The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1897-07-31

sembly. gave the last of the series of prac-
teal talks which he has been delivering to
the convention the past week, and all who
heard II declared IL TO be the best. 1t
seemed TO strike at the very root of the
Christian Endeavor movement. The sub
Ject of his address was Conservation
What is 1t and How to Secure 1t.
He said leader of a conservation meet
ing should have the best preparation for
conducting it, He made the points,
70 Iha riv ona an exeeene u Sning
, the meeting that others may have
I the benefit OF it; that ones mistakes should
DE turned into good; that a meeting shoul1
be held once month for the purpose OF
self-examination-" Mr.. McCauley left the
park Immediately after the close of his ad-
dress. The convention marched with him
en- masse to the depot. singing their En-
deaver songs, and when he got on the car
| they gave him the Chattanooga salute: he
acknowledged il, while the crowd at the
depot cheered him until he was out of hear
ing distance. He has been asked to meet
with the assembly next year. and will
probably do So
Following the morning address was the
Eraining school of Miss Kate f. Whistler
in the Christian Endeavor cottage At IL
o'clock Hon. John L. Wiley, of Anderson
gave the assembly lecture. 1t was of
humorous nature, being play on words as
the subject might indicate, "A. Ramble
Among Words" He would take some slang
phrase and trace it back to its origin, show
ing what it meant in the beginning and
how utterly ridiculous it was for one TO try
to express thought by the use of such
smart sayings He was very much appre-
ciated.
During the morning Rev. Henry f. Pritch-
ard closed his work with the conven-
ton, giving his last Bible talk He took
up the question of faith, What is 1t and
How Does 1t Gomez" He made an elab-
crate and convincing argument of the sub
ject, and gave to the Endeavorers a num-
Der of passages of Scripture for them to
note down and study at home. The second
part of his address was on the subject of
prayer. He held that God hears some men s
prayers and does not hear others, for the
reason that prayer has it's subjects as other
institutions. He said that a man who led
pure life would be heard by God but one
that lived an unholy life would be ignored.
we should pray earnestly, said the
speaker, for those things which will make
us better, Do not pray in the selfish spirit;
God knows what is best for US and will
give 1t to us anyway. And since some might
say. Why pray at all, them would an
swer that if we pray earnestly for a thing
that Will put us on higher plane of life,
then we will live toward that. In all our
everyday affairs we will have that goal in
view, and will endeavOr TO reach it." He
gave some biblical passages on prayer for
the convention to read and think over dur
ing their leisure hours. He urged that one's
prayers should be short; that they should
be in the name of Christ for to pray in
the name of Christ is TO pray by His au-
thority He closed by reciting an essay by
Oliver Goldsmith, which sets forth the
friendship existing between Septmus and
Alexander. Rev. Pritchard has the love of
a
scholar and q patriarch in the ministry. At
the close of the afternoon services in the
tabernacle the assembly showed its appre-
citation of the aged pastor by a substantial
Offering of money. and also by the adop-
ton Of the following resolutions;
Whereas, We have enjoyed the rare priv
ilege of hearing the mastery addresses of
Rev. Pritchard to the EndeaVorerS;
Resolved, That we tender him our fer
things of the spirit of God and the proper
method of the study of Gods word, and We
trust that he may commit these thoughts
in book form;
Resolved further, That we appreciate the
efforts Of the programme committee in pro-
viding these excellent lectures"
In the evening at the tabernacle a Cali
fornia echo meeting was held, led by Miss
Kate r. Whistler. She was member of
the national Christian Endeavor conven-
ton which was recently held at San Fran
cisco. She gave a vivid account of their
trip to and from the Golden Gate" At
every step they were warmly welcomed in
the name of their society and flowers were
showered on them. All of the cities had
planned free excursions for their pleasure.
At Sacramento, Cal, they were met by an
advance guard of the reception committee
and one might have thought it was the
Christian Endeavor city so great was the
number of Endeavorers. She then gave
some vital points concerning the work of
the convention while in the city of San
Francisco. Oakland, Cal. entertained ten
thousand members of the convention, treat
ing them to ice cream and all kinds of fruit
for which that State is so justly famed.
An excellent musical programme was. rem
dered last evening. 1t consisted of BARI
tone solo by II. A Davis, soprano solo en-
titled Father of Mercies," by Miss E
Maud Cline; number by a quartet COM
posed of Misses Webb and Chase. soprano
and alto, Messrs. Wiles and Pearcey, tenor
and bass.
This is children's day. and promises to be
one of the biggest days of the assembly
T. ]. Legg, of Logansport will be presi-
dent of the day. All the Sunday schools
have been invited and all children under
sixteen years of age will be admitted free.
Sundays sermons will be delivered by
Charles B. Newman of Detroit, and E. p.
Wdger, of Laporte.
The convention in a short conservation
service yesterday selected Jewel Young, as
| the junior son of the Christian Endeavor So
| cieties of Indiana to be the junior delegate
| from Indiana to the international conven-
| tons Master Jewel has been consecrated
| by his family to special Christian work.