Free trader-journal. (Ottawa, Ill.) 1916-1920, 1919-05-19
STATE CONFERENCE
"Opens WITH SCORES
OF DELEGATES HERR:
CONGREGATiONALiSTS FLOCK TO
OTTAWA FOR ANNUAL MEET
INC-30O REGISTERED THIS AF-
TERNooN-MoRE COMING

Three hundred delegates were OH
hand toda! for the opeling of the
tlth annual meeting and CongregI-
tional Conference of the state The
meeting is being held in the First
Congregational church, While the
meetings Of the Womans Home Mis-
siohary Union are being held down
the street ia the First Baptist church.
More delegates were arriving on
every train and it is expected there
will be i09 here by the evening sea-
sion
The meeting opened this Afternoon
at 100 o'clock Rev, Clarence 4.
Brown who Is the conference moder-
dtGr called the meeting to order, and
Rev James Austin Richards, pastor
3f the FIRST Congregational Church
OF Wilnetka, offered the invocation.
The reading OF the rules of orde:
was the next thing on The program,
after which Il nomlnatidg committee,
consisting of Rev +. L. Nugent, OF
Kewaaee. Rev. It. l. PARROT, Of Sprilg
field, Rev. NJ. j. Norton Of Mendon,
Rev. G. A. Osborne OF Chicago, Rev.
Joha Gordon of Rockford, and c. Is.
Chapman of this city, was elected to
make the nominations for the stand
ing committees and convention com
IN an
to press this afternoon this commit
tee had not reported ol the c0mmit-
tees named
The entire business OF the conven-
tion will be in charge of a business
committee composed of Rev. John
Gardacr of Chicago, Rev. A. Leonard,
of La Grange, Rev. E. j. Ridings. OF
Oak Park, Rev. 5 5 Parks, of Chlca-
go, NJ. A. Myers, of TIiISdale and Rev.
Carl Stackman of this city.
The feature OF the afternoon was
an address by Rev Hubert c. Her
ring, of Boston. Mass, secretary of
he national council of Congregational
churches. Rev. fierring is the most
noted man in Congregational church
es today and is one Of the most elO-
queat speakers to ever appear on
Congregational platform.
He talked along the lines Of demon
national work Of today and the inter
church movement, and was very ben
efcial to everyone who heard it.
1, 1ni I'M ,-,,bt pgh
movement, saying in part
The main features of the plan are
four in number.
l. "A United Study of the World
Field County by county in this coun-
try and mission by mission in foreign
/ lands it is proposed that the exact
facts be discovered to the end that
/ the needs of each community and re
gion may be appraised and the whole
task of the whole church put in clear
/ light and due proportion,
/ 2 "A United Budget On the la sis
/ of the world survey it is proposed
/ that single Joint budget he made
every item OF which shall approve it
/ self to the Judgment of the several
mission boards. so far as it relates to
j the work of each board, ald have the
approval of "A strong interdcnomino-
tional committee aided by experts in
the various fields covered, this com
mittce to review and harmolj2e the
details. While this budget will be
for single year, it will take account
cf the needs OF a five year period
3 "A United Appeal. During a
Agiven number Of days at some point
jim 1920 it is proposed that the 5o,0n@
000 people Onstitutilg the Protestant
contitnency of America be asked
community by Community, to under
write the united budget or the yeal
ahead, payment Of pledges to bt
made week by week through custom
J united treasury to care for undesig
= mated gifts.
l. "A United Program of Work. II
: is proposed that this plan shall carry
2 the steadily growing cooperation o.
recent years in the mission field or
to the point of the most complete
; coordination which the conditions o
our separate organizations permit
/ Funds secured will be expended witt
2 detail regard to the requirements o
5 fraternal cooperation.
/ Or Herring is extremely proud 0
5 his two sons who are Congregations
1 ministers. one at Woodstock, ILL.,, an
the other at Wichita. Kansas. and o
his daughter. who is Y w. c. A
T secretary in New York City.
A good sized audience was on han