Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1900-11-15
OF CHRISTIAN ENDEAVOR INTEREST.

The largest Of all State Unions
Pennsylvania will hold its annual
convention in Philadelphia November
goth -22d, and it promises to Guido even
some Of the International Conventions.
They talk confidently OF q registration
of %, 600 delegates. Their programme
provides for two series Of convention
sessions in the two largest auditoriums
available. One Of these is the Baptist
Temple, Or. Conwell's great church,
which seats $500; and the other n
neighboring armory seating 8, 500 per-
sons more; and in addition several
churches in that vicinity have been
secured. T,r".
Their financial plan is attracting
notice. This great gathering will cost
several thousands of dollars, but tho
Philadelphia Endeavorers are shoulder
ing the whole. burden themselves 1t
10 understood they have not asked for
the contribution Of single penny from
any business man or corporation or
individual outside the ranks of Chris
tian Endeavor.
The Philadelphians are priding them
selves on the fact that 1t Is their con-
vention, and the delegates will be their
guests, and therefore they will foot the
bills themseiyes. This spirit has even
been carried out so far that they have
rejected several attractive offers to have
the programme published with adver-
tisements, whereby they could make
several hundred dollars. The programme
will be Christian Endeayor from the
first rage to the last, without line OF
advertising. This is the Endeavorers'
convention and the young folks are
working like beavers for it.
Outside of Pennsylvania, they have
invited every Christian Efdeayor
Society in New Jersey, Maryland,
Delaware and the District of Column
bia, to send delegates and all the rail-
road rates will be reduced to one fare
for the round trip, to Endeavorers,
from November 18th to Goth. The viii.
mington Endeavorers have been sup
piled with railroad orders, and they
will be able to attend the convention
| for 67 cents, round trip.
On Thursday afternoon, November
22d, there will he street parade OF
several thousand Juniors, and during
the convention over rs noon day evan
gelistic meetings will pe held in shopn
and factories OF the city. 1t was In
the keystone State that the work of
Endeavor evangelism had its birth,
and this year perhaps 1000 Endeavorers
will be enlisted in practical evangelistic
work,
One of the convention features will
be the "Quiet Hour" sessions, led by
the Rev. Floyd W. Tomkins. d. d.,
and the Lion OF the London Con.
vention," and the most prominent per-
aonality in the church today, the Rev.
Charles NJ. Sheldon, will be heard
often during the convention. There
will also be other celebrated speakers,
the Rev. Russell II. Ccnweli, ID. D.,
the Rev. Francis Z. Clark u. D., the
Rev. John Henry Barrows, d, D., the
Rov. George B. Stewart d. D., Mr..
Robert e. Speer, Amos r. Wells, and
the Rev. Teunis s. Hamlin, d. d.
Delegates are requested to register
on their arrival in the CITY, and will
then be given badges, maps and pro-
grammes. 14 H
The convention choir will be COM
posed of 1,500 voices, which has been
drilling for months. Its leader, II. @.
Lincoln, is a master of the art Of lead
ing convention singing.