Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-07-10
A DAY OF DEvOT|ONS
Busy Sunday for Endeavorers
at Baltimore.
MANY STRONG SERMONS
DELIVERED IN CHURCHES By
CLERGYMEN DELEGATES.
Represented Societies in Practically All
Parts Of the World - Noted
Evangelists Heard.
MANY STRONG SERMONS
Special From STAFF Correspondent.

special FROM stan correspondent.
BALTIMORE, Nd, July 1O.-Yesterday
was very busy day for the thousands of
Christian Endeavorers in this city. In
scores of churches in the forenoon sermons
were delivered by visiting clergymen. dele
gates to the convention in session here.
They represented societies in practically all
parts of the world, among them being Rev.
Gerald WilOughby. Methodist Episcopal
minister from Cape Town, South Africa
Rev. E. ]. Hewett, a Methodist Prosteant
pastor from Jamaica, w. l.; Rev. Henry
G. c. Hallock Phi. D., Presbyterian mission
airy from Shanghai, China; Rev. Carey
Bonner, the London Lutheran preacher and
gifted musical director, and many Others
prominent as orators and writer's, from the
churches Of the United States
monster mems meeting was held in the
9th Regiment armory at 3 o'clock in the
afternoon Rev. DIR. Edwin Forrest Hallen-
beck OF Binghamton, N. Y, presided and
the musical director was F. II. Jacobs,
famous as leader and soloist, from
Brooklyn, N. Y. At this gathering the de-
yotional exercises were led by Rev. DR.. w.
+. Wilson of Toronto, Ontario province,
Canada. Rev. Charles Stelzle, who has
gained a reputation throughout the country
for his religious work among the laboring
classes in Chicago. ILL.,, and has become a
member of labor unions of that city, de-
livered an address, calling upon the men to
show more brotherly love for one another
and stand up for the Christian religion
among their fellows.
The noted Presbyterian evangelist of
Monticello, Ind, Rev. E. Biederwolf, also
spoke His labors have been chiefly among
men, and his words were calculated to i'm
press his vast male audience.
Goods Gentleman"
Mr. Biederwolfs subject was Gods Cen
tleman. How favored Is the man en-
dowed with physical strength" he said,
whose heart beats with unalloyed vitality
and every nerve with life! But a well-de-
veloped body does not make a man, and to
train the body for It's own sake Is not
even to catch sight Of the first principle Of
thorough manhood
And knowledge does not make a man."
he continued. ITO seek 1t for its own sake
Is as immoral as seeking money for the
mere love of GAIN and to seek either for
the mere sake of personal qualification is
to be as far removed from mankind as hell
is from heaven. Mental brilliancy never
made a man GU: of anybody.
No! Something else must run through
mans makeup before he can be worthy
or the name, and that is strong vein of
the spiritual. The image stamped upon
man at the beginning was the moral like
ness to God. Animals have minds and
beasts have bodies and they use them to
take care of themselves as best they can
uut man mas a soul. he Is a soul, and for
human being to cultivate the body and
care for the mind and neglect the soul is
to be less of a man than beast is an ami
NAL"
righteous life, asking his hearers whether
or not they were going on drifting away
from manhood and God"
A Woman's Meeting.
At the Lyric, another large hall in which
sessions of the convention are being held
great women's meeting took place yester-
day afternoon at the same time with that
for men in the armory. Mrs. Frances +.
Clark wife of the president of the United
Society of Christian Endeavor, who was
TO have presided is detained at Pine Point
Maine, with her husband who is i'll. Mrs.
James d. Hill of Salem, Mass, who took
her place. read a communication from
Mrs Clark expressing her good wishes for
the meeting. Over 5000 women attended
The principal address was made by Miss
Ellen NJ. Stone, the missionary who some
time ago went through terrible experiences
in Macedonia in the hands of brigands by
whom she was held for six months for a
large ransom from the American people 1t
was curiosity toe hear her that brought
many women to the gathering. Miss Stone
Is a good talker and she gave a clear and
dramatic recital of many of the incidents
of her captivity.
After relating her early missionary ex-
periences in Bulgaria, whittier she went in
the seventies, and where she remained some
twenty years, she told of being sent to
Turkey Here the worst conditions pre-
vailed, she said. similar to those In Bull
garia on the occasion of her first visit there
Experience With Brigands.
Coming to the subject of her experiences
with the brigands she described the hor-
rible quarters-a mere stable without win
dows-in which she and her one companion
10 Eva for Javc
or attempting to sleep, in the daytime, and
the long tiresome journeys on .JnuIe-back
at night were recalled well as the re-
peated writing of demands for ransom
money at the orders of the chief of the
band.
Throughout her captivity she declared
Providence cared for her, and many times
reference to her Bible and prayer alone
kept her from utter despair On one oc-
casion, when she plainly the prepara-
lions for her shooting, she was well nigh
desperate with grief, but summoning all her
fortitude and resorting to prayer she waited
In terrible suspense to find at the close of
the day that the robbers had changed their
minds and decided TO give her a longer
time to live.
Never did she allow herself TO expect
ransom, she said. for she did not know
who would give 50 much money or even q
small part thereof She told of her surprise
when she learned how the money had been
raised. and, In husky voice and almost
Will tears III nef eyes, Sne repeated her
thanks to the American people for freeing
her from that awful life.
Miss Stone was given very cordial greet
ing by the women, all of whom waved
their handkerchiefs when she was present.
ed and applauded loudly at the conclusion
of her remarks.
Noted Speakers.
Other speakers at this meeting were
Miss Evanka Akrabova of Phiipoppolis,
Bulgaria, a co-worker with Miss Stone.
and Miss e. Stafford Milar, an Australian
evangelist
Also in the afternoon yesterday there
was boys and girls meeting at the AS
sociate Congregational Church, the District
of Columbia headquarters at the conven-
ton. Mr. Percy s. Foster of Washington,
d. c.. conducted the singing here, and Rev
Carey Bonner of London, England, deliv-
cred the chief address.
At the same time in the Harlem Avenue
Christian Church Rev. Edward A. Freden-
hagen of Topeka, Kan. conducted meet
ing at which the general topic for consid-
Grafton was Prison Christian Endeavor."
Several addresses were delivered by promi-
nent prison workers.
Two Great Reforms was the subject of
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