the acceptance already received. These include the leading
missionary advocates‘ of the United States and Canada,
missionaries from all the great fields, many of them with a
world-wide reputation, and persons whose fatne is in every
mouth in connection with the recent uprising iil China—the
falsely defamed and rightly lauded Dr. Ament, and Prof.
Gamewell, defender of the legations, both of Peking, being
among them. Young people's society leaders, whose names
are household words, will be present, as will men and women
of spiritual power, some of whom are already known to stu
dents, Mr. Speer and Dr. and Mrs. Howard Taylor, for
example. Editors and educators of influence and wide repu
tation will constitute an important part of the personnel.
Best of all, Mr. Mott, whose five months' tour among the
students of Japan, China and India has been a prolonged
experience of remarkable successes, will preside. His words
will alike inspire and empower all who hear him.
Difficulties to be feared in case of a late appointment of
representatives are suggested by the fact that at a number
of remote colleges delegations twice as large as were sent to
the convention at Cleveland in 1898 have been appointed,
and also by the plans of large institutions like Cornell Uni
versity and Yale, where the remarkable record of 1898 is
likely to be exceeded. Since the delegates are to be enter
tained by the hospitality of the people of Toronto, it has
been necessary to limit the total attendance to 2,500, of
whom 2,000 will be students. From present indications, it
is apparent that this number of men and women from fully
500 institutions will easily be reached—undoubtedly the
greatest student religious gathering the world has ever seen.