The Federal Council of Protestant Churches.
By Editor
ON ANOTHER page will be found a partial report of this great meeting, truly said by the Public Ledger, of Philadelphia, to mark “an important development in the church life of America.” We regret that the report came a little too late to present it all in this issue, the most important part will be given next week. We appeal to our readers to study it, and weigh what may be said regarding it. Behind this “council” of four hundred delegates are the following religious bodies: The Baptist Churches of the United States.
The Free Baptist General Conference.
The Christian (The Christian Connection).
The Congregational Churches.
The Disciples of Christ.
The Evangelical Association.
The Evangelical Synod of North America.
The Friends.
The Evangelical Lutheran Church, General Synod.
The Methodist Episcopal Church.
The Methodist Episcopal Church, South.
The Primitive Methodist Church.
The Colored Methodist Episcopal Church in America.
The Methodist Protestant Church.
The African Methodist Episcopal Church.
The African Methodist Episcopal Zion Church.
The General Conference of the Mennonite Church of North America.
The Moravian Church.
The Presbyterian Church in the U. S. A.
The Cumberland Presbyterian Church.
The Welsh Calvinistic Methodist or Presbyterian Church.
The Reformed Presbyterian Church.
The United Presbyterian Church.
The Protestant Episcopal Church.
The Reformed Church in America.
The Reformed Church of the U. S. A.
The Reformed Episcopal Church.
The Seventh-day Baptist Churches.
The United Brethren in Christ.
The United Evangelical Church. That is, these bodies are not simply supposed to be in favor of the movement, but the general bodies—conferences, synods, etc.—have indorsed the plan. Of course all the lay members have not. Many of them do not know what is involved in it. We wish to let them know. If it is a good thing, all ought to join it; if it is dangerous, we all ought to know it. Read, ponder, weigh, decide.