Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-05-21

uOnaI sunday school Association.
mighty wave of sentiment Surged
through Convention Hall this morning
at the convention of the Worlds Sunday
School Association, when two officers of
the organization. the one representing
Great Britain and the other representing
North America, clasped hands i'm the
presence Of the vast gathering and pleds-
ed the support of Anglo-Saxon Protest
ant Christendom to the gigantic task of
bringing the evangelical Sunday school
to the great moslem world and the co.
OO,OOo Latin-Americans in the twenty
one republics south of the United States
The sum of $4,000 was raised for the
0vangelization of the United States
Lawrance Starts Movement.
IL was Marion Lawrance, recording sec
retary of the worlds association and gen.
eral secretary for North America. who
arranged the little interlude which sur
Charged the assemblage with the feeling
or blood brotherhood. He himself was
one of the actors in the tableau which
aroused the mighty cheering
MentaI and the moral degradation,
the concOmitant of Mohammedanism had
been dwelt upon by Rev Dr. s. d.
Zwemer in bluntly trenchant sentences
In which spade had been referred to
as a spade without circumlocution
robert L. Speer, the jealous and mill
tant leader in the student volunteer
missionary movement, also had MIC
tured with relentless fervor social con-
dltlons prevailing in South America
MT. Lawrance ascended the rostrum
Lor the purpose OF raising a fur. 10 put
neid secretaries at work in South At
where Islam rules. 1t was the first time
mat any appeal TO the worlds associa-
ton for funds had ever been mad.
Before go into this matter in detail.''
said ne. impressively. Il want 10 call
upon my brother from the opposite side
or the Atlantic, Rev. Carey Bonner of
London. the secretary for Great Britain"
Pledged for Evangelization.
Rev. Mr.. Bonner took his place beside
Mr. Lawrance, who clasped his hand con-
spicuously. saying The while:
With hands c!asped across the sea let
US pledge America and Great Britain to
the work of bringing the Sunday school
I" the Moslem world and to - peoples
TO the south of US.
Just then some one threw a British
nag over Rev. Mr.. Bonners shoulders
and draped Mr.. Lawrence with the Stars
and Stripes With his hand still clasping
that OF his British brother Mr.. Lawrance
lifted his voice above the tumult which
had already been stirred up, and shouted
Under these two flags the Anglo
saxon race is ordained to serve as big
brother TO the people under all other
flags"
After. that there was no let up for
more tnan minute in tine enthusias I'M
OF tne thousands in the great audi
toriun On the platform tears were
streaming down the faces of scores Of
men: one bearded and somewhat grim
looking Briton in the front row was
obliged to lean on the shoulder of his
neighbor, so keen was his emotion.
vhe cheering and the applause con-
tinued until Mr.. Lawrence lifted a calm
ing hand Then he placed his arm around
the neck of the English clergyman as
the latter, in a tremuous voice. breathed
out prayer for the conservation of the
workers who should be chosen for the
outlined task.
Device to Show Funds Growth.
Following the crowning feature of the
morning session-the raising of the fund
suggested by Mr.. Lawrence-a UNIQUE
scheme had been devised for giving to
thousands of delegates an idea of the ex-
act amount of money which was being
raised. as soon the pledges were made.
Rev Hugh Cork. one of the statistical
secretaries for North America, had ar
ranged this device.
Just back of the speakers there was
placed what appeared to be an enor-
NOUS blackboard. 1t was. in reality a
gigantic map OF the WOrlu covered with
small pieces of black cardboard. each
OF the same size
These pieces of cardboard were so de-
yfsed that they could be pulled off bit
by bit thus slowly uncover,Ig the COL
ored map underneath. Each piece rep
resented a contribution of $40
When the work of raising the money
was begun the only portions of the
man exposed were the continent of
North America and the British Isles.
corps of assistants were given cards
on which was a printed pledge to contrib
ute a certain amount each year for three
wears These assistants We're sent down
through the aisles with these cards.
Az the pledges were written out they
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