Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1892-07-25
UNION MEETING
OF TIE YOUNG PEOPLES SOCIETIES OF
CHRISTIAN ENOEAVOR
At The Second Presbyterian Church-Addrssses
BY Mr. Tru1sll and Rev, Q, 4. Afford.
The State Convention.

A union meeting Of the Young Peo-
pies Societies Of Christian Endeavor, OF
this city, was held last evening at the
Second Presbyterian church. Notwith-
standing the storm and disagreeable
weather, there was a very good attend
ance. In the absence of President w.
c. Carney, of the Union, the vice presi-
dent, DIR. Alice Williams, presided.
The exercises were opened with
prayer, followed by excellent music by
the choir. The first speaker Of the
evening was Mr.. Remick TruXell, one OF
the delegates to the international Con-
vention in New York. He delivered a
brief address on 1.-THE Social Feature OF
the Great Convention" His remarks
we're listened to with close attention,
and the address was very interesting
throughout. After more music by the
choir, Rev. c. NJ. Afford, pastor Of the
Third Presbyterian Church, delivered
an address upon the Subject-"Efects
OF the New York international G. E.
Convention" Following is a synopsis
Of his remarks:
On returning from New York city,
Wheeling appeared to have been visited
by a cyclone which swept away the up
per stories Of the buildings. However,
we are not so congested here as in New
York. From my desk l picked up let
ter written by me in New York on the
second day Of the convention, in which
said, The c. Z. Convention Is feast
for the gods" and was not unduly ex-
cited either.
When the delegates from New York
went TO the international Convention at
Minneapolis last summer, to ask that
the convention of '92 be held in their
city, the people of Montreal objected,
stating that New York was too big to
moved by the convention, and suggested
that il be held in Montreal. But it did
20 to New York, and shook that mighty
metropolis from the Battery to Harlem
river. No convention, whether political,
industrial or religious, has ever exerted
an equal influence on New York.
1t was hard to get the railroads to
understand the greatness of the I'M
dertaking, but they woke up to
the magnitude of the movement
when they were completely blocked
at Albany. The hotel keepers did
not seem to grasp the situation.
One boastingly said, bring on your
delegates, we will take care Of them
all" When asked how many he could
accommodate, he replied $500. They
told him there would be twice that
many Thousand. Every hotel in the
city was crowded. Even the newspa-
per men did not realize what the COM
ing OF the International COnven-
tion OF G. Z. meant; and when they
were told that there would be
twenty thousand delegates present, they
gave the committee that bland silence
and sarcastic smile which means more
than words can express, and that they
might not ruin the committees reputa-
tion for veracity, they published that
ten thousand delegates would be pres
ent But their eyes were opened when
thirty thousand registered delegates
appeared on the scene, besides the many
thousands who simply took advantage
OF the cheap rates, The chief OF the
baggage department at the New York
Central depot said to me on the second
day OF the convention: 81 have seen
baggage before in large quantities, but
never such mass of 1t as is piled up in
our rooms to-day"
The Christian Endeavorers were
granted the freedom of the city; not
officially, but by common consent. The
merchants We'd with each other in get
ting ID advertisements directed to the
c. E. people. All places of interest in
and about the city were thrown wide
open. The boats, elevated and surface
cars, the Brooklyn bridge and public
thoroughfares day and night resounded
with Christian EndeavOr songs. The
mystical badges were everywhere pres
ent. That stoid indifference so general
in large cities was completely broken
up, almost every intelligent man and
woman knew of our presence and the
newsboy's cry was Papers, all about
the Christian Endeavor convention"
The convention assembled in Madison
SQUARE Garden, which covers an entire
block. 1t was a wonderful combination.
On the Madison avenue side was res
taurant, and a theatre, In which was
being played "Sin Bad" On the roof
was beer garden in full operation.
While in the great Amphitheatre was
seated the Christian Endeayor ConYen-
tion,-the antidOte. This greatest hall
OF the world is in the form OF an elfpse.
The ground floor is very large. Around
this, in two tiers, rising one above the
other, are the arena-seats; then three
rows OF boxes around the entire build
About Is, 900 people were in this hall at
every regular session. From the plat
form one Of the grandeSt audiences con-
fronted the speaker, and the Chautau-
qua salute, comprising $4,000 haudker-
chiefs in motion, made one think OF a
great snow-storm on a sea Of white-caps.
The convention impressed the world
With the fact that Endeavorers are a
happy set Of people. DR.. Burrell, in
the opening of his address, said: 81
am glad to see so many faces before me
that do not look as though they were
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