Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1912-05-06
sEvENrY.THiRp ANNUAL MEET.
ING OF CONGREGATIONAL
CHURCHES AND MINISTERS.
CONFERENCE OF IOWA TO
BE HELD MAY 81 TO q
Prominent churehmsn Of Iowa and
Nsishborins States to Participate in
Prosram-Rossr Leavitt, Of Cedar
Falls, to Act as Moderator = The
Program For Conference in Detail.
pecial- to Times Republican.

Special to Times Republican.
| Charles City, May S.-The seventy
third annual meeting Of the Congrega-
| tional churches and ministers Of Iowa
will be held at Charles City May Il
to rs. The sessions will be held in the
spacious home Of the Charles City con-
gregation and Mr. Roger Leavitt, OF
! Cedar Falls, win act as moderator. An
excellent program has oeen arranged
for the conference, in which prominent
/ church men of Iowa and surrounding
states will participate. The, program
for the meeting follows:
Tuesday Evening, May 81.
Moderator, Mr.. Roger Leavitt. Cedar
Falls.
| s:0o-Service of welcome.
Serlnon-Rev. c.. E. Tower. Mason
City.
i offering for Ministerial Relief-Rev.
w. a. Rice, d. D., New York.
| Celebration of the Lords Supper
Rev. Merle A. Breed, Monticello; Rev.
James Thompson, Hampton.
| Wednesday Morning, May. 22.
1 S:OO-Opening service, organization
and business.
! Reports OF officers and committees.
Special committee to consider and
report on colleges Rev. G. c. Williams,
/ keokuk.
/ 9:15-Devotional service, led by Rev.
P. F.. Marston, d. d., Grinneii. Subject,
The New Evangelism.
! 10:O0-Obituaries, Rev. G. NJ. Orvis.
/ Dubuque.
i 1O:30-Present Day T:;!occrhica'
Trend in Theology, Rev. Arthur Net
calf. Webster City.
/, 10: 50-Discussion.
! 11:3O-Pastor's conference on using
the English bible in preaching, led by
/ President Ozora S. Davis, Chicago
/ Theological Seminary.
| 11:45-Business.
! Wednesday Afternoon.
1:15-Eusiness
! 1:3O-Report OF committee on evan
/ gelism, and address, The Place, Power
! and Method of Evangelism in the
Work of Our Iowa Churches" Rev. j.
e. Brereton, chairman, Emmetsburg.
| 1:5O-The Church and It's Evangelis-
tic Opportunity in the Sunday School,
Rev c. NJ. Westlake, Sheldon.
| 2:10-Discussion.
! 2:30-Address, Mrs. Roy B. Guild,
Boston, Mass, president w. H. NJ. U.
/; Federation.
Address-W. B. NJ. l. officer or mis-
sionary. =
s:2o-Address, The World Move
ments of Our Time" Rev. A. n. Hitch
cock, D. D., western district secretary
A. B. C. F. NJ, Chicago. Ill.
3:50-The Report of the Commission
of Nineteen, Rev. Walter H. Rollins,
d. D., Waterloo.
4:1O-Discussion.
4:50-Auto ride under the auspices
of the Charles City Commercial Club.
6:OO-Banquet for the men. under
; the charge Of the Iowa Brotherhood,
at the Congregational church.
| Banquet for the women at the Chris
tan church.
Wednesday Evening.
| Under auspices Of Iowa Congrega-
tional Brotherhood President ]. w.
Gannaway, Grinnell. presiding.
s:o0-Men and Religion Forward
Movement:
In Social service-Prof. f. T. Hitch
cock. Cedar Rapids.
! Conserving It's Force and Power
Rev. j. Edward Kirbye, D. D., Des
Moines
| Proposed Legislation in the Anti-Sa-
loon War-Mr NJ. s. Odle. L. L. B., at
ternoy for Iowa Anti-Saloon League,
Des Moines.
Reception by the officers of the Ray
mond Y. NJ c. A. and Ladies' Auxiliary
in the parlors of the new association
building.
Thursday Morning, May %.
S:OO-Business
S:45-Devotionsl service. Subject,
The Leaven That Is HID" led by Rev.
E. F.: Day, Cedar Falls.
Goethe Iowa Children's Home So
ciety. Rev. A. T. Burnell, superintend-
ent, Des Moines.
9:3o-Religious Education: It's Need
and Importance at the Present Time.
In the Home, Mrs. Myra w futile,
Grinnell Present Status in Sunday
School, Rev. A. r. Rice. Waverly. The
Pastors Opportunity, Rev. S. T. Kid
der, McGregor.
10:45-In Our Public Schools. Prof.
John P. Knoepfler. Iowa State Teach
ers College. Cedar Falls.
11:05-Religious Work Among the
| SLuUSHlS OIL TIC \OllCSeS anu OuI-
versities, Rev. r. H. Edwards Congre-
gational University pastor. University
of Wisconsin, Madison, Wis.
11:45-Discussion
Thursday Afternoon.
i Our State Work
1:3O-Report of the superintendent,
Rev. P. A. johnson, Grinnell.
Report of the treasurer, Mr.. S. A.
Merrill, Des Moines.
Department of State Missions: 1.
Annual Meeting of the Home Mission
airy Society. 2. Our State Sunday
School Work. Rev. H. w. Tuttle. Grin
nell 3. Ministerial Relief, Rev. T. o.
Douglass, Grinnell.l 4. Publications.
Department of Systematic Bene-
| f1cence-Mr Roger Leavitt
| Department of Pastoral Supply
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