The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1897-07-10
CHRISTIAN ENDEAVORtRS'
r,,,tv.fiye Thousand Visitors Are
10 San Francisco.
|1HF CHRISTIAN ENDHAvoR PLEDGE
,,.. the Topic Discussed at '"'
u.rttngs-slummin Par
,,., in Chinatown Pop""r'

p''N -,,,n have fully demonstrated 'h'
eou' nover before in the history oil
, ,s,s organization Of phenomenal grown
~. any OF its annual GATHERINGS oee''
.sowrea with such success. 1t has required
..,r, NJ n big squad of police TO keep
,ho peOple away from the halls in wh''h
Az meetings are being held FOR more
.s.r an hour before the time set Tor inc
..,,, n the services this evening 'he
w. roor Woodward's and Mechanics
,ov,liops were literally packed Win ihei'
.omep and children, eager for admission
nd almost before shutdown the bu'iuines'
,,,o ~ accommodating 10000 were SO
.npmSnd that the fire authorities positive
y. ,,irsed To admit any more of the En-
; !; or their friends. 1t Is TO the
vi, of the police that admirable order
m,s maintained and no calamity occurred.
thousands Of people from the Eas,
,onred into town today and it is estimated
,hs, less than $4,000 visitors have already
s.r;ysd although several trains are still
delayed. ,,,
bsinc organized and are proving source
Of peculiar attraction.
Glorious weather prevailed again today
and the Christian Endeavorers crowded the
various churches, where meetings were to
be held. The topic of all these was: The
Christian Endeavor Pledge" and the lead
ers we're Rev. C. h. Phillips. jamestown
N. y; Rev. C. W. Finch, Cookshire, Que
bee; Rev. ]. II. Barton, Caldwell. Idaho
Miss Tyler Wilkinson, Temple, Texas; Mr..
John X. Farmer, Rushvllle, Ark; Judge
". s. Dewey. Cairo, H.; Rev. D. w.
Fahns Independence. Iowa; A. q. Letting
we'll, Appleton Wis. and Rev. o. G. Sar-
gent, Claremont. n. II.
The regular sessions of the convention
were resumed simultaneously at the big
payons at $3.50 o'clock. AT Woodward 5
pavilion President Clark presided and MIR.
Powell Evans of San Francisco. was musl-
cal director.
The convention at Mechanics pavilion
was opened by w. II. Mccoy, secretary OF
the Young Mems Christian association OF
this city The principal address was deliv
S'Se byfHSEs lphNiA VI 1<Ou6sNAA'N'
Ky.
The evangelistic meetings at noon were
largely attended
At the meeting Of Christian Endeavor
Mothers the report of the junior society of
christian Endeavors was read by Miss
Myrtle Simpson OF San Francisco.
Inc report of the Mothers society showed
" 10 be In q most fourishlng condltion.
~ seeks to control and guide the younger
members Of the family. The afternoon was
devoted to conference OF committee Off
Cere. ''''
Inc subject OF the annual message OF the
president. the Rev. Francis NJ. Clark, ID.
y, was "A World Encircl!ng Religious
Aosement; How Shall 1t Fulfill Gods De-
Egn?"
Nv sa'a IN part: Il have attended con-
'"''pns Since last i met you in the Met
.vyoman tabernacle of London and in
" We Seels of Bengal; in st. Andrews hall
~. massoW, ana in the ancient capital of
~ .' rum,ad among our Irish endeayorers
Son,s nas'' and on the sunburnt plains OF
~ u.ae'a India; in crowded Berlin aud
smn sue ioheiy tableland of the Transyaal:
III 'he Alps Of Switzerland and on
IN .sa 'e vetdt OF the Orange Free State:
M s"t stockholm, and in the karoo
ouIe, M africa; In lordly Paris, and In
bone mss''ihston; in the Cape of Good
yersi,,aa au everywhere. amid all these di-
ners VI custom and costume of man
bs, a"a methods, of language and laws
idesls .ouhu that the Christian Eudeayor
Mare are substantially the same.
secn ho' lie peoples whom | have
yisa,. nave been OF diverse crerds and
have VI religious truth. All to he sure,
Jesn. acknowledged tho supremacy Of
. The owl, In'lsl as the very son of God and
acoen,ass savior Of lost sinners. aIl have
and ~, me Bible as the word of God
comfor,o. 'oiy spirit as the sanctifler and
can Chsir aud guide; in such soil only
"Bu, =, Ehdeayor flourish.
and fo-,,, An minor particulars the creeds
hospI,ahIa y, ehurch government of these
widely os . ,ss OF our society differ AS
q tan on 'neir complexion. The shade
Or upmato man cheek does not make
his creed us manhood; the shade of
christianity. A'' make or unmake his
bster,. Methodis,s ana Baptis,s NV Pros
friend. and CongregationaI,sis 10,
cona, Is aud disciples of Christ h, r,, q"
The S,a, and Lutherans, by adhcrorts %,
Sweden y. churches of GERMANY ana
gland ana Holland and Scotland and I'm
every frao o meh as by representatives OF
eelved in 'nurch, have been kindly re-
deayor. nm, 'ue name OF Christian En-
u WORT NJ" by every missionary socio,y
Cause n, ~ ihaia or Africa. Whv9 nn,
a comma, ne eloquent Endorsement which
tian ser,, ana universal melhod NJ Chr,s
Only on renders to It's advocates
preyen, one denomination sti,i Iu soos.. 40
socie,ias 'ne Increase OF Christian I,a w.. ~
,ian Enaaana that has introduced Chr;.,.
Regret tha principles, and thouch We
ere glad =, apsence Of full felIowshtn w" w.
which W. VI The extension of tha Iid npo,.. We we
and viii siand-in that we ratci eds io'
universal 'v mn then has tho sipps NJ =
scurity ana V,..inent 1t was horn In oh
extension n ",ahhess. II has no, o,ya,, 4, /,
Neal au,bosh ainan advocacy or oco,as r ,,s
land. II hsny, II has spread ~ o,,'.,,
esangelica, been peen found ADAPTED ~ go,
Government "een, to every form ~ otnraS
and language 1hu TO every race ana nIass
uas failed anu aud condition OF nenn,o T.,
,oised in orr where the prineinI"s IN
,xnored or VIII, covenant pledge have han,
In ansx.Nonal authority, ''"sheu out
ne said tho my me question of tho ,os,
,'s.aacaanentsl Element must be true IN n, .
1hihed must mea' must necessari,v I've I've
~ saerificla, W pervaslye force, yn -,
'olee and rom, aud must Listen ~ Gaa..,
cortiEulnr annually obey H., WV
movement IL ne said This IL ,,,
s,,sm. formaiI sns God. away from n,a,rri i
'mh back IN ~ and a barren ece,esissii-