A CALL TO PRAYER

PRAY for the Jubilee Convention of Young Men's Christian Associations, Boston, Massachusetts, June 11-16, 1901:

That the right men may be selected as delegates and may be enabled to attend.

That the local arrangements may be so perfected as to ensure the most efficient work by the convention.

That every participant in the program may have the help of the Holy Spirit in preparation for this

service.

That the presence and leadership of the Master of Assemblies may be recognized throughout every

session.

That returning delegates may receive special power and qualification to convey the blessings of the convention to the associations they represent.

That the visitors from abroad may journey in health and safety, and that through them the convention may exert a helpful influence upon association work in other lands.

THE CONVENTION PROGRAM

For purposes of presentation in this report the detailed proceedings of the convention have been classified with reference to the courtesies of the gathering, its business sessions, and its platform themes. The setting of each event may be found by reference in every case to the following program.

Monday, June 10

Mechanics Building

Exhibit opened for inspection by Committees of Award, and in the evening to delegates and to the public.

Tuesday, June 11

MORNING

Mechanics Building

Presiding Officer, EDWIN L. SHUEY, President of the last Convention, held at Grand Rapids, Michigan, in 1899

Leader of singing (morning and

afternoon sessions).. Devotional Service..

..C. B. Willis, Milwaukee, Wis.

Temporary Organization Effected... Committee on Permanent Organization Nominated and Appointed...

Rev. John Y. Dobbins, D. D.,
Montclair, N. J.

AFTERNOON

Trinity Church

Processional Hymn, "Forward! Be

Our Watchword"..

(Entrance in Procession of Officiating Ministers, Clergy of
many Denominations, the International Committee,
Chairmen of State Committees, and For-

Canticle from Holy Scripture.......The Choir and Congregation
Lesson from Holy Scripture..

.......Read by Samuel B. Capen, LL. D.,
President American Board of
Commissioners for Foreign Mis-

sions

The Choir

.Read by Rev. E. Winchester Don-
ald, D. D., Rector of Trinity
Church, Boston

.Read by Rev. Charles Cuthbert
Hall, D. D., President of Union
Theological Seminary

.....The Choir and Congregation

Sermon, "The Power and Glory of

our Lord Jesus Christ as the Saviour and Redeemer of Men".... Rev. Charles Cuthbert Hall, D. D. Hymn, "When I Survey the Wondrous Cross".

.. The Choir and Congregation

Closing Prayers and Benediction... Rev. E. Winchester Donald, D. D.

EVENING

Mechanics Building

Presiding Officer, WILLIAM E. DODGE, New York

Leader of Singing (evening sessions). George C. Stebbins
Prayer....

Reading of Telegrams from King Victor Emmanuel III. of Italy, Baron von Holleben, Imperial German Ambassador at Washington, and President McKinley... Addresses of Welcome..

Address of Greeting.

Address of Welcome..

William M. Oatts, Glasgow, Scotland

Edwin L. Shuey

.Hon. Thomas N. Hart, Mayor of
Boston, for the citizens of Boston
Hon. John L. Bates, Lieutenant-
Governor of Massachusetts, for
the State Government

Henry M. Moore, Boston, for the Boston Association and for the Massachusetts State Committee .Howard Williams, London, England, representing Sir George Williams

.Rev. A. H. Plumb, D. D., for the clergy of Boston

Music, "Blessed is He that Readeth," "Come, Spirit, Come, with Light Divine".

William E. Dodge, New York
C. T. Williams, Montreal

Association Quartet

Great Facts in the Half-century of Work of the Young Men's Christian Association in North America" Reading of Telegram from French Associations...

John J. McCook, New York

Presiding Officer, WILLIAM E. DODGE, New York, President of the Convention

the International Committee..... Lucien C. Warner, M. D., Chairman of the Committee

"The Principal Aim and Crowning Achievements of the Associations". Rev. Theodore L. Cuyler, D. D. (Address read by Secretary Bruno Hobbs)

Solo, "The Better Land".
Benediction....

Ira D. Sankey

.Rev. John A. McCall, D. D., New
Bedford, Mass.

"The Contribution of the Association to the Physical Development of Young Men”.

President G. Stanley Hall, LL. D.,
Clark University, Worcester, Mass.

Music, "Hark, Hark, my Soul"....Association Quartet
Greetings from the World's Com-
mittee.

.Rev. Adolf Hoffmann

Charles Fermaud, Secretary of the
Committee

Christian Phildius, Secretary of the
Committee

...Senator Jules Siegfried

Presentation to the Convention by the French delegation of a framed copy of Dagnan-Bouveret's Paint

ing, "The Lord's Supper".......Emmanuel Sautter, National Secre

Benediction....

tary

Rev. Charles S. Stoddard, D. D.

EVENING

Mechanics Building

Presiding Officer, COL. CURTIS W. GUILD, Jr., U. S. V., Boston "The Association in the Army and

..Col. Curtis W. Guild, Jr.

Navy.... "The Open Door of Opportunity in our Island Possessions"

"The Meaning of the Association to
the Life of the Sailor"
"The Navy's Need and the Associa-
tion's Response".

"Women's Work for the Soldiers
and Sailors".

"Association Work in the Navy and its Influence on Foreign Missions"

"Christian America's Duty to Her

Major-general Joseph Wheeler, U.
S. A.

.Rear-admiral J. C. Watson, U. S. N.

Rear-admiral F. J. Higginson, U.
S. N.

.Mrs. E. A. McAlpin, Ossining, N.
Y., Chairman of the Women's
Auxiliary of the International
Committee

Commander A.V.Wadhams, U. S. N.

Defenders on Land and Sea"....Captain Richmond Pearson Hob

son, U. S. N.

EVENING

Museum of Fine Arts

A reception to the delegates and their friends was tendered by the trustees of the museum and the women's auxiliaries of the Massachusetts and Rhode Island associations at the close of the evening session. Members of the International Women's Auxiliary and prominent officers of the army and navy assisted in receiving