St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1896-05-22

into eternity, and destroyed a large
amount OF property.
Christian Endeavor Convention.
With undated zeal and enthusiasm
and with more de6niteness Of form and
purpose the arrangements for entertain
ing the tens Of thousands OF Christian
Endeavorers who will come to Washing
ton in July are being pushed to compile
ton. And while every possible effort Is
being put forth to make the stay OF the
delegates in Washington pleasant, the
programme committee of the United So
ciety of Christian Endeavor is laboring
earnestly to present most helpful and
practical programme. The speakers are
being selected with great deal of care
and it is confidently expected that the
programme of the convention will be in
every respect the "best yet
THE PROGRAMME OUTLINED.
Every delegate should plan to arrive in
time to attend the opening meetings
which will be held in twenty.three
churches Wednesday evening. In most
cases the pastors of the various churches
will preside, and after two addresses of
thirty minutes each the service will con-
cude with what will be called Quiet
Hour" The topic for all of these meet
ings will be Deepening the Spiritual
Life" There will also be given on We'd
nesday evening three lectures illustrated
by stereopticons. Rev. George E. Love
joy has been secured togive anillustrated
lecture on armenia" Rev. Frank S.
Dobbins of Philadelphia will give an
other illustrated lecture on "The Celes-
tial Empire and Land OF the Rising Sun. 1"
The third will be given by Rev. F. ].
Stanley of Newburgh, N. Y.
THE FORMAL OPENING.
The official opening of the convention
comes Thursday morning in the great
tents on the white lot, and the presiding
officers will be Rev. F. E. Clark, D. D.,
Rev. Tennis S. Hamlin, D. D., of Wash.
ington one of the trustees of the United
Society Of Christian Endeavor, and an
other trustee, Rev. H. b. Crosse of Bos-
ton. The chairman of the committee Of
'96, W. II. H. Smith, will make one of
the addresses of welcome, DR.. S. H.
Greene will speak for the pastors and
Commissioner Ross will speak for the
District of Columbia.
The responses will be by Giles Kellogg
of San Diego, Cal, president of the Cali
fornia union; Bishop Alexander Walters,
D. D., Jersey City, N. j., and Rev. Canon
], B. Richardson, London, Ontario.
Secretary Baer's annual report and
President Clarks annual address will be
given at each of these tents that morning
Thursday afternoon will be devoted to
UNCONVENTIONAL rallies, the tents being
used by the Presbyterians, Congrega-
tionalists and Baptists respectively. The
other meetings will be held in the
churches, to the number of twenty-five or
more.
"CHRISTIAN CITIZENSHIP"
Thursday evening the general topic
will be christian Citizenship" Mass
meetings will be held in the three tents
on the white lot, in Central Hall and also
in five churches, as follows: Calvary
Baptist, First Congregational, Foundry
Methodist Episcopal, First Presbyterian
and New York Avenue Presbyterian.
Many eloquent and helpful speakers have
been secured for these meetings, among
whom are Rev. Henry H. Russell, Column
bus, Ohio; Rev. X. S. Macarthur, D. D.,
New York City; President W. F. Slocum,
Jr., Colorado Springs, Colo. Booker T.
Washington, Tuskeegee, Ala; Rev. c. H.
Mead, New York City; Rev. p. S Hen
son, D. D., Chicago, ILL.,; Thomas Muir
ply, New York City; Rev. Alexander Ali
son, d, D., New York City; Hon. H. l..
Castle, Pittsburg, Pa; Miss Jessie A.
Alderman, Chicago, ILL.,; Rev. M. F.
Troxell, Springfield, Ill.,; Rev. Vim.
RAIDER, San Francisco, Cal; Mrs, Ruth
Baker, Boston, Mass. Bishop Alexander
Walters, D. D., Jersey City, N. j.; Rev. ].
w. Fifeld, Chicago, ILL.,. Rev. ]. w. Ham
ilton, D. d., Cincinnati, Ohio Bishop
Abram Grant, D. D., Atlanta, Ca.
Rev. H. K. Carroll, D. D., New York
City; Rev. F. E. E. Hamilton, Newton
vile, Mass; Rev. Joseph Brown Morgan,
Chester Eng; Rev, ]. T, McCrory, D.
D., Pittsburg, Pa; w. l.. Board, Will
berforce, Ohio; Hon. S, E. Nicholson,
Kokomo, Ind.
SAVED TO SERVE"
The general topic for Friday is "Saved
to Serve and meetings will be held in
the morning in the three tents. That
morning there will also be a new feature
namely, the Junior Workers meeting, to
be held in Calvary Baptist church. The
r1oruinu will bo Jo,o4od - .,.aaA:aa