Evening star., 1909-04-15
WILL CONVENE NEXT WEEK
Prominent Speakers, to Be Among
Those in Attendance.
REV. DIR. WOODROW MODERATOR
Extensive Plans for Entertainment
Of Delegates and Visitors.
41st Convention.

The Congregational Association of New
| Jersey, which includes all Congregational
| churches in New Jersey. Maryland, the
District of Columbia and Virginia. will
hold it's forty-first annual convention
April 20 and 81 at the Associate Consre-
| gational Church. Maryland avenue and
Preston street. Baltimore.
| AS each church is entitled to be repre-
! sented by its pastor and two other dele
| gates, about $50 delegates are expected
| to be present, and already the names of
| delegates purposing to attend are being
! sent in to Rev. DIR. Oliver Huckel. pastor
of the Associate Congregational Church,
| who is chairman of the entertaining COM
| mittee. Delegates will be assigned to
places of entertainment on arrival, and
they will meet their hosts that evening
at the church at supper or in the chapel
just before the first evenings meeting.
when general reception will be held.
Convention Opens Tuesday.
| The convention will open Tuesday after
noon at 2:30 o'clock. with roll call and
organization. The address Of welcome
will be delivered by Rev. DIR. Huckel. and
then will follow the response by the mod
| orator. who will preside at the confer
ence, Rev DIR. S. II. Woodrow of Wash
ington. Following the afternoon session,
1 the delegates will pay visit to Johns
| Hopkins University or the Woman's Col
4 lege. =,
be an address by Rev. DR.. John l.. Scud-
Substitute for the Saloon DR.. scudder
| is the renowned chief of the Peoples
| Palace. an institution which has been
conducted by him with great success In
] l-x., - ,cti nj inH1
comprising literary and social club,
which is made in every way attractive to
| its members, and is gauged to keep young
men and men away from the saloons.
] Wednesday morning at 10 o'clock an
important address will be delivered by
Thomas A. Watson OF Boston. Mass.
who will offer "A Feasible Solution of
Industrial Democracy"
Made Telephone Possible.
Mr.. Watson is advocating a novel solu-
tion OF the capital and labor problems.
He is best remembered by his connection
| with the inventor Bell, for whom he
made the invention Of the telephone pos
sible. 1t was he who heard the first
message delivered. and the invention re-
suited In making him a mutimillionaire,
as he was paid by Bell in telephone stock.
A number OF visits have been planned
by the entertainment committee in
charge Of the delegates while in Balti-
more, among which visit to the new
Walters Art Gallery has been set for
Wednesday noon. following the morning
session. There will also be excursions to
Druid Hill Park. to Fort McHenry. to the
| graves Of Sidney Lanier and Edgar Allen
Poe. or to Annapolis. Washington and
Mount Vernon. as the delegates may
| themselves privately arrange. These ex-
| cursions have been arranged for Thurs
day. following the close of the convention.
Special Speakers From New York.
The work Of the convention will reach
Its elimination Wednesday evening, when
an open missionary mass meeting will
be held. At this meeting there will be
heard special speakers from New York
and Boston. The program in detail is as
follows:
Tuesday afternoon-2:30 o'clock, roll
cali and organization: 2:43 O'Clock, OPEN
ing devotional service. led by Merrill E.
Gates. LID, Washington, D. c.: 800
o'clock. words Of welcome. Rev Oliver
Huckel. DID,. Baltimore: response by the
moderator, Rev. Samuel H Woodrow. D.
-, Washington. D. c.: greetings, Rev.
Amory II. Bradford. DID, Montciair. N.
j.; s:2O o'clock. report. Some Points
Worth Emphasis in the Work of Our
Churches" Rev. Charles l.. Goodrich,
Plainfeld. n. j., secretary Of the associa-
ton: James Fl. Noyes, Orange, ". j.,
treasurer OF the association; 3:45 o'clock,
address. Freedom In Our Churches and
Its Wise Limitations Rev George p
Eastman, DID,. Orange. n. j., retiring
moderator of the association: 4:15 O'Clock.
annual association sermon. Rev. NJ Ross
Fishburn. Washington. D. c.; 4:45 o'clock,
ed by Rev. Franklin Noble, D. D., Falls
Church. Va. and Rev. Thomas A. Moffatt,
Newark, n. j.; 5:15 o'clock, visit to Johns
Hopkins University or to the Woman's
i all Inn of Ilovt Or -
served by the ladies Of the church.
Rev. Thirkield Presides.
| Tuesday evening-s:OO o'clock, DEVOTION
al service. President Wilbur p. Thirkield.
LID, Washington, D. c.; address, AR
resting the Drift Rev. Henry E. Jack
son. Upper Montclair. N. j.: address, "A
Genuine Substitute for the Saloon" Rev.
John l.. Scudder, D. D.. Jersey City, NJ.
| Wednesday morning-9:15 o'clock, devo-
| tionai service. led by Rev. Alexander p
Garner, DID,, Washington. D. c. $50
o'clock. business: 9:45 o'clock. address,
THE Other Column" Rev. David Brewer
Eddy OF the American board; 10 O'Clock,
address. "A Feasible Solution Of Indus
trial Democracy" Thomas A. Watson,
| Boston, Mass; IL o'clock. symposium
Of The Church and Its Healing Minis
try" opened pby, by ,daNi, Rsy Charles Luther
| cussed by Rev. ]. w. Frizzell DID,,
Washington, D. c.: Rev. F. Q. Blanchard.
East Orange, N j.: Rev. Thomas Travis.
Ph.D., Montclair. N. j., and others: II
clock promptly, luncheon. at the church;
12:45 to 2:30 O'Clock, visit to the new
Walters art gallery. superb private col
lection.
Wednesday afternoons to $50 o'clock.
together meeting" joint missionary cam
paign: prominent speakers from New
York and Boston: details announced on a
special program: $50 O'Clock, supper at
the church. served by the ladies, to which
all delegates and other guests and friends
| are freely invited.
| Wednesday evenings o'clock. open mis-
| sionary mass meeting: special speakers
from New York and Boston. as announced
on program of the joint missionary cam
paign.
CHURCH SOCIETY MEETS.