Evening star., 1896-07-09
SUNRISE PRAYER MEETINGS
chairman to take part. Many practical
things were said on the subject.
GuntOn Memorial TempIe.


A commendable spirit was shown in the
majority of those who were present this
morning at the early morning prayer meet
ing at the Gunton Temple Memorial Pres
byterian Church, for the most of them
we're delegates from the far western states
or washington, Oregon and Minnesota a
large part of whom arrived last evening
pit yet arose from their beds after n few
hCurS' sleep to take part in the prsyer
meeting. The leader was Miss Alice Mum
oay, who resides in Seattle, Wash Miss
Nunday Is one of the prominent Epdeayor-
els OF that state, and Is quite enthusiastic
atout the work In the west She states
that Washington is growing fast, but that
Christian Endeavor societies are growing
SILL faster, and, therefore, Washington has
west.
In conducting the prayer meeting Miss
Munday followed somewhat along the lines
OF OF the regular Endeavor prayer meeting
This meaEs that the exercises opened with
music. followed by a PRAYER continuing in
order, hrst few stanZas of hymn and
then prayer. Ordinarily such a meeting
is a familiar enc to all Endeavofcrs, but
the one held this morning was considerably
out OF the usual run In that those taking
part represented various quarters of the
ohlted states. and, consequently, their
prayers when extemporan .ous. echoed
somewhat the prevailing feeling on burning
questions in that pa, ticular section
Ihus, Mr.. E. H. Crandall, a promfne
celeSate from Low vile in mort harn Nc,y
YORK, When Speaking a few earnest words,
asked that Gods blessing might be brought
doWn upon the assembly not only for the
deepening of the spiritual side of ,heir
lives but also that they may be brought to
realize that while the first duty is toward
Ioo, the second Is toward man, and, there
1ore, citizens of this great republic should
luily bear out this spirit and the spirit of
republic by striving in every way to live
up TO the idea of good citizenship" as ad-
A number of others m ade short PRAYERS
scme usirg verses of the Bible for this pur-
pose. the books of the Old Testament prov
ing favorite ground for quotations Miss
Munday herself took an active part in all
the exercises, lead ng the singing and 1t the
close of the meeting she addressed a few
words to those present, urging them to at
tend early prayer meetings whenever posi-
bic, for the reason that the mind in the
morning is in its most receptive stage.
Central Methodist Pr0testunt.
The leader of the early morning prayer
meeting at the Central Methodist Protes-
tant Church was Mr. Harry w. Mckee.
San Francisco. California Endeavorers
We're out in large force, and the meeting
was one of the most interesting of the
morning. Leader Mckee read few verses
OF Scripture, and made brief address on
the subject of the morning-"Prayer for
the convention" 1t was absolutely neces-
sary, he said, that Gods blessing be upon
the convention II 1t was to be a success.
The Endeavorers should pray earnestly to
that end. and also that great blessing
should come to the capital city and to the
thousands of visitors who are in the city.
The blessings to he received would depend
largely upon the Endeavorers themselves
The delegates should put their whole souls
into the work Of the convention, and let no
obstacle stand in the way of grand spir-
itual success.
During the open meeting following the
leaders remarks, Pastor S. j. Smith of the
Central Church took advantage of the op-
portunity to extend the right hand of fell
lowship and welcome to the Endeavorers
who had come across the continent to at
tead the convention Of '4. The Endeavor-
ers Of his church had looked forward with
pleasure to their coming had made every
preparation for their entertainment and
comfort. and he hoped they would enjoy
themselves during their stay in the city.
Mt. Vernon Place NJ. f.
Southerners were out in quite large num-
bers at the early morning meeting in the
Mount Vernon Place Methodist Church
They came early in order to enjoy the full
benefit of the good things that were said
Mr.. Henry w. Caldwell of Atlanta, Ga,
was the leader of this meeting He first
called upon the Endeavorers to read verses
OF Scripture bearing on the subject which
he had assigned. Then he made a few re-
marks, in which he said among other
things, the delegates should pray without
ceasing for the blessing of God upon the
session of the convention. He emphasized
the fact of the power Of the Holy Spirit in
the hearts of Endeavorers, and concluded
by urging them to pray for an outpouring
OF this power. A score of delegates from
North Carolina. South Carolina and Geor-
gta participated in the open meeting fol-
lowing.
Vermont Avenue Christian
Miss Jennie T. Mason of Indianapolis
I'M fha Iao
meeting at the Vermont Avenue Church
She succeeded in interesting her hearers
end drawing them out in a remarkable de-
gree Her way of opening the meeting was
by reading of the 1o0th Psalm and appIv-
ing some of Its verses TO the Christian En-
deavor work. In the application of the
verses she made the point that the service
ought always to he joyful, according TO
the scripture. Serve the Lord with glad
ness and come before His presence with
singing. The reason for holding the con-
vention, the speaker said, was because
the Lord is good, and His mercy is ever
lasttnS.' Miss Mason then asked her hear
ers what they We're praying for the con-
vention to be, and concluded by saying,
THE three things l wish for the conven-
ton are more life, more joy and more
peace
Luther Memorial.
At the Luther Memorial Church. at Scott
Circle, the theme elaborated in the morn
ing meeting was more abundant life In
Christ. I'VE are here to wait for that"
said the leader, Mr.. ]. A. Shannon of Kan
City, Mo. After the opening talk by
Mr.. Shannon there were various remarks
by the Endeavorers, interspersed with songs
and prayer The meeting was much en-
joyed, and all left the church benefited by
the service.
Fourth Presbyterian.
The attendance at the early morning
prayer meeting today in the Fourth Pres
byterian Church, 9th and Grant streets,
was rather small. probably because the Ne
braska delegation, which has headquarters
at that editice. is not large in numbers.
However, the old saying that what was
lacking in numbers was made up in en-
thusiasm may be aptly applied to the
gathering.
Rev. A. d. Harmon Of Bethany, Neb,
acted as leader of the meeting, and pro-
gram of prayers and hymns was followed.
The closing moments were devoted to
quoting from the Scriptures, all present
participating In this feature of the interest
ing service.
st. Paurs English Lutheran.
West Virginia and Texas, or rather their
representatives at the Christian Endeayor
convention, arose en- masse this morning at