Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1896-05-17

DECORATIONS OF THE CITY.
Tho decorations Committees report
made manifest the fact mat curing tne
conyention the city of Washington "onla
be I'm Gala attire OF bunting ana nags' ETC.
such as had never been seen before. Ihs
halls viii be scenes OF artistic merit aloh5
this line. 49,
Nearly all OF the railroad lines TO tne
East have agreed upon rate TO de'esa'es
10 tho fifteenth international cohNeb'lo'
Of one fare for the round-trlp thus -"
abling persons OF small means 10 49,
I'm large numbers. The Pennsylvania roa1
has granted a round-trip rate OF Sl2o De
tween Washington and Baltimore TOT con
vention week. The hotel and boarding
house rates will range, as In Boston, NUN
70 cents and ST. per day up.
THE PROGRAMME OUTLINED.
nv speclal permission OF the Virginia
Endeavorer. the organ Of the Old DoliiIn-
ion Young Peoples Society OF Chris,ia,
Fndeayor. the Dispatch Is able TO puOlish
below the complete programme io' 'ie
convention. as at present arranged. IN II
are combined many very pleasing an" eN
cellent features, and would alone ara" d
large attendance to the convehN on T.,
The opening meetings will be helu III
.u-ortv-tbrea churches Wednesday eve
,in,, IuIv sth. In most cases the pastors
~ the various churches will PRESIDE anu
after two addresses Of thirty minutes can
the service will conclude with "nat "I
be called a "Qulet Hour Inc Topic ~,
all OF these meetings VIII De 70
the Spiritual Life" There WIN ais0 L.
given ON wednesday evening thTee Zee
tures Illustrated by stereoplicons. Kew
George y I,ovejoy has been secured 10
s,,,,a an illustrated lecture on Armenia
Pew Frank S. Dobbins Of Philadelphla'
v,,ii give another illustrated lecture on
.'Tbe Celestial Empire and Land OF the
Rising sun" The third Will be gwen y!
Rev. y. J. Stanley. Of Newburgh' N l.
THE FORMAL OPENING
Tho official opening Of the conventloI
oo,nos Thursday morning in the gred'
tonts an the white Lot, and the presiu-
ing officers will be Rev f. +. Ciark' -, -. -
pev Teunis s. Hamlin, d. D. OF w asH,
irgton one OF the trustees OF the lnlteu
enc,ety Of Christian Endeavor' ana an,
o,,,ar trustee. the Rev ii. Il. Grose' Vi
posto, Mass The chairman Of the com,
,,,ttee of 1896. Mr.. w. II. H.'Smitn, WIZ
make one Of the addresses OF
NJ n Greene will speak Tor Tue ~
tors. and Commissioner ROSS wiz 'i0"i'
for the District Of Columo..' c.,,. ~,
The RESPONSES VIII " -
,o,- of San Dieeo. Cal. president OF the
California Union: Bishop Alexander wa
,ors II d.. Jersey city, ~ j., ana KEY
Canon I T.. Richardson, LONDON On
tario. ., ro,or, ant
r,,os,1ort Clark's annual address WI
mo given at each Of these TENS Una
morning. III, 80 devoted Il
,,,,e,oi,ationaI rallies, the tents pelh'
,,od nv the Prosbyterians,. Congrega
tiorallsts. and Bapusts. respectively
THE other meetings will be held IN 1h
churches 10 the number OF tWeh'y-HF'
or more.
CHRISTIAN CITIZENSHIP.
,r,,rrsaav evening the general topic vii
ba "Chrlstian Citizenship Mass-mee.
mos win be he'd in the three tents o.
me white Lot. in Central Hall, and ais
I'm FIVE churches. as follows: caviar.
Baptist. First Congregational ounui.
Methodist Episcopal First PresoyteriiaI
and New York-Avenue fIesuy tcil"n
MANY eloquent and helpful speaker
have been secured for these meetlhsS
among whom are Rev. Henry H. hus
sell. Columbus, o.; Rev, H. ,. ma
Arthur ID. D.. New York city; Presideh
~ II slocum. Jr., Colorado Spring.
Coio Rov G. H. Mead. New Iorl
civ. Rev. 7. S. Henson, ID. d. Chl
cago III: Mr. Thomas Murphy Ne'
work city: Rev. Alexander Alison, l.
II New York city: Hon. II. i. Casu'
Pi,tsburg. Pa: Miss Jessie A. AcKei
man Chicago. Ill: Rev. NJ. +
Troxeu Springfield, ILL.,; Rev. NlIllaf
| RAIDER. San Francisco, Cal; Mrs. huI
| poI,er. Boston. Mass; Bishop AleXanut
walters. d. D.; Jersey City. n. j.; he'
| ! w. Fineld. Chicago, Ill; Rev :
! w Hamilton, ID. D.. Cincinnati,
! Bishop Abram Grant, ID. ID, Auans
Ga; Rev. II. *. Carroll, u; ~, Me
York city: Rev. f. Il. II. Hamllloi
| Newtonvllle. Mass: Rev. Joseph Brow
] Morgan. Chester, England; Rev. j.
I NIcCrory. ID. D., Pittsburg. Pa; MT. "
/ l., Board, Wilberforce, o.; Hon. .
Nicholson, Kokomo, Ind.
SAVED TO SERVE"
The general topic for Friday Is save
To Serve" and meetings VIII be heia
the morning In the three tents lhs
morning there will also be new fe'
ture-namely, the Junior WORKERS me-
ing-to be held In Calvary Bal
lee church. The morning will !
devoted 10 practical papers on
cussions. and open parliaments on VI
,rnnortance OF the work for boys az
GIRLS there being now over 10000 jun,
societies. General-Secretary John WI
lis Baer will preside
FRIDAY afternoon will be given to con
nittee conferences, TO be held IN u
churches.
FRIDAY evening one Of the tents w
probably be given over to a meeting L
citizens only; the other two tents-Ce
trail Hall. and the five large churche
belng used for the Endeavorers.
NEW PLANS FOR SATURDAY.
The plans for Saturday morning a
moi complete. but there will certain
no held at Q o'clock I'm the morning
onen-air praise service around the was
,ngton monument. The only session
inheritance in the afternoon Is the jun
rally. in Tent Washington. IL IS mop
mat at about $50 that evening there M
be held a grand patriotic song serNl
In the vicinity OF the monument 10
conducted by the combined cholrs OF y
convention, under the leadership OF
Percy S. Foster
In the evening the Endeavorers a
evnected 10 attend the receptions al
state rallies that are being planned for
the churches that they Will be using
state and provincial headquarters.
While the Endeavorers are having u
social time a new feature OF the co
vention will be enjoyed-namely. two Sc
sions. in the large tents for citizens onl
The general topics will be, Christie
Fndeayor: Its Aims and Possibilities
The speakers will be trustees Of t
United Society Of Christian Endeavor.
II is expected. although not definite
decided. that one of the tents viii
used for a mems meeting, to be co
Quoted by Rev. Dr. Chapman, the eva
gelist
SABBATH: Observation-Disclosures
on Sabbath morning the delegates W
attend the Sunday-school and chur
services in various parts of the eli
committee, under the Craftsmanship