The herald., 1897-07-09


address; 1900. adjournment.
Evangelistic services in the Y. M. c.
a. Auditorium. Chamber of Commerce
and Emporium. at noon.
MechanicS Pavilion. 1880. praise SER
vice; 1850, anthem by choir: 800, devo-
tional exercises; sos. address; 1886.
singing; $40, banner presentation: 1856,
singing; 900. address: $3.50, adjourn
ment.
Woodward"s Pavilion. $780, praise
Service; 7:50, anthem by choir; $780, de-
votionaI exercises; sos, address; S:S5,
singing; $40, banner presentation; S:55,
singing; 500, address; $3.50. adjourn
lnent.
BUSINESS BEGUN
SAN FRANCISCO, July s.-with day
light this morning the prayer meetings
of the Christian Endeavorers began,
Services were held in all the principal
churches of the city. the subject being
the same in each: Prayer for the Con-
ventfon.'' The leaders of these meet
fnes, all of which were largely attended,
most of the buildings being crowded to
their utmost capacity, were Guy w.
Campbell of San Jose, Rev. c. D. Nc
Donald of Grafton, N. D.; J. H. Mansfield
Of New Haven, Conn; B. w. Wilcox of
Spokane, Wash; Rev. A. c. Smithers
of Los Angeles, H. ]. Fries of Tacoma,
Wash; H. S. Gill of Salem, Or; N. D.
Harmon of Bethany, Neb., and Rev. R.
M. Craig of Santa Fe, N. NJ
Long before the hour appointed for
the opening of the convention every
seat in the vast pavilion, which accom-
modates over 10, 900 people, was occupied.
women predom mating, and from the
stage the sight was one never to be for
gotten. Seldom has an audience equal in
number and appearance been assembled
within the walls of a building in Cali
fornia.
Promptly at $3.50 o'clock the great
gathering was called to order by Rev. e..
r. Ollie of this city, and after musical
welcome by the choir. brie f devotional
exercises were conducted f'y Rev. p F.
King of Bolton, Tex. Then the welcome
of the Committee of 1897 was delivered
by Rolla v. Watt, chairman.
MR.. WATTS REMARKS.
He said: "This morniIlg our dreams
ere realized, our hopes are fulfilled, our
prayers are answered; for we witness
the assembling of the Christian En-
deavor Convention for the first time
on The shores of the Nigh ty Pacific. God
bless you! We are glad you are here;
welcome, thrice welcomes.
I'VE welcome you first. and above all
for the sake of our Mast Ell, whose banner
of love is over all and whose servants
YOU are. He has said il we lift Him up
He will draw all men unto, Himself; and
lust as we represent Him in our
thoughts, our words, OUR deeds, in our
daily lives, so men will see Him. He
holds in His hands the solution OF all
our problems, social political and spir-
ftual. 1t is the part of Christian en-
deavdr to take these pre- cious gifts and
offer them to mankind.
1--WE welcome you, therefore, because
you are seeking to present the Savior Of
man to the world that the world may be
made better
1--WE cannot offer you tile historic set
tings Of Boston Common, nor the beau
ties of national capital; we are too
young for such things; but we are proud
of our city, set on more hills than Rome
boasted, and of our State, with its va
ried and unequaled attrac tons.
while you are in our city I trust
YOU will seek out the bright. spots rather
: than the dark ones; ascert ain for your
selves what we are doing ON the west
coast along the lines you have chosen
for your activities. Note the evidences
of material, moral and religious prog
ness, and in so doing remember that not
fifty years ago on this little peninsula
Yerba Buena was christenaed San Fran
cisco. 1t was scarcely tn en- hamlet,
and was not incorporated into town
until three years afterwards.
"And let me remind you that at New
n VI 49,
we invited you to California; our invi-
tation was broader than city, and this
morning, on our souvenir badges, on our
flags, on our arch, on our banners, in
flowers and shrubs in our parks you
will find inscribed the magic words
which have induced you to leave your
homes and to travel thousands of miles
through the burning heat of July, Cal
ifornia, '97'"
REV. HEMPHILL'S WELCME.
After the applause which followed
the remarks of Watt had subsided the
welcome of the Golden Gate Parlors was
given by Rev. John Hemphill, who said:
Several centuries ago monk of Pi-
cardy named Peter the Hermit went
mp and down Europe preaching fiery
crusade against those who held the sep
ulchre wherein the Saviour of the world
was laid, and he inspired the people
wherever he went with his own, wild
weird enthusiasm. All Europe flew to
arms. The watchword, Deus Vult,'
burst from ten thousand times ten thou
sand lips and the armies of Christendom
precipitatedi themselves upon the Holy
Land with the awful cry, God wills it,!
echoing from rank to rank.
"Francis E. Clarke-the Peter the
Hermit of the nineteenth century-has
for several years been going up and
down our land and other lands preach
ing far holier crusade, kindling the
fires of Christian zeal and love on the
altar of young hearts; and now, with a
few battalions of his mighty army he
has invaded California and We have
surrendered Internationally. In the
name of the pastors of the Golden West,
we bid you thrice welcome and we in
woke such showers Of blessings upon
you that in the coming years the San
Francisco convention will be referred to
as the Pentecostal convention"
DR.. Hemphill's address was eloquently
delivered and evoked great enthusiasm
Lieutenant-Governor Jeter then as
cended the platform and in brief but
weIl-choeen speech welcomed the dele