Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1896-07-13
Many Missionary Rallies Held
Yesterday Songs and
Addresses.

Scheduled most conveniently between the
regular church services and the observance
and evanSelistic meetings yesterday were
missionary rallies by twenty-eight re-
Hgious denominations in as many churches
The hour set apart for this interesting and
important feature of the Christian En-
deavor convention was that between 8
o'clock and o'clock. The Christian faiths
embraced in the list were the African
Methodist Episcopal, African Methodist
Episcopal Zion, Baptist, Canadian Presby-
terrain, Christian. Church of God. Congre-
sational. Cumberland Presby terrain, Disci-
pies of Christ, Free Baptist. Friends. LutE-
eran, Mennonite. Methodist. Methodist
Episcopal MethodistS of Canada. Metho-
dist Protestant, Moravian. Presbyterian,
Protestant Episcopal in Canada and the
United States, Reformed Church in Amer
ica Reformed Church in the United States.
Reformed Episcopal. Reformed Presby-
terrain, Southern Presbyterian, United
Brethren. United Evangelical and United
Presbyterian Several of the five races OF
nan were represented among the large
number of distinguished speakers who ad-
dressed the different rallies, and interesting
programs for each of these Sunday after
noon meetings were prepared, In some IN
stances, weeks ahead
The cause of missions and Its relation to
Christian Endeavor work. OF course, was
the subject of each rally The enure
Christian EnOe1VOr COnNentlOu,
put aside everything else and for a good.
solid hour devoted itself to the important
consideration of furthering and extending
the work of Christ among the heather.
But slight doubt exists that the denom-
national missionary rallies in connection
with the International Christian EndeaVor
convention ut Washington, SO, will be re,
nembered as among the interesting ana
important features of the great gathering.
The Church of God.
The exercises attending the denomina-
tional rally of the Church of God at Beth
any Chapel, at the corner OF 18th street
anu Ohio avenue, which took place yester-
day afternoon, were even more interesting
than those of Tuesday very large au-
dience was present and listened atteh-
lively to the addresses Rev. C. l. Brown
again presided After the opening prayer
he referred again to the death OF Rev. M
N. Foose, who was to have led the rally
The committee which had been appointed
to draft suitable resolutions upon the death
of so good a man was ready to make Its
report and he recognized Nj p. H. Her
shey who read the resolutions. They were
as follows:
Whereas, God In His all wise Providence
has removed from US by death our beloved
brother and fellow Endeayorer, Rev NJ
II. Foose, who was to preside at the rally
at the Ceurch OF tou, AZ the intei hdeiohai
Christian Endeavor conventions; therefore,
be il resolved by US assembled IN said raj
ly that we extend our heartfelt sympathy
to the bereft family and congregation, and
that We share in their great loss and sor-
row. We are cou,forted only by knowing
that our lost is his eternal gain That
COPY of these resolutions be forwarded to
the family and also that they be published
In the Church Advocate
Resolved, also. That this same sympathy
and fraternal feeling be extended to the
family and congregation Of the Rev. Nico-
demus. late of Philadelphia, Pa. who at
tended the Boston rally in 1898, and has
since passed away
TIE remainder of the exercises consisted
in addresses by Rev. DR.. Allen Of Illinois
on foreign mission work and by Rev. c.
!. Brown on missionary work In general
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