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 176 or protests as the Alliance may decide to send to the legislature.

15. Finance.—If in order to encourage the largest membership the Alliance dispenses with an initiation fee and annual dues, a committee will be necessary to secure voluntary financial support.

In large cities some of these committees will, each one, do the work of a large society, and should, therefore, have a large membership divided into sub-committees.

A BLANK CONSTITUTION. THE EVANGELICAL ALLIANCE OF. . . . . . . . . . . . . . CONSTITUTION. ''Art. I.—Name.'' This organization shall be known as The Evangelical Alliance of. . . . . . . . . . ., auxiliary to the Evangelical Alliance for the United States of America.

''Art. II.—Objects.'' The object of the Alliance shall be to declare and prove the deep, practical interest of the allied churches in whatever concerns human welfare.

The Alliance shall aid such directly religious efforts as it may approve for united action, and further such moral and civic movements as it may deem to be of large importance. Its objects shall include the aid, in all practical ways, of such existing organizations as, in its judgment, are wisely seeking the common well-being. The Alliance shall stand in the name of Christ on the side of practical religion, good citizenship, the enforcement of law, the promotion of sobriety, the prevention of cruelty, the alleviation of suffering, the correction of injustice, the rescue of the unfortunate, the reformation of the depraved, and for such kindred ends as pertain to the true social mission of the church.

In the furtherance of such objects it is distinctly declared that the Alliance shall not attempt to exercise ecclesiastical or administrative authority over the allied churches. It shall be the servant of the churches, recommending such united action as