The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1899-07-11
cHRIsrIAN ENpEAYoRERs.

Closing Day Of international Conyen'
tIon-Iniroductln of missionaries.
DETROIT. Mich. July lO.-The
closing day Of the International Chris
tan Endeavor convention was the bus
lest day OF busy week. When the day
is completed, there win have been held
eight great gatherings, provided the
rain, which began falling just after the
big morning meeting assembled, does
not check operations. The tendencies
Of the 30 gathering along educational
and other practical lines have caused
this convention to be called the educq-
tlonal convention. Its general trend Is
conceded to have been to broaden as
well us inspire the young people, rather
than to have led them, toward narrow
forms OF spirituality. or intolerant re-
ligiOuB Views.
The inst uulet hour early morning
service was largely attended. Missions
was the topic In both the great tents at
the morning meetings; foreign missions
in Tent EndeavOr; home missions IN
Tent WlllistOn. In the former meeting
the foreign missionaries present were
introduced TO the great audience by
'Fnther Endeavorer" Clark. The first
address was by Rev. DR.. A. Mclean. OF
Cincinnati. HIS topic was THE Great
Need Of MisslOng,"
One OF the principal addresses in Tent
Williston was by Rev. G. N. Howard
OF Rochester. N. Y, entitled "our Coun-
try'B Greatest Peril.
The introduction OF missionaries by
President Clark was one Of the tea-
lures OF the convention. Thirty OF the
workers in heather fields spoke q SEN
tence or two In the languages spoken in
the scene of their IabOrs. and retired.
The hand clipping greeting their APP
penrnnce and retirement was almost
constant.
a smooth-faced, notwithstanding
youth. d. 3, Eddy, OF Leavenworth,
kansas, member OF the Yale band. was
introduced to speak OF 1.-THE Great Re-
sources OF Missions, Mr.. Eddy spoke
az the means, mechanical, inventive,
political and social, through which God
had given assurances that the world is
to be won for Christ. The responsibli-
files OF Christians In carrying out coos
revealed plnns,he said. are heavy ana
they must go forward. Pray ana
work, lost our enthusiasm roll back up
on ourselves: we are playing with the
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and self Righteousness be uppermoSt,
nray. pray always for guidance"
The closing feature In Tent EndeaVor
was nm address by DR.. Robert p. Speer,
OF New York, on "The Great Blessing
OF Missions"
rally in Tent Wllliston ms proposed by
Rev. DR.. Hill, OF Massachusetts, was
the Greek proVerb. "They bearing
torches passed them on from hand to
hand" Many home missionaries from
western states and territories were pre-
sented Rev. DR.. w. w. BOYD, Of 81
Louis, delivered an address on our
Country's Many Problems" He DIS
cussed the two questions OF tmmtBra-
tlon and the race problem. For the
soIvInU of the immigration problem he
proposed three remedles-to MAINTAIN
American ideals at their highest point
nv an aroused public sentiment, to leg.
Islate against the admlttnnce OF the
pnuper and vicious classes OF Europe.
and to bring to bear combined ana
0uickened Christianity upon the stran-
ger within our gates. As to the race
6roblcm. the speaker said that IN his
Judgment the government made great
mistake, which II will not be apt to re-
peat In the Philippines, when II put IN
the hands OF the negro all the prlvl-
leges and franchises OF the freest gov
eminent on the globe. There are TWO
sides TO this race problem" said DR..
BOYD, "There is not q white man in
the north who, II his wife or daughter
were outraged by beast, would not
rush summarlly to vengeance. But that
does not excuse, though It may palliates
the dlabolical crime Of lynching, and
the hour is at hand when decisive steps
must be taken to abolish 1t. Christian
ity must settle this question; legisla-
ton cannot do it."
Rev. Charles r. Jefferson, Of New
York, spoke upon "Our country's One
Salvation"