Tanner. The first man to meet me when I came to Cortland, the first to come to my

room to see me after I was here, and one from whom I received great help during my ministry was Horatio Ballard--a man with patrician manner and always a perfect gentleman. Dr. Howe referred to many who were then members of the church and congregation, spoke in the highest terms of the character and work of Col. J. C. Carmichael, paid a glowing tribute to the godly women of the church of those days and closed by saying that he was glad to have had a part in the great history of the church. Rev. Alfred J. Hutton, D. D. of Corning, N. Y., who was pastor of the church from February, 1870 to July, 1881, was the next speaker. Dr. Hutton said the success of any church in the coming days will lie in the fact that it is a working church. Great changes are going on all about us in every line of thought and action. There have been wonderful changes in the educational world in the last few years. The business world is constantly changing. The great trusts and combinations, the advancement in the great lines of steamships and railroads and many other forms of activity in the business world are bringing about changes that cannot be stayed, that cannot be resisted. It is our duty to get into our places and do our work. We must have new methods to meet the new conditions. The church needs the co-operation of its members. Co-operation is the key to the situation, a situation that must be met. There is a tendency in the churches to overload the willing workers. This ought not so to be. Everyone should have a share in the work.