Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1891-07-13
TO EVERY MAN HIS WORK.
Fourteen Thousand Attend the Christian
Endeayor Convention


Endeavor Convention.
MINNEAPOLIS, July l2-To-day many of the
| Christian Endeavor delegates were in the
Twin City pulpits both morning and after.
noon, but full sessions of the convention
were held, the only recess being to allow the
delegates to go to church in the morning
Before that time 5000 delegates and others
were in their seats in the auditorium to hear
President William r. Harper, of the Chicago
University, give an interesting Bible study,
with applications, on "Nineveh's Fall and
the Prophecy of Nahum" The short session
closed with q 15minute prayer by Rev. B. b.
Tyler, of New York City.
One of the finest audiences of the conyen-
tion gathered in the Auditorium in the after
noon. Prof Lindsey led in some grand
chorus singing in the absence of President
Clark, who was at st. Paul with Drs. Deems,
Rondthaler, and others, conducting a special
service for the Endeavorers in that city
Rev. II. G. Farrar, D. D., pastor of the First
NJ. E. Church of Albany, n. Y, presided. "To
Every Man His Work. was the motto for the
session, and the first speaker was Mr.. A. A.
Stagg, the famous pitcher of Yale, and at
present under engagement as instructor of
physical training in the new Chicago Uni
versity
As Mr.. stagg came to the platform he re-
ceived an ovation, the delegates being anx-
ious to see this well known Christian. The
young man, Mr. Stagg declared is an object
of interest, and most important factor in
the development of our land. The Lord
Jesus Christ came as young man and his
example as worker should constantly be
before us. Young men have been prominent
in history for their efforts in all departments
OF useful activity. The speaker closed with
an earnest appeal to all young men in the
audience to join in glorious opportunities
for Christian usefulness, which open on
every hand.
HRv and Rvi, 1yas nm 20 mora suuU with fine
effect by Mr.. Sankey, with chorus. The next
speaker was Miss Margaret w. Leitch, from
the Jaffna Mission. Ceylon. India, who spoke
upon "The Young Woman at Work" She
introduced her theme by describing the con-
dition of woman in heather lands, and
showed how small were the contributions
of the church to missions when compared
with the giving of the converted heathen
Tor the same purpose. She gave instances
OF benefit from missions. She appealed
strongly for more mission workers, believ-
ing 10000 missionaries were needed within
five years if the heather of this generation
were to hear the gospel, and asking for 16, 900
from the Christian Endeavor to be sent
through their various church mission
boards.
Rev. A A Fulton, of Canton, China, pro-
posed to send President Clark on trip
around the world to organize Endeavor
missions, and it was voted to take nickel
collection from the convention tonight to
cover the expense of such trip. However,
little later, DR.. WayIand Hoyt called atten-
Clon TO tne SOc1ety'S rule that there should
be no paid officers of the organization, and
suggested that instead of the proposed
action they each one decide to give 5 cents
more to their different missions, and it was
so decided.
PREVIOUS to an address on "The Child at
Work" by Mrs. Alice May Scudder of Jersey
Clty, n. D., the front seats were vacated by
the adults and between 800 and 400 Junior
EndeaYorers marched in and took the soat5
While singing "Onward, Christian Soldiers"
Mrs. Scudder thought the difficulty with the
young was misdirected energy. The Junior
EndeaVor societies were to develop Chris
tan workers, and they were doing SO. They
were not to be substitutes, but rather addi-
tlonal workers, and the outlook was favor
able to great development of this part of the
work. She dwelt on the various phases of
the child Christian development work.
After a song by the audience John G.
Woolley, of Boston, delivered an address on
Gospel Temperance" By instances in his
own experience he experienced what
he meant by the term. He said
he believed in the gospel temper
ance, La the ballot box, and as he said this
an Iowa delegate stepped to the front wav-
Ing banner, one side of which read: "Des
Moines, the Largest City in the World With
out Saloon" and the other: '1owa's Glory,
n Schoolhouse on Every Hilltop, and No
Saloon in the Valley" While from floor to
gallery storm of applause swept over the
immense gathering, continuing for q couple
minutes. He closed by saying he believed
In no temperance except gospel temperance.
1t was stated from the platform that the at
tendance of delegates was IA, ,000 and the ses-
sion closed by singing the doxology.