New Britain herald., 1930-09-04
REV. TIA. GREENE
 VISITS MACDONALD
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 missions of the American Board in
 the Near East. The program of the
 conference was varied and compre- lhensive of the work of the church es
 and the religious problems of the
 day.
 Conference Speakers
 Among the distinguished speakers
 from the English churches were
 such men as pr. J. D. Jones of
 Bournemouth, Principal w. B. sel-
 bic of Mansfield college. Ox-
 ford, Rev. Harry c. Carter
 of Cambridge, Dr. Robert
 Macintosh of Manchester, Dr. Sid
 ney M. Berry of the Congregational
 Union of England and Wales, Dr.
 A. F. Garvie of London, Professor
 Bernard L. Manning. Bursar Of
 Jesus college, Cambridge, and Dr. Frederick w. Norwood of City Tenn pie, London. The conference ser mon was preached by Rev. Jay I. Stocking, D. D., of St. Louis, Mo-, and other speakers from America were President Albert W. Palmer Of Chicago Theological seminary, Dr. Jason Noble Pierce of Washington, D. C., Rev. Warren w. Pickett of Forest Hills. N. r., pr. Oscar E. Maurer of New Haven, Dr. William E. Barton of Chicago, pr. William E. Gilroy of the Congregationalist, Dr. Nehemiah Boynton, Rev. Doug las Horton of Brookline and Dr. Fred B. Smith, moderator of the Congregational Council, likewise Miss Margaret Slattery. The hos pitality of the English hosts was unbounded, and the conference sent a message of good will to the Lam beth conference of bishops from the Protestant Episcopal churches meet ing in London at the same time.
 Immediately following the in- ternationa council meetings at Bournemouth, the English Congre- gationalists entertained the dele gates from other lands, including also some 500 good will tourists from the sister churches in Am erica for three days in London. This Lon- don program entailed a large recep- tion in the Memorial Hall, a visit to Windsor castle and trip up the Thames river. a luncheon given by Sir Alexander Glegg at the Hotel Victoria, garden party at the home of Sir. Evan Spicer in Bulwich, and a farewell banquet, the first ever given by one of the Free churches in the historic old Guild hall in London. At the last function. the lord mayor and lady mayoress, to- gether with the lords and sherfffs of the city of London, received the guests preceding the dinner.
 Was Exchange Preacher
 MT. Greene was appointed one of the exchange preachers to England for the summer under the auspices of the World Alliance for Friend ship Through the Churches. In this capacity he spoke eleven times in July in various cities and churches of England and Scotland, as follows, Sunday, July 6, the Buckland Con- gregational church of Portsm outh, Hampshire, Monday, July 7, the Rotary Club of Letchworth in Hert- fordshire. Sunday. July 13, in the Rother Street Congregational church of Stratford- -on Avon, Warwick shire, Sunday, July 20, in the Lang side Old Parish and Lapgside Hill United Free Churches of Glasgow, Scotland, July 27, in the East Ham Wesleyan Mission Hall in London, He found the people most hospitable and attentive and preached to large congregations both morning and evening. The Free Churches of Eng land are organized somewhat differ ently from churches in America. They are not nearly as large in membership as in attendance and must be supported by the voluntary contributions of their mem bers after these same members have already paid their own taxes for the support of the established Church of Eng land. They do not have all the church societies and the. same pro- gram of institutional work as that sponsored by many city churches in the United States. They do, however, seem to give more heed to the wor- ship of God and the preaching of the Word, and, being without all the diversions now present in Amer ica on the Sabbath, give themselves Ill IA a 1i 
 Meets Dr. SandwelI
 While in London, MT. Greene was the guest at the Liberal club of Rev. George Henry sandwell, D. D., for five years pastor of the first church in New Britain, now retired and living outside of London. Dr. now over eighty years of age, has not forgotten his good friends in this city and inquired for a whole host of his old parishioners. If his health permits he hopes to cross the Atlantic, for the seven teenth time, next year and promised to preach in the old First Church pulpit of a Sunday morning.
 Together with a group of eight other delegates from America, MT. and Mrs. Greene had the honor of 8 presentation and brief interview with the Right Honorable J. Ram say Macdonald, prime minister of in the latter's private office in the house of parliament on July II. MT. Macdonald, who has been guiding the destinies of the British empire now for 13 monthA spoke briefly of the difficulties which Eng land faces today ir-the problems of India, unemployment and disarma- ment and expressed great satisfac- ton at the results of the recent naval conference of powers in Lon- don.
 On Wednesday, July 30, MT. and Mrs. Greene attended the 1880 Pas sion Play at Oberammergau and re- turn most enthusiastic therefrom. h.-s-------~------ -~-a-,-r-----~-