The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1893-07-12
'oHRIsTIAN NNpMAYoRERs.
Thor State Convention WIN be- Held IN
Wheeling Soon,


CHRISTIAN ENDEAVoRERs,
Thor State Convention WIZ be- Held IN
Wheeling Soon,
The third annual convention OF the
West Virginia Christian Endeavor
Union will this year be held in Wheel
ing, and the time set for it is July 10,
20 and 81, in the First Presbyterian
church, For many months the COM
mittees of the local unions have been
actively at work and the outlook Is that
the coming meeting will be the largest
OF the West Virginians,
Rev. 0, NJ. Afford, OF the Third Pres
byterian church, is an active worker in
the union. In speaking OF the coming
assembly yesterday he said;
1--WE are anticipating q grand time at
this convention. IL will be the largest
Christian Endeayor convention ever
held in tho state. Between two and
three hundred delegates are expected,
and the Endeavorers and members o.
the Epworth tongues Of Wheeling and
vicinity have been invited to attend.
An elaborate programme has been ar
ranged, goolspeRkera have been secured
from all parts OF tho state, also outside
the state. A chorus OF from forty to
sixty voices, under tho leadership Of
Prof. j. NJ. Hammond, accompanied by
an orchestra and the pipo organ played
by Mr.. Henry Hartman, will render
music at the three evening sessions and
in connection with the convention SER
vices. A social win be held at the close
OF the programme on " llnesday even
ing, the 10Th, and an excursion TO the
park on Friday afternoon, the 2lst
"A MISUNDERSTANDING
"some inslnuations have been thrown
out that the Christian Endeavor con.
vention is coming to our city without
IN invitation from any OF our church
courts, even without their previous
knowledge. True, my session had moth.
ing TO do with 1t, nor dld'the court Of
any other church. 1t was not expected
that any church court should have
anything to do with the calling OF this
convention. No church court ever had
anything to do with the calling OF any
Christian Endeavor convention, any
more than II had with the calling OF q
Republican or Democratic convention.
This state convention comes to Wheel
ing 5y the invitation OF the delegates
from our city Christian Endeavor soci-
cites, at tho convention in Fairmont in
'0l and by their renewed suit at the
acknowledgements in '02 A per-
sistent sutton generally gets what he
wants.
mo doubt the Endeavorers Of Wheel.
ing would not have invited the conVen-
ton here had they known that tho time
could not have been changed. The con-
stitution requires that the state conyen.
ton be held during the months Of July
and August This constitution was
framed and adopted at the Salem con-
vention in 1890, when only half dozen
delegates from Wheeling were present.
The constitution will be changed at
this convention, but 1t will be too late
to help us now.
"As tho International convention
convened tho first two weeks Of July,
the state convention could not be held
earlier than the 10th OF this month.
TO ENTERTAIN DELEGATES.
"on account of the warm weather and
the absence from the city of so many Of
our friends our entertainment commit
tee is finding some difficulty in socur.
ing places for the delegates, but feel
confident that the Christian people OF
our city, knowing that the Endeavorers
OF Wheeling are not to blame for hav-
ing the convention here at such IN in
opportuno time, will come to the rescue
and help US entertain these young
Christian delegates royalty, in a man
ner becoming the first city OF tho state.
40 the people OF Wheeling l would
say If you find it inconvenient to enter
tain at your homes, you can help the
committee, member OF which is in
every Christian Endeavor society, by
paying for one or two delegates at the
hotels. DR.. Alice d. Williams is the
chairman Of this committee.
personally l had nothing to do with
inviting the convention to Wheeling, or
having it here at this season, but we
are doing all we can to make it success
full, and with the help Of God and the
Christian people of Wheeling We arc
going to succeed"