Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1915-05-09
FOR NEW MINISTERS
FOR SWEDENBORC|ANS
New Church to Conduct Ordination
Ceremonies This
Morning.
Rev. W. L. Worcester, President Of
Theological School, Pleads for
Human Order.

The ordination of four candidate to
be solemnized at the Church of the
New Jerusalem. 10th and Corcoran
streets northwest, at services this
morning.
This feature of the ninety an
nual session of the New Church in the
United States, being held at the 18th
street church. through Tuesday. at
tended by about seventy-hve Sweden
borgian ministers from all over the
country, is to be administered by Rev.
president OF the convention. Rev. Frank
Sewall. the resident pastor, is to con-
duct the regular service.
The four graduates of the New
Church Theological School at Cam
bridge. Mass, who are to be ordained,
are: Harold r. Gustafson of Detroit.
Erich Reissner of Berlin, Ontario,
toba. Canada. and L. H. Edmiston of
Riverside, Cal.
The business session of the conven-
ton last night was mainly for the
purpose Of getting the official conven-
ton sanction for the ordination cere-
mony. The regular reports of the Of
ficers, associations. societies and min
listers of the church were offered In
printed form and accepted.
George Marchant of Brisbane;
Queensland, Australia, was introduced
to the convention by Dr. Smyth. Mr..
Marchant announced that he would de-
liver a formal greeting from the Aus
tralian branch of the church Monday.
Plea for Human Order.
It is not an idle dream that tho
order of heaven shall prevail in hu-
man life" declared Rev. William L.
Worcester. president of the New
Church Theological School. in the
course of an address delivered during
the brief religious service which closed
last nights proceedings. The services
were conducted by DR.. Smyth.
Dr. Worcester made plea for such
order in human life as exists in the
stars and the flowers. He said that
Scripture tells us simply and plainly
how that order may prevail.
Scripture does not countenance at
all the thought that order can be
brought by law or ethics or philoso-
one means. obedience to Gods law.
There was One who lived in the law of
the order of the stars and tho flowers.
He was Jesus Christ.
Our part. II we would realize the
blessedness of that order, is to keep
near Him in that obedience. And every
such life, so lived. must extend some
thing of the order of the stars and the
flowers into the home, the shop and
into all the walks Of life"
Tonight at o'clock Rev. Robert B.
Murray of Bridgewater. Mass. will
conduct services Rev. Thomas A. King
Of Lakewood. Ohio, will deliver the
sermon upon "Our Human Duality"
Women to Assemble.
The annual meeting Of the National
Alliance Of New Church Women Is to
be held at $3.50 o'clock tomorrow morn
Ing. in the parish hall. with Mrs. Jane.
r. Carter of Newtonville, Mass. in the
chair. The regular business session OF
the convention will begin at 10 o'clock
to be opened with brief religious serv-
ices conducted by Rev. William G.
Stockton of Pittsburgh. Nominations
Of officers will be one of the important
works of the morning session. Elec-
ton Of convention officers is to be
Tuesday morning.
The present convention is the first
national gathering to be held In the
National Church since the building OF
the parish house. The visiting dele
gates yesterday were loud in their
praise Of the building and its appoint
ments.