Statistics of the Sabbath Schools, gathered by the Sabbath School Committee of the Board of Publication, were referred without reading to the Committee on Sabbath Schools.

The report of the committee to modify the article of the Testimony on Secretism was read, and its consideration was made the first order of the day for this afternoon.

Some time was spent in devotional exercises under the direction of the Moderator.

The Committee on Correspondence presented a partial report which was adopted. It is as follows:

PARTIAL REPORT ON CORRESPONDENCE.

The Committee on Correspondence would recommend that the second order of this afternoon be the hearing of Rev. Oliver Johnson, fraternal delegate from the Associate Reformed Synod of the South.

A communication from T. W. Hathaway, D.D., General Secretary of the American Sabbath Union, was referred without reading to the Special Committee on Reform.

The report of the Committee on Statistics was read and adopted. It is as follows:

REPORT ON STATISTICS.

The efficient work of A. G. Wallace, D.D., the Second Clerk of the General Assembly, is so highly commendable that little is left for suggestion on the part of your committee. We would particularly commend the Summaries and Table of Percentages as of great value, and worthy of more attention than is often given them.

Your committee would recommend one change in the order of the statistical tables, namely, the placing of the presbyteries in Egypt and India, at the close of the record of American presbyteries. The principal reason for this change is that it will bring the foreign work into a more compact record, which will make it easier to use for study and comparison.

The report of the Managers of Xenia Theological Seminary was read and referred to the Committee on Theological Seminaries.

A letter from Wm. I. Phillips, General Secretary of the National Christian Association, was read and referred to the Committee on Correspondence.

The report of the Trustees of the General Assembly was read and adopted.

The report of the Trustees of the Reed estate was read and adopted.

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College Springs..... S. E. DuBois..

The minutes of the last session were read and approved. J. P. Sankey, D.D., of the Presbytery of Caledonia, was elected Moderator.

The printed reports of the following boards were presented and referred without reading to the committees on the respective boards Foreign Missions, Home Missions, Freedmen's Missions, Church Extension, Publication and Ministerial Relief.

The printed report of the General Committee of Home Missions was referred without reading to the Committee on Home Missions.

The Second Clerk presented summaries of the statistics of the Church for the past year, which were referred to the Committee on Statistics.

The printed report of the Women's General Missionary Society was referred without reading to the Committee on Women's Work.

The report of the Committee on Memorial Services for deceased ministers was presented and adopted. It is as follows:

REPORT ON MEMORIAL SERVICES.

The Committee to arrange for memorial services, for ministers deceased during the year, would present the following report: 1. To preside, D. R. MacDonald, D.D. 2. Reading of the mortuary record from the report of the Permanent Committee on Narrative and State of Religion. 3. An address, "The Minister as a Builder of the Church," by Rev. F. B. Foster. 4. An address, "The Minister as Commissioned," by Prof. John McNaugher.

The report of the Committee on Conferences was read and adopted. It is as follows:

REPORT ON CONFERENCES.

The Chicago pastors present the following subjects for conferences: Thursday Evening-Education, Prof. John McNaugher, D.D., to preside. Addresses, 15 minutes each. I. Education a fundamental work of the Church, President R. G. Ferguson, D.D.;_2._Christian education compared with that of the State, Pres. S. R. Lyons. D.D.; 3. The present standing of our educational work, Rev. J. D. Sands, D.D.; 4. The present need, Rev. T. H. Hanna, Jr.

Monday Evening-Relation of the church to every day life, W. H. Vincent, D.D., to preside. Addresses, 10 minutes. 1. How far and in what manner shall the Church control the business of its members, Rev. J. S. Garvin; 2. Duty of the Church to provide amusement for its members and for strangers, Rev. J. A. Burnett; 3. How may Sabbath impressions be retained in the minds of the worshipers. R. L. Latimer.

Hours of Meeting—Morning, 9 A. M. to 12 M.; Afternoon, 2 P. M. to 5 P. M.; Evening, 7.45 to

Memorials on the subject of vacant congregations and unemployed ministers from Frankfort, Beaver Valley, Xenia, Ohio, New York and Kansas City Presbyteries were read and referred to a special Committee on Distribution of Home Mission Supplies.

A plan for dealing with vacant congregations and unemployed ministers, presented by Rev. W. M. Howie, was read and referred to the Special Committee on the Distribution of Home Mission Supplies.

A memorial from the Synod of Illinois on a Twentieth Century Fund was read and referred to the Committee on Finance.

A memorial from Keokuk Presbytery on secretism was read and referred to the Committee on Bills and Overtures.

A memorial from the First Synod of the West on mission work in Cuba was read and referred to the Committee on the Board of Freedmen's Missions.

A memorial from Spokane Presbytery on insurance of church