The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1895-07-05
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oooSatsoas for the Eutcrtainment OF
~ Expected Host Are Being Made
- au Elaborate Seals-Mauy
Notable Persons Expected.

Ton. July 4.-What promises to be
egest religious gathering ever held
the fourteenth annual Internal
Christian Endeavor convention
On, July 10 to Is. Between
4 5000 young people from all
The world the representatives
gest religious movement OF
alton. will fairly take possess
odern Athens, but the invad-
Il one OF peace and good Will.
vention sessions will be held
mics building. the largest
in the city. and also In two
tents, which will be located
Common. each with seat
ty Of 10000. All the available
the big hotels of the city have
been engaged. and canvass
made OF rooms in boarding
lodging houses and private res
not only In the city proper. but
uburbs, In order that the incom-
ITS may be properly cared for.
evangelical edifices Of the city
open during the convention, for
legates win monopolize them for
headquarters, each state being
ned to some one cnurcn.
Elaborate Preparations.
NE matter Of making arrangements
this great gathering rests in the
hnas Of a local committee OF thirteen,
Ae chairman Of which Is Samuel II.
Chpen, a representative and influential
Business man and president Of the Mu-
oiclpal league.
~ thiS c.pry, IN rfss
on turn chairman Of special committees.
WITH definite work before them. Every
minor detail Is being provided for. The
reception committee consists OF $40
members Of the local Christian En-
deavor societies; the committee on ac-
commodation embraces some $50 more.
while chorus Of 5000 voices is in train
ong under the direction of the music
committee. Some idea of the magni-
tude Of this convention may be compre-
hended when it is stated that there will
Be $50 meetings in all. at which 1000 diff
terent speakers will take a part
The convention will open on Wednes-
day. July 10. with twenty simultaneous
meetings in twenty of the largest
churches in the city. On the following
day the big auditorium in Mechanics
building and the two canvas structures
on the Common will be occupied. and
on succeeding days there will be ses-
sions with elaborate programmes at
these three places. all at the same time.
Even this elaborate provision is not
expected to furnish accommodation for
my otners- than those who wear the
badges OF delegates. and even these
may have difficulty in finding room.
Features of the Convention.
As the masses cannot hope to go to
the Endeavorers meetings, the En-
deavorefs are going to the masses. In
other words. companies of delegates,
representing different states. v.ll hold
model prayer meetings in big factories,
etores and car stations during the noon
hour. This devotional service will show
Bostonians who are unfamiliar with
the practices Of this organization just
how these earnest and enthusiastic
young Christians act and speak when
In their own meetings. The Christian
Ehdeavor society embraces some twen-
tJ-six or more denominations, and on
Thursday afternoon each denomination
win meet by itself
The greatest feature Of all in many
respects win be the grand mass meet
ing on Boston Common. Saturday, July
13. This will be Good Citizenship Day,
and at this open air gathering Gov
ernor Greenhalge, Mayor Curtis and
Rev. Donald McLAurin, d. D.. Of De-
troit, will be heard in patriotic dis
courses. Rev. Samuel Francis Smith.
auohor Of America" Is preparing an
original poem for this occasion, and
through the generosity Of Miss Helen
Gould, OF New York, souvenir copies Of
"AmRica" will be given to the dele
gatM It - expected that the Endeav-
ORE VIII march In a body from Me-
ch1Aic1 building 70 this big gathering.
III Notsbls Persons to Participate.
ghwight L. Moody will assist in the
convention, and SO will Rev. J. Wilbur
Chapman, another famous evangelist.
Rev. T. Dewitt Talmage, the noted
New York divine, win address the dele
gates, and John G. Woolley. Of Chicago,
Will be heard on the topic, Christian
Endsavor VS.. the Saloon" Among the
Other leading lights in the religious