Evening journal., 1916-02-24
ANNIVERSARIES
OF Conference
IN TABERNACLE
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anniversary rallies will be held in the
Lyon Tabernacle. while others will be
held in Union Church
II has been The custom to have
a missionary sermon on the evening
preceding the opening of the annual
Conference. but no provision having
been made for that, the Rev. S. Parkes
Cadman. d. d, LII. d.. of the Central
CONGREGATIONAL Church. of Brooklyn.
N. y. has been engaged to deliver
a lecture on the evening of March
Is. on THE Three Great Religious
Leaders OF oxford University. Wyclffe.
Wesley and Newman" DR. Cadman
is one Of the most brilliant orators
ia The American pulpit and is serving
what is perhaps the most prominent
Congregational Church in this coun-
try.
DR. Cadman is not an entire stranger
i'm Wilmington. he having lcctured
here some years ago on THE Puritan
in Two Worlds" which The late Chief
Justice Lore pronounced the most
brilliant lecture he ever heard. Ad-
mission TO DR.. Cadman's lecture will
be by ticket II has not been decided
whether il will be had in Union NJ. T..
Church or In the Lyon tabernacle
The Conference anniversaries will
begin on Wednesday March 20, with
the Women's Home Missionary So
ciciy rally at 2.30 o'clock.
Mrs. C. w. Weldin. the president
Of the society, will preside, and Mrs.
/ ~
York. will be the principal speaker.
In the evening of the same day the
Mission Society of the Methodist
Episcopal Church. with headquarters
in New York. will hold its ami
versary Dr II. f. Randolph. pastor
Of Grace NJ. +. Church, will preside.
The speaker for the occasion has not
been announced.
The Womens Foreign Missionary
Society will hold its anniversary on
Thursday afternoon. Mrs. V. S. Collins,
the Conference secretary of the so
ciety. will preside and the speaker
will be announced.
Thursday. March 30. the Epworth
League and Young Peoples Societies
anniversary will be held in the Lyon
tabernacle. All the Epworth Leagues
of the city and Conference territory.
The young peoples societies of other
churches will be invited to attend in a
body. The Rev. w. G. Harris. Of
Frankford, Del, will preside. and the
Rev. Or. Dan Brummit. Of Chicago.
assistan. secretary of the society will
be the chief speaker.
The Conference Claimants Cause
will be represented on Friday even
ing March 81. in a great mass meet
ing in the Lyon Tabernacle. DR.. T.
Il. Martindale. of Salisbury. Md, the
! president OF the society, will be the
presiding officer, and the Rev. J. II.
Wiley. d. D.. pastor of Christ Church,
Pittsburgh, Pa, will be the speaker.
DR. Willeys coming will awaken a
great deal Of interest because he was
born and reared at ST. Michaels. Md,
within the bounds Of this Conference,
and was for several years the popular
pastor of several prominent churches
in the Conference. Since transferring
out he has occupied some of the most
eminent pulpits of Methodism.
I On Saturday evening, April I, the
! Freedman's Aid Anniversary will be
I held at Union Church, the Rev. G. w.
Bounds will be the presiding officer.
The speaker will be furnished by the
society, whose headquarters are in
Cincinnati. Ohio.
AT st Paul's Church on the same
evening, the anniversary of the Sun
day School Society will be held. The
Rev. F. c. MacSorley will preside and
/ the Rev. Edgar Blake, ID. d.. will be
/ the speaker.
The temperance cause will have its
place i'm the forefront on Sunday
evening, in the Lyon Tabernacle, when
! the Church Temperance Society and
( the Anti-Saloon League will join in a
mass meeting. The Rev. Warren
Burr. Of Townsend. Del. will be the
presiding officer and the Rev. DR..
/ Clarence r. Wilson. of Topeka. Kan
sas. general secretary of the Church
/ Temperance Society and a son of the
late DR. J. A. B. Wilson. and the Hon.
Wayne b. Wheeler, of Washington, ID.
c.. the legal advisor Of the Anti
Saloon League, will be the speakers
The Conference Anniversaries will
close on Monday evening, April 3,
with that of the Home Missionary and
Church Extension Societies and the
Education Society. The Rev. J. w.
Easley will be the chairman and the
speakers will be announced later.