Eagle River Democrat. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1893-1896, 1896-07-13
ENDEAVORERS MEET.
Indictment Weather Greets Repre-
sentatiVes of Religions
Auxiliary.

washington. u. u, july IA serious
mishap that will interfere somewhat
with the plans of the programme COM
mittee of the Christian Endeavor con-
vention occurred at 1:30 o'clock this
morning. During a rainsrorm accompa-
MED by a high wind Tent Williston, one
of the largest stretches of canvas on
the white lot," blew down and appears
to be wreck 1t is feared that it will
be impossible to raise it again, as it is
water-soaked and torn. though an effort
may vet be made to Go so. This tent
was calculated to hold about 10000 peo-
pie. A mass of telegraph and electric
light wires were torn down when the
tent fell Washington also suffered from
the storm.
Notwithstanding discouraging weather
the Christian Endeavorers gathered by
thousands in Washington were early
astir, making their way to the many
churches set apart for the sunrise serv-
ices which begin the exercises of each
day. 1t was a tribute to the enthusiasm
and zeal of the visitors. tired as many
of them were by long railway journeys.
The topics at these sunrise services was
Prayer of the Convention" and in each
case the meetings were led by meet
ings of the visiting organizations These
special services lasted from 6:30 to 1:1O
o'clock.
A short adjournment for breakfast and
walk about town and many of the dele
gates were gathered again at the big
New York Avenue Presbyterian church
to participate in a Bible book study,
conducted by President G. S. Burroughs,
ID. D., of Charlottesville, Ind.
Big Tents Are Filled.
The great meetings in the big tents
were originally fixed for $50 a. M. but
there was some unavoidable delay owing
to the damage done by last nights storm.
Tent Williston was abandoned entirely
for today at least, and the Endeayorers
who had intended to be present there
were admitted to the remaining tents.
They were calculated to accommodate
10000 people each, but were crowded
even before the services began. The vast
ellipse upon which the tents were
pitched was in bad condition in cOnse
quence of the heavy rain.
Services in the Tents.
In tent Washington President Francis
Il. Clark of Boston, Mass. presided and
Percy l. Foster of Washington acted
as director of the vast chorus of singers.
The programme opened with prayer
service followed by devotional exercises
conducted by the Rev. DR.. +. D. Power
of this city. A Hymn of Welcome"
specially composed for the convention by
Col. John Hay, was rendered with
grand effect by the chorus and the adj
dress of welcome of the committee of
'96 was delivered by w. III. H. Smith,
chairman of the committee. which ellie
tied an appropriate response from Rev.
r. J. Service of Detroit in behalf of
the visitors. After another hymn had
been sung delegates listened to the read
ing of the report of Secretary John Will
lis Baer and the annual address of Presi-
dent Francis e. Clark. The morning
ceremonies wound up with the singing
of an anthem.
The services in tent Endeavor were
conducted by the Rev. Howard Is. GrOse
of Boston, with o. E. Excel of Chicago
in charge of the music. The address of
welcome to the visitors in behalf of the
District of Columbia was delivered by
Commissioner John w. Ross and was
responded to by Prof w. w. Andrews
of Sackville, n B. Otherwise the serv-
ices were similar in every respect to-
those conducted in tent Washington the
annual reports and addresses being du-
plicated for the benefit of the thousands
unable to secure admission to the first
named tent.
The services in tent Williston were to
have been conducted under the leadership
of Rev. DR.. Teunis S. Hamiin of Wash
ington with P. B. Bilhurn of Chicago in
charge of the music, Rev. DR.. s. III.
Greene of this city was TO have well
coined the visitors and a proper response
was to have been made by Bishop AL
eXander Walters of Jersey City, n. j.,
but as already stated, these services
were necessarily omitted owing to the
collapse of the big tent.
Condition of the Order.
President Clarke chose for his text:
"What God hath joined together let no
man put asunder." He said the platform
of the Christian Endeayor was for Christ
and independence of the individual and
of each society in this work. In fifteen
years on this platform 1000 societies had
been formed, 100000 Endeavorers had
been enrolled, of whom 100000 are
today members, and 100000 others,
Endeavorers in all but name, had been
enrolled in purely UNCONVENTIONAL soce-
ties. Ten million Endeavorer meetings
had been held and over $2.OOO,OOO given
in beneyolence through UNCONVENTIONAL
and church channels. He urged Chris
ton Endeavorers to continue the good
work as Christian duties of Endeavorers.
General Secretary Baer took his text
from Luke xiii, 10. He said Pennsyl-
vania still heads the list of Christian
Endeavor societies with 1918. The next
in order was New York, 2971; Ohio,
2311; Ontario, 1917; Illinois, 100; In
diana, 1872, and Iowa, 1902. These fig
ures, he said, did not include numerous
other kinds of Christian Endeavor So
cieties that are fast becoming sturdy
branches of the mother tree-suck as
the Junior. the intermediate, theMothers'
and the Senior. Pennsylvania led in
junior societies. He spoke of the good
these societies had accomplished in be-
half of morality. Sunday observance, sa-
loon warfare, Christianity and mission
work, for which $154, 022 had been CIV
en- the past year.