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., AFTERNOON Trinity Church Processional Hymn, "Forward! Be Our Watchword".. (Entrance in Procession of Officiating Ministers, Clergy of Canticle from Holy Scripture.......The Choir and Congregation .......Read by Samuel B. Capen, LL. D., sions The Choir .Read by Rev. E. Winchester Don- .Read by Rev. Charles Cuthbert .....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 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 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 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". Ira D. Sankey .Rev. John A. McCall, D. D., New "The Contribution of the Association to the Physical Development of Young Men”. President G. Stanley Hall, LL. D., Music, "Hark, Hark, my Soul"....Association Quartet .Rev. Adolf Hoffmann Charles Fermaud, Secretary of the Christian Phildius, Secretary of the ...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 "Women's Work for the Soldiers "Association Work in the Navy and its Influence on Foreign Missions" "Christian America's Duty to Her Major-general Joseph Wheeler, U. .Rear-admiral J. C. Watson, U. S. N. Rear-admiral F. J. Higginson, U. .Mrs. E. A. McAlpin, Ossining, N. 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 |