The daily morning journal and courier., 1897-07-09
EXPECT 10000 ENDEAYoRERs.
10000 Now In San Francisco Scenes Att
 tending Yesterdays Exercises.

tending Yesterdays Excrcises.
 San Franc co, July 8.-Wild demon
 strations of enthusiasm attended the
 presentation of the big Christian En- deavor banner to-day to the country
 making the greatest proportionate gain
 in number of societies during the last twelve months. The banner, which
 has been in possession of Scotland dur ing the past year. was won by Ireland. and was presented by Rev. Charles A. | Dickinson of Boston. The junior badge donate increase in number of societies I during the last twelve months. was | awarded to Scotland. It was present ed by W. H. vogler of Indianapolis.
 It had been in the possession of Mex leo.
 l The badge banner for the greatest | increase in number of societies during the year, which had been held by Eng land, was retained and presented to l the same country the address being delivered by Rev. w J. Darby. The junior banner for the greatest increase in number of societies, held by Penn- | sylvania for three years was wrested from the Keystone state by Ohio, whose representatives were extremely enthusiastic when the presentation was | made by Rev. J. 2. Tyler of Cleveland
 Then poem, "The Army of Day break" by Rev. Ernest Warbuton Shurtleff of Plymouth, was read The delegates adjourned to assemble again 1 tonight
 During the noon hour evangelistic | services were conducted at the Y. M. c. l A. hall.
 Denominational rallies were held in thirty-two churches this afternoon All wer largely attended
 | Several open air meetings were also | held.
 More than 10000 Christian Endeavor- | CTS are now in the city and several l thousand more will be added to the number before the end of the week | This afternoon a reception and dinner | was given by the Women's Congrega- 1 the Board of Missions of the Pacific coast. An incident of the Christian En- devor meeting in Woodward's pavilion to-day, which caused long continued applause, was the reading of the follow | ing telegram from the president: Washington, D. C., July 7.-John Willis Baer, San Francisco Best wish es for the success of the convention. "W. MCKINLEY" | The sessions of the Christian Tndsav- | or convention this evening. both at Ma l ol,o vilion, were even more largely attended than those held In the morning. Fully | 10000 people listened to the proceedings at the Mechanics pavilion The first address was delivered by Rev. Howard J. Russell of Columbus, O., his subject being Christian Endeavor vs. the Sa- loon." He spoke at length of the ob- jects and methods of the anti-saloon | league which he heartily endorsed. The handsome banner to be presented to the local city union having made the best progress was awarded to Indian apolis. Rev. Courtland Myers of Broolk- lyn then spoke on Christian Endeavor and Civic Righteousness. The monster meeting in Woodward'a pavilion was presided over by Francis Clarke. president of the EndeavOrers and the devotional exercises were con- ducted by Rev. Charles B. Savage of Orange. N. J. A vigorous attack on the pernicious reading matter of the dav was made by Rev. George +. Pentecost | of New York.
 After an earnest address by Josiah Strong of New York on Christian En- ! deavor and Citizenship the convention adjourned.