Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1896-01-16

phia, will no doubt sustain his reputation
as an eloquent, stirring speaker. He Is
trustee Of the United Society of Christian
Endeavor, and has been one Of the con-
vention speakers for several years. Rev.
Peter Ainslie is heart and soul in the jul
nior work. and comes over from Baltimore
to make an address on the subject in which
he Is so thoroughly interested.
Actual Work.
The most unique feature of the conven-
ton will be the big rally Saturday night
of the auxiliary committees which have
been appointed 70 make the necessary ar
rangements for the fifteenth international
convention in July. These committees have
only recently been named and their men,
bership consists Of from twenty to sixty
workers cut of each of the societies in the
local union. In the aggregate there are
at present about three thousand persons on
these committees distributed as follows:
Reception, 1,O11 ushers. So: entertainment
500; finance, $50; decorations, 22a; regiStra-
ton, 200; music, 30; press, q: and printing,
3. Since their appointment, all the commit
tees have never been assembled together
at one time. and the rally Saturday night
inaugura.es the practical work of prepar-
ing for the July convention. Heretofore, In
fact, for more than year, the committee
of Sd Las been, at work taking the neces-
sary steps of preparation for the stupen-
dous undertaking of holding an interna-
tional Christian Endeavor convention In
Washington and entertaining and caring
for the tens of thousands of delegates who
will crowd to the city then: but the work
has been mostly. and of necessity, of pre-
liminary nature. 1t has been constant
outlining of plans of action. Now, how
ever, the actual work Is to be done, and
It's great magnitude. requires the combined
effort Of thousands of faithful diligent
workers to insure it's successful accomplish
ment. The subjects and speakers selected
for Saturday evenings session are of a
character TO impress the members with
the responsible intIUsted to them and to
spur them to their best efforts to conscien-
tiously discharge their duties. Each COM
| mittee VIII be assigned a certain portion of
the hall, to which it's members will be ush-
ing meeting is essentially rally for the
members of the auxiliary DC committees,
and as they are the ones primarily inter-
eSted In the addresses to be made, 1t has
been determined to allow them entrance to
the hall in advance IF the general public
or those Epdeavorers who do not belong
to any of the auxiliary bodies. This privi-
praise service, however, and at 7:45 O'Clock
any one who wishes may be seated II there
are any vacant chairs.
The officers of the District Union and
the members Of the committee of '9G are
hopeful that great spiritual impulse shall
be awakened as 4 result of this annual
convention. They, more than any others
| realize the magnitude of the responsibility
that rests upon the members of the organi.
cation In Washington. They earnestly de-
sire that every local Endeavorer shall be
thoroughly alive to his duty and that al
Washington shall extend encoura cement
and substantial aid, without which it will
| be'imposs.ble for them to successfully com
plete the task they so cheerfully undertook
and have thus far ably continued.