The daily morning journal and courier., 1895-11-19
THE GENERAL CONFERENCE
OF CONGREGATIONAL CHURCHES OF
 THIS STATE.

The Twenty-nlnth Annual Meeting in Waterbury This Week-Annual sermon by Rev. Dr. Munger-Other Features of the Program.
 Waterbury, Nov, 1S,-The twenty ninth annual meeting of the general conference of the Congregational churches of Conencticut was held at the Second Congregational church in this city tomorrow and next day. The fol- lowing is the program of the various services;
 TUESDAY AFTERNOON AT ?
 O'CLOCK.
 Reorganization.
 2-Address of welcome, the Rev. J. G. Davenport of Waterbury.
 3-Business: 1, Election of nominat- ing committee; ?, report of standing committee; 3, report of printing com mittee; 4, report of treasurer; 5, election of treasurer and auditor for 1885, -'96 5, report of statistical secretary; ', re- port of trustees of fund for ministers address Q0 minutes); s, report of di- rectors of missionary society of Connec- ticut; address Q0 minutes); g, report of delegates to national council; 10, report of committee on ministerial bureau; il, amendments to constitution as to dele gates, as to time, as to statistical secre- tary.
 TUESDAY EVENING AT 2 O'CLOCK.
 Annual sermon, the Rev. T. T. Munger of New Haven
 5-The Lords supper. WEDNESDAY MORNING AT g
 O'CLOCK.
 6-Minutes of Tuesday.
 7-Devotionial service, 30 minutes.
 S-Address, the Rev. w. A. Duncan Sunday School and Publication society
 9-Address, the Rev. J. A. Hamilton of New York, of the Congregational Education society.
 0-"Sociology and the Churches" the Rev. Professor c. D. Hartranft of Hart. ford
 Discussion
 WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON AT : O'CLOCK. 11-Business. 1, Selection of place o1 next meeting; 2, election of standing committee; of printing committee; of di. rectors of Missionary society of Con. necticut; of trustees of funds for minis ters; nomination of candidates for the A. B. c. r. M
 .F'ellowship Between the Larger and the Smaller Churches; the Rev. J c. Goddard of Salisbury.
 13-Address, the Rev. Judson Smith of the A. B. c. F. M., Boston.
 14-"The Normal Relation of the Va rious Christians of the Parish to the Church," the Rev. H. H. Kelsey of Hart. ford.
 Discussion.
 15-Business.
 WEDNESDAY EVENING AT 7:3( O'CLOCK.
 6-"Revivals and the Employment o1 Evangelists," the Rev. Frank D. Sar- gent of Putnam.
 Discussion and devotional exercises.
 Every Congregational church in the state is entitled to be represented ir the general conference by its pastor and one delegate. The churches in Water bury have offered entertainment to pas tors and all regularly appointed dele. gates. The standing committee of the conference is composed of the following Llewellyn Pratt, James w. Bixter, Johr G. Davenport, William H. Moore, H Gardiner Talcott and George Deming.
 This will be the first general confer ence held in Waterbury in sixteer years, 1879 being the last year it has met here.
 The local committee on entertain. ment is: From the First church, Dr Anderson, George w. Beach, F. B Hoadley; from the Second church, w H. Camp, James $. Galley, T. R. Hyde jr It is probable there will be about 40t delegates to the conference. There arc 300 churches in the state, but it is not probable that every church will send its full quota. w. H. Camp and A. C. Min l tie are a subcommittee to take charge of assigning delegates to the places provided for them.
 All the sessions of the conference vii l be open and the general public are l invited to attend any or all of the meet i ingS.