The daily morning journal and courier., 1895-11-15
THE CONVENTION CLOSED

Continued from First Page) small portable organ which he uses in his work, and sang. Mrs. Clark of Pa ciffc Garden mission, Chicago, called for prayers for newspaper men.
 Rev F. A. M. Brown made short ap- propriate remarks on the convention and it's work, and the following mem- bers of the local executive committee spoke briefly: MT. Downs, MT. Tucker, MT. Belden, and Dr. Whitney, Rev. MT. Lamb Mrs. Macdonald, Rev. E. A. Reed also spoke. The closing remarks were made by Rev. John c. Collins, and Assistant Secretary Rev. MT. Pope, while the very last speaker of the con- vention was MT. Torrey, the president, after whose prayer and benediction the ninth annual convention of Christian Workers of United States and Canada closed.
 THE MORNING SESSTON-A BIG FIX
 CITEMENT
 Yesterday, the eighth and closing day of the Christian Workers convention, was marked by several episodes of a striking nature, the most remarkable of which were the utterances of Mrs. Po- teat in reference to Yale, which created a big sensation. A large majority of the delegates remained until the close of the convention. Yesterday Indus trial Institutions" were considered and the Tuskegee Normal school, of which Booker T. Washington, the brilliant colOred worker, whose address at the Atlanta exposition brought him into universal prominence, is at the head, and the Christian Industrial Institute at Springfield, Mass, were treated at length on the days program. There was also a paper by Henry O'Brien of Toronto on industrial and hospital work in that vicinity. There were over two hundred delegates in attendance at the morning session.
 There was deep religious interest manifested in the concluding devotion al services held at the sessions of the day, the services at the opening of the morning meeting being heightened to three-quarters of an hour, the meeting led by Rev. R. A. Torrey of Chicago the retiring presiding officer of the con- vention, for a baptism of the Holy Ghost OtlliS NCly pOWtIIul eiHu 1eSuliluS III ft renewed consecration of the delegates to the work for which they are giving up their resources their strength and their lives. Rev. F. M. Lamb conduct ed the morning devotional service, at which about two houndred of the dele gates were present. Many prayers were offered for Christ's blessing on he association, the delegates, the city of New Haven, the church and Yale uni versity
 The devotional exercises began by the singing of hymns 69 and 72, led by MT. Lamb and assisted by many of the del- egates. The singing was followed by prayer. In asking for prayers Rev MT. Lamb said that some one had told him that the convention had not reached the climax expected; had not attained the height as regards testimony and grace that many had looked for. He asked that prayers be offered for the conven- tion that the defects, if any, might be remedied.
 After these prayers had been offered along this line the delegates sang 'I Need Thee Every Hour"
 Then a lady offered prayer for the people of this city "who hunger for the spirit of the Holy Ghost"
 Jacob Davis of Marshfield Hill. Mass, prayed for those residents of New Ha- ven ''who are slaves to drunkenness, gambling and other vices"
 Rev. Thomas Bone of St Catharines. Canada, offered a prayer in which he said: q am going fishing this morning, O Lord, for souls. I will hold a gospel meeting this morning, and be with me, o Lord, that my success may be great"
 The next feature of the devotional ex- ercises took the form of repea ting vers- es from the scriptures. Nearly every delegate present, male and female. uuo- ted from memory at least one verse and then the entire assemblage repeated in unison the 23d Psalm. After this Rev. MT Lamb addressed the delegates. say ing that the disappointments. and an- noyances that the convention had sui