Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1903-10-19
GENERAL CONVENTION
UNIVERSALIsTS OF THE COUNTRY
TO ASSEMBLE HERE.
Many Prominent Clergymen and Lay
Sessions, Which Begin Thursday.

| The tniversalst general convention,
| which will begin its sessions here this
| week. promises 10 be the largest and most
| important in the history of the church
Delegations are already beginning to ar
/ rive from far western states. The min
| listers meeting, which precedes the con-
vcntion, will be held next Thursday at the
| Church of Our Father, 18th and l. streets
northwest. The convention proper will
open at the same place Friday night.
| Ex-senator William Drew Washburn of
| Minneapolis, Mimi, is president of the con-
! vcntion this year. and will preside over the
| sessions. He is from the old Maine family,
whose record includes Secretary of State
! two governors, four members of Congress,
| major general in the army and two for
| eign ministers. He is well known in Wash
| ington. having served six years In the
| House of Representatives and six years
! in the United States Senate. He is a lie
| long tniVersalst.
| In 1859, when a meeting was held in what
was then the village of Minneapolis, for
| the purpose of organizing UniverSalist
church. Mr.. Washburn occupied the chair
| That society. weak and struggling at first
| has grown into the Church of the Re
| deemer, which is regarded as the strongest
| Universalist church in the west
Among other distinguished men who will
| be present will be the Rev. Frank o. Hail.
| DID, of New York city; Joseph X. Mason.
ID D.. of Chicago; l. NJ. Atwood. D.. gen
eral superintendent of the Universalist
Church; John Colman Adams DID. of
Hartford. Conn; Presidents Gunnison of
| ST. Lawrence University. Capen of Tufts
College. Nash of Lombard College and
| Church of Buchtel. Sunday, the 18th, the
| pulpits of many of the Protestant churches
of this city will be filled by these men rep
resenting the convention. Pastors of other
denominations, it is stated, have invited
| the visiting cergymen and educators of the
a
local pupits.
The Ministers Meeting.
The presiding officer at the ministers
| meeting. to be held Thursday morning at
8 o'clock, will be Rev Charles A. Skinner
The devotional service Will be in charge of
Rev. Francis A. Gray. The program for
the meeting will include an address, THE
Call of the Ministry to the Youth of To-
day, Rev. Ebert w. Whitney. Discussion.
2:30 pm Presiding officer, Rev. Henry
N. Couden. DID. Devotional meeting and
I. P. Booth ID: THE Holy Spirit and
the Christian Ministry, Rev. Anthony
Bilkovsky. 7:43 pm. Presiding officer,
Rev. r: Perry Bush: Devotional services,
The Making of a Minister by the
Home" Rev. w. H. McGlauffiin. DID,;
by the School," Rev. George B. Stocking,
ID; by the Church. Rev. l.. M. Pow
erS.
Convention Program.
The program for the future sessions is as
follows:
Friday, October 23+Morning and after
noon sessions under the direction of the
Woman's Centenary Association; 7:3O pm,
opening of the general convention, presi-
dent, William B. Washburn; devotional
service, Rev. J. D. Corby; administration
of the sacrament, Rev. John Van Schaick,
jr., Rev. ]. Murray Atwood; communion
sermon, Rev. Joseph X. Mason. ID.
Saturday October 24-Prase meeting.
Rev. Asa NJ. Bradley; address of welcome.
Mr.. Sydney Perham; response, president of
convention: report of board of trustees;
appointment of committees; o'clock p M.
conference of general superintendent with
state superintendent; reunion and banquet
of alumni of the Canton Theological School;
reception to delegates and attendants of
the convention in the parlors of the Uni
yerSalist Church.
Sunday October 25-103O am, devotion
al services, Rev. Clarence E. Rice. Occa-
sional sermon, Rev. w. S. Grove, DID.
Evening mass meeting, 1:45 pm, president
Of convention presiding. Devotional serv-
ices, Rev. Flint NJ. Bissell. General theme
''Present-day Problems of the Universalist
Church" Addresses, The Secularism of
the Day." Rev. Effie Jones; The Ebbing
Case; THE Liberalism and IlliberaliSm of
the Day." Rev. ]. f. Albion, d. d.
Monday, october 26-9 o'clock am, praise
meeting, led by Rev. Stanford Mitchell;
convention business; reports of general SUI
perintendent and southern missionary. 2:30
pm. convention business: report of com
mittee on penology, Rev. F; w. Belts. DID.
Evening mass meeting. 7:3O pm; presid-
ing officer, Rev. w. H. Rider, ID; devo-
tional service, Rev. Andrew Wilson, .. D.;
the institutions of the church, The Sun
day School, Henry B. Metcalf; Our
Young Peoples Union Rev. Henry r.
Rose; Our Schools and Colleges" Rev. F.
A. Dillingham;.
Tuesday. October 27-9 o'clock am, praise
meeting, Rev. Edward G. Mason; conven-
ton business; 2:30 pm, convention bust
ness; evening mass meeting, 1:45. presiding
officer Prof Arthur w. Pierce, Lift D.: de-
votional services. Rev. A. E. Bartlett; COM
memoration of the centenary of the adop-
ton of the Winchester confession; The
Winchester Confession and the Men Who
Framed It," Rev. ]. S. Santwell, D. D.;
1.-The Work of the Century" Rev. Elmer H.
Capen, Ii. D.; THE Church and Its Out
look" Rev. c. f. Nash, S. T. D.
Wednesday, October 2S-9 o'clock am,
praise meeting Rev. Joseph F. Newton
Dixon, Ill; convention business and ad-
journment.