The evening times., 1896-04-24
Program for the Fifteenth Inter
national Convention in July.
HOST OF CHRISTIANS COMING
Three Hundred Separate Meetings and
More Than One Hundred and Fifty
Speakers Already Provided for.
The Great Rally Meetings In the
Tents on the White Lot.

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not less than three hundred separate meet
| ings. More than one hundredan fifty speak
ers have already accepted places upon the
| program, and further acceptances are be-
| ing received by the program committee of
the United Society OF Christian Endeavor
daily.
The first meetings of the convention will
be held on wednesday evening, July g, in
twenty-five of the largest churches of the
| city. The general topic for all these meet
ings will be Deepening the Spiritual Life. "
There will be at each meeting two ad-
dresses of 4 ha II hour each. and the service
will conclude with what will lie called a
"quiet hour" In most cases the pastors
OF the various churches will preside.
Those who have already accepted for
| this service are as follows: Rev. w. c.
Alexander, ID. D., West Street Presby-
| terian; Rev. j. 6. Butler, ID. D., Memorial
Lutheran; Rev. Waiter Ii. Brooks, ID. D.,
Nineteenth Street Baptist; Rev. Isaac w.
Canter, ID. D.. Mount Vernon Place NJ e;
Rev. Thomas Chalmers Easton, d. D., East
ern Presbyterian; Rev. George N. Luc-
cock, ID. d. Metropolitan Presbyterian;
Rev. r. Il .Mtkim, ID. D., Epiphany Epis-
copal Church; Rev. s. N. Newman, ID. D.,
First COngregational; Rev. Theron Out
/ water, Kendall baptist; Rev. A. w. Pitzer,
d. D., Central Presbyterian: Rev. F. ID.
Power, Vermont Avenue Christian; Rev.
| J. Russell Verbrycke, Guriey Memorial Pres
byterian; Rev. Samuel II. Greene, ID. d.,
Calvary Baptist, and Rev. Teunis s. Hamlin,
ID. d., Church OF the Covenant.
Among the speakers who have already
accepted places ON the program for Wednes'
day night are the following: Rev. W. F. Nc
Caulay, Toledo, o.; Rev. Ii. NJ. Wharton, ID.
D., baltimore, Md; Rev. J. T. McCrory, ID.
D., Pittsburg, Pa, president Of the Penn
sylvania Christian EndeavOr Union;
Evangelist Ralph Gillian. of Boston, Mass;
Evangelist Charles n. Hunt, Minneapolis,
MINI. president OF the Minnesota Christian
Endeavor Union; Rev. Smith Baker, ID. D.,
Boston, Mass; Rev. L. A. Eanks, ID. D..
Brooklyn, N. y; Rev. Kerr b. Tupper, u. D..
Philadelphia, Pa; Rev. Cortland Myers, d.
D., Brooklyn, N. Y; Mr.. Charles B. Hold
rege, Chicago, ILL.,; Mr.. Amos X, Wells,
Boston, Mass; Mr.. George b. Graft, Bos-
ton, Mass: Mr.. William T. Ellis, Boston
Mass; Mr.. w. II. McClain. st. Louis, Mo-;
Rev. W. IL. Robinson ID. d., Engle wood,
H., Rev. ]. +. Pounds. ID. d., indianapolis,
Ind; Rev. J L. Campbell, ID. D., New York
city; Rev. c. l.. Work, ID d., Cincinnati. o.:
Rev. c. A. Barbour. Rochester, N. Y, State
president New York Union; Rev. Ford c.
Ottman, Newark. n. j.: Rev. Joseph Brown
Morgan, Chester, England; Rev. W. G. Fen
necticut Union: Rev. William J Harsha, ID.
D., New York City: Rev. j. Clement French.
u. D., Newark, n. J. State president New
Jersey Union; Rev. Z. T. Root, Baltimore,
Nd. president Maryland State Union; Rev.
Cha rics Roads, Philadelphia, Pa: Rev. p. n.
Fitzgerald. Nashville, Tenn: Rev. Henry c.
McCook. d. D., Philadelphia. Pa: Rev. Will
lam RAIDER, ID. D., San Francisco. Cal.
Rev. W. b. Derrick, ID. D., New York city;
Rev. d. N. Beach. Minneapolis, MIMI; Rev.
L. r. Dyott, Newark, n. j.; Rev. A. d.
Tbaeler, Winston. N. c., president North
Carolina .State Union: Rev. Leander s.
Keyser. Dayton, o.: Mr.. Harry A. Kin
ports, New York city.
PLANNED A NEW FEATURE.
THERE'S new fe a.ure pla uned for Wednes-
day evening and il NAV be de cided to add
three more churches. There ire 10 he pre-
scnted three lectures illustrated by stcrc-
opticons. Rev. George Lovejoy has been
secured To give an illustrated lecture on
"A rmcnia," Rev. Frank S. DobbDs of
Philadelphia will give another illustrated
lecture on THE Celestial Empire and Land
OF the Rising Sun" The third will he given
by Rev. F. j. Stanley of Newburg, n. Y.
The official opening OF the convention
comes Thursday morning in the great tents
on the White Lot and the pre- siding Officers
will be Rev. f. Clark. d. D.: Rev. Teun
o. t1dIilllIi. ". H., OI tIS ClbE, one OF tnts
trustees OF the United Society of Chris
tian Endeavor, and another trustee. the
Rev. II. b. Grose of POstOn, Mass. The
chairman of the committee OF SO, Mr.. W.
II. II. Smith, will make one of the addresses
of welcome; DR.. 8. H Greene will speak for
the pastors, and Commissioner Ross will be
invited to speak for the District of Columbia.
vitcd to speak for the District of Columbia.
The responses will be by Mr.. Giles Kel-
ICtr 0f In r.,l Mt - ln
California Union: Trustee Bishop Alexan-
der Walters, d. D., Jersey City. N. J., md
Rev. Canon ]. B. Richa rdson, London,
Ontario.
Secretary Baer's annual report and Presi-
dent Clark's annual address will he given
at each of these tents that morning.
Thursday afternoon will be devoted
10 den ominaticnal rallies, the tents being
used by the Presbyterians, Congregation
ali sis and Baptists. respectively. The
other meetings will he held in the churches
to the number of twenty-five or more.
Bishop W. j. Gaines, ID, of Atlanta.
Ga, will have charge of the African NJ E.
rally; Bishop C. c. Pettey. d. D.. of New
bern. N. c., of the African n. E. Zion;
Rev. c. A. Barbour, of Rochester, N. Y,
the Baptist: Rev. w. d. Reid. Of Montreal,
the Canadian Presbyterian; Rev. Prentice
A. Canada, of Albany, N. Y, the Christian:
Rev. T. Ashburn, of Evansville. Ind. the
Cumber erland Presbyterian: Rev. Lloyd Dar.
sic, of Buffalo. N. Y, the Disciples of Christ;
Mr.. E. p. Metcalf, of Providence, R. /, :he
Free Ba ptist: Rev Charles 8. White, of I a
Grande, Iowa, the Friends: Rev. d. F.
Garland, of Baltimore, Nd, the Lutheran;
Methodist Protestant; Rev. W. R. Ackert,
of Hoboken, N. j., the Reformed Church in
America: Rev. Holmes Walker, of Balti-
more, the Reformed Presbyterian.
The denomina ional leaders for the
other denomna ions have not vet ac-
cepted their places upon the program.
WHITE LOT MASS MEETINGS.
Thursday evening the general topic will
be "Christian Citizenship" Mass meet
ings 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 Epis-
copal. First Presbyterian and New York
Avenue Presbyterian.
Among those who will speak or preside
are the following: President Clark; Mr..
Frank f. Page. of Chicago ILL.,; Rev. R.
S. MacA rthur. ID. D., New York city: Hon.
William l.. Wilson. Postmaster General: Mr..
Booker T. Washington. Tuskegec, Ala: Hon.
John Wanamaker. Philadelphia, Pa; Rev.
C. II Mead. New York city; Rev. Alex. ALI
son. n. D., New York city: Hon. H. l. sas-
TIC. T ritosDurs, I'd RcN Ahna SHAW, chi
cngo. Ill.,: Prof. W. W Andre ws, Sackville,
N. b.; Miss Jessie A. Ackerman. Chicago,
ILL.,; Rev. NJ. F. Troxell. Springfield, ILL.,;
Rev. william RAIDER. San Francisco. CAL;
Rev. II X. Carroll. d. d. editor OF the In
pendent; President w. F. Slocrm. Colorado
Springs. COL: Mrs. Ruth Baker, Boston,
Mass: Mr.. Rolla V. Watt. San Francisco,
CAL: Bishop Abram Grant. d. D.. Atlanta,
Ca; Rev. E. r. Ollie. San Francisco, CAL:
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Rev. william Patterson. Toronto Ont: Rev
nrnu MnrfYpn CV,rxJn u.