The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1895-07-12
MEET ON THE COMMON.
Boston Grants an Unusual
Concession to the City'S
Guests.
RAPID GROWTH OF THE ORDER
General Secretary Baer's Report
Shows a Total Membership of
2,473, 40.

| BOSTON, MASS, July 1l.-Ihree mon
ster meetings. each attended by not less
than 10000 people, marked the formal
opening this morning of the great Chris
tan Endeavor convention, and the largest,
most enthusiastic, most widely representa-
tive gathering of Christian young people
was inaugurated with vim and vigor
that leave no doubt regarding the success
of this nineteenth century crusade.
The three simultaneous meetings were
| called together shortly before 10 o'clock in
| the Mechanics building, Tent Williston
and Tent Endeavor, the two latter struc-
| lures being located on the famous Boston
Common, an unprecedented concession on
| the part OF the city government. Governor
Frederick T. Greenhalge welcomed the au-
dience in the Mechanics building on be-
half of the State, and Rev. A. H. Plumb
greeted the visitors on behalf of the local
pastors. In Tent Williston these functions
were performed by Mayor Edward U. Cur
| It's of this city and Rev. A. S. Gumbert,
and in Tent Endeavor by Lieutenant-Gov-
ernor Roger Wolcott and Rev M. D. Knee
land. Responses on behalf of the society
were made by Rev. E. r. Ollie of San Fran
cisco and Rev. John Henry Barrows. The
annual report of Grand Secretary John
Willis Baer was presented at each OF the
three meetings.
Twenty-four denominational rallies were
held this afternoon in as many churches,
the leaders being prominent members of
the different denominations. The follow
ing is the list: African Methodist, led by
Rev. r. Haywood Stitt of Philadelphia;
Baptist, Rev. H. c. Vedder, Chester, Pa;
Canadian Presbyterian, Rev. w. R. Cruik-
shank, Montreal; Church of God, ]. w.
Mackey, Harrisburg, Pa; Congregational,
W. II. Strong, Detroit; Cumberland Pres
byterian, Rev. H. w. Lewis, Meridian,
Miss; Disciples of Christ, Rev. Allen B.
Philputt, Philadelphia; Free Baptist, Rev.
o. H. Tracy, New Hampshire; Friends,
W. H Bell, Milton, n. Y; German Socie-
ties, Rev. G. Berner, Buffalo; Lutheran,
Rev. w. S. Human, Columbia, Pa; Men
monte, Rev. A. S. Shelby, Bailey, Pa;
Methodist Episcopal, North, South and
Canada, Rev. Wallace McMullen, Philadel-
phia; Methodist Protestant, P NJ. Strayer,
Baltimore Moravian, II. E. Rondthaler,
Bethlehem, Pa; Presbyterian, Rev. G. B.
Stewart, Harrisburg, Pa; Protestant Epis-
copal of Canada and the United States.
Rev. Henry 7. Spangler; Reformed Epis-
copal, Bishop Samuel Fellows, Chicago;
Reformed Presbyterian, Rev. S. Nc
Naugher; Southern Presbyterian, Professor
James Lewis Howe, Lexington, Va;
United Brethren, Rev. H. L. Shupe, Day.
ton, Ohio; United Evangelical, Professor
@. L. Jacobs; United Presbyterian, Rev.
r. NJ. Russell of Pittsburg.
Prayer and praise meetings were held
this evening at Mechanics building and in
both of the tents. The annual report of
President Francis e. Clark was presented,
and numerous speakers addressed the En-
deavorers, among them Dwight L. Moody,
Rev. T. de Witt Talmage and John G. Wool
ley.
The annual report of John Willis Baer,
general secretary, was read simultaneously
| by Secretary Baer in Mechanics building,
| by Rev John Barstow, Medford, Mass, in
Tent Williston, and by J. E. Cheesman,
| Cleveland, Ohio, in Tent Endeavor. 1t
says:
! Each year the circumference of the
Christian Endeavor wheel widens; each
year thousands of spokes are added. Last
year our wheel was streng thened by 7750
new societies Cor 'spokes' if you please.
This is the largest increase of any one year
since the wheel commenced revolving
fourteen years ago. Spoke after spoke
passes our vision rapidly in this whirl of
inscription-in all 1929. OF these 4712
are from other lands, the United Kingdom
heading the list with 2645.'
The report shows that every country in
the world is represented, save five-Italy,
Russia. Iceland, Sweden and Greece. In
the United States Pennsylvania still leads
with 4139, New York next with 1922, Ohio
27s7, Illinois 2446 Indiana 1852, Iowa 1863,
Massachusetts, 1309 Kansas 1247, Missouri
1l33, Michigan 1882, New Jersey 1045, ETC.,
in all from the United States 80, 412, against
28,69S last year. and the total from all
countries of 41,229 societies, with an in
dividual membership of 2,479, 40.