Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1901-07-04
ENDEAvoR-Rs' CONVENTION.
Preparations Completed for the
Meeting Hext Saturday-Outline
of the Programme.

Cincinnati, July Next Saturday
The Twentieth international Christian
Endeavor convention begins in Gin
clnnati. Preparations have been made
for $4,000 registered delegates and
many visitors.
The meeting will be held in Music
hall n the two exposition buildings
adjoining it. 0deon hall, in the same
square, will be used for conferences
and section meetings. Music hall has
n of the finest pipe organs in the
country The Two exposition build
ings have been fitted up with large
platforms fo- the choirs ind Christian
Endeayor. Colors of red and white are
most prominent in the decorations.
Saturday eJe''ing tie welcoming al
dresses will be delivered by Gov. Nash
and local representatives. Responses
viii be made "v delegates from The
states, Canada and foreign countries.
! President franc E. Clark will de-
liver his annual address, and Secretary
John Willis Eaer will present his an
nual report.
The only Sunday service of the con.
vention will be III the afternoon-tha
morning and evening being occupied
with regular church services in tho
city, visiting ministers preaching in
all of the churches.
! Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday
sessions will be held morning aAd af-
ternoon and evenings in three audi,
forums. More than one hundred and
fifty speakers will take part in the
programmes OF the several days,
among them a number of representa-.
tives from foreign countries, a large
number of foreign missionaries and
prominent ministers. The laymen
will be represented by Gen. o. o. How
ard, Hon. S. Is. Capen, of Boston, viii,
lam Phillips Hall, of New York city
and others.
The music of the convention will be
one of the special features, a chorus
of 1900 voices having been drilled for
many weeks. This chorus will be Iii
vided among three halls, and will be
led by three of the best-known lead
ers of choirs in this country.
Complete arrangements have been
made for the reception of visitors and
a committee of 600 members of Chris
tian Endeavor societies will attend to
this work.
In addition to the programmes at
the three large halls. where reading
accommodations will be arranged for
$4,000 people, there will be daily meet
ings in all in three of the larger
churches of the city.
At moons there will also be evangeli-
cal services held in the market places.
factories, shops and public buildings.
so that the entire time from eight
o'clock until ten o'clock at night will
be crowded with meetings, and visi-
tors will pick those meetings in which
they are, most interested. The "Of-
fetal Programme" a booklet of &C
pages, gives the programme and a
list of the speakers of the association
in every hall, church or meeting place.
Among the prominent speakers who
will deliver addresses are: DR.. J. VIII
bur Chapman, of New York; DIR. Cor
nelius Woelfkin, hev. G. Campbell
Morgan, who has recently come from
England to take the place so long oc-
cupied by d. L. Moody; Dr.. Geo
Purves, of New York; DR.. r. A. TORY.
of Chicago; Will r. Moody, DIR. Charles
NJ. Sheldon and DR.. L. S. Hamlin, OF |
Washington, d. c.; DR.. Wayland Hoyt.
and DR.. Milton Merle Smith, of New
York.