The Washington times., 1895-05-25
Preparations in Progress for the
Christian EndeaYOrers.
THEY WILL OWN THE TOWN
Public Gardens to Be Decorated with
c. Z. Colorsan Emblems and on the
Common VIII BE the Two Great
Tents = Large List of Eminent
Speakers Has Been Announced.
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tion OF Christian Endeavorers in a most
satisfactory mannsr With a heartinGss
and enthusiasm all the more remarkable
| because it is in staid and conservative
Boston, the city Officials have placed
themselves and everything in their power
| at the command Of the Christian Endeavor
| delegates. Not only the public buildings
will be open to the delegates, but many
places of interest that ordinarily are not
accessible to the bpublic Will be free for
the use OF Christian Endeavorcrs.
City Forester Doogue has issued instruc-
/ tions to have the famous Boston public
! gardens decorated during the convention
| with Christ ian Endeayor colors in the
form OF C. +, emblems, and he is already
| arranging his plants and designs to this end
! But the greatest of all concessions is that
| the author tiles have granted the use
| OF the sacred Boston Common for the pa
! triotic demonstration on Saturday morn
| ing, the details of which have already
1 appeared in these dispatches, and for the
! site OF the two mammouth tents.
WILL SEAT TWENTY THOUSAND.
! The latter, which are to accommodate
! 10 600 people each, are now being made
/ in Boston. They will be 254 feet long,
1S2 feet wide, and 90 feet high. The
| seats are to be benches modelled after the
| style of the benches used at the Cleveland
! convention, and they VIII be arranged in
semi-crcular form. There viii be ,450
/ benches-8SS 14-ft benches, 532 12-ft.
! benches, and 24 2O-ft. bencbes-and will
4 require about 100 eco feet of luInber to
construct them 1t will require 10 600
! feet OF lumber 10 construct the tent plat
/ forms. and il is said they VIII be far supe-
/ rior to any platforms ever used.
The chorus viii he seated in the center,
I the ministers OH the sides, and the speakers
/ viii be seated between the ministers and
/ in front of the singers, while the speakers
/ platform VIII project from the front of
I the main platform.
/ Each State VIII have headquarters in
/ Mechanics Hail. in tie lobby between the
main entrance and the doors of the
I Auditorium The District OF Colum bia
/ VIII have section % by "a feet to the
right of the entrance and in the most
prominent section OF the lobby.
GREAT ARRAY OF SPEAKERS.
| More truly than at any ypreviousconvention
will this years he a feature programme.
! The wednesday evening meetings. always
occasions of spiritual profit, VIII be made
doubiy so this year by the eloquent and
practical addresses to be delivered by the
4 following leading lighs of EndeavoT; Revs.
Wayland Hoyt, c. H PaTkhurst, J. T.
Beckley, w c. Biting, Teunis S. Hamlin,
I j. H BaTrows, A W II Holder, j.
T. Tyler, c. f. Thwing, Elijah Hou. George
E. Horr, W H. Ward. Dunning, j. c.
Kelley. Mcmillan. H c. Mabic, j. X. Wor-
den, II c. Farrar. ard Rufus Miller.
| Bishop Fallows Hon. Neal Dow and Mrs.
, Grace Livingston Hill.
Friday evening in the tall will be fellow
ship night, and the principal address Will
be given by Rev. a @. Dixon on "Denomi-
national Loyalty and Interdenominational
I Fellowship" Addresses of five minutes
each Will be given on fellowship in the
United States and In England. Scotland,
Ireland China, France. Alaska, Wales,
India, Armenia, Japan. Persia and other
foreign countries, and the speakers Will
be dressed IN costumes of the countries
they represent. In fact, there are only six
| countries in the world to-day in W hich there
are no Christian Endeayor societies.
There will be conference OF Floating En-
deavor Societies Saturday afternoon, at
which Miss Au,oiEGtte P. JoEes, superin-
teuGent of FolatEg Societies, viii preside
MONDAY PRAYER MEETIN Gs.
A novel feature and something never be-
fore attempted at international conventions
will be MONDAY prayer meetings, conducted
by the deegatcs ia the shops, factories,
stores and missions of the city.
These meet Jugs viii tie III charge of Rev
James L. Hill, of this city, a trustee of the
United Society ard lie expects to have as
assistants Rev. Charles Roads, of Philadel
phia; Rev. C A Oliver. of York, Pa, and
Rev. +. E. Smiley of Denver He also ex
poets assistance from DR.. Chapman, of Phil
adelphia Dr. Wharton, OF Baltimore, and
Dwight L. Moody.
The delegates will be formed into bands oi
about twenty and with leader and Bostor
Endeavorer as a guide will attend al nooT
some place previously assigned, where 6
c. E. prayer meeting of special evangelistiC
character will te held.
The Juniors are to be especially vel
cared for this year They have been givel
Saturday afternoon aud Will meet il
Mechanics Hall. There will be a specia
Junior chorus of about 400 voices. Mrs
Frances f. Clark has charge of all th'
arrangements for the Junior meeting ant
will preside at the meeting
CONFERENCE COMMITTEES.
The committee conferences will be helC
Friday afternoon aud the following is tn
list of leaders:
Lookout, DR.. s. A Wilson, Chicago
prayer meeting, Miss jeanette NJ. McLareu
St. Paul, Minn,; social. MisseMattie E
Race, Jacksonville, Fla; missionary
Miss Belle NJ. Brain, Springfield, o.; ;sunda,
school, Mr.. Hugh Cork, Grand Forks, n. d
temperance and good citizenship, Mr.
Phillip I. Pendleton, Pittsburg, Pa; COZ
responding secretaries, Miss Jennie I
Mason, Indianapolis, Ind; good literatur
Mr. j. H Banton, Waco, Tex; senior
mothers and parents societies, Mrs. F.
Thompson, Chicago; junior superintendent
Mr.. Percy ] S Ryan, New Y ork city; brother
hood committee, Mr.. W. S. Kelsey, Boston
Mass; systematic and proportionate Civ
ing, Miss Frances B. Patterson, Galesburg
H.; local union officers, Mr.. Fred a
Walls, Hopkinsville, KY; State and pre-
vineial officers, MIR. George Mcdonald
Altoona, Pa.
The grand chorus for the convention
| already hard at work rehearsing unde
the leadership of Mr.. George K. Somerby
chairman of the music committee, an
win be enlarged from 2 600 to 5000 voices
During the convention sessions the musi
in the several halls will be conducted b
Mr.. Percy S. Foster, of Washington, an
Mr. Lindsay, who so successfully led tn
big audiences at the st. Louis convention
In order to attend more carefully to tn
reception of the delegates, it has bee
found necessary to enlarge the receptio
| committee from 500 to 500 members.
Marriage Licenses.
Licenses to marry were issued yesterda
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