Morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven [Conn.]) 1848-1894, 1891-07-11
CHRISTIAN KNDEAyon WORK.
what Was Done at the Minneapolis
Convention Yesterday Fifteen
Thousand People Present-The Bis,

what Was Done at the Minneapolis
Convention Yesterday Fifteen
Thousand People Present-The Dis
cussions.
MINNEAPOLIS, July 10.-The Christian
Epdeavor host was up betimes this morn
ing. The first thing on the program was
the prayer meeting at $3.50. A numerous
throng wended their way to the conven-
ton hall and participated in a meeting
led by William Shaw of Boston. Then
there was hurrying in hot haste for break
fast. This over the regular exercises of
the day began, there being fully $4,000
persons in the convention hall. The open
ing hymn was ''This Is My Story" Rev.
DR.. S. NJ. Ware of Omaha, read from
Corinthians II, vi. Rev. DIR. Millen of
Allegheny, Pa, offered prayer and another
hymn was sung. President Clarke then
announced his four committees on resolu-
tions, nominations, greetings and business.
Their chairmen were Rev. J. b.
Baller of Mississippi, Professor w. w.
Andrews, Nova Scotia, and Secretary
Baer. The free discussion on "What the
Society Has Done" gave the delegates their
first opportunity of participating directly
in the proceedings, and they made the
most of it. Rev G. R. LANDER of In
dianapolis was the leading spirit and in
terlarded the minute talks of the dele
gates with running fire of witty, pointed
comment. Delegates told of endeavor
achievements in all parts of the country.
Then came the formal addresses of the
morning, which took the form of sym
etWvhot no ia%x
May Do" Dew. DR.. F. o. Holman laid
down what he conceived to be the princi-
pies governing the relations of the society
to the pastor. It was the pastors greatest
help and solved the problem of how to in
terest young people in church work. He
emphasized the idea that the society's
supreme duty in Christs work, and its
second, its allegiance to its own church
and pastor. The practical relation of the
society to the pastor he summed up in the
word "loyalty." Rev. DR.. E. R. Ollie of
Church and the Church Officers" The
burden of his thought was that the en-
deavor society of to-day is the church of
the twentieth century. In that fact lay
the solution of that mighty problem, the
conversion of the world. God had raised
up the endeavor army at the right moment
to perform this great task. There was
energy and power enough in the church of
to-day to Christianize the whole world by
the dawn of the twentieth century, but it
needed organization and conservation.
Rev. DR.. James A. Worden, of Philadel-
phia, the great Presbyterian Sunday school
worker, closed the morning session by a
talk on the society and the Sunday school
This afternoons exercises began with an
open conference on "soul winning and
two hours were consumed on talks on this
general topic. There were four divisions
of it. Rev. J. 2. Tyler of Cincinnati con-
Quoted the conference which dealt with
soul winning through prayer and consecra-
ton meetings. FL. HARDWOOD of Appleton;
Wis, conducted the conference on souls
won through the work of committees w.
II. H. Smith of Washington, DC, that on
souls won through the influence of local,
district and state unions, and Rev. William
w. Sleeper that on souls won through the
union societies. Rev. Charles A. Dickin-
son of Boston delivered an address on
1.-THE English Campaign" and the after
Moons proceedings wound up with talk
by L. w. Munhall, the evangelist, on "The
Society a Missionary and Evangelistic
Force" There was a conference of the
state presidents between sessions to-day on
the subject of opening the worlds fair on
Sunday. The meeting will formulate
strong protest for the approval of the con-
vention.
The marked features of the evening ses-
sion was the address on "Heroism in Com
mon Life" by Rev. S. J. Mcpherson OF
Chicago, ILL.,, and one on ga Revival of
Generosity" by Rev. Isaac ]. Lansing of
Worcester, Mass. Receptions were held
at the various churches which were
well attended when the state
of=-.the weather is considered A
heavy rain storm set in which considerably
demoralized matters. The New York
boomers began to get in their work tonight
in efforts to secure that city as the place
for holding the next convention. The
Montreal men were earnest workers, but
their efforts availed nothing as New York
was chosen as the next place of meeting.
There is an understanding that Montreal is
to have If in 1893