Newport weekly independent., 1901-07-12


 crease of 800 societies, particular men, ton being made of the number of Episco- pal Christian Endeavor societies that have been organized the past year in the Church of England. This, and other splendid achievements by our English brothers show conclusively that the great London convention was blessed of God.
 Indeed. nothing shows the adaptability of Christian Endeavor to every climate and country more than the fact that there are national Christian Endeavor unions in Scotland, Ireland, Wales. Australia, France. Spain, Germany, South Africa. India, China, Mexico and Japan, and that Christian Endeavor leaflets and constitu- tions may now be found in Chinese. Japa- nese, MalaSasy, Persian, Arabic, Turkish, Bulgarian, Armenian, Siamese, German, Dutch, Norwegian, Welsh, Australian, Hungarian Coptic, Mexican, Portuguese, Indian, the many dialects of India and Africa
 and intermediate societies continues to be Interesting There are now over 16,CW junior societies and 1,285 intermediate so- cietes, the first with 4S2, 000 members, and the second with 3S, 5N.
 "A larger number than ever of our SO cietIes have adopted some systematic and proportionate plan for giving money to the cause of missions, to their home churches and to other benevolences. More and more is Christian Endeavor becoming an evangelistic agency for Christ In all
 
 months joined the church from the ranks of our societies.
 A Sunday of Busy Endeavor.
 The Endeavorers made Sunday a busy day. From morning till evening and during almost every hour of the day there were services going on in some part of the city.
 The day opened with three quiet hour meetings of one hour each, held in three of the largest of the city's churches, and conducted hy Rcvcrends Floyd w. TompIins, Philadelphia, and Cornelius Wolfkin, of Brooklyn. The meeting at the Central Christian church was to have been conducteUby Rev. J. Wilbur Chapman, of New York city, who is now seriously ill at his country home at Winona Lake, Ind, and large concourse of people had assembled there ill expectation of hearing him, but the meeting was de- clared off.
 The various pulpits about the city were occupied during the rest of the morning by the visiting ministers, whose topics were '"Twenty Years of Christian Endeavor." The attendance at the meetings was large and espe cially so at St. Paufs Methodist Epis copal church, where Rev. Charles NJ. Sheldon, of Topeka, Kas.. who recent ly became notable by editing a paper as Christ would have done if He were on earth" spoke.
 The afternoon was devoted to three simultaneous evangclistic meetings in the Music Hall auditorium. These meetings were classified for men, women and children. The attendance at all was large, and considera ble evangelistic work was accomplished, especially at the mems meeting in the auditorium Endcavor. This meet ing was to have been conducted by Rev. Chapman, of New York, and in his absence a representatives of the laity, Rev. Vim. Philips Hall, of New York city, conducted it.
 President Clark occupied the chair during a portion of the meeting. The meeting was opened by Rev. U. F.. Swengel, of York, Pa., who read from the Psalms, and Rev. J. D. Blackburn, of Covington, Ky, delivered the di- vine invocation. Musical Director F.. H. Jacobs, of Brooklyn, N. r., assist ed by Mir. John Hillis, of Greencastlc, Ind, rendered solos, after which Mr. Hall took possession of the meeting, and spoke on Christianity as "A Prof. itable Investment" MT. Halls ad- dress had a powerful effect upon his hearers and, at it's conclusion, he called upon those who would accept a partnership in Christ to remain after the meeting and publicly announce themselves. Many did so, and MT. Hall knelt in the aisles of the hall and prayed with them.
 The meeting for women in the Au- ditorium Williston proved to be a tenn perance meeting. It was conducted by General Secretary John Willis Baer, of Boston, assisted by Mir. Percy $. Foster, of Washington, D. C., who led the chorus. Miss Grace w. Bee man, of Dayton, O., rendered several cornet solos. Addresses were made by the Misses Margaret Koch, Water vile, Me, and Rhana Moshcr, of Vest | field, W. Y. The burden of their re- marks was temperance, not only in the use of intoxicating drinks, but of tobacco as we'll
 In the Auditorium Ohio, the chil- dren held sway, led by the new field secretary, Clarence E. Eberman. of Lancaster, Pa. MT. Ebcrman led in prayer, Mir. H. c. Lincoln. of Fhila- delphia, leading the children in their singing. Treasurer Wm. M. Shaw, of Boston, and Miss Kate II. IIaus, of St. Louis, addressed the children, admon. ishing them in the ways of righteous.