The Washington times., 1911-04-23
EPISCOPAL CLERGY
AND LAYhEN OPEN
CONGRESS TUESDAY
On Way to Capital From
All Parts of United
States.
PRESIDENT TO BE
GUEST OF HONOR
Reception at White House on
Program for the First
Day.

Protestant Episcopal ministers and
laymen from all parts of the United
States are today en- route to Washing
ton to attend their twenty-ninth annual
congress, which opens Tuesday at st.
Johns Episcopal Church. Most Of the
delegates will arrive Monday and Will
make their headquarters at the Airing
ton Hotel.
Daily sessions will be held, morning
and evening, in Continental Hall OF
the Daughters Of the American Revolu-
ton, until its close Friday afternoon
Among the interesting social features
will be q reception to the visitors Tues
day afternoon at the White House by
President and Mrs. Taft, followed by
reception at the National Cathedral
School for Girls at st. Alban, by the
bishop of Washington.
Tuesday evening President Taft will
deliver an address to the congress, and
on Thursday afternoon the visitors will
be taken on a pilgrimage to Mt. Vernon
on .the steamer Macalester.
Religious ceremonies at st. Johns
Church on Tuesday at 10 a. m. will mark
the opening of the congress, when the
Rt. Rev. John G. Murray, bishop Of
Maryland, will deliver the communion
address. Communion services will be
held each morning at o'clock at st.
Johns.
President Honor Guest.
President Taft will be the guest of
honor at the opening business session
of the congress Tuesday evening at
Continental Hall Following his ad-
dress, papers upon the theme, THE
Value of Professionalism" will be read
by DR.. Joseph Packard, of Baltimore.
and the Very Rev. Selden P. Delany,
of Milwaukee. Other addresses will
be made by Lawson Purdy, tax COM
missioner of New York, and the Rev
Leighton Parks, of New York.
Woman's suffrage will be considered
in debate before the congress at the
Wednesday morning session, When the
feminine cause will be espoused oy
York, chairman of the Woman suf-
rage party of Manhattan, and Miss
Agnes Irwin, of Philadelphia Clergy
men will reply to the women speakers.
Government" will be the subject for
discussion Wednesday evening. The
speakers will be the Revs. Loring W.
Batten, of New York; Louis 9. Os.
Philadelphia. and Edwin A. White, OF
Bloomfield, N ].
Rev. William L. Croton. of Phila-
delphia; the Rev. EIwood, of Worces
ter, Mass, and the Rev. George c.
Stewart, Of Evanston. ILL.,, will speak
Thursday morning. At the evening
session Christian missions will be dis
cussed by four Of the best-known
churchmen of the nation: Bishop Jo-
seph NJ Francis, of Indianapolis; Rev.
H. Symonds, vicar of Christ Church
Cathedral at Montreal. Canada; the
Rev. Theodore Sedgwick, of New York,
and the Rev. Reese S. Alsop, Of Brook
lyn.
Revision of Prayer Book.
Revision Of the Episcopal prayer book
to meet modern conditions will be the
theme before the congress Friday morn
ing. Among those discussing this sub
ject will be the Rev Cyrus Townsend
Brady, clergyman and author, of Kan
sas City. THE Place of Meditation in
the Development of Christian Char
acter'' will be the subject for the closing
session Friday afternoon.
| The honorary president and chairman n
of the congress will be the Bishop OF
WASHINGTON, who has arranged for the
opening of many Washington homes to
the delegates.
Justice H. H. Lurton is chairman, and
the Rev. J. Townsend Russell, secre-
tary, of the local committee in charge
of arrangements for the congress The
Rev, Herbert Scott Smith, of St Mar
garet's Church, Is chairman OF the nos
pitality committee, and the Rev. George
| F. Dudley, of st. Stephens Church,
chairman of the committee on music
and program.