The Yale expositor. (Yale, St. Clair County, Mich.) 1894-current, 1899-07-14
MISSIONS WIS THE TOPIC.
Last Day of the international Y.
P. S. c. E. Convention.
THE CLOSE OF A BUSY WEEK
Rev. &. n. Howard Points Out the
Peril to the Country from the Rum
Tramc - Necessity for Increase In
Mission Work.

Detroit July 1.-THE closing day OF
the International Christian Endeavor
convention was the busiest day of n
busy week. There were held eight
great gatherings. The tendencies OF
the '99 gathering along educational
and other practical lines have caused
this convention to be called the educa-
tional convention. It's general trend
is conceded to have been to broaden as
we'll as inspire the young people rather
than to have led them toward narrow
forms of spirituality or intolerant re-
ligious views.
The last quiet hour early morning
service was largely attended. Mis-
sions was the topic in both the great
tents at the morning meetings; foreign
missions in Tent Endeavor, home mis-
sions in Tent Wiliston In the former
meeting the foreign missionaries pres
ent were introduced to the great audi
ence by Father Endeavorer" Clark.
The first address was by Rev. DR.. A.
Mclean of Cincinnati. His topic was
The Great Need of Missions" In
urging the strong necessity for in
creased work in this line he said
Nineteen centuries have passed since
Christ was born, and only one-third OF
the race is even nominally Christian.
Nine per cent of all the people on the
globe are Protestant, Is per cent are
Catholic and Z per cent are Greek. At
present there are more than 1000 900
600 souls without the gospel Not
only so, but the non-Christian part of
the population is increasing at an APP
palling rate. There are 100000, 900
more in this class than there were a
century ago"
One of the principal addresses in
Tent Williston was by Rev. c. N.
Howard of Rochester, n. Y, entitled
Our Country's Greatest Peril" In the
course of his remarks he pointed out
the necessity for combination of all
good citizens to fight the increasing
power Of the saloon element in the
great cities of our country. He con-
cluded: THE brewers national organ
says If we find that one political
party is against us, we must support
the other. Self protection must be our
only guide. Beer first and then politi-
clans That is good gospel for us
First right, then politics. First God
then politicians. On such platform
as that the Christian citizens of Amer
lea could shake the throne of perdi-
ton"
The introduction of missionaries by
President Clark was one Of the features
of the convention. Thirty Of the work
ers in heather fields spoke sentence
or two in the languages spoken in the
field of their labors. The handicap
ping greeting their appearance was al
most constant.
The closing feature in Tent Endeav-
or was an address by DIR. Robert e.
Speer of New York. on The Great
Blessing of Missions"
The sentiment of the home mission
rally in Tent Williston. as 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-
scented. Rev DR.. w. w. Body of st.
Louis delivered an address on Our
Country's Many Problems" He dis
cussed the two questions of immigra-
ton and the race problem. For the
solving of the immigration problem he
proposed three remedies-to maintain
American ideals at their highest point
by an aroused public sentiment, to leg
islate against the admittance of the
pauper and vicious classes of Europe,
and to bring to bear a combined and
quickened Christianity upon the stran-
ger within our gates. AS to the race
problem, the speaker said that in his
judgment the government made a
great mistake, which it will not be apt
to repeat in the Philippines. when it
privileges and franchises of the freest
government on the globe. There are
two sides to this race problem" said
DR.. Boyd. There is not white man
in the north who. if his wife or daugh-
ter were assaulted, would not rush
summarily to vengeance. But that does
not excuse though it may palliate the
diabolical crime of lynching. and the
hour is at hand when decisive steps
must be taken to abolish it. Chris
tianity must settle this question: legis-
lation cannot do it," Rev. Charles e.
Jefferson of New York spoke upon
"Our Country's One Salvation"