The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1900-09-19
ENDEAvOR|NC.
Every Effort Put Forth by
Christian Endeavorers for
Biggest Convention
On Record.
FIVE THOUSAND EXPECTED
Delegates Will Begin to Arrive
Wednesday, October 10
Chorus of Three
Hundred.
FIVE THOUSAND EXPECTED.


gates of Christian Endeavor will be
opened. Then will Jersey City be flood
ed with Endeavorers. They will come from
all points in thousands, and east, west,
north and souIn as far as the eye can
reach will be seen the black and yellow
badge, not of the Princeton youth with
football instinct, but of people endeavor-
ing to be good.
For two whole days the city will be
given over to this mighty organization,
Thursday and Friday, s>ct3her i and IL,
and during that time there will be meet
ings in six churches, one in each dis
trict of the city. The Bergen Baptist
Church, Madison and Clinton avenues,
however will be used as headquarters,
as its location makes 1t convenient to all
trolley lines. 1t is to the chapel of this
church that the Endeavorers must go for
registration and assignment. Here a
badge and programme will be provided,
by the registration committee, which has
for it's chairman, Mr.. Edwin H. Snyder, of
West Hoboken
The convention will open at nine in the
morning of Thursday, October IL, and
sessions will be continued till late in the
nesday evening, October 10, preliminary
meetings are to be held in six different
churches throughout the city. The grand
junior rally and parade will be held on
Friday afternoon at two o'clock. 1t will
start from the Bergen Baptist Church,
with at least twenty-five hundred in line.
Delegates arriving Wednesday will be
we'll taken care of. Already accommo-
dations have been provided for a large
number, but accommodations are wanted
for five hundred more and Christian
Friends are asked to throw open their
homes The delegates expect to pay one
dollar day for meals and lodging. A
restaurant is to be fitted up in Hasbrouck
Hall, where meals and light refreshments
may be procured at low rates. A check
ing station, convenient to the churches is
to be provided for bicyclists, SO that those
desiring to attend the convention on
wheels may do so. A rest room is to be
provided over the registration room. In
fact all the minor details of comfort will
be looked after by the Comfort Commit
tee, of which Mr.. Harry K. Hilton, of this
city, is chairman.
It is estimated that between four and
five thousand people will be in attend
ance and an order has been placed for
five thousand badges, of an unusually
handsome design. 1t is the fourteenth
annual State convention, and those in
charge are of the opinion that it will be
the largest yet held. Jersey City is more
convenient, they think, to every part of
the State than any other point, as it is
the terminus for all railroads, besides
which fact it's convenience to New York,
will bring to the convention many busi-
ness men who could not afford the time
to 60 elsewhere.
Delegations will be met at all stations
by men and women wearing white caps
and badged Christian Endeavor,' who
will act as a reception committee, who
will either conduct them to headquarters
or give explicit directions as to how to
get there.
Black and yellow will, of course, pre-
dominate in the decorations. American
flags will also be profusely used and any
body who cares to contribute is requested
to have same delivered at the Bergen
Baptist Church not later than Saturday,
October g. Flags and bunting should be
distinctly marked with owners name in
case of a loan. Money is also needed and
delinquent societies are asked to respond
at once. Outside subscriptions are also
solicited.
The programme, now in the hands of
the printers, will vie with the programme
of the International convention in London
last summer. There is to be a chorus
of three hundred trained voices and,
those wishing to join are requested to
send their names at once to the chair
man of the Music Committee Miss Louise
E. Eddy. NO. 10 West Thirty-fourth street
Bayonne. Two hundred ushers are also
needed, names to be sent to Mr.. A. E.
Farrier, No. 81 Bentley avenue, this city
Meetings for organization will be held in
a few days, and rehearsals for the chorus
will begin at once. The chorus will be
under the leadership of Mr.. F. H
Jacobs, formerly with the late D. L.
Moody. Prof. and Mrs. J. j. Lowe, of
Philadelphia, will sing their sweet songs !:
other musical features will be provided
"Quiet Hours" under the leadership of
Rev. Floyd W. Thompkins, d. D., of
Philadelphia. Convention sermons by
Rev. J. Wilbur Chapman, D. D., and Rev
Maltbie D. Babcock, D. D.. both of New
York.
Others speakers are:-Rev. Francis E.
Clark, DID,, of Boston, President of the
United Society of G. E.; Rev. Charles M.
Sheldon, DID,, of Topeka, Kan, author of
"In His Steps; REV. Wayland Hoyt,
DID, of Philadelphia; Rev. Bishop Alex
ander Walters, DID,. of Jersey City; Rev.
A. w. Spooner, ID, President N. J. c.
e. Union, Rev. L. R. Dyott, First Vice
President N. j. c. E. Union; Rev. Charles
L. Rhodes, DID, of N. Y; Rev. Madison
G.. Peters, DID,, of N. r.; Rev. A. E. Keg-
win, of Newark, N. T.; Rev. D. j. Burrell
DID,, of N. T.; Mrs. Wellington White.
formerly of China, and others.
The convention committee consists off,
Chairman, Robert A. Alberts; Secretary.
Arthur E. Farrier; Treasurer, Miss Louise
E. Eddy; Entertainment, Miss Anna S..
Virgins; Decoration, Mrs. H A. Lutier:
Reception, w. M. P. Taylor; Badges and
Printing, H. X. Carragan; Evangelistic,
A. L. Becker; Music, Miss Louise e. Ed
dy Registration, Edwin H Snyder: Jun
iors, Rev. Cornelius Brett, D. d. Press.
Harry K. Hilton; Ushers, Al III Farrier:
Finance, Committee Of the Whole
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