Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1897-07-06
CHRISTIAN ENDEAVORERS.
All in Readiness for Their Reception
in San Francisco.
Eclipse All other Gatherings of
u Similar Kind


Ia readiness for the great Christie an
Eudeavor Convention. About 5000
delegates will arrive today and twice
aB many mare tomorrow.
The baggage room OF the ferry depot
10 crowded with lruaks and valises.
List night there wore thousands OF
pieces OF baggage piled 10 gteA. heaps
under the steel arches waiting for
owners and there were many pieces
In this pile that people were LOOKING
for but could not find. About fiitee n
csrluads of baggage are due to arrive
today.
Tonight the great chorus, the con.
cert chorus ana the boqust chorus will
give their concert in Inc M,cDanic's
pavilion. These are The singers who
are TO furnish the music at all the
Endeav1r meetings and after tonight
they will be DIVIDED, alternating the
places OF their appearance, and 80 eins-
ing simultaneously at different meet
lngs.
The transformation wrought In the
pavilion would bs a surprise to thou
sanis VINO arc iamiliar with lite ordi.
nary appearances. The seating AZ
rangements have been entirely
caaug.d an6 the roof has boou given
teat like appearance by white can
vas covering which hides completely
tue upsightIy raftefs and will prevent
The dissipation Of sound among the
sharp RIBS OF the building. Al! AROUND
the concert hall are the booths OF the
different Endesvor unions.
The 1897 commitlee 10 now ngitating
the question Of including the shipping
In the harbor TO display Il ,gs ana
bunting during the convection.
There Is a probability that Lieutenant
Govern. Jetet will be on nand to
welcome the Endeavorsrs when they
gather in the big convention hall
Thursday morning.
If the opinion Of General Secretary
Bser may 20 accepted rs IA criterion,
The Eastern visitors will be more than
pleased with all the work OF prepara.
tion anu hearty welcome that awaits
them.
The sixteenth international convsn.
ton he did not hesitate to declare
would eclipse all past conventions of
the Christian EadeRvor and would be
u lasting monument to the generosity
OF this far western shore. Among the
Endeav0rers who have come across
the sea to attend the convention 10
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NANCY 10 the foreiun missions. Il ia
the gift OF the Christian Endeavorer
union WHOSE greetings to the society
were forwarded to General Secretary
Baer by the Secretary Ling Muk Kek
before the union deciu gu to send q dele
gate.
One Of the mott interesting feat.
ures at the mechanics' pavilion will
be the production OF an early Califor-
nisn miesion, which will constitute
the headquarters VI the missio nary ex.
tensisn socisty, under the direction OF
Mics M. l.. Berry, state superiptend.
ent OF missions for the Christian en-
uenv1r union. The entrance to this
interesting exhibit will be 60 fashioned
as to represent exactly onu Of the Oldest
missions OF the stste.
In the tower which rises at the
northwest corner Of this structure will
be hung bell taken from an old mis-.
sion, which has beeusfor come time
past reposiug iu silence In the park
museum. Tnebeli Is tho property OF