The daily morning journal and courier., 1901-09-04
THE NATIONAL COUNCIL.
EMINENT SPEAKERS ANNOUNCED
 FOR THE NATIONAL COUNCIL

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 At Portland -DenominationaI Topics I Permanent Secretary of the Provi- | Session.
 | The provisional committee of the Ma tlonal Council of Congrega tional churches of America, of which Rev. Asher Anderson, of Meriden, is acting | secretary has prepared it's programme Tor the annual council to be held in Portland, Me, for five days, October 12 to 17, which is an elaborate one and many of the representative preachers of the United States will be heard at the coming conference.
 Secretary Anderson has for several weeks been in communication with well known ministers for the purpose of se- curing their services and the committee has spent much time selecting subjects for the council. After much work they are ready to announce the official pro- gramme.
 TWenty-three papers are announced The topics are timely. the preparation of them treating of denominational matters is appropriate to the purpose of the assembly, the evenings are set apart for popular themes; time is al- lowed for general discussion and for business without plethora of reports of standing committees.
 Secretary Anderson's programme states that the sermon by President Tucker is to be preached on Sunday morning, October IS, in the State street church, Portland, Me, where all the sessions will be held. Three separate mass meetings will be held of popu- lar character in three churches. A childrens mass meeting is booked for Sunday; this feature has only once before been introduced at Concord, N. H., in 1886.
 THE SPEAKERS.
 The speakers selected are:
 President w. Dewitt Hyde, who will, speak on the Congregational church as social factor in the coun- try; Prof. Williston Walker on the type of character favored by Congre- gationalism Rev. Dr. s. M. Newman on its spiritual mission and Prof. W. D. Mckenzie will treat of 1t as prime factor in the development of spirit of unity and fellowship.
 One topic, which ought to awaken much interest. is greater standardization in administering the general work of the denomination Several evening subjects are especially attractive. thoro ,,ou Yerph1ar,c rf 1,a working classes by Dr. Hillis, the re- sponsibility of the church, concerning Christianity as a worldwide movement by President Buckham, the need of consecrated personality by Dr. Jeffer- son and the living Christ a vital force by Dr. Ide. Altogether the pro- gramme gives promise of council full ly as interesting as any of it's prede- cessors.
 The claims of the churches on the theological semnaries and of the semi naries on the churches, the help the churches may expect from the public schools and the schools from the churches will be discussed by experts. One session is given to the considera- ton of the young people and the church. City evangelization, foreign elements of our civilization and new perils and possibilities in foreign fields are themes of papers to be followed by general discussion.
 STATE DELEGATES.
 Rev. MT. Anderson also announces these delegates from Connecticut to the council: Abrams, Abram E., M. D.; Adams, Rev. Aaron C.; Bill, A. G.; Bixler, Rev. J. w.; Burnham, Rev Ed mund A.: Burr, Rev F. F.; Dayton, Deacon H. T.; DePue, Rev. John; De- witt, Rev. T. s.; Fellows, Rev. s. H.; Ferris. John H.. illeGtt, Rev. Arthur L.; Goddard, Rev. John C.; Grant, Rev. Fred L.; Greene, Rev. F. w.; Greene, Rev. w. B. Hadley, President Arthur A.; Hall, Rev. Russell T.. Howe. Rev. S. H.; Hungerford, Deacon E. C.; Love, Rev William De Loss: Maxwell, William; Parish, R. N; Rodgers, Rev. Levi; Slask, Rev. Henry L.; Small, Rev. Harry E.; Smyth, Rev. Newman; Stinson, Rev. Cyrus F.
 FIFTEEN'S REPORT.
 Considerable interest awaits the re- port os President Samuel B. Capen, of the committee of fifteen, to be made at the council. This body was named at the suggestion of MT. Capen, not then president of the American board, at Oregon, three years ago. It has held but one meeting, and has is- sued but one formal statement which was an appeal to the churches for lar ger and more systematic gifts. It is that President Capen will recommend important changes when he makes his report at Portland as chair man of the committee. These recom- will refer to the manage ment of the benevolent societies. One 1 will look toward two annual meetings for the six benevolent societies instead of three, alternating hem east and west, one exclusively for ] foreign missions, and the other exclu- sively home. It Is counted likely that | the report will recommend method | the work of the home societies l may be federated, radical changes ,ouching missionary publications of 1 .he societies, especially in regard to the l number of magazines and their charac .er, but it is said to be unlikely that | my recommendations will be made | ooking to radical changes in the per sonal of the several societies, the mat |