Goldsboro semi-weekly argus., 1909-07-07
ENDEAVORS MEET
TODAY IN ST. PAUL
Hundreds of Delegates At
tending TWenty-Feurth
Convention.
FROM EVERY COUNTRY
TO be KnsRA as Singing Convention
Prominent Speakers to Take
Part.

st. Paul, Mimi, July 6.-By ten
and hundreds the enthusiastic young
delegates are pouring into st. Pau
for the twenty-fourth internationa
Christian Endeavor Convention, whic!
is to be formally opened in this cit,
tomorrow. 1t is expected that by to-
morrow at noone twenty Thousand
visitors will be here to attend the pro
ceedings of the convention. They
come from all parts of the United
States and from Canada, with smaller
delegations from other lands in which
the Christian Endeavor movement
has gained a foothold.
When the international officers
reached the city and opened their
headquarters at the Hotel Ryan, they
found the local arrangements for the
entertainment of the convention to
be of the most perfect and elaborate
character. For several months the
st. Paul and Minneapolis committees
have been diligently preparing for the
gathering. They announce that COM
Portable accommodations have been
prepared for all visitors. Public
buildings, hotels and many business
houses are decorated in honor of the
occasion.
The sessions of the convention will
he held in the Auditorium, which has
a seating capacity of over 15,OOO
while auxiliary meetings will be held
III the Central Presbyterian church,
the Metropolitan opera houses and
in several smaller halls. The Armory
will also be used for convention pur-
pcses. Here there has ben installed
exposition of missionary work all
over the world. There are exhibits of
all the books, tracts and lectures writ
ten upon missionary work. and dis
plays of the civil. moral and religious
progress made within the last ten
years.
This is to be the Singing Conven-
ton" Not only will the delegates
sing at the meeting, but they will go
from place to pace in the street cars
singing their Endeavor hymns. Dr.
Clarke. the founder of the society," has
sent word all over the world that this
convention is TO be the greatest sing
ing assemblage i'll the history of the
organization. There will be many
praise services, and a great patriotic
service Thursday afternoon on the
steps of the capitol. led by e. o. Ex-
coll. of Chicago, Percy S. Foster, of
\. asEington, aid F.. H. Jacobs, of New
York. Saturday evning Mendelssohn's
ho ioI1 will IoI
sung in the A, ditorium with large
chorus of eminent soloists.
There will be little routine business
to transact during the convention. The
only actual business meeting will be
held tomorrow morning in the Hotel
Ryan, when the annual business meet
ing of the United Society of the Chris
tian Endeavor Corporation will take
place. At this meeting the officers
and trustees of the United Society for
the ensuing year will be elected, and
the annual reports of the officers and
business agents will be presented. One
of the matters to be discussed is the
project for the erection Of great in
ternational headquarters building in
Boston.
The regular opening of the conven-
tfon will take place in the Auditorium
tomorrow evening, with the Rev. DR..
Francis E. Clark, president of the
United Society, presiding. Addresses
of welcome to the delegates will be
made by Governor johnson, repre-
senting the State of Minnesota; Mayor
LawIer, representing ST. Paul; the
Rev. H. C. Swearingen, representing
the churches of st. Paul, and j. Pow
ell Moore, on behalf of the committee
Prominent speakers to he heard at
the subsequent sessio.- OF the conven-
ton include Senator Albert J. Bever-
idge, of Indiana; William J. Bryan, of
Nebraska; Dean H. L. Willett, of the
University of~Chicago; Rev. Floyd w
Tompkins, of Philadelphia; Bishop
Samuel Fallows, and MIS- Bessie
Laythe Scovil1, president of the Min
nesota w C. T. U. Greetings will be
presented from Saskatchewan, Quebec,
England, Mexico, India, Alaska, China,
Japan and numerous other countries.
One of the notable features of the
entertainment program will be a car
ride given 10000 delgates from st.
Paul to Minneapolis and return. In
Minneapolis ther will be huge May