Peninsula enterprise. [volume] (Accomac, Va.) 1881-1965, 1899-07-15
CHRISTIAN WORKERS.
End Of the Detroit Meeting Of
Christian Endeavorers.


Christian Endeavorers.
VERY SUCCESSFUL CONVENTION.
Attendance MT Meetings Exceeded tho
Great Gathering In Boston-M ossagcs
From Our Peace Commission md
Cnnndn's Governor General.
Detroit, July 1.-THE eighteenth in
ternat!onal convention of Christian En-
deavor closed last night amid scenes
OF impressive solcmnity attending the
utterance of the last word" by the
president and secretary in each ct the
great tents. respectively. following
responses from each state and country
| represented. and last celebrations
| from Methodist Episcopal bishop
Vincent, of Kansas. and Evangelist
| Chapman, of New York. kilograms
and cablegrams were read in both
tents, the reading OF cablegram from
Hon. Andrew D. White, president OF
The American peace commissioners at
| The Hague, bringing out storms of APP
pIause Presidents Clark cablegram
TO President White was as follows.
Twenty thousand American
and Canadian Christian Endeayorers
now assembled in international con-
ven. Detroit, represent 2,500.000 en-
thusiastic for peace and arbitration.
Great peace meeting held. All wish
you godspced.
nix N DrnciHant
Mckinley. Governor General Mimic OF
Canada and Queen Victoria. President
White responded as follows
american commission to the peace
conference sends sincere thanks for
message and cOngratulates you and all
friends OF peace upon the great success
achieved providing for Il permanent
tribunal Of arbitration"
Mayor Drummond. private secretary
| to the governor general of Canada,
sent the following:
His excellency, the governor gem
eral, desires me to express his warm
est and most sincere thanks for your
very kind and cordial message of good
will to himself and the Dominion OF
Canada"
At all previous meetings the audi
ences assembled quietly. but last even
ing for some time before the calling
to order OF the Two great gatherings,
Tents Endeavor and Williston were
babels OF sounds and scenes. The
state. provincial and foreign delega-
lions were grouped in designated
punches divided about equally between
| the two tents. Each had its own par
ticular rally cry, and each delegation
took pleasure in making it known to
the extent of its lung power. The
delegations which were not shouting
we're singing Music Conductor Fos-
ter finally made himself heard without
the aid OF megaphone, and all the
voices were turned into the inspiring
volumes of Holy. Holy, Lord God AL
mighty" with much improved effect.
The following statements as to at
tendance, etc. was given out by Sec
rotary Baer:
Without doubt the attendance at
, this convention has very much exceed
Ell that Of any other Christian En-
deayor convention ever held in the
matter OF those present at the various
meetings. nus estimate takes into ac-
count the great convention at Boston
in 1885,. That is to say. that out of the
2S,0O0 Endeavorers registered, which is
the estimate OF the reception
committee. and includes Detroit, mem
hers, there have been more who
attended meetings than 1T any previous
| times. The estimate OF attendance 1T
meetings gives total Of ~, 500. There
were . 900 Endeavorers III attendance.
including Detroit delegates, and So
500 persons simultaneously attended
strictly Christian Endeavor meetings.
These figures do not include the IS
nou-eyange!istic meetings, which had
a total attendance OF $4,000, and LOO
proicsSed conversions.
Duriig n recess each member of the
80 committee was called out. They
were told that the SO convention had
never been equalled as to program,
presence Of good speakers and large at
tendance at meetings. Secretary Baer
stated that although the attendance at
Detroit was 2S.00O, as against 36.4OO at
Boston. the meetings in Detroit were
attended by large numbers than were
those at Boston
Chairman w. Fl. Strong. OF the local
committee, responded appropriately to
the compliments rendered before the
two mighty audiences, and attributed
the successes of the convention chiefly
to individual falthfulness. The score
of white capped chairmen of local COM
mittees. standing together then sung
a stanza of III Ever Loved Thee, My
| Io.,,.. Now,
Great Britains leading representa-
tives, Messrs. Tressidder and Mursell.
! of London, and Pollock. of Glasgow,
stood together and sang Britain For
| Christ" Then all sang stanzas OF God
Save the Queen" and America.
Dr. j. Wilbur Chapman preached the
concluding sermon in Tent Endeayor,
and the closing address in Tent Willis
ton was made by Bishop John H. Vim
cent, of the Methodist church