The herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1893-1900, 1897-07-19
Endeavorers Hold a Mon
ster Rally
HONOR TO FATHER CLARK
RELICS OF HEROES IN THE MIS-
sIoNARY FIELD
A Unique Gavel Used at the Conven-
ton and Sent With Loving Mes
sages by Indian Endeavorers

The world for Christ-that was the
ambitious keynote Of the Christian En-
deavor mass meeting at Simpson taber-
nacle yesterday afternoon. Not Califor-
MIA merely, nor the United States, but
the entire world.
And from floor to dome, every seat was
filled and every inch of standing space
was occupied by Christian Endeavorers.
who to date have proved themselves
bold, enthusiastic and resourceful In
prosecuting their work Of evangelical
ton Indeed, long after the tabernacle
was completely thronged, people con-
tinued to come and an overflow meeting
In Emmanuel church was rendered an
absolute necessity.
A few moments before the time ap-
pointed fer the services to commence,
the vast audience of workers broke into
song. and made the edifice ring with the
triumphal chorus. wherein is embodied
movement:
Marching to Zion.
Beautiful, beautiful Zion." etc.
And then. as If forming corollary to
this, as indeed it did, in softened and
lar old song:
" He leadeth me- he leadeth me,
BY his own hand he leadeth me-"
The larger majority Of those present
were young people, and the sight Of 50
many members of the c. L. movement
was an inspiration in itself.
Around the platform had been ar
ranged ported palms, while the choir
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that was all that had been added in the
way Of decoration. Against the walls
OF the organ loft hung suspended the
purple silk banners Of the local Christian
Endeavor branches. overshadowed by
the folds Of the Stars and Stripes.
Precisely on time. at 2:30, Thornton
Fitzhugh called the mass meeting to
order and presented as chairman for the
afternoon Leonard Merrill. state presi-
dent of the Christian Endeavor society.
Mr.. Merrill first of all invited all visiting
pastors present to take their seats upon
the platform. and quite a number re-
sponded. Judging from the badges.
every part of the union almost was rep
resented.
The service proper was then opened by
the singing of the hymn, having for the
refrain:
Listen to my story. listen to my song,
Praising my Savior all day long"
Then DIR. Mclean offered prayer. He
besought a blessing upon young peo-
pies societies throughout the world.
upon the Christian Endeavor movement
and upon its founder particularly. and
asked that even grander achievements
might result from their efforts than had
In the past.
All Joined then in singing the song that
the chairman defined as California S
song of sunshine" 1t was not In the
books, but everyone sang with vim of
the Sunshine in my Soul" Chairman
Merrill said that song ought to be an
inspiration to everyone present to con-
tribute to the grand work being carried
on. The ushers then took up the offer
ing. and when that pleasing duty had
been performed the Rev. ]. H. Bomber
ger of Columbiana, Ohio, was presented
to the meeting as the first speaker Of
the afternoon.
He spoke of his impressions of the
convention al San Francisco and pre-
faced his fifteen minutes talk by say
ing that his impressions were without
limit, but that he would confine himself
to just three. Incidentally, too, he
said that he had found that newspapers
were just like pastors, for they some
times made mistakes. Not only had his
name been distorted beyond recognition
but his home had been located in Penn
sylvania. Then a local paper yesterday
stated that the Ohio delegation would
in body make trip to Mt. Lowe. To
thus select the Ohio delegation for a
Sabbath breaking trip he regarded as
particularly cruel, for upon coming west
they had made practice Of not travel
ing on Sunday in any case.
Proceeding more directly to his subject
the reverend gentleman said that ore
impression of the convention that had
appeared to him worthy of note was the
vast expenditure of energy. Usually
conventions are considered as genera
tors of energy, but in the recent con-
vention was thrown out a vast amount
Of energy and the thought obtruded it.
self that where there is fire there must
be fuel to feed it. Then came the re-
msmbrance of Bunyans pilgrim. At
one point on the road he saw a fire and
it blazed up without any apparent addi-
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terpreter took the pilgrim behind and
then he saw one engaged in pouring oil
upon the flames. 49," said the speak
err. "if the conventions are to continue
as means of good it is in the closet, in
the home and in faithfulness to private
Christian duty that the enthusiasm will
! be generated and that will be manifested
in later conventions.
The second impression that struck the
speaker as being of importance was the
continually Increasing number of young
men being reached TIe stated that
when Father" Clark asked in the
great conservation meeting that the
saying be refuted that the society was
merely for women and children quite
two-fifths of the men present stood I'D.
AS showing the need of an agency to
draw the young men the speaker stated
that there are in the nation about 7.0O0.-
900 young men; every Sunday there are
10000 who go to the parks or worse
places, and there are $4,000 in the sa-
loon business. In Denver a census was
taken one Sunday and $50 men were
found in the churches and 1000 in the
saloons. Anohtre census showed that
twenty-five had Joined the church, and
within the same period Of time 1850 had
been charged In the courts with crime.
The third and last impression dwelt
upon was the mighty influence of the
convention in promoting interdenon,ira