Connecticut western news., 1895-08-08
REPLIES FROM BOSTON.

held in the M. E. church at Canaan on Sunday evening, July 2Sth, the Rev B. Seeholzer, who was one of the delegates to the international Christian Endeayor convention at Boston, presented his re- port. It was very interesting report, nevertheless it was necessarily only a few nipples from that tidal wave of Christian enthusiasm and unity which centered at Boston and formed the greatest religious event the world has ever seen. The following is brief and imperfect outline of the meeting at Ca naan, and Rev Seeholzer's report.
 The Canaan meeting began with singing Hymn 563 Onward Christian Soldiers" Prayer by the Rev Seehol- Fer. MT Arthur Goodrich, of New Britain, sang the solo of the hymn ''There is Sunshine in my Soul To-day" The choir aud congregation joined in the chorus Scripture reading from St. John XIV. Then all sang Hymn 593 'Am I Soldier of the Cross?" Rev Seeholzer then read his report, which was a brief sketch of the work of the convention, not even ex- hausting the feast of one day. He stated that through the generosity of the local c. E society he was enabled to attend the international convention, and he sincerely thanked the members present for the feast they had given him. He said, however, ''it was week of intense application. attending var ious meetings and taking notes during that time. He said Boston's welcome was universal and was unbounded There were ten to thirteen coaches, fill ed with endeavorers, ol the train by which he went from Hartford via. Springfield to Boston. The West Yir- ginia delegation was aboard and fre- quently sang, and all others joined in the songs or chorus. Hespoke of the committe of welcome, that noble heart ed committee of thirteen, Jed by Samuel B. Capen, who went out in all directions from Boston to meet incoming trains. Some members of the committee met the train at Springfield, went through the cars, shook hands with the endeav- orers and welcomed them to Boston. He described the elaborate decorations at Springfield and at other places on the route. Boston was literally cover | ed with decorations and the O. E. flag was everywhere displayed exception the saloons. One saloon keeper in Boston attempted to insult public sentiment, and wound the feelings of the visitors, by displaying in the window of his sa- loon 0. E flag. The police were powerless to legally remove the flag, and it remained there in spite of ofprotest un- til one sagacious policeman earnestly advised the saloon keeper to take down that flag for the insult would not be | forgotten and that license would not be granted him another year. That ar- gument prevailed. It touched the pocket of the saloon keeper, and down came the flag. In this connection it is proper to state that the endeavorers were such good citizens that among 5000 or mere delegates coming from all parts of the world there was not ono arrest for any offense whatever.
 Mir Seeholzer stated that Boston did all it could The enthusiasm of the convention was simply indescribable. He said ''The Christian Eudeavor so- ciety stands for the highest citizenship in any land" He then described the nationality of the delegates. He said the endeavorers sang on the street cars, sang on the street corners; and sang on Boston Common, the most free Com mon on earth. He said "you can freeze people out of church, and you can melt them into it." He then described the feast of one dsy-the meetings held that day--and he read selections from a number of the speeches, quoting Mir Capen as saying "We put the Cross of Christ above all" The greatest stress by hundreds of speakers was laid upon spirituality. He described the cordial welcome given by Gov. Greenhslge who addressed Dr Clark as "My Brother" and the assembly as "Breth- ren." Rev Seeholzer then quoted from a number of speakers, and afterward remarked that "the singing was some thing marvellous.
 In describing the evening session of the first day of the convention. MT See- holzer quoted from the speech made by John G Wooley, of Chicago.
 In commenting upon the convention as whole, Mir Seeholzer thought there was lack of deep spirituality. He re- ported other meetings. especially the Sunday morning meeting. Iu closing he said ''The memory of this conyen- ton will go with me to my grave"
 After singing Hymn 572 "One more days work for Jesus" the benediction | ,ro.