The record-union., 1896-07-13
CHRISTIAN ENDEAVORERS.
THIRTY rlEETINGS HELD YESTER-
DAY IN WASHINGTON.
The Work of the Convention Will
Close To-Day, and O-MorrOw
They Go Sightseeing.

WASHINGTON, July PA list of
thirty meetings arranged to be held in
the tents and churches this afternoon
offered varying attractions to the 4O,OOO
Christian Endeavorer delegates in at
tendance here upon the fifteenth In
ternational Convention. They We're
mostly denominationai rallies, and they
drew crowds according to the numerical
strength of each denomination.
Speeches were made at the rallies in
the tents on the White lot by prominent
members of their denominations. Fol-
lowing these rallies Evangelist B. Fay
Mills of Fort Edward, n. Y, addressed
large audience of citizens in Tent
Washington. He created mild sensa-
ton in the middle of his sermon by a
pointed reference to candidate Mckin-
ley.
Speaking of the extension of the prin-
ciples of socialism as set forth in the
Sermon on the Mount, he showed the
need in the present time of Christian
leaders in American politics. Our
candidates for public offices from Pres
ident down to Constable should be
guided said Mr.. Mills, by the spirit
of the Lamb that was slain. They do
pretend to be, or they would not get our
votes. If they came forth honestly and
made known their real motives for rum
ming for office we would not support
them. Suppose Mckinley should stop
before you and say: Fellow-citizens, l
wish to be your President SO that l can
pay my debts (Sensation) Or suppose
Bryan should say: Ill viii be your
President for my own good why we
would not choose one of them to take care
os our stray dogs. What they say is:
'Fellow-cit l am ready to be sac
rifced upon the cross of public duty. 1
AM ready to be President or Constable
as my country wants me- That is
Christian. That is the spirit of the
Lamb that was slain. It is a pity that it
is not always said in sincerity"
A Sabbath observance meeting was
held also in Central Hall, William Shaw
of Boston presiding. Speeches were
made by Wilbur A. Crafts of Washing
| ton, Mrs. Henry T. McEwen of New
York and others.
Tonight at o'clock Christian En-
deavor prayer meetings were held in all
| the churches of the city. Preaching
| services both morning and evening in
| the city churches were well attended
by citizens and Endeavorers.
Tomorrow is the closing day of the
session. Tuesday will be given up to
sightseeing.
Miss Margaret F. Leitch of Ceylon de-
livered the following address at the
rally of the Congregation denomina-
ton In one of the large tents this after
| noon:
| You glory to-day in the thought that
Christ is your Captain and that you are
enlisted under his banner. You glory to-
day in the great and growing strength
of your Christian Endeavor hosts anc
you glory also in the faith, consecratior
and courage of your missionaries who
are laboring to make known the love OF
Christ to the millions in unevangelized
| lands.
You have at the front nearly SIC
missionaries distributed through twenty
districts, having population of lOO,-
O00,000 people. Your missionaries IL
| Turkey have given an object lesson tt
the whole world of self forgetting her
ism, devotion to duty and faith in God
More than eighteen months ago
!
sionaries in Turkey fully understood
| that a general uprising of Mohamme-
dams against the Christians was threat
ened and that at those interior stations
far away from any consular protector
their lives would be endangered. Were
they towards? Did they desert theil
posts? Bless God, not one of the en-
tire number was willing to leave the
| Christian communities and the institu
tionS which had been established, unpro
tected by their presence and at the
mercy of threatening mobs. In October
of last year, beginning at Constants
nople and sweeping over the land almos
| to Persia, rolled the awful wave OF mas
| sacre, the slaughter and plunder, con-
tinuing for nearly two months. The
outside world, aghast at the tale of hor-
rors that but family pictured the re-
| ality, began to clamor for the abandon
ing of those interior stations. Their
| came the letters from the missionaries
not written in excitement, not the result
| Of mass meetings in which one brave
soul inspires the rest, but penned singly
each writer expressing his or her owr
brave determination to stand by the
suffering people, no matter what the
personal danger might be.
"Oh what sublime faith and courage
God bless those noble missionaries
During the past three years, owing tC
lack of funds serious reductions have
been enforced Thousands of children
are being turned out of mission schools
Many chapels and boardingscho are
being closed. Hundreds of trained ma.
tive workers are being dismissed anc
some of our noblest missionaries are
breaking down in health because they
are unable to endure this intolerablt
strain.
Cannot the half million members Of
the Congregational Churches and the
1858 600 members of the Congregations
E,ndeavor societies avert this disaster
The Endeavorers here have it easily
within their power to give or collect The
additional sum necessary to save thi:
foreign missionary work from grave dis
aster; 100000 will do this. If you are
true in your profession of loyalty tC
Christ and the church could you no
make this extra effort in addition to al
that you are already doing?"