The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1895-07-12

Boston. July 11.-All Boston has
sounded with the enthusiasm of the great
army of Young Christians now within
her gates. The splendid welcome that
today was officially extended to the 81, 900
delegates to the grand Christian En-
deavor convention has gladdened their
hearts, and, tonight three magnificent di-
visions of the multitude praised God in
song and prayer. Even the immensely of
the enthusiasm that prevailed today at
the mammoth meetings in Mechanics
hail. and the two great tents, Williston
and Endeavor, was exceeded tonight by
more mammoth gatherings at the same
places.
Important and Interesting.
Every. address delivered this evening
was OF Importance and interest. At the
MecnanlcS building. Rev. Francis Clark.
u: p, or Boston, founder and president
of the society, delivered his annual adj
dress, The address was also read in
T. hid, of New York, and in Tent En-
deavor by Professor James Lewis Howe,
OF lexington. Ky. Thus it was heard
the Endeavorers Were 600 strong and in
Mechanics building were gathered 5000
more.
The story it contained was one of sue
cess that exceeded hope, and almost au-
dacious in their extent, and it evoked
the utmost enthusiasm, which was ex-
pressed in such hosannas as modern
Athens has never heard before.
The meeting in Tent Williston tonight
was perhaps the greatest of the three.
The addresses of Rev. II. Conwell drew a
great crowd; an address by Rev. Tunis
whose subject was Washington 49,
was very strong effort, while Mr.. W.
H. Pencil, of Washington, D. c., spoke
in Tent Endeavor on the same subject.
Endeavor VS.. Saloon.
Addresses by Dwight J.. Moody, at the
Mechanics building, and by John G.
lecturer, who spoke in Tent Endeavor on
1.-The Christian Endeavor VS.. the Saloon
We're also great attractions. The cho-
ruses, too, at the three meetings surpas-
sed all that has yet been attempted in
music since the meeting began. Eight
hundred singers were included in that at
Mechanics nall and each of the tents had
a quota of not less than 600
General Secretary John Willis Bear, Of
Boston, presided at Mechanics hall. Gen
eral Treasurer William Shaw, of Boston,
led the meeting IN Tent Williston and
Trustee Rev J. Y. Taylor, DID, of Cleve-
land, directed affairs in Tent Endeavor
The UNCONVENTIONAL rallies held this
afternoon in twenty-seven churches, halls
and tents were attended by thousands of
delegates belonging TO the twenty-seven
represented at the conVen-
ton. More than 1G0 clergymen and lay
iiiOh SPOhC dt tbt-SS Oil dlLllOSl DIS
many subjects. The principal rallies were
the Baptists at Tent Endeavor, Congrega-
tional at Tent Williston; Presbyterian at
Mechanics building: Disciples of Christ
at South End Tabernacle; Cumberland
Presbyterian at Union Congregational
church; Methodist Episcopal at Peoples
Iemple, REFORM Church or the United
States at First Presbyterian church, and
United Brethren at Park Street church.
These meetings were led respectively by
Rev H; V. yedder. Chester, Pa; Mr..
B. Stewart. D. D., Harrisburg, Pa; Rev.
Allan B. Philpot. D. D., Philadelphia;
Rev. W. II. Lewis, Meridian, Miss; Rev.
Wallace McAullen. Philadelphia; Rev.
Henry T. Spangler, d. D., Collegeville.
Pa, Rev. T. H. Shute, Dayton, o.
The trustees of the United Societies of
Christian Endeavor tonight decided upon
san Francisco as the place for holding
he convention in 1897.