Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1897-07-12
CLOSING EXERCISES.
Last Day Of the Christian EudeaYor
Convention.
THE ENTHUSIASM NOT ABATING
Excursion 10 yarions Paris OF the
State for the Mkt Three
Days.

Endeavar convention ever held VIII
be brought to g close. The program
for the day and evening is an interest
ing one.
Besides the early morning prayer
meetings, the Christian Endesvor
missionary force spoke at the morning
service at the mechanics pavilion,
and the evangt Jisiio force was at
Woolwsrdb pavilion. La the alter.
! noon the Junior Edh1eavors Will rally
at the Mechanics' pavilion and q
practical school OF Cthristian Endeav6r
methods will be- he.H at Wo Idwari's.
AT both pavilions sp, ,cial conservation
exetcises will marx the cluie OF all
pr Greetings.
Ga Tuesday the whiting delegates
or great majority OF them will atterd
| pubic reception to wlsicn they nave
bsen specially Invited IVY a committee
representing the citizens oil Oakland.
IL IL expected ut least ten thousand
Will cross the bay aud tNnioy the hot
pitality of the OaklanderL With the
end OF the Convention tn y thousands
oil visiloIs, delegates and Others VIII
take advantage OF the oppo n'unity and
the cheap rates to visit che many
places OF interest throughout tue state.
ARRANGEMENTS have been made fr
,xcurtions to Monterey, Mtuut Ham
iiton, Santa Cruz mOuntainsc 81 anford
| University. and other | 1lei esting
places, even taking in the sou thern
country as part OF their iournsy.
The rush for tickets Tor Ii ese a. ide
trips" was 30 great this mort ung that
he clerks could not keep tlae crow
moving as rapidly as 1t gslhe red. A
am. the sale OF excursion tickets 10
gar, and from that hour until even
ing there wss not a minutes rest for
the ticket sellers.
For the Dext three days, the Yose.
mite route win have all the stages
can carly, and during the last few
days txoursioniste were going to the
valley IN parties OF 100, made up by
the railroad company.
While the number of persons seek.
Ing admission al the big pavilions THIS
morniDg was not q uiet 80 great as o.
previous OCCASIONS, still there were
Jacket houses and the enthusiasm
was rs great as al any tIrne since Inc
begin ming Of the convention. IL
fact, 1t seemed no II every one present
desired to express his or her sstiBfLc-
ton with tue way tue greatest con.
vention Of Endeavorers ever held nau
been c0uuucteu.
There was praise for the committee
OF '9I, qualification at the reception
all had received at the hands OF Call
furDia in general and San Ffarcisco
il particula lar, ana thankfulness for tue
leriect weather which has blessed the
entire meeting.
EARLY MEETINGS..
Fan FRANCISCO, July 12.-Eariy
this morning began the last oay's
work OF the International Christian
EndeavOr convention. The toplc ut
tue prayer ,meeting was. Ever AssU.
ciste Members.
Tue daily hOnr for Bible study was
conducted by P,o'. Herbert Il. Willoti,
Chicsgu, his SUBJECT being "John-A
Message OF Light and Love"
He said that the esseuce U. ain ia the
denial OF the life anu the reality Of
the life and the work OF Christ, anu
argued that love was the essentisI
characteristico OF God aud His children.
Rev. Robert +. Y. Pierce OF PniladeI-
phia spoke at the Uniteu Presbyieriar
church on Chiiuren's Msetings and
How to Make Them Interest," Bg,
Illustrating his remarks on the BLACK
board.
| AL mECliAN1C'b PAVILION.
The morning session OF the con VEN
| ton proper was opened in the
Mechauics' pavilion by Rev. Nj.
Rh, des OF s.. LOUIS. Alter the usua
praise service, devotional sxsrcses
were conducted by Rev. w. II. Scud-
der Of Tao ma. Then the topic OF the
morning; Cnristisn Endsavor, A
Missionary Force, was taken. The
frat speaker was Amos. II. Wells OF
Boston, who spoke on The Tenth
Legion.
AN address on Foreign Missions by
R.v. j. u. II. Ewing OF Lahore, In
which lie declared that the teachers
from India who have come as speakers
to this country are not representatives
OF the Hinduism OF today, but persons
who have absorbed the truths OF the
sermon ON the maunt. Rev. j. II.
| Davies OF New YORK made au earnest
plea Tor Systematic and Proportionate
Givingt) God.
The missionary roll OF honor was
then read nuu a number OF visiting
IN Missionaries were introduced TO the.
Ielegstes. An eloquent address by
Rev. Nehemiah BOynton OF Dstroit,
on hOme missions was the last set
speech OF this morning. Then the
co IN mlttcD OF 'bI was Ctlleu 10 me
platform by Secretary Bear, who pre-
sented to tbem the Golden Gate
union testimonial OF Effective work.
This was not on the program ana was
a genuine surprise.
AT wooDwARD's PAVILION.
The morning ssior NJ Wogdward's
pavilion was attended by 40 enthus-
sstic sudionce that nalf filed tue
auditorium. President Clark presided.
\ The praise service was conducted by
\ A. Il. Sutherland and devotional exeT-
cises were conducted by the Rsv. ID.
Mosser o. Recalling, Pa.
The tirst speaker was Miss Lillian S.
| Mead, OF Adeiaiue, south Australia,
whose subject wSs Toe WOrld's
Prayer Cham.
The Rev. Charles Roads. ID. D., OF
Chester, Penna., spoks OF CITY Evan.
geIizatiop outside OF the Churches.
An address bv the Rev. J. Wilbur
| Chapman, ID. d, of rhiiadelpnia, on
Deepening OF the Spiritual Lie Inside
our Churches followed.
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