Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1911-10-21
EP|sCOPAL|ANs TO
HOLD MISSIONARY
COUNCIL SESSIONS
Noted Clergymen from Various
Sections of Country Will
Participate.

This city will be the scene OF a gath
ering of distinguished clergymen on
Tuesday next, who will come here nom
various sections of the country to par
t~icipate in the annual council of the
second missionary department OF the
Protestant Episcopal Church, which
comprises the five dioceses in the state
of New York. the two in New Jersey
and the missionary district OF Porto
Rico, which will v in Trinity
Church, Ia Military Park, for the open
ing session at 8 o'clock on Tuesday
evening.
Prominent Delegates to Attend.
A large number of clerical and lay
delegates, representing the many
churches in the various dioceses, VIII
also be in attendance.
The visitors will be formally well
coined by the Rt. Rev. Bishop Edwin
s. Lines, OF the Newark diocese.
Bishop Fred Burgess. of Long Island.
will preside, and the principal addresses
will be made by Bishop Anderson, of
Chicago. and Bishop Lloyd, of the mis-
sionary board.
To Present Annual Reports.
On Wednesday morning, the second
day of the meet, the annual reports Will
be submitted by the various commit
tees and brief addresses wi be made by
both clergymen and laymen. In the
evening a dinner will be rendered the
visiting divines and laymen by the
church club of the diocese of Newark
in Orator Hall, at Broad and Bridge
streets.
William Fellowes Morgan, the presi-
lent of the club, and the associate
officers, will serve on the reception
committee. Several informal addresses
will be made during the banquet. Ham
ilton w. Mabie, of Summit, during the
afternoon session, Will discuss 1.-THE
Church's Missions and Personal Serv-
ice of the Busy Laymen."
On Thursday, the closing day, there
will be a celebration of the holy COM
munion in all the local Episcopal
churches at 1880 o'clock In the morn
ing, and at 10 a. m. the business ses-
sions will be resumed in Trinity
Church.
Prominent Men to speak.
The speakers will be Bishop Query.
of South Carolina, who will talk on
THE Chureh's Work Among the Ne
groes,' and Rev. II. st. George Tucker,
of Toxic, Japan. whose subject will be
THE Foreign Field and Christian
Unity"
In the afternoon the general theme
will be, "How to Train Children in Re-
ligion," and those who will discuss the
question and its relative bearing on
missions will be DIR. Walter Lowrie
Hervey. of Columbia University, and
w. II. Riekc, of st. Georges Sabbath
School. Manhattan.
The council will close with a big
ublic rally service. which will be held
at the New Auditorium, Orange street,
at s l.. IN. An elaborate musical pro-
gram will be provided and the COM
lned choirs of the Newark diocese will
join in the song festival. The addresses
VIII he made by the Rt. Rev. Bishop
y. Il. Greer, of New York. who will
speak on "A Missionary Vision" and
Bishop Charles II. Brent. of the Philip
pine Islands, will discuss THE Nine
teenth Century Made the World a
Neighborhood." Bishop Burgess will
preside and Bishop Lines and many
prominent clergymen and laymen will
be seated on the platform.
Local Rectors to Assist.
The local rectors who will assist in
making the stay of the visiting dele
gates entertaining will be Revs. Louis
Shreve Osborne, of Trinity Church;
Elliot White, of Grace; Henry =. Had
ley, of ST. Pauls; T. Percival Bate, of
st. James's; John s. Miller, of the
House of Prayer; e. A. WATSON, of st.
Stephens; Frank Hallock, of Christ
Church, and Roland S. Nichols, OF S..
Johns.