The daily morning journal and courier., 1900-03-02
THE coNGREGAT1oNAL CLUB.
Next Monday Evenings Meeting Will
 be One of Unusual Interest.


 The meeting of the Congregations club to be held next Monday evening al , Plymouth church promises ao be of un.
 usual interest for it promises to be ad-
 dressed by Hon. Samuel B. Capen
 president of the American Board. The
 club is to have a social and banquet in
 the early part of the evening for mem-
 bers and their guests, but a general
 invitation is extended to all to hear the
 address Which will be given in the
 audience room of Plymouth church at 7:45 o'clock.
 The following appreciative sketch is quoted from the Congregationalist of October F, 1899: For the fourth time
 in it's history of ninety years the Amer ican Board has chosen a layman as
 it's president. It has called to this office
 one who has proved his fitness for it
 by long and able service for the pub
 lie welfare. s. B. Capen's first import ant labor in the general missionary
 field was in connection with the Home l Missionary society, which he served as 1 a member of several important com mittees. He was elected president of the Sunday School and Publishing so- ciety in 1882 He came to that organ l izatjon when it was declining and fec 1 ble. He took that office because he be-
 lieved that society was necessary to
 the prosperity of the denomination. He l thoroughly studied the conditions, gave | to the work his time and business ex- nGrinnCO 1xrith ti,+ Tn ralslng the necessary capital to put US business department in good work Ing order, made many addresses in be- halt of it's missionary department to chufches and denominational assem-
 blles, and thus led in the renaissance of Congregational Sunday schools. "A few years later he accepted an election as member of the Boston school committee. Here, also, he made painstaking study of the public schools of the city, and of public ed,l- cation in this country and in several European cities. He soon came to be recognized as an authority in educa- tlonal matters and no long time elapsed pefore he was made chairman of the committee. He brought about reforms or great value in the construction of school houses and in the entire business Of school administration and teachine Tn recognition of his important service Tn education, Dartmouth college con- terred on him the degree of master or aits' TO no man of this generation is boston more indebted for the efficiency ol US pupllc school system than to Mr. capeh lie came in due time to be heartily supported by all political par tles, and remained in office till he had accomplished the main object he had in view, and other duties compelled him | to surrender to others the heavy bur dens he had assumed Before he re- signed that position he had already be- come the leader in organizing the mu- mclpal league of Boston, of which yn- Ill this year, he has been the president. ]
 In the benevolent work of Congre- | gatlonal churches MT. Capen has been | TOT several years one of the foremost | men. He is chairman of the committee | or fifteen appointed by the last national | council to secure better organization of | the work of the benevolent societies | and more extensive gifts for their treasuries. The plan approved bv tha | council and adopted by the committee | was conceived and it's details arranged | by him.
 In business administration MT. Ca pen has large ability. He was chair man of the local committee of arrange ments Which made the anniversary of the National Society of Christian En- deavor in Boston in 1895 one of the most meetings in the history of that organization. The success of the council was largely due to his efficient service. He was chair man of the general committee of ar- of the executive commit tee and of the committee of the Con- club, which had charge of local affairs in entertaining the coun- gil. In addition to the labor demanded from him in these positions, he deliv- cred an address on municipal govern nent as a sphere for the Christian nan. Few speakers before the council received so great an ovation as he did n his own city. MT Capen is fifty-sev- en years old, a Bostonian by birth, a lirect descendant of John Alden and of | Bernard Capen, and a member of the ong established firm of Torrey, Bright a Capen, importers and dealers in car- )ets and rugs.
 MT Capen is a man of unblemished integrity, of rare tact in dealing with nen, of deep conscientiousness and trong Christian faith. His election vas due to a general desire first ex- 'ressed by representatives from the vest, and no less strongly felt by them han by those from the east He will ' ave the full confidence of business len in the churches, and will, we have o doubt, lead in a business campaign = or extending the great work of foreign lssions, which will add new luster |, tho film st r,inl1s histnru of the haard ,I 1