Arizona republican., 1905-06-26
EPISCOPAL EVENT
Coming Conference at RiChfieId Springs. N. Y.
The Lights of the Church Will Be There-Others Prominent in Public Life.

Richfleld Springs, N. Y, June 25.- It is now certain that there will be a good attendance at the Episcopal con- ,ferences to be held here during Nthe last two weelzs~in July, and throughout the month of August. Registrations to date have so far exceeded those of last year that a tent seating eight hun dred has been secured for an auditor ium, and will be formally dedicated on the evening of July 19 when the ser mon will be preached by Bishop Bur ton of Lexington.
 A feature of the conferences witt be Illustrated lectures, some of them given out of doors if the weather proves fine. one lecture will be on Manila and be given by MT. William E. Millar
 the Y. Nj. C. A. secretary who induced the Mikado of Japan to adopt Y. N. C. A. methods for work among the Jap auese troops. He has just come back from q tour of the world Another will be on New York City as a foreign mis- sion field, to be given by Dp. Thomas Darlington, health commissioner of New York. No city in the world, cer- tainly none outside of China, com pares in extent with New York as such foreign field.
  especially some men, have expressed themselves unable to attend conferences in August because that is the month for their vacations. They are learn ing, however that these conferences offer an ideal plan and place for the vacation outing. Indeed. it is that fac. that furnishes the secret of the re- markable growth of summer religious ccnters during the past decade or two. The secretary of war, Judge Taft i United States Senator Scott of West i Virginia, COugressmen LOngworth and ! Grosvenor of Ohio. and some others 1 have promised to look into missionary and educational conditions in Japd1l and the Philippines, if their time per nit with the view of speaking upon the subject next winter upon their re- turn. They will not be able to speak ! Gt Riehfield Springs this year, of course. but may be able to do so next year and perhaps at some meetings l to be held in various cities of next winter
 Efforts are made to bring to these ! conferences some or the great preach cra Of the Episcopal church, the aim being to. strengthen the spiritual life CT church workers. Those to be heard here this summer will be Father Hunt . .ngton oi the Order of the Holy Cross. tle Re-. Dr. Floyd w. Tomkins and the Rev Cassida M Roberts. PhfadeI- phia: the Rev. Dr. John Henry Hop iSins and the Rev. w. Northey Jones. WilIiamsport, Pa. Bishops who will be i heard are those of Georgia. Ohio. liar risburg, Cuba, Porto Rico and possibly of Tennessee and Delaware.
 In the beautiful park in the center of Richfield there were held last year some Sunday afternoon mass meet ings. at one of which twenty five hun dred people were present. Governor
 Higgins of New York has promised to visit these conferences, and it is ex- pected that he will preside on one of these Sunday afternoons, besides speaking next day at the regular meet ! ings. It is not thought likely that a special session of the New York Iegis- lature will interfere with his visit. Some other prominent speakers will be Booker T. Washington, United States Indian Commissioner Leupp Captain A. T. Mahan, MT. Sadazuchi
 Ushida. Japanese consul general at
 New York, and Hon. James $. Sher-
 man, chairman of the house commit tee on Indian affairs. About thirty re-