Evening capital. (Annapolis, Md.) 1884-1910, 1892-07-13
CHRISTIAN GATHERING.
The Christian Endeavor Conven-
tfoD.
our NEW YORK LETTER.


From our Special Correspondent.
NEW YORK. july IL. 1892
In our last letter we were describing
that most wonderful consecTetion meet
ing. At the beginning of the meeting.
the chairman requested every lady In the
audience to remove their hats. This was
received with very great applause and
the request was CONTINUOUSLY complied
with. IL was then remarked that the
speakers would think they were address
sing a convention of the Young Mems
Christian Association. Before the meet
ing had PROGRESSED very far. q request
was sent from the Maryland delegates 10
the chairman, asking that the applause
| be suspended. The chairman thereupon
made the announcement and suggested
that the waving of handkerchiefs would
be an appropriate way of showing APP
probation of what was said and done.
Ever after that handkerchiefs waived
from every hand. To look over the mul.
titude of humanity assembled, and 10 see
the thousands Of white handkerchiefs
waving was a magnificent sight and
reminded one OF miniature snow storm.
| Every pastor in the audience was relues-
| tel TO rise and make their conservation
| in this text. Il am not ashamed OF the
gospel of Christ" Several hundred i'm
mediatcly arose with those words upon
their lips All Sunday School teachers
were requested TO rise. more than half
of the audience stood and repeated !:
"But Jesus called them unto him, and
said, "Suifer little children to come unto
me, and forbid them not" Conservation
came from every State in the Union and
from the following foreign countries
| Persia, Spain, Russia, Scotland, China.
| 81 Nipnpah and nfhpF nIanaG Tho
| largest delegation was that from Massa
chusetts, being 2 800; Illinois came next
with 800; New Jersey was third; other
| States sending from two hundred to
eight hundred. Mr. Yarnal from Indi
| ana sang a solo. At nearly eleven O'Clock
the great convention adjourned with the
repeating of the Mispah benediction,
Rev T. + Clark starts in a few days on
a trip around the world, carrying the
Christian Endeavor idea. He will be
back In time for the next annual con
vention to be held at Montreal Canada
The convention of "a will be held al
Cleveland, Ohio. So eager were the peo-
pie for the badges of the New York com
mittee admitting to the meeting, that a
large number of them were stolen from
one of the State headquarters.
We will now leave New York and
give some OF the doings at
GLYNDoN PARK.
GLYNDoN PARK, MD, July IL, 92.
just as we were leaving Union station
the rain came down in torrents, making
us think that camp life under these cir.
cumstances would be quite disagreeable
The train speeded on, ARRIVING at Glyn
don in good time 1t was our delight
when we got upon the platform to find
II had ceased to rain and that the clouds
were breaking away. When the hour
had arrived for the evening service, sew
eral hundred persons had assembled in
the Tabernacle. Mr.. William Daniel sal
upon the platform and conducted the
meeting, which opened with song by
the Hudson trio" composed of Rev. X
Il. Hudson, Mrs. Cora Shaffer Hudson
and Miss Maude Hudson. of Ohio. Mrs
Hawks sang a pretty solo, Save the
Boys" Rev Hudson led in prayer
The converted actor, John II. Clarke
then made very pleasing address on
Cough in Humor, Dialect and Flo
quence." reciting many of Coughs wit
ty anecdotes, causing the audience to be
continually laughing Rev. John A. b.
Wilson of New York dismissed the meet
ing with the benediction.
ENDEAvoRER.