New Britain herald., 1916-11-10
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|C0DgTegatlOnalStS Will Hold Gen. eral Conference Nov. A and 15

0n6i06dtlUndilStS fHlll HUlu Ueu- eral Conference Nov. A and 15 Ihe nftleth annual meeting of the #General Conference of the Congrega- tlonai churches of Connecticut will be held In this city on. Novembe IA and ID, It was just fifty years ago that Hthe first meeting of the conference was held in this city and it is no more man appropriate that the fiftieth an- nlVersary should be held here. The uelegates from the different Congre- salonal churches about the state will be put up at the homes of private fam1ltes Any Congregational church HaDout the state in regular standin g and those not represented in any oth- CT state body of churches is entitled to delegates at the conference. One of these delegates shall be the pastor unless he church decides otherwise, but he must De an ordained Congre- gatlonal minister The standing com m1ttee that has the conference in charge is composed of the following: Rev Henry w: Maier, D. Melancthon James, Rev j. A. F'iske and E. Stan ley Welles
 The conference will be called to order on the morning of Novem Der A at 10:3o m. and this meeting will last until 12:30 o'clock. The ad- dress of welcome will be delivered by Rev. Henry w Maier after the organization has been effected. The Following committees will then make reports:
 Standing committee, treasurer, fin- Cto tee of missionary work; committee on Connecticut federation; committee on church unity; committee on mems work; committee on social service; di- rectors of New England board of pastoral supply; committee on re- ligious education; committee on rural life; committee on allied temperance work; report of delegates to national council. Luncheon will be served at 12:30 o'clock
 The afternoon meeting Tuesday will open at o'clock with worship, :. led by Rev. Frank D. Sargent of Putnam, after which a business meet ing will be held commencing at 2:30 The subject of discussion will be The Changed Problems Our Churches Face at This Fiftieth Anniversary" Pro- lessor Benjamin s. Winchester of
 
 ''The Sunday School;'' Professor Will liam B. Bailey of Yale university on ''The Industrial Condition;" Rev, Dr. Brewer Eddy of Boston, Mass, of "The Young People," and at 4:3O o'clock a general discussion will be held on the subjects about which the speakers talked. Dinner will be served tt o'clock and a social hour will follow.
 On Tuesday evening Joseph c. Beebe, organist at the South church will give an organ recital at 7:15 o'clock and the evening program will follow in that church. Rev. Azel w. Hagen of Middletown will lead the worship at s o'clock and Rev. Hubert c. Herring If Boston will give an address on ""'he National Council and the Changed Problems.'
 Wednesday morning the worship VII be led by Rev Arthur Good enough of Winchester at g o'clock and business meeting will follow this at 9:30 a. IT.
 At 10 o'clock Mrs. Frederick G. Platt of New Britain will speak on sWoman's Place in the Church Amid the Changed Problems" Rev. Henry A. Atkinson of Boston, Mass, will speak at 10:3O on Social Service" and at II o'clock Rev. John A. Scheurle of Springfield will speak on 'eThe Country Church" At Il o'clock general discussion will be held on these subjects. Luncheon will be served at 12:30.
 "Wednesday afternoon the Mission ary Society of Connecticut will meet, comm encing at 2 o'clock with devo- tional exercises, led by Rev. James A. Wright of Hartford, followed by a business meeting. The report of the I treasurer will first be read, after which election of offices will be held Addressen will be delivered as fol- # lows: Bearing the Burden of the Work" Judge Epaphroditus Peck of Bristol; 'The Woman's Congrega- & tional Home Missionary Union of & Connecticut" by Mrs. Williston Walk CT, president, of New Haven; '"The Outlook Among the Italians" Rev. Philip M. Rose, pastor of the Italian Congregational church, New Haven; "A Century of Home Missions in Con- necticut," Rev. Sherrod Soule, super fntendent. of Hartford Stereopticon slides will be shown during the even ing showing the founders and first of- fcers of the Domestic Missionary So- cietv and the churches aided 100 years ago and founders of the general conference
 Tn the evening at 6 o'clock a ban auet will be served for the men, and the subject of discussion will be 'HeaIth and Religion" on which Professor Irving Fisher of Yale Uni versity will speak. The women of the conference will be entertained in the parlors of the South Congre- gational church. Wednesday eve ming at o'clock worship will be held, Rev. Charles F. Garter of Hartford