Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1895-04-04
PRELIMINARY ARRANGEMENTS.
FOR THE Y. p. s. c. &c. CONVENTION
TO BE HELD HERE IN JUNE.
A CHOIR OF TWO HUNDRED
VOICES WILL BE oRGANIzED-A
GREAT GATHERING EXPECTED
LETTER FROM THE '95 COMMIT
TEE TO TEXAS ENDEAvoRERs.

! ne WOfk OF aThHEinE iof tAae N'Aii'i'e
state convention OF the Y. p. S. c. Il. in
June next to be held In Fort Worth.
Is going forward with energy. The
executive committee among other ar
rangements will have large choir 10
lead the singing The first meeting OF
which was held last Sunday at the
Cumberland Presbyterian church, and
which promises to be no small feature
OF the occasion. II is expected that
fully two hundred voices will partlci-
pate under the leadership of Mr.. George
II. Mes OF this city. The choir will
meet next Sunday at the same place at
| 4I5 p. m. and large attendance Is
anticipated.
! II is expected that those who will as
slst at the endeavor convention will
also assist in the choir now being
formed by MIR, Luther Rees of
Paris. Tex. who is in the city for the
purpose of arranging a choir for the
Moody meetings Mr. Rees has charge
Of the choir for Messrs. Moody and
sankey while they are in Texas.
The following letter has been issued:
Fort Worth, March 20, 1880.
To Texas EndeavOrers:
No doubt you have already asked
yourself the question; What has be-
como of the '05 committee? and wonder
ed why you have not heard from Fort
Worth since our first letter. In cN-
planaion, we simply say we have been
too busy organizing and planning for
the great gathering to devote much
time to correspondence, and what we
have done has been necessarily directed
In other channels.
From this time until June II you may
expect TO hear from us often, our plans
are fully matured, and we 80 to work
~ once to carry them into execution
70 be prepared to give you Il hearty
welcome when you come to the conyen-
uon Have you planned 10 come? II
not do so ut once, and send In your
name thut we may get good location
Cor you.
The provisional program will be is
sued In few days.
We Will use song leaflets furnished
US by the United society, containing the
very best selections from Christian En-
lcaVur hymns. Some OF thpse songs
are familiar 20 an Endo2yorcrs. while
mnuy Of them Will be entirely new. We
must have the best music ever haCrd
Ia Texas. Mr.. George u. Mes. OF this
city, a leader OF ability aud magnetism
hus kindly consented 10 take charge
nf the music and he win at once begin
training his chorus, which we hone wili
include two hundred voices In Fort
Worth We viii chcerfully send ont n
few Of these leaflets TO any local union
or to any society where any number
are expected to attend. IL mi the dele
gates will got together and practic.
these new songs before coming To the
convention city. who will osk for tbep,
first and helm us ont in rho sin t,Inea
Definite rates will be announced in
letter No soon to be issued. we hone
to procure bptfar ratcs ~, -. =
fore given to our state conventions
Desiring to make eyerythlng ns con
venient ana as comfortable FOR Won ns
we possibly can while Won are Win ,s
ana that, too, at the least cost To Won
We have arranged with the best caterer
in our city To serve good meals under "a
large toni adloinini, the CITY hnll wbsrc
the convention viii be hold M thc
very reasonable price of t,yonty,-G,,e
cents each In addition be viii bn,,o
nice lunch stand where Won ann eet
what you want at the usiaI nrires
Thus YOU will avoid tho Iontr yvBils To-
and from your lunch in the hcnt ~ No
day as wen as the more nlsas,Ht ar
ternOons when you would preTpr "a ~
walk over the CITY. or n MIC rtii -,
some of our electric gtrset c,.. t,,,.
her suburbs. But better thnn MI tbiis