The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1893-07-07
CHRISTIAN ENDEAyOR.
The Convention Occupied With a Wei
come Address and Response.


come Address and Response.
MONTREAL, July 6.-The Christian En-
deavor convention got down to business
today. In the early morning. prayer
meetings were held in half dozen of the
largest churches, but it was not until 10
O'Clock that the first meeting was held.
After song and prayer Rev. A. McKill-
wary welcomed the convention on behalf
OF tie pastors of Montreal, after him
came Senator Des Jardins, mayor of
Montreal. who welcomed the convention
on behalf of the city. When he sat down
President Clark called for s'God Save the
Queen,' the audience joined in and wav-
ing handkerchiefs and the American and
British flags. As they finished President
Clark shouted my Country 'Tis for
Thee and again there was another great
out burst of applause.
| Secretary Bulge of the Montreal Y M {.
| G. A., welcomed the delegates on behalf
OF the young men of the city. A. A. Aver
of Montreal, chairman of the 1898 COM
m1stee, then spoke words of welcome,
and Rev. DR.. S. p. Henson of Chicago,
replied to the address of welcome. Just
as he was finishing, guns of the battery
on st. Helen's Island, opposite the ely.
| began booming out royal salute OF q
guns in honor OF the wedding of the
sailor prince of England and Princess
May. President Clark thought the con-
vention should ! a some way observe the
event, and called upon Rev. Bishop
Arnett of Vicksburg, Miss, to offer up
prayer, which the bishop did. The
audience then joined in singing impress
| sively "Praise God from whom all bless
ings flow and the benediction YVES then
pronounced. After the appointment o.
committees recess was taken.
| simultaneously afternoon sessions hello
| in two places began with music and song
"Soul Winning was the subject in the
tent and the "Junior Christian Society
of the past, present and future" engaged
the attention of those in the drill hall
In the latter place Rev. j w. Cowan, o.
Tabor, Ia, gave an address on ''The First
Junior Society, Its Origin and Growth
Then came the roll call which was fol
| lowed by an address, 1.-THE Possibilitie:
of the Junior Society," by Rev. Waylano
Hoyt, of Minneapolis; sJunior Christian
Endeavor in Foreign Lands,'' an addres!
by Mrs. Francis B. Clarke, brought TIT
meeting in the Drill hall to close
In The tent an address son Specia
| Work for Young Menu was spoken by
Rufus Miller of HummelstoWn, Pa
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subject on which more than a dozer
young ladies and gentlemen spoke, al
on the same lines laid down by Mr.. Mil
Ter. 'sEvangelistic Methods in Church
Work' by Rev. F. D. Power of Wash
ington, D. c., ended the speeches for tn
afternoon and the meeting was brough
to close by a series of answers to ques
ton, "What Evangelistic Work IS You
Society Doing?'
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the society sat in session behind close
doors tonight. Secretary Baer announce
that the membership OF the board C
trustees was increased by three. The,
were Rev. Canon Richardson OF London
Ont, rep resenting the Church of Eng
land in Canada. Rev. j. M. Lowden c
Rsoston' representing the Free Baptists {
New England; Mr. George Lewis Howe c
Louisville, KY, representing the south
ern Presbyterians.
The trustees also decided upon a meet
ing place for 1895, and the announcement
) that San Francisco was the lucky city wa
made in the drill hall Immediately ate
the convention assembled at 1880 p. m.
At the opening of the evening meetin
: President Clarke spoke, reviewing tn
work of the society and depicting graphic
} ally the various stages and many bene
, tits to the young.
secretary baef u0Ab TedQ his annual re
port to the delegates. The official enroll
ment showed that New York was first
: with 1883 societies Pennsylvan
second, with 2,628; Illinois third
with 1872. In all nearly
) thousand societies in foreign lands max
ing a grand total enrolment for th
world OF 1924 local societies with
: membership of 1 SIT ,040. The net gal
e of the past year societies were the large.
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The badge banner for the greatest pre-
portionate increase went to New Mexico
The prize banner was awarded to Pennsy
vania. Four hundred and forty or
junior societies in Illinois entitled the
to the retention OF the junior societ
banner for another year. The meetin
, then adjourned.