Palestine daily herald. [volume] (Palestine, Tex.) 1902-1949, 1907-07-09
THE ENDEAVORERS
MEET At SEATTLE
EVERY TRAIN ARRIVING is BRING
ING ITS HUNDREDS OF DELE
GATES FROM EVERYWHERE.
Special TO the Herald.

Special TO the Herald.
Seattle. Wash. July Seattle is
aearly all agog preparing for the In
ternational Christian Endeavor con
gention. which is to be formally open
ed in this city tomorrow. Every alTiv-
ing train during the past twenty-four
hours mas brought its quota OF dele
gates, and il is expected That by to
morrow at noon twenty thousand Wis
itors will be in the city to attend the
proceedings of the convention.
Among the arrivals today were del
egations from Massachusetts,, Texas.
Nebraska, Michigan, Colorado, Kan
sas, Indiana, New York, West Vtr-
ginia, Connecticut the Dakotas, Ohio
and other states, as well as several Of
the Canadian provinces.
To accommodate the multitude the
capacity of the hotels has been test
ed to the utmost, while every avail
able boarding house has been called
into requistion.
.Fhe-rv1ngeifcai churches and ITznyy
residences and business houses have
been decorated in honor of the occa-
sion, and the public buildings and
streets will be illuminated each night
during the convention, which will last
five days.
The sessions of the convention will
be held In the large Auditorium, while
noon evangelistic services and anNil.
AIRY meetings will be held in the
Grand Opera House and various halls
md churches. A large number OF
praise and song meetings, conferences
md celebrations will be held in the
various Protestant churches, which
will include addresses on a variety OF
Christian Endeavor subjects by noted
speakers.
The annual business meeting will
be held tomorrow afternoon in the
Hotel Lincoln. At this meeting the
officers and trustees of the United So
iety for the ensuing year will b
lected. and the annual reports of tbs
officers and business agents will BE-
presented. This will be followed by :
nesting of the trustees of the United
Society, and will probably cOnclud,
all the routine business of the con
ntion.
The regular opening of the conven
ion will take place in the evening
with Rev. DIR. Francis +. Clark, presi
I mt OF the United Society, presiding
Addrl sses of welcome to the delegate.
will be made by Governor Albert +.
Mead. representing the state of Wash
lngton: Mayor William NJ. Moore ~
Seattle, and Chairman F. Edgar Barth
on behalf of the convention commit
.ee. President Clark will respond to
,hese salutations and deliver his an.
ldal address, and General Secretary
Shaw and Treasurer Lanthrop also
will be heard.
In order TO accommodate the crowd
IA sessions will be held in two audi
forums simultaneously, the programs
being in duplicate. Special features
daring the remainder of the week will
be a meeting devoted to training t..
the church of the future; training
in citizenship" school OF methods; p"
training for missionary service; "
enemies of civilization" present
day problems etc. During the week
there will be no fewer than 1872 sep
arate meetings, ranging from the
great inspirational gatherings, with
audiences of five or ten thousand, to
the schools OF methods, with classes
Of fifty 10 five hundred.
Vice President Charles w. Fair
banks will address the convention on
Friday evening.