The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1910-05-10
Worlds Sunday School Con-
vention Meets Here on
May 10.
NOTED TEACHERS
WILL BE HEARD
Meetings to Be Held in Convention
Hall, and All the Churches
and Hotels.

'On TO Washington - the slogan Of
the Sunday school leaders Of the entire
world They will attend here next week
what promises to be one Of the most
notable conventions ever held in the
Capital.
The Worlds Sixth Sunday School
Conventions converting May % 10 q. viii
assemble men and women from every
country on the globe, and the progress
OF Christianity as a world movement
W1u be fully set forth. Not only Con-
vention Hail. but every Evangelical
church IN the city. and several Of the
hotels viii be thrown open TO meetings
throughout TIE entire week, each Of
them presided over by some delegate
whose name Is notable for great work
accomplished on foreign missionary
fields Thousands OF delegates Viii at
tend. and churches, hotels, and private
homes OF the city VIII be taxed to their
utmost capacity 10 accommodate the
convention
Beginning at go O'Clock on Nav 1s.
when the convention is called TO order
at Convention Hail. services wiz be
held continuously throughout the dav
and half the night, until Nay q comes
70 q close
Taft VII Welcome Delegates.
President William H. Taft viii de-
liver the address al the great welcome
service 70 be held at Convention Hall
Thursday evening, May e. John wanna
maker also VIII speak, and Rev Samuel
H Greene OF the Calvary Baptist
Church, this city, VIII deliver q welcome
IN behalf Of the District OF Columbia
Responses viii be made by Dr.. Monroe
Gibson, Of England. Bishop Yoitsu
Honda. Of Japan; Bishop c Hartzeu,
Africa, and Rev :. A Mckenzie, Of New
Zealand
The sessions at Convention Han viii
be presided over BY Dr.. F B Never.
Of England, president OF the Worlds
Sunday School Association. Rev Y.
Ianka and Rev. y. Tamura, Of IA
pan; Mrs. Layyah Barakat, Of Syria,
rev /. = Marek, Of Bohemia hon
L II IuI-, OF Korea Rev z II Sem
OF MeXtcs- and s'EX-BaiIie-' Stra chan
q Scotland, are among the notable mis-
speakers during the first two days OF
the convention
Needs Of MosIems-
A notable address VIII b that n
Dr.. 8 D. zwemmer, who will come
from Africa 20 speak Cn The Needs
Of the Moslen World and the Degra-I
dalton and Suffering Of Mohammedan
Childhood" Bishop Joseph FTartzeH or
Africa, viii also speak On 'sThe MosIer1
Peril Ambassador Bryce. Of Eng
land, Is among the speakers on the pro
gram OF 1isy p, the closing dav Of the
convention.
The woman's Foreign Missionary
Movement will be given prominent
place on the program. and on Friday
evening, Nay p. four sfmuItsn sous ses-
sions wiz be held on this subject. Mrs.
James 8 Sherman wife % Vice Presi-
dent Sherman. presiding a Calvary
Baptist Church.
MANY picturesque services viii be held
throughout the week and Sunday. MY
=. VIII be marked bv the Observance or
worlds Sunday School Eay in an the
CnuTCneS q the city The Szndav
schools here viii be visited by DELEGATES
from ali parts Of the world who win
make observations on methods and re-
port 10 William G. Landes, chairman
q a special committee, at the Ebbftt
House, the following Monday morning.
On one day OF the convention q praise
service VIII be held on the Capitol steps,
N charge Of the musical directors Of the
convention.
Noted Persons Expected
Among weiI-knewn men cooperating
with the local committees in preparation
for the convention are Justice John n
~
James wilson Hon Charles NageI, .Ad-
miral NJ T Endicott, Bishop Alfred I
Harding, Dr.. Merrill z Gates. Senator
Beverage Serene Payne, otto C.
Foelker- John ". Nelson, John P
Mclean Paul c. Patterson. u. s
HRwiey, John A. Johnston. William z
Andrew, H b f MacfarIsnd, George
Otis Smith John B Larner, Prof Will
IAN A Wilbur, William T. Gafliher.
Charles H B,rtIer, c. c. Glover, w. II.
HOeke. John B Sleuan fr Judge
Thomas H Anderson, Judge George W
Atkinson, Willett N Hayes, George Won
!. Meyer Bishop Earl Crsnst0n. Dr.
Charles Wood, Senator DOIliver, Senator
0VerTnaur James 7. lloyd, F s Can
der, il, J Il Cassidy, Theodore Noyes- /
Henry L West, Commissioner Rudolph, /
John Foster Clifford Pinchot, b H
warner, Dr. Charles W Needham, Prof /
AleX stuart W K Cooper, W H H
smith Thomas s Hopkins. A. 2 Cox.
= W r SwartEe1.- miles n Sha1d- J I
A Fowler, and Prof P n Hughes.