The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1912-09-07
Congregational

Rev. Dr. Samuel II. Woodrow returns
from his summer in New England Tues
day next, and will Immediately resume
the activities OF the pastorate at First
Congregational.
The American Board of Foreign Mis-
sions closes its fiscal year soon, and VIII
close its books to-day, SO far as church
and personal contributions for the cur
rent year are concerned. Latest reports
Indicate that deficit will be faced at
the annual meeting of the board, to be
held at Portland. Ne, October Sill. when
the reports of missionary operations In
the field will be presented.
The annual meeting of the American
Missionary Association. OF which DR..
Woodrow is president. will be held In the
First Conversational Church, Buffalo, n.
Y, October 22-24 Losses by flood in the
associations field have been great. AT
Moorhead Miss, a school has peen
closed for six weeks by inundation, and
several hundreds Of dollars OF damaSe
has been done In some church neigh
borhoods in Louisiana where the build
ings have been standing in ten feet OF
water, the crops OF the year are ruined
and nothing can be harvested untii the
fall OF 1913 The salaries or pastors In
these flooded areas have to be provided
in full by the association. the people hav-
ink been made destitute by the flooded
conditions Sanitary conditions since the
food have resulted in so much illness on
the part of both pastors and people that
missionary activities have been much re-
tarded and drafts on the associations
treasury gradually accelerated.
Secretary Atkinson, OF the Consrega-
In
England the past week making arrange
ments for the coming convention OF the
brotherhood TO be at Oberlin, October
lib which this year is TO be a thought
full conference on the special work of
the brotherhood, rather than an ambi-
tious public gathering. with a long and
elaborate programme. 1t will have many
features of extraordinary value and In
terest, such as Dr. Washington Glad
denis address on Social Service" on Fri
day evening, and the sermon by Prof
E. NJ. Bosworth on Sunday, as we'll as
addresses by Prof. Rauschenbusch and
Owen w. Lovejoy. On Saturday most OF
the time will be devoted to the discus
sion of the report OF special commits
sion which has been at work during the
summer inquiring into the programme
affiliations, and finances OF the brother
hood, with a view TO recommending a
definite plan for the future. The chair
man of this committee is Rev. J. z.
Sanderson, of Chicago, and among its
other members are DR.. S. b. Capen. or
Boston: DR.. r. H. Potter. of Hartford:
President Davis, OF Chicago. and DR.. II.
c. Herring, OF New York. together with
the present president and some OF the
former presidents of the brotherhood.
Seattle Congregationalists must say
farewell TO DR.. Edward Lincoln Smith.
The popular pastor OF Plymouth Church.
on the eve of his departure TO New York,
where he assumes a secretaryship of the
American board, was rendered a recep-
ton by the city brotherhood. Besides
prominent laymen, Seattle pastors-Dr. F.
j. Van Horn. DR.. Sydney Strong. and
others-were on hand TO express continu-
ing friendship and confidence Other
leading guests were: Mayor Cotterill.
himself a Congregationalist from Queen
Anne Church: President Kane. of the
University of Washington. and William
II. Lewis, former head OF the National
Congregational Brotherhood.