Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1928-09-08
25,ODO TO ATTEND
EPISCOPAL SESSION
Plans Announced for Broth
erhood and TrienniaI Con-
VentiOnS Here.

Hundreds of laymen from all parts o.
the country will attend the forty-seconc
National Convention Brotherhood of St
Andrew of the Episcopal Church which
will meet here October to 9. imme-
diately before the tricnnial general con-
vcntion of that church. which will bring
$4,000 religious pilgrims to the Ma
tionsl Capital.
Noted clerical and lay speakers will
address the sessions of the Brotherhood
convention. which will be a spiritual
preparation as it were for the general
convention and be in effect national
rally on personal evangelism and re-
dedication to the ideals put forward in
the recent Bishops Crusade. 1t is eX-
pected there will be registration of
about $500 of the younger men of the
church. H. Lawrence Choate of Rock
Greek Parish is chairman of the gen.
eral committee in Washington for tho
convention of the Brotherhood of st.
Andrew. The sessions of the conven-
ton will be held at the Mayfower
Hotel.
The program for the senior section
Of the Brotherhood was made public
yesterday by Mr.. Choate.
Opening Program.
The delegates will arrive here October
5, when National Council of the
Brotherhood will meet at the Hotel
May1lower at noon. AT 1:30 pm the
delegates Will visit Arlington TO lay a
wreath on the grave of the Unknown
Soldier. Commissioner Sidney F.. Talia-
ferro will preside over the opening din
ner to be held at the Mayfiower at
$50 pm. when the POSTMASTER will
be Samuel Thorne of New York City.
The Brotherhood men will be well
coined to this city by Right Rev. James
r. Freeman. Bishop of Washington. and
Most Rev. John G. Murray, Bishop of
Maryland and the presiding bishop of
the church in America and honorary
president of the Brotherhood of ST.
Andrew will give a greeting. Two ad-
dresses, "A Challenge to the Clergy"
by Prof Samuel L. JOSH, professor of
comparative religion and Hindu phil
oSophy of Dartmouth College. and "A
Challenge to the Laity," by Right Rev.
G. G. Bennett. Bishop of Duluth.
There will be celebration of the
holy communion at ST. Thomas Church
October for the Brotherhood men.
At 10 am. the convention will be or
ganized, with Edward H. Bonsall, pres
ident of the Brotherhood of st. Andrew
in the United States, in the chair. At
1890 o'clock a general conference on
the topic, "Mobilizing Man Power" will
begin the two principal speakers being
Ven A. w. N. Porter. Archdeacon of
San Francisco, speaking on THE Lay
man in Action and Rev. Loud S.
Charters, Emmanuel parish, Norwich,
N. Y. on "Mobilizing the Parish to
Win the Community; and Capt. B. F.
Mountford, who will discuss the work
of the church army This will be fol-
lowed by general discussion. and at
1890 O'Clock the delegates will be re-
ceived at the White House by President
Coolidge. The afternoon session will
be devoted to the first of three confer
ences on THE Worlds Need" led by
Prof Samuel L. JOSH, who will speak
that afternoon on THE Spirit of Bud
dl1ism and Its Contribution to Human
Welfare" Then will follow another
conference series, Man Helping Man
With Religion" led by Rev. Alfred New
berry, Church of the Atonement, Chi
cago. Leon c. Palmer. general secre-
tary of the Brotherhood of ST. Andrew,
will close the afternoon talks, speaking
on The Brotherhood, Today and To-
morrow
Bishop Freeman and the Cathedral
chapter will hold reception in the
bishops garden at pm. for the dele
gates. At 8 pm. a service of prepara-
ton for the corporate communion next
day at 100 am. will be held in ST.
Thomas Church by the Right Rev.
Philip Cook, Bishop of Delaware. At
the corporate communion in st. Thorn
as Church October Z. at 7:30 am,
Bishop Freeman will be the celebrant.
Open-Air Service.
One of the outstanding events of the
convention will be an open-air service
In the amphitheater of Washington Ca
thedral Close at pm. the afternoon
of October Z, with Bishop Freeman
presiding, and the topic of the service,
"A Call to Witness" Former Senator
George Wharton Pepper of st. Marks
parish. Philadelphia. and chairman of
the executive committee of Washington
Cathedral. and DR.. Rudolph Boiling
Teusler. director of ST. Lukes Interna-
tional Hospital, Toxic, Japan, will be
the speakers.
At pm. a mass meeting will occur
at Ascension Church in the interest of
young people, the topic being THE
Witness of Youth" Right Rev Frank
A. Julien. Bishop of Florida, will take
for his subject. Through the Young
Peoples Society,"" and the Witness of
Youth Through the Brotherhood of st.
Andrew will be shown by Rev. Bernard
Iddings Bell, warden of st. Stephens
College, Columbia University
The second business session of the
convention will take place October s,
when the report of the national council
will be given and a new council will
be elected. At 10 am. Rev. S. M. Shoe
maker. ir., rector of Calvary Church,
New York City. followed by three
group conferences meeting simultane-
ously AS follows: THE Witness. Through
the Church's Program and Christian
Stewardship" chairman, Lewis B.
Franklin. vice president and treasurer
of the National Council of the Church,
and Rev. c. f. Snowden, executive sec
rotary. field department of the National
Church.
The Witness Through Study AMI
Discussion Group" chairman, Rev.
Theodore r. Ludlow. secretary for adult
education. National Church. and Rev.
James Madison Johnson, st. Johns,
Wisconsin Rapids. Wis
The Witness Through Social Service
and Rural Work" chairman. Rev, c. N.
service department, National Church,
and Rev Dennis Whittle Emmanuel
Church, Covington, Va.
Second Conference.
The second Of the three conferences
on The Worlds Need" by Prof. JOSH
will open the afternoon session when he
will discuss The Achievements and
Tragedies of Islam" At 3 pm. the con-
ference on The Great Triangle" will
be led by Rev Alfred Newbcrry and at
4pm. three group conferences will meet
simultaneously as follows
J The Witness in Colleges" chair
man. Rev John r Hart. IT.. student
pastor. University Of Pennsylvania. Rev.
Leroy S Burroughs, student pastor.
Iowa State College, Amcs, Iowa.
O. The Witness Through MISSIONS
and Mission Service" chairman, J. w.
Peckwith Law reader Trinity, Lumber