Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1908-05-16
Annual Convention OF General
Congregational Association
to Be Held Next Week
WATERLOO WILL ENTERTAIN
Sixty Ninth Annual Session Will oe-
cupy Four Days-Woman's Home
Missionary Union to Meet at Same
Time-Prosram For the Sessions Of
the Two Societies.
,ecial to 1,imes-Republican.

| Special to Times
Waterloo, May 16-The sixty-ninth
annual session of the Congregational
Association of Iowa will be held in this
city next week, commencing on Tues
day and continuing thru Friday. Rep
resentatives from majority of the
churches of the denomination in the
state will be, present At the same time
the twenty second annual meeting of
the Woman's Home Missionary Union
will be held The program for the two
| meetings are as follows:
Tuesday, May 19-Evening.
Words of welcome-Rev. Walter H
Rollins.
Response--Retiring Moderator, Hon.
w. D. Evans, Hampton.
Scripture reading-Andrew b. APP
pleby, Newton.
Prayer-Mr Mann, McGregor.
Choir guild.
sermon-Rev W. L. Tenney, d. D..
Sioux City.
Choir guild
Communion service-C. A. Moore,
Davenport; F. I. Hanscorn, Rockford.
Salter, D. D.
Wednesday, May 2o-Mornins.
8:00-Prayer service-Sidney Patey,
Dubuque.
s:15 Business Organization; re-
ports Of registrar. treasurer, auditor;
reports of standing committees.
9:30-Devotional hour, prayer for
Congregational churches--Mr. Ladd,
Red Oak.
10:3O-Recess.
10:4O-Reports Of special commit
tees.
Afternoon.
1:30-Business.
1:45-Department Of the Sunday
school-Report Of Supt Henry w. Tut
tie.
2:o0-"Co-operation of the Sunday
School and Public Library" Miss Fan
ME Duren, waterloo.
2:10-"The County Sunday School
and Its Possibilities Mrs. George
Hill, of Harvey church.
2:20-"The Fruit Of a City Mission
Sunday School"-Miss Alice milford,
Muscatine.
2:30-"The Adult Bible Class"-Mr.
George H. Lewis. Des Moines.
2:40-"How to Build Up the Work
of the Sunday Scholars. Frances
Allison, Dubuque.
2:5o-'The Field, the Work, and the
Need"-Rev. ]. II. Olmstead, chairman
Of the executive committee, Clarion.
3:15-Missionary department, wom-
ans hour, w B. ID. I. and ]. w. II. M.
U.
1.-THE American Missionary as
sociation"-Rev George w. Moore, SUI
perintendent of church work In the
south.
.eThe American Board"-Rev. e. G..
Partridge, Sivas, Western Turkey.
."The National Home Missionary So
ciety"-Dr. T. O. Dougless, Grinnell
7:30-Scripture lesson.
Prayer-Charles e. Lynde, Man
chester.
]. #. Horton, northwestern secretary
of the American Bible society.
Mrs. Abbie Smell Burnett, in her i'm
personation Of "A High Caste Hindu
Woman"
Thursday, May 21-Mornins.
S:0e-Morning praser-tred Han
son.
S:15-Business.
s:oo-"Future Of Congregational
Polity',-Willian, ]. Cady, Charles
CITY.
s:3e-Devotional hour, "Our Congre-
gatienal Heritage"-Dr. Frisbie, leader;
DR.. Douglass, report on obituaries.
10: 30-Recess.
10:45-Discussion Of revision of pol
lity. to be led BY Herbert J. Hinman.
Cresco, and E. 8. Carr. Cherokee.
Afternoon.
1:3e-Business.
2:eo-Annual meeting Of the Iowa
CONGREGATIONAL Home Missionary So
ciety.
Cady.
secretary's Report, Rev. P. Adelstein
johnson.
After the "Conclusion," Rev. T. o.
Douglass.
A Word from the Field, Rev. H. w.
futile.
General Missionary.
Providing Adequate Support, Rev. J.
o. Thrush, chairman executive COM
mittee.
The New Call of Home Missions.
Rev. c. A. Moore, Iowa director.
Treasurer's report, Miss Annie d.
Merrill
Report Of the Board of Oversight
Election of Officers.
Evening.
7:3o-Scripture, w. A. Bovey, Traer.
Prayer, L. b. Hix, Marshalltown.
1.-THE Layman's Part in Progressive
ongregationalism," Frank Dyer, Chi
cago, secretary Congregational Broth
erhood.
'@The Social Service Of Congregations
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