THURSDAY MORNING.
The Prayer Meeting from 8 to 9 o'clock was led by Rev. James L. Fowle,
Missionary of the American Board.
The Association was called to order at 9 o'clock, and led in prayer by
Rev. Wm. H. Ward, D.D., of New Jersey.
The Rev. J.H. Ross, Assistant Recording Secretary, being called away,
Rev. Frank E. Jenkins was appointed.
The minutes of Wednesday were read and approved.
A paper on "Our Indebtedness to the Negro During the War," was read by
District Secretary J.E. Roy, D.D., of Chicago.
Rev. George S. Burroughs, D.D., of Massachusetts, presented the report of the Committee on Mountain Work, following it with an address; Rev. C.B. Riggs of Tennessee, and James R. Gilmore of Connecticut, also addressed the Association on the same subject.
Committees were appointed—on Secretary Strieby's paper, Wolcott
Calkins, D.D., and Rev. O.S. Dean, of Massachusetts, and Hon. A.C.
Barstow of Rhode Island; and on Secretary Beard's paper, Rev. Morton
Dexter, Frank Wood, Esq., and Rev. John E. Tuttle, all of
Massachusetts.
Rev. Arthur Little, D.D., of Illinois, invited the Association to hold its next Annual Meeting with the New England Church in Chicago. The invitation was accepted by the President in behalf of the Executive Committee.
The report of the Committee on Church Work, and an address, were made by Rev. David Gregg, D.D., of Massachusetts.