Newport weekly independent., 1903-07-17
THE LAST DAY Af)ENVER.
Christian Endeavorers Begin Their Closing Days Work With
 Sunrise Services.
THOUSANDS RENEWED THEIR COVENANTS
The Day Was Busy One in Every Section of Endeavor Work, Nnri- Ous Topics Being Discussed in Six Different Churches and In the Rig Tent.


 Denver, Col, July 14.-Sunrise GOV enant services in five churches marked the opening of the fifth and last day of the twenty-Iirst biennial Christian Endea$or convention Large audiences attended these early meet ings and thousands of Endeavorers pledged themselves anew to carry on the work which the organization has undertaken.
 F From S:30 to 9:30 study classes were in session at six churches. by the foreign mission classes of which Rev. Harlan F. Beach, of New York, was the leader Rev. E. E. Chivers, D. D., of New York, led the discussion of Our Brother in Black" at the session of the home mission study class. A conference of "Float- ing Society Workers" was held at the First Universalist church, at which the subject How Can Floating Chris tian Endeavorers be Extended ?" was discussed by Chaplain R. E. Steele, Newport News, Va; Miss Minnie A. Gibbons, Tacoma, Wash, and Chap lain J. o. Fall, Cleveland. o. Treasurer William Shaw presided at Q prison workers conference in the Plymouth Congregational church, at which addresses were made by Mrs. Geo. H. Williams, Nashville, Tenn;
 Miss Lola V. Murphy, Murphy, Ia; Judge Ben. B. Lindsay, Denver; Rev. F. Emory Lyon, Chicago, and others. "How to Save the Boys" was the subject of Judge Lyndsey's remarks, and much interest was shown by the delegates in his relation of the re- suits of the methods used by him in dealing with youthful offenders brought before him as county judge of Denver.
 'rhe Field Is the World,' was the topic of the forenoon mass meeting in Tent Endeavor. Rev. Dr. Tennis s. Hamlin, of Washington, D. G.,
 presided. Under the general head, Our Home Problems,' addresses | were delivered as follows: "The DemandS of the Frontier, ;
 President w. F. Slocum, D. D., Colo rado Springs, Col.
 The Foreign Problem at Home" :" | Rev. Sherman H. Doyle, D. D., Phila-
 delphia.
 "The Mormon Menace," Rev. T. c. Smith, D. D., Denver.
 The Money Problem; How to Get a Church to Give" Rev. c. E. Bredt, Ph D., Wichita, Kas.
 | Dr. Doyle presented some carefully prepared immigration statistics, and in the course of his address said: | Many of those who come to us from distance have no intention of spend-
 ing their days here. They are iinde-
 sirable socially, politically, intellectu-
 ally, morally and spiritually. They have no understanding or compre-
 hension of our political principles and
 institutions and display great igno-
 rance upon political subjects. They 1 are morally and spiritually degraded. Our foreign problem at home is | thus seen to be very great one We
 must Americanize and Christianize
 them or they will Europeanize and | unchristianize us. In this work the
 church must bear a prominent part" Henry c. Cloudy, Winnebago, Neb., told "What Christian Endeavor Has | Done for the Indian.'
 Our Foreign Problems and How
 Christian Endeavor Helps Solve | Them" was discussed by Rev. w. F.
 Bentley, speaking for China, Rev.
 John II. Wyckoff, D. D., for India, and
 Rev. Ellis R. Hotchkiss, for Africa.