Pawtucket tribune. (Pawtucket, R.I.) 1890-189?, 1895-07-06
SCHOOL OF METHODS.
STRONG FEATURE or v,sg BOSTON
CHRISTIAN ENDEAvoR CONVENTION.
Committee Conferences viii ESQ Bright
and HeIpfui--somethins About the Big
Tents For the Cony@ntion-space for
$4,000 People.

$4,000 People.
"A school Of practical methods OF com
mitteo work. IL what Secretary Bner calls
the series Of meetings which occur Friday
afternoon, July l2, IN connection with tho
international Christian EndeavOr conven-
tion In Boston.
One Of the distinctive and peculiar fea-
tures OF Christian Endeavor work I'm the
churches Is the committees. Through
these various committees lookout, prayer
meeting, social, missionary, Sunday school,
temperance and others, the activities OF the
society find expression.
Conferences ~ committee workers there
fore have d large space devoted TO them Mt
all conventions, especially mt the interna-
tional conventions, where the old methods
are approved and improved and new plans
proposed
This year unusual effort has been made
to have these conferences bright and help
ful. Some Of the most active workers all
over tho country have been enlisted and
the result will undoubtedly be seen In an
added impulse In all the societies touched
In any way by the convention.
The missionary committee conference In
particular N expected To result In much
good, Oh account OF the wave of missionary
enthusiasm which has swept over the En-
deavor societies during the past two years
In the past these missionary conferences
have resulted I'm missionary volunteers, and
great results In this direction are expected
at Boston.
Mrs. George w. Coleman Of Boston, we'll
known In connection with Baptist mis-
sionary work, will tell the interesting
story OF the missionary work done by the
Christian Endeavor society OF the Claren-
don Baptist church, Boston.
The student volunteer missionary move
Bent will Also come TO the front, as many
of the student volunteers are expected 70
be present during the convention.
The plans are now practically completed
for the three great auditoriums In which
the Christian Endeavor convention meet
fngs are to be held. BY permission ,of
Mayor Curtis, space has been granted for
the use OF the committee on the Common
at the corner of Beacon and Charles
streets. Here will be pitched the two new
tents which have been purchased by the
United society and will be rented to the
Boston committed.
These tents are each 254 feet long, l89
feet wide and b5 feet high One Of them
will be pitched alongside the Beacon street
mall, the gentle slope of the hill at thst
place giving desirable elevation to tho
seats, which will be arranged toward Park
street. with the speakers stand on the end
toward Charles street.
The other tent will be pitched along the
Charles street mall, the nearest ends of the
tents being about 70 feet apart. This sep
iaration has been made possible by an ad-
'ditional grant just made, by which 20 feet
more land toward the parade ground has
been made available.
This has caused desirable change In
the original plans, in which the two tents
were to have been side by side. The new
plan will separate the speakers as far as
possible, to avoid disturbance.
In each tent. a platform will be erected, \
10 feet In length, sloping up or feet to- I.
ward the back. This platform will have
seats for 500 members Of the chorus in the
center and 800 pastors and their wives on I.
each side, making 1000 In all
A circular projection from the front of
the platform will give the speakers room, 4
and 20 additional people can be accommo-
dated in this reserved space.
Each tent will hold 1900 people, actual
seating capacity. The seats are to be
wooden settees, with backs so made that
they will not sink into the ground, and |
yet as comfortable as wooden bench can |
be made.-Boston Herald |