Excerpt from The Law of Congregational Usage These ten years since the Kansas Council have emphasized the wisdom of the work there done. The missionary societies, as there reorganized, have gone from strength to strength. Our denominational unity has been emphasized without weakening our testimony in favor either Of local autonomy or of church unity. The simple Creed which was adopted as a part Of the Preamble Of the Constitution of the National Council has been adopted by hundreds, perhaps thousands, Of churches. This new edition Of The Law of Congregational Usage finds little occasion for change in the text of the volume as originally printed. The by-laws of the National Council are brought down to date, and a new chapter is added on recent develop ments. The changes of the past ten years have not been radical, and there appear to be no revolutionary changes in sight. There will be a gradual evolution, for ours is a living organism. This volume, revised to the middle of the year 1923, should serve the churches for a number Of years to come. 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.