The San Francisco call., 1897-07-10

Sunday-schooI worker, addressed the audi
ence on The intermediate Society OF
Christian Endeavor." He explained the
reason for the branch and compared its
relation to the main body with the i'm
provements upon great inventions. It's
purpose was TO connect the Junior En-
deavorers with the regular order and pre-
vent the leak that occurred between chill
dren of the young branch and the adult
mem bers of the origins al body.
Rev. Joseph w. Cochran OF Madison,
Wis, discussed Endeavor work in country
districts. and told story to get a text for
| the purpose OF suggesting what he termed
a Git Thar" society for energetic work
among the farmers and small towns and
villages of the country. His address was
most stirring appeal for moral help for
the struggling societies, and interspersed
his talk with many stories to illustrate the
various points and furnish texts for in-
creased argument. He elected frequent
and prolonged applause and made one of
the most i'm pressiye talks of the day.
Following this address a diversion was
created by request for a song by Fong
Sing, the Chinese evangelist. He COM
piled by singing "Out In the Wide Worid."'
| The rendition of this hymn, as well as the
dapper appearance OF the singer, was o
revelation to many of the Eastern visitors,
and,h received round after round of ap-
plause.
To give the visitors little better i'd "a
of the uplifting OF heathen Secretary Baer
introduced the pastor of the young man,
Mr.. Gee Gam, who was typical Oriental,
dress, queue and all.
| Rev. E. L. Powell, D. D., of Louisville
KY, made strong plea for closer ad-
| herence to the pledge. He called it the
| medulla of Chris ian Erdeavor and
! showed that an injury to II meant death,
! Slpan of the enoiqtV DIR Powell
full of anatomical comparisons and called
| Christ the heart of the pledge and said,
| that to keep Christ safe in the heart the
pledge must be kept In his strength.
The audience got little cold during the
delivery of the address, but a diversion
was created by the Introduction OF the
| Knickerbocker quartet, which sang Il am
Wandering Down." which reused the
people to nigh pitch of enthusiasm.
Rev. W. H. 6. Temple OF Seattle, Wash,
talked OF committee work, and outlined
his idea OF what perfsct Endeavor WORK
should be in order that 1t might approach
the model condition. The hit of his ad.
dress was mis- amusing and entertaining
eulogy of the American boy. His re-
marks found ready response in the audi
ence, who laughed ana appiauded by turn
until the volume of noise sounded like the
roar of an angry sea on the beach.
DR.. Temple is one OF the most rapid
takers, and swept his audience along
upon the waves OF his oratory as if driven
before gale as he passed rapidly from
point to point, covering wider range of
topics in shorter time than any previous
speaker.
The Chinese quartet was just q little
stage-struck IN the presence of the vast
audience, and started with a break but
soon justified the confidence of the COM
mittee and rendered in most admirable
manner 81 See Children of Salvation,'
and received most generous round of
applause.
1.-The Monthly Conservation Meeting
was the subject of strong discourse by
Rev. Robert Johnston of London, Ont.
The exodus began as the speaker was in
troduced, but was quickly checked by Sec
retary Baer, who called the people to
sense OF courtesy to visitor who had
come such long distance to talk TO them.
The speaker outlined the meaning of these
conservation meetings and lkened the
work to the coronation of the Queen of
England, when at her accession to the
throne all the peers consecrated them
selves publicly to the Queen. The doctor
is quite an enthusiast and soon had his
audience reused to high pitch. and he
received such a generous testimonial of
their appreciation of his glowing words rs
is seldom accorded 10 speakers. He took
to task those of the society who tell short
of what he considered good and true fol-
lowers of the pledge, and called for more
perfect conservation OF the individual and
wanted magniiying of the pleoges.