Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1899-07-10
Endeavorers Having Their Last and
Busiest Day at Detroit.
GATHERING HAS BEEN EDUCATIONAL
Morning Services Today Were
Devoted 10 Missions.
l SIGNIFICANT SUNDAY


| deavor convention was She busiest day of a
| busy week. When the day is completed
| there will have been held eight great gath
| erlngs, provided the rain which began fall
| ing just after the big morning meetings as
| sembled, does not check operations The
| tendencies of the 30 gathering along edu-
| cational and other practical lines have
| caused this convention TO be called the
| educational convention. It's general trend
| Is conceded to have hroadened as well rs
| inspired the young people. rather than 10
| have led them, toward narrow forms If
| spirituality or intolerant religious views
The last quiet hour early morning ser
vice was largely attended. Missions was
! the topic in both the great tents at the
! morning meetings: foreign missions in
| Tent Endeayor. home missions in Tent
| Willston. In the former meeting the for
| eign missionaries present were introduced
| to the great audience by Father En-
| deavorer" Clark. The first address was by
| Rev. DR.. A. Mclean Of Cincinnati. His
| topic was The Great Need of Missions.
One of the principal addresses in Tent
| Willston was by Rev. {. y. Howard OF
Rochester. n. y, entitled our Country's
| Greatest Peril"
| Missionary Workers introduced.
| The introduction of missionaries by Presi-
| dent Clark was one OF the features of the
| convention. Thirty OF the workers in
| heather fields spoke a sentence OF two in
| the languages spoken in the scene of their
| labors and retired. The hand-claPping
| greeting their appearance and retirement
| was almost constant The following mis-
| sionary workers appeared: Rev. Nm. /.
| Chamberlain. India, Reformed Church of
| America: Mr.. and Mrs. & Scott Williams.
| Mexico; Miss Patton. Western India. Amcri-
| can Presbyterian Mission; Miss Ether b.
| Fowler. Sholapur. India. American Mission:
Z. Schmidt, Malabar, East India, German
| Evangelical BaseI Mission; Miss Mary +.
| Leach, India, 1909, Canadian Presbyterian,
| Miss Jane r. Wholesome Japan Methodist
| Protestant board: OTIS Carey. Japan, Amer
| lean board; Miss Barber Nowgegan. India,
| Friends Mission: Dr. and Mrs. Thompson,
| E. c. A. Mission. American board: Miss n.
| j. Dean, Erumiah Persia, Presbyterian
| board; Miss Campb al, Sialkot India, nited
| Presbyterian; Miss f. Rica Shaeffer, to
Corea in the fail. Presbyterian South; &. q.
| Crozier, M D., ruru. Assam, Baptist Mis-
| sion Union; DR.. James Butchart, Christian
| Hospital, LuCheofu, China, Foreign Chris
| tian Mission Society: Miss L. Il. Barns,
| Shohara, Japan. Christian Missionary Ali
| ance; Mr.. and Mrs. q. l.. Wharton, India,
| Foreign Christian Missionary Society;
| George r. White. Brazil. Society American
| Evangelical Mission: n. V. ). Pcake Japan,
| Reformed Church Of America; Miss Annette
| +. Lawrence, NaSoya. Japan, Methodist
| Protestant board; Miss Colman. Dehra Dun,
| indla. nrst Z. h missionary sent by Pres
| byterian c. E. Chicago; 4. MaZZoruna Ha-
| vana, Cuba Christian Alliance board; Miss
| Nellie Zwemer, Annoy, China, Reformed
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| to China, Protestant Episcopal Church; Mr..
| and Mrs. James l.. FoWle. Gesarea, Turkey,
| American board; ElwOod c. Tewksbury,
| North China Crungchou), American board;
! c. Z. Society of Sholapur India Esther b,
! Fowler, missionary.
| A smooth-faced. misunderstanding youth,
| ID. b. Eddy of Leavenworth, Kan. member
| of the Yale Band. was introduced to speak
| of The Great Resources of Missions" Mr.
| Eddy spoke of the means. mechanical in
| ventive, political and social through which
| hp world
| is to be won for Christ.
| The closing service in Tent Endeavor was
| an address by DIR. Robert L. Speer Of New
| York on THE Great Blessing of Missions"
Race Problem Brought Up.
| The sentiment of the home mission rally
in Tent Williston, as proposed by Rev. Dr.
| Hill Of Massachusetts was the Greek pro-
verb, They bearing torches passed them
| on from hand to hand" Many home mis-
| sionaries from western states and territor-
| les were presented. Rev. Dr. w. w Boyd
OF st. Louis delivered an address on Our
| Country's Many Problems" He discussed
| the two questions of immigration and the
race problem. For solving of the immigra-
| ton problem he proposed three remedies
| to maintain American ideals at their high
est point by an aroused public sentiment;
| to legfslate against the admittance of the
| pauper and vicious classes Of Europe, and
| to bring to bear a combined and quickened
Christianity upon the stranger within our
| gates. As to the lace problem, the speaker
| said that in his Judgment the government
| made q great mistake which il will moi be
apt to repeat in the Philippines. when il
put in the hands of the negro all the priv
| ileges and franchise of the freest govern
| ment on the globe.
| Social Conscience Awakenin-
Although large majority of the army
| of Christian Endeavorers in Detroit utfl-
| lzed the street cars yesterday a consider
| able portion refrained from reading the
! Sunday newspapers Few of the pastors
who occupied the various Protestant null
! pits went to the extreme of inconvenien-
| cling themselves by walking long distances
as did Rev. Charles NJ. Sheldon. author of
In His Steps, who walked more than
three miles to preach from the text "Onp
Is Our Master; All We Are Brethren" To
| congregation which entirely exceeded the
capacity of Bethany Presbyterian Church
| Mr.. Sheldop spoke optimistically of the
| signs of the times and especially the
awakening of the social conscience better
| relationship between employers and en-
ployed, federation of the churches move
ment toward civic righteousness and an
awakening TO the stewardship feature of
| the Christians life, to his money. time
and talents.
Afternoon Features.
The features of the afternoon were
crowded meetings for men and for women
| exclusively, and a Sabbath observance
| rally Thirty-five hundred men flied the
| floor and galleries of Light Guard Armory
at the mems meeting. The men sang with
| fine enthusiasm, and a very large propor-
| tion of them publicly pledged that the oc-
casion would be with them a landmark
| from which would date a better life Sec
retary Baer conducted the meeting and
Rev. DR.. ]. Wilbur Chapman of New York
preached from Job lS:Xviii: ''Ie shall be
driven from light into darkness and be
chased out of the world the theme
brought out being the fate of the persistent
sinner as compared to that of the Cody.
Mrs. f. E. Clark, wife OF President
Clark, presided over the women's meeting,
| which filed the Woodward Avenue Baptist
i Church.
Mrs. Joseph Walker of Queensland. Aus
tralia, led the devotions. The program OF
addresses was follows:
The Women of Mexico" Mrs. C. Scott
Williams. San Luis Potosi. Mexico; The
Women of China" Miss Caroline E. Chit
tenden, Foo-Chow. China; The Women of
Asia" Miss Jessie Aclferman, Chicago;
"Womans Work for Her Country" Mrs
Howard M. Ingham. Jefferson, Ohio.
saloon Problem Considered.