Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1915-06-29
WORK OF ORDER
IN EVERY LAND
TO BE REVIEWED
WORLD CONVENTION OF SOCIETY or
CHRISTIAN ENDEAv0R TO BE
HELD IN CHICAGO.
REPRESENTATIVES, FROM ALMOST
EVERY NATION, EXCEPT GER
MANY AND AUSTRIA THERE.
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Chicago, June pa review of the work
81 Christian Endeavor IN every land, plans
for IT. further extension, and the discus
sion of virtually every phase Of religious
activity. will come before the world Con
vention Of the Society Of Christian En-
deavor, which meets Ia the Coliseum at
Chicago, July 7-l2
Ii = expected that $4,000 delegates, rep
throughout the world, will be- IA attend
ance.
TLf convention l. the first worlds meet
ing since that at Agra, India, IN 1909. a. "A
sudden outbreak Of smallpox IN Australia
neces>itated the cancellation of the meet
ing arranged 10 b. held al Sydney, n. :. ".
IN 1913. When originally planned, more
than year ago. II was expected that the
Chicago convention would be the largest
~ the history Of the organization. The war,
however, will materially affect the Euro
pean representation. and II i possible that
there will be- no delegates from either Ger
many, or Au>tria. Representatives from
England. Spain. Italy, Persia, India. Siam.
China. Japan. Australasia. Africa and Lat
m America already have reached the Unit
ed States or are on their way
On July q. the day proceeding the open
ing of the convention, the 5OUth annIver-
oary of the martyrdom of John llusS, the
Bohemian religious leader who wa- burned
M the stake, will be- observed. Another
break IN the cham oi convention meetings
will be- the Athletic Field Day. planned for
July 10. on the field ot the University of
Chicago. The sports will be under the ii
recton ot A. 4. Stagg, chairman of the ath-
t.iIc department ot the university
The convention a. = body will discuss
the world wide topics of Temperance. Mis-
sions and peace. Reports from the field.
including. MANY from the various countries
involved IN the war will be- presented on the
closing day
Among the other topics that will BE- TAX
rn up are: The Advantages OF Christian
Unity a. Expressed IN Cooperative Move
ments. in Home Missions, in Evangelism.
m Foreign Missions and IN lnternationl Re
lations: "the Sunday School" "the Pray
Ter Meeting" and social service
Ia discussing church activities. especial
consideration will be- gwen 10 business ad-
mini~tratIon, the country church. the city
church. the needs Of the layman and the
unchurched
The social service department will hear
addresses on Religion IN Politics"
"Cleaning up a City" and the saloon
Problem" Bible reading IN the public
school, and the question Of Sabbath OBJ
servance also will b. taken up.
The Rev. Francis +. Clark. founder of
the Christian Endeavor movement. will. il
j. feared. be- unable to attend the conven-
tIon on account of illness. but represen-
tatIve list of leaders from dozen differ
ent countries will be- present
The list of speakers includes men from
many walks of ife Among them are Ira
Landrith Of Nashville. Tenn. until recently
president of Ward Belmont College Rev
George II. CoombS. pastor Of the Christian
'hurch. Kansas City. Mo, Rev. w. W.
Bastard. of Cleveland, o., J. Campbell
White, general secretary Of the Layman
Missionary Society; DIR. Royal J. Dye, q
missionary in the Congo tor many wears
Rev. William Patterson OF Toronto: Bishop
". NJ. Weekey. of the United Brethren
Church Of the Middle and Western states !:
Rev. j. &. Caldwell. general secretary of
the African Methodist Episcopal church
John Willis Barr. president of Occidental
College and formerly general secretary Of
the Christian Endeavor Society; Clinton ~
Howard. well known prohibition leader
of Rochester, \. Y, and William J. Bryan
President Wilson and Vice President
Marshall have also been invited H. attend