Excerpt from The Eightieth Report of the Congregational Home Missionary Society: Presented by the Executive Committee at the Annual Meeting, May 8, 9 and 10, 1906, Oak Park, Ill The Congregational Home Missionary Society convened for its Eightieth Annual Meeting in the First Congregational Church of Oak Park, Illinois, on Tuesday, May 8, 1906, at P. M., with President H. C. King in the Chair. Devotional services were conducted by Revs. J. W. Bradshaw and William L. Tenney. An address of welcome was given by Rev. W. E. Barton, Pastor of the First Church of Oak Park, to which response was made by President King. Greetings from the Canadian Home Missionary Society were given by Rev. E. M. Hill, of the Montreal Theological Seminary. The annual sermon to the Society was preached by President King on the theme: Home Missions and the Kingdom. The Sacrament of the Lord's Supper was then administered, being in Charge of the General Congregational Association of Illinois. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.