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basis laid down by the parent Alliance as the 

 bond of union of the members and branches 

 of the general body was adopted as the con- 

 stitution of the Dominion branch. The for- 

 mation of local branches throughout the Do- 

 minion was recommended, a report of which 

 should in each case be forwarded to the gen- 

 eral secretary. The Hon. L. A. "Wilmot, D. C. 

 L., of Fredericton, N. B., was chosen Presi- 

 dent for the ensuing year, and Vice-President, 

 secretaries, and members of the General Com- 

 mittee were appointed. The latter body were 

 authorized to appoint an Executive Committee 

 out of their number. 



The conference closed on Tuesday evening, 

 October 6th, with a farewell meeting in the 

 St. James Street Methodist Church. Short 

 addresses were delivered by President Wilmot, 

 the Earl of Cavan, the Rev. Dr. Black, of In- 

 verness, Scotland, the Rev. Dr. Eyerson, of 

 the Methodist Church of Canada, Mr. Henry 

 Varley, Mr. II. Thane Miller, the Rev. Mr. 

 Grant, of Halifax, N. S., the Rev. Mr. Morton, 

 missionary from Trinidad, Major-General Bur- 

 roughs, and the Rev. Dr. Fraser, and the ben- 

 ediction was pronounced by the Rev. George 

 Douglas. 



EVANGELICAL ASSOCIATION. The 

 following are the statistics of the Evangelical 

 Association for 1874: 



The number of members was 7,054 greater 

 than in 1873. The churches were valued at 

 $2,777,070. Number of parsonages, 330; value 

 of the same, $374,605; number of Sunday- 

 schools, 1,441-J-; of officers and teachers in the 

 same, 16,406; of scholars, 82,047; number of 

 children baptized, 6,994; of adults baptized, 

 1,238; of members "newly received," 16,731. 

 Amount of " conference contributions," $4,- 

 702.71 ; of contributions for missions, $72,- 

 526.91 ; of contributions for the Sunday-school 

 and Tract causes, $2,330.97. 



The anniversary of the Missionary Society 

 of the Evangelical ' Association was held in 

 October. The receipts for the year were re- 

 ported to have been $70,584.20, and the' ex- 



* From the report of 1878. 



penditures $62,897.65. The receipts showed 

 a ratio of contributions of about 80 cents per 

 member of the Church. The debt of the soci- 

 ety had been diminished during the year by 

 $2,546.50, and has now $4,121.20. Cash be- 

 quests had been received to the amount of 

 $7,132.07. The corresponding secretary re- 

 ported that $24,000 were in the treasury for 

 the mission among the heathen, and recom- 

 mended that the question of the place where 

 such a mission should be established be referred 

 to the next General Conference. The number 

 of home and foreign missions was reported to 

 be 270. Twenty-six missions had been struck 

 from the list of missions at various conference 

 sessions, and converted into self-sustaining 

 charges, or connected with such charges. An 

 actual increase of 48 missions had taken place. 

 A resolution was adopted, " that Japan be con- 

 sidered our heathen mission-field ; that the 

 bishops and the corresponding secretary be 

 constituted a committee in reference to the 

 men who are willing to be sent ; and that we 

 request the General Conference at its next ses- 

 sion to appoint two or three missionaries to 

 this field." 



EVANGELICAL SYNOD OF THE WEST. 

 The general meeting of the Evangelical Synod 

 of the West commenced at Indianapolis, Ind., 

 on October 8th. Seventy-five ministers and 

 lay delegates were present, representing five 

 synods, and about three hundred ministers. 

 The Rev. A. Balzer presided. A new division 

 was made into seven synods. The original 

 aim in the formation of the synod was to re- 

 produce in the United States the essential 

 features of the United Evangelical Church of 

 Germany; hence it was called "Evangelical," 

 and denominational peculiarities were held of 

 little account. Its confessional basis is founded 

 upon the consensus of the confessions of the 

 Lutheran and Reformed Churches. Either 

 Luther's or the Heidelberg Catechism may be 

 used in the churches, as the majority of the 

 members may prefer. The synod stands in in- 

 timate relations with many mission institutions 

 of Germany, as those of Dr. Wickern, and the 

 Missionary or Emigrants' Associations of Ber- 

 lin, Barmen, Langenberg, and Basle. The 

 synod of Wisconsin was founded under the 

 auspices of the Association at Berlin. Pastor 

 Krummacher manifested a great interest in 

 this body during his visit to the United States. 

 The Evangelical Synod appears to be gradually 

 assuming a more distinctly denominational 

 form. It has now its own hymn-book, cate- 

 chism, church and Sunday-school papers, 

 educational institutions, and. almanac. Its 

 principal publications are the Friedensbote, 

 semi-monthly, the Theologische Zeitschrift, 

 monthly, and a Sunday-school paper. Its lead- 

 ing educational institutions are a teachers' 

 seminary at Elmhnrst and a theological semi- 

 nary at St. Charles, Mo. The Rev. A. Balzer, 

 President of the General Conference, is also 

 editor of the principal paper, superintendent 



