The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1893-07-14
LAKE BREEZES.
The Christian Endeavorers Disappointed
Their Day Infringed Upon-Henry
Watterson, DR.. Crawford and
Other Noted People.
Thursday.

Thursday.
THE CHRISTIAN ENDEAvoRERs
had a short session yesterday afternoon
and had some excellent talent on the
ground to have made g success OF the
day said to have been set apart for them
had it been 80 set apart. The failure to
carry out the work Of special days OF the
assembly program 10 receiving more
severe criticism than any other we have
yet heard of. The setting apart OF
special days for cert, in purposes or or
CARNATIONS, and then crowding the
special workers Of that organization out
Of their opportunity to accomplish some
thing, is very annoying to say the least,
to those who have made the prepare
ton. 1t may be that something Of
greater attraction or glamour is crowded
IN for the present and thus please the
crowd, but the specialists who carry on
the great work OF progress ia their re-
spective lines, in methodical ways, are
apt to become wearied Of such treatment
and may in the future be hard to find
to carry out the great educational work
in the state which this Chautauqua is
intended to inaugurate or encourage.
The makers Of a Chautauqua program
should never lose sight of the fact that
its mission is education and. culture, and
that when its best workers In either its
summer schools or special lines are set
aside to crafty a popular clamor for
ear-tickling, the Chautauqua movement
| will stand on a bed OF sand.
THE SPEAKERS.
The program for Christian Endeavor
Day was ably filed out by Rev. e. L.
Dresser of Flandreau and Rev. Norton
of Dell Rapids presided at the short
hour allowed for the meeting. The first
speaker, Rev. Chas. r. Richardson, Of
Woonsocket made q stirring appeal al
luding to organization az the ~watchword
Of the hour and the century. God has
laid hold Of this tendency Of the age, has
lifted it up, ~sanctified it, and is using it.
The Sunday school, the Y. M. G. A., the
Salvation army, the w. 9. L. u. and
finally the greatest movement in the
history OF the church~-the Christian
Endeavor sociaty, possesses the life, the
power and love Of God. Rev. Colvin
French, OF Scotland, reasoned that truth
and principle nev changed; the rule Of
it's use might be. Community of
thought and feeling with Christ the
underlying principle Of Christian En-
deavor. When this absorbed the heart
it caused us to go and see others. Rev.
Mr.. Williams, OF Mitchell, then reviewed
the crises of history and argued that we
were now on the v Of another great
crisis and that the Christian Endeavor
would grasp the situation and solve the
enigma whatever it might be.
HENRY wATTERsoN,
the great journalist and statesman, held
forth to an immense audience at 2:3O.
Many were disappointed because he was
not an orator. In this they judged un-
wisely. Ir. Watterson has not made
his national reputation by oratory. He
spoke p sitively, plainly, deliberately.
The dullest could understand and all
will remember what he said better than
any lecture they have yet heard. This
is the secret Of the power eft such men as
Watterson and Talmage. He said a
nations sin was a nations danger, and
our danger lay in the relation of money
to the morals OF the people. People
were too apt in these days to fcrget how
rich lei made their money. But the
Golden Rule was the secret to human
happiness, and the craftsmanship which
would lift this m~amon-cursed nation up
the steep encline to pure government
must appeal to the moral character Of
the people
ROUND ABLE.
The Circle met in the tent with Rev.
| w. III. Jordan as leader. The time was
taken up IN test pronunciation OF words
from Greek history. This evening the
circle will unite with the class in the
American Institute OF Sacred Literature
under the leadership Of DR.. Parks; In a
study Of "What the business man, the
mother, the teacher, the Sunday school
worker, the pastor, can each do to pro-
mote systematic bible study" The
speakers will be Joseph Cook, Prof. w.
i. Crawford, DR.. III. e. Kratz, Rev. @. III.
French, Mrs. Alice A. Picker, r. N.
Kratz and Henry Neill.
LILLY RUNALS.
Before the opening of Mr.. Watterson's
lecture, Miss Runals sang Ninety and
Nine" with charming feeling and a
heart, encore wa responded to by Civ
ing the "Cows are in the Corn,"a pretty
echo ballad. In the evening she recited
the "Siege Of Lucknow" and in answer
l to an encore SANG 81 owes Sweet SONGS