forced to disband.

"2. Several hundred dollars of home missionary money was saved annually
which had been expended in Northfield to keep the church open and alive.
Under the federation it is not needed.

"3. Offerings are made to the various boards and interests of
Presbyterianism.

WHAT THE METHODIST CONFERENCE GAINED

"1. A church was saved that doubtless would have been closed in a few
years for want of support.

"2. The salary of the pastor has been increased and also the stipends of
the district superintendent, the bishops, conferences, and claimants.

"3. The contributions to all boards and benevolences have been increased.

WHAT THE COMMUNITY GAINED

"1. Federation saves paying two pastors and keeping two church buildings
when one is sufficient. It makes the public more willing to aid.

"2. The congregation being more than doubled, there is more enthusiasm and
willingness to work.

"3. It has silenced the criticism that the churches are competing instead
of cooperating.

"4. The economic and fraternal features of federation appeal to the public
and bring into line people who did not patronize either church before."

_Federated Churches in Other States_

More churches have been federated in New England than in any other section
of the United States. Familiarity with the success or failure of these
churches is therefore necessary to a reasonably full discussion of
interchurch cooperation. Accordingly information blanks were sent to a
number of these federated churches. The inquiries were expressed as
follows:

1. Date of Federation?

2. Denominations of constituent bodies?

3. Membership of each church at the time of federation?

4. Denomination of the first minister and of succeeding ministers?

5. Do the people like the present arrangement better than the old?

6. Do many people want to go back to the old way?

7. Have church benevolences declined or increased?

8. How has the pecuniary support of the ministry been affected?

9. How have other expenditures of the church been affected?

10. Has attendance declined or increased?

11. Has church membership declined or increased?

12. What effect, if any, has the formation of the federated church had
upon the social life of the community?

13. Kindly express frankly your opinion of the federated church as a means
of securing Christian unity and church efficiency.

Fifteen churches replied. In these fifteen federated churches we