Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-06-14

Intellectual Forces" Kensington Town
Hall.
Section C-"The Church's Ministry
Holborn Town Hall for three DAYS and
Kings Hall. Holborn restaurant for two
days.
Section D-'"The Church's Missions in
Non Christian Lands two parallel SEES
sions each day AZ CaXton Large Hall and
the council chamber of CaXton Hall
Section E,-''The Churchs Missions in
Christendom.' Hoare Memorial Hall OF
the Church House
Section F-"The Anglican Communion"
large hail of the Church House
Section G-"rhe Church's Duty to the
Young" St Johns Institute, Tuition street.
Westminster.
The following are a few of the special
subjects of the papers TO be read
'Sanctity OF Marriage" The Drink
Traffic. Gambling and Gambling Meth
DDS, Luxury" Companies and Divi-
dends." The Unemployed .'Monopolies
and Trusts" The Duty of the Clergy 10
Social Science Dramatic Literature "
Journalism The Ministry and Law
men. Training for Holy Orders" Tho
Reality of Inspiration and The Rela-
tons Between Local Churches and the
Anglican Communion"
Each paper will be the work of an au-
thority on the subject, and the discus
slons are likely To be OF the utmost value.
as ehciting the opinions of the rank and
! file of church men and women on these
and numerous other urgent questions.
WomenS day has been set for June l6
when there will be conferences all day in
CaXton Hall. and on the same day in the
afternoon there will be a meeting for
women only at Queens Hall For Sun
day, June II, there will be meeting for
men only in Albert Hall. In addition TO
these meetings there will be many I'm his
! toric places, notably the festival of ST.
Alban. the pro-martyr OF English Chris
tianity, in the abbey church bearing his
name; another on the Island of Lindis-
fov H. ,-tl
Christianity, and still another i'm Hex
ham Abbey Church. which has recently
been restored at great expense.
The Sunday after the congress some
10 bishops will descend on the diocese OF
Rochester, and. with the possible excep-
ton of a half dozen churches. every pull
pit in the diocese will be occupied on that
day by one OF the dignitaries OF the
Anglican Church. Before all the visitors
have started home there is to be an i'm
mense missionary demonstration in Guild
Hall. Throughout the whole congress
the dominant note will be one of jubila-
ton for the work of the church as a
whole. there having been in 123 years an
Increase from 46 TO 251 dioceses divided
as follows: United States 81: Canada
%: West Indies and South America s;
Australia and New Zealand. ~: India. IL;
the rest of Asia, -; Africa. IS: Gibraltar
IL. and the rest TO Great Britain and Eu-
rope.
And to cater to all this great territory.
10 convey to Its representatives an ade-
quate idea of what the congress as a
whole is doing. the Society for the Propa-
CATION of Christian knowledge will issue
a daily illustrated paper devoted solely
to the Pan-Anglicans. Besides this fea-
ture. number OF special hymns have
been written for use at the congress-
The congress. il is declared, cannot ia il.
1t is looked upon as God-inspired the
idea having been taken up four years ago.
And long after the delegates shall have
returned. now to great Indian, American
or colonial cities. cities Palpitating with
life and energy. now to lonely exile in
the great northwest. heartened and cheer
ed alike by this human contact and spirit
ull refreshment, the work of the church
throughout the world will continue TO re-
ceive deepening and strengthening of its
life. 1t will be the better equipped for it's
persistent conflict with evil: it will weather
the storms that have gathered and will
gather. for il wields the invisible weapon
Of the power of God.
Delegates from the diocese of Washing
ton to the conference are Archdeacon f.
p. Williams, Rev. c. Ernest Smith, Rev
William Brayshaw. Rev. w. ]. d. Thorn
as. Rev. F. b. Howden. Rev. Roland
Cotton Smith and DIR. William c. Riyes,
the ma iority of whom have gone