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them go out into all the world and preach the Gospel to every creature.1

Such in outline were the problems submitted to the Council, and debated by men differing in standpoint, outlook, and conviction. The delegates, as was to be expected, differedand differed widely-one from another on theological, critical, social, and economic questions. Some still clung to the Calvinistic creed which others-probably most--had abandoned. Some held that modern criticism was imperilling faith; while others contended that it was helping to restore not only the Living Christ, but the Living Scripture. Some asserted that the special mission of Congregationalism-though not its only mission-was to the educated classes of society, rather than to the ignorant, the vicious, and the degraded; a suggestion challenged and repudiated by the majority. Some, again, urged that the task of social reform should be undertaken by the Christian Churches acting as such; while others maintained that this work was work for Christian citizens acting individually, not for Christian Churches acting collectively, and that the Church would suffer serious injury if it set itself to service alien from the ends for which it had been established and organised. There were differences of other kinds as well-differences in temper and spirit; the buoyancy and ardour of the American delegates contrasting sharply with the sober and cautious attitude of their colleagues whose lives had been cast under less friendly conditions.

But in loyalty to the principles of the Congregational polity, in conviction that Congregational Churches embodied a truth that they were called to maintain before the world, in consciousness that the traditions of their past determined the measure of their debt to the present, the men who met in Council were of one mind and of one heart. Their forefathers had fought for freedom-for freedom to obey the will of God as it might be revealed to them. It was for them to use the freedom so dearly won for the regeneration of mankind. The Divine Life in man, the Divine Presence in the Church, were the sources from which they drew their faith and their hope, their strength and their peace. The glorious ideal of the Christian Church as a society and communion of saints

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they too believed that they might-that they must--make real in the life of their own days. In many matters, matters of moment-aims, methods, doctrines the Council was not of one mind: the men who met there were men of many kinds, of differing experience, of varied knowledge; men of action, men of thought: men who saw visions, men busy with the needs and duties of the day; and they did not leave their minds and their characters outside in the lobby. But, with many minds, they had but one spirit. Twice, at least, during the sessions the consciousness of oneness with each other because they were one in Christ broke upon the assembly with overwhelming power: when, after taking the bread and wine of the sacrament, brother gave to brother the right hand of fellowship, blessing God for their common redemption, and rejoicing in their kinship in Him; and once again in the closing service at the City Temple, when the whole assembly rose and with one voice declared their faith in Jesus Christ as the one Saviour of the world, their love of all that love Him in sincerity, and their desire to renew their covenant to serve Him with all faithfulness.

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Meeting where they met, while reaching out in aspiration to the things which were before, it was not for them to forget the things that were behind. The martyrs who perished in the flames of Smithfield; the men and women who withered in the Fleet prison-they could not forget these. For it was those who thought Congregationalism worth dying for that had made Congregationalism a living power; and it was through the faith, the courage, and the obedience of those obscure believers and humble societies that "the little one had become a thousand, and the small one a strong nation."

APPENDIX OF AUTHORS

The following list contains only authors and works quoted or referred to at first hand. The figures in brackets show the date of publication of the edition actually used.

A

ABBEY, C. J., and OVERTON, J. H.: The English Church in the Eighteenth Century. [1878.]

ACLAND, A. H. D., and RANSOME, C.: Handbook in Outline of the Political History of England.

[1882.]

ADAMS, F.: History of the Elementary School Contest in England. [1882.]

Address to Protestant Dissenters on the Origin and Influence of the Regium Donum. [1792.]

Admonition to the Parliament. [1571.]

AINSWORTH, H., and JOHNSON, F.: An Apologie

. . of such True Christians as are Commonly (but unjustly) called Brownists. [1604.] AINSWORTH, H., Counterpoyson. [1608.]

An Epistle sent unto two daughters of Warwick refuted. [1608.] Animadversions on a late paper entituled "A Letter to a Dissenter." By C. H. [1687.]

Annual Register. [v.d.]

ARBER, E.: An Introductory Sketch to the Martin Marprelate Controversy. (The English Scholar's Library.)

ASPLAND, R. BROOK: Memoir of Robert Aspland. [1850.]

AUGUSTINE: Works. Migne, Patrologie.

BACON, FRANCIS: Works. [1778.]

B

BAILLIE, R.: Letters and Journals, 3 vols. [1841.]

A Dissuasive from the Errours of the Time. [1645.]

Continued to

BAINES, E.: Life of Edward Baines. [1851.]
BAKER, SIR R.: Chronicle of the Kings of England.
1660 by E. Phillips, with a Second Continuation. [1730.]

BARCLAY, R.: The Inner Life of the Religious Societies of the Commonwealth. [1876.]

BARROWE, H.: A Brief Discoverie of the False Church. [1590.]
A Collection of certaine Sclaunderous Articles. [1590.]

The Examinations of Henry Barrowe, John Greenewood, and
John Penrie, before the High Commissioners and Lordes of
the Counsel.

[1593.]

BARROWE, H., and GREENWOOD, J.: A Collection of Certain Letters and Conferences. [1590.]

A Plaine Refutation of M. Giffardes Booke. [1605.]

BAXTER, R.: A Petition for Peace. [1661.]

The True History of Councils Enlarged and Defended. [1682.]
Reliquiæ Baxterianæ : or Mr. Richard Baxter's Narrative of the
Most Memorable Passages in His Life and Times. Edited by
Sylvester. [1696.]

BELSHAM, T.: Memoirs of Theophilus Lindsey. [1812.]

BENNETT, J. History of Dissenters. [1837.] (And see BOGue, D.) BILSON, T.: The effecte of certaine sermons touching the full redemption of mankind by the death of Christ. [1599.]

The survey of Christ's sufferings for man's redemption: and of his descent to Hades, etc. [1604.]

BIRCH, T.: Life of Tillotson. Second Edition. [1753.]

BOGUE, D., and BENNETT, J.: History of Dissenters from the Revolution, 1688, to the year 1808. First Edition, 4 vols. [1808]. Second Edition, 2 vols. [1833.]

BRADFORD, W. History of Plimouth Plantation. Boston. [1900.]

BREWER, J. S.: Monumenta Franciscana (Record Publications). [1858.]

BRIDGE, W.: An Apologeticall Narration, etc. [1643.]

See Reasons.

British Quarterly Review. [1870.]

Brook, B. : Lives of the Puritans, 3 vols. [1813.]

Memoir of Thomas Cartwright. [1845.]

BROOKE, BARON: See Greville, Robert.

BROUGHAM, HENRY LORD: Speeches upon Questions relating to Public Rights, Duties, and Interests. 4 vols., Edinburgh. [1838.]

BROUGHTON, H. : Λόγος πρὸς τοὺς Γενεβαίους, κ.τ.λ. [1601.]

An Explication of the Article “ He Descended into Hell," etc. [1605.]

BROWNE, JOHN: History of Congregationalism in Norfolk and Suffolk.

[1877.]

Browne, RobeRT: A Treatise of Reformation without Tarrying for

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A Booke which Sheweth the Life and Manners of all true Christians [1582.]

BROWNE, ROBERT: A Treatise upon the 23 of Matthewe, both for an order of studying and handling the Scriptures, etc. [1582.]

An answer to Master Cartwright his letter for joining with the
English Church. [1583 ?]

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Brownists: A True Confession of the Faith, etc.

[1596.]

Synagogue, or a late Discovery of their Conventicles, Assemblies, and Places of Meeting. [1641.]

An Apologie, etc. See Ainsworth.

BRYENNIUS, Didache. [1883.]

Burke, EdmuND: Works, 8 vols. (Bohn.) [1854-7.]

BURNET, G. : History of His own Time. 6 vols., Oxford.

[1833.]

A Discourse of the Pastoral Care. Fourteenth Edition. [1821.]

BURRAGE, CHAMPLIN : The True Story of Robert Browne.
Burroughes, J.: Sermon, November 26, 1645. [1646.]

[1906.]

An Apologeticall Narration. [1643.]

See Reasons.

BURTON, H.: The Protestation Protested. [1641.]

BURTON, J. H.: History of Scotland. Second Edition. [1873.] BUTLER, C.: Historical Memoirs of the English, Irish, and Scottish Catholics, since the Reformation. Third Edition. [1822.]

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CALAMY, E.: An Abridgement of Mr. Baxter's History of his Life and Times. Second Edition. [1713.]

Memoirs of John Howe. [1724.]

A Continuation of the Account of the Ministers, Lecturers, Masters and Fellows of Colleges, who were ejected and silenced after the Restoration in 1660. [1727.]

An Historical Account of my own Life, etc. Second Edition. [1830.]

See Smectymnuus.

CALVIN: Institutes (Beveridge). [1845-6.]

Cardwell, E.: A History of Conferences, Oxford. [1840.]

C[ARE], H[ENRY]: See Animadversions.

CARLYLE, T.: Oliver Cromwell's Letters and Speeches.

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Cartwright, T.: A Seconde Admonition to the Parliament. [1572.] A Replye to an answere made of Doctor Whitgifte against the Admonition to the Parliament by T. C. [1573.]

CATER, F. IVES: See Congregational Historical Society, Transactions. Caterham Congregational Magazine. [1906.]

CEILLIER, R.: Histoire des Auteurs Sacrés et Ecclésiastiques. [17291763.]

CHIDLEY, KATHERINE: The Justification of the Independent Churches

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