Evening Star Newspaper, July 10, 1896, Page 10

10 THE EVENING STAR, FRIDAY, JULY 10, 1896—SLX'THEN PAGES, CHRISTIAN CITIZENSHIP The Topic Discussed in Both Tents, in Central Hall — and in Several ; Churches. What the Endeavorer Should Do in Order to Become a Good Citizen. Under two mammoth tents, in half a dozen churches and within one of the great halls of the city thousands of Christian Endeavorers gathered last evening to hold songs of praise to God and to listen to ad- dresses by distinguished clergymen on the duties of Christian citizenship. It was by far the pleasantest occasion the Endeavor- ers have enjoyed since their visit to Wash- ington, as the skies did not even threaten rain, and the evening was cool and pleas- ‘or the first time the great throng of avorers could give themselves, to the ful! enjoyment of the meeting, and even on the s of well-trained in well-known eet cars choruses would burst forth an Endeavor hymns. TENT WASHINGTON. neral «and Sperks. Tent Washington was one of the popular resorts for Christian Endeavorers last evening. By jock the space covered by the canvas was filled, and the sides of the tent were lifted so that the throng that had gathered but could rot be seated might Join in the services from their standing | ‘The Endeavorers did not places outside. Mr. John Wanamaker. wait for the leader to start the singing. A band of Marylanders started “My Mary- land,” and then one after another of the pepular hymns of the society were started and joined in by the vast assemblage. The of song under the direction of Mr. P. Bilhorn of Chicago. - then conducted by Rev. J. J. Muir, of this city. Mr. John Wanamaker of Ee. Wanamaker Presides. Philadelphia Mr. the presiding officer of the evening, spoke at some length in assuming the chair. He sald there was but ene Lincoln, one Grant and one Clark, and he paid a high tribute to the organizer of the Christian Endeavor societies of the country. Mr. Wanamaker then spoke of the great necessity of educa- tion as the safeguard of the people's Mb- erty and happiness. He spoke of the great political contlict going on in this country, and of the need of ail citizens to do their duty in taking a part in this conflict. He did not, he said, speak as a partisan, but thought that patriotism demanded the in- terest of all men in the country’s welfare. Mr. Wanamaker spoke of the financial question now being fought over at the polls as one of the questions that all good citi- zens should pay attention to, but he care- fully avoided saying how good citizens should vote. Christinn Politica an@ the Saloon. Rev. Howard H. Russell of Columbus, Ohio, was then introduced, and spoke on “Christian Politics and the Saloon.” Mr. Russell said: Rev. Dr. Russell's Address. “When that gulant and effective saloon fighter, the late Hon. John B. Finch, was yet a boy,” remarked Rev. Dr. H. Russell In opening his address, “he saw a drunken man stagger from a saloon door and fall senseless upon the street. His mother pressed her boy's hand closer and said: Rev. Howard H. Russell, LL.D. ‘Promise me that you will never touch nor taste that which mak=s men drunk.’ ‘I never will,’ said the boy, ‘and when I am a man I will shut these places where they eel it.’ The dauntle@ young people of America have beheld with amazement and patriotic shame the multiplied horrmrs of poverty, disease and crime resulting from the curse of drink, and they have regis- tered with John Finch the holy vow that they will close these places where they sell it. And they will keep that covenant, because to high Christian faith and heroic Christian Endeavor nothing is Impossible. “Wherever Christian Endeavor,” said Dr. Russell, “has attacked the saloon it has found the spoils politicians entrench- ed behind the screens. The anti-saloon campaign is, therefore, a war in which or- ganized good citizenship moves _victori- ously upon the fortifications of bad cit!- zenship. I am hopeful this present gen- eration of young people here represented will in time abolish the liquor traffic be- cause of the conspicuous and honorable part which you have borne in the recent revival of civic patriotism. The Young People's societies were In the van during the world’s fair Sunday campaign, in the temperance revivals in Illinois, Indiana, Obio, Massachusetts and other states, and especially in the hot municipal con- fucts in the great cities. These experiences Rave been of untold value in exposing to our view, as never before, the bad char- Wanamaker | xercises were opened by a service | Devotional exercises | acter of many of our civil efficers and the rottenness of municipal management, and have aroused a deep determination to en- ter upon and co-operate in systematic, per- manent and effective reform. “Good citizenship,” he explained, “begins its practical work in choosing civil officers, as bad citizenship universally does before the primary election is held,” and following his precedent, the speaker outlined briefly the task in the field which good citizenship workers have before them, the substance of which was activity in the campaign. He did not mean that the work in the political arena Is to supersede educational work and public sentiment building, and the organized work, he said, must also be interpartisan or omnipartisan. After devoting considerable attention to these points of his address, Dr. Russell came more particularly to the Mquor traffic, and said: “The Christian En- deavor societies, the Epworth Leagues, and members of the Baptist Young People here find a common foe to federate against. All the great denominations are with us. You will be interested to know that in the great Methodist denomination the _ presiding | elders have recently united in an address | to be read by the pastors in all their churches, which address has been signed by every presiding elder in Ohio, and this ad- ds ess appeals to the people to support every- where the Anti-Saloon L@ague and the Haskell bill. This unity of the Methodists characterizes all the other Protestant de- | nominations. You will also be interested to know that the great Roman Catholic Church | has wheeled in side by side with the Pro- testant Church in battle array.” Enumerating some of the results of this, the speaker declared that “the laws are en- forced as they never have been before in the history of the reform. The number of sa- loons has been greatly reduced. For five years before the league was formed the aloons increased over 400 per year. In the last two years the number has been reduce over 400. We are assured we are now upon the right track, and our success is due to | the unification of the people who are op- | Posed to the saioon. We need in this cam- paign, now spreading into the other states,” he continued, “the cchesion of welded and hammered iron, which shall give us tension enough for a ‘long pull, a strong pull, and a pull altogether.’ Next Year at ’Frisco. At the conclusion of Mr. Russell’s ad- dress Mr. John Willis Baer, the general secretary, announced that the trustees of the society had decided that the sixteenth international convention of the Christian Endeavor Society should be held at San Francisco. He introduced Dr. E. E. Kelly of San Francisco, who Invited all the En- deavorers to the city of his home, and said the visit of Endeavorers to the Pacific coast would be a liberal education to every one who had not crossed the 3,000 miles of | the United States. He wanted every one to | know of the great things of which Cali- fornia can bozst. © International Arbitration. The last address of the evening was by Rev. R. S. MacArthur of New York city. Mr. MacArthur, speaking of good citizen- ship, urged every one to take an interest in the political movgments of the country, and said that if the political pool is a dirty pool Christians should seek to make it cleaner. He dwelt at length on the subject of international arbitration, which he said was surely coming. During the last 100 years, he said, e'ghty international disputes had been settled by arbitration, but the histories said but little about that, as they | thought better reading could be made by reciting the wars of the rations. He had | been born under a corner of the flax of England, but in his manhood he had adopt- ed the stars and stripes and glor.ed in his American citizenship. He condemned the practice of twisting the lion's tail, and said the United States and England, tne | two great Protestant nations of the world, should march side by side in civilization, and not hinder progress by war. Mr. *Lac- Arthur said that England had changed greatly since George l1I, and had learned better how to deal with her colonies, but the histories of this country did not give ; her credit for this change. He then drifted into politics, and scored Tammany, and said the tiger must be kept down. He came out strongly ir. condemnation of free coin- age of free silver, and made an earnest appeal for sound money, and received loug and loud applause. The speaker advocated a restriction of immigration to men who can read the Con- stitution and “the entire separation of church and state in this country,” these sentiments being enthusiastically approved by the great audience. ‘The audience was dismissed shortly after 10 o'clock by a benediction pronounced by Rev. Dr. Witherow of Chicago. TENT ENDEAVOR. ter General Wilson Presides md Makes an Address. The crowd in Tent Endeavor last night was considerably larger than that which attended the opening meeting, and late ccmers found it difficult to get seats save In the very last rows. Hundreds stood around the circumference of the tent, the flaps of which were thrown up in order to allow the air to circulate, and all were deeply interested in what was being done under the canvas. The gathering was a picturesque one under the glow of the nu- merous electric arc lights. Looking from the choir platform, it was a mass of color, the bright dresses of the ladies heighten2d by the gleaming badges which decorated their bosoms, and made the red, white and blue streamers and the parti-colored flags that swung above the audience seem dull by comparison. The chorus from the au- dience seats was equally as pleasing in its optical effect, and its largely augmented ranks rendered the famiJiar hymns of Christian Endeavor with a vim and energy that was enjoyable in the extreme. The singing was commenced immediately after the crowd began to gather, under the lead- ership of Mr. Percy 8. Foster, and was continued without intermission until the meeting was regularly opened. Then the glimmering of the electric lights began to make the occasion almost disagreeable to all in attendance upon it. Postmaster General Wilson Presides. ‘Treasurer William Shaw stepped forward and said he had a pleasant duty to perform. The wind had, as was well known, blown down Tent Williston, which had necesst- tated a change in the program. He would, therefore, present Postmaster General Will- fam L. Wilson as the presiding officer of the evening. As Mr. Wilson stepped forward Mr. Shaw sald: “Before we begin I would like to pin this badge upon Mr. Wilson’s breast and m: him a Christian Endeavorer for tonight. There was applause as the symbol was pinned on the Postmaster General's lapel. Mr. Wilson presented Rev. Sterling N. Brown of this city as the leader of the de- votional exercises, which consisted of the reading of the Twenty-tourth Psalm by Mr. Bfown and the audience and a feeling }Drayer by the former. At their conclusion ; Mr. Wilson addressed the meeting. He said that it was not necéssary for him to announce that the subject to be con- sidered was Christian citizenship, and need hardly add that no more worthy theme could be given a place on a program of exercizes ticipated In by Mméh and wo- men from eve jection of the country. With such a country and inheriting such institutions the duty of a citizen was ever present and strenuous. What constitutes good citizenship must always be the se- rigqus theme of consideration on the part of every man. This consideration was never more timely than now, when the country was on the eve of a great election, at which a President of the United States was to be chosen and the policy of our government was to be decided for years to come more inspiring sight than 70,000,000 free and enlightened people going up to the ballot box, choosing their rulers and de- claring the way in which their laws shall be shaped. How shall we at such a time perform the task, he asked, so as to as- sure happiness to ourselves and our coun- trymen and prosperity to our country un- less we ponder well the foundations upon which American citizenship must ever rest? It needed no long reach to ascertain what these were. The declaration had been made long ago, and was still familiar, that “Religion, knowledge and morality are es- sential to good government and good citi- zenship.”” For the Christian citizen, continued Mr. Wilson, the honest exercise of his fran- chise was not only a civic duty, but a Di- vine command. We had been told to render unto Caesar the things that are Ca2sar’s, and unto God the things that are God’s. That meant not that we must be careless and corrupt in our civil duties, but careful and- honest. and if need be, self-sacrificing in the ex- ercise of them. He closed by earnestly commending the subject to his hearers as a fruitful theme, for most earnest consid- eration. Neal Dow's Regrets. Mr. Wilson's remarks were frequently interrupted by applause, which was sus- tained when he ceased. He announced ‘a letter from Neal Dow of Portland, Me., which was addressed to Secretary Baer and read by Treasurer Shaw. Mr. Dow wrote: “I am very sorry that my strength will not warrant me in undertaking the long journey to Washington to assist in the great work of the Endcavorers. They are now a great power in this country, and every year will increase their influence and force among those of our people who wish to increase the prosperity of the na- tion and the welfare and happiness of the people's homes. I earnestly desire that the Endeavorers will boldly resist everything that is inconsistent with the general wel- fare, boldly opposing it as opposed to the will of God, with no thought of any evil consequences to self. At the same time I wish them to stand up for the right with- out fear from any quarter. I say this be- cause I fear that many well-meaning men shrink from any open help to a good cause, lest they suffer from the enmity of bad men, who may have power to do them an Injury by boycott or otherwise. There is one matter to which I will especially call their attention, because they can accom- Plish an infinite good without fear of any one when engaged in God's work. “The liquor traflic is a far greater evil to all civilized countries than any other by which the world is cursed; its suppression would be < benefit and blessing to the n: tions, and to the people, greater than any other that is occupying public attention. I believe that the overthrow of this great sin against God, this great crime against the country, may be accomplished by the Endeavorers. ‘To do this requires the cou’ age which they have, their great number: rapidly increasing, and a cordial co-oper: tion with each other. Perhaps the Endeav- orers may be startled if I say that the con- tinuance of the liquor traffic, with all its horrors, largely depends upon them. That is what I think, but I hope and believe that it will not long continue to be so. The is- sue of the Christian at Work of the 20th of October, 1891, said: “The liqvor traffic exists in this country today only by sufferance of the member- ship of the Christian churches. They are masters of the situation, so far as the abo- lition of the traffic is concerned. When they say, ‘Go, and vote, go,’ it will go.” This whole question of the perpetual nui- sance of the saloons, or their speedy over- throw, is a question of the ballot alone. Is that averment just and true, or {s it a mis- take? Does the liquor traffic depend for its existence upon the membership of the church, or only upon the worst elements of society? “It is sald that the Protestant Church tnembers who are voters in this country are at least 5,000,000 In number. If that be true, it may be honestly said that the con- tinuance of that great sin, shame, crime and infamy depends upon the permission of the church membership, because their bal- lots, honestly employed, may easily destroy the grog shops promptly.” “In a sermon of the late Dr. Payson, en- titled ‘Participation in Other. Men's Sins,’ he sgys: ‘Members of civil communities Postmaster General Wilson. partake of all the sins which they might, but do not, prevent. When a person has power to prevent any sin, he is left to choose whether that sin shall or shall not be committed. If he neglects to prevent it, it {s evident that he chooses it should be committed, and by thus choosing he has in effect made it his own.” “That that fs true no intelligent person can deny. In Dr. Payson’s day there was no preacher in the country who held a higher posttion in the pulpit. Christian Endeavovers, protest against the continu- ance of the liquor traffic. There is no other way in which that can possibly be done except through the ballot box. He who knows the right and does it not, to him it is sin.” Rev. Mr. Slocum’s Address. An address followed by Rev. William Slocum of Colorado, who spoke at great length on the general duties of Christians as citizens, and declared that the time would soon come when the vile and cor- rupt would no longer control the field of public Hfe that would present such mag- nificent opportunities for young men were it redeemed and purified. During Mr. Slocum’s remarks the same dog that had accompanied the reading of Secretary Baer’s report in- the morning commenced to cayoodle again, and his preliminary performance indicated a repeti- tion of the earlier production, with the exception that it was to be a eerenade In- stead of a matin, and consequently more ornate in character. There was a swish of a policeman’s club, however, and the dog sought South Washington with farewell yelps of defiance. What Californians Are Doing. Treasurev Shaw, in a ltvely speech, pre- sented Mr. Rolla V. Watt of San Francisco, chairman of the Endeavor convention com- mittee of 1897, saying that next year the Endeavorers would go to California and win the Pacific coast for Christ. Mr. Watt told what Californians were going to do to entertain the Endeavorers, saying that for $20 a visitor would be enabled to ex- perience midwinter snows and ever-bloom- ing flowers. The California committee had already collected all the necessary funds for entertaining the convention, and that 50,000 Endeavorers would be cared for, if necessary. He believed the trip across the continent would be an education to every Endeavorer. He wanted all to come, and promised a warm and hearty welcome. “Not only will the golden gates be open- ed to welcome you, but the gates of our hearts and our homes,” he said, earnestly, in_ conclusion. Mr. Percy Foster called for everybody to sing “‘that favorite song of Californians, on page. 40," which turned out to be.“‘Sunshine in the Soul.” It was sung with a splendid swing, and when the chorus was sung in a soft key as a conclusion the effect was Arraignment of the Saloon. ‘The closing address of the evening was de- livered by the Rev. Dr. P. 8. Henson of Chi- cago, and was probably the strongest ar- raignment of the saloon evil that has ever been delivered on a public rostrum. In vigorous and graphic strokes he pictured the saloon as the greatest danger that threatens the safety of the United States. He held his hearers spellbound until points were reached when they could restrain their enthusiastic approval no longer, and the applause at times was as much by the voices as by the hands of his auditors. —— satirical way the multitudes who believed that the church should eschew politics. He characterizedisiich as the man who be- lieved that men could be lifted out of the mire of iniquity as Chicago was raised out of the mud ears ago by jackscrews. He declared thatithd’seeds that were sown by Jesus Christ two thousand years ago were meant to develop into such potentialities as would overturn all the works of the devil on the face ofithe earth. There were many pletists who contended that when Jesus was in life He never: meddled with politics, and took pleasuréiin:quoting in support of their stand that it was wrong for religioniste to do so in modern times, the verse beginning “Render unt¥ Caesar the things that be Caesar's.” He did not believe anything of that sort. ts “TI believe,’t he cried, fervently, “in the pulpit and I believe in the polls. I believe in the prayer meeting and I believe in the primary, and-I Believe it to be my duty to be at one as muchias it is to be at the other.” Continuing/ he-said it was the habit of preachers to perish in the platitudes. They would aim at nothing all around an im- aginary circumference and hit it every time, but he proposed to aim at something and fire. He said that if his language smelled of brimstone, no one must mind it, because his subject was very close to the mouth of hell. He said that when Joshua crossed the Jordan he was at the head of an army of the most remarkable cranks the world had ever seen. They were armed with rams’ horns, and they marched around the walls and blew, not on horns of silver, but on rams’ horns. “And the high and mighty muck-a-mucks of Jericho looked down on the crowd with derisive laughter.” He por- trayed how they continued to tramp and blow until one day there was a great shout, and ithe walls of Jericho tumbled down. ‘That,he said,was the great object lesson for God's army to be unmindful of the obstacles that confronted it, faithful in the assurance that in the end they would be overcome. The Gibralter of the Devil. The Gibraltar of the devil, the strongest fortress he had on earth, and whose guns were the longest, was the saloon. He did not propose to speak of the wine of com- munion, fermented or unfermented, or of the medical uses of alcohol, or the sub- ject of dietetics, where a man has beer and beef on his own table. He wanted to invoke the thoughtful consideration of the saloon as a menace to our civilization. He alluded to the present political situation and the question of protestation, and turn- ing to Postmaster General Wilson, he said nalvely, “So far as I know, Mr. Wilson, everybody believes in protection.” Continuing, he said: “Both great parties, all great parties, and there seem to be a number of them in this year of bolts and thunderbolts, seem to believe in protection to a greater or a less degree.” The pro- tection they talked of, however, was of sheep, pig iron, salt and such things, but it was for the Christians to defend prote:- tion of homes and hearts and human souls. He heard a good deal of talk also about the currency, about honest money and de- based money, and he created a hearty laugh by telling how Jereboam set up in his kingdom a couple of calves, one at Dan and one at Bethel. “I don’t know what metal those calves were made of,” he remarked, “but I reckon one was silver and the other gold. I reckon we can call the gold one Dan, because a golden calf was molded out there, and now Chicago is Bethel, for a siiver calf is being molded there, and 7,000,000 people are dancing in idiotic ecstasy around them both.” He wanted to know if there was nothing nobler for the American people to consider than these political makeshifts. “Is not de- based manhood something?” he exclaim- ed. “They talk about the circulation. How about pumping millions and millions of damnation into the body politic every year? There's circulation for you. One of the great parties, I'll not say which, is afraid of the Irish; another one, which I will not name, is afraid of the Germans, but neither cf them is afraid of the Lord Almighty, as they ought to be.” He pictured the saloon question as the serpent in the path of the public man, like the serpent that the Lord placed in the path of Moses, which only needed to be taken up carelessly to become a scepter of regal power. In strong language he de- picted the salon as the breeding place of the anarchist. He was not afraid of an- urchy if they would close up the saloons. It was not the red flag in the anarchist’s hands, but the red light of the saloon on the corner that threatened the stability of American institutions. The real anarchist was not the shock-haired fellow who car- ried a piece of lead pipe under his coat, but the saloon keeper. “The bogus anar- chist we hang; the real anarchist we make an alderman out of.” He did not believe in the pessimist who predicted catastrophe to the country, for he felt sure that when God placed the American people in the western world he intended that its future should be great and glorious.” He spoke at length, and when he concluded his pow- erful arraignment of the ev!l he described in such vivid colors the whole audience broke into cheers. When silence was restored Treasurer Shaw made a few announcements of let- ters and telegrams awalting Endeavorers at the headquarters in the Washingion Light Infantry Armory, and_ benediction was pronounced by the Rev. Dr. Seymour. CENTRAL HALL, A Large Audience, Eloquent Speeches and Good Mastic. Central Hall, beautifully decorated, with streamers and bunting stretching to and from every part of the building, with flags and shields tastily arranged together all over the walls, held a big crowd, which did rot show any lack of interest from begin- ning to end. The musical director of the evening was Chas. 8. Clark of this city, in charge of section B of the big convention choir. It is needless to say, the music was one of the chief attractions. Miss Salmon presided at the piano. Under Mr. Clark's direction the audieme joined the choir in many of its most difficult renditions, keeping both tune and time in splendid order. The choir and the more prominent visitors were seat- ed on the big stage. The presiding officer was Frank E. Page of Chicago. The devotional exercises were conducted by Rev. D. V. Guylm of New York, in place of Rev. Francis J. Grimke of this city, who was unavoidably absent. Mr. Guylm made the opening prayer. The anthem by the chorus received a hearty encore, and was repeated, recelving merited applause. Chairman Page, in his opening remarks, said that a few years ago it might have been necessary to apologize for introducing the subject “Christian Citizenship” into a Christian Endeavor meeting, but it was now a timely topic. Mr. Castle on Temperance. Mr. Page introduced as the first speaker al b on this subject Mit H. L. Castle of Pitts- burg, one. of the reform leaders of. that city. Mr: Castle was closely listened to. His speech was an onslaught on the liquor interests. He spoke as follows: ‘The one thing supremely needful to cor- rect the committed evils in American poll- tics 1s a wide-awake, active, unsubsidized, incorruptible Christian conscience. The affections of the average American are true, but the conscience. is perverted, and the sense of: absolute’ right in politics is de- throned, and in its place policy or party necessity reigns supreme. This condition has made of our Christian citizenship a by- word and a jest. From four to six million men in our land, who should possess this acute conscience and unsuborned principle of right in the highest degree of develop- ment have slept, or but faintly protested The world never saw a grander or! He began his address by describing in a| at unimportant times and by inefficient means, while year by year, on the auction block of greed, avarice and ambition, all that the church holds dearest in the affairs of government has been sold to the saloon interest of this and foreign lands. Just see how it has affected our civilization. The name of Washington naturally suggests the thought of Christian citizenship, for it brings to our mind the image of a Christian patriot, who, on bended knee in the cen- tennial congress, committed this land to God. But the name of Washington cit with its cold-tea bears, its ‘where am I at’ Representatives, its mad plunge for power at any sacrifice of principle, and its godless atmosphere, has in it no more suggestive- ness of Christian statesmanship than do the muddy roads over which Coxey’s army tramped to this city suggest the golden streets of the new Jerusalem. This de- generacy in poiltics is not because the world is growing worse, for it 18 not bad, but is day by day being lifted nearer to God. It is not because there ere no good men in the control of politics, for there are men whese personal life is blameless, but it is because the organized, legalized liquor traffic is in partisan politics. Here I stand before you, the representatives of the Christian youth of America, and I call upon you to “strive to do whatever He would like to have you do.” This traffic ought to die. I summon the young men of America, who have no strong political ties to bind them, no po- litical foes to punish or friends to aid, whose vision of political righteousness has not been narrowed by the astigmatism of party policy or obscured by the cataract of party greed, whose practical bearing has not been deadened by the din of the unmanly shout, “Don’t let the other party win,” but whose righteousness can hear the still, small voice in the soul, I call upon you to rise and stand at the polls of the nation this fall for the destruction of the liquor traffic, as the one great, overshadowing, overmastering, all- embracing foe to this nation's credit, honor and manhood. There never was a time when the single burning question, “What will you do with the lquor traffic?” waz so clearly pressed into notice as now, and God has His Elijahs standing, for the most part alone, upon our Mount Carmel, while the priesthood and the crowds, and the ma- jority are against them, but still we hear the challenge, we must hear it. “How long halt ye, between the god of silver and gold and the God of pure manhood?” I tell you, some day our God will answer by fire. F. M. Lamb of Maine sang a solo in a beautiful baritone voice. He was heartily encored, and was forced to respond, again receiving hearty applause. Rev. Dr. Alixon on the Franchise. The second speaker on the program was Rev. Alexander Alison, D.D., of New York. He spoke substantially as follows: We want in this land to train our chil- Gren to understand that no religion is worthy of the name that does not unselfish- ly stand for good government and patriot- m. We have evils that must be overcome. The American salon will have to go to the wall, American journalism must be ele- vated in its tone. The atmosphere of the editorial sanctum hus become vitiated by reason of the Sunday newspaper filth. There hes been a letting down all along the line Where are the Horace Greeievs of today? Is the American tribine in this land of ours really what it ought to be— the palladium of our liberties? If not, it should be. It rests with the coming gen- erations to make it ro. Young:people, arise end proclaim yourselves! Let not the Phil- istines capture the camp of Israel! Do not forget ycur strength, your power. Remem- Charles 8. Clark. ber, if u please, that nothing is here to stay w! h God disapproves; no work form- ed against Him shall prosper. I believe we make a mistake when we depend too much on prayer and faith. Not that I would underrate these, by any means. On the other hand, I exalt them to the primary place, but I do believe God works by means. He honors human agency. He helps those who help themselves. The Old Testament history 1s full of illus- trations that “It is not by might nor by power, but the spirit of the Lord, that vic- tory cémes.” The mincrity always won in the wers of Israel when God was a partner in the struggle. I believe that the hosts of law ard order are greater in our country than the converse; I believe we are in the majority. But it matters not. Abraham Lincoln 1 ever spoke more truly than when he said: ‘He who is in a minority with God is int majority.”” Let this be our convic- tion as we go forth with the one cry: “Our country for Christ and the church. Mrs. T. C. Noyes sang a solo. The ap- plause was long and loud, and the audience did not cease the demonstration until Mrs. Noyes appeared and bowed her apprecia- ton. Mr. Murphy on Gospel Tempe mee. ‘The last speaker was Thomas E. Murphy, the well-known leader of reform fights in New York city, and a temperance lecturer of world-wide renown. Mr. Murphy sald he did not have a set speech, but he talked on the subject of “Gospel Temperance.” He said that 150,000 temperance pledges had been obtained in New England in the last year. He said that Christ was the cure for intemperance and could make all strong. God made a man a free moral agent. Nobody could make a man drink. Christian Endeavor ought to have enough influence to save hundreds and thousands of young men who are going to ruin. If we would live up to the standard of Christ the world would be saved. In the name of mother we should appeal to young men to break away from sin, and gee that they reach a redeemed manhood. The speaker told many amusing stories, keeping his au- dience ix an uproar of laughter. Mr.-Mur- phy called on the young ladies to assist in the great work of temperance. He told how they could do this. Let them refuse to countenance young men who drink. Let them demand sobriety, as well as integrity and honor in young men. A young man who appreciates, admires and loves a young lady ought to try to reach her stand- ard. “My father fell by this curse, and they said he was helpless, but a Christian Endeavorer showed him the way of salva- tion. Since he has been preaching the gos- pel of temperance over a million people have signed the pledge with him.” THE NEGRO PROBLEM. An Eloquent Address by President Booker T. Washington. The meeting which was to have been held lest evening at Tent Williston took place instead at the Metropolitan M. E. Church, which was not large enough to accommo- date anything like the number of people that sought admission. The principal feature of the evening was an address by President Booker T. Wash- ington of the Tuskegee Institute of Ala- bama. Mr. Washington is the coloreé@ man who so electrified an audience at the At- lanta exposition last year by his eloquence, and at a bound leaped into public fame as an orator and as an exponent of the needs of his race. ‘hose who attended the meet- ing for no other purpose than to hear him speak were well repaid, for they listened to an address the like of which ts not of- ten heard for mastery of the subject and clearness of style. The meeting was presided over by Dr. Francis E. Ciark, the president of the United Society, and after a service of song under the leadership of Mr. E. O. Excell, devotional exercises were conducted by the pastor of the church, Dr. Hugh Johnston. Avdouble quartet from Hampton Institute ‘was present, and sang several times during the evening with telling effect. A letter of greeting from ex-Governor Neal Dow was then read by Mr. Rufus W. Miller of Reading, Pa., founder of the Brotherhood of Philip and Andrew, and a trustee of the United Society. In his let- ter. Governor Dow expressed his regret at not being able to attend the convention, and urged upon all Endeavorers their duty = the work of suppressing the liquor traf- ie. Negro Citizenship. President Washington was introduced by Dr. Clark as the foremost orator of his race, the Fred Douglass of the day. The speaker began by saying that there is no question which hes so attracted the atten- tion of the Christians of America, during this generation, as that of negro citizen- ship. In the course of his address he said: ‘Last year, when 600 negroes set sail for Liberia from the port of Savannah, the news was flashed all over the eountry that the problem had been solved. But the peo- ple who thought so forgot that on that #ame morning, before breakfast, in that Booker T. Wa ington. same southland, more than 600 colored chil- dren were born. No, my friends, the ques- tion cannot be solved in that way. “It is a curious thing that if a man has but 1 per cent of negro blood in his veins he is still a negro. The per cen: of An- gio-Saxon blood counts for nothing. We claim him as our own. ‘Thus our race must needs be stronger than yours. By that pro- cess of reasoning it will not be long before we absor you entirely “Another solution that has been offered for the problem of negro citizeuship Js that @ state or territory be set apart for them exclusively, where they should be a com- munity all to themselves. There are two fatal objections to that Scheme. In the first place, it would be necessary te put up @ wall to keep the negroes in, and snother and a higher wall to kesp the white men out. Why, if the Chinese wall had been built about Africa 1t would not sufice to keep the white race out when gold is dis- covered. The True Solution. ©, my friends, none of these solutions will answer. There is only one way to sclve the question of negro citizenship, and that Is to treat him as a Christian gentle- man.” Mr. Washington then went on to picture in a wonderfully eloquent manner the con- dition of the negroes on the cotton tions of the south today. The badge of toil, he said. They are work, and they do work, but they are fur- ever held back by their lack of thrift and self-dependence. Having earned money, they do not know how to use it wisely. For instance, they will spend their earn- ings for a clock when not a member of the family 1s able to tell time, for cheap finer- fes or in other ways equaily foolish. They do not know how to take care of them- selves or to make use of their opportuni- ties. In vther words, the habits and ideas of 25) years of slavery cannot be lived down in a single generation. We negroes of the south,” ‘he continued, “are a sensitive race. You may think bet- ter than we do, but I believe we can feel more in ten minutes than a white man can in an nour. When a negro gets re- Ligion he is expected to show some tangible evidences of it, or else the people say that he has got white man’s religion. So it is that our preachers are fond of talking about the great white mansions we are to occupy in that other world, while their hearers are content to live in miserable lit- tle one-room cabins in this. I notice that while you white people are making your preparations for the next world you are not neglecting any of your opportunities in this. That's just exactly the trouble with the negroes. ling to “Down in the south we have a hymn something like this: “You give me Jesus, ‘And you can have the world.’ “The white men naturally take us at our word. They give us Jesus and they take all the rest.” In conclusion, President Washington said that the race problem will work itself out as soon as the negro can make or do some- thing that the white man must have. The need of the times is manual training. When @ negro owns mortgages on a dozen houses belonging to white men he will have no trouble about voting. When a negro spends $10,000 a year on freight charges, he will be able to ride in a Pullman coach all right. The negro has tried to begin at the top. He has spent money trying to go to Congress and in attending political con- ventions, when he should have spent it learning to become a good business man, artisan or farmer, thus laying the founda- tion for true Christian citizenship. CALVARY BAPTIST CHURCH. Two Addresses Listened Large Audience. Within the briliiantly lighted church which bears the name of that historic mount where the Christ was crucified there gathered last night a host of Christian En- deavorers which filled every nook and cor- ner of the edifice, for it here that one of the mcst interesting meetings of the week was scheduled to take place, and the program which had been arranged gave Fromise of great things. There were no disappointments, and the large audience, which exercised itself with fans to keep cool, found recreation in the teachings it received. The mceting was scheduled to commence at half-past seven, but long before that hour the familiar hymns of the Endeavor- ers were sung over and over again. The meeting adjourned a few minutes before ten. Mr. W. H. Pennell presided, and in- troduced in a felicitous manner the several speakers. After a praise service, the chor- us of the Christian Endeavor sang the an- them, and Rev. S. Domer of this city con- ducted the devotional exercises. He read the forty-sixth Psaim, and discussed in an interesting manner that great biblical quo- tation, “Render urto Caesar the things that are Caesar's, and to God the things that are God's.” After he had concluded, Miss Jessie A. Ackerman of Chicago was introduced, who delivered an address. She took for her theme “The Christian Citizen's Responsibility.” She said: Miss Ackerman’s Address. The crucial test of a form of government is the condition of the masses governed. The true standard of Christian citizenship is an understanding of the relation of the citizen to the existing evils of his day, and an everlasting determination to stand for principle and right. Some time ago, re- turning from an extended trip of the world that covered a distance of 200,000 miles, I was interviewed by a newspaper repre sentative. The first question he asked was, “Now that you have visited the heathen countries ard seen the people of every tongue, tribe and condition, what class of people, to your mind, are niost in need of missionary effort?” My reply was, “The lawmakers of England and America.” But if you should ask me the same question to- night my reply would be, “The Christian veters of England and Americ: I shall never forget the sensation I expe- renced in setting sail for China. There came before me scenes of the uncounted millions of that vast empire—a country without Christ, without the Bible and without the Sabbath—gathered in their temples, bowing before idols of wood and stone. But I had scarcely been in China a month before I forgot they were heathens; I forgot the temples and I forgot the idols, for Irfound.an evil so great as to cloud and overshadow even the heathen superstition of these people, surrounded by clouds of opium smoke. The whole empire is covered as with a pall by the withering, tlighting, damning curse of opium. In con- versing with intelligent statesmen upon the subject they threw the responsibility of the appalling condition of China, brought about through the evils of opium smoke, upon a Christian country. Traffic in opium was forced upon China by England after two bloody wars. It is true that we send our missionaries, apd that England sends her missionaries, representing every branch of the Christian faith, and while they are there giving their strength, and many of them sacrificing their lives, for the spread of the Gospel of Christ among the people, and while, through earnest effort, one convert is won to Christianity, American whisky makes a hundred drunkards, and English opium a to by a thousand opium smokers. Both vices are permitted to exist, both traffics are allow- ed to be carried on with the full sanction of the Christian voters of the countries from which these evils come. Her remarks were greeted by unstinted applause, and after the singing of a hymn, Rev. Dr. M. F. Troxell of Springfield enter- tained the audience with an address enti- tled “God amd Caesar.” It was a masterly effort, and showed much care in prepara- tion. The singing of another song was followed by what proved to be the address of the evening. It was delivered by Rev. William Rader of San Francisco, Cal. The speaker was quite eloquent, and held his auditors in strict attenticn until he had concluded. He sald: Address by Rev. Wm. Rader. In the fourteenth article of the Consti- tution of the UnitedsStztes citizenship is thus define¢: “All persons born or natural- ized in the United States, and subject to the jurisdiction thereof, are citizens of the United States and the states In which they reside.” The possession of rights moreover does not constitute true citizenship, which properly assumes that a right is only ef- ficient when rightly used, and that a man is no more a citizen because of the con- stitutional authority afforded him by the Constitution than ne is an artist because he owns the brush of Reubens or the chisel of Angelo. It has come to pass in our country that the conflict of tomorrow will not be between republican and democrat, but between the Christian and the un- Christian citizenship. The Christian esti- mate of the state makes it responsible for {ts political deeus. It declares that there is not one law for the individual and an- other for the nation; not one decalogue for the state and another for the citizen, but that our political order is a responsible vnity. It is the recovery of that vital re- lation which the Jewish state sustained immediately tc God, and which has been the more! strength: of all great Puritanism. The citizen is finding his place in the king- dom of God. The time bas passed when it can be said that a man is a good citizen and a poor Christian. The two are one, and it is impossibie for a man to be one without being the other. We have hud two revolutions. The principle of the first was political independence, and the master spirit was Washington. The prin- ciple of the second was personal liberty and its guiding genius was Abraham Lin- coln, The revolution through which we are how pussing combines these two prin- cipies of poiitical inlependerce and per- Sonal liberty, and the genius of the move- ment is no one commanding personality, but every American citizen who has the moral courage of his convictions who car- ries the principies of his Bible into the Australian ballot booth, and who is the ming king in American politics. The rise in the new womanhood is @ force in the new patriotism. The women of our country are patriotic, even though they are not citizens. And’ they ac- complishing certain reforms, of which w men have not b n capable. She is de- manding that certain wrongs shall be made right. And her voice is the voice of God. From present signs it is safe to predict some things which may be expected to occur. First, the parsing of the boss. The hierarchy in politics is doomed. We want leaders, but not borses in politics. The overthrow of the king in politics is as sure in the future as the overthrow of the king is a fact in history. The saloon must There is @ passionate restlessness among the people upun the temperance question, It is finding expression in more indcpen- dent thinking an method of warfare, of wider range than those of Father Mathew, John B. Gough and Francis Murphy. Ina day when political parties are greedily looking for material to appropriate to their Own use it is not surprising that the young people's moverment hes been led by the spirit in the wilderness to be tempted of the devil. Thus far it has refused to turn bread into stone or leap from some pin- nacle to be dash.d to pieces below. It has been conservative, and succeeded with ad- mirable good s+ with keeping out of the cog wheels of partisan politics. Should the Christian Endeavor Society go into politics? Emphatically jo.” Should the Christian Endeavorers go into politics? Emphatically “Yes.” ® The program having concluded, the meet- ing closed with prayer. FIRST CONGREGATI AL CHURCH, Addresses on Temperance and Other Reforms Involving Good Citizenship. The “Christian citizenship” meeting of Christian Endeavorers last evening at the First Congregational Church, 1th and @ Streets, was preceded by a lengthy song service, under the direction of Dr. F. J. Woodman of Washington, and participated in by the choirs of the Central Presby- terlan, Fifth Congregational and Fifteenth Street Presbyterian churches, as well as Ly the congregation, which was seated by a cerps of ushers in uniform during the sing- ing. A feature number of the musical por- tion of the meeting was “Loyal Soldiers,” ccmposed by Mr. Percy S. Foster of Wash- irgton. Mr. Frank Ward made an efficient accompanist. Rey. M M. Binford of Richmond, Ind., presided over the meeting, and after @ Scripture lesson, in which the congregation joined, Rev. James E. Mason, colored, of Rechester, N.¥., led in prayer in the ab- sence of Rev. W. S. O. Thomas of Washer Dr. F. J. Woodm: ington, who had been announced to conduct the devotional exercises. At the conclusion of the prayer Rev. Mr. Thomas appeared at the foot of the platform and explained that he was promptly on hand, and did not care for the young people to entertain the impression that he was shirking his duty. “A modest man, who did not make his presence known,” added the presiding of- er. Rott. cme Temperance Movement, “Keep Step With the Master” was next announced, end Dr. Woodman urged every- body to sing out from the heart. At the conclusion of the singing, Mrs. Ruth B. Baker of Boston, who for ten years was president of one of the early Christian En- deavor societies, introduced and ad- dressed the meeting on “Temperance Re- form and Its Relation to Christian Citizen- ship.” Mrs. Baker first cons Jered and answered the question “Why does temper- ance reform have a claim on Christian citizenship?” The drink traffic, she de- clared, is responsible for atrocities far greater than those recently inflicted on the unfortunate Armenians, and went on to say that the working people alone annually throw away $750,000,000 on drink. The active interest of Christian Endeav- orers in the work of temperance reform is coveted, stated the speaker, and she urged her hearers to make the temperance ques- tion a practical one in connection with the Christian Endeavor work; to take a stand where no one can doubt the position. Miss May Levers of Washington sang ef- fectively “The Holy City,” and then the presiding officer stated that it is necessary for Christian workers to mass their force: In this city not so very many years ago, he continued, 4,000,000 of our feilow-citizens were set free by a single stroke of the pen. “We have with us this evening,” next said the presiding officer, “one of that race who has honored the United Christian Endeavor Society heretofore by appearing on its plat- form, and who is also a member of the 6o0- ciety’s board of trustees. 1 take great pleasure in presenting to you Bishop Ale: ander Walters, D. D., of Jersey City, N. J.” Bishop Walters’ Address. Bishop Walters was warmly received, and he announced the topic assigned to be “The Need of Christian Citizenship in Municipal, State and National Affairs.” Bishop Walters of Jersey City said in part: Solomon declared centuries ago that “When the righteous are in authority the people rejoice, but when the wicked fear- eth rule, the people mourn.” This truth ts