The Salt Lake herald-Republican. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1909-1918, 1910-05-24
FOLLOWED
!. BY MUCH APPLAUSE
Former Congressman Captures
Sunday School Convention
by Singing.

washington, May 2S.-When former
Congressman Walter o. Hoffecker of
Delaware rose tonight, far back in the
great crowd that filled convention hall,
where tonights session of the worlds
Sunday school convention was held, and
all by himself sang Travelling Home.
Led by Jesus, l am Travelling, the
audience applauded so long and Justify
that Mr.. Hoffecker was compelled to
go front, mount the platform and sing
it again.
1t was during a song service led by
Charles NJ. Alexander, the singing evan
gelist, who has sung the gospel story
to immense audiences In all parts OF
the world that Mr.. Hoffecker, when
volunteer was called for, stood up in
! a far corner of the big hall and swept
the audience off its feet with enthu-
siasm.
Officers Elected.
Officers of the association for the en-
suing three years were elected as IOI-
lows tonight: President, George Bailey,
Philadelphia; vice presidents, Sir John
Kirk, England; Justice A A McCIaren,
Canada; Bishop Hartzel- Africa; w N
Hartshorn, Boston, and Z. F. trltchley'
Indiana; honorary vice president the
venerable ArchdeacOn of London, KEY.
DR.. ]. Monroe Gibson; Right Honorable
Lord Kinnaird and w. H GroSer OF
Great Britain; John w Foster. former
secretary of state: John Wanamaker,
Rev. DR.. S. II. Bell and W. A. Wilson
of the United States; Rev. E. I. Rexford
Oh REV. j. LGildldlis oCA
many; Prince Bernardotte, north Eu-
rope: Bishop William Burt, Europe;
Baron Uxkull, Russia; DIR. Ibuka, ia
pan; Rev. DR. S A. MOffett Korea;
Rev John Mackenzie, New Zealand, and
H Lipson Hancock, Australia; joint
secretaries, Marion Lawrence for the
United States and Rev. Carey Bonner
for England; statistical secretaries,
George Shipway for England and Hugh
Cork for the United States; joint gen.
eral treaSurers. F. a. Wells, Chicago,
for the United States, and Sir George
White for England
E. K. Warren of Three Oaks, Mich,
a former president OF the association,
was made chairman Of the executive
A large Mexican flag sent to the con-
vention by the Sunday School -aSSocla-
| ton of Mexico was unfurled tonight
and draped over the front of the speak,
ers' stand by the side of the stars and
Facing a Crisis.
Bishop HartZeI of Africa spoke on
The Moslem Peril in Africa" declar-
| ing that Christian churches had come
to realize that in the conversion or
the Mohammedan world the church
| faces the supreme crisis of its history
At the afternoon session there was a
roll call of nations, delegates from all
parts of the world speaking briefly of
| the world in their countries
The race question has bObbed up fire.
quently in committee meetings, but
| the cooler heads succeeded in keeping
| it OIL the IiOOE the COjNSllltOh- -
great many of the delegates who came
from outside the District of Column
bia criticised the local committee Tor
| its action
The fact is, however, the negroes
! were not directly barred from the floor
| of the convention. The Sunday school
| of the District of Columbia association,
| in picking its delegation, filled 1t with
white men and women, claiming the
negro Sunday schools in the district
were not members of the association
This action kept the local negroes
| off the floor as delegates, although
thew were not refused admission to the
sessions, but feeling was high when the
negro would-be delegates went as spec
tators and saw seated with credentials
negroes from the West Indies, East
| Africa and, in some rare instances,
| from other states in the union To-
morrow will be the last day or the
convention proper, although it will be
| followed by two days CT meetings LOT
workers
place of meeting for the worlds
convention will probably be chosen to-
morrow, although it has been decided
the National Sunday School ASSOCIATION,
comprised of the Sunday schools OF the
limited States and Great Britain, Will
meet in San Francisco in 1911