The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1902-07-10

introducing her the president, w. Y.
Stoever, said in reference to something
said in the discussion Immediately pre-
ceding her arrival that she was a ,liY-
ing proof of answer to prayer. Miss
Stone is large, rather plain looking.
elderly woman, with a pleasant express
sion. She has no special platform man
ner, but talks in plain, homely man
ner. She was dressed in black and
wore a cOrSage bouquet.
She began by saying: "Emphatical-
ly am a living illustration of the an
swer to prayer" She said she was
living proof of Gods faithfulness in
replying to prayer. That both she and
Nine. Tsilka knew that they had re-
ceived the worlds benediction of pray
er, and that they would never cease
to be grateful, first to God and then to
His people.
ut was pleasant indeed when we
were released to hear that young and
old all over the world had prayed
for us. The brigands, those great,
rough, savage men, took good care
that we should hear nothing of this
while in captivity, but it was through
the prayers offered for us that they
were induced to lower their first de-
mand and accept a lesser sum. Tiny
hands, as we'll as older ones, dropped
some of the pennies that went to make
up that enormous sum-" Here Miss
Stone was so overcome with emotion
| that she was compelled to stop and
wipe her eyes. When she resumed
her voice was so broken for the first
few sentences that it was hard to
| follow her. -- 49,.
She said: "This audience affects me
| strangely" She added that when she
| first saw the delegates in the train
| she thought they were teachers COM
| ing to attend the National Education
a convention RIIt whom and
| other found out who she was, and
+ came to speak to her and tell her Of
| their convention, she felt a great desire
! to meet them, and SO had accepted
| gladly their invitation for yesterday
| afternoon.
| News from Macedonia.
She said she wanted to tell them the
| last good news from Macedonia. 1.-The
very village of Bansko where she and
| Nine. TSilka were captured had had an
| addition of seventeen young people to
| the church in consequence of their
| capture. And at Samapo, fifteen miles
| beyond, where the schools of the church
/ were situated, there had been q great
| ingathering of fruit for the Lords pur-
| poses. THE man who is much alone
with God makes a friend of Him, and
| He makes friend of that man." This
! experience she said, she and Nine.
l l.
down over in the missionary field"
! she continued. I'm the Balkan PENN
sula the church nearest to us is the
/ Lutheran, and we nave Luther'S life
! translated into Bulgarian for use in
| our work. God bless the Luther
| league, and may the Lutheran church
| have a future on a par with the his
! tory of the Lutheran church, which is
| a glorious one. And young Lutherans
may well honor the man who shook
! the religious world, and whose life is
| standard work in missionary fields. -
Immediately after her address Miss
| Stone returned to minneapolis.
Much of the morning session was
| taken up with devotional exercises.
! The principal topic of the morning ses-
sion was the struggle for supremacy
| between the Christian Endeavor So
! ciety and the Luther league. The for
mer society has been organized for
some years in some branches of the
church, and it is now proposed to re-
place it with the leagues. At"
Organization Is Growing. @
The president, w. C. Stoever, of
| Pennsylvania, read the report for the
| last two years, showing the organiZa-
| ton to be growing, and the statistical
| secretary, Charles K. Hunton, of Co
| lumbus, read a report setting forth
| the financial standing of the church,
which he said was in a prosperous con-
| dition.
The treasurer's report showed that
/ the assets exceeded the liabilities by
| SIS.
Il Among other items Of interest the
| statistical secretary stated that the
membership now is 34,305. The Rev.
J. D. Haupt reported that in Mime
sofa the effect of the convention would
help much in changing the Christian
! Endeavor societies into leagues.
f.. Beside the address by Miss Stone the
| afternoon session was occupied with
the reports of the various committees.
| The chairman of the executive COM
mittee recommended the selection of
| a travelling secretary, whose entire
time would be devoted to the work of
extending the Luther league. The adj
dress by the Rev. J. A. Writ was not
given.
The Rev. E. F. Eilert, editor of the
Luther League Review, explained that
| the object of the Review was that the
young people of the church might
know something of it's progress. Many
| young men now in the ministry be-
| came interested first through the Re-
view, and he said he was not going
to ask for money, but for increase of
circulation. '~"- +
Reading Course Degree. ..
The Rev. Charles l.. Fry of Phila-
delphia, literary secretary, suggested
| in his report that some sort of degree
should be granted to those who took
the reading course. He said that the
present plan of giving certificates was
not very satisfactory, and he thought
it would be q good plan to ask the aid
Of some of the Lutheran colleges and
seninaries to hold an examination, and
that the result would be a test for a
1 degree which would be honored, if not
by outsiders, at least by themselves
Tuition by correspondence was no new
idea. He also believed that each
league might establish some sort OF
bureau of exchange, fer some leagues
/ were strong in some things and weak
in others. He suggested also that ii
would be a good plan to adopt some
4 sort of Luther alphabet, such as Arndt
for A, Bengel for B, etc. 's'@
4 Miss Josephine MaedeTs paper on
"The Power of Prayer was read by
Miss Neubeck. She sad that Gods
purposes are strong, and that his an
swer to prayer is limited only by his
promises. He who prays for things un-
| promised must leave the ansWePe tic
: Gods wisdom, but God will not relieve
man of natural cares and anxieties. "A
| special study Of Gods works leads tc
more faith, and more faith to increased
| prayer.
DIR. Albert, of Philadelphia, said thai
God gave without being begged fol-
gifts. 1.-THE energized prayer Of the
righteous man is effective, and Goo
gives to his children according to their
| power to receive" Hs-''
The Rev. J. Teleen, D. D., field Sec
rotary for Minnesota, said that il mar
did net pray, he missed the blessings
Of prayer.
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