Evening journal., 1916-03-28
ministers ARRIVE
FOR NJ. E. CONFERENCE
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Continued from tlrst rage.
today and most of them will be here
by tonight.
The anniversary OF the Womens
Home Missionary Society will be held
at 2.3O o'clock tomorrow afternoon.
Mrs. C. Wesley Weldin will preside
and Mrs. Mae Leonard Woodruff. Of
New Jersey. will be the speaker.
The anniversary OF the Board OF
Foreign Missions will be held at 7.SO
O'Clock tomorrow evening. DR.. Her
bert +. Randolph. pastor of Grace
Church, will preside and the Rev. Ber-
tram NJ. Triple. of Rome. Italy, will
make the address. He is said to be
in line as one Of the new bishops Of
the church.
The anniversary OF the Womens
Foreign Missionary Society will be
held at o'clock on Thursday after
noon. Mrs. Vaughan S. Collins will
preside. The speaker will be Miss
Shih E-Sen Mel Yum. physician in
charge Of the hospital at Kin Kiang,
China.
Iu the Lyon tabernacle on Thursday
evening the anniversary Of the Ep-
worth League will be observed. The
Rev. W. G. Harris will preside and
the address will be made by Dr.. Dan
Brummitt, Of Chicago. other ami
versaries of Conference week ar
ranged are:
Friday, March $3.50 p. m, evan
gelistic services. in charge Of the Rev.
Ralph l.. Coursey; 730 p. M, in the
Lyon tabernacle, the anniversary or
the Conference; Claimants Endow-
ment Fund; president the Rev. l..
T. Martindale. d. D.; speaker, the Rev.
! J. II. Wiley, d. D.. OF Pittsburgh.
Saturday. April 1-2.30 p. m, evan
gelistic services. led by the Rev. R. l..
Coursey; 730 p. M. Union Church. the
Freedman's Aid anniversary. the Rev.
George w. Bounds. chairman, and the
Rev. l.. Garland Penn, of Cincinnati,
and DR.. ]. o. Spencer. Of Baltimore,
will be the speakers; 7.30 p. m. St.
Pauls Church. the Sunday School
Board anniversary. the Rev. +. c Mac
I SOrley. chairman, and the Rev. Edgar
| Blake, d. d., of Chicago. speakers.
2unuHes ADln All Ant otl lNNo
OF the day will be held in the Lyon
tabernacle, Washington Heights Park;
| 900 a. m, the Conference Love Feast
| in charge Of the Rev. Alfred Smith.
| ID. D.. and the Rev. r. l.. Coursey;
1880 a. m. preaching by Bishop
Joseph f. Berry, d. d., LII D.; 2.30
p. M. the ordination Of deacons and
elders by the presiding bishop, assist
ed by the district superintendents and
others: 800 p. m, the memorial SER
vice followed by evangelistic service
in charge Of the Rev. r. L. COursey;
! 7.30 m. the Church Temperance So
ciety anniversary and the anniversary
of the Anti-Saloon League, the Rev.
Warren Burr will be the presiding
officer and the Rev. Clarence True
Wilson. D. D.. of Topeka. Kansas,
will speak for the Church Temper
ance Society and for the Anti-Saloon
League.
Monday. April 3-2.3O p. m, Con
ference session, followed by a fare
well evangelistic service; 7.30 p. m.
anniversary Of the Home Missionary
and Church Extension Society and
also the Education Society. The Rev
Charles NJ. Boswell. d. d.. will speak
for the former and the Rev. Melville
r. Snyder, D. D.. will speak for the
Education Society.
Conference Examinations.
, Examinations for the ministry oi
the Methodist Episcopal Church were
commenced last night in Union NJ. L
Church. under the direction Of the
board of examiners. The examinations
were for administry and for advance
ment. The Rev V. p. Northrup, d. ID.
of Harrington. is registrar. Those
who are taking the examinations are
For admission on trial, Otis B. Reed
Roy T. Thawley. Alonzo Travis, c. c
Harris. Ira ]. b. Hill. r. c. Cooke, Les
ter E. Windsor. First year. L. NJ
Broadway. J. L. Prettyman, Ralph c
Jones. Herman Klug, c. w. Spry
Frank White. Essel Thomas. ~ c. Ben
son. Third year. J. A. Leach. Zach w
Wells. Fourth year. Ivanhoe Willis
ollie II. Connolly, George Z. Sterling
George +. Newton. George S. Allen, o
B. Rice.
Mr.. Gambrill for Delegate.
Among the laymen being strongl,
advocated for lay delegate to the Gen.
eral Conference is Melville Gambrill
president of the board Of trustees o
Grace NJ. Z. Church Mr.. Gambrill ha
a host Of friends throughout the Con
ference territory. and has given thous
ands OF dollars to the Conference
Claimants Endowment Fund and it il
said he proposes to do even more il
the near future.