Dr.  Hale  was  received  with  hearty  applause  and  cheers,  the  audi-
ence rising.     He  then  spoke  on  "  Misinterpretations  of  Liberalism."

Dr.  Hale's  address  was  followed  by  three  others,  as  follows:
"Loyalty  without  Bigotry,"  Rev.  John  Snyder ;  "  The  Loyalty  of  the
Layman,"  Rev,  Eli  Fay,  D.D. ;  "The  Cost  of  our  Freedom  and  our
Duty  to  maintain  it,"  Rev.  Minot  J.  Savage,  D.D.
The  names  of  the  committee  appointed  in  accordance  with  the
resolution  offered  by  Mr.  Fay  were  announced  as  follows  ^  Rev.  Eli
Fay,  D.D.,  Mr.  George  H.  Ellis,  Hon.  Dorman  B.  Eaton,  Rev.  Charles
E.  St.  John,  Miss  Phoebe  M.  Waldo,  Rev.  James  T.  Bixby,  Ph.D.,
Rev.  A.  W.  Gould,  Mr.  Charles  M.  Stearns,  Rev.  William  L.  Chaffin,
Mr.  Charles  E.  Murdock.
After  the  hymn  the  president  spoke  as  follows :  —

Senator  Hoar. —  The  chair  may  be  indulged  a  moment,  that  he
may  express  his  acknowledgments  for  the  high  honor  which  this  con-
vention has  conferred  in  selecting  him  for  its  president  for  another
terln.
26  THE   NATIONAL   CONFERENCE

You  are  now  to  return,  not  after  a  mere  pleasure  excursion,  to
your  constituents.  You  have  come  on  a  serious  errand, —  to  ascer-
tain the  opinions,  purposes,  hopes,  and  faith  of  the  great  body  of
liberal  Christians  throughout  this  country.  And  you  are  to  return  to
carry  the  flame,  to  take  the  electric  inspiration  from  this  great  power-
house to  the  people  all  over  the  land  whom  you  represent.
