Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1897-07-11

their way 10 Chattanooga, Tenn. where,
on Thursday next TIE International
ple's Union Of America viii meet. OF all
the big and interesting meetings OF this
great brotherhood OF soldiers OF Christ
THIS one promises TO be the largest and
unbounded enthusiasm. and earnest dis
cussions. with stewardship as the key
word: viii DO characteristics Of the as
Semblage.
Tho Richmond delegation will leave
here on "Wednesday morning next at 2
O'Clock via the Southern railway. The
party viii arrive NJ Salisbury at 815 for
breakfast. and will be Joined there by
lions. The train Will reach Chattanooga
AT li:iJ =. NJ. The round-trip fare ~
So g. The tickets viii be on salo July
lsth. ltth, and i5tn.. with final limit July
portion OF tickets with the agent al Chat
tanooga prior 10 July I9th, an extension
or tme-lirait can be obtained TO August
Vile Hot sprIn Rms IL Yla 'An ~ ny sky"
and Knoxville.
All trains win be met by reception
committees. and delegates and visitors
VIII be escorted TO headquarters. where
they VIII register, and then be assigned
70 their homes Pages will be provided
TO escort them. Virginia headquarters
VIII be located In a large school-room on
Market Square, one block from the Audi
torum.
SOME WHO WILL Go.
Among tho-e who contemplate attend
ing the convention are Rev DR.. George
Cooper.. John Garland Pollard, Il. Q.
Gary. A. -. Cardwcll j. NJ s. Teach.
w. &. Rudd, r. c. Garden. Miss Ellie
Garden. a. w Patterson and wife. l..
Bethel and b. J. Smith-ali Of Rich
Wallace NJ Rucker and r. W. Under
wood. OF Petersburg.
g. II. Spencer Miss Judson cabiniss
Miss Florence Ray. Miss Annie Zoder.
and Miss Corneiia Brown. Of Lynch
Rev. George Braxton Taylor, r. L.
biuke. w y. Caldwell. and Eddie Cald-
well. Of West Appomattox.
ana wife. ~ p. Williams. and W. W.
Gordan. OF Norfolk
Mr.. T.. NJ. Mcclure. J. r. Rogers, Par
NJ Rogers. and Miss Lucy Locker. OF
Orange.
Air. S IT, Bibb, Mellon p. Pitts, J. H.
Hfndsh aw. G. y. Sterling Misses Emma
Il. and Bessie II. Dickinson. and others.
FEATURES OF THE PROGRAMME.
The convention will meet on Thursday.
and remain In session until Sunday night.
though the exercises on the Sabbath will
De purely religious, concluding with Il
conservation service and roll-caN Of the
states and provinces.
The chosen key-word for the convention
is Stewardship"
The Board Of Managers will meet al the
New Southern Hotel at 10 A. NJ. Wednes-
day. July l4th. The attendance Of all
the members Of the board is specially de-
sired for the transaction Of important
business. On Wednesday evening at
o'clock delegates and visitors are invited
20 attend the regular weekly prayer
meetings held In the several churches OF
the city. They will be occasions Of ape
cial prayer that the dvlne blessing may
attend all the exercises Of the convention.
tG.... N.4 tn
at 10 o'clock on Thursday morning by
President John H. Chapman. Of Chicago
and viii, OF course. be opened with de-
votiOnal exercises. The morning session
will be taken UP for the most part with
addresses Of welcome, which VIII be de-
livored as follows: !. On behalf OF the
churches OF Chattanooga, Rev X. Il.
Garrett, y. D., Chattanooga, Tenn. z,
on behalf OF the Baptist Young Peoples
societies of the city and State, Eev. NJ.
ID. Jeffries Knoxville Tenn. g. on behalf
Of the citizens of Chattanooga Hon.
George w. Ocns, Mayor Of Chattanooga.
Rev. Or. J. W. C0nley will respond on
behalf Of the Board of Managers ana me
delegates. Committees will then be ap-
pointed. and after two addresses on 'Ihe
Christ Conception" and Divine Owner
ship" an adjournment will be aiken. -.
in the afternoon the annual reports Will
be submitted, and addresses VIII be mace
ON "T'he Young Peoples Movement" AN
Insplration and a Prophecy" ana DIS
tinctive Features Of the 3. Y. =. T." the
former by Rev. George p. Eager, D. D.,
Of Montgomery, Ala, and the latter by
Rev. Curtis Lee Laws, OF Baltimore; W.
y. Mckee. OF Minneapolis. and j. w. A.
Stewart ID. d., OF Rochester.
The features OF the evening session VIII
be the presentation of Christian-culture
hammers and the address Of the president.
The early morning session on Friday
will be devoted to prayer and testimonies
and will be followed by the election or
officers. conferences. addresses. and dis
cussions on a variety Of interesting topics
Then the afternoon will be given over 10
confereuces, and the night TO the an
nouncement Of educational plans for 1877
1893 -,
on Saturday morning there VIII De
,yorkers' conferences and departmental
rallies. and I'm the afternoon an outlook
meeting" on Lookout Mountain. the
Saturday evening programme has not yet
been announced.
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