Show IN REliGIONS I I CAUSE Gongregationalists Put in a Profitable Day HOLD THREE BUSY SESSIONS Elect Officors and Hear Encouraging En-couraging Reports Movement for the Union of Congregationalists Congre-gationalists United Brethren and TVIethodists At I yesteiduy mornings session of Ilic annual convention of tin Congregational association Rev Elmer I Goshfn was elected moderator mill J1 II Gilbert clerk In the afternoon the woman Mis sionary union held its annual election with the following result Mrs David E Uemphill Suit Lake president Mrs I George Conrad Park City vivcpiesldcnt Mrsi A J Content Salt Lake rouordlng secretary Mrs A A Vcnncr Ogden treasurer There wore ihrce yissluiis of the convention conven-tion yesterday all of which were of jjtvut Interest to Coagregnllonallsta in the illy and Slate Aside from the election of officers of-ficers al the morning session reports irom the Salt Lnko + andOiden chinches were given showing li > ioveincnl In all illrco ilonw Hejiorls from the oilier chnrehes of the State will he presented at today nice tlu roil CIURCIJ fNlON I A dlrcusslon which occupied much of Uio morning session was me proposition to organize a Slat coinnilltcc to work for the union of tp ClngnKulonal tnltcd 1 Urollireii I and IotmHu tUnt Melhodlst cliurchei in the United I Suites lesultlng In the passage of a i resolution instructing delegates to the nilloiiul cominilUe to report re-port lavorably upon the pioiyised union I Rev Mr GoHhoii was fleeted 1 II i member of lime National Homo J Mlrolnn society for throe years and 11 ov S II Cond Ill if 1 IJrovo a member for tine year those gen J llemen to act as delegates for their lespeo live term I The annual nddrctw by the I retiring moderator mod-erator Hev J IX I Kliigibury was an la Kplrlng ono Jlcv Mr Ruse did not give his address on Opoorlunlllei of Our Home Mission Ileld but IL I will be given 1 at this morning meeting THE AFTERNOON SIJSSIOV The entire afternoon I io nlun vas devoted de-voted l to papers reports 1 and discussion concerning the work of the onans Mrtslonary J union of Llah Mrs David 1C I Itcmplilll who bus filled the oftlce of chairman for seven laiccosislve years and wns yesterday reelected presided and conducted the opening devotional exercises exer-cises Reports from several of Ihe auxiliary societies I so-cieties wcn given Including lb I First Congregational Con-gregational ami Phillips chureh of Salt I Lake mil the churches of Provo Ogden nnd Pirk City All of these reportsl welt I very encouraging and showed Increased interest among members In missionary I woi k Mrs A A Vcimer of Ogden read a pi per by = Mrs 11 S Emerson 1 of Ihe dune city on Our Foreign Fields In whluh was set forth the I great need oi missionary work among the heathen nations of the world and which nluu told of the much that Is being accomplished In those fields by the representatives of Congiogallonal us well as other I religious denominations After a wellremleied solo A Necklace of Pearls by Miss Judith Evans accompanied accom-panied by Mrs L I C Miller Miss Clara Hirst J of Provo gave an account of work among the I Indians now being carried on by Congt rcgalh11al missionaries All present listened with gtxit Iiitenst to a letter lead 1 1 1 by Mlns tsely 1 I of Piovo t Trnm her sister Mrs NVillnian who Is do I ing Missionary r work III Africa null hri account of tin celebration of ihe Christmas Christ-mas festival among limns faraway people I peo-ple was 1 > Intlecd encerlainlng 1 The election of officers followed hit reading of the l lei ler I I by Miss Itch In the evening Ih v S If Goodwin of I Provo gave the assoelallon t Aoriunn niter which Rev Mr Gosheti ailinlnlstercd the communion Theie will lio hut two I regular sessions of the I association today one In the iiiornlny iiiul one In the evening the aflorin > on to ije demoted to a social reunion and entertainment enter-tainment I I |