Evening star., 1933-12-10
MISSION PARLEY
WILL Open TODAY
Three-Day Conference to Be
Participated in by 800
Organizations.

Opening today with a mass meeting
IN Constitution Hall and q service in
Washington Cathedral, the United For
eign Missionary Conference, the largest
arranged here in recent years, has
brought to Washington a group of
noted missionaries and national leaders.
During the three days of the confer
ence approximately 800 Protestant con-
gregations are cooperating with the
Washington Federation of Churches in
more than q score of denominational
and special rallies.
DR.. e. Stanley Jones of India, leader
OF the group, and Dr. Herman Chen-len
Liu, president Of the University of
Shanghai, China, will be the principal
speakers at the session in Constitution
Hall at pm. Equally important to
members attending the conference is
the address which DR.. John r. Mott of
New York Is to make at pm. at WASH
ington Cathedral. DR.. Mott Is chair
man OF the International Mission Board.
widely known Y. NJ C. A. leader and
also Is member of the Great Council
OF washington Cathedral.
Throughout the churches of the city
at both morning and evening services
today, the 10 members of the mission
ary team and score Of mission board
secretaries will speak in the interests of
the conference. Under the auspices of
almost 100 foreign mission boards of
the various Protestant denominations in
America and Canada, these men and
women have been conducting similar
conferences in 20 cities in the country.
Other Team Members.
In addition to DR.. Liu and DR.. Jones,
who Is probably the best known Protest
ant missionary In the world, other men,
bers of the team include DR.. Yi-fang
WI, president of Ginling College, an
outstanding feminine leader in China;
Bishop Logan H. Roots of Hankow,
China, and Miss Lillian L. Picken,
evangelist and social worker among the
women of India. Others in the group
include DR.. j. Roy Strock, member of
the AIl-India Continuation Committee,
and DR.. Charles Roger Watson, native
of Egypt and president OF the American
University of Cairo.
Accompanying these leaders on their
tour of the country are Rev. Herbert
F. Laflamme, executive secretary OF the
United Foreign Mission Conference OF
North America; Walter Getty, secretary
of leadership training, Missionary Edu-
cation Movement, and Mrs. Lydia Glover
De Eco, director of drama.
DIR. Joseph r. Sizoo, pastor Of the
New York Avenue resbyterian Church.
is general chairman of the Washington
Committee IN Charge of Arrangements.
He will preside at the opening meeting
in Constitution Hall, half of the seats
being unreserved. Bishop James E.
Freeman and Bishop Edwin H. Hughes
are honorary chairmen Of the COM
mittee.
Dr. Carl C. Rasmussen, chairman Of
the Committee on Spiritual Resources,
will deliver the opening prayer. DR..
Allen A. Stockdale will have charge of
the offering. The closing benediction
will be by DR.. z. Barney Phillips.
Music at the meeting will be furnished
by choir of about rs voices from the
National City Christian Church, the
Mount Pleasant Congregational Church
and Calvary Baptist Church, under the
direction of w. E. Braithwaite. Phillip
the organ. Officers of the conference
and the team of speakers will be seated
on the platform.
Tea for DIR. WI.
The service at Washington Cathe-
dral has been arranged in the inter-
est of the conference. Bishop Freeman
will introduce DR.. Mott, who is to re-
main only for this event
The American Association Of Univer-
sity Women will give a tea at head
quarters, 1884 I street, at 6 pm. for
DR.. WI, who will speak on problems
facing the women of China Another
meeting arranged for Z o'clock tonight
in the Metropolitan Baptist Church is
for college students At this session.
Miss Watson and DR.. Iiu will tell about
movements among the educated classes
of India and China Students from
the American University. George WASH
lngton University and Mount Vernon
Seminary are cooperating. Bishop
Hughes will preside.
Tomorrow's program is crowded with
events. Bishop Fireman will introduce
DR.. Jones at a round table for minis
ters in Epiphany Church at 1890 am.
This will be followed by luncheon, at
which the speakers will be Bishop Roots
OF China and DR.. Strock of India.
A women's luncheon. for which
every reservation was taken a week in
advance, will be held at Calvary
Church. The speakers will include
DR.. WI, DR.. Liu and Miss Picken.
At 4:30 pm. tomorrow tea will be
given at the Chinese legation, by invi-
tation, for Bishop Poots, Dr. WI and
DR.. Iiu.
During the evening there will be
at o'clock in different areas.