Evening star., 1895-06-05
CONGREGATIONAL CHURCHES.
The Session of the Washington Con-
ference at Falls Church Yesterday.

The Session of the Washington Con.
ference at Falls Church Yesterday.
The Washington conference of Congrega-
tional churches, composed of the churches
of northern Virginia, Washington and
Maryland, met at Falls Church, Va, yes
terday morning, and continued in session
all day. There was an attendance of del
gates and visitors from all the churches in
the jurisdiction. Mr.. John B. Sleman of
Mt. Pleasant Church was the moderator.
The secretary. Rev. Adam Reoch of this
city. read the minutes of the last session,
which was held in Plymouth Church, this
city, in November last.
Among the delegates present and en-
rolled were Rev. S. NJ. Newman. Rev. NJ.
Ross F'ishburn, Rev. j. H. Bradford, Rev.
B. N. Seymour Rev. Sterling Brown, Rev.
Adam Reoch, L. S. Emery, Mrs. w. D.
Quinder, Mrs F. L. Campbell, Miss Sarah
d. Baldwin, A. B. Chatfield, w. S. Crown,
Mrs. B. N. Seymour, Mrs. E. Tucker, Mrs.
Katie jackson, Charles S. Piper and Eras-
tus Molen of this city, Rev. E. T. Root,
Rev. H. w. Ballentyne, D. NJ. Henderson,
timore, Nd; Rev. J. X. Mason, Isaiah
Bready, w. D. Sweetser and Miss Marian
Bready Of Herndon, Va; Rev. ]. H. Jen-
kins, NJ. H. Brinkerhoof, Rev. Robert
Nourse and A. c. Rorebeck of Falls Church.
Besides these regular delegates there were
many visitors from the various churches
present.
Rev. E. T. Root spoke earnestly in advo-
cacy of the Gothenburg system of dealing
with the liquor traffic, and explained IN de-
tail the operation of the law.
Rev. H. w. Ballentyne of First Church,
Baltimore, was opposed to prohibition, as
being antagonfstic to equal liberty, and
was also opposed to the Gothenburg sys-
tenn restrictive in its tendency. II would
make the liquor business absolutely as free
the sale of sugar and coffee" exclaimed
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congregation, mapy of whom were from
the rock-bound prohibition state Of Maine.
Discussion was shut off by motion to de-
fer the matter pending until the afternoon
session, which was adopted.
At the afternoon services W. c. Tyler
gave an interesting account Of the work of
the Central Union Mission of Washington.
The subject "Congregationalism" was
then taken up, and opened with an address
by Rev. 8. NJ. Newman, D. D., of Wash
ington, who took for his subject What Is
It?' and a general discussion followed.
The communication from the NJ. E.
Church conference Of Baltimore in regard
to temperance work was referred to he
pastors Of. The Baltimore churches. with
authority for them to appoint seven dele
gates, as requested.
The committee appointed to nominate q
delegate and alternate to the national coua-
Gil at Syracuse reported the name Of Mr..
J. b. Johnson Of this city as delegate and
Rev. ]. K. Mason, D. D., of Herndon as al
= nate.
ne conference listened to an address by
Rev. l.. S. Gates, a recently returned mis-
sioi-.ry from India.
On the invitation of Rev. ]. NJ. Baeden-
koff Of Canton Church, Baltimore, the con-
fer1nce decided to meet with that church
in November next.
On motion of Rev. ]. H. Bradford vote
Of thanks was rendered the ladies of the
Congregational Church for the warm well
come given them and hospitable treatment
The conference then adjourned to No.
Yenber next.