Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1892-07-12

THE DISTRICT IN NEW York.
| Local Delegates at the Christian Endeavor
| Convention.
Correspondence of The Evening Star
| NEW YoRx, July II, 1892.
The morning prayer meeting Of the District
delegation on Saturday morning was led by
Miss Fawcett of the Vermont Avenue Christian
Church. The subject was "Hope."
In the morning session of the convention one
of the subjects under consideration was that
Of mission, and the duty Of the society In this
connection was discussed in an ''open parlia-
ment," one person speaking from each delega-
| ton.
| Mr. c. B. Titus secretary Of the District Of
Columbia Union, told Of the missionary efforts
Of some Of the District societies in connection
with the Galley evangelization" movement. His
talk was brief and pointed and he made q great
! impression upon the audience by relating the
| experience Of party Of Christian Endeav orers
who went to one Of the worst parts of Washing
| ton one Sunday afternoon and transformed a
| street fight into prayer meeting
| Saturday evening was devoted to social re-
| captions and reunions.
! The District delegation held no reception.
but its members found plenty to occupy their
time in visiting the headquarters of other dele
cations and going to some Of the points of in
terest
| During the afternoon quite party visited
Manhattan Beach and In the evening another
party was formed which took in the steamboat
( trip by moonlight.
| The subject Of the Sunday morning prayer
meeting Of the delegation was Love, and the
leader was Mr.. Percy 8. Foster.
After the short morning session Of the con-
ventiOn the delegation attended church service
| in the various churches near b..
When the New York committee found that
the colossal meeting in Madison Square Garden
and the three large overflow meetings were in
sufficient for the immense throEg of those who
sought admission on week days they quickly
came to the conclusion that demands for admis-
sion to the meetings on Sunday would be SO far
thing else besides what they had already put
into operation an imperative necessity.
Consequently it was announced in the Saturday
morning session that the committee had secured.
in addition to the places already used. the
Metropolitan Opera House and the Carnegie
Music Hall.
DISTRICT DELEGATES IN CHARGE.
The meeting in the Metropolitan Opera House
Sunday afternoon put under the charge Of
the District delegation.
Rev. Tennis 3. Hamlin, D D., pastor Of the
Church of the Covenant, presided and opened
the meeting with brief address.
The singing WIS led by Mr.. Percy S. Foster,
who also made short address.
MIR. Elphonzo Youngs, jr.. accompanied the
singing with the cornet, and played THE
Palms" as u cornet solo.
of the First Congregational Church and a singer
of whom Washington is justly proud, held the
immense audience spellbound by her rendering
OF that beautiful piece Of sacred music, Gal
vary. Her hearers were not satisfied with this
alone. and by request she sang hymn from the
Christian En1enynr Edition ,f Goaral
No. 6. entitled Only Remembered
In the Sunday evening meeting at the same
place the music was again III charge of the Dis
irict delegation. Mr.. Vim. H. Lewis leading and
Mr.. E. r. Connor accompanying on The piano.
Mr.. Ira ID. Sankey, the great singer-evange-
list was present and at his request Miss Thomp-
son again sang the hymn "Onlv Remembered"
Mr.. Sankey was so pleased with her singing
that sitter he had finished his address at the
Metropolitan Opera House he insisted that she
should go with him to the great closing session
at Madison Square Garden.
She was introduced to this vast assemblage by
Mr. Sankey and her singing produced the same
marked effect upon the audience Us it did at the
smaller meeting.
At the conclusion Of her hymn the great a,l-
dicnce gave her that silent vet beau ifully elo-
Quent expression OF it's approval, the Chautauqua
salute. There is no who has sung during
the entire convention who has made such
wonderful impression npon those who listened
~ was manifested by all who present ut
any OF the meetings mt which she sang.
THE LAST SERVICE
The very last service of the convention was
the conservation service, in which, as the roll
called, the various unions arose and recon-
secrated Themselves to the service OF God
The District delegation answered 20 the roll
call by reciting the first verse o! the twelfth
chapter of Romans and singing one verse of the
hymn "COnsecTate Me Now to Ihy Service