Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1891-11-16
THE CHURCH CONGRESS-
Everything I'm Readiness for Its Opening
Tomorrow Morning.

BISHOP PHILLIPS eRooKs TO PREACH THE OPENING
sERMoN-roPTcs TO BE DISCUSSED AND WHO
WILL WRITE AND sPE,k-woRK OF TIRE LOCAL
coxMIrrEEs-LIsT OF DELEGATES
The most important gathering Of the clergy
and laity OF the Protestant Episcopal church
ever held in this city will convene tomorrow.
1t Is known as the church congress and this
Will be the fourteenth meeting. IL will bring
together churchmen from all over the country
TO discuss the live topics of the day.
While the congress has no legislative power,
its discussions will be interesting as showing
the trend of thought in the Episcopal church
on several secular and religious subjects. No
delegates elected to the congress, all
churchmen who desire to attend being well
come.
oBJEcrs OF THE CONGRESS.
''The congress" says Rev. George ID. wildes,
d. D., the general secretary. seeks no party
ends 1t claims only its rightful place among
beneficial and. in that wise and thus far.
successful agencies for the wider extern
SION Of the kingdom of Christ Ii
is no debating society. 1t furnishes
no. occasion for anything other than
the reverent discussion by men of whatever
name within the Protestant Episcopal church.
and those in communion with the same of
themes OF thoughtful selection by a committee
on topics seeking in the particulars of themes
and appointees alike TO illustrate BEAUTIFULLY
the catholic spirit of that church"
THE OPENING SESSION.
The congress will be in session four DAYS. be-
ginning tomorrow morning. when a religious
service will be held in the Church OF the Epiph-
any, beginning at 1890. The church will be
a a la hal nil
be administered, Bishop Dudley of Kentucky
reading the communion service. The Right
Eey. Phillips Brooks, ID. D., bishop of
Massachusetts. will give the communion address.
After this service the inaugural service of the
congress VIII take place in the same church,
when ex-senator Edmunds will preside and de-
liver an address. Rev. George ID. Wildes. ID D..
general secretary, will present memorial of the
members of the congress who have died since
the last meeting. The subsequent sessions
OF the congress will be held in the hall of the
National Rifles Armory, q street near 9Th.
The first session will be held tomorrow evening
at o clock. Senator Edmunds will preside
Two sessions will be held on the following
days, one beginning at 1890 and the other at
O'Clock, with the exception of Friday. the last
day OF the congress. when the closing session
will begin at 230 pm.
THEIsM AND REVOLUTION.
At the first session tomorrow evening the
topic to be discussed is "Theism and Revolu-
tion," and those assigned to talk on this and
other topics are divided into the two classes of
writers and speakers. The former read what
they have to say and the latter speak
without manuscript The writers are
limited to twenty-five minutes and the
speakers expected to say what they have
TO say In twenty minutes. In the general dis
cussion which will follow ten-minute speeches
will be the rule. At every session of the con-
gress, after the use of one or more prayers and
collects, three of the selected hymns will be
sung in the following order: One Immediately
after the prayers. one between the reading of
papers and the appointed speeches and one be-
fore the benediction. At the close of the final
session the Gloria in EXcelsis will be sung be-
fore the benediction.
Those who will deliver written addresses to-
morrow evening on the topic selected are Rev.
Edwin HARDWOOD, DID,. New Haven, Conn;
Rev. s. ID. Mcconnell, ID. D.. Philadelphia, Pa
The speakers will be Rev. Ii. l.. Ziegenfuss,
DID,, Poughkeepsie, \. y; Prof. Elwood Wor-
cester, South Bethlehem, Pa.
socialism.
The first session Wednesday morning will be-
gin at 1870, and Socialism will be tine topic
The writers will be Rev. Reese f. Alsop. DID,,
Brooklyn, NY; Rev. Pascal narrower, Staten
Island, \. Y; Rev. II. NJ. Bartlett, Montchanin
Del, and the speakers Rev. p. W. sprague,
Charlestown, Mass; Rev. VIM. Prall. PhD..
Detroit, Mich: Prof r. I. Ely. Johns Hopkins
University possibly; Henry George,esq. lpos-
sibly), New York city.
THE CLERGY AND POLITICS.
At the evening session on Wednesday the
topic will be Relations of the Clergy to Politics.
Wrlters-Rev. Jas. Mulchahey, DID, New York:
Rev. II. L. Myrick. Sing Singh. Y. Speakers
Gen. Morris Schaff, Pittsfeld. Mass; Rev John
W. Kramer. Md, New York; Rev. Chas. H.
Baker, Brooklyn, n. Y.
FURTHER PROGRAM.
The program for the remaining days is as fol-
lows:
Thursday, 1880 a.m.-"New and Old Paro-
chial Methods" Writers-Rev. W. q. Shinn,
DID. Newton, Mass; Rev. L. A. Bradley, d.,
Brooklyn, n: y; Rev. Langdon Stewardson,
Worcester. Mass. Speakers-Rev. Henry A.
Adams, Buffalo, n. v; Rev. 4. \. Morrison,
Chicago. H.; Rev. Henry l. jones, Wilkes
barre. Pa.
p.m.-''Catholic and Protestant Tendencies
in the Life OF the Church" Writers-Rev.
Prof. Carl L. Grammer, Alexandria, Va: Rev.
Stewart Means New Haven. Conn, Rev. Henry
\. Satterlee. ID. D., New York. Speakers-Rev.
j. o. s. Huntington. New York city; Rev.
Arthur Brooks, ID. d., New York city.
Friday 1890 a-m.-''True Policy of Diocesan
Missions" Writers-Rt Rev. Z. X. Atwill. ID.
d., Kansas City, No.; Rev. Gustave A. Carsten-
sen, New York city. Speakers-Rev. ]. I.
Zorn, Morristown, NY; Rev. George C. Foley,
Williamsport Pa, and possibly others.
2:3O p.m.-"Personal Religion" Writers
Ri. Rev. o. W. Whitaker, DID. Philadelphia.
Pa; Ri. Rev. A. C. Coxe DID,, LID, Buffalo,
NY. possibly). Speakers-Rev. ID. Parker
Morgan, DID,. New York city; Rev. Z. W.
Baker. Covington, ky.; Rev. Henry Mottet,
New York city.
Hon. George +. Edmunds, LII D.. will pre-
side, assisted by the Right Rev. T. y. Dudley,
ID. D., LII. D.. bishop OF Kentucky: Gen. ]. L.
Anderson, Richmond, Va, and probably Hon.
Alex. III. Rice, IL D., Massachusetts.
1he devotional Offices, on occasion of the
several sessions will be under the direction of
the Right Rev. I. U. Dudley, ID. D., L. D.,
bishop of kentucky.
The church congress il not a large body, but
1t is a notable one from the fact that those
in attendance are the leaders among the clergy
and the laity.
TO ENTERTAIN THE DELEGATES.
During the sessions of the congress the
members will be entertained either at private |
houses or at the hotels Rev. Dr. Huntington, |
who is the rector Of Grace Church, New York |
city, is here and is the guest of Rev. |
DIR. Mckim, the rector OF Epiphany Church |
and also the chairman of the general committee |
which has the direction of the arrangements |
Tor the meeting of the congress. Last evening |
DR.. Huntington preached at Epiphany Church |
to large congregation. There will be more or |
less social attention paid to the members OF the |
congress and tomorrow afternoon Prof Cahill |
viii give reception in their honor at his resi-
ience on Massachusetts, avenue.
LOCAL COMMITTEES.