The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1897-07-13


ward s. Davis, OF Oakland.
The daily hour for Bibzie study was
conducted by Professor Herbert Lemit'.
Of Chicago, ms subject being: john
A Message OF Light and Love. He
said that the essence OF sin Is the denial
OF the life and work OF Christ, and ar
gusd tina, love was the essential charac
terlstic OF God and of His children
Rev. Robert Y Pierce OF Philadelphia
spoke al the United Presbyterian church
on 'Caildren's Meetings and How TO
Make Them Interesting Illustrating his
remarks on the blackboard.
The morning session OF the convention
proper was opened in the Mechanics Pa
After the usual praise service. devo-
.ional exercises were conducted by Rev.
W. H. Scudder Of Tacoma.
Tacn the topic Of the morning. Chris
tan Endeavor." A Missionary Force"
was taken up. The first speaker was
Amos r. Wells of Boston. who spoke ca
The Tenth Legion
Mr. Wells mad this 10 say:
"Some men pray tor millennium and
do not give a mill towards its COM
ing. Endeavorers, the chariot wheels OF
the millennium, are made OF consecrated
dollars. We take an interest in mis-
sions, but We keep our money on in
tereSt. Why. Endeavorers. every year
the United States pays twice as much
for corsets 10 squeeze the life on, OF
folks as car be squeezed out for foreign
missions.
And now. what depends upon the
Lords tenth?" The church depends on
1t. The Sunday school depends on Il. The
Christian Endeavor work depends on II.
Look at the burden OF the nine-ten ms
and OF the tenth. Is the tenth TOO much
for you give I have read Of a man
With soul so small that you could take
the little end Of nothing and whittle Il
down TO fine point and with IL punch
out the pith OF an invisible hair and
draw that mans soul through the hole.
Such a man might call q tenth too
much, out surely no Christian Enies-
vorer."
An address on Foreign Missions" by
Rev. r. c. r. Ewing Of Lahore, in which
ne declared that the teachers from India
try are not representatives Of the Hin
dooisrn Of today. but persons who have
absorbed the truths OF the Sermon on the
Mount
Rev. j. r. Davies Of New York made
an earnest plea for Systematic and
Proportionate Giving to God" Mr.. Dav-
les said, in part:
I'm
year In the community that I represent
to raise the money necessary to support
our foreign missions. All sorts OF leglti-
mate expedients are resorted 10. and
then we frequently fail. Now, If each
one Of you 800. 900 members could be in
duced TO give 2 cents per week to this
cause for which Jesus Christ gave him
self, we would have at the end OF the fis-
cal year handsome surplus In our treas
ury. And our church authorities are
beginning to realize the immense posi-
bilities which are EMBODIED in this syste-
matte idea and our UNCONVENTIONAL pc
pers, our ecclesiastical courts. our relig-
ious services. the subject is being brought
up with growing frequency and increas-
not only because Of the financial power
1t must give the church. but also because
us back 20 the Scriptural method Of Civ
ing"
The missionary roll Of honor was then
read, and a number Of visiting mission
aries were introduced to the delegates
An eloquent address by Rev. Nehemiah
Boynton of Detroit. on Home Missions"
was the last set speech Of the morning.
Then the committee OF '97 was called
30 the platform by Secretary Baer. who
presented through them 20 Golden Gate
union testimonial for its effective work.
This was not on the program and was
genuine surprise.
The morning session at Woodward pa
vilion was attended by an enthusiastic
audience that half filed the auditorium.
President Clark presided. The praise ser
vice was conducted by A. T. Sutherland
and devotional exercises were conducted
by Rev. II. Mosser OF Reading, Pa.
The first speaker was Miss Lillian
Stahle Meade of Adelaide, South Austria
liza, whose subject was THE Worlds
Prayer Chain" Miss Meade said. in part:
I'VE have heard a great deal during
this convention about the jubilee bonhres
that blazed all over England and from
there to Gibraltar and Malta, and cy-
press. and then to India, and then down
TO the land tina, we call home, on 70
Hong Kong and Canada. until the bon
fires were blazing ali around the word.
II has seemed TO NE that this was Some
thing Ike the worlds prayer chain. only
the light OF the fires Of this jubilee was
kindled In England and this prayer chain
In America. But this light has shone in
more countries than even the Queen OF
England reigns over. While there Il
iken ess. there is also difference. Their
bond is that OF a great empire; ours 10
the countr yof Him who rules over all.
md whose kingdom endures forever and
ever. Theirs is a bond 20 a great queen;
1urs is the closer bond Of those who are
bound 10 God. the King OF Kings. our
Father.
This is the on.y bond tina. IS askei !
rom those well clothed in the worlds |
prayer chain. 7. ia not that We need % |
De Christian Endeavorers: not TIA; we
nus; subscribe 10 any particular creed. |
out IL Is that we shall be faithful and |
rust in Jesus Christ and look 20 him for |
strength and that re pray every day FOR I
his great movement and tina; He will 1
Iss US 70 do His will and 10 guide I; and |
'ulfiii the purposes for which he called |
! into existence"
The Rev. Charles Roads. D. D. ot Ches /
er. Pa. spoke o. City Evsngs.Ixsti0a |
outside OF the Churches" Among other I
hinzs the speaker said:
We mus. save cur cities. or al Chris /
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