The herald., 1896-07-13
Numerous Meetings and Very
Large Attendance
PRAYER AND BIBLE STUDY
Considered in Every Evangelical Church
ID Washington
The Churches Are PILED to Overlooking and
Enormous Crowds Gather at the
Tents on the White Lot
Associated Press Special Wire.

Associated Press Special Wire.
WASHINGTON, July 12.-Although
the Sabbath. today was not one Of rest
for the large army of Christian Endeav-
orers who are still in Washington.
There was no demonstration of secu-
lar nature, but the local committee had
prepared a program that provided for
meetings practically from sunrise until
a late hour in the evening.
The attendance at the numerous SER
vices was very gratifying. Rarely has
the capital city been the Mecca Of so
many distinguished divines and Chris
tian workers in otheri fields as on the
present occasion. and the people have
not been slow to take advantage Of their
presence in order to hear the gospel as
preached by them. About eighty Of the
pulpits of the city were filled today by
the visiting clergymen at|the II o'clock
services The day began, as, indeed,
have all since the convention formally
opened on Thursday, with early morn
ing prayer meetings in over thirty Of
the churches, presided over by the pres
idents of the local Christian Endeavor
societies in the respective churches.
The topic assigned for discussion at
these gatherings was prayer and Bible
study. II will make 1t the rule Of my
life to pray and read the Bible every
day" These were followed by the Sun
day schools, and at $3.50 o'clock and later
by the regular church services at II
o'clock. The visitors who filled the pull
pits at these services included the fol-
lowing:
Rev. W. n. Towers. Manchester. Eng
land; Rev. q. T. Root. Baltimore; Rev.
r. Dyatt. Newark. N. J.: Rev. C. H.
Crawford. New Orleans; Rev. q. w.
Thompson. Paterson. N. J.: Revi L. A.
Bates, Westminster, Nd: Rev W. D.
Reid. Montreal; Rev. T. H. Walker, Bal
timore; Rev. Chas. Roods. Philadelphia:
Rev. T. c. Longdale. South Dakota:
Rev. B. A. 0rubb. Philadelphia; Rev. A.
D. Thaler. Winston. N. c.: P. A. Ken
nedy, Albany, N. T.: Rev. J.. W. Fifield.
Chicago; Rev. o. H. Rockey. Sheperds-
town, w. Va; Rev. Edgerton r. Young,
Toronto; Rev. H. o. Manele, Boston;
Rev. Lewis Halsey.s Oswego, N. r.:
Bishop Arnett, Ohio; Rev. J, g. Mason,
Rochester, N. r; Rev. Frank ]. Smith.
Abingdon: Rev. P. NJ. Fitzgerald, Knox
Vile, Tenn; Rev. H. S. Williams, Mem
phis, Tenn; Rev. Asher Anderson, Mer-
iden, Conn; Rev. William Bryant, De-
troit; Rev. A. r. Acker, Hoboken, N. j.; |;
Rev. v. B. Carroll. Tenfiy. N. ~ Rev.
| w. K. Barton, Boston; Rev. ]. J. Hall,
Vermont; Rev. Harely OMeara,, Hast
ings, Neb.; Rev. J. L. Hill. Salem. Mass. !;
Rev. H. H. Russell, Columbus, Ohio:
Bishop. Gaines, Atlanta; Rev. G.. B.
| Stewart, Harrisburg; Rev. c. H. York,
Cincinnati; Rev. Wayland Hoyt. Phil
adelphia; Rev. ]. w. Chapman, Phila-
delphia; Rev. w. G. McCauley, Toledo;
Rev. A. J. McGregor. Ontario;
! Rev. Henry M. Grant, Charleston; Rev.
J. A. Davis, New York; Rev. ]. c. French,
Newark; Rev. L. s. Keyser, Detroit;
Rev. A. D. Kiniger. Berry. Ia; Rev. q.
| A. Barbour, Rochester; Rev. w. G. Fen
NELL Meriden; Rev. H. B. Crosse, Wor-
cester; Rev. A. F. Richardson, Grafton.
W. Va; Rev. ]. L. Campbell, New York;
Rev. John Neil, Toronto; Rev. J. G. ia
| coby. Newton, Ia.; Bishop Walters,
Jersey City; Rev. H. T. Keating, Phila-
delphia; Rey. J. L. Hill. Detroit; Rev.
Ralph Brock. Springfield. Mass: Rev.
| w. w. Cole, Clarence, N. Y; Rev. A. K.
\ MacGillivray, Guthrie, o. T.; Rev. o. T.
\ Ashburn, Evansville, indy Rev. o. C.
Sargent, Claremont, N. H.; Rev. o. c.
oliver, New York; Rev. J. M. Lowden,
Olneyville. r. l.; Rev. H. c. Garrison,
Richmond; Rev. ]. 2. Taylor, Cleve-
land; Rev. D. F. Garland, Baltimore;
Rev. c. s. Trump. Martinsburg, w. Va. F.;
Rev. M. Rhodes, st. Louis; Rev. E. L.
Fleck, Dayton, O.: Bishop Holt, Cedar
Rapids, Ia. Rev. B. Fay Mills, Fort Ed
ward, N. Y; Rev. G. F.. Lovejoy. Stone
ham, Mass; Rev. c. H. Small, Hudson,
Ia; Rev. H. M. Baldwin. London, Ont /;
Canon ]. B. Richardson, London, Ont a;
Rev. c. W. Paller, Lanesboro, Mass.
Rev. A. s. Dechante, Abilene, Kan; Rev.
L. l.. Sieber, Gettysburg, Pa, and Rev.
H. H. Russell, Columbus, O.
The missionary spirit was the keynote
| Of the services held for an hour during
the afternoon. Not less than twenty
eight district UNCONVENTIONAL rallieV
were held in both the colored and white
churches and tents. The largest gath
erings were in the mammoth tents on
the white lot, where the people met in
large audiences.
The Baptists probably had the largest
reunion in Tent Washington, where the
Rev. G. A. Barbour of Rochester was the
presiding officer. Remarks were made
by Rev. H. C. Mabie of Boston, Rev. W.
F. Thomas Of Burmah, both foreign mis-
sionary societies; w. H. Sloan, D. D.,
Of the City of Mexico; Rev. r. G. Sey-
mour of Philadelphia and Rev. B. w.
Smith of Philadelphia.
In Tent Endeavor, where the Presby-
terians held their rally, Rev. DR.. c. L.
Work of Cincinnati presided and made
an address. He was followed by Rev
DR.. Wallace Radcliffe Of this city, Miss
Catherine Jones of New York city and
Rev. B. Fay Mills Of Fort Edwards
NY.
Rev. w. e. Barton of Boston presided
at the Congregational missionary rally
at Tent Williston. Rev. ]. w. Fifield OF
Chicago offered prayer and the following
addressed the gathering: Rev. c. C
Creegan of Brooklyn, Miss NJ. w. Leitct
Of Ceylon. Rev. W. Goff Of Tennessee
Rev. A. F. McGregor Of Montreal, Rev,