Daily Kennebec journal., 1910-05-19
GREAT ASSEMBLY.
Worlds Sunday School
Convention Opens Today
Delegates Coming from All
Over World TO Washington.
Will Be Greatest Gathering Ever
Held for Evangelization.

Washington, May 1S.-From nearly
men and women are crowding into
Washington tonight to attend the
Worlds Sixth Sunday School Conven-
ton, which opens tomorrow. Between
1000 and 5000 delegates are expected
tO/be present. An attempt has been
made to insure this assembly being the
greatest gathering for Christianizing
the world that ever was held.
For a week the convention will be
the center of interest in the city, posi-
bly, overshadowing the Congress of the
United States. Official duties will be
laid aside in honor of the occasion.
President Taft will deliver the princi-
pal address at the great welcome SER
vice: a member of the Supreme Court,
Justice Harlan, is at the head of a list
of distinguished men assisting the To-
cal committee in arranging for the
convention; while among his associates
are Secretary Wilson. Secretary Nagle
and Secretary Meyer from the Cabinet;
Senators Beveridge, Dolliver and Over
men, and Representatives Payne, Foel-
ker, Nelson, Lloyd. Chandler, and Cas-
sidv, from Congress. Probably the
most spectacular meeting of the week
viii be q praise service on the east
steps Of the Capitol, on the spot where
Presidents receive the oath of office
and where the hymns may be heard by
the lawmakers and the law interpre-
tors in the Capital
To DIR. +. r. Meyer of England. pres
ident of the Worlds Sunday School AS
sociat;on, will fall the privilege of call
ing the convention to order tomorrow
afternoon. The thousands of delegates
and other Sunday. School workers can
rot be gathered in one building in
Washington, and hence twin services
will be held probably through the en-
tire convention week. The object of
of convention is rather inspirational
than instructive in method. In line
with this object, the most famous
speakers obtainable have promised to
address the various meetings. During
the first two days of the convention
there arc scheduled to speak number
of missionary workers. Among these
are Rev. Y. Tanka and Rev. N. Tamu-
ra. of Japan: Mrs. Vayyah Parakat, of
Syria; Rev. l.. +. Marek, of Bohemia;
Hon. T. II. Yum, of Korea; Rev E. M.
Sein, Of Mexico; and 'Ex-Bailie" Stra-
chan, of Scotland.
Other speakers are equally promi--
nent Those who will respond to the
address of welcome by President Taft
for instance. are DIR. Monroe Gibson.
of England; Bishop Yotsu Honda, of
Japan; Bishop G.. Hartzell. of Africa,
and Rcv. J. A. Mckenzie, of New Zea-
land.
Ambassador Bryce, of Breat Britain,
is on the program for the last day of
the convention May a.
The men are not to monopolize the
enthusiasm. The Womans Foreign
Missionary Movement will be given a
prominent place on the program. On
Friday evening. May 20, four stimuli
taneous sessions will be held to con-
slider this subject. Mrs. James s. Sher-
man. wife of Vice President Sherma an,
will preside over one of these.
On sunday. May %. the Sunday
schools of the city will be visited by
the delegates of the convention and on
Monday, reports on the work will be
submitted TO a committee
Boston, May 1S.-The Boston con-
tingent of the New England delegation
to the Worlds Sixth Sunday School
Convention at Washington left here
on a special train at go A. NJ today
together with a number of delegates
from the Maritime provinces. AT Wor-
cester the train picked up many dele
gates from Northern New Hampshire
and Vermont and those from Western
Massachusetts boarded the train at
Springfield.
Providence, r. l., May 1S.-One hum
dred and forty seven Rhode Island