The sun., 1900-05-02

vox Horn Voice Haits the Pro-
but Gives way when hidden
.sd,,..,, by bishop Doane and Others
,...,sucha crowd as attended the opening
- n, the Ecumenical Conference came to
.nor, IN the closing ceremonies last night
,s nan was so packed At o'clock that
- ya-a closed and the entire building
.,,c,lly sealed against all later corners no
,,ha, KIND Of tickets they had To an
~' .onL extent the Central Presbyterian
- uss overcrO wded So many were
80 a. away from the two meetings that an
.sov meeting was hurriedly organized IN
'.pr.,v Baptist Church. In all. despite the
20, ,ha, many Of the delegates have returned
,.s,r homes, the attendance fully eoualled.
WA wu' no, exceed. that OF the first night
r.,uar President BENJAMIN Harrison presided
over the main meeting IN carnegie nan
"a made a farewell address in which he
.,,o,sly advocated Christian unity.
Tvose on the stage began 20 applaud. al Few
-,u,ss before 8 O'Clock. as Mr. Harrison en-
,.,sd the stage door. Swiftly the applause
n,. caught up by the galleries, and thence
.,,sad TO the floor. As Mr. Harrison came for
u.rd 10 assume the chair. the entire assem-
,aye still sppauding. rose TO honor him. lie
.orsd in ackno wledgment, and was about to
a,., the meeting, when powerful voice from
,ss .ophsaat corner OF the main floor. rev
feet from the stage steps. shouted
", aides and gentlemen In 1891 there was
u.o,, Gathering in San Francisco. 1t was at
cha Palace Hotel President Harrison was
present
Instantly there wa, hush Every one
,,,,sd toward the the speaker, IL was as
.,pcd that he was the d'legate appointed TO
oman ,bs meeting and introduce K-President
HARRISON as chairman. and that being unable 10
s,,, the stage because OF the crowd, had de-
cd,d 10 speak from the floor Looking down
from the centre OF the stage upon the man, Mr.
HARRISON wanted to see what was gong 10 hap
psn next For him TO have attempted TO speak
a, the same time would have been useless. as Ihe
man : voice was Of tremendous volume. Such
NJ IN. audience as could see him discovered
that he was tall, broad-shoudered man with
white hair and stubby white beard He con-
unued ,-,,. pu..,a.
HARRISON who Is TO preside over us to-nlSn'.
learned that the time OF Christ Is soon coming
because '----
That was as far as the man got. for one OF the
committeeman on the platform had SAID VIII
Mr. Cobb please come forward
Hastily walking to the front OF the stage the
Rey " Cobb mouoned sharply 10 the man
and called: That person will please De quiet
~ once .,
disappointed look appeared on his face ana he
presently made his way 10 the nearest door
and went out None Of the DELEGATES whom
The SvN reporter questioned knew VINO he
WAS lie was in attendance at the noon session
Of prayer yesterday and broke in upon the pro-
ceedlngs with a somewhat incoherent but very
brief harangue upon the reasons for the coming
af hp
q crank As soon as he was quellad Mr.. HaT-
rson announced that the exercises OF the even
ing would be opened by the SINGING OF a hymn.
Holy Holy, Holy" was sung and the char :
man Introduced the Rev Maltbie D. Babcock
OF the Briok Presbyterian Church 10 speak on
"Tbe Present Situation; Its Claims and OPpor-
Wesleyan Missionary iSociety OF London spoke
on the same subject Mr. Harrison then intro
duced Bishop W, &. Doane OF Albany. who said
The first demand. think. which the fact OF
this Conference sttests and the spirit Of this
Conference assures Is that we should recognize
each other a. servants OF Jesus Christ at work
for Him Differing alas! divided. in external
things. We are agreed in this ! believe that
earnest Christian men. not magnliying dlllcul-
ties, must pray at once IN the spirit ana IN the
words of the prayer OF the Divine Master mat
Hi.e w sn f. fsop Gstssr real
After the singing of hymn Mr. Harrison
are now ended. Words OF farewell only remain
10 be spoken. The Rev, Canon ,Edmonds Of
L1eter, England, has been selected to speak on
behalf OF the foreign delegates.
common share in a, great duty and great
work - said Canon Edmonds. has drawn us all
very close together On behalf Of ell OF us
YOU for the hospitality that has made
our pas s,sy say' as'' We Ne EsSs been Sd s%s,sSd
generosity and bpss Of 6.DsS
sIeng thened and enriched We are sorry that
1t is all over and we can only, hope Tor an op-
portunity 10. return your hospitality on the
and Gentlemen. you are doing more than you
realize You have shown US so much Of the
best in you that you send US away confident
worst n in in YOU, % We believe in you. You We got
your problems to solve i'll this nation, but you
will solye them. and more and more you
will find US drawn to you in spirit Ho, ,ov,,, 70
your Chief MAGISTRATE lARplspse, And we
stepped down from that great office and become
keen and philosophical. but loyal and aiiec-
Tomato critic Of the man who has stepped into
his shoes laughterl your affection and respect
Is still with him Laughter and applause
speaking Tor moment as an Ensilsh delegate
change In the feelings OF the past We don't
expect to see the Declaration OF Independence
tesc!ndsd Laughter We are past those
They made their mistakes lLaughterl The
matter is over and done with and we love and
respect each other just the same. Applause
and laughter
Speaking again for all the foreign delegates.
! wish 10 say that above all else In this con-
iarsnce We shall remember noble hospitality
thal has been truly American and has almost
MADE US, Tor the time forget our homes lap
plauSe
On behalf Of the missionaries the Rev. George
Of china responded, saying that tho
nemorvof the Conference would go to all parts
"A n