Evening star., 1905-11-11


gram includes the names of none who do
not bear important relations to their own
communtonS, and of few who are not hon
ored for distinguished service in church
and nation
The addresses and discussions, most
comprehensive in their scope, Will converge
upon and radlate from great ceLtTaI
theme.the pea "hlch IaItn ana service
MAKE III thls day ana III ms iaIu ;;t loi "a q
united Siuich, cituiI @ oiiI III s ~, @ ,1u
adJusteo III lts seEeldl III pistilCLes Iol isue
ton IN organization ana co-opeid'ioi III az
tioil. on 80 o,,, ,,,+ ,,,,1, =, ~, oa,,isor1,
oorno;tr ne sSnre have heen intrusted with
1ttorjt- "a taI,a anv action binding unon
authoritg 10 eahe any rapSeseut
1ri,a, con onI, recommend to their respec-
ihey can olliy e,idoratin ~ u7bet
tiso M vi 8 ,ti -, y,1ans NAV he the ont-
cor1a of tho conference No effort of any
lyind viii he made to eliminate denomina-
tional lines There is no intention to inter
fore with the autonomy of any church. The
nurnose is to bring about not a combina-
tinn Of churches but an increased and
more vital cooperation in the religious in
terests which the churches represent and
conserve theological question as such
will not be discussed. The purpose is not
creedal or theological, but practical, and
is clearly expressed in the invitation sent
out by the national federation
u1 T-;+.+;on
Ah0 AhF
I'VE believe that the great Christian bod
les in our country should stand together,
lead in the discussion of and give an i'm
pulse to all great movements tiial s;aU inahe ~
liI Tlghte1usness' e s. and divorce Sab
batb dissertation. the social evil child
labor the relation of labor to capital, the
problems created by foreign immigration,
the bettering of the conditions of the labor
ing classes and the moral and religious
training of the young-indeed, all great
questions in which the voice of the churches
should be heard-concern Christians of
every name and demand their united and
concerted action if the church is to lead
effectively in the conquest of the world for
Christ"
promoter CT the movement said this
week:
THAT religious and rreligious people
alike NAV realize that the trdnScendent aim
of the church is not the growth of par
ticular church but the development of the
kingdom of God-ths is result devoutly
desired 1T is hoped that a closer bond OF
fellowship will be established among all
branches of the evangelical faith AS an
Indication of this spirit, arrangements are
being made to supply Sunday November
19. every pulpit in this city and vicinity
with a representative of some denomination
other than that to which the church in
which the service is held belongs. That
the evangelical churches may more clearly
recognize and more strongly emphasize
THAR essential agreement with one another
anv may think less of disagreements is an
ideal worthy of great thought and effort.
AoWnS 'OVefcnurcnSu
eft is a natent fact that MANY towns are
o,.o,.oh,,rohad Too r,onv orgoni,o+ions
teachihs 'he SAINT sospei anu usuaiiy piac-
tically the same methods are struggling In
various communities to do work which
could become efficiently done with fewer
organizations having better equipment. 1t
is hoped that plans viii be evolved which
will in some way assist in the solution of
this problem and that such spirit and
power will be manifested at the conference
that the delegates Will be inspired to inf1u-
ence their respective denominations in pre-
venting needless competition and undue