The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1892-01-07
FOR CHRIST AND TaE CHURCH.

Programme for the Christian En-
deaVor Convention About Made Up.
The local committee in charge Of the ar
rangements for the coming second annual
convention Of the State Society of Christian
Endeavor to be held in Savannah Wednes-
day, Thursday and Friday. Jan. q, rs and
~, will issue the programme Of the conven-
ton next week.
State Secretary G. NJ. Folger is in cor
respondence with the Christian Endeayor
workers OF the country who will be here at
shat time. Rev. F. E. Clark. D. D., Of Bos-
ton, founder of the organization and presi-
dent OF the united society, asd General
Secretary j. ". Baer will be in attendance.
Among other prominent men and minis
ters OF the state who will be here are DR..
Hawthorne of Atlanta, Rev. Hugh K.
Walker Of Marietta, Rev. w. B. Jennings
OF Macon, Rev. Willard W. Wordsworth Of
Augusta. Or. J. W. Lee of Atlanta and
Key. q. w. Mathe VS. Of Waycross.
DR.. Clark will arrive Wednesday night
and will be in the convention Thursday and
friday. he will preach the annual sermon
wednesday night. This service is expected
to be one Of the principal services of the
convention. All of the sessions will be
held in the Wesley Monumental church.
The opening service will be Wednes-
day morning at 1890 o'clock, when the
opening address will be delivered. The ad-
dress OF welcome in behalf of the pastors of
the city will be delivered by Rev. T. II.
Blenus of the Christian church. The ad-
dress in behalf Of the local societies of the
endeavor movement will be delivered by
Mr.. James Earle, Jr. The response will be
by Mr.. A. b. Carrier of Atlanta,
president of the state society. One OF the
features Of the convention will be the sun
rise meetings which are a feature of the
Christian Endeavor organization aud which
will be held..Thursday and Friday mornings,
lasting forty-five minutes. There will be
three sessions of the convention daily The
morning session will be from 8 to IL O'clock
The afternoon session will be from $50 to 5
o'clock and the evening session from to
$50 O'clock.
Secretary Folger says that so far the
committees have received notification that
toO delegates, and probably more, will
DO in attendance. The meeting viii, without
question, be the most important as well as
the largest religious gathering that has
been held in Georgia In years. Ihsre
is possibility that Gov. Northen will
be present. He is deeply interested in the
work OF the Christian Endeavor Society
Secretary Folger wrote him recently, in-
wiling him to be present and deliver an ad-
DRESS He has received a reply, in which
the governor says: &c am in hearty SYM
pathY with the work, and should like very
much to be present, but | have 80 many
pressing engagements, already undertaken,
that 1t may not be possible for me to go to
Savannah at that time. If | can, however,
shall take great pleasure in doing 80"
The provisional programme which the
programme committee will issue early next
week will, so far as the committee is able
to arrange at present, cover the work of the
convention. The committee has been sue
cessful in securing the promise or large
number of prominent ministers to take part
In the proceedings.
Aside from the regular devotional and
business meetings of the convention, the
committee has arranged q general recep-
tlon 20 the delegates to take place in the
parlors Of the De Soto Thursday night. The
evening session of the convention will be
short one and the time will he devoted to
the reception which will be from $50 to 10
O'clock
The general reception committee. Of
which Mr.. r. B. Reppsrd is chairman, is
making up the list Of places where the dele
gates will be entertained. The committee
has already provided places of entertain
ment for large number 1t has been very
successful, so far, in securing entertain
ment The chairman DESIRES however,
those who are willing to enterSa delegates
20 send their names to him so that they may
be placed on the list. 1t is desired to have
the list made up at the earliest date possible
SO that assignments may be made. At least
a hundred places of entertainment are yet
required.
The railroads have granted low rates for
the convention. The Atlanta delegation
has chartered a special car via the East
Tennessee, Virginia and Georgia railroad,
and President Carrier is endeavoring to se-
cure further low rates throughout the state.
II have been occasionally troubled with
Coughs, and in each case have used Browns