Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1891-06-27
ON THE EVENING OF JULY 6 A SPECIAL

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" train will leave this city carrying n dele
CATION OF members of the societies of Christian
Endeavor Of the District Of Columbia to the
tenth international convention of the organi-
zntion. which will be held in Minneapolis.
MIMI. from July to IL. This convention, it
IL predicted, h going to have n larger number
of delegates In attendance than was ever
brought together at any previous religious
gathering. Arrangements are being made to
accommodate $4,000 visitors.
The Committee of 81" which has charge
Of the arrangements for the convention. is
having the interior of the Minneapolis Indus
trial Exposition building reconstructed for the
occasion. Its seating capacity will be II 900.
including the space reserved for the grand
chorus of 1000 voices The standing room
will accommodate one or two thousand addi-
tionaL The committee has also made arrange
ments for ample accommodations for this vast
army.
All who go with the delegation will be re-
quired 10 register Immediately upon their
arrival with the Committee OF 81" when
they will be given badges to be worn through
out the convention and will serve means of
Identification and passes to admit the mem-
bers to the convention hall The committee
was compelled TO buy mile and a quarter of
ribbon as material for the requisite number Of
badges.
PROGRAM FOR THE CONVENTION.
The program for the convention will be the
best that has ever been presented. The exer-
cises will commence at'6:30 every morning with
prayer meeting at the convention building.
At 9 o clock the addresses and business of the
day will commence and last until ~. AT 2
there will be another session, lasting until $50
and in the evening, after the regular song ard
praise service at . o clock, the regular address
will be given. The convention will open on
Thursday afternoon July 9. and will close Sun
day evening. July II. The speakers for the oc-
casion are from among the finest pulpit orators
and practical workers among young people
that are known, among them President T. Z.
Clark, George II. Wells. D. III. Tiffany, John Ii.
Vincent Mahlon ii. Gilbert. Z. b. Andrews,
William X. Harper, Wayland Hoyt. J. A. Wor
den A. A. Fulton. Mr.. !! W. Baer. Miss Grace
Livingston. Miss Alice May Seudder and many
others of equal prominence. while Rev. j. Will
bur Chapman, ID. D.. OF Philadelphia. who adj
dressed the mass meeting of the local Christian
Endeavor Union a few weeks ago. Will lead the
closing conservation service on Sunday eve ing.
Mr.. Lewis F. Lindsay. who led the sing ing in
st. Louis at the convention last year, has been
re-engaged for that service this year, while Mr..
Ira ID. Sankey, the singing evangelist who has
just completed the compilation of a new
Christian Endeavor song book. which is to be
used for the first time at this meeting, will be
the convention.
One of the pleasant features will be an ex-
cursion Saturday afternoon of the conven-
ton week, probably to Lake Minnetonka or
Hiawatha Falls for all the delegates.
THE DISTRICT DELEGATION.
The District of Columbia has been in Chris
tian Endeavor work such short time that until
last year it had not sent a delegation to an an
nual convention. but at that time there
such an amount of enthusiasm aroused that the
Washington delegation was the largest that
went from any eastern city, while the cordial
good fellowship and mutual acquaintance be-
tween members of the different societies of the
city. the natural result of such pleasan: COM
partnership on the way. during the convention
and since the return has been one of the main
sources of strength in the work of the local
union the past year. and the glowing reports
brought home by those who went then have
persuaded double their number to take advan-
tage of the excursion this year.
The local committee IL charge of the arrange
ments for the excursion this year is composed
of Messrs W s. Arthur and W. H. Lewis both