The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1896-07-18
WILL MEET At DENVER
NEXT CONVENTION OF THE II. Y. r.
L. TO DE HELD IN COLORADO.
John III. Chapman. of Chicago. Chosen
President. and other Officers and
Managers Selected.

MILWAUKEE. Wis. July 17.-Denver
was selected to-day the place for hold
Ing the Baptist Young Peoples Union con-
vention in 1885, and the following officers
were elected: President, John II. Chap
man. Chicago: first vice president Rev C.
L. Seasholes. Dallas. Tex; second vice
president, F. l. Foulke. Ottawa Ont;
third vice president. C. +. Tingley Lin
coin, Neb. recording secretary. Rev. II.
w Reed. Waukegan. ILL.,: treasurer. Frank
Moody, Milwaukee. Members of board of
managers for one year-Jesse A. Baldwin.
Arthur d. Dana. Prof. Ira NJ. Price ID.
D.: Rev. l.. a. CrandaIl, D. d.; Charles A.
Marsh. Rev T.. GreneI d. D.. all of IIli-
nois. Members of board OF managers to
ill vacancies for term that expires in 1855
George Miller, Baltimore; Rev. l.. l.. Hen
son. Fort Wayne. Ind. Members of board
of manag gers TO fill vacancies for term that
expires In 1877. o. Petrich, Ottawa; Rev.
$ D. Works. Huron, s. D. Members of
board of managers whose terms expire in
1s99-Rcv. George T. Truett Waco, Tex;
Rev. VI. T.. Broadus ID. D.. Mississippi;
W. l.. Van Horn, North Dakota. r. S.
Huddleson, Louisiana; Rev. S. o. Roberts,
ID. D.. Vermont; j. j. Whiteheld Georgia;
Rev. l.. W. White. Wisconsin; Rev. Z. e.
Price. Minnesota: j. p. Warnicker Mont
Rev. o. c.. Buddington Delaware; Rev. c.
blackwell. North Carolina; Rev. j. II. Nc
Donald. New Brunswick; o. J. Vining,
Manitoba; \. p. Griffith, South California:
J.. II. Holt, Oklahoma.
The fact that sunrise prayer meetings
were an old story did not affect the at
tendance perceptibIy. and at $50 the four
churches were filled. At the First Bap-
tist Church Rev G. w. Partridge of Gin
cinnati, presided. Rev. Benjamin e Wood.
OF Boston. led the meetings at the Taber-
nacle Baptist Church, and at the South
Baptist. Rev. Calvin A. Hare, OF Indianap-
oils. At the Second Baptist Church. Rev.
a. Z. Mihm. of Wilmington, spoke. Then
the delegates went home to breakfast. At
s:50 they were en- route again, this time Tor
four churches, in all or which the general
topic of the Young Peoples Society as a
Working Force discussed. Not all
the delegates attended the morning meet
ing. The three morning sessions were
voted especially interesting by those who
did attend. The one at Emanuel Church
was presided over by Rev. X. i. Smith OF
Parkersburg:. and the first paper was read
by g. o. Millspaugh. and was How We
Conduct Our Junior Society.
The workers conference ION instruction"
conducted by Rev. W. Mckee. of Mime
apolis Calvary Church was crowded to
the doors with attendants on the social sec
tion meetings. The sense of the parlia
ments appeared to be that without socials
church work would flag. and the right time
TO hold them was all the time.
Bishop Diaz. of Cuba. held forth at Ply
mouth Church He was presented as the
IMAM of sorrow" owing TO his prosecutions
I'm Cuba and entranced the audience with
his odd phraseology and mixture of Spanish
and English. The meeting was favored
with a song. Nearer. my God. 10 Thee,
sung in the japanese language by young
Japanese girl There also address
by a negro clergyman from the south. who
had been a slave and brought into the
church and educated through missionary
work. There was no meeting in EXPOSE
The afternoon session began with song
service. led by Rev. f. II. Shanks. Of Mich
fgan which lasted half an hour or longer.
and was followed by the ceremony of the
ealutation of the flags. which was conduct
ed by Rev. Dr. wilkins Wiki The States formed ned
marched to the platform, where the rep
resentatives of the various State and prov
work done by the unions. That ceremony
was followed by the presentation of the
senior Christian culture course prize BAN
ners to the States that had won them Rev.
G.. a. Barbour of Rochester, n. Y, made
the presentation speech. In the distribu-
TO the Dearborn-street Society. of Buffalo.
the conquest missionary course banner to
the First Baptist Society, of Quincy. H..
and the sacred literature course banner to
the Baptist Society of Amherst n. 5. Each
State was called upon to state briefly what
work was being done by it's union. When
Ohio was called the representative stated
that he came from a State that had sue
dents. which caused cheer. New York
happens to belong to the department of
tHc SOlu anu the representative Sstlu tney
were thankful that they were not in the
silver section.
The feature of the evening programme
was an eloquent address by President b.
l. Whitman. ID. D.. OF Columbia College.
at Washington on Unforeseen Forces in
Character Building" He spoke half an
hour and was warmly applauded at the
conclusion of his address by the 5000 peo-
pie in the hall The meeting began with a
praise service conducted By Rev. Charles
r. Morgan. of Omaha. Echoes of Work.
er's Conferences" followed on which sub
JectS acted on at the Submeetings were dis
cussed. Reports on Christian work were
read and Secretary Reed delivered re-
port on the financial condition of the or
ganiZation in which he urged liberal con-
tributions of money TO aid in the work.
The election of officers was then ratified.