Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1901-07-11
a sunday of Busy Enae.vor.

A sunday of Busy Endeavor.
The Endeavorers maze Sunday q
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 gay opened with three quiet
hour meetings of one hour each, held
in three of the largest of the city's
churches. and conducted by Reyerends
Floyd w. Tompkins, Philadelphia, and
Cornelius Wolfkin, of Brooklyn. The
meeting at the Central Christian
church was TO have been conducted by
Rev. r. Wilbur Chapman, of New
York city, who is now seriously ill at
his country home at Winona Lake,
Ind. and a large concourse of people
had assembled there in expectation OF
hearing him, but the meeting was de-
elared 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
at the meetings was large and espe-
chilly So at Ut. dui = AlSltlOd1SA Fps
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
OF EARTH" spoke.
The afternoon was devoted to three
simultaneous eyangelistic meetings in
the Music Hall auditorium. These
meetings were classified for men,
women and children. The attendance
at all was large, and considerable
evangelistic work vas accomplished,
especially at the mems meeting in
the auditorium Endeayor. 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. +.
Swengel, of York, Pa, who read from
the Psalms, and Rev. j. d. Blackburn,
of C~ovington, KY, delivered the di-
vine invocation. Musical Director F.
ii. Jacobs, of Brooklyn, n. Y, assist
ed by Mr.. John Hills, of Greencastle,
Ind, rendered solos, after which Mr..
Hall took possession of the meeting,
and spoke on Christianity as "a Prof
liable Investment" Mr.. Halls adj
dress had a powerful effect upon his
hearers, and, at its conclusion, he
called upon those VINO would accept u
partnership in Christ to remain after
the meeting and publicly
themselves. Many did so, and Mr..
Hall knelt in the aisles of the hall
and prayed with them.
The meeting for ONE in the Au-
ditorium WiIliston proved to be a tenn
peranee meeting. Tt was conducted
by General Secretary John Willis
Baer, of Boston, assisted by Mr.. Percy
S. 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 Mosher, of West
field, Y. Y. The burden of their re-
marks was temperance, not only in
the use of intoxicating drinks, but of
tobacco as well
In the Auditorium Ohio, the chill
dTen nC1d sway leu ny the new llciu
secretary, Clarence e. Eberman. of
Lancaster, Pa. Mr.. Eberman led in
prayer, Mr.. II. C. Lincoln. of Fhila-
delphia, leading the children in their
singing. Treasurer VIM. III. Shaw, of
Boston, and Miss Kate H. Haus, of st.
Louis, addressed the children, admop-
fishing them in the ways of righteous
ness and illustrating the dangers of
cigarettes and other smoking and bad
reading that children are SO apt to
contract in their young days
Mrs. Francis z. Clark, of Boston, the
wife of President Clark, spoke of the
Junior Christian Endeavor and its ac-
complishments for the young people.
The German Christian Endeavcr So
ciety held their first meeting in the
Philippus church, Dr.. Clark being the
main speaker
During the evening there was q
shifting of the various ministers who
occupied local pulpits in the morning
1t is estimated by the local commit
tee that there are at least 10000 visit
ing e~ndeavorers in the city, and many
mor are expected to arrive to-day.
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