St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1893-07-07
Hearty Speech of Welcome
From Montreal's Roman
Catholic Mayor.
Simultaneous Meetings Held
in a Large Hall and
Tent.
San Francisco Chosen as the
Place Of Meeting in
1894.

dozen of the largest city churches, but
it was not until 10 o'clock, when the
first meeting was held in the drill hall,
that Montreal had an opportunity of
fully approaching the great multitude
that had entered the city's gates within
the past twenty-four hours. The drill
hall is a vast structure-a reei-
ment can man9uvre with ease III its
spacious f1Oor-but it vas filled to over
flowing with delegates to the twelfth
annual convention. On the platform
were representative ~clergymen of all
the leading cities Of the continent. For
half an hour the vast multitude sang
gospel hymns with dash and vigor, and
then Rev. DR.. Clarke rose aud led the
audience in repeating the T~wenty-third
Psalm, after which Rev. F. b. Keene,
of the Protestant mission, Japan, Of
fered up prayer. Then there was an
other hymn; in fact, there was a hymn
sandwiched in between each number on
the program. Then Rev. j. A. Nc
killevray
Welcomed IN Convention
on behalf of the pastors of Montreal.
His address was short. After him came
Senator Des Jardins, the mayor of
Montreal, wearing his chain of Office.
He got a royal welcome from the con-
vention, and when, after prefacing his
remarks by a few words of welcome, he
said:
while l am a Roman Catholic my
self, and while Montreal is a Roman
Catholic city, that is, the greater por-
ton of her citizens profess that faith,
none will extend q heartier welcome
than we will"
The great crowd cheered the senator
almost into establishment.
ut is not a battle of creeds nova
days." continued the senator, ''but a
battle between belief and unbelief,"
and there was another great outburst Of
applause. When Mr.. Des Jardins sat
down President Clark called upon the
choir to sing God Save the Queen"
the audience Joining in and waving
handkerchiefs and American and Brit
ism flags. AS they flushed, Presi-
dent Clark then shouted My Coun-
try. Ills of Thee" and again
there was another great outburst of
applause which almost stunned the
Sparrows flying about under the lofty
roof. Secretary Bulge, of the Montreal
Y. NJ. e. A, welcomed the delegates OH
behalf of the young men of the city.
The third address Of welcome came
from A.A. Aver, of Montreal, chairman
of the 1898 committee.
Rev. DR.. S. p. Henson, of Chicago,
replied to the addresses of welcome.
Speaking of Mayor DesJardins' remarks
he said that he wished that Montreal
could
Lend Him to Chicago
for the next four mouths. They needed
him badly enough. That the fame of
Carter Harrison has spread over the
whole American continent was appar-
ent from the laughter and cheers which
came from every corner Of the hall. Dr..
Hensen's speech was witty and pat
riotic. The applause was deafen-
Dg when DR.. Henson finished. Just as he
was finishing the guns of the battery
on st. Helen's island, opposite the city,
began booming out a royal salute of
twenty-one guns. President Clark
drew attention to the fact that they
were booming for the wedding of the
sailor prince of England and Princess
May. He did not know that Prince
George and his bride knew of the nan
ner in which they were celebrating his
wedding day, but he thought that they
should in some way observe the event.
To do this he called upon Rev. Bishop
Arnett, of Vicksburg, Miss, of the Afri-
can Methodist Episcopal church, to
offer up prayer, which the bishop
did, the audience then Joining i'll sing
ing impressively praise God from
whom all blessings tlow." The bene-
diction was then pronounced. The fol-
lowing committees were appointed:
The Committees.
Resolutions-Rev. Il. B. Grose, Chi
cago; G. l.. Stevens, Ypsilanti, Mich;
Rev. NJ. Rhodes, st. Louis; Rev. d. j.
Burreli. New York; II. j. Colville, To
ronto; Rev. p. S. Henson, Chicago;
Rev. f. NJ. Gardner, East Boston, Mass.
Business : Secretary, John Willis
Baer, Boston; f. V. Watt, San Fran
cisco; J. Newman Hall, Belfast, Ire
land: F. A. Curtis, Orlando, Fla; Miss
II. Cllapman,s Montreal: Charles A.
Mills, Springfield, lii.
Registration-W. r. Grafton, Mont
real; Miss Jennette Prints, Spencer,
Mass; William Palmer, Buffalo. N. Y;
Richard Foss, Portland, Me-: W. Ii.
McLaiu. st. Louis; Rev. George Brown,
Montgomery. Ala; w. Il. Newell,
Huntington, Ind.
1t was tent against drill hall at the
Christian Endeavor convention this aft
ernoon, or at least that was the way it
II a. lOOil
sessions in both places began with
music and song. The drill hall was
rather better attended; but both places
were well filled. soul Winning" was
the subject
In the Tent,
and 1.-The Junior Christian Endeavor
| Society, Its Past, Its Present
and Its Future engaged the at
tention of those i'll the drill
hall. In the latter place Mrs. Alice
May Scudder, of Jersey City, presided,
and introduced Rev. j. w. Cowan, of
Tabor, To-, whose address was entitled
The First Junior Society. its Original
Growth"
Then the roll call came, conducted by
Miss K. H. Haus, of ST. Louis, each
state representative i'll the convention
stepping forward TO Miss Haus' clear
spoken call. Connecticut's representa-
tive stepped forward at the call for the
wooden Nutmeg state: let its report
TeSentative was not present at the
cali and did not respond for the estate
of New York. which thinks its border
| encloses the whole world" Little
Rbody, bless her heart" zane forward
in the person of a diminutive young
lady with a weak voice, who looked
abashed at the applause accorded her.
Miss HauS had something witty to say
for each state and interspersed
speeches, one of which called upon the
people to go home and go to
Work for the Children.
Chicago's fair would not be open on
| Sunday, she thought, if the children
had been brought up right. The roll
call was followed by the address, 1.-THE
Possibilities of the Junior Society,"" by
Rev. Wayland Hoyt. of Minneapolis.
1t was nearly 5 o'clock when 'tJunior
Christian Endeavor in Foreign LaUds,"
an address by Mrs. Francis Z. Clarke,