Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1890-06-21
OF GREAT INTEREST
Will be Next Weeks International
Sunday School Convention.
OVER ONE THOUSAND DELEGATES
Expected, From All Parts of This Country
and From Europe.
HOW THE MOVEMENT WAS ORGANIZED

The Sixth International Sunday School
Convention of North America will convene
in this city, in Mechanical Hall, Duquesne
way, on Tuesday morning next, and will
hold morning, afternoon and evening ses-
sions for four days. 1t will be great event.
The convention will be composed of author
lied delegates from the several States of the
Union and from the British province. There
will be also commissioners from various for
eign countries. The whole number of dele
gates entitled to sit as members of the con-
vention is 1,500. Not over 1900 are expect
ed to be present.
Among the many prominent Sunday school
workers and churchmen who will attend
some of the most widely famed are: Senator
A. H. Colquitt, of Georgia; Bishop John d.
Vincent, of New York, the founder of the
Chautauqua Assembly; B. F. Jacobs, Of
Chicago; Rev. DR.. A. F. schauffer. of New
York; Rev. DR.. j. A. Worden, of
New York; Hon. s. Il. Blake, Of
Ontario. Most of the leaders will deliver
their addresses at the evening sessions,
which will make those sessions the most in
teresting, while they are the most convenient
mlssioners who will attend from foreign
lands there will be one from India, who is
now in New York, and one from Egypt, at
present visiting friends in Sewickley.
The local committee of arrangements are
preparing to furnish lodgings and meals for
the delegates free of any expense to them.
The delegates will be lodged at private
houses, as far as that is possible, and there
they will be given bed and breakfast. Thus
far such accommodations have been secured
for only $50 persons, but the committee on
entertainments believes that it will find
places for all by Monday evening.
NOT LARGE ENOUGH.
Dinner and supper will be served at the
Exposition. 1t is intended to feed 1000
there at each meal. For such number of
people the cafe will not be sufficiently large.
Half of the area between the main Exposi-
tion building and Mechanical Hall will be
rooted over, and tables placed there. Meals
will be furnished to only those who wear
badges. To delegates these badges will be
given free of charge. Any other person at
tending the convention may obtain badge
by the payment of 50. This will entitle him
to eight meals, and is intended for visitors
from outside of the city.
All this, of course, will cost money. The
whole expense Of running the convention
and entertaining the delegates will be about
s., 200. The Executive Committee has re-
ceived $2,817 by subscription, and more is
sorely needed.
The entrances to Mechanical Hall will be
so arranged that delegates will not be sub
Ject to the pressure of great crowds in try
ing to get into the building The two doors
at the western end will be for delegates and
reporters, while the doors on the south side
and east end will be for the general public.
Seats will be reserved for all the delegates,
and there will be other reserved seats for
the Sunday school teachers of Allegheny
county. Each Sunday school in the city is
entitled to as many reserved seat tickets as
it has delegates in a county Sunday school
convention; that is, to ticket for each 100
members. A school having an attendance
of 175 will receive two tickets for each
session. Ministers will also be given re-
served seats. Persons admitted on these
tickets will not be delegates nor entitled to
any voice in the convention.
ONLY THREE DELEGATES.
Allegheny county will have only three
delegates. The delegates are allotted to the
different States and the rate of four times
the electoral vote. Pennsylvania is entitled
to 120 delegates.
Many of the delegates will arrive on Mon
ing will be held in Mechanical Hall. Short !
speeches will be made by good takers.
The morning sessions will begin at $50 |
o'clock, the afternoon sessions at l 80 O'Clock
and the evening sessions at 7:30 o'clock. |
The morning sessions will be opened with |
prayer. On the first day, after the dele
gates are enrolled and committees are ap-
pointed, the list OF States, Territories and
provinces will be called and from each
report will be made of the progress of the |
Sunday school work. This will be con-
tinued in the afternoon and the convention
will then elect its officers for the next three
years.
Tuesday evening Governor Beaver, for
Pennsylvania, and H. Kirk Porter, for
Pittsburg. will deliver speeches of welcome,
to which the responses will be spoken by |
Hon. S. n. Blake, Of Ontario, and Senator
A. II. Colquitt, of Georgia.
Wednesday forenoon the convention will |
hear reports from its committees and from |
the Statistical Secretary and Treasurer In |
the afternoon B. W. Smith, OF Minnesota,
will read a report of the work of the |
Worlds Sunday School Convention held in
London last year. Rev. DR.. Warren Ran
lolph, of Rhode Island, will make the re-
port of the Lesson COMMITTEES, and there will
be addresses by Rev. DR.. A. E. Dunning, of |
Rev. DR.. NJ. D. Hodge, OF
and Rev. DIR. John Potts, of On
;ario. In the evening the commissioners
from foreign lands will be formally re-
,eived and there will be speeches by Bishop
Vincent and Rev. DIR. NJ. B. Wharton, of
Alabama.
AN INTERESTING PROGRAMME.
Thursday morning will be devoted to COM
nittee reports and miscellaneous business.
IN the afternoon primary unions will be dis
,ussed by Mrs w. T. Crafts, of New York,
primary teachings by Miss Lucy Wheelock
md Miss Annie Harlow, of Massachusetts,,
md primary visitation by Miss Mabel Hall,
# Illinois. Addresses will be delivered in
he evening on the following topics: "Sys-
ematic Bible Study" Prof. w. h. Harper,
# Connecticut; "Cty Mission Work." Rev.
Dr.. A. f. Schauf1er, OF New York; "Work
n Foreign Lands, B. F. Jacobs. of Illinois.
On the morning of the fourth day, Friday,
md the time and place for holding the next
Worlds Convention will be decided. At
he afternoon session w. II. Hamill,
# Illinois, will discuss normal school
work.; Marion Lawrence, of Ohio,
chool work, and W. A. Duncan,
It New York, home work. At the last
vening session addresses on Sunday school
york in general will be delivered by num-
'er OF speakers, Rev. DR.. J. A. Worden
peaking first Foreign missions will be
discussed. The programme is long one
nd the time will be fully occupied during
he four days.
This is the sixth international convention,
ne being held every three years. The
conventions grew out of national meetings,
egun in 1882, and the national meetings