Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1895-12-18
LOCAL C. E. UNI N
Arrangements Made for the Fourth An
nual Convention.
Will Meet Next Month in Center
Market Hall - The Program
as Outlined.

Arrangements for the fourth annual con-
vention of the District of Columbia Chris
tan Enleavor Union are being RAPIDLY
perfected. The first session Will be Friday
evening, January II, 1896, and the meet
inSs will continue during the following two
days. The hall above the Center Market
has been secured for the principal meet
ings. 1t will be remembered that this was
formerly used for armory purposes, but it
| has recently been put in first-class repair
and as an auditorium will seat 5000 per-
| sons.
At the opening meeting Friday evening
seats will be reserved on he platform for
| the members of the Moody Chcir, the pas
| tors of the city and prominent citizens
| The program for this service opens with
| an address by President B. l.. Whitman of
| Columbian University. on The Kingdom
| an Ideal-an Obligation This will he fol-
lowed by an address by some well-lSnown
| speaker, who has not yet been selected, on
| the subject: Soul Winning. The pro-
gram will conclude with an address by
| Rev. Francis L. Clark, d. D., president of
the United Society of Christian tindeavor
| and conservation service, which will also
| be conducted by DR.. Clark. Heretofore
| this latter service has been held on g Sab
| bath evening and as the final meeting of
| the convention. 1t has been found, now
| ever to interfere to an extent with the
| regular preaching service in many Of our
| churches, even though the time has for the
| past year or two been set at o'clock. The
| new plan has been arranged SO that the
sessions of the convention will in no way
| conflict with regular church services. The
| arrangements for Saturday provide for an
| early inornlng prayer meeting to he held
| at o'clock in the First ConGrega tional
| Church. In the afternoon at the same
| place the juniors will hold rally. TIE
| committee in charge of the convention is
| endeaVorinS to secure The services for
| intr of ,latx- l. llys.t.
| who is great favorite, 10th among the
juniors and Junior superintendent. For
! Saturday evening the program promises a
| decidedly new feature. Ii will ne grand
| mass meeting Of the 'a6 auxiliary commit
| tees. These committees are now complete
| and show combined membership of near
| ly 5000. Necessarily, therefore, admission
| to Market Hall, where the meeting will
| be held, will be by tickets which will be
| issued to committee members. President
| Clark and possibly General Secretary John
| Willis Baer of the United Society will ad-
| dress the meeting with reference to the
| responsibility of the individual worker
in the preparations !or the great interna-
| tlonal convention next July. This will be
| the first occasion for the assembling OF
| these committees. and the various mem
| bers of the committee of 96 will be intro
| dnced to the rank and file OF the workers
| The meeting Is looked forward to, both Ey
the officers of District Union and the COM
| inittee of '96. as a most important gather
| ing. The desirability of acquaintance
| among the members of these mammoth
| committees. as well as an Intimate ac-
| qaintance with the chairman under whom
| one Is to serve. is quite patent Both Dr.
| Clark and Mr.. Baer are prepared to speak
| from the practical experience of the Ros-
| ton Endeavorers in arranging for the con-
| vention of '95, and it is believed that many
| suggestions CT infinite value Will be made
during the course of the evening. The
program for Sunday, the 10Th, provides for
| a meeting in the afternoon at Market Hail.
1 VI hnr o11 yrtI1
airy topics In the evening the several So
cieties. as we'll as the churches will be
asked to hold special services of prayer
| for the coming international convention
The arrangements for the January con-
vention are in the hands of special COM
| mittee, consisting of NJ. NJ. Shand, Judge
Arson S. Taylor, Grant Leet, w. A. H.
Church, John B. Sleman, jr., and Heymon
c. Metcaf