Evening journal. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1888-1932, 1898-11-18
INTEREST CONTINUES.
Large Crowds Attend Chris
tian EndeavUr Meetings.
MISSIONARY MATTERS DISCUSSED

RETARY SHOWS THAT THE
WORK is IOdPROVING-TIH SEES
SION TODAY.
The sessions OF the Christian En-
deayor convention continue with un-
abated interest, and large crowds
gather at every meeting. The after
noon session yesterday was taken up
almost entirely with mission work. A
song and praise service preceded the
general exercises. The report of Miss
Mary E. Wright, state superintendent
Of missionary work, was read by Miss
Baird. 1t showed the condition of the
work to be greatly improved.
An excellent address on mission |
work was made by Mrs. Frank p. Har-
ris. She said mission work was one Of
the demands of God and should not be
questioned. She gave statistics 10
prove that there is but one missionary
for every go, 900 souls in Africa, one
for every 100000 in Siam, and one for
every 100000 in China.
The next to speak was Rev. DR..
Vance, who took as his subject Meth
ods of Mission Work" He said great
lcare should be taken in selecting meth
DDS. Methods can be had anywhere,
but they should Withstand four testsI
before being selected: First, as to their
point of contact with the object to be
accomplished. They must be natural
methods. Secondly, they must work
with the minimum of friction to pro-
duce the maximum of result; third,
the results that will be produced must
\ be considered. They should be judged
more by quality than quantity. The
: last and most important test is, does
, the method work in unity with Gods
methods.
"Our Debt to Missions" was the sub
y. iect Of Presiding Elder Watts address.
D In tne course OF his talk he said the
debt of missions begins right at home.
If the Christian Endeavor Society
y could he thoroughly baptized with the
: answering loyalty and unquestioning
e obedience, the results would be mar
e ve,ous.
The last speaker of the afternoon
n was Rev. DR.. f. S. Dobbins, of Phila-
delphia. He conducted what he term
> ed a polyphone conference, which con
W sisted Of questions and answers o1
r questions pertaining to mission work
d The questions were asked by DR.. Dob
r bins and the audience answered. Th'
IA evening SESSION was opened with sew
q eral selections by the choir and a mal'
" quartet, comprising j. T. Clymer, ID
y Vance Thomas. William Stauffer and
n L. C. Fritz, also sang. A bass solo wal
ID also sung by Ernest S. Haynes. Th'
r. devotional exercises were conducted b.
Rev. f. F. Briggs.
he The first speaker OF the evening wa
Ir Rev. DR.. James AIcCrory, of Pitts
v burg. ex-president of the Pennsylva
MIA Christian Endeavor Union. Hi
he subject was prove Your Pledge" ii
he said the pledged and consecrated lii
~ will compel On the part Of the worl
od hearty recognition. DR.. McCrory sal
nd every public man ought to pray Th
ar president ought to pray. The govel
ST. nors ought to pray and Senator Qua
VS. out to pray. His last remark wa
greeted with laughter.
he During the interim which whic
10 followed Dr. NIcCrory's address, Seer
on tary Burns read greetings from Il
Maryland Christian Endeavor UniO
a in session at Baltimore, to whom Il
eer Delaware society sent regards on Il
mt, evening previous. The telegram col
eer veyed the following:
I'm Greetings enthusiastically receive
he Maryland's message to your oonYe
ing ton, Philippians 1; to z, and part
err T."
From Frances e. Clark, founder
ted the Christian Endeavor Society, t
ote following was received:
sse Hearty, affectionate greetings. MI
CTS the coming year be the best in 20
history"
Ia The last speaker was Rev. DR.. Wa
its land Hoyt, OF Philadelphia on "Sol
LESSONS for Christian Endeavor'
bal From the Late War. The benedict
of was pronounced by DR.. NIcCrory-
,ks. The session this morning was W
.55; attended, although not so many W.
wis. present as attend the afternoon a
ST. evening sessions. The first addr
IT,. was that Of Rev. Frederick F. Bril-
200. on "Consecrating Little Things
Him." After that the convention S
re- tied down to business.
as Reports from the different CONN
,sts. tees we're heard. That of the treasu
next for the year ending November is, Il
ight was as follows: Balance on hand
4ho ven,n,er 1897. S6.g1: received as Fl