Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1891-07-18
GREAT C0NCLAVE
Of the Society of Christian En-
deaVor
HELD IN MINNEAPOLIS.
An Immense 0oncourse Of Young Chris
tians Present.
THE ENORMOUS GROWTH
OF the Society shown by the Oiicers' Re-
pOrts-Addresses of Welcome.

or the Society shown by the Officers' Re-
ports Addresses of Welcome.
MINNEAPoLIs, July 1O.-Sunny skies,
balmy air. hospitable homes-this was
the welcome of the city of Minneapolis
to the throngs OF youthful endeavorers
who trooped into town Thursday. The
multitude is even larger than the hard
working local committee Of '9i had
counted on, and even now it is apparent
that the influx of visitors and delegates
to this, the decennial convention OF the
Young Peoples Society of Christian
End ,vor, will pass the 10000 mark set
for It and that the convention will be
the largest in the society's history.
A very ingenious and thorough sys-
tenn facilitated the work of quartering
the visitors in hospitable homes all over
the city. Couriers met the twenty-eight
special trains at points forty or fifty
miles from the city. They provided
each delegate with slip giving the To-
cation of the home to which he was as
signed and explicit directions how to
reach it. The largest delegation to ar
rive In one body was the New England
train, bringing 500. On this was Father
Endeavor Clark, as he has been loving
ly dubbed by the society he founded.
He is the president and head of the
movement.
The convention was formally opened
at 4 o'clock. The great hall in the Ex-
position building, seating 12, 900 people,
had for two hours been resounding with
the songs of the thousandstrong chorus
at rehearsal. A hush fell on the assem-
blage as DR.. Clark called the decennial
convention TO order. After the prelimi-
naries 'of prayer and music Frank b.
Daniels, chairman of the local commit
tee of '91, stepped forward to say the
first word of welcome.
The convention was formally opened
by the 1000 delegates present joining
in singing "All Hail the Power of Jesus
Name"
The evening session was opened at
p. m., Rev. 0. H. Tiffany presiding
fully $4,000 delegates in attendance
After prayer by Rev. l.. b. Spear, Gen
eral Secretary Baer read his annual re
port In this report he said; Last
year at the St. Louis convention We
were thankful for the great increase II
the number of societies over the previ
GUS year, the number of societies in the
world being II, ,0l3, an increase over the
previous year of 3,34l. This year we
have much more to be thankful for, our
increase having been 5,261, making the
total number to date 16 pa. The Chris
tian Endeavor movement has become
worldwide. Three hundred and sever
societies have reported from across the
water and there are others from whom
we have not heard We have now
reached the million mark At Chicago
in 1889 we reported iSj, 900 members
last year at St Louis GO, 600, but thi
year we have reached the grand total o
/ ZOOS, 9S0."
After this report and singing by Iri
D. Sanl<ey, the celebrated evangelisti'
solost, the secretary read a cablegrau
from Melbourne, Australia greeting
the delegates assembled. President f
Z. Clarke, of the International Society
better known as Father Endeavo
Clarke. then delivered his annual ad
dress. A telegram was read from Bisho
J j. II. Vincent, Of the NJ. f. church, VIII
was to have preached the convention
sermon, saying that on account of a Sc
we're attack of bronchitis he could no
attend.
DR.. Otis Tiffany of the NJ. E. church
then addressed the convention. Afte
further devotional exercises the conver
ton adjourned until this morning.