The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1895-03-22
CHRISTIAN ENDEAVOR.
COMING TERRITORIAL CONVENTION
TO BE HELD AT OGDEN.
1t is Expected That ut Least Two
Hundred VIII Attend-Progrnm NINE
For the Four Sessions.


Young Peoples Society of Christian
Endeavor promises to be the largest
yet held in the territory.
1t will be the seventh annual con-
vention of that society and will meet
at Ogden on April and 8. A conser-
vative estimate puts the attendance az
200, although it is probable that it will
reach a higher figure. Salt Lake city
will send about 125 delegates and of
this number forty will be from the
First Presbyterian church. The First
Baptist church has elected all the
members of its Young Peoples union
delegates. The following towns will
also be represented: Provo, Park
City, Coalville. Payson. Nephi, Mount
Pleasant. Salina, Richfeld, Box Elder,
Pennington, Kaysville. Sandy, Logan,
Mendon, Hyrum. Smithfeld, Spanish
Fork, Benjamin and Springville. AL
though the Epworth leagues and some
of the Baptist Young Peoples unions
will not be represented at the conven-
ton, both the Ogden societies will as
sist at the reception which is to be
rendered the delegates at Gordon
academy.
Robert J. Caskey. president Of the
Utah Christian Endeavor union and
Harry n. Tolles, the secretary, are
making every possible effort to secure
large attendance, and are meeting
with success.
The Rio Grande Western will run a
special train, connecting with the $40
D. m. train from the south, to Ogden
for the benefit of the Endeavorers and
the round trip fare will be reduced to
$50. The train will be appropriately
hammered" and the young people will
enter the Junction city with eclat.
The delegates will be entertained by
the Ogden Endeavorers.
The membership of the Young Peo-
pies Society of Christian Endeavor in
Utah is between 1.500 and 1900, and
represents one of the strongest work
ing forces among the auXiliaries of
the various churches. Everyone will
recall the great convention held by
these societies at New York in 1892,
when there was an attendance of 35,-
600. The attendance at the convention
to be held in Boston in July will ap-
proximate 10000 The Good Citizen
Ship movement in this city was in
augurated by local Christian Endeavor
societies.
The programme. for the Utah conven-
ton is as follows:
First Session-Tuesday.
$50 p. m.-Reception to delegates.
7:45-Song service.
S:00-President's address,.
Robert r. Caskey.
S:10-Address, Systematic Benef1cience
and its Relation to Missions"
Professor H. K. Warren
S:30-Address, "a Live Society and a
Vital Question Rev. Charles F.
? Richardson.
900 a. m.-Praise service.
9:30-BusineSS session
Report of the secretary and
treasurer, Harry n. Tolles.
Miscellaneous business.
Election of officers.
II :00-Conferences-
Off1cerS. =
Lookout committee,
Prayer meeting committee.
Social and reception CONS,
S. S. and visiting committees.
Missionary conference.
Temperance conference.
12:00-Adjournment.
Third observation-disclosures
2:30 p. m.-Two-minute reports of the
morning conferences.
2:45-Topic, methods Of varying the
prayer meeting.
| 3:15-Topic, possibilities for service.
3:45-The juniors convention.
3:45-Topic, Neutrality-suspicious. and
sectional.
! 4:SO-Open parliament on junior work.
5:00-Adjournment.
Fourth Session-Wednesday.
1880 p. m.-Song service.
| :45-''World-wide Endeavor," Mr.. c.
H. Parsons.
S:00-Address, Christian Endeavor He.
roism," Rev. B. F. Clay.
| S:30-Consecration meeting.
A union prayer meeting Of all the
Endeavor societies of this city will be
held at the First Presbyterian church
on the evening before the convention.