Evening Republican, Volume 17, Number 216, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 10 September 1913 — METHODISTS WILL MEET AT HAMMOND [ARTICLE]

METHODISTS WILL MEET AT HAMMOND

Sixty-Second Session of Northwest Indiana Conference Will Open On September 22nd. Bishop McDowell, of Chicago, will preside over the sixty-second annual session of the Northwest Indiana M. E. conference which opens at Hammond on September 22nd. The most important session of the laymen will be held on Sept. 25. An important meeting planned for the conference will he the biggest Sunday school rally ever held In the district, the event being scheduled for September 26, when Dr. Edgar Blake, of Chicago, will talk on Sunday school work. This meeting will he presided over by the Rev. A. H. Lawrence, of Indianapolis. The opening session will be held on the evening of September 22, when the sermon will be delivered by the Rev. Joseph M. Evann, D. D., of Gary. The usual ceremonies incident to the opening of a conference will also take place. On the morning of September 23 holy communion will he administered by the district superintendent. The first business session will also he held. Addresses by W. S. Bovard, D. D., of New York, secretary of the Methodist Brotherhood, and Harry F. Ward, of Chicago, secretary of the Methodist Federation of Social Service, will feature the sessions of the third dayy. The Rev. George R. Grose, president of DePauw university, will deliver the address at the educational anniversary service to he held on the night of September 27. On the following day Dr. D. B. Brummit, editor of the Epworth Herald, of Chicago, will conduct a rally for the Epwojta League which will fee attended Dy delegates from practically every city in the district. The address at the home missions meeting will be delivered by the Rev. Ward Platt, D. D., of Philadelphia, Pa. The ordaining of new members will take place Sunday, Sept. 28, when Bishop W. F. McDowell will deliver the sermon. Mrs. McDowell will have charge of the meetings of the missionary societies. Arrangements have been made to care for 300 delegates, but it is probable that this number will be greatly increased because of the interest shown in the auxiliary meetings. A trip by automobile through the cities and towns of the Calumet region will claim the attention of the visitors on September 27th.