St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1891-07-11
Winning Souls by PRAYER.

The next conference was conducted
by Rev. >. Il. Tyler. of Cincinnati, Ohio,
on ''Souls Won Through the Prayer and
Conservation Meetings." In opening
he said 10 class OF people had such a
chance 10 BRING persons into the church
as tine young people. More than 80 per
cent Of young persons converted were
brought into the church before they
were twenty. There was long line of
responses on methods used in winning
souls in prayer meetings. An old man
started 10 talk about the w. c. L. u.
but Dr.. Tyler insisted that the text
must be adhered 10. \ lady delegate
from the Sandwich lslandsWaS greeted
with rOuSlng cheers as She told of an
EndeayOr society in q Hawaiian church.
"SOuls Won Through the Influence
of Local, District. Provincial and State
Unions" was the title OF the confer
ence conducted by W. II. IL. Smith, Of
Washington, y. {.
The pOnseS were numerous. Chris
tan fellowship was favored and special
topics were recommended for meetings.
Every churcn in New York city was
reached by organized committees; the
neld was a hard one to WORK in. DR..
Abraham L. Love. Of Atlanta. Ga, was
the tIeOrgla delegation. lie was YER
liable patriarch in appearance, his long
WhIIe hair falling over his shoulders
DR.. Tyler said the four essentials in the
work were cooperation, fellowship,
inspiration and aspiration.
bringing In tbs SheaveS" was sung
by Ira ID. Sankey and the chOrnS, the
audience Joining IN the chorus by sec
tons. HE effect was magnificent.
EOrsz Of the Little Fellows.
Rev. William W. Sleeper, of Stone
ham. Mass, conducted the next confer
ence. the topic being Souls Won
Through the Junior SOciety.' MI.
Sleeper, in his remarks, stated that at
the present day the children were be-
ing more and more crowded out of the
church, and that the Sunday school was
becoming more and more the church of
the children. One of the aims of the
Christian EnGeavOr was to reform
some OF the evils i'm this respect.
Testimonials were then called for.
\ member Of the Phillips church. BOs-
ton. said the original fifty members Of
the first Junior society organized, DR..
Clark being the organizer, had Joined
The church. Mrs SlOcum. of Iowa, who
organized the first junior in that state,
With I'VE members. said there were now
SlXty-nine juniors iulOWa. In Philadel-
phia a junior was being organized in
every church in the city. An Altoona
delegate said he organized a Junior last
October and It now mad l61 members. A
Chicago lady told Of the conversion of
two Bohemian girls through the junior.
The following Endorsement was adopted
by rising vote:
Resolved, That since a wide and most
promising field Tor Christian work is at
nand IN the Junior EndeavOr move
ment, we pledge ourselves TO support
the Junior EndeayOrs heartily.
4 brief season OF prayer followed. be-
ing conducted by Trat10rd Y. Jayne, of
StOneham. Mass. which was followed
by the song. Nearer, My God TO Thee. !"
4 Couple OF Addresses.
Rev. Charles A. Dickinson. of Boston,
Mass. who returned some three weeks
ago from England. where he and Presi-
dent Clark had been visiting on En-
deaYor work. recOunted a few of his ex-
periences. While there they had the
pleasure of being present at the first
annual convention held in that country
They addressed some forty or fifty
audiences. and were everywhere care
u
Despite the conservative nature of the
English, the Christian EndeavOr move
ment was heartily received, and was
bound to succeed there as it had IN this
country. At present there were over
l2J societies. with a membership of be-
tween 5000 and 6,000.
An address Of more than passing in
terest was given by Rev. l.. w. Mum
hail, the evangelist. of Philadelphia.
on the subject. The Society as a Mis-
siOnary and Evangelistic Force" In
the course of his remarks he said there
was but one kind OF missionary work to
be done, and that was 20 preach the
gospel to every people. Goa knows no
difference between an unsaved man in
China Or an unsayed man in America
They are the same to him. He did not
believe that lUOO00000 people on the
face of the globe were saved. There were
the Roman Catholics. the Armenians
and many others besides those around
US which are not saved. He said that a
person had no weight to influence his
companions for good if they went to the
prayer meeting one evening and the
next went to a card party or to the the
alter. Loud applause.
The afternoon exercises were brought
to a close by Mr.. Sankey singing Throw
Out the Life Line"