New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1895-07-11
1T is 4 MIGHTY HOST.
THE CHRISTIAN ENDEAVOR CONVENTION
IN BOSTON

NEARLY $4,000 MEMBERS or THE SOCIETY ~ At.
TENbNNcE-iloW THEY WERE RECEIVED
OPENING MEETING LAST NIGHT.
Boston. July lo.-Boston greeted the Christian
Endeavor army today with wealth OF crimson
and white decorations. which hung In every shape
from thousands of buildings and Wed with the
floral display in the public gardens The delegates
began to arrive sunday and 1900 had regis
tered up TO last night Since sunrise tbs morning
they have poured into the city by thousands on
special and regular trains and boats. This morn
ing lio00 moro registered. ana b. midnight there
nearly 5000 Endeavorers In town.
Each delegation met at pon; about one hun
dred miles from Boston by four city EndeaVorers.
Two each from the accommodation and reception
committees who greeted them on behalf OF the local
societies which were to entertain them. on their
arrival the delegates were met by white-cappcd
guides. who escorted them TO the electric or
led them the churches in which their head
quarters were There they were registered. fur
nshed with badges and assigned to suitable rooms
in neighboring houses.
The convention opened at 80 O clock this evening
with nineteen simultaneous meetings in Boston.
Cambridge and Somerville churches. Among the
most important that at Berkeley Temple. a.
which the Rev. Or. George r. Horn jr.. OF Boston.
presided. The subject OF the evening. The Re
ligous Press" discussed by the Rev. DR.. Will
lam Hayes Ward of NewYork. The Rev. DIR. A..
T.. Dunning, of Boston. followed speaking upon
THE Relation OF the Religious Press TO Christian
Endeavor.'
Jamaica Plain extended its greeting to the Enleav-
with IA grand union rally at the Jamaica Plain
Baptist Church The Rev. Or Elijah Horn Of
Worcester. delivered an address on "A Reason for
the Hope That Is in -" The Rev DR.. H. c. Far
rar OF Albany. made the principal address Of the
evening upon The Christian Endeavor Society as
Training School for Church Work
In the peOple's Temple a read the
Rev. J. Lester Wells. OF Jersey City. secretary OF
the International Committee on Christian Endeavor
Work among the Life Saving Stations. Lighthouses
and Lightships. and an address delivered by the
Rev. DR.. John Henry Barrows. OF Chicago
One of the most interesting meetings held in
the Shawmut Congregational Church. the headquss-
tiers Of the ohio delegates. Two original Christian
Endeavor stor!es written for the occasion read
by Mrs. Grace Livingston Hi. Of Germantown.
penn.. and the Rev. Dr. j; F. Conan of Pttsburg.
second Church Dorchester: Speakers. Miss Char
samuel Falows, Of Chicago. and the Rev. Or. W.
H. Mcmillan. of Allegheny. Penn.
Dudley Street Baptist Church: Speakers Mrs.
Emily Mclaughlin. OF Boston. and the Rev. Dr. r.
5 hamiin OF Washington.
John l.. Beck.ey Of New York. and Thomas r..
Murphy. of P.ttsburg
Malex Yonan, of Persia. and the Rev. Thomas j.
chaTlss'own Tlrs' RaP,is, Church sPsakeT1r,-
Way.ani Hoyt OF Minneapolis.
Pilgrim Congregational Church Cambridge
speakers,Canon J. r. Richardson Of London.
Franklin Street COngregG tonal church. Somer-
vile: speakers-The Rev. Or. J. A. Rondthaer. ~
dover. and Mrs. Elizabeth Campbell, OF Allegheny,
Penn.