The Washington herald., 1912-05-14
CHURCH MAY ERECT
SCHOOL In CAPITAL
Conference of New Church Fsyors
New Sunday School Build
ing in This City.

Members Of the New Church Evidence
Society met IN annual session yesterday
in the Church OF the New Jerusalem,
Sixteenth and Corcoran Streets Rev.
Lewis F. Hite, Of Cambridge. Mass, pre-
sided. The purpose Of the society Is TO
investigate the growth of the church
throughout the world. and reports OF
progress were read by several members.
Religious exercises were conducted by
Rev Paul Sperry. OF Brockton, Miss. An
address was made by Rev. Axel Lunde-
berg. OF Minneapolis, MINI.
All the officers Of the society were re-
elected. They are as follows: Rev. Lewis
F. Hite, of Cambridge, Mass, president;
Rev. Paul Sperry, OF Brockton, Mass..vice
president: DIR. r. D. Book. OF Cornish.
Ohio, secretary and treasurer; Rev War
rem Goddard, of La Porte. Ind, and Rev.
AxeI Lundeberg, of Minneapolis, corre-
spending secretaries.
The opening session Of the general
convention was held in the morning
with President Julian X. Smyth in the
chair. The committee on education and
the general council made reports. Reso-
lutions of regret OF the former secretary.
&c. A. z. Spamer, Of Baltimore, were
passed.
The building committee reported that
s, 900 had been contributed by the Wom-
ans Alliance OF Massachusetts for the
purpose of erecting a new Sunday school
building in this city. Two individuals
contributed 81, 900 each for the same pur-
pose. The Washington society pledged
itself to raise $4,000 of the sum neces-
sary to defray the cost OF the building.
The total cost will be $27 900.
Following are the nominations reported
for the general elections to be held to-
day: Justice Job Barnard. for vice presi-
dent; John Daboll. for secretary; Paul
H. Seymour, of Ohio. for assistant sec
retary: James Richard Carter. Of Massa-
chusetts, for treasurer; Rev. William
Worcester, of Massachusetts; Rev. c. w.
Harvey, Of Philadelphia: Rev. Louis G.
Hoeck, OF Cincinnati; Rev. John S. Saul.
Of Chicago; william N. Hobart, OF Ohio;
Edward H. Cutler, of Minnesota; William
McGeorge. of Pennsylvania; Robert A.
Shaw, of New York: Richard B. Carter,
Of Massachusetts,, and Henry Wunsch, of
Michigan, for the general council; Rev.
H. c. Hay, OF Boston; Rev. William F.
Wunsch, OF Massachusetts,; Rev. Paul
Sperry. of Massachusetts,; Henry W.
Guernsey, of New York; Frederick Schoff,
OF Philadelphia: Charles Whittemore, of
Boston. and William McGeorge, of Penn
sylvania, for the council OF ministers.
Following the general convention, a
meeting OF the conference on missions
was held.
At the afternoon session Justice Bar
nard read a paper on The Maintenance
OF Our Ministry and the Value of an
Augmentation Fund" George c. Warren,
OF Massachusetts,, spoke on the same
subject. 1t was voted that the president
Of the convention appoint a committee
of five, whose duty it shall be to raise
such a fund.
The delegates visited the White House
yesterday afternoon, and the annual re-
ception was held last night at Rauscher's
The guests were received by Justice and
Mrs. Barnard, John Darlington. Rev. and
Mrs. James K. Smyth, and Rev, and Mrs.
Frank Sewall. More than $50 were in at
tendance, and dancing was enjoyed.