The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1897-07-17
ONE OF THREE PRESENTED,
AWARDED TO THE STATE OF
MINNESOTA,
SESSIONS WELL ATTENDED.
DoWNPOUR OF RAIN FAILED TO
KEEP THE DELEGATES AT
HOME. ty
EPwoRTH LEAGUERs AT TORONTO.
Twenty Thousand Visitors in the
Canadian City to Attend the
Annual Convention

CHATTANOOGA. Tenn. July ia
heavy downpour of rain for several
hours early this morning interfered
considerably with the pleasures of the
thousands of Baptist visitors in the
city. The sunrise prayer meeting on
Lookout Mountain was abandoned and
a number of prayer meetings held at
local churches at o'clock were only
slightly attended. The weather clear
ed up at 8 o'clock and the sessions of
the convention were well attended.
The banners in the sacred literature
conquest, missionary and Bible readers
courses, were presented during the day
to the states Of Minnesota Indiana and
Pennsylvania. The convention then ad-
journed until tomorrow.
A conference of state, provincial and
associational officers was held in the
afternoon at Centenary M. E. church.
Rev. Theo. Thesy, of New Jersey. was
made chairman About forty delegates
secretary, urged all state officers to
bend their energies to, perfecting state
organizations. This, he declared, is the
greatest weakness of the union.
A conference of junior leaders was
also held this afternoon, presided over
by Rev. R. F. McDanett, of Illinois,
and methods of junior work were dis
cussed at length.
The second annual meeting of the
International transportation leade, s
union, an adjunct of the union, whose
object is to secure reduced railroad
rates to international conventions, was
held this afternoon. 1t was decided to
abolish the position of international
transportation leader and let the duties
of that position deVolVe on the general
officers of the union.
The morning session was opened with
the usual praise service, after which
DR.. E. E. Hunt, of Toledo, Ohio chair
man of the board of managers, called
the convention to order as the pre-
sio1ng officer OF the day. AT the con-
Clusion of the devotional exercises, DIR.
Hunt announced that the reports Of
standing committees were in order
The nomination committee made it's
report through its chairman, Rev. O.
S. c. Wallace. The report of the COM
mittee was accepted without discus
sion, and the secretary instructed 10
cast the ballot as a whole for the nom1-
nees. The officers elected were:
President, John H. Chapman, Chi
cago; vice presidents, S. Curtis Lee
Laws, Rev. George B. Vosburg Denrea,
California; Rev. j. H. Macdonald, Am
herst, N. s.; recording secretary, Rev.
H. w. Reed, La Crosse, Wis; treas
urer, Frank Moody, Milwaukee, Wis.
Annual members of the board of
managers, Charles S. Burton, Illinois;
dali, Illinois; John W Law, Illinois;
Charles A. Marsh, Illinois; Y. Grennen.
Illinois; Rev. H. F. Perry, Illinois; Rev
s. D. Gray Alabama; Norway Will
liams, New York; Rev. j. w. Conley,
st. Paul; Rev, o. S. Wallace, Ontario
Term ending 19OO-Rev. C. w. Corey,
Prince Edward Island; w. w. Main,
Jersey; Rev. H. M. Hunsicker, Penn
sylvania; Rev. L. L. Henson, Indiana:
Rev. W. M. Lawrence, Illinois; William
McKercher, Iowa; Rev. L. Halsey.
Arizona; Rev. o. w. Van Osdel, Wash
ington; Charles M. Ness, Maryland;
Rev. A. P. Pugh, Florida; Rev. H. c.
Rosemund, Arkansas; Rev. A. T. Jam1-
son, South Carolina.
Term ending 1S99-Rev. G. w. Trutt.
Texas, and Arthur Flacks, Mississippi
After the acceptance of this report
DR.. Cooper led in prayer; there was a
song by the choir, and the convention
adjourned. Between 10 and II o'clock
conferences on various branches of the
work We're held at four of the city
churches.
Between l and 2:3O this afternoon,
conferences between several branches
of the work were held at various
churches.
AT 2:45 the afternoon session of the
convention was opened with praise
service, after which the salutation Of
nags, an interesting ceremony, was
led by Dr. F. L. Wilkins, of Chicago.
The afternoon meetings were attend
Bishop ]. M. Walden acted as chair
man, and Rev. S. T. Westhofer. of
Chattanooga, Tenn, spoke of Christ
in Personal Experiences" D. G. Bick-
ers, of GAINESVILLE, Ga. took for his
theme Christ in Business" and was
followed by F. w. Fuller, of Topeka,
Kan, and Rev. Charles B. Mitchell,
Minneapolis. who spoke in the same
strain. In the pavilion, r. M. Keller,
Speeches drawn from the life of Christ
We're made by Reverends D. F. Stout,
of st. Paul; Rev. T. J. Hurlin, of New
York; Bruce L. Rice, of Clarksville,
Tenn, and Rev. W. H. Jordan, of Sioux
Falls, S. D. The same theme was
dwelt upon in the Metropolitan church,
those taking part being Joe Ramsey,
" VIVA, d.s LII. II. .. SOptldlu -OI
Ann Arbor, Mich; Rev. DR.. w. s..
Stulz, of Wichita, Kas.; Rev. r. M
Mason Of Cincinnati, and Rev. C. J.
Carpenter of Orlando, Fla.
At Cookies church, Rev. E. S. Os-
borne, of Yonkers, acted as chairma H.
The same topics were handled by Fred
erick Keeney, of Elmira, N. Y; Miss
Emma Tucker Of Atlanta; Rev. ]. M.
Manood, Of Webster City, To-; Rev. G.
j. Rice, Of Columbia, S. c., and Rev.
c. j. Murray, of South Atlanta, Ga.
The meetings tonight were given up
to missionary addresses, and the topic
was the world for Christ. The house
and churches were all crowded by the
leaguers and the general public. In
Massey hall, Rev. I'D. Hammond, of
Macon, Ca; presided and addresses We're
delivered by RevIaiDrai Sutherland, ol
Toronto; Rev. w. p Thirkield, of At
lanta and Rev. J. M. Buckley, of New
York. iii II