The daily morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven, Conn.) 1894-1907, 1895-10-29
GoyERNor CorTIN w111SpEAK.

To Deliver an Address of Welcome in Be-
half of the State at the Opening Session of
the Christian Workers Conventional
Meeting of the Local Executive Commit
tee Held Yesterday to be En-
tertained in Private Houses.
A meeting of the local executive COM
mittee having in charge the arrange
ments for the Christian Workers con-
vention to be held in this city eight
days, November to IA, was held at the
office of Rev. John c.. Collins, general
secretary of the association for the Unit
ed States and Canada yesterday after
noon with John T. Manson chairman,
The business before the meeting was a
general discussion of the various phazes
of the work to be done in preparing for
the big convention which it is thought
will be attended by nearly 5000 visitors.
Mr.. Collins announced to the committee
that Governor Coffin would deliver an
address of welcome to the delegates in
behalf of the state at Calvary Baptist
church, Thursday forenoon, November
Z. Mr. Manson was appointed to in
vite the city pastors to act with himself
as a committee to meet the governor at
the depot on that day and escort him
to Calvary Baptist church, Mr.. Man
son was also instructed to invite two
city pastors to act with him on a COM
mittee to meet Rev. DR.. Griggs who is
to be one of the principle speakers of
the convention.
There will be about 300 delegates to
the convention who are to receive free
entertainment at the home of people in
New Haven interested in the work CT
the convention. All those who are will
ling to entertain delegates for few
days during the convention are re-
quested to notify at once Dr. S. c. Whit
ney, 121 Church street, who is chairman
of the committee having that matter
in charge, and to state the number they
would care to entertain.
All city pastors who would like sup
plies during the convention are request
ed to communicate with Rev Dr. F. A.
M. Brown, 35 Howe street, chairman of
the committee, as soon as possible, as
no delegates attending the convention
will be allowed to go from the conven-
ton to conduct meetings on any day
but Sunday.
The convention will open at Calvary
Baptist church, November 7, at $50 a.
m. The first forenoon will be devoted
to addresses by speakers representing
the various local committees and Gov
ernor Coffin.
Rev. Mr.. Collins continues to receive
letters innumerable from delegates who
expect to attend and yesterday received
over hundred such epistles.
UNION PRAYER MEETING TO BE
GIN TO-Mo1RoW.
Arrangements for the union prayer
meetings preparatory to the Christian
Workers Convention have been COM
pleted They will be held daily in Cal
vary Baptist church from to 8 o'clock
afternoons, beginning tomorrow. The
leaders selected are as follows:
Wednesday, October 80, Rev. j. E..
TwitcheH; Thursday, October 81, Rev.
F, A. NJ. Brown; Friday, November /,
F. w. Pardee; Monday, November A.,
Rev. E. NJ. Poteat, Tuesday, November
5, G. A. Baldwin, and Wednesday, No
vember 6, Rev. w. l.. Phillips.
The committee in charge of the ar
rangements is as follows:
c. P. Masden, j. e. Twitcheil, Allen
K. Foster, F. w. c. Meyer /. c. Me-
serve, J. HI. Mason and Frank A. SEQ
field.