The Anaconda standard., 1899-07-11
IN STORMS OF APPLAUSE
Messages Sent to President Mckinley
and Queen Victoria-Statement
of fAttendance-Scme OF the
Closing Addresses.

from each state and country represent
ed, and last exhortations from M. f.
Bishop Vicent of Kansas, and Evange-
list Chapman, of New York. The fol-
lowing kilograms and cablegrams were
received in both tents, the reading CT
the cablegram from Hon. Andrew d.
White, president of the Amer can
peace commissioners at The Hague,
bringing out storms of applause:
ITO the American peace commission,
The Hague:
'Twenty-eight thousand American
and Canadian Christian Endeavorers
now assembled in international con-
vention in Detroit, represent two and
and arbitration. Great peace meeting
held. All wish you God speed.
"(Signed) FRANCIS E. CLARK,
JOHN WILLIS BAER,
Secretary"
ITO President william Mckinley,
Washington, ID. c.:
Twenty EIGHT thousand American
and Canadian Christian Endeavorers
assembled in international convention
received with hearty enthusiasm your
kind message, and pray for Gods rich
est blessing upon you, your admins
tration and the great republic of which
you are the chief executive"
tawa, Canada:
Christian Endeavorers of Canada
and America, in international conven-
ton assembled, representing two and
one-half million of young people, are
drawing closer the bonds of interna-
tional fellowship, and pray for Gods
best blessing upon yourself and your
great dominion"
ITO Her Majesty, Queen Victoria,
Windsor, England:
ITEMS of thousands of Canadians and
American Christian Endeavorers, in in
ternational convention assembled in
Detroit, rejoice in your long and glor-
ious reign, and pray Gods constant
blessing upon you. Thousands of En-
deavorers next July will cross the ocean
to convention in London, with love and
reverence in their hearts for YOU
''Ottawa, Canada, July 10.
Francis Z. Clark, President of the
International Convention of Christian
Endeavorers:
His excellency, the governor general,
desires me to express his warmest and
most sincere thanks for your very kind
and cordial message of good will to
himself and the dominion of Canada.
"(Signed) MAJOR DRUMMOND,
| Governor Generals Secretary"
| 'Svravenhage, July 10.
"Clark, President Christian Endeav-
| or, Detroit: American commission to
| the peace conference sends sincere
| thanks for message and congratulate
you and all friends of peace for the
great success achieved, providing for a
| permanent tribunal of arbitration.
| "(Signed) WHITE, President.
| HOLLIS, Secretary
The following statements, as to the
| attendance, etc, was given out by Sec
| retary Barr:
| Without doubt, the attendance at
| this convention has very much exceed
| ed that of any Christian Endeavor con-
vention ever held in the matter of those
! present at the various meetings. This
| estimate takes into account the great
| convention at Boston in 1895, that is to
say, that out of the $4,000 Endeavorers
| registered, which is the estimate of the
| reception committee and includes De-
| troit members, there have been more
who attended meetings than at any
| previous time. The estimate of attend
| ance at meetings gives a total of 29S,-
| 500. There We're 5000 E'ndeavorers in
attendance, including Detroit delegates.
Thirty thousand five hundred persons
| simultaneously attended strictly Chris
| tian Endeavor meetings.
| These figures do not include the 65
| noon evangelistic meetings, which had
| a total attendance of 15.000 and 100 pro-
| fessed conversion.
| The chairman of each state and pro-
| Nlncldl utleSdlIOH anu luOSe lTolH
| abroad were called to the platform and
| testified each for his people and their
| aspirations as Christian EndeaVorers.
Then the respective delegations sang
together, waved flags and gave other
evidence of enthusiasm. DR.. ]. Wilbur
Chapman preached the concluding SER
mon in Tent Endeavor from the text,
Luke 6:6-l0, the story of the healing
of man with a withered hand.
The closing address in Tent Willston
was made by Bishop John H. Vincent
of the Methodist Episcopal church.
The closing day of the international
| Christian Endeavor convention was the
busiest day of a busy week. When the
day is completed there will have been
held eight great gatherings, provided
the rain which began falling just after
the big morning meeting assembled,
does not check operations. The general
| trend of this convention is conceded to
| have been to broaden as well as to in
spire young people, rather than to have
led them toward narrow forms of spir-
ituality or intolerant religious views.
The last quiet hour early morning
service was largely attended. Mis-
sions" was the topic in both great tents
at the morning session, Foreign Mis-
sions" in Tent Endeavor, Home Mis-
sions'' in Tent Williston. In the former
tent Foreign Missions were intro
duced to the great audience by Father
Endeavor" Clark.
The first address was by Rev. Nc
Lean of Cincinnati. His topic was the
great need of missions One of the
principal addresses in Tent WillistOn
was by Rev. c. N. Howard of Roches-
ter. N. Y, entitled, "Our Country's $
Greatest Peril"
Instruction Of missionaries by Presi-
dent Clark was one of the features of
the convention. Thirty workers in
| hea then fields spoke a sentence or 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 closing feature in Tent En-
| deavor was an address by Or. Speer
of New York on THE Great Blessings
of Missions" The sentiment of the
home mission rally in Tent Wiiliston,
as proposed by Rev. DR.. Hill of Massa-
chusetts was the Greek proverb, ''TheV
bearing torches. passed them on from
hand to hand Many home mission
aries from Western states and terri