The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1899-07-11
kilograms Sent to
President, Mimic
and the Queen,
STATEMENT OF ATTENDANCE.
This Years the Largest
Gathering of Endeavor-
ers Yet Assembled.

Detroit, July 10.-The eighteenth in
ternational convention of the Chris
tian Endeavor closed tonight amid
scenes of impressive solemnity attend
ing the utterance of "the last word" by
the president and secretary, in each of
the great tents respectively, following
responses from each state and county
represented, and last exhortations from
Bishop Vincent of Kansas and Evange-
list Chapman of New York.
The following kilograms and cable
grams were read in both tents the read
ing of the cablegram from Hon. Andrew
D. White, president of the American
peace commissioners at The Hague,
bringing out storms of applause.
ITO the American peace commission,
The Hague: Twenty-eight thousand
American and Canadian Christian En-
deavorers now assembled in interna-
ticnal convention. Detroit, represent
two and one-half millions enthusiastic
for peace and arbitration. Great peace
meeting held. All wish you godspeed.
(Signed.) Francis z. ClaEk, president.
John Willis Baer, secretary"
To President William Mckinley,
Washington: Twenty eight thousand
American and Canadian Christian En-
| deavorers assembled in international
convention received with hearty en-
thusiasm your kind message and pray
Gods, richest blessing upon you, your
administration and the great republic
of which you are the chief magistrate"
ITO his excellency, Lord Mimic, OF
tawa, Can: The Christian Endeavor-
ers of Canada and America in interna-
tional convention assembled, repres-
| enting two and one-half millions of
young people, are drawing closer the
bond of international fellowship, and
pray for Gods best blessing upon your
| self and your great dominion
| ITO Her Majesty Queen Victoria
| Windsor, England: Tens of thousands
of Canadian and American Christian
Endeavorers in International conven-
ton assembled in Detroit, rejoice In
your long and glorious reign, and pray
Gods constant blessing upon you
Thousands of Endeavorers next July
will cross the ocean to convention in
London with love and reverence in
their hearts for you"
Ottawa.-Franois e. Clark, Detroit
president international convention OF
| SIll lSlldIl ILllQGdNOIGISs his 6ACellGuCy
the governor general desires me to ex-
press his warmest and most sincere
thanks for your very kind and cordial
message of goodwill to himself and the
Dominion of Canada"
| The following statement as to at
tendance, etc, was given out by Secre-
tary Baer: without doubt, the at
| tendance at this convention has very
much exceeded that of any other Chris
tan Endeavor convention ever held in
the matter of those present at the va
rious meetings This estimate takes
into account the great convention al
Boston in 1895. That is to say, out OF
the $4,000 Endeavorers registered, there
have been more who attended meetings
than at any previous time. The esti-
mate of attendance at meetings gives
total of 200, 500. There were $4,000 En-
deavorers in attendance, including De-
troit delegates. Thirty thousand five
hundred persons simultaneously at
| tended strictly Christian Endeavol
meetings. These figures do not include
the Sc noon evangelistic meetings
which had a total attendance of $4,000
and 100 protested conversions"
| by President Clark after the c. E
peace conference on Saturday, the COL
lowing was today received from An
Grew D. White, president of the Amer
lean peace commissioners:
CLARK, president Christian Endeavor
meeting, Detroit. American commission
to. the peace conference, sends sincere
thanks for message, and congra tulates
you and all friends of peace for the
great success achieved providing for a
permanent tribunal of arbitration.
(Signed)
white, president.
Hollis, secretary"