Evening star., 1936-11-16
SECRETARY HULL
|NDORSES MISSION
Bishop Freeman Also
Stresses Importance Of
Preaching Sessions.

James e. Freeman gave their indorse-
ment today to the four-day National
Preaching Mission to begin here next
Sunday.
The gathering will bring to WASH
ington eminent clergymen and lay
leaders from Protestant denomina-
tions throughout the United States,
England and other nations. There
will be mass meetings, special church
services, discussion forums and group
aSSemblages of women's and young
peoples organizations as part of a
program that is being conducted in
all parts of the Nation by the Fed
eral Council of Churches and other
religious and lay organizations.
Urgency Stressed.
In a letter to Wilbur La Roe, jr.,
of the local organization in charge
of arrangements for the preaching
mission, Secretary Hull wrote of the
urgency Of "the earnest application
of those high principles of conduct
taught by the church"
Bishop Freeman, in letter accom-
panying a formal statement of in
dorsement, said he hoped this mission
may prove of great spiritual benefit
to the city,"
Women's meetings of the mission
will be held Monday. Tuesday and
Wednesday of next week, from 10 am.
until noon, in Calvary Baptist Church.
Their general theme is The Respon-
sibility of Women for Christian
World"
Mrs. E. V. Pugh, president of the
Woman's Council of the Washington
Federation of Churches, will preside
at the Monday session, at which
speakers will be Mrs. Grace Sloan
Overton OF Harlan, Ind, and Dr. Will
liam Hiram Foulkes, Newar,,, N. J..
Scripture and prayer will be read by
Mrs. Carl c. Rasmussen.
Mrs. Harper Sibley of Rochester,
N. Y, and Rev. Henry Henriod of
Geneva, Switzerland, will speak at the
Tuesday session. Mrs. Miriam Par
sons will preside and scripture and
prayer will be read by Mrs. j. Hillman
Hollister.
The final session will be addressed
by Miss Muriel Lester of London, Eng
land, and DR.. E. Stanley Jones, ia
nous missionary to India. Mrs. Joy
Elmer Morgan is to preside.
Youth Meetings.
Youth meetings will begin with a
session next Sunday at the National
City Christian Church at 7:30 pm.
Speakers will be Mrs. Overton and
Harry Holmes, New York City. At
Sis pm. the following Monday Dr.
Jones will address the second young
peoples gathering at Calvary Baptist
Church. Miss Lester will speak to
the third meeting. on November "a,
at Sis pm. at Calvary Baptist.
The text of Secretary Hull's letter
follows:
y'I have learned with interest of
your plans for the preaching mission
ID Washington from November % to
%. These are crucial days for men
and nations. There has perhaps been
no other period of history which so
urgently required, in private. national
and international affairs, the earnest
application of those high principles
of conduct taught by the church.
feel assured that the fine work of the
preaching mission will serve to
strengthen the moral fiber of our
citizens and to emphasize the constant
need of noble purpose and high in
tegrity in public affairs"
8 Bishop Freeman's Statement.
Bishop Freeman's statement said:
The preaching mission to be con-
Quoted in Washington November 22-25
IS matter of vital interest to the
people of the city. The men who are
to preach here have a national, if not
an international, reputation. Quite
apart from their eminence and the
Importance Of their messages, I believe
that this preaching mission, Nation
wide in scope, comes at a time in
the life of the Nation when it is most
sorely needed. 1t is designed to call
the people of America to a fresh
recognition of those deep, spiritual
truths that are indispensable to the
security Of our most cherished ideals
and possessions.
"I have been privileged to share in
this preaching mission and to witness
the amazing response given it in cities
where it has been held. Apart from
all our endeavors to stabilize our
economic household and to restore
normal living conditions, we are COM
PEELED to recognize that a fresh af-
firmation of our religious convictions
and a wider practice of them must
be had if the things that we hold
dearest in our domestic, social and
economic life are to be preserved.
1t has never been more conspicu-
ously true than now that Righteousness