Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1911-05-11
ANNUAL MEETING OF CONGREGA.
TIoNAL CONFERENCE OF IOWA
TO BE AT WEBSTER CITY.
MORE THAN 400 DELEGATES
ARE EXPECTED TO ATTEND
Banquets For Brotherhood and Sister,
hood on Wednesday Evening One Of
the Features-Rev. Walter n. Rol-
Inns, of Waterloo, to Act as Moder-
ator.
pecial to Times Republican.

Special to Times Republican.
Webster City. May 1.-THE seventy
second annual meeting of the Congre.
gational conference of Iowa will b,
! held in Webster City Tuesday Wed
| nesday and Thursday of next week. /
be present. Each Corgreg ational churcl
/ in the state is entitled t. be represent.
ed by its pastor and one elected dele
gate a feature of this years meeting
/ will be the brotherhood and sisterhoot
banquets Wednesday evening. Dele
gates will be entertained in the home.
] OF the city ANA viii be given free
rooms and breakfast. The ladies OF
the Methodist and Chris dan churches
will serve dinners and suppers. Rev
Waiter II. Rollins. of Waterloo, viii
act as moderator at the sessions. all OF
which will be held in the C0ngreg CATION
al church. Some of the womens meet
ingS. however. will he held in the Uni
versalist church.
The program is as follows:
Tuesday Evening.
:o0-Addresses of welcome, Rev. c.
II. kamphoefner pastor NJ. E. church.
and O. j. Henderson.
Sermon, Rev. George c. Williams,
keokuk.
Sacrament of the Lords supper. cele-
brants, Rev. Albert Rice, Waverly, and
Rev William Hardcastle Iowa Falls.
Deacons to be selected.
Offering for ministerial relief
Wednesday Morning..
S:00--Organization and election of
officers.
Reports and business.
9:30--M Meditation. Devotional Value
in Christian Experience Rev. b. r.
Martin, Marshalltown.
1O:O0-"The Boy and the Church"
Rev William North, Prairie City.
10:2G-Discussion.
O:30- Young Peoples Societies"
Rev. James P Burling, Des Moines
0:50-Discussion.
Il: O0-"Twenty- five Years of Home
land Work" Mrs. D. P. Breed. Grin
nell.
II: 30-Discussion.
11:40-Business.
Wednesday Afternoon.
2:OO-Address, Rev. Hubert c. Her
ring, D. D., New York City.
3:OO-The national councils fiscal
policy for the seven societies and the
women's boards. Address and discus
sion, led by Samuel T. johnson, Min
neapolis, chairman of the national
council apportionment commission.
5:3O-Brotherhood banquet and sis
terhood banquet, held in separate halls.
6:30-Election of officers and toast
program.
Wednesday Evening.
S:00-"What does the laynan want
future CongregationaiisGn to be-" Sam
uel r Johnson, Minneapolis.
The Brotherhood Bible Glass;" G. S.
Hammond, Waterloo.
The Brotherhood and the Other
Man." Rev Wallace NJ. Short, Sioux
City
Thursday Morning.
S:O0-Business.
s:45-"Public Worship" Rev Rob
ert J. Locke. Ottumwa-
9:05-Discussion.
s:3O-M editation. Sons and Heirs
Rev Naboth Osbourne, Burlington.
10:O0-Report of obituary committee:
Rev. Alva l. F'risbie. Des Moines; Rev.
James Z. SnoNden, Cedar Falls; Rev.
7. o. Douglass, Grinnell.
C. ". Wilcox, Iowa City.
Hoo" Preaching for Verdict"
Rev. William ]. Sukow, Davenport.
II: 20-Discussion.
11:45-Business.
Thursday Afternoon.
CONGREGATIONAL
Address. Rev Robert J. Locke, OF
tumwa. president Iowa Home Mission
airy Society.
The Home Field" Rev P. Adelstein
Grinnell.
"turthering Our citizenship" Rev. NJ
W. Short, Sioux City
a Practical Program for the Coun-
try Church." Dean G. F. Curtis Ames.
The Rising Generation" Rev. L. 3.
HiX Waterloo
Making a Beginning" Rev. L. B.
Hix. Waterloo.
"A Church in Touch With the Com
munity," Rev. G. E. Hanley, Council
Bluffs.
The Center and circumference OF
Our Work" Rev w H Rollins, Wa
terloo
The Pilgrims of Iowa. Rev. T. O.
Douglas. GrinneI
Treasurer's report, Miss Annie D.
Merrill. Des Moines.
Report of board Of directors
Election of officers.
Thursday Evening.
3:00-"The Churcil's Leadership in
the Worlds Crisis" Rev. H. F. MILL
gan Dubuque
Religious Education as a Moral AS
set in Society" Rev. P. F. Marston