Audubon County journal. (Exira, Iowa) 1884-1993, 1899-07-13
MESSAGESO OF PEACE
AMBASSADOR WHITE ANSWERS TELE-
GRAM OF ENDEAVORERS.

President of the American Peace Com
mission at The Hague Cabled Thanks
and Congretulations-All Sang "Holy,
Holy, Lord God Almighty"
DETROIT, July 1.-THE eighteenth in
ternational convention of Christian En-
deavor closed last night amid scenes Of
impressive solemnity attending the
utterances of "the last word" by the
president and secretary in each of the
great tents respectively, following re-
sponses from each state and country
represented and last exhortations from
Methodist Episcopal Bishop Vincent of
Kansas and Evangelist Chapman of
New York. The following kilograms
and cablegrams were read in both tents,
the reading of the cablegram from Hon.
Andrew D. White, president of the
American peace commissioners at The
Hague bringing out storms Of applause.
For Peace and Arbitration.
To the American Peace Commission,
The Hague: Twenty-eight thousand
American and Canadian Christian En-
deavorers now assembled in Internal
tional session in Detroit, represent two
and one-half millions enthusiastic for
peace and arbitration. Great peace
meeting. All wish you Godspeed.
FRANCIS E. CLARKE, President,
JOHN WILLIS BAER, Secretary.
To President William Mckinley,
Washington, D. c.: Twenty eight thou
sand American and Canadian Christian
Endeavorers, assembled in international
convention, received with hearty en-
thusiasm your kind message and pray
for Gods richest blessing upon you,
your administration and the great re-
public Of which you are the chief magis-
trate.
To Her Majesty, Queen Victoria,
| Windsor, England: Tens Of thousands
of Canadian and American Christian
Endeavorers, in international conven-
ton assembled in Detroit, rejoice in
your long and glorious reign and pray
Gods constant blessing upon you.
Thousands Of Endeavorers next July
will cross the ocean to convention in
London with love and reverence in their
hearts for you.
Sgravenhage-Clarke, president Chris.
tan Endeavor, Detroit: American com.
mission to the peace conference sends
sincere thanks for message and con.
graduates you and all friends of peace
for the great success achieved, provid
ing for permanent tribunal of arbitra
ton. WHITE, President
HOLLIS, Secretary.
At all previous meetings the audiences
assembled quietly, but for some time
before the calling to order of the two
great gatherings, Tents Endeavor anc
Williston We're babels of sound anC
scene. The state, provincial and friendly
gatherings We're grouped in designated
punches, divided about equally between
the two tents. Each had it's own par
ticular rally cry and each delegation
took pleasure in making it known tt
the extent of it's lung power. The dele
cations which We're not shouting were
singing Music Conductor Foster fin
ally made himself heard without tt.
aid Of megaphone and all the voices
were turned into the inspiring volum,
Of "Holy, Holy, Lord God Almighty, ;
with much Improved effect
A Quarter Million Present.
Secretary Baer says without doubt til,
attendance at this convention has mucl
exceeded that at any one ever held i,
the matter of those present at the vari
, Gus meetings This estimate takes int,
account the great convention at Boston
in 1895. The estimate of attendance a
5 meetings gives total of 29S,500
t DR.. J. Wilbur Chapman preached tn
= concluding sermon in Tent Endeavo
from the text Luke vi, 6 and l0-th
story Of the healing of the man with
withered hand. The closing address i,
Tent Williston was made by Bisho
! John H. Vincent of the Methodist Epis
copal church.