The Federation of Churches
The following from the Outlook, February 16, is of interest to all our readers. The Federation of Churches is the movement that now is most to be watched in the development of the Image of the Beast on the side of the Church:— The movement for the Federation of Churches steadily advances. In 1895 it was organized for work within the limits of this city. By 1900 such proof had been given of its possibilities that a conference held here last February resulted in the appointment of a National Committee to promote the formation of local and State federations. The establishment of its central office at 83 Bible House, and the appointment of the Rev. E. B. Sanford, D. D., as secretary, were followed by the formation of the New York State Federation last autumn. In view of the formation of local federations in various cities, and movements for organization in other States, a conference in the interests of federative action throughout the United States was held at Philadelphia, February 5 and 6. Delegates were present from the Interdenominational Commission of Maine, the Boston Evangelical Alliance, the Connecticut Bible Society, the New York State Federation, the Evangelical Alliance of Pennsylvania, the local federations in this city, Jersey City, New Haven, Hartford, Syracuse, Cleveland, Harrisburg, and Philadelphia. These represented churches belonging to nine denominations, evangelical only, though membership, as we understand, is not restricted to such. The conference received, and replied to, a message of fraternal greeting from the National Council of Free Churches in England and Wales, where the federation movement has had a success that has been influential in its propagation here.