The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1899-07-07
CHRISTIAN ENDEAvORERs
Get Down to Business-Much
Work Accomplished
Yesterdav.

their ful quota of 1000 people and AZ us
ual hundreds OF others who failed To se
cure admittance patiently occupied stan
lng room all around the outer edges
Many visiting delegates from long dis
tances came In today, swelling the rum.
bcr Of stranger delegations beyond the
20oO0 mark The convention days are a.
sentially days Of song. Although tonight
the choir was divided between the tive
tents there seemed little dlminlshmenl
In tho volume OF song. or much In IN,
number Of singers In each As for ths
audiences, their spiritual enthusiasm ex.
panded with the passage of the hours
Yesterday there was little street enthu.
siasm. Today the Eendeavorsrs honored
the invitation Of the mayor OF Detroit 20
sing. street car loads OF them frequently
spun along the streets singing as they
went Many groups sang by the wayside
aside from those who joined the squads
Of MONDAY workers In business houses
and factories They sang afternoon rail-
lies and sang this evening en- route 10 the
| ngnt gatnerngs-sang with FeaouDleu
visor after again assembling and then
sang on their way home
Ten thousand people crowded into Tent
| Wiliston Tor this evenings exercises.
The two principal addresses IN Tent vii
llston were delivered by Rev John f.
Pounds OF indianapolis, aud Rev. Dr. p.
| T. S. Henson Of Chicago, the former on
| Dollars and duty" and the latter on
| satan and cities" Both were listened
to with undivided attention by the entire
| aulence and bursts OF applause were
frequent,
In Tent Endeavor the principal address
1 90 a.
Of Chicago. Ills subject was WAR
against war"
The Mormon question was treated
by Rev. Dr. W NJ Paden of Salt Lake
| city. who made a bitter personal attack
upon Congressman Roberts, Dr. Paden
insisted that majority OF the people OF
Utah believed In polygamous marriage
and thai beyond doubt such marriages
are stli being contaminated. He charged
Mr. Roberts with being an especially
| nagrant type Of polygamist and asserted
that his election as law maker had
raised an issue which Christians were
bound to meet He closed with eNhorta-
ton 10 an Eudeavors 20 Join Uhrough
| their congressman in bringing about the
deposition Of Utahs new congressman
Frederick A. w sllls Of Hopknsville, Ky
outlined the progress ot "Our prison work
william shaw treasurer OF the United
Society made a hit In his appeal Tor ''hoat
Ing christian endeavorH." Said he
"The heroic dead OF Santiago and the
living heroes OF Manila bay have eaued
our attention TO the heroic stun OF wiich
our heroes are made
| "If we're TO rehear8e the moral Nlctor-
les Jack has wou the victories OF san
uago and Manila would be outdone- II
| talrez courage Of which you have no con
| ceptlon to be a christian on board snip
| Mr. shaw also spoke OF "the travellers
union. which he asserted had regenerateo
| -, n travelling man into being very
| di0erent species OF individual from the
| tvplcal drummer" OF former days
| pealdes the main meetings, Rev Chss
II sheldon OF Topeka. kan. the notea au
thor OF In his steps" tonight In the plrs
| preshvterian church, rend Chrls.io' "a,
rndeevor story written by hlmselt emu, :,
"a ..For Christ and the church 'ihe
Il. Motto) ,,,,,opr
| Each year some selt-aPpolu'eN
Ibas predicted that the numerical eio"'
La chri.tian Endeaveor could not h0ou
mace with the wonderful development VI
tbe earlier years Notwithstanding ~
~ ye,rs since Christian Endeavor hrs'
l,Io.or,sd and notwithstanding the iHt-
.,,r fact that many OF the states nave
,,,, churches al present without ChrlsuAh
r,.,o,,,r eocleties. its Increase this
y.,r has been remarkable After tax
inc from the lists the societies that nave
ceased to exist for any and all reasons
the net gain m the number OF societies
during the last year Is nearly two thou'
sand societies with over one hundred thoa
sand new members.
Pennsylvania. including the Junior 30
Icleties now has over i've thousand ss-
loioties within its borders: New York
over four thousand; ohio and Illinois
have over three thousand Indiana and
Ontario. two thousand Iowa over hf'
teen hundred. California. Missouri ard
New JersoH not far behind. with over
one thousand each.
| Does that sound as n Christian Endeav-
or was decadent fad or had seen It's
best days? No. MI skeptic II you are
here this morning. listen when I say
that Christian Endeavor lives.
Since last we met Russia. at that time
the only country IN the world without -
tChristlsn Endeayor society. has welcom.
"a our principles and methods. and 20.
day our international fellowship Is com
plete and world wide Great Britain haI
over SIX thousand societies and a royal
welcome awaits as next July in London
Australia has over two thousand socls-
ties and IS represented On this conven-
ton by Two delegates. that have Travelled
over six thousand miles 20 bring greet
ngs from our brothers ana sisters under
the Southern Cross India has 55i. China
1885, Aria 1856. Mexico l0s. West Indies
l03 Germany ioi; Madagascar 80; Japan
70. and on through a long list which /
must omit az this time, but cannot pass
by Spain, the country with whom we
were at war last year Spain rent with
war and turmoil, has more than held d
own, for she has % societies.
verl believe that we have not begun
10 appreciate what a great International
peace and arbitration society Gus is
This development IS not man made. II IS
God.
lies. there ought to be more. 1850 Junior
societies. 81 Mothers societies ana 40
senio societies over a hundred societies
are to be founded upon ships. merchant
men and men on war many 8ocieties 20
tho soldiers camps and in unexpected
places. such as prisons, schools o. 70,
form. Work houses, almshouses. asy-
'ums Institutions for the blind and for
the deaf, schools ana colleges, among