The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1893-07-13
BIG ENDEAVOR MEETINGS.
A MAMMOTH DRILL HALL
Unable 90 Accommodate the Crowd
Growth ofthc Great Christian
Society.

The Christian Endeavor Societies OF the
U. s. met in general convention at Montreal
Canada, on Thursday.
Addresses of welcome were made TO the
! delegates by Rev. j. Macgillivary, General
Secretary Bulge and A. A. Aver. Rev. DR..
5. p. Henson OF Chicago replied.
At 10 clock the delegates were welcom.
ed 10 the city by representatives OF Mont
reals religious life. At 9 80 there had been
bSstyer meetings in half a dozen of the larg.
es, city churches. but it was not until lC
O'Clock. when the first meeting was held in
Drill Hall, that Montreal had an opportuni
ty OF fully approaching the great multitude
that had entered the city gates within the
past 81 hours, The Drill Hall is a vast
structuie-a regiment can msneuver with
ease on its spacious huor--but it was filled
to overiiowing with delegates On the plat,
form were representative clergymen Of all
the leading cities Of the continent
For quarter OF an hour the multitude
sang gospel hymns with dash and spirit, and
then Rev. DR.. Clarke. the father of the
movement, led the audience in repeating
the Twenty third Psalm after which RevF.
b. Keene, Of the Protestant Mission, Japan
offered prayer,
Senator Dcs Iardins. the mavor Of Mon.
treal, wearing his chain of office. was pre-.
sented and got warm welcome from the
| convention, After prefacinr his remarks
by few words of welcome, he said:
While am Roman Catholic myself and Will,
Montreal Is Roman Catholic cit, IN that the great
none viii extend hearti Welcome than we viii
! The great crowd cheered the Senator al.
most into astonishment. 1T Is not battle
/ OF creeds nowadays continued the Sena.
/ tor. hut battle between belief and un.
belief and there was another great out
burst OF applause
When Mr. Des Jardines sat down Presi-
| dent Carr cal ed upon the choir TO sing God
Save the Queen. the audience joining in
and waving their handkerchieis and Ameri.
can and British flag. As trey finished
President Clark shouted my Country 'Tis
I of Thee and again there was another out
| burst OF applause,
TuE soCITTY's GROWTH.
| At the evening meeting General Sec
| retary John Willis Raer read his report.
| riding the growth Of the society, he
said:
lew York still leads with ., ,sS5 societies.
| Pennsylvania is good secOnd with 262s,
| Illinois third with 1922 Ohio fourth with
| l,7G6 and Iowa fifth with l.lsG. Massachu.
| setts and Indiana are not iar behind. how
| ever. In Ca'iada We find l.SS2 societies.
Ontario leads with 1912 societies. Nova
| Scotia has 800. Quebec l35, Manitoba "a and
| New BRUNSWICK ~, and so nn through the
| Dominion. The growth in the South has
been enormous. Maryland. Tennessee and
| Texas each have over 200 societies and
Georgia, Florida. West Virginia and Arkan.
sas each have over 100. Virginia and South
Carolina are not very far behind.
| "it we think our growth has been re-
markable, what can we say oft history ol
the movement in England, with over GOO
societies. Australia over 52i. india Il. Turkey
| poor and per ecuted, still has a. New Zea.
land 80 Japan 40, Scotland 80. Mexico -.
West Indies 10, Africa -, China II, Ireland
| TO- France 9. Ssmo .. Sandwich Islands q,
Bermuda 3, Brazil 2, Persia =. and Chill, Co
Jumbo. Norway and Spain each !, in all
| nearly 600 societies IN foreign lands, max
Ing grand total enrolment for the world
OF Ri. 2S4 local societies. with membership
| Of 577. go.
"The net gain in local societies is the
| larrest ever made in the history of the
movement More societies hu,e been or
phniZed since our New York convention
Than we're orgsnlzed during seven years of
the society's early history. The banner for
The greatest proporIiona,e increase during
| the wear goes 10 New Mexico. The greatest
absolute increase was In Pennsylvania, be.
ing gain Of % societies
Rev Francis +. Clarke president of the
United Societies, delivered his annual ad
| dress reviewing the years work. He closed
with predicting the eventual universal
brotherhood in Christ.
| While the meetings were in progress in
the Drll Hall. overflow meetings were htld
in big tent. San Francisco was chosen M
the meeting place next year