Evening star., 1896-07-10
At CENTRAL HALL.
Clark Presides and Intr
duees the Sneakers.

At CENTRAL HALL.
President Clark Presiaes and Intro
duees the Speakers.
Owing to the fall of Tent williston, the
big meeting. which was to have been held
there this morning. took place at Central
Hall The attendance was not at all re-
markable for SIZE but the crowd made up
in enthusiasm what II lacked in numbers.
1t was evident that Endeavorers generally
preferred to attend one Of the larger meet
irgs in the tents.
President Clark was present at the Cen
trail Hall meeting. and conducted the exer-
cises. A large section OF the chorus was on
hand. and the first half hour was devoted
to a musical service, under the leadership
of Mr.. p. P. Bilhorn Of Chicago. II was not
the least interesting part of the program,
and under the direction of the magnetic
leader. who is popular with Christian
Endeavorers everywhere, chorus and audi
ence sang their very best. A number of the
ringing and catchy hymns, which form
such a prominent feature in Christian En-
deavor work, were rendered in a delightful
manner.
On the Small Attendance.
When Or. Clark advanced to the stand
to formally open the exercises he was
greeted with enthusiastic applause. as he
is every time he comes before en- Endeavor
audience. He expressed his deep regret
that owing to a misunderstanding no an
nouncements were made in the tents last
evening OF the proposed meeting at Cctf-
trail Hall, with the result that comparative
ly few knew of the change in the program
He said that he felt embarrassed at ask
Ing speakers of such prominence to ad-
dress such small gathering, when they
should have been talking TO thousands.
They had come long distances to attend
this convention. and deserved more gen.
erous reception. but the events which had
led up to such q condition of affairs were
beyond human control, and he hoped that
the audience would make up in quality
what it might lack In quantity.
The devotional exercises were conducted
by Rev. Adam Keoch of this city. and con-
sisted of scriptursl reading and a number
of brief prayers the opening and closing by
Mr.. keoch and the others one-nlinute pray
ers from volunteers In the audience.
Rev. DR.. Dickinsen's Address.
The Intermediate Society Of Christian
EEdeavor" was the subject OF a scholarly
paper by Rev. Chas. A. Dickinson. DID, Of
Boston In Introducing the speaker DR..
Clark said that there were very few Ques-
tiers Of more importance to the Christian
Epdeavor movement than the problem of
the intermediate Society. and that there
is none better able to speak on this topic
than DR.. Dickinson, who was one of the
earliest friends Of the movement, and Is
the pastor Of one Of the largest churches in
societies of Christian Endeavor. which
have done a great deal toward solving tho
problem
Rev. John Neai Speaks.
DR. Dickfnson's address was followed by
the singing Of the hymn. Marching Up
ward to Zion" DIR. Clark then introduced
Rev. John Neil of Toronto. Ont. to speak
to the topic. Every Talent for Christ
Mr.. Neil rs a charming speaker. and he
had his audience under his sway before he
had been speaking for five minutes. In
commencing he said that as for himself he
was not so sorry as DR.. Clark seemed to
be because the audience was not larger. for
in Canada preachers are not accustomed
to address such gatherings as he had seen
at this convention The crowd before him
was all he cared for. Furthermore, he
thought that those who had gone to the
tents had a monopoly of the heat which
he. for one, was perfectly willing to dis
pense with. Then Mr. Neil went to ex-
POUND his views on the subject assigned to
him, saying, in part:
The Kings Business.
After the singing of hymn by the chorus
Rev. Cortland Myers of Brooklyn, y. Y.
was introduced to speak upon the SUBJ
ject. The Kings Business
"The message from the heavenly throne
that would bring you this morning" he
said. IN commencing his talk. rs this. that
the business of our King requires haste
1 would draw these lines under this: First
because of the King Himself, because of
the business itself. and. lastly, because of
the messengers themselves.
Twelve millions Of men were sacrificed
to make the nation Of the Caesars Millions
were destroyed in Napoleon's raids over
Europe. Thousands today would rise at a
werd from the czar. while other thousands
are ready to do the bidding of the Emperor
of Germany or the Queen of England.
Compare our King with such potentates
as the car and the kaiser, and tell me If
such devotion Is shown to earthly rulers.
what should we not do for our heavenly
King? What should we do? We should
render Him implicit and immediate obedi-
ence. What we need above all today is
theology Of obedience. l tell you what 1t
Is, the Pope of Rome or the commander-in-
chief of the Salvation Army Is given more
devoted loyalty than Is given to the Lord
Our master
In his noble poem of the Six Hundred.
Tennyson has told us that IL was:
Theirs not to reason why:
Theirs but to do and die.
The Missionary Roll.
Rev. J. w. weddiu of Philadelphia was
then introduced to ''mron the missionary
roll Of honor" 1t was actually present.
and Mr.. WaddiH explained that upon 1t
are enrolled the names OF 500 societies,
that have given to missions during the
past year more than sl5o.060 and s3aoo0
to other TOWNS OF Christian work
Dr. Clark announced that Tent WfllistoH
was being erected and would surely he In
place for the Junior rally tomorrow morn
II g. but lot In time for the meeting this
evening. which win be held instead at
Metropolitan M f. Church.
MI. Bilhorn sang. with splendid effect,
one OF his own hymns. Sweet Peace
after which the meeting was dismissed
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