Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-02-13
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convention will be held in this
city from May 10 to "a, and
thousands OF Christian work
ers for the welfare Of the chill
dren. as we'll as the grown-up foiA. VIII
be in attendance from every part OF the
civilized world. 1t is expected TO De the
largest gathering of Sunday school FORCES
ever brought together. Ihe Cniteu
States and Canada are entitled to about
200 delegates Already practically every
delegation is complete, and the states
are clamoring for the right OF a larger
representation.
calvary Baptist Church will be the
convention center Here all the business
sessions of the convention will be held,
and the information bureau, registration
office post Office, rest and recreation
rooms will be located. The mass meet
inss of the convention will be held in
Convention Hall. The first of these
great gatherings will occur Thursday
evening, May 10, and will take the form
of welcome service. at Wnlch the gen
eral theme will be The influence OF tme
Sunday School on the Nations Pres
ident Taft will make the first address,
representing the nation: john wanna
maker will speak for the Christian busi-
ness men of America, and REV. LIT. .. III.
Greene will welcome the delegates IN
the name of the Sunday SchooiS Oh 'iie
western world. Responses VIII tnen De
made by representatives or EUROPE -Asia'
Africa and Australia.
Friday morning, May 20, will be COM
menced the great rollcall of the nations.
With the exception of America ana Great
Britain, the delegations from each coun,
try will pass to the platform in turn and
the flag of the country represented VIII
be displayed. while the responses are
given. These fiags of all nations VIII
be grouped at the closing session
The selection of the men and women 10
respond as the different countries are
called has been going steadily Forward
for many months Great Britain VIII De
represented by Sir Francis Flint Belsey;
Japan by the Rev. Thee. T. MacNair, the
secretary of the Japanese National Sun
day School Association; China by the
Rev. Frederick Brown; Russia by the
Rev. G. A. Simons; Bulgaria by the Rev
Thee. T. Holway; Turkey by the Rev
J. P McNaughton: India, it is hoped. by
a prominent native government ofhciai
Algeria by the Rev. Jean Paul Cook;
mia by the Rev L. E. Marek; New yea
land by the Rev. ]. A. Mckenzie, and
other countries by equally strong leaders.
The special feature OF Friday AFTERNOON
and one of the great events Of the whole
convention will be the monster parade
of the men Of the organized Bible classes
of Washington and vicinity. This is un:-
dent deer of t snaT5s 9t ot su ns
School Association. 1t is expected that
fully 5000 men will be In line. Friday
evening will be held q monster mass
meeting for men In Convention Hall. At
the same time a mass meeting for women
will be taking place In the convention
church.
Sunday, May 22, will be worlds Sun
day school day. The schools of Washing
ton will be asked to hold their sessions
in the normal way. as an object lesson In
American Sunday school methods to the
foreign delegates, who will be assigned
to the different churches, but will not be
expected to speak. At the church serv-
ices, pastors will be asked to preach on
the Oneness of Believers" from John.
17:21 At 3 o'clock in the afternoon there
will be simultaneous meetings for boys
and girls In eleven different churches In
various parts of the city and at o'clock
similar conservation meetings for adults
in as many adjacent churches. In the
evening q section of the convention Will
be held In each OF as many ,d1nerent
churches as possible. These evening meet
inss will discuss THE Sunday School and
the Great Commission" The dominant
thought OF the morning church services
will be communion; OF the afternoon
meetings conservation, and OF the even
ing session will be conquest.
One OF the special features of the mass
meetings will be q great chorus OF 500
Sunday school singers. trained under
Percy Foster, and led by Mr.. Foster and
Mr.. Excel.
The local committee on arrangements,
of which p. H. Bristow is the chairman,
has been at work for over year. per-
fectins plans for the success of this great
undertaking. The other officers of the
loca. organization are w. w. MILAN,