Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1899-07-13
CHRISTIAN EN[fAV|)RERS
Detroit in the Hands of the Serv.
ants of the Most High
God.
ONE DAY DEVOTED TO HIS SERVICE.
Lessons Taught by the Signs of the
Times-MeetinEs for the Sexes
Sabbath Obserynnces-The Open
Side DOOr-COnsecration Services
A Personal Matter.

Side Door-Consecration Services
A Personal Matter.
Detroit, Mich, July 10.-Although
4 large majority of the army of Chris
tan Endeayorers in Detroit utilized
the street cars yesterday. a considera-
tors who occupied the various Pro-
Sunday newspapers. Few of the pas
tcstant pulpits went to the extreme of
mountaineering themselves by walk
ing long distances as did Rev. Charles
NJ. Sheldon, author of I'm His Steps,
who walked more than three miles to
preach from the text: Zone is our
Master; all we are BRETHREN to a con-
gregation which entirely exceeded the
capacity of Bethany Presbyterian
church.
Signs of the Times.
Mr.. Sheldon spoke optimistically of
the signs of the time, especially the
awakening of the social conscience;
better relations between employers
and employed; federation of the
church: movement toward civic right
eousness, and an awakening to the
stewardship feature of the Christians
life, as to his money, time and talents.
The features of the afternoon were
crowded meetings for men and wom-
en-, exclusively, and a Sabbath obsery-
ance rally.
Meeting for Men Only.
Thirty-five hundred men filled the
floors and galleries OF Light Guard ar
mory at the mems meeting. The men
sang with fine enthusiasm, and very
large proportion of them publicly
pledged that the occasion would be
with them a landmark from which
they would @ate better life. Sec
1etary Baer conducted the meeting,
and Rev. DR.. j. Wilbur Chapman. of
New York, preached from Job xviii:
Is: aye 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 is
compared to that of the godly.
Fer Women Exclusively.
Mrs. T. f. Clarke, wife of President
Clarke, presided over the women's
meeting. which filed the Woodward
avenue Baptist church. Mrs. Joseph
Walker, of Queensland, Australia, led
the devotions. The programme of ad
dresses was as follows:
':The Women of Mexico" Mrs. C.
Scott Williams, San Luis Potosi, Mex
leo: ''The Women of China" Miss. Car
oline f. Chittenden, Foo Chow, China;
''The Women of ASIA" Miss Jessie Ack-
erman, Chicago: "Woman's Work for
Her Country" Mrs. Howard NJ In
CHAM, jefferson, o.
Sabbath Observance.
Westminster Presbyterian church
could not contain the audience which
attended the Sabbath observance gath
ering. An address upon Sabbath in
the Home' was delivered by Rev. d..
David McAllister, of Allegheny, Pa.
He held the religious development of
the family to be of the utmost in,-
portance, the family being the founda-
ton of the civil structure and the
cornerstone of the temple of worship.
Said he: I'VE cannot carry on our civ
ilization nor keep our young people to
the front unless they are trained in
Sabbath-keeping homes
Closing the aside Door,
Rev. c. n. Howard, of Rochester, n.
Y, related at length the story of some
alleged futile attempts made in that
city toward closing the ''side door,
Cn Sundays. He argued insistently
that prohibition is the only true So
luton of the saloon question.
The closing speech was by Hon.
John Charlton, NJ. P, of Lynedoch,
Ont. on what the Sabbath May Do
forUs.' The speakers idea was that
Sabbath observance had a far more
potent influence in character-building
and world development than had COM
monty been conceded in later years.
Conservation Services.
Last night an additional touch tf
was impaired to the meet
irgs of the Christian Endeavorers. The
generalities of religion were in some
measure neglected, and the evening
worship in 81 Protestant churches of
Detroit and Windsor took the form of
"consecration services"
Making 1t q Personal Matter.
The participants in these unostenta-
tious but impressive services seemed
to be striving to make a direct per-
scnsl application of the tenets OF
their faith, and many were the pledges
Of more exalted effort for the coming
year and more Christian service. The
of the churches was taxed,
and the rapt attention to the one sub
ject of conservation was impressive in
the greatest degree.
President Francis E. Clarke con-
Quoted the conservation services in
the Northumberland Baptist church.
Conducted Consecratfon Services.
Among the clergymen who directed
the services or made conservation adj
dresses in the other churches were
Rev. DR.. Charles E. Jefferson, of New
York; Rev. VIM. Patterson, of To- |
ronto: Rev. James L. Hill, of Salem, |
Mass: Rev. James Mursell, of London, |
England; Rev. Robert e. Spoer, of New |
York; Bishop B. W. Araett, of Wilber- |
force, o.; Rev. John Pollock. of Glas- |
gov, Scotland; Rev. DIR. John Henry |
Barrows, of Oberlin: Rev. John E. |
Pounds, of Indianapolis; Bishop Sam
lel Fallows, of Chicago, and Rev. DR..
Floyd w. Tompkins, of philadelphia.
A British Pacific Cable.
San Francisco, July 9-The British |