Akron daily Democrat. [volume] (Akron, Ohio) 1892-1902, 1899-07-10
CLOSING MEETINGS..
Will Be Held In Endeavor
Tents Tonight.
STRICT SABBATH OBSERVANCE.
Rev. Charles NJ. Sheldon Walked More
Than Three Miles to Preach Rather
Than Use street Cars-Other Endeav-
orers Escheued Sunday Papers.


Endeavor convention Will end tonight.
There will be junior endeavor and mis-
sionary rallies in each OF the big tents,
7 prison work conference and great
farewell gatherings in conclusion.
Although many of the Christian En-
deavorers in Detroit utilized the street
cars Sunday considerable portion re-
Trained from reading the Sunday news
papers. Few of the pastors who occu-
pied the various Protestant pulpits went
TO the extreme of incouvenlencing them
selves by walking long distances, as did
Rev Charles N. Sheldon, author Of in
His Steps who walked more than
three miles TO preach from the text
Zone Is Our Master; All We Are Breth-
rem" to congregation which entirely
exceeded the capacity of Bethany Pres
byterian church. Mr.. Sheldon spoke
optimis1caily OF tue signs of the times,
especially the awaken ing of the social
conscience, better relation ship between
employers and employed, federation of
the churches, movement toward civi C
righteousness and an awakening to the
stewardship feature of the Christians
life, as to his money, time and talents.
The features of the afternoon were
crowded meetings for men and women
exclusively, and a Sabbath observance
rally. Thirty-tive hundred men filed
the floor and galleries of Light Guard
armory at he mems meeting. The
men sang with fine enthusiasm and a
very large proportion Of them publicly
pledged that the occasion would be
with them landmark from which
would date a better life. Secretary
Baer conducted the meeting and Rev.
DR.. j. Wilbur Chapman of New York
preached from job xviii, Is: "Ye shall
be driven from light into darkness. and
be chased out of the world" the theme
brought out being the fate of the per-
slstent sinner as compared to that of
the godly.
Mrs. f. E. Clark, wife of President
Clark, presided over two mems meet
ings, which filled the Woodward Ave-
nue. Baptist church. Mrs. Joseph
Walker OF Queensland, Australia, led
the deyotions.
The program of addresses was as fol-
lows:
''The Women of Mexico" Mrs. G.
Scott Williams, San Luis Potosi, Mex
leo; The Women of China," Miss
Caroline Z. Chittenden, Foo Chow,
China; '"The Women of Asia," Miss
Jennie Ackerman, Chicago; "Woman's s
Work For Her Country" Mrs. Howard
M. Ingham. Jefferson, o.
Westminster Presbyterian church
could not contain the audience which
attended the Sabbath observance gath
ering. An address upon Sabbath In
the Home" was delivered by Rev. DR..
David McAllister of Allegheny, Pa.
He held the religious development of
the family to be OF utmost importance,
the family being the foundation of the
civil structure and the cornerstone of
the temple OF worship. Said he: 1--WE
cannot carry on cur civilization, nor
keep our young people to the front, un-
less they are trained i'll Sabbath keep
ing homes.
Rev. G. n. Howard of Rochester. N.
Y, related at length the story Of some
alleged futile attempts made in that CITY
toward closing 'the side doer'' on Sun
days. He argued insistently that prohi-
blt1on is the only true solution OF the
saloon question. The closing speech was
by Hon. John Charlton, NJ. P, of Lyme
doch. Ont, on "What the Sabbath Nav
Do For Us" The speakers idea was
that Sabbath observance had a far more
potent influence in character building
and world development than had COM
monty been conceded in later years.
Last night the evening worship in 81
Protestant churches OF Detroit and
Windsor took the form of 'sconsecration
services.
Many were the pledges of more ex-
allied effort for the coming year and
more earnest Christian service. The
capacity of the churches was taxed,
and the rapt attention of the crowds to
the one subject of conservation was i'm
pressive IN the greatest degree.
President Francis E. Clark conducted
the conservation services in the Wood
ward Avenue Baptist church.
Amongsthe clergymen who directed
the services or made conservation ad-
dresses i'll the other churches were:
Rev. DR.. Charles E. Jefferson of New
York, Rev. William Patterson of To-
ronto, Rev. James L. Hill of Salem.
Mass, Rev. James Murseu of London.
England, Rev. Robert E. Speer of New
York, Bishop B. W. Arnett of Wilber
force. o., Rev. John Pollock of Glas
gov, Scotland. Rev. DIR. John Henry
Barrows OF Oberlin, O., Rev. John h.
Pounds of Indianapolis; Bishop Samuel
Fallows of Chicago and Rev. DIR. Floyd
w. Tomkins of Philadelphia.
The convention Saturday agreed upon
a memorial to the house of representa-
tives of the Fifty sixth congress respect
fully urging the expulsion of Represent
ative Roberts of Utah and requesting
the submission to the state legislatures
of an amendment to the national consti-
tuition, making polygamy under any
guise crime against the United States,
punishable by severe penalties, mclud-
ing disfranchlsement. The resolution
solemnly declares the conviction of the
Endeavorers TO be that "the seating of
Brigham III. Roberts of Utah as repre-
sentative-at-large from that state in the
Fifty-sixth congress would be, and
would generally be understood to be,
conformation of the crime of polygamy,
a blow at the sanctity of the marriage
relation, and IL peril to the purity and
integrity of the family, upon which our
civil and religious institutions so largely
rest" This memorial will be distributed
to secure the signatures of several mil
lion EndeavOrers.
Universal peace was the keynote of
one OF the greatest meetings of the
convention, held late Saturday after
noon OH the broad lawns of Belle Isle,
the city's big island park.
Of all the half score of addresses
made to the accompaniment of the
great enthusiasm, peace between men
and nations was the continuous bur-
defl. The speakers were from all sec
tions of the world and included Rev.
James Mrsell of London. Rev. John
Pollock, d. D., of Glasgow, Delegate