eby's paper was presented
by Rev. W. Calkins, D.D., of Massachusetts, and adopted.

The report of the Committee on Secretary Beard's paper was presented by
Rev. Morton Dexter, of Massachusetts, and adopted.

Recess was then taken to 7.30 P.M.

THURSDAY EVENING.

The Association was called to order at 7:30 P.M., and prayer was
offered by Rev. Thomas Laurie, D.D., of Providence.

The minutes for the day were read and approved, and the Secretary was
authorized to complete them at the close of this service and to publish
them under the direction of the Executive Committee.

Rev. David O. Mears, D.D., of Massachusetts, addressed the Association,
and was followed by Rev. A.J.F. Behrends, D.D., of New York, and the
closing address was made by the President.

The following vote of thanks was unanimously passed after appropriate
remarks by District Secretary C.J. Ryder.

We approach the conclusion of this Annual Convention of the
American Missionary Association with grateful hearts for all
the way by which God has led it from the day when it crossed the
brook with its staff of testimony to this time of extended
influence and usefulness, with humble rejoicing both in the
intellectual and spiritual fellowship of this meeting, and also
with a special sense of responsibility under the burden of
obligation which God has placed upon us by this unprecedented
enlargement of our stewardship. We wish to express our devout
thanksgiving for the grace of hospitality which has been
bestowed in such abounding measure upon the churches of Christ
and the good people of this city of Providence, with whose name
in its divine significance we are to associate this peculiarly
impressive anniversary.

We recall the delightful welcome which greeted us at the
opening of these services, only to be impressed with the
assurance that this Union Congregational Society and the other
churches of the city were not at all forgetful to "entertain
strangers." Their love indeed, made us at once to feel at home
in their households, and in the midst of their delightful
families.

_Resolved_, That to the local committees, especially the
indefatigable Secretary, to the pastors of all the churches,
to the choir and leaders of the services of song in the house
of the Lord, to the local and metropolitan press for its
generous reporting of these meetings