Pawtucket tribune. (Pawtucket, R.I.) 1890-189?, 1895-06-15

religion Of the country.
Then came tho Philadelphia convention,
with 1000 delegates from 81 states and
territories, Germany, Turkey, Canada, On
tario, Qucbesc and Nova Scotia, the fitting
forcrunncr OF the great international con.
vention In st. Louis In June, 1890.
II was here that Mr.. j. W. Baer Of Roch.
ester, MINI, was introduced as the new
general secretary OF the society, Mr.. Ward
having resigned his position on account OF
III health. Two Of the pleasantost features
Of this convention were the reading Of u
letter OF hearty sympathy from the presi-
dent OF the United States and the aston
ishing figures which represented the
growth Of the society up To that time. Said
President Clark In his address on this oc-
casion:~ "On July I, 1889, there were re-
ported 1879 societies, with 4S9, 900 mem
bers. just I months later there were re-
ported IL ,0l3 societies. with $50, 900 mem
bers. AS many societies were formed dur
ing the past IL months as during the first
seven years Of the OK istence OF the society
Every month 1900 have been added to
our ranks. Every week corps OF 1000
young soldiers enlist; every day five full
companies of new recruits have Joined this
army, and above all ut least 70, 900 have
Joined the churches In America from the
society"
In February, 1891, the decennial ami
versary Of the order was observed In Port
land, Me-, although the convention was
not held until July In Minneapolis The
society still kept on It's wonderful increase,
and, In fact, the report at every conven-
tion has been largely q repetition OF that
made by President Clark at st. Louis, the
only difference being In the figures, which
every year grow larger.
Much has been written and said Of the
coming convention, and the plans Of the
general committee have been very thor
Oughly gone into, but there are certain
points which will be handy for reference.
The main meetings will be held In Mechan-
les building and In two immense tents
which are to be put up on the Common.
One will be called Tent Williston, In hon
or Of the church where the first Christian
Endeavor meeting was held, and the other
will be Tent EndeavOr. Besides these i'm
mense places overflow meetings are to be
held In several churches between the Com
mon and the site Of the Mechanics build
ing and adjacent to the route between the
pol
Under the arrangements Of the recep-
ton and accommodations committees there
will be q competent chairman In charge of
each depot and steamboat landing in the
city, who will be responsible for the guests
arriving at his station.
On arriving at state headquarters the
delegates will be taken care Of by Joint
accommodation and reception committee.
They will register, receive their pro-
grammes and badges and then arrange for
accommodations. Only by displaying the
badge can entrance be gained to the hall
and tents. For the convenience Of those
who have quarters at hotels, q member of
the reception committee will be at each
hotel with programmes, badges and regis
ters.
At the Cleveland convention last year q
systematic effort was made to have the
city generally decorated In honor of the
occasion. The committee IN charge was
very successful In this particular, and pub
lie buildings, business houses, churches
and homes were decorated as profusely as
possible with convention flags and colors
and other appropriate emblems in honor
of the Endeavorers. The decorations in
themselves were feature Of the occasion,
and added much to the general interest,
and aroused more enthusiasm than would
otherwise have been the case.
Boston, with a much larger convention,
will not be behind in this manner Of ex-
pressing appreciation Of the convention
and its members.
The decoration committee, under the
direction of Chairman II. G. Dixon, is
busily engaged in arousing interest upon
this point. A letter will shortly be sent to
the business houses of the city, urging
general decoration Of business houses and
residences and assurances have already
been received that the responses will be
general and hearty.
One of the features of this convention
will be the flag which has been adopted.
This is the official flag and combines the
colors of the convention in a happy man
ner A diagonal line divides the flag into
two parts, the upper half being crimson,
with good sized copy of the monogram
Of the ORDER and the lower half white,
with "Boston, 49," printed in red. The
committee has ordered 15, 900 of these flags
and has placed them on sale at the United
society's rooms. It Is expected that houses
where Endeavorers are entertained during
the convention will be decorated with these
flags, though their sale and use are by no
means confined to members of the societies.
The decoration of the 40 churches to be
used by the different state delegations will
be left in the hands of the local societies,
and many Of them have made elaborate
preparations for this purpose. Some of the
societies have already decorated their prayer
meeting rooms with flags and bunting and
the official flag and are distributing large
quantities of the flags to be used for home
decoration.
Quite elaborate decoration is to be made
In the main convention hall by the com
mittee, and the platforms in the tents will
also be decorated The particular form and
style of these decorations have not yet
been decided upon, but enough is now
known to make 1t certain that the decora-
tions of the Boston convention will sur
pass any previous effort at the internation-
al conventions. Boston Herald.
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