Manual of the American Congregational Union

LOANS.

WHEN a Loan is made by The American Congregational Union to a church, security is taken on the property, and the money is required to be refunded, after a period of years, in annual instalments; and no interest is charged if the debt is paid when it becomes due.

HOW TO OBTAIN THE APPROPRIATIONS.

It will be seen from the foregoing "Conditions," the form for the statement of the "Present Condition," etc., and the "Certificate and Agreement" (and the note of explanation with each) what the church and its legal organization must do to obtain the money which has been appropriated by the Board of Trustees of the Congregational Union. The Treasurer is not authorized to pay any appropriation until assured that all of these conditions have been faithfully fulfilled; therefore, to save delay, it is important that definite information be furnished him as to all necessary matters pertaining to the erection of the house of worship at the time of sending him the Certificate and Agreement. Whenever such information is received, showing a satisfactory compliance with these conditions, the money will be forwarded.

LIFE-MEMBER'S CERTIFICATE.

THE LIFE-MEMBER'S CERTIFICATE of The American Congregational Union is designed to be symbolic of and appropriate to the leading object of this society, -church-building at the West. The engraving is composed of three pictures grouped into one. On the extreme left is a sketch of the landing of the Pilgrims, representing them in their first act of worship on the shores of the New World, -the planting of Congregationalism in America. On the extreme right is another sketch, showing a pioneer wagon, drawn by an ox-team, just emerging from the forest in the distance, and approaching a farm-house on the edge of the clearing; while a school-house in the foreground of the picture represents the Sunday use of this important edifice in early settlements, symbolizing the pioneer movements of the Pilgrims' descendants in establishing their modes of worship while settling the regions of the great West.

The central picture, the most prominent feature of the design, represents a neat modern church edifice, toward the doors of which groups of people may be seen wending their way on Sunday morning to worship the God of the Pilgrims, who guides and protects their descendants.

The sketch of the landing of the Pilgrims is encircled by a wreath of evergreens, suggestive of New England scenery and life; while the picture of the new settlement at the West is surrounded by a wreath of oak leaves and acorns, -symbolic of the character and hardihood of the Sons of the Pilgrims in their Western homes. These wreaths of evergreen and oak blend beneath the central picture of the engraving, uniting the East and the West.

Thus the design of this engraving represents the spirit of the Pilgrim Fathers, stretching far away into the new settlements of the West, laying there the foundations of Puritan churches, which, in subsequent years, rise up in honor and glory from city, town, and hamlet, and dot the prairies with heavenward pointing spires.

This picture tells the story of the noble work of the Congregational Union in collecting and transmitting the material sympathy of the sons and daughters of New England to the new churches rapidly springing up throughout the West, to enable them to possess neat and comfortable houses of worship, as citadels from which the battles of liberty, justice, and truth may be waged against error and ungodliness in all their forms.

This Society has already aided in erecting over four hundred and forty such towers of strength for God and the right, and will continue its noble work as the means placed at its disposal shall enable it.

Twenty-five dollars entitles a person to one of these certificates, and to a vote in the meetings of the Union. Five hundred dollars secures the completion of a house of worship worth from three to five thousand dollars.

LIFE-MEMBERS,

BY THE PAYMENT OF TWENTY-FIVE DOLLARS OR UPWARDS.

Abbe, Rev. F. R., Abington, Mass.
Abbott, Dea. Austin, New York.
Abbott, Dea. Z., Winchester, Mass.
Abernethy, Charles, New York.
Adams, Joseph B., Grafton, Mass.
Adams, Rev. N., D. D., Boston, Mass.
Addington, S. H., Niagara City, N. Y.
Alden, Rev. Eben., Jr., Marshfield, Mass.
Alden, Rev. E. K., D.D., S. Boston, Mass.
Alden, Mrs. Maria, Boston, Mass.
*Allen, Chas. J. F., South Boston, Mass.
*Allen, George, Jr., Chelsea, Mass.
Allen, Rev. Sam'l. H., Windsor Locks,
Conn.

Allen, William, New York.
Alling, Stephen B., Newark, N. J.
Alling, Mrs. Stephen B., Newark, N. J.
Ames, James T., Chicopee, Mass.
Anderson, Rev. Jos., Augusta, Mich.
Anderson, Rev. Jos., Waterbury, Conn.
Anderson, Dea. Nathaniel H., Ware,
Mass.

Anderson, Rev. R., D. D., Boston Highlands, Mass.

Andrews, Artemas F, New Ipswich,

Atwater, Mrs. R. H. D., "

*Atwood, Payne G., Boston, Mass.
Avery, Nathan P., Greenville, Conn.
Ayer, Rev. Joseph, Collamer, Conn.
Ayers, Alexis, Newark, N. J.
Bacon, Rev. Geo. B., Orange, N. J.
Bacon, Geo. W., Newton, Mass.
Bacon, Rev. James M., Newton, Mass.
Bacon, Joseph N., Newton, Mass.
Bacon, Rev. Leonard, D.D., New Haven,
Conn.

Badger, Rev. Milton, D. D., New York.
Bailey, Capt. Chas., Newburyport, Mass.
Bailey, J. G., Rockville, Conn.

Bailey, Capt. Robert, Newburyport, Mass.

Bailey, Solomon E., New Britain, Conn. Baker, Walter W., Lexington, Mass. Baldwin, Rev. Elijah C., Branford, Conn.

Bannister, Mrs. Z. P., Newburyport,
Mass.

Barber, Miss Mary C., Worcester, Mass.
Barbour, Prof. Wm. M., D.D.,Bangor, Me.
Barnard, W. R., Groton, Mass.
Barnes, Alfred S., Brooklyn, N. Y.
Barnum, I. W., New York.
Barrows, Rev. J. Otis, Turkey.
Barstow, Hon. Amos C., Providence,
R. I.

Bartlett, Rev. E. N., Woodburn, Ill.
Bartlett, Pres. P. M., Marysville, East
Tennessee.

Bartlett, Rev. Wm. A., Chicago, Ill.
Bassett, N. G., Newburyport, Mass.
Batcheller, Ezra, North Brookfield,
Mass.

Bates, A. C., Rutland, Vt.
Bates, Levi M., New York.
Batt, Rev. Wm. J., Leominster, Mass.
Beach, Dea. Isaac N., Providence, R. I.
Beach, Capt. Joseph A., Woodburn, Ill.
Beebe, James M., Boston, Mass.
Beecher, Rev. Henry Ward, Brooklyn,
N. Y.

Belcher, A. P., Berkshire, N. Y.
Bell, Dea. James, Orange, N. Y.
Benedict, Dea. Charles, Waterbury,
Conn.

Benedict, Robert D., Brooklyn, N. Y.
Benjamin, Dea. Everard, New Haven,
Conn.

Bennett, Joel P., Rochester, N. Y.
Benson, F. A., Newton, Mass.
Benton, Rev. J. A., San Francisco, Cal.
Berry, David C., Newark, N. J.
Berry, Joshua, Belgrade, Me.
Berry, Thomas S., New York.
Bertram, Capt. John, Salem, Mass.
Bigelow, Hon. A. M., Grafton, Mass.

Bigelow, Mrs. E., Lewiston, Me.
Bigelow, Hon. E. B., Grafton, Mass.
Bigelow, Mrs. Mary A., Weston, Mass.
Billings, Charles E., Newton, Mass.
Bingham, Rev. Joel S., D. D., Dubuque,
Iowa.

Bird, G. H. W., Brooklyn, N. Y.
Birge, Nathan N., Bristol, Conn.
Bisbee, Rev. J. H., Huntington, Mass.
Biscoe, Rev. T. C., Uxbridge, Mass.
Bishop, Timothy, New Haven, Conn.
Blagden, Rev. G. W., D. D., Boston,
Mass.

*Blanchard, Rev. A., D. D., Lowell, Mass.

Bliss, Rev. Charles R., Wakefield, Mass. Bliss, Theodore, Philadelphia, Pa. Bodwell, Prof. Joseph C., D. D., Hartford, Conn.

Bodwell, Rev. Lewis, Topeka, Kan.
Bond, Rev. Alvan, D. D., Norwich,
Conn.

Boswell, Charles, West Hartford, Conn.
Bourne, Rev. S., Harlem, N. Y.
Bouton, Rev. N., D. D., Concord, N. H.
Bowen, Charles, Tarrytown, N. Y.
Bowen, Clarence W., Brooklyn, N. Y.
Bowen, Edward A.,
Bowen, Edward E.,
Bowen, Henry C.,
Bowen, Henry E.,

Boynton, Eleazar, Jr., Medford, Mass.
Bradford, Mrs. Ellen, Mansfield, Ohio.
Bradford, Dea. J. Russell, Boston High-
lands, Mass..

Bradley, William H., Chicago, Ill.
Brady, Mrs. Maria P., Harlem, N. Y.
Brown, Ephraim, Lowell, Mass.
Brown, Miss E. R.., Patchogue, N. Y.
Brown, Rev. George, Newark, N. J.
Brown, Dea. Philip H., Stamford, Conn.
Brown, Theodore L., Dedham, Mass.
Brown, Rev. Wm. B., Newark, N. J.
Bruce, Rev. H. J., Ahmednugger, India.
Bubier, Samuel M., Lynn, Mass.
Buck, Rev. E. A., Fall River, Mass.
Buck, Richard P., Brooklyn, N. Y.
Buckingham, Rev. S. G., D. D., Spring-
field, Mass.

Buckingham, Hon. Wm. A., Norwich,
Conn.

Budington, Rev. Wm. Ives, D. D., Brooklyn, N. Y.

Bulkley, Rev. E. A., D. D., Plattsburgh,
N. Y.

Burnham, Dea. C., South Boston, Mass.
Burnham, Francis, Essex, Mass.
Burt, Dea. John C., Oneida, Ill.

Burt, William, Kalamazoo, Mich.
Burwell, Capt. A. A., Chelsea, Mass.
Bushnell, Rev. Geo., Beloit, Wis.
Bushnell, Geo. L. G., Brooklyn, N. Y.
Butler, Dea. Charles, New London,
Conn.

Butler, E. K., Jamaica Plain, Mass.
Butler, Rev. Jeremiah, Fairport, N. Y.
Butler, William, Rockville, Conn.
Butterfield, Rev. H. Q., Topeka, Kan.
Cady, Rev. Daniel R., Arlington, Mass.
Cady, Mrs. Daniel R.,
Caldwell, C. B., Brooklyn, N. Y.
Caldwell, W. E.,

Calkins, Norman A., New York. Callender, David B., Medford, Mass. Campbell, Dea. Jeremiah, Chelsea, Mass.

Capron, Miss Mary J., Attleboro', Mass. Capron, Rev. Wm. B., A. B. C. F. M., Madura, India.

Carpenter, Rev. C. C., Lookout Mountain, Tenn.

Carpenter, Philo, Chicago, Ill.
Carrier, U. W., Rockville, Conn.
Carruth, Nathan, Dorchester, Mass.
Carter, Calvin H., Waterbury, Conn.
Carter, Rev. Clark, Great Falls, N. H.
Carter, Mrs. Emma H. P., Great Falls,
N. H.

Carter, Dea. L. H., Plainville, Conn.
Carter, Rev. Wm., Pittsfield, Ill.
Chadbourne, Chas., Gorham, Me.
Chaffin, Edward, Newton, Mass.
Chaffin, John C.,
Chamberlain, Rev. Leander T., Chicago,
Ill.

Chamberlain, Rev. Wm. A., Beardstown, Ill.

Chandler, Malcom, Brighton, Mass. Chandler, Hon. Myron S., Lunenburg, Vt.

Chapin, Alonzo, M. D., Winchester, Mass.

Chapin, Dea. Marcus, Monson, Mass. Chapin, Marvin, Springfield, Mass. Chaplin, Mrs. Lois, New Haven, Conn. Chapman, Eustace C., Rockville, Conn. Chapman, Geo. H., Winchester, Mass. Chase, Dea. E. P., Beardstown, Ill. Cheesebrough, Ellis S., Chicago, Ill. Cheever, Rev. G. B., D. D., New York. Cheever, Rev. H. T., Worcester, Mass. Chesebrough, Rev. A. S., Hartford, Conn.

Child, Rev. Willard, D. D., Crown Point, N. Y.

Chittenden, Miss M. I., Chelsea, Mass.

Chittenden, S. B., Brooklyn, N. Y. Choate, Hon. David, Essex, Mass. Choate, Miss Jane A., Derry, N. H. Clapp, Rev. Alexander H., D. D., New York.

*Clapp, Rev. Sumner G., Dorchester, Mass.

Clark, Mrs. Abigail, Brooklyn, N. Y.
*Clark, Rev. J. S., D. D., Boston, Mass.
Clark, Rev. Lewis F., Whitinsville,
Mass.

Clark, Lucius E., Brooklyn, N. Y.

Clark, Dea. Oliver R., Winchester, Mass.

Clark, Rev. P. K., Mittineaque, Mass.
Clark, Rev. R. W., D. D., Albany, N. Y.
Clark, Rev. Wm., Amherst, N. H.
Clarke, Mrs. Peter, Paris, France.
Cleaveland, Rev. J. P., D. D., Newbury-
port, Mass.

Clift, Rev. Wm., Mystic, Conn.
Cobb, Andrew B., Newton, Mass.
Cobb, Rev. Solon, Medford, Mass.
Coe, Israel, Brooklyn, N. Y.
Coe, Miss Laura E., Whitinsville, Mass.
Coe, Miss Mary A., East Douglas, Mass.
Coit, Alfred, New London, Conn.
Coit, Rev. Joshua, Brookfield, Mass.
Coit, Robert, New London, Conn.
Colton, Rev. Willis S., Washington,
Conn.

Conant, Chas. E., Winchester, Mass.
Cone, Rev. Luther H., Springfield,
Mass.

Conner, A. D. L. F., Henniker, N. H. Copp, Mrs. Fedora F., Chelsea, Mass. *Copp, Rev. Jos. A., D. D., Cowdery, Robert, Winchester, Mass. Cowles, Rev. John G. W., East Saginaw, Mich.

Crane, Mrs. Z. M., Dalton, Mass.
Creevy, J. K., Cincinnati, Ohio.
Crombie, Wm. A., Burlington, Vt.
Crommelin, R. O., Orange, N. J.
Crosby, Dea. Judah, Lowell, Mass.
Crowell, Jeremiah, Brooklyn, N. Y.
Cruickshanks, Rev. James, Spencer,
Mass.

Cummings, Charles, Medford, Mass.
Cunningham, Rev. J., Sweden, N. Y.
Currier, Rev. Albert H., Lynn, Mass.
Curtis, Abner, East Abington, Mass.
Cushing, Rev. C., Boston, Mass.
Cushing, Isaac, Boston, Mass.
Cushing, Mrs. Mary F., Cambridge,
Mass.

Cushing, Miss Mary F., Cambridge,
Mass.

Dana, Rev. M. M. G., Norwich, Conn.
Darling, Grace, Warsaw, N. Y.
*Darling, J. H.,
Darling, Kate,
Darling, Laura E., "

Darling, Margaret A., Warsaw, N. Y.
Darling, Rev. Walter E., Kennebunk,
Me.

Dascomb, Rev. A. B., Woodstock, Vt.
Davenport, A. B., Brooklyn, N. Y.
Davenport, Dea. Theo., Stamford, Conn.
Davis, Fred., Newton, Mass.
Davis, Rev. J. G., D. D., Amherst, N. H.
Davis, Mrs. Julia P., Brooklyn, N. Y.
Davis, Robert, Concord, N. H.
*Davis, Mrs. Samuel, Boston, Mass.
Davis, S. Nelson, Brooklyn, N. Y.
Day, Hon. Calvin, Hartford, Conn.
Day, R. L., Newton, Mass.

Day, Dea, William, Bristol, Conn.
De Forest, Dea. A., New Haven, Conn.
Delamater, G. D., Meadville, Penn.
Deming, Newell F., New Britain, Conn.
Dennen, Rev. Stephen R., Woburn,
Mass.

Denny, Charles A., Leicester, Mass.

Dexter, Charles H., Windsor Locks, Conn.

Dexter, Rev. H. M., D. D., Boston, Mass. *Dewey, Rev. C., D. D., Rochester, N.Y. Dickerman, Rev. L., Walpole, N. H. Dickinson, Rev. N. S., Foxboro', Mass. Dillingham, C. H., Rockville, Conn. Dillingham, E. B.,

Dimmick, L. F., D. D., Newburyport, Mass.

Dimmick, Mrs. Mary E., Providence, R. I.

Dixon, Mott C., Smyrna, N. Y.

Dodd, Rev. S. G., St. John, New Brunswick.

Dodge, Rev. John, North Brookfield, Mass.

Dodge, John W., Baltimore, Md. Dodge, Lewis W., Grafton, Mass. Doggett, Rev. T., Niagara Falls, N. Y.

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