The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1896-07-18

conducted by Rev, NJ. L. Thomas, D. DIV
of Topeka,
Then the general conference will ADJ
journ, and the delegates win hold workers
conferences at four places OF assembly.
At the evening session Of the conference
Rev n c. Mallory, d. D., OF Aberdeen,
S. d, will lead q praise service, and re-
ports from tie workers conferences will
be made. Then the president will deliver
his annual address.
On Friday morning at $50 there will be
praise meetings at four churches, and at
$50 the workers conferences will be re-
sumed- The general conference will not
meet until p. IN, and after d praise serv-
ice, led by Rev. E. II. ShanEs Of ST. Louis,
Mich. there will be the impressive saiuta-
tinn of the flags, conducted by Secretary
wilkins. Then the state and provincial
unions, Sd in number, win report their
work
From the Exposition building the dele
cations win march to places appointed for
holding state aud provincial rallies
At the evening session Charles e. Nor
gan Of Omaha will lead the praise service.
Reports from the workers conferences will
be received Tho annual election will be
held, addresses on 1.-The Young Christian
End His Training, by Rev. Thomas S
Barbour, D D., OF Elizabethtown, n. j.,
and President 3. l.. Whitman, D. D., of
Washington, will close the session.
In almost all the states there arc state
organizations of these societies of Baptist
young people, and in most of the associa-
lions into which the Baptist church is di-
vided in each state there are association
organizations also In the general union
there are four groupings of the societies
undar the colors rcd, green, gold and blue
The department Of the red includes the
Canadian provinces; the department. of the
gold, the northern states east of the Mis-
sissippi river; the department Of the blue,
the northern states west of the Mississippi
river; the department of the green, the
southern states
Each of these departments is governed
by department. committee of five of the
older members of the church.
Like the Christian Endeavor society, the
B. Y. p U. has an auxiliary organiza-
ton for very young people 1t is called the
Junior union, and it's interests are repre-
sented in two pages of the official organ.
The delegates to tho annual conference
are chosen by the local societies The rep
resentation is one delegate for 25 members,
and when the conference assemblies an ap-
proximate idea of the membership of the
union can be formed. There is no record
at headquarters of the membership,
The conference is called for Thursday,
July 16, but preparatory services are to be
held in all the Baptist churches and mis-
sions of Milwaukee on the highs of the
18TH and most of the delegates are expect
ed to arrive on Wednesday
On Thursday morning prayer meetings
will be held in four Baptist churches at
e:30-surrender meetings, they will be
called. They are a new feature of the con-
ference The city has been divided into
four sections for the work of the confer
ence, and the surrender meetings will be
located SO as to accommodate the four Sec
tions. Rev. S. Hartwell Pratt of Spring
field, Mass; Rev. E. FL. I4ovett of Daven-
port Ia; Rev. L. l.. Henson Of Fort
Wayne, Ind, and Samuel G. Neil of Bris-
tol, Conn, viii preside over the meetings
At $3.50 Saturday morning will be held
four promise meetings. At $50 mass
meetings will be held by delegations of the
four divisions--the blue, the green, the red
and the gold.
At 2 in tho afternoon there will be a raj
ly of tho juniors, which will be addressed
| by Rev. r. T. Y. Pierre of Philadelphia.
! At the evening session of the general
| conference Christian Patriotism and Its
| Foes will be discussed.
| On Sunday there will be three sessions.
| The first will be held in the churches.
| The second will be held at the EXPOSE
| ton building and will be devoted to mis-
J. sion work Representatives of seven or
more races will be present to address the
conference. In the evening the final ses-
sion will be held Arthur Gaylord Slocum,
LII D.. will deliver an address of thanks
to the churches and citizens Of Milwaukee;
Rev. H. M. Wharton, d. D., of Baltimore
will deliver a conservation address, and
there will be conservation service with a
roll call conducted by Secretary wilkins.
Milwaukee has made great preparations
for the entertainment of her Baptist guests,
and every citizen is a member of the gen.
eral reception committee which will make
the welcome.
The largest delegations will doubtless
come from Illinois, Iowa, Indiana, Michi-
gan and Ohio with Pennsylvania and New
York represented by several hundred each.
These big delegations will be known by
particular insignia, such as uniform caps,
badges, umbrellas fans, etc. The crowds
will take possession of the street cars and