The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1893-07-14

reason of the meeting of the directors
of the Worlds Columbian Exposition
at Chisago to-day. That meeting Is
for the purpose of deciding finally
whether or not the fair shall be kept open
on sunday, and the committee was desir-
Gus of getting its resolutions before it be-
fore that time. He said that the commit
tee desired that the resolution which il was
about to present should be teleeraphed TO
the directors by the president of the con-
vention as expressive of the conventions
voice in the matter. IL was as follows:
To the ! If, c tors Of the wor:d's Colupbian EXPO
sftiOn, Rand Do McNallys Building. Chicago.
We. the Baptist Young Peoples Union of
America, representing 900 Baptist young
people. hereby pledge ourselves that in the event
of the closing of the gates OF the fair on SUNDAYS
we will do ali in our power to make the fair the
greatest success possible.
The resolution was carried by q unani-
nous vote. and there was prolonged ap-
plause when 1t was read.
The Rev. Il. n. Glover. of Chicago, adj
vnnced to the front of the platform at the
conclusion of its readiDg, and stated that
he desired TO make n motion. He said that
he had just returned from the convention
of the Christian Endeavor Society, which
met in Montreal. at which place they were
harrassed in such an outrageous manner by
the Catholic element of the city, and that
he moved that the convention send TO the
Catholic Mayor of that city q telegram
which would show the conventions appreci-
alton of the uniform indness and fairness
with which he treated It's NAM guests.
When he had concluded some man out IN
the audience rose to his feet and seconded
the motion. lie had not gotten the words
out of his mouth before. from another part
OF the hall. there came a cry of No" The
Rev. GlOvers motion Was lost, and one that
the matter be referred to the committee OIL
resolutions was carried. There was an ev-
idence of feeling against the actions of the
citizens of Montreal which could not DO
overcome.
Mr.. GAMBRELL on ROMANISM.
The speakers OF the evening followed
after this. The first of them was the Rev.
J.. b. GambrelI. of Atlanta, Ga. Rev.
Gambrell had the appearance of q man
who. in his younger Days. was q typical
Southerner. He was tall aud thin, with
eyes which lacked none of their fire. al
though his hair and beard were grey, and
he spoke IN q quick. decided manner, as
though his CONVICTIONS were arrived at
quickly and supported with warmth. His
subject was The Movement and the Local
Church." He began by saying thai the
people of this day heard a great deal
about things other than the
church. and that q great many peo-
pie considered these things of more i'm
portance than the church. In fact, most
anything was better than the church TO
them. but. he said. the church OF your
home. whether it be In the city. in the VII
lsge or In the country. Is far above any
thing else which can be mentioned beside
il. lie SAID: 'You can never Improve on
the local BAPTIST Church. 1t has been fin
lshed oil and the ends tucked In. still. II
needs "a little more attention. Now. there
are many people who cannot be induced TO
come To a convention like this. 1 have
O great fOndness for u fool. (Ap-
| plause.) Sometimes u fool represents .