The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1922-09-04

EVENING.
Program at 1880.
Music and devotions.
Welcome to Rock Island"-Rev.
O. ]. Stirratt, Rock Island, Y. NJ.
c. A. secretary.
Response-Rev. Sidney A. Guth-
RE, Orion.
= Fiftieth anniversary sermon
Rev. U. z. Gilmer, Macon.
Hospital Ministry'-Rev. c. S.
Woods, Philadelphia, chairman;
Rev. T. E. Newland, Pontiac.
Informal reception in the church
Wednesday, Sept Is.
MORNING.
Session at $3.50 O'Clock.
Opening address-Bishop Thorn
as Nicholson.
Sacrament of the Lords supper.
ORGANIZATION of the conference.
Memorial address-Rev. J. NJ.
Ryan, Pontiac.
Joint report Of the districts
Rev. S. P. Archer. Peoria.
: AFTERNOON.
Conference session.
3:00-Missionary sermon-Rev.
]. A. Pitman, Kankakee.
World Wide Program"-Bishop
E. G. Richardson, bishop-at-large.
Thursday, Sept II.
MORNING AND AFTERNOON.
3:00-Woman's foreign mission
airy society anniversary aaaress-
Rev. James c. Baker. Wesley fohn-
dalton, University Of Illinois; chair
man, Mrs. D. G. Dubois, Onargo.
7:30-"Board Of Home Missions"
Rev E. M. Conover, Philadelphia.
Board OF Education for Negroes"
Rev. L. Z. Lovejoy, Philadelphia.
Chairman, Rev. H. B. Lewis,
Normal.
Friday, Sept IL.
MORNING AND AFTERNOON.
Conference sessions. Address at
II o'clock to entering class.
| 2:00-Joint session of laymen
and ministers.
Soul Winning the Christian
Business"-Rev. George H. Nc
Clung. Kankakee: E. H. Wilson,
layman.
stewards in the Kingdom of
Godfrey. William E. Shaw, Peo-
ria: R. c. Pellit, layman.
r Address by Bishop Thomas Mich
olson.
FORWARD Program of the
Church"-Blshop 4. G. Richardson.
4:00ASightseeing tour by Rock
Island Chamber or Commerce.
7:30-Musical prelude. church
, choir.
Industry and Humanity"-Rev.
Alfred Edwin Craig, Evansville,
Ind: chairman, Rev.. William E.
Shaw.
i Saturday, Sept. 16.
/, MORNING AND AFTERNOON.
! Conference sessions. Laymen S
association meets in the church an
mex at 3 o'clock.
| 3:00-AnniverSary progra
, Woman's home missionary society,
Mrs. Mary Northrup. Los Angeles.
speaker; Mrs. T. E. Newland,
! chairman. Reception for pastors
! wives and society delegates in home
of Mrs. ]. F. Robinson.
/ .7:30-Music and devotions.
. Our Advocate"-Rev. C. H. Nc
G<ea, Chicago, assistant editor of
the Northwestern Christian Advo-
cate.
Church Sunday Schools'-Rev.
Bert E. Smith, board Of Sunday
schools, Chicago.
Sunday, Sept II.
9:00-Conference love feast, led
by Rev. r. A. Brown, Kankakee
and Rev. ID. s. McCown, Knoxville.
10:30-Conference sermon-Bish-
op Thomas Nicholson.
/ 2:O0-Music by choir and male
| quartet.
Ordination service for deacons,
elders and deaconesses, Bishop
Nicholson.
/ 6:30-Union Epworth league SER
J, vice, all leagues in the tri-cities
participating. Rev. Sidney A.
1, Guthrie, leader.
/ 7:S0-Music and devotions.
1 Temperance and Public Morals
Virgil G. Hfnshaw, Washington,
! D. C.
I Church and Conference Claim.
ants"-Rev. C. r. Oaten. Chicago
Chairman. Rev. George H. Nc
Chung.
| Final conference session will
take place Monday.
/ Laynea's Association.
| Laymen's association program
will be held Friday and Saturday
with sessions in the church annex
Il The Friday program. which be.
gins at 1 o'clock in the afternoon
| is as follows:
i Registration Of delegates
| Devotionals.
| Appointment Of committees and
announcements.
4 Joint session with clergy.
Il Saturday mornings program be-
gins At > O'Clock, n follows:
i Deyotionals-Led by C. W. Bridg
Il ford, Joy. i
Address Of welcome H. ]. Dim
sted, Rock Island.
Response and opening remark
1T = Willard, East Peori4, presi
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