Main Performers | Bishop of Columbia (Chair), Archibishop of York, Earl of Lytton, Judge Herbert S McDonald (Canada), Bishop of Kensington, Rev H W Anson (New Zealand), Bishop of Croydon, Rev. W J Conybeare (Cambridge House), Rev. Barton R V Mills (Assistant Chaplain of the Savoy), Miss Brandreth (temperance worker in South London), Bishop of Utah, Rev. Dr Harris, Rev. J Anderson Robertson, Rev. E C Carter, Archdeacon Osbourne (North Carolina, USA), Rev. Enoch Jones, Bishop of Bunbury (Australia), Mr S H M Killik (London Stock Exchange), Mr John Hawke (hon secretary of the National Anti-Gambling Legaue) - speakers |
Set List | Agenda - Section A - The Church and Human Society: - Morning Discussion - The Liquor Traffic (Earl of Lytton, Judge Herbet S McDonald, Bishop of Kensington, Rev H W Anson, Bishop of Croydon, Rev. W J Conybeare, Rev. R V Mills, Miss Brandreth, Bishop of Utah, Rev. Dr Harris, Rev. J Anderson Robertson, Rev. E C Carter, Archdeacon Osbourne, Rev. Enoch Jones), - Afternoon Discussion - Gambling and Speculating (Bishop of Bunbury, Mr S H M Killik, Mr John Hawke) |
Performance Notes | An international Anglican convention held in London at the Royal Albert Hall, Kensington Town Hall, Holborn Town Hall, Caxton House, Church House Westminster, the Metropole Hotel, St Paul's Cathedral, dinners at the Savoy Hotel, 20 Arlington Street, 24 Park Lanee, and the Lyceum Club, and a garden party at Knebworth House, Hetrfordshire. The Congress was opened on 16 June at Westminster Abbey.
Other agenda sections discussed at locations across London included: - The Relation of Christianity to Morals (Bishop of Southwark), - The Rights and Duties of Laymen in the Church (Bishop of Stepney), - The Relations of the Missionary to Civil Governments (Sir Charles Elliott, Sir William Mackworth Young), - The Opium Traffic and the Sale of Liquor ro Natives, - The Progress of Missions in India, China, Japan as Affected by Race Problems, - Intercommunion (Lord Halifax), - The Cultivation in Young People of a Desire for Personal Service |
Related Archival Material | Illustration (RAHE/9/1908/4), Event Publication (RAHE/8/2/23), Postcard (RAHE/8/10/1) |