The daily morning journal and courier., 1895-09-18
BUSY,, IN, PREPARATION
GETTING READY FOR CHRISTIAN
 WORKERS' CONVENTION.

Subjects to be Discussed by the Convention
 To be Held in Calvary Baptist Church
 Special sunday Meetings-Prominent
 Workers to be Present-Nearly Three
 Thousand Delegates Expected.
 It has been arranged by the commit tee having the matter in charge that the national convention of Christian Workers of the United States and Can ada, to be held in this city November T. IA, will be held at Calvary Baptist church, The delegates will consist of general delegates, who are any dele gates who wish to attend and special delegates who come as representatives of different churches of different denom- inations, for the convention Is interde- nominational and is held in the interest of missionary societies and various Christian work agencies, in addition to the churches.
 The convention will be held during eight days. including Sunday, Novem- Der 10. There will be no special session on Sunday to interfere with the regular church attendance of the delegates. Sunday afternoon there will be special meetings for children, young men, wo- men, and a meeting especially for boys. At these meetings the services will have to do with practical work, and they will be held at various places in different parts of the city, not yet decided upon. During the other seven days of the con- vention there will be three sessions each day-in the forenoon, afternoon and evening. These sessions of the conven- tion will be presided over by the chair man and president of the International Christian Workers association, Rev. R. "A. Torrey of Chicago.
 The work of the convention will con- sist of addresses and discussions cover ing the various lines of Christian work not reached by the ministrations of the church. Among the subjects to be dis cussed will be:
 Work Among Prisoners, Social Settle ments, Colportage Open Air Work, Work Among Miners and Lumbermen, The Problem of Church Work in the South, Work Among Neglected Chil- dren, Gospel Temperance Work, Insti- tutional Churches, Special Phases of Church Work in Canada and Scotland, Salvation Army Work, Country Even- gelization, Work Among Sailors, Rescue Mission Work, Industrial Schools in the South, Keeping of Sunday, Student Vol unteer Movement, Industrial Institu- tions, Preventative Work Among Young Women, Work for Fallen Women.
 Each one of these subjects will be treated not as if there was a dress about them, but will consist chiefly of reports on practical work in the various lines.
 The convention sermon will be preach ed by Rev. David Gregg, D. D.. pastor of Lafayette street Presbyterian church in Brooklyn.
 Among the prominent speakers who are expected to be present are Russell H. Conwell of Philadelphia, pastor of the Baptist Temple and president of the Temple college in Philadelphia; Rev. H. M. Wharton of Baltimore, Rev. E. H. Byington of Chicago, Rev. William Mast Broddock of Boston, Rev David Allen Reed of Springfield, ex-Governor North ern of Georgia, T. E. Murphy of New 1OIh, LIC ldliouS lCllipC1d OI ciIOi l, Mrs. E. M. Whittemore of New York, Charles N. Crittenden of New York, Rev. A. H. Scott of Perth, Ontario, Rev. A. c. Dixon of Brooklyn, Rev. J. M. Sti- fer of Chester Pa., and General Bal lington Booth, leader of the Salvation army in America.
 Besides these mentioned there will be a great many other prominent workers heard frequently during the conven- tion.
 The singing will be in charge of Rev. F. M. Lamb of Maine, who has had charge of this department for many years.
 There will 'be between two thousand and .flree thousand visitors in town. It will be necessary to raise about $2,0 900 by local subscription, and Clarence E. Thompson, with an office in the Bow ditch building, Is chairman of the fin. ance committee. The local committee is busily engaged in filling up the vari- ous subcommittee of reception, the la- dies committee, etc.
 The managing committee is composed of:
 Rev R. A. ,Torrey, chairman, Chicago, Ill; Rev. J. C. Collins, secretary and treasurer, New Haven, Conn; Rev. $. P. Holcombe, Louisville, Ky; Mrs. J. K. Barney, Providence, R. l.; Rev. David Allen Reed, Springfield, Mass; Rev. B. Fay Mills, Fort Edward. New York; Miss w. J. Mcdonald, Toronto, Canada John $. Huyler, New York; Charles N. Crittenton, New York; John F Barclay, Atlanta, Ga.