Evening star., 1902-02-03
FEDERATION OF CHURCHES
NATIONAL ORGANIZATION TO BEGIN
SESSION TOMORROW MORNING.
Program of the Second Annual Con-
ference-List of Speakers and
Their Topics.

The second annual conference of the Ma
tional Federation of Churches and Chris
tian Workers will be held in this city to-
morrow and Wednesday In the morning
and afternoon of the first day the sessions
VIII be held in the hall of the Young Mems
Christian Association. 18th and G streets.
and the evening conference will assemble
in Foundry Methodist Episcopal Church,
corner of G and 14th streets. Wednesday
the day sessions will be resumed at the
former place, and that evening arrange
ments will be made for social gathering
of the delegates, with addresses.
The committee of arrangements announces
the following program for both days Of
the conference. At 10 O'Clock Tuesday
morning the first session will be opened
with devotional exercises. conducted by
Rev. Teunls s. Hamlin, ID. D., of the
church of the Covenant. John G. Butler,
D; D., pastor OF the Lutheran Memorial !
Church, will deliver an opening address to
the delegates, to which Mr.. ]. Cleveland
Cady of New York, president of the nation
al federation will respond. The annual re-
port of e. B. Sanford, d. D., general secre-
tary, will be read, after which l.. C. Barnes,
D. D.. pastor of the First Baptist Church Of
Pittsburg and president of the Federation
of Churches in that city, will deliver an
address on The Possible and Impossible in
Church Federation A general discussion
of work among the churches will close the
meeting. This discussion will be opened by
Rev. Charles H. Small of Springfield, Ohio,
secretary Of the Ohio Federation of
Churches.
The session Tuesday afternoon promises
to be equally as interesting and instructive.
The doctrinal exercises which will precede
the meeting will be led by Frank Mason
North, ID, of New York. Local FEEDER
ations and Their Work will be the topic
for discussion. Among those who will take
part are Hugh Cork of Pittsburg, who will
speak on House Visitation" and William
A. Powell, DID. pastor of the First Pres
byterian Church of Toledo, on the recent
canvass in that city. Edward G. Selden.
pastor of the First Reformed Church of
Albany, n. Y; William c. Webb, DID,, of
Philadelphia, and H. H. Stebbins d. D..
of Rochester will also make speeches. E.
Walpole Warren, D. D., rector Of st. James
Episcopal Church Of New York city. and
Alfred Tyler Perry, DID, president of
Marietta College, will discuss How the
Churches Can Unite in Social Work." and
John Bancroft Deyins. d. D., editor of the
Observer and founder of the East Side Fed
GRAFTON, New York, will tell what he knows
about Church Federation and the Poor"
Reports will also be read from local feder-
ations.
Bishop Hurst. to Lead Discussion.
The meeting in Foundry NJ. E. Church
Tuesday evening will be opened by Rev.
John F. Hurst, DID, LID, resident bishop
of the M. E. Church, and Chas L. Thomp-
board of home missions Church Fedora
ton in the Interests of Social and Civic
Righteousness will next be discussed by
Rt. Rev. Henry Y. Satteriee, DID, of this
city; Rev. Donald Sage Mackay. DID,. pas
tor of the Collegiate Geformed Church.
and George c. Lorimer DID,, LID, pastor
of the Madison Avenue Baptist Church,
both of New York city.
William Hayes Ward DID, LID, of
NaIx will ttxa
mornings session, and the devotional serv-
ice will be led by jeremiah Zimmerman,
pastor of the First English Lutheran
Church, Syracuse, n. Y. After the trans
State Federations" will be discussed.
Among those who will take part are J. w.
Bashford, DID,. president Ohio Wesleyan
University, and Charles Fl. Richards DID,,
pastor of the Central Congregational
Church or Philadelphia. At noon the dele
gates to the conference will be received by
President Roosevelt at the White House.
The program for Wednesday afternooa
includes the following general topics:
''Why New England City Needs Fedora
tion, to be discussed by S. NJ Dick, ID,
president of the Mathewson Street NJ E.
From a Lawyers Standpoint by Charles
b. Hughes of New York, and "Co-opera-
tion in Home and City Mission Work" by
Avenue Congregational Church, Newark,
n. j.. and Rev. George E. Tamage of
Schenectady. N. Y: General Charles w.
Darling, Utica. n. Y, will preside over the
session. and the devotional service will be
led by Rivington d. Lord, DID, pastor
First Free Baptist Church of Brooklyn,
Ny.
Local Committee.
The local committee of arrangements for
the National Church Federation conference
is composed of Revs. j. G.. Butler, Lucien
Clark. Il. Hez Sven, L. Lawrence Hunt,
D. w. Montgomery, F. W. Moot H. R.
Naylor, 8. NJ. Newman. F. D. Power, Ed
ward Warren, G. S. Williams and John NJ
Schick
The morning sessions of the conference will
begin at 10 o'clock, the afternoon sessions
at 2:1o and the evening exercises at 7:3O
1t Is expected that ministers of all denomi-
nations will be present at the conference
frCTn all parts OF the country. Rev f. b.
Sanford of New York city is the secretary