Cook County IL Archives History .....Newspaper  October 14, 1898
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The Perry Advertiser (Perry, Iowa) 14 Oct 1898
Liberal Congress of Religion
To Be Held In Omaha, Beginning 18 October
The 5th annual meeting of the Liberal Congress of Religion will be held in 
Omaha beginning Tuesday evening, 18 October, and continuing until Saturday 
evening.  At this time the congress gives promise of being one of the most 
interesting gatherings held during the exposition. Many eminent divines and 
experts in the discussion of social problems will be present and take part in 
the discussion.  The following is an outline of the program which is yet 
incomplete and which is subject to change: Tuesday at 8 p.m.: Address of 
welcome; response by the president Rev. H. W. Thomas, Chicago; opening sermon 
by Dr. E. G. Hirsch, Chicago.
Wednesday at 8 p.m.: Sociological evening, Rev. R. A. White, Chicago, 
presiding. The Social Conscience, by Prof. C. Hanford Henderson, of the Pratt 
Institute, Brooklyn, NY; Christ and the Labor Problem, by Rev. Frank Crane, 
Chicago' What the Employer Might Do to Settle the Labor Problem, by Prof. N. P. 
Gilman of Meadville Theological School, Meadville, Pa.
Thursday 8 p.m.: The problem of internationalism. Lest We Forget by David Starr 
Jordan, president of Leland Stanford University; The Growth of International 
Sentiment by Rev. H. M. Simmons, Minneapolis.
Friday at 8 p.m.: Missionary. The Greater America and Her Mission in Asia by 
Dr. John Henry Barrows, Chicago; America's Mission at Homer, by Rev Marion D. 
Shutter, Minneapolis.
Saturday at 8 p.m.: Social reunion and reception, in charge of the local 
committee.
The forenoon sessions begin at 9:30 a. m. on Wednesday: Welcome of delegates 
and response by the same.  The Problems of the Congress by Jenkin Lloyd Jones, 
Chicago; The Value and Feasibility of State Organization, by Rev. J. H. Palmer, 
Cedar Rapids, IA
During the forenoon sessions of Thursday, Friday and Saturday, the following 
papers will be read and discussed: The Part Faith Plays in Science and 
Religion, by Rev. S. R. Cothorn, Syracuse, NY; The Problem of Authority in 
Religion, by Rev. John Faville, Appleton, Wis.; The New Testament Virtue of 
Prudence, by Rev. H. H. Peabody, Rome, NY; The Evolution of Conscience in the 
Nineteenth by E. P. Powell, Clinton, NY; Our Great Theological and Social 
Problem, by Rev. J. W. Frizzell, Eau Claire, Wis.; The Coming Man: Will he 
Worship? By Rev. Mrs. S. L. Crum, Webster City, IA; The Brotherhood and Its 
Choir, by Rev. Leighton Williams, NYC, corresponding secretary of the 
Brotherhood of the Kingdom; A Year After the Nashville Congress, by Rev. 
Isidore Lewinthal, Nashville, Tenn.; The Education of the Colored Race, by 
Prof. W. H. Council, of the Normal School of Huntsville, Ala.
Among others whom it is hoped will be present to give papers and take a part in 
the discussions are Dr. Paul Carus, editor of the Open Court; Rev. Joseph 
Stolz, Chicago; Dr. Lewis G. Janes, Cambridge, Miss.


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