The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1899-07-14
THE ENDEAy0RERS.
The Great Scciety's Coave7.i-n Is.
sentallv Dsvs Of Solg
THOUSANDS THDOyC TIVE BIG TENTS
An Attack Made on Congressman Roberts,
of Utah secretary ia,r E-io-t Rev
Charles sheldon. uf Topeka, Bead-
Sorry 10y Himself

Detroit. Mich, July t. Both Of the
great main tents owned 10y the United
Society of Christian Endeavor were
used last night for the nrst time dur
ng the eighteenth international con-
vention and contained their full quota
Of 10000 people each. and ~ usual hun
dreds of others who failed TO secure
admittance patiently occupied stand
ing room" all around the outer edges.
Many visiting delegates from long dis
tances came in yesterday swelling the
number of stranger delegates beyond
the 10000 mark. The convention days
are essentially days of song.
Yesterday the endeavorers honored
the invitation of the mayor of Detroit
TO sing. Street car loads of them fire.
| quently spun along the streets, singing
as they went Many groups sang Ivy
the wavside, aside from those who
| joined the squads of MONDAY workers
| in business houses and factories. They
sang at the afternoon rallies and sang
| yesterday evening en- route TO the night
| gatherings, sang with redoubled vigor
after again assembling and then sang
on their way home.
] ~ NtA't'7hih lNNlA' NlNNNhNN tiAN'
| Tent Williston for the evenings eNer-
cises. President Clark presided over
| the meeting and !. :. Foster, of Wash.
ington, was musical director. The two
principal addresses in Tent Wlliston
We're delivered 10y Rev. Mr.. John L.
| Pounds, of indianapolis. and Rev. DR..
4. :. Henson, of Chicago, the former
ON dollars and Duty and the latter
on satan and Cities" Both were lis
tened to with undivided attention by
the entire audience and bursts Of APP
| plause were frequent.
In Tent Endeavor the principal adj
dress of the evening was 10y Rev. Mr..
i. a. Noble, of Chicago. His subject
was "War Against War"
The Mormon question was treated by
Rev. Or. w. VI. Paden, of Salt Lake
City, who made a bitter personal attack
upon Congressman Roberts. DR.. Paden
insisted that "A majority of the people
Of Utah believed in polygamous mar
riage, and that, beyond a doubt. such
marriages are still being contaminated
lie charged MIR. Roberts with being an
especially fragrant type of polygamist,
and asserted that his election as law
maker had raised an issue which Chris
tians are bound to meet. He closed
with an eNhortation 10 all .Endeavorers
to join Through their congressman in
bringing about the deposition of Utah's
new congressman.
Frederick A. Wallis, Of llopSinsville.
KY, outlined progress of "Our Prison
Work' and urged earnest prayers and
active work Of Christian Endeavor
people in behalfof prisoners, william
Shaw, treasurer Of the United Society,
made "A hit in his appeal for Floating
Christian Eudeavur.' said he: "Thc
heroic dead of Hawaii and the living
heroes of Manila bay have called our
attention TO the heroic stuff OF
which our heroes are made but
long before this orr Christian
Endcavor had appreciated the pos.
Nibility of our sailor boys, and An
toinette =. Jones brought Christian
Endeavor to the sailors and succeeded
in enlisting Jack in the navy of the
Lord Jesus Christ If" said MIR.
shaw, Il were 10 rehearse the moral
victories Jack has won. the yictorie,
of Santiago and Manila would be out
done. 1t takes courage of which You
have no conception to bee a Christian
on board ship" Mr.. Shaw also spoke
of "the travellers union." which. he
asserted. had regenerated many tray
cling man into being very different
species of individual from the typical
drummer" of former days.
Among the announcements of tn,
evening was change in the place of
hnlIintr ha ina g
which had outgrown the largest armurv
in the city and win to-day be trans.
ferred to Tent Endeavor. The com
combined junior rally will also Ice held
in Tent Endeavor.
Secretary Baer's report. which was
submitted to-day. showed that there
have been 9.OOOnew societies organized
during the past year. with a total of
100, 600 new members. The official en-.
rollment now is 81, sl3 societies. with
$500. 600 members.
In England the Baptist lead in Chris
tian endeavor; in Australia the Wesley
an MethodistN, in Canada the MethO-
dists and in the United States the Pres
byteriaus are in the van. with over
5000 societies, The Congregationalists
have over 5000; the Disciples of Chris
over 1000; the Baptists over 3, 600: then
the Methodist Protestant, Cumberland
Presbyterians, Lutherans, Reformed
Dutch and Methodist Episcopal, in the
order named, each with over 900 so
cieties. Then follow many evangelical
denominations in all, including those
already named, nearly 40.
Resides the main meeting, Rev.
Charles NJ. sheldon, of Topeka, KAN,
the noted author of In His Steps, -
last night in the First Presbyterian
church read Christian Endeavor story.
written 10y himself entitled For
Christ and the Church" (the Christian
Endeavor motto).
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