Akron daily Democrat. [volume] (Akron, Ohio) 1892-1902, 1899-07-11
Impressive Scenes at Last
Meetings In Detroit.
THE AFFAIR A GREAT SUCCESS.
Secretary Baer SO Announced aud Gave
Figures-InterestingC CabIegrams Read
Exhortations by Bishop Vincent, Evan
geiist Chapman and Others.

last exhortations from NJ. Z. Bishop
| Vincent OF Kansas and Evangelist
Chapman of New York. The follow
ing kilograms and cablegrams were
read in both tents, the reading of the
cahlegram from Hon. Andrew d. White
presiClcut of the American peace COM
missioners at The Hague, bringing out
storms of applause:
To the American Peace Commission, The
Hague:
Twenty -cigh5 thousand American
and Canadian Christian Endeavorers,
now assembled i'll international conven-
ton, Detroit, represent 100000 enthu-
| siastic for peace and arbitration. Great
peace meeting held. All wish you god
speed.
(Sigs) FRANCIS Z. CLARK,
President.
JOHN WILLIS BAER,
Secretary.
Clark, President Christian Endeavor, Detroit:
American commission to the peace
conference sends sincere thanks for
message and congratulates You and all
friends of peace for the great success
achieved providing for a permanent
tribunal of arbitration.
WHITE, President
HOLLIS, Secretary.
Other messages were also sent to
Queen Victoria, President Mckinley
and the governor general of Canada
At all previous meetings the audi
ences assembled quietly, but 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 delegations were grouped in
designated punches, divided about
equally between the two tents. Each
bad its own particular rally cry and
each delegation took pleasure i'll max
ing it known to the extent of its lung
power. The delegations which were
not shouting were singing. Music Con-
ductor Foster finally made himself
heard without the aid of megaphone,
and all the voices were turned into in-
spring volumes of 'Holy, Holy, Lord
God Almighty with much improved
effect.
The following statement as to attend
ance, etc., was given out by Secretary
Baer:
Without doubt the attendance at this
convention has very much exceeded
that of any other Christian Endeavor
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those present ut the various meetings.
This estimate takes into account the
great convention ut Boston Ill 1895.
That is to say, that out of the $4,000
Endeavorers registered, which is the es-
innate OF the reception committee and
includes Detroit members, there have |
been more who attended meetings than
at any previous times. The estimate of
attendance ut meetings gives a total of
29S, $50. There We're $4,000 Endeavorers
i'll attendance, including Detroit dele
gates.
Thirty thousand five hundred persons
simultaneously attended strictly G. Z. |
meetings.
These figures do not include the 66 |
noon evangelistic meetings, which had |
q total attendance of 10, 900, and 100 pro-
fesseG conversions.
HThe chiurmen of each state and pro-
vincial delegation and those from |
abroad were called to the platform and |
testified each for his people and their
aspirations as Endeavorers. Then the !
respective delegations sang together,
waved flags and gave other evidences of
enthusiasm.
During a recess i'll these responses, |
each member of the '99 committee was
called out. They were told that the 80 |
convention had never been equalled as i
to program, speakers, presence of good
and large attendance at meetings. Sec
retary Baer stated that although the |
attendance at Detroit was $4,000, as
against 56, 100 at Boston, that the meet
ings in Detroit were attended by larger
numbers than We're those at Boston.
Chairmrn 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 whitecapped chairmen of local COM
mittees standing together then sang a
stanza of eff 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. Will
bur Chapman preached the concluding
sermon i'll Tent Endeavor from the texts
Luke vi, 8-10-the story of the healing
of the man with withered hand The
closing address i'll Tent Williston was
made by Bishop John H. Vincent of the
NJ E. church.
President Clark's last words to the
delegates We're as follows:
Take this convention home with
you. New responsibilities are yours.
You have now more to account for be-
fore the throne of God. Unless you
who came to this conven-
ton are more faithful, more loyal to
your church, better supporters of your
pastors, more inspired with missionary
you have lost your oppor
tunity and God will hold you respon-
sible.
Take this meeting home with YOU;
you cannot keep it to yourselves and
guiltless. lake it to your
church, your city, your home; make
this country better country, because
we have held our eighteenth interna-
tional convention of Christian En-
deayor."
Two Women Killed In a Wreck.
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