The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1892-06-30
CHRISTIAN WORKERS.
Preparations for the En-
deavor SoC1ety'S Great
Annual Convention at
Madison Square
Garden.
JERSEY CITY PARTICIPANTS
Mrs. Scudler and Mrs. Booth Among
Them-lra D. Sankey Will
Marble.

The eleventh annual convention or the
United Christian Eudeavor Society, which
will fill Madison Square Garden from
Thursday, July 10. to the following Sun
day night, will be an affair Of mammoth
PROPORTIONS. Estimates of the numoer OF
visiting delegates vary from 20.0U 10
sc, 900, and preparations ara being made
on q corresponding scale. Each State has
been assigned headquarters at some
hotel, New Jersey being stationed at the
Hoffman House, Broadway aud Twenty
fifth street, ana meals will be served III
the Garden Restaur mt. Meetings will
begin at half past two P. NJ. July Z, with
q service of welcome, at which President
Gates of Amherst will deliver au address
At halt past seven Father Endeavor"
Clark will address the great couve ntion
of societies originated by him. l. riday
morning there will be a meeting of
pastors from eighteen denominations.
In the afternoon reports of State
Unions will be given. c. e. Brookfeld
of Belvedere, presenting New JERSEYS
rerort. The societies OF this city,
comprised in the HUDSON County e. 4.
Union will be reGr Sented in this renort.
Delegates from Indie, China and jup III
will tell OF work i'll their countries. The
evening service will be composed OF adj
dresses. Saturday morning will be de-
, oted to home and foreign missions. A
unique feature i'll the afternoon will be
rallies by denominations in which socie-
ties from twenty Sacts will occu by as
many churches to discuss work along
special lines.
UNIOR ENDEAvORERS.
The same dav Mrs. Alice May Scudder
of this city will conduct Il Junior Eudeav-
or convention in the Broadway Taher-
nacle. Mrs. Scudder is now i'll Shelter
Island, but has been actively Irel airing
for the work for the past six months, and
will return early in the week to take II
up, MIR. G. Corield of the Bergen Bap-
list Church will lie I'd u large chor US CHOIR
whose numbers will contain many Jer-
sey City Chi dren. Saturday evening will
be devoted to social purposes. Sunday
morning will begin with an early prayer
meeting led by a gentleman from Boston
who. at the age of eleven, led the first
Christian Endeayor meeting ever held.
There will be an Afternoon service, and
in the evening a great conservation meet
ing. which will close the convention.
H SPEAKERS AND SINGERS.
Among The speakers will be--Mr. j.. G..
Breckenridge OF Kentucky, Postmaster
General John WaDa1naker, Hamilton
Mable. the Rev. Drs. Josiah Strong,
CHI trles +. Deems, A. C. Dixon, Wayland
Hoyt, j. H. Barrows and Milton Merle
Smith, the Revs. Russell Corwell of Phila-
delphia; DR.. j. Burrell, H. I. McEwen,
Chairman of the Conve ution; Mrs. Maud
Darlington BooJh of the Salvation Army.
Mrs. Alden ("Pansy'), aud President
Gates of Amherst College.
Mr.. N. S. Littledeld, Jr.. of No. 100 East
Elghty-lhird street. New York city, is III
charge of the singing. He las sent out
huGdreds of printed blanks fur a~pplica-
tious to membership in the Convention
Choir, and more han five hundred vocal
lists have responded, many from this city.
Ira D. Saukey has promised to be back in
this country from England in time for
the convention, where he will sing sew
Ell al solos.
The pastors of all Evangelical churches
in Jersey City will offer special prayers
for the success OF the convention next
sunday, July 8, at the request of Mr.. j.
w. Baer, General Secretary. ALI dele
gales from New Jersey are requested 10
report at headquarters (Hofftian House,
for convention badges, which will entltle
them to seats with the New Jersey dele
natinn