The Washington herald., 1911-04-23

Final announcement concerning the
Church Congress which opens in this city
Tuesday morning will be made in all
churches of this Washington Diocese OF
the Protestant Episcopal and associated
churches at this mornings services. AS
sociate Justice Lurton, under whose d.
rections the local committees have made
arrangements for the convention, looks
for one of .he best attended meetings
which the Church Congress has held
during the Twenty-Five years of the or
ganization's existence, and has instruct
ed members of his committees to do
everything possible to make a success
of each and every session.
Practically all. of the delegates and
speakers expected to attend the congress
will have arrived in Washington by to-
morrow night. The opening service will
be held in ST. Johns Church, Sixteenth
and H streets, at 10 o'clock Tuesday
morning and the Right Rev. John G.
Murray, D. D., Bishop of Maryland. has
been selected to deliver the communion
address. The officers of the congress,
members of the committees, speakers and
delegates will be received by the Presi-
dent and Mrs. Taft at 2:3O o'clock in
the afternoon and Immediately following
the delegation will be taken to the Ma
tional Cathedral School for Girls at
Mount st. Alban, where there will be a
reception by the Bishop of Washington.
The first regular session of the con-
gress will be held In Continental Hall of
the Daughters of the American Revolu-
ton AT o'clock Tuesday evening, when
h. De- la,,~ -r-sll - - ~
gress and will deliver an address. I'm
mediately following the address the con-
gress will open its regular programme,
which begins with a discussion OF THE
value Of Professionalism" Papers written
by the Hon. Joseph Packard, IL. D., OF
Baltimore. and the Very Rev Selden p.
Delany, of Milwaukee, will be read and
these will be followed by speeches by
Lawson Purdy, the tax commissioner of
New York, and the Rev. Leighton Parks,
D. D., also of New York
Some of the most interesting discus
sions of the whole congress is expected
during Wednesdays meeting. when, in
the morning, there will be a discussion
on Woman suffrage as affecting our
religious and educational institutions"
Mrs. James Lees Laidlaw, of New York.
chairman Of the woman suffrage party
of the borough of Manhattan, and Miss
Agnes Irwin. OF Philadelphia, will take
the opposing views and their papers will
be followed by speeches by the Rev.
Henry S. Nash. D. D.. of Cambridge,
Mass, and the Rev. Joseph n. Blanch-
ard, DID, of Madison, n. ]. Wednes-
day evenings discussion will be on THE
seat of authority in church govern
ment," with papers by the Rev. Lorins
W. Batten. D. D., of New York. and the
Rev. Louis s. Osborne, OF Newark, n. ].
Speakers on this subject will be the Rev.
George c. Foley, D. D., OF Philadelphia, |
and the Rev. Edwin A. White, of Bloom |
field, n. ].
Churchmen generally will be particu- |
larry interested in the programmes
which have been arranged for the meet |
ings of the last two days. The topic |
decided on for Thursday morning is
THE Jesus Christ of the gospels and of !
theology" with papers by the Rev. VIII |
liam H. Groton, D. D.. of Philadelphia. |
and the Rev. Harold S. Brewster, of |