The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1899-07-09

which is a new departure, designed TO
give uniformity of thought and pur-
pose to ALL
The last meetings in the big tents be-
fore Monday open in Tents Endeavor
and Williston" at 10 o'clock with the
usual great crowd on hand. and the
singing as spirited as ever. The main
topic of the day in Tent Endeavor''
was Saved to Serve" Self Consecra-
ton was the general theme in Tent
Williston."
The presiding officer in "Tent En-
deavor'' was Rev. J. q. Tyler of CIeve-
land. Rev. DR.. McLaurin of Brooklyn
led the devotions. Various topics re-
lated to the general theme of the SER
vice We're treated by the following
speakers:
I'm the Home" Rev. George B.
Stuart, D. D., Harrisburg Pa; THE
Family Altar" President Burris A
Jenkins, Indianapolis: in the church,
The Midweek Prayer Meeting" Rev.
Ernest b. Allen, Lansing, Mich; The
Sunday Evening Service" Rev. H. O.
address, The Christian Endeavor
Shears" Prof. Amos R. Wells, Boston.
editor Christian Endeavor World;
"Meditations and Prayer" conducted
by Rev John H. Elliott, New York
city: How Young People May Help
the PASTOR President E. A. Turner.
Lincoln. ILL.,: How the Pastor May
Help the Young People" Rev. w. F.
Wilson, Hamilton, Ontario.
The Roberts resolutions were as fol-
lows
The board of trustees of the United
Society of Christian Endeavor, speak
ing in behalf of over 5000 900 of Amerl-
cans. solemnly declare their conviction
that the seating of Brigham H. Roberts
of Utah as representative at large from
that state in the Fifty-sixth congress
would be generally understood to be
conformation of the crime Of poly
Samy: a blow at the sanctity Of the
marriage relation and a peril to the
purity and integrity of the family, upon
which our civil and religious institu-
tions so largely depend.
We consequently call upon our rep
resentatives in the national congress to
rise above all partisan and sectional
and personal consideration and in de-
fense of our reputa ation and character
as law-abiding people to deny Mr.
Roberts seat among our national
Lawmakers.
Accompanying the resolutions was
submitted memorial to congress to be
signed by Endeavorers urging utmost
endeavor to accomplish Mr. Roberts
expulsion" in accordance with the pro-
visions of the national constitution,
article 1, section 5, as follows:
Each house may determine the rules
of it's proceedings. punish it's members
for disorderly behavior and with the
concurrence of two-thirds eXpel a mem
ber."
The memorial also urges submission
of a constitutional amendment to the
legislatures of the states defining legal
marriage to be monogamic and making
polygamy and polygamous coha abitation
81 crime. punishable by severe penalties
including the disfranchisement and dis
qualification from holding any federal
or state office.
Rev. Fl. B. Grose of Boston presided
over the Tent Williston3 session.. DR..
NJ. r. Hodges Uf st. Louis conducted
the devotional exercises. Many dele
gates took advantage of an open par
lament to give personal testimonies.
On the general theme of conservation
addresses were delivered as follows:
our Conquering Covenant" Rev. w.
T. Rogers, Nashville. Tenn; The
Tenth Legion" Rev. J. A. McRomer,
Kansas City Mo-. THE Comrades of
the Quiet Hour" President Clark;
Young Men Called to Preach" Rev
DR.. Hugh K. Walker, Los Angeles;
self Conservation, Prof, Graham
Taylor, Chicago.
During the meetings the rain resumed
operations in earnest and the tent roofs
let the water through copiously IN
places. but nevertheless the audience
STAYED.