The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1905-10-23
INTE:RCHURCH
conference
New Jersey Clergymen Who
Will Attend the Great
Meeting at Carnegie Hall
SOME OF THEM WILL SPEAK
OTHERS ARE TO BE FOUND ON
VARIOUS CoMaaTTEES-NEW-
ARK MAN LED IN PRO
GRAMMEsS PREPARATION.

| There will be a great inter-church con-
| ference at Carnegie Hall next month.
Many clergymen of this State and many
wcll-known here through former SER
| vices will take part in the deliberations.
The Rev. DR.. William Hayes Ward, of
Newark, who is chairman of the pro-
gramne committee, has played big role
in selecting the speakers and subjects.
DR.. Ward viii himself deliver an adj
dress on the topic, ''The General Move
ment of the Christian Churches Toward
Christian Fellowship" Thursday morn
ing, November 16. Rev. DIR. Amory H.
Bradford, pastor of the First Congrega-
| tional Church, Montclair, also a member
| of the programme committee, will be one
of number of ministers to discuss for
fifteen minutes the question, What
/ Practical Results May Be Expected from
This Conference?' This will take place
Monday morning, November 20.
Rev DIR. Francis L. Patton, presiden.
of Princeton Theological Seminary, and
! former president of Princeton University.
will speak the preceding Friday evening
on Our Faith in Personal God" which
| will be one of four addresses to be de-
| livered on the general subject, "a United
Church and the Fellowship of Faith" !"
Rev. Dr. Henry van Dyke, professor in
the Princeton Theological Secinary, will
speak on the topic, THE Ideal Society"
which is one of three sub-tepics of the
general theme, .The Kingdom of God,
Transcendent Aim of United Church. ;"
This address will be the closing one of
the conference Tuesday afternoon.
| Rev Dr. Cornelius Brett, Of Jersey
| City, president of the Board of Domes-
/ tic Missions Of the Reformed Church in
| America, will be one of three ministers
to discuss the subject "A United Church
and Home and Foreign Missions" DR..
Brett will be the last speaker Friday
morning. Bishop Walters, of the Afri-
can Methodist Episcopal Zion Church,
who lives in Jersey City, will offer the
| opening prayer at the Friday morning
meeting.
There are a number of men from this
State serving on the different committees.
Rev. Dr. William A. Rice, former pastor
/ - Al DoJ1o &in,, ,a1
| Church, Frederick Frelinghuysen and
DIR. Ward, all of Newark, are members
| of the executive committee Rev. w. HI.
Boocock. of the Reformed Church, Bay
onne, and Rev. Donald Sage Mackay,
| Of the Fifth Avenue Collegiate Church,
New York, but formerly of the North
! Reformed Church, this city, are other
/ members of this same committee. Mr..
| Boocock is also a member of the pro-
gramme committee, and Rev. DR.. Daniel
| Fl. Martin, of Newark Clinton Avenue
Reformed Church; Rev. DR.. Charles
Herr, pastor of the First Presbyterian
Church, Jersey City; Dr. Mackay and
Rev. DIR. William r. Richards, pastor of
the Brick Presbyterian Church, New
York. but formerly of Plainfeld. Rob-
ert E.. Speer, of Englewood, one of the
secretaries of the Board of Foreign Mis-
sions of the Presbyterian Church, and
Rev. A. Edwin Keigv.in, pastor of the
| West End Presbyterian Church, New
York, and formerly Of the Park Presby
terian Church, Newark, are members of
/ the committee on meetings.
DIR. H. X. Carroll of Plainfeld. secre-
tary of the Methodist Missionary Society,
is on the publication committee. Dr.
| Martin and Rev Dr. James I. Vance,
of the North Reformed Church, are two
of the delegates from the general synod
of the Reformed Church in America.
Never before, probably, has there been
! such an array of eminent clergymen of
different denominations or so many
prominent Iaymen secured to speak at
/ religious convention. Charles w. Fair
! banks, Vice President of the United
States, is scheduled to preside at one Of
/ the sessions. Many Methodist bishops,
several Episcopal bishops and United
| Brethren bishp will be among the
/ speakers Among the laymen TO have
place on the programme are John Wana-
maker, John Fl. Converse, of Philadel-
| pha; John NJ. Harlan, associate justice
Of the United States Supreme Court;
Henry Kirke Porter. d member Of Com
gress, and former president Of the Bap-
fist Missionary convention, Pittsburg;
David A. Brewer. associate justice of
the Supreme Court of the United States;
/ United States Senator Albert J. Beyer-
idge. Of Indiana; Secretary Of State
Elihu Root and Judge Grosscup. of
| Chicago. Presidents of number of uni-
yersisies and colleges will also deliver ad-
dresses. The heads OF almost all the
great ecclesiastical bodies. with the ex7
eeption Of Catholics and Unirersalists,
will take part, as will representatives
from most of the foreign missionary So
cieties.
Sunday, November 10, will be set apart
as a national observance in the interest
OF Christian unity Ministers through
out the country win be requested to
speak on the cooperation Of churches
! IS q sign Of the oneness Of believers.