The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1891-07-13
THEY TOOK A RECESS TO GO TO CHURCH
And Then Resumed the Work of the
Great Conye ntlon.
An iowa Members Prohibition Ban
ner SaIuted With Applause.
Yesterdays Proceedings OF the
Christian Endeavor DeIo gates.

MINNEAPOLIS, Mimi, July 12. - Many
Christian Endeavor delegates filled the Twin
City pulpits this morning and afternoon.
Full sessions OF the convention were held,
recess being taken to allow the delegates to
go to church in the morning Before that
time 5000 delegates and others were in the
seats In the auditorium to hear President
Wm r. Harper of the Chicago University
give an interesting Bible study with applica-
tions on "Nlneyeh's Fall; the Prophecy of
Nahum" The short session closed with
fifteen minute prayer service, led by Rev. B.
B. Tyler of New York. One of the finest
audiences OF the convention gathered In the
auditorium in the afternoon at 230. In the
absence of President Clark, who was at St.
Paul with Drs Deems. Rondehaler and 9TH
ers, conducting special service for the En-
deavorers of that city, Rev. III. c. Farrar, d.
D., pastor of the First Methodist Church at
Albany, N. Y, presided. $50 Every Man
His Work." was the motto for the session.
The first speaker was A. A. Stagg, the fam
GUS preacher of Yale. The young man, Mr..
Stagg declared, is the most important factor
In the future development of our land.
Young men have been prominent in history
for their effective efforts in all departments
an earnest appeal to every young man In the
audience to join in the glorious opportunity
for Christian usefulness which is open on
every hand.
with choral responses from the different sec
tions of the congregation. Miss Margaret
w. Leigh, from the Jaffna mission, Ceylon,
India, spoke upon "Fhe Young Women at
Work." She showed how small were the
contributions of the church to missions when
cnmnara6 with the piVnO nf tho
heathen for the same purpose, and appealed
strongly for more mission workers, asking
for $4,000 from the Christian Endeavor So
cieties to be seat to the various church mis-
sion boards
Rev. A. A. Fulton, of Canton, China, pro-
posed to send President Clark on trip
around the world to organize Endeavor mis-
siOns. 1t was voted to take a nickel collec-
t1on from the convention tonight to cover
the expenses OF such trip. DIR. Wayland
Hoyt called attention to the society's rule
that there should be no paid officers of the
organization, and suggested that instead of
the proposed action, the delegates should
each give five cents more to their different
mission board. 1t was so decided.
Previous to the address on 1.-The Child at
Work. by Mrs. Alice May Scudder, Of Jer-
sey City, N. j., the front seats were vacated
by the adults. Between 800 and 400 Junior
Endeavorers marched in and took the seats,
singing Onward, Christian Soldiers" Mrs.
young. was misdirected energy. The Junior
Endeavor societies were to develop Christian
workers. The outlook was favorable to
great development Of this part of the work.
She dwelt on the various phases of the child
Christian development work.
After singing by the congregation, John
G. WOolley, of Boston, delivered an address
on Gospel Temperance" He said he be-
iieved In gospel temperance in the ballot
box. AS he said 1t, an Iowa delegate
stepped to the front, waving a banner on
one side of which read, "Des Moines, the
largest city in the world without saloon,"
on the other, "lowa's glory, school house
on every hill top. and no saloon in the val
plause swept over the immense gathering,
continuing a couple of minutes. 1t was
stated from the platform that the attend
ance Of delegates was 14,ooo. The session
closed by the singing of the doxology.
The evening session began with a half
hour praise service, In which both chorus
and congregation joined. When the doors
were opened to the general public 7.3O,
most mos OF the seats were taken. When Presi-
dent Clark raped for order, a quarter Of an
hour later, every seat was taken and people
were packed all around both windows and
doors. Several thousand attended an out of
door meeting near the building. Ii. P.
tions, submitted supplemental report de-
claring against the ''whiskey ring" influence
n politics. Resolutions were adopted oppos-
flair on Sunday. President Clark was re
elected and long list of honorary vice pres
idents, representing every state, territory
and province. Bishop M. N. Gilbert of Min
nesota, of tine Protestant Episcopal church,
delivered an address on the need of strength
and growth of the Endeavor movement,
which he thought an indication of a rapidly
approaching millennium. Rev. DIR. j. w.
Chapman, of Philadelphia. delivered pow
erful address on the The Secret of Power"
and then conducted the closing conservation
service. A song by Mr.. Sankey, and singing
by the congregation. closed the tenth annual
convention of the United Endeavor Society.