The Jersey City news., 1905-06-10

c. {. CONVENTION
PROGRAMME
Features ofthe Big Gather
ing to be Held in Balti-
more in the Beginning
Of July.
AN INTERNATIONAL AFFAIR
Every ming IN Readiness for
the Reception Of Members
From All Over the
Country.

/
When the Christian Endeayor hosts
assemble in Baltimore July for their
twenty second international convention,
/ IT will be iii the best appointed building
ever used for their biennial gathering.
The structure is the Fifth Regiment Ar
mory. Its dimensions are 366x330 feet,
with G0.000 square feet Of floor space,
and 2f. 900 persons can be seated on the
| the drill floor. A number Of smaller
rooms. surrounding the main auditorium,
| viii be used for reception rooms com
nlittee meetings and subordinate raj
lies, and overflow meetings will be held
in churches nearby.
| The committee of 1905. consisting Of
several Baltimore Endeayorers with ".
| o. Atwood as chairman, has been work
ing for months preparing for the ap-
proaching gathering, and the arrange
ments now are practically completed.
Secretary Van Ogden Yogt this week
announced the general outline of the
programme.
There viii be 20 separate meetings
not including the annual sermons, which
will be preached in all the evangelical
churches 81 the city Sunday morning
July 8. Outdoor evangelistic services
| viii be held nightly The United So
ciety Will met for the transaction Of
business Wednesday morning July s.
and afterward the.trustees will convene
The opening session Of the convention
will take place in the afternoon when
Rev. Dr. Francis E. Clark will preside.
Governor Warfeld, Mayor Timanus,
Rev. Dir. Oliver Huekel and Chairman
Atwood viii each deliver address Of vel
come. to which President Clark win re-
spond. The Annual Review of the
Field. by Mr.. yogt, will end the session
At night win be held Festival OF
Praise service. sung by chorus Of
$500 voices
Thursday morning school Of meth
ods. IN which nine prominent workers
viii take part. viii be followed by ser
les Of addresses on THE Boys and Girls
for Christ and the Church. The after
noon will be devoted to conferences Of
union officers, junior workers and inter-
mediate societies, and there will be
Junior rally in the armory. at which the
principal exercise viii be I cantata, en-
titled .sThe Story of Christian Endeayor
in Song. This will be sung by a chorus
Of LOCO children under the leadership Of
Professor Harry w. Porter. of Balti-
more The closing number will he the
formation Of the sAmeriean flag, the
Maryland flag and the G, e. monogram
by The 1,000 children. They will be mr.
ranged upon the platform in three sec
tions. Those in the FIRST section will form
the American flag, while the entire cho-
rus sings the Star Spangled Baner;'
then those in the third section viii form
the Maryland flag of black and yellow,
The chorus singing '.Our Maryland
Hymn next the second and central seq
tions viii form large Christian Etdea-
yor monogram in white upon red
ground. and while the three are thus
grouped they viii unite in singing @our
CT e. Song, written for the occasion.
AT night .The brotherhood Of En,sea-
vors will be the name Of a service. when
speakers representing twelve foreign
countries will speak. Friday morning
State rallies and quiet hour service win
be held. Denominationai rallies will
take the place Of an afternoon session.
The night session viii be devoted to adj
dresses on Evangelism Everywhere
On Saturday morning VIII be held
number of outings including one to
Washington ad Gettysburg In the even
| ing addresses viii BE given on World
wide Endeavor Sunday morning the
delegates viii attend the regular church
services HI tlse afternoon three large