Evening star., 1898-05-21
CHI RlSTlAN ENDEAVORERS
Plans for the Big Convention to Be Held u
Nashville.
Several Hundred Will Go From Tbu
City-A Pleasing Itinerary
Prominent Speakers.

About 300 Christian Endeavorers Of this
city will attend the seventeenth interna-
uonal Christian Endeayor convention to be
held in Nashville, Tenn, July ell
The local committee. which is preparing
FOR the convention, is composed OF the fol-
lowing thirteen persons. each of whom
except the chairman and secretary-is
CHAIRMAN of a subcommittee: Rev Ira d.
landrith, chairman; b. G. Alexander, sec
retary; Edgar Jones. finance; w L. Noel
press; Peyton Robertson, entertainment; f.
5. McFadden, ushers; NJ. b. Pitcher. halls:
Joel o. Cheek. registration; Mrs. NJ c.
Dcrris, decoration; J. L. Rust reception:
Erskine Reed, music; T. A Reynolds pull
PIT supply, and J. ID. Blanton local excur-
sion.
ne main sessions OF this convention
which promises to be as large and important
as the one held in Washington in July. 1856.
are TO oe held in two of the buildings at
the West Side Park which were erected for
the tennessee centennial and international
exposition last year, and many smaller
meetings will be held in the churches and
other public meeting places in the business
portion of the city. The buildings to be
used at the park are the auditoriums TO he
known as Auditorium Endeayor,'' seating
lo,ovo; the mineral and forestry building
TO be known as Hall Willston," seating
1000; the Parthenon, to be known as
state headquarters" and others not named
will be occupied by the missionary boards
OF the various churches and the press rep
resentatves Three street car lines run from
the heart OF the city to the park so thar
ample provision is made for transporta-
ton to and from the meeting places, and
immense crowds have been and can be ham
died comfortably and quickly.
The ProvfsionnI Program.
Only provisional program has as yet
been issued. but from IT a fair idea of the
greatness of this convention can be had
The preliminary meetings will be held on
Wednesday evening. July 6, in ten or "a
dozen OF the largest Nashville churches,
and VIII deal with the general topic En-
duement With Power"
Each of the great auditoriums will have
large choruses, one led by Mr.. Percy $.
Foster of this city, and the other by Mr.
h o. Excel of Chicago. There will also
be music by Mr.. Yarnell and his daughter
OF Fort Wayne, Ind; Mr.. Estey, DIR. Chap.
mans gospel soloist the famous jubilee
singers from Fisk University and others.
Speakers of Prominence.
Among the many speakers of prominence
who may be heard are the following: Gen.
John b. Gordon. Atlanta. Ga: Rev James
l. Vance. ID. D.. Nashville. Tenn: Rev
George c. sLorimer, ID. d. LID, Boston,
Mass; Rev. j. Wilbur Chapman, ID. D.,
Philadelphia, Pa: Booker T. Washington,
Tuskegee, Ala; Rev. Howard Agnew John.
SUN, ~ H., 1HlCaEo, heN- JOnn Henry
Barrows, ID. D., Chicago: Commander Ball
lington Booth. New York; Commander F.
Booth-Tucker. New York: Rev. A. c. Dix
on, ID. d., Brooklyn. n. Y; Gen. o. o. How.
ard, Burlington. VT; Rev. p. s. Henson, ID
D., Chicago; Rev. Sam Jones, Cartersville
Ga.
The itinerary has just been issued by
Messrs. r. f. L. Smith and w. w Everett
the transportation committee of the Dis
trict of Columbia c. E. Union. The official
train will be a large one Of the finest day
coaches. The start will be at 7:30 am
July 4, stopping at Luray Caverns for lunch
and a visit to the caverns: leave there al
$3.50 pm, arriving at Natural Bridge at
6:30, where dinner will be had as well as
nights rest in the hotel, and after an
early visit to the great bridge the train
moves on at 7:45 am. Chattanooga will be
reached at 10 pm, when the delegates viii
be taken to the top of Lookout mountain to
pass the night and the next forenoon. Al
1:15 pm. July leave Chattanooga and ar
rive at Nashville and the convention ft
5:13 the same evening. The train will stop
at McGavock street, four blocks from
Moore Memorial Presbyterian Church,
which will be District headquarters. and in
the nearby homes. of which the delegates
will be made comfortable during Their stay
In Dixie. Returning the District train
leaves Nashville at pm. July II.