Evening star., 1936-11-21
WOMEN TO HOLD
/. THREE SESSIONS
DURING MISSION
Meetings to Be in Calvary
Baptist Church, With
Noted Speakers.
MRS. SIBLEY WILL LEAD
TUESDAY CONFERENCE
DR.. Henry Henriod Of Geneva to
Discuss World Alliance of In.
ternational Friendship.

Three special sessions for women.
the theme of which will be the RE-
sponsibility of women for a Christian
world" have been planned as among
the major features of the National
Preaching Mission, a Protestant con-
ference, which opens four-day ses-
sion here tomorrow.
These meetings will be held In the
main auditorium Of Calvary Baptist
Church at 10 am. on Monday, Tues
day and Wednesday, under direction
Of prominent clergymen and lay lead
ers of the various Protestant denomi-
nations.
The first Of this series Monday will
be marked by an address by Mrs Grace
Sloan Overton, Harland, Ind, noted
author and lecturer. The speakers
subject will be The Responsibility Of
Women or a Christian World Through
the Home" Dr. william H Foulkes,
Newark, N. j., chairman Of the Ma
tional Preaching Mission Committee,
also will address this group. Mrs.
=. v. Fugn Will preside.
Mrs. Harper Sibley, wife of the
president of the United States Cham.
ber of Commerce and member of the
Women's Auxiliary Of the National
Council of Episcopal Women, will lead
the meeting Tuesday. She will treat
the theme from the angle Of woman's
responsibility through the church.
Following her talk, DR.. Henry Hen
riod, Geneva, Switzerland, general
secretary of the World Alliance for
International Friendship Through the
Churches, will address the group.
Miss Lester to Speak.
The final meeting is scheduled for
Wednesday and will be marked by
an address by Miss Muriel Lester Of
Kingsley House, London, England,
noted for her social work. She will
discuss a third phase of the theme.
THE Responsibility Of Women
Through Christian Citizenship"
While these meetings are in prog
ress, ministers will be holding special
gatherings in another part of CAL
vary Baptist Church to discuss "Ef-
fective Preaching" The ministers will
meet in Woodward Hall.
Dr. w. S. Abernethy. pastor of the
church. will preside over the Monday
session, at which DR.. John A. Mackay,
president of the Princeton Theologi-
cal Seminary, will speak on the topic
This Great Business of Preaching"
and DR.. George w. Truett, minister
Of the First Baptist Church of Dallasy
Tex. on THE Preacher and His Own
Soul"
The second session will hear talks
by Dr. George Buttrick minister Of
the Madison Avenue Presbyterian
Church of New York, and DR.. z. Stan.
ley Jones. world-famous missionary
evangelist and author.
The last Of these three, over which
Dr. Foulkes will preside, lists addresses
by DR.. Rufus M. Jones, professor Of
philosophy at Haverford College, and
DR.. Lynn Harold Hough, dean Of Drew
Theological Seminary.
Discussion Periods.
The principal addresses at each
meeting will be followed by period
of discussion led by the presiding
officer.
The purposes of the four-day mis-
sions, which, by December 9, will have
been held in IS cities of America, are
five-fold The aims are described BY
the mission committee as follows:
ITO strengthen the foundations OF
Christian faith on the part of every
member of the local congregation and
to stress anew the meaning Of what it
means to be a Christian.
ITO reawaken and reinterest the
marginal members" Of the local con.
creation an to enlist them in active
Christian service.
ITO make new disciples for Jesus
Christ, our Lord, and to enlist them
in the working fellowship Of the
church. The preacher will preach
for conversions and seek to add new
members to the church.
To bring into the active fellowship
of the local congregations all those
who have been members of congregs-
tions in other communities but who
have neglected to transfer their mem
berships.
ITO send forth Christians into the
world with zeal for the redemption
of every area of life that all human
relationships may reflect the spirit
Of Jesus Christ and the redemptive
purpose for which He came"