New Britain herald., 1920-02-20
SPECIAL SERVICES
 IN CHURCHES SUN.
Local Clergymen to Attend Con-
 fereDCeS on Monday


 world movement program will be the devotion of the coming Sunday as stewardship Sunday" This means that every pastor in Connecticut-and for that matter in the country-has been asked to speak on that day on the subject of stewardship It means an emphasis on the facts that all property and wealth stre gifts from above, and that their holdens are in that sense stewards, not absolute own CTS. The purpose of this is to secure an acknowledgment of this obligation, and a pledge to lay aside a definite portion of income. preferably ''tithe" or tenth, for the purposes of the church and it's work, to be dis tributed through local church and de- nominational channels. To this end cards for signature will be distributed in all the churches that day
 Responses from the pastors of Con- necticut for the interchurch world conference to be held at Center church in Hartford on Monday, Tues day and Wednesday of next week in dicate @ large attendance. In addition to the pastors of all Protestant churches, an invitation has been sent to the heads of the higher educational nstitutions-colleges, seminaries. nor mai schools and some private schools.
 List of Speakers.
 The list of speakers includes Dr. George Sherwood Eddy, we'll known for his evangeIistic work among the colleges, and head of the Y. NJ. c A. work in Asia. and Mrs. Eddy: rRev. Dr. Edwin M. Poteat, president of F'uman university at GreenTille, s C.. but bet ter known in Connecticut as the for mer pastor of Calvary Baptist church New Haven poy- hro, ward Cory, associate general secretary of the international field depa rtment, and for 15 years q missionary. in China: Mrs. Henry w. Peabody of Beverly, Mass, widely known as leader in wom ems missionary effort and now member of the executive committee of the intercflurch world moEem ent; Dr. Frank w. Bible of Madison. N. J., head of the China sur Vey of the interchurch. formerly for many years a missionary in China; and the Rev. Dr. Worth M Tippy of New York, associate director of the industrial relations department of the lntefchurch, formerly director of re- Iig1ous education at the South Con Sregational church in Hartford
 The program will begin. at 2 clock on Monday afternoon, when, the open ing address will be made. probably by pr. Daniel A. oling, of Boston, as- sociate general secretary of the Inter- church World Movement known to all Christian Endeavorers as. associate president of the Worlds Christian Endea Hor. Movement. Dr. Bible is to speak upon the foreign survey Tn, the evening there will be reports upon the rural and city surveys Of the state by Rev. Rollo A. Kilbourn and Robert EN Fnd1 nf ha Ja partments.
 Lessons on Tuesday.
 On Tuesday the forenoon session will be devoted to religious education hospitals and homes, industrial rela- tions, ministerial relief, American education and the Statistical Mirror. In the afternoon the subjects to be considered will be evangelism, the field program, an outline of the finan- cial campaign and to sessions of state and county representatives. At this session addresses are expected from pr. Polling and Dr. Eddy. In the eve ming there is promised an important address upon ''The Needs of the World" from pr. Polling, and from Mrs. Peabody on womens co-opera- ton in the movement Wednesday will be devoted to denominational conferences to :. report of the com mittee on findings and a discussion of it and an address upon the financial campaign.
 In connection with this conference, yet in some ways distinct from it, will be a conference of the women of Con- necticut to which have been invited the leading missionary workers and the leaders of general women's or gan niZationS to the number of more than 200. Their sessions will be held in the First Baptist church beginning on Monday afternoon. The afternoon and evening sessions will be open and the public is cordially invited. The sessions of the women'S conference will close on Tuesday and the pro- gram is still to be announced, but aamong the speakers expected are Mrs. Henry w. Peabody and Mrs. George Sherwood Eddy.
 Pastors from New Britain and vicinity who have indicated their in tention of attending the conference are Rev. Dr. George ". C. Hill. of the South Congregational church: Rev Edward C. Gillette and Rev , J. q. Ward. of Plainyille: Rev How ard A. Morton. of Newington, and Rev. Carleton EIazen. of Kensineton.