Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1904-10-15
CONGREGATIONAL COUNCIL IN
SESSION AT DEs MONIES, sE-
LEcTs OHIO DIVINE.
COMMITTEES APPOINTED
Greatest Meeting in the History Of
the Church Opens piciously--
Honor for Negro Minister-opposes
Sunday Excursions.
OFFICERS Elected.

Officers Elected.
Moderator-Rev Washington Glad
den, d. D., LII. D., Columbus, o.
First assistant moderator Judge
John H. Perry, Southport, Conn.
Second assistant moderator Rev.
H. H. Proctor, Atlanta, Ga.
Des Moines, Oct. Ia. - Rev. Wash
ington GLADDEN., D. d., LII. d. Of CO.
lumbus. O., president of the American
Missionary association, pastor Of one
Of the leading churches in the country,
ex-alderman, author and scholar, was ,
elected moderator of the twelfth tri-
ennial session of the National Council
Of Congregational churches at the OPEN
ing session in Plymouth church yes
terday afternoon. Judge John H.
Perry of Southport, Conn.,, who was q
candidate for moderator, and received
the next highest vote to DR.. GLADDEN.,
was unanimously elected first assist
ant moderator, and Rev. H. H. Proc
tor of Atlanta, Ga, distinguished ne
gro minister. was the unanimous
choice for second assistant moderator.
Feature Yesterday
The election was the feature Of yes
terday's meeting There were three
nominees. Dr.. GLADDEN., Judge John H.
Perry and Rev. Nehemiah Boynton D.
D., of Detroit. There were 345 votes
in the body, 17s being necessary to
elect.
The issue seemed to be minister
or a layman. Not since Nelson Ding
ley. the framer of the famous Dingley.
bill. presided nine years ago at Port.
land, Ore, has layman actsd f1 ti1at
capacity. Hence the candidacya'a Of
Judge Perry was urged.
The New Moderator.
Rev. Washington GLADDEN.. d. D.,
Ill. d., of Columbus, was born in 1885
in Pottsgrove. Pa His pastorates have
been at Springfield, Mass. and Colum.
bus. He is president of the American
Missionary association, which con-i
venes here Tuesday. He has been a
member of the city council of Colum-
bus; is an author. considered an au-
thority on sociological questions; has
written a number of hymns used by
the Congregational church. His cleo
tion is considered significant in that
he will carry on the work OF the min.
istry at large, which has been
launched by the retiring moderator,
DR. Bradford. He is graduate Of Will
liams college.
AssembIage Greatest Of Its Kind.
It was a magnificent assemblage
which graced the auditorium of
| Plymouth Congregational church at
the opening meeting of the council
yesterday afternoon. In the main audi
torium, ranged like the delegates ID
the political conventions, sections be-
ing reserved for the delegations with
respect to the location from which
they hailed, were the leading repre-
sentatives of the great Congregational
church. The delegates filled the en-
j tire auditorium and number Of them
were crowded into the Sunday school
room on the west.
Promptly at 4 o'clock the modera-
tor, Rev. Amory H. Bradford, raped
on the pulpit with his gavel and the
council was under way. In response
to the suggestion Of Moderator Brad
ford the vast audience rose and sang
:, "Our God Our Help in Ages Past"
Then came the reading Of the Script
ures, the second chapter of Acts being
read by the moderator Al fervent
prayer was then offered. With these
preliminaries over, DR. Bradford gave
brief preliminary address.
Committee Appointed.
The following committees were
named: g
Nominations-Rev. F. j. Goodwin, Of
Rhode Island, Rev. r. Lincoln Smith of
Washington, Rev. R. w. Mclaughlin
of Michigan, w. K. Bigelow of Massa-
chusetts.
Tellers-Rev. H. w. Tuttle Of Man
chester, Iowa. Rev. J. Spencer Vor-
hees Of Massachusetts, Rev. Charles
Parsons of Illinois, Rev. B. II. Burt of
? Michigan, Rev. Hobart K. Painter OF
Minnesota, Rev. B. Fem Lyman Of
South Dakota, Rev. w. H. Kephart, of
], New York City, N. Y.
Business-Rev. d. F. Bradley of
Grinnel, Iowa, Rev. F. G. Woodworth
!, of Mississippi, Rev. Edgar NJ Cousin7
) of Maine, G. B. Stowell of Michigan,
+ A. w. Benedict of Missouri. Alternate
; 1aymen-H. Clark Ford of Ohio and
Guilford Dudley of New York.
/ Credentials-Rev. George T.. Hall oil
New Hampshire, Rev. W. L. Suther.
e land of Kansas, Hon. o. H. Ingram oi
r Wisconsin. Alternates-Rev. Russell
2 T. Hall of Connecticut, J. H. Jackson
:. Of Vermont.
g Oppose Sunday Excursions.
: The National Congregational Coun
/. Gil today passed a resolution memorial
e izing the action of the Western Passen
r ger association to run no more Sun
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