River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1899-07-13
FINISH THEIR WORK
Closing Session of the Christian En-
deavor Convention at Detroit.
Messages from DISTINGUISHED Per-
sonRges Are Read-Work of the
Delegates on Saturday-Mc-
mortal 10 Congress.

| Detroit, Mich, July l0.-A decidedly
/ Anglo-Saxon spirit was impaired TO the
! speeches at the Christian Endeavor
peace jubilee" held on Belle isle Sat
urday afternoon. All the speakers were
representatives of English-speaking
/ countries, American and British, and
| all sentiments favoring greater friend
| ship and closer relations between the
/ United States and British subjects were
| heartily cheered. Wet, raw weather
through the day caused considerable
curtailment of the attendance, but at
four o'clock the sun had shone forth
and several thousand endeayorers
grouped about the speakers stand,
erected in one of the pretty groves of
Detroit's island park.
President Clarke, who presided, spied
Mayor Maybury in the crowd and
called him to the platform. In short
speech made later the mayor spoke
of the appropriateness of Belle isle as
the scene of a peace meeting, since his
tory had recorded that all Indians had
always held the island sacred to peace,
since no blood of either savage or civ
| ilized man had ever been shed in vio-
lence there, although numerous battles
had been fought elsewhere throughout
the same region.
Meetings In the Big Tents.
Saturday mornings quiet hour" in
Tent Endea,or was more largely at
| tended than either of the previous ones.
The spirit of genuine piety is especially
apparent in these early morning meet
ings as compared with the more out
wardly enthusiastic gatherings of later
hours.
The last meetings in the big tents be-
fore Monday opened in Tents Endeavor
and Williston at ten o'clock with the
usual great crowds on hand and the
singing as spirited as ever The main
topic of the day in Tent Endeavor was
Saved to Serve"
"Self-consecration" was the general
theme in Tent Williston.
The presiding officer in Tent En-
deavor was Rev. j. z. Tyler, of Cleye-
land. Rev. DIR. McLaurin, of Brooke
lyn, led the devotions. Various topics
relating to the general theme of service
were treated.
The Roberts Resolution.
In both tents, resolutions which had
! been adopted by the board of trustees
were read, calling upon all Endeavorers
to do their utmost toward preventing
1 Congressman Roberts, of Utah, from
assuming his seat in congress.
| Accompanying the resolution was
submitted a memorial to congress, to
be signed by endeavorers, urging ut
most endeavor towards accomplishing
Mr.. Roberts Expulsion.
On sunday.
| Pulpits of the various Protestant
/ churches in the city were occupied by
! pastors in attendance at the Christian
Endeavor convention. The features of
| the afternoon were crowded meetings
| for men, and for women, exclusively,
and Sabbath observance rally. Thir-
/ ty-fiye hundred men filed the floor and
galleries Of Light Guard armory az the
mems meeting. The men sang with fine
/ enthusiasm, and very large proper
ton of them publicly pledged that the
occasion would be with them land
mark from which would date a better
life. Secretary Baer conducted the
meeting and Rev. DR.. j. Wilbur Chap
man, of New York, preached.
The Closing Session.
Detroit, Mich, July 1.-THE eight
zenith international convention of
Christian Eudeayor closed Monday
night amid scenes of impressive solem-
nifty attending the utterances of The
1 Last Word" by the president and sec
rotary in each of the great tents, re-
spectively, following responses from
each state and country represented,
and last eXhortations from NJ. +. Dish
OPP Vincent, of Kansas, and Evangelist
| Chapm n, of New York. Several telc-
grams and cablegrams were read in
| both tents, including those sent by
President Mckinley, Queen Victoria
and the American peace commission at
The Hague. The reading of the cable
gram from Hon. Andrew j. White,
president of the American peace com
missioners at The Hague, brought out
storms of applause.
Mr.. White acknowledged the receipt of
a message from President Francis i.
Clark, and replied by stating that he
was pleased to note the success of the
campaign for peace in the consumma-
ton of the plan for an international
arbitration tribunal.
DR.. J. Wilbur Chapman preached the
concluding sermon in Tent Endeavor
from the texts Luke Go and 10thc
story of the healing of the man with a
withered hand. The closing address in
Tent Williston was made by Bishop
John II. Vincent, of the NJ. L. Church.