The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1895-07-18
ACTIVE CHRISTIANS
ENDEAvOR DELEGATES HOLD MANY
MEETINGS.

Apparently Unwearying in Their Fervor.
Twenty-Five Thousand Persons Attended
Evening Exercises in Tents and Hall.
Features of the Sessions.
BosToN, July 13-Thousands of del
egates to the Christian Endeavor con-
vention attended evening mass meet
ings in Mechanics hall and in tents
Endeavor and Williston. Unwearied
by the fervor of the huge morning
meetings in these centers; not tired by
the earnest noon rallies in different
places where congregate the toilers OF
Boston, and unsatisfied by the encour-
agement gained at the Is general COM
mittee meetings in the afternoon, the
Christians gathered $4,000 strong at
the big meetings at the three great
auditoriums OF Mechanics hall and
tents Endeavor and Williston.
At Mechanics hall the address OF
Rev. A. C. Dixon, D. D., of Brooklyn.
attracted thousands, while other thou
sands were drawn to tent Williston by
the announcement of an address by
Rev. Henry Montgomery
of Belfast, one of the ecclesiastical
triumvurate Of European fame, Spur
geon, Brown and Montgomery. Penn
sylvanians were partial to the Mechan-
les building because Rev. ). T. Nc
Creery, D. D., OF Pittsburg, widely and
favorably known throughout the Key
stone state, was one of the speakers.
Among other good speakers at tent
Endeavor was Rev. He'll Delk of Ha-
gerstown, Md, whose subject was
"Centrality of Christian Fellowship.
At tents Endeavor and Williston,
the 5-minute greetings Of Endeavorers
from the four corners of the earth, con-
shutting that part OF the programme
designated "The Parliament OF Ma
tions," were both encouraging and in
structive, and at all three meetings the
presentation of a banner to local
union for best work in promoting local
fellowship was happy incident.
The Morning Sessions.
The morning sessions of the conven-
ton in tents Williston and Endeavor,
and in Mechanics hall, were attended
by the same great hosts that were there
in the evening. Before O'Clock a
throng crowded the steps at the en-
trance to Mechanics hall, singing En-
deavor songs while they awaited admis-
sion. On the common the scene was
duplicated outside the tents. Hundreds
were unable to secure admlttance to
the hail, and later repaired to the tents.
The sessions partook more OF business
character than their predecessors. inter-
esting reports of the information COM
mittees and reports from the denomina-
tional meetings taking up an hour OF
the meetings i'll the tents.
Features of the session were the pre-
sentation of the state banner for the
greatest proportionate increase IN the
number of local societies, made by Rev.
Wayland Hoyt, D. D., Of Minneapolis
in Mechanics building; of the state ban
ner for the greatest absolute gain In
new assemblies, by Rev. w. E. Ham
ilton of Newton Mass, in Tent Willis
ton, and of the Junior state banners for
the greatest proportionate and actual
gain in number of societies. by Rev. >.
+. Cowan, D. D., OF Pittsburg i'll Tent
Endeavor.
At a meeting of the trustees San
Francisco was selected as the meeting
place Of the convention in 1897.
The report of Secretary Baer shows
a gain of 1850 societies for the year,
the largest increase for any consecu.
tive ~ months during the IA years OF
the body's existence. The total num-
Der of societies is 4I,229, including
2,645 in the United Kingdom, Aus
.ralia 1909, Africa 80, China 81,
France 81, India LIT, Japan 50. NADIA
gascar 90, Mexico 20, Turkey 80, West
India Islands 50, and so on until every
country is represented save fve-ltaly,
Russia, Iceland, Sweden and Greece.
Tbs total membership is 2, 473, $40.