Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1907-01-13
PROGRAM OF BIG MEETING
Dr.. Hunter Corbett and Dr. Era Laudrith
Will Attend Convention.
MEN or THE PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH
Individual Responsibility In Foreign
Missionary Works IL the Pur-
pose of This Important
National Gathering.

/ ton Of the men of the Presbyterian church,
which ls to be held in the Auditorium of
Omaha February 1922, inclusive. is COM
plete and the first publication Of it is made
below. Rev. Charles f. Bradt Phi. D.. CEN
trail district secretary OF the Board of For
| eign Missions of the PRESBYTERIAN church,
is the directing head OF this convention and
he was in Omaha during the week COM
plotting this program.
The program shows that some OF the
most prominent men in the pulpit and pew
| OF the church are to participate in this
convention. DR.. Hunter Corbett. moderator
| Of the Presbyterian church, and DIR. Ira
| Bandrith of Nashville, Tenn, the last mod
orator of the Cumberland Presbyterian
church before that body and the old schools
| united. will be here. But Dr. Corbett is
best known the pioneer Protestant mis-
slonary to China For nearly half a CEN
| tury he has labored in that land and he
speaks the language as iuently as though
| he were born there. At the last General
Assembly DR.. Corbett was elected mod
orator and at the close of the Omaha con-
vention he will leave for the orient
Foreign Mission Work.
As The Bee has stated before, the pur-
| pose of this convention is to emphasize the
Individual responsibility " the men OF the
| church in foreign mission work, and II is
the determination to make this convention
| the starting point of a thoroughly sys-
| tematic movement that will knit together
the men in a compact working organiza-
| ton.
The certificate plan of railroad rates
| has been granted for this meeting by the
Western and Central Passenger associa-
TONS Southwestern Excursion bureau, and
| ba haa
anteed about a 2-cent rate from the Pa
cifc coast and adjoining states, A special
| train will be run over the Milwaukee from
| Chicago, leaving there Tuesday night, Feb
ruary Is, and other specials from central
points will be run. Responses forecast q
large attendance. Applications with 81 en-.
closed for registration are coming in rap
| idly. Admission to the convention will be
| by ticket, a limited number being dis
| tributed in Omaha.
Here is the program in full and II por-
! tends one of the biggest national church
meetings that has been held for many
years. Omaha ministers and laymen are
congratulating themselves on being for
tunate enough to secure the convention for
this city. whose central location and I'M
daunted enterprise counted in the achieve
ment:
Tuesday, 1880 p. m.-OppOrtunity.
Behold. have set before thee an open
door"
| Chairman-Rev. Ira Landrith, d. D.,
LII: D., last moderator Cumberland Presby
| terian church.
| Authenticate chorus, 100 voices
OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES reading, Rev. A B.
Marshall. d; D., pastor of First Presby-
| Prayer-Rev. T. X. Hunter, d. d. chair
| man Omaha local committee.
Hymn-"Al Hail the Power of Jesus
| Ma me
FraternaI Greeting-Rev. Edwin Hart
jerks, d; D. pastor First Presbyterian
Response~Rev. Ira Landrith, d. D.. LII.
Quartet.
! Address-"The Foreign Mission Enter
| PRISE" Kev. George Alexander, D. d. LII. D.,
pastor University Place church, New York,
and president Board of Foreign Missions.
Prayer-Rev. Hunter Cor6ett, d. D.,
LII. D., more than forty years missionary in
China and moderator Presbyterian church,
Hymn-"The Son of God Goes Forth to
| War"
pastor Second Presbyterian church, Lin.
| coin, and synodical foreign missionary
chairman.
| Wednesday, p. m.-ObIiEatiOn.
we are his witnesses of these things"
| ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS James A Beaver,
Judge Of the superior court OF Pennsylvania
and acting president of Pennsylvania State
college
observation-disclosures and prayer, Rev.
Perry v. Jenness, pastor First Presbyterian
church, Kirkwood, Mo.
Rev. Hunter Corbett, d. D., China; Rev. 3.
A. Neffett, a. D., Corea; Rev. S. M. JoT.
Hymn-"O, zion, Haste"
1870 a. m.-"The Distinct Foreign Mission
Responsibility Of the Presbyterian Church."
MI. Herbert e Speer' senior secretary of
| the Board of Foreign Missions, Presbyter-
ian church, U. 8. A.
1880 a. m.-ouartet go Ye Into All the
HISS a. m.-"Facing Responsibility in
/ Prayer. Lord. What Wilt Thou Have
IL Decentralization, Rev. John H. Boyd,
d. D., pastor First Presbyterian church.
| Evanston, ILL.,, and chairman foreign mis-
sionary committee, Chicago presbytery.
Wednesday, 2 p. m.-MOtive.
For the love of Christ constraineth Me-"
| Chairman-Mr. Thomas A Hall of Chi
up. m.-Devotional, Rev. C. F. Hubbard.
| Minneapolis, ana chairman foreign mission
airy oo COMMITTEES, Minneapolis Presbytery.
the w P mJcf ~ spse appeal to Men Tor
s:15 p m.-Hymn, Christ for the World"
$3.50 p. mL"How May a Pastor Past - Interest
Hill, chair OF homiletics, Mccormick
Theological seminary, Chicago.
| p. m.-Missionary conference. Mission
D., and ]. Dickey Templeton. Forward
movement H conference David McConaughy
! ana T.. y. COmSLOCk. conference with mis-
sionaries: Rev. Hunter Corbett, ID. D., and
Rev. J. A., Fitch, of China, at First Pres.
byterian church; Drs Moffett and Gale of
Corea at Knox Presbyterian church; Drs.
| Wherry and Lucas of india At Westminster
! Presbyterian church; Rev. S. NJ Jordan of
Persia at CASTELAR, Street Presbyterian
church; Rev. f. 8. Hoskins of Syria at
Third Presbyterian church; Rev. w. 8.
Cunningham of Africa at Dundee Presby-
terrain church, DIR. ]. A. Hall of the Philip
| pines at the Second Presbyterian church;
! Rev c. c. bennington. South America and
| Mexico. at Benson Presbyterian church;
| Slam and Laos at Lowe Avenue PresbytSr-
Ian church, japan. at Clifton Hill Presby-
| terrain church.
Wednesday, TE30 p. m.-Misht.
! "All power is given unto Me-"
| Chairman. NJ. Patterson, st. Louis,
| secretary OF Board of Missions, Cumber-
| land Presbyterian church.
| 1880 p. m,-DevOtional, Rev. Murdoch Nc
| Ieod, ID. D., pastor Central Presbyterian
| church, Des Moines, Ia, and foreign mis-
| Authenticate chorus.
| $50 p. m.--Address, "The Vanguard" Rev.
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