Pawtucket tribune. (Pawtucket, R.I.) 1890-189?, 1895-07-06
CHURCH UNDER CANVAS
Carpenters Are Fixing Up Interior Of
Christian EndeavOr Tents.
Delegates Will All Be Amply
) Provided For.
A Brief Outline Of What viii Be Done at tho
Hub Next Week.


BOSTON, July 6.-Work on the two man
moth tents for the use of the Christian
Endeavor convention on Boston Common
began at daylight yesterday, and at nool
today the work was completed and tn
carpenters started to work
The interior Of these tents will be lai,
out something similar to church, eacl
containing large stage OF platform an,
1900 pews, capable Of seating 5000 persons
Here will be conducted all the big meet
ings OF the convention, and situated be
tween the tents will be u polling booth
loaned by the city, at which the Endeavor
ers will register.
Friday evening Mechanics hall will b
given up to psalm singing. A chorus o
800 voices will be stationed in the audi
torium, while 5000 of the regular Christian
Endeavor choir will be in attendance and
will assist.
A rehearsal of this psalm singing choir
will take place at o'clock the same dag,
and 10000 copies Of the psalm selections
will be distributed to the delegates to be
kept as souvenirs.
Thursday afternoon the grand rally OF
the Reform church will take place in the
flrst presbyterian church.
On the Road.
Reports received at the Christian En-
deavor headquarters state that the delega
tion from North Carolina will come tc
the convention 40 or 30 strong, and
the report from Birmingham, Ala, says
rs delegates have left for this city
A. G. Wright, the representative of the
United Societies Of Christian Endeavor OF
Mexico, is expected to arrive here In q day
or two. The movement Is still young in
Mexico, and was founded at San Luis Po
tosi.
The announcement is given out off
clally that the Wednesday night meetings
will be made public, everyone desirous OF
attending being welcomed.
At least 10 junior societies of New York
city will be represented and participate liz
the junior rally.
The chorus rehearsal will be repeated In
Mechanics hall tonight, 5000 voices par
ticipating.
Presbyterians Look After Floaters.
The Presbyterian church has been made
the convention home OF that important
part OF the Christian Endeavor movement |
the floating society. Three times during |
the convention week will the floating |
workers be heard from the platform of this
church. On Wednesday evening the sup
erintendent, Miss jones' will make her
annual report, and on Friday there will be
. conference of floating societies in the
vestry of the church, and on Saturday
night there will be a rally of floating
Christian Endeavorers.
In addition TO the floating society con.
ferepces on Friday, the Sunday school
committees of the land will be represented |
IN the conferences to be held in the BODY
OF tho church. Besides all these, there
Htu be special Christian Endeavor services
S.,,Aav,
Room For All.
In the Roxbury Presbyterian church the
aslsgsts; t. t. Geor~.- ---- , -.v make thr,,
h5fIie turing the convention week. Here
also ~ill be special Christian Endeavoi
services on Sunday.
The East Boston Presbyterian church
will likewise have part in the convention
The church will be open each morning foI
u sunrise prayer meeting Of the Maine
delegates.
The Scotch Presbyterian church will
entertain the denominational rally Of the
Moravian Endeavorers, and will in addi
tton hold special Christian Endeavor serv
ices on Sunday.
st. Andrews Presbyterian church has
been assigned the Canadian Presbyterians
to care for during the UNCONVENTIONAL rally |
on Thursday. This church also has ar
ranged for q special Christian Endeavei |
service on Sunday.
Ontario delegates will make their home |
at the Fourth Presbyterian church. Soutf |
Boston. In this church will be held a
series of early morning prayer meetings.
General Secretary Baer will be heard at
the rally on Thursday afternoon In Me.
chanics' hall. The program Is In charge
of Rev. George B. Stewart, DID,, who has
secured long array of notable speakers
to participate. The foreign mission board
will speak, and then Will come clerical
open parliament. The program speaks
thus concerning this parliament: "No
one but pastors are to speak. No pastor IL
20 speak more than 90 seconds No speaker
n to make more than one point, and those
who do not come within these conditions
are to listen to those who do"
LynchIng Talked o.
BOWLING GREEN, KY, July 8.-It is said
here that an organized mob is being
formed at Morgantown TO lynch Sam
Spencer and Alfred Belcher for the mur
der Of Major HaNilton. Not jurymaD
has been impanelled, Notwithstanding |
over ESQ have been examined. The excite. |
ment Is at high pitch, and IL needs o
leader only to lynch Belcher and Spencer.
Total Loss Of 100000.