Warren sheaf. [volume] (Warren, Marshall County, Minn.) 1880-current, 1895-07-18

there Thursday Before 9 o'clock
throng crowded the steps at the en-
trance Of Mechanics hall sing.
ing endeavor songs while they
waited admission On the Com
mon the scene was duplicated
outside the tents. AS on Thursday
hundreds were unable to secure admit
lance at the hall and later repaired to /
the tents. The sessions Friday fore
noon partook more of business char
acter than their predecessors, interest,"
ing reports of the informa ton commits
tees and reports from the denomina-
tional meetings taking up an hour. Of
the meetings in the tents.
Features of the sessions were the
presentation 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,
to England's representatives; of the
state banner for the greatest absolute
gain in the number of societies, by
Rev. F. E. E. Hamilton, of Newton
vile, Mass, in tent Williston, and of
the Junior state banners for the great
est proportionate and greatest actual
gain in the number of societies, by
Rev. ]. F. Cowan, D. d., of Pittsburgh,
Pa. in tent Endeavor.
In the afternoon the committee work
! uuo h1 tho n,
teen churches. Evening praise and
prayer services were held at the hall
and two tents, and these three audi
! forums crowded in upward OF
!! SO 900 delegates, and so great
was the crush that fully 10000
were turned away to hold open
air overflow meetings. Following the
half-hour prayer some Of the ablest
orators were heard, and encouraging
reports were made of the Christian En-
deavor movement in nearly every coun.
try under the sun, many of the speak
ers appearing in the costumes Of tho
people they represented.
For Worldwide Movement.
In the afternoon 1000 of the most
prominent delegates met in the Audi.
torium to consider the formation OF
Worlds Endeavor society. The gen.
eral sentiment was favorable to
the plan, and it was voted to
temporarily organize and to ap-
point a committee of five to formulate
plans Of organization and report at
Washington next year. The name de-
cided on was the Worlds Christian En-
deavor union, it's officers to be repre-.
sentatives of the unions of each ma.
ton. Temporary organization was eff
fected by the election of DR.. Francis
E. Clark, president; John Willis Baer,
secretary, and William Shaw, secre.
tary
Moody on the Importance Of Prayer.
Three thousand persons packed old
Faneuil hall in the forenoon to hear
Moody, and after prayers at the be-
| ginning of the service Mr.. Moody spoke
with great vigor and force. The first
part of his address was on the impor.
tance Of prayer in successful Christian
work and the impossibility of Gods
blessing without it.
Down on the '.T' wharf the rally
was opened with the hymn Throw
Out the Life Line" and it was chorused
by both dealers and fishermen. Then
| followed an address and words Of
prayer by Frank A. Waterman.
/ One of the prayer meetings was held
in the reception room OF Jordan, Marsh
g. Co.'S big dry goods store. 1t was a
unique meeting, lasting forty minutes.
Here the Philadelphians held forth,
! Rev. A. NJ. Vlven leading.
Down in the pit of the chamber OF
commerce, surrounded by 200 bulls and
bears, Rev. Arthur Little led band OF
800 Endeavorers, who sung, prayed and
! spoke.
/ The Fourth Day.
I BOSTON, July 16. - SATURDAY., the
fn,,-4h ~ 49, <r.,at Christian E,,leavnr
conference, was designated as "interna.
tlonal citizenship day." At all the meet.
ings of the forenoon the reports, ad.
dresses, presentations and songs
trended toward the subject, and lead.
ing speakers of the day were men
whose fame was the result of their
efforts for municipal and state reform.
At Mechanics hall Bishop Alexan.
der Walters, d. D., of Jersey City,
spoke Interestingly of the responsible.
! ity of the Afro-Americanr race in Ameri.
can citizenship, and Congressman
Elijah. Morse, of Massachusetts,
aroused great enthusiasm by strong
speech on citizenship.
In the Big Tents.
When Trustee Rev. j. M. Lawden, OF
Boston, called to order the meeting in
Tent Endeavor there were probably
5000 people present. The usual praise
and prayer service of twenty minutes
was led by z. s. Foster, of Washing
ton, Rev. Walter 4. Brooks, of Boston,
leading in prayer.
DIR. Clarke announced that he had
prepared a new series of ten com.
mandments relating to Christian cit
izenship, which he then read
When Father Endeavor' Clark
opened the meeting in Tent Williston
at $3.50 o'clock, he was greeted with APP.
plause lasting several minutes Presi.
dent Clark then appointed Rev. Will
liam Patterson, of Ireland, as officer OF
the day. After brief prayer and
praise service an interesting series of
six minute reports entitled Voices
from North America" began.
State Receptions.
Saturday evening was devoted to
state receptions, which were held at
the respective headquarters, with the
exception of those Of Massachusetts
and Pennsylvania.
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the Christian Endeavor conventions
were held Sunday, but:the Endeavorers
crowded the city churches, where
many distinguished clergymen from