St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1895-01-27
WHICH WILL MEET IN JULY
And Attract the Eminent Di-
vines Of All Denomi- 7
tons.
SHERIN NOW IN CHICAGO,
Working to Secure the GATH
ering--Commereial Club
Acts.

In all probability st. Paul will enter
tain the Pan-American Congress of Re-
ligion and Education, which will meet
in the United States next July. Secre-
tary Samuel Sherin has been in Chs
cago for some time devoting his best
interest to secure the congress Tor
ST. Paul, and has taken quarters at the
Palmer house. His assaults upon the
executive committee are ably seconded
prominent Catholics; Rev. Bishop j.
Fl. Vincent. d. D.. of Kansas; Rev.
Bishop j. II. Hurst, OF Washington, d..
c.. and Rev. Bishop Mahlln N. Gilbert,
of Minnesota. There will be meet
ing of prominent people in Chicago
this week to further perfect plans and
decide upon time and place for this
greatest of all religious meetings. A
number of prominent st. Paul people
will go on to Chicago at once to aid Mr.
Sherln in his efforts to secure the con-
gress for st. Paul.
Yesterday afternoon the Commercial
club, always alive to ideas that Will
benefit the city, held special meeting
and appointed a committee of five, with
j. j. McCafferty as chairman. to work
for the location Of the congress here.
The indications at present are that the
efforts of these combined forces will
be successful. None of the many large
meetings held heretofore attracted so
Many Eminent Divines
of all religious beliefs in every portion
of North and South America Will be
invited.
The congress will last one week, and
have two general sessions each day and
ten sectional meetings each afternoon.
Many of the highest dignitaries of
church and state, and Wealthiest phil
anthropists of North America have
promised cooperation in the promotion
and conduct of the congress. The man
agement OF the congress is vested in an
executive committee of fifteen persons
and board of commissioners, composed
of one person of each state and country
represented. !
There will be the following sections:
l, editors section religious and educa-
tienal papers,; 2, publishers, book deal
ers' and authors section; 3. college sec
ton, theological and higher education;
4, church schools, academies, seniin-
aries, ETC.; 5, woman'S section: 6, re-
ligious charities. hospitals, orphanages,
reformatories, ETC.; Z, temperance Sec
ton; S, UNCONVENTIONAL section; o,
young peoples section. all young peu-
pies societies.; 10. economic section, So
ciality, etc. -. .
Each of These Sections
will have a president, vice president
and secretary and distinct programme
of its own. The questions to be con-
sidered in the congress will be the great
social and moral questions of the day.
in which all humanity IS most inter-
ested. The organization has been eff
fected, but not yet complete in all its
details. Rev. Samuel q. Smith. d. D.,
pastor of the Peoples church, ST. Paul,
Mimi, is president. and S. Sherln. who
was secretary of the local executive
committee OF the National Educationa
association at Asbury Park in 1894 andl
st. Paul in lSS9>90, has been electe d
secretary and general promoter of the
congress.
Dr.. S. q. Smith has national repu-
tation as an orator, leader and philan-
thropist and of the highest executive
ability, is well fitted to take charge of
work SO immense in extent and im-
portance as this congress will be.
Time and place will he announced in
few days. 1t will likely be held in
July; and as to place, there are
Several Cities Anxious
to entertain it. Among those mentioned
are .Asbury Park. N. j.; Detroit, Tor
onto, st. Paul or Minneapolis and
Atlanta, Ga, and Atlantic City.
The railway companies have been
asked to make reduced rate of one
are for round trip, plus 81 me mbership
fee, the fee to cover price of book of