The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1916-01-24
RELIGIOUS LEADERS
MEET HERE THIS week
sunday School Council OF United States
and Canada Confer
Thursday
SESSIONS AT MURpHY's HorEI
banquet Wednesday Night VIII BE in
Presbyterian Publishing House.
Noted Educators Are Among Dele
gates.

Probably the most influential re-
ligious body in North America will
hold its annual conference in Rich
nond, beginning Thursday afternoon.
This body is known as the Sunday
School Council of the United States
and Canada. and embraces in its mem
bership. representatives OF thirty -four
of the leading evangelical denomina-
tons Of the world The membership
| consists of the publishers and editors
of Sunday school periodicals and sec
retaries of young peoples church or
CARNATIONS. This body is the educa-
tional force which gives direction to
! the religious life of the 100000
Sunday school pupils in the United
States and Canada.
The invitation to hold the annual
session of 1916 i'll Richmond was ex-
tended by the late Rev. \. L. Phii-
lips. d. D.. who was superintendent
of young peoples work for the South
ern Presbyterian Church. Murphys
Hotel has been selected as official
sions will be held in the assembly
hall Of the hotel.
Banquet Wednesday Night.
y banquet and reception Will be
rendered the body on Wednesday even
ing by the Presbyterian Committee
of Publication in its new building, 8
and s North Sixth Street.
The program is very full, and some
questions of large moment to the re.
ligious forces of America will be dis
cussed. Among them are the Sunday
school lessons for the cycle covering
the years 1913 to 1922; new standards
for a three-year teacher training
course; the coordination of the Sun
day school with the public school sys-
tenn.
Among the prominent leaders who
will be present the following have
made advance reservations of rooms:
Drs. Rowland, Blackall Rafferty,.
Chambers. Meyers and Webb, OF the
American Baptist Board, Philadelphia;
Drs. Fraser. Myers. Robertson and
Duncan. OF the Canadian Presbyterian
Church; DR.. Lester Bradner. OF the
Episcopal Church; Drs. Langford and
Crews of Canadian Episcopal Church;
Drs. McNutt and Mcconnell. of the
Presbyterian Church, L. :. A: DR..
koontz. of the Disciples Church;
Drs. Chappell and Lamar. Of the NJ
4. Church, South: Drs. Frost. Bur
roughs and Van Ness. OF the Southern
Baptist Convention: Drs. Farris and
SaGb, VI liiC ANOI ltlSI IL ISSby tSf II
Board; Drs Blake, Myers, Mains. Jen-
nings, Graham and Race, of the Meth
odist Episcopal Church. North: Drs.
| Olmstead and Rose of the Free Meth.
odist Church; Drs. Sigmound and
! Wites. of the Lutheran Church; Drs
I :Mihigan and Miller, of the United
Presbyterian Church; Drs. Hauser and
| Miller. OF the German Reformed
! Church; Drs. Kramer. Straebler, Ber-
r.. 1, IT,.
! Church; Drs. Hopkins. Stevenson and
Smithers, of the Christian Church:
Drs. Hunt and Honeline, of the United
Brethren Church; DR.. Katterjohn. of
! the German synod; DR. Haworth, of
the Friends Society: DR.. Wilbur. OF
the Protestant Methodist Church:
Amos r. Wells. Boston. secretary Ma
tional Christian Endeavor Society;
DIR. B. S. Winchester. Hartford, Conn,
chairman international Lesson Com
mittee.
Among Women Delegates.
A number of women who are
known internationally as Sunday
school experts and writer's on religious
themes will also be present as dele
gates: Among the women are noted
Miss Margaret Slattery of Boston:
Mrs. !. W. Barnes. OF New York; Miss
Martha Mcdonald. of Pittsburg; Miss
Wilson, Baltimore: Mrs. Mans. of
( Cincinnati; Miss Francis Danielson. of
Boston Miss Daisy Dean, of Phila-
delphia Miss Hazel Lewis, of Gin
cinati and Miss Name Brockway OF
I Philadelphia. s.
A number of preliminary meetings
Of commissions will be held this af-
ternoon. tonight and tomorrow morn
ing. The various denominations OF
the city will extend every courtesy
possible - the distinguished body, but
their & q, is so fully occupied with
business meetings that there will be
no opportunity for public services OF
any sort,