Evening star., 1925-10-19
CHURCH GATHERING
DRAWS $500 HERE
Congregationa|ists to Elect
Moderator at Tomor-
rows Session.

ol every stale In the mon and many
! foreign countries are arriving in
Washington today for the twenty-first
i opening meeting of the National
Council ot Congrega tional Churches
"i the United States tomorrow after
noon Al o'clock in the Washington
I Auditorium With morning, after
I noon and evening sessions daily. the
! meeting sNill continue until the night
OF October 2S
With the arrival of delegations a
campaign began To take shape today y
in behalf of The II candidates for the
Office of moderator. the highest which
the council can heStow. Elections vii
take place tomorrow. shortly after the
council is called Ia order
Biennial Contest Mild
I Each biennial gathering OF the
council finds . mild contest between
recognition in the office OF the
! moderator II has been the custom,
To alternate in the selection of clergy
| men and laymen. but at the last
| council a clergyman. Rev. DR.. Rock
| we'll Harmon Potter. was elected when
| normally II should have been lay
! mans turn. With this in mind strong
, pressure is being brought among the
| delegates To support one of the seven
! lay candidates. six Of which are men
! and one woman.
one of the prominent lay "a ndidates
/ is Frederic Chamberlain of Evanston
H.. president of the Warren Feather
; bone Works. at Three oaks. Mich.
! and reputed to he one Of the best
! known Business men of the country
! His sponsors dClare his time iS praC
/ ticaliy his own and he would he able
to give his entire attention To the
: leadership of the congregational move
menl the next two years.
Woman Lay Candidate.
! The lay woman in the field is Mary
! r. WoollaN. president or Mount llol-
. yoke College. she has been given
/ many honorary degrees, notable
among them being an Ii. ~. from
! Yale. Other lay candidates are Roger
! Rahson. financial writer. who has
I gained national fame on account Of
: the practical church books he has
written: Ex-Governor Sweet of Colo
RADIO. progressive church worker who
! has made Il name for himself in clea n
! ing mp Colorado: Dell \. Schweitzer Of
/ Los Angeles. lawyer. and for years
/ president of the Congregational FIX
! tension Society Of Los Angeles: Fred
! r. Smith. representative OF the Car
/ negie Peace Foundation. and j. +.
3 IlTINo't 81 -Nppltltl. w II.
The following clergNmen are can
! GidateS: Rev Ozora : Davis of chi
cag". Rev. Dan F. Bradley "f Cleve
! land. Rev. Charles s. Mills Of New
! York and the Rev. Carl :. Patton OF
: Los Angeles.
Equally important with The election
, tomorrow of the moderator will he
! the receipt by the commission on
missions of the report of its com
! mittee of twelve on missionary or
| Ed nizat ton. This report, which will
recommend the merging of nearly a
dozen home and foreign missionary
bodies into two general associa tions
is expected to he the cause of q
, spirited clash o nthe convention floor
Committee Sessions Held.
! Sessions of the Committee of Twelve
have been held for two days. and its
chairman n. Rev. DIR. William Horace
i Day Of Bridgeport, Conn. today Is
| expect to tender the final draft tc
| the full commission. The commission
! composed of more than a hundred
! congregational leaders. will so over
! the report tomorrow and probably
! submit it for action by the council
| Wednesday, or Thursday.
! Other members OF the Committee of
! Twelve are: Henry W Beardsley OF
/
| Brown of Evanston, Rev. DR.. Harry
! p. Dewey OF Minneapol Mrs. Ernest
! a. Evans Of New York. Elbert A. Har.
/ vey of Boston. Henry n. Hyde. Ware
! Mass: Rev. DR.. Horace c. Mason OF
| Seattle, Wash: Mrs. r. A. OSbornson
J oak Park. H.: Dell y. Schweitzer of
| Los Angeles, Mrs. Lucius II. Thayer
Of Portsmouth. y. H., and Mrs.
Charles +. Wilson of Detroit. Mich
t. l1lo
/ he in the city tomorrow for the
| speech Al the evening session ot
! President Coolidge. The President is
/ honorary moderator Of the council
and his church. the First Congrega :
tional here. Is taking a prominent
part in It's deliberations
/ Program for Tomorrow.
I The program for tomorrow's open
ing session follows: Two pm-Or-
ga MIA ton: call to order by retiring
moderator. Rev. Potter: devotional
service. election of modera tor and as
slstant modera tors; PRAYER by mod
! era tor elect: election of assistants 10
! the secretary on nomination of the
| nomina ting committee: also commit
| tees on business and credentials: ::
! presenta tion of the docket by the
| secretary/ presenta tion nv motions
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! the secretary: presentation and ref
erence to business committee of com
munications addressed to the council
| and motions from the floor: report of
| the business committee.
! o'clock-'Our asks" hv the Rev
Charles F. Carter. D. D.
i:3o-"Our Evangelical Protesta nt
| Heritage" the Rev. c. A. Voss. d. D.
| 5-Report of the executive commit.
tee: report of the committee on ere
! dentials
| 1:30 p.m.-Preliminar ry song service
t p.m.-DevOtions, the Rev. 7.
! Wendell Fifeld.
/: Sl5 p.m.-Address by the Honorary
I Moderator, the President of the Unit cd
| States
! Address by the retiring moderator
Delegates from California informed
! local Congrega tional leaders TODAY
| that in all proba bility the Rev. DR.
! James l.. Gordon. former pastor Of
| the First congregational Church. will
not attend the council.
/ Hume Missionary Meeting
Tonight there will he. the annual
| meeting of the congregational Won
ans Home Missionary Federation al the
| Mount Pleasant Church. with Mrs
tharies *. wilson, president. presid
| ing.
The program for this evenings pre-
council gathering follows: Devotjonsl
service. Mrs. Mel. n. Lichliter: vel
come. Mrs. Sydney r. Jacobs. South
'ern vice president, Middle Atlantic
Conference: response. Mrs. Charles
! X. Wilson: reception Of women nj
! evangelical churches represented nv
| Mrs. r. o. Eisele Mrs. Paul Reikow
and Mrs. c. A. Foss; appointment OF
committee on resolutions: appointment,
| OF business committee; reports ot
secretaries. Mrs. j. J. PearsaIl Mrs. D.
! ID OlmSt cad Mrs + u E>pSp,inrar