Telegram-herald., 1891-07-10
STAINS SWORN ROlS
A Big Army Of Them Gathering al
Minneapolis
SOMETHING ABOUT THE MOVEMENTS
Hests Of Dsssgsrss Attending ths Chris
ssAa onaeasor Conventional MEM
bsrship of . Miiiiss-Esr thrass
aud the Church

MINNEAPOLIS. MINI. July 9-The
trains have brought thousands Of dele
gates To this city for the international
Endeavor convention which meets
In the big auditorium of the
exposition building. The CON-
mittee Of arrangements had planned
for an attendance Of $4,000. but
nearly every delegation thus far ar
irving is larger than anticipated. and
all are not yet here. A very ingenious
and thorough system has facilitated
the work Of qaartering the visitors in
hosp.sabie homes all over the
city. Courlers met the forty-eight
special trains At points 40 or
so miles from the city. They pro-
vided each delegate with slip Civ
ing the location of the home To which
he was assigned and explicit direc-
tons how sto reach it. This
combined with al admirable sys-
Gem At the depots. served to scceler-
ate matters well. Besides the special
trains all the regular trains were double
their usual size. The New England
delegation. with 1. 800 mem bsrs. arrived
on two trains and thus far holds
the banner for size. The delega-
tions from Illinois, Wisconsin and
Iowa are very large, and great space
has been reserved for them in the big
hall This hall seats comfortably $4,000
people. besides . chorus Of over I. 200.
The ST. Louis train brought ESQ of
the most enthusiastic young people.
The Omaha and Nebraska delegation.
goo strong. steamed in with silk
banners flying The endeavor motto,
FOR Christ and the Church." is en-
blazoned everywhere. Canada sent
600 in one solid train 10 ask the next
convention for Montseal.
Rev DIR. +. E. Clark, Of Boston, the
founder of the order. is perhaps the
most prominent figure here. He is
very proud of the million strong so
ciety which has grown from the little
beginning in the williston church of
Portland. Me-, ten years ago. DIR.
Clark said:
The work In the foreign fields IL Just three
yezrs old To-day there are 80 societies In
Great Britain and more are formed every day.
In missionary lands-Turkey. India. Japan
there are several hundred believe
its Observation-Disclosures y the en-
dcavor movements strongest feature.
These statements about merging IL
tato Congregs tionaiisEs are not tust.o There are
do00 Presbyterian societies withcus, which is
more than any other denomination has. There
arc $500 Congregational 2.5oo Csptist and ZOO
Methodist societies Does ths5 look Is II the
Young Peoples Society OF Christian Endeavor
Was becoming Congregationslr'
General Secretary Baer Is . bright,
active young man of %. The figures
ON the growth of the society which he
will present in his annual report
will astonish even the most san
guine ondsavorss Wnat the exact
membership is he will not say. bnt
he declared that there are now
$1,000 societies. of which 5000 were
formed during the year. Since Janu-
airy they have been forming at the rate
OF $50 week. IL is learned that the
browning point of Secretary Bacr's re-
port will be that the society now num-
0ers q round million mem bers- The
growth In the south has been phenom-
en2l