The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1892-07-11
ATTENTIVE THOUSANDS
At the Closing Sessions Of the Chris
tian Endeavorers.
STRONG RESOLUTIONS OFFERED.
A Protest Against Sunday Opening Of tho
Worlds Fair-A Speaker who Thought
Gospel Temperance Apopletic with Idle
sentiment till Next Year.

NEW YORK. July 11.-Yesterday morn
ing's session of the Christian Endeavor
convention at Madison Square Garden,
was attended by 10000 delegates. The
services began at 8 o'clock and Were con-
Quoted by H. b. Pennell of Boston.
After several prayers and much hymn
singing the meeting adjourned to 1o.16
o'clock to enable the delegates 20 attend
services In the churches of the city.
At tho afternoon session President
Clark presided. Fifteen thousand dele
gates were in attendance, despite the in
tense heat. After q prayer and praise
meeting, brief reports were received from
the committee on conferences, under the
direction of VIM. Shaw, treasurer OF the
United Society. who reported that the
greatest enthusiasm had been manifested
by the delegates at the different denomi-
national rallies held during the conven-
tion. At one Of these $500 had been SUBJ
scribed for the completion OF mission
ary church in Salt Lake City. The Qua
kers, he said, formed Christian Endeav-
or Society at Saturdays rally OF their
delegates.
Ira ID. Sankey spoke on the subject OF
Christian Endeavor In Great Britain. He
had just returned he said, from Q six
land and England and had attended ma
tional Christian Endeavor convention six
weeks ago in Chester. The society was
making great progress In England, Scot
land and Wales. Ireland did not seem to
have much time amid its warning fac
tions to look very much Into the subject.
John @. Wholley of Minnesota, ad-
dressed the convention on the suject OF
Gospel Temperance. It was, perhaps, the
strongest speech, az IL was the most en-
Enthusiastically received of all men In the
convention.
Among the other things he said "Gos-
pei temperance is apoplectic with idle sem
timent. We fix our formative citizen
ship with saloons, and sandwich saving
grace with damning laws. Dram shops
are as lawful as churches, and distilleries
as legitimate as public schools. Gospel
temperance Is an avalanche OF talk upon
q glacier of sympathy. The windows OF
drunkenness and religious and reform
newspapers fairly tumble over one an
other recommending substitutes, for re-
generation by hypodermic injections, at
q price not one in three thousand drunk
ards can pay.
And every citizen ought to demand of
Congress, by respectful petition q nom
partisan statute forever forbidding the
manufacture, importation, expectation,
sale, gift or possession of alcoholic liq-
uors except chemically pure alcohol for
scientific purposes, to be sold only by
government agents, In sealed packages,
each package to be registered like bond.
Religious Possibilities OF the Worlds
Fair" formed the subject of an address
by Rev. John Henry Barrows, ID. d., pas
tor of the First Presbyterian Church OF
Chicago. He referred to the denomina-
tional congresses to take place during
the time of the fair and especially to tho
10 days parliament OF religions, and au-
cured great results for Christ. The SER
vice then closed.
At the evening session the COMMITTEES
on resolutions, through the chairman,
Rev. DR.. Becklev, presented series OF
resolutions, which were adopted. The
resolutions returned thanks to the press
and various individuals; declared the
pledge essential to Christian Endeavor;
emphasized the sacred cause Of missions;
protested against the Sunday opening OF
the Worlds Fair, and pledged the society
to unfiinching conflict with rum until tho
saloon IL dethroned.
Rev. DR.. 8. p. Rose of Montreal, de-
livered the closing address, and the con-
vention shortly afterward adjourned sine
die.