New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1921-07-04
Church You'll,
OF All Nations
TO Meet Here
$4,000 Christian Endeavor-
ers Coming for 9th World
Convention, Beginning g.
Day Session Wednesday
Parade To Be a Feature
Entire Body to March Up
Fifth Avenue Singing;
Bryan Will Be q Speaker

More than $4,000 delegates from al,
parts of the globe are gathering here
to-day for the Sixth Worlds Christian
Endcavor Convention, which opens at
the Seventy-hrst Regiment Armory,
Park Avenue and Thirty-fourth Street.
Wednesday evening. A reception COM
mittee of two hundred New Workers. is
meeting them at the railroad and
steamship terminals and assigning
them to quarters in thirty different
hotels and over three hundred private
homes.
The delegates represent some $4,000
Endeavor units in this country, in
Europe, in the British Domnions, and
in the mission fields in China, Japan,
the Philippines, Burma, India, Persia
armenia, Egypt and Central Africa
Most of those from foreign lands
reached here last week. Delegates from
live South American republics already
have arrived and twenty from Mexico
are ell route. The largest of the groups
from other lands will arrive by special
train from Canada tomorrow.
More than score of special trains
and several boats have been chartered
to carry the Endeavorers from differ
ent parts of the United States.
DR.: Francis f. Clark, who founded
the CHRISTIAN Endeavor movement forty
years ago, will preside at the opening
session on Wednesday, at 1880, and
Homer Rodeheaver, long associated
with Billy Sunday, will lead the sing
ing. Mayor John F. Hylan will welcome
the delegates for the city and DR.. Finis
ldleman for its churches. The greet
llngs of the convention committee will
be conveyed by it's chairman, Immi-
grafton Commissioner Frederick A.
Wallis. The principal address on
christian Endeavor and Business"
will be delivered by Roger Babson, the
statistician.
The feature of the six-dax program
VIII be the citizenship parade on Sat
urday morning, in which all the $4,000
delegates will march up Fifth Avenue
singing, from Twenty third Street to
Central Park. There a demonstration
Will be held on the Sheep Meadow. at
which the speakers will be Edwin Den
bv, Secretary of the Navy. William Jen-
nlngs Bryan and immigration Commits
sioner Wallis.
There will be eight sessions of the
general convention in the armory. the
delegates assembling both morning and
afternoon on Thursday. Friday and
Monday, and also Saturday morning
ana Friday evening. Homer Rodehe.vcr
wi" Wlll give a course of three lectures on
how to Lead Singing" and the LONG
list of speakers includes William +
Bryan and doctors of divinity from ali
parts OF this country and many mis-
slonarles. On Sunday afternoon Post.
master General Will H. Hays will adj
dress meeting on Worldwide Chris
tian Endeavor.
Most of the general sessions vii, ho
simultaneous with other meetings. On
4nursday afternoon there will be a
rally OF the Pennsylvania Christian En-
oeavor Union in the Collegiate Church
OF ST. Nicholas and at the same time
u the thlrtleth New York State Christian
Endeavor convention will be held in
the Marble Collegiate Church. FRIDAY
afternoon the junior world convention
Will be held in the Marble Collegiate
church, and Saturday morning in the
same place there will be a rally for the
Intern ediate Christian Endeavor,
AN all-day excursion on the Day Line
steamer Hendrick Hudson to West
Point and Poughkeepse will mark the
close of the convention on Tuesday of
next week. Chinatown will be called
upon to furnish in appropriate setting
for missionary tea on Thursday
afternoon, which will be the occasion
for demonstration by the Chinese
children of the Church of All Nations.
The time from 8 to 9 on each week
day morning will be devoted to quiet
hour services in the Marble Collegiate
Church and the Brick PRESBYTERIAN
Church: These will be followed by
leadership training classes, in which.
small groups scattered at the various
state headquarters, in the churches Of
the city, and the side rooms of the
armory will take up the problems of,
their own denominations, missions.
recreational plans, song leading, prayer,
meetings. religious vocations and kim,
bred subjects.
At noon on Friday and Monday sixty
ways and bvways of the city to give
instant effect to the work of the CON,
vention by conducting revival meetings,
on street corners scattered throughout.
the Metropolitan district. These gath
erings have been arranged under the.
auspices Of the New York Evangelistic.
Committee in cooperation with the city
authorities and various civic and bust,
ness organizations.
: Throughout the convention twenty
two missionary boards will have exhib-
its on view in the theater of the
armory and an all-nations bazaar will
offer for sale the gifts of Christian
Endeavorers in all parts of the world
who were unable to attend the gather
ing. A missionary pageant has been
arranged for Sunday afternoon.