At this conference Prof. Jastrow submitted a plan for establishing popular lecture courses on the historical study of religions by securing the co-operation of existing institutions and lecture associations, such as the Lowell, Brooklyn, and Peabody Institutes, the University Lecture Association of Philadelphia, and some of our colleges and universities. Each course, according to this plan, was to consist of from six to eight lectures, and the engagement of lecturers, choice of subjects, and so forth were to be in the hands of a committee chosen from the different cities, and representing the various institutions and associations participating. This general scheme met with the cordial approval of the conference, which voted the project both a timely and useful one, and which appointed Dean Bartlett, Prof. Jastrow, and Dr. Peters a committee to elaborate a plan of organisation and report at an adjourned meeting. That meeting was held at the Union Theological Seminary in New York City, February 6, 1892, and, as a result, an association was organised for the purpose of encouraging the study of religions. The _terms_ of association then adopted, with slight modifications introduced later, are as follows: 1.—The object of this Association shall be to provide courses of lectures on the history of religions, to be delivered in various cities. 2.—The Association shall be composed of delegates from institutions agreeing to co-operate, or from local boards, organised where such co-operation is not possible. 3.—These Delegates—one from each Institution or Local Board—shall constitute themselves a council under the name of the “American Committee for Lectures on the History of Religions.” 4.—The Council shall elect out of its number a President, a Secretary, and a Treasurer. 5.—All matters of local detail shall be left to the Institutions or Local Boards, under whose auspices the lectures are to be delivered. 6.—A course of lectures on some religion, or phase of religion, from an historical point of view, or on a subject germane to the study of religions, shall be delivered annually, or at such intervals as may be found practicable, in the different cities represented by this Association. 7.—The Council (_a_) shall be charged with the selection of the lecturers, (_b_) shall have charge of the funds, (_c_) shall assign the time for the lectures in each city, and perform such other functions as may be necessary. 8.—Polemical subjects, as well as polemics in the treatment of subjects, shall be positively excluded. 9.—The lecturer shall be chosen by the Council at least ten months before the date fixed for the course of lectures. 10.—The lectures shall be delivered in the various cities between the months of October and June. 11.—The copyright of the lectures shall be the property of the Association.