The evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1907-1908, 1907-11-09
MISSION WORK
w BE
THEME
North Jersey Institute to
Have Three-day Session.
Program Of Meeting.

Delegates representing nearly every
evangelical church In Northern New Jer-
sey will assemble in annual convention in
the North Reformed Church, this city, on
Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday next,
when the second annual convention of the
North New Jersey Missionary Insti-
tute will be held, the first gathering being
held In Pebble Memorial Church in Octo-
Der. 1906. The opening meeting will be
Monday night.
On Tuesday and Wednesday morning the
services will begin at $3.50 O'Clock with
devotional session led by E. d. Soper.
fJoontide meetings will be held. Tuesday
the Rev. DR.. L. w, C%ronkhite. of Burma,
will speak, and on Wednesday the Rev.
DR.. Lee w. Beattie, of New York city,
will make an address. A mission study
class will be held.
Conferences on missions in the Sunday
school will also be considered. DR.. C. c.
Creegan will speak at the Tuesday after
noon session on open Doors in the
Orient"
Frank Brown, superintendent of the
Bushwick Avenue Sunday School of Brook
Ign, will speak at the Wednesday afternoon
services on THE Sunday School In Mis-
sion Lands" A conference on missions
in Sunday School Work. led by E. D.
Soper, Of the Young Peoples Missionary
movement, Will De utlQ. Inc conference
will come to a close with a rally, when
able speakers will be heard.
This institute was organized for the ex-
press purpose of a%rousing a missionary in
terest and to train Christian workers in
methods of missionary activity In local
churches. The methods of training is purely
educational. During the past year there
have been held a large number OF mission.
study classes, and upwards of 1900 persons
ave become interested in the work and
are following the studies laid out by the
organizers, who for the most part are the
younger and most active workers in the
churches.
A complete course Of study has been
mapped out by the Young Peoples Mis-
sionary Movement, and will be used in the
Sunday schools. 1t includes a course of
study to be used in Che Sunday school
kindergartens, where boxes of curios will
be used to train the young minds in the
work Of the foreign missionaries, and the
many hardships they are compelled to en-
dure in order to spread the story Of the
Gospel.
Mission study will also be used in many
of the older grades in the Sunday schools
and Will have equal emphasis along this
very line. All the best methods VIII be
presented and all the literature obtainable
will be on exhibition during the institute.
According to the plans of those actively
interested in the institute an effort will
be made to give help on all missionary
problems Of the local churches and sug-
gest practical plans for work.
The institute Is a delegated body and
the membership is limited to 300. Pastors,
Sunday school superintendent and teach
ers are eligible, as are also chairmen of
missionary committees and officers of
Young peoples missionary societies and any
who are interested In missionary work.
The general committee in charge of the
work consists of the following:
Baptist-Juliet G. Maxield, Bloomfield;
II. Hill, Newark.
Congregationul-Kate l. Hamilton, New
ark; Brewer Eddy, East Orange.
observation-disclosures A. Titus, Roselle
Park: A. H. Lucas. D.. D., Montclair.
Methodist Protestant. W. Balderston,
Elizabeth.
Presbyterian-Charle NJ. Bell, Elizabeth;
Harriette Holloway, Plainfield.
Protestant Episcopal, Reformed-Percy
Ward. Orange: Percy r. Nuessie. Newark.
Newark Pastors Association-The Rev.
S. j. S~leeyington, Newark.
r. Y. p. U.-H. A. Marshall, Newark.
Christian Endeavor-J, I. Sproull, Arl-
ington.
Silver Bay Conference, Sunday School
i. Morris Ferguson, Newark.
Y. NJ. c. Atwood G.. Harris, Newark;
Henry A. Cozzens. Newark.
Y. p. NJ. Mr.. E. ~Dlffendorfer, New
York.
The executive committee consists of the
Rev. Brewer Eddy, chairman, East Or
ange; Charles T. Kilbourne, chairman
finance committee. treasurer, East Or
Clearance A. Titus, chairman field
committee, Roselle Park; George +. Suth-
erland. chairman program committee. New
York; ] +. Sproull, Arlington; S. +.
Davis, executive secretary, Elizabeth