Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1896-04-20
RELIGIOUS EDUCATION
First National Congress- Convenes in This
City Tonight
The Officers and Committees Joining
i'm the CaH-PrOGram for the
Tive Days Session.

The first national congress of religious
education will convene in the New York
Avenue Church this evening at 7:30 O'Clock
The congress will last through Thursday
evening. A 1erge number OF prominent
ministers. teachers and speakers are eN-
pected, and the sessions are likely to prove
interesting and of value to religious stu
dents and educators.
The officers of the American Society of
Religious Education are as follows:
President, Gen. John Eaton; vice presi-
dents, John NJ. Gregory, LII. D.; Rev. ]. E.
Rankin. DID,, LII. D.; Rev. A. Mackay-
Smith, DID,; secretary, Rev. j. E. Gilbert
DID,; reasurer, r. S. Chew; executive COM
mittee. the above officers, and Edwin Will
Its. LID; C. w. Dabney, jr., LII. u;
Prof. r. B. Warder, Postmaster General w.
l.. Wilson, A. b. Duvall, c. w. Needham
F. A. Stier.
DenOmininationaI Committee.
The UNCONVENTIONAL committee. uniting
with the officers in the CALL are:
Presbyterian, Rev. T. S. Hamlin, DID,;
Rev. G. B. Luccock, DID,; Rev. G. B.
Patch, DID,; Edwin Willis; Methodist
Episcopal, Rev. L. B. Wilson, DID,; Rev.
Oliver A Brown, DID,; Rev. c. w. Bald
win, b. F. Leighton. LII. D.: Baptist, Rev.
j. J. Muir, DID,: Rev. c. c. Meador, DID;
Rev. c. A. Stakely, DID,; J. l.. NJ. Curry,
LID; CONGREGATIONAL Rev. NJ. R. Fish
burn, Justice d. ]. Brewer; Protestant
Episcopal. Rev j. ii. Elliott, D.D.; Seere-
tary Herbert; Christian, Rev. F. ID. Power
ID; J. G. Thompson; Lutheran, Rev. s.
Domer, DID.
Department Chairmen.
The department chairmen of the society
are as follows: Fellowship Edwin Willis
home child culture, John Eaton; conven-
tons, Rev. J. E. Gilbert, d. D.; depository,
r. b. Warden; Bible Readers Union. Rev.
=. Mackay-Smith, d. D.; Sunday Teachers
Normal College. DIR. John NJ. Gregory; lee
lures, 7. II. Anderson; Bible In college,
Rev. ]. Z. Rankin, d. D.; Sunday school
extension, A. B. Duvall; finance, c. w.
Needham; rooms. r. S. Chew.
Rev. J. III. p. Otis, d. D., the editor of
the Alabama Presbyterian, is in the city
to attend the congress, and has been a
guest at the Ebbitt Rev. J. c. Kilgo. ID.
d., the president of the Trinity College,
North Carolina, arrived in Washington late
Saturday, and last evening preached very
effective sermon at the Southern Methodist
Church. These two n.en are prominent in
their denominations. DR.. Otis is a man
of wealth, and has been a liberal giver to
the cause of religious education. Rev. Dr..
Grammar one of the leading Episcopal
ministers OF Baltimore, who is to speak
this evening, IS guest at the home of
Mr.. Chas. King, on 18th street
The Program.
The program of the sessions this evening
and tomorrow is as follows:
Monday. April 20, 80 pm, Gen. John
Eaton, presiding.-Music by the choir,
R. 5. Fountain, chorister; devotions, Rev.
Wallace Radcliffe, DID; hymn, written ex-
prassly for the congress by DR.. Rankin;
announcements; theme, Religious Educa-
ton and National Prosperity addresses
by Senator j. NJ. Thurston, DR.. Grammar
and Rev. W. H MilLurn, DID.
Second session, Tuesday, am, DR.. ].
NJ. Gregory. Neutrality-suspicious.. Rev. c.
W. Baldwin; theme, Religious Education
Defined" paper by Dr. Palmer, discussion
opened by DIR. Willis: theme, "Old Prob
lens In New Lights" paper by Miss Anna
L. Smith, discussion opened by Miss c. L.
Westcott; theme, Religious Education in
Different Periods of Life" paper by DIR.
Beiler, discussion opened by DR.. Canter;
report, American Bible Society" DIR. Gill
man. pm, Dr. ]. f. Rankin, presiding
Devotions, Rev ]. J. Muir, DID,; theme,
The Family as an Educational Institu-
ton, Viewed from Scripture" paper by Mrs.
Mary H. Hunt, discussion opened by Gen.
Eaton; theme. The Family as Educa-
tional Institution, Viewed From Its Struct-
ure,'' paper by DR.. Hume. discussion
opened by DR.. Little; theme, Family Meth
DDS and Helps in Religious Education"
DR.. Domer. 7:30 pm, DR.. A. Mackay
Smith. presiding-Mrsic by Young Peoples
Choir, r. S. Fountain. chorister; devotionS,
Rev. o. A. Brown. DID; report, American
Society of Religious Education the secre-
tary; theme, Religious Education and the
Welfare of the Church. addresses by DIR.
Naylor, DR.. Elliott, DR.. Hamin and DR..