Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1936-11-01
FOUR-DAy MISSION.
TO START NOV. z
Protestant Leaders to Rally
Here Under Sponsorship
! of Church Council.

Eminent clergymen and lay leaders
Of the various Protestant denomina-
lions from the United States, Eng
land and other countries will assemble
in Washington, November ~, for the
opening of four-day National
Preaching Mission sponsored by the
Federal Council Of Churches and
other religious organizations.
The gathering here, described as a
part of 1.-The greatest religious re-
vival of this generation" will include
mass meetings and services, seminar
classes, meetings Of clerical, lay and
young peoples organizations and
services and meetings in nearby towns
and cities.
Plans for the mission will be dis
cussed at meeting of local COM
mittee of 100, to be held at 2 pm.
Tuesday in the First Congregational
Church. This committee Is COM
posed Of ministers. laymen, women
and young people of the various local
Protestant denominations. the Sal
walton Army, Young Mems and
Young Women's Christian Associa-
tionS, the Sunday School Association,
Youth Council and local missions.
1.-THE committee already is deeply
concerned over the lack of suitable
auditorium for the principal meet
ings. one of which will be addressed
by DR.. E. Stanley Jones, world-fa-
NOUS missionary" it was explained by
Wilbur La Roe. jr., member of the
local organization. The committee
feels that 10000 people will desire
to attend this meeting, whereas the
largest suitable auditorium in Wash
ington has capacity of 1000"
Sessions in Other Cities.
1t was pointed out that in Cleve-
land, where the mission has met re-
Gently, there was a total attendance
of more than $4,000 at its various
sessions and that there has been
equally large attendance in other
cities where sessions have been held.
Among the noted speakers who
will particiate in the local mission, in
addition to DR.. Jones, will be Miss
Muriel Lester of London, England,
director of Kingsley House, a Chris
tian social settlement DR.. H. L. Hen
riod Of Geneva, Switzerland, general
secretary of the World Alliance for
international Friendship Through the
Churches and of the Universal Chris
tian Council for Life and Work: Her
president of the Northern Baptist
convention; DR.. NJ E. Dodd of Shreve-
port. La, former president Of the
Southern Baptist convention.
DR.. William H. Foulkes of Newark.
N. j., chairman of the National
Preaching Mission Committee; Right
Rev. Henry w. Hobson of Cincinnati,
Protestant Bishop of Southern Ohio;
Harry N. Holmes of New York, secre-
tary of the World Alliance for Inter-
national Friendship Through the
Churches and vice president of the
World Christian Endeavor Union; DR..
Ivan Lee Holt. st. Louis, president of
the Federal Council of Churches of
Christ, and DR.. Lynn Harold Hough,
Madison, N. j., dean of Drew Theolog-
ical Seminary.
Additional Speakers.
DR.. Rufus M. Jones, Haverford, Pa,
professor Of philosophy in Haverford
College and chairman of the Amer
lean Friends Service Committee; DR..
Willis j. King, Atlanta, Ca, presi-
dent of Cannon Theological Sem
'nary; DR.. John A. Mackay, president
OF Princeton Theological Seminary,
Princeton, N. j.; Mrs. Grace Sloan
Overton, author and lecturer; DR..
Harry Lathrop Reed, Auburn, N. Y,
president of Auburn Seminary; Mrs.
Harper Sibley, wife of the president of
the United States Chamber of Com
merce and member of the Women's
Auxiliary of the National Council of
Episcopal Women; DR.. George w.
Truett, Dallas, Tex, president of the
Baptist World Alliance; DR.. Worth M.
Tippy. New York, secretary of the
Department of Social Service of the
Federal Council of Churches; DR..
Walter E. Woodbury. of New York,
superintendent of evangelism, North
ern Baptist Convention, and DR.. Jesse
M. Bader of New York, director of
the National Preaching Mission.