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Frothingham, Rev. John P. Forbes, and Rev. William H. Pierson; and the annual sermon was preached by the Rev. John White Chadwick.

WEDNESDAY MORNING

The Association was called to order Wednesday, May 25, at 10 A.M., the President in the chair. Prayer was offered by Rev. Edward Everett Hale, D.D. The following resolution was offered by Rev. Charles G. Ames, D.D., and adopted:—

Resolved, That the Secretary be directed to convey to our Universalist brethren, now in session in this city, an expression of our warm Christian fellowship and of our gratitude for the broad testimony they have borne to the faith of the Fatherhood and the Brotherhood.

The President then delivered his annual address.

The report of the Treasurer, Francis H. Lincoln, was presented in printed form; and it was

Voted, That the Treasurer's report be accepted and placed on file.

Reports from the Standing Committees of the Board of Directors were then made as follows: Finance, Publication, New England, Middle States, Southern States, Western States, Pacific States, Foreign, Education, Church Building Loan Fund, Library.

The Secretary, Rev. Charles E. St. John, then made his annual address.

Rev. Edward D. Towle was recognized by the chair, and, stating that he was unavoidably detained during

the session of the previous day, made a statement of his position upon the resolution instructing the Directors to purchase land for the erection of a church building for the Second Unitarian Society in Brookline.

Upon motion of Rev. John P. Forbes of Brooklyn it was

Voted, That the Board of Directors be authorized to appoint two auditors for the ensuing year.

Adjourned.

WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON

The Association was again called to order at 2.30 P.M. by the President. Addresses were made upon aspects of our work by Rev. T. E. Chappell, circuit missionary in Aroostook County, Me.; Rev. W. M. Backus, Secretary of the Western Conference; Rev. Henry W. Foote, State Secretary for Louisiana; Rev. George W. Stone, Field Secretary for the Pacific Coast.

WEDNESDAY EVENING

The Association was called to order at 7.30 P.M. Gen. Rockwood Hoar, Vice-President, took the chair; and addresses on "The Genius of the Unitarian Movement" were made by Judge Francis C. Lowell, President Charles W. Eliot, and Rev. Edward Everett Hale.

OFFICERS AND DIRECTORS

1904-05

President

Rev. SAMUEL A. ELIOT, D.D., of Cambridge, Mass.

Vice-Presidents

Hon. JOSEPH W. SYMONDS, LL.D., of Portland, Me. Hon. ROCKWOOD HOAR, Worcester, Mass.

JOHN HARSEN RHOADES, New York, N.Y.

Hon. THOMAS J. MORRIS, of Baltimore, Md.

Hon. GEORGE E. ADAMS, of Chicago, Ill.

Hon. HORACE DAVIS, LL.D., of San Francisco, Cal

Secretary

Rev. CHARLES E. ST. JOHN, of Brookline, Mass.

Assistant Secretary

GEORGE W. Fox, Esq., of Boston, Mass.

Treasurer

FRANCIS H. LINCOLN, Esq., of Hingham, Mass.

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Standing Committees

FINANCE.-Messrs. Lincoln, Little, Hutchinson, Ware, and Long. PUBLICATION.-Messrs. M. St. C. Wright, Eells, Frothingham, Ames, and Mrs. Keyes.

NEW ENGLAND.-Boyden, Ware, J. E. Wright, Cornish, and Mrs.

Keyes.

MIDDLE.-Messrs. Hutchinson, M. St. C. Wright, Clifford, Savage, and Cary.

SOUTHERN.-Messrs. Little, Day, Cary, Mrs. Morton, and Mrs. Delano.

WESTERN.-Messrs. Ames, Day, Frothingham, Clifford, and Mrs. Delano.

PACIFIC.-Messrs. Ware, Frothingham, Eells, Savage, and Mrs. Morton.

FOREIGN.—Messrs. Ames, Little, Long, J. E. Wright, and Mrs. Keyes.

EDUCATION.-Messrs. Boyden, Savage, J. E. Wright, Ware, and Cornish.

COMITY AND FELLOWSHIP.-Messrs. Long, Eells, M. St. C. Wright, Cary, and Mrs. Delano.

NEW AMERICANS.-Messrs. J. E. Wright, Ames, Day, Cornish, and Mrs. Morton.

EXECUTIVE.-Messrs. Lincoln, Hutchinson, Boyden, Clifford, and Eells.

CHURCH BUILDING LOAN FUND.-Messrs. Lincoln, Hutchinson, and Boyden.

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