The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1899-07-07
CHRISTIAN
ENDEAYOR
SUCCESS.
Immense CrOwds Swarm an Oyer
DetrOlt-Eully 20. 900 Dele
gates Present.
MEFTNG PLACES CROWDED.
servises Held in tuO Tents Last
Evening Arbitration and
MOrnonism Discussed.

WOFmOm1Sm u1SSnSSSGs
DETROIT. Mich. July s-BosA q the
great main tents owned by the United
sociesy OF CHRISTIAN Enaeayor were
used to-uisht. for the first time during
the eighteenth international convention.
ard they contained their full quota q
1AoQo. aud as usual hundreds Of others
who failed to secure adnittaree. pa
ttertiy occupied standing room" al
around the outer edges, Many visiting
delegations trom long distances came In
to-day swelling the number Of strangers
delegates. IL is believed. beyond the so.-
VCO mark. The convention days are es-
sentlally days Of song, Although to-
night the united eholr was divided be-
tween the two tents, there being little
dimluishuens In the volume Of song or
much In the number u the singers In
each. As for the audiences thsir spirit
ual enthusiasm expanded with the pas
sage Of the hours. Yesterday there was
little street enthusiasm, To-day the
Endeavurers honOred the invitation o.
the mayor OF Detroit to sing. Street car
loads OF them went frequently along the
streets singing as they went; many
groups sang BY the wayside, aside fron
those who Joined the squads Of noon-
day workers in business houses and fac
tories. They sung at the afternoon ral-
lies and sang this evening en- route to
the night gatherings, sang with redOu-
bled visor after dSain assembling, and
then sang their way home,
Ten thousand peOple crowded into
Tent willIston for this evenings exer-
clses. The decorations OF Tent Willis
ton are similar to those which embelilsh
Tent Endeayor and fully as elaborate.
President Clark presided over the meet
ing and p. S. Foster, Of Westinghouse
musical director. The devotional exer-
clses were conducted by Rev. W. E.
Strong. Of Jackson. Mich. and the ten
minutes Of quiet meditation and prayer
by Rev. Clarence Ebermar. Of I.aneas-
ter, Pa. The two principal addresses in
Tent wililston were delivered by Rev.
John E. Pounds. of Indianapolis, and
Rev. DR.. P. S. Henson. OF Chicago, the
former on Dollars and Duty" and the
latter on Satan and Cities" Both
were listened to with undivided atten-
tion BY the great audience and bursts Of
,,y,,,to,,,, ,,.ay,, Fra1uapf
War Against War.
In Ten: EudeavCr the principal ad-
dress of the evening was by Rev. Or. F.
A. Noble. Of Chicago. His subject was
WAR against War" In part he said;
'.The recent assembling at the Hague
OF the peace conference called by the
car Of Russia to consider specific topics
relating to the general subject OF war,
and the fresh Impulse which the deliber-
ations OF this conference have given to
the hope that methods less ssnEuinary
than the battlefield and the oSvrl COM
tlict may soon be devised and accepted
for settling international disputes, which
seem to make both the hours and the
occasions enminen;ty suitable for press
ing home upon the hearts and con-
sciences OF all lovers of humanity the
hlgh claims OF arbitration.
"The queation OF arbitration naturally
divides Itself into two subordinate Ques-
tlons. Is arbitration desirable? To
this question. there can be but one an
swer. II justice, or anything like an
approximation to Justice can be secured
by submitting the cases in controversy
to the honest Judgment of disinterested
parties, II aggression can be warded on
and the rights Of the people to them-
selves or their institutions or their ter
ritory can be maintained; II freedom
and the precious opportunity of ts'edom
can be either held or won by this pro-
cess, then the method OF arbitration
must be conceded by all well disposed
persons. to be preferable to their meth
cd OF war AS 1t is better for indlvid-
uals to settle their difficulties in this
quiet way than to resort to blows or
rush Into court, so 1t is much better for
communities OF Individuals to fail back
on this same simple, natural plan,
Here falls question which a study
of the subject In hand forces upon US.
Is arbitration praeticAble2 unQues-
tlonably arbitration is desirable. The
consideration Just brought forward in
support OF this vfcw,and the many more
which might be advanced. would seem
to settle this point beyond all contro-
versy. Few things indeed. In the
sphere of international relation can be
imagined which are 30 desirable us find
Ing out and applying some method other
than resort to deadly encounters on
battle-aelds and high seas, by which the
privileges of liberty and the ends OF
righteousness and the objects in general
which make for the welfare OF humane
ity can be secured. Is arbitration this
method2 Can the scheme OF settling
differences between nations by referring
the matters In controversy to dlsintcr-
ested parties for decision be worked?
There are two answers to this Qucs-
tIon. First, It ls fair to presume that
in the course of time and the progress
OF events, some methods similar In Its
spirit and nlm to this method OF arbi-
tration would be hit upon to reconcile
differences between nations and hold
people In the bonds OF mutual good will,
Considering what the horrors OF war
always have been, and what they EIn