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NJ. P. CONFERENCE
READY FOR WORK
Sessions Will Begin in Wash
ington on Wednesday,
President May Speak.

With President Wilson and Secre-
tary Bryan as prospective speakers
and Secretary of the Navy Daniels
scheduled for an address, the coming
session Of the Annual Conference of
the Methodist Protestant Church in
the Rhode Island Avenue Church, Wash
ington, on April z, bids fair to be one of
the most interesting held in years. Rev.
James III. Straughn of Laurel, chairman of
the program committee, has submitted
the program. The morning and after
noon sessions will be devoted mostly
10 business and devotional exercises,
but the evenings will be replete with
notable addresses and demonstrations.
The anticipated visit of President
Wilson one evening during the week
and Mr.. Bryan on another evening is
sure to be big drawing card, and special
arrangements will have to be made to
accommodate the crowds, although en-
trance will be by card. Another interesting
event of the session will be the visit of at
least 200 members of the Mems and
WOmen's Bible Class of Hampden Church,
Washington, on Thursday evening at the
Young Peoples Rally Rev e. d.
Stone is pastor Of the church and the
mems class has a total membership of
more than 600 and the women's class more
than 300 They will go over on special
cars OF the electric line and will march
from North Capital and II streets to the
church for the evening service.
Secretary of the Navy Josephus Daniels
has promised to attend on Friday evening
and deliver an address in connection with
the public service in the interest Of Applied
Christianity. DIR. Howard Kelly will
also be one of the speakers.
The conference will convene at 9
a. m. on Wednesday morning. April
Z. 1t will be opened with a devotional
service conducted by President John
S. Bowers, after which he will read
his annual report The memorial service
will be held following the calling of the
dead-roll by Rev. DR.. F. I. Tagg. In the
afternoon of that day the election of presi-
dent takes place and from what can be
cleaned, DR. Bowers will succeed himself
In the evening the conference sermon
will be preached by Rev A. $. Beane,
of Keene Memorial Church, Washington.
Thursday morning Rev. DR.. T. M.
Hare of the Maryland Antisaloon League
will deliver an address. In the afternoon
Rev J. NJ Stick will speak in the interest
of the Maryland Tract Society, of which
he is the general secretary. At night there
will be a mass-meeting in the interest of
the young people of the church. Rev.
Frank T. Benson will preside
Friday, April g. viii be devoted, for
the most part, to the educational in
terests of the church. Rev. DIR. Thomas
H. Lewis and Rev. DR.. IL. l.. Elderdice
will speak on the work of the Western
Maryland College and the Westminster
Theological Seminary, and Rev. DR.. F. T
Tagg and Charles Reiner will tell of the
progress of the Methodist Protestant, the
official church paper published on North
Charles street, Baltimore. In the evening
Secretary Daniels and DIR. Howard A.
Kelley will speak
Saturday, April 10, only short session
will be held. Sunday the ordination
service will take place and the sermon will
! be preached by Rev. Dr. ]. NJ. Sheridan OF
Broadway Church, Washington. Monday
and Tuesday will be taken up with com
mittee reports and the appointments are
expected TO be read Tuesday night.
1t is not believed there will be a grea'
many changes this year, and so far as car
be learned at present, none of the largel
churches of Washington will be disturbed
although some say there will be a change
at the North Baltimore Church, of which
Rev. T. o. Grouse is pastor. Rev. Louii
Randall is pastor of the Rhode lslanC
Church, Washington, where the con
ference will be held