The Scranton chronicle. (Scranton, Miss.) 1897-19??, 1901-07-06
ENDEAVoRERS' CONVENTION.
Preparations Completed for the
Meeting NeSt satprdsY-outitne
of the Programme.

Cincinnati. July Next Saturday
the Twentieth International Christian
Endeayor convention begins in Gin
cinnau. Preparations have been made
for $4,000 registered delegates and
many visitors.
The meeting will be held in Music
hall and the two exposition buildings
adjoining il. odeon hall. in the same
square. will be used FOR conferences
and section meetings. Music hall has
one of the finest pipe organs in The
country. The Two exposition build.
ings have been fitted ,p with large
platforms fos the choirs md Christian
EudeaVor. Golors Of red aud white are
most prominent in the decorations.
Saturday ese'ing the welcoming a
dresses will be delivered by GOV Nash
and local representatives. Responses
viii be made ~ delegates from ,he
states. Canada and foreign countries
President Francis +. 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 in the afternoon the
morning and evening being occupied
with regular church services In the
city, visiting ministers preaching in
oil of the churches.
Monday. TUESDAY and Wednesday
sessions will be held morning aud af-
ternoon and evenings in three audi
toriums. More than one hundred and
fifty speakers will take part in the
programmes OF the several days,
among them n number of representa-
tivcs from foreign countries. "A large
number of foreign missionaries and
prominent ministers. The laymen
will be represented 10y Gen. O. o. How
ard, Hon. S. Il. Capen. OF Boston, Will
lam Phillips Hall, of New York city
and others.
The music of the convention will bc
one of the special features. n chorus
of / 200 voices having been drilled for
many weeks. This chorus will be Ii
sided among three halls, and will be
led by three of the best-known lead
ers of ehoirs in this country.
Complete arrangements have been
made for the reception of visitors and
a committee of 800 members of Chris
tian Endenvor societies will attend TO
this work.
| In addition to the programmes M
the three large haIis. where reading
accommodations will be arranged for
$4,000 people. there viii be daily meet
ings in all in three of the large'
churches of the city.
At moons there will also be eyangeli
cal services held in the market places
factories, shops and public buildings
so that the entire time from eigh
o'clock until ten o'clock at night will
be crowded with meetings, and visi
tors will pick those meetings In whicl
they are most interested. The "Of
fetal Programme" booklet of G.
pages, gives the programme and I
list of the speakers of the association
in every hall, church or meeting place
Among the prominent speakers VIII
will deliver addresses nre: DIR. J. vii
bur Chapman, OF New York: DIR. Cor
nelius Noelfltin, kev. G. Campbell
Morgan, who has recently come from
England to take the place so long oc
eupied by u. l.. Moody; Dr. Geo
Purves, of New York; DIR. r. A. TORY
OF Chicago; win X. Moody, DIR. Charlei
NJ. Sheldon and DIR. r. s. Hamlin. o.
Washington, d. c.; DR.. Waylnnd Hoyt
and DIR. Milton Merle Smith, of New
| York