The enterprise. [volume] (Wellington, Ohio) 188?-1899, 1894-07-18

nounced that all legitimate expenses oi
the convention had been met and a
balance of $1,000 would be turned over
to the united society to assist in pay.
ing the expense of speakers, etc.
CLEVELAND, o., July 16.-The thir'
teenth annual convention of the Socic-
ty for Christian Endeavor closed last
night in II wave of Christian enthu-
siasm, 1t has been the greatest convcn-
tion ever held by the society, both in
point of numbers and the interest man
ifested in its meetings. The total reg
istration reached 10000, of whom 1s, 700
came from points outside of Ohio. The
total registration at the Montreal con-
vention of year ago was 16,5Oo. As
one of the speakers said Sunday after
noon, the Cleveland convention has
been Pandora's box of surprises.
The closing day Of the convention be-
gan with very large attendance at the
early morning prayer meetings The
forenoon was spent by the delegates in
attendance at the city churches. Many
of the pulpits were supplied by visiting
ministers. In the afternoon the hall
and tent were filed long before the
time for beginning the services and
thousands were unable to gain en-
trance.
The Society of Christian Endeavor
took up another gigantic enterprise
Saturday This last project is nothing
less than the enlistment of the entire
society with some of the great denomi-
national missionary boards in wide
reaching and thorough campaign to
arouse the missionary spirit among all
Christians. 1t is missionary extern
sion movement, similar to the plan of
the well-known university extension
movement. This was decided upon at
a conference of the trustees Of the So
ciety and representatives of the mis-
sionary boards, held on steam yacht
on the lake.
Three more sessionsof the Christian
Endeavor convention were held Satur-
day, the overhowing attendance and
the eagerness and remarkable enthusi-
asm which characterize the great meet
ing, continuing unabated. The two
morning sessions were lively, interest
ing and valuable, and the afternoon
meeting, the junior rally, was an i'm
mense success. In the evening the
delegates rallied by states, ut the state
headquarters, received their new-found
Cleveland friends, and talked over the
work which directly concerns them.
All in all, the third day of the conven-
tion stands out as prominently as the
two which preceded 1t.
The prayer and praise service began
at $3.50 o'clock, j. &. Warren, of this
city, leading the singing. The Park
sisters, cornetists, were on hand and
participated in the music, and the
Christian Endeavor male quartet en-
tertained the audience.
Rev. c. A. Dickinson presided over
the regular session. He introduced
Rev. Cornelius Brett, d. D., of Jersey
City, N. j., who conducted the open
parliament on The Junior Society"
AS DIR. Brett arose he was greeted with
a lusty New Jersey yell by the delega-
tion from that state, seated en- masse
in the gallery.
"We have only half an hour TO dis
cuss this important subject" said DR..
Brett "Some people wish that our ma
tional congress would get through its
discussions in half an hour. Here IL
has been struggling along all winter
and summer, while we, on the first day
Of this convention, passed the Mckinley
bill through this hall, tent and a
church in an hour. Gov Mckinley
spoke of character building as one of
the strongest points of the Christian
Endeavor organization. The time TO
begin this character building is in early
life-with Junior Christian Endeavor
societies. Now we will discuss the
junior societies under two divisions and
each speech will be limited to one min
ute. The first subject is: "What Has
Junior Endeavor Done for the Chill
dren?" Let us hear from anyone"
Speakers sprang TO their feet in rapid
succession and and some Of the points
made are here given:
In Minnesota we are more enthusias-
tic in regard TO juniors than seniors.
Juniors who graduate TO seniors at the
age Of fourteen make the best seniors.
In Toronto we send the names Of our
juniors TO school teachers, who, when
the boys and girls do wrong, con-
front them with the pledge they have
taken.
Juniors are the only ones who get to
our church on time.
The junior society has taught chill
dren that the church is not dry nurse.
Under the second subject, What
has Junior Endeavor, through the chill
dren, done for the church?n answers
came as follows:
The children pay regular contribu-
tions for church purposes.
In our church they attend morning
service in body.
They bring out their mothers and
fathers.
When the leader is not present they
conduct service alone, reading scrip
ture, praying, singing and playing the
organ.
They have made II evident that boy
can be a good boy.
Dr. Brett asked all pastors who be-
lieved in junior societies to rise, and 1t
did not take them long to get on their
feet.
In closing the parliament DR.. Brett
put the following resolution to a vote:
Resolved That we recommend to
every senior society that It organize n
junior society by its side" This was
unanimously adopted.