The morning times., 1895-07-13
THREE GREAT MEETINGS.
Twenty-F'ive Thousand Attended a
McCnn ntcss' Hnn and the Tents.

TwentV-Five Thousand Attended at
Mechanics Hall and the Tents.
Boston, July. 2.-TEousands Of dele
gates to the Christian Endeavor Conven-
tion tonight attended three marvellous
gatherings in Mechanics Hall, and Tents
Eldeavor aud Wjiliston. Unwearied by the
feryor of the huge morning meetings in
these Centers, not tired by the earnest ef-
forts of the noon rallies in the open places
where cougregate che toilers of Boston,
aud unsatisficd with the enCoura cement
gained at the fifteen general committee
meetings this afternoon the Christians
| gathered, - coo strong, at big meetings
at the three great auditoriumS of Mechanics
| Hall, and Tents WlliSton and Endeavor.
| At Mechanics Hall the address of Rev.
/ A C Dixon, b D. Of Brooklyn, attracted
| thousands, while other thousands We're
| draw to Tent Wiliston by the announce
meut Of an address by Rev Henry Mont
! gomery of Belfast, one of the ecclesiastical
! triumvlrate Of European fame, Spurgeou,
! Brown aud Montgomery.
PennSylvauians were partial to Mechan-
| les building because Rev. j 7. MCCrory,
! d. D., of Pntsburg, widely and favOrably
| known throughout the Keystone State,
was one of the speakers. Among other
! good speakers at Tent Endeavor was
! Rev. Heildek, of HagerStown, Md, whose
subject was The Centralty of Christian
! Fellowship"
PARLIAMENT OF NATIONS.
At Tents Endeayor and Willston the
five-minute greetings OF Endeavorers from
the corners OF the earth, constituting that
part of the programme designated The
Parliament of Nations" were both en-
couraging and Instructive and at all three
! nf IN
a local union for best work in promoting
| local fellowship was a happy incident
| The other speakers at the meeting
| tonight were received with that warmth
that has uninterruptedIy been the spirit
! OF the convention, and especially does this
apply to the report Of the ''Senior moth
| ers," or parent society, which was given
at Mechanics building by Rev. H W.
Kinney, of Syracuse, n. Y. This is compar-
atively anew feature OF the Endeavor Society
| and its increase, as Indicated in the reports,
produced marked enthusiasm.
ATTUNED TO HARMONY.
At Mechanics building before O'Clock
tonight every available seat in the I'M.
mense hall was occupied with Christian
| Endeavorers, and even before Mu ic
/ Director Percy S Foster took his posi-
ton both audience and chorus began tC
sing the Christian EndeavOr songs which
are becoming familiar even to out
siders. The singing continued without
intermission for nearly three-quarters T
an hour.
Rev. Samuel McNaUgher, pastor of the
Reformed Presbyterian Church of Boston
| conducted the devotional exercises, which
consisted of the responsive reading of the
twent y-fourth P salm, prayer aud the
singing of EDdeavOr songs.
Before opening the regular programme
| President Clark, who presided, read pro
test which had been Sent to the convention
| directed againstthe singing Differentiation
al Songs TIE protest was dismissed with
a few sincere ard graceful remarks by
President Clark.
Mr. Yong Kai .of San Francisco, formerly
OF Sacramento, auda member of tncChinese
Society OF Christian Endeavor, was intro
duced. In few feeling remarks the
speaker urged chat efforts of Christian
EndeaTorers be EeXerted in the broad field
Of China to concert his countrymen. Rev
H. w Kinney, et Syracuse, and Rev A c
Dixon, D. D., atSo spoke.