The farmers' union. (Memphis, Mo.) 1891-1895, 1894-07-19
WORKERS FOR CHRIST.
The Christian Enleavor Convention At
CieNelNnj-TwcntyT Thousand Present.

The Christian EnleaSOr Convention at
Cic~elSmi-Twcutv Thousand Present.
Notwithstanding the unce tain con-
Gition> of travel incident t. the great
, railroad strike. it Is estim tted that
10000 strangers attended the Chris
tlan F.ndeavor convention in Cleve-
! la ID, Ohio. Every one of this number
was ami Ju> to secure Il pla u within
the doors Il the Saenyerfcs Bal ding,
and long before 10 O'clock ON the open
Ing day every seat and every available
in # stan .iny-room in tho h III
| was Occup ed. Those who could not
get into the hall " re accOmmo dat ed
in "A mOnst T. tent in the eastern
part of the city, having seating
| ca!aCity for lo.NN. 1t was the great
| EST dc i.OnstratiOn ever male by tho
! Christian End aavorers and was u forci-
BILE evidcEc, of the growth not only Of
this organization but of the spirit Of
practical Christianity. The large per-
| centage of young people in the u adj
ence wa, especially noticeab q, the
great majority OF the gathering con-
sisting OF youths and maiiens just en-
tcring np,n the period of manhood
| aud womanhood. The decorations Of
the hall were expressive of the patriot
/ ism as we'll "a the faith of the audi
| notices being displayed IN great pro-
fusion. The address of welcome was
del we're by Govern or Mckinley. The
Governor was very cord ally received.
and his words were appiauded vigO.-
uusly
| In the absence OF Pre- ident Clark,
| who was unable to he there on account
of lines ,.cv. Charles f. Lickine (
Boston. presided over the princil al
! meeting at SacnScriest HALL. After
VOC al exercises by l..0) trained voices
and short addresses 10y prominent
members and leaders of the society,
| Secretary Ear cad his annual report
| The report sh rwed the SO let. t. he in
q very ilOnrishiny condition and with
| an ever increasing membership al
commanding officer" the Secretary
| said. finds that thi, host is not mere
wave of foam, youthful enthusia SIN. a
| part of it east upon the shores of Lake
Erie. On the contrary, il is an army
AS strong rs steel and a, flexible as
ribbon 1t is a GOd-given, God-pcO-
tected, GOd-advanccd army"
! The grrwtn of the society during
the la twelve months has been tho
largest since it was organized, thirteen
years ago. During that period 1855
companies have been added to tho
ranks, against 5,2,.G compan e> added
to the rolls during the previous year.
England has now ABB regularly en-
rolled conn anies, includin 50 in Scot
land and B in Ireland. or u total Of
80 ~ individual members. The gains
have been very heavy in India. Japan,
Turkey, China, France Spain Mexico.
and other foreign countries. The to-
tai individual membersh p OF the So
ciety in Canada at the present time is
lI.oSO. In all there are 2s,ta6 COM
/ panies enrolled in the United States,
and the total individual membership
throughout the world i over 1850, 900.
Thirty evangelical denominations arc
represented in the soc ETY.. the Pres ~
terians still leading. with &C., compa.
MES. The Congregatlonalists. the
Bapti IS. Dis ip,es, Methodists. and
Lutherans follow in the oric.. named.