Omaha daily bee., 1899-07-11
MILLIONS SPEAK FOR PEACE
Ambassador White Answers the Message Of
Christian Endeavorer.
READING PRODUCES AN ANIMATED SCENE
Messages and Assurances of sympa-
thy Are Exchanged with Canada
and Britain-Successful scs-
sion Comes to an End.

national convention of Christian Endeavor
closed tonight amid scenes OF impressive
solemnity attending the utterances OF the
last word" by the president and secretary in
each of the great tents respectively, fol-
lowing responses from each state and coun-
| try represented and last exhortatons from
Bishop Vincent of Kansas and Evangelist
Chapman of New York. The following tele-
grams and cabegrams 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:
To the American Peace Commission. The
! Hague: Twenty-eight thousand American
and Canadian and Christian Endeavorers
now assembled in international session in
J Detroit represent $500, 900 enthusiastic for
peace and arbitration. Great peace meeting.
| All wish you godspeed.
| FRANCIS Z. CLARKE, President.
JOHN WILLIS BAER, Secretary.
To President William Mckinley Washing
| ton, ID. c.: Twenty-eight thousand American
and Canadian Christian Endeavorers assem-
| bled in international convention received
with heart enthusiasm your kind message
| and pray for Gods richest blessing upon you,
| your administration and the great republic
| of which you are the chief magistrate.
To His Excellency Lord Mimic. ottawa,
Canada: The Christian Endeavorers of Can
| ada and America, in international convention
| assembled representing 2,500.0 of young
people, are drawing closer the bonds OF in
| ternational fellowship and pray for Gods
! best blessing upon yourself and your great
dominion.
To Her Majesty, Queen Victoria, Windsor.
| England: Tens of thousands of Canadian and
| American Christian Endeavorers, in inter-
national convention assembled in Detroit,
| rejoice in your Tong and glorious reign and
pray Gods constant blessing upon you.
Thousands of Endeavorers next July will
cross the ocean to the convention in Lon
don with love and reverence in their hearts
! for you.
| SGRAvENHAGE-Clark President Chris
| tian Endeavor. Detroit: American commits
! sion to the peace conference sends sincere
! thanks for message and congratulates you
! and all friends OF peace for the great sue
| cess achieved, providing for a permanent
! tribunal of arbitration.
WHITE. President.
| HILLS. Secretary.
| OTTAWA, Ont, July 10.-Francis E.
Clarke. President International Convention of
| Christian Endeavorers: His eXcellency, the
! governor general, desires me to express his
warm and most sincere thanks for your very
| kind and cordial message of good Will to
| himself and the Dominion of Canada
MAJOR DRUMMOND.
| Governor Generals Secretary.
| Babel at the Tents.
! At all previous meetings the audiences
assembled quietly. but this evening for
some time before the calling to order of the
two great gatherings tents Endeavor and
| Williston were babels of sounds and scenes.
The state, provincial and friendly gather
ings We're grouped in designated punches,
| divided about equally between the two tents.
Each had its own particular rally cry and
each delegation took pleasure in making 1t
known to the extent of its lung power.
! The delegations which were not shouting
were singing Music Conductor Foster
| finally made himself heard without aid OF
a megaphone and all the voices were turned
| into the inspiring volume of Holy, Holy,
Lord God Almighty" with much improved
effect.
The following statements as TO attend
ance, etc, was given out by Secretary Baer:
Without doubt the attendance at this
convention has much exceeded that at any
Christian Endeavor convention ever held
| in the matter OF those present at the va
rious meetings This estimate takes into
account the great convention at Boston in
| 1895. That is TO say, that out OF the 2S,000
Endeavorers registered, which is the esti
mate of the rece2tio9 committee and in
! cludes Detroit members. there have been
more who attended meetings than at any
previous times. The estimate OF attend
ance at meetings gives a total of POS. 500.
ance, including Detroit delegates; 3O,5Oo
persons simultaneously attended strictly
Christian Endeavor meetings. These fig
ures do not include the sixty-six noon
evangellstic meetings, which had a total
attendance OF Il, 900 and 100 professed con-
versions.
Parting Words of Leader.
President Clarkes last words to the dele
gates were as follows:
Take this convention home with you.
New responsibilities are yours. You have
now more to account for before the throne
of God. Unless you Endeavorers who came
to this convention are more faithful more
loyal TO your church, better supporters of
your pastors. more inspired with mission
AIRY enthusiasm, you have lost your oppor-
tunity and God will hold you responsible.
Take this meeting home with you; you
cannot keep it to yourselves and remain
guiltless. Take it 10 your church, your
city, your home; make this country bet
| ter country because We have held our
eighteenth international convention OF
Christian EndeavOr
The tendencies OF the '99 gathering
along educational and other practical
lines has caused this convention
to be called the educational conveation. Its
general trend is conceded to have been to
broaden, as well as inspire the young people,
rather than to have led them toward narrow
forms OF spirituality or intolerant religious
views.
The last quiet hour early morning service
was largely attended. Missions" was the
topic in both the great tents at the morning
meetings; foreign missions in Tent En-
deavor; home missions in Tent Wiliston. In
the former meeting the foreign missionaries
present were introduced to the great audi
ence by Father Endeayorer Clark The
fret address was by Rev. Dr. A. Mclean OF
Cincinnati. His topic was The Great Need
OF Missions"
One Of the principal addresses in Tent
Willistou was by Rev. C. y. Howard OF
Rochester, y. Y, entitled Our Country's
Greatest Peril"
Introduction of Missionaries.
The introduction OF missionaries by Presl-
dent Clark was one OF the features of the
convention Thirty OF the workers in
heather 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 following mis-