The daily morning journal and courier., 1905-03-30
CONFERENCE NEXT WEEK.
NEW YORK EAST GATHERING IN
 WATERBURY.
Bishop Warren to Preside-Seyeral Hundred Delegates Expected at Ses- sions Which Begin Wednesday, Morn ing, April 6.

ing, Aprit o.
 The fifty-seventh session of the New York East conference will be held next week in the First Methodist church, Waterbury, beginning Wednesday morning at nine o'clock. The Rev. Henry w. Warren, D. D., LLr D., will preside. Previous to the conference session there will be a meeting of the board of, examiners in the Sunday ! school room on Tuesday evening. The music will be ill charge of the church organist, F. B. Granniss.
 The programme will be as follows: WEDNESDAY, APRIL 5.
 9 a. m.-opening session of the con- ference. Sacrament of the Lords Sup per. m.a..~.... 2:30 D. m.--Sermon to the conference, the Rev w. w. T. Duncan, pastor of the Methodist church. South Norwalk. 4:15 D. m.-Fellowship meeting in the Second Congregational church. Ad- dress, 'The Children and the Church, 3 I the Rev. Arthur H. Goodenough, the Rev. F. H. Hammond presiding. 4 i T:30 D. nl.-Joint anniversaries of the Board of Education and Freedmen's ] Aid society. Address, the Rev. W. F. iAnderson, D. D. Address, the Rev. M. c. R. Mason, D. D., the Rev. George E. Reed, D. D., president of Dickinson col lege, presiding. ss' . ' THURSDAY, APRIL 6.
 S.30 a. m.-Confere devotiens, led by the Rev. A. w. Byrt. 3 -.- 1 9:00 a.. rl.-Conference session. .s, ;. l 200 p. n1.-Anniversary of the Wo- l mems Home Missionary society, Mrs. ! John Alstyne Seeor presiding. Devo- l tionaI exercises, Mrs. W. A. Richard, district president. Annual report, Mrs. A. R. Glare, conference secretary. Ad- ! dress, the Rev. Bertrand M ripple; SO loist, Miss Helen Halsted Frost. ! 200 D. n.-Anniversary of the lWo. I mans Foreign Missionary society, Mrs. z. F. Dennier, conference secretary l Womans Foreign Missionary society. l presiding. Report of officers: Address, ! Miss Mary Danforth, on Japan" solo, ist,. Mrs. Frank DunwelI Walter. :. I 4:15 D. fellowship meeting in the i Second Congregational church, Ad- dress Sunday School Methods, by l tho Rev F. w. Hannah, the Rev Will 1 liam H.. Wakenan, presiding. T:30 r. rn.- Address, The Return to Faith, the Rev. William Nortl, Rice, ! D. D. Wesleyan university, the Rev, w. V. Kelley, D. D., editor of the l Methodist Review, presiding. s FRIDAY, APRIL 7. @@ S:s0 q. I,l.-Conference devotions, led l by the Rev. Fred Saunders. 1 300 a. m.-Conference session. l 2:30s p. nl.--Joint anniversary of the ] Board of Church Extension and Sun 1 day School Union. Address, the Rev, l James M. King, D. D. Address, the 1 Rev. 0. $. Baketel, D. D., the Rev. Henry Baker, D. D., presiding. AIS p. m.--Fellowship meeting. Ad- dress, ''Is the Ministers Distinctive 1 Work with the Church," the Rev. Will \ liam J. Thompson, the Rev, R. F. Nor \ ton presiding.
 7:S0 p. n1.--Anniversary of Missionary society. Address, the Rev. F. M. Tay
 Tor, D. D.. the Rev. c. IT. Buck, D. D., presiding.
 l d. SATURDAY, APRIL B. 1 S:30 a. m.-Conferenee devotions led l by the Rev. J. W. Maynard.
 800 a. m.-Conference session. 1 400 p. nn.-Fellowship meeting in the Second Congregational church. Ad- dress, "The Use of Personal Experience in Preaching" the Rev. l.. R. Moore,
 the Rev. T, S. HIenderson presiding. I SUNDAY. APRIL, a. l 9 a. m.--Conference love feast, the l Rev. Herbert Weleh presiding. l0:30 a. m.-Public worship. Sermon
 by Bishop Henry W. Warren, D. D.,
 LIe D. t
 300 p. l11.--Ordination service. Ordi nation of deacons and elders, with ad, dress by the presiding bishop,
 500 D. m.-Epworth League service in the Sunday school room.
 zoo p. m.-Missionary sermon by the Rev. F. J. McConnell.
 1 MONDAY, APRIL 30.
 S:3o a. m.--Conference devotions, led by the Rev. Robert W. Jones.
 300 a. m.-Conference session. l 2:30 p. m.-Conference session. Me.
 morial service. Nathan c. Cheney
 James H. Crofut, Edward II. Butcher William F. Gilbert, Nathan Hubbell
 James Montgomery, John H. Stans, bury, John Rhey Thompson, William Wake.
 7:30 D. rn.--Anniversary of the Con- ference Temperance society; address
 "A Clarion Call to a Holy Crusade" E
 Tennyson Smith, the Rev. B. F. Ridder
 presiding.
 TUESDAY, APRIL Ii.
 8:30 a. m.-Conference devotions, led
 by the Rev. $. o. Curtice.
 800 a. m.-Conference session. 1 2:30 D. m.-Conference session.
 7:30 D. m.-Conference session.
 It is expected that several hundred Twill be in attendance. The presiding elders are the Rev. John E. Adams, the
 Rev. James S. Chadwick, the Rev. w A. Richard and the Rev. Charles E.
 Wing. Arrangements have been per. ifected for the entertainment at homes
 in this city of over three hundred anc fifty members of the conference. The I local committee in charge of the work | will be as follows:
 Conference Entertainment-Mrs. C.
 D. Beardsley, Mrs. B. L. Coe Mrs. c
 M. De Mott, Mrs. F. Gillmor, Mrs. o. G
 Robbins, Mrs. I. A. Spencer and Mrs IA. F. Taylor.