The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1899-07-11
ENDEAV0RERS ADJOURN.
The Christian Workers Are Now
Homeward Bound.
VERY SUCCESSFUL CONVENTION.

Attendance at Meetings Exceeded the
Great Gathering In Boston, VI essages
From Our Peace Commission aud
Canada's Governor General.
Detroit, July 11.-Tis eighteenth in
ternational convention Of Christian En-
deavor closed last Hight amid scenes
Of impressive solemnity attending the
utterance of "the last word" by the
president and secretary in each of the
great tents, respectively, following
responses from each state and country
represented. and last exhortations
fSom Methodist Episcopal Bishop
Vincent. of Kansas, and Evangelist
Chapman, OF New York. kilograms
and cablegrams were read in both
tents, the reading of cablegram from
Hon. Andrew d. White, president Of
the American peace commissioners at
The Hague, bringing out storms Of ap-
to President White was as follows.
"Twenty-eight thousand American
and Canadian Christian Endeavorers
now assembled in International con-
ven, Detroit, represent 2,5O0,000 en-
thusiastic for peace and arbitration.
Great peace meeting held. All wish
you godspeed"
Messages were also sent to President
Mckinley, Governor General Minto OF
Canada and Queen Victoria. President
White responded as follows:
A ,socf To hn
conference sends sincere thanks for
message and congratulates you and all
friends Of peace upon the great success
achieved providing for a permanent
tribunal Of arbitration"
Mayor Drummond, private secretary
to the governor general of Canada,
sent the following:
''His excellency, the governor gen.
eral, desires me to express his warm
est and most sincere thanks for your
very kind and cordial message of good
will to himself and the Dominion of
Canada"
At all previous meetings the audi
ences assembled quietly, but last even
ing 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 foreign delega-
tions were grouped in designated
punches divided about equally between
the two tents. Each had its own par
ticular rally cry, and each delegation
took pleasure in making it known to
the extent of its lung power. The
delegations which were not shouting
were singing. Music Conductor Fos-
ter finally made himself heard without
the aid of megaphone, and all the
voices were turned into the inspiring
volumes of Holy, Holy, Lord God AL
mighty" with much improved effect.
The, following statements as to at
tendance, ETC., was given out by Sec
retary Baer:
Without doubt the attendance at
this convention has very much exceed
ed that of any other Christian En-
deavor convention ever held in the
matter of those present at the various
meetings. This estimate takes into ac-
count the great convention at Boston
in 1896. That is to say, that out of the
2S,O0O Endeavorers registered, which is
the estimate of the reception
committee, and includes Detroit mems
bers, there have been more who
attended meetings than at any previous
times. The estimate of attendance at
meetings gives total of 298, 500. There
were $4,000 Endeavorers in attendance.
including Detroit delegates, and So,-
500 persons simultaneously attended
strictly Christian Endeavor meetings.
These figures do not include the 66
non-evangelistic meetings. which had
a total attendance of $4,000, and 100
professed conversions.
During a recess each member of the
80 committee was called out. They
were told that the 80 convention had
never been equalled as to program,
presence Of good speakers and large at
tendance at meetings. Secretary Baef
stated that although the attendance at
Detroit was $4,000, as against 6,40o at
Boston, the meetings in Detroit were
attended by large numbers than were
those at Boston.
Chairman w. H. Strong, Of the local
committee, responded appropriately to
the compliments rendered before the
two mighty audiences, and attributed
the successes of the convention chiefly
to Individual faithfulness. The score
of white capped chairmen of local COM
mittees, standing together, then sung
a stanza of IF Ever Loved Thee. My
Jesus, 'Tis Now"
Great Britain's leading representa-
tives, Messrs. Tressidder and Mursell.
of London. and Pollock, of Glasgow,
stood together and sang Britain For
Christ Then all sang stanzas of God
Save the Queen" and America"
DR.. J. Wilbur Chapman preached the
concluding sermon in Tent Endeavor.
and the closing address In Tent Willis
ton was made by Bishop John Fl. Vim
cent, of the Methodist church.