. Reports of commissions and mission boards, moderator's address, council sermon, minutes, roll of delegates, constitution and by-laws, etc. … July 1-8, 1921. sixty the correction of our excessive absenteeism, the Com-mission is serving as a clearing house for the churches, ask-ing that lists of non-resident members with all the availableinformation be sent in. The office of the Commission willassemble and distribute the information to the churchesin the community to which the absentees have cannot change the nomadic tendencies of our eager,restless age, but by thorough co
. Reports of commissions and mission boards, moderator's address, council sermon, minutes, roll of delegates, constitution and by-laws, etc. … July 1-8, 1921. sixty the correction of our excessive absenteeism, the Com-mission is serving as a clearing house for the churches, ask-ing that lists of non-resident members with all the availableinformation be sent in. The office of the Commission willassemble and distribute the information to the churchesin the community to which the absentees have cannot change the nomadic tendencies of our eager,restless age, but by thorough cooperation, many of thesenomadic church members may be promptly invited tochurch worship and work in their new homes. Church Membership Waste through Revision of theRoll. Even more startling has been the increase of wastein church membership through the rapidly rising revisionof the roll. CCNGREGATICNAL ChLTRCHES Loss of MemTjersMp by DeatlL- Grantingof Letters -Revisi on of Roll i860 -1919 I860 to 1870 1871 e. mO j ISSl to 1590 K91 U WOO i WO? lo WW IQll le t*!? hidicdiefi Leas by Letter: Indicates Loss by Death? bidicat« Lcsit^t- Tiif^Tsicn of Roll. Z»7 Fourth Av»»NfW YorK City THE cn>[ MT.^sioN OX i-:vangelts:m 79 The graph on page 78 sliovvs that the percentageof loss in membership by death remains about the by letter has fluctuated. The number of memberslost by revision of the roll increased from 649 in 1860 to30,564 in 1919 and 1920. Dr. Burton has remarked that a comparison between therecord of members lost by death and the members lost byrevision of the roll may indicate the growing efficiencyof medical science as compared with the lack of an effectivemethod of church administration. Should we not give tothe spiritually sick something comparable to the treatmentthe physician gives to those physically ill—something ofdiagnosis, treatment and prescribed exercise? As a de-nomination we must face the fact that we are losing mem-bers through revision o
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