Show dr george W ba ley chairman world sunda acl ool con borne italy may 20 23 1907 nest may in the eternal city of rome italy there will be held one 0 the most important and far reaching gatherings of the time the fifth world s sunday school convention previous conventions were held in I 1 ondon in 1889 and 1898 in st louis in 1893 and in jerusalem in 1904 but the coming assemblage is expect ed to surpass them all in interest and results extensive plans are already in operation to make it a gathering unique in the botory of the christian church the thousands of delegates and workers in attendance will represent sunday schools with 26 members from iceland to cape colony and from alaska to tibet men and women speaking more differ ent tongues and representing more different sects and creeds will meet in harmonious conclave to promote god s kingdom than probably ever be toie in history while the official language of the convention will be english sectional conferences will I 1 e conducted in german french and italian the convention nill last four days from may 20 to 23 and will be held in a large hall in rome but the most unique meeting of the gath ering will be a vesper service which it ie planned to bold within the ruins of the coliseum it will truly be a memorable scene to witness men and ft omen of all languages and tongues praises to god on the spot where the blood of martyrs of our alth was shed in the early centuries of the era the mil tor tie fifth convention hai been issued b an international committee of bu sinea men and minis representing the sunday school interests of the world the body is composed of 11 men tor the united states tin equal number for great britain and others for germany swe den italy switzerland mexico and canada its tar reaching and cosmo politan chard acter may be imagined from the fact that it includes prince bernadotte son of the king of swe den count bernstorff of germany and two american mill ohp chairman of the committee who ls del doting almost his entire time to i re paring for the convention is dr george V bailey of philadelphia A part of the official call inviting all throughout the world who are in te rested in the sunday school move ment to be present at the rome con vent lon is as follows in the acts of the apostles we read that paul with his vision of a world opportunity having determined to vis it jerusalem said after I 1 have been there I 1 must also see rome in these later days when the world of paul s time has grown into a limitless opportunity tor the follow ers of his master and ours it is most fitting that the world a sunday school convention having met in jerusalem the birthplace of the christian church should gather now in rome that world center where the christian church fought and won its notable triumphs dr bailey the head of the world committee is a business man of phila delphia who is one of the foremost christian leaders of that city and has long been actively identified with the sunday school association dr bailey gave me further details regarding the coming convention as follows the convention has awakened a great deal of interest in all parts of the world our friends in gleat brit ain are making elaborate plans and will attend the convention in two par ties one starting at london and go ing overland to rome holding confer ances and contentions in the larger cities en route in fiance germany switzerland and the northern part of italy the other party will go by steamer visiting points on the terran nean and landing at naples it is expected that delegates will be present from aery part of the world we have already assurances that a number of miss lonar es from india china the levant and from 11 missionary districts lu continental eu rope will attend the convention we expect a large delegation from aus aralia aion the will appear a number of names of worldwide re among ma be me P meyer dr G campbell morgan rev araia johnson mr charles waters of great britain and auch men as dr john potts mr ma non lawrence and many other men of renown of america this is to be a missionary sunday school convention con venton and missionary in teresta will have the right of way the legates from america will hold a meeting with the missionaries at duncha on the island of madeira at algiers genoa naples and perhaps at gibraltar it our plans untold sat arday evening may 18 will witness perhaps the largest protestant aatu ering ever assembled in the city of rome sunday morning may 19 the lord s supper will be celebrated in the leading churches sunday after noon the convention sermon will be preached by dr G campbell morgan the regular sessions of the conven tion will be held in the afternoons and evenings of the days that follow the mornings will be given up to con ferencek feren ces and institute and committee work the language of the conven alon proper will be english but pro vision will be made for those who speak nothing but german french and italian the american delegation will go to rome in a specially chartered steamer just as the delegation in 1904 attended the jerusalem convention in a special shi this cruise wi 1 constitute one of the most valuable features of the convention for meetings will be held on the steamer all the way going over and returning and as stated by dr bailey several missionary conferences will be held the steamer Is expected to leave boston april 27 and en loute to rome the delegates will visit the quaint and beautiful island of madeira as well gibraltar algiers naples pompeii genoa and pisa GEORGE |