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Boston's Mammoth Convention.
PLANS OF THE MEETING AND SOME q

PLANS OF THE MEETING AND SOME OF
THE NOTED MEN TO SPEAK BEFORE
THE Y. p. 5. c. E.
The Christian Endeavor convention
sessions will be held in Mechanics build
ing, the largest auditorium in Boston,
and also in two mammoth tents, which
will be located on Boston Common, each
with seating capacity of 10000.
Some idea of the magnitude of this
| convention may be comprehended when
it is stated that there will be 25O meet
lngs in all, at which 1000 different
speakers will take part.
The convention will open on Wednes-
day, July 10th, with 20 simultaneous
meetings in 20 of the largest churches in
the city. On the following day the big
auditorium in Mechanics building and
two canvass structures on the Common
will be occupied, and on succeeding days
there will be sessions with elaborate pro-
grammes at these three places, all at the
same time.
Even this elaborate provision is not
eXI ected to furnish accommodation for
any others than those who wear the
badges of delegates, and even these may
have difficulty in finding room.
As the masses cannot hope to 90 to the
Endeavorers' meetings, the Endeavorers
are going to the masses. In other
words, companies of delegates, repre-
sentlng different States, will hold model
prayer meetings in big factories, stores
and car stations during the noon hour.
This devotional service will show Bos-
tOnians who are unfamiliar with the
practices of this org lnization just how
these earnest and enthusiastic young
Christians act and speak when in their
own meetings.
The Christian Endeavor Society en-
braces some 26 or more denominations,
and on Thursday afternoon each deuOm-
ination will meet by itself Fidelity is
one OF the cardinal principles of the En-
deavorers.
The greatest feature of all in many re-
spects will be the grand mass meeting on
Boston Common, Saturday, July 18th.
This will be Good Citizenship Day, and
at this open air gathering Governor
Greenhalge, Mayor Curtis and the Rev.
Donald Dr. McLaurin of Detroit, will be
heard in patriotic discOurses. The Rev.
Samuel Francis Smith, author of Amer
lea" is preparing an original poem for
this occasion and through the generosity
of Miss Helen Gould of New York, sou.
venir copies of America" will be given
to the delegates.
Dwight l.. Moody will assist in the con-
vention, and SO will the Rev. j. Wilbur
Chapman, another famous evangelist.
The Rev. T. Dewitt Talmage, the noted
New York divine, will address the dele
gates, and John G. WOolley of Chicago,
will be heard on the topic: christian
Endeavor VS.. the Saloon"
Among the other leading lights in the
religious world whose voices will be
heard are: the Rev. G. p. Clifford, the
Baptist preacher, now at Buffalo, o.: DIR.
A. c. Dixon, D, D., Brooklyn's brilliant
clergyman; the Rev. Robert 4. Speer or
New York, the famous Christian ath.
lete who graduated from Princeton:
President Francis l.. Patton. D. D., of
Princeton College; John X. Mott the ag-
gressive young Y. NJ. c. A. leader; Pres
ldent B. L. Whitman of Colby Univer-
slty, Maine; President George A. Gates
of Grinnell, Ia; Bishop Alexander Wal
ters, D. D., of Jersey City, and the Rev.
A. NJ. Phillips of Montreal, P.Q.
From abroad will come the Rev. ".
Knight Chaplin, London; the Rev. W. j.
l.. Gloss, Sidney, South Wales the Rev.
John Pollok, Glasgow; the Rev. j. D.
Lamont, Belfast, Ireland the Rev. H.
Montgomery, Belfast, Ireland; the Rev.
H. H. Jessup, D, D., Beirut, Syria; the
Rev, J. II. DeForest, D. D., Semda, Jap
an; Miss Ben-Oliei, Jerusalem; the Rev.
A. S. Jananyan, Tarsus, Asia Minor, and
Mr.. Prabala Ramachaudrayya, Garu,
Guntur, India.
After the convention there will be
more extended excursions to Plymouth,
Lexington, Concord and Salem. Even a
bicycle ride over the famous Paul Revere
road has been planned.