The evening times., 1896-03-03
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ENDEAVORERR HOSTS PLANS.
Important and Interesting Reports
Read at Committee Meeting

The executive committee of tie District
Chris; ian Endeayor Union met in regular
= session at Calvary Baptist Church last
evening ard considered several important
and Interesting subject $. Mr. ShaDd
presided.
There were sixty one societies repre-
sentcd. The report of fthetreasurer showed
that tcre was balance of SzO-ls in the
cOmG.iitcc'S Golfers, and r7lc chairman OF
the finance committee reported that the
canvass now in progress among tie citi'
zens for tie $4,000 desired for expenses
for he great convention was meeting with
q fair measure OF success.
The committee of SO reported I'm part
as follows:
''Sincc completing the assignment s,
several hurches have been officially Of
fcred Tor our use, but it is obviously inl-
practicable to undertake any rcdistTibu-
tiOn OF such headquarters. the de elega ton
and churches having been notified Of the
selections: but nearly all OF cur churches
will lie required for the many meetings
which arc TO held outside OF our great
convention tents.
I'VE have now forty-six churches placed
al our disposal for convention purposes; of
these there are eight Methodist Episcopal
and ono Baptist Church moi having Chris
tan EndcavOr societies.
Beginning with March 20 weekly mass
meetings wili be held for the several
larger committees OF the convention, to
which the public will also he cordially
welcomed, as follows: March 20, enter
tainnicnt committee; March 2T, reception;
April 3, registration; April 10, hall. ushers
and decoration; April IL, reception; April
"a, entertainment. Meetings for the fin ance,
music ami excursion committees will also
be held as often as necessary to forward
the work"
The mu sic committee reported having held
several meetings and has now fully in
augurated the work of organizing the
"86 Convention Chorus OF loco voices.
At n wcil-attcnded and enthu sia site
meeting of the auxiliary music committee,
consisting of the lea adcrs of the choirs to he
enlisted in connection with each Christian
Endcavor Society in the Union, the plans
for the organization OF this chorus were
fully set forth and the circulars and enlist
mcnt cards were distributed
beautiful devotional hymn of in
vocation has been written for the con-
vention by Col. John Hay of this city, well
known Is one of the secretaries OF Presi-
dent Lincoln. This hymn has been Of
ficially adopted and will be sung to the
tune of Federal Street at the opening
services of the convention. The musical
selections, TO be issued in n neat hook for
use OF the choirs in drilling for the chorus,
are now in the press.
A number of new appointments were
made upon the headquarters section of the
reception committee, as follows: Owen
Field Fifth Congregational: II. E. Johnson,
Fourth Presbyterian: Fred. NJ. Hoskins,
Calvary Baptist, and George r. Hamlin,
Gunton Temple. Mr.. II. C. Metcalf was ap-
pointed on the press committee.
Interesting reports swerealsoreceived from
the union missionary committee, the union
lookout committee and the press committee.
All showed the flattering and promising
trend affairs are taking toward the great
convention of this summer.