The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1897-07-09
ENDEAvoRERs AT SAN FRANCISCO
About 10000 Are Gathered There Now
Report of Secretary Baer.

San Francisco, July Sit may be.now
said that the Christian Endeavor hosts
have completed their conquest OF this
CITY, They have arrived in such numbers
during the last "a hours as to peryade
every quarter of the city.
| The busiest scene this morning is about
the California headquarters. There are
| 30, 900 Endeavorers in California, and it
seems as though most of them intend
putting in an appearance at the conyen-
| ton. The total number OF arrivals includ-
| ing those of this forenoon, is about 10000.
The last of the big eastern delegations
are expected to reach San Francisco to-
night
| Rev. Francis e. Clark, father of the
| Christian Endeavor made his first public
appearance in California at the First
| Presbyterian church at Oakland The
Endeavorers of Oakland turned out in
thousands and gave the distinguished
visitor a rousing reception.
| The annual board of trustees meeting
will be held at the Palace hotel Tuesday
| July IS.
With every mail comes a batch of greet
| ings to the big convention. Those of So
cieties that have found it impossible to
send delegates have forwarded greetings
that will be read at the great gatherings.
| They are coming from lndia Japan,
France, Germany and other alien lands
The feature of today's meeting of the
convention was the annual report of Sec
rotary John Willis Baer. Speaking of the
growth of the movement he says:
/ Careful observers of the onward sweep
| of this river of Christian Endeavor have
,xo+o.l +bo+ ~ bac xyidaDa1 611p;rrr ~ - ,,..+
year. Since last we met, this great cur
rent has been swelled by 5000 new socie-
| ties. Rejoice with exceeding Joy, for the
worldwide enrolment is now 80, TAI local
societies. What a swift and mighty flood
| In 1881, one society and 81 members. In
| 1887, 90, 7SO societies and total member
ship of 8, 000, 600.
| Of its large tributary state and provin-
cial streams in this country that have
over one thousand local societies, Penn
| slyvania still leads with 3,443; New
| York, 3,049; Ohio, 2, 1888; Illinois has now
passed to the fourth place, with 2,U13;
| Ontario, 1,7S3; Indiana, l, 1854; Iowa, 1 1856,
land Michigan with 1,o71, for the first
| time is entitled to place in this class.
| These figures do not include the junior
societies with their boys and girls, the
| intermediate societies, with their lads and
lassies, the Senior and Mothers societies
and those who in years are no longer
considered young.
| Now we are reminded that Christian
Endeavor has flowed into many unlocked
for fields, for there are many Christian
Endeavor societies in colleges, in public
institutions of various kinds, in prisons
and schools of reform, in almshouses,
asylums, institutions for the blind, etc.,
on board ships, men-ofwar, at navy
yards, in life stations and among life
savers, among the boys in blue in the
tod fotn nd 10y
factories, among car-drivers and police
men, in the Travellers Union, etc. to the
total number of Al.
The Juniors now claim our attention
the springs that feed this mighty river.
The Keystone State, Pennsylvania, which
leads with 1 1897; New York only q little
behind with 1888; Illinois, 1893; Ohio, 97D;
| California has made mighty leap and
passed into fifth place with SOL; Indiana,
$40; Iowa, SIS; Massachusetts,, 517, this
ending the list of states with more than
500 Junior societies enrolled. The Junior
banner,G given to theE state that has
made the largest gain in Junior societies
during the year, was first presented at
Montreal to New York, and at the three
fannual conventions since that time Penn
sylvania has proudly carried it away; but
| this year our good "pig iron" friends
must pass that banner over to the Buck
I eyes of Ohio. 80
nWild demonstrations of enthusiasm at
tended the presentation of the badge ban
| ner to the country making the greatest
proportlonate gain in number of socie-
| ties during the last IL months. The BAN
ner which has been in the possession of
Scotland during the past year was won
| by Ireland. The Junior badge banner
given for the greatest proportionate in
last IL months was awarded to Spain.
1t had been in possession of Mexico.
The badge banner for the greatest in
crease in number of societies during the
year, which had been held by England,
was retained and presented to the same
country. The Junior banner for the
greatest increase in number of societies
has been held by Pennsylvania for three
years, was wrested from the keystone
state by Ohio. Then a poem, "The
Army of Daybreak, ''' by Rev. Ernest
Wharbur6on Shurtleff of Plymouth, was
read. The delegates adjourned to assem-
BILE tonight.
churches this afternoon. Several open
| air meetings also were held.
| More than 10000 Christian Endeaver-
ors are now in the city
This afternoon a reception and dinner
was given by the Woman's Congrega-
tional Board of Missions of the Pacific
coast An incident of the Christian En-
| deavor meeting in Woodward's pavilion
| today which caused long continued APP
plause, was the reading of the following
! telegram from the President:
Washington, July Z.
| John Willis Baer, San Franchises:
Best wishes for the success of the con-
| vention. VIM. MCKINLEY.
| Il The banner to be presented to the locali-
4 ty union having reported the best
| progress during the past year, was
awarded to indianapolis. Rev. CORTLAND
| Mayors, of Brooklyn then spoke on
I''Christian Endeavor and Civic Right
eousness."