SUMMER SCHOOL OF 1889.

BY THE SECRETARY.

HE Thirteenth Summer School of Christian Philosophy was held in the auditorium of the Seaside Assembly Grounds at Key East, New Jersey, from Thursday, July 18, to Friday, July 26, 1889, the President, Charles F. Deems, D.D., LL.D., presiding.

The first session was held on Thursday, July 18, at 11 A.M., when the devotional exercises were conducted by the President. Dr. C. R. Blackall, General Conductor of the Seaside Assembly, in a cordial address welcomed the Institute to the Assembly's grounds and hospitalities. The President replied in appropriate terms, and then explained the objects, principles and needs of the Institute. The regular paper of the day was by the Rt. Rev. Samuel Fallows, D.D., of Chicago, whose subject was "Christian Pantheism." Immediately after the reading, the paper and subject were discussed by Rev. Drs. John C. Clyde, of Bloomsbury, N. J., Horace C. Hovey, of Bridgeport, Ct., A. I. Rowland, of Baltimore, Md., George Sexton, of Dunkirk, N. Y., Profs. E. H. Johnson, of Crozier Theological Seminary; Prof. Charles F. Himes, of Dickinson College; and the President.

On Friday morning, July 19, Scripture was read and prayer offered by Rev. Dr. Wilbur F. Paddock, rector of St. Andrew's, Philadelphia.

The regular paper of the day was by George Sexton, M.D., D.D., LL.D., of Dunkirk, N. Y, whose subject was "The Folly of Atheism Intensified by Modern Discovery."

The discussion was conducted by Drs. E. S. Stafford, of Toronto, Canada, and E. O. Hovey, of New Haven, Wilbur F. Watkins, of Philadelphia, and Horace C. Hovey, of Bridgeport, Ct., Rev. David G. Wylie, of New York, and the President.

At the third session, Saturday, July 20, the devotional exercises were led by Prof. S. L. Bowman, D.D., S.T.D., of De Pauw University, Ind.

Before the lecture a business meeting of the members of the Institute was held, at which the President appointed the following Committees:

To audit the Treasurer's and Secretary's accounts, Dr. A. L. Turner, and Mr. Joseph A. Hallock.

To nominate officers at the annual meeting to be held on the 24th inst., Rev. Drs. Alex. Mackay-Smith, Wilbur F. Watkins, John C. Clyde, Prof. Charles F. Himes, and Austin Abbott, Esq.

The President announced that Dr. Magill, President of Swarthmore College, Pa., since his engagement to lecture before the Institute had been compelled, on account of the state of his health, to resign his presidency and withdraw from all intellectual work. Amory H. Bradford, D.D., of Montclair, N. J., had consented to take Dr. Magill's place, and now read a paper entitled, "The Ministry of Culture."

The paper and subject were discussed by Drs. Sexton and Clyde and the President.

On Sunday, July 21, the annual sermon was preached by Archdeacon Alex. Mackay-Smith, D.D., S.T.D., of the Diocese of New York, from the text, "We Walk by Faith not by Sight."

Monday, July 22, Scripture was read and prayer offered by Scott F. Hershey, D.D., of Washington, D. C. The regular paper of the morning was by E. A. Stafford, D.D., of Toronto, Canada, whose subject was, "The Service of Free Thought to Christianity." This was discussed by Rev. Drs. Hershey, Clyde and Waters, Prof. D. Batchellor, and the President.

In the evening the devotional exercises were conducted by Pres. Samuel W. Boardman, D.D., of Maryville College, Tenn. The regular paper of the evening was by Miss Jane M. Bancroft, Ph.D., of New York, whose subject was "Woman's Work in the Modern Church." Rev. Drs. Hovey and Marshall, Dr. Blackall and the President discussed the paper and the subject.

On motion of Dr. Blackall, seconded by Dr. Turner, it was Resolved, That the thanks of the Institute are especially due and are hereby tendered to Jane M. Bancroft, Ph.D., for calling our attention so earnestly and impressively, to the work which women are doing in the modern Church.

Tuesday, July 23, 1889, after devotional exercises by Rev. Dr. Marshall, of Vicksburg, Miss., Hon. Wm. C. P. Breckenridge, of Kentucky, addressed the Institute on "The Politics of Christianity." Rev. Drs. Marshall and Rankin, and Rev. James F. Riggs, of Bergen Point, N. J., took part in the discussion which followed.

ANNUAL MEETING.

The Annual Meeting of the Institute was held in the auditorium on Wednesday, July 21, 1889, at II A.M., with the President in the chair. Scripture was read and prayer offered by President Robert B. Fairbairn, D.D., LL.D., of St. Stephen's College, New York.

Dr. A. L. Turner, of the Auditing Committee, reported that the committee had audited the accounts of the Treasurer and of the Secretary, had found them correct, and had so entered it over their signature on the account book of the Institute. report is as follows:

The

486 97

1,137 25

$2,542 24

$645 00

20 00

10 00

50 00

1,713 00

104 24

2.542 24

The Committee on Nominations, through their Chairman, Wilbur F. Watkins, D.D., of Philadelphia, made their report which was accepted, and the following officers were elected for the ensuing year:

President, Charles F. Deems, D.D., LL.D. Vice-Presidents, California, Rev. F. M. Dimmick; Connecticut, Noah Porter,

D.D., LL.D.; District Columbia, Rev. Bishop J. F. Hurst, D.D., LL.D.; Delaware, Hon. Thomas F. Bayard; Florida, E. Warren Clark, D.D.; Georgia, Isaac S. Hopkins, D.D., Ph.D.; Illinois, Rev. Bishop Samuel M. Fallows, LL.D.; Iowa, Thomas E. Fleming, D.D.; Kentucky, Hon. W. C. P. Breckenridge, M. C.; Massachusetts, Rev. Joseph Cook; Maine, Thomas Hill, D.D., LL.D.; Maryland, Edward J. Drinkhouse, M.D., D.D.; Michigan, Peter Stryker, D.D.; Mississippi, Rt. Rev. Hugh Miller Thompson, LL.D.; Missouri, Rev. Bishop Eugene R. Hendrix, D.D.; New Brunswick (Can.), James R. Inch, LL.D.; North Carolina, Hon. Kemp P. Battle, LL.D.; New Hampshire, Rev. Henry E. Cooke; New Jersey, President Francis L. Patton, D.D., LL.D.; Nova Scotia (Can.), Rev. Wm. Ainley; New York, Ransom B. Welch, D.D., LL.D.; Ohio, Rt. Rev. Gregory T. Bedell, D.D.; Ontario (Can.), Rev. Donald G. Sutherland, A.M.; Pennsylvania, Wm. C. Cattell, D.D., LL.D.; South Carolina, Gilbert R. Brackett, D.D.; Tennessee, James A. Orman, D.D.; Texas, Robert. L. Dabney, LL.D.; Virginia, Prof. Francis H. Smith, LL.D. Trustees, Mr. Robert L. Crawford, General Clinton B. Fiske, Mr. John H. Osborne, Mr. Cornelius Vanderbilt, Mr. Marion J. Verdery. Secretary, Mr. Charles M. Davis. Treasurer, Mr. Wm. Harman Brown.

The Secretary in presenting his report called attention to the financial condition of the Institute. The Treasurer of the Endowment Fund holds securities amounting to $2,150. A promise has been made of $5,000, provided $15,000 more can be pledged before January 1, 1890. It is hoped that the Institute will by that time be established on a permanent financial basis.

There has been expended in supplying CHRISTIAN THOUGHT to the members and in donating it to educational institutions in this and other lands, $1,137.25. The cost of Summer Schools and monthly meetings has been $703.82. All other expenses of the Institute, including stationery, printing, postage, travelling expenses and clerical services, amounted to $649.52. Nothing has been spent for rent, fuel or light, as rooms, office and other conveniences have been furnished free of expense by the Trustees of the Church of the Strangers, in New York.

The receipts from all sources were $2,438. There is a bal

ance due the Treasurer of $104.24, besides a debt of $300 due the President for money advanced to supply the members with CHRISTIAN THOUGHT. If the members whose annual fees, due a year ago (in some cases longer), realized the trouble and anxiety which their forgetfulness causes the officers, we feel confident that there would always be a balance in the treasury, and all bills paid.

SUMMER SCHOOLS.

Two Summer Schools were held last year, one at Round Lake, New York, the other at Key East, New Jersey; at each of which five lectures were delivered. Nine monthly meetings have been held at the rooms of the Institute in New York, at each of which a paper has been read. All these lectures and papers have been published in CHRISTIAN THOUGHT and sent to the members of the Institute.

The nucleus of the Library which has been slowly growing has lately received an addition of one hundred volumes, being the philosophical library of the President which he has given to the Institute during the year just closed. The Victoria Society of Great Britain exchanges publications with the American Institute; the published Transactions of the former now on our shelves, amount to twenty-three volumes of rare and valuable literature. Members of the Institute also have occasionally contributed volumes of their own authorship. We should be glad to receive many more from friends of the Institute.

The number of members remains about the same as it was last year. There has been a goodly number of additions, but resignation and death have taken an equal number from our roll.

The Institute cherishes the memory of the following members who have passed away during the year:

Vice-Pres. Bishop Holland N. McTyeire, D.D., Tenn.; Vice