The times., 1899-11-13

| denomination in Washington, but by Meth
/ odists throughout the whole country Be
! sides the bishops of the Methodist Episco-
/ pal Church. many of the most distinguished
/ divines of the Church are members of the
! committee, and matters of great interest to
/ the Church will be discussed. It is ex-
pected that all the bishops will be present
| except Bishops Foster and Taylor, VINO are
in feeble health; Bishop CranstoD, who is
in China, and Bishop Hartzen, who is in
Africa
I Two meetings will be held each day
! while the committee is in session, the first
/ at 10 a. m. and the second at 2:SO p. m
| There will also be special meetings held in
! the evenings The three missionary sec
retaries will be present, and viii report on
the work done during the year Annually
there is collected about 81 GOO by the
Church throughout the world, and placed at
, the disposal of the committee for the car
rying on of missionary work. This amount
/ does not include the great amounts col
lscted by the Woman's Home and Foreign
Missionary Societies and various other or
! ganizations interested in mission work.
The day meetings will be devoted entirely
to the consideration of business only. 1t
Z has been arranged that during the session
{ OF the committee which il is expected viii
continue for a week rmore, four mass
] meetings will be held in different churches
on Friday evsHing-One at Foundry Church.
at the corner Of G and Fourteenth Streets:
: another at the Metropolitan NJ. e. Church.
/ at the corner of Fcur-and-a half and c
! Streets, and the other at Trinity Church, On
Capitol Hill. At Foundry the venerabla
q yvi1 de nd ad5
will be made by Bishop Thoburn and others.
i At the Metropolitan Bishop Merrill will pre-
| side, and Bishop Fowler and others viii
! speak, and at Trinity Bishop Andrews will
I preside, and Bishop GoodsslI and the Rev.
! DR.. A, B. Leonard Missionary Secretary,
! viii make addresses.
When the committee convene3 on Wed
nesday evening addresses of welcome viii
| be delivered by the Rev. Luther B. Wilson.
| presiding elder of the Washington district
Of the Baltimore Conference, representing
the ministry of this city, and by c. F. w.
| Swartzell, representing the Iaymen.
! At meeting of the local ministers held
some time ago committee was organized.
| with the Rev. Lucien Clark, pastor of
| Foundry NJ. E. Church as chairman, and
| the Rev. J. Fred Heisse as secretary, to
/ arrange for the reception Of the members
! of the missionary committee and other dis
! tinguished visitors. 1t is expected that
/ President Mckinley will attend the recep-
tion rendered the committee at Foundry
Church on Wednesday evening. Among
those who will attend are:
Bishops-Thomas Bowman LII D.; S NJ
| Merrill, LII. D.; E. G.. Andrews. LII. D.;
n. ". Warren, LII. D.; c. ID. Foss LII. D..
! J. F. Hurst. LII. D.; w. X Ninde, LII. D.
J. NJ. Walden Ii. D.; " F. Mallalieu
LII d; c. II. Fowler, LII. D.; j. II. Vim
cent, LII. D.; J. n. Fitzgerald, LII. D.;
l. w. Joyce, Ii. D.; D. A. Goodsell. LII. D..
c. c. McCabe, Ii. D.. Earl CraHston,
Ii. d.
Missionary Bishop J. NJ Thoburn. Ii. d
Corresponding secretaries-The Rev. A. B.
Leonard, d. D.; the Rev. A. ]. Palmer,
ID. D.: the Rev. w T. Smith, d. D.
Recording secretary-The Rev. S. l..
Baldwin, d. d.
Treasurer-The Rev. Homer Eaton, D. D.;
Assistant Treasurer, the Rev Lewis Curtis,
d. d.
Representatives of mission distrfcts-The
| Rev. c. 5. Nutter, D. D.; the Rev w f.
| Corkran, d. D.; the Rev. D. F. Pierce,
D. D.; the Rev R. T. Miller. d. D.; the
Rev. L. II. Stewart d. D.; the Rev j. NJ.
Carter, d. D.; the Rev H n Herrick
D. D.; the Rev. J. f. Chaffee, D. D.; the
Rev. A. Hodgetts, d D.. the Rev W J.
j. y q.
d. D.; the Rev. Henry Lemcke, D. D.; the
Rev. S. A. Thomson, D.. D.
Representatives of board of managers
The Rev. J. f. GoucheT. d. D.; the Rev
James NJ. Buckley, d. D.. the Rev. S o.
Benton, D. D.; the Rev H. A. Buttz, D. D.;
the Rev. S. f. Upham, d. D.; the Rev
w. Y. Kelley, ID. D.; the Rev. c. R. Barnes,
D. D.; Charles Scott, II. X Carroll. Ii D.;
f. L. Dobbins, J. 5. MCLEAN, E. b. Tuttle
G.. F. Ferry, and Gen. J. f. Rushing.
The committee OF local ministers has
arranged the following programme for the
evenings during the session of the COM
mittee:
Wednesday evening, November IS, at 8
o'clock, a public reception will be given
at Foundry to the delegates. Bishop Hurst
will preside Addresses of welcome will
be given by the Rev. DR.. L. B. Wilson and
| G.. W. L. Swartzeu. Responses will be
made by members of the missionary com
mtteee. Special music win be furnish d
by the Foundry quartette.
Thursday evening missionary services
will be held in the different churches.
-Four great mass meetings have been ar
| ranged for Friday evening at Foundry
Metropolitan, Trinity, and Mount Zion
! (colored), respectively. 1t has been ar
! ranged that Bishops Mallalieu and Walden
! shall speak at Mt Zion. Excellent musi,
Sunday afternoon at 8 O'Clock a mann
moth Sunday-schooI gathering viii be at
| Hamline Church, with Or. James NJ
| Buckley, editor of the New York Chris
tian Advocate" presiding. There will be
addresses by Bishop Thoburn and Rev DR.
John F. Goucher. The ladies' of the ".
| f. NJ. S. are planning to have a service
at the same hour, to be held at Metropoi-
tan Church, with Bishops Foss and Joyce
| TO speak.
| An EpwOrth League mass meeting Will
be held at McKendree Church Monday
evening. November 90 at 1880 o'c ock,
Bishop Ninde, President of the General
League, will preside and Bishops Vim eut
and Warren viii speak. At the same hour
| Bishop Walden, who is to preside at the
next session of the Baltimore Conference
will deliver his lecture on The Africa of
To-day" Gen. James f. Rushing Will have
| charge of this service.
Although the plans have not yet been
definitely arranged. it is expected that
| President Mckinley will entertain the
| tinguished visitors at the White House
on Thursday evening. from 9 to II p. m.
1t is understood that all plans looking to
this pleasant feature of the session OF the
| committee have been decided upon except
that it Will take place on Thursday even
ing.
Governor Voorhees, ia Annapolis.
ANNAPOLIS. Md. Nov. 12-After being
entertained by the superintendent and Off
GERS of the Naval Academy, and after wit