The herald., 1897-07-13


Tenth Legion" An address on foreign
missions by Rev. ]. c. r. Ewing Of La
hore followed, in which he declared tha.
teachers from India who have visited
this country are not representatives of
the Hindooism of today, but persons who
have absorbed the truths of the Sermon
on the Mount. Rev. J. R. Davies of New
York made an earnest plea for system
attic and proportionate giving to God.
The missionary roll of honor was then
called and number of visiting mission
aries introduced to the delegates. An
eloquent address by Rev. Nehemiah
Boynton of Detroit, on home missions,
was the last speech of the morning.
Then the committee of 1887 was called
to the platform and Secretary Baer pre-
sented the testimony of effective work
through it to the Golden Gate Union.
This was not on the regular program and
proved to be a genuine surprise.
A JUNIOR RALLY
There was a great rally of the junior
socis ties at the Mechanics pavilion to-
day. OF the $4,000 people within the walls
of the immense structure at least one
half were children and their interest in
the proceedings seemed to surpass that
Ol lHSIr tluSlS at pISNlOuS SeSSlOHS.
Hearts were hard indeed that were not
touched by the ringing notes from the
great choir of young throats and it was
in vain that the leaders of the meeting
tried to restrain the enthusiastic audi
ence. The appearance of the tiny tots
from the Chinese mission evoked wild
applause and their singing and recita-
tions were so unexpectedly good that
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ing was presided over by Rev. j. IL.
Bomberger OF Columbus, Ohio. After
the praise service and devotional exer-
cises Mrs. Francis e. Clark of Boston,
who was introduced as the mother of the
society, spoke to the children, bringing
greetings from many lands. 1.-THE Song
of the Heart" was the subject Of an il
lustrated talk by Rev. Robert r. Y.
Pierce of Philadelphia, who held the
close attention of his auditors. An ex
ercise by the San Francisco juniors
called ''The Junior Garden" was ex-
tremely interesting. 1t consisted of a
practical demonstration of the benefi-
cent effect of a Christian life, various
plants and flowers being represented by
different groups of children. President
Clark, who was on the program for few
lClldlNS, NOillCHtCd iiAliloOiA Nleii iAAIAo-
ducing San Chom, the only Corean'
member of the organization, and Miss
Newton of Foo Chow, China, was the
bearer of the beautiful banner presented
by the Endeavor organiza tions of the
orient to the united societies. After
more singing the meeting adjourned.
wOODWARD'S PAVILION
The morning session at Woodward's s
Pavilion was attended by an enthusias-
tic audience that half-filled the vast
auditorium. President Clark presided.
Praise service was conducted by A. T.
Sutherland, and devotional exercises
were conducted by Rev. H. Mosser of
Reading, Pa. The first speaker was Miss
Lillian Staple Mead of Adelaide, whose
subject was THE Worlds Prayer
Chain" She said, in part:
I'VE have heard a great deal during
this convention about the Jubilee bon
fires which blazed all over England and
from there TO Gibraltar and Malta, then
to India, and so on. until they blazed all
around the world. 1t has seemed to me
that this was something like a world s
prayer chain, only the fires of
this Jubilee were kindled in Eng
land and those of this pray
er chain in America. While there is a
likeness, there is a difference, for their
bond is that of great empire, while ours
is to the country of Him who rules over
all and whose kingdom endures forever.
This is the only bond asked from those
who belong to the worlds prayer chain,
that they shall be bound to God, the
King of Kings, our Father. 1t is not tha
we need be Christian Endeavorers, not
that we must subscribe to any particular
creed, but it is that we shall be faithful
and trust in Jesus Christ and look to
Him for strength, and that we will pray
every day for this great movement"
Rev. Charles Roads, d. D., of Chester,
Pa, spoke of city Evangelization Out
side of the Churches" Rev. ]. Wilbur
Chapman, DID, of Philadelphia deliv-
cred an address on Deepening of the
Spiritual Life Inside Our Churches"
AFTERNOON MEETING
In the Afternoon Woodward's pavii-
ion was packed with an animated crowd
of Endeavorers, including delegation
of white capped convention ushers who
occupied the center of the auditorium.
Secretary John Willis Baer of Boston
presided. The song service conducted
by j. J. Morris of San Francisco was fol-
lowed by devotional exercises under the
leadership of J. Maskey of Salt Lake
City.
'The Practical School of Christian
Endeavor Methods and Ways of Work
ing" was the name given to the proceed
ings The most interesting feature was
a series of so-calleG open parliaments
conducted by well known Epdeavorers
They were conducted by the leaders ask
ing for suggestions for practical work
whereupon enthusiasts arose in every
part of the hall for one minute sugges-
tions. At times a dozen persons were
endeavoring to talk at once, ard the
leader had trouble keeping school. One
of the leaders, Treasurer William Shaw
gave a numerous tone to his qusries and
kept the audience in roar Other lead
ers of parliaments were F. j. Grant
Shields of Philadelphia, John. r. Cary
of Baltimore, L. W. H. Lewis of Seattle
and H. N. Lathrop of Boston.
One of the musical attractions was
singing by a Chinese quartet in native
costume. Following this came a paper
entitled, "The Lookout Committee" by
A. E. Mcdonald of Chicago. He said in
part: 1T goes without saying that the
lookout committee should be composed
of the best material in the society.
II would emphasize as its most i'm