., Mosul, Turkey. 2
Marvin Abijah P., Winchendon. 28
Marvin Elihu P., Medford. 26
Maynard Joshua L., Easi Douglas. 14
Means James, Groton. 17
Means James H., Dorchester. 18
Means John O. 15
Merrick James L., South Amherst. 13
Merrill James H., West Andover. 1
Merrill Joseph, Lowell. 1
Miles James B., Charlestown. 22
Miller Rodney A., Worcester. 27
Miller Simeon, Holyoke. 11
Miller William, Sterling. 27
Mills Charles L., North Bridgewater. IS
Mills Henry, Granby. 13
Moody Eli, Erving. 9
Moore George, Andover. 1
Mordough John H.. Hamilton. 8
Morgridge Charles, Harwich Port. 4
Morley S. B., West Attleboro'. 24
Morong Thomas, Holliston. 17
Morse Jason, Brirafield. 6
Munger Theodore F., Dorchester Village. 18
Morion Alpha, Assabet. 17
Munroe Nathan, Bradford. 7
Murray James O., South Danvers. 8
Myrick Osborne, Provincetown. 4
Nash John A., Amherst. 13
Nason Elias, Natick. 16
Neally J. W., Ipswich. 7
Nelson John, D. D., Leicester. 27
Nevin Edwin H., Walpole. 15
Newcomb Harvey, Brooklyn, N. Y. 16
Nickels Christopher M , Barre. 27
N.ible Edvv^ard W., Truro. 4
Northrop B. G., Saxon viUe. 16
Norton C. H , North Becket. 2
Norton John F., Athol. 28
Norwood Francis, Hartland, Ct. 11
Nolt Samuel, Jr., Wareham. 19
Orcutt John, Hartford, Ct. 14
Ordway Samuel, North Beverly. 21
Oliphant David, Andover. 1
Osgood Samuel, D. D., Springfield. 10
Packard Abel K., Yarmouth. 4
Packard Charles, North Middleboro'. 5
Packard D. T., Campello. 18
Paine Albert, West Amesbury. 7
Paine John C, Gardner. 28
Paine William P., Holden. 27
Park Calvin E., West Boxford. 7
Park Edwards A., D. D., Andover. 22
I'ark H. G., Burlington. 9, 26
Parker Henry W., New Bedford. 19
Parker Leonard S., Haverhill. 7
Parsons H. M., Springfield. 10
Parsons John U., Hyannis. 4
Patrick Henry J., Bedford. 26
Patrick Joseph H., Amherst. 13
Pease Giles, Boston. 4
Peabody Charles, North Pawnal, Vt. 2
Peck David, Orange. 9
Pennell Lewis, West Stockbridge Centre. 3
Peirce WiUard, North Abington. IS
Pe.kins A. E. P., Ware. 6
Perkins H R. W., Medford. 26
Perkins Jonas, Weymouth. 18
Perry David, Brookfield. 6
Perry Gardner B., D. D., Groveland. 7 •
Perry Ralph, Agawara. 11
Perry T. C, Windsor. 2
Peters Absalom, D. D., Williamstown. 2
Phelps Austin, Andover. 23
Phelps Winthrop H., Monterey. 3
Phillips John C, Methuen. 1
Phillips L. R , Sharon. 18
Phipps William, Paxton. 27
Pickard Daniel W., Groveland. 7
Pickett Aaron, Sandisfield. 3
Pike John, Rowley. 7
Pomroy Jeremiah, West Hawley. 9
Pomroy Swan L., D. D., Boston. 22
Poor Daniel J , Gorham, Me. 15
Porter Charles S., South Boston. 23
Powers Dennis, South Abington. IS
Pratt Edward, New York. 15
Pratt E., Brewster. 4
Pratt Francis G., South Maiden. 22
Pratt Henry, Dudley. 6
69
Pratt Miner G., Andover. 27
Pratt Stillman, Middleboro'. 20
Prince John M., Georgetown. 7
Putnam Israel W., D. D., Middleboro'. 5
Quint Alonzo H., Jamaica Plain. 23
Raymond Stetson, Bridgewater. 5
Reed Andrew H., jMendon. 15
Reed Frederick A., Cohasset. 18
Renshaw C. S., Richmond. 2
Rich Alonzo B., Beverly. 8
Richards George, Boston. 22
Richardson Nathaniel, Lanesville. 8
Richmond Thomas T., Boston. 15
Riddel Samuel H., Boston. 23
Roberts Jacob, Fairhaven. 19
Roberts James A., Middleboro'. 19
Robinson Reuben T., Winchester. 26
Rockwuod Otis, Bridgewater. 5
Rockwood Samuel L., Hanson. 18
Rood Thomas H., Goshen. 12
Ropes William L., Wrentham. 15
Russell Ezekiel, East Randolph. 18
Sabin Lewis, Templeton. 28
Sanders Marshall D., Ceylon. 2
Sanford Baalis, East Bridgewater. 5
Sanford David, Medway. 15
Sanford Enoch, Dighton. 4, 5
Sanford William H., Boylston Centre. 27
Sawyer Benjamin, Salisbury. 7
Searle Richard T., New Marlboro'. 3
Seeley R. H., Springfield. fO
Sessions Alexander J., Melrose. 26
Se wall Jotham B, Lynn. 21
Sewall Samuel, Burlington. 26
Seymour C. N., Whately. 12
Seymour Henry, Hawley. 9
Sheldon Luther, D. D., Easton. IS
Sheldon Luther H., Westboro'. 27
Sleeper William T., Worcester. 27
Smith , Pepperell. 17
Smith Asa B., Buckland. 9
Smith Charles, Boston. 23
Smith John D., Berkley. 24
Smith Matson M., Brookline. 23
Smith Stephen S., Warren. 6
Snell Thomas, D. D., North Brookfield. 6
Snow Porter H., Baltimore, Md. 10
Southgate Robert, Ipswich. 7, 8
South worth Tertius D. 15
Spaulding Samuel J., Newburyport. 7
Stearns Jesse G. D., Billerica. 26
Stearns William A., D. D., Amhersf. 13
Stone Andrew L., Boston. 23
Stone Cyrus, Boston. 4
Stone Rollin S., East Hampton. 12
Stone Timothy D. P., Norwich, Conn. 15
Storrs Richard S., D. D., Braintree. 18
Stowe Timothy, New Bedford. 19
Stowell Abijah, Gardner. 28
Strong David A., South Deerfield. 9
Strong Stephen C, Southampton. 12
Sturtevant William H., Holmes' Hole. 25
Sullivan Lot B. 13
Swallow Joseph E., Nantucket. 19
Sweetser Seth, D. D., Worcester. 27
Swift Edward Y., South Hadley. 13
Tappan Benjamin, Jr., Charlestown. 22
Tarbox Increase N., Boston. 16
Tatlock John, Williamstown. 2
Taylor Jeremiah, Wenham. 21
Taylor John L., Andover. 1
Taylor Rufus, Manchester. 8
Teele Albert K., Milton. 18
Tenney Francis V., Byfield. 7
Terry Calvin, North Weymouth. 18
Terry James P., South Weymouth. 18
Thacher Isaiah C, Middleboro'. 19
Thayer Joseph, South Franklin. 15
Thayer William M., Ashland. 16
Thompson Augustus C, Roxbury. 23
Thompson Leander, West Amesbury. 7
Thompson Otis, North Abington. 5
Thurston Eli, Fall River. 24
Thurston R. B., Chicopee. 10
Tisdale James, Shutesbury. 9
Todd John, D. D., Pittsfield. 2
Tolman Richard, Tewksbury. 1
Tolman Samuel H., Wilmington. 26
Tracy Joseph, Beverly. 21
Treat Selah B., Boston. 23
Tuck J. W., Ludlow. 10
Tucker Joshua T., HoUiston. 15
Tupper Martyn, Hardwick. 6
Tyler William, Pawtucket. 13
Tyler W. H., Elizabethtown, N.J. 2
Uhler George, Curtisviile, Stockbridge. 3
Utley Samuel, Austerlitz, N. Y. 3
VaillJ.,D. D., Palmer. 10
Waldo Levi F., North Brookfield. 6
Walker Horace D., East Abington. 18
Walker J. B. R., Holyoke. 11
Walker Townsend, Chester Village. 11
Ward James W., Abington. 18
Ward S. D., Feeding Hills. 11
Warren William, Upton. 14
Waterbury Jared B., D. D., Boston. 22
Webster, John C, Hopkinton. 16
Well man Joshua W., Newton Corner. 23
Wells John H , Kingston, R. I. 4
Wheaton Levi, Gloucester. 8
Wheeler M. G., South Dartmouth. 19
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White Isaac C, North Abington, 18
While Jacob, Orleans. 4
White Lyman, Easton. 18
Whitmore Zulva, Becket. 3
Wliiliiey John, Waltham 22
Wickes John, Canaan, N. Y. 2
Wight Daniel, Jr., North Scituate. 18
WiUcox G. B., Fitchburg. 17
Wilcox Philo B , East Bridgewater. IS
Wilder H. A., South Africa. 2
Wilder Moses H., Harwich. 4
Willard John, Fairhaven. 19
Williams N. W., Shrewsbury. 27
Williams Thomas, Providence, R. I. 15
AVilson Thomas, Stoughton. IS
Winchester Warren W., Clinton. 27
Winslow Hubbard, New York. 22
Withiriglon Leonard, D. D., Newburyport. 7
Wood , Holland. 6
Wood Charles W., Ashby. 17
Woodbury James T., Milford. 15
Woodbury Samuel. 24
Woodbridge John, D. D., Hadley. 13
Woodbridge Jonathan E., Auburndale. 23
Woodman Henry A., Newburyport. 7
Woodworlh Charles L., Amherst. 13
Worcester Isaac R., Auburndale. 27
Worcester Samuel M., D. D., Salem. 21
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MINUTES
ieneral g^ss0rta{klt of p[assac|itsetts,
AT THEIR FIFTY-FIFTH ANNUAL SESSION,
HELD IN BELCHERTOWN, JUNE, 1857.
WITH THE
PASTORAL LETTER,
NARRATIVE OF THE STATE OF RELIGION,
STATISTICS OF THE CHURCHES.
BOSTON:
PRESS OF CROCKER AND BREWSTER,
47 Washington Street.
1857.
MINUTES
§mxnl %BBStMm of piassHc|u$dls,
AT THEIR FIFTY-FIFTH ANNUAL SESSION,
HELD IN BELCHERTOWN, JUNE, 1857
WITH THE
PASTORAL LETTER,
NARRATIVE OF THE STATE OF RELIGION,
STATISTICS OF THE CHUECHES.
BOSTON:
PRESS OF CROCKER AND BREWSTER,
47 Washington Street.
1857.
MINUTES.
The General Association of Massachusetts assembled
in the Congregational Church in Belchertown, on Tuesday,
June 23, 1857, at 5 o'clock, P. M. The delegates were called
to order by Rev. Henry B. Blake ; and Rev. Alonzo H. Quint
was appointed Scribe, pro te^n.
The following clergymen presented certificates of their
election as Delegates from District Associations, and
were enrolled as members : —
Andover, — E. B. Foster, C. E. Fisher.
Berkshire North, — C. S. Renshaw, T. A. Hazen.
Berkshire South, — L. Fennel, Nahum Gale.
Brewster,— E. W. Noble, O. Myrick.
Bridgewater, —
Brookfield, — S. Byington, John Keep.
' Essex North,— F. V. Tenney, L. S. Parker.
Essex South, — Wakefield Gale.
Franklin, — D. A. Strong, James Tisdale.
Hampden East,— H. M. Parsons, R. H. Seeley.
, Hampden West,— T. Walker, T. H. Hawkes.
\ Hampshire, — C. N. Seymour, Gordon Hall.
Hampshire East, — C. L. Woodworth, G. E. Fisher.
Harmony, — George Lyman.
Mendon, — J. T. Woodbury, Samuel Hunt.
Middlesex South, — J. C. Bodwell, Erastus Dickenson.
Middlesex Union,— W. A. Mandell.
Norfolk, — J. P. Terry, James H. Means.
Old Colony, — Leander Cobb, E. W. Harrington.
Pilgrim, — Ebenezer Alden, Jr., Josiah Ballard.
Salem, — Anson M' Loud, Joseph Tracy.
Suffolk North, — Joseph A. Copp.
Suff"olk South,— H. M. Dexter.
Taunton, — J. O. Barney, S. B. Morley.
Vineyard Sound, — Ebenezer Burgess.
Woburn,— J. G. D. Stearns.
Worcester Central, — Ebenezer Cutler, W. H. Sanford.
"Worcester North,— E. W. BuUard, Abijah Stowell.
Also, Mass. Home Miss. Soc.,— J. S. Clark, D. D., J. P.
Cleveland, D. D.
And ex-officiis,- H. B. Blake, E. Davis, D. D., and A. H.
Quint.
The following, who had represented the Association in
corresponding bodies during the past year, were enrolled as
Honorary Members :
A. P. Marvin, delegate to General Convention of Vermont.
David Sanford, delegate to Congregational Convention of
Wisconsin.
J. Jay Dana, delegate to Congregational Union of Canada.
W. H. Beaman, delegate to Evangelical Consociation of
Rhode Island.
S. D. Clark, delegate to General Association of New York.
And the following were elected Honorary Members :
Milton Badger, D. D., of New York.
W. A. Stearns, D. D., and Joseph Haven, of Amherst.
Nathan Munroe, of Boston.
O. W. Cooley and Theodore Cook, of Wisconsin.
Prescott Fay, of New Hampshire.
Christopher Cushing, of Brook field.
The following clergymen were present as Delegates from
Corresponding Bodies :
General Association of New Hampshire, — Asa Mann.
Evangelical Consociation of Rhode Island, — Samuel Wol-
cott.
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General Association of Connecticut, — S. T. Richards and
Joseph Knight.
General Association of New York, — H. N. Dunning.
General Conference of Ohio, — James C. White.
General Convention of Wisconsin, — I. N. Cundall.
General Association of Iowa, — G. G. Rice.
Congregational Union of Canada, — John Frazer.
Presbyterian General Assembly, (N. S.), — A. T. Ches-
ter, D. D.
ORGANIZATION.
Rev. Henry M. Dexter, of Boston, was chosen Moderator;
Rev. Alonzo H. Quint, of Jamaica Plain, Scribe; and Rev.
James H. Means, of Dorchester, Assistant Scribe.
Prayer was offered by the Moderator.
The Rules of the Association were read by the Secretary.
The following Committees were appointed:
. On Credentials : — Rev. Messrs. Bod well. Parsons, and Gale
of Rock port.
On Accounts : — Rev. Messrs. Gale of Lee, and Terry.
0)1 Nominations : — Rev. Messrs. J. S. Clark, D. D., Cutler,
and Byington.
Oil Arrangements : — Rev. Messrs. Blake, Fisher of Am-
herst, and Copp.
RE-ARRANGEMENT OF RULES.
On motion of Rev. J. S. Clark, D. D., a Committee, con-
sisting of Rev. Messrs. J. S. Clark, D. D., Quint, and Means,
was appointed to re-arrange the Rules of this body.
REPORTS.
The Committee upon Credentials made a report, which
was adopted.
The Committee of Arrangements reported regarding the
evening service and the time of sessions for Wednesday ;
which report was adopted.
After prayer by Rev. Mr. Barney, the Association adjourn-
ed, to meet at 7^ o'clock, for divine service.
7^ o^clock^ P. M. The Association met for public worship,
when a sermon in behalf of the Home Missionary cause was
preached by Rev, John P. Cleaveland, D. D., of Lowell, from
1 Cor. ii : 4 ; the devotional exercises were conducted by Rev.
Milton Badger, D. D. A collection was taken up, amounting
to $19 00.
The Association adjourned, to meet on Wednesday morn-
ing at 9 o'clock, — notice being given of a meeting for prayer
at 8 o'clock.
Wednesday, A. M., 9 o'clock. The Association met accord-
ing to adjournment, — the preceding hour having been occu-
pied in devotional exercises. The roll was called ; prayer
was offered by the Moderator; and the minutes of the pre-
vious day were read and approved.
REPORTS OF DELEGATES TO CORRESPONDING BODIES.
Reports of attendance in person were made by the follow-
ing brethren : —
Rev. A. P. Marvin, delegate to the General Convention of
Vermont.
Rev. David Sanford, delegate to General Convention of
Wisconsin.
Rev. J. Jay Dana and E. W. Noble, delegates to the Con-
gregational Union of Canada.
Rev. E. Davis, D. D., delegate to the General Association
of New Hampshire.
Rev. Wm. P. Paine reported by letter his attendance upon
the Consociation of Rhode Island.
Rev. Aaron Foster reported by letter his attendance upon
the General Association of Iowa.
CORRESPONDENCE.
Rev. E. Davis, D. D., and Rev. Gordon Hall v^ere appoint-
ed a Committee to receive the votes of the District Associa-
tions upon the question of Correspondence with the Presby-
terian Churches, as last year referred, and to propose action
in view of the same.
The General Associations of Kansas and Minnesota were
admitted as Corresponding Bodies.
COMMITTEES.
The Committee of Nomination reported the following names
for the offices specified : —
On Publication, — Rev. Messrs. Dexler, Means, and (ex-
officio) Quint.
On Nomination of Delegates to Corresponding Bodies,-^-
Rev. Messrs. Seeley, Morley, and Dr. Davis.
On Narrative of the State of Religion, — Rev. Messrs. Fos-
ter of Lowell, Hunt, Tenney, Myrick, and Sanford of Boyls-
ton.
EXERCISES AT ANNUAL MEETINGS.
Rev. Dr. Davis presented the report of the Committee ap-
i pointed in 1856, " to draft the details of a plan " then adopted
I "to revise the mode of proceeding at Annual Meetings."
! The Report was accepted, and the Committee on Re-arrange-
ment of Rules was instructed to draft the necessary changes.
HOME MISSIONS.
i Resolutions concerning the need of larger aid to feeble
i churches in Massachusetts were referred to a Committee to
I ascertain the facts in the case and report next year: said
i Committee consists of Rev. Messrs. Copp of Chelsea, Bul-
I lard of Royalston, Hunt of Franklin, Gale of Rockport,
i Clark of Sunderland, Tracy of Beverly, and Dr. J. S. Clark.
AMENDMENTS TO RULES.
The Committee on Revision made a report, which was
ordered to be read a second time, tomorrow.
CHURCH PSALMODY.
A resolution appointing a Committee to consider the sub-
ject of Church Psalmody, was indefinitely postponed.
Adjourned, after prayer, to meet at 2^ o'clock, P. M.
WednesdccT/, 2^, P. M. Met according to adjournment;
prayer was offered by Rev. Mr. Wolcott.
NARRATIVES OF THE STATE OF RELIGION.
The Association listened to the reports of the state of re-
ligion in the various district Associations, and to a report from
the Statistical Secretary.
PREACHER UPON HOME MISSIONS.
Rev. I. E. Dv^inell, of Salem, was appointed Substitute
Preacher on Home Missions for 1858, Rev. J. Jay Dana be-
ing Primary.
CORRESPONDENCE.
The Committee on this subject reported as follows :
The returns from the District Associations in regard to
Correspondence with the several Assemblies of the Presbyte-
rian Churches are as follows :
We have received returns from twenty-five Associations;
twelve of these are in favor of a discontinuance of the corres-
pondence, and eleven for its continuance ; and two, whose
action has been recent, voted to discontinue the correspond-
ence with the Old School Assembly, but to continue it with
the New School Assembly.
The result therefore is, that fourteen out of twenty-five are
in favor of discontinuing' the correspondence w^ith the Old
School Assembly, and thirteen out of twenty-five are in favor
of continuing it with the New School Assembly.
Whereupon it was Voted, to continue the correspondence
with the General Assembly, (N. S.,) and discontinue corres-
pondence with the General Assembly, (O. S.)
TEMPERANCE.
The following resolution was adopted : —
Whereas the Reports from the several Associations have
shown that the progress of the cause of Temperance for some
years, and its present condition and prospects, are far from
being satisfactory, therefore
Resolved, That a Committee be appointed to inquire
whether any errors or neglects of this Association and the
pastors and churches connected therewith, may have contri-
buted to this result, and what they can do to counteract the
evil.
Rev. Messrs. Tracy, Seeley, and Barney were appointed
said Committee.
DELEGATES TO CORRESPO?\ DING BODIES.
The Committee to nominate Delegates to Corresponding
Bodies reported the following list, which was adopted:
To the Presbyterian General Assembly, (N. S.) :
Primaries, Ezekiel Russell, Moses H. Wilder;
Substitutes, I. W. Putnam, D. D., Timothy Stowe.
To the General Conference of Maine :
Primaries, Joseph Vaill, D. D., James O. Barney;
Substitutes, S. D. Ward, Thomas W. Duncan.
To the General Association of New Hampshire :
Primaries, J. H. Bisbee, J. G. D. Stearns ;
Substitutes, R. Ayres, Ebenezer Cutler.
To the General Convention of Vermont :
Primaries, Jacob Ide, D. D., Darwin Adams ;
Substitutes, T. A. Hazen, I. N. Tarbox.
To the Evangelical Consociation of Rhode Island :
Primaries, David Holman, John C. Paine ;
Substitutes, J. P. Cleaveland, D. D., Samuel Hunt.
To the General Associations of Connecticut and Oregon :
Primary, Christopher Cushing;
Substitute, D. H. Babcock.
To the General Association of New York :
Primaries, Horace James, E. P. Blodgett ;
Substitutes, Thomas C. Biscoe, Marcus Ames.
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To the Congregational Conference of Ohio, and the Gen-
eral Association of California:
Primary, James H, Means ;
Substitutes, J. T. M'Collom, J. B. Clark.
To the General Association of Illinois :
Primaries, Daniel Fitz, Joseph A. Copp ;
Substitutes, Charles Lord, A. C. Thompson.
To the General Association of Michigan :
Primaries, Ralph Perry, Hiram Carlton ;
Substitutes, Gordon Hall, E. P. Marvin.
To the General Convention of Wisconsin :
Primaries, Heraan Humphrey, D. D., D. M. Elwood ;
Substitutes, Otis Lombard, B. B. Beardsley.
To the General Association of Iowa :
Primaries, Robert Southgate, H. M. Dexter;
Substitutes, John Bowers, Eli Thurston.
To the General Associations of Kansas and Minnesota :
Primaries, E. A. Bulkley, J. Jay Dana;
Substitute, Thomas Wilson.
To the Congregational Union of Canada :
Primaries, William Gould, David Brigham ;
Substitute, John H. Gurney.
To the Congregational Union of England and Wales :
Primary, Edward N. Kirk, D. D. ;
Substitutes, I. E. Dvvinell, J. A. Albro, D. D.
CHURCH PSALMODY.
A letter was read from the Chairman of the Committee bn
Church Psalmody appointed in 1856, showing that no pro-
gress had been made by the Committee.
The Association adjourned to 7J o'clock, P. M.
Wednesday evening, 7J o'clock. Met according to adjourn-
ment, and after singing, prayer was offered by Rev. Joseph
Knight.
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SALUTATIONS.
The Association received salutations of delegates from
Corresponding Bodies, as follows:
Rev. Asa Mann, from the General Association of New-
Hampshire.
Rev. Messrs. Joseph Knight and S. T. Richards, from the
General Association of Connecticut.
Rev. John Frazer, from the Congregational Union of
Canada.
Rev. Samuel Wolcott, from the Evangelical Consociation
of Rhode Island.
Rev. H. N. Dunning, from the General Association of New
York.
Rev. G. G. Rice, from the General Association of Iowa.
Rev. J. C. White, from the Ohio Congregational Con-
ference.
Rev. I. N. Cundall, from the General Convention of Wis-
consin.
I Rev. A. T. Chester, D. D., from the (N. S.) Presbyterian
\ General Assembly ; in the course of which he presented the
action of that body defining the basis of correspondence sub-
i stantially as follows : — " The General Assembly have never
I intended to refuse to corresponding bodies any right or privi-
; leges which are compatible with true delicacy, courtesy and
Christian charity; in the light of which, the Assembly would
respectfully request all bodies in correspondence with us to
; interpret all past acts of the Assembly."
After prayer by Rev. Dr. Chester, and singing, the Asso-
ciation adjourned till 9 o'clock Thursday morning.
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Thursday, 9, A. M. The Association met at the hour ap-
pointed, having spent an hour in devotional exercises. Prayer
I was offered ; the roll was called, and the minutes of the pre-
I vious day approved.
CONGREGATIONAL LIBRARY ASSOCIATION.
The Association listened to an address from Rev. J. S.
' Clark, D. D., in respect to the Congregational Library Asso-
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ciation and its new building, and adopted the following reso-
lution :
Resolved., That the enterprise recently inaugurated of se-
curing a building in Boston, to be owned by the Congrega-
tional Library Association, and used for purposes specified in
their late circular, has our hearty approval ; and while we
hereby pledge our individual cooperation in completing the
work, we recommend that one collection be taken for the ob-
ject by each Congregational Church within the bounds of
this Association.
AMENDMENTS.
The amendments to Rules and By-Laws, ordered to a
second reading, were taken up, discussed and adopted as
printed in connection with these Minutes.
TEMPERANCE.
The Committee upon Temperance reported as follows :
Resolved, That a Committee be appointed to have the sub-
ject in charge, and report at the next annual meeting.
The report was adopted ; and Rev. Messrs. Tracy of Beverly,
Gushing of North Brookfield, and C4ale of Lee, were appoint-
ed said Committee.
MINUTES.
Voted. That all copies of the Minutes of past years now
remaining, and all remaining year by year, be deposited with
the Congregational Library Association, subject to the order
of the Secretaries, for the purposes of this General Asso-
ciation.
Voted, That the Publishing Committee be authorized to
offer copies for sale.
HOME MISSIONS.
The following was adopted :
Resolved, That the position of the American Home Mis-
sionary, in respect to the disbursement of their funds to
churches containing persons who hold their fellows-men in
bondage contrary to the dictates of humanity, meets with our
most hearty approval,
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PLACE OF MEETING, PREACHER, AND PASTORAL LETTER FOR 1858.
Voted,, That the session for 1858 be held in Dorchester,
with the Second Church ; that the Associational preacher be
appointed by Hampden West Association ; that Rev. Messrs.
Bisbee of Worthington, Colton of East Hampton, and Cooke
of Williamsbm-g, prepare the Pastoral Letter for 1858; and
that Rev. Dr. Sweetser, and Rev. Messrs. Dwinell and Gordon
Hall prepare the schedule of questions for discussion at the
next session.
NARRATIVE.
Rev. E. B. Foster read the Narrative, which was adopted,
and ordered to be published with the Minutes.
ACCOUNTS.
The Treasurer's Report, properly audited, was presented,
adopted, and ordered to be published with the Minutes.
INFANT BAPTISM.
The report of the Committee appointed in 1855 was read,
and its closing resolution adopted as follows:
Resolved^ That the benevolence of the gospel, the recorded
history of the interest of God in the children of his people,
the fitness of the rite to meet the necessities of the parent's
heart, the hope it inspires of the salvation of our children,
and the aid it is calculated to afford in securing the welfare
of the rising generation and the perpetuation of religion, etc.,
urge us to all diligence in honoring and sustaining Infant
Baptism as a favored ordinance in our churches.
It was also Voted,, That the report be printed in such
method as may seem best to the Publishing Committee.
VOTES OF THANKS.
The following votes of thanks were passed:
The General Association would express their hearty thanks
to the people of Belchertown for their kind and liberal hospi-
talities ; to the Congregational Church and Society for the
use of their church ; and to the Choir for their acceptable aid.
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They also express their special pleasure in the arrangement
by which they have been permitted on successive days to
dine together.
SLAVERY.
Resolved, That in view of the importance of correct opin-
ions upon the various points involved in the present conflict
with slavery, we welcome the recent action of the American
Tract Society in resolving to publish tracts upon the evils of
slavery.
Adjourned to meet at 2, P. M., for divine service.
Thursday, 2, P. M. The Association met at the hour of
adjournment for public services.
The Associational Sermon was preached by Rev. C. Gush-
ing of North Brookfield, from John xvii : 21, — Rev. Mr. Rich-
ards of Connecticut assisting in the devotional services.
The Lord's Supper was administered by Rev. Mr. Mann
of New Hampshire and Rev. Dr. Badger, of New York.
PASTORAL LETTER.
The Pastoral Letter was referred to the Publishing Com-
mittee to be printed.
STATISTICS.
The Statistical Secretary was authorized to insert, if it
seem practicable, the dates of ministerial ordinations, in next
year's Statistics. Also, to insert in the present issue the
statistics of such churches as have pastors disconnected with
this body, — if approved by the Publishing Committee.
VOTES OF THANKS.
The thanks of the Association were presented to the Mod-
erator for the able and excellent manner in which he had
presided in the meetings at this session.
The Association then adjourned, sine die.
HENRY M. DEXTER, Moderator.
Alonzo H. Quint, Scribe:
James H. Means, Assistant Scribe.
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PASTORAL ADDRESS.
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Dear Brethren, — -
In presenting you with our customary Annual Address,
while avoiding a spirit of dictation, we desire to call your at-
tention to those aspects of Christian life and duty which are
in special danger of neglect. Paul exhorted his brethren,
" Be not conformed to this world." If in the early age of
Christianity and in times of persecution this admonition was
necessary, how much more in this day of light; for the world
here assumes a more winning appearance, because under the
restraints of Christian institutions. Is there not danger to
piety from the seductive influences of a wicked world ? Is
the nature of the heart changed by the advance of civiliza-
tion ? In this progressive age and land, in these times when
rages the passion for speedy acquisition of wealth and for
equally rapid expenditure ; in this country where the cloait
of Christianity is thrown around the relics of barbarism, is
there not danger that the people of God will forget their high
vocation, and give way before the popular current ? We
v/ould ask you to interrogate conscience and to observe the
actual condition of things in our churches, and to decide
whether we have not reason for addressing you a word of ad-
monition against conformity to this world ?
The world corrupts the churches through its maxims.
These, when avowed, are sufficiently earthy, selfish, and god-
less. But followers of Christ should bear in mind that the
depraved heart is restrained from an open avowal of its base-
ness. Hence many of these false maxims in use in business,
in politics, and in social life, are given forth in scripture lan-
guage, or assume some religious form, and thus deceive those
who are still but imperfectly sanctified.
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The usages of the world are also influential upon the peo-
ple of God. We are apt to heed what is popular and estab-
lished, and are too ready to satisfy conscience with what has
become an institution, a statute, or a custom. But as the
principles of the world are wrong, the superstructure of its
usages, however fair and imposing, is also contrary to the
Word of God. Did we go back to the origin and nature of
slavery, of war, and of intemperance, we should not yield to
the overpowering influence of great names and of antiquity.
But when we see sinful customs strong, established, popular,
and extending, we are inclined by the weakness of our own
moral principle to do as we behold others do, and to be silent
when we ought to speak.
The spirit of the world is even more insidious than its
avowed principles and usages ; for its nature is more subtle.
We need not declare in words, "No God; no hereafter; no
heaven ; no hell." These are the real, though not always the
expressed principles upon which the world conducts its af-
fairs. But in a Christian land the natural heart is restrained
by education and ancestral and parental remembrances, and
by the outward institutions of the Gospel, so that the real
character of the depraved heart is concealed and often as-
sumes a winning appeararice. Yet the corrupt and debasing
influence of the world penetrates partially sanctified hearts
and dwells beneath religious forms. It goes into the sanc-
tuary and the closet, and divests the Christian life of spirit-
uality. The Christian in the midst of the world is in an
atmosphere surcharged with atheism, selfishness and hate.
His own heart is too ready to give itself up to this contami-
nation, and thus not only " follow a multitude to do evil,"
but become disinclined towards the means of grace and unfit
for the fellowship of Christians and the worship of God.
And now, dear brethren, is not the world in these ways
ensnaring the people of God ? Are you indeed a " peculiar
people"? Or do you, in business concerns, in civil relations
and in social life, appear very much like the people of this
world? Is not your style of living, your devotion to temporal
affairs, and your practice in acquiring wealth, quite similar
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to the life of those who avowedly serve "the god of this
world"? Do you not even neglect the duties of religion in
the family and in the closet from the pressure of the world,
or because at certain times and places at least, you are
"ashamed of Jesus " ? Do you not entertain views of divine
worship similar to those of the impenitent ; and regard chiefly
the place and the proprieties of worship, and depart from
1 God's house satisfied with a brilliant intellectual entertain-
ment from the pulpit and an artistic performance from the
organist and choir, while you have not only failed to praise
God with your lips, but to enjoy his presence in ansv^er to
earnest prayer in your hearts ? Do you not fi^nd yourselves
i apologising for sin in high places and declining to "open"
j your "mouth for the dumb"; and to testify as God's wit-
\ nesses against outrage and oppression ; and this for reasons
i similar to those which seal the lips of the men of the world?
' Do you not keep silence respecting, perhaps apologize for
and defend, slavery, war, intemperance and other prevailing
; sins ? When you regard your habits of worship, your life,
I your feelings, respecting the worldliness of the age and the
.; sins of our country, do you not feel that you are in danger
i from the world, if not already under its spell? We "speak
I as to wise men ; judge ye what" we " say."
And now, dear brethren, how is this danger to be met ;
! this snare to be escaped ? How are you to become " trans-
formed by the renewing of your mind, that ye may prove
; what is that good and acceptable and perfect will of God " ?
By cultivating a high sense of personal responsibility.
Joshua, Nehemiah, and Daniel present illustrations of this
abiding feeling in the minds of men in places of trust and
= authority. The familiar example of Harlan Page shows us
how much the same feeling does for a Christian in common
life. We need to realize that in matters of conscience no
human authority has the right to interpose itself between our
souls and God, and that no example of the multitude is of
'\ itself a rule for our individual duty. With a sacred regard
i for the value of our own souls, we shall look beyond the
\ mere decisions of men, to the great tribunal where we shall
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stand in the presence of Hinn who will "Judge the quick and
the dead," and shall answer for ourselves, and where hunnan
opinions and usages, though supported by precedent, wealth
and power, will be tried in an unerring balance.
Love to Christ should also be tenderly cherished as a
means of resisting the prevailing tendencies to sin. If, dear
brethren, you are in the habit of daily personal communion
with your Savior, if you maintain an abiding sense of the
presence of Him whom you serve, you will find in this mas-
ter passion a power to expel avarice, pride, false shame and
other unhallowed emotions, and grace and strength to enable
you "to withstand in the evil day, and having done all, to
stand." Feel that your Savior is a living Savior; that every
praver you offer he instantly presents; like Paul, determine
"not to know any thing" "save Jesus Christ and him cruci-
fied"; and you will come out unscathed from the fiery fur-
nace and continue faithful amid all sinful allurements.
A good hope of heaven, should moreover be maintained as
a means of present growth in grace. Look then to your
future inheritance ; to the riches which are beyond the reach
of moth and rust ; to the society which finds delight in doing
the will of God. This will raise you above what is gross
and earthy, sensual and devilish. It will enable you to at-
tach just their appropriate importance to the opinions and
customs of men, and their precise present value to the things
of this life.
Feel, dear brethren, that you have, individually, souls to
save, or lose; a Savior who has bought you with his own
precious blood; a heavenly inheritance in reserve to gain;
and by divine grace you will be assisted to "use this world
as not abusing it"; to resist and bear testimony against every
thing that dishonors God and hinders the progress of the
kingdom of his dear Son; to advance in the divine life and
w^alk with God ; to bring darkened souls to a knowledge of
the truth ; to work while the day lasts; and having done and
suffered all expected of you here below, to ascend and join
with the "hundred and forty and four thousand" around the
throne in heaven.
NARRATIVE OF THE STATE OF RELIGION,
The local Associations report to this body an unusual
number of revivals in the churches of the State during the
last year. In many cases, the dews of mercy have descended
gently and with uniformity through the year, bringing many
plants of righteousness to maturity, diffusing an aspect of
fruitfulness and beauty over all the moral landscape. In
other cases, God has blessed the churches with special effu-
sions of the Holy Spirit, and large numbers have been con-
verted. Intelligence of these refreshings from the Lord has
come to us from more than sixty churches. In many places
churches have been built up in their most holy faith ; family
altars, long broken down, have been again erected ; and new
attention has been given to the religious education of youth
where the number of estimated conversions is but small.
In Pittsfield the subjects of the revival number between
three and four hundred. In Boston it is believed that as
many as six hundred persons have been hopefully converted,
or radically quiclvened in the religious life. In most places
only the usual means of grace have been employed. Some
I extra meetings have been held, but mainly meetings for
I prayer. The hearts of Christians have been revived, and
■: their labor for souls has been more direct. Sermons have
I been prepared with careful adaptation to awaken the careless
j and to lead the anxious to Christ. Fidelity in the Sabbath
I school and in the family has been rewarded with an abundant
blessing. One feature of these revivals is worthy of distinct
II consideration. The report has gone abroad that "an earnest
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anti-slavery sentiment in some of the New England churches,
and the preaching of anti-slavery doctrine from the pulpit is
rendering the state of religion cheerless and dull." Such an
idea, so far as the churches of this Association are concerned,
is strangely erroneous. The members of our churches cherish
a Christian anti-slavery sentiment — a sentiment not disor-
ganizing, nor denunciatory, nor rash — but a calm conviction
that the Bible is the foundation of piety and of civil freedom,
and that both must flourish or fall together. Never, probably,
has so much prayer been offered for the preservation of our
liberties since the hour when our fathers felt that they had
cast their fortunes upon a desperate venture; that it was not
the strong hand but the just cause that must win ; and that
they had no prospect of success if they did not recognize
their dependence upon God in the time of national entangle-
ments and distresses.
There is a darker side to this picture of church prosperity.
A prominent and painful feature brought to view by the
reports of the present year, is the gradual diminution of many
of the churches of the Commonwealth, by causes that seem
to be not only actively but permanently at work. The causes
referred to are the diversion and change of business effected
by our system of railroads, and that immense and constant
emigration to the West which is now in progress. By the
former, while a quick and astonishing growth of some towns
and villages is occasioned, a decline in others, equally appa-
rent, is witnessed. By the latter have arisen that constant
drain and depletion which threaten the destruction of churches
that were once influential. From these features of the times
have arisen new exigencies on the part of many churches,
which can but throw new responsibilities on those more for-
tunate. These churches must not be allowed to become ex-
tinct; these altars around which the fathers worshipped, must
neither be thrown down, nor allowed to crumble to ruins.
Fidelity, even to the West, demands that we should take
care of the East. Keep the sources, from which flow these
constant streams towards the setting sun, pure and healthful.
Guard well the hive from which go forth the swarms that
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settle down upon the wide expanse that spreads itself so in-
vitingly before them.
Another subject intimately connected with the foregoing is
the visible change and deterioration in the character and
habits of many of our communities, especially of our villages.
In them there is a large, and we fear an increasing per cent,
of their inhabitants who are becoming habitual non-attend-
ants upon the services of the sanctuary. Largely composed,
as these new villages are, of immigrants, not only from the
old world, but also from different towns and states of our
own country, they contain many who feel themselves ab-
solved from restraints which obtain in older and more estab-
lished communities. Thus Sabbath desecration is increas-
ing, and many youth, removed from the sacred influences of
the sanctuary and of domestic religion, are growing up with-
out those elements of character which give promise of future
usefulness.
The churches cherish an unabated interest in the Sabbath
school, as peculiarly adapted to meet the special dangers and
wants of the young. The instructions there presented give
power to the sermon, and force to the father's counsels, and
pathos to the mother's tears. They have proved strikingly
efficacious in promoting revivals. Whole classes have been
converted. Teachers have labored earnestly for souls, and
God has followed their personal faithfulness with signal
marks of his approbation.
Several institutions of learning, within our borders, have
partaken richly of the divine favor, especially Amherst Col-
lege, Phillips Academy at Andover, Easthampton Seminary,
and the Female Seminaries at Bradford, South Hadley, Ips-
wich, and Norton. We rejoice in the growing interest which
is felt in the education of the young, and in the fact that
prayer is oflered, more fervently and more specifically, year
by year, for the special grace of God to rest upon our literary
institutions. The Theological Seminary at Andover shares,
in undiminished measure, the confidence of the churches.
The students have partaken of that reviving power which has
been abroad. We have occasion to thank God for the spirit
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of learning and active piety and missionary zeal which pre-
vails there.
The number of young men who enter the ministry is de-
creasing. It is a depressing consideration that while we are
stretching our territory from sea to sea, are planting almost
yearly new states which are to have the power of kingdoms,
are augmenting rapidly in population and wealth, are push-
ing our sciences into varied mysteries of nature, and our ex-
plorations into all the hidden places of the earth — while God
is opening, on every side, new fields for Christian entrance
and Christian action — still the requisite number of young
men is not to be found, furnished with ministerial gifts, and
ready to occupy the posts of responsibility. The world bids
higher for their service, both in emoluments and honors,
than the church. The natural heart inclines to an easier
toil. We need more of the apostolic spirit, more of the
power of prayer.
The cause of Temperance in the churches is in that state
of reaction and discouragement to which all great enterprises
are subject. The friends of Temperance are perplexed but
not in despair. Their cause is the cause of God, and their
purpose is inflexible to hope on and labor on for the success
of total abstinence. Religious principle is the rock on which
their feet are planted, yet their conviction is firm that right-
eous law is an indispensable ally of moral suasion. We are
much in the condition of the low-lands of Holland which
sink below the ocean. Human passions and human appe-
tites lie lower down than the floods of intoxicating drinks —
it is by a natural descent that they pour upon us, and sweep
away peace, and life, and soul. It becomes a necessity that
we build up artificial dikes to keep out the alcoholic waves.
We lay our foundation deep and strong in argument and
love. Then we would place, on the upper side of this, the
iron-pointed pickets of law. Looking unto God for his
blessing, we humbly trust that this embankment will keep
back, on the one hand, the turbid fire waters which swell and
dash, and on the other the swinish herd who are determined
to rush into the sea.
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We are not aware of any backward steps in our commu-
nities, in those great enterprises which mark our era as the
age of Missions, and which furnish to us the most hopeful
signs of the approaching millennium. The universal senti-
ment of the churches is that the Bible must be sent abroad
to heathen nations and to destitutions at home, as the only-
cure for idolatry and infidelity, the only source of moral re-
forms, the only hope for lost souls.
We cherish a sincere joy in the fellowship of those Chris-
tian Bodies with whom we are in correspondence. We
thank them for their fraternal congratulations, and extend to
them our warmest sympathies. Their delegates come to us
with cheering tidings of the spread of truth, and the triumphs
of Christian doctrine in their several fields of labor. Almost
all the Congregational Associations of the country report an
advance in the number of conversions, and in the main ele-
ments of spiritual prosperity. We rejoice in the return of
unbroken sympathy with the New School Presbyterian As-
sembly, and in the blessing of C^od attending the labors of
their ministry and churches. The Congregational Union of
Canada has been greatly successful in gathering churches,
and in strengthening an evangelical faith. What grandeur
in the privileges and the accomplishment of the American
churches if militant only against sin, and full of love to the
people of Christ. We have heard of God's gracious dealings
with his children beyond the Rocky Mountains. At last
California and Oregon respond to Massachusetts — the placid
Pacific to the stormy Bay. A bright belt of churches and
schools circles the continent as the milky way the sky — some
particular churches shining like Hesperus or Arcturus, some
particular Associations and Synods enriched like the larger
constellations, but all rejoicing to be swallowed up of Christ
when he appears, as the stars hide themselves when the sun
arises. The Bible and a preached Gospel, the praying fam-
ily and the church assembly, the school and the college, are
fixing their points of centre in the Great Valley, and sending
out their parties of holy assault over all the West. No other
bonds of union are so strong as these, nor bulwarks of free-
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dom so firm. We can have no other possible guarantee so
sure of the perpetuity of our liberties, and of a mighty Chris-
tian Republic, whose moral power, under God, shall yet con-
quer the world. The work of our Western brethren is truly
magnificent; we pledge them our aid and our prayers.
Five of our ministerial brethren have deceased during the
year.* We record with pain our loss, with gratitude their
gain. They passed away in serene. Christian tranquillity,
sustained by the grace they had often proclaimed, honoring
in their death, and in the memories which follow them, the
doctrines of Jesus.
While we recount the mercies of God, we are not unmind-
ful of our off"ences against his love. We acknowledge our
failure, even in times of revival, to appreciate the greatness
of the blessing, and to use faithfully the means of grace.
We mourn over our lack of sensibility towards the perishing
heathen — our neglect of those who perish at our doors — our
indifference to the swelling voices of infidelity and the rising
tide of vice and crime in the land — our undue devotion to
secular cares. We ask the pardon of a forgiving God. We
would consecrate ourselves anew to the service of Christ.
*Pastors of churches : —
Charles H. Norton of Becket, died Jan. 6, 1857, aged 34.
Eber L. Clarke of Washington, died Feb. 23, 1857, aged 70.
Former pastors : —
Joseph Merrill (Stated supply) of Dracut, died Nov. 21, 1856, aged
Levi Packard, died Jan. 11, 1857, aged 64.
Henry Lincoln, died May 28, 1857, aged 91.
TREASUHER'S REPORT.
General Association of Massachusetts^ in account with E. Davis, Treasurer.
Cr.
May, 1857. Cash for Minutes sold, $2 20
June, " , Received of District Associations, . . . . . . 190 00
$192 20
Br.
June, 1856. Balance due Treasurer, . $51 86
Aug. " Paper and printing- of 800 copies of Minutes for 1856, . . 153 65
Sept. " Postage on 505 copies, 10 10
June, 1857. Secretary's travelling expenses, 2 50
" " Statistical Secretary's " 5 60
" " Expense of perfecting Statistics of 1856, 2 16
" " Expense of collecting Statistics of 1857, 8 60
$234 47
I have examined the above account, and find it correct, and that there is a de-
ficiency in the Treasury of $42 27. A tax of Fifty cents upon each member of the
local Associations is recommended for the ensuing- year.
N, GALE, Committee on Accounts.
Notice.— Delegates to the General Association are requested and expected to fur-
nish the Treasurer, at the time they pay their tax, a list of the names of the members
of their Association entitled to the Minutes.
E. DAVIS, Treasurer.
RULES OF THE ASSOCIATION.
I. Doctrinal Basis. — The Associations by which the General Asso-
ciation of Massachusetts was originally organized, agreed to admit, and
this Association continues to admit, as articles of faith, the doctrines of
Christianity, as they are generally expressed in the Assembly's Shorter
Catechism ; and the above-mentioned doctrines, understood by us to be
distinctly those, which from the beginning, have been embraced by the
churches of New England as the doctrines of the Gospel, are considered
as the basis of our union.
II. Denominational Basis and Object. — This General Associa-
tion is founded on the principles of Congregationalism, and wholly dis-
claims ecclesiastical jurisdiction over the churches, or the opinions of in-
lividuals. Its object is to promote brotherly harmony and intercourse
imong the ministers of Christ ; — to obtain religious information relative
D the state of their churches, and of the Christian church in this country,
_nd throughout the world ; — and to cooperate with one another, and with
other ecclesiastical bodies, in the most eligible measures for advancing
the cause of truth and holiness.
III. Members. — 1. Each District Association in Massachusetts, con-
senting to the principles of this Union, as stated in the first article, may
appoint two delegates annually, to compose this General Association:
and it is recommended, that one be appointed who attended the pre-
ceding year.
2. The Secretary, the Statistical Secretary, and the minister of the
church where the Association meet, shall have seats, and act as mem-
bers ; the Associations to which they belong retaining the right to elect
their number of Delegates in addition.
3. The principle of the connection formed with the Massachusetts
Missionary Society is, that said Society may annually appoint two dele-
gates to this body, who shall be admitted to equal privileges with the
members from the District Associations.
4. Gentlemen, who are adniitted as honorary members, shall be allowed
full liberty tp take part in all deliberations, though they are not considered
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as entitled to vote ; and it is expected they will give notice to the body,
if they find it necessary to withdraw previous to the close of the session.
The approbation of the Committee of Arrangements shall be obtained,
before a gentleman shall be proposed to sit as an honorary member.
5. The Delegates, who the preceding year attended the meetings of
foreign bodies, shall, ex officio, have seats as honorary members.
IV. Meeting. — 1. The several Associations shall have the offer of
receiving, in rotation, the annual meeting of the General Association.
2. The time of the annual meeting of this Association, shall be on the
fourth Tuesday of June, at four o'clock, P. M , at such place as shall
have been duly notified.
V. Quorum. — Twenty members, delegated from the particular Asso-
ciations of Massachusetts, shall be requisite to form a quorum.
VI. Organization. — 1. The minister of the church in the place
place where the Association meets, or the Secretary, may call the Asso-
ciation to order, and preside in the meeting until the Association shall be
properly organized.
2. The certificates of the Delegates present shall be read by the
Secretary, or by a temporary Scribe ; and the Association shall then be
organized by the choice of a Moderator, a Scribe, and, if necessary, an
assistant Scribe, by baliot. The Rules of the Association shall also be
read, and the Moderator shall open the business with prayer.
VII. Special Order. — 1. At the opening of the session on the morn-
ing of each subsequent day, the Moderator shall take the chair at the
hour to which the Association stands adjourned; shall immediately call
the members to order; direct the roll to be called; shall open the meet-
ing with prayer, and cause the minutes of the preceding day to be read ;
and the session of each day shall be closed with prayer.
2. The Committees for the session shall be appointed upon Tuesday.
3. An annual sermon shall be preached before the Association on
Tuesday evening, on the subject of Home Missions, and a collection
taken. The preacher shall be appointed by this body.
4. Wednesday, A. M. and P. M., shall be appropriated to the following
objects : — not exceeding half an hour to necessary business; hearing re-
ports of Delegates to Corresponding Bodies; receiving salutations of
Delegates from Corresponding Bodies ; hearing the narratives from the
Delegates of the several Associations concerning the state of religion and
the churches, which shall be presented in writing, with a view to obtain
an accurate account of the principal facts, not however to prevent any
more particular details which the Delegates may think expedient to add,
or the Association to request, — no report of the state of religion being read
in public, unless it be approved by the Association from which it comes,
or by the Committee of Arrangements of the General Association, — no re-
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port being allowed to exceed four minutes, and the Moderator being in-
structed to enforce this rule ; the discussion of theological and practical
questions connected with the ministerial profession, and in accordance
with a schedule prepared by a special Committee and printed with the
notices. Wednesday evening shall be occupied by religious services
having special reference to the people of the place of meeting.
5. Tha Associational Sermon, the preacher of which shall be appointed
by each Association in turn, shall be delivered at two o'clock, Thurs-
day, P. M., after which the Lord's Supper shall be administered.
6. Previously to the close of each meeting, the General Association
shall specify a place for meeting the next year, and request some Dis-
trict Association to appoint a preacher to deliver the Associational Ser-
mon. And the church of the place of meeting is desired to make pre-
parations to celebrate the Lord's Sapper during the session.
7. Each annual meeting shall be closed with a psalm or hymn, and
prayer by the Moderator, or such other member as he shall appoint.
VIIL Permanent Officers. — 1. The Secretary shall be chosen for
three years, from the close of the meeting at which the choice shall be
made. He shall, ex officio, be the Treasurer of the General Association,
and shall be authorized to pay such expenses as are allowed by the Asso-
ciation, and shall be allowed his own travelling expenses in attending
the meetings of this Association. He shall receive the publications from
foreign bodies, and distribute them among the several Associations, in
proportion to the tax paid by them respectively. One copy of each pub-
lication, received by the General Association, or printed by its order, shall
be kept in the archives.
2. A Statistical Secretary shall be chosen for three years from the first
of September following his appointment. He shall procure the Statistics
of the Churches through the Scribes or other statistical officers of the
District Associations ; complete and arrange them for publication, and
present them in that form and properly combined into a summary, at the
same time with the reports of the District Associations at each session.
He shall superintend their printing ; shall be a member, ex officio, of this
body and of the Publishing Committee, and shall be allowed his travel-
ling expenses in attending the meetings of the Association.
IX. Committees. — L At each meeting of the Association, a Commit-
tee of Arrangements, consisting of three, shall be appointed by nomina-
tion, to prepare the business of the session ; and no business shall be
introduced during the session, but through the hands, and with the ap-
probation of the Committee. But if said Committee decline presenting
any item of business proposed by any member, he shall havo the privi-
lege of appeal to the Association.
2. A Committee shall be appointed annually, to audit the accounts,
who shall report the state of the treasury, and the sum in their opinion
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necessary to be paid the next year by the members of the several Asso-
ciations connected with this body.
3. A Committee shall be appointed to receive the narratives and state-
ments, and shall condense them into one narrative, to be submitted to
the General Association and published. The written narratives shall be
deposited with the Secretary.
4. A Committee shall be appointed to nominate Delegates to Corres-
ponding bodies.
5. A Committee of three shall be annually appointed, to submit to the
General Association at the next meeting, a Pastoral Address, to excite the
attention of ministers and Christians to faithful discipline in the churches,
the instruction of the rising generation, the sanctification of the Sabbath,
, and other subjects relating to the general interests of religion. The ad-
dress being approved by the General Association, shall be signed by the
Moderator, and printed with the minutes. This Committee shall be
chosen from the several Associations in rotation.
6. A Publishing Committee shall be annually appointed, to make such
extracts from the minutes of the meeting, as in their judgment it will be
proper to publish ; procure to be printed such number of copies, with the
Pastoral Address, Narrative of the State of Religion, and Statistics of the
churches, as will give one copy to each minister of the Associations re-
presented in this body; and such a number of copies for other bodies
connected with this Association, as shall be mutually agreed upon, and
shall transmit them under the direction of the Secretary.
X. Correspondence. — 1. Our principles of fraternal intercourse with
all ecclesiastical bodies in correspondence with us are, that this Associa-
tion, and each body so connected with it, shall annually appoint Delegates
to the other, which shall be admitted to the privilege of sitting, and de-
liberating upon all matters which may come under consideration.
2. The delegates shall, as far as practicable, be selected from the Dis-
trict Associations in rotation. The brethren chosen substitutes in the
delegations to the bodies in our connection, shall, at our next session, be
considered as Delegates to the respective bodies, if they shall not pre-
viously have taken their seats there, through the failure of their principals.
3. The printed Minutes of the Association, shall be sufficient testimo-
nials of the appointment of Delegates to Corresponding Bodies.
4. It shall be the duty of those Delegates who attend the meetings of
Corresponding Bodies, whether they be Piimaries or Substitutes, to certify
the Secretary in writing, on or before the opening of the annual meeting
next after his appointment.
XI. Assessments.— It shall be the duty of the Delegates of the
District Associations, to pay the amount of the assessments due from
their respective Associations for the past year, whether collected or not.
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XII. Statistics. — 1. The Statistical returns, with respect to the
number in tlie churches, etc., shall be made out according to a printed
schedule of this body, and according to the numbers on tho first of Jan-
uary past.
2. The names of all the members of the Associations belonging to this
body, whether with or without charge, shall be inserted in the published
returns, and corrected up to the date of publication.
3. Each District Association connected with this body, is requested to
appoint a Statistical Scribe, to collect the statistics of the churches within
its bounds, in methods designated by this body, and under the direction
of the Statistical Secretary of the General Association.
XIII. Rules of Order. — 1. Every motion, on being seconded, shall,
if requested by the Moderator, or any two members, be reduced to writ-
ing, and no motion shall be open to discussion, until it be seconded.
2. The Moderator may speak to points of order, in preference to other
members, rising from his seat for that purpose ; and shall decide questions
of order, subject to an appeal to the house by any two members. But he
may not speak to the merits of the question without leaving the chair,
and placing some other member in it, to preside while he speaks.
3. On questions of order, adjournment, postponement, commitment, or
the previous question, no meiTLber shall speak more than once. Nor on
any question shall a member speak more than twice, without leave of the
Association.
4. When a question is under debate, no motion shall be received, ex-
cept for adjournment, amendment, postponement, commitment, or the
previous question ; viz. Shall the main question be now put? The ef-
fect of adopting the previous question shall be to put an end to debate,
and to bring the Association to a direct vote upon amendments reported
by a Committee if any, upon pending amendments, and then upon the
main question.
5. If a question under debate contain several parts, any member may
have it divided, and a question taken on each part.
6. Every member, when speaking, shall address himself to the chair;
and shall be subject to no needless interruption ; if he act disorderly, it
shall be the duty of the Moderator, and the privilege of other members
to call him to order.
7. No member shall leave the Association before the session is closed,
except with the consent of the body ; nor shall any one leave the house
during a sitting, without the consent of the Moderator.
XIV. Amendments. — A Vote or Resolve to establish, alter, or annul a
standing rule of this body, shall be read twice on different days, and may
be debated at each reading. At the first reading the question shall be,
Shall it be read the second time"?
PLACE OF MEETING.
The order in which the several Associations have the offer of receiving
the Annual Meeting of the General Association; Norfolk having the ses-
sion of 1858.
Suffolk North,
Suffolk South,
Vineyard Sound,
Bridgewater,
Salem,
Berkshire South,
Mendon,
Andover,
Brewster,
Taunton,
Hampshire,
Essex South,
Hampshire East,
Norfolk,
Berkshire North,
Middlesex South,
Brookfield,
Old Colony,
Pilgrim,
Hampden East,
Essex North,
Hampden West,
Franklin,
Harmony,
Woburn,
Worcester North,
Middlesex Union,
Worcester Central.
SELECTION OF PREACHER.
The order in which the several Associations shall appoint one of their
number to preach the Associational Sermon ; Hampden West appointing
the preacher of 1858.
Worcester Central,
Suffolk North,
Suffolk South,
Bridgewater,
Salem,
Berkshire North,
Vineyard Sound,
Essex South,
Franklin,
Harmony,
Mendon,
Hampden East,
Brookfield,
Hampden West,
Middlesex South,
Norfolk,
Hampshire,
Hampshire East,
Worcester North,
Old Colony,
Pilgrim,
Taunton,
Middlesex Union,
Woburn,
Essex North,
Brewster,
Andover,
Berkshire South.
APPOINTMENT OF DELEGATES.
At the meeting in 1858, one Substitute Delegate from each Districtii
Association will be appointed to the Body whose name stands in the
opposite column. It is the privilege of each Association to nominate a
person, who will, regularly, become Primary the succeeding year.
Andover and Mendon,
Berkshire North and Middlesex South,
Berkshire South and Middlesex Union,
Brewster and Norfolk,
Bridgewater and Old Colony,
Brookfield and Pilgrim,
Essex North and Salem,
Essex South and Suffolk North,
Franklin and Suffolk South,
Hampden East and Taunton,
Hampden West and Vineyard Sound,
Hampshire and Woburn,
Hampshire East and Worcester Central,
Harmony and Worcester North,
New York.
Rhode Island.
Vermont.
Wisconsin.
Kansas, and Minnesota.
Gen. Assembly, (N. S.)
Connecticut, and Oregon.
California, and Ohio.
England and Canada.,
Illinois.
Iowa.
Maine.
Michigan.
New Hampshire.
OFFICERS OF THE GENERAL ASSOCIATION.
Rev. Emerson Davis, D. D., Westfield, Secretary.
Rev. Alonzo H. Quint, Jamaica Plain, Statistical Secretary.
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K EM ARK S .
Our tables this year, for the first time, embrace reports from every
church connected with the General Association of Massachusetts, — for
which, credit is due to the District- Statistical Scribes for carrying out
faithfully the plan of 1856. It is also a matter for congratulation that the
Statistics now presented are unexampled as to fulness and completeness.
Three Associations (Middlesex Union, Suffolk South, and Worcester
North,) present tables complete in every particular ; fifteen other Asso-
ciations do virtually the same thing, being defective only in certain
months and days of dates, most of which are irretrievably lost through
age ; and in the remaining Associations the only defects are these ; —
One church omits " deaths," five omit "absentees," (one of which also is
wanting as to "adult baptisms,") one omits "baptisms," two neglect to
specify " males " and " females," and one omits " Sabbath school."
On the 1st January 1857, there were 472 Massachusetts churches in
connection with the General Association, (embracing all of our denomi-
nation but four ) The aggregate reports of these churches may be seen
on the preceding page, where, although 475 churches are enumerated,
only the 472 in existence Jan. 1, are included in the statistics as to mem-
bership in the parallel columns. Two of the 472 were organized in 1856.
A comparison of these numbers with those of the preceding year (after
supplying last year's defects from this year's data, and omitting the New
York and the extinct churches,) show the following results :
Churches. Members. Additions. Removals. Sabbath School.
Jan. 1, 1856, 470 68,082 4,234 2,973 66,862
Jan. 1, 1857, 472 67,656 3,558 3,185 70,187
*The apparent loss in membership is, by the aggregates, 426 ; and at
the same time, by excess of additions over removals, the apparent gain is
373 ; — a discrepancy exhibiting melancholy proof that the next step
needed in improving our statistics is accuracy in individual churdhes.
*The following notice is inserted by request :
Any informalion respecting feeble churches needing more aid, or destitute towns where
churches may and ought to be gathered, or any facts or information whatever having a Home
Missionary aspect or bearing on the religious necessities of the State, it is requested, may be
addressed as early as convenient, to the chairman of the Committee appointed as on page 7, —
Rev. Joseph A. Copp, Chelsea, Mass.
63
Our list of churches and ministers is, for convenience's sake, corrected
up to the time of printing. But taking June 1 as a convenient starting
point, — there were in 1857, 475 churches upon the list, being the same in
number as in June 1866; the lists vary, however, in the following par-
ticulars :
1. As to churches. Three churches are this year dropped as extinct,
viz. Ludlow 2d, Grass Hill in Millbury, and Millville in Blackstone ; and
two others, although names are retained, are not included in our aggre-
gates, because situated in New York. On the other hand, the church in
Stowe, improperly dropped since 1853 is replaced, and four new churches
are inserted, which have been organized as follows : — Winthrop church in
East Randolph, organized Dec. 30, 1856; Plymouth church in Chelsea,
Jan. 7, 1857; Vine St. church in Roxbury, April 9, 1857; and a church
in Needham, May 6, 1857, — none of which except the first named, come
into our Summary so far as membership is concerned.
2. As to pastors. There were June 1, 1856, (by last year's minutes
corrected,) 354 pastors (not including one in New York) ; of these, 45
have been dismissed and 2 have died ; and 41 have been settled ; making
the number June 1, 1857, 348. During the preceding year, 60 pastors were
dismissed, 4 died, and 44 were settled.
The column of ministers " without pastoral charge" is liable to mislead
in two particulars. (1.) It by no means includes all our clergymen who
would come under that designation. (2.) It includes a large number
engaged in ministerial pursuits. Thus even in the defective returns
presented, we find 16 Secretaries of Missionary and other religious
benevolent Societies, 4 professors at Andover, 2 presidents and 5 pro-
fessors in Colleges, 5 agents of Societies or Institutions, 5 persons kncwn
to be in pastoral service in other States, 3 chaplains or city missionaries,
5 missionaries in foreign lands, besides numerous others engaged in
State or private educational pursuits. An effort will be made next year
to correct this list in both particulars.
In connection with our first complete report, the following tables of
" Orthodox Congregational Churches and Members in Massachusetts,"
are inserted for historical reference. While no pretence of perfectness is
made, yet having been compiled with great care, not only from our pub-
lished minutes but from whatever documents could throw light upon this
obscure subject, and having been repeatedly verified, they are presented
as the best our poor authorities will allow :
I. Before the Unitarian division :
Dates, 1630 1640 1650 1700 1750
Churches, 2 26 39 83 239
64
II. During the times of separating, — in which those which have
avowed themselves Unitarian are considered as such at the date first
mentioned :
Dates, 1790 1800 1810 1820 1825
267 281 291 310
^, , ( Orthodox, 249
Churches, { Unitarian, 75
76 80 89 95
III. Since the separation :
Dates, 1830 1835 1840 1845 1850 1855 1856 1857
Churches, 347 387 408 440 469 471 474 476
Members, 37,987 49,089 62,513 65,467 66,346 69,011 68,515 68,089
The following table, digested from our heterogeneous Associational
statistics, and including all the churches of our denomination in th^ State,
will show the numbers of churches, etc., for 1857, by counties ; the gain or
loss is estimated from the excess of additions over removals :
Counties.
Barnstable,
Population
1855.
35,442
Ciihs.
24
Membership.
2,026
Per cent, of memb.
to population.
.058
Gain 1S56.
Loss 1856.
22
Berkshire,
52,791
33
4,671
.088
—
4
Bristol,
87,425
24
3,224
.037
169
—
Dukes,
4,401
4
186
.042
—
1
Essex,
151,167
62
9,570
.063
33
—
Franklin,
31,655
32
2,923
.092
42
—
Hampden,
54,852
34
4,276
.078
25
—
Hampshire,
Middlesex,
35,485
194,082
37
68
6,291
10,066
.177
.051
172
36
Nantucket,
8,064
1
325
.040
— -
8
Norfolk,
94,448
38
4,471
.046
18
—
Plymouth,
Suffolk,
61,513
171,818
34
16
3,196
5,281
.052
.030
10
5
Worcester,
149,545
69
11,583
.077
—
20
Total, 1,132,688 476 68,089 .060 Net gain, 373
There appear to be no Orthodox Congregational churches in the follow-
ing towns, viz., Bellingham, Bolton, Brewster, Cheshire, Clarksburg, Dux-
bury, Florida, Hancock, Hull, Leyden, Lexington, Monroe, Mt. Washing-
ton, Nahant, New Ashford, Pembroke, Russell, Savoy, Somerset, South
Scituate, Tyngsboro', Tyringham, Wales, Weston, Westport, Winthrop.
In this issue various improvements have been made by the printer, the
Publishing Committee, and in the statistical department. Any person
suggesting further improvements or discovering errors, is requested to
communicate with the Statistical Secretary. A. H. Q.
NAMES OF CLERGYMEN,
Arranged in alphabetical order ^ with the Post- Office address of each, and ivith the
number of the Association in which each name occurs in the statistics.
Abbot Jacob J., Uxbridge. 14
Abbot Joseph, Beverly. 21
Adams Darwin, Dunstable. 1
Adams George M., Conway. 9
Adams Nehemiah, D. D., Boston. 23
Albro John A., D. D., Cambridge. 22
Alden Ebenezer, Jr., Marshfield. 20
Alden Edmund K , Lenox. 3
Allen Benj. R., Marblehead. 21
Allen Cyrus W., Hubbardston. 28
Allen Ephraim W., Salem. S
Allen Henry, Wayland. 16
Allen William, Dracut. 1
Alvord John W., Newton. 23
Ames Marcus, Westminster. 28
Anderson Rufus, D. D., Boston. 22
Angier Luther H., Concord. 16
Ashley S. S., Northboro'. 27
Atwood Edward S., Grantville. 23
Austin H. A., Huntington. 12
Ayres Rowland, Hadiey. 13
Babcock Daniel H., South Plymouth. 20
Bacon Elisha, Centerville. 25
Bacon James M., Essex. S
Badger Milton, D. D., New York. 1
Baker A. R., West Needham. 16.
Baldwin Joseph B., West Cummington. 12
Ballard Josiah, Plympton. 20
Bannister S. W., Ware. 6
Barbour Nelson, Cummington. 12
Bardwell Horatio, Oxford. 27
Barney James O., Seekonk. 24
Barnum Samuel W., Phillipston. 28
Barrows Elijah P., Andover. 1
Barrows Homer, Wareham. 19
Barrows William, Reading. 22
Barton F. A., Indian Orchard. 10
Bates E. D., Southboro'. 16
Bates James, Granby. 13.
9
Bates William, Northbridge. 14
Beaman Warren H., Norih Hadiey. 13
Beardsley Bronson B., Shirley. 17
Beckwith George C, D. D., Boston. 22
Beecher Lyman, D. D., Boston. 23
Beecher William H., North Brookfield. 6
Bennett Joseph L., East Cambridge. 22
Bigelow Andrew, Medfield. 15
Billings Richard S., Shelburne. 9
Bingham Joel S., Weslfield. 11
Bisbee John H., Worthington. 12
Biscoe Thomas C , Grafton. 14
Blagden George W., D. D., Boston. 22
Blake Henry B., Belchertown. 13
Blake Mortimer, Taunton. 24
Blanchard Amos, D. D., Lowell. 1
Blanchard N. B.. Plymouth. 20
Blanchard W. S. 10
Bliss Seth, Boston. 22
Bliss Thomas E., Blackstone. 14, 24
Blodgetl Constantine, Pawtucket. 24
Blodgetl Edward P., Greenwich. 13
Bodwell Joseph C, Framingham. 16
Boynton Charles B., Pittsfield. 2
Bowers John, Wilbraham. 10
Bradford James, Sheffield. 3
Bragg Jesse K., Brookfield. 6
Brainard Timothy G., Halifax. 20
Braman Isaac, Georgetown. 7
Braman Milton P., D. D., Danvers Centre. 21
Bremner David, Rockporl. 8
Bridge Henry M., Warwick. 9
Briggs Isaac, North Rochester. 19
Briggs William T., Princeton. 27
Brigham David, Bridge water. 5
Brigham John C, D. D., New York. 3
Brigham Levi, Saugus. 21
Brigham Willard, Ashfield 9
Brooks Edward F., Gill. 9
Brown J. R., Longmeadow. 10
66
Buckingham Samuel G., Springfield. 10
Bollard Asa, Boston. 22
Bullard Ebenezer W., Royalston. 2S
Bulkley Edwin A., Groton. 17
Burden M., Philadelphia, Pa. 14
Burt Daniel C, Berkley. 19
Burt David, Rutland. 27
Bushnell George, Worcester. 27
Bushiiell William, Newton Corner. 22
Butler Daniel, Groton. 17
Byington Swift, West Brookfield. 6
Cady Daniel R., West Cambridge. 26
Campbell Randolph, Newburyport. 7
Carlton Hiram, West Barnstable. 25
Carpenter Eber, Southbridge. 6
Carver Robert, Raynham. 24
Chandler Azariah, D. D., Greenfield. 9
Chapman Calvin, Lakeville. 5
Chase Ebenezer, Eastham. 4
Childs A. C, Amesbury. 7
Chute Ariel P., Lynnfield. 21
Clapp Erastus, Easthampton. 12
Clapp S. G., Slurbridge. 6
Clark Benjamin F., North Chelmsford. 1
Clark Dorus, Waltham. 22
Clark Edward W., Auburndale. 22, 26
Clark Eli B., Chieopee. 10
Clark Elias, Mankato, Blue Earth Co., Mir
nesota. 3
Clark James A., Southwick. 11
Clark Jonas B., Swampscott. 21
Clark Joseph S., D. D., Boston. 23
Clark Lewis F., Whhinsville. 14
Clark Nelson, Quincy. IS
Clark Perkins K , South Deerfield. 9
Clark Sereno D., Sunderland. 9
Clark Solomon, Canton. 23
Clark Theodore J., Cummington. 12
Clarke Benjamin F., Winchendon. 23
Clarke Edward, Ashfield. 9
Clary T. F., Ashland. 16
Cleaveland James B., South Egremont. 3
Cleaveland John P., D. D., Lowell. 1
Cloyes D., South Reading. 26
Cobb Alvan, Taunton. 24
Cobb Asahel, Sandwich. 25
Cobb Leander, Marion. 19
Cobb Nathaniel, Kingston. 19
Coggin William S., Boxford. 21
Cogswell Nathaniel, Carver. 4
Colburn Moses M., South Dedham. 23
Colion Aaron M., East Hampton. 12
Col ton T. G., Monson. 10
Cone L. H., Chieopee. 10
Cook Elisha W., Haydenville. 12
Cook Russell S., New York. 2
Cooke Parsons, D. D.. Lynn. 21
Cooley Henry, Springfield. 11
Cooley Timothy M., D. D., Granville. 11
Coolidge A. H., Leicester. 27
Copp Joseph A., Chelsea. 22
Cordley Christopher M., Randolph. 18
Cory John E., Chesterfield. 12
Cornell William M , Boston. 22
Couch Paul, North Bridgewater. 18
Cowles John P., Ipswich 7
Craig Wheelock, New Bedford. 19
Crosby Josiah D., Ashburnham. 23
Cross Joseph W., West Boylston. 27
Cummings Preston, Leicester. 27
Curliss Erastus, New Salem. 28
Gushing Christopher, North Brookfield. 6
Gushing James R., East Taunton. 21
Cushman Job, North Truro. 4
Cutler Ebenezer, Worcester. 27
Dagget Thomas, Groveland. 7
Dana J. Jay, Adams. 2
Dashiell Alfred H., Jr., Stockbridge. 3
Davis Emerson, D. D., Westfield. 11
Davis Franklin, North Wrentham. 15
Davis Timothy, Kingston. 20
Demond Elijah, Mendon. 15
Denham George, Barre. 4, 27
Dennen Stephen R., Watertown. 23
Dexter Henry M., Boston. 23
Dickinson Erastus, Sudbury. 16
Dickinson Noadiah S., Chatham. 4
Dimmick Luther F., D.D., Newburyport. 7
Dixon William E., Ellington, Ct. 10
Dodd S. G., Spencer. 6
Dodge John, Harvard. 17
Doe Franklin B., Lancaster. 17
Dole George T., Lanesboro'. 2, 26
Dow E., Monument. 25
Dowse Edmund, Sherburne. 16
Drummond Joseph P., West Newton. 23
Duncan A. G., Freetown. 18, 24
Duncan T. W., Chilmark. 25
Durfee Calvin, Williamstown. 2
Dwight Edward S., Amherst. 13
Dwight John, North Wrentham. 15
Dwinell Israel E., Salem. 8
Dyer E. Porter, Hingham. IS
Eastman David, Leverett. 13
Eastman L. Root, Berkley. 18
Edgell John Q. A., Andover. 7
Edwards Henry L, Abington. 18
Eldridge Azariah. 19
Elwood David M., Norwalk, Ct. 16
Ely Alfred, D. D., Monson. 10
Emerson Brown, Montague. 9
Emerson Brown, D. D., Salem. 8
Emerson Edward B., Jleath. 9
Emerson Reuben, South Reading. 8, 26
Emery Joshua, North Weymouth. 18
67
Farwell Asa, Haverhill. 7
Ferguson J.ohn, Whately. 9
Field David, D. D., Stockbridge. 3
Field George W., Boston. 23
Field Levi A., Marlboro'. ]6
Fisher Caleb E.. Andover, 1
Fisher George E., North Amherst. 13
Fisk Frederick A., East Marshfield. 20
Fiske Daniel T., Newburyport. 7
Filz Daniel, Ipswich. S
Flagg Horatio, Coleraine. 9
Fletcher James, North Danvers. 8
Folsom G. D. F., Springfield. 10
Ford George, East Falmouth. 25
Foster Aaron, East Charlemont. 9
Foster Andrew B., Gill. 9
Foster Davis, West Newbury. 7
Foster Eden B., Lowell. 1
Foster Roswell, Weslhampton. 12
Freeman Joseph, "Hanover. 20
Frost Daniel D., West Stockbridge 3
Furber Daniel L., Newton Centre. 22
Gale Nahum, Lee. 3
Gale Wakefield, Rockport. 8
Galpin Charles. 13
Gannet Allen W., Boston. 21.
Gannett George, West Cambridge. 26
Garland Joseph, Acton. 17
Garrette Edmund Y., Foxboro'. 15
Gay Ebenezer, Bridgewater. 5
Gibson Hugh, Chester. 11
Giddings Edward J., Housatonic. 3
Gilbert Lyman, D. D., Boston. 22
Gilman Edward W., Cambridgeport. 23
Goodsell Dana. 13
Gould William. 19
Greeley Stephen S. N., Grand Rapids, Mich-
igan. 3
Greene Henry S., Ballard Vale. 1
Griffin N. H., Williamstown. 2
Grosvenor Charles P., Rehoboth. 24
Gurney John H.. New Braintree. G
Hall Gordon, Northampton. 12
Hall Thomas A., Otis. 3
Hammond Charles, Groton. 17
Hanks Steadman W., Lowell. 1
Harding John W., Longmeadow. 10
Harding Sewall, Boston. 15
Harding Willard M., South Weymouth. 18
Harrington Eli W., Rochester. 19
Harrington Moody, Middlefield. 12
Harrison Samuel, Pittsfield. 2
Haskell John, Dover. 15
Haven John, Charlton. 6
Haven Joseph, Amherst. 16
Hawks Roswell, South Hadley. 13
Hawks Theron H., West Springfield. 11
Hazen T. A., Dallon. 2
Headley P. C, Greenfield. 9
Healey J. W., Linebrook, Ipswich. 7, 28.
Herbert Charles D., West Newbury. 7
Hine S., Groton, Ci. 10
Hinsdale Charles J., Blandford. 11
Hitchcock Calvin, D. D , Wrentham. 15
Hitchcock Edward, D. D., Amherst. 13
Hill George E , Sheffield. 3 ■
Hixon Asa, Franklin. 15
Hoadley L. Ive*, Auburn. 27"
Hodgmiin Edwin R., Lynnfield Centre. 8
Holbrook Willard, Rowley. 7
Holman David, Douglas. 14
Holman Sydney, Holyoke. 14
Holmes Franklin, Norton. 24
Homes Francis, West Granville. 11
Hooker Henry B., Falmouth. 25
Hopkins Mark, D. D , Williamstown. 2
Hopley Samuel, Wellfleet. 4
Hoppin James M., Salem. 8
Hosford Benjamin F., Haverhill. 7
Hosford Isaac, Worcester. 1
Houghton James C, East Windsor, Ct. 10
Houghton William A., Berlin. 27
Hovey George L., Greenfield. 9
Howard Martin S., West Yarmouth. 4
Howland Freeman P., Abington. 20
Hull Joseph D., Somerville. 26
Humphrey Heman, D. D., Pittsfield. 2
Hunt Samuel, Franklin. 15
Huntington Daniel, New London, Ct. IS
Ida Jacob, D. D., West Medway. 15
Ide Jacob, Jr., Mansfield. 15
Jackson Samuel C, D. D., Andover. 1
Jackion William C, Lincoln. 16
James Horace, Worcester. 27
Jessup Lewis, Millbury. 14
Johnson Amos H., Middleton. 8
Johnson Joseph B., South Reading. 26
Jones Thomas N., North Reading. 26
Jenks William, D. D., Boston. 22
Jenkins Jonathan L., Lowell. 1
Judkins Benjamin, Somerville. 22
Keep John, Dana. 6
Kellogg Elijah, Boston. 23
Kendall Charles, Petersham. 28
Kendall S. C, Webster. 27
Kimball Caleb, Medway. 15
Kimball David T, Ipswich. 7,8
Kimball James, Oakham. 6
King Jonathan, Abington. 20
Kingman Matthew, Charlemont. 9
Kirk Edward N., Boston. 23
Kittredge C. B., Monson. 10
Knight Richard, South Hadley Falls. 10
68
Lamphear Orpheus T. I
Langworthy Isaac P., Chelsea. 22
Laurie Thomas, West Roxbury. 23
Lawrence Johii, Carlisle. 26
Leonard Edwin, Milton. IS
Lewis Wales, Haverhill. 7
Lincoln I. N,, Williamstown. 2
Lillle E. G., Ashburnham. 28
Living-slon Charles, Maltapoisett. 19
Lombard Otis, Southfield. 3
Longley Moses M., Peru. 2
Loomis Elihu, Littleton. 17
Loomis Wilbur F., Shelburne. 9
Lord Charles, Whately. 9
Lolhrop Charles D., Attleboro'. 21
Luce Leonard, Boxboro'. 17
Lyman George, Sutton. 14
Lyman S., Easthampton. 12
M'Clure A. W., New York. 22
McCollom., James T., Bradford. 7
McCollom William A., Manhattan, Kansas 4
McEwen Robert, Enfield. 13
McLoud Anson, Topsfield. 21
Mallby Erastus, Taunton. 24
Mandell William A., Lunenburg. 17
Manning Jacob M., Boston. 22
Marsh Daniel, Woburn. 26
Marsh Christopher, Jamaica Plain. 23
Marsh Dwight W., Mosul, Turkey. 2
Marvin Abijah P., Winchendon. 28
Marvin Elihu P., Medford. 26
Maynard Joshua L., East Douglas. 14
Means James, Andover. 17
Means James H., Dorchester. 13
Means John O., Roxbury. 15, 23
Merrick James L., South Amherst. 13
Merrill James H., West Andover. 1
Miles James B., Charlestown. 22
Miller Rodney A., Worcester. 27
Miller Simeon, Holyoke. 11
Miller William, Sterling. 27
]Slills Charles L., North Bridgewater. IS
Mills Henry, Granby. 13
Moody Eli, Erving. 9
Moore George, Andover. 1
Mordough John H.. Hamilton. 8
Morgridge Charles, Harwich Port. 4
Morley S. B., West Attleboro'. 24
Morse Charles P., Northern Armenia. 27
Morse Jason, Brimfield. 6
Munger Theodore T., Dorchester Village. 18
Morion Alpha, Assabet. 17
Munroe Nathan, Bradford. 7
Murphy E. D., Springfield. 10
Murray James O., South Danvers. 8
Myrick Osborne, Provincetown. 4
Nash John A., New York. J3
Nason Elias, Natick. 16
Nelson John, D. D., Leicester. 27
Nevin Edwin H, Chelsea. 15,22'
Nickerson A. S , North Woburn. 26
Noble Edward W., Truro. 4
Northrop B. G., Saxonville. 16
Norton John F., Athol. 28
Norwood Francis. 11
Nolt Samuel, Jr., Wareham. 19
Orcutt John, Hartford, Ct. 14
Ordway Samuel, North Beverly. 21
Oliphant David, Andover. 1
Osgood Samuel, D. D., Springfield. 10
Packard Abel K., Yarmouth. 4
Packard Charles, North Middleboro'. 5
Paine Albert, North Adams. 2
Paine John C, Gardner. 28
Paine William P., D. D., Holden. 27
Park Calvin E., West Boxford. 7
Park Edwards A., D. D., Andover. 22
Park Harrison G., Bernardston. 9
Parker Henry W., New Bedford. 19
Parker Leonard S., Haverhill. 7
Parsons H. M., Springfield. 10
Parsons John U, Ogden, Kansas. 4
Patrick Henry J., Bedford. 26
Patrick Joseph H., South Wellfleet. .4, 13
Patten Abel, Burlington. 26
Peabody Charles, North Pownal, Vt. 2
Pennell Lewis, West Stockbridge Centre. 3
Peirce Willard, Norlh Abington. IS
Perkins A. E. P., Ware. 6
Perkins Frederick T., Williamsburgh. 12
Perkins H W. .K, Medford. 26
Perkins Jonas, Weymouth. 18
Perry Gardner B., D. D., Groveland. 7
Perry Ralph, Agawam. 11
Perry T. C, Windsor. 2
Peters Absalom, D. D., Williamstown. 2
Phelps Austin, D. D., Andover. 23
Phelps AVinthrop H., Monterey. 3
Phillips John C, Methuen. 1
Phillips L. R , Sharon. IS
Phipps William, Paxton. 27
Pickett Aaron, Sandisfield. 3
Pike John, Rowley. 7
Pomroy Jeremiah, West Hawley. 9
Pomroy Rufus, Otis. 3
Poor Daniel J , Gorham, Me. 15
Porter Charles S., South Boston. 23
Powers Dennis, South Abington. IS
Pratt Edward, New York. 15
Pratt E., Brewster. 4
Pratt Francis G., South Maiden. 28
Pratt Henry, Dudley. 6
Pratt Miner G., Andover. 27
Pratt Stillman, Middleboro'. 20
69
Prince John M., Georgetown. 7
Putnam Israel W., D. D., INIiddleboTo'. 5
Quint Alonzo H., Jamaica Plain. 23
Rand Asa, Ashburnham. 28
Raymond Stetson, Bridgewater. 5
Reed Andrew H., Mendon. 15
Reed Frederick A., Cohasset. 18
Renshaw C. S., Richmond. 2
Rich Alonzo B., Beverly. 8
Richards George, Boston. 22
Richardson Gilbert B., Douglas. 14
Richmond Thomas T., Boston. 15
Riddel Samuel H., Boston. 23
Roberts Jacob, Medway. 15, 19
Roberts James A., Berkley. 18, 19
Robinson Reuben T., Winchester. 26
Rockwood Samuel L., Hanson. 18
Rood Thomas H., Goshen. 12
Ropes William L., Wrentham. 15
Russell Ezekiel, East Randolph. 18
Sabin Lewis, Templeton. 28
Sanders Marshall D., Ceylon. 2
Sanford Baalis, East Bridgewater. 5
Sanford David, Medway. 15
Sanford Enoch, Raynham. 5
Sandford John, Tawnton. 24
Sanford William H., Boylston. 27
Sawyer Benjamin, Salisbury. 7
Seabury Edwin. 8
Searle Richard T., New Marlboro'. 3
Seeley R. H., Springfield. fO
Sessions Alexander J., Melrose. 26
Sewall Joiham B, Lynn. 21
Sewall Samuel, Burlington. 26
Seymour C. N., Whately. 12
Seymour Henry, Hawley. 9
Shedd W. G. T., Andover. 7
Sheldon Luther, D. D., Easton. 18
Sheldon Luther H., Westboro'. 14
Sleeper William T., Worcester. 27
Smith Edward P., Pepperell. 17
Smith Asa B., Buckland. 9
Smith Charles, Boston. 23
Smith John D., Berkley. 24
Smith Matson M., Brookline. 23
Smith Stephen S., Warren. 6
Snell Thomas, D. D., North Brookfield. 6
Snow Porter H., Baltimore, Md. 10
Southgate Robert, Ipswich. 7, 8
Southworth Tertius D., Rome, New York. 15
Spalding Samuel J., Newburyport. 7
Spear Charles V., Piusfiald. 16
Stearns Jesse G. D., Billerica. 26
Stearns William A., D. D., Amherst. 13, 22
Stone Andrew L., Boston. 23
Stone Cyrus, Boston. 4
Stone Rollin S., East Hampton. 12
Stone Timothy D. P., Norwich, Conn. 15
Storrs Richard S., D. D., Braintree. IS
Stowe Timothy, New Bedlbrd. 19
Stowell Abijah, Gardner. 23
Strong David A., South Deerfield. 9
Strong Stephen C, Southampton. 12
Sturtevant William H., Soulh Dennis. 4
Swallow Joseph E., Nantucket. 19
Sweetser Seth, D. D., Worcester. 27
Swift Edward Y., South Hadley. 13
Tappan Benjamin, Jr., Charlestowu. 22
Tarbox Increase N., Framingham. 16
Tarlton Joseph, North Chelsea. 21
Tatlock John, Williamstown. 2
Taylor John L., Andover. 1
Taylor Rufus, Manchester. 8
Teele Albert K., Milton. IS
Tenney Daniel, Brighton. 23
Tenney Francis V., By field. 7
Terry James P., Soulh Weymouth. 13
Thacher Isaiah C, Middleboro'. 19
Thayer Joseph, South Franklin. 15
Thayer William M., Franklin. 16
Thompson Augustus C, Roxbury. 23
Thompson Leander, West Amesbury. 7
Thompson Otis, North Abington. 5
Thurston Eli, Fall River. 24
Thurston R. B., Chicopee. 10
Timlov/ A. R., Newburyport. 7
Tisdale James, Shutesbury. 9
Todd John, D. D., Pittsfield. 2
Tolman Richard, Tewksbiiry. 1
Tolman Samuel H., Wilmington. 26
Tracy Joseph, Beverly. 21
Trask George, Filchburg. 17
Treat Selah B., Boston. 23
Tuck J. W., Ludlow. 10
Tucker Joshua T., Holliston. 15
Tupper Martyn, Hardwick. 6
Tyler William, Pawtucket. 13
Tyler W. H., Elizabethtown, N.J. 2
Uhler George, Curlisville, Stockbridge. 3
Utley Samuel, Hudson, N. Y. 3
Vaill J., D. D., Palmer. 10
Walker Horace D., East Abington. 18
Walker J. B. R., Holyoke. 11
Walker Townsend, Chester Village. II
Ward S. D., Feeding Hills. 11
Walerbury Jared B., D. D., Boston. 22
Webster, John C, Hopkinton. 16
Wellman Joshua W., Newton Corner. 23
Wells John H., Kingston, R. I. 4
Wheaton Levi, Gloucester. 8
Wheeler M. G., South Dartmouth. 19
70
White Isaac C, North Abington, 18
While Jacob, Orleans. 4
White Lyman, Easton. 18
White Morris E., Northampton. 18
Whiimore Zolva, Chester. 3, 11
Wliitney John, Wallham. "22
Wight Daniel, Jr., North Sciluate. 18
Wilcox Philo B., East Bridge-water. IS
Wilicox G. B., Lawrence. 1
Willcox William H., Reading. 26
Wilder H. A., South Africa. 2
Wilder Moses H., Harwich. 4
Willard Andrew J., Upton. 14
Willard John, Fairhaven. 19
Williams N. W., Shrewsbury. 27
Williams Thomas, Providence, R. 1. 15
Wilson Thomas, Stoughton. IS
Winchester Warren W., Clinton. 27
Winslow Hubbard, Geneva, N. Y. 22
Withinglon Leonard, D. D., Newburyport. 7
Wood Francis, Holland. 6
Wood Charles W., Ashby. 17
Woodbury J. J., North Ashburnham. 28
Woodbury James T., Milford. 15
Woodbury Samuel, Freetown. 24
Woodbridge John, D. D., Hadley. 13
Woodbridge Jonathan E., Auburndale. 23
Woodman Henry A., Newburyport. 7
Woodworth Charles L., Amherst. 13
Worcester Isaac R., Auburndale. 27
Worcester Samuel M., D. D., Salem. 21
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INDEX
Page.
Clergymen, list of, 65-70
Congregational Library Association, action regarding, 11, 12
Deaths of Clergymen, 24
Delegates TO CoEKESPDNDiNG Bodies, how annually appointed, . . 32
Delegates to Corresponding Bodies for 1857-8, 9
Exercises at Annual Meetings, action regarding, 7
Home Missions, action regarding, 7, 12
" " notice regarding, 62
Infant Baptism, action regarding, 13
Minutes of Session of 1857, 3-14
Minutes printed, how to be disposed of, 12
Narrative of the State of Religion, 19—24
Officers of the General Association, 1856-1S59, ..... 32
Pastoral Letter, 15 — 18
Place of Meeting, how annually selected, 31
Preacher, how annually elected, 31
Psalmody, action regarding 7, 10
Presbyterian churches, action regarding correspondence with, . . . 6, 8, 11
Rules of General Association, 26—30
Rules, revisal of and amendments to, .5,7,12
Session of 1858, place, preacher, etc., 8, 13
Slavery, action regarding, 12, 14
Statistics, action regarding, 14
" schedule for, 71
Statistical Tables for 1857, 33-61
" " explanations of, 33
" " remarks upon, 62-64
Temperance, action regarding, 8, 12
Tract Society, action regarding, 14
Treasurer's Report for 1856-7, 25
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MINUTES
ieneral ^Bsodalion nf 5Ias$at|u$elis,
AT THEIR FIFTY-SIXTH ANNUAL SESSION,
HELD IN DORCHESTER, JUNE, 1858.
WITH THE
PASTORAL LETTER,
NARRATIVE OF THE STATE OF RELIGION,
STATISTICS OF THE CHURCHES.
BOSTON:
CROCKER AND BREWSTER.
47 Washington Street.
1858.
MINUTES
§mml ^mtmWm of Passacljusdls,
AT THEIR FIFTY-SIXTH ANNUAL SESSION,
HELD IN DORCHESTER, JUNE, 1855
•WITH THE
PASTORAL LETTER,
NARRATIVE OF THE STATE OF RELIGION,
STATISTICS OF THE CHURCHES.
BOSTON:
CROCKER AND BREWSTER
47 Washington Street.
1858.
MINUTES.
The General Association of Massachusetts assembled
in the Second Congregational Church in Dorchester, on
Tuesday, June 22, 1858, at 4 o'clock, P. M. The delegates
were called to order by Rev. James H. Means; and Rev.
Edwin A. Bulkley was appointed Scribe, pro tern.
The following clergymen presented certificates of their
election as Delegates from District Associations, and
were enrolled as members : —
Andover, — David Oliphant, Caleb E. Fisher.
Berkshire North, — Moses M. Longley, John Jay Dana.
Berkshire South, — Nahum Gale.
Brewster, — Abel K. Packard, Martin S. Howard.
Brookfield, — Stephen S. Smith, Stephen G. Dodd.
Essex North, — James T. McCollom, Leonard S. Parker.
Essex South, — Ephraim W. Allen, James M. Bacon.
Franklin, — Matthew Kingman, Sereno D. Clark.
Hampden East, — Richard B. Thurston, Jeremy W. Tuck.
Hampden West, — Joel S. Bingham.
Hampshire, — None.
Hampshire East, — Edward P. Blodget, David Eastman.
Harmony, — Thomas C. Biscoe, Joshua L. Maynard.
Mendon, — James T. Woodbury, Andrew H. Reed.
Middlesex South, — Erastus Dickinson, Levi A. Field.
Middlesex Union, — Edwin A. Bulkley.
Norfolk,— Philo B. Wilcox, Nelson Clark.
Old Colony, — Melancthon G. Wheeler, Wheelock Craig.
Plymouth, — Timothy G.Brainerd, Baalis Sanford. [See p. 6.]
Salem, — Joseph Tracy, Jotham B. Sewall.
Suffolk North, — George W. Blagden, D. D., James B. Miles.
Suffolk South,— Henry M. Dexter, Joshua W. Wellman.
Taunton, — Samuel Woodbury, Robert Carver.
Vineyard Sound, — Thomas W. Duncan, Ebenezer Burgess.
Woburn, — Alexander J. Sessions.
Worcester Central, — Wm. H. Sanford, Seth Sweetser, D. D.
Worcester North, — Lewis Sabin, D. D., Cyrus W. Allen.
Also, Mass. Home Miss. Soc, — Henry B. Hooker, D. D.
And ex-officiis, — James H. Means, and Alonzo H. Quint.
The following, who had represented the Association in
corresponding bodies during the past year, were enrolled as
Honorary Members :
John H. Bisbee, delegate to General Association of New
Hampshire.
Christopher Cushing, delegate to General Association of
Connecticut and Oregon.
George M. Adams, delegate to the General Conference of
Maine.
And the following clergymen were elected Honorary Mem-
bers :
Theodore T. Munger, of Dorchester.
Albert K. Teele, of Milton.
Thomas Pullar, of Glasgow, Scotland.
Israel E. Dwinell, of Salem.
Joseph S. Clark, D. D., of West Newton.
Joseph A. Copp, of Chelsea.
John L. Seymour, of Taylor's Falls, Minnesota.
The following clergymen were present as Delegates from
Corresponding Bodies :
General Conference of Maine, — Joseph Loring.
General Association of New Hampshire, — -William T.
Savage.
General Convention of Vermont, — Solomon P. Giddings.
Evangelical Consociation of Rhode Island, — A. Hunting-
ton Clap p.
General Association of Connecticut, — David S. Brainerd.
General Association of New York, — Jonathan Edwards.
General Conference of Ohio, — Charles W. Torrey.
General Association of Michigan, — Stephen S. N. Greeley.
General Association of Illinois, — George S. F. Savage.
Presbyterian and Congregational Convention of Wiscon-
sin,— Samuel D. Darling.
General Association of Iowa, — John C. Holbrook.
Presbyterian General Assembly, — James W. McLane, D. D.
ORGANIZATION.
Rev. James T. Woodbury, of Milford, was chosen Mode-
rator; Rev. Edwin A. Bulkley, of Groton, Scribe; and Rev.
Ephraim W. Allen, of Salem, Assistant Scribe. In the ab-
sence of the Secretary, Rev. Alonzo H. Quint, of Jamaica
Plain, was appointed Secretary pro tern.
Prayer was offered by the Moderator.
The Rules of the Association were read by the Secretary
pro tem.
The following Committees were appointed:
On Nominations : — Rev. Messrs. Quint, Smith of Warren,
and McCollom.
On Credentials : — Rev. Messrs. Dana, Dickinson of Sud-
bury, and Fisher of Andover.
On Arrangements : — Rev. Messrs. Means, Carver, and Par-
ker of Haverhill.
On Accounts : — Rev. Messrs. Packard, and Craig.
On Narrative of the State of Religion: — Drs. Blagden, and
Sabin, and Rev. Mr. Sewall of Lynn.
On Nomination of Delegates to Corresponding Bodies : —
Rev. Messrs. Dexter, Smith of Warren, and Maynard.
AMENDMENT TO RULES.
Certain amendments to the Rules were proposed, and or-
dered to be read a second time to-morrow.
The Committee upon Credentials made a report, which
was adopted.
The Committee of Arrangements reported regarding the
evening service and the time of sessions for Wednesday;
which report was adopted.
After prayer by Rev. Thomas Pullar of the Congregational
Church of Scotland, the Association adjourned, to meet at
7^ o'clock, for divine service.
7^ o'clock^ P. M. The Association met for public worship,
when a sermon in behalf of the Home Missionary cause was
preached by Rev. John Jay Dana, of South Adams, from
Genesis xiii : 13; the devotional exercises were conducted by
Rev. Daniel P. Noyes of the American Home Missionary So-
ciety. A collection was taken up, amounting to $28 00.
The Association adjourned, to meet on Wednesday morn-
ing at 9 o'clock, — notice being given of a meeting for prayer
at 8 o'clock.
Wednesday, A. M., 9 o^ clock. The Association met accord-
ing to adjournment, — the preceding hour having been occu-
pied in devotional exercises. The roll was called ; prayer
was offered by Rev. Samuel D. Darling; and the minutes of
the previous day were read and approved.
PLYMOUTH ASSOCIATION.
The Committee on Credentials reported Rev. Messrs. Tim-
othy G. Brainerd, and Baalis Sanford as Delegates from the
Plymouth Association, a new body composed of the former
Pilgrim and Bridgewater Associations ; — which body the As-
sociation voted to recognize, and to enrol its Delegates.
AMENDMENTS.
The Amendments to Rules ordered to a second reading
were taken up and adopted as follows:
To unite Sections 4 and 5 in Article HI, and amend so as
to read ; —
" The preachers of the Home Missionary and Associational
Sermons, — the chairmen of committees attending to present
reports, — the delegates, who the preceding year attended the
corresponding bodies, to which they were sent, and such
others, as the Association, upon recommendation of the Com-
mittee of Arrangements, may vote to admit, shall have seats
as Honorary Members, and shall be allowed full liberty to
take part in all deliberations, though they shall not be entitled
to vote."
To insert before Section 1, Article IX; —
" At each meeting of the Association, a Committee on Cre-
dentials shall be appointed."
To insert between Sections 5 and 6, Article IX ; —
" A Committee to be chosen from the several Associations
in rotation, shall be appointed to prepare a Schedule of Ques-
tions for the next meeting, which they shall furnish to the
Secretary,, to be published with the notices of the session."
RESIGNATION, AND ELECTION OF SECRETARY.
Rev. Emerson Davis, D. D., by letter, resigned his place as
Secretary of the Association. His resignation was accepted,
and thanks voted to him for his long and faithful services.
Rev. Alonzo H. Quint, of Jamaica Plain, was elected
Secretary.
treasurer's report.
The Treasurer's Report was read and referred to the Com-
mittee on Accounts.
reports of delegates to CORRESPONDING BODIES.
Reports of attendance in person were made by the follow-
ing brethren : —
Rev. John H. Bisbee, delegate to the General Association
of New Hampshire.
Rev: Christopher Cushing, delegate to the General Associ-
ation of Connecticut.
Rev. George M. Adams, delegate to the General Confer-
ence of Maine.
Rev. John P. Cleveland, D. D., and Rev. John C. Paine re-
ported by letter their attendance upon the Evangelical Con-
sociation of Rhode Island.
SALUTATIONS.
The Association received salutations of delegates from
Corresponding Bodies, as follows :
Rev. William T. Savage, from the General Association of
New Hampshire.
Rev. David S. Brainerd, from the General Association of
Connecticut.
Rev. Solomon P. Giddings, from the General Convention
of Vermont.
Rev. George S. F. Savage, from the General Agsociation
of Illinois.
Rev. John C. Holbrook, from the General Association of
Iowa.
Rev. A. Huntington Clapp, from the Evangelical Conso-
ciation of Rhode Island.
Rev. Charles W. Torrey, from the General Conference of
Ohio.
Rev. Joseph Loring, from the General Conference of
Maine.
Rev. Samuel D. Darling, from the Presbyterian and Con-
gregational Convention of Wisconsin.
Rev. Stephen S. N. Greeley, from the General Association
of Michigan.
Rev. James W. McLane, D. D., from the Presbyterian
General Assembly.
Rev. Jonathan Edwards, from the General Association of
New York.
Rev. Martin Kellogg of the General Association of Califor-
nia, and Rev. Reuben Gaylord of the Congregational Asso-
ciation of Nebraska also addressed the Association by letter.
DELEGATES TO CORRESPONDING BODIES.
The Committee to nominate Delegates to Corresponding
Bodies reported the following list, which was adopted:
To the Presbyterian General Assembly :
Primaries, Ariel E. P. Perkins, Andrew L. Stone.
Substitutes, Stephen G. Dodd, Henry M. Dexter.
To the General Conference of Maine :
Primaries, Aaron M. Colton, Thomas W. Duncan.
Substitutes, Stephen C. Strong, Reuben T. Robinson.
To the General Association of New Hampshire :
Primaries, Rowland Ayres, Ebenezer Cutler.
Substitutes, Lewis F. Clark, John F. Norton.
To the General Convention of Vermont :
Primaries, Timothy A. Hazen, Nahum Gale.
Substitutes, Edwin A. Bulkley, Edmund K. Alden.
To the Evangelical Consociation of Rhode Island :
Primaries, Samuel Hunt, N. H. Griffin.
Substitutes, Elias Nason, John Todd, D. D.
To the General Association of Connecticut :
Primaries, Daniel H. Babcock, Anson McLoud.
To the General Association of New York :
Primaries, Thomas C. Biscoe, Marcus Ames.
Substitutes, David Sanford, Richard Tolman.
To the General Conference of Ohio :
Primaries, James T. McCollom, Jonas B. Clark.
Substitutes, James M. Hoppin, James M. Bacon.
To the General Association of Illinois :
Primaries, Charles Lord, Augustus C. Thompson.
Substitutes, Jeremy W. Tuck, Mortimer Blake.
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To the General Association of Michigan :
Primaries, Gordon Hall, Elihu P. Marvin.
Substitutes, Edward S. Dwight, S. S. Ashley.
To the Presbyterian and Congregational Convention of
Wisconsin :
Primaries, Otis Lombard, Bronson B. Beardsley.
Substitutes, Abel K. Packard, Horace D. WalUer.
To the General Association of Iowa :
Primaries, John J. Dana, J. B. R, Walker.
Substitutes, Joel S. Bingham, William Bates.
To the General Associations of Kansas and Minnesota:
Primaries, Thomas Wilson, Wheelock Craig.
Substitutes, Isaiah C. Thatcher, Ebenezer Alden, Jr.
To the General Associations of Oregon and California:
Primaries, Parsons Cooke, D. D., Leonard Withing-
ton, D. D.
Substitutes, Daniel T. Fiske, Edwin H. Nevin.
To the Congregational Union of Canada :
Primaries, John H. Gurney, George M. Adams.
Substitutes, Joshua W. Wellman, Sereno D. Clark.
To the Congregational Association of Nebraska: [See p. 11.]
Primaries, Amos Blanchard, D. D., Swift Byington.
Substitutes, Martin S. Howard, Roswell Foster.
To the Congregational Union of England and Wales :
Primaries, Israel E. Dwinell, Robert Crawford.
Also Voted, that in case these two last named brethren, or
either of them, should fijid themselves probably unable to re-
present this body, the Secretary of this Association be en-
trusted with discretionary power, to issue a certificate of dele-
gateship, to any brother or brethren, members of Associations
connected with this body, who may be intending to be in
Europe at the time of the meetings of the Congregational
Union, and can make it convenient to attend its sessions.
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CONGREGATIONALISM AT THE WEST,
Voted, To adopt the following Preainble and Resolution of
the Albany Congregational Convention of 1862, as expressive
of the sentiments of the General Association of Massachu-
setts, on the subject to which they relate : —
Whereas, for several years insinuations and charges, of
heresy in doctrine, and of disorder in practice, have been
made against the Congregationalists of the West, frequently
too vague in their character, and too sweeping and general in
their aim, to admit of refutation, and
Whereas, Congregationalism at the West has thereby suf-
fered greatly in the estimation of Congregationalists in New
England, and of many other Christians, therefore
Resolved, That it is the duty of Congregationalists to
frown upon all such accusations, unless their authors or abet-
tors, will make specific allegations and hold themselves re-
sponsible for the same.
Adjourned, after prayer by Rev. John L. Seymour, to meet
at 2 o'clock, P. M.
Wednesday, 2, P. M. Met according to adjournment;
prayer v\^as offered by Rev. Stephen S. N. Greeley.
The Congregational Association of Nebraska was admitted
as a Corresponding Body.
NARRATIVES OF THE STATE OF RELIGION.
The Association listened to the reports of the state of re-
ligion in the various district Associations, and to a report from
the Statistical Secretary.
PASTORAL LETTER.
The Pastoral Letter was read by Rev. John H. Bisbee of
\ Worth! ngton, and ordered to be printed.
After singing, a recess often minutes was taken.
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DISCUSSION.
The session being resumed, the Association entered upon
the discussion of the assigned topic : — " How shall the revival
of religion, which has enlarged and refreshed the churches, be
made available to the continued advancement and prosperity
of the kingdom of Christ ?"
The following three questions occupied the Association till
5 J o'clock :
" Does the present revival indicate that the social prayer-
meeting may be made more efficient than heretofore, as an
instrument for the conversion of sinners?"
" How can the fruits of this revival be most successfully
consecrated to the increase of missionaries, and the enlarge-
ment of the missionary work ?"
"Is there anything in the recent phases of religious expe-
rience, which calls for a more careful and thorough inculca-
tion of Christian doctrine ?"
After prayer by Rev. George W. Blagden, D. D., adjourned
to 7J o'clock, P. M.
Wednesday evenings 7j o'clock. Met according to adjourn-
ment. Prayer was offered by Rev. Israel W. Putnam, D. D.,
and a hymn was sung.
Rev. Messrs. Henry M. Dexter, James H. Means, and (ex-
ofHcio) Alonzo H. Quint were appointed a Committee of
Publication.
APPOINTMENTS FOR THE SESSION OF 1859.
Voted, That the session of 1859 be held in Pittsfield, with
the South Church ; that Rev. Israel W. Putnam, D. D., of
Middleboro', be Substitute Preacher on Home Missions, Rev.
Israel E. Dwinell, of Salem, being Primary; — that the Asso-
ciational preacher be appointed by Middlesex South Associa-
tion ; — that Rev. Messrs. Robert McEwen of Enfield, Edward
S. Dwight of Amherst, and Edward P. Blodget of Greenwich,
prepare the Pastoral Letter for 1859 ; — and that Rev. Messrs.
Eden B. Foster of Lowell, Elijah P. Barrows of Andover, and
Richard Tolman of Tewksbury, prepare the schedule of Ques-
tions for discussion at the next session.
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DISCUSSION.
The discussion begun in the afternoon was resumed with
the following questions :
" How shall the lay influence, so prominently called out, be
made permanently helpful ?"
"Does this revival yield any instruction in reference to the
best method of bringing the power of the church to bear
upon the conversion of men — especially those who neglect
the public means of grace ?"
" How can this revival be made to produce a higher stand-
ard of practical righteousness in church members ?"
Rev. Messrs. Henry M. Dexter of Boston, A. Huntington
Clapp of Providence, R. I., and Nahum Gale of Lee, severally
made remarks upon these, and were followed by other breth-
ren, till half past nine o'clock.
AMENDMENT.
The following amendment to the 4th section of the VH
Rule was proposed and ordered to a second reading :
After "Delegates from Corresponding Bodies," in line
fourth, insert " who shall be expected to confine their remarks
within ten minutes."
After singing, and prayer by Rev. Sewall Harding, the As-
sociation adjourned till 9 o'clock, Thursday morning.
Thursday, 9, A. M. The Association met at the hour ap-
pointed, having spent an hour in devotional exercises. Prayer
was offered by Rev. Josiah Ballard ; the roll was called ; and
the minutes of the previous day approved.
AMENDMENT.
The amendment to Rule VH, ordered to a second read-
ing was taken up and adopted.
ACCOUNTS.
The report of the Committee on Accounts was presented
and adopted.
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UNACCREDITED MINISTERS.
Voted, As cases have occurred, in which churches have
been deceived, by those claiming to be Gospel Ministers, —
Therefore, we advise all the Churches of our denomination
in this State, to be on their guard, and admit no one to offi-
ciate among them, who cannot show his name upon our
Minutes, or other satisfactory testimonials of his regular
licensure, or standing in the ministry.
BENEVOLENT SOCIETIES.
Rev. Sewall Harding of the Congregational Board of Pub-
lication, Rev. Israel P. Warren of the American Seamen's
Friend Society, Rev. J. Q. A. Edgell of the Society for the
Promotion of Collegiate and Theological Education at the
West, and Rev. Isaac P. Langworthy of the American Con-
gregational Union, were heard in behalf of the operations of
the Societies which they represent.
TEMPERANCE.
Rev. Joseph Tracy of the Committee on Temperance, ap-
pointed in 1857, read a report; its closing resolutions were
adopted as follows :
Resolved, That, encouraged and rendered grateful to God,
as we are by the past success of the Temperance Cause, we
still believe, that the evils and sins of Intemperance demand
continued and greatly increased efforts, in the pulpit, the
family, and Sabbath-school, as well as in other lawful and
available methods, for their removal.
Resolved, That the permajient success of the Temperance
Reformation cannot be realized upon merely secular grounds,
and in the judgment of this Association, the great present
need of the cause, is to be restored to, and carried forward
upon, the principles of the Bible.
Resolved, That a Committee of three persons be appointed,
to have this subject in charge, and report at the next annual
meeting.
Rev. Messrs. Joseph Tracy of Beverly, John C. Webster of
Hopkinton, and Abijah P. Marvin of Winchendon, were ap-
pointed said Committee.
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HOME MISSIONS.
The Report of the Committee on Home Missions appoint-
ed in 1857, was read by Rev. Joseph A. Copp, and referred to
Rev. Seth Svveetser, D. D., and Rev. Messrs. Andrew L.
Stone, James T. Woodbmy, Joshua W. Weliman, and Se-
reno D. Clark, as a Committee to confer on the whole subject
with the Executive Committee of the Massachusetts Home
Missionary Society, and express to them the evident senti-
ments of this body.
It was also Votecl^ That the Report be entrusted to the
Publishing Committee, to condense and improve it, with the
concurrence of the author, so far as may be necessary; and
to publish and circulate it as a tract, if the means can be pro-
cured to defray the expense.
WESTERN COLLEGIATE EDUCATION.
Resolved^ 1. That this Association cordially approves of
the resolution adopted at the late special meeting of the
Board of Directors of the Society for the Promotion of Colle-
giate and Theological Education at the West, and which
was in these words, viz : Resolved, " That in the judgment
of this Board, the churches connected with the denominations
which cooperate in this Society, can render no more effectual
service to the cause of Christian learning at the West, than
to furnish the means for the speedy completion of the final
effort in behalf of Colleges in States east of the Mississippi."
Resolved, 2. That it be earnestly recommended to the
churches connected with this body, to do their just share of
what is necessary for the completion of this work.
Resolved, 3. That a regard to their own highest interests,
and to the evangelization of the West, requires also on the
part of these churches a prompt and liberal response to the
appeals of the Society in behalf of younger Institutions west
of the Mississippi.
TRACT SOCIETY.
The following was adopted, by a vote of 35 ayes, to
7 noes :
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Resolved^ That the recent action of the American Tract
Society at Boston, meets with our hearty approval, and we
especially commend the Society to the confidence and sup-
port of all our churches. j
NARRATIVE.
Rev. George W. Blagden, D. D., read the Narrative, which
was adopted, and ordered to be published with the Minutes.
After prayer by Rev. Joseph Loring, adjourned to meet at
2, P. M., for divine service.
Thursday, 2, P. M. The Association met at the hour of
adjournment for public services.
The Associational Sermon was preached by Rev. Joel S.
Bingham of Westfield, from 1 John iv : 9, — Rev. George W.
Blagden, D. D., of Boston, assisting in the devotional ser-
vices.
The Lord's Supper was administered by Rev. George S.
F. Savage of Illinois, and Rev. James W. M'Lane, D. D,, of
New York.
VOTE OF THANKS.
Voted., That the cordial thanks of this body be hereby ten-
dered to the Pastor, Church, and Society, with whom this
meeting is held, for their generous hospitalities, and for their
thoughtful eflbrts to secure the convenience and profit of this
session of the General Association.
After singing, and prayer by Rev. Daniel L. Furber, the
Association adjourned, sine die.
J. T. WOODBURY, Moderator.
Edwin A. Bulkley, Scribe.
Ephraim W. Allen, Assistant Scribe.
PASTORAL ADDRESS.
Dear Brethren, —
In this our Annual Address, we would first of all invite
you to unite with us' in devout thanksgiving and praise to
God, for the spiritual blessings received the past year. He
hath surely wrought wonders among the people. " He hath
done great things for us, whereof we are glad." Though for-
mer periods have been blessed with numerous and extensive
revivals of religion, yet it is believed that never since the set-
tlement of this country, has there been so extensive and gen-
eral a refreshing from the presence of the Lord as during the
past year. In this we recognize the power and grace of God
— his power in the subjugation of rebel hearts to himself —
his grace in renewing and sanctifying them for his service.
In view of this great and glorious work, we would humbly
say, " Not unto us, O Lord, not unto us, but unto thy name
give glory, for thy mercy and for thy truth's sake." Such
special spiritual blessings demand corresponding gratitude
from every follower of the Lord Jesus Christ. All who have
ever tasted and seen that the Lord is gracious should " praise
him for his goodness and for his wonderful works to the
children of men."
In the next place, we would affectionately and earnestly ex-
hort you to guard against spiritual declension. Revivals are
too often followed by a lamentable reaction. The love of
many cools, their zeal abates, and their labors for Christ and
his cause are partially, if not wholly, suspended. Occasion is
thus given for the enemies of the cross of Christ to speak re-
proachfully of these precious seasons of refreshing, and to call
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them temporary human excitements, instead of the work of
God. Thus religion in general sufters, Christ is "wounded
in the house of his friends." To avoid such declension we
exhort you to cultivate a sense of dependence on God. " We
are" not " sufficient of ourselves to think anything as of our-
selves, but our sufficiency is of God." Rely on him and not
trust to your own strength. Abound in prayer. Pray earn-
estly, importunately, and " without ceasing."
Be watchful. Exercise a constant jealousy of your own
hearts. Guard against secret faults as well as presumptuous
sins. Be vigilant respecting temptations from without. The
world, the flesh, and the devil, will do their utmost to draw
you from duty and from God, and to cheat your souls out of
heaven. Ever be ready to say to these, " Why should the
work cease whilst I leave it and come down to you ?"
We exhort you not only to avoid a retrograde course, but
more than this. We would not have you stationary in re-
ligion. The Christian life is one of progress. It is a growth
from the feebleness of infancy at the new birth "unto a per-
fect man, unto the measure of the stature of the fulness of
Christ." " Grow in grace." Go on from one degree of piety
to another, never satisfied with the attainments made until
you awake in the perfect likeness of God. To this end hold
firmly the faith once " delivered to the saints." Be not " tossed
about by every wind of doctrine." Cleave to the Bible as the
word of God. This is eternal truth. The sincere milk of the
word is that by which ye may grow. It is food to the soul,
nourishing and strengthening. Without daily supplies of this,
your piety will be sickly and effeminate. With this, by the
grace of God, you may grow in every Christian grace.
Engage in every good work — " always abounding in the
work of the Lord." The Christian has something to do as
well as to receive. He is not called into the kingdom of
Christ merely to enjoy in this life, and receive a crown of glory
hereafter, but to live for Christ and to labor in the vineyard
of his Master. That labor is to continue, not for a day or a
week, but for life. He should therefore gird himself up for
continuance in the work of the Lord, until, removed by death,
he shall receive that blessed sentence, " Well done, good and
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faithful servant, enter thou into the joy of thy Lord." " Breth-
ren be not weary in well doing."
We entreat you to let the fruits of piety be manifest in
your daily life, and by all your actions. By your fruits you
will be known. If the recent work of grace in the churches
be genuine, as we believe it is, we have a right to expect
from you increased activity and energy in every thing per-
taining to the advancement of the Redeemer's kingdom on
the earth. We look for a higher tone of morality in general,
and a more sacred regard to all the commandments of God.
The purifying effect of grace in the heart will be manifest in
the outward life. Let that supposed piety which does not thus
exhibit itself be at once distrusted and discarded. " Hereby
do we know that we know him [Christ] if we keep his com-
mandments. He that saith I know him and keepeth not his
commandments is a liar and the truth is not in him." " He
that saith he abideth in him ought himself also so to walk
even as he walked."
As a fruit of the revival we expect of you increased efforts
in behalf of the various objects of benevolence presented to
you. The spirit of Christ is one of love and good will to men.
It is manifested by labors, and sacrifices, and self-denials, for
their temporal and eternal welfare. " If any man have not the
spirit of Christ he is none of his." " This commandment have
we from him, that he who loveth God love his brother also."
We exhort you therefore to prove the sincerity of your love to
God by your acts of benevolence to fellow men. " The poor
you always have with you, and whenever you will you may
do them good," in body and in soul, for time and for eternity.
Times and opportunities are not wanting for the performance
of deeds of benevolence. There are bodies to be fed and
clothed and released from manacles and chains, minds to be
instructed, elevated and refined, and souls to be saved from
sin and its everlasting consequences. Physical, intellectual,
and moral want, woe, and suffering, every where abound. The
field for benevolent effort is the world. " Whoso hath this
world's goods, and seeth his brother have need, and shutteth
up his bowels of compassion from him, how dwelleth the love
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of God in liim ?" The professed people of God should always
be ready for every good word and work. They should not only
cooperate, but take the lead, in every plan and effort which
legitimately tenSsto meliorate the condition of man, to relieve
the distressed, to elevate the degraded, to secure to all classes
and conditions of individuals their rights, and to benefit and
bless our race for this life and for the next. They should be
foremost in every missionary, reformatory, and philanthropic
effort, and thus guide and control the world, rather than be led
and governed by the world. It is a humiliating spectacle
when the nominal Church of Christ is seen to be behind the
men of the world in their manifestations of love and good will
to our race. It furnishes the enemies of the cross of Christ
with their strongest argument against our holy religion. The
Church is declared to be the salt of the earth, and the light of
the world. Brethren, let your light shine out before men in
your life and deeds. Oppose sin every where, and in every
form, and by whomsoever committed. Stand up boldly against
it, whether it appear in the form of intemperance, or licentious-
ness, or slavery, or anything else. We expect, the world ex-
pects, and all have a right to expect, that if the recent revival
is the work of God, its blessed influence will be seen in in-
creased efforts for the suppression and removal of all these,
and their kindred evils. Let effort be made to reclaim the
suicidal slaves of intemperance and lust, that they may "sit
clothed and in their right mind ;" in behalf of the millions in
our land who are held in bondage, wearing the galling chains
of slavery, that they may be raised to the enjoyment of their
natural rights, and more than all become freemen in the Lord.
Send to the thousands of millions of perishing heathen the
bread of life, and the cup of salvation. " Do good to all men."
Thus will you show to the world that you have been taught
in the school of Christ, and have imbibed much of his heaven-
ly spirit.
" Finally, brethren, whatsoever things are true, whatsoever
things are honest, whatsoever things are just, whatsoever
things are pure, whatsoever things are lovely, whatsoever
things are of good report, if there be any virtue, if there be
any praise think on these things."
NARRATIVE OF THE STATE OF RELIGION.
It is pleasing to write an account of the state of religion
among our churches, when we have been favored with the
gracious blessings of God, as we have been during the past
and the present year. There has been a general interest in
religion in all ovir Associations. , In some of the churches and
congregations it has been very deep and extensive: in all of
them it has been greater than is usual. We may reasonably
hope for a very large accession to the numbers and the influ-
ence of the disciples of our Lord, as the result of these bles-
sings. In some cases the new converts to Jesus are already
uniting with his churches.
The cause of these blessed effects has not been human, but
is to be traced to the influence of the Holy Spirit, in connec-
tion with the providence and word of God, and particularly
in connection with meetings for social prayer. We draw
from these facts new motives for cherishing a deeper convic-
tion of our entire dependence upon God, — accompanied as a
true dependence ever must be with the ever hopeful, yet hum-
ble, energies and strong emotions of an unceasing activity.
We are taught by them, also, the reasonableness and the im-
portance of an habitual acknowledgment of the sublime sov-
ereignty of God ; by which we mean not that our infinitely
perfect Lord ever acts without the highest and best reasons ;
but that these reasons are, for the most part, unknown to us ;
and that particularly they exclude the idea of our merit.
" Not unto us, O Lord, not unto us, but unto thy name give
glory, for thy mercy, and for thy truth's sake."
In attempting to trace some of the secondary causes by
which the gracious spirit of God has produced this wide-
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spread interest in religion, we cannot fail to notice and specify
that solemn conviction of the utter inadequacy of the posses-
sions of this world to satisfy the highest and noblest desires
of the spirit of men, which has been occasioned by the great
prostration of the energies of trade, produced by the error of
making haste to be rich ; and illustrating very vividly the
truth that they that will be rich, fall into temptation and a
snare, and into many foolish and hurtful lusts, which drown
men in destruction and perdition. " For the love of money
is the root of all evil ; which, while some coveted after, they
have erred from the faith, and pierced themselves through
with many sorrows."
We are happy to state that the reports received from the
delegates to our Association from other ecclesiastical bodies,
with whom we enjoy the privileges of a fraternal and chris-
tian intercourse, show that they also have been blessed as we
have been. Our brethren from New Hampshire, Connecticut,
Vermont, Illinois, Iowa, Rhode Island, Ohio, Maine, Wis-
consin, Michigan, New York, and our esteemed brother who
has come to us as a delegate from the New School General
Assembly of the Presbyterian Church, all agree in speaking
of the progress of the gospel, in most, if not in all their
congregations. And another, and very interesting feature of
the good work has been that there has been a flowing to-
gether of the sympathies of various different denominations
of evangelical Christians, who have, in a remarkable degree,
mingled their prayers and efforts together in promoting the
work of their common Lord and Saviour, and rejoicing in its
progress. It has been well nigh literally true, that " the inhab-
itants of one city " have gone " to another, saying, Let us
go speedily to pray before the Lord, and to seek the Lord
of hosts."
We have never known a time when there were so many
and such encouraging indications of the quick approach of
the period, indicated by prophecy, when there shall be a
rapid and extensive reception of the gospel by great multi-
tudes of men, as we have seen in that through which we
have been passing during the last few months. And why
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should it be thought a thing unreasonable or wonderful by
us, that those strong and ardent desires and emotions, and
those noble faculties and powers of the human mind, which
have so long exercised themselves and wasted their strength
amid the unsatisfying objects and schemes of earth and time,
should, under the special influences of the truth and spirit of
God, begin, like a pure flame bursting from the rumbling
and agitated bowels of a volcano, to mount tov^ards heaven !
How long, O Lord, how long, ere thy kingdom shall come ;
and thy will be done in earth, as it is in heaven I Even so,
come Lord Jesus, come quickly !
The report from one of our Associations has said that it
has been a characteristic of the exercises of mind developed
in many who seem to give good evidence that they have
passed from spiritual death unto life, by their repentance for
sin, and faith in Christ, during this season of deep interest
in religious truth and duty, that their convictions of sin, and
its exceeding evil, have not been so distressing, at any one
period of their progress to the Cross, as has often, if not al-
ways, been the fact, in those seasons of revival we have wit-
nessed, or read of, in former times. And a suggestion has
been made that this may be satisfactorily accounted for, by
the increased and increasing degree of religious instruction
given in our Sabbath schools directly from the Bible ; thus
making their convictions of sin not less real and powerful,
but connecting them more habitually and gradually with the
love and mercy of God in Christ, as revealed in the Bible ;
and with the essential simplicity of the first acts of genuine
faith in Jesus, as a Saviour, as it is exhibited in the affecting
illustrations of it given in the gospels — particularly in such an
one as that presented by Christ himself, in his own memora-
ble words : " As Moses lifted up the serpent in the wilderness,
even so must the Son of man be lifted up, that whosoever be-
lieveth in him should not perish, but have eternal life."
However this may be, or whatever theory we may adopt
respecting the fact in question ; or even if the entire correct-
ness of the aZ/e^e^ /ac^ itself be doubted; it certainly gives
good occasion for the inference that, as preachers of the gos-
pel, we should be watchful and prayerful in giving to all the
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members of our churches, and particularly to the lambs of our
flocks, the clearest and most faithful doctrinal instruction.
The whole subject of the exceeding evil of any and of every
sin, in whatever form it be committed, as including in itself
the essential element of all evil, whatever may be its apparent
degree of enormity, was ever presented and pressed as a truth
of the highest, most comprehensive, and solemn import, by
Christ and his apostles, particularly by the apostle Paul. And
we know of no one truth, especially when we consider it in
its connection with its necessarily affiliated doctrines, more
important to be pressed with power on all who profess and
call themselves Christians, and on our own consciences and
hearts, in this, our day. It is universally important to the
formation of genuine Christian character, and the guidance
of Christian conduct, both in striving to reprove sin in others,
and to repent of it, and forsake it, ourselves.
The instruction given in the Sabbath schools in all our
churches and societies, is doing much to promote the intelli-
gence and activity of professors of religion, and to awaken an
-interest in religion among our children and youth ; while in
many cases, we have reason to believe, it sows seeds of truth
in the heart, which, though " buried long in dust," shall " not
deceive the hope," in coming years.
The tendency of the times also towards the promotion of a
more efficient and intelligent cooperation of the members of
our churches with their ministers and officers, in commending
the truth to the consciences of men, and doing them good, as
we have opportunity, is one among the most encouraging
signs, which are now awakening the attention, and stimu-
lating the efforts of the disciples of our Lord.
Five of our brethren, in the course of the year, have been
called home, to be here no more. Three of these were aged,
and well-tried soldiers of the Cross, and have been taken to
their rest, like sheaves ripe for the harvest. Another was in
middle life, and another in the morning of his ministerial ex-
istence. These events admonish us that no period of our
lives is free from the approach of death ; that each one of us
should be always ready; working while the day lasts; for
" the night cometh in which no man can work."
TREASURER'S REPORT.
General Association of Massachusetts,
In account with Emerson Davis, Treasurer.
Dr.
1857.
July. To Balance due Treasurer from old account, . . . $42 27
Sept. " Cash paLd Express and Postage, 75
1858.
Jzme 25. " Cash paid Crocker and Brewster for printing Minutes
for 1857, 800 copies, 150 00
" " " for postage on do. . 14 21
" " " for printing Schedules, 3 00
" " Statistical Secretary's bill for Express and Postage, 9 50
" " " " printing Circulars, 2 00
Balance paid new Treasurer, 3 27
Cr.
1858.
May. By tax of Bridgewater Association, assessed in 1856, . 3 50
June 24. " taxes assessed in 1857, in full, 221 50
$225 00 $225 00
The Committee on Accounts report that they have examiued the Treasurer's Report,
and find it correct, and that there is a balance in the treasury of $3 27.
The Committee recommend a tax of 50 cents to be levied upon each of the members
of District Associations residing in the State, except such as are superannuated.
A. K. PACKARD,
WHEELOCK CRAIG,
Committee.
June 24, 1858.
[Adopted and ordered to be published.]
Notice. — The Treasurers and Delegates of the District Associations will notice that
taxes are levied upon all members of Associations except such as reside out of this
State or are superannuated. Attention is also called to Article IX, Section 3, and to
Article XI, of the Rules.
ALONZO H. QUINT, Treasurer.
RULES OF THE ASSOCIATION.
1. Doctrinal Basis. — The Associations by which the General Asso-
ciation of Massachusetts was originally organized, agreed to admit, and
this Association continues to admit, as articles of faith, the doctrines of
Christianity, as they are generally expressed in the Assembly's Shorter
Catechism ; and the above-mentioned doctrines, understood by us to be
distinctly those which, from the beginning, have been embraced by the
churches of New England as the doctrines of the Gospel, are considered
as the basis of our union.
II. Denominational Basis, and Object. — This General Associa-
tion is founded on the principles of Congregationalism, and wholly dis-
claims ecclesiastical jurisdiction over the churches or the opinions of in-
dividuals. Its object is, to promote brotherly harmony and intercourse
among the ministers of Christ ; — to obtain religious information relative
to the state of their churches, and of the Christian church in this country
and throughout the world ; — and to cooperate with one another, and with
other ecclesiastical bodies, in the most eligible measures for advancing
the cause of truth and holiness.
III. Members. — 1. Each District Association in Massachusetts, con-
senting to the principles of this Union as stated in the first article, may
appoint two delegates annually, to compose this General Association;
and it is recommended, that one be appointed who attended the pre-
ceding year.
2. The Secretary, the Statistical Secretary, and the minister of the
church where the Association meet, shall have seats, and act as mem-
bers ; the Associations to which they belong retaining the right to elect
their number of Delegates in addition.
3. The principle of the connection formed with the Massachusetts
Missionary Society is, that said Society may annually appoint two dele-
gates to this body, who shall be admitted to equal privileges with the
members from the District Associations.
4. The preachers of the Home Missionary and Associational Sermons,
the chairmen of committees attending to present reports, the delegates
who, within the preceding year, attended the meetings of the correspond-
ing bodies to which they were sent, and such others as the Association,
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upon the recommendation of the Committee of Arrangements, may vote
to admit, shall have seats as Honorary Members, and shall be allowed
full liberty to take part in all delibeiations, but they shall not be entitled
to vote.
IV. Meeting. — 1. The several Associations shall have the offer of
receiving, in rotation, the annual meeting of the General Association.
2. The time of the annual meeting of this Association, shall be on the
fourth Tuesday of June, at four o'clock, P. M., at such place as shall
have been duly notified.
V. Quorum. — Twenty members, delegated from the particular Asso-
ciations of Massachusetts, shall be requisite to form a quorum.
VI. Organization. — 1. The minister of the church in the place
where the Association meets, or the Secretary, may call the Association
to order, and preside in the meeting until the Association shall be proper-
ly organized.
2. The certificates of the Delegates present shall be read by the
Secretary, or by a temporary Scribe ; and the Association shall then be
organized by the choice of a Modeiator, a Scribe, and, if necessary, an
assistant Scribe, by ballot. The Rules of the Association shall also be
read, and the Moderator shall open the business with prayer.
VII. Special Order. — 1. At the opening of the session on the morn-
ing of each subsequent day, the Moderator shall take the chair at the
hour to which the Association stands adjourned; shall immediately call
the members to order; shall direct the roll to be called; shall open the
meeting with prayer ; and cause the minutes of the preceding day to be
read ; and the session of each day shall be closed with prayer.
2. The Committees for the session shall be appointed upon Tuesday.
3. An annual sermon shall be preached before the Association on
Tuesday evening, on the subject of Home Missions, and a collection
taken. The preacher shall be appointed by this body.
4. Wednesday, A. M. and P. M., shall be appropriated to the following
objects : — not exceeding half an hour to necessary business; hearing re-
ports of Delegates to Corresponding Bodies ; receiving salutations of
Delegates from Corresponding Bodies, who shall be expected to con-
fine their remarks within ten minutes ; hearing the narratives from the
Delegates of the several Associations concerning the state of religion and.
the churches, which shall be presented in writing, with a view to obtain
an accurate account of the principal facts, not however to prevent any
more particular details which the Delegates may think expedient to add,
or the Association to request, — no report of the state of religion being read
in public, unless it be approved by the Association from which it comes,
or by the Committee of Arrangements of the General Association, — no re-
port being allowed to exceed four minutes, and the Moderator being in-
structed to enforce this rule; the discussion of theological and practical
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questions connected with the ministerial profession, and in accordance
with a schedule prepared by a special Committee and printed with the
notices. Wednesday evening shall be occupied by religious services
having special reference to the people of the place of meeting.
5. The Associational Sermon, the preacher of which shall be appointed
by each Association in turn, shall be delivered at two o'clock, Thurs-
day, P. M., after which the Lord's Supper shall be administered.
6. Previously to the close of each meeting, the General Association
shall specify a place for meeting the next year, and request some Dis-
trict Association to appoint a preacher to deliver the Associational Ser-
mon. And the church of the place of meeting is desired to make pre-
parations to celebrate the Lord's Supper during the session.
7. Each annnal meeting shall be closed with a psalm or hymn, and
prayer by the Moderator, or such other member as he shall appoint.
VIIL Permanent Officers. — 1. The Secretary shall be chosen for
three years, from the close of the meeting at which the choice shall be
made. He shall, ex officio, be the Treasurer of the General Association,
and shall be authorized to pay such expenses as are allowed by the Asso-
ciation, and shall be allowed his own travelling expenses in attending
the meetings of this Association. He shall receive the publications from
foreign bodies, and distribute them among the several Associations, in
proportion to the tax paid by them respectively. One copy of each pub-
lication, received by the General Association, or printed by its order, shall
be kept in the archives.
2. A Statistical Secretary shall be chosen for three years from the first
of September following his appointment. He shall procure the Statistics
of the Churches through the Scribes or other statistical officers of the
District Associations; complete and arrange them for publication, and
present them in that form and properly combined into a summary, at the
same time with the reports of the District Associations at each session.
He shall superintend their printing; shall be a member, ex officio, of this
body and of the Publishing Committee, and shall be allowed his travel-
ling expenses in attending the meetings of the Association.
IX. Committees. — 1. At each meeting of the Association, a Commit-
tee on Credentials shall be appointed.
2. At each meeting of the Association, a Committee of Arrangements,
consisting of three, shall be appointed by nomination, to prepare the busi-
ness of the session; and no business shall be introduced during the ses-
sion, but through the hands, and with the approbation of the Committee.
But if said Committee decline presenting any item of business proposed
by any member, he shall have the privilege of appeal to the Association.
3. A Committee shall be appointed annually, to audit the accounts,
who shall report the state of the treasury, and the sum in their opinion
necessary to be paid the next year by the members of the several Asso-
ciations connected with this body.
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4. A Committee shall be appointed to receive the narratives and state-
ments, and shall condense them into one narrative, to be submitted to
the General Association and published. The written narratives shall be
deposited with the Secretary.
5. A Committee shall be appointed to nominate Delegates to Corres-
ponding bodies.
6. A Committee of three shall be annually appointed, to submit to the
General Association at the next meeting, a Pastoral Address, to excite the
attention of ministers and Christians to faithful discipline in the churches,
the instruction of the rising generation, the sanctification of the Sabbath,
and other subjects relating to the general interests of religion. The ad-
dress being approved by the General Association, shall be signed by the
Moderator, and printed with the minutes. This Committee shall be
chosen from the several Associations in rotation.
7. A Committee to be chosen from the several Associations in rotation,
shall be appointed to prepare a Schedule of Questions for the next meet-
ing, which they shall furnish to the Secretary, to be published with the
notices of the session.
8. A Publishing Committee shall be annually appointed, to make such
extracts from the minutes of the meeting, as in their judgment it will be
proper to publish ; procure to be printed such number of copies, with the
Pastoral Address, Narrative of the State of Religion, and Statistics of the
churches, as will give one copy to each minister of the Associations re-
presented in this body J and such a number of copies for other bodies
connected with this Association, as shall be mutually agreed upon, and
shall transmit them under the direction of the Secretary.
X. Correspondence. — 1. Our principles of fraternal intercourse wath
all ecclesiastical bodies in correspondence with us are, that this Associa-
tion, and each body so connected with it, shall annually appoint Delegates
to the other, which shall be admitted to the privilege of sitting, and de-
liberating upon all matters which may come under consideration.
2. The delegates shall, as far as practicable, be selected from the Dis-
trict Associations in rotation. The brethren chosen substitutes in the
delegations to the bodies in our connection, shall, at our next session, be
considered as Delegates to the respective bodies, if they shall not pi-e-
viously have taken their seats there, through the failure of their principals.
3. The printed Minutes of the Association, shall be sufficient testimo-
nials of the appointment of Delegates to Corresponding Bodies.
4. It shall be the duty of those Delegates who attend the meetings of
Corresponding Bodies, whether they be Primaries or Substitutes, to certify
the Secretary in wi-iting, on or before the opening of the annual meeting
next after his appointment.
XI. Assessments. — It shall be the duty of the Delegates of the
District Associations, to pay the amount of the assessments due from
their respective Associations for the past year, whether collected or not.
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XII. Statistics. — 1. The Statistical returns, with respect to the
number in the churches, etc., shall be made out according to a printed
schedule of this body, and according to the numbers on tho first of Jan-
uary past.
2. The names of all the members of the Associations belonging to this
body, whether with or without charge, shall be inserted in the published
returns, and corrected up to the date of publication.
3. Each District Association connected with this body, is requested to
appoint a Statistical Scribe, to collect the statistics of the churches within
its bounds, in methods designated by this body, and under the direction
of the Statistical Secretary of the General Association.
XIII. Rules of Order. — 1. Every motion, on being seconded, shall,
if requested by the Moderator, or any two members, be reduced to writ-
ing, and no motion shall be open to discussion, until it be seconded.
2. The Moderator may speak to points of order, in preference to other
members, rising from his seat for that purpose ; and shall decide questions
of order, subject to an appeal to the house by any two members. But he
may not speak to the merits of the question without leaving the chair,
and placing some other member in it, to preside while he speaks.
3. On questions of order, adjournment, postponement, commitment, or
the previous question, no member shall speak more than once. Nor on
any question shall a member speak more than twice, without leave of the
Association.
4. When a question is under debate, no motion shall be received, ex-
cept for adjournment, amendment, postponement, commitment, or the
previous question ; viz. Shall the main question be now put 1 The ef-
fect of adopting the previous question shall be to put an end to debate,
and to bring the Association to a direct vote upon amendments reported
by a Committee if any, upon pending amendments, and then upon the
main question.
5. If a question under debate contain several parts, any member may
have it divided, and a question taken on each part.
6. Every member, when speaking, shall address himself to the chair;
and shall be subject to no needless interruption ; if he act disorderly, it
shall be the duty of the Moderator, and the privilege of other members
to call him to order.
7. No member shall leave the Association before the session is closed,
except with the consent of the body ; nor shall any one leave the house
during a sitting, without the consent of the Moderator.
XIV. Amendments. — A Vote or Resolve to establish, alter, or annul a
standing rule of this body, shall be read twice on different days, and may
be debated at each reading. At the first reading the question shall be,
Shall it be read the second time ?
PLACE OF MEETING.
The order in which the several Associations have the offer of receiving
the Annual Meeting of the General Association; Berkshire North having
the session of 1859.
Suffolk North,
Suffolk South,
Vineyard Sound,
Salem,
Berkshire South,
Mend on,
Andover,
Brewster,
Taunton,
Hampshire,
Essex South,
Hampshire East,
Norfolk,
Berkshire North,
Middlesex South,
Brookfield,
Old Colony,
Plymouth,
Hampden East,
Essex North,
Hampden West,
Franklin,
Harmony,
Woburn,
Worcester North,
Middlesex Union,
Worcester Central.
SELECTION OF PREACHER.
The order in which the several Associations shall appoint one of their
number to preach the Associational Sermon; Middlesex South appoint-
ing the preacher of 1859.
Worcester Central,
Suffolk North,
Suffolk South,
Salem,
Berkshire North,
Vineyard Sound,
Essex South,
Franklin,
Harmony,
Mendon,
Hampden East,
Brookfield,
Hampden West,
Middlesex South,
Norfolk,
Hampshire,
Hampshire East,
Worcester North,
Old Colony,
Plymouth,
Taunton,
Middlesex Union,
Woburn,
Essex North,
Brewster,
Andover,
Berkshire South.
APPOINTMENT OF DELEGATES.
At the meeting in 1859, one Substitute Delegate from each District
Association will be appointed to the Body whose name stands in the
opposite column. It is the privilege of each Association to nominate a
person, who will, regularly, become Primary the succeeding year.
Andover and Mendon,
Berkshire North and Middlesex South,
Berkshire South and Middlesex Union,
Norfolk,
Brewster and Old Colony,
Brookfield and Plymouth,
Essex North and Salem,
Essex South and Suffolk North,
Franklin and Suffolk South,
Hampden East and Taunton,
Hampden West and Vineyard Sound,
Hampshire and Woburn,
Hampshire East and Worcester Central,
Harmony and Worcester North,
New Hampshire.
New York.
Rhode Island.
Vermont.
Wisconsin, and Nebraska.
Kansas, and Minnesota,
Gen. Assembly, (N. S.)
Connecticut, and Oregon.
California, and Ohio.
England, and Canada.
Illinois.
Iowa.
Maine.
Michigan.
OFFICERS OF THE GENERAL ASSOCIATION.
Rev. Alonzo H. Quint, Jamaica Plain, Secretary. 1858 —
" " " Statistical Secretary. 1856
STATISTICS OF THE CHURCHES.
EXPLANATIONS.
1. Associations are arranged in alphabetical order ; towns, alphabeti-
cally in each Association ; churches in each town, according to age ; and
of each church, (1) its town, (2) its locality in the town, and (3) its name,
which name is always followed by " ch."
2. The columns specifying churches and ministers are corrected up to
July 1, 1858; church members are reported for Jan. 1st preceding;
admissions, removals, and baptisms cover the year 1857; "Sabbath
School " includes total membership of teachers and scholars at the time
of reporting, covering " branch schools " when under the exclusive care of
the reporting church.
3. Churches organized since Dec. 31, 1857, are reported with their
original membership, but are not included in the summary.
4. Dates of church organization printed in italics are those which have
been authenticated for this report by reference to original records ; those
not so designated may be correct, but the Statistical Secretary has not
been able to obtain knowledge on the subject.
5. " Ordained " denotes the date on which the person was originally
set apart to the ministry "by the laying on of hands ;" " Installed" de-
notes the date of his pressnt pastorate.
6. " Other members " includes only such clergymen as are members
of District Associations. Other clergymen are enumerated in " Remarks."
All Post-office addresses are to be found in the Index of clergymen, and
not in the tables.
7. In no instance is any number in these Statistics supplied from the
returns of previous years ; blanks signify ignorance or carelessness.
8. See " Remarks " at the close of the tables.
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REMARKS
COMPARATIVE RESULTS.
For the second time, every church connected, ministerially, with the Gen-
eral Association, is reported in these tables ; and so many others in addition
as to leave but two Orthodox Congregational churches in the State un-
reported. For this completeness thanks are due to the District-Statistical
Scribes.
During the past year the number of Associations has been lessened by the
union of Bridge water and Pilgrim Associations under the name of Plymouth
Association, which was organized May 18, 1858. Bridgewater Associa-
tion was organized Aug. 22, 1848, by members chiefly from Old Colony and
Taunton Associations. Pilgrim was organized out of Old Colony, Dec. 22,
1829. The first Association in Plymouth County and probably bearing the
same name, was in existence about the year 1700. Another, under the same
title, was organized or re-organized Nov. 14, 1721 ; its meetings seem to
have ceased with its records, Aug. 31, 1736. Still a third was organized
Aug. 12, 1761, which, somewhere about 1810, united with Bay Association,
and now exists (a Unitarian body) as the Plymouth and Bay. The pre-
sent is therefore the fourth bearing the name of Plymouth.
Some confusion exists in regard to our Statistics from the fact that while
the lists of ministers and churches are corrected up to July 1, 1858, the re-
ports of membership, additions, etc., come up only to the preceding first of
January. Comparisons may be made in both ways.
I. Of the year ending Dec. 31, 1857.
On the first of January 1857, there were 477 churches of our denomina-
tion in this State; only 472 were enumerated in the issue of 1857, one not
being known to exist, and four declining to report. To those 477, five ai'e
added, being organized in the year 1857; viz. Plymouth church in Chelsea,
organized Jan. 7, 1857 ; Vine St. church in Roxbury, April 9, 1857 ; a church
in Needham, May 6, 1857; the Holmes church in North Cambridge, Sept.
23, 1857 ; and the Church of the Unity, South Boston, Oct. 14, 1857 ; making
the whole number to be 482, two of which are not enumerated (by their
own or pastors' choice,) in these tables.
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A comparison of the churclies existing at the times specified, and includ-
ing all save the two reported in neither year, give the following results :
Churches.
Members.
Additions.
Removals.
Sabbath School.
Jan. 1, 1857,
475
6 7,804
3,558
3,185
70,502
Jan. 1, 1858,
480
69,176
5,020
3,171
73,210
thus the number of additions in 1858 is seen to exceed that in 1857 by 1462 ;
the losses are less by 14; and the net excess of gains over losses in 1857 is
1849. This gain does not include the results of the recent revivals, but is
matter for praise to God in view of the fact that the gains for several years
previous have been merely nominal.
The two churches unreported are believed to contain 290 members ; these
added to those enumerated make the entire membership of the Orthodox
Congregational churches of Massachusetts, 69,466.
An examination into the comparative size of the churches will show that,
of the 482 churches in the State, 198 have less than 100 members each, 177
have each 100 and less than 200, 63 have 200 and less than 300, 31 have 300
and less than 400, 7 have 400 and less than 500, 3 have 500 and less than
600, 1 has 600 and less than 700, 1 has 700 and less than 800, and 1 has 800,
Of the 198 which have less than 100 members each, 9 have each 10 and less
than 20, 15 have 20 and less than 30, 20 have 30 and less than 40, 27 have
40 and less than 50, 31 have 50 and less than 60, 15 have 60 and less than
70, 24 have 70 and less than 80, 33 have 80 and less than 90, and 23 have
90 and less than 100. In all these cases the numbers are subject to loss by
the number of absent members, which will, on an average, diminish the va-
rious numbers 15 per cent ; but, generally, the number of absentees from the
smaller churches is less than that of members of other churches worshipping
with them. It ought to be added that seven, if not more, of the churches
have no public worship, and are in fact only nominally not extinct. A few
years' more of reliable statistics will afford important data for calculating the
increase or decline of our churches in the various parts of the State. As it
is, the figures given above indicate the great number of feeble churches for
the prosperity of which, the prayers and means of Christians should be given.
11. Of the year ending June 30, 1858.
1. As to churches. July 1, 1857, there were 480 churches; three have
since been formed, viz. the Holmes church. North Cambridge, the Church
of the Unity, South Boston, and a church in Westport, formed May 31, 1858 ;
and one has ceased to have a separate existence, viz. one in Waltham, by
the union of two into one ; so that the whole number in the State is now 482.
It will be seen by the Index of Towns, that there appear to be no Ortho-
dox Congregational churches in Bellingham, Bolton, Brewster, Cheshire,
Clarksburg, Duxbury, Florida, Hancock, Hull, Leyden, Lexington, Monroe,
Mt. Washington, Nahant, New Ashford, Pembroke, Russell, Savoy, Somer-
set, South Scituate, Swanzey, Tyngsboro', Tyringham, Wales, Weston, and
Winthrop ; there is, however, evangelical preaching in each of these towns,
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and in most of them are Orthodox Congregationalists forming constituent
parts of accessible churches in adjoining towns.
2. As to pastors. July 1, 1857, there were 349 pastors. Of these, 43
have been dismissed, and one has died ; 51 have been settled ; making the
number, July 1, 1858, 355; this number has been increased by four and
diminished by one, since that date and prior to the printing of these tables,
July 25.
A new column has been introduced this year, viz. that of the date of min-
isterial ordination. Great labor has failed to secure perfect completeness,
but the list is so far perfected as to show that of the 358 pastors in our tables,
129 are still ministers of the churches over which they were originally or-
dained. Of these, 1 was settled in 1796, 1 in 1797, 1 in 1798, 1 in 1805,
2 in 1806, 1 in 1809, 1 in 1811, 1 in 1812, 2 in 1814, 2 in 1815, 1 in 1816,
1 in 1819, 1 in 1824, 2 in 1826, 1 in 1832, 1 in 1834, 1 in 1835, 2 in 1836,
3 in 1838, 2 in 1839, 3 in 1840, 3 in 1841, 4 in 1842, 3 in 1843, 1 in 1844,
3 in 1845, 2 in 1846, 2 in 1847, 3 in 1848, 7 in 1849, 5 in 1850, 4 in 1851,
5 in 1852, 4 in 1853, 10 in 1854, 10 in 1855, 8 in 1856, 16 in 1857, and 8 in
the fraction of 1858. The average length of these pastorates thus far is 14
years aud 2 months. This column wiU, in process of time, aiford data for in-
teresting deductions regarding the permanency of the pastoral relation.
3. As to other ministers. These are divided, in the tables, into three
classes ; 1st, those acting as " stated supplies " ; 2d, those who reside in Mas-
sachusetts without pastoral charge ; and 3d, members of Associations in Mas-
sachusetts but residing outside of the State. Of the first class there are 63.
Of the second class there are 129 ; of these, 16 are professors or teachers in
various institutions of learning, 2 are financial officers of such institutions,
2 are in the employ of the Massachusetts Board of Education, 20 are con-
nected with the various religious benevolent Societies as Secretaries, Agents,
etc., 2 are chaplains in reformatory institutions, 3 are editors or publishers,
2 are physicians, and 1 is an anti-tobacconist. Of the third class, of which
there are 43, 16 are in actual missionary or other ministerial service, 4 are
Secretaries or Agents of Societies, 1 is Superintendent of an Orphan Asy-
lum, 1 an editor, 1 a newspaper agent, and 1 a teacher.
There is still another class of clergymen in the State, viz. those not con-
nected with Associations nor pastors of churches reported in our tables. Of
these, the following is an approximate list, certainly incomplete, but perhaps
a possible basis for future corrections :
J. Aiken, Charlestown, ordained Aug. 30, 1843 ; Luther Bailey, Dorches-
ter, ord. Nov. 20, 1816 ; Joseph B. Baldwin, West Cambridge, ord. Nov. 15,
1831 ; Jeremiah Blake, physician and preacher, Dracut, ord. Nov. 1, 1833;
Zenas Bliss, Amherst, ord. Aug. 27, 1838 ; Samuel Bradford, Montague, ord.
(when ?) ; S. F. Bucklin, Marlboro', ord. Nov. 2, 1808; Ebenezer Burgess,
D. D., pastor of the First Church, Dedham, ord. (when ?) ; D. N. Coburn
Monson, ord. (when ?) ; Hiram Daniels, East Medway, ord. (when ?) ; A. C.
Denison, teacher, Medford, ord. March 4, 1851 ; Kalph Emerson, D.D., Pro-
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fessor Emeritus, Newburyport, ord. June 1816; Isaac Esty, Amherst, ord.
Jan. 2D, 1829 ; Luther Farnham, Agent of Southern Aid Society, Boston,
ord. (when?) ; Joseph B. Felt, LL. D., Boston, ord. Dec. 19, 1821 ; Horatio
Flagg, Coleraiue, ord. Jan. 24, 1828 ; Wm. C. Fowler, author, Amherst, ord.
Aug. 31, 1825; Alfred Goldsmith, Groton, (Stated supply at Peterboro',
N. H.,) ord. (when ?) ; William Harlow, Wrentham, ord. Sept. 30, 1828-
William Jenks, D. D., Boston, ord. (when '?) ; Francis Jordan, Chaplain in
County House and County Missionary, Springfield, ord. May 10, 1833 ;
Cyrus Mann, Stoughton, ord. Feb. 22, 1815; David M.Mitchell, City Mis-
sionary, Roxbury, ord. June 19, 1816 ; Charles W. Monroe, East Cambridge,
ord. Dec. 26, 1849 ; Erastus D. Moore, Boston, ord. (when ?) ; Martin Moore,
publisher of Boston Recorder, Boston, ord. Feb. 16, 1814; E. D. Murphy,
Chaplain, Monson, ord. (when ?) ; Francis Norwood, Monson, ord. (when ?) ;
Giles Pease, physician, Boston, ord. (when 1) ; Asa Rand, Ashburnhara, ord.
Jan. 18, 1809 ; Calvin E. Stowe, D. D., Professor in Andover Theological
Seminary, Andover, ord. April 1833; Joslah H. Temple, Framingham, ord.
Sept. 30, 1845 ; James G. Vose, Professor In Amherst College, Amherst, ord.
Oct. 20, 1857; Samuel Ware, Sunderland, ord. Oct. 31, 1810; Calvin White,
Amherst, ord. Oct. 28, 1829 ; E. B. Wright, Chaplain, Monson, ord. (when ?)
obituarip:s.
Five clergymen have died during the year : —
Peter Sanborn died in Reading, Mass., Aug. 8, 1857. He was a son
of William and Mary (Sleeper) Sanborn, and a native of Kingston, N. H.,
where he was born Aug. 15, 1767 ; fitted for college under the Instruction of
Rev. Dr. Thayer of Kingston ; graduated at Dartmouth College In 1786;
studied divinity with the Rev. Ephraim Judson of Taunton, Mass. ; was or-
dained at Reading, June 7, 1790. At the time he was settled, opposition to
his Hopkinslan views was exhibited, but an early revival of religion harmo-
nized all differences, and from that time till 1812 there was an almost con-
tinuous religious Interest among his people. In these labors his health failed,
and being an invalid for some years, he was dismissed June 8, 1820. He
remained in Reading, however, occupying the same house for sixty-seven
years. He was twice married ; first to Mary Stimjjson of Reading ; second,
Nov. 10, 1820, to Martha Wakefield ; she died May 2, 1847, aged 59. Two
of his sons became ministers of the gospel.
Joseph P. Drummond died in Bristol, Me., Nov. 23, 1857. He was a
son of Capt. D^ames Drummond, of Bristol, Me., and was born In Bristol,
Sept. 13, 1824 ; graduated at Bowdoln College In 1843 ; taught school after
his graduation, first at Gorham, Me., and afterwards in Phillips Academy,
Andover, Ms., with remarkable success. One year he spent in Bangor
Theological Seminary, and three in that at Andover, where he graduated in
1853. It was his hearty intention to devote himself to the foreign missionary
work, but the incipient appearance of the disease which soon ended his days
prevented his acceptance, and with reluctance, he concluded to remain In
New England. He was settled at West Newton Jan. 2, 1856. Ill health
soon deprived him of the ability to labor. In the hope of securing his health
he spent the succeeding winter in Georgia, but he returned far weaker, and
went to his native town to die. He was a ripe and thorough scholar, and
gifted with a refined taste. Converted at the age of thirteen his religious
life was earnest ; few kneAv of the deep waters thi'ough which he passed ;
those who did, understood the rich nature with which he was endowed.
" Tell my dear people," was his message delivered on the day when his own
pastoral connection, already nominal, ceased, and that of his successor began,
" to prepare to meet me in heaven."
Daxiel Huntington died in New London, Ct, May 21, 1858. He was
a son of Gen. Huntington, of New London, Ct., where he was born and
died. He graduated at Yale in 1807. In a letter of his dated in April last
he says, " In reply to your inquiries received last evening, I would state that
I was ordained as pastor of the First Church in North Bridgewater, on the
28th of October 1812, dismissed in the spring of 1833, and installed over the
South, or Second Church, in the same town, Jan. 1, 1840. This last charge
was resigned in the spring of 1853, since which I have had no charge, but
have continued to preach as a supply in this and several other places." His
closing words are, " With best love to all the brethren, both old and new,
I am yours in the bond of a common faith."
Stephen D. Ward died at Agawam, June 11, 1858, aged 57, the only
pastor in actual service who has died within the year. He was a native of
New Jersey, graduated at Nassau Hall in 1819, studied theology at New
Haven, and was employed there a few years in teaching. He was pastor of
the chnrch in Machias, Me., from 1834 to 1844, and after preaching in va-
rious places in New Jersey and Virginia, came to Agawam, and was installed
in October 1853. " Mr. Ward was sound in doctrine, discreet, quiet and un-
obtrusive in his manners. He was a good scholar, and liis sermons were
finished and scholarly. His voice was rather feeble, and he sought the quiet
of a retired and small parish. Having no children, and being possessed of
some means of his o-\vn, he could live upon a small salary. The church at
Agawam have therefore had the services of a minister who was qualified to
fill a place where he could have obtained a salary twice as large as they
were able to pay. He died peacefully, choosing to depart and be with
Christ."
Luther Wright died in Woburn, June 21, 1858. He was born in
Acton, Mass., April 19, 1770, baptized in infancy, and earlf instructed in
the Assembly's Catechism. He entered Harvard College in July 1792, and
graduated with good reputation as a scholar in 1796, in the class with Leon-
ard Woods, D. D., John Pickering, LL. D., James Jackson, M. D., and
others of distinguished reputation. He studied theology with Dr. Tappan,
Professor of Divinity in the College. June 13, 1798, he was ordained over
the First Church in Medway, and Dec. 23, 1799, he was married to Miss
Anna Bridge, daughter of Rev. Josiah Bridge of East Sudbury. At the
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time of his ordination, his views of theology wei-e of the Arminian type.
After a careful investigation and frequent interviews with distinguished
neighboring clergymen for two or three years, the result was a full conviction
of the truth of the Calvinistic system, which he ever after intelligently be-
lieved and faithfully preached, and in his last days cherished as his only
foundation of consolation and of hope. He remained at Medway seventeen
years, with good acceptance as a preacher and pastor.
In January, 1817, he was settled as pastor in Barrington, R. 1., where he
remained four and a half years, and where his labors were attended with
signal success. From Barrington he went to Carver, where he remained
about three years. Here, also, he enjoyed a precious revival of religion.
More than fifty were added to the church during the short time he remained
there. After this he went to Tiverton, R. L, where also his labors were
greatly blessed, and many there regarded him, under God, as their spiritual
father.
For many years it had been his decided purpose that most of his earthly
substanee should ultimately be given to the cause of his Redeemer, and by
his will he made bequests amounting to several thousand dollars, to the Con-
gregational Board of Publication, the Massachusetts Home Missionary So-
ciety, the American Missionary Association, and to the New England Fe-
male Medical College.
His last days were peaceful and happy. His mind became weak and wan-
dering^ but in his lucid intervals, his thoughts were on Christ, and he said,
" I am not afraid to die. I want to die and go to Christ. I have a hope,
that when I die, I shall die in the Lord." " Come, Lord Jesus, come quickly."
CONFERENCES OF CHURCHES.
For the sake of information, the following list of Conferences (believed to
be entire,) is inserted. These Conferences are composed of Pastors and
Delegates from the various churches enumerated, who meet for public re-
ligious services and conference, with no ecclesiastical power or purpose.
Barnstable. Organized Oct. 28, 1828. — Churches, all the Orthodox
Congregational churches in Barnstable, Dukes, and Nantucket Counties, —
27. — Times of meeting, second Tuesday in June, and third Tuesday in De-
cember.— Scribe, Rev. Martin S. Howard, Yarmouth.
Brookfield Associational. Organized June 10, 1838. — Churches,
all the Orthodox Congregational churches within the bounds of Brookfield
Association, — 18. — Time of meeting, second Tuesday in June. — Scribe, Rev.
A. E. P. Perkins, Ware Village.
Essex South. Organized May 8, 1827. — Churches, Beverly (Dane st,
and Washington st.,) Danvers (Maple st.,) Essex, Gloucester (West, Harbor,
and Lanesville,) Hamilton, Ipswich (South,) Lynnfield (Centre,) Manchester,
Middleton, Rockport (1st, and 2d,) Salem (3d, and Howard st.,) and South
Danvers, — 17. — Times of meeting (when?) — Scribe, Rev. Alouzo B. Rich,
Beverly.
Hampden. This Conference has " no constitution, no permanent officers ";
" it originated in an invitation of" . . . . " church to the other churches of the
county to meet with us to become better acquainted with each others' con-
dition, to make such suggestions to one another as shall be mutually benefi-
cial and to engage together in devotional services." — Churches, covered by
invitations and places, are all the churches in Hampden county, "vvith the
church at South Hadley Falls, — 34. — Time of meeting, on or about the first
Tuesday in October, as any church, choosing to invite, may decide. — Rev. S.
G. Buckingham of Springfield, acts as Scribe.
Harmony. Organized (probably) Sept. 25, 1833. — Churches, Black-
stone, Douglas (1st, and East,) Mendon, Millbury (1st, and 2d,) Northbridge
(1st, and Whitinsville,) Sutton, Upton, Uxbridge, and Westboro', — 12. —
Times of meeting, fourth Tuesday in April, and October. — Scribe, Eev. An-
drew J. Willard, Upton.
Mendon. Organized April 27, 1858. — Churches, Foxboro', Franklin
(1st, and South,) Mansfield, Medfield, Medway (East, Village, and West,)
Walpole, Wrentham (original, and North,^ — 11. — This Conference, having
had but one session, does not yet comprise all the churches which will join
it. — Times of meeting, not selected. — Scribe, Eev. Samuel Hunt, Franklin.
Norfolk. Organized June 14, 1827. — Churches, Abington (1st, 2d, 3d,
and 4th,) Braintree (1st, and South,) Braintree and AVeymouth (Union,)
Bridgewater (Trinitarian,) Canton, Cohasset, Dorchester (2d, and Village,)
East and West Bridgewater (Union,) East Bridgewater (Trinitarian,)
Easton, Hingham, Jamaica Plain, Milton (1st, and 2d Evangelical,) North
Bridgewater (1st, South, and Porter,) Quincy, Randolph (1st, East, and
Winthrop,) Sharon, Stoughton, Weymouth (1st, 2d, Union, and Pilgrim, —
32. — Times of meeting, first Tuesday in May, and last Tuesday in September.
— Scribe, Rev. Alonzo H. Quint, Jamaica Plain.
Old Colony. Organized Sept. 23, 1856. — Churches, Fairhaven, Ma-
rion, Mattapoisett, Middleboro' (1st, and Central,) New Bedford (1st, North,
Trinitarian, and Pacific,) Rochester (Centre,) South Dartmouth, and Ware-
ham, — 12. — Time of meeting, second Tuesday in May, and October. — Clerk,
Rev. John Willard, Fairhaven.
Pilgrim. Organized April 27, 1830. — Churches, Carver, Halifax, Han-
son, Hanover (1st, and Four Corners.) Kingston, Marshfield (1st, and East,)
Plymouth (South, Centre, and Chiltonville,) Plympton, and Scituate. — 13. —
Times of meeting, third Wednesday in May, and third Tuesday in October.
— Scribe, Rev. Timothy G. Brainerd, Halifax.
South Middlesex. Organized Aug. 20, 1828. — Churches, Ashland,
Concord, Dover, Framingham, Grantville, Hopkinton, Holliston, Lincoln,
Marlboro', Natick, Saxonville, Southboro', Sherburne, Sudbury, Wayland,
West Needham. — 16. — Times of meeting, third Tuesday in April and Octo-
ber.— Scribe, Rev. Henry Allen, Saxonville.
Wo BURN. Organized Dec. 5, 1849. — Churches, Bedford, Billerica, Bur-
lington, Carlisle, Medford (Trinitarian, and Mystic,) Melrose, North Read-
69
ing, Reading (Bethesda,) South Reading, Stoneliam, Walthani, West Cam-
bridge, Wilmington, Winchester, Woburn, — 16. — Times of meeting, last
Tuesdays in April and October. — Scribe, Rev, Reuben T. Robinson, Win-
chester.
Worcester Central. Organized April 28, 1852. — Churches, Auburn,
Barre, Berlin, Boylston, Clinton, Ilolden, Leicester, Northboro', Oxford,
Paxton, Princeton, Rutland, Shrewsbury, Sterling, West Boylston, Worces-
ter (Old South, Union, Central, and Salem st.,) — 19. — Times of meeting, the
Wednesdays following the third Mondays in April and October. — Scribe,
Rev. Warren W. Winchester, Clinton.
Worcester North. Organized, (time not known.) — Churches, all the
churches enumerated in Worcester North Association, excepting New Sa-
lem,— 14. — Time of meeting, second Tuesday in June. — Clerk, Rev. Samuel
W. Barnum, Phillipston.
From the above there appear to be eleven Conferences, embracing 241
churches ; that the system began at the time of the Unitarian division ; and
that one new Conference has been formed within the year.
In the present issue, the column of ministerial ordination, the obituary
notices, the list of conferences, and the Index of Towns, are new features.
It is hoped that the labor involved in these, as well as in not a few minor
improvements, and in securing the unequalled completeness of our Statistical
returns, will excuse some slight inaccuracies which are practically unavoida-
ble ; aU inaccuracies in the statistics are corrected in the Summary. That
so much is accomplished is due to the patient labors of the District Statistical
Scribes.
Any person suggesting further improvements or discovering erroi-s, is re-
quested to communicate with the Statistical Secretary, — who will be espe-
cially grateful for dates of ordination noyj unknown, and for the full Jirst
name of various brethren now designated by lonesome initials.
A. H. Q.
NAMES OF CLERGYMEN,
iri alphabetical order, with the Post- Office address of each, and with tht
number of the Association in which each name occurs in the statistics.
Alibe Frederick R., Abington. 17.
Altbot Jacob J., Uxbridge. 13
Abbot Joseph, Beverly. 20
Adams George M., Conway. 8
Adams Neheiniah, D. D., Boston. 22
Albro John A., D. D., Cambridge. 2]
Alden Ebenezer, Jr., Marshfield. 19
Alden Edmund K , Lenox. 3
Allen Benj. R., Marblehead. 20
Allen Cyrus W , Hul.bardston. 27
Allen David O., Westfield. 16
Allen George E., Cambridgeport. 21
Allen Ephraim W., Salem (or Walpole.)
Allen Henry, Wayland. 15
Allen William, Dracut. 1
Alvord John W , Newton. 22
Ames Marcus, Westminster. 27
Anderson Rufus, D. D., Boston. 21
Angier Luther H., Concord. 15
Ashley S. S., Nortliboro'. 26
Atwood Edward S., Grantville. 22
Austin H. A., Huntington. 11
Ayres Rowland, Hadley. 12
Babcock Daniel H., South Plymouth.
Backus Joseph W., Leominster. 16
Bacon Elisha, Centerville. 24
Bacon James M., Essex. 7
Badger Milton, D. D., New York. 1
Baker A. R , West Needham. 21
Ballard Addison, WiUiamstown. 2
Ballard Josiah, Plympton. 19
Bancroft David, Prescott. 12
Bannister S. W., AVare. 5
Barbour Nelson, Cummington. 11
Bardwell Horatio, Oxford. 26
Barnes Asa, North Ashburnham. 27
Barney James O., Seekonk. 23
Barnum Samuel W., Phillipston. 27
Barrows Elijah P , Andover. 1
19
Barrows Homer, Wareham. IS
Barrows William, Reading. 21,25
Barton F. A., Indian Orchard. 9
Bates James, Granby. 12
Bates William, Falmouth. 13, 24
Beaman Charles C, Salem. 7
Beaman Warren H., Nonh Hadley. 12
Beardsley Bronson B., Shirley. 16
Beckwith George C, D. D., Boston. 21
Beecher Charles, Georgetown. 6
Beecher Lyman, D. D., Brooklyn, N. Y. 22
Beecher William H., North Brookfield. 5
Bell James M., Ashby. 15
Bigelow Andrew, Medfield. 14
Billings Richard S., Shelburne. 8
Bingham Joel S., Westfield. 10
Bisbee John H., Worthington. 11
Biscoe Thomas C , Grafton. 13
Blagden George W., D. D., Boston. 21
Blake Henry B., Belchertown. 12
Blake Mortimer, Taunton. 23
Blanchard Amos, D. D., Lowell. 1
Blanchard Nathaniel B.. Plymouth. 19
Blanchard W. S. 9
Bliss Seth, Boston. 21
Bliss Thomas E., Blackstone. 13, 23
Blodgetl Constantine, Pawtucket. 23
Blodgett Edward P., Greenwich. 12
Bodwell Joseph C, Framingham. 15
Bosworth B., Kingston. 19
Boutelle Thomas, Ashburnham. 27
Bowers John, St. Johnsbury, Vt. 9
Bradford James, Sheffield. 3
Bragg Jesse K., Brookfield. 5
Brainard Timothy G, Halifax. 19
Braman Isaac, Georgetown. 6
Braman Milton P., D. D., Danvers Centre. 20
Breed William J., Southboro'. 15
Bremner David, Rockport. 7
Brewer Josiah, Housatonic. 3
71
Bridge Henry M., Warwick. 8
Bridgeman Lewis, West Hawley. 8
Briggs Isaac, North Rochester. 18
Briggs William T., Princeton. 26
Brighara David, Bridgewater. 19
Brigham John C, D. D., New York. 3
Brigham Levi, Saugus. 20
Brigham Willard, Ashfield 8
Brooks Charles, Newburyport. 6
Brown J. R., Longmeadow. 9
Buckingham Samuel G., Springfield. 9
Bullard Asa, Boston. 21
Billiard Ebenezer W., Royalston. 27
Bulkley Edwin A., Groton. 16
Burdett M., Philadelphia, Pa. 13
Burgess Ebenezer, Centreville. 24
Burnham Abraham, Haverhill. 6
Burt Daniel C, Berkley. IS
Bushnell George, Worcester. 26
Bushnell William, Boston. 21
Butler Daniel, Groton. 16
Byington Swift, West Brookfield. 5
Cady Daniel R., West Cambridge. 22
Campbell Randolph, Newburyport. 6
Carlton Hiram, West Barnstable. 24
Carpenter Eber, Southbridge. 5
Carruthers William, Sandwich. 24
Carver Robert, Raynham. 23
Chandler Azariah, D. D., Greenfield. 8
Chapman Calvin. 19
Chase Benjamin C, Attleboro'. 23
Chase Ebenezer, Easlham. 4
Childs Alexander C, Amesbury. 6
Chute Ariel P., Ware Centre. 5
Clapp Erastus, Easthampton. II
Clapp S. G., Sturbridge. 5
Clark Benjamin F., North Chelmsford. 1
Clark Dorus, Waltham. 21
Clark Edward W., Auburndale. 22
Clark Eli B., Chieopee. 9
Clark Jonas B., Swampscott. 20
Clark Joseph S., D. D., Boston. 22
Clark Lewis F., Whitinsville. 13
Clark Nelson, Tiverton four corners, R. I. 17
Clark Perkins K., South Deerfield. 8
Clark Sereno D., Sunderland. 8
Clark Solomon. 22
Clark Theodore J., Cummington. 11
Clarke Benjamin F., Winchendon. 27
Clarke Edward, Chesterfield. 8
Clary Timothy F., Ashland. 15
Cleaveland James B., South Egremont. 3
Cleaveland John P., D. D., Lowell. 1
Cloyes Dana, South Reading. 25
Cobb Alvan, Taunton. 23
Cobb Asahel, New Bedford. IS
Cobb Leander, Marion. IS
Cobb, L. H., North Andover. 1
Cobb Nathaniel, Kingston. IS
Coggin William S., Boxford. 20
Cogswell Nathaniel, Yarmouth. 4
Colburn Moses M., South Dedhara. 22
Collon Aaron M., East Hampton. U
Colton T. G., Moiison. 9
Cone L. H., Chieopee. 9
Cook Elisha W., Townsend. 16
Cook Russell S., New York. 2
Cuoke Parsons, D. D., Lynn. 20
Cooley Henry, Springfield. 10
Cooley Timothy M., D. D., Granville. 10
Coolidge A. H., Leicester. 26
Copp Joseph A., Chelsea. 21
Cordley Christopher M., Randolph. 17
Cory John E., Chesterfield. 11
Cornell William M., Boston. 21
Couch Paul, North Bridgewater. 17
Cowles John P., Ipswich. 6
Craig Wheelock, New Bedford. 13
Crane Jonathan, Attleboro'. 23
Crawford Robert, Deerfield. S
Crosby Josiah D., Ashburnham. 27
Cross Joseph W., West Boylston. 26
Cummings Preston, Leicester. 26
Curtiss Erastus, New Salem. 27
Cushing Christopher, North Brookfield. 5
Gushing James R., East Taunton. 23
Cushman Job, North Truro. 4
Cutler Ebenezer, Worcester. 26
Dagget Thomas, Groveland. 6
Dana J. Jay, Adams. 2
Dashiell Alfred H., Jr., Stockbridge. 3
Eavis Elnathan, Fitchburg. 16
Davis Emerson, D. D., Westfield. 10
Davis Franklin, North Wrentham. 14
Davis Timothy, Kingston. 19
Demond Elijah, Mendon. 14
Denham George, Barre. 26
Dennen Stephen R., Watertown. 22
Dexter Henry M., Boston. 22
Dickerman Lysander, Gloucester. 7
Dickinson Erastus, Sudbury. 15
Dickinson Noadiah S., Foxboro'. 14
Dimmick Luther F., D. D , Newburyport. 6
Dimock Edwin, Orange. S
Dodd S. G , Spencer. 5
Dodge John, Harvard. 16
Doe Franklin B., Lancaster. 16
Doe Walter P., Rehoboth. 23
Doggelt Thomas, Groveland. 6
Dole George T., Lanesboro'. 2, 25
Dow Ezekiel, Monument. 24
Dowse Edmund, Sherburne. 15
Drummond James, Springfield. 9
Duncan A. G., Freetown. 17, 23
Duncan Thomas W., Chilmark. 24
Dunham Isaac, Westporl. 23
Durfee Calvin, Williamstown. 2
Dwight Edward S., Amherst. 12
72
Dwight John, North Wrenthatn. 14
Dwiiiell Israel E., Salem. 7
Dyer E. Porier, Hingham. 17
Dyer Spenfer O., Becket. 3
Eastman David, Leverett. 12
Eastman L. Root, Berkley. 17
Eddy Zachary, Northampton. 11
Edgell John Q. A., Andover. 6
Edwards J. E., Lancaster. 16
Edwards Henry L., Abington. 17
Eldridge Azariah. 18
Ely Alfred, D. D., Monson. 9
Emerson Alfred, Fitchburg. 16
Emerson Brown, Montague. 8
Emerson Brown, D. D., Salem. 7
Emerson Edward B., Ct. 8
Emerson Reuben, South Reading. 7, 25
Emery Joshua, North Weymouth. 17
Farwell Asa, Haverhill. 6
Ferguson John, Whately. 8
Field David D., D. D., Stockbridge. 3
Field George W., Boston. 22
Field Levi A., Marlboro'. 15
Fisher Caleb E., Andover. 1
Fisher George E., Amherst. 12
Fisk Frederick A., East Marshfield. 27
Fiske Daniel T., Newburyport. 6
Filz Daniel, Ipswich. 7
Fletcher James, North Danvers. 7
Folsom George D. F., Springfield. 9
Foote Calvin. 10
Ford George, East Falmouth. 24
Foster Aaron, East Charlemont. 8
Foster Andrew B., Gill. 8
Foster Davis, West Newbury. 6
Foster Eden B., Lowell. 1
Foster Roswell, Westhampton. 11
Freeman Joseph, Hanover. 19
Frost Daniel D., West Stockbridge 3
Furber Daniel L., Newton Centre. 21
Gale Nahum, Lee. 3
Gale Wakefield, Rockport. 7
Gannet Allen W., Boston. 20
Gannett George, West Cambridge. 25
Garland Joseph, Acton. 16
Garrette Edmund Y., Foxboro'. 13, 14
Gay Ehenezer, Bridgewater. 19
Gibson Hugh, Chester. 10
Giddings Edward J., Housatonic. 3
Gilbert Lyman, D. D., Boston. 21
Gilman Edward W., Cambridgeport. 21
Goodsell Dana, East Haven, Ct. 12
Gould William, Iowa. 18
Greeley Stephen S. N., Grand Rapids, Mich-
igan. 3
Greene Henry S., Ballard Vale. 1
Greene John M., Hatfield. 12
Greene Richard G., East Cambridge. 22
Griffin N. H , Williamslown. 2
Grosvenor Charles P., Stoneham. 25
Gurney John H.. New Braintree. 5
Hall Gordon, Northampton. 11
Hall Thomas A., Otis. 3
Hammond Charles, Groton. 16
Hanks Steadman W., Lowell. 1
Harding John W., Longmeadow. 9
Harding Sewall, Boston. 14
Harding Willard M., Quincy. 17
Harrington Eli W., Rochester. 18
Harrington Moody, Middlefield. 12
Harrison Samuel, Pittsfield. 2
Haskell John, Dover. 14
Haskell T. N., East Boston. 23
Hatch Roger C, Warwick. 8
Haven John, Charlton. 5
Haven Joseph, Amherst. 15
Hawks Roswell, South Hadley. 12
Hawks Theron H., West Springfield. 10
Hayes Stephen II., Weymouth. 17
Hazen T. A., Dalton. 2
Headley P. C, Greenfield. 8
Healey J. W., Gardner. 27
Herbert Charles D., West Newbury. 6
Hine S., Groton, Ct. 9
Hinsdale Charles J., Blandford. 10
Hitchcock Calvin, D. D., Wrentham. 14
Hitchcock Edward, D. D., Amherst. 12
Hill George E , Sheffield. 3
Hixon Asa, West Medway. 14
Hoadley L. Ive», Auburn. 26
Hodgman Edwin R., Lynnfield Centre. 7
Holbrook Willard, Rowley. 6
Holman David, Douglas. 13
Holman Sydney, Holyoke. 13
Holmes Franklin, Norton. 23
Homes Francis, West Granville. 10
Hooker Henry B., Boston. 24
Hopkins Mark, D. D , Williamstown. 2
Hopley Samuel, Wellfleet. 4
Hoppin James M., Salem. 7
Hoslbrd Benjamin F., Haverhill. 6
Hosford Isaac, Worcester. 1
Houghton William A., Berlin. 26
Hovey George L., Greenfield. 8
Howard Martin S., West Yarmouth. 4
Ilowland William W., Conway. 8
Hull Joseph D., Hartford, Ct. 25
Humphrey Heman, D. D., Pittsfield. 2
Hunt Samuel, Franklin. 14
Ide Jacob, D. D., West Medway. 14
Ide Jacob, Jr., Mansfield. 14
Jackson Samuel C, D. D., Andover. 1
Jackson William C, Lincoln. 15
James Horace, Worcester. 26
73
Jenkins Abraliam, Wendell. 8
Jenkins Jonathan L., Lowell. 1
Jessup Lewis, Millbury. ]3
Johnson Araos H., Middleton. 7
Johnson Joseph B., South Reading. 25
Jones Charles, Battle Creek, Mich. 22
Jones Thomas N., North Reading. 25
Judkins Benjamin, Somerville. 21
Keep John, Dana. 5
Kellogg Elijah, Boston. 22
Kendall Charles, Petersham. 27
Kimball Caleb, West Medway. 14
Kimball David T., Ipswich. 6, 7
Kimball James, Oakham. 5
Kingman Matthew, Charlemont. 8
Kirk Edward N., D. D., Boston. 22
Kittredge C. B., Monson. 9
Knight Richard, South Hadley Falls. 9
Langworthy Isaac P., Chelsea. 21
Lanphear Orpheus T., Exeter, N. H. 1
Laurie Thomas, West Roxbury. 22
Lawrejice John, Carlisle. 25
Leonard Edwin, Milton. 17
Lincoln Isaac N., Williamstown. 2
Little George B., West Newton. 22
Little Elbridge G., North Middleboro'. 19, 27
Lombard Otis, Southfield. 3
Longley Moses M., Peru. 2
Loomis Elihu, Littleton. 16
Loomis Wilbur F., Shelburne. S
Lord Charles, VVhalely. S
Lothrop Charles D., Attlehoro'. 23
Lounsbury Henry A., North Beverly. 20
Luce Leonard, Boxboro'. 16
Lyman George, Sutton. 13
Lyman Solomon, Easthampton. 11
M'Clure Alexander W., D. D , New York. 21
McCollom, James T., Bradford. G
McCollom William A., Manhattan, Kansas 4
McEwen Robert, Enfield. 12
McLoud Anson, Topsfield. 20
Maltby Erastus, Taunton. 23
jNIandell William A., Lunenburg IG
Mann Joel, Hanover. 19
Manning Jacob M., Boston. 21, 22
March Daniel, Woburn. 25
Marsh Christopher, Sanford, Me. 22
Marsh Dwight W., Mosul, Turkey. 2
Marvin Abijah P., Winchendon. 27
Marvin Elihu P., Medford. 25
Maynard Joshua L., East Douglas. 13
Means James, Andover. 16
Means James H., Dorchester. 17
Means John O., Roxbury, 22
Merrick James L., South Amherst. 12
Merrill James H., West Andover. 1
Miles James B., Charlestown. 21
10
Miller Rodney A., Worcester. 26
Miller Simeon, Holyoke. 10
Miller William, Sterling. 26
Mills Charles L., North Bridgewater. 17
Mills Henry, Granby. 12
Moody Eli, Erving. 8
Moore George, Andover. 1
Mordough John H., Hamilton. 7
Morgridge Charles, Hyannis. 4
Morley S. B., West Attlehoro'. 23
Morse Charles F., Northern Armenia. 26
Morse Jason, Brimfield. 5
Morton Alpha, Assabet. 16
Munger Theodore T., Milton. 17
Munroe Nathan, Bradford or Boston. 6
Murray James O., South Danvers. 7
Myrick Osborne, Provincetown. 4
Nash John A., New York. 12
Nason Elias, Natick. 15
Nelson John, D. D., Leicester. 26
Nevin Edwin H., Chelsea. 14, 21
Nuble Edward W., Truro. 4
Northrop Birdsey G., Saxoriville. 15
Northrop I. H. 21
Norton John F., Alhol. 27
Norwood Francis. 10
Nott Samuel, Jr., Wareham. 18
Oliphant David, Andover. 1
Oreutt John, Hartford, Ct. 13
Osgood Samuel, D. D., Springfield. 9
Packard Abel K., Yarmouth. 4
Paige C. F., Tolland. 10
Paine Albert, North Adams. 2
Paine John C, Gardner. 27
Paine William P., D. D., Holden. 26
Park Calvin E., We.st Boxford. 6
Park Edwards A., D. D., Andover. 21
Park Harrison G., Bernardston. S
Parker Henry W., New Bedford. 18
Parker Leonard S., Haverhill. 6
Parsons Henry M., Springfield. 9
Parsons John U., Ogden, Kansas. 4
Parsons William L., Mattapoisett. 18
I'airick Henry J., Bedford. 25
Patrick Joseph H., South Wellfleet. 4, 12
Patten Abel, Burlington. 25
Peck David, Danbury, Ct. 8
Peirce Willard, North Abington. 17
Peloubet Francis N., Lanesville. 7
Pennell Lewis, West Stockbridge Centre. 3
Perkins A. E. P., Ware. 5
Perkins Ebenezer, Royalslon. 27
Perkins Frederick T., Williamsburgh. 11
Perkins H. K. W., Medford. 25
Perkins Jonas, Weymouth. 17
Perry David, Pepperell. 16
Perry Gardner B., D. D., Groveland. 6
74
Perry Ralph, Agawam. 10
Perry T. C, Windsor. 2
Phelps Austin, D. D., Andover. 21
Phelps Winlhrop H., Monlerey. 3
Phillips John C, Methuen. 1
Phillips L. R., Sharon. 17
Phipps William, Paxton. 26
Pickett Aaron, Sandisfield. 3
Pike John, Rowley. 6
Pomeroy Jeremiah, West Hawley. 8, 11
Pomeroy Swan L., D. D., Boston. 21
Pomroy Rnfus, Otis. 3
Poor Daniel J., Gorham, Me. 14
Porter Charles S., South Boston. 22
Powers Dennis, South Abington. 17
Pratt E., Brewster. 4
Pratt Francis G., Middleboro', 21
Pratt Henry, Dudley. 5
Pratt Miner G., Andover. 26
Prince John M., Georgetown. 6
Putnam Israel W., D. D., Middleboro'. H
Quint Alonzo H., Jamaica Plain. 22
Raymond Stetson, Bridgewater. 19
Reed Andrew H., Mendon. 14
Reed Frederick A., Cohasset. 17
Renshaw Charles S., Richmond. 2
Rice Thomas O., Brighton. 23
Rich Alonzo B., Beverly. 7
Richards George, Boston. 21
Richardson Gilbert B., Douglas. 13
Richardson M., Worcester. 27
Richmond Thomas T., Boston. 14
Riddel Samuel H., Boston. 22
Roberts Jacob, Med way. 14
Roberts James A., Berkley. 17, 18
Robinson Reuben T., Winchester. 25
Rockwood Samuel L., Hanson. 17
Rood Thomas H., Goshen. 11
Root Augustine, Lakeville. 39
Ropes William L., Wrentham. 14
Russell Ezekiel, East Randolph. 17
Sabin Lewis, D. D., Templelon. 27
Sanders Marshall D., Ceylon. 2
Sanford Baalis, East Bridgewater. 19
Sanford David, Medway. 14
Sanford Enoch, Raynham. 19
Sandford John, Taunton. 23
Sanford William H., Worcester. 26
Sawyer Benjamin, Salisbury. 6
Scott Nelson, Edgartown. 18
Seabury Edwin, Royalston. .27
Seagrave James L., Bridgewater. 19
Searle Richard T., New Marlboro'. 3
Sessions Alexander J., Melrose. 25
Sewail Jotham B., Lynn. 20
Sewall Samuel, Burlington. 25
Seymour C. N., Whately. 11
Seymour Henry, Hawley. 8
Shedd William G. T., Andover. 6
Sheldon Luther, D. D., Easton. 17
Sheldon Luther H., Westboro'. 13
Skeele John P., Wilbraham. 9
Sleeper William T., Westboro'. 26 .
Smith Asa B., Buckland. 8
Smith Charles, Boston. 22
Smith Edward P., Pepperell. 16
Smith John D., Berkley. 23
Smith Matson M., Brookline. 22
Smith Stephen S., Warren. 5
Snell Thomas, D. D., North Brookfield. 5
Snow Porter H., Baltimore, Md. 9
Southgate Robert, Ipswich. 6, 7
Spalding Samuel J., Newburj'port. 6
Spear Charles V., Pittsfield. 15
Stearns Jesse G. D., Billerica. 25
Stearns William A., D. D., Amherst. 12, 21
Stone Andrew L., Boston. 22
Stone Cyrus, Boston. 4
Stone RoUin S., East Hampton. 11
Stone Timothy D. P., Norwich, Conn. 14
Storrs Richard S., D. D., Braintree. 17
Stowe Timothy, New Bedford. 13
Street Owen, Lowell. 1
Strong David A., South Deerfield. 8
Strong Stephen C, Southampton. 11
Sturtevant William H., South Dennis. 4
Sullivan Lot B., Foxboro'. 14
Swallow Joseph E., Nantucket. 18, 25
Sweetser Seth, D. D., Worcester. 26
Tarbox Increase N., Framingham. 15
Tatlock John, AVilliamstown. 2
Taylor John L., Andover. 1
Teele Albert K., Milton. 17
Tenney Daniel, Lawrence. 1
Tenney Francis V., South Maiden. 6
Terry Calvin, North Weymoutb. 17
Terry James P., South Weymouth. 17
Thacher Isaiah C, Middleboro'. 18
Thayer Joseph, Blackstone. 14
Thayer William M., Franklin. 15
Thompson Augustus C, Roxbury. 22
Thompson Leander, West Amesbury. 6
Thompson Otis, North Abington. 19
Thurston Eli, Fall River. 23
Thurston R. B., Chicopee. 21
Timlow A. R., Newburyport. 6
Timlow G. W., North Lebanon, N. Y. 2
Tisdale James, Shutesbury. 8
Todd John, D. D., Pittsfield. 2
Tolman Richard, Tewksbnry. 1
Tolman Samuel H., Wilmnigton. '^5
Tracy Joseph, Beverly. 20
Trask George, Fitchburg. 16
Treat Selah B., Boston. 22
Tuck J. W., Ludlow. 9
Tucker JoshuaT., Holliston . 15
75
Tupper Martyn, Hardwick. 5
Turner Josiah W., Portland, Me. 3
Taxbury Franklin, Hadley. 12
Tyler William, Pawtucket. 12
Tyler Wellington H., Elizabethtown, N.J. 2
Uliler George, Curtisville, Stockbridge. 3
Utley Samuel, Hudson, N. Y. 3
Vaill Joseph, D. D., Palmer. 9
Wailt Clarendon, Rutland. 26
Walker Horace D., East Abington.
17
Walker James B. R., Holyoke. 10
Walker Townsend, Huntington. 10
Warner Aaron, Amherst. 12
Warner Lyman, Ashfield. 8
Waterbury Jared B., D. D. 21
Webster, John C, Hopkinton. 15
Wellman Joshua W., Newton Corner. 22
Wells John H,, Kingston, R. I. 4
Wheaton Levi, North Falmouth. 7, 24
Wheeler Melancthon G., South Dartmouth. 18
Whitcomb William C, Carver. 19, 25
White Isaac C, North Abington, 17
White Jacob, Orleans. 4
White Lyman, Easton. 17
White Morris E., Northampton. 11
Whitney John, Waltham. 21
Whiltemore ZoWa, Chester. 3, 10
Wight Daniel, Jr., North Scituate. 17
Wilcox Philo B., East Bridge water. 17
AVillcox G. B., Lawrence. 1
Willcox William H., Reading. 25
WilderH. A., South Africa. 2
Wilder Moses H., Otisville, N. Y. 4
Willard Andrew J., Upton. 13
Willard John, Fairhaven. 18
Williams N. W., Shrewsbury. 26
Williams Thomas, Providence, R. I. 14
Wilson Thomas, Stoughton. 17
Winchester Warren W., Clinton. 26
Winslow Horace, Gt. Barrington. 3
Withington Leonard , D . D . , Ne wburyport. 6
Wood Charles W., Campello. 17
Wood Francis, Holland. 5
Woodbridge John, D. D., Hadley. 12
Woodbridge Jonathan E., Auburndale. 22
Woodbury James T., Milford. 14
Woodbury Samuel, Freetown. 23
Woodman Henry A., Newburyport. 6
Woodworth Charles L., Amherst. 12
Worcester Isaac R., Auburndale. 26
Worcester Samuel M., D. D., Salem. 20
No. in last year's Index,
No. added, 71
No. erased, 41
Net additions,
Total in the present Index,
No. not connected with Associations, (p. 64,)
Total,
561
30
591
36
627
INDEX OF TOWNS,
And of stick parts of totvns as have distinct names ; with the niimber of the Associa-
tion in which each occurs in the Statistics.
27
Abington, 17
Acton, 16
Adams, 2
Agawam, 10
Alford, 3
Amesbury, 6
Amherst, 12
Andover, 1
Ashburnham,
Ashby, IG
Ashfield, S
Ashland, 15
Assabet, in Stowe, 16
Assonet, in Freetown, 23
Athol, 27
Atileboro', 23
Auburn, 26
Auburndale, in Newton, 22
Ballardvale, in Andover, 1
Barnstable, 4, 24
Barre, 26
Becket, 2, 3
Bedford, 25
Belchertown, 12
Belleville, in Nevvburyport, 6
Bellingham, None.
Berkley, 17, 23
Berlin, 26
Bernardston, 8
Beverly, 7, 20
Billerica, 25
Blackstone, 13
Blandford, 10
Bolton, None.
Boston, 21, 22
Boxboro', 16
Box ford, 6, 20
Boylston, 26
Bradford, 6
Braintree, 17
Brewster, None.
Bridgewater, 19
Brighton, 22
Brimfield, 5
Brookfield, 5
Brookline, 22
Buckland, 8
Burlington, 25
Cambridge, 21, 22
Canton, 22
Carlisle, 25
Carver, 19
Centreville, in Bamstablej 24
Charlemont, S
Charlestown, 21
Charlton, 5
Chatham, 4
Chelmsford, 1
Chelsea, 21
Cheshire, None.
Chester, 10
Chesterfield, 11
Chicopee, 9
Chilmark, 24
Chiltonville, in Plymouth, 19
Clarksburg, None.
Clinton, 26
Cohasset, 17
Colerain, 8
Concord, 15
Conway, 8
Cotuit, in Barnstable, 24
Cummington, 11
Curtisville, in Stockbridge, 3
Dalton, 2
Dana, 5
Danvers, 7, 20
Dartmouth, 18
Dedham, 22
Deerfield, 8
Dennis, 4
Dighton, 19
Dorchester, 17
Douglas, 13
Dover, 14
Dracut, 1
Dudley, 5
Dunstable, 16
Duxbury, None.
East Bridgewater, 17, 19
Eastham, 4
Easthampton, H
Easton, 17
Edgartown, 18
Egremont, 3
Enfield, 12
Erving, 8
Essex, 7
Fairhaven, 18
Fall River, 23
Falmouth, 24
Fitchburg, 16
Florida, None.
Foxborough, 14
Framingham, 15
Franklin, 14
Freetown, 22
Gardner, 27
Georgetown, 6
Gill, 8
Gloucester, 7
Goshen, 11
Grafton, 13
Granby, 12
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Grantville, in Neodham, 22
Granville, 10
Greenfield, 8
Greenwich, 12
Groton, 16
Groveland, 6
Great Barrington, 3
Hadley, 12
Halifax, 19
Hamilton, 7
Hancock, None.
Hanover, 19
Hanson, 17
Hardwick, 5
Harvard, 16
Harwich, 4
Hatfield, 12
Haverhill, 6
Hawley, 8
Haydenville, in Williams-
burg, 11
Heath, 8
Hinsdale, 2
Hingham, 17
Holden, 26
Holland, 5
HoUiston, 15
Holmes Hole, in Tisbury, 24
Holyoke, 10
Hopkinton, 15
Housatonic, in Gt. Barring-
ton, 3
Hubbardston, 27
Hull, None.
Huntington, 10, 11
Hyannis, in Barnstable, 4
Indian Orchard, in Spring-
field, 9
Ipswich, 6, 7
Jamaica Plain, in West Rox-
bury, 22
Kingston, 19
Lakeville, 19
Lancaster, 16
Lanesboro', 2
Lanesville, in Gloucester, 7
Lawrence, 1
Lee, 3
Leicester, 26
Ijenox, 3
liBominster, 16
Leverett, 12
Lexington, None.
Leyden, None.
Lincoln, 15
Linebrook, in Ipswich, 6
Littleton, 16
Longmeadow, 9
Lowell, 1
Ludlow, 9
Lunenburg, 16
Lynn, 20
Lynnfield, 7, 20
Maiden, 21,25
Manchester, 7
Mansfield, 14
Marion, 18
Marlboro', 15
Marblehead, 20
Marshfield, 19
Mattapoisett, 18
Medfield, 14
Medford, 25
Medway, 14
Melrose, 25
Mendon, 14
Methuen, 1
Mettineague, in West Spring
field, 10
Middleboro', 18, 19
Middlefield, 11
Middleton, 7
Milford, 14
Millbury, 13
Milton, 17
Monroe, None.
Monson, 9
Montague, 8
Monterey, 3
Montgomery 10
Mt. Washington, None.
Nahant, None.
Nantucket, 18
Natick, 15
Needham, 17, 21, 22
New Ashford, None.
New Bedford, IS
New Braintree, 5
Newbury, 6
Newburyport, 6
New Marlboro', 3
New Salem, 27
Newton, 21, 22
Northampton, 11
North Andover, 1
Northboro', 26
Northbridge, 13
North Bridgewater, 17
North Brookfield, 5
North Chelsea, 21
Northfield, 8
North Reading, 25
Norton, 23
Oakham, 5
Orange, 8
Orleans, 4
Otis, 3
Oxford, 26
Palmer, 9
Pawtucket, 23
Paxton, 26
Pelham, 12
Pembroke, None.
Pepperell, 16
Peru, 2
Petersham, 27
Phillipston, None.
Pittsfield, 2
Plainfield, 11, 12
Plymouth, 19
Plympton, 19
Prescott, 12
Princeton, 26
Provincetown, 4
Quincy, 17
Randolph, 17
Raynham, 23
Reading, 21,25
Rehoboth, 23
Richmond, 2
Rochester, 18
Rockport, 7
Rowe, 8
Rowley, 6
Roxbury, 22
Royalston, 27
Russell, None.
Rutland, 26
Salem, 7, 20
Salisbury, 6
Sandisfield, 3
Sandwich, 4, 24
Saugus, 20
Savoy, None.
Saxonville, in Framingham, 15
Scituate, 17
Scotland, in Bridgewater, 19
Seekonk, 23
Sharon, 17
Sheffield, 3
Shelbom, 8
Sherburne, 15
Shirley, 16
Shrewsbury, 26
Shutesbury, 8 *
Somerset, None.
Somerville, 21
Southampton, 11
Southboro', 15
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Southbridge, 5
South Danvers, 7
Soulhfield, in New Marlboro'
South Hadley, 9, 12
South Reading:, 7
South Sciluale, None.
Southwick, 10
Spencer, 5
Springfield, 9
Sterling, 26
Stockbridge, 3
Stoneham, 25
Stoughton, 17
Stowe, 15, 16
Sturbridge, 5
Sudbury, 15
Sunderland, 8
Sutton, 13
Swampscott, 20
Swanzey, None.
Taunton, 23
Templeton, 27
Tewksbury, 1
Tisbury, 24
Tolland, 10
Topsfield, 20
Townsend, 16
Truro, 4
Tyngsboro', None.
Tyringham, None.
Upton, 13
Uxbridge, 13
Wales, None.
Walpole, 14
Waltham, 15, 21
Ware, 5
Wareham, 18
Warren, 5
Warwick, 8
Washington, 2
Watertown, 22
Wayland, 15
Webster, 26
Wellfleet, 4
Wendell, 8
Wenham, 20
Westboro', 13
West Boylston, 26
West Bridgewater, 17
West Brookfield, 5
West Cambridge, 22
Westfield, 10
Westford, 16
Westhampton, 11
Westminster, 27
West Newbury, 6
Weston, None.
Westport, None.
West Roxbury, 22
West Springfield, 10
West Stockbridge, 3
Weymouth, 17
Whately, 8, 11
Whitinsville, in North-
bridge, 13
Wilbraham, 9
Williamsburg, 14
Williamstown, 2
Wilmington, 25
Westport, None,
Winchendon, 27
Winchester, 25
Windsor, 2
Winthrop, None.
Woburn, 25
Worcester, 26
Worthington, 11
Wrentham, 14
Yarmouth, 4
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INDEX.
Page.
Appointments for each session, method of making, 31,32
Benevolent Societies, addresses in behalf of, • 14
Clergymen, lists of, 64, 70-75
Committees appointed at the session of 1S58, 5, 12, 14, 1-5
Conferences of Churches, list of, 67
Congregationalism at the West, action regarding, U
Corresponding Bodies, report of Delegates to, 7-8
" " salutations from, 8
Delegates to CoEKESPON DING Bodies, how annually appointed, . . 32
for 1858-9, list of, . . . 9-10
Discussion on questions of Schedule, 12, 13
Home Missions, report on, and action regarding, 15
Members present at session of 1858, 3-4
Minutes of the Session of 1858, 3-16
Narrative of the State of Religion, adopted, 16 ; printed, . . . 21-21
Obituaries of clergymen deceased in 1S57-S, 65
Officers of the General Association, 32
Pastoral Letter, adopted, 11 ; printed, 17-20
Plymouth Association recognized, 6
Rules of the General Association, 26—30
" '' " Amendments to, ... . 5, 6, 7, 13
Secretary, Dr. Davis' resignation as, — and new election, .... 7
Session of 1859, appointments for, 12
Statistical Tables for IS59, 32-61
" " explanations of, 33
" " remarks upon, 62-68
" " 1S59, how to be prepared, 79
Temperance, action regarding, .......... 14
Towns, Index of, 76-78
Tract Society, action regarding, 15-16
Treasurer's Report, read and acted upon, 7, 13 ; printed, . . . ■ . 25
Unaccredited Ministers, action regarding, 14
Votes of Thanks, 7,16
Western Collegiate Education, action regarding, 15
MINUTES
General g^sscnalk Bf gTassac^wsclfe,
AT TUKIB FIFTV-SKVENTH ANNUAL SESSION,
HELD IN PITTSFIELD, JUNE, 1855
PASTORAL LETTER,
NARRATIVE OF THE STATE OF RELIGION,
STATISTICS OF THE CHURCHES.
BOSTON:
CROCKER AND BREWSTER.
47 \Va!>hin^ton Street.
1859.
MINUTES
§mul %BBmm\m flf ^Tassacljuscits,
AT THEIR FIFTY-SEVENTH ANNUAL SESSION,
HELD IN PITTSFIELD, JUNE, 1859.
•WITH THE
PASTORAL LETTER,
NARRATIVE OF THE STATE OF RELIGION,
STATISTICS OF THE CHURCHES.
BOSTON:
CROCKER AND BREWSTER.
47 Washington Street.
1859.
NOTICES.
The session of 1860 will be held at Holliston, commencing Tuesday, June 26,
at 4 o'clock, P. M.
Eev. Israel W. Putnam, D. D., of Middleboro', is the Preacher upon Home
Missions, — Rev. Abijah P. IVIarvin of Winchendon, being substitute.
The Assoeiational Preacher is to be selected by Norfolk Association.
Rev. Joseph Vaill, D. D., of Palmer, Rev. Henry M. Parsons of Springfield,
and Rev. Eli B. Clark of Chicopee, are a Committee to prepare the next
Pastoral Address.
Rev. John Todd, D. D., of Pittsfield, Rev. Prof. Isaac N. Lincoln of Wil-
liamstown, and Rev. George T. Dole of Lanesboro', are a Committee to pre-
pare the Schedule of Questions directed by Rule IX, Section 7.
There are no special committees to report in 1860.
The times, and places of meeting, of the various Bodies with which this
General Association is in correspondence, will be found in the Congrega-
tional Quarterly, published at Boston; the sessions for 1859, in the
April number, and the sessions for 1860, in the January number, of the re-
spective years.
A Historical Sketch of this General Association, with a complete list of its
officers, (both permanent and annual,) and of its preachers at each session, is
contained in the Congregational Quarterly, January, 1859.
For other matters of interest, see " Index," on the closing page.
OFFICERS.
SECRETARY AND TREASURER.
Rev. Enoch Hale, Westhampton, 1804 — 1824.
Rev. Thomas Snell, D. D., North Brookfield, . . 1824—1850.
Rev. Emerson Davis, D. D., Westfield, .... 1850—1858.
Rev. Alonzo H. Quint, Jamaica Plain, .... 1858 —
STATISTICAL SECRETARY.
Rev. Alonzo H. Quint, Jamaica Plain, .... 1856 —
MINUTES
The General Association of Massachusetts assembled in
the South Congregational Church in Pittsfield, on Tuesday, June 28,
1859, at 4 o'clock, P. M. The delegates Avere called to order by the
Secretary, Eev. Alonzo H. Quint, and Rev. George Mooar was ap-
pointed Temporary Scribe.
The following clergymen presented certificates of their election as
Delegates fkom District Associations, and were enrolled as
members : —
Andover, — John P. Cleaveland, D. D., George Mooar.
Bershire North, — Heman Humphrey, D. D., Albert Paine.
Berkshire South, — George E. Hill, James B. Cleaveland.
Brewster, — Osborne Myrick.
Brookfield, — James Kimball.
Essex North, — Thomas Doggett.
Essex South, — Lysander Dickerman.
Franklin, — George L. Hovey.
Hampden East, — Joseph Vaill, D. D., Frederick Alvord.
Hampden West, — Joel S. Bingham, E. J. Alden.
Hampshire, — None.
Hampshire East, — David Eastman.
Harmony, — see Worcester South.
Mendon, — Franklin Davis, William L. Ropes.
Middlesex South, — Luther H. Angier.
Middlesex Union, — Elihu Loomis, Daniel Butler.
Norfolk, — Ezekiel Russell, D. D., Isaac C. White.
Old Colony, — Timothy Stowe.
Plymouth, — WiUiam C. Whitcomb, Byron Bosworth.
Salem, — None.
Suffolk North, — George W. Blagden, D. D., Isaac P. Langworthy.
Suffolk Southj^ — John 0. Means, Jacob M. Manning.
Taunton, — James R. Gushing.
Vineyard Sound, — None.
Woburn, — Elihu P. Marvin, Joseph E. Swallow.
Worcester Central, — Seth Sweetser, D. D.
Worcester North, — Lewis Sabin, D. D., John C. Paine.
Worcester South, — (formerly Harmony,) Luther H. Sheldon, Lewis
F. Clark.
Also, Mass. Home Miss. Soc, — Henry B. Hooker, D. D., John H.
Bisbee.
And ex officiis, — Roswell Foster, Alonzo H. Quint.
The following clergjTnen, who had represented the Association in
corresponding bodies during the past year, were enrolled as Honorary
Members : *
Timothy A. Hazen, delegate to the General Convention of Vermont.
Rowland Ayres, delegate to the General Association of New Hamp-
shire.
A. E. P. Perkins, delegate to the General Assembly of the Presby-
terian Church.
The following clergymen were present as Delegates from Cor-
responding Bodies :
General Conference of Maine, — Alfred E. Ives.
General Association of New Hampshire, — Jacob G. Davis.
General Convention of Vermont, — Ebenezer Smith.
Evangelical Consociation of Rhode Island, — Theodore Cooke.
General Association of Connecticut, — James Averill.
General Association of New York, — William I. Budington, D. D.
General Conference of Ohio, — William W. Woodworth.
General Association of lUinois, — Jeremiah Porter.
Congregational Association of Nebraska, — Reuben Gaylord.
Congregational Association of Oregon, — S. H. Mai'sh.
ORGANIZATION.
Rev. George W. Blagden, D. D., of Boston, Avas chosen Moderator ;
Rev. George Mooar of Andover, Scribe ; and Rev. Timothy Stowe
of New Bedford, Assistant Scribe.
Prayer was offered by the Moderator.
The rules of the Association were read by the Scribe.
*For the names of those elected Honorary Members, see proceedings of Wednesday and Thursday.
The following Committees were appointed :
On Nominations : — Alonzo H. Quint, Lewis Sabin, D. D., and Albert
Paine.
On Credentials : — Joel S. Bingham, B}' ron Bosworth, and James B.
Cleaveland.
On Arrangements : — Roswell Foster, John C. Paine, and Isaac P.
Langworthy.
On Accounts : — William L. Ropes, and Frederick Alvord.
On Narrative of the State of Religion : — Lewis Sabin, D. D., John
H. Bisbee, and James Kimball.
On Nomination of Delegates to Corresponding Bodies : — John P.
Cleaveland, D. D., Joseph Vaill, D. D., and Luther II. Sheldon.
HOME MISSIONS.
On motion of Rev. Dr. Sabin, seconded by Rev. Mr. Quint, it was
Voted, That a Committee of three be appointed on the Cooperation of Con-
gregationalists and Presbj'terians in the work of Home Missions, to report a
recommendation of such action as they may deem best.
The Committee on Nominations requested delay in the nomination of
this Special Committee.
The Committee on Arrangements reported in part, recommending
that the sessions of the Association be from 9 A. M., to 12^ P. M., and
from 21 P. M., to 5^ P. M. ; that the hour of the Home Missionary
Sermon this evening be Ih o'clock ; and tliat a morning prayer meeting
be held from 8 to 8f o'clock on Wednesday and Thursday. This report
was adopted.
After prayer l^y Rev. Dr. Cleaveland, the Association adjourned.
7^ o'clock., P. M. The Association met for public worship. A sex'-
mon was preached in behalf of Ilome Missions, by Rev. Israel E. Dwi-
nell of Salem, from Ezekiel xvii : 22 — 24. The devotional exercises
were conducted by Rev. Jeremiah Porter of Chicago, 111. A collection
Avas taken up for the Massachusetts Home Missionary Society, amount-
ing to $25.
The Association adjourned, to meet on Wednesday morning at 9
o'clock.
Wednesday, 9 o'clock, A. M. The Association met at the hour of ad-
journment,— the preceding hour having been occupied in conference
and prayer. Prayer was offered by Rev. Dr. Humphrey. The min-
utes of the session of the preceding day were read.
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The following clergymen were elected Hoxorary Mejibeks : —
Eev. John Todd, D. D., and Rev. Joab Brace, D. D., of Pittsfield ;
Rev. Milton Badger, D. D., and Rev. David B. Coe, D. D., of New
York ; and Rev. Joseph S. Clark, D. D., of Boston.
HOME MISSIONS.
The Committee on Nominations reported the following ministers as a
Committee on the Cooperation of Congregationalists and Presbyterians
in the work of Home Missions : —
Seth Sweetser, D. D., John P. Cleaveland, D. D., Ezekiel Rus-
sell, D. D.
REPORTS OF DELEGATES TO CORRESPONDING BODIES.
Reports of attendance in person were made by the following breth-
ren : —
Joseph Vaill, D. D., delegate to the General Conference of Maine
in 1858.
Rowland Ayres, delegate to the General Association of New Hamp-
shire.
Timothy A. Hazen, delegate to the General Convention of Vermont.
Elihu P. Marvin, delegate to the General Association of Michigan.
A. E. P. Perkins, delegate to the Presbyterian General Assembly.
Edmund K. Alden gave an account of the meeting of the General
Association of Iowa, at which he was present.
Aaron M. Colton, delegate to General Conference of Maine in 1859,
and Daniel H. Babcock, delegate to General Association of Connecticut,
reported by letter their attendance on the meetings of those bodies.
SALUTATIONS.
The Association received salutations of delegates from Corresponding
Bodies, as follows : —
Rev. Alfred E. Ives, from the General Conference of Maine.
Rev. Jacob G. Davis, from the General Association of New Hamp-
shire.
Rev. Ebenezer Smith, from the General Convention of Vermont.
Rev. Theodore Cooke, from the Evangelical Consociation of Rhode
Island.
Rev. James Averill, from the General Association of Connecticut.
Rev. William I. Budington, D. D., from the General Association of
New York.
Rev. William W. WoodAvortli, from the General Conference of Ohio.
Rev. Jeremiah Porter, from the General Association of Illinois.
Rev. S. H. Marsh, from the General Association of Oregon.
Rev. Reuben Gaylord, from the General Association of Nebraska
Territory.
Rev. J. P. Kimball, delegate from the General Association of Iowa,
and Rev. E. Clark, delegate from the General Conference of Minnesota,
also addressed the Association by letter.
The Association adjourned, after prayer by Dr. Vaill.
PASTORAL ADDRESS.
2^ o'clock, P. M. After singing, the Pastoral Address was read by the
Secretary. It was voted to commit the Letter to the Publishing Com-
mittee, to be printed under their revision.
SALUTATIONS.
Rev. P. H. Fowler, D. D., presented the salutations of the Presbyte-
rian General Assembly.
NARRATIVES OF THE STATE OF RELIGION.
The Association listened to reports of the state of religion in the
various district Associations, and to a report from the Statistical Sec-
retary.
treasurer's REPORT.
The Association took a recess of six minutes, and then heard the re-
port of the Treasurer.
HOME MISSIONS.
Dr. Sweetser, for the Committee on Cooperation with Presbyterians,
presented a report. The report was followed by remarks upon the
general subject from Rev. Dr. Fowler and Rev. Dr. Badger.
The hour for adjournment having arrived, the Committee on Ar-
rangements proposed that the evening session be occupied with the dis-
cussion of the following questions : —
1. Is there any thing in the recent phases of religious experience
which calls for a more careful and thorough inculcation of Christian
doctrine ?
2. What influence does the system of popular lecturing now in vogue
exert upon the preacher and the people ?
3. Do the churches need to adopt, for the promotion of Christ's
cause, more strict rules of systematic benevolence ?
They also recommended that the first speakers upon these questions
be limited to ten minutes, and the subsequent speakers to five minutes,
each.
It was voted to adopt these recommendations of the Committee, and
also to give the first hour of the next morning session to statements from
the Agents and Secretaries of Benevolent Societies, and to resume the
consideration of the question of Cooperation with the second hour.
After prayer by Rev. George Whipple, the Association adjourned.
Wednesday, Ih o'clock, P. M. Pi-ayer was offered at the commence-
ment of the session by Rev. Mr. Woodworth.
The following clergymen were elected Honorary Members : —
Rev. George Whipple, of New York ; and Rev. Nahum Gale, D. D.,
of Lee.
The Association entered upon the discussion of the questions pro-
posed.
The fii'st speaker on the first question was Rev. Mr. Dwinell, and he
was followed by Messrs. Marvin, Bingham, Means, Bisbee, Dickerman,
Quint, Davis, and Todd.
The speaker on the second question Avas Rev. Mr. Quint.
The third question was opened by Rev. Dr. Joseph S. Clark, and he
was followed by Messrs. Langworthy, E. Smith, and Dwinell, and Drs.
Todd, and Humphrey.
The session was closed with prayer by Dr. Clark.
Thursday, 9 o'clock, A. M. After spending three quarters of an hour
in prayer and conference, the Association resumed its session, with prayer
by Dr. VaiU.
MEETING OF 1860.
Voled^ Tliat the session of 1860 be held at Holliston ; and that Rev. Israel
W. Putnam, D. D. of Middleboro', be the preacher on Home Missions, and
Eev. Abijah P. Marvin of Wincliendon, be his substitute ; that the Associa-
tional Preacher be selected by the Norfolk Association ; that the Committee
to prepare a Pastoral Letter be selected by the Committee on Publication ;*
that Rev. John Todd, D. D., Rev. Isaac N. Lincoln, and Rev. Geor«;e T.
*Rev. Joseph Vaill, D. D. of Palmer, Rev. Henry M. Parsons of Springfield, and Rev. Eli B.
Clark of Chicopee, constitute the Committee referred to.
9
Dole, be a Committee to prepare the Questions for discussion ; that Rev. Jo-
seph S. Clark, D. D., Rev. Jacob M. Manning, and the Statistical Secretary
(ex officio), be the Committee on Publication.
CHOICE OF STATISTICAL SECRETARY.
Rev. Alonzo H. Quint was chosen Statistical Secretary for the next
three years.
EXTRA TAX.
It appearing that the General Association is, regularly, one year in
aiTcars for printing, —
Voted, That the local Associations be taxed enough to reheve the General
Association of debt, and enable us to cancel our bills when they become due.*
APPEALS IX BEHALF OF BENEVOLENT SOCIETIES.
Rev. G. L. Hovey of the American and Foreign Christian Union,
Rev. S. H. Marsh of the Pacific (Oregon) University, Rev. L. B. Rock-
wood of the American Tract Society (at New York,) Rev. I. P. Warren
of the American Tract Society (at Boston,) Rev. I. P. Langworthy of the
American Congregational Union, Rev. J. S. Clark, D. D., of the Con-
gregational Library Association, Rev. George Whipple of the American
Mssionary Association, Rev. I. N. Tarbox of the American Education
Society, and Rev. J. H. Pettingill of the A. B. C. F. M., were heard in
behalf of the Societies which they represent.
PACIFIC UNIVERSITY, OREGON.
The following resolution was passed unanimously : —
Resolved, That the peculiar circumstances of Oregon give special interest
to the efforts of our brethren there to establish a New England College on the
North Pacific Coast. Oregon is isolated and can have no recourse to Col-
leges at the East. The population is agricultural ; the churches of New Eng-
land origin are few and weak. They must raise up their ministers and in-
structors ; they must make from within themselves their own character as a
people ; they must determine their own religious life. We therefore commend
the Pacific University to the sympathy and aid of ministers and churches in
New England, as especially deserving their fostering care.
Rev. Mark Hopkins, D. D., was elected an Honorary Member of
the Association.
*This tax is fixed at 33 and 1-3 cents on each member of local Associations, resident in Massa-
chusetts and not superannuated; it is payable immediately.
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HOME MISSIONS.
The Association next resumed the consideration of the question of the
Cooperation with Presbyterians in Home Missions. The discussion
upon the subject was continued by Rev. Messrs. Joseph S. Clark, D. D.,
Daniel Butler, Seth Sweetser, D. D., John P. Cleaveland, D. D., P. H.
Fowler, D. D., and Milton Badger, D. D. The report of the Commit-
tee having been amended, was adopted unanimously, as follows :
The General Association of Massachusetts cordially approve, as they have
ever done, the fundamental principle of the American Home Missionary So-
ciety, whereby Christians of differing views in ecclesiastical polity unite their
efforts for the only purpose of securing the more extensive publication of the
Gospel of Christ in our own land independently of sectarian designs and aims,
and also of the principles according to which the Executive Committee have
from the beginning aimed to distribute the common funds contributed for the
purpose ; and in order to assure them of our encouragement in faithfully dis-
charging their trust according to the pi-inciples referred to, and jealously
guarding against any perversion of the funds of the Society In aid of any sec-
tarian or exclusively denominational designs whatsoever.
Resolved, 1. That the action of the Executive Committee of the American
Home Missionary Society on the 25th of April last, relating to the Alton
Presbytery, Is based upon the only equitable principles upon which coopera-
tion can be sustained, and they have our most earnest sympathy and fullest
sanction, in their endeavor to conduct the affairs of the Society according to
the rules by them laid down.
Resolved, 2. That In the opinion of the Association, any attempt whatso-
ever to employ the American Home Missionary Society or Its funds for exclu-
sive sectarian or denominational purposes, would be a violation of good faith —
an Infringement of the spirit of Christian fellowship, and a departure from
strict justice.
HOME MISSIONS IN MASSACHUSETTS.
The Committee to whom the report of a previous Committee on the
subject of Home Missions within our own State was referred in 1858,
made a report, by Rev. Dr. Sweetser, which was adopted. Its closmg
resolves are as follows :
Resolved, That it is expedient, with the approbation of the Massachusetts
Missionary Society, to recommend that a Committee of Correspondence, to
consist of three persons, be constituted in each of the Conferences or Clerical
Associations of the State, whose general duties are implied In the following
statements :
1. This Committee is designed to be an organ of communication between
churches needing aid, and the Executive Committee of the Massachusetts
Missionary Society.
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2. The service tliey are expected to render is, to obtain by personal in-
spection all necessary facts on which a judgment of the extent and rightful-
ness of the claim of any church for aid is founded, and to present them to the
Executive Committee with their own views of the case.
3. It is also expected that they will interest the churches of their Confer-
ence or Association in these feeble churches, and will seek to encourage and
stimulate the churches receiving aid to all possible exertion in their own
behalf.
4. It is also expected that they will seek out those places which are waste
and without religious Instruction, and make provision either through the aid
of neighboring churches, or the J\lassachusetts Missionary Society, for furnish-
ing them the means of grace.
5. And as there may be cases where two feeble parishes are so situated
that they may enjoy between them the labors of a pastor and are not in a
situation to claim his exclusive services, it is expected that the Committee will
endeavor, both with the parishes and the Executive Committee, to arrange
such a disposition of missionary work as to supply them with the gospel.
6. If at any time a church receiving aid should feel that a larger allow-
ance than they receive should be granted them, it is expected that the Com-
mittee will obtain all necessary information, and advise the Executive Com-
mittee to such an increase of appropriation as in their candid judgment the
case demands, submitting to the Executive Committee the unquestioned right
and duty of deciding in regard to all disbursements of the funds entrusted to
their care.
NARRATIVE.
Rev. Dr. Sabin read the Narrative of the State of Eeligion, which
was adopted and ordered to be published with the Minutes.
DELEGATES TO CORRESPONDING BODIES.
The Committee to nominate Delegates to Corresponding Bodies re-
ported the following list, which was adopted :
To the Presbyterian General Assembly :
Primaries, Stephen G. Dodd, Henry M. Dexter.
Substitutes, Luther F. Dimmick, D. D., John P. Cleaveland, D. D.
To the General Conference of Maine :
Primaries, Stephen C. Strong, Reuben T. Robinson.
Substitutes, Charles L. Woodworth, Lewis Pennell.
To the General Association of New Hampshire :
Primaries, Alonzo H. Quint, John F. Norton.
Substitutes, Benjamin F. Clark, Noadiah S. Dickinson.
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To the General Convention of Vermont :
Primaries, Edwin A. Bulkley, Edmund K. Alden.
Substitutes, Luther Sheldon, D. D., Charles W. Wood.
To the Evangelical Consociation of Rhode Island :
Primaries, Elias Nason, John Todd, D. D.
Substitutes, William S. Coggin, Alfred Emerson.
To the General Association of Connecticut :
Primaries, Josiah Ballard, Leonard S. Parker.
Substitutes, Luther H. Sheldon, James O. Murray.
To the General Association of New York :
Primaries, David Sanford, Richard Tolman.
Substitutes, Edmund Dowse, Jotham B. Sewall.|
To the General Conference of Ohio :
Primaries, James M. Bacon, Edwin H. Nevin.
Substitutes, Joseph Vaill, D. D., David A. Strong.
To the General Association of Illinois :
Primaries, Jeremy W. Tuck, Mortimer Blake.
Substitutes, James R. Gushing, William Cari'uthers.
To the General Association of Michigan :
Primaries, Edward S. Dwight, S. S. Ashley.
Substitutes, John C. Pame, Joshua L. Maynard.
To the Presbyterian and Congregational Convention of Wisconsin
Primaries, Abel K. Packai'd, Horace D. Walker.
Substitutes, Timothy Stowe, J. Jay Dana.
To the General Association of Iowa :
Primaries, Joel S. Bingham, William Bates.
Substitutes, John H. Bisbee, Henry J. Patrick.
To the General Associations of Kansas and Minnesota :
Primaries, Isaiah C. Thacher, Ebenezer Alden, Jr.
Substitutes, Ariel P. Chute, Byron Bosworth.
To the Congregational Association of Nebraska :
Primaries, Martin S. Howard, Roswell Foster.
Substitutes, James B. R. Walker, E. Porter Dyer.
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To the General Associations of Oregon and California :
Primaries, Daniel T. Fiske, Daniel L. Furber.
Substitutes, Lysander Dickerman, George L. Hovey.
To the Congregational Union of Canada :
Primaries, Joshua W. Wellman, Sereno D. Clark.
Substitutes, Seth Sweetser, D. D., Nahum Gale, D. D.
To the Congregational Union of England and Wales :
Primaries, C. B. Kittredge, James H. Means.
AMERICAN TRACT SOCIETY.
The following resolution was adopted :
Resolved, That this Association bid the American Tract Society, at Boston,
God speed in their good work.
THE TREASURY.
The Committee on Accounts reported that they have examined the
Treasurer's report and find it correct. They recommend that a tax of
fifty cents be levied on each of the members of District Associations re-
siding in the State except such as are superannuated.*
SALUTATIONS FROM CALIFORNIii.
Eev. E. S. Lacey presented the salutations of the General Associa-
tion of California.
The following resolution was then adopted :
Whereas there are now in California many sons and daughters of New
England struggling to establish an institution of learning like those noble In-
stitutions in which they themselves were educated, and who look to us for
sympathy and aid, therefore
Resolved, That the General Association of Massachusetts do hereby extend
to the " College of California " an expression of our sympathy and Interest in
their success.
VOTE OF THANKS.
Voted, That the thanks of this Association be given to the South Church,
the First Church, and to the citizens of PIttsfield generally, who have gen-
erously opened their doors and entertained us so hospitably and In every way
so pleasantly.
♦This tax is distinct from the one levied as at page 9, and is payable at the next session.
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Prayer was then offered by Rev. Dr. Hopkins, and the Association
adjourned till 2, P. M.
Thursday, 2 o'clock, P. M. The Association met at the hour of ad-
journment for public services.
The Associational Sermon was preached by Rev. Joseph C. Bodwell
of Framingham, from Acts xix : 2. Rev. Reuben Gaylord of Nebraska,
assisting in the devotional services.
The Lord's Supper was admmistered by Rev. Alfred E. Ives of
Maine, and Rev. Jeremiah Porter of Illinois.
EDUCATION IN NEBRASKA.
Rev. Reuben Gaylord made a statement in regard to a proposed Lite-
rary Institution in Nebraska Territory. Upon which, the Association
passed the following preamble and resolution :
Whereas the Congregational Association of Nebraska Territory have
founded an institution of learning for that Territory at Fontenelle, after the
example of the older States,
Resolced, That this Association approve of this measure as timely and wise,
and commend it in its feebleness to the churches of this State and the friends
of Christian education, who may be able to aid in meeting its present neces-
sities.
The minutes of the meeting were read and approved, and after sing-
ing, and prayer by Rev. Dr. Sabin, the Association, [with a vote of
thanks to the Rev. Dr. Blagden for his able and courteous services as
Moderator,] adjourned, sine die.
GEORGE W. BLAGDEN, Moderator.
George Mo oar. Scribe.
Timothy Stowe, Assistant Scribe.
A true copy from the Mnutes.
Attest, Alonzo H. Quint, Secretary.
PASTORAL ADDRESS
Dear Brethren, —
In our last Annual Address, the unprecedented work of grace, just
passing, was the engrossing theme. We made it the occasion for a
special call to praise, and for a special admonition also. In di'ead of
spiritual declension, so apt to follow scenes of refreshing, we deprecated
it the more as a reaction from a state of interest, beyond parallel ex-
tended, effectual, and conspicuous.
But if those scenes of last year suggested ■watclifulness then, do they
not put us upon self-examination now ? Ought not the inquiry to go
searchingly tln:-ough our gates, What fruit do we gather of the great
things that were done for us, and of which we were glad ?
First of all, are we securing, as one result, a greater depth of piety ?
This was the word last year — a jealous keeping of the heart was m-
sisted on ; a diligent care of the whole man of the secret soul and the
inner life. Have we made sure, brethren, in this particular ? Has it
become, more than it was, the familiar phrase in Zion, " Thy word have
I hid in my heart, that I might not sin against Thee ? Mine eyes pre-
vent the night watches, that I might meditate on Thy word ?" Has our
piety been re-cut indelibly in the very type of the 119 th Psalm through-
out ? Is this the advancement of older disciples under the reviving
power ? Is it the school of such spiritual discipline, into which the
throng of disciples, newly born, have entered in their first love ? Sure-
ly, if ever " the vine of Egypt " is to " send out her boughs unto the sea,
and her branches unto the river," it is " to take deep root " also, or it will
not " fill the land."
Then, as another result, brethren, have we made sure of consistency
and breadth of Christian character ? There was a large membership in
the churches before the great revival came. There was extensively
prevalent piety with a name, at least, to live. In some traits, multitudes
of us Christians were fair, if not exemplary. For some objects, and in
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some habits, not a few were zealous. But there was not the consistency
of religious character, such as runs into the whole daily life of the indi-
vidual ; there was not the breadth of religious character, such as is felt
in the influence of the whole man, striving to be found in cheerful cap-
tivity to Christ. Then occurred the great work of God. The prayer-
meeting came forth from obscurity, and planted itself in the very centres
of business activity, in the village and city aUke. Christians thought
they would learn to take the room for prayer on their way to the count-
ing-room, or turn for an hour from the one resort to the other as the
habit of the day. The very impulse that stirred from East to West
over the land was, religion must now enter into all our life ; the Lord
Jesus must be put on in every action, and in every scene of action.
The want of this precisely was deeply felt, first, under the prostrating
rebuke of the business panic, and then in the penitence, and shame, and
the new-found consecration the Spirit wrought. These were the blos-
soms of hope ; this was the putting forth, and the promise in all our
borders, in those wondrous days of our merciful visitation. Do they re-
main, brethren, in the fruit of a character, which takes up consistently
the entire man at every point of conduct, and enters broadly into all the
hfe ? Let the inquiry be now as anxious, and all pervading, as the im-
pulse in this direction was earnest on all sides, and the purpose ardent
and distinct. Make good the words in which then, with the Psalmist,
we fled to the Lord for rescue from the reproach of our iniquity, " Then
shall I not be ashamed, when I have respect unto all thy command-
ments."
And now, brethren, once more, have we gained the result of a large-
hearted, active, prompt beneficence ? If any fruit was to be expected
from the late reviving, as a characteristic feature, it was this ; quite as
much, certainly, as the result of a new power of religion in the life, pe-
culiar as the circumstances were to excite that expectation. Activity of
personal eifort for souls was itself one of the prevalent impulses of the
movement. It sprang up in the Christian body, and about it, where it
was least looked for, as if it had been sown by all waters. From every
quarter, new and devoted workers presented themselves in the persons
of those whose attitude as Christians had beeii irresponsibleness and in-
efficiency. This was one of the wonders of the hour. And now,
brethren, is such pei'sonal activity a thing at all abiding ; is it the new
glory of the entire discipleship ?
Then as to heartiness and promptitude in meeting the pressing de-
mands of humane and missionary enterprise ; how is the spirit of be-
nevolence coming out of the unparalleled work of grace in this respect ?
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All guardians of such trusts and operations, were hailing the glorious
scene, as perhaps the coming of that good time they had so longed to
see. Most justly too. The very panic in affairs, that preceded the re-
vival, was a special rebuke of the worldliness which shut up its compas-
sions agamst the needy, and withheld too more than was meet, even
when it did not refuse to bestow. And now the Savior's love rolls over
the land, like the waves of the sea. For scores of years all manner of
demands for the heathen, for the degraded, for the outcast, for the op-
pressed, have been at the doors of the house of God. They have made
some impression, and they have had some notice ; yet it is too true that
in all this long succession of years it has been their lot to call and wait,
much more than to receive. But now, is not the harvest-time of this
weai-y sowing in the field of Christian beneficence at hand with the wide
quickening power ? This was the fond hope and the reasonable expec-
tation. But, brethren, what is the fact to-day ? Has that full shining
of the love of Jesus left its OAvn bright image in our souls ? What say
the treasuries of missions on all sides ? What response to the inquiry
comes from the nations opening wide upon us, from the heathen that
perish, from the victims of degradation and oppression, from the crying
wants and woes of our own land, and of the whole earth abroad ?
Bretliren, our exultation was most fit and becoming, when God was
with us so graciously. It was well, too, we were then most earnestly
admonished. Let our self-examination be to-day as seasonable, and let
it be faithful also.
" Now the God of peace, that brought again from the dead our Lord
Jesus, that Great Shepherd of the sheep, tlirough the blood of the ever-
lasting covenant, make you perfect in every good work, to do his will,
working in you that which is well-pleasing in his sight, through Jesus
Christ, to whom be glory forever and ever, Amen!"
NARRATIVE OF THE STATE OF RELIGION.
We have to record the loving kindness of the Lord, and his blessing
upon our churches during the year past. We have occasion to remem-
ber that " there are diversities of operations, but it is the same God
which worketh all in all." At the meeting last year, the District Asso-
ciations sent up to this body the glad tidings of revivals of religion.
In many cases, the cloud of mercy was hanging over the churches ; the
awakening power of the word of God was seen ; many wanderers were
turning to Christ " as a cloud and as doves to their windows." Then
the blessed outpouring of the Holy Spirit was descending in showers,
which, in many of the churches, have continued, with fluctuating mea-
sures, to come down for the awakening and conversion of sinners. But,
generally, the last year has been the calm and peace, which sometimes
follow the summer shower, when the newly quickened germs spring up
in fresh life, and the old roots take new vigor, and put forth a fresh
growth, advancing towards maturity in the clear shining of the sun after
the rain. Instead of the flashes of striking incidents and the marvellous
works of grace, which are multiplied in the course of a religious revival,
there has been, the last year, a quiet season of fresh life and healthy
spiritual growth in the churches.
It is pleasing to learn from the reports presented to this body that, in
most of the District Associations, some of the churches have enjoyed a
continuance of the recent great revival to the present time. An exten-
sive work of grace has been in progress in Sandisfield, Berlin, Athol,
Medway, Foxboro', East Abington, South Abington, the Winthrop
Church in East Randolph. In each of the three last named churches
there has been a continuous interest in religion for the past two years,
and the number of communicants has been nearly doubled.
While the recent work of grace has to a great extent deepened the
conviction in the hearts of the private members of the churches, that
there is an individual responsibihty upon them which they cannot throAV
off, and while many sinners have already been plucked as brands
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from the burning, reclaimed and sanctified, there is still much that re-
mains for the followers of the Redeemer to do ; there is much to be
done before Zion will " look forth as the morning, fair as the moon,
clear as the sun, and terrible as an army with banners."
That wliich most prominently gives the characteristic feature to the
history of our churches the last year, is the large accessions to their
membership and to their working power. The Avhole number added by
profession to the churches of our order within the twelve months ending
the first of last January is 8,811. The number gathered into the
churches during the twelve months now ending is not much smaller.
Andover Association has received an accession of 600 to the member-
ship of the churches the last year. And the statement made in the re-
port from that Association, is substantially conveyed in several other
reports, that no unhealthy excitement attended these ingatherings, and
scarcely a conversion occurred, the progress of which could not be in-
spected by pastors and experienced Christians, and thus the young con-
vert be well guarded. The report further says, " Andover Theological
Seminary never stood higher in the affections and confidence of our
churches ; and, indeed, it never stood otherwise than high."
Berksliire North and Berkshire South Associations report prosperity,
and mention the continued success of "Williams College in its important
work for the kingdom of Christ.
Worcester Central Association speaks of a large numerical increase of
members in their churches, as resulting from the awakening of 1858,
which reached and signally blessed nearly all their congregations. The
North Suffolk, and the South Suffolk Associations, present to us similar
reports of large accessions, and speak of the promising and active char-
acter of the piety of those who have recently united with the churches.
In Brookfield Association, 284 have been added by profession.
In Hampden East, Hampden West, Middlesex Union, Worcester
South, Worcester North, and Taunton Associations, accessions have
been made to nearly all the churches, ranging in numbers from five to
fifty or more to each church the last year, and from two to four hundred
in each Association.
Franklin Association reports 400 additions to the membership, which
have greatly encouraged and strengthened many of those churches.
, Essex South, and Essex North Associations, speak of continued revi-
val influences, and of large additions to some of the churches.
Amherst College and Mount Holyoke Female Seminary continue to
prosper and command the confidence and affections of the churches.
The reports sent up to this body from the pastors of Massachusetts,
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generally, speak in strong terms of satisfaction, in respect to tlie increase
of spiritual strength as well as of numbers. It appears that, as a gen-
eral fact, the churches have been led upward to a higher level of Chris-
tian life, going " from strength to strength " under the peculiar privi-
leges and gracious influences of the recent revival, while at the same
time the new converts, who have united with the churches, and said be-
fore the world, " I am the Lord's," have, to a good extent, continued to
give evidence of the genuineness of their conversion, by bringing forth
the proper fruits of penitence and faith in Christ. When they have
taken up for themselves the hope of eternal life and have subscribed
with their hand to the church covenant, they have seemed to understand
to a good degree that their work was not yet all accomplished, but to be
Avilling to ask, " Lord, what wilt thou have me to do ?" This increased
activity of Christians, young and old, in obedience to Christ, and in co-
operation with the pastors to build up the kingdom of the Redeemer,
appears in the prayer meetings, Avhich have been sustained with con-
stancy and abiding usefulness, and have been, by the blessing of God,
rendered an important means of the conversion of many souls from the
errors of their ways. The prosperous and healthy state of the churches,
as at present exhibited in the peace, activity, and Christian Hfe of an in-
creased proportion of their members, is worthy of grateful recognition, as
the proper result of a genuine revival of the work of God's grace. The
prominence wliich prayer has held among the means of promoting the
work of the Lord, has been calculated to lead Christians to a deeper
sense of dependence on the Holy Spirit, and to inspire them with ever
fresh encouragement in the gracious sovereignty and promises of God.
" Not by might, nor by power, but by my Spirit, saith the Lord."
Many a report, that comes to us thi-ough these pastors, of the way in
which the blessing has come to them, is but the reiterating of the Apos-
tle's experience, " When I am weak, then am I strong."
There is reason to believe that the religious experience of the con-
verts m the recent revival has been to a great extent founded on a
basis of sound doctrinal instruction. The report from Norfolk Associa-
tion says, " There has been a marked peculiarity in the visitations of
the Holy Spirit in the churches blessed within our bounds. There has
been a depth and pungency in the convictions of sin, not before wit-
nessed. The subjects of these convictions have felt, in all its anguish,
that they were enemies of God, condemned and justly condemned, slain
by the Eternal law, and without hope save in the sovereign mercy of
God through Christ. As a consequence, there has been a contrast in
the change that has supervened, a depth of religious feelmg, and a con-
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formity of action in the work of well-doing, which promises much for the
future." Other reports afford the most abundant testunony to the gen-
uineness of the work of grace, as manifested in an increased interest in
the study of the Scriptures, and in earnest labors for Christ and for
souls. The remark in the report of Hampden West is characteristic of
the fact in many cases ; it is this : " In one of our mountain towns a
revival of marvellous jDower has been in progress for several months,
and is still going on, the people having a mind to work."
From the Congregational bodies in New England and in other parts
of the country, m correspondence with us, we are glad to hear of their
prosperity in the Avork of the Lord, and to have so many pleasing evi-
dences that the Congregational system is extending its beneficial in-
fluences, and taking root more and more widely in Christian hearts in
different parts of the land. Nor do we less sincerely rejoice ua hearing
of the prosperity and success of our Presbyterian brethren, whose fra-
ternal greetings and assurances of love and good-will Ave appreciate and
reciprocate. "We have one Master, and Ave are brethren.
The reports from the District Associations generally speak of an in-
creased attention to the Sabbath schools, and the hapjjy influence flow-
ing from them. The Broolvfield Association say, " A very large pro-
portion of the subjects of the late revival wei-e from the Sabbath
schools. In Brunfield, tAventy-four of the youth in the Sabbath school
have become Christians, and others are inquiring." No doubt there
is great need not only of the faithful instructions of the Sabbath school,
but also of doctrinal preaching at this time, in order to establish young
Christians in a good understanding and love of the great truths which
have been commonly called the doctrines of grace, and which are neces-
sary to the development of a full Christian manhood.
With regard to the cause of Temperance, there is a diversity in the
reports. In some Associations vigorous efforts have been put forth, and
have been attended with encouraging success. In others the tone of
the reports is desponding ; the cause is stationary, or retrograde.
The expressions that come to us from the District Associations indi-
cate a general and decided sympathy and interest in the American
Tract Society in Boston, and an opposition to slavery, becoming more
settled into a fixed and conscientious Christian principle.
In reviewing the dealings of God with the pastors and churches of
our Association, we cannot fail to notice that death has stricken eight
of the ministers during the last year, Avhile greater numbers in the
churches have finished their course and gone to their rcAA^ard ; admon-
ishing us to Avork Avhile the day lasts, and Avhile Ave A\'ork to watch.
TKEASUREU'S EEPORT.
General Association of Massachusetts,
In account with Alonzo H. Quint, Treasurer.
1858.
Aug. 20.
Dec. 20.
18S9.
June 27.
1858.
June 25.
1859.
June 29.
To cash paid Express, .
" Statistical Secretary's postage,
$ 50
1 87
Statistical Secretary's postage, 3 73
Secretary's postage, 45
Crocker and Brewster's bill for Minutes of 1868, . . 168 40
" " for postage on Minutes, 18 40
" " for printing blank Schedules, 3 00
Secretary's travelling expenses, 8 00
By Cash from last Treasurer,
" Taxes levied in 1858,
" Sale of Minutes, (by C. & B.),
Amount due Treasurer,
Cr.
170 50
2 60
27 98
$204 85 $204 35
By which it appears that there is due the Treasurer, $27 98. To meet this there are
taxes unpaid, on account of the absence of delegates, amounting to $49 00, most of which
is considered reliable. If this is paid, there will be a balance in the Treasury of
$21 02.
The printing and circulation of the Minutes of the present session, and of other
papers already ordered, will cost (estimate) $178 00. According to our unfortunate
system of finance, no money, except the $21 02, wiU be ready until the session of 1860.
The Committee on Accounts report that they have examined the Treasurer's Eeport,
and find it correct.
The Committee recommend that a tax of 50 cents* be levied upon each member of
of District Associations residing in the State, except such as are superannuated.
W L. ROPES,
F. ALVOED,
* This tax is the regular tax due at the next session, and is independent of the extra tax ordered
after the Treasurer's Report was read, but before the report of the Committee on Accounts,— which
extra tax, thirty-three and one third cents on each member, is due immediately. It will be no-
ticed that taxes are levied on all members of Associations residing in the State, except such as are
superannuated; and are to be paid by Delegates, " whether collected or not," as by Rule XI. The
Treasurer has no option.
RULES OF THE ASSOCIATION.
1. Doctrinal Basis. — The Associations by which the General Asso-
ciation of Massachusetts was originally organized, agreed to admit, and
this Association continues to admit, as articles of faith, the doctrines of
Christianity, as they are generally expressed in the Assembly's Shorter
Catechism; and the above-mentioned doctrines, understood by us to be
distinctly those which, from the beginning, have been embraced by the
churches of New England as the doctrines of the Gospel, are considered
as the basis of our union.
II. Denominational Basis, and Object. — This General Associa-
tion is founded on the principles of Congregationalism, and wholly dis-
claims ecclesiastical jurisdiction over the churches or the opinions of in-
dividuals. Its object is, to promote brotherly harmony and intercourse
among the ministers of Christ; — to obtain religious information relative
to the state of their churches, and of the Christian church in this country
and throughout the world ; — and to cooperate with one another, and with
other ecclesiastical bodies, in the most eligible measures for advancing
the cause of truth and holiness.
III. Members. — 1. Each District Association in Massachusetts, con-
senting to the principles of this Union as stated in the first article, may
appoint two delegates annually, to compose this General Association ;
and it is recommended, that one be appointed who attended the pre-
ceding year.
2. The Secretary, the Statistical Secretary, and the minister of the
church where the Association meet, shall have seats, and act as mem-
bers; the Associations to which they belong retaining the right to elect
their number of Delegates in addition.
3. The principle of the connection formed with the Massachusetts
Missionary Society is, that said Society may annually appoint two dele-
gates to this body, who shall be admitted to equal privileges with the
members from the District Associations.
4. The preachers of the Home Missionary and Associational Sermons,
the chairmen of committees attending to present reports, the delegates
who, within the preceding year, attended the meetings of the correspond-
ing bodies to which they were sent, and such others as the Association,
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upon the recommendation of the Committee of Arrangements, may vote
to admit, shall have seats as Honorary Members, and shall be allowed
full liberty to take part in all deliberations, but they shall not be entitled
to vote.
IV. Meeting. — 1. The several Associations shall have the offer of
receiving, in rotation, the annual meeting of the General Association.
2. The time of the annual meeting of this Association, shall be on the
fourth Tuesday of June, at four o'clock, P. M., at such place as shall
have been duly notified.
V. Quorum. — Twenty members, delegated from the particular Asso-
ciations of Massachusetts, shall be requisite to form a quorum.
VI. Organization. — 1. The minister of the church in the place
where the Association meets, or the Secretary, may call the Association
to order, and preside in the meeting until the Association shall be proper-
ly organized.
2. The certificates of the Delegates present shall be read by the
Secretary, or by a temporary Scribe ; and the Association shall then be
organized by the choice of a Moderator, a Scribe, and, if necessar)', an
assistant Scribe, by ballot. The Rules of the Association shall also be
read, and the Moderator shall open the business with prayer.
VII. Special Order. — 1. At the opening of the session on the morn-
ing of each subsequent day, the Moderator shall take the chair at the
hour to which the Association stands adjourned; shall immediately call
the members to order ; shall direct the roll to be called ; shall open the
meeting with prayer ; and cause the minutes of the preceding day to be
read ; and the session of each day shall be closed with prayer.
2. The Committees for the session shall be appointed upon Tuesday.
3. An annual sermon shall be preached before the Association on
Tuesday evening, on the subject of Home Missions, and a collection
taken. The preacher shall be appointed by this body.
4. Wednesday, A- M. and P. M., shall be appropriated to the following
objects : — not exceeding half an hour to necessary business; hearing re-
ports of Delegates to Corresponding Bodies; receiving salutations of
Delegates from Corresponding Bodies, who shall be expected to con-
fine their remarks within ten minutes ; hearing the narratives from the
Delegates of the several Associations concerning the state of religion and
the churches, which shall be presented in writing, with a view to obtain
an accurate account of the principal facts, not however to prevent any
more particular details which the Delegates may think expedient to add,
or the Association to request, — no report of the state of religion being read
in public, unless it be approved by the Association from which it comes,
or by the Committee of Arrangements of the General Association, — no re-
port being allowed to exceed four minutes, and the Moderator being in-
structed to enforce this rule ; the discussion of theological and practical
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questions connected with the ministerial profession, and in accordance
with a schedule prepared by a special Committee and printed with the
notices. Wednesday evening shall be occupied by religious services
having special reference to the people of the place of meeting.
5. The Associational Sermon, the preacher of which shall be appointed
by each Association in turn, shall be delivered at two o'clock, Thurs-
day, P. M., after which the Lord's Supper shall be administered.
6. Previously to the close of each meeting, the General Association
shall specify a place for meeting the next year, and request some Dis-
trict Association to appoint a preacher to deliver the Associational Ser-
mon. And the church of the place of meeting is desired to make pre-
parations to celebrate the Lord's Supper during the session.
7. Each annual meeting shall be closed with a psalm or hymn, and
prayer by the Moderator, or such other member as he shall appoint.
VIIL Permanent Officers. — 1. The Secretary shall be chosen for
three years, from the close of the meeting at which the choice shall be
made. He shall, ex officio^ be the Treasurer of the General Association,
and shall be authorized to pay such expenses as are allowed by the Asso-
ciation, and shall be allowed his own travelling expenses in attending
the meetings of this Association. He shall receive the publications from
foreign bodies, and distribute them among the several Associations, in
proportion to the tax paid by them respectively. One copy of each pub-
lication, received by the General Association, or printed by its order, shall
be kept in the archives.
2. A Statistical Secretary shall be chosen for three years from the first
of September following his appointment. He shall procure the Statistics
of the churches through the Scribes or other statistical officers of the
District Associations ; complete and arrange them for publication, and
present them in that form and properly combined into a summary, at the
same time with the reports of the District Associations at each session.
He shall superintend their printing ; shall be a member, ex officio^ of this
body and of the Publishing Committee, and shall be allowed his travel-
ling expenses in attending the meetings of the Association.
IX. Committees. — 1. At each meeting of the Association, a Commit-
tee on Credentials shall be appointed.
2. At each meeting of the Association, a Committee of Arrangements,
consisting of three, shall be appointed by nomination, to prepare the busi-
ness of the session ; and no business shall be introduced during the ses-
sion, but through the hands, and with the approbation of the Committee.
But if said Committee decline presenting any item of business proposed
by any member, he shall have the privilege of appeal to the Association.
3. A Committee shall be appointed annually, to audit the accounts,
who shall report the state of the treasury, and the sum in their opinion
necessary to be paid the next year by the members of the several Asso-
ciations connected with this body.
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4. A Committee shall be appointed to receive the narratives and state-
ments, and shall condense them into one narrative, to be submitted to
the General Association and published. The written narratives shall be
deposited with the Secretary.
5. A Committee shall be appointed to nominate Delegates to Corres-
ponding bodies.
6. A Committee of three shall be annually appointed, to submit to the
General Association at the next meeting, a Pastoral Address, to excite the
attention of ministers and Christians to faithful discipline in the churches,
the instruction of the rising generation, the sanctification of the Sabbath,
and other subjects relating to the general interests of religion. The ad-
dress being approved by the General Association, shall be signed by the
Moderator, and printed with the minutes. This Committee shall be
chosen from the several Associations in rotation.
7. A Committee to be chosen fiom the several Associations in rotation,
shall be appointed to prepare a Schedule of Questions for the next meet-
ing, which they shall furnish to the Secretary, to be published with the
notices of the session.
8. A Publishing Committee shall be annually appointed, to make such
extracts from the minutes of the meeting, as in their judgment it will be
proper to publish; procure to be printed such number of copies, with the
Pastoral Address, Narrative of the State of Religion, and Statistics of the
churches, as will give one copy to each minister of the Associations re-
presented in this body; and such a number of copies for other bodies
connected with this Association, as shall be mutually agreed upon, and
shall transmit them under the direction of the Secretary.
X. Correspondence. — 1. Our principles of fraternal intercourse with
all ecclesiastical bodies in correspondence with us are, that this A.ssocia-
tion, and each body so connected with it, shall annually appoint Delegates
to the other, which shall be admitted to the privilege of sitting, and de-
liberating upon all matters which may come under consideration.
2. The delegates shall, as far as practicable, be selected from the Dis-
trict Associations in rotation. The brethren chosen substitutes in the
delegations to the bodies in our connection, shall, at our next session, be
considered as Delegates to the respective bodies, if they shall not pre-
viously have taken their seats there, through the failure of their principals.
3. The printed Minutes of the Association shall be sufficient testimo-
nials of the appointment of Delegates to Corresponding Bodies.
4. It shall be the duty of those Delegates who attend the meetings of
Corresponding Bodies, whether they be primaries or substitutes, to certify
the Secretary in writing, on or before the opening of the annual meeting
next after his appointment.
XI. Assessments. — It shall be the duty of the Delegates of the
District Associations, to pay the amount of the assessments due from
their respective Associations for the past year, whether collected or not.
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XII. Statistics. — 1. The Statistical returns, with respect to the
number in the churches, etc., shall be made out according to a printed
schedule of this body, and according to the numbers on the first of Jan-
uary past.
2. The names of all the members of the Associations belonging to this
body, whether with or without charge, shall be inserted in the published
returns, and corrected up to the date of publication.
3. Each District Association connected with this body, is requested to
appoint a Statistical Scribe, to collect the statistics of the churches wilhia
its bounds, in methods designated by this body, and under the direction
of the Statistical Secretary of the General Association.
XIII. Rules of Order. — 1. Every motion, on being seconded, shall,
if requested by the Moderator, or any two members, be reduced to writ-
ing, and no motion shall be open to discussion, until it be seconded.
2. The Moderator may speak to points of order, in preference to other
members, rising from his seat for that purpose ; and shall decide questions
of order, subject to an appeal to the house by any two members. But he
may not speak to the merits of the question without leaving the chair,
and placing some other member in it, to preside while he speaks.
3. On questions of order, adjournment, postponement, commitment, or
the previous question, no member shall speak more than once. Nor on
any question shall a member speak more than twice, without leave of the
Association.
4. When a question is under debate, no motion shall be received, ex-
cept for adjournment, amendment, postponement, commitment, or the
previous question, viz. Shall the main question be now put 1 The ef-
fect of adopting the previous question shall be to put an end to debate,
and to bring the Association to a direct vote upon amendments reported
by a Committee if any, upon pending amendments, and then upon the
main question.
5. If a question under debate contain several parts, any member may
have it divided, and a question taken on each part.
6. Every member, when speaking, shall address himself to the chair ;
and shall be subject to no needless interruption ; if he act disorderly, it
shall be the duty of the Moderator, and the privilege of other members,
to call him to order.
7. No member shall leave the Association before the session is closed,
except with the consent of the body ; nor shall any one leave the house
during a sitting, without the consent of the Moderator.
XIV. Amendments. — A Vote or Resolve to establish, alter, or annul a
standing rule of this body, shall be read twice on different days, and may
be debated at each reading. At the first reading the question shall be,
Shall it be read the second time 1
ANNUAL APPOINTMENTS.
The order in which the several Associations have the offer of receiv-
ing the Annual Meeting of the General Association; Middlesex
South having the session of 1860:
Suffolk North, Suffolk South, Vineyard Sound, Salem, Berkshire South,
Mendon, Andover, Brewster, Taunton, Hampshire, Essex South, Hamp-
shire East, Norfolk, Berkshire North, Middlesex South, Brookfield, Old
Colony, Plymouth, Hampden East, Essex North, Hampden West, Frank-
lin, Worcester South, Woburn, Worcester North, Middlesex Union, Wor-
cester Central.
The order in which the several Associations shall appoint one of their
number as Preacher of the Associational Sermon; Norfolk ap-
pointing the preacher of 1860 :
Worcester Central, Suffolk North, Suffolk South, Salem, Berkshire
North, Vineyard Sound, Essex South, Franklin, Worcester South, Men-
don, Hampden East, Brookfield, Hampden West, Middlesex South,
Norfolk, Hampshire, Hampshire East, Worcester North, Old Colony,
Plymouth, Taunton, Middlesex Union, Woburn, Essex North, Brewster,
Andover, Berkshire South.
The order in whioh a Committee will be appointed from the several
Associations to prepare the Pastoral Letter, — one from Suffolk North
to prepare the Letter for adoption in 1860 :
Brewster, Berkshire North, Mendon, Vineyard Sound, Taunton, Essex
North, Middlesex South, Plymouth, Hampshire, Hairipden East, Suffolk
North, Suffolk South, Essex South, Middlesex Union, Woburn, Brook-
field, Hampshire East, Franklin, Norfolk, Old Colony, Andover, Worces-
ter Central, Worcester South, Worcester North, Hampden West, Berkshire
South, Salem.
The Committee for preparing the Schedule of Questions, ordered
by Rule IX, Section 7, is taken from the several Associations in alpha-
betical order, — the Committee to report in 1860 being taken from Berk-
shire North.
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Delegates to Corresponding Bodies are selected from the sev-
eral Associations in rotation. At the meeting in 1860, one Substitute
Delegate from each District Association will be appointed to the Body
■whose name stands in the opposite column. It is the privilege of each
Association to nominate a person, who will, regularly, become Primary
the succeeding year :
Andover, and Mendon,
Berkshire North, and Middlesex South,
Berkshire South, and Middlesex Union,
Norfolk, (two,)
Michigan.
New Hampshire.
New York.
Rhode Island.
Vermont.
Wisconsin, and Nebraska.
Kansas, and Minnesota.
General Assembly, (N. S.)
Connecticut, and Oregon.
California, and Ohio.
England, and Canada.
Illinois.
Brewster, and Old Colony,
Brookfield, and Plymouth,
Essex North, and Salem,
Essex South, and Suffolk North,
Franklin, and Suffolk South,
Hampden East, and Taunton,
Hampden West, and Vineyard Sound,
Hampshire, and Woburn,
Hampshire East, and Worcester Central, Iowa.
• Worcester North, and Worcester South, Maine.
Changes from year to year are made in the following manner: — The
column of Associations remaining fixed, the lowest name in the column
of States one year, is placed at the head of its own list the next year, the
others in that list being lowered, each one line. Thus, next year,
" Maine " will be placed opposite '' Andover, and Mendon," " Michigan "
will be in a line with " Berkshire North, and Middlesex South," and the
remainder will follow in order.
STATISTICS OF THE CHURCHES.
EXPLANATIONS.
1. Associations are arranged in alphabetical order ; towns, alphabeti-
cally in each Association ; churches in each town, according to age; and
of each church, (1) its town, (2) its locality in the town, and (3) its name,
which name is always followed by " ch."
2. The '' total " number of clergymen in each table, is reckoned by
tables, not by membership in the Association ; although the membership
is given for the convenience of the Association. " Resident " are those
who reside in Massachusetts.
3. The columns specifying churches and ministers are corrected up to
July 1, 1859; church members are reported for Jan. 1st preceding;
admissions, removals, and baptisms cover the year 1858; " absent " are
included in '• males," "females," and "total" ; " Sabbath School " includes
total membership of teachers and scholars at the time of reporting, covering
" branch schools " when under the exclusive care of the reporting church.
4 Churches organized since Dec. 31, 1858, are reported with their
original membership, but are not included in the summaries.
5. Dates of church organization printed in italics, are those which have
been authenticated for this report by reference to original records ; those
not so designated may be correct, but the Statistical Secretary has not
been able to obtain knowledge on the subject.
6. Dates earlier than 1752 are given in ''old style." To reduce such
to "new style," — if it be a date in the 17th century, add ten days; if it
be a date of the 18th century (prior to 1752,) add eleven days.
7. " Ordained " denotes the date on which the person was originally
set apart to the ministry "by the laying on of hands;" "Installed" de-
notes the date of his present pastorate.
8. All Post-office addresses are to be found in the Index of clergymen,
and not in the tables. The towns, in the latter, are often different from
the Post-office addresses, in the former.
9. In no instance is any number in these Statistics supplied from the
returns of previous years ; blanks signify ignorance or carelessness. Nor
is a single figure inserted without reliable authority.
10. See " Remarks " at the close of the tables.
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EEMARKS UPON THE STATISTICS.
Associations* There Bas been no change in the number of Associations
during the past year. One Association has changed its name, viz. Harmony,
which, from territorial considerations, has assumed the title of Wokcestek
South.
Churches and their Members. Some confusion is apt to arise in
regard to our Statistics, arising from the fact that while, for usefulness in
reference, the lists of ministers and churches are corrected up to July 1, the
membership, additions, etc., come up only to the preceding first of January.
Comparisons may be made in both ways.
I. Of the year ending Dec. 31, 1858.
On the first of January 1858, there were 482 churches of our faith and
order in this State. Of these, the church in Rowe is regarded as extinct, and
one church in number has disappeared by the union of two in Waltham. On
the other hand, four churches were organized in 1858, viz. a church in West-
port, May 31 ; a church in South Amherst, June 8 ; the third church in Mar-
blehead, September 28 ; and the Chapel church in South Maiden, Decem-
ber 4. There is also to be added the 1st church in Fall Eiver, which has
concluded to consider itself as in Massachusetts. The number of churches
existing Jan. 1, 1859, was 485 ; and, for the first time, every church of our
order in this State, is reported in our tables.
A comparison of the churches existing at the times specified, give the fol-
lowing results :
Churches.
Members.
Added in
previous year
Removed in
previous year.
Sabbath School.
Jan. 1, 1858,
482
69,427
5,020
3,171
73,210
Jan. 1, 1859,
485
76,784
11,340
3,676
80,285
showing an apparent gain of three churches (a real one of two, as the Fall
Eiver church is merely transferred ;) 7,357 members (or, excluding the Fall
River church, 7,135;) and of Sabbath schools (by the same process, 6,914;)
and the additions in 1858 exceed those of the preceding year, by 6,314.
*It was stated in the issue of last year, that the PLYMonTH Association, organized Aug. 12, 1761,
and united, about 1810, with Bay Association. This is incorrect. Some members of Plymouth
Association so united, but not the organization itself.
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II. Of the year ending June 30, 1859, — that is, from session to session,
of the General Association.
July 1, 1858, there were 483 cluirches (including the one at South Amherst
not included last year, because so recently organized.) Three have been
formed since, viz. the third church in Marblehead ; the Chapel church in
South Maiden ; and the church at Port Norfolk, Dorchester, organized May
11, 1859, including most of the members of the church at Neponset, which
had but a nominal existence, and which thereupon disbanded. So that the
present number, July 1, 1859, is 485.
Of these churches, 81 (69 last year,) are "vacant"; that is, they arc sup-
plied with preaching only from Sabbath to Sabbath ; a few of them have no
public services whatever. Of the remainder, 79 (63 last year,) have "stated
supplies," — an awkward term used to designate such persons as perform the
usual ministerial functions, (sometimes only on the Sabbath,) but without
having been actually installed as pastors. And 325 churches are supplied
with actual pastors, properly settled; 13 of these churches have, each, two
pastors. Many of the churches who have " stated supplies," will, doubtless,
never be in a condition to have a settled ministry, unless a decided change
shall take place as to the estimation of the pastoral office.
It will be seen by the Index of Towns, that there still appear to be no Or-
thodox Congregational churches in Bellingham, Bolton, Brewster, Cheshire,
Clarksburg, Duxbury, Florida, Hancock, Hull, Leyden, Lexington, Monroe,
Mt. Wasliington, Nahant, New Ashford, Pembroke, Rowe, Russell, Savoy,
Somerset, South Scituate, Swanzey, Tyngsboro', Tyringham, Wales, Weston,
and Winthrop ; there is, however, evangelical preaching in each of these
towns, and in most of them are Orthodox Congaegationalists forming con-
stituent parts of accessible churches in adjoining towns.
Ministers. The whole number enumerated in last year's issue, as resid-
ing in Massachusetts, was 584. The number this year is 586. The slight va-
riation in these numbers is merely accidental ; the numbers should doubtless
be increased by the names of other ministers not belonging to Associations ;
few of the latter, however, are in actual service.
As to pastors : At the time of printing a year since, the churches now enu-
merated had 360 pastors. During the past year, 25 others have been settled.
Two have died, and 45 have been dismissed. So that the present number of
pastors is 338. While the number of dismissals is about as usual, that of set-
tlements is less than half that of the preceding year. It is not safe to draw
inferences from limited data ; but in view of the fact that during each of the
last four years (the only years in which the facts are obtainable,) the dismis-
sals have exceeded the settlements, and this year so decidedly, it becomes a
question Avorthy of serious thought, whether the pastoral relation is not losinir
that regard which it once possessed.
The dates of ministerial ordination show that 129 are still ministers of the
churches over which they were ordained. Seven pastorates have passed their
fiftieth year, viz. those of Timothy M. Cooley, D. D., of Granville, settled
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Feb. 3, 1796 ; Thomas Snell, D. D., of Nortli Brookfield, settled June 27,
1798; Reuben Emerson, of South Reading, settled Oct. 17, 1804; Brown
Emerson, D. D., of Salem, settled April 24, 1805 ; David T. Kimball, of Ips-
wich, settled Sept. 8, 1806; Alfred Ely, D. D., of Monson, settled Dec. 17,
1806 ; and Samuel Osgood, D. D., of Springfield, settled June 25, 1809.
Each of these has a colleague.
As to ministers not pastors : These are divided, in the tables, into three
classes ; 1st, those acting as " stated supplies" ; 2d, those who reside in Massa-
chusetts without pastoral charge ; and 3d, members of Associations in Massa-
chusetts but residing outside of the State. Of the first class there are 80, an
increase of 17. Of the second class there are 168 ; of these, 17 are professors
or teachers in various institutions of learning, 2 are financial officers of such
institutions, 2 are in the employ of the Massachusetts Board of Education,
1 9 are connected with the various religious benevolent Societies as Secreta-
ries, Agents, etc., 2 are chaplains in reformatory institutions, 3 are editors or
publishers, 2 are physicians, 1 is the Secretary of the Commonwealth of
JMassachusetts, and 1 is an anti-tobacconist. Of the third class, of which there
are 40, 18 are in actual missionary or other ministerial service, 3 are Secreta-
ries or Agents of Societies, 1 is an editor, 1 a newspaper agent, and 2 are
teachers ; of this class, many are enumerated in the tables of other States, and
none of them ought to be reckoned here.
Deaths. Eight clergymen have died within our borders the past year, as
follows :
Joshua R. Brown died at Longmeadow, Mass., Sept. 7, 1858, aged 46;
John Ferguson died at Whately, Oct. 1858, aged 79 ; James Bradford died
at Sheffield, Dec. 16, 1853, aged 49 ; John E. Farwell died at Fitchburg,
Dec. 24, 1858, aged 49 ; Isaac Braman died at Georgetown, Dec. 26, 1858,
aged 88, having been ordained over the church of which he died the pastor,
June 7, 1797 ; Cyrus Mann died at Stoughton, Feb. 9, 1859, aged 73 ; Joy
ri. Fairchild died at South Boston, Feb. 21, 1859, aged 68 ; WilHam D. Flagg
died at Boylston, May 12, 1859, aged 30.
Of the above, Joshua R. Brown was pastor at Longmeadow ; and Isaac
Braman was senior pastor at Georgetown. For obituary notices of the above,
the reader is referred te the Coxgregatioxal Quarterly.
CoxFERENCES OF CiiURCHES. For the sake of information, the follow-
ing list of Conferences (believed to be entire,) is inserted. These Confer-
ences are composed of Pastors and Delegates fi'om the various churches
enumerated, who meet for public religious services and conference, with no
ecclesiastical power or purpose :
AxDOVER. Organized at Lowell, June 8, 1859, Rev. J. .P Cleave-
land, D. D., being Moderator. Churches, — all the Orthodox Congregational
churches enumerated in Andover Association, — 19. Time of meeting, the
second Wednesday in June. Scribe, Rev. George Mooar, Andover.
Barxstable. Organized Oct. 28, 1828. Churches, — all the Orthodox
Congregational churches in Barnstable, Dukes, and Nantucket Counties, —
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27. Times of meeting, second Tuesday in June, and third Tuesday in De-
cember. Scribe, Rev. Franklin Hebard, Harwicliisort.
Brookfield Association al. Organized June 10, 1838. Churches, —
all the Orthodox Congregational churches within the bounds of Brookfield
Association, — 18. Time of meeting, second Tuesday in June. Scribe, Rev.
A. E. P. Perkins, Ware Village.
Essex North. Organized April 30, 1828. Churches, — Amesbury (West,
and Mills,) Amesbury, and Salisbury, Boxford (West,) Bradford, George-
town, Groveland, Haverhill (all five churches,) Ipswich (1st, and Linebrook,)
Newbury (1st, and Byfield,) Newburyport (North, 4th, Whitefield, and Bell-
ville,) Rowley, Salisbury (Hill,) and West Newbury (1st and 2d,) — 24. Time
of meeting, the first week in October. Scribe, Rev. Daniel T. Fiske, New-
buryport.
Essex South (Consociation.) Organized May 8, 1827. Churches, —
Beverly (Dane st., and Washington st.,) Danvers (Maple st.,) Essex, Glou-
cester (West, Harbor, and Lanesville,) Hamilton, Ipswich (South,) Lynnfield
(Centre,) Manchester, Middleton, Rockport (1st, and 2d,) Salem (3d, and
Howard st.,) and South Danvers, — 17. Times of meeting, second Wednes-
days in June and October. Scribe, Rev. Alonzo B. Rich, Beverly.
Franklin. Organized Oct. 10, 1843. Churches,— Ashfield (1st, and 2d,)
Bernardston, Buckland, Charlemont (1st, and East,) Colerain, Conway, Deer-
field (1st, Orthodox, and Monument,) Erving, Gill, Greenfield (1st, and 2d,)
Hawley (East, and West) Heath, Montague, Northfield, Orange, Shelburne
(1st, and Falls,) Shutesbury, Sunderland, Wendell, and Whately (2d,)— 27.
Time of meeting, the Tuesday preceding the third Wednesday in September.
Scribe, Rev. Wilbur F. Loomis, Shelburne Falls.
Hampden. This Conference has " no constitution, no permanent oflicers ";
" it originated in an invitation of" . . . • " church to the other churches of the
county to meet with us to become better acquainted with each others' con-
dition, to make such suggestions to one another as shall be mutually benefi-
cial and to engage together in devotional services." Churches, — covered by
invitations and places, are all the churches in Hampden county, with the
church at South Hadley Falls, — 34. Time of meeting, on or about the first
Tuesday in October, as any church, choosing to invite, may decide. Rev. S.
G. Buckingham of Springfield, acts as Scribe.
Mendon. Organized April 27, 1858. Churches, — Foxboro', Franklin
(1st, and South,) Mansfield, Medfield, Medway (East, Village, and West,)
Milford, Walpole, Wrentham (Original, and North, J — 12. Times of meet-
ing, semi-annual, " on the Tuesdays and Wednesdays of such weeks in April
and October as shall be designated by the Committee of AiTangements."
Scribe, Rev. Samuel Hunt, Franklin.
Middlesex North and Vicinity. Organized May 8, 1833. Churches,
— all the Orthodox Congregational churches enumerated in Middlesex Union
Association, — 17. Time of meeting, in connection with the "Religious Char-
itable Society of Middlesex and Vicinity," the third Tuesday and Wednesday
of October. Scribe,
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Norfolk. Organized June 14, 1827. Churches, — Ablngton (1st, 2d, 3d,
and 4th,) Braintree (1st, and South,) Braintree and Weymouth (Union,)
Brido-ewater (Trinitarian,) Canton, Cohasset, Dorchester (2d, and Village,)
East and "West Bridgewater (Union,) East Bridgewater (Trinitarian,)
Easton, Hingham, Jamaica Plain, Milton (1st, and 2d Evangelical,) North
Bridgewater (1st, South, and Porter,) Quincy, Randolph (1st, East, and
Winthrop,) Sharon, Stoughton, Weymouth (1st, 2d, Union, and Pilgrim,) —
32. — Times of meeting, first Tuesday in May, and last Tuesday in September.
— Scribe, Eev. Alonzo H. Quint, Jamaica Plain.
Old Colony. Organized Sept. 23, 1856. Churches, — Fairhaven, Ma-
rion, Mattapoisett, Middleboro' (1st, and Central,) New Bedford (1st, North,
Trinitarian, and Pacific,) Rochester (Centre,) South Dartmouth, and Ware-
ham, — 12. Time of meeting, last Tuesdays in April and October. — Clerk,
Rev. John Yvlllard, Fairhaven.
PiLGPaM. Organized April 27, 1830. Churches, — Carver, Halifax, Han-
son, Hanover (1st, and Four Corners.) Kingston, Marshfield (1st, and East,)
Plymouth (South, Centre, and Chiltonville,) Plympton, and Scituate. — 13.
Times of meeting, third Tuesdays in April and October. Scribe, Rev. Timo-
thy G. Brainerd, Halifax.
Salem. This Is a Missionary Union, which takes care of Its own feeble
churches. It holds public sessions, however, as a Conference. Organized
June 11, 1851. Churches, all the churches enumerated In Salem Association,
and the Old South Church In Reading. — 15. Time of meeting, second
Wednesday In June. Scribe, Rev. J. B. Sewall, Lynn.
South Middlesex. Organized Aug. 20, 1828. Churches, — Ashland,
Concord, Dover, Framlngham, GrantvIUe, Holllston, Hopkinton, Lincoln,
Marlboro', Natick, Saxonvllle, Sherborn, Southboro', Sudbury, Wayland,
West Needhara. — 16. Times of meeting, third Tuesdays In April and Octo-
ber. Scribe, Rev. Henry Allen, Saxonvllle.
Taunton and Vicinity. Organized Nov. 7, 1848. Churches, — Attle-
boro' (1st, and 2d,) Berkley 1st, and Trin. Cong.,) Dighton, Fall River (Cen-
tral,) Freetown (Assonet,) Norton, Pawtucket, Raynham, Rehoboth, Seekonk,
and Taunton (Trin., Winslow, and East,) — 15. Times of meeting, the last
Tuesday In September or the first Tuesday In October, — being the first Tues-
day after the meeting of the Bristol Co. Agricultural Society. Scribe, Rev.
Robert Carver, Taunton.
WoBURN. Organized Dec. 5, 1849. Churches, — Bedford, Billerlca, Bur-
lington, Carlisle, Medford (Trinitarian, and Mystic,) Melrose, North Read-
ing, Reading (Bethesda,) South Reading, Stoneham, Waltham, West Cam-
bridge, Wilmington, Winchester, Woburn (1st, and North,) — 17. Times of
meeting, last Tuesdays in April and October. Scribe, Rev. Reuben T.
Robinson, Winchester.
Worcester Central. Organized April 28, 1852. All the churches
enumerated In Worcester Central Association, — 19. Times of meeting, the
Wednesday following the third Monday In April and the Wednesday fol-
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lowing the third JNIonday in October. Scribe, Rev. "Warren W. Winchester,
Clinton.
Worcester North. Organized Nov. 14, 1827. Churches, — all the
churches enumerated in Worcester North Association, excepting New Salem,
— 14. Time of meeting, second Tuesday in June. Clerk, Rev. Samuel W.
Barnum, Phillipston.
Worcester South, (formerly Harmony.) Organized (probably) Sept.
25, 1833. Churches, — Blackstone, Douglas (Ist, and East,) Grafton, Men-
tion, Millbury (1st, and 2d,) Northbridge (1st, and Whitinsville,) Sutton,
Upton, Uxbi-idge, and W^estboro', — 13. Times of meeting, fourth Tuesday
in April, and October. Scribe, Rev. Andrew J. Willard, Upton.
The number of members in the churches connected with these Conferences
are as follows : Andover, 4,492 ; Barnstable, 2,473 ; Brookfield, 2,809 ; Essex
North, 3,797; Essex South, 2,763; Franklin, 3,013; Hampden, 4,976; Har-
mony, 1,962; Mendon, 1,820; Middlesex North, 2,624; Norfolk, 3,911 ; Old
Colony, 1,989 ; Pilgrim, 1,134; Salem, 2,341 ; South Middlesex, 2,714; Taun-
ton, 2,393; Woburn, 2,374; AVorcester Central, 4,474; Worcester North,
2,095. Total, 359 churches, 54,154 members.
W^hile a critical eye will doubtless discover some errors in the present issue,
a comparison of it with its predecessors will disclose some merit. The dates
of church organization and of ordinations have received especial attention.
Every church is, for the first time, reported. Changes of form in several sec-
tions -Nvill materially assist the reader. The Explanations on page 30, will
leave little, of that nature, to be desired ; while explanatory notes have been
added wherever opportunity could be found. The notices regarding the
next session, etc., on i^age 2, furnish a hitherto absent source of information.
The Indexes have been revised with great care. The tables have been added
up, as usual, by a thorough accountant ; and the reports are themselves a
nearer approach to correctness than ever before. Our statistics have already
led to a general change in those of our sister bodies, — a fact which might re-
concile us to an increased expense, while in fact, the present cost of collecting
is absolutely less than under the old and shiftless system.
Most of the present value of the Statistics Is due to the local Statistical
Scribes. The new type of a portion of our pages, together with the improved
shape of our tables, are due, respectively, to the publishers whose names now
appear on our title page for the thirty-eighth time, and to the careful and
intelligent compositor (Mr. J. M. Everett,) who has now put every table in
type for twenty-four years.
Suggestions of further improvements, and the correction of errors, will be
gladly received by the Statistical Secretary.
A. H. Q.
Jamaica Plain, Mass., Aug. 10, 1859.
NAMES OF CLERGYMEN,
Ai-ranged in alpliabetical order, imth the Post- Office address of each, and ivith the
■number of the Association in which each name occurs in the statistics.
21
20
Alibe Frederick R., Abinglon. 16
Abbolt Edward F., Ipswich. 6
Al'bot Jacob J., Usbridge. 27
Abbot jDseph, Beverly. 19
Adams, Darwin, Auburn. 25
Adams George lAL, Cunway 8
Adams Neliemiali, D. D., Boston.
Aiken, J..Charle^lown. 2S
Albro John A., D. D., Cambridge.
Alden Ebenezer, Jr., JNIarshfield. 13
Aldeu. E. J., Meitineague. 10
Akien Edmund K., Lenox. 3
Allen Benj. R., JNIarblehead. 19
Allen Cyrus "W , Hubbardston. 26
Allen George E., Cambridgeport. 20
Allen EphraimAV., South Berwick, iMe.
Allen Henry, Wayland. 14
Allen AVilliam, D. D., Northampton. 23
Allen "William, Dracut. 1
Alvord Frederick, Chicopee. 9
Alvord John W., Boston. 21
Ames Marcus, CheUea. 15. 26
Anderson Rufus, D. D., Boston.
Angier Luther H., South Maiden.
Ashley S. S., Northboru'. 25
AtM'ood Edward S., Grantville. 2
Austin Henry A., Huntington. 11
Ayres Rowland, Hadley. 13
20
14, 23
Babcock Daniel H., South Plymouth.
Backus Joseph W., Leominster. 15
Bacon Elisha, Centerville. 2-3
Bacon James ]\L, Essex. 7
Badger Milton, D. D., New York. 1
Baker A. R., West Needham. 20
Bailey Luther, East Medway. 23
Baldwin Joseph B., West Hawley.
Ballard Addison, AVilliamstown. 2
Ballard Josiah, Plyrapton. 13
Bancroft David, Prescott. 12
18
26
12
Bardwell Horatio, D.D., Oxford.
Barnes Asa, North Ashburnham.
Barney James O., Seekoiik. 22
Barnum Samuel W., Phillipston.
Barrows Elijah P , Andover. 1
Barrows Homer, Wareham. 17
Barrows William, Reading. 20, 24
Barton F. A., Indian Orchard. 9
Bates James, Granby. 12
Bates William, Falmouth. 23
Beaman Charles C, Salem. 7
Beamau Warren H., Nonh Hadley.
Beard Spencer F., Andover. 1
Beardsley Bronson B-, Bridgeport, Ct. 15
Beckwith George C, D. D., Boston. 20
Beecher Charles, Georgetown. 6
Beecher Lyman, D. D., Brooklyn, N. Y. 21
Beecher William H., North Brookfield. 5
Bell James M.,Ashby. 14
Bigelow Andrew, Medfield. 13
Billings Richard S., Shelburne. 8
Bingham Joel S., Westfield. 10
Bisbee John H., Worthington. 11
Biscoe Thomas C, Grafton. 27
Blagden George W., D. D., Boston.
Blake Henry B., Belchertown. 12
Blake Jeremiah, Dracut. 28
Blake Mortimer, Taunton. 22
Blanchard Amos, D. D., Lowell. I
Blanchard Nathaniel B.. Plymouth.
Blanchard William S. 9
Bliss Seth, Brooklyn, N. Y. 20
Bliss Zenas, Amherst. 28
Bliss Thomas E , Blackstone. 22, 27
Blodgetl Constantine, Pawtucket. 22
Blodgett Edward P., Greenwich. 12
Bodwell Joseph C, Framingham. 14
Bosworth Byron, Kingston. IS
Boutelle Thomas, Ashburnham. 26
Brace Joab, D. D.. Pittsfield. 28
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67
Bradford Samuel, Montague. 2S
Brag-g Jesse K., Brookfield. 5
Brainard Timolhy G., Halifax. 18
Bramaii Alillon P., D. D., Daiivers Centre. 10
Breed William J., Soulhbon.'. )4
Bremiier David, Rockport. 7
Brewer .losiah, Huusaloiiic. 3
Brewster C, Haydenville. 11
Bridge Henry AI. S
Bri<lgeman Lewis, AVest Hawley. 11
Briggs William T., Princeiori. 2.5
Brigham David, Bridgewater. 18
Brigham Juliu C, D. D., New York. 3
Brigham Levi, Saugus. ]9
Brigham Willard, Ashfield 8
Brooks Charles, Newlmrj'port. 6
Buckingham Samuel G., Springfield. 9
Bucklin Sylvester F., Marlboro'. 28
Bullard Asa, Boston. 20
Bullard Kbenezer W., Royalston. 26
Bulkley Edwin A., Groton. ].5
Burgess Ebenezer, D. D, Dedham. 23
Burgess Ebenezer, Centreville. 23
Burnham Abraham, Haverhill. 6
Burt Daniel C, Berkley. 17
Bushiiell William, Boston. 20
Butler Daniel, Groton. 15
Byington Swift, Boston. 28
Cady Daniel R., West Cambridge. 21
Campbell Randolph, Newburyport. 6
Carltcm Hiram, West Barnstable, 23
Carpenter Eber, Souihbridge. 5
Carruihers William, Sandwich. 23
Carver Robert, Raynham. 22
Chandler Azariah, D. D., Greenfield. 8
Chapman Calvin, Chatham. 4
Chase Benjamin C, Attleboro'. 22
Chase Ebenezer, Tisburj'. 4
Chute Ariel P., Ware Centre. 5
Clapp Erastus, Southwick. 10
Clapp Eraslus, Easthamplon. 11
Clapp S. G., Slurbridge. 5
Clark Benjamin F., North Chelmsford. 1
Clark Dorus, Waltham. 20
Clark Edward W., Aubnrndale. 21
Clark Eli B., Chicopee. 9
Clark Jonas B., Swampscolt. 19
Clark Joseph S., D. D., Boston. 21
Clark Lewis F., WhilinsviUe. 27
Clark Perkins K., South Deerfield. S
Clark Sereno D , Sunderland. S
Clark Solomon, Plainfield. 11, 21
Clark Theodore J., Cummington. 11
Clarke Benjamin F., Winchendon. 26
Clarke Edward, Chesterfield. 8
Cleaveland James B , South Egremont. 3
Cleaveland John P., D.D., Lowell. 1
Cloyes Dana, South Reading. 24
Cobb Alvan, Taunlon. 22
Cobb Asahel, New Bedford. 17
Cobb Leaiider, Marion. 17
Cobl), L. Henry, North Andover. 1
Cobb Nathaniel, King.?ton. 17
Coburn D. N., Mon.son. 23
Coggiii William S., Boxford. 19
Cogswell Natlianiel, Yarmouth. 4
Colburn Moses M., South Dedham. 21
Collon Aaron M., East Haniptuii. 11
Coltoii T. G., Monson. 9
Cone L. H., Chicopee. 9
Cook Eli-lia W., Townsend. 1.5
Cook Russell S., New York. 2
Cuoke Parsons, D. D., Lyim. 19
Cooley Henry, West Suffield, Ct. 10
Cooley Timothy M., D. D., Granville. 10
Coolidge A. H., Leicester. 25
Copp Joseph A., D. D., Chelsea. 20
Cordley Christopher iVI., West Brookfield. 5
C<jry John E., West Yarmouth. 4
Cornell William M., Boston. 20
Couch Paul, North Cambridge. 16, 20
Co wles John P., Ipswich. 0
Craig VVheelock, New Bedford. 17
Crane Jonathan, Auleboro'. 22
Crawford Robert, D. D., Deerfield. 8
Crosby Josiah D., Ashburnham. 26
Cross Joseph W., AVest Boylslon. 25
Cumrnings Preston, Leicester. 25
Curtiss Erastus, New Salem. 26
Gushing Christopher, North Brookfield. 5
Gushing James R., East Taunton. 22
Cushman Job, North Truro. 4
Cutler Ebenezer, AVorcesler. 25
Dana J. Jay, Adams. 2
Darling George, Hudson, O. 1
Dashiell Alfred H., Jr., Stockbridge. 3
Davis Emerson, D. D., Westfield. 10
Davis Franklin, North AVrenlham. 13
Davis Timothy, Kingston. 18
Demond Elijah, East Falmouth. 13, 23
Denham George, Barre. 25
Denison, A. C, Medford. 28
Dennen Stephen R., AVatertown. 21
Dennis Rodney G., Grafton. 27
Dexter Henry M., Boston. 21
Dickerman Lysander, Gloucester. 7
Dickinson Erastus, Sudbury. 14
Dickinson Noadiah S., Foxboro'. 13
Diman J. L., Fall River. 22
Dimmick Luther F., D. D-, Newburyport. 6
Dimock Edwin, Orange. S
Dodd S. G., Spencer. 5
Dodge John, Harvard. 15
Doe Franklin B., Appleton, AAHs. 15
Doe AA'alter P., Rehoboth. 22
Doggett Thomas, Groveland. 6
Dole George T., Lanesboro'. 2
Dow Ezekiel, Cliiltonville. IS
68
Dowse Edmund, Sherburne. 14
Drummond James, Springfield. 9
Duncan Abel G., Freetown. 22
Duncan Thomas W., Chilmark. 23
Dnnliam Isaac, Westporl. 22
Durfee Calvin, WiUiamslown. 2
Dwight Edward S., Amherst. 12
Dwight John, North Wrenlham. 13
Dwiiiell Israel E., Salem. 7
Dyer E. Porter, Hiiigliam. 16
Dyer Spencer O., Beckel. 3
Eastman David, Leverelt. ]2
Eastman L. Root, Berkley. 28
Eddy Zachary, Northampton. 11
Edgell John Q. A., Andover. 6
Edwards John E., Lancaster. 1.5
Edwards Henry I^., Abington. IG
Eldridge Azariah, Detroit. 17
Ely Alfred, D. D., Monson. 9
Emerson Alfred, Fitchburg. 15
Emerson Brown, Westminster. 8, 26
Emerson Brown, D. D., Salem. 7
Emerson Edward B., 8
Emerson Ralph, D. D., Newbui^'port.
Emerson Reuben, South Reading. 7, 24
Emery Joshua, North Weymouth. 16
Esty Isaac, Amherst. 23
Farnham Luther, Boston. 28
Farwell Asa, Haverhill. 6
Felt Joseph B., LL. D., Boston. 28
Field David D., D. D., Stockbridge. 3
Field George W., Boston. 21
Field Levi A., Marlboro'. 14
Fisher Caleb E., Lawrence. 1
Fisher George E., Mason Village, N. H. 12
Fisk Frederick A., East Marshfield. 26
Fiske Daniel T., Newburyport. 6
Fitz Daniel, Ipswich. 7
Flagg Horatio, Colerain. 28
Fletcher James, North Danvers. 7
Folsom George D. F., Springfield. 9
Foote Calvin, Poughkeepsie, N. Y. 10
Ford George, East Falmouth. 23
Foster Aaron, East Charlemont. 8
Foster Andrew B., Hanson. 16
Foster Davis, West Newbury. 6
Foster Eden B., Lowell. 1
Foster Roswell, Pittsfield. 2
Foster William C, North Becket. 2
Fowler William C, Amherst. 28
Freeman George E., Manchester. 7
Freeman Joseph, Hanover. 18
Frost Daniel D., West Stockbridge. 3
Furber Daniel L., Newton Centre. 20
Gale Nahum, Lee. 3
Gale Wakefield, Rockport. 7
Gannet Allen, Lynnfield. 19
Gannett George, Boston. 24
Garrette Edmund Y., Millbury. 27
Gay Ebeiiezer, Bridgewater. 18
Gibson Hugh, Chester. 10
Gilman Edward W., Bangor, Me. 20
Goldsmith Alfred, Groion. 28
Goodsell Dana, East Haven, Ct. 12
Gould William, Iowa. 17
Greeley Stephen S. N., Grand Rapids, Mich-
igan. 3
Greene Henry S., Ballard Vale. 1
Greene .John M., Hatfield. 12
Greene Richard G., East Cambridge. 21
Greenwood Alfred, Natick. 28
Griffin N. H , WiUiamstown. 2
Grosvenor Charles P., Canterbury, Ct. 24
Gurney John H.. New Bramtree. 5
Hall Gordon, Northampton. 11
Hall Thomas A., Otis. 3
Hammond Charles, Groton. 15
Hanks Steadraan W., Lowell. 1
Harding John W., Longmeadow. 9
Harding Sewall, Boston. 13
Harding Willard M., Quincy. 16
Harlow William, AVrentham. 28
Harrington Eli W., North Beverly. 17, 19
Harrington Moody, Agawam. 10
Harrison Samuel, Pittifield. 2
Haskell John, Raynham. 22
Haskell Thomas N., East Boston. 21
Hatch Roger C, Warwick. 8
Haven John, Charlton. 5
Hawks Roswell, South Hadley. 12
Hawks Theron H., West Springfield. 10
Hayes Stephen H., Weymouth. 16
Hazen T. A., Dalton. 2
Headley P. C, Greenfield. 8
Healey J. Warren, Gardner. 26
Hebard Frederick, Harwichport. 4
Herbert Charles D., West Newbury. 6
Hinsdale Charles J., Blandford. 10
Hitchcock Calvin, D. D., Wrenlham. 13
Hitchcock Edward, D. D., Amherst. 12
Hill George E , Sheffield. 3
Hixon Asa, West Medway. 13
Hoadley L. Ives, Auburn. 25
Hodgman Edwin R., Townsend. 15
Holbrook Willard, Rowley. 6
Holman David, Douglas. 27
Holman Sydney, Holyoke. 27
Holmes Franklin, Norton. 22
Homes Francis, West Granville. 10
Hooker Henry B., Boston. 21
Hopkins Mark, D. D , WiUiamstown. 2
Hopley Samuel, Wellfleet. 4
Hoppin James M., Providence, R. I. 7
Hosford Benjamin F., Haverhill. 6
Hosford Isaac, Worcester. 1
Houghton William A., Berlin. 25
69
Hovey George L., Greenfield. 8
Howard Marlin S., S^ulh Dartmouth. 17
Howland William AV., Conway. 8
Hubbard Anson, SliiUesbury. 8
Hull Joseph D., Harlford, Ct. 24
Humphrey Heman, D. D., PiUsfield. 2
Hunt Samuel, Franklin. 13
Ide Jacob, D. D., AVest Medway. 13
Ide Jacob, Jr., Mansfield. 13
Jackson Samuel C, D. D., Andover. 1
Jackion William C, Dunstable. 14, 15
James Horace, Worcester. 25
Jenkiiis Abraham, Wendell. 26
Jenkins Jonathan L., Lowell. 1
Jenks William, D. D., Boston. 28
Jessup Lewis, Millbury. 27
.fohnson Amos H., Middlelon. 7
Johnson Joseph B., South Reading. 24
Jones Charles, Battle Creek, Mich. 21
Jones Thomas N., North Reading. 24
.Jones Willard, Northfield. 8
Jordan Francis, Springfield. 28
Keep John, Dana. 5
Kellogg Elijah, Boston. 21
Kendall Charles, Petersham. 26
Kimball Caleb, West Medway. 13
Kimball David T, Ipswich. 6,7
Kimball James, Oakham. 5
Kimball Moses, Ascutneyville, Vt. I
Kingman Matthew, Charlemont. 8
Kirk Edward N., D. D., Boston. 21
Kiltredge C. B., Monson. 9
Knight Richard, South Hadley Falls. 9
Langworthy Isaac P., Chelsea. 20
Laurie Thomas, West Roxbury. 21
Lawrence John, Carlisle. 24
Leonard Edwin, Milton. 16
Leonard William, Scituate. Ifi
Lincoln Isaac N., WiUiamstown. 2
Little George B., West Newton. 21
Little Elbridge G., North Middleboro'. IS, 26
Lombard Otis, Southfield. 3
Longley Moses M., Washington. 2
Loomis Elihu, Littleton. J6
Lootnis Henry Jr., Globe Village. 2S
Loomis Wilbur F., Shelburne. 8
Lord Charles, Whately. 8
Lolhrop Charles D., Attleboro'. 23
Luce Leonard, Boxboro'. 15
Lyman George, Sutton. 27
Lyman Solomon, Easthampton. 11
WcGinley William A., Shrewsbury. 25
M'Clure Alexander W., D. D , New York. 20
McCoUom, James T., Bradford. 6
McEwen Robert, D. D., Enfield. 12
McLoud Anson, Topsfield. 19
Mallby Erastus, Taunton. 22
Mandell William A., Lunenburg. 15
Manning Jacob M., Boston. 20, 21
March Daniel, Woburn. 24
Marsh Dwight W., Mosul, Turkey. 2
Marvin Abijah P., Winchendon. 26
Marvin Elihu P., Medford. 20, 24
Maynard Joshua L., East Douglas. 27
Mead Hiram, South Hadley. ]2
Means James, West Lebanon, N. H. 15
Means James H., Dorchester. 16
Means John O., Roxbury. 21
Merrick James L , South Amherst. 12
Merrill James H., Andover. 1
Miles James B., Charlestown. 20
Miller Rodney A., Worcester. 25
Miller Simeon, Holyoke. 10
Miller William, Sterling. 25
.Mills Charles L., North Bridgewaler. 16
Mills Cyrus T , Ware. 28
Mills Henry, Granby. 12
Mitchell David M., Roxbury. 28
Monroe Charles W., East Cambridge. 23
Moody Eli, AVarwick. 8
Moore George, Andover. 1
Moore Erasmus D , Boston. 28
Moore Marlin, Boston. 28
Mordough John H., Hamilton. 7
Morgridge Charles, Hyannis. 4
Morley S. B , WiUiamstown.. 22
Morong Thomas, Webster. 27
Morse Charles F., Northern Armenia. 25
Morse Jason, Brimfield. 5
Morion Alpha, Assabet. 15
Munger Theodore T., Milton. 16
Munroe Nathan, Bradford or Boston. 6
Munsell Joseph R., Harwich. 4
Murdock William, Boylston. 25
Murphy E. D., Mojison. 28
Murray James O., South Danvers. 7
Myrick Osborne, Provincetuwn. 4
Nash John A., New York. 12
Nason Elias, Medford. 14, 20, 24
Nelson John, D. D., Leicester. 25
Nevin Edwin H , Chelsea. 20
Noble Edward W., Truro. 4
Northrop Birdsey G., SaxonviUe. 14
Northrop J. H., Millville, N. J. 26
Norton John F., Athol. 26
Norwood Francis, Monson. 30
Nolt Samuel, Jr., Wareham. 17
Oliphant David, Andover. 1
Oreutt John, Hartford, Ct. 27
Osgood Samuel, D. D., Springfield. 9
Packard Abel K., Yarmouth. 4
Packard David T , Bridgewaler. 20
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Paige C. F., Tolland. 10
Paine Albert, North Adams. 3
Paine John C, Gardner. 26
Paine William P., U. D., Holden. 25
Park Calvin E., West Boxford. 6
Park Edwards A., D. D., Andover. 20
Park Harrison G., Wesminsler, Vt. 8
Parker Henry W., New Bedford. 17
Parker Leonard S., Haverhill. 6
Parsons Henry M., Springfield. 9
Parsons William L., Mattapoisett. 17
Patrick Henry J., Bedford. 24
Patrick Joseph H., South Wellfleet. 4, 12
Patten Abel, Burlington. 24
Pease Giles, Boston. 28
Peck David, Danbury, Ct. 8
Peckham Joseph, Kingston. 28
Peckham Samuel H., Leominster. 28
Peirce Willard, Norlh Abington. 16
Peloubet Francis N., Lanesville. 7
Pennell Lewis, West Stockbridge Centre. 3
J'erkins Ariel E. P,, Ware. 5
Perkins Ebenezer, Royalston. 26
Perkins Frederick T., Williamsburgh. 11
Perkins H. K. W., Medford. 24
Perkins Jonas, Weymouth. 16
Perry David, Pepperell. 15
Perry Gardner B., D. D., Groveland. 6
Perry Ralph, Agawam. 10
Perry Salmon C, Windsor. 2
Phelps Austin, D. D., Andover. 21
Phelps Winlhrop H., Monterey. 3
Phillips John C, Methuen. 1
Phillips Lucius R., Sharon. 16.
Phipps William, Paxlon. 25
Pickett Aaron, Sandisfield. 3
Pike John, Rowley. 6
Plumb A. H, Chelsea. 20
Pomeroy Jeremiah, Chailemont 8, 11
Ponieroy Swan L., D. D., Boston. 20
Pomeroy Rufus, Otis. 3
Poor Daniel J., Gorliam, Me. 13
Porter Charles S., South Boston. 21
Powers Dennis, South Abington. 16
Pratt Enoch, Brewster. 4
Pratt Francis G., Middleboro', 20
Pratt Henry, Dudley. 5
Pratt Miner G., Andover. 25
Prince John M., Bridgewater. 18
Putnam Israel W., D. D., Middleboro'. 18
Quint Alonzo H., Jamaica Plain. 21
Rand Asa, Ashburnham. 28
Raymond Stetson, Bridgewater. 18
Reed Andrew H., Mendon. 13
Reed Charles E., Maiden. 24
Reed Frederick A., Cohasset. 16
Renshaw Charles S., Richmond. 2
Rice Thomas O., Brighton. 21
Rich Alonzo B., Beverly. 7
Richards George, Boston. 20
Richardson Gilbert B., Douglas. 27
Richardson Merrill, Worcester. 26
Riddel Samuel H., Boston. 21
Roberts Jacob, Medway. 13
Roberts James A., Berkley. 16, 17
Robinson Reuben T., Winchester. 24
Rockwood Otis, Cambridgeport. 20
Rockwood Samuel L., Norlh Weymouth, li
Rood Thomas H., Goshen. 11
Root Augustine, Lakeville. 22
Ropes William L., Wrentham. 13
Russell Ezekiel, D. D., East Randolph. 16
Sabin Lewis, D. D., Templeton. 26
Saflbrd George B., Northbridge. 27
Sanders Marshall D., Ceylon. 2
Sanford Baalis, East Bridgewater. 13
Sanfi)rd David, Medway. 13
Sanford Enoch, Dighton. 18
Sandford John, Taunton. 22
Sanford William H., Worcester. 25
Sawyer Benjamin, Salisbury. 6
Scott Nelson, Marblehead. 19
Seabury Edwin, Royalston. 26
Seagrave James L., Bridgewater. IS
Searle Richard T., New Marlboro'. 3
Sessions Alexander J., Salem. 24
Sewall John S., Wenhara. 19
Sewall Jothara B , Lynn. 19
Sewall Samuel, Burlington. 24
Seymour C. N., Whately. 11
Seymour Henry, Hawley. 8
Shedd William G. T., Andover. 6
Sheldon Luther, D. D., Easton. 16
Sheldon Luther H., Westboro'. 27
Skeele John P., Wilbraham. 9
Sleeper William T., Westboro'. 25
Smith Asa B., Buckland. 8
Smith Charles, Hatfield. 21
Smith Charles B , West Gloucester. 7
Smith Edward P., Pepperell. 15
Smith Stephen S., Warren. 5
Snell Thomas, D. D., Norlh Brookfield. 5
Snow Porter H., Baltimore, Md. 9
Southgate Robert, Ipswich. 6, 7
Spalding Samuel J., Newburyport. 6
Spear Charles V., Piitsfield. 2, 14
Stearns Jesse G. D., Billerica. 21
Stearns William A., D. D., Amherst. 12
Stone Andrew L., Boston. 21
Stone Cyrus, Boston. 4
Stone Rollin S., East Hampton. II
Stone Timothy D. P., Amesbury Mills. 13
Storrs Richard S., D. D., Braintree. 16
Stowe Calvin E., D. D., Andover. 28
Stowe Timothy, New Bedford. 17
Stowell Abijah, Gill. 8
Street Owen, Lowell. 1
71
Strong David A., South Deerfield. 8
Smrtevaiit William H., South Dennis. 4
Sullivan Lot B., Wareham. 13
Swallow Joseph E., Stoneham. 24
Sweetser Seth, D. D., Worcester. 25
Tarbox Increase N., Framingham. 14
Tatlock John, Williamstown, 2
Taylor John L., Andover. 1
Teele Albert K., Milton. 16
Temple Josiiih H., Frammgham. 28
Tenney Daniel, Lawrence. 1
Tenney Francis V., Manchester. 7
Terry James P., South Weymouth. 16
Thacher Isaiah C, Middleboro'. 17
Thayer William M., Franklin. 14
Thompson Augustus C, Roxbury. 21
Thompson George W., Stratham. N. H. 1
Thompson Leander, West Amesbury. 6
Thompson J. C, Holyoke. 11
Thurston Eli, Fall River. 22
Thurston John R., Newburyport. 6
Thurston R. B., Waliham. 20
Timlow H. R., Newburyport. 6
Timlow G. W., North Lebanon, N. Y. 2
Tisdale James, Shutesbury. 8
Todd John, D. D., Pittsfield. 2
Tolman Richard, Tewksbury. 1
Tulman Samuel H,, Wilmington. 24
Tracy Joseph, Beverly. 19
Trask George, Fitchburg. 15
Treat Selah B., Boston. 21
Tuck J. W., Ludlow. 9
Tucker Joshua T., Holliston. 14
Tapper Martyn, Hardwiek. 5
Turner Josiah W., Andover. 3
Tuxbury Franklin, Hadley. 12
Twining Kingsley, Hinsdale. 2
Tyler Charles M., Natick. 14
Uhler George. 3
Utley Samuel, Concord, N. H. 3
VaiU Joseph, D. D., Palmer. 9
Vose James G., Amherst. 23
I Want Clarendon, Rutland. 25
Walker Horace D., East Abington. 16
I Walker James B. R., Holyoke. 10
i Walker Townsend, Huntington. 10
' Ware Samuel, Sunderland. 28
! Warner Aaron, Amherst. 12
I Warner Lyman, Ashfield. 8
Warner Oliver, Northampton. 11
Walerbury Jared B., D. D. 20
Webster, John C, Hopkinton. 14
Wellman Joshua W., Newton. 21
Wells Noah, Granville. 10
Wheaton Levi, North Falmouth. 7, 23
Wheeler Melancthon G. 17
Whitcomb William C, Carver. IS, 24
While Isaac C, North Abington, 16
White Calvin, Amherst. 28
White Jacob, Orleans. 4
"White Lyman, Easton. 16
Whitney John, Westtbrd. 15,20
Whiitemore Zo|va, Chester. 3, 10
Wilcox Philo B , East Bridgewater. 16
WiUcox William H., Reading. 24
Wilder Hyman A., South Africa. 2
Wilder Moses H., Otisville, N. Y. 4
WiUard Andrew J., Upton. 27
Willard John, Fairhaven. 17
Williams N. W., Shrewsbury. 25
Williams Thomas, Providence, R. I. 13
Wilson Thomas, Stoughton. 16
Winchester Warren W., Clinton. 25
Winslow Horace, Gt. Barrington. 3
Withington Leonard, D. D., Newburyport.
Wood Charles W., Campello. 16
Wood Francis, Holland. 5
Woodbridge John, D. D., Hadley. 12
Woodbridge Jonathan E. 21
"Woodbury James T., Milford. 13
Woodbury Samuel, Freetown. 22
Woodman Henry A., Newburyport. 6
Woodworth Charles L., Amherst. 12
Worcester Isaac R., Auburndale. 25
Worcester Samuel M., D. D., Salem. 19
Wright E. B., Huntington. 11
Wright Luther, East Wedway. IS
No. in last year's Index and Table,
No. added, ....
No. erased, ....
Total in the present Index, ....
Of which 40 are out of the State.
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626
INDEX OF TOWNS,
And of such j)arts of tomis as have distinct names; with the numlcr of the Associa-
tion in which each occurs in the Statistics.
Abingtoii, 16
Acton, 15
Adams, 2
Agawam, 10
Alford, 3
Amesbury, 6
Amherst, 12
Aiidover, 1
Ashbuniham, 26
Ashby, 15
Ashfield, S
Ashland, 14
Assabet, in Stowe, 15
Assonet, in Freetown, 22
Athol, 26
Atileboro', 22
Auburn, 25
Auburndale, in Newton, 21
Ballardvale, in Andover, 1
Barnstable, 4,23
Barre, 25
Becket, 2,3
Bedford, 24
, Belchertown, 12
Belleville, in Newburyport, 6
Bellingham, None.
Berkley, 16,22
Berlin, 25
Bernardston, 8
Beverly, 7, 19
Billerica, 24
Blackstone, 27
Blandford, 10
Bolton, None.
Boston, 20,21,23
Boxboro', 15
Boxford, 6, 19
Boylston, 25
Bradford, 6
Braintree, 16
Brewster, None.
Bridgewater, 18
Brighton, 21
Brimfield, 5
Brookfield, 5
Brookline, 21
Buckhuid, 8
Burlington, 24
Cambridge, 20, 31
Caiilon, 21
Carlisle, 24
Carver, 13
Centreville, in Barnstable, 23
Charlemont, S
CharlestowM, 20
Charlton, 5
Chatham, 4
Chelmsford, 1
Chelsea, 20
Cheshire, None.
Chester, 10
Chesterfield, 11
Chicopee, 9
Chihnark, 23
Chiltonville, in Plymouth, 18
Clarksburg, None.
Clinton, 25
Cohasset, 10
Coleraine, 8
Concord, 14
Conway, 8
Cotuit, in Barnstable, 23
Cumminglon, II
Curlisville, in Stockbridge, 3
Dalton, 2
Dana, 5
i Danvers, 7, 19
Dartmonlh, 17
Dedham, 21,28
Deerfield, 8
Dennis, 4
Dighton, 18
Dorchester, 16
Douglas, 27
Dover, 13
Dracut, 1
Dudley, 5
Du)istable, 15
Duxbury, None.
East Bridgewater, 16, 13
Eastham, 4
Easihampton, 11
Easton, 16
Edgartown, 17
Egremont, 3
Enfield, 12
Erving, 8
Essex, 7
Fairhaven, 17
Fall River, 22
Falmouth, 23
Feeding Hills, in Agawam, 10
Fitcliburg, 15
Florida, None.
Foxboro', 13
Framingham, 14
Franklin, 13
Freetown, 22
Gardner, 26
Georgetown, 6
Gill,^S
Gloucester, 7
Goshen, 11
Grafton, 27
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Granby, U \
Lincoln, 14
North Reading, 2t
Gr.inlville in Needliarn, 21 i
Liiiebrook, iii Ipswich, 6
No. ton, 22
Granville, ID j
Lilllelon, 15
Oakham, 5
Greenfield, S |
Lungmeadow, 9
Oraiige, 8
Greenwich, 12
Lowell, 1
Orleans, 4
Groion, 1)
Ludlow, 9
Otis, 3
Groveland, 0
Lunenburg, 13
Oxford, 25
Great Barrlnglou, 3
Lynn, 19
Lynnfield, 7, 19
Palmer, 9
Hadley, U
Pawtuckel, 22
Halifax, 18
iVlalden, 20,21,28
I'axton, 2.5
HannlU.n, 7
iManchester, 7
Pelham, 12
Han.'ock, None.
Mansfield, 13
Pembroke, None.
Hanover, 18
Marion, 17
Peppered, 15
Hai]son, 16
Marlboro', 14
I'eru, 2
Hardvviclc, 5
Marblehead, 19
Petersham, 26
Harvard, 15
Marshfield, 18
Phillipston, 26
Harwich, 4
Mattapoiselt, 17
Pittsfield, 2
Halfield, 12
Medfield, 13
Plainfield, 11, 12
Haverhill, (3
Medford, 24
Plymouth, 18
Hawley, 8
Medway, 13
Plympton, 18
Haydeuville, in Willianris-
Melrose, 24
Preseott, 12
burg, 11
Mendon, 13
Princeton, 25
Heath, 8
Melhuen, 1
Provincctown, 4
Hinsdale, 2
Mettineague, in West Spring-
Hingham, 16
field, 10
Quincy, 16
Holden, 25
Middleboro', 17, 18
Holland, 5
Middlefield, Ll
Randolph, 16
Holliston, 14
Middleton, 7
Raynham, 22
Holmes Hole, in Tisbury, 23
Miiford, 13
Reading, 20,24
Holyoke, 10
Millbury, 27
Rehoboth, 22
Hnpkinton, 14
Milton, 16
Richmond, 2
Honsatonic, in Gt. Barring-
Monroe, None.
Rochester, 17
ton, 3
Mon^on, 9
Rockport, 7
Hubbardston, 26
Montague, 8
Rowe, None.
Hull, None.
Monterey, 3
Rowley, 6
Huntington, 10, 11
Montgomery 10
R.'xbury, 21
Hyannis, In Barnstable, 4
Monument, in Sandwich, 23
Royalston, 26
Mt. Washington, None.
Russell, None.
Indian Orchard, in Spring-
Rutland, 25
field, 9
Nahant, None.
Ipswich, 6, 7
Nantucket, 17
Salem, 7,19
Natick, 14
Salisbury, 6
Jamaica Plain, in West Rox-
Needham, 16, 20, 21
Sandisfield, 3
bury, 21
New Ashford, None.
Sandwich, 4, 23
New Bedford, 17
Saugus, 19
Kingston, 18
New Braintree, 5
Savoy, No7ie.
Newbury, 6
Saxonville, in Framingham
,14
Lakeville, 22
Newburyport, 6
Scituate, 16
Lancaster, 15
New .Marlboro', 3
Scodand, in Bridgewater,
18
Lanesboro', 2
New Salem, 26
Seekonk, 22
Lanesville, in Gloucester, 7
Newton, 20,21
Sharon, 16
Lawrence, 1
Northampton, 11
Sheffield, 3
Lee, 3
North Andover, 1
Shelburne, 8
Leicester, 25
Northboro', 25
Sherborn, 14
licnox, 3
Northbridge, 27
Shirley, 15
lieominster, 15
North Bridgewater, 16
Shrewsbury, 25
Leverelt, 12
North Rrookfield, 5
Shutesbury, 8
Lexington, Nnne.
North Chelsea, 20
Somerset. None.
Leyden, None.
Northfield, S
Somerville, 20
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Southampton, 11
Soutliboro', 14
Southbridge, 5
South Danvers, 7
Southfielcl, in New Marlboro',
South Hadley, 9, 12
South Reading, 24
South Scituate, None.
Southwiek, lu
Spencer, 5
Springfield, 9
Sterling, 25
Stock-bridge, 3
Stonehain, 24
Sloughton, 16
Stowe, 14, 15
Sturbridge, 5
Sudbury, 14
Su;iderland, 8
Sutton, 27
Swampscolt, 19
Swanzej', None.
Taunton, 22
Templeton, 20
Tewksbury, 1
Tisbury, 23
Tolland, 10
Topsfield, 19
Townsend, 15
Truro, 4
Tyngsboro', Nonf.
Tyringham, None.
Upton, 27
Uxbridge, 27
Wales, None,
Walpole, 13
Waltham, 20
Ware, 5
Wareham, 17
Warren, 5
Warwick, 8
Washington, 2
Watertown, 21
Wayland, 14
Webster, 27
Wellfleet, 4
Wendell, 26
Wenham, 19
Westboro', 27
West Boylston, 25
West Bridgewaler, li
West Brookfield, 5
West Cambridge, 21
Westfield, 10
Westford, 15
Westhampton, 11
Westminster, 26
West Newbury, 6
Weston, None.
Westport, 22
West Roxbury, 21
West Springfield, 10
West Stockbridge, 3
Weymouth, 16
Whately, 8, 11
Whiiinsville, in North-
bridge, 27
Wiil)raham, 9
Williamsburg, U
Williamstown, 2
Wilmington, 24
Winchendon, 26
Winchester, 24
Windsor, 2
Winthrop, None.
Woburn, 24
Worcester, 25
Worthington, 11
Wrentham, 13
Yarmouth, 4
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INDEX.
rage.
AI'^ol^'TMEiNTS for each session, how made, 28,29
'• ]fe59, 2,8,9
Benevolenl Societies, addresses ill behalf of, 9
Clergymen, deceased in 1S5S-9, 62
" List OF, 66
Coinmillees appointed at the session ol"lS59,* . ...... 5,6
CONKEREIVCES OF Chtjeches, list of, 62
Corresponding- Bodies, report of Delegates to, 6
" " salutations from, 6,7,13
Delegates TO CoRKEsroNDiNG Bodies, how annually appointed, . . 29
" for 1859-00, list of, ... 11
Discussion on selected Questions, 7, 8
Home Missions, union in, 5,6,7,10
'■ " in Massachusetts, report on, 10
Members present at session of 1859, . . .3,4,8,9
Minutes of the Session of 1859, 3
Narrative OF THE State OF Religion, adopted, 11; printed, ... 18
Nebraska, Education in, J4
Officers of the General Association, 2
Pacific University, Oregon, resolutions commending, 9
Pastoral Address, adopted, 7 ; printed, 15
Rules of the General Association, 23
Sermons preached, 5, 14
Statistical Secretary, choice of 9
Statistical Tables for 1859, 31
" " explanations of, 30
" " remarks upon, ...... 60
" " 1860, how to be prepared, 75
Tax, Extra, 9
Towns, Index of, 72
Tract Society, American, (Boston,) 13
Treasurer's Report, read and acted upon, 7, 9. 13 ; printed, ... 22
Votes of Thanks, 13,14
MINUTES
General g^s$0natifln of Passac|iijselt5,
AT THEIR FIFTY-EIGHTH ANNUAL SESSION,
HELD IN HOLLISTON, JUNE 26-28, 1860.
WITH THE
PASTORAL LETTER,
NARRATIVE OF THE STATE OF RELIGION,
STATISTICS OF- THE CHURCHES.
BOSTON:
CROCKER AND BREWSTER
47 Washington Street.
1860.
31 I N U T E S
icncral g^ssfldalifln sf JTassarljiisdis,
AT TIIEIK FIFTY-EIGHTH ANNUAL SESSION,
HELD IN HOLLISTON, JUNE 26-28, 1860.
PASTORAL LETTER,
NAPvRATIVE OF THE STATE OF RELIGION,
STATISTICS OF THE CHURCHES.
BOSTON:
CROCKER AND BREWSTER
47 Washington Street.
1860.
NOTICES.
The session of 1861 will be held at Ware, East Yillago, commencing Tues-
day, June 28, at 4 o'clock, P. M.
Prof. William G. T. Shedd, D. D., of Andover, is the Preacher upon Home
Missions, — Rev. Gordon Hall of Northampton, being substitute.
The Associational Preacher is to be selected by Hampshire Association.
Rev. John A. Albro, D. D., of Cambridge, Rev. James B. Miles of Charles-
town, and Rev. George W. Field of Boston, are a Committee to prepare the
next Pastoral Address.
Rev. Nahum Gale, D. D., of Lee, Rev. George E. Hill of Sheffield, and
Rev. Horace Winslow of Great Barrington, are a Committee to prepare the
Schedule of Questions directed by Rule IX, Section 7.
The only special committee to report in 1861, is that appointed to consider
the subject of introducing a lay delegation into the General Association, —
which consists of Rev. John Todd, D. D., of PIttsfield, Rev. John A. Albro,
D. D., of Cambridge, Rev. Samuel G. Buckingham of Springfield, Rev. Ariel
E. P. Perkins of AVare, and Rev. Joshua T. Tucker of Holliston.
The times, and places of meeting, of the various Bodies with which this
General Association is in correspondence, will be found in the Congrega-
tional Quarterly, pubhshed at Boston; the sessions for 1860 and 1861,
in the January numbers of the respective years.
A Historical Sketch of this General Association, with a complete list of its
officers, (both permanent and annual,) and of its preachers at each session, is
contained in the Congregational Quarterly, January, 1859.
For other matters of interest, see " Index," on the closing page.
A. H. Q.
OFFICERS.
SECRETARY AND TREASURER.
Rev. Enoch Hale, Westhampton, 1804—1824.
Rev. Thomas Snell, D. D., North Brookfield, . . 1824—1850.
Rev. Emerson Davis, D. D., Westfield, .... 1850—1858.
Rev. Alonzo H. Quint, Jamaica Plain, .... 1858 —
STATISTICAL SECRETARY.
Rev. Alonzo H. Quint, Jamaica Plain, .... 1856 —
MINUTES
The General Association of Massachusetts assembled in
the First Congregational Church in Holliston, on Tuesday, June 26,
at 4 o'clock, P. M. The delegates were called to order by Rev.
Joshua T. Tucker, and Rev. Elihu P. Marvin was appointed Tem-
porary Scribe.
The following clergymen Avere enrolled as Delegates from Dis-
trict Associations : —
Andover, — George Mooar, Benjamin F. Clark.
Berkshire North, — John Todd, D. D., Addison Ballard.
Berkshire South, — Otis Lombard, George E. Hill.
Brewster, — Edward W. Noble, Edward B. French.
Brookfield,— Ariel E. P. Perkins.
I Essex North, — Davis Foster.
Essex South, — Lysander Dickerman, David Bremner.
Franklin, — Wilbur F. Loomis.
Hampden East, — Samuel G. Buckingham, Eli B. Clark.
Hampden West, — Erastus Colton, James B. R. Walker.
Hampshire, — John H. Bisbee, J. C Thompson.
Hampshire East, — Edward Hitchcock, D. D.
Mendon, — Asa Hixon, John Dwight.
Middlesex South, — None.
Middlesex Union, — ^~William A. Mandell, Charles Hammond.
Norfolk, — Albert K. Teele, Edwin Leonard.
Old Colony, — Leander Cobb, James A. Roberts.
Plymouth, — Elbridge G. Little, James Aiken.
Salem, — John S. Sewall, William S. Coggin.
Suffolk North, — Isaac P. Langworthy, John A. Albro, D. D.
Suffolk South,— Daniel R. Cady, Edward W. Clark.
Taunton, — Erastus Maltbj^
Vineyard Sound, — William H. Bessom.
Woburn, — Elihu P. Marvin, Reuben T. Robinson.
Worcester Central, — S. S. Ashley, Horace James.
Worcester North, — John C. Paine, Cyrus W. Allen.
Worcester South, — George Lyman.
From Mass. Home Miss. Society, — Henry B. Hooker, D. D., Seth
Sweetser, D. D.
Members ex officiis, — .Joshua T. Tucker, Pastor of the church in
HoUiston ; Alonzo H. Quint, Secretary.
HONORARY MEMBERS.
The following clergymen, who had represented the Association in
Corresponding Bodies during the past year, were enrolled as Honorary
Members :
David Sanford, delegate to the General Association of New York.
James M. Bacon, delegate to the General Conference of Ohio.
James R. Gushing, delegate to the General Association of Blinois.
Stephen G. Dodd, delegate to the General Assembly of the Presby-
terian Church.
Rev. Abijah P. Marvin, the preacher of the Home Missionary Ser-
mon, and Ezekiel Russell, D. D., the preacher of the Associational Ser-
mon, were also enrolled as Honorary Members.
The following clergymen were present as Delegates from Cor-
responding Bodies :
General Association of New Hampshire, — Edward Buxton.
General Convention of Vermont, — James C. Houghton.
Evangelical Consociation of Rhode Island, — Thomas Shepard, D. D.
General Association of Connecticut, — Franklin A. Spencer.
General Association of New York, — William B. Brown.
General Conference of Ohio, — Edward E. Lamb.
General Association of Iowa, — Benjamin A. Spaulding.
General Association of California, — Martin Kellogg.
General Association of Oregon, — Sidney H. Marsh.
Presbyterian and Congregational Convention of Wisconsin, — Rev.
Edward G. Miner.
General Assembly of the Presbyterian Church, — Edwin F. Hat-
field, D. D.
ORGANIZATION.
Rev. Samuel G. Buckingham of Springtield, was chosen Moderator ;
Rev. Lysander Dickerman of Dorchester, Scribe ; and Rev. David
Bremner of Rockport, Assistant Scribe.
Prayer was offered by tlie Moderator.
The Rules of the Association were read by the Scribe.
The following Committees were appointed :
On Nominations : — John A. Albro, D. D., Alonzo II. Quint, and
Horace James.
On Credentials : — A. E. P. Perkins, James A. Roberts, and William
A. Mandell.
On Arrangements : — Joshua T. Tuckei', Isaac P. Langworthy, and
EU B. Clark.
On Accounts : — Albert K. Teele, and Elihu P. INIarvin.
On Narrative of the State of Religion : — Erastus Maltby, Daniel R.
Cady, and James B. R. Walker.
On Nomination of Delegates to Corresponding Bodies : — Reuben T.
Robinson, George Lyman, and Otis Lombard.
The Committee on Arrangements made a report as to the hours of
sessions, which was adopted.
The Committee on Arrangements also offered the following amend-
ments to the Rules of the General Association :
1. In Article III, Sec. 1, after " annually," insert " and each District Con-
ference in Massachusetts may appoint three lay members annually," and strike
out all after the words " General Association."
2. In Art. Ill, Sec. 2, after " Associations," insert " and Conferences."
3. In Art. Ill, Sec. 3, at the end, add " and Conferences."
4. In Art. V, after " Associations," lusei't " and Conferences."
On motion of Ariel E. P. Perkins, it was
Voted, That these amendments be read a second time, tomorrow.
After prayer by Rev. Dr, Todd, the Association adjourned,
HOME MISSIONARY MEETING.
7§ d'clocl; P. M. The Association met for public Avorship.
The introductory services were performed by Rev. Ariel E. P. Per-
kins. The sermon was preached by Rev, Abijah P. Marvin of Win-
chendon, from the Song of Solomon, i : 6. " They made me the keeper
of the vineyards, but mine own vineyard have I not kept."
The usual collection was taken for the Massachusetts Home Mission-
ary Society, which amounted to $20 15.
The Association then adjourned.
SECOND DAY.
Wednesday, June 27. The Association met at nine o'clock, and Avas
called to order by the Moderator. Pra}'er was offered by Rev. Eli B.
Clark of Chicopee. The roll was called, and the mmutes of the pre-
vious day were read.
PROPOSED AMENDMENTS.
The amendments to the Rules of the Association, providing for the
admission of a Lay Delegation from the local Conferences of the State,
Avere read a second time and debated by Messrs. Perkins, Todd, B. F.
Clark, Quint, Sweetser, and Erastus Colton.
REPORTS OF DELEGATES TO CORRESPONDING BODIES.
After singing, reports of attendance upon Corresponding Bodies were
presented by the following brethren :
Stephen G. Dodd, delegate to the Presbyterian General Assembly ;
Alonzo H. Quint, delegate to the General Association of New Hamp-
shire ;
David Sanford, delegate to the General Association of New York ;
James M. Bacon, delegate to the General Conference of Ohio ; and
James R. Cushing, delegate to the Association of Illinois ;
John H. Bisbee, delegate to the Association of Iowa, reported by let-
ter his attendance on the meeting of that body.
SALUTATIONS.
The Association received salutations of delegates from Corresponding
Bodies, as follows : —
Edwin F. Hatfield, D. D., from the Presbyterian General Assembly ;
Rev. Benjamin A. Spaulding, from the General Association of Iowa ;
Rev. Edward G. Miner, from the Presbyterian and Congregational
Convention of Wisconsin ;
Rev. Edward E. Lamb, from the General Conference of Ohio ;
Rev. Sidney H. Marsh, from the General Association of Oregon ; and
Rev. Martin Kellogg, from the General Association of California.
The Committee of Arrangements made a furthet report on the order
of business ; and recommended that, inasmuch as the time will be fully
occupied with other important matters, no opportunity be given, at pre-
sent, to hear Agents of Benevolent Societies. This report was adopted.
PROPOSED CONFERENCE OF PRESBYTERIANS AND CONGREGATION-
ALISTS.
Tlie following Letter from a Committee of the General Assembly of
the Presbyterian Church was then read :
New Yokk, Juxe 18, 1860.
To the General Association of Massachusetts :
Beloved Brethrex, — The ancient and time-honored correspondence,
which sdll subsists between your venerable body and the General Assembly
of the Presbyterian Church, which we have the honor to [represent, seems to
require that in all matters of common interest, we endeavor, if possible, to act
in harmony and with good understanding. "We are aware that neither you
nor we, have any jurisdiction over the American Home Missionary Society,
nor any right to a controlling influence in its affairs, except through our votes,
as members or directors, in a meeting of the Society constitutionally convened.
But we have a common interest in its prosperity, and in the work which we
have so long carried on, in cooperation, through its agency. At the present
time, misunderstandings, jealousies, and conflicting views, disturb our relations
to it ; and we have observed with sorrow the tokens of dissadsfaction exhibited
in repeated resolutions of such bodies as yours, disapproving of the course
pursued by the General Assembly, or that of minor church judicatories sub-
ject to its supervision. It is with the hope that some method may be devised
to restore a good understanding between us, and give such shape to our rela-
tions in this department for the time to come, as will be just and satisfactory
to all parties, and favorable to the interests of the Redeemer's kingdom, en-
trusted to our fidelity, that the General Assembly have instructed us to ask of
you a Committee of Conference. We come to you in the Spirit of Christian
brotherhood, and propose the measure in question, on the basis of our long
continued and friendly correspondence. Should the Committees, appointed
on the terms of the Assembly's resolutions, be able to agree, after a free ex-
pression of their views, it may reasonably be hoped that the results of their
agreement, though not possessing any authoritative character, may harmonize
the views not only of the pardcular bodies so appointing them, but the great
body of the two widely extended denominations of Christians, represented in
them or associated with them, who for so many reasons relating both to the past
and the future, should desire to be on terms of love and harmony, in the great
work of evangelizing our growing country. We have the honor to transmit
herewith the resolutions of the Assembly, to which, as containing in full the
grounds on which we now ask you to appoint such a Committee as is therein
indicated, we invite your special attention, and shall await your action and
reply, devoutly imploring the blessing of the Great Head of the Church to
rest on all your deliberations, and His guidance both for you and us, espc-
8
cially at such a time as this, In the great and beneficent work for which he
has made us responsible.
With Christian salutations, we are your brethren in the Goepel of Christ.
In the name and by the direction of the Committee of Conference of the
General Assembly of the Presbyterian Church, lately in session in Pittsburg.
J. F. STEARNS, Chairman, pro tempore,
P. S. It is proposed that the Committee meet at the Rooms of the A. B.
C. F. M., In this city, on the last AVednesday in September next, at 2 o'clock,
P. M., unless some other time and place should be preferred by the Commit-
tees to be appointed.
That portion of the Resolutions of the General Assembly on which
the above communication was more particularly founded, is as follows :
•' 4. While we deem It Incumbent on our Church to maintain firmly the
principles and policy regarding this subject, which have been heretofore adopt-
ed and acted upon by the General Assembly, we earnestly desire to effect a
good understanding with our Congregational brethren. We have no disposi-
tion to take any advantage of them In our cooperation with them, nor do we
assert any right or liberty for ourselves which we do not freely accord to
them. AVe have earnestly desired continued cooperation with our brethren
in the work of Home Missions, provided It could be carried forward in con-
sistency with the proper liberty of our churches, presbyteries, and higher ju-
dicatories, and In fraternal confidence. But If a separation must take place,
we trust that It may be effected in Christian love, and solely with a view to
the greater peace and efficiency of both denominations. And, that we may
do all In our power to secure a wise and Christian adjustment of the difficul-
ties by which we are encompassed, in relation to this subject, the General
Assembly hereby appoint a Committee of ten, to meet In a fraternal Confer-
ence a Committee of Congregational brethren — should such a Committee be
appointed — consisting of two members from each of the Congregational bodies
with which this Assembly is In correspondence, viz : The General Associations
of Connecticut, Massachusetts, and New Hampshire, the General Convention
of Vermont, and General Conference of Maine. To carry Into effect this
arrangement, the Committee of Conference are hereby Instructed to address
a communication to each of the bodies already named, inviting them to ap-
point a like Committee to meet with the Committee of this General Assembly.
" 5. It shall be the duty of the Committee of the Assembly herein provided
for, to use their utmost endeavors to secure such an understanding between
us and our Congregational brethren. In regard to our cooperation with them
In the work of Home Missions, as may conduct to a final and equitable settle-
ment of this whole question. It shall also be the duty of this Committee to
make a full report to the next General Assembly, and to recommend to that
body such plans and measures pertaining to the Home Missionary work as
they may deem wise and necessary."
^ This letter was referred to a Committee consisting of Setli Sweetser,
D. D., Edward Hitchcock, D. D., Alonzo II. Quint, Charles Hammond,
and Abijah P. Marvin.
The Association united in prayer with Benjamin F. Clarke, and ad-
journed.
Wednesday, 2 o'cloch, P. M. The session was commenced with singing.
SALUTATIONS.
The Association received salutations from the following delegates
from Corresponding Bodies :
Rev. Franklin A. Spenc6r, from the General Association of Con-
necticut ;
Thomas Shepard, D. D., from the Evangelical Consociation of
Rhode Island ;
Rev. James C. Houghton, from the General Convention of Vermont ;
Rev. Edward Buxton, from the General Association of New Hamp-
shire ; and
Rev. William B. Brown, from the General Association of New York.
Rev. G. C. Morse, delegate from the General Association of Kansas,
Samuel Harris, D. D., from the General Conference of Maine, and
Rev. Lyman Abbot, from the General Association of Indiana, addressed
the Association by letter.
NARRATIVES OF THE STATE OF RELIGION.
The Association listened to reports of the state of religion in the
various district Associations, and to a report from the Statistical Sec-
retary.
DELEGATES TO CORRESPONDING BODIES FOR 1860-1.
The Committee on Nominations of Delegates to Corresponding
Bodies offered the following report :
To the Presbyterian General Assembly :
Primaries, John P. Cleaveland, D. D., Samuel J. Spalding.
Substitutes, John A. Albro, D. D., Israel E. Dwinell.
To the General Conference of Maine :
Primaries, Chai^les L. Woodworth, Lewis Pennell.
Substitutes, Ebenezer W. BuUard, Lewis F. Clark.
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To the General Assocuition of New Hampshire :
Primaries, Benjamin F. Clark, Noadiah S. Dickinson.
Substitutes, Eoswell Foster, Joshua T. Tucker.
To the General Convention of Vermont :
Primaries, Luther Sheldon, D. D., Charles W. Wood.
Substitutes, Osborne Myrick, Henry W. Parker.
To the Evangelical Consociation of Rhode Island :
Primaries, William S. Coggin, Alfred Emerson.
Substitutes, Ezekiel Russell, D. D., Edwin Leonard.
To the General Association of Connecticut :
Primaries, Luther H. Sheldon, James O. Murray.
Substitutes, Robert Crawford, D. D., Andrew L. Stone.
To the General Association of New York :
Primaries, Edmund Dowse, Jotham B. Sewall.
Substitutes, Daniel Butler, Winthrop H. Phelps.
To the General Conference of Ohio :
Primaries, Joseph Vaill, D. D., David A. Strong.
Substitutes, Erastus Maltby, F. A. Barton.
To the General Associations of Illinois and Indiana :
Primaries, William Carruthers, Eli Thurston.
Substitutes, Zachary Eddy, Daniel March.
To the General Association of Michigan :
Primaries, John C. Paine, Joshua L. Maynard.
Substitutes, Daniel Tenney, Jacob Roberts.
To the Presbyterian and Congregational Convention of Wisconsin
Primaries, Timothy Stowe, J. Jay Dana.
Substitutes, James Kimball, Elbridge G. Little.
To the General Association of Iowa :
Primaries, Henry J. Patrick, Aaron M. Colton.
Substitutes, Horace James, Robert McEwen, D. D.
To the General Associations of Kansas and Minnesota :
Primaries, Ariel P. Chute, Byron Bosworth.
Substitutes, James T. McCollom, John S. Sewall.
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To (lie Congregational Association of Nebraska:
Primaries, James B. R. Walker, Ebenezer P. Dyer.
Substitutes, Jason Morse, Ebenezer Alden, Jr.
To the General Associations of California and Oregon :
Primaries, Lysander Dickerman, George L. Hovey.
Substitutes, Aaron Foster, Edward Vf. Clark.
To the Congi-egational Union of Canada :
Primaries, Seth Swcetser, D. D., Nahum Gale, D. D.
Substitutes, Theron H. Hawks, Sereno D. Clark.
To the Congregational Union of England and Wales :
Primaries, Jacob M. Manning, Thomas C. Biscoe.
Substitutes, Alonzo H. Quint, George W. Field.
This report was adopted.
THE PROPOSED CONFEREXCE ON HOME MISSIONS.
The Committee to whom Avas intrusted the communication of the
Conmiittee from the Presbyterian General Assembly, made, through
Rev. Dr. Sweetser, the following report :
Resolved, 1. That the General Association remembers with satisfaction the
years in which the members of the Presbyterian and Congregational denomi-
nations have united their strength and zeal in planting the institutions of the
gospel in the new settlements of our countiy, and acknowledge with gratitude
the large measure of success with which God has crowned these Christian en-
deavors ; and it would give them pleasure to see a united work of benevolence
continued, if it could still be prosecuted Avith mutual lielpfulness and conti-
dence according to methods mutually equitable and satisfactory.
Resolvedj 2. That Avhile this Association freely accords to the Genei-al As-
sembly the entii-e right of adopting any plans and methods which their wisdom
and Christian judgment may select, by which to fulfil their obligations to our
Redeemer, in promoting his cause amongst those in need of the gospel, they
cannot but regret that the plan known as the " Church extension " plan has
been adopted, the unavoidable tendency of which has been to excite suspicion
and distrust, and to cherish views evidently leading to a discontinuance of
imited action.
Resolved, 3. That this Association has had, and still continues to have,
great confidence in the aims, and in the administration of the American Home
Missionary Society, and they are unwilling to accede to a conference in
which only a part of the State Congregational bodies are represented, believ-
ing that it might lead to unprofitable debates arising out of questions, the main
issue of which appears, bj- the expressed opinions and acts of the General As-
scmblv, to be so ncarh- a settled and unalterable decision.
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Resolved, 4. That if the churches in the Presbyterian connection, or any
part of them, feel It to be their duty to withdraw from the American Home
Missionary Society, in order that with more freedom and heartiness they may
combine their strength and means In promoting the evangelization of our
common country, we desire for them all success and help from the Lord of
the harvest in doing His will ; and that between us, as members of the one
Church of the redeemed, there may be cherished a spirit of charity and Chris-
tian fellowship, praying one for another and emulating one another In good
works, living In peace and looking to the God of peace to sanctify us wholly
to His service and glory; and at the same time, as in duty bound, we com-
mend the American Home Missionary Society to the continued confidence,
prayers, and contributions, of the churches.
This report was unanimously adopted.
PROPOSED AMENDMENTS.
The amendments to the Rules of the Association were taken from the
table, and discussed by Benjamin F. Clarke, Ariel E. P. Perkms, Elihu
P- Marvin, Horace James, Dr. Todd, and Isaac P. Langworthy.
On motion of Isaac P. Langworthy,
Voted, That the entire subject lie on the table until another year.
The session was closed with prayer by Dr. Hitchcock.
MEMORIAL MEETING ON FOREIGN MISSIONS.
Wednesday, 7f o'clock, P. M. After prayer by Rev. Dr. Hatfield,
and singing,
Mr. Quint made statements and read early records of the Association,
showing the agency of this Association fifty years ago this day, in forming
the A. B. C. F. M. Addresses were made by Rev. Selah B. Treat,
Rev. Mr. Webb of the Mission in Madura, and Rev. Dr. Justin Per-
kins of Oroomiah, Persia.
THIRD DAY.
' Thursday, June 28. The Association met at 9 o'clock, and was called
to order by the Moderator. Prayer was offered by Rev. George Lyman.
The Roll Avas called, and the minutes of the previous day were read.
APPOINTMENTS FOR SESSION OF 1861.
Upon recommendation of the Committee of Nominations, it was
Voted, That the session of 1860 be held with the East Congregational
Church at Ware ; that the Pastoral Letter be prepared by John A. Albro,
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D. D., James B. Miles, and George W. Field ; that Naluim Gale, D. D.,
George E. Hill, and Horace Winslow, prepare the Schedule of Questions ;
and that Prof. William G. T. Shedd, D. D., be the preacher on Home Mis-
sions, and Gordon Hall, his substitute.
treasurer's report.
The Association listened to the Ti-easurer's Report, and voted that it
be referred to the Auditing Committee.
NARRATIVE.
The Narrative of the State of Religion was read by Rev. Erastus
Maltby, and adopted.
PASTORAL LETTER.
The Pastoral Letter was read by Rev. Eli B. Clark, and laid upon
the table.
MEMORIAL MEETING AT BRADFORD.
Rev. Davis Foster of West Newbury, presented to the General Asso-
ciation an invitation from the Church in Bradford, to be represented by
delegates in the meeting to be held there on Friday, June 29, in
memory of the organization of the American Board of Commissioners
for Foreign Missions, which took place in that town fifty years ago.
Upon which, it was
Voted, To accept the Invitation.
The following brethren were subsequently appointed to represent
the Association : — Jacob Ide, D. D., Isaac P. Langworthy, and Davis
Foster.
PROPOSED AMENDMENTS.
The vote Avhereby the subject of a Lay Delegation was postponed to
the next session, was reconsidered, and the matter referred to a Com-
mittee of five to report next year. The Committee consists of John
Todd, D. D., John A. Albro, D. D., Samuel G. Buckingham, Ariel E.
P. Perkins, and Joshua T. Tucker.
treasurer's REPORT.
The Committee on Accounts recommended that the Treasurer's Re-
port as audited, be accepted, and that it be printed with the Minutes ;
and that a tax of fifty cents be levied upon each member of District As-
sociations residing in the State except such as are superannuated. This
report was adopted. ^
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DELEGATES TO INDIANA.
On recommendation of the Committee on Delegates to Corresponding
Bodies, the delegates to Illinois were also appointed as delegates to the
General Association of Indiana.
REV. MR. BEAUBIEN.
The Association listened to remarks from Rev. .J. B. C. Beaubien of
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Chicago, respecting his labors among the French Canadians, and at the
close of his remarks passed the following resolution :
Resolved, That having listened to the statements of Rev. Mr. Beaubien,
concerning the work of grace among the French Canadians, and of the inde-
pendent church gathered from among them, of which he is the pastor, of their
extreme poverty, and great need of aid in erecting a Chapel, we hereby com-
mend Rev. Mr. Beaubien and his people to the cordial sympathy and con-
tributions of the friends of Christ in this Commonwealth.
A collection was then taken in behalf of his enterprise, which amount-
ed to $77 00.
DISCUSSION OF QUESTIONS.
The discussion of Questions then commencing, it was voted to limit
the speeches to five minutes.
Upon the first question, What are the special dangers or needs of the
Pulpit, in New England, at the present time? — the speakers were
Messrs. Benjamin F. Clarke, Morse, Todd, Bullard, and James.
On the question, Is there any thing to be desired, and if so, what —
in the conducting of our religious newspapers ? — the speakers were
Dr. Todd, Edward W. Clark, Little, Colton, Dr. Albro, and Dr. Hitch-
cock.
PASTORAL LETTER.
The Pastoral Letter was again read, slightly amended, and adopted.
The session was closed with prayer by Rev. William B. Brown of
Newark, N. J.
Thursday, 2 o'clock, P. M. The Association met at the hour of ad-
journment for public services.
The Associational Sermon Avas preached by Ezekiel Russell, D. D.,
from 1 Coi-. iv : 20. " For the kingdom of God is not in word, but in
power." John A. Albro, D. D., assisted in the devotional services.
The Lord's Supper was administered by Rev. William B. Brown of
New Jersey, and the Moderator.
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VOTE OF THANKS.
The following resolution was adojDted unanimously :
Resolved^ That the thanks of this Association be presented to the Pastor,
to his Church, and to their friends, of Holliston, who have so kindly received
and hospitably entertained the members of this body, during their present
session ; also to the Choir, for their most acceptable services, in aid of our de-
votions at the public exercises of Tuesday and Wednesday evening and
Thursday afternoon.
CONGREGATIONAL SABBATH SCHOOL CONVENTION.
On motion of Dr. Albro, it was
Voted, That, in the judgment of this Association, it is desirable that a Con-
vention of the Congregational Churches of this Commonwealth be held at
some convenient time, for the purpose of considering the subject of Sabbath
School instruction.
COLLEGES ON THE PACIFIC SHORE.
It was also resolved, regarding the College of California and Oregon
University,
That this Association renews the expression of its confidence and sympathy
last year given in the enterprise of founding the College of California and
Oregon University,— and again comiiiends them to the aid of our people to
complete their endowment at as early a date as practicable.
The minutes of the Association were read and approved, and after
prayer by Rev. Dr. Albro, the Association, (having passed a vote of
thanks to Rev. Mr. Buckingham for his kind and courteous services as
Moderator,) adjourned, sine die.
SAMUEL G. BUCKINGHAM, Moderatoy
Lysander Dickerman, Scribe.
David Bremxer, Assistant Scribe.
A true copy from the Minutes.
Attest, Aloxzo H. Quixt, Secre'ary.
PASTORAL ADDRESS.
Dear Brethren, —
As we are another yeai-'s journey nearer the end of our earthly pil-
grimage, it may be profitable to raise the inquiry, as we have often done
before, respecting the signs of spiritual growth.
Two years ago, in view of the great revival of religion that had so
extensively blessed the churches, we were permitted to give expression
to our mutual joy ua the beautiful language of the Psalmist, " The Lord
hath done great things for us whereof we are glad." Many thousands
of precious souls had been added to the churches ; the prayer-meeting
had taken a position, and assumed an importance altogether new ; while
the most distinguishing and encouraging feature of the great work was
the fact, that Christians in general were led to feel their individual re-
sponsibility, so as to carry their religious principles into all the depart-
ments of their daily toil. So that to an unusual degree Christians
seemed to live out that sublime requirement of our Lord, " Whatsoever
ye do, do all to the glory of God."
And in view of these encouraging features of substantial religious
growth, it was fondly hoped and believed that " as a general fact the
churches had been led upward to a higher level of Christian life, and
were going on from strength to strength."
But in view of those thrilling scenes through which the chui'ches had
so recently passed, and of the subsequent indications that, instead of the
anticipated advance, they were at most only holding their own, if not
actually drifting backward, it was indeed most natural, that the subject
of self-examination should be suggested as the theme of our last year's
address.
And as now the inquiry arises again, "Watchmen what of the night?"
We are constrained to answer, that whether the churches have been led
upward to a higher level of Christian life than formei-ly, or not, the
indications are at present most conclusive, that Christians have fallen
back into a state of spiritual slumber.
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What means tliis almost unprecedented absence of revivals of religion
in the churches during the last year, and Avhy is it that a vast debt is
allowed to hang portentousl}^ over our great missionary enterprise ?
Are these things indications of spiritual growth, that Christians as a
body are becoming more and more weaned from the world, more benev-
olent and Christ-like ? It certainly seems to us that Christians have
gradually but unconsciously let down their Avatch, have slackened their
individual efforts to recommend to others the religion of Jesus, and have
yielded to a worldly spirit, till in great measure, they are indifferent to
the solemn fact that " The ways of Zion moui'n because few come to
their solemn feasts."
Under these circumstances, and conscious that we are each soon to
render up our account to God, it may be well to raise the following
inquiries :
Brethren, could we speak to you individually, we would ask in regard
to your hope in Christ. Is it such that you can point to the scriptural
marks of a true Christian, as expressive of the tacts in your case, so that
you have reasonable comfort and encouragement in your hope, because
your conscious experience and life conform so nearly to the Scripture
rule ? As everything depends on the genuineness of your hope in
Christ, let us urge upon you the demand of the Gospel which is directed
to each individual Christian, '' Be ready always to give an answer to
every man that asketh you a reason of the hope that is in you, with
meekness and fear." Is it then the increasing conviction of your heart
that you have so embraced the Lord Jesus, that you can look directly
up to him and claim him as your individual Saviour, that your hand is
in his, and that he is daily drawing you up nearer to the fulness of his
own likeness ?
Have you committed yourself to his guidance and power with such a
child-like trust that you are enabled to say with a calm and sweet peace
of mind, " I know in whom I have believed, and am persuaded that he
is able to keep that which I have committed unto him against that day?"
This strong confidence in Christ as the Saviour from death, will render
all Christian duties pleasant, and your communion with him exceedingly
delightful to the soul. " Unto you therefore which believe he is precious."
Have you then such evidences as these that Jesus is yours and you are his ?
And as you advance in years towards the end of your mortal journey,
do you find that there is a corresponding advance in Christian love ;
and that you are more and more appropriating the exceeding great and
precious promises to yourself, feeding and living upon them ? And is
the evidence of this increase of Christian graces found in the fact that
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the heart responds more promptly and implicitly to the call of Jesus,
" Follow thou me " ?
And as the past comes up in review, and you think of the manner of
your life, let us ask, Are you satisfied to go on to the end, just as you
have been thus far ?
Are your present attainments and comforts all that you will strive for,
so that your efforts in future shall be to retain what you ahea ly have,
rather than to gain more ? Are you satisfied with the present degree of
faith, and love, and peace, and joy, and usefulness ?
"We cannot think it, and therefore calling your attention to the neces-
sity of Christian growth, as evidence of spiritual life, urge upon you like
the apostle, " Forgetting the things that are behind, and reaching forth
imto those things which are before, to press toward the mark for the
prize of the high calling of God in Christ Jesus."
While there has been the laudable desire to cultivate the social ele-
ment among Christians, and to bring this important principle to the aid
of religion, so that true piety might lay aside an unnatural and repulsive
stiffness, and wear a more attractive, free, and easy, garb, it is certainly
proper to raise the inquiry, whether the turning of the thoughts and
efforts of Christians in this direction has not contributed much toward
the alarming dearth of revivals in the churches, and to the weakening
of vital godliness ?
It is manifest that something has hindered us in running the Christian
race. For there is not in general that earnest spirit of prayer and ex-
pectation which produces disappointment if the blessing sought is not
received, that Avelling up of soul after God which has been sometimes
witnessed in the churches.
In the time of the great revival, daily prayer meetings were establish-
ed in many places, and were followed with such marked and desirable
results, so quickening to the Christian heart, and imparting new ideas
of prayer in its form, spirit, and efficacy, and proving to be such an
efficient means of producing conviction of sin, and of leading souls to
Christ, that many regarded it as a permanent institution.
But where are those prayer meetings now ? Why indeed are they
nearly all abandoned ? They would necessarily conflict with the regular
routine of secular business to-day, no more than they did when thousands
from the store, the counting-room, the shop, and the field, thronged to
them for a few moments at least, that they might catch the breath of
heaven that seemed to pervade the whole place of assembly. Why then
has this powerful means of quickening and saving grace been permitted
to so great an extent to pass away ?
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Altliougli we recognize with devout gratitude to God the fact that new
vitality has been infused into the stated prayer meetings in most of our
churches, and that the number of interested and participating attendants
has been sensibly increased as the result of the late revival of religion,
yet it seems to us that there is not that feeling of individual respon-
sibility on the part of Christians generally to labor in the vineyard of
Christ that there was three years ago. They do not, as then, go forth
in all directions preaching the Word, raising the inquiry, " Lord, what
wilt thou have me to do ?" and by daily self-denying labors seeking to
gather fruits unto eternal life.
But why is this ? Has Christ less for us to do now than he had
then ? Cannot the individual disciple work for the Saviour now as well
as he could then ? Are not souls as precious, their peril as great, the
promises of God as full and cheering, and his demands as imperative,
and is not eternity coming on as fast now as then ? And why should
not the Chi'istian serve God as diligently and efficiently now, as then ?
Surely there is no good reason why, and therefore we fear that the
spirit of slumber, with its paralyzing power, is creeping over the
churches, and hence we would reiterate the admonition of the Apostle,
" It is high time to awake out of sleep ; for now is our salvation nearer
than when we believed."
And let us never forget that the eye of our interceding Saviour is
upon us, and that while he pleads for us that our faith fail not, he calls
for our own endeavors by the command, " Let your loins be girded
about and your lights burning, and ye yourselves like unto men that
wait for their Lord."
NARRATIVE OF THE STATE OF EELIGM,
In reviewing the way in which the Lord has led our churches the
past year, Ave have occasion for renewed gratitude and trust. If revi-
vals of religion have not been as numerous and powerful as in other re-
cent years, the churches generally seem to evince a sanctified influence
of the late precious work of grace, in their adherence to the truth and
doctrines of the Gospel, and increase of faith and Christian devotion.
The fruits of the out-pouring of the Spirit gathered in, the two past
years, have added no httle strength to Zion and encouragement to all
who labor in the vineyard of the Lord.
The reports from the District Associations indicate that the present
may be the seed-time of the Church in which it is being prepared for
more abundant spiritual harvests. Christians are evidently acquiring a
deepening sense of individual responsibility and duty ; and of themselves
as stewards of God, the light of whose example and influence in the
family, the prayer-meeting, the Sabbath-school, the sanctuary, in busi-
ness affairs, and in all social intei'course, is to shine before men in con-
vincing and winning attractions. The more than seventy-six thousand
members of our churches are a sacramental host that cannot but exert
an immense influence that may be mighty through God in building up
his kingdom among men.
We are permitted to record some revivals of religion ; the most
prominent of which are in North Becket and Washington, in Berkshire
North Association ; so extensive is the work of grace in one parish,
that it is said there is not one adult female and but three or four adult
males not connected with the church. Northfield, in Franklin Associa-
tion, numbers forty late conversions. In the Second Church in West-
field, several have indulged hope. And some other churches in Hamp-
den West are enjoying special prosperity. The Lord is pouring out also
his Spirit at Hanover Four Corners, in Plymouth Association.
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The Great Head of the Church has not foi'saken his people. May
we not hope that these drops of saving mercy betoken far more nume-
rous and extensive showers of grace ?
The Andover Association says, " The Theological Seminary is in a
flourishing condition,"
Williams and Amherst Colleges are favored with prosperity. In the
latter there have been a few conversions.
Mount Holyoke and Wheaton Female Seminaries have shared in
their usual prosperity, and in the hopeful conversion of a considerable
number of their members each term the past year.
Some of the reports speak of the sad influence of a worldly spirit in
the Church, and a disregard by many others of the Sabbath and its
worship.
The present is no time for the Church to conceal her light, nor retire
from the spiritual conflict ; but to buckle on the harness, and in union,
harmony and strength, persevere in the Lord's work, till they shall be
prepared to put off theii- harness in triumph, and enter into the joy of
their Lord.
To this we are solemnly admonished by the death of fifteen ministers
of our number, who, some for a long, and others a shorter period, have
borne the heat and burden of the day ; but have now gone to give ac-
count of their stewardship, and receive their reward. During the past
year not far from twelve hundred members of the churches also have
finished their course.
From the Congregational Associations and Conventions in various
parts of the country in correspondence with us, it is pleasing to learn
that their cause, and the cause of religion among them, are prospered of
God, and receiving favor with the people ; that the harmony, union, and
zeal of those who are thus united in the work of the Lord, are an ear-
nest of success. Under the favoring influence of this polity, many of the
waste places of Zion were made to rejoice. It is also cheering to know
that our brethren of the Presbyterian Church are blessed of the Lord
in building up his kingdom.
TREASURER'S REPORT.
General Association of Massachusetts,
In account with Alonzo H. Quint, Treasurer.
Dr.
1859.
June 30. To balance due Treasurer, $27 98
1860.
June 25. " Crocker and Brewster's bill for Minutes of 1859, . • 165 45
" " " " for postage on Minutes, 19 39
" " " " for printing Schedules, 3 00
" " Secretary's postage, 15
" " ■ " travelling expenses, 1 80
" " Treasurer's postage, 73
" " Statistical Secretary's postage, 5 07
" " " " blanks for Statistical Scribes, . 2 50
27. " Carried to next year's Account, . . . . .119 22
1860. Cr.
June 25. By balance of taxes due June, 1859, $46 83
" " " proceeds of extra tax levied in 1859, .... 121 79
" " " Minutes sold, 2 00
" 27. " Taxes due June 26, 1860, 174 67
$345 29 $345 29
Taxes are still due the Association, — from Andover, tax of 1860; Hampshire, extra
tax of 1859; Middlesex South, tax of 1860; Old Colony, ditto; Salem, ditto; Suffolk
South, extra tax of 1859, and tax of 1860; Vineyard Sound, tax and extra tax of 1859;
— from all of which it is supposed that $48 will be realized. The printing ordered at
the present session will, with other necessary expenses, cost nearly $200. The balance
on hand, with the $48 to be received, will amount to $167 22 ; so that a deficiency will
exist of about $33. The Treasury stands better, however, than two years ago, by
$115 95, with $48 due,— amounting to $163 95.
The Committee on Accounts report that they have examined the Treasurer's Keport,
and find it correct.
' The Committee recommend that a tax of 50 cents be leyied upon each member of
of District Associations residing in the State, except such as are superannuated.
A. K. TEELE,
E. P. MARVIN,
Committee.
EULES OF THE ASSOCIATION.
1. Doctrinal Basis. — The Associations by which the General Asso-
ciation of Massachusetts was originally organized, agreed to admit, and
this Association continues to admit, as articles of faith, the doctrines of
Christianity, as they are generally expressed in the Assembly's Shorter
Catechism ; and the above-mentioned doctrines, understood by us to be
distinctly those which, from the beginning, have been embraced by the
churches of New England as the doctrines of the Gospel, are considered
as the basis of our union.
II. Denominational Basis, and Object.=— This General Associa-
tion is founded on the principles of Congregationalism, and wholly dis-
claims ecclesiastical jurisdiction over the churches or the opinions of in-
dividuals. Its object is, to promote brotherly harmony and intercourse
among the ministers of Christ ; — to obtain religious information relative
to the state of their churches, and of the Christian church in this country
and throughout the world ; — and to cooperate with one another, and with
other ecclesiastical bodies, in the most eligible measures for advancing
the cause of truth and holiness.
III. Members.— 1. Each District Association in Massachusetts, con-
senting to the principles of this Union as stated in the first article, may
appoint two delegates annually, to compose this General Association ;
and it is recommended, that one be appointed who attended the pre-
ceding year.
2. The Secretary, the Statistical Secretary, and the minister of the
church where the Association meet, shall have seats, and act as mem-
bers ; the Associations to which they belong retaining the right to elect
their number of Delegates in addition.
3. The principle of the connection formed with the Massachusetts
Missionary Society is, that said Society may annually appoint two dele-
gates to this body, who shall be admitted to equal privileges with the
members from the District Associations.
4. The preachers of the Home Missionary and Associational Sermons,
the chairmen of committees attending to present reports, the delegates
who, within the preceding year, attended the meetings of the correspond-
ing bodies to which they were sent, and such others as the Association,
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upon the recommendation of the Committee of Arrangements, may vote
to admit, shall have seats as Honorary Members, and shall be allowed
full liberty to take part in all deliberations, but they shall not be entitled
to vote.
IV. Meeting. — 1. The several Associations shall have the offer of
receiving, in rotation, the annual meeting of the General Association.
2. The time of the annual meeting of this Association, shall be on the
fouith Tuesday of June, at four o'clock, P. M., at such place as shall
have been duly notified.
V. Quorum. — Twenty members, delegated from the particular Asso-
ciations of Massachusetts, shall be requisite to form a quorum.
VI. Organization. — 1. The minister of the church in the place
where the Association meets, or the Secretary, may call the Association
to order, and preside in the meeting until the Association shall be proper-
ly organized.
2. The certificates of the Delegates present shall be read by the
Secretary, or by a temporary Scribe ; and the Association shall then be
organized by the choice of a Moderator, a Scribe, and, if necessary, an
assistant Scribe, by ballot. The Rules of the Association shall also be
read, and the Moderator shall open the business with prayer.
VII. Special Order. — 1. At the opening of the session on the morn-
ing of each subsequent day, the Moderator shall take the chair at the
hour to which the Association stands adjourned ; shall immediately call
the members to order; shall direct the roll to be called; shall open the
meeting with prayer ; and cause the minutes of the preceding day to be
read ; and the session of each day shall be closed with prayer.
2. The Committees for the session shall be appointed upon Tuesday.
3. An annual sermon shall be preached before the Association on
Tuesdav evening, on the subject of Home Missions, and a collection
taken. The preacher shall be appointed by this body.
4. Wednesday, A M. and P. M., shall be appropriated to the following
objects : — not exceeding half an hour to necessary business; hearing re-
ports of Delegates to Corresponding Bodies; receiving salutations of
Delegates from Corresponding Bodies, who shall be expected to con-
fine their remarks within ten minutes ; hearing the narratives from the
Delegates of the several Associations concerning the state of religion and
the churches, which shall be presented in writing, with a view to obtain
an accurate account of the principal facts, not however to prevent any
more particular details which the Delegates may think expedient to add,
or the Association to request, — no report of the state of religion being read
in public, unless it be approved by the Association from which it comes,
or by the Committee of Airangements of the General Association, — no re-
port being allowed to exceed four minutes, and the Moderator being in-
structed to enforce this rule ; the discussion of theological and practical
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questions connected with the ministerial profession, and in accordance
with a schedule prepared by a special Committee and printed with the
notices. Wednesday evening shall be occupied by religious services
having special reference to the people of the place of meeting.
5. The Associational Sermon, the preacher of which shall be appointed
by each Association in turn, shall be delivered at two o'clock, Thurs-
day, P. M., after which the Lord's Supper shall be administeied.
6. Previously to the close of each meeting, the General Association
shall specify a place for meeting the next year, and request some Dis-
trict Association to appoint a preacher to deliver the Associational Ser-
mon. And the church of the place of meeting is desired to make pre-
parations to celebrate the Lord's Supper during the session.
7. Each annual meeting shall be closed with a psalm or hymn, and
prayer by the Moderator, or such other member as he shall appoint.
VIIL Permanent Officers. — 1. The Secretary shall be chosen for
three years, from the close of the meeting at which the choice shall be
made. He shall, ex officio, be the Treasurer of the General Association,
and shall be authorized to pay such expenses as are allowed by the Asso-
ciation, and shall be allowed his own travelling expenses in attending
the meetings of this Association. He shall receive the publications from
foreign bodies, and distribute them among the several Associations, in
proportion to the tax paid by them respectively. One copy of each pub-
lication, received by the General Association, or printed by its order, shall
be kept in the archives.
2. A Statistical Secretary shall be chosen for three years from the first
of September following his appointment. He shall procure the Statistics
of the churches through the Scribes or other statistical oflicers of the
District Associations; complete and arrange them for publication, and
present them in that form and properly combined into a summary, at the
same time with the reports of the District Associations at each session.
He shall superintend their printing ; shall be a member, ex officio, of this
body and of the Publishing Committee, and shall be allowed his travel-
ling expenses in attending the meetings of the Association.
IX. Committees. — 1. At each meeting of the Association, a Commit-
tee on Credentials shall be appointed.
2. At each meeting of the Association, a Committee of Arrangements,
consisting of three, shall be appointed by nomination, to prepare the busi-
ness of the session ; and no business shall be introduced during the ses-
sion, but through the hands, and with the approbation of the Committee.
But if said Committee decline presenting any item of business proposed
by any member, he shall have the privilege of appeal to the Association.
3. A Committee shall be appointed annually, to audit the accounts,
who shall report the state of the treasury, and the sum in their opinion
necessary to be paid the next year by the members of the several Asso-
ciations connected with this body.
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4. A Committee shall be appointed to receive the narratives and state-
ments, and shall condense them into one narrative, to be submitted to
the General Association and published. The written narratives shall be
deposited with the Secretary.
5. A Committee shall be appointed to nominate Delegates to Corres-
ponding bodies.
6. A Committee of three shall be annually appointed, to submit to the
General Association at the next meeting a Pastoral Address, to excite the
attention of ministers and Christians to faithful discipline in the churches,
the instruction of the rising generation, the sanctification of the Sabbath,
and other subjects relating to the general interests of religion. The ad-
dress being approved by the General Association, shall be signed by the
Moderator, and printed with the minutes. This Committee shall be
chosen fiom the several Associations in rotation.
7. A Committee to be chosen fiom the several Associations in rotation,
shall be appointed to prepare a Schedule of Questions for the next meet-
ing, which they shall furnish to the Secretary, to be published with the
notices of the session.
8. A Publishing Committee shall be annually appointed, to make such
extracts fiom the minutes of the meeting, as in their judgment it will be
proper to pub'ish ; procure to be printed such number of copies, with the
Pastoral Address, Nanative of the State of Religion, and Statistics of the
churches, as will give one copy to each minister of the Associations re-
presented in this body ; and such a number of copies for other bodies
connected with this Association, as shall be mutually agreed upon, and
shall transmit them under the direction of the Secretary.
X. Correspondence. — 1. Our principles of fraternal intercourse with
all ecclesiastical bodies in correspondence with us are, that this Associa-
tion, and each body so connected with it, shall annually appoint Delegates
to the other, which shall be admitted to the privilege of sitting, and de-
liberating upon all matters which may come under consideration.
2. The Delegates shall, as far as pacticable, be selected from the Dis-
trict Associations in rotation. The brethren chosen substitutes in the
delegations to the bodies in our connection, shall, at our next session, be
considered as Delegates to the respective bodies, if they shall not pre-
viously have taken their .^eats there, through the failure of their principals.
3 The printed Minutes of the Association shall be sufficient testimo-
nials of the appointment of Delegates to Corresponding Bodies
4 It shall be the duty of those Delegates who attend the meetings of
Corresponding Bodies, whether they be primaries or substitutes, to certify
the Secretary in writing, on or before the opening of the annual meeting
next after his appointment.
XL Assessments. — It shall be the duty of the Delegates of the
District Associations, to pay the amount of the assessments due from
their respective Associations for the past year, whether collected or not.
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XII. Statistics. — 1. The Statistical returns, with respect to the
number in the churches, etc., shall be made out according to a printed
schedule of this body, and according to the numbers on the first of Jan-
uary past.
2 The names of all the members of the Associations belonging to this
body, whether with or without charge, shall be inserted in the published
returns, and corrected up to the date of publication.
3. Each District Association connected with this body, is requested to
appoint a Statistical Scribe, to collect the statistics of the churches within
its bounds, in methods designated by this body, and under the direction
of the Statistical Secretary of the General Association.
XIII. Rules of Order. — 1. Every motion, on being seconded, shall,
if requested by the Moderator, or any two members, be reduced to writ-
ing, and no motion shall be open to discussion, until it be seconded.
2. The Motlerator may speak to points of order, in preference to other
members, rising from his seat for that purpose ; and shall decide questions
of order, subject to an appeal to the house by any two members. But he
may not speak to the merits of the question without leaving the chair,
and placing some other member in it, to preside while he speaks.
3. On questions of order, adjournment, postponement, commitment, or
the previous question, no member shall speak more than once. Nor on
any question shall a member speak more than twice, without leave of the
Association.
4. When a question is under debate, no motion shall be received, ex-
cept for adjournment, amendment, postponement, commitment, or the
previous question, viz. Shall the main question be now put ? The ef-
fect of adopting the previous question shall be to put an end to debate,
and to bring the Association to a direct vote upon amendments reported
by a Committee if any, upon pending amendments, and then upon the
main question.
5. If a question under debate contain several parts, any member may
have it divided, and a question taken on each part.
6. Every member, when speaking, shall address himself to the chair •
and shall be subject to no needless interruption ; if he act disorderly, it
shall be the duty of the Moderator, and the privilege of other members,
to call him to order.
7. No member shall leave the Association before the session is closed,
except with the consent of the body ; nor shall any one leave the house
during a sitting, without the consent of the Moderator.
XIV. Amendments. — A Vote or Resolve to establish, alter, or annul a
standing rule of this body, shall be read twice on different days, and may
be debated at each reading. At the first reading the question shall be,
Shall it be read the second time "?
ANNUAL APPOINTMENTS.
The order in which the several Associations have the offer of receiv-
ing the Annual, Meeting of the General Association; Brookfield
having the session of 1861 :
Suffolk North, Suffolk South, Vineyard Sound, Salem, Berkshire South,
Mendon, Andover, Brewster, Taunton, Hampshire, Essex South, Hamp-
shire East, Norfolk, Berkshire North, Middlesex South, Brookfield. Old
Colony, Plymouth, Hampden East, Essex North, Hampden West, Frank-
lin, Worcester South, Woburn, Worcester North, Middlesex Union, Wor-
cester Central.
The order in which the several Associations shall appoint one of their
number as Preacher of the Associational Sermon ; Hampshire ap-
pointing the preacher of 1861 :
Worcester Central, Suffolk North, Suffolk South, Salem, Berkshire
North, Vineyard Sound, Essex South, Franklin, Worcester South, Men-
don, Hampden East, Brookfield, Hampden West, Middlesex South,
Norfolk, Hampshire, Hampshire East, Worcester North, Old Colony,
Plymouth, Taunton, Middlesex Union, Woburn, Essex North, Brewster,
Andover, Beikshire South.
The order in whioh a Committee will be appointed from the several
Associations to prepare the Pastoral Letter, — one from Suffolk South
to be appointed in 1861, who will prepare the Letter to be reported in
1862:
Brewster, Berkshire North, Mendon, Vineyard Sound, Taunton, Essex
North, Middlesex South, Plymouth, Hampshire, Hampden East, Suffolk
North, Suffolk South, Essex South, Middlesex Union, Woburn, Brook-
field, Hampshire East, Franklin, Norfolk, Old Colony, Andover, Worces-
ter Central, Worcester South, Worcester North, Hampden West, Berkshire
South, Salem.
The Committee for preparing the Schedule of Questions, ordered
by Rule IX, Section 7, is taken from the several Associations in alpha-
betical order, — the Committee appointed in 1860 to report in 1861 being
taken from Berkshire South.
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Delegates to Corresponding Bodies are selected from the sev-
eral Associations in rotation. At the meeting in 1861, one Substitute
Delegate from each District Association will be appointed to the Body
whose name stands in the opposite column. It is the privilege of each
Association to nominate a person, who will, regularly, become Primary
the succeeding year :
Andover, and Mendon,
Berkshire North, and Middlesex South,
Berkshire South, and Middlesex Union,
Norfolk, (two,)
Brewster, and Old Colony,
Brookfield, and Plymouth,
Essex North, and Salem,
Essex South, and Suffolk North,
Franklin, and Suffolk South,
Hampden East, and Taunton,
Hampden West, and Vineyard Sound,
Hampshire, and Woburn,
Hampshire East, and Worcester Central,
Worcester North, and Worcester South,
Maine.
Michigan.
New Hampshire.
New York.
Rhode Island.
Vermont.
Wisconsin, and Nebraska.
Kansas, and Minnesota.
General Assembly, (N. S.)
Connecticut, and Oregon.
California, and Ohio.
England, and Canada.
Indiana, and Illinois.
Iowa.
Changes from year to year are made in the following manner : — The
column of Associations remaining fixed, the lowest name in the column
of States one year, is placed at the head of its own list the next year, the
others, in that list being lowered, each one line. Thus, next year,
" Iowa " will be placed opposite " Andover, and Mendon," " Maine " will
be in a line with " Berkshire North, and Middlesex South," and the re-
mainder will follow in order.
STATISTICS OF THE CHURCHES.
EXPLANATIONS.
1. Associations are arranged in alphabetical order ; towns, alphabeti-
cally in each Association ; chuiches in each town, according to age; and
of each church, (1) its town, (2) its locality in the town, and (3) its name,
which name is always followed, or intended to be, by "ch."
2. The location of churches not found in the tables where they have
hitherto appeared, will be ascertained by referring to the Index of Towns.
3. The ''total " number of clergymen in each table, is reckoned by
tables, not by membership in the Association ; although the membership
is given for the convenience of the Association. " Resident " are those
who reside in Massachusetts.
4. The columns specifying churches and ministers are corrected up to
July 1, 1860; church membeis are reported for Jan. 1st preceding;
admissions, removals, and baptisms cover the year 1859; " absent " are
included in '^ males," "females," and "total" ; " Sabbath School " includes
total jnevibership of teachers and scholars at the time of reporting, covering
'•' branch schools " when under the exclusive care of the reporting church.
5 Churches organized since Dec. 31, 1859, are reported with their
07-iginal membership, but are not included in the summaries.
6. Dates of church organization printed in italics, are those which have
been aulke nticated for this report by reference to original records ; those
not so designated may be correct, but the Statistical Secretary has not
been able to obtain knowledge on the subject.
7. Dates earlier than 1752 are given in ''old style." To reduce such
to "new style," — if it be a date in the 17th century, add ten days ; if it
be a date of the 18th century (prior to 1752,) add eleven days.
8. " Ordained " denotes the date on which the person was originally
set apart to the ministry "by the laying on of hands;" " Installed" de-
notes the date of his present pastorate.
9. All Post-office addresses are to be found in the Index of clergymen,
and not in the tables. The towns, in the latter, are often different from
the Post-ofRce addresses, in the former.
10. In no instance is any number in these Statistics supplied from the
returns of previous years ; blanks signify ignorance or carelessness. Nor
is a single figure inserted without reliable authority.
11. See " Remarks " at the close of the tables.
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H |P H «
EEMAUKS UPON THE STATISTICS.
Associations. There lias been no change in the number or name of
Associations during the past year.
Churches. While, for usefulness in reference, the lists of ministei-s and
churches are corrected up to August 1, the membership, additions, etc., come
up only to the preceding first of January.
On the first of January 1859, there were 485 chm-ches of our faith and
order in this State. Of these, three disappear : The Trinitarian church in
Fitchburg disclaims ecclesiastical fellowship with our churches, and is there-
fore omitted ; the church at Neponset (which had had no public services for
years) was disbanded, and its members entered into a new enterprise ; and
the Plymouth church in Chelsea was disbanded by its own vote. On the
other hand, — the actual existence of two churches at Manchester is recog-
nized, whatever may be the theory ; a church at East Weymouth, originally
Methodist, was received to fellowship at the September session of the Norfolk
Conference ; a small church at Mt. Washington has been replaced as still in
existence; the North church in Haverhill was organized March 30, 1859;
a church at Port Norfolk was organized May 11, 1859, including the mem-
bers of the one disbanded at Neponset ; and the John Eliot church was organ-
ized at South Natick, Nov. 16, 1859, on the missionary ground of the Apostle
to the Indians. The number of churches Jan. 1, 1860, was therefore 488.
A comparison of the reports of these churches Jan. 1, 1859, and Jan. 1, 1860,
will be seen in the Summary on the preceding page.
In the interval Avhich has elapsed since the expiration of the ecclesiastical
(which is with us the civil) year, there have been other changes in the num-
ber of churches, which we notice merely for present convenience, but cannot
include in the tables : the South church in Amherst has disbanded, having
been fatally weakened by the organization of the " Church in South Amherst "
in 1858 ; the Winter Street church in Haverhill has disbanded ; and two
churches in South Boston, the Payson and the Church of the Unity, have be-
come the E Street church. On the other hand, the Springfield Street church
in Boston was organized Jan. 4, 1860; a church in Saundersville, in Grafton,
and the Oak Place church, Boston, each in June 1860; still leaving 488.
The ministerial supply of these churches is reported to August 1, (as near
as possible to the date of printing, which follows the session of the General As-
sociation,) for obvious reasons of convenience. Their condition as to minis-
ters is as follows :
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Of these churches, 82 (81 last year,) are " vacant " ; that is, they are sup-
plied with preaching only from Sabbath to Sabbath ; a few of them have no
public services whatever. Of the remainder, 81 (79 last year,) have " stated
supplies," — an awkward term used to designate such persons as perform the
usual ministerial functions, (sometimes only on the Sabbath,) but without
having been actually installed as pastors. And 325 churches (same as last
year) are supplied with actual pastors, properly settled ; 8 of these churches
have, each, two pastors. Many of the churches who have " stated supplies,"
will, doubtless, never be in a condition to have a settled ministry, unless a de-
cided change shall take place as to the estimation of the pastoral office, and,
perhaps in their own abihty.
It will be seen by the Index of Towns, that there still appear to be no
Orthodox Congregational churches in Bellingham, Bolton, Brewster, Che-
shire, Clarksburg, Duxbury, Florida, Hancock, Hull, Leyden, Lexington,
Monroe, Nahant, New Ashford, Pembroke, Rowe, Russell, Savoy, Somerset,
South Scituate, Swanzey, Tyngsboro', Tyringham, Wales, Weston, and Win-
throp, — 26 in all : there is, however, evangelical preaching in each of these
towns, and in most of them are Orthodox Congregationalists forming constit-
uent parts of accessible churches in adjoining towns. No town in Massachu-
setts is entirely without the institutions of the Gospel.
Ministers. The whole number enumerated in last year's issue, as resid-
ing in Massachusetts, was 586 ; this year is 587. The numbers should doubt-
less be increased by the names of other ministers not belonging to Associa-
tions ; few of the latter, however, are in actual service.
As to pastors : At the time of printing a year since, the churches now enu-
merated had (corrected) 340 pastors. During the past year, 37 others have
been settled, (of which 16 by ordination.) Ten have died, and 34 have been
dismissed. So that the present number of pastors is 333. Last year, we said
" In view of the fact that during each of the last four years (the only years
in which the facts are obtainable,) the dismissals have exceded the settlements,
and this year so decidedly, it becomes a question worthy of serious thought,
whether the pastoral relation is not losing that regard which it once possessed."
This year it is gratifying to see that the tendency then deprecated is checked,
though it is far from safe to judge from one year's experience whether the im-
provement is permanent.
The dates of ministerial ordination show that 118 are still ministers of the
churches over which they were ordained. Four pastorates (seven last year)
have passed their fiftieth year, viz. those of Thomas Snell, D. D., of North
Brookfield, settled June 27, 1798; Brown Emerson, D. D., of Salem, settled
April 24, 1805 ; Alfred Ely, D. D., of Monson, settled Dec. 17, 1806 ; and
Samuel Osgood, D. D., of Springfield, settled June 25, 1809. Another pas-
tor, Luther Sheldon, D. D., of Easton, will have attained his half century be-
fore another issue of the Minutes, having been settled October 24, 1810.
Each of these hag a colleague.
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As to ministers 7iot jmstors : These are divided, in the tables, into three
classes ; 1st, those acting as " stated supplies"; 2d, those who reside in Massa-
chusetts without pastoral charge ; and 3d, members of Associations in Massa-
chusetts but residing outside of the State. Of the first class there are 78, the
same as last year. Of the second class there are 176 ; of these, 19 are pro-
fessors or teachers in various institutions of learning, 1 is in the employ of the
Massachusetts Board of Education, 19 are connected with the various relig-
ious benevolent Societies as Secretaries, Agents, etc., 3 are chaplains in re-
formatory institutions, 2 are city missionaries, 1 is a Post-master, 3 are editors
or publishers, 2 are physicians, 1 is the Secretary of the Commonwealth
of Massachusetts, and 1 is an anti-tobacconist. Of the <7iiV(Z class, 15 are in
actual missionary or other ministerial service, 3 are Secretaries or Agents of
Societies, 1 is an editor, and 1 is a teacher ; of this class, many are enumerated
in the tables of other States, and none of them ought to be reckoned here ;
we do not include them in our Summary.
Deaths. Fifteen of our clergymen have died the past year ; viz.
June 29, 1859. At North Abington, Otis Thompson, born in Middleboro',
Sept. 14, 1776.
Sept. 9. At Falmouth, William Bates, pastor, born in Dedham, Jan. 19,
1816.
Oct. 22. At Marlboro', Levi A. Field, pastor, born in Leverett, Sept. 17,
1821.
Nov. 19. At Bridgewater, John M. Prince, pastor, aged 39.
Dec. 14. At East Granville, Timotliy M. Cooley, D. D., senior pastor,
born in East Granville, March 13, 1772.
Dec. 16. At Groveland, Gardner B. Perry, D. D., senior pastor, born in
Norton, August 9, 1783.
Jan. 8, 1860. At Richmond, Charles S. Renshaw, pastor, aged 48.
Feb. 2. At Brewster, Enoch Pratt, born in Middleboro' in 1781.
Feb. 3. At Ipswich, David T. Kimball, senior pastor, born in Bradford,
Nov. 23, 1782.
Feb. 7. At Rowley, Willard Holbrook, born in Uxbridge, April 7, 1792.
Feb. . At Auburn, Me., Daniel W. Pickard, who resigned the pastorate
at Groveland on account of ill health.
March 11. At South Reading, Reuben Emerson, senior pastor, born in
Ashby, August 1771.
March 26. At North Abington, Willard Pierce, aged 70.
May 16. At Newburyport, Luther F. Dimmick, D. D., pastor, born in
Shaftsbury, Vt., Nov. 15, 1790.
May 26. At Marlboro', Sylvester F. Bucklin, aged 76, born in Seekonk.
The average age of the above was 65. For further notices of each see the
COXGREGATIOXAL QUARTERLY.
Membership of the Churches. Comparisons have already been made
as to our churches and their membership, for 1859 and 1860. The present
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year, a decennial period, is convenient for a retrospect covering a series of
years. No data whatever of church membership exist prior to 1820, nor any
of sufficient value to copy before 1830. Our reports were formerly very imper-
fect, and an approximation as to membership is obtained only by great labor.
The number of churches at various periods has been as follows :
Date,
1630
1640
1650
1700
1750
1790
Churches,
2
26
39
83
239
324
of the 324 in 1790, 75 became Unitarian.
From the beginning of the present century to the period when the churches
had ranged themselves on one or the other side of the doctrinal line which
split the old Congregationalists, the uncertainty as to the doctrinal character
of the churches is rather bewildering. It is safe to presume, however, that
those churches which afterwards avowed themselves Unitarian, were not
alarmingly Orthodox during this period. Assuming this to be case, the num-
ber of churches at different dates would be as follows :
1800
1810
1820
1825
Orthodox,
267
281
291
310
Unitarian,
76
80
89
95
"When the smoke of the conflict cleared away, the matter of numbers natur-
ally came into notice. Our Association referred to the subject at the session
of 1819 ; but nothing eftectual was done until 1830, though statistics were
printed in 1826. The following table is compiled from the Minutes as pub-
lished, corrected from all possible sources. It gives the number of churches
in brackets as reported in our Minutes ; the figures following are the actual
number. The number of members in brackets are as reported ; the figures
following the actual number, as near as can be ascertained by supplying de-
fects from actual reports nearest in time. The approximation of bracketted
and wnbracketted columns exliibits the improvement in our Statistics.
Date.
Associations.
Churches.
Ministers.
Church Members. 1
Sabbath Sch.
1830
19
(228) 347
212
(30,847) 37,987
34,787
1835
19
(272) 387
239
(41,089) 49,089
44,040
1840
22
(370) 408
329
(59,473) 62,513
63,305
1845
25
(399) 440
398
(61,771) 65,467
62,108
1850
26
(455) 469
412
(65,266) 66,346
60,318
1855
28
(462) 474
422
(67,719) 69,009
66,147
1860
27
(488) 488
587
(76,371) 76,371
80,124
This table shows the steady, though not uniform. Increase of churches and
members. The most rapid increase was in the period when the churches
had been aroused by the Unitarian defection to greatly increased effortF,
The apparent increase in the ministry, however, between 1855 and 1860, is
partly attributable to our improved Statistics.
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Conferences of Churches. For the sake of information, the follow-
ing list (perhaps not perfectly accurate) is inserted. These Conferences are
composed of Pastors and Delegates from the various churches enumerated,
■who meet for public religious services and conference, Tvith no ecclesiastical
power or purpose :
Andover. Organized at Lowell, June 8, 1859. Churches, — all the Or-
thodox Congregational churches enumerated in Andover Association, — 19.
Time of meeting, the second Wednesday in June. Scribe, Rev. George
Mooar, Andover.
Barnstable. Organized Oct. 28, 1828. Churches, — all the Orthodox
Congregational churches in Barnstable, Dukes, and Nantucket Counties, —
27. Times of meeting, second Tuesday in June, and third Tuesday in De-
cember. Scribe, Rev. Franklin Hebard, Harwichport.
Berkshire Association (North and South), for benevolent purposes
only, meets on the third Tuesday of October.
Brookfield AssociATiONAL. Organized June 10, 1838. Churches, —
all the Orthodox Congregational churches within the bounds of Brookfield
Association, — 18. Time of meeting, second Tuesday in June. Meeting for
Bible and Missionary causes, the Tuesday after the third Wednesday in Oc-
tober. Scribe, Eev. A. E. P. Perkins, Ware Village.
Essex North. Organized April 30, 1828. Churches, — Amesbury (West,
and Mills,) Amesbury and Salisbury, Boxford (West,) Bradford, George-
town, Groveland, Haverhill (all five churches,) Ipswich (1st, and Linebrook,)
Newbury (1st, and Byfield,) Newburyport (North, 4th, Whitefield, and Bell-
ville,) Rowley, Sahsbury (Hill,) and West Newbury (1st and 2d,) — 24. Time
of meeting, the first week in October. Benevolent Societies are represented.
Scribe, Rev. Daniel T. Fiske, Newburyport.
Essex South (Consociation.) Organized May 8, 1 827. Churches, —
Beverly (Dane st., and Washington st.,) Danvers (Maple st.,) Essex, Glou-
cester (West, Harbor, and Lanesville,) Hamilton, Ipswich (South,) Lynnfield
(Centre,) Manchester, Middleton, Rockport (1st, and 2d,) Salem (3d, and
Howard st.,) and South Danvers, — 17. Times of meeting, second Wednes-
days in June and October. Scribe, Rev. Alonzo B. Rich, Beverly.
Franklin. Organized Oct. 10, 1843. Churches,— Ashfield (1st, and 2d,)
Bernardston, Buckland, Charlemont (1st, and East,) Colerain, Conway, Deer-
field (1st, Orthodox, and Monument,) Erving, Gill, Greenfield (1st, and 2d,)
Hawley (East, and West,) Heath, Montague, Northfield, Orange, Shelburne
(1st, and Falls,) Shutesbury, Sunderland, Wendell, and Whately (2d,)— 27.
Time of meeting, the Tuesday preceding the third Wednesday in September.
Benevolent Society meeting immediately preceding. Scribe, Rev. David A.
Strong, South Deerfield.
Hampden. This Conference has " no constitution, no permanent officers ";
" it originated in an invitation of" . . . . " church to the other churches of the
county to meet with us to become better acquainted with each others' con-
dition, to make such suggestions to one another as shall be mutually benefi-
65
cial and to engage together in devotional services." Churches, — covered by-
invitations and places, are all the churches in Hampden county, with the
church at South Hadley Falls, — 34. Time of meeting, on or about the first
Tuesday in October, as any church, choosing to invite, may decide. Rev.
Samuel G. Buckingham of Springfield, acts as Scribe.
Mendon. Organized April 27, 1858. Churches, — Foxboro', Franklin
(1st, and South,) Mansfield, Medfield, Medvvay (East, Village, and West,)
Milford, Walpole, Wrentham (Original, and Xorth,J — 12. Times of meet-
ing, semi-annual, " on the Tuesdays and Wednesdays of such weeks in April
and October as shall be designated by^ the Committee of Arrangements."
Scribe, Rev. Samuel Hunt, Franklin.
Middlesex North axd Vicinity. Organized May 8, 1833. Churches,
— all the Orthodox Congregational churches enumerated in Middlesex Union
Association, — 16. Time of meeting, in connection with the "Religious Chai'-
itable Society of Middlesex and Vicinity," the third Tuesday and Wednesday
of October. Benevolent Societies are represented. Scribe, Rev. Elihu
Loomis, Littleton.
KoRFOLK. Organized June 14, 1827. Churches, — Abington (1st, 2d, 3d,
and 4th,) Braintree (1st, and South,) Braintree and Weymouth (Union,)
Bridgewater (Trinitarian,) Canton, Cohasset, Dorchester (2d, and Village,)
East and West Bridgewater (Union,) East Bridgewater (Trinitarian,)
Easton, HIngham, Jamaica Plain, Milton (1st, and 2d Evangelical,) North
Bridgewater (1st, South, and Porter,) Quincy, Randolph (1st, East, and
WInthrop,) Sharon, Stoughton, Weymouth (1st, 2d, Union, Pilgrim, and
East,) — 33. Times of meeting, first Tuesday in May. and last Tuesday in
September. Scribe, Rev. Frederick R. Abbe, Abington.
Old Coloxy. Organized Sept. 23, 1856. Churches, — Fairhaven, Ma-
rion, Mattapoisett, Middleboro' (1st, and Central,) New Bedford (1st, North,
Trinitarian, and Pacific,) Rochester (Centre,) South Dartmouth, and Ware-
ham, — 12. Time of meeting, last Tuesdays in April and October. — Clerk,
Rev. John WlUard, Fairhaven.
Pilgrim. Organized April 27, 1830. Churches, — Carver, Halifax, Han-
son, Hanover (1st, and Four Corners.) Kingston, Marshfield (1st, and East,)
Plymouth (South, Centre, and Chiltonville,) Plympton, and Scituate. — 13.
Times of meeting, third Tuesdays in April and October. Scribe, Rev. Timo-
thy G. Brainard, Halifax.
Salem. This is a Missionary Uxiox, which takes care of its own feeble
churches. It holds public sessions, however, as a Conference. Organized
June 11, 1851. Churches, all the churches enumerated in Salem Association.
— 14. Time of meeting, second Wednesday in June. Scribe, Rev. Jotham
B. Sewall, Lynn.
South Middlesex. Organized Aug. 20, 1828. Churches, — Ashland,
Concord, Dover, Framingham, Grantville, Holliston, Hopkinton, Lincoln,
Marlboro', Natick, Saxonville, Sherborn, Southboro', Sudbury, Wayland,
West Needham. — 16. Times of meeting, third Tuesdays in April and Octo-
ber. Scribe,
9
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Tauxtox axd Vicixity. Organized Nov. 7, 1848. Churches, — Attle-
boro' (1st, and 2d,) Berkley (1st, and Trin. Cong.,) Dighton, Fall River (Cen-
tral,) Freetown (Assonet,) Norton, Pawtucket, Ilaynham, Rehoboth, Seekonk,
and Taunton (Trin., Winslow, and East,) — 15. Times of meeting, the last
Tuesday in Sejitember or the first Tuesday in October, — being the first Tues-
day after the meeting of the Bristol Co. Agricultural Society. Scribe, Rev.
Robert Carver, Taunton.
WoBURX. Organized Dee. 5, 1849. Churches, — Bedford, Billerica, Bur-
lington, Carlisle, Medford (Trinitarian, and Mystic,) Melrose, North Read-
ing, Reading (Bethesda,) South Reading, Stoneham, Waltham, AVest Cam-
bridge, "Wilmington, Winchester, "Woburn (1st, and North,) — 17. Times of
meeting, last Tuesdays in April and October. Scribe, Rev. Reuben T.
Robinson, Winchester.
Worcester Cextral. Organized April 28, 1852. All the churches
enumerated in Worcester Central Association, — 19. Times of meeting, the
Wednesday following the third Monday in April and the Wednesday fol-
lowing the third Monday in October. Tract, Sabbath School, and Home
Mission causes are represented in April. Scribe, Rev. Warren W. Winches-
ter, Clinton.
Worcester North. Organized NoA^ 14, 1827. Churches, — all the
churches enumerated in Worcester North Association, excepting New Salem,
— 15. Time of meeting, second Tuesday in June. Benevolent Societies
heard Tuesday evening. Clerk, Rev. Samuel W. Barnum, Phillipston.
Worcester South, (formerly Harmony.) Organized (probably) Sept.
25, 1833. Churches, — Blackstone, Douglas (1st, and East,) Grafton, Men-
don, Millbury (1st, and 2d,) Northbridge (1st, and Whitinsville,) Sutton,
Upton, Uxbridge, and Westboro', — 13. Times of meeting, fourth Tuesday
in April, and October. Benevolent Societies heard at each session. Scribe,
Rev. Andrew J. Willard, Upton.
The number of members in the churches connected with these Conferences
are as follows : Andover, 4,376 ; Barnstable, 2,507 ; Brookfield, 2,835 ; Essex
North, 3,810; Essex South, 3,123; Franklin, 3,058; Hampden, 4,800; Men-
don, 1,800; Middlesex North, 2,549; Norfolk, 4,047; Old Colony, 1,988;
Pilgrim, 1,017; Salem, 2,141; South Middlesex, 2,497; Taunton, 2,417;
Woburn, 2,503 ; Worcester Central, 4,393 ; Worcester North, 2,099 ; AVorces-
ter South, 2,251. Total, 359 churches, 54,211 members.
For the present value of the Statistics (which include every Orthodox
Congregational Church in the State,) thanks are due to the local Statistical
Scribes, — to Mr. James M. Everett, the skilful and intelligent compositor who
has now put our tables in type for twenty-five successive years, — and to Rev.
Lysander Dickerman for special assistance in correcting proofs.
Suggestions of further improvements, and the correction of the errors which
have escaped notice, will be gladly received by the Statistical Secretarj-.
A. H. Q.
Jamaica Plain, Mass., Aug. 20. 1860.
NAMES OP CLERGYMEN,
Arranged in alphabetical order, with the Post- Office address of each, and with ths
nnmber of the Association in u-hich each name occurs in the statistics.
Abbe Frederkk R., Abington. 16
Abbot Jacob J., Uxbridg:e. il
Abbet Joseph, D. D , Beverly. 19
Adams Darwin, Auburn. 25
Adams George M., Conway. 8
Adams Nehemiah, D. D., Boston. 21
Aiken James, Hanover. 18
Albro John A., D. D., Cambridge. 20
Alden Ebenezer, Jr., Marshfield. 18
Alden E. Judson, Boston, 23
Alden Edmund K., South Boston. 21
Allen Benjamin R., Marblehead. 19
Allen Cyrus W., Hubbardston. 26
Allen George E., Cambridgeport. 20
Allen Ephraim W., South Berwick, Me. 7
Allen John W., Chesterfield. 11
Allen William, D. D., Northampton. 23
Allen William, Dracut. 1
Alvord Frederick, Chicopee Falls. 9
Alvord John W., Boston. 21
Ames Marcus, North Chelsea. 20, 26
Anderson Rufus, D. D., Boston, 20
Angler Luther H., South Maiden. 20
Angier Marshall P., Port Norfolk. 16
Ashley S S,, Northboro'. 25
Atwood Edward S., GrantviUe. 21
Austin Samuel J., Gardner. 23
Ayres Rowland, Hadley. 13
Babcock Daniel H., Shirley. 15, 18
Backus Joseph W., Leominster. 15
Bacon Elisha, Centerville. 23
Bacon James M., Essex. 7
Badger Milton, D. D., New York. 1
Baker Abijah R., West Needham. 20
Bailey Luther, East Medway. 28
Baldwin Joseph B., West Hawley. 8
Ballard Addison, Williamstown. 2
Ballard Josiah, Carlisle. 24
Bancroft David, Prescott. 12
Bardwell Horatio, D.D., Oxford. 25
Barney James O., Seekonk. 22
Barnum Samuel W., Phillipston. 26
Barrows Elijah P., Andover. 1
Barrows Homer, Atkinson Depot, N. H. 17
Barrows William, Reading. 20, 24
Barstow Ezekiel H., Newton Centre. 28
Barton Frederick A., Indian Orchard. 9
Bates James, Granby. 12
Batt William J., Stoneham. 24
Beaman Charles C, Salem. 7
Beaman Warren H., Norih Hadley. 12
Beard Spencer F., Andover. 1
Beardsley Bronson B., Bridgeport, Ct. 15
Beckwith George C, D. D., Boston. 20
Beecher Charles, Georgetown. 6
Beecher Lyman, D. D., Brooklyn, N. Y. 21
Beecher William H., North Brookfield, 5
Bell James M., Ashby. 14
Bessom William H., Centreville. 23
Bigelow Andrew, Medfield. 13
Billings Richard S., Shelburne. 8
Bingham Joel S., Weslfield. 10
Bisbee John H., Worthington. 11
Biscoe Thomas C, Grafton. 27
Bissell Edwin C, Westhampton. 11
Blagden George W., D. D., Boston. 20
Blake Henry B., Belchertown. 12
Blake Mortimer, Taunton. 22
Blanchard Amos, D. D., Lowell. 1
Blanchard Edmund H., \' arwick. 8
Blanchard Nathaniel B., No. Bridgewater. 13
Blanchard William S. (Where?) 9
Bliss Zeiias, Amherst. 28
Bliss Thomas E., Blackstone. 27
Blodgetl Constantine, D. D., Pawtuckit. 22
Blodgett Edward P., Greenwich. 12
Bodwell Joseph C, Framingham. 14
Boutelle Thomas, Ashburnham. 26
Brace Joab, D. D., Pittsfield. 28
Bradford Samuel, Montague. 28
Brainard Timothy G., Halifax. 18
Braman Milton P., D. D., Danvers Centre. 19
Breed William J., Southboro'. 14
Bremner David, Rockport. 7
Brewer Josiah, Housatonic. 3
Brewster Cyrus, Haydenville. 11
Bridgman Lewi*, Aiiddl afield.. 11
Biiggs William T., Princeton. Q5
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Brighatn David, Bridgewater. 13
Biigham John C, D. D., New York. 3
Brigham Levi, Saugus. 39
Brigham Willard, Ashfield 8
Brooks Charles, Newburyport. 6
Brown Oliver, Quincy. 16
Buck Edward H., Melrose. 24
Buckingham Samuel G., Springfield. 9
Bullard Asa, Boston. 20
Bullard Ebenezer W., Royalslon. 2G
Bulkley Edwin A., Groton. 15
Burgess Ebenezer, D. D., Dedham. 23
Burgess Ebenezer, Dracut. 23
Buruham Abraham, Haverhill. 6
Burt Daniel C, Berkley. 17
Bushnell George, Waterbury, Ct. 25
Bushnell William, Boston. 20
Butler Daniel, Groton. 15
Byington Swift, Boston. 28
Cady Daniel R., AVest Cambridge. 21
Campbell Randolph, Newburyport. 6
Carlton Hiram, AVest Barnstable, 23
Carpenter Eber, Southbridge. 5
Carruthers AVilliam, Sandwich. 23
Carver Robert, South Franklin. 13, 22
Chandler Azariah, D. D., Greenfield. 8
Chase Benjamin C, Attleboro'. 22
Chase Ebenezer, Tisbury. 4
Childs Alexander C, Rehoboth. 6, 22
Chute Ariel P., Ware Centre. 5
Clapp Erastus, Easthampton. 11
Clapp Sumner G., Sturbridge. 5
Clark Benjamin P., North Chelmsford. 1
Clarke Benjamin F., Winchendon. 26
Clark Dorus, Waltham. 20
Clark Edson L.. Dalton. 2
Clark Edward, Chesterfield. S
Clark Edward W., Auburndale. 21
Clark Eli B., Chicopee. 9
Clark Jonas B., Swampscott. 19
Clark Joseph S., D. D., Boston. 21
Clark Lewis F., Whitinsville. 27
Clark Perkins K., South Deerfield. 8
Clark Sereno D., Sunderland. 3
Clark Solomon, Plainfield. 11
Clark Sumner, Rochester. 17
Clark Theodore J., Cummington. 11
Clary Timothy F., Wareham. 17
Cleaveland James B., South Egremont. 3
Cleaveland John P., D. D., Lowell. 1
Cloyes Dana, South Reading. 24, 28
Cobb Alvan, Taunton. 22
Cobb Asahel, New Bedford. 17
Cobb Leander, Marion. 17
Cobb L. Henry, North Andover. 1
Cobb Nathaniel, Kingston. 17
Coggin William S., Boxford. 19
Cogswell Nathaniel, Yarmouth. 4
Colburn Moses M., South Dedham. 21
Colion Aaron M , East Hampton. U
Colton Erastus, Southwick. 10
Colton Theron G., Monson. 9
Cone Luther H., Chicopee. 9
Cook Elisha W., Townsend. 15
Cook Russell S., New York. 2
Cooke Parsons, D. D., Lynn. 19
Coolidge Amos H., Leicester. 25
Copp Joseph A., D. D., Chelsea. 20
Cordley Christopher M., West Brookfield. 5
Cory John E., West Yarmouth. 4
Couch Paul, Cambridgeport. 20
Cowles John P., Ipswich. 6
Craig Wheelock, New Bedford. 17
Crawford Robert, D. D., Deerfield. 8
Crosby Josiah D., Ashburnham. 26
Cross Joseph W., West Boylston. 25
Cummings Preston, Leicester. 25
Curtiss Erastus, New Salem. 26
Gushing Christopher, North Brookfield. 6
Gushing James R., East Taunton. 22
Cutler Ebenezer, Worcester. 25
Dana J. Jay, Troy, N. Y. 2
Darling George, Hudson, O. 1
Dashiell Alfred H., Jr., Stockbridge. 3
Davis Emerson, D. D., Weslfield. 10
Davis Franklin, North Wrentham. 13
Davis Timothy, Kingston. 18
Demond Elijah, East Falmouth. 23
Denhara George, Chelsea. 25
Denison, Andrew C, Medford. 28
Dennen Stephen R., AVatertown. 21
Dennis Rodney G., Square Vil., Wall, N. J. 27
Dexter Henry M., Boston. 21
Dickerman Lysander, Neponset. 7
Dickinson Erastus, Sudbury. 14
Dickinson Noadiah S., Foxboro'. 13
Diraan J. Lewis, Brookline. 21
Dimock Edwin. (Where?) 8
Dodd Stephen G., Spencer. 5
Dodge John, Harvard. 15
Doggeit Thomas, Groveland. 6
Dole George T., Lanesboro'. 2
Dow Ezekiel, Haverhill. 28
Dowse Edmund, Sherburne. 14
Drummond James, Springfield. 9
Duncan Abel G., Freetown. 22
Dnnham Isaac, Westport. 22
Durfee Calvin, AVilliamstown. 2
Dwight Edward S., Amherst. 12
D wight Henry E., Randolph. 16
Dwight John, North AVrentham. 13
Dwinell Israel E., Salem. 7
Dyer E. Porter, Hingham. 16
Dyer Spencer O., Becket. 3
Eastman David, Amherst. 12
Eastman L. Root, Needham. 16
Eddy Zachary, D. D-, Northampton. 11
Edgell John Q. A., Andover. 6
Edwards John E., Lancaster. 15
Edwards Henry L., South Abington. 16
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Eldridjre Azariah, Detroit, Mich. ]7
Ely Alfred, D. D., Monson. 9
Emerson Alfred, Fitchburg. 15
Emerson Brown, AVeslminster. 26
Emerson Brown, D. D., Salem. 7
Emery Joshua, North Weymouth. 16
Esly Isaac, Heath. 8
Farwell Asa, Hav^erliill. 6
Fay Solomon P., Newton. 23
Felt Joseph B., LL. D., Boston. 28
Field David D., D. D., Stockbridge. 3
Field George W., Boston. 20
Fisher Caleb E., Lawrence. 1
Fisk Frederick A., Newton. 28
Fiske Daniel T., Newburyporl. 6
Fins James H., Boxboro'. 15
Fiiz Daniel, Ipswich. 7
Flagg Horatio, Colerain. 8
Fletcher Adin H., Wayland. 14
Fletcher James, North Danvers. 7
Folsom George D. F., Spnngfield. 9
Foote Calvin, Poughkeepsie, N. Y. 10
Ford George, East Falmouth. 23
Fostfir Aaron, East Charlemont. 8
Foster Andrew B., Westminster, Vt. 18
Foster Davis, West Newbury. 6
Foster Eden B., Lowell. 1
Foster Roswell, Pittsfield. 2
Foster William C, North Beeket. 2
Fowler William C, Amherst. 28
Freeman George E., Manchester. 7
Freeman Joseph, Hanover. 18
Frost Daniel D., West Stockbridge. 3
Furber Daniel L., Newtcm Centre. 20
Gale Nahum, D. D., Lee. 3
Gale Wakefield, Rockport. 7
Gannet Allen, Lynnfield. 19
Gannett George, Boston. 24, 28
Garrette Edmund Y., Millbury. 27
Gay Ebenezer, Bridge water. IS
Oilman Edward W., Bangor, Me. 20
Goldsmith Alfred, Grolon. 28
Goodsell Dana, Ea< Haven, Ct. 12
Gould AVilliam, Lodi, 111. 17
Graves John L., Boston. 21, 23
Greene Henry S., Ballard Vale. 1
Greene John M., Hatfield. 12
Greene Richard G., Brighton. 21
Greene AVilliam B., Needham. 16
Greenwood Alfred, Natick. 23
Griffin Nathaniel H., Williamstown. 2
Gurney John H.. New Braintree. 5
Hall Gordon, Northampton. 11
Hall Thomas A., Otis. 3
Hammond Charles, Groton. 15
Hanks Steadman W., Lowell. 1
Harding John W., Longmeadow. 9
Harding Sewall, Boston. 13
Harding Willard M., Quincy. 16
Harlow William, Wrenlham. 28
Harrington Eli W., North Beverly. 17, 19
Harrington Moody, Montgomery. 10
Harrison Samuel, Pittsfield. 2
Hartwell John, Leverett. 12
Haskell Ezra, Canton. 28
Haskell John, Raynhiim. 22
Haskell Thomas N., East Boston. 21
Hatch Roger C , Warwick. 8
Haven John, Charlton. 5
Hawks Roswell, South Hadley. 12
Hawks Theron H., West Springfield. 10
Hayes Stephen H., Weymouth. 16
Hazen Timothy A., Dakon. 2
Headley Phineas C, Greenfield. 8
Healey J, Warren, Walpole. 13
Hebard Frederick, Harwichport. 4
Herbert Charles D., West Newburj'. 6
Hinsdale Charles J., Blandf.,rd. 10
Hitchcock Calvin, D. D , Wrentham. 13
Hitchcock Edward, D. D., Amherst. 12
Hill George E , Sheffield. 3
Hixon Asa, West Medway. 13
Hoadley L. Ive*, Auburn. (?) 25
Hodgman Edwin R., WestfJird. 15
Holman David, Douglas. 27
Holman Sydney, Holyoke. 27
Holmes Franklin, New York. 22
Holmes Sylvester, New Bedford. 17
Homes Francis, Marblehead. 19
Hooker Henry B., D. D., Boston. 21
Hopkins Mark, D. D , Williamstown. 2
Hopley Samuel, Wellfleet. 4
Hoppin James M., Providence, R. I. 7
Hosford Benjamin F., Haverhill. 6
Hosford Isaac, Worcester. 1
Houghton William A., Berlin. 25
Hovey George L., Greenfield. 8
Howard Hiram L., Pelham. 12
Howard Martin S., South Dartmouth. 17
Howland William W., Conway. 8
Humphrey Heman, D. D., Pittsfield. 2
Hunt Samuel, Franklin. 13
Ida Jacob, D. D., West Medway. 13
Ide Jacob, Jr., Mansfield. 13
Jackson Samuel C, D. D., Andover. 1
Jackion William C, Dunstable. 15
James Horace, Worcester. 25
Jefterds Forest, South Boston. 28
Jenkins Jonathan L., Lowell. 1
Jenks William, D. D., Boston. 28
Jessup Lewis, Millbury. 27
Johnson Amos H., Middleton. 7
Johnson Edwin, Boston. 20
Johnson Joseph B., South Reading. 84
Jones Thomas N., North Reading. 24
Jones Willard, Northfield. 8
Jordan Francis, Springfield. 23
Keep John, Dana. 5
Kellogg Elijah, Boston. 21
Kemp George S., New Salem. 26
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Kemlall Cliarle?, Petersham. 20
Kcnclall R S., Ltnox. 3
Kimball Caleb, Medway. 13
Kimball James, Oakham. 5
Kimball James P, Falmouth. 23
Kimball Moses, Asculneyville, Vt. 1
Kingman Matthew, Charlemont. 8
Kirk- Edward N., D. D , Boston. 21
Kittredg-e Abbott E., Charleslown. 20
Kittredge Charles B., Monson. 9
Knight Richiird, South Hadley Falls. 9
Langworthy Isaac P., Chelsea. 20
Lasell Nathaniel, Amesbury. 6
Laurie Thomas, West Roxbury. 21
Lawrence John, Salem, N. H. 24
Leonard Edwin, Milton. 16
Leonard S C, Andover. 1
Leonard AVilliam, Scituate. 16
Lincoln Allen, Lynn. 19
Lincoln Isaac N., Williamstown. 2
Little Elbridge G., North Middleboro'. 13
Lombard Otis, New Marlboro'. 3
Longley Moses M., Washington. 2
Loomis Elihu, Littleton. 15
Loomis Henry Jr., Andover. 2S
Loomis Wilbur F., Shelburne. 8
Lord Charles, Buckland. 8
Lothrop Charles D., Andover. 22
Luce Leonard, Westford. 15
Lyman George, Sutton. 27
Lyman Solomon, Easthampton. 11
M'Clure Alex. W., D. D , New York.^?) 2
McCoUom, James T., Bradford. 6
McEwen Robert, D. D., Enfield. 12
McGinley William A., Shrewsbury. 25
McLoud Anson, Topsfield. 19
Maltby Erastus, Taunton. 22
Mandell William A., Lunenburg. 15
Manning Jacob M., Boston. 20
March Daniel, Woburn. 24
Marsh Dwight W., Mosul, Turkey. 2
Marvin Abijah P., Winchendon. 26
Marvin Elihu P., Medford. 20, 24
Maynard Joshua L., East Douglas. 27
Mead Hiram, South Hadley. 12
Means James, West Lebanon, N. H. 15
Means James H., Dorchester. 16
Means John O, Roxbury. 21
Merrick James L , South Amherst. 12
Merrill James H., Andover. 1
Miles James B., Charlestown. 20
Miller Rodney A., Worcester. 25
Miller Simeon, Holyoke. 10
Miller William, Saundersville. 25
Mills Charles L., North Bridgewater. 16
Mills Cyrus T., Ware. 28
Mills Henry, Granby. 12
Mitchell David M., Roxbury. 28
Moody Eli, Montague. 8
Mooar George, Andover. 1
Moore Erasmus D., Newton. 98
Moore John, Carver. 18
Moore Martin, Boston. 23
Mordough John H., Hamilton. 7
Morgridge Charles, Hyannis. 4
Morley Sardis B., Williamstown.. 22
Morong Thomas, Globe Village. 23
Morse Charles F., Bulgaria, Adrianople. 25
Morse Jason, Brimfield. 5
Morton Alpha, Acton. 15
Munger Theodore T., Milton. 16
Munroe Charles W., East Cambridge. 28
Munroe Nathan, Bradford or Boston. 6
Munsell Joseph R., Harwich. 4
Murphy E D., Monson. 28
Murray James O., South Danvers. 7
Myrick Osborne, Provincetown. 4
Nash John A., New York. 12
Nason Elias, Medford. 20
Nelson John, D. D., Leicester. 25
Nevin Edwin H., Edgartown. 17
Noble Edward W., Truro. 4
Northrop Birdsey G., Saxonville. 14
Northrop J H., Monlicello, N. Y. 20
Norton John F., Athol. 26
Norton T S., Dover. 13
Norwood Francis, Maine. 10
Nott Samuel, Wareham. 17
Oliphant David, Andover. 1
Orcutt John, Hartford, Ct. 27
Osgood Samuel, D. D., Springfield. 9
Packard David T , Somerville. 20
Paige Caleb F., Tolland. 10
Paine Albert, North Adams. 2
Paine John C, Gardner. 26
Paine William P., D. D., Holden. 25
Park Calvin E., West Boxford. 6
Park Edwards A., D. D., Andover. 20
Parker Henry W., New Bedford. 17
Parker Leonard S., Haverhill. 6
Parsons Henry M., Springfield. 9
Parsons William L., Mattapoisett. 17
Patrick Henry J., Bedford. 24
Patrick Joseph H., South Wellfleet. 4, 12
Patten Abel, Billerica. 24
Patten Moses, Townsend. 15
Peabody Albert B., East Longmeadow. 0
Pease Giles, Boston. 28
Peckham Joseph, Kingston. 18
Peckham Samuel H., Leominster. 23
Peloubet Francis N., Lanesville. 7
Pennell Lewis, West Stockbridge Centre. 3
Perkins Ariel E. P., Ware. 5
Perkins Ebenezer, Royalston. 26
Perkins Frederick B., Montague. 8
Perkins Frederick T., WilUamsburgh. 11
Perkins Henry K. W., Medford. 24
Perkins Jonas, Weymouth. 16
Perry David, Broukfield. 15
Perry Ralph, Agawara. 10
71
Perry Talmon C, Windsor. 2
PettengillJohn H., Saxonville. 23
Phelps Austin, D. D., Andover. 21
Phelps Winthri'p H., Monlerey. 3
Phillips John C, Methuen. 1
Phillips Lebbeus R., Sharon. 16
Phipps William, Paxton. 25
Pickelt Aaron, Sandisfield. 3
Pike John, Rowley. 6
Plumb Albert H, Chelsea. 20
Pomeroy Jeremiah, Charlemont 8
Pomeroy Rufus, Otis. 3
Porter Charles S., South Boston. 21
Potter Edward S , East Weymouth. 16
Powers Dennis, South Abiiigton. 16
Pratt Francis G., Middleboro'. 20
Pratt Henry, Dudley. 5
Pratt Miner G., Andover. 25
Price Ebenezer, Boston. 28
Putnam Israel W., D. D., Middleboro'. 19
Quint Alonzo H., Jamaica Plain. 21
Rand Asa, Ashburnham. 28
Raymond Stetson, Bridgewater. 18 '
Reed Andrew H., Mendon. 13
Reed Charles E., Maiden. 24
Reed Frederick A., Cohasset. 16
Rice Thomas O., Charleston, S. C. 21
Rich Alonzo B., Beverly. 7
Richards George, Hartford, Ct. 20
Richardson Gilbert B., Douglas. 27
Richardson Merrill, Worcester. 25
Richmond Thomas T., Taunton. 22
Riddel Samuel H., Boston. 21
Roberts Jacob, East Med way. 13
Roberts James A., Berkley. 16, 17
Robinson Reuben T., Winchester. 24
Rockwood Otis, Cambridgeport. 20
Rockwood Samuel L., North Weymouth. J
Rood Thomas H., Goshen. 11
Root Augustine, Lakeville. 22
Ropes William L., Wrentham. 13
Russell Ezekiel, D.D., East Randolph. 16
Sabin Lewis, D. D., Templeton. 26
Safford George B., Andover. 27
Sanders Marshall D., Ceylon. 2
Sanford Baalis, East Bridgewater. 18
Sanford David, Medway. 13
Sanford Enoch, Dighton. 13
Sandford John, Taunton. 22
Sanford William H., Worcester. 25
Sawyer Benjamin, Salisbury. 6
Seabury Edwin, Royalston. 26
Seagrave James C, Bridgewater. 13
Searle Richard T., New Marlboro'. 3
Seeley Raymond H., Haverhill. 9
Seccombe Charles, Yarmouth. 4
Sessions Alexander J., Salem. 24, 28
Sewall John S., Wenham. 19
Sewall Jotham B-, Lynn. 19
Sewall Samuel, Burlington. 21
Seymour Henrj', Hawley. 8
Shedd William G. T., Andover. 6
Sheldon Lutlier, D. D., Easton. 16
Sheldon Luther H., AVestboro'. 27
Skeele John P., Wilbraham. 9
Sleeper William T., Westboro'. 25
Smith Asa B., Southbury, Ct. 8
Smith Charles, Boston. 21,28
Smith Charles B , West Gloucester. 7
Smith Edward P., Pepperell. 15
Smith John D., Douglas. 22
Smith Stephen S., Warren. 5
Smith William A., Coleraine. 8
Snell Thomas, D. D., North Brookfield. 5
Southgate Robert, Ipswich. 7
Spalding Samuel J., Newburyport. 6
Spear Charles V., Pittsfield. 2
Stearns Jesse G. D., Billerica. 21
Stearns William A., D. D., Amherst. 12
Stone Andrew L., Boston. 21
Stone Cyrus, Boston. 4
Stone Rollin S., East Hampton. 11
Stone Timothy D. P., Amesbury Mills. 6, 13
Storrs Richard S., D. D., Braintree. 16
Stowe Calvin E., D. D., Andover. 21
Stowe Timothy, New Bedford. 17
Stowell Abijah, Gill. 8
Street Owen, Lowell. 1
Strong David A., South Deerfield. 8
Strong Elnathan E., South Nalick. 14
Sturtevant William H., South Dennis. 4
Sullivan Lot B., Wareham. 13
Swallow Joseph E., Southampton. 11, 24
Sweetser Seth, D. D., Worcester. 25
Tappan Daniel D., East Marshfield. 18
Tarbox Inc. N., West Newton, or Boston. 14
Tarlton J W., Plympton. 18
Tatlock John, Williamstown. 2
Tatloek John, Jr., Adams. 2
Taylor John L., Andover. 1
Teele Albert K., Milton. 16
Temple Josinh H., Frammgham. 23
Tenney Daniel, Lawrence. 1
Tenney Edward P., Assabet. 15
Tenney Francis V., Manchester. 7
Terry James P., South Weymouth. 16
Thacher Isaiah C, Gloucester. 7, 17
Thayer J. Henry, Salem. 7
Thayer William M., Franklin. 14
Thompson Augustus C, D. D., Roxbury. 21
Thompson George W., Stratham. N. U. 1
Thompson Leander, West Amesbury. 6
Thompson John C, Cumminglon. 11
Thurston Eli, Fall River. 22
Thurston John R., Newburyport. 6
Thurston Richard B., Wallham. 21
Timlow G W., North Lebanon, N. Y. 2
Tisdale James. (Where.') 8
Todd John, D. D., Pittsfield. 2
Todd John E., Boston. 20
72
Tolman Ricliard, Tewksbury. 1
Tillman Samuel H , Wilmington. 24
Tracy Joseph, D. D., Beverly. 19
Trask George, Filchburg. 15
Treat Selah B., Boston. 21
Tuck Jeremy W., Luillow. 9
Tucker Joshua T., HoUiston. 14
Tufts James, Monson. 28
Tapper Martyn, Hardwick. 5
Tuxbury Franklin, Hadley. 12
Twining Kingsley, Hinsdale. 2
Tyler Charles M., Natick. 14
Tyler William, Pawlucket. 12
Tyler Wiliiam S., D. D., Amherst. 12
Uhler George, Curlisville. 3
Underhill John W., North Amherst. 12
Utley Samuel, Concord, N. H. 3
Vaill Joseph, D. D., Palmer. 9
Vinion John A., South Boston. 28
Vose James G., Amherst. 28
Waite Clarendon, Rutland. 2.5
AValker Horace D., East Abington. 16
Walker James B. R., Holyoke. 10
Walker Townsend, Huntington. 10
Ware Samuel, Sunderland. 28
Warner Aaron, Amherst. 12
Warner Lyman, East Hartford, Ct, 8
Warner Oliver. Northampton. 11
Warren Israel P , Boston. 28
Washburn George T., Madura, India. 3
Waterbury Jared B., D. D. (Where ?) 20
Webster, John C, Hopkinton. 14
Wellman Joshua W., Newton. 21
Wells Noah H., Granville. 10
Wheaton Levi, North Falmouth. 7, 23
Wheeler Melancthon G. (Where?) 17
Whitcomb William C, Lynnfield Centre. 7,24
White Isaac C , Roxbury. 16
White Calvin, Amherst. 28
White Jacob, Orleans. 4
White Lyman, Easton. 16
Whitney John, Westford. 20
Whiitemore Zolva, Chester. 10
Wight Daniel, Boylston. 25
Wilcox Philo B , East Bridgewater. 16
WiUcox William H., Reading. 24
Wilder Hymen A., South Africa. 2
Wilder Moses H., Otisville, N. Y. 4
WiUard Andrew J., Upton% 27
Willard John, Fairhaven. 17
Williams Nathan W., Providence, R. I. 25
Williams Thomas, Providence, R. 1. 13
Wilson Thomas, Stoughtoii. 16
Winchester Warren W., Clinton. 25
Winslow Horace, Gt. Barrington. 3
Withingion Leonard, D. D., Newburyport, 6
Wood Charles W., Campello. 16
Wood Francis, Holland. 5
Woodbridge John, D. D., Hadley. 12
Woodbridge Jonathan E., Auburndale. 21
Woodbury James T., Milford. 13
Woodbury Samuel, ChiltonviUe. 19, 22
Woodman Henry A., Newburyport. 6
Woodworth Charles L., Amherst. 12
Worcester Isaac R., Auburndale. 25
Worcester Samuel M., D. D., Salem. 19
Wright Ebenezer B., Norwich. 11
Total, 635
Of the above list, the following names of pastors of our churches or members of our Associa-
tions (generally both) appear on the lists of other denominations :
Allen Benjamin R., Marblehead,
Beecher Lyman, D. D., Brooklyn, N. Y.,
Bissell Edwin C, Westhampton,
Brainard Timothy G., Halifax,
Campbell Randolph, Newburyport,
Cone Luther H., Chicopee,
Copp Joseph A., D. D., Chelsea,
Eldridge Azariah, Detroit, Mich.,
Headley Phiiieas C, Greenfield,
Holmes Sylvester, New Bedford,
Lillle Elbridge G., North Middleboro',
Merrick James L., Soulh Amherst,
Norlhrup J. H., Monticello, N. Y.,
Treat Selah B., Boston,
0. s.
Presbytery of Londonderry.
N. S.
" Cincinnati.
N. S.
New York, (3d.)
o. s.
" Londonderry.
o.s.
U l«
N. S.
" New York, (3d.)
O.S.
" Long Island.
N. S.
Detroit.
N. S.
" Watertown.
N. S.
" "
O.s.
" Londonderry.
o. s.
" Connecticut.
o. s.
" West Jersey.
N. S.
" Newark.
The names of a few other persons, not members of our Associations nor pastors of our
churches, but found ia the list of Presbyteries, have been dropped.
INDEX OF TOWNS
And of such parts of iovnix as have distinct vames ; with the itumlicr of the Associa-
tion, ill which each occurs in the Slatihtics.
Abiiigtoii, 16
Aclou, lo
Adams, 2
Agawam, 10
Alford, 3
Amesbury, 6
Amherst, 1"2
Andover, 1
Asliburnham, 26
Ashby, 15
Ashfield, 8
Ashland, 14
Assabet, in Stowe, 15
Assonet, in Freetown, 22
Athol, 26
Atileboro', 23
Auburn, 25
Auburndale, in Newton, 21
Ballardvale, in Andover, 1
Barnstable, 4. 23
Barre, 25
Becket, 2,3
Bedford, 21
Belchertown, 13
Belleville, in Newbur\-port, 6
Bellingham, None.
Belmont, None.
Berkley, 16, 22
Berlin, 25
Bernardston, S
Beverly, 7, 19
Billerica, 24
Blackstone, 27
Blandford, 10
Bolton, None.
Boston, 20,21
Boxboro', 15
Box ford, 6, 19
Boylston, 25
10
Bradford, 6
Braintree, 16
Brewster, None,
Bridgewater, 18
Brighton, 21
Briaifield, 5
Brookfield, 5
Brookline, 21
Buckland, 8
Burlington, 24
Cambridge, 20, 21
Canton, 21
Carlisle, 21
Carver, IS
Centreville, in Barnstable, 23
Charlemoiit, S
Charlestown, 20
Charlton, 5
Chatham, 4
Chelmsford, 1
Chelsea, 20
Cheshiie, None.
Chester, 10
Chesterfield, 11
Chlcopee, 9
Chihnark, 23
Chiltonville, in Plymouth, 18
Clarksburg, None.
Clinton, 25
j Cohasset, 16
Coleraine, 8
Concord, 14
Conway, 8
Cotuii, in Barnstable, 23
Cummington, 11
Curtisville, in Stockbridge, 3
Dalton, 2
Dana, 5
Danvers, 7, 19
Dartmouth, 17
Dedham, 21,23
Deerfield, 8
Dennis, 4
Dighton, IS
Dorchester, 16
Douglas, 27
Dover, 13
Dracut, 1
Dudley, 5
Dunstable, 15
Duxbury, None.
East Bridgewater, 16, IS
Eastham, 4
Easthampton, 11
Easton, 16
Edgartown, 17
Egremont, 3
Enfield, 12
Erving, 8
Essex, 7
Fairhaven, 17
Fall River, 22
Falmouth, 23
Feeding Hills, in Agawam, 10
Fitchburg, 15
Florida, None.
Foxboro', 13
Framingham, 14
Franklin, 13
Freetown, 22
Gardner, 26
Georgetown, 6
Gill, 8
Gloucester, 7
Goshen, 11
74
Ciaflon, Q7
Gianby, 12
Grantville in Xeedliam, 21
Granville, W
Greenfield, S
Greenwich, 12
Groton, 15
Groveland, 6
Great Barringlon, 3
Iladley, 12
Halifax, IS
Hamillon, 7
Hancock, None.
Hanover, 18
Hanson, 19
Hardvvick, 5
Harvard, 15
Harwich, 4
Hatfield, 12
Haverhill, 6
Hawley, 8
Haydenville, in Williams-
burg, 11
Heath, 8
Hinsdale, 2
Hingham, 16
llolden, 25
Holland, 5
Holliston, 14
Holmes Hole, in Tisbury, 23
Holyoke, 10
Hopkinlon, 14
Housatonic, in Gt. Barring-
ton, 3
Hubbardston, 26
Hull, No7ie.
Huntington, 10, 11
Hyannis, in Barnstable, 4
Indian Orchard, in Spring-
field, 9
Ipswich, 6, T
Jamaica Plain, in West Rox-
bury, 21
Kingston, 18
Lakeville, 22
Lancaster, 15
Lanesboro', 2
Lanesville, in Gloucester, 7
Lawrence, 1
Lee, 3
Leicester, 95
Lenox, 3
Leominster, 15
Leverett, 19
Lexington, jVone.
Leyden, None.
Lincoln, 14
Linebrook, in Ipswic li, (3
Littleton, 15
Longmeadow, 9
Lowell, 1
Ludlow, 9
Lunenburg, 15
Lynn, 19
Lynnfield, 7, 19
Maiden, 20,24
Manchester, 7
Mansfield, 13
Marion, 17
Marlboro', 14
Marblehead, 19
Marshfield, 18
Mattapoisett, 17
Medfield, 13
Medford, 20,24
Medway, 13
Melrose, 24
Mendon, 13
Methuen, 1
Mettineague, in West Spring-
field, 10
Middleboro', 17, IB
Middlefield, 11
Middleton, 7
Milford, 13
Millbury, 27
Milton, 16
Monroe, None.
Monson, 9
Montague, 8
Monterey, 3
Montgomery 10
Monument, in Sandwich, 23
Mt. AVashington, 3
Nahant, iVone.
Nantucket, 17
iVatick, 14
Needham, 16, 20, 21
Neponset, in Dorchester, 16
New Ashford, Notie.
New Bedford, 17
New Braintree, 5
Newbury, 6
Newburyport, 6
New Marlboro', 3
New Salem, 26
IS'ewton, 20, 21
Northampton, 11
North Andover, 1
Northboro', 23
Northbridge, 27
North Bridgewater, 16
North Brsokfield, 5
Noitli Chelsea, 20
Norlhfield, S
North Reading, 24
Norton, 22
Oakham, 5
Orange, 8
Orleans, 4
Olis, 3
Oxlbrd, 25
Palmer, 9
Pawtucket, 22
Paxlon, 25
Pelham, 12
Pembroke, None.
Pepperell, 15
Peru, 2
Petersham, 26
PhiUlpston, 26
Piltsfield, 2
Plainfield, 11, 12
Plymouth, IS
Plympton, 18
Prescott, 12
Princeton, 25
Provincetown, 4
Quincy, 16
Randolph, 16
Raynham, 22
Reading, 20, 24
Rehoboth, 22
Richmond, 2
Rochester, 17
Rockport, 7
Rowe, None.
Rowley, 6
Roxbury, 21
Royalston, 26
Russell, None.
Rutland, 25
Salem, 7, 19
Salisbury, 6
Sandisfield, 3
Sandwich, 4, 23
Saugus, 19
Savoy, None.
Saxonville, in Framingham, 14
Scituate, 16
Scotland, in Bridgewater, 13
Seekonk, 2i
Sharon, 16
Sheffield, 3
Shelbunie, 3
Sherborn, 14
Shirley, 15
Shrewsbury, 25
Shutesbury, 8
Somerset. Nunc.
Somerville, 20
Soutliamptoii, 11
Soutliboro', 14
Soullibridge, 5
South Danvers, 7
Soullifield, ill Xevv Marlboro'
South Hadley, 9, 12
South Reading, -24
South Scituate, JVoiie.
Southwicli, lu
Spencer, 5
Springfield, 9
Sterling, 25
Stockbridge, 3
Stoneham, 21
Stoughton, 16
Stowe, 14, 15
Sturbridge, 5
Sudbury, 14
Sunderland, 8
Sutton, 27
Swampscott, 19
Swanzey, None.
Taunton, 22
Templeton, 2G
Tewksbury, 1
Tisbury, 23
Tullaiul, 10
Topsfield, 19
Towiisend, 15
Truro, 4
Tyngsboro', Nonif.
Tyriiigham, None.
Upton, 27
Uxbridge, 27
Wales, None.
Walpole, 13
Wallhani, 21
Ware, 5
Wareham, 17
Warren, 5
Warwick, 8
Washington, 2
Watertown, 21
Wayland, 14
Webster, 27
Wellfleet, 4
Wendell, 26
Wenhara, 19
Westboro', 27
West Boylston, 25
AVest Bridge water, 16
AVest Brookfield, 5
West Cambridge, rU
Westfiuld, 1(1
Westfbrd, 15
Westhampton, 11
Westminster, 26
West Newbury, 6
Weston, None.
Westporl, 22
West Roxbury, 21
West Springfield, 10
West Stockbridge, 3
Weymouth, 16
Whately, 8,11
Whiiinsville, in North-
bridge, 27
Wilbraliam, 9
Williamsburg, 11
Williamslown, 2
Wilmington, 24
AVinchendon, 2G
Winchester, 24
AVindsor, 2
Winthrop, None.
Woburn, 54
AVorcester, 25
AVorlhington, 11
AA'renlhara, 13
Yarmouth, 4
INDEX.
Page.
Amendments 1o Rules, proposed, 5; considered, 6, 12 ; postponed, . . 13
AppoiNTaiENTS for each session, how made, 2S — 29
'^ 1661, 2,12
Beaubien, Rev. Mr., his work commended, 14
Clergyjien, deceased in 18-59-60, 62
" List of, 67
Colleges on the Pacific shore, commended, 15
Committees appointed at the session of 1&60, . . . . . . .5,9,13
Conferences of Churches, list of, . 64 — 66
Corresponding Bodies, report of Delegates to, ...... 6
" " salutations from, 6, 9
Delegates TO Corresponding Bodies, how annually appointed, . . 29
forlSGO-l.lisiof, . . . 9—11
Discussion on selected Questions, 14
Foreign Missionary Memorial meeting, 12
" " •' " at Bradford, ...... 13
Home Missionary Meeting, 5
Home Missions, union in, 7 — 8, 11 — 12
Indiana, correspondence with General Association of, 14
Members present at the session of 1860, 3 — 4
Minutes of the Session of 1860, 3 — 15
Narratives from District Associations, 9
Narrative of the State of Religion, adopted, 13; printed, . . . 20 — 21
Officers of the General Association, 2
" " " at the session of 1860, . . 4—5
Pastoral Address, read, 13; adopted, 14 ; printed, 16 — 19
Presbyterian and Congregational Conference proposed by letter, 7 ;
action upon, 0, 11
Rules of the General Association, 23 — 27
Sabbath School Convention, Congregational, recommended, .... 15
Sermons preached, . . . . ; 5, 14
Statistical Tables for 1860, 31
" " explanations of, 30
"■ " remarks upon, '60
" " 1S61, how to be prepared, . . . cover, 3d page.
Statistics of the churches at ditferenl periods, tables of, ..... 62—63
Tax, assessed, 13
Towns, Index of, 75
Treasurer's Report, read and acted upon, !3 ; printed, .... 22
Votes of Thanks. 15
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