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and are confident that it will be thelargest

and are confident that it will be the largest
one ever held on this coast
Inc convention committee, of which
William g. Alexander is the able chairman,
mas made arrangements to hold the evening
sessions OF the convention in the pavilion
seating capacity of over 5000.
San Jose will be gay with decorations
and banners with suitable designs will be
thrown across the streets in several places.
Many OF the garlands used for the rose
carnival arches were made by the Endeav-
orers and these will be allowed to stand
during the convention.
The special flag for the convention will
be one made of white cloth with the Chris
tan Endeavor monogram and the word
welcome" on it. The business houses
vii! use this flag very largely in decorating
their places of business.
When the delegates arrive in San Jose
tney Will be met by large reception COM
mittee, of which Lester L. Morse is chair
man. The members of the reception com
m1ttee will be easily recognized by the
white corduroy caps which they will wear
and the Santa Clara sunfiower badges with
streamers of old gold ribbon.
The delegates as they arrive will be
taken in charge by the reception commit
tee and escorted to the hotel where thew
have been assigned.
Theodore NJ. Wright, chairman of the
convention committee, has already as
signed nearly 1000 delegates, and large
numbers are vet to be heard from.
A great choir of 200 of the best voices in
San Jose are In training under the direc-
ton OF Rev. Ellsworth Rich, and every-
thing will be done to make the music a
leading feature of the convention.
The Oakland Christian Endeavor or
chestra will also be in attendance, and on
sunday evening will give a grand sacred
concert.
The convention viii open Thursday
evening with a praise service and ad-
dresses of welcome and responses. Friday
morning E. S. Chapman, DID,, will de-
liver an address on "How to Study the
Bible" and Rev. A. J. Frost of San Ber-
nard1no will speak on Goods Bulwark
Against Evil" The rest of the morning
will be given to the hearing of reports
and an open parliament of comment In
the afternoon addresses will be made by
Evangelist John II. Elliott, Rev. e. r.
Ollie of San Francisco, Rev A. W. Rider
OF Los Angeles and Rev. C. II. Hobart of
Oakland. Miss b. p. Mason, the State
superintendent of junior work, will hold
a conference with the junior superin-
tendents.
The evening session will be devoted to
the devotional services led by John L.
Speares, the State secretary of the Young
Mems Christian Association.
One OF the features OF the Saturday
morning session will be Question Box"
conducted by Rev. William RAIDER of San
francisco. At noon four evangelistic SER
vices will be conducted in various parts of
the city. Saturday afternoon Rev. E. r.
Dille VIII speak on the International con-
vention to be held i'll Washington, D. c.,
next July; and Rolla V. Watt, the enthu-
siastlc chairman of the committee of '97,
whose work it is to try to bring the great
International Christian Endeavor Conven-
ton to San francisco in 1897 will give a
stirring address on ''San Francisco, '97."
The programme for Saturday evening
will consist of an address written for the
convention by Rev. B. Fay Mills and the
presentation of banners.
Sunday morning the junior societies will
hold sunrise Drayer-meeting, conducted
by Miss b. z. Mason, and at II clock de-
nominational rallies will be held in vari-
Gus churches. AT o'clock in the after
noon an open-air concert will be given at
st. James Park, accompanied by the Oak
land Christian Endeavor band.
Sunday evening grand mass-meeting
will be held at the pavilion, and sacred
concert, descriptive of scenes in the life of
the Savior, will be rendered by the Oak
land orchestra. The convention will close
with conservation Sc rvices led by Evange-
list John ii. Elliott and State President
Giles Kellogg.
The following are the members OF the
convention comm ittee: Chairman, Will
lam G. Alexander; secretary, Lester L.
Morse; treasurer. w. K. jenkins; Junior
superintendent, Mrs. e. II. Baker; usher,
w. F. Squire; hall, G. W. Campbell; mu-
sic. Alice Van Dorsten; finance, w. K.
jenkins; entertainment. Maud G. McIn-
tyre; hotel, Theodore M. Wright; recep-
ton. L. L. Morse; decoration, DR.. c. K.
Fleming; badge, Emma Chase; hall deco
ration. Susie January; outing, E. S. Bing.
ham; press, Francis W. Reid.