Roberts, D.D., LL.D. Thirty Ruling Elders served in the distribution of the elements.

The Assembly took recess until 3 P.M., and was closed with prayer.

THURSDAY, May 17, 1917, 3 o'clock P.M.

The Assembly met at 3 P.M., and was opened with devotional services conducted by the Moderator.

The Assembly was constituted with prayer.

Upon report of the Permanent Committee on Commissions the following ministers and elders were recognized as duly appointed Commissioners, and their names were entered upon the

PRESBYTERIES.

Benicia,

Los Angeles,

Nevada,
Riverside,
Sacramento,

San Francisco-Oak-
land,

San Joaquin,

San José,

Santa Barbara,

MINISTERS.

VI. SYNOD OF CALIFORNIA.

Stanton A. Parker,
Charles Christensen,
Clarence A. Spaulding,

Jose Falcon,

Hampton B. Hawes,
William C. Rushing,
Robert A. Hadden,
Frank J. Mundy, D.D.,
Sherwood L. Grigsby,
John MacAllister, D.D.,
John G. Garth,
William N. Price,
William Sickels,

David M. Marshman, [2]
Arthur F. Fruhling,

Edward H. Miller,
Franklin Rhoda,
John Hood Laughlin,
George Herbert Whiteman,
C. C. Herriott, D.D.,
Melkon Jenanyan,
Alexander Hood,
Edwin H. Liles, D.D.,
Edward S. Farrand,
John C. Patterson,
William F. S. Nelson,

RULING ELDERS.

H. H. Borchardt,

P. W. Handy.

Henry Martyn Patterson,
David H. Johns,

Everett M. Hackett,
Eudell J. Miller,
John F. Crowe,
Alexander Murray,
James E. Delmarter,
A. E. Mackey,
Eugene S. Vacher.
E. E. Smith,
George W. Steck.
N. B. Frisbie.

John W. Aljets,
C. H. Denman,
George Pedwell,
John Oliver,
R. J. Buchanan.
John Bonner,
R. L. Price.

Theodore M. Wright,
R. G. Leeman.
E. F. Rodenbeck.

RULING ELDERS.

PRESBYTERIES.

Alton,

Bloomington,

Cairo,
Chicago,

MINISTERS.

XII. SYNOD OF ILLINOIS.

Charles N. McManis,
Harry M. Thomas, M.D.,
Loyal W. Madden,
Charles R. Adams, D.D.,
James R. Henry, D.D.,
Andrew C. Zenos, D.D., LL.D.,
Charles F. Wishart, D.D.,
Andrew S. C. Clarke, D.D.,
Joseph H. Ralston, D.D.,
Henry S. Jenkinson, D.D.,
Frank A. Hosmer, D.D.,
Warren E. Shirey,
Edgar Beckwith, D.D.,
Pierre Beauchamp,

Charles W. Estes,
Charles J. Grimes,
Charles L. Plymate,
Benjamin Y. George,
Walter M. Elliott,
Milton G. Hanna,
Charles A. King,

Ewing,

Harris C. Johnson,

Freeport,

David L. McNary,

Mattoon,

Ottawa,

Peoria,

Rock River,

Rushville,

William T. Rodgers, D.D.,

Springfield,

Linden D. Lasswell,

James H. Norris,

Crawfordsville,

Fort Wayne,

Indiana,

Indianapolis,

Logansport,

Muncie,

New Albany,
Whitewater,

Hermann M. Hildebrandt,

E. C. Richards,

W. A. Challacombe.
C. M. Noble, M.D.,
T. A. Taylor.
F. M. Davis.
Charles F. Rowe,
F. W. Peterson,
E. M. Moore,
Luther W. Smith,
Pedro T. Tinsley,
Thomas Sanders,
F. F. Klostermann,
L. H. Beeler,
W. S. Allison.
W. R. Parkinson.
W. P. Rhodes.

W. S. Corwin,

G. N. Gilbert, M.D.
John T. Lansden.
George W. Anthony,
C. E. Comstock.
F. D. G. Walker.
Charles H. Graham,
J. O. F. Johnson.
Isaac R. Diller,
A. A. Tyler,

E. M. Vasconcellos.