The diamond drill. (Crystal Falls, Iron County, Mich.) 1887-1996, 1895-07-20
ENDEAVORERs RALLY.
Young People Gather at Boston
from An Lands
Dsp Hall and Tents Insufficient TO Hold
,fhe Crowds Report of Secretary Isaer--
Prayer I'm Places OF Business-fn-
ternationaI Citizenship.

ZcsToS. July 13.-The greater meet
fngs of the Christian Endeavor conven-
tion began under favorable. condi-
lions. The sky was cloudy, but
did not threaten rain. A larger part
of the immense crowd that attended
the meeting went TO Mechanics hall
while the others were about equally
divided between Tents Williston
and Endcavor on the Boston Com
mon. 1t Is estimated that $4,000
delegates attended the meetings, which
were held simultaneously.
Ike annual report Of John Willis
Baer, general secretary, was read sim
ultaneousiy by Secretary Baer in
Mechanics building, by Rev. John Bar
stow, Medford, Mass. in Tent Willis
ton, and by Mr.. j.. u. Chessman, Cleye-
land, o.. In Tent Endeavor.
The Report In Part.
every useful wheel must have its hub Ey-
cry hub. TO be useful. should have its wheel
Figuratively speaking Christian Endeayor
IL useful wheel certainly Boston Is
the Hub. As we are In the Hub let us
turn the wheel upon It's axis. and from
Whe hub view its revolutions. Its circumfer-
ence equals that OF the globe. and its spolxes
number thousands upon thousands Last year
our wheel was strengthened by 1850 new So
cieties Tor spokes,' II you pleased. This Is
thc largest increase for any one year since the
wheel commenced revolving, fourteen years
ago.
Spoke" after spoke passes our vision
xnpidly IN this whirl OF inspection. in all Al :
:e29 OF these ATE are from other lands, the
United Kingdom heading tho list with
:26s5, which figure includes 100 from
Wales ll2 from Scotland and 81 from Ire
In has NO huu
Africa. 3d. China ~: France, 81. India, III;
Japan. 50: Madagascar. o.; Mexico. 2b Turkey,
~; West India islands, g. and so on until every
country Is represented save five, Italy, Russia
iceland. Sweden and Greece
.And now the 'spokes' from the Dominion OF
Canada come into view. Ontario. with her fe-
mariSablc growth Of the last year, leads with
1896 Nova Scotia. 1885, Quebec, s6f; New
brunswick. l52: Manitoba. 1856; Prince Edward
island, O.; Assiuiboia, 81; British columbip
20. Alberta. 10 Saskatchewan. s In all count
ing In Newfoundland. SlO5, an increase OF
1.2f3 during the past year
And now our view from the Hub dis
closes the balance OF the wheel, all bearing
the familiar colors OF the Stars and Stripes
Pennsylvania still leads with 4i3e; New York
next, with 3,sse; Ohio. 2.7s7 Illinois. e.44o:
Indiana, I.762; Iowa. 1903: Massaehu sets
1909; Kansas. i.2i7; Missouri. 1883: Michigan
1859: New Jersey, i0D. etc. In all, from the
United States, 354l2, as against. 2e.og6 last
year.
In addition 10 the 1850 Junior spokes
from the United States there $50 from
Canada and 224 from other lands, making In all
p,ixe Junior societies. with a membership OF
100000 PENNSYLVANIA still leads the Juniors
with 1903. New York. not very far behind
with geo Illinois next, with go. Ohio 0s3;
indiana, 40; California, 4ia. etc.
And now we have counted the spokes
as they have swept by our vision. A total OF
Al go societies. with an individual member
ship from every cline ana every nation. with
skins OF varying color, OF which $50 are red
70 800 are yellow 100. 400 are black ana sos
are white; in ALL a great interracial brother
hood OF 2,453540
I'VE have reached the rim OF our wheel, the
felly. Our felly' Is made up OF the fellowship
of over thirty evangelical denominations.
in the United States tho UNCONVENTIONAL
approximation Is as follows: The Pres