The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1897-07-09
EEDRAlQRHRs DOWN
II Their WORK
A Wonderful novement's Progress Is
Reported.
DELEGATES NUMBER $4,000.
Association Now Number !, ooo--Addrssses
BY President Clark and Secretary
<;;s;,,,. Baer--Banner Wins.

,a.. Baer-Banner Wins.
l SAN FRANCISCO, July S.-The informal
ionai Christian Endeayor Convention be.
gan here to-day. Sixteen thousand dole,
gates were present.
| Long before the hour-nppointea for the
opening 81 tho convention, ovnry seat 10
vast pavilion, which accommodated over
10000 people, was occupied women pro.
dominating. From the stage tRe sight
was ono lever to ba forgus5en.i Seldom
has an audience eqnai In nunibefs and up.
pearanco been assbuibled within the walls
Of o building in California.
Promptly at Q.ao the great gathering
Of this city. and after q musical welcome
by the choir, brief devotional exercises
were conducted by Rev Philp f. King,
of Benton, Texas. Then tho welcome Of
the Committee Of '97 was delivered by
Rclla w. Watt. In the course OF his re-.
marks he hald
'.Wo cannot Offer you the historic sci.
ting OF Boston Common, nor tho beauties
| Of q national Capitol; we are too young
for such things; but we are proud Of our
city, set on moro hills than Rome boosted,
and OF our State, with Its varied and un-
equalled attractions.
| awhile you arc In our city trust you
Will acek out tho bright spots, rather than
tho dark ones, and ascertain for your.
selves what We are doin.g on the West
| coast along the linos you have chosen for
| your activities. ReMiemb2r that not fifty
| years ago, on this llttlo peninsula, Yerba
Buena was chri.teusd San Francisco; 1t
| was then scarcely hamlet and was MOI
| Incorporated into town until three years
! afterward"
Rev. Dr.. john Hemrhl!l who extended
I L..1f ~
pastors, called President Clark "ths Peter
| the Hermit Of tho nineteenth century"
"A woILDwlD MOVEMENT.
President Clark, la mis- annual address,
said in part: You can readily preceive
ject Of my annual message tie thSms "A
World -Encireling Religious Aofsment;
How Shall 1t Fulfil Gods Design?
LAT the Invitation of friends, and In
obedience to tho sail of God, as I believe,
bave during the last year, been journey.
ing in many lands among people who
speak many tongues Thess journeys in
mo moro than 10000 miles, to more than a
score Of peoples. who speak noarly AS
many Languages.
One factor have found constant In all
these lands; have found Christian En-
deavor principles everywhere the same--
tho same pledge, the same consecrati on
meeting the same general lines of effort
for the Master. called committee work;
tho utmost diversity in unesseutial de.
tailsi the utmost similarity OF purpose In
essential principles.
Societies as widely separated In
miles and manners as tho Bengalis, who
1.-Two 10 the swanps Of the Ganges, aud tho
Kafllrs On tho uplands Of Africa, from the
Endeavors Of the Golden Cats and tba
A n Al Ltg cIyh I,,.{ tn
covenant pledge, and, better still, are keep
ing,t
II have attended conventions since last
] met you 10 the Metropolitan Tabernacle
OF London aul In the Bsels Of Bengal; In
st. Andrews Hall Of Glasgow and In tho
ancient capital Of the Punjab among our
Irish Endoavorers In Belfast and on tho
crowded Berlin, and on the lonely table.
lands of ,be Transvaal; among tho Alps
Of Switzerland, and on the vast voldt OF
the Orange Free State In SEA. grit Stock
holm, and In the karoo of South Africa;
in lordly Paris, and III quiet Wellington;
In the Cape of Good Hope, made sacred to
many Of you by tho life and labors Of
Andrew Murray aud his associates; and
everywhere, amid all these diversities OF
custom and costume, OF manners and
tbods, OF language and laws, have
found that the Christian Endeavor ideals
are substantially the same
Moreover, ths penplo whom have seen
have been Of diverse oreeds and views Of
religious truth All, to be sure hayo &C.
knowledged the supren acy of Jesus Christ
MS the very Son Of God and the only Saviour
Of lost sinners; all have accepted tho B1bo
as tia Word of God, and the Holy Spirit as
tho sanctiiier, comforter and guide-in
such coil only can Christian kndeavor
flourish"
4 -
dcavorors to be faithful to their cardinal
principles, THE World for Christ. Tho
Nation for Christ The Family for Christ.
Myself for Christ"
WINNERS OF THE BANNEKs
Secretary Bacr said in bis report: Since
last we met our organization has hccn
swclled by 1000 new societies Rcjolce
with exceeding joy, for the world wide
enrolment Is now So TAI local societies.
Whata swift and mighty flood In 1851.
ono society and fifty seven members. In
1897 %, $50 societies and % total member
ship Of 5000 0lO
"Of Its large tributary State and provin.
cial streams IN this country that have over
1000 local societies Pennsylvania still
leads with 0,4l3; New York, 300; Ohio.
1883; Illinois has now passed to the fourth
place, with 20l3; Ontario, l.7s3; Indiann,
1887; Iowa, 1885, and Michigan, with |
l.071, for tho first tino Ia entitled TO
place In this class
These figures do not include the Junior
societies. with their boys and girls, the In. |
termcdiate societies, with their lads aud |
lnssies tho Senior and NJ other societies for |
the fathers and mothers Gnd those who lu |
years are no longer considered young.
THE Junior badge banner, given to the |
State that has made the largest gain in
Junior sucietie3 during the ypAr was first
~ cd Mt MHutroul RI
at tho three annual conventions since that
time Pennsylvania has proudly carried 1t
away but this year our good 'pi2.iron'
friends must pass that banner over to tho
buckeyes OF Ohio,
"The other Junior badge banner, first
gvon to the District of Columbia at Mon.
treal for the greatest rroportionato In.
crease in number of Junior societies, and
hsld successively by Delaware, Assiniboia
and Mexico, must now pass from Mexico
to Spain. A Christian Endeavor banner
to travel from Mexico to Spain
Strange history we are writingl that
1t might be carried by the shortest route,
by way Of Cuba, and that to bleeding Cuba
1t may DO an emblem Of liberty pence AMI
''Tho badge banner for the greatest pro.
portlonate increase In number CT Senior
societies, which Oklahoma first secured at
the Minneapolis convention, which was
then captured by Manitoba. New Mexico,
Wcst Virginia, Ass!niboia, and which is
now held by Scotland, will fa!l into tho
hands Of the loyal Endeavorers on the
Emerald Isle. The shamrock Is ahead OF
tho thistle this time, India With her
splendid advance, was very little behind
Ireland
And the other banner, the one given for
the largest absolute gain In total number
of societies, Is for the fourth consecutive
year held BY England, Indeed this is the
year of jubilee
Mr.. Baer announced that other banners
had been awarded rs follows Philadel.
phia, for tho largest increase In the num-
Der OF city unions Indianapolis, for prog.
ress in tho Christian citizenship move.
mont; California for progress In the Sab.
bath observance movement, New York,
for Tonth Legion work, which consists In
persons who will give a tenth Of
their earnings each year for religion.
Faulty Lights.