Evening star., 1905-11-04
Missionary Institute in This
City Next Week.
PROMINENT SPEAKERS
WILL BE HELD IN
METROPOLITAN M. e. CHURCH.
Will Last for Three Days, Beginning
Next Friday-Purpose to Awaken
Missionary Zeal.

A missionary awakening among the
Christian young people OF Washington Is
the object of the Observation-Disclosures mis-
sionary institute which is to be held at the
Metropolitan NJ. E. Church for three days
beginning with Friday Of next week. This
will be the first affair Of the kind ever
held in this city 1t is the purpose Of the
institute to repeat for the representative
young people of all the evangelical
churches of Washington SO far as the lin
tied time and means will permit the mis-
sion and Bible studies, conferences and ad-
dresses which were given at the silver
Bay missionary. conference last july con-
cerning methods and helps for the realiza-
tion of the aim, "The world for Christ IN
this generation.
Nine delegates from Washington. repre-
senting four of the principal denominations;
attended the Silver Bay conference. IoWafo
It's close the Washington delegates heio
meeting at which an organization was e1-
fected to confer with the leaders In the var
tous young peoples organizations mere 10
consider the desirablity and practieaDllty
Of giving this city the benef1t OF similar
conference. After the return OF tne oeie-
gates representative committee OF youns
peoples societies Of various denominations
was formed with w H. H. Smith as chair
man, and this committee has charge OF the
arrangements for the institute OF next week.
Back of the undertaking Is the young feo-
pies Missionary Movement, national OF
ganization with headquarters in New YORK
city.
Similar institutes are being held In other
cities. and one will take place In Baltimore
the early part Of next week. By cooper
ating in this way it has been possible, II is
said, to secure number of prominent out
of-town speakers at relatively small ex-
oense.
The first session of the local institute
will begin Friday morning at 8 o'clock,
and meetings will be held during the morn
ing, afternoon and evening of Friday and
Saturday and the afternoon of Sunday. The
main work of the institute Will be done in
conferences and classes. An hour of devo-
tional Bible study will begin the day.
Trained leaders will conduct home and for
eign mission study classes. There will be
conference hours to consider missionary
meetings, libraries and literature, missions
in the Sunday school and other practical
questions and methods of work. The even
ing sessions and that of Sunday afternoon,
as well one hour each afternoon, will be
given to platform addresses by Well-knoWn
missionary speakers.
While the detailed program has not yet
been issued. the committee says it's strength
is shown by the following list of the speak
ers that have been engaged:
Baptist-Miss Ella d. McLaurin, field sec
retary of the American Baptist Missionary
Union.
Congrega tional-Dr. Merrill E. Gates of
this city. secretary of the board of Indian
commissioners
Episcopal-Rev. Everett P Smith, educa-
tional secretary. and probably also Rev. &.
r. Stetson. field secretary.
Methodist Episcopal-S. Earl Taylor, field
secretary, who has just returned from in
auguraung the young peoples missionary
work in Great Britain Miss Martha B.
Hixson, young peoples missionary secretary:
Rev. Y. l.. Hwang of China, now a student
at Drew Seminary.
Presbyterian-B. Carter Miliken. assist
ant educational director Rev. Robert c.
Freeman of Princeton, N j.; l.. Rhee, Ko-
rean reformer. now student at George
Washington University.
Secretaries of the young peoples mission
airy movement-Charles V. Vickrey, Ed
mund d. Soper and Rev. Morris w. Ehnes
the latter a returned missionary from
China