Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-10-19
CHURCH DELEGATES.
HERE FOR SESSION
UniversaIiSt General Conven-
ton, to Last a Week, Will
Open Tomorrow.

More than 1000 churchmen, includ-
ing delegates and laymen, are en- route
to washington for sessions of the Uni
versalist General Convention, which
commences in the Hotel Mayfiower to-
morrow.
Three separate groups will meet dur
ing the week. The annual convention
of the General Sunday School Associa-
ton of the Universalist Church will be-
gin tomorrow and continue through
Tuesday; the Women's National Mis-
sionary Association will meet Tuesday
and Wednesday, and the General Con-
vention of the church is scheduled to
start Wednesday evening and continue
through next Sunday.
Delegates From Japan.
Speakers include delegates from as far
west as the State of Washington, as
we'll as representatives of the Universal
list Church from its mission in Shizuoka,
Japan. The general theme Of the Uni
verSalist General Convention will be
Religion and Life" The meeting We'd
nesday at 7:30 pm. will be in All Souls
Unitarian Church, when DR.. Frederick
w. Perkins, minister of the Universalist
National Memorial Church, viii sound
the keynote" of the convention proper.
Spiritual Values Of Liberal Christian
ity."
Practically all of the group sessions
will be held at the Mayflower because
of the uncompleted condition of the
Universalist National Memorial Church
building, at Sixteenth and S streets.
Delegates will visit the edifice. now I'M
der construction, as we'll as other points
of interest in Washington during the
week
The first meeting of the General SUM-
day School Association, tonight, viii be
in the hotel headquarters at 1880
O'Clock, when an open forum Is to be
conducted by Rev. Laura Bowman
Caller. DR.. Perkins will deliver the Of
fetal welcoming address. Tomorrow at
10:45 am. the occasional sermon, "A
Flying Dream" will be preached by DR..
Herbert E. Benton. There will be other
WaitStill H. Sharp, fraternal delegates
from the Unitarian Sunday School AS
ISOLATION.
Business sessions will be held Mon
day. with an address by Rev. Clifford R.
Stetson of ShiZuoka, Japan, followed by
q debate led by Rev. Max Kapp and
Rev Gustav H Leining on the question:
Resolved That the project method OF
teaching ought to he employed much
more generally in Uniyersalist Church
schools"
The divisional conferences are sched-
uled for Tuesday at $50 am, with
number of addresses.
Rev. George H. WEIGH of Scranton,
Pa, will conduct the devotional service
at the opening of the general conven-
ton on Wednesday evening. Other adj
dresses are to be delivered by Rev.
Henry Victory Morgan of Tacoma,
Wash, on THE Ministry of Healing"
and Rev. James w. VALENTINE of Port
land. Me, will speak on Teaching Our
Faith to Others" There will be a dis
cussion following Rev. Morgan's adj
dress.
Thursdays session will be opened by
an $50 am. devotional service in the
Mayflower ballroom, to be conducted by
DR.. Marion D. Shutter of Minneapolis.
MINI, and AIRS. Stella Marek Cushing
of Upper Montclair, N. j., as musical
director.
Foreign Relations Conference.
The conference under auspices of the
commission of foreign relations and
world peace will be conducted by Rev
Herbert E. Benton of Philadelphia.
commencing at 2 pm. Speakers in
clude Rev. Clifford StetSon Of ShiZuoka,
Japan, who will lead the discussion o.
AAC Ohi0Cu OSdtCo dhA VIC OAAEHt
Particularly Japan" Rev. Walter Mac
pherson of Joliet, III, will also speak
on England, United States and World
Peace" This will be followed by dis
cussion of the League of Nations.
There win be another conference at
the same hour under the auspices Of
the committee to investigate birth con-
troll, to be conducted by Rev. L. G. Will
Eams of Reading, Pa.
Saturday will be devoted to business
sessions, sightseeing trips, and at $50
pm the annual convention banquet
viii be given at the Mayhower.