The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1901-07-06
Session Of. Five Days Duration
Begun in Cincinnati.
RECORD BREAKER.
Attendance Expected to Be the
Largest Ever known.
Four Big Meetings to Be Held
simultaneously.
Secretary J. Willis Baer Sub
mits His Report.

Cincinnati, July 6-The twentieth in
ternational Christian Endeavor society
began a FIVE days session in this city
today. The registration of delegates
and visitors is unusually large, and
the indications are that the attendance
will be the largest in the history of
these great gatherings. In addition to
the receptions and rallies at different
state headquarters, the business ses-
sion of the United Society of Christian
Endeavor was held during the forenoon
at which the annual reports of the Off
GERS and business agents were sub
mitted. The annual session of the trus-
tees will be held during the afternoon.
The grand openings with welcome
addresses, and the annual address OF
President Clark and the annual report
of Secretary Baer viii take place sim
ultaneousIy in the auditoriums tonight.
Three large auditoriums and a large
hall have been arranged on the old
exposition grounds adjoining Washing
ton park on Elm street. A large plat
form has also been constructed IT.
Washington park for overflow open air
meetings Music hall has been desig-
mated as Auditorium Endeavor
Power hall is called Auditorium VIII
liston'' and Horticultural hail is known
as Auditorium Ohio" Odeon hall is
the fourth in this group. Only two OF
the auditoriums viii be used tonight
simultaneously. Dr. Tennis $. Hamlin.
of Washington, d. c., presides In one.
with F. H. Jacobs, Of Brooklyn, as
musical director Bishop Samuel tai-
lows, of Chicago presides in the other.
with Rercy s. Foster Of Washington,
D. g.. as musical director. Eminent
soloists will assist the chorus OF i,zuo
voices in each of these auditoriums to-
~~4- q es,
dresses by members OF the local COM
mittee, the city and state governments
and others. there will be responses by
L. H. Keller. of Milwaukee; Rev. A
M Adiyaki of Osaka, Japan: Rev. T. G..
Cleveland, Atlanta; Rev. George A.
Hubbard, of China; Rev Neal A. Nc
Auley, Wilton Junction, Iowa; Rev
Alfred Gaudier. Toronto; Rev. W. j.
Darby, Evansville. Ind and Rev. VIII
liam G. Marsha. Adelaide, Australia.
Tomorrow the daily quiet hour meet
ings will be held from to a. m. In
the churches, and the visiting delegates
will supply over two hundred pulpits
morning and evening in this city and
vicinity.
On Sunday afternoon the great audi
toriums viii be used FOR meetings SIM
ultaneously for children, men and wo-
men from 2 to 80 p. m, and other
meetings viii be held from to p '1n.
in the interest of Sabbath observance
temperance and missions.
Very elaborate programmes have
been prepared for the different audito-
RUINS and churches simultaneously for
Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday from
8 a. m. until 10 p. m. and the list Of
speakers includes the most eminent
ministers and lecturers in the country
on their special topics.
PRESIDENT CIARK'S ADDRESS.
President Francis r. Clark, in his an
nual address. said in part:
For every age Cod prepares his agen-
cies- As the bee is made for the flower.
f1s,f a1r-rIfn vii "a he fin
of the fish the yielding water, 50 in the
moral and religious world God adapts His
plans and methods to the needs OF the
''The nineteenth century saw peculiar
the hrothel the gambling den. CONNER
cialism and materialism laid their traps
for him But God looked down from
heaven upon the children Of men ana in
the middle Of the century the Young
to set young men at work for youns men
in new evangelism.
'.The days Of the rampant infidel and
atheist are also in the past. as deNout-
~ believe. No Robert Hume could today
world No Voltaire or Rousseau could
number his followers by millions. Robert
IngersoH today Is little but memory or
But something more insidious and
inddelity is the foe Of the chHrch Of the
twentieth century. This inhdelity IS a
is the Indifference that is born Of luxury
and Of fashion. The twentieth century
ciety because It needs the prayer meeting.
It needs more thorough going and efiec-
tive organization in church life and II
needs to be more united
THE new century will be a century OF
mighty combinatiO and tremendous ag-
gregations OF material forces. There
should be a combination OF the Christian
forces of the land to work together in
harmony for the advancement Of the
kingdom through their own churches and
denominations.
''The Christian Endeavor society does
not asDire to be such a trust for the
church at large, but il does aspire to pro-
mote among the young the spirit Of har-
mony and brOtherly love and united SER
vice for the kingdom OF our Lord and Tor
their native land"
SECRETARY BAER's REPORT.
The report Of General Secretary John
I'm 1891, the close Of the first decade
of the Christian Endeavor. there were l6.-
"a societies and we returned hearty
tina nks to God for what he had wrought
In this year. 1901. at the close Of the Chris
tfan .Endeavor's second decade. we must
employ the same numerals. though differ
emily arranged. to tell our numerical
strength for the 6274 societies have be-
come 81 .427. The nearly one million mem-
This growth is marvellous and nothing
comparable to II can be found in history
The rapldity with which the societies
have multiplied is so familiar. having
compelled attention around the world
that we have In late years accepted tnaL
this wonderful numerical extension 0r
Christian Endeavor because It proves TO
me beyond doubt that ours IS not a
ran made society, but a broad interoe-