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 \u003Cbr>Plal;26,8,Lord i have loved the babrcatton of tby hoaje②4,  \u003Cbr>place wbere thine hononr dwelleth.  \u003Cbr>One tbingbxve I dejired of the Lard thar will I/eck  \u003Cbr>Plal:27.4  \u003Cbr>afier,thn1 mry direll in the houfe of the Lard all the  \u003Cbr>dayes of my\"Lftabcbold:be Beaity ef (heLend and to  \u003Cbr>w.gne nbs Timpl   |  |\n|  |  |\n|  |  |\n| Princi by SG at Cambridge in 27e Eng'and  \u003Cbr>und are tobe fL at Canridge and Bustos  \u003Cbr>d Dm:I649   |  |\n|  |  |\n\n|  |\n| --- |\n\n\n| NINETY-FIFTH ANNUAL REPORT  \u003Cbr>OF THE DIRECTORS OF THE  \u003Cbr>AMERICAN  \u003Cbr>CONGREGATIONAL  \u003Cbr>ASSOCIATION  \u003Cbr>eě9  \u003Cbr>REPORT OF THE  \u003Cbr>CONGREGATIONAL LIBRARY  \u003Cbr>PRESENTED MAY17,1948  \u003Cbr>BOSTON  \u003Cbr>AMERICAN CONGREGATIONAL ASSOCLATION  \u003Cbr>CONGREGATIONAL HOUSE,1948   |\n| --- |\n\nThe American Congregational Association  \nOFFICERS  \nPresident—REv.J.EDGAR PARK  \nVice-President₈—ETHELBERT V.GRABILLRev.HowARD E.PoMEROY  \nCorresponding and Recording Secretary—THOMAs ToDDChairman of Eaecutive Committee—SARGENT H.WELLMANTreasurer—RALPH E.WHITNEY  \nA88istant Treasurer —HowARD WALLINGFORDLibrarian—FRANCIs W.ALLEN  \nEaecutive Committee  \nSARGENT H.WELLMAN,Chairman  \nTHOMAs ToDD,SecretaryPHILIP S.DAVISHoWARD WALLINGFORDE.RuSSELL DAVISR.E.JWEDCAREBY,^Treasresident Ea-0ficio  \nLibrary Committee  \nREv.JoSEPH C.MAcDoNALD,ChairmanRev.JoHN H.QUINTREv.CHARLES L.ATKINS  \nDIRECTORSSARGENT H.WELLMAN,Chairman  \nTERM ExPIRES,1948  \nEthelbert V.GrabillRev.J.Burford ParryRev.John R.ChapmanWilliam AlcottQuincy W.WalesStanley C.Foote  \nTERM ExPIRES,1949Alfred M.ZieglerThomas ToddRev.J.Edgar ParkPhilip S.Davis  \nBey.Howard E.PomeroyHugh Nixon  \n[Proprietor of the Congregational Houseand Congregational Library]  \nTERM ExPIRES,1950  \nRev.Charles L.AtkinsHoward WallingfordRalph E.WhitneyFrank E.BridgmanRev.Morton D.DunningRev.Robert W.Coe  \nTERM ExPIRES,1951  \nArthur V.GetchellSargent H.WellmanRev.Joseph C.MacDonaldLouis C.GrossmannRev.William T.HoweRev.Robert M.Grey  \nTERM ExPIRES,1952Rev.John H.QuintJames S.AllenHarold S.Davis  \nE.Russell DavisRev.Alfred J.BarnardWilliam F.Farley  \n# THE EDITIONS of theCAMBRIDGE PLATFORM\n\nTHE story of the Cambridge Synod and its resultingPlatform of Church Discipline has been told many times,from Cotton Mather's Magnalia Christi Americana in1702 to the forthcoming works of Henry Wilder Foote andFrederick L.Fagley.  \nThree hundred years ago Presbyterianism was making rapidstrides in England and thus in turn influencing religiousthought in the colonies.Although in 1644 John Cotton hadgiven an exposition of Congregational principles relative tothe covenant idea in his Keyes of the Kingdom of Heaven,there was still felt a demand for amore official statement.Thiswas drawn up by Thomas Hooker in his Survey of the Summeof Church Discipline,officially sanctioned at a meeting heldin Cambridge on July 1,1645.This work,essentially a replyto Samuel Rutherford's Due Right of Presbyteries,containstwo matters of particular importance.  \nFirst of all Hooker affirmed the ideal of Anabaptists andSeparatists.Infants were not excluded,but rather compre-hended in the church under their parents'covenant.Secondlyhe proved himself the opponent of the wider administration.Children as children neve","cbCaiokQBbA8kHHg","https://ap.wps.com/l/cbCaiokQBbA8kHHg","pdf",2147241,36,"English","# The Eight Month Aano, 1649\n## The Cambridge Synod and the Platform of Church Discipline\n# Officers and Committees (American Congregational Association)","[{\"question\":\"What is the document’s main purpose?\",\"answer\":\"It presents the Ninety-fifth annual report of the directors of the American Congregational Association, together with the report of the Congregational Library, and includes supporting historical material about the Cambridge Synod and its Platform of Church Discipline.\"},{\"question\":\"Who are the named officers and committee members?\",\"answer\":\"The text lists officers such as the president, vice-president, and recording secretary, and names executive and library committee members, along with their terms expiring in 1948 through 1952.\"},{\"question\":\"What does the Cambridge Platform of Church Discipline focus on?\",\"answer\":\"The Platform is described as addressing church polity, fellowship of the churches, and their relation to civil government, and it is not presented as a statement of faith with theological arguments.\"}]","NINETY-FIFTH ANNUAL REPORT - O F THE DIRECTORS - AND THE REPORT OF THE CONGREGATIONAL LIBRARY - AMERICAN CONGREGATIONAL ASSOCIATION - 1948 | PDF",1790675876,91]