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10 THE EVENING STAR, MONDAY, JULY 18, 1896-SIXTEEN PAGES LIFTING THE MISSION BANNER ON HIGH Carrying the Tidings of Salvation to Heathen Lands, Many Missionary Rallies Held Yesterday---Songs and Addresses, duleé most conveniently between the regular church services and the observance and evangelistic meetings yesterday were missionary rallies by ligious denominations {n as many churches. ‘The hour set apart for this interesting and important feature of the Christian En- deavor convention was that between 3 o'clock and 4 o'clock. The Christian faiths embraced in the list were the African Methodist Eplscopal, African Methodist isccpal Zion, Baptist, Canadian Presby- terian, Christian, Church of God, Congre- ational, Cumberland Presbyterian, Disci- ples of Christ, Free Baptist, Friends, Lutk- eran, Mennonite, Methodist, Methodist Episcopal, Methodists of Canada, Metho- dist Protestant, Moravian, Presbyterian, Protestant Episcopal in Canada and the United States, Reformed Church in Amer- ica, Reformed Church tn the United States, Reformed Episcopal, Reformed Presby- terian, Southern Presbyterian, United Brethren, United Evengelical and United Presbyterian. Several of the five races of man were represented among the large number of distinguished speakers who ad- dressed the different rallies, and interesting | Frograms for each of these Sunday after- noon meetings were prepared, in some in- stances, weeks ahead. The cause of missions and its relation to Christian Endeavor work, of course, was the subject of each rally. The entire Christian Endeavor convention, practically, put aside everything else, and for a good, solid hour devoted itself to the important consideration of furthering and extending the work of Christ among the heathen. But slight doubt exists that the denom- {national missionary rallies in connection with the International Christian Endeavor ecnvention at Washington, , will be re- membered «s among the interesting and | important features of the great gathering. The Church of God. The exercises attending the denomina- tional rally of the Church of God at Beth- Chapel, at the corner of 13th street anu Ohio avenue, which took place yester- day afternoon, were even more interesting than those of Tuesday. A very large au- dience was present and listened atten- tively to the addresses. Rev. C. I. Brown again presided. After the opening prayer he referred again to the death of Rev. M. M. Foose, who was to have led the rally. The committee which had been appointed to draft suitable resolutions upon the death of so good a man was ready to make its report and he recognized Mr. P. H. Her- shey, who read the resolutions. They were as follows: : Whereas, God In His all wise Providence has removed from us by death our beloved brother and feliow Endeavorer, Rev. M. M. Foose, who was to preside at the rally at the Ckurch of God, at the International Christian Endeavor convention; therefore, be it resolved by us assembled tn said ral- ly, that we extend our heartfelt sympathy to the bereft family and congregation, and that we share in their great loss and sor- row. We are comfcrted only by knowing that our lost is his eternal gain. That a copy of these resolutions be fcrwarded to the family and also that they be published in the Church Advocate. Resolved, also, That this same sympathy and fraternal feeling be extended to the family and congregation of the Rev. Nico- demus, late of Philadelphia, Pa, who at- tended the Boston rally In 1895, and has since passed away. The remainder of the exercises consisted in addresses by Rev. Dr. Allen of Illinois on foreign mission work and by Rev. C. L Brown on missicnary work in general. FREE BAPTIST. At the rally last Thursday afternoon the Free Baptist Endeavorers who are attend- ing the convention learned why It is good to be a Free Baptist, while yesterday after- noon they were told how others might be converted to the faith. The chairman of the rally was Mr. E. P. Metcalf of Provi- dence, RI. The program, which was some- what late in being started, not commencing until nearly 3:20, began with music and devotional exercises. The first speaker was | Rev. Z. F. Griffin of Elmira Heights, N. Y., who told about forelgn missions, showing their importance, and pointing out that while Christ has not condemned the heathen to everlasting damnation, still that does not relieve us any the less from trying our best to serve Him in this life. Mrs. E. W. Hellaby cf Hillsdale, Mich. then read a letter from Rev. E. B. Stiles, who is now laboring in India, while others were read from two other missionaries of that coun- try, Rev. G. H. Hamlen, read by Miss Emma A. Potter, Olneyville, R. I, and Rev. H. E. Wyman, read by Miss Sarah E. Payson, Georgiavilie, R_ I. After music, Rev. G. A. Jackson, Poland, N. Y., talked on home misstons, with which work he has been engaged. “Our Work in the South” was reviewed by Miss Coralie L. Franklin of Washington, D. C. Miss Frank- lin, in the course of her remarks, hoped that the day Is not long distant before this city will have a church of the Free Baptist per- suastion. * SOUTHERN PRESBYTERIANS. A small company of Southesn Presby- terians gathered at the Central Presby- terian Church yesterday afternoon for their missionary rally. Mr. William R. Gentry of Missourt presided and made a brief address, Fecounting briefly the achievements of the church in the misstonary cause. The meeting was entirely informal, and many in the congregation spoke of the lines of activity in thelr churches, cities or states. Prof. James Lewis Howe of Lexington, Va., one of the trustees of the United So- ciety .was present and spoke feelingly con- cerning a rumor that had reached the mis- sionary board of the church of the death of Rev. Dr. Snyder, a missionary of the South- ern Presbyterian Church to Central Africa. He told something of the perils that had fallen to the lot of this noble servant of God, and how again and again he had been recalled from his dangerous post, but had steadfastly refused to leave. The rumor of death, however, he said, served to em- ize the importance of members of the h constantly remembering all missions and missionaries in their prayers. Three things were possible, he said, for those who desired to promote the missionary cause— persons could go themselves, send others, or pray for those whg had gone. He urged all his hearers to be more zealous and faith- ful in their duty of petitioning for divine blessing on those who had left home,friends country to carry the light of the Gospel ne dark lands of heathendom. Tusion of Dr. Howe's re- the presiding officer announced, with t, the absence of several who had been expected to address the meeting, notably Rev. Dr. Vance, secretary of the board of foreign missions of the Southern Presby- terian Church; Miss Gunn, a missionary to Mexico; Mr. Phipps of Greece, and others; but he gave an opportunity to those in the congregation to make any statement con- cerning missionary work in which they were engaged. From St. Louis, Kentucky, North Carolina and other sections encouraging reports of missionary activity were made. Societies and churches recounted how mis- sions had been established, misstonaries and Pative helpers supported and pupils in mis- sion schools educated. and suggestions were | made as to interesting methods for carry- ing cn mission work and creating enthusi- | asm among, the churches in this line of ac- tivity. METHODIST. One of the most interesting of the mis- sionary rallies yesterday afternoon was that of the Methodist Endeavorers in the Mt. Vernen Place Church. The attendance was not very large, but there was a good missionary talk by an experienced worker emong the Indians of the northwest terri- tory. Mr. Fred S. Ball of Montgomery, Ala., was the chairman, and Mr. Page Zimmer- man conducted the musical part of the program. After a brief song service Rev. Mr. LaFetra of Chile, S. A., delivered the opening prayer, and then Rev. S. Edger- ton Young of Canada was introduced. Dr. Young has been for a long time a laborer in the mission fields of the far northwest of Canada, and gave an interesting ac- count of his personal experience among the savages of that part of the continent. “One of the most glorious facts in con- rection with Christianity is that it Is a religion of ‘go,’"" he said. “The heathen build great temples for the praises of their gods and then say to the people, ‘come here and worship.’ They sit by with folded hands waiting for the people to come in rather than going out into the public places and bringing them to the worship cf a true God. “Christianity does more than that. The | Christians build the temples of worship and then go out and invite them in, not to the worship of heathen deities, but to the feet of a risen living Savior. There- fore Christianity is the best religion. “The glory of Christianity consists in the fact that it ts not only the Christians’ duty te provide the bread of life for the people, | but to go forth and beg them to receive it.” Dr. Young proceeded to speak in detail | of his experience in conyerting the Indian: ef the manner in which he made friends with them and how he learned to love and respect them as much as the white man; of the difficulties he encountered in trav- eling to and from the settlements and dan- gers in snow storms and among the wild leasts of the lonely forests, and finally of the great joy he felt when the ignorant savages became Christians. Dr. Young said he had been in the work since 1868. The fleld was as big as the state of New York, but the outlook was encouraging, and he hoped for even better regults in the future than in the past. A collection was taken for the benefit of missions, and the meeting was dismissed with the benediction by Dr. Hugh John- ston of the Metropolitan Church. THE WELSH SOCIETIES. Although the attendance yesterday after- noon at the Welsh rally at the Wesley M. E. Church, 5th and F streets, was small, because of the intense heat, the enthu- siasm was unbounded, as is the invariable Tule when the Welsh gather together. In the absence of the Rev. J. Wynne Jones of Baltimore, Md., Mr. Edwin C. Jones of this city, the president of the Cambrian Society, acted as chairman of the meeting, and in a very pleasant manner made the visitors fel perfectly at home. The Welsh tongue was quite prominent during the ex- ercises, the hymns being sung in that lan- guage, and some of the speakers express- Ing themselves in it. The prayer which concluded the exercises, delivered by the Rev. D. E. Evans, was also in Welsh. The Rev. H. Spencer Williams of Memphis, Tenn, spoke of the pleasure it gave him to meet sq many of his fellow Welshmen here at the national capital, especially on such an cccasion. The Welsh, he remark- ed, are regarded as being somewhat clan- nish, but it is not that so much as it is a desire to care for and further the interests of one anothor. That same thing is one of the strongest and one of the best char- acteristics of the Hebrew, and he paid the Jewjsh people the high compliment of say- ing that because of that very thing they make the best of citizens. The*Rev. John Harries of this city spoke of the sincerity of purpose of the Welsh, and remarked that it was exceedingly gratifying to know that they are people who love liberty and who as a rule prac- tice in their lives that which makes them desirable in any land. The Rev. Mr. Evans followed in an address in Welsh, the Rev. W. Plerce of Creston, Ill., making the clos- ing address. BAPTIST. One of the biggest dencminational rallies yesterday was that of the Baptists in Tent Washington. The side of the tent was raised all around the mammoth covering, and the thousands who could not get seats within stood on the outside, lent their voices to swell the great wave of harmony and listened to the addresses on misstonary work. The meeting was presided over by Mr. Clarence Barbour of Fochester, who intro- duced Rev. Dr. Henry Morehouse as the first speaker. Dr. Morehouse is well known to Baptists throughcut the country as the fleld secretary of the American Baptist Home Mission Union, with headquarters in New York. He gave as his motto “Amer- {ca for Christ,” and then outlined the needs of missionary work in Mexico, among the Indians in Alaska and in the homes of foreigners, among whom work has just begun on a great scale. The Work in Mexico. Rev. W. H. Sloan, a missienary in the Cify of Mexico, who has been in the field for twelve years, said there were four northern Baptist missionaries in Mexico and eight under the southern Baptist board, though there should be one hundred at least. Rev. Dr. Henry Mable, home secretary for the American Baptist Foreign Mission- ary Union of Boston, spoke, s@ying there Were 195,000 living native communicants as the result of missionary work in the for- eign field. Rev. W. M. Thomas of Burmah brought greetings to the convention from Burmah and spoke of the earnestness of Endeavor- ers in that country. Rev. Dr. Seymour cf the Baptist Publica- tion Society of Philadelphia spoke of the Bible work being done by that association. Uncle Boston Smith. “Uncle” Boston Smith of the Chapel Car Work of the Baptist Publication Society gave an interesting account of his work, saying there are now four chapel cars, while another is beg built by Baptist women, and still another, it is thought, will be provided by young men in western states. The meeting was late in olosing, so that the evangelistic meeting for citizens, be- ary Literature. ginning at 4:30, tock place immediately upon the close of the missionary service. The singing was excellent and was led by Mr. Bilhorn. CONGREGATIONAL, There was quite a large attendance at the Congregational rally at Tent Williston yesterday afterroon. Beside the Endeav- orers who are members of the denomina- tion a number of local Congregationalists attended, so that there were a thousand or more in the audience, notwithstanding the fact that it was intensely hot In the big tent. The meeting, which was devoted to the consideration of the part the Congrega- tional Church is taking in the missionary work of the world, was presided over by Rev. Dr. W. E. Barton of Boston, and was opened with prayer by Rev. Dr. J. W. Fifield of Chicago. The first speaker was Rev. Dr. C. C. Cree- gan, district secretary of the board of com. missioners for foreign missions. By means of pieces of ribbon of different colors he made an interesting comparison of the nu- merical strength of Christianity as against the Greek Church, the Mohammedans, &o., a plece of red ribbon immensely longer than any of the others representing heath- endom. It was eighty-four inches in length, representing 840,000,000 of people who have never heard of the Christian religion. On it was a little piece of white, a half inch long, for the 5,000,000 who have been won over by mission work. In like way he made a comparison of the amount of money spent in this country for foreign misalons euch year, with the enormous emounts spent for liquor, tobacco, jewelry and need- less luxuries. Yet in strongest terms he expressed his belief in the success of the work, and urged his hearers to renewed efforts. Mission Work in Turkey. A most interesting address was delivered by Miss Margaret W. Leitch of Ceylon. In part she said: “What spirit is being displayed by your representatives in far-off lands? To speak of but one mission filled. Your missionaries in Turkey have given an object lesson to the whole world of self-forgetting heroism, devotion to duty and faith in God. “More than eighteen months ago, after the Sassoun massacres, the missionaries in Turkey fully understood that a general u rising of Mohammedans against the Chri tians was threatened, and that in those in- terior stations far away from any consular protection their lives would be endangered. Were they cowards? Did they desert their posts? Bless God, not one from the entire number was willing to leave the Christian communities and the institutions which had been established, unprotected by their presence and at the mercy of threatening mobs. In October of last year, beginning at Constantinople and sweeping over the land almost to Persia, rolled the awful tide of massacre. The slaughter and plunder continued for nearly two months. The out- side world, aghast at the tale of horrors that but faintly pictured the reality, began to clamor for the abandoning of those in- terlor stations, “Then came the letters from the mission- aries, not written in excitement, not the result of mass meetings in which one brave soul inspires the rest, but penned singiy, each writer expressing his or her own brave determination to stand by the suf- tering peeple, no matter what the personal danger might be. “Miss Shattuck, for twenty-three years a missionary in Turkey, was all alone at Oorfa, three days’ journey from the near- est American or European, during the two massacres which swept over the city, in which 4,000 to 5,000 persons were slain. Her presence brought salvation and hope to hundreds of terrified refugees who found shelter in her home. When urged to accept an escort and seek a place of safety, she replied, ‘I could not leave our orphaned people.’ Dr. Gates, the president of Harpoot Col- lege, writing three days after the massa- cres, said: ‘For three days we have looked death in the face hourly. We have passed by the mouth of the bottomless pit, and the flames came out against us, but not one in our company flinched or faltered. We simply trusted in the Lord and went on. We do not want to be ordered out of the country. If we abandon the Christians they are lost. We expect the Christians of America to support their work here. We are ready to die for it; they must be ready to give money for it.’ “During the past three years, owing to lack of funds, serious reductions have been enforced, and this year your mission board has been compelled to order a further re- duction of 10 per cent on the salaries of all male and married missionaries, and of 33 per cent on the salaries of all the native workers, excepting those supported by the women’s board. “These reductions are now being enforced. Thousands of children are being turned out of mission schools. Many chapels and boarding schools are being closed. Hun- dreds of trained native workers are being dismissed, and some of your noblest mii sionaries are breaking down in health be- cause you are unable to endure this intol- erable strain. “Cannot the half million members of the Congregational churches and the 363,000 members of the Congregational Endeavor societies avert this disaster? The Endeav- orers here present have it easily within their power to give or collect the additional sum needed to save this foreign mission work from grave disaster. One hundred thousand dollars will do this.” At the conclusion of Miss Leitch’s address the audience sang “Send the Light.” Other addresses were made by Rev. George W. Moore, who founded the first Christian Endeavor Society in the District; Rev. Warren Goff, who is engaged in mii sionary work in the mountains of Tennei see; Rev. A. F. McGregor, secretary of the Canada board of home missions; Rev. Cyrus Clark, a missionary tn Japan; Dr. Todd of Caesarea, Turkey, a missionary of the American board, and Rev. W. G. Pud- efoot, who gave a stirring talk on the sub- Ject of home missions. CHRISTIAN. The missionary rally at Grace Baptist Chureh, corner of South Carolina avenue and 9th street southeast, was a great suc- cess. The attendance was not as large as was expected, but this it was thought was due to the intense heat. Those present had the pleasure of listen- Ing to addresses from some of the ablest leaders of the Disciples of Christ, among whom were Mr. Frank Canada, president of the Christian Endeavor Society of the denomination; Mrs. I. B. Chandler of Ver- mont, superintendent of Junior Endeavor work for the Disciples in that state, and an editor of one of the church papers; Rev. Dr. Barrett of Norfolk, Va., President Smith of Union College, Cincinnati; Rev. Mr. Conybeare of Massachusetts, Rev, Dr. Williams of Connecticut and others. The principal address was by Mrs. Chand- ler, and was devoted to explaining the need of the organization of a junior so- ciety in every place where there is an Hn- deavor society and where no junior society exists at present. The speaker instanced a number of cases where children have asked to be allowed to unite with their elders in sending books or other presents of usefulness to destitute schools in the south and west and to missionaries in for- eign lands. he also stated that in one of the coun- ties of Vermont, where the population 1s almost entirely engaged in agricultural pur- its, the smaller children have undertaken the raising of chickens on an extensive scale and it is their announced intention to sell the chickens in the early fall when the best prices can be obtained and send the proceeds to the missionary board of their church. Rev. Dy. Barrett of Norfolk, Va., sald that he had gotten out of a sick bed at home to come to Washington to attend the Christian Endeavor convention, and did not regret his action, but that hfs physi- cian had told him he must not undertake to make an address. After, however, hear- ing Mrs. Chandler he had determined to Gisregard the doctor's orders so far as to indulge in telling his audience a thought or two. Dr. Barrett then strongly urged that there ought to be more unanimity in ad- vancing the Master's cause on the part of the members of all Christian churches. There was too much time lost, he said, In Gisputing about sectarian questions, ‘The church, said he, 4s compared in Revelations to a bride adorned to meet her intended husband. What, he asked, would be thought of a young woman who was en- gaged to be married to a young men, but who, as the days pesned away, made no preparation for ie coming important event? And what kind of a “come off,” said he, would it be if, when the wedding day arrived, the bride had still made no preparation for the wedding? Many per- sons, said he, believe, Christ is even now ready to retu to earth, but the members of His chuyén militant are not ready to receive Himi' by reason of their disputes among themselves and lack of interest In His cause; If all the members of all the churches in the world would do all in their ee to advance the mission- ary cause Christian Endeavor army would, he said, eveniat this time contain several hundred thousand more members than It does. i ‘The other speakers named also urged that increased efforts be made by all present and all whom they could influence to de- velop more fully the missionary spirit. LUTHERAN. In spite of the heat yesterday afternoon, the Lutheran missionary rally at the Me- morial Lutheran Church, at Thomas cir- cle, lacked nothing ¢jther in interest or at- tendence. There were a number of speak- ers from this country and from far away lands, who made a strong plea for the mis- sionary cause. After Scripture reading by U. 8. G. Rupp of Pennsylvania and prayer by J. W. Barnett of New York state, Rev. D. Frank Garland, the presiding officer, made some brief ‘introductory remarks. Rev. A. Pohlman, M. D., medical mission- ary-elect to Africa, followed with an ad- dreas upon the needs of the foreign boards. The needs of the home board were next set forth by Rev. A. 8. Hartman, D. D., secre- tary of the board. Rev. George Goll, a returned missionary from Africa, then spoke of the work among young people in that dark land. He told of the trials of Christians In Liverla, stat- ing that there were thirteen Lutheran En- Geavor socities there, with 830 members, and that the Lutherans were the first ones to introduce Christian Endeavor in that country. Rey. R. W. Hufford of Reading, “Pa., a member of the foreign board, then told of the great need for money and the difficulty of obtaining it. He urged special offerings, and said that the board was in the “begging and crying state,” so urgent the need was. Rev. Louls S. Hinman of Pennsylvania then conducted an open parliament on the topic, “What is Your Society Doing for Missions?” Following thie Mrs. M. W. Hamma, treas- urer of the Woman's Home and Foreign Missionary Society, and Miss Laura Wade Rice, editor of the “Children’s Missionary,” spoke upon women’s work and children’s work, respectively. Miss Jennte Crist of Kansas also made some brief remar! Af- ter the song, “God Be With You, the meeting closed. Mr. Ramachandrayya of India, who was to have spoken, was unable to be present. UNITED EVANGELICAL. The denominational missionary rally of the United Evangelical Church was held yesterday afternoon at the Gay Street Bap- tist Church, and, despite the hot weather, was exceedingly well attended. The church was crowded, and much interest and enthu- slasm were shown in the proceedings. The meeting was led by Rey. Frank J. Boyer, with Prof. O. L. Jacobs, A. M., of York, Pa., the president of the York County Keystone League, C. E. Union, as musical director. ‘The devotional exercises were to have been led by Miss Clara Haeseler of Lisbon, Iowa, but she was unable to be present at the meeting, and Mr. Boyer conducted the exer- cises. The first address was delivered by Miss Lillian Siebert of Reading, Pa., on “The Home Field.” She spoke of the great work in the religious line that can be done in our country, mentioning particularly the re- ligious services at the hospitals, alms houses and jails. An open conference fol- lowed, the subject being “‘The Model Mis- sionary Committee,” which was discussed by Prof. Jacobs. A model missionary, he said, should have five requisites, which he classed as: First, prayer; second, study; third, seeking opportunity; fourth, works, and fifth, leading others. He gave five con- ditions for societies under which the model missionary can exist: First, praise; second, ready to learn; third, offers opportunity; fourth, works, and fifth, led by the Holy Spirit. Miss Lillian Hartzler of Harrisburg, Pa., made an address on the $20,000 to be used for foreign missions. The general confer- ence of the church has decreed that no for- eign missionaries ‘can be sent out until this amount has been raised, and the speaker urged that the Keystone League of the church do what ft can to raise this amount. After the singing of the hymn “From Green- lend’s Toy Mountain,” Rev. William Caton of Naperville, Ill, delivered an excellent address on “Systematic Giving.” Rev. A. H. Snyder of Fleetwood, Pa., followed with an address on “Woman's Missionary Zeal,” in which he spoke of the help that can be secured from this direction. The conclud- ing address of the afternoon was delivered by Miss Lila Snyder of Reading, Pa., who spoke on the possibilities of the church in the missionary field. The closing exercises of the meeting were devoted to general suggestions from various sources, and the followimg, introduced by Prot. Jacobs, were unanimously adopted: Resolved, That it is the sense of this rally that by all means we should enter the for- eign field of missions during the coming year, and that we especially appeal to the Keystone League of the Christian Endeavor Society, and the C. E. Society of our be- loved church, to make every effort, in some systematic manner, to raise the $20,000 which must be secured before we can enter the foreign field. THE FRIENDS. The second rally of the Friends, yester- day afternoon, held, as on Thursday, at the Westminster Presbyterian Church, was every Mt as successful, and, if anything, somewhat more interesting. Miss Caroline Y. Batley of Covington, Ky., again pre- sided with the same ability that she has conducted all of her meetings. Devotional exercises opened the meeting, Charles Douglas reading the Scriptures, followed by half-a-dozen prayers. “A Glimpse of the Field” was the subject of a paper read by Mary E. Hughes of Lin- coln, Va. and then Miss Mary Morton Haines of Cheltenham, Pa., told the au- dience of the missionary work done in Japan, particularly in the cities of Tokio and Yokohama. Probably one of the most entertaining numbers presented on any one of the many programs prepared during the past week was “Music in the Orient,” by Miss Etta H. Johnston of Plattville, N. Y., who sang an Arabic hymn. Miss Johnston was for four years connected with the “Eli and Sybil Jones Mission” of Palestine, until she was called home by her parents, two and a half years ago. Mr. Howard Brown of St. Joseph, IL, then told of misstonary work in Mexico, and then Miss Ethel Kirk Calvert. of Selma, Ohio, concluded the program by reading an interesting paper on “Personal Interest.” METHODIST PROTESTANT, The rally of the Methodist Protestant Christian Endeavor Union was held yester- day afternoon at the Congress M. P. Church. Every seat in the large church Was occupied and much interest shown in the rally. Rev. M. M. Campbell of Mount Blanchard, Ohio, the secretary-treasurer of the unicn, offictated as master of cere- montes. The first address was delivered by Rev. T. H. Lewis, D.D.,, of, Westminster, Md. and his remarks were confined to the mi: sion work of the church. He made a num ber of valuable suggestions as to the work. Rev. 8. C. Klein of Laurel, Del, was to have been one of the speakers, but he was unable to attend the rally. Rev. T. J. 0; born of Summerfield, N.C., made the sec- ond address, and he urged that each mem- Saluting a Speaker. ber of the Christian Endeavor Society act in the role of a missionary and further the work of the church. He thought it the duty of the society to do this. Further- more, the societies of the various churches could assist considerably in the good work in a@ financial way, and he suggested that & mothers’ Christian endeavor society should be formed to encourage the chil- dren to assist in misstonary work. Rev. R. B. Whitehead of East Liverpool, Obto, conducted the open parliament on the best methods for creating and maintaining ® zeal for missionary work among the En- Seavorers. A number of the delegates pres- ent told how the work was conducted in their societies. One delegate stated that In his soctety every member bound himself to pay 2 cents a wek for a missionary fund, and by this small means considerable mcney was raised. Another member sta ed that in his goclety a birthday box was pe up, in which every member, upon is birthday, dropped in as many pennies as he was years old. Many other sugges- tions were made, and an appeal for mil sionaries resulted in two gentlemen offer- ing themselves for this work. A denominational reunion of the Meth- odist Protestant C. E. Union was held last evening at the Congress Street M. P. Church, which drew out a large crowd. Rev. Dr. Hammond, the pastor, opened the reunion with prayer and singing. Only two addresses were delivered, and they were eloquent and interesting, Itev. C. E. Hubbel of Cincinnati, Ohio, making the first, and Rev. G. E. Maniman of Cam- bridge, Ohio, following. “THE MORAVIANS. The missionary rally of the Moravian Church E. Union was held at the Union M. E. Church. The delegates of the church in the city attended in full num- ters, and together with a number of visit- ing Endeavorers of other denominations completely filled the church. The music for the occasion was very good, Miss Dora White leading. Rev. William H. Bolger of Indianapolis, Ind., who was just elected president of th Church Union Endeavorers, delivered the first address. He spoke on a decade of mis- sions, and reviewed the work in this di- rection in the church for that period. He showed what wonderful strides had been made in the field and predicted greater Ftrides in the coming ten years. Prof. J. Taylor Hamilton of Bethlehem, Pa., was scheduled as a speaker, but he failed to put in an appearance. Rey. Paul M. Grider followed with an ad- dress on the missionary heroes of the church, and he spoke glowingly of their glorious work. He eulogized Dover, Count Zinzerndorf, Peter Boehler and many others who gave up their lives to the serv- ice of the church and the advancement of its doctrines. Rev. J. F. McCuiston of Salem, N. C., made an address on mission- ary zeal a the necessity of being filled with the holy spirit in the cause of the gcod work. The services lasted about an hour and a half, and the rally proved to be full of interest to those present. REFORMED CHURCH. The miasionary rally of the Reformed Church in America was ‘held yesterday afternoon in the Western Presbyterian Church, H street between 19th and 20th streets. Rev. W. R. Ackert of Hoboken, N. J., presided, and introduced Rev. Henry Stout, D.D., a missionary of Nagasaki, Japan, who said there was a great field in Japan for the extension of missionary work, and the sooner this field was devel- oped ‘the better. Dr. Stout's long residence among the Japanese made him an especial- ly interesting lecturer upon the need of missionary work among them. Messrs. Warren 8. Young and Robert G. Sutton sang a duet, “Forever With the Lord,” with splendid effect. PROTESTANT EPISCOPAL. The Episcopal missicnary rally was held in the Church of the Ascension, corner of Massachusetts avenue and 12th street. Rev. Canon J. B. Richardson of London, Ontario, presided. Bishop Baldwin was prevented from attending the meeting by illness, and Rev. Dr. R. H. McKim, who, it was expected, would address the meeting, was not present. Mr. W. A. Schumacher of Phoenix, Md., spoke of the adaptability of the Christian Endeavor to the work of the Church of England, and said that if ft were not used in that connection the young men would be apt to drift awcy from the influence of tne church. Canon Richardson addressed the mecting on the development of the Christian En- deavor Soclety. Its first organization was under the general term “Endeavor,” and eraduelly two or three kinds of endeavor societies developed, such as good citizen- ship, temperance and interdenominational fellowship societies, but the principal of all was the missionary endeavorers. Rev. C. J. Palmer of Lanesboro, Mass., spoke of the grandeur of Christian En- deavor work in the uplifting of humanity and the great need of prosecuting the work. Rev. Floyd W. Thompkins éf Providence, R. 1, also spoke briefly. UNITED BRETHREN. At the missicnary rally of the United Brethren in Christ, held yesterday at the Church of that denomination, the gathering was not quite as large as at the former ral- ly, but enthusiasm was not lacking. After the organ voluntary Rev. E. S. Lorrenz of Dayton, Ohio, read the second Psalm, and a hymn by the congregation followed the Scripture reading. Rev. I. H. Allright, Ph. D., of Dallastown, Pa., then led them in prayer, and the choir sang an anthem. Rev. Dr. J. P. Miller acted as chairman and introduced ~s the first speaker Rey. L. O. Burtner Shaingay, West Africe. His subject was “Africa’s Appeal to Our Young People,” and, after giving a picture of the degradation from which he has been working to uplift the natives, he made an appeal to the young people to extend thetr work into the dark continent. Rey. L. O. Burtner has been actively en- gaged there for a Icng time, and his talk was listened to with interest. Rev. W. M. Bell, D. D., missionary secre- tary, Dayton, Ohio, was next upon the program, and to i!lustrate his topic, “Our Part in Missionary Extension,” he hung upon the walls several charts, showing the relative growth and prosperity of missions in different fields. After another hymn by the congregation, Rev. C. W. Brewbaker of Cheweville, Md., read an interesting and instructive paper on “City Evangelism,” and showed that there was plenty of opportunity for mis- sion work, like charity, to begin at home. Miss May Kephart of Baltimore then fa- vored the audience with a solo, which was very well received. Mrs. E. S. Bowman of Mechanicsburs, Pa., was unable to be present, but her pa- er, “Go or Send,”” was read by Miss Jennie ‘earer of Polo, Ill. ‘The last feature of the program was tke open parliament, led by Rey. A. E. Davis of Columbus, Ohio. The subject discussed was “What Can Our Young People Do for Home and Foreign Missions,” and as those present were frankly outspoken, considera- ble interest was developed over the theme. Systematic giving was the subject most touched upon, and an advocate of the tith- ing method asked for a show of hands on the question. They all decided that tt was the duty of those who conuld not go to give all possi- ble support to those who did go into the far corners of the earth. At the close of this parliament a hymn was sung by the congregation, and they were dismissed with a benediction. 'THE MENNONITES. Rev. N. B. Grubb, D. D., of Philadel- phia, Pa., again officiated as chairman of the Mennonite rally yesterday at the Mar- vin Methodist Episcopal Church South, corner of 10th and B streets southwest. The rally was of a missionary nature, the remarks made being in regard to mission- ary work among the Indians in America, also in the Island of Sumatra. Three addresses were made, the speakers being Rev. H. R. Voth, from Keam's Canon, Ariz.; Rev. R. Petter, from Can- tonment, Oklahonia, and Mr. Silas M. Grubb of Philadelphia, Pa. All three spea ers told of the life, language and charac- teristics of the different Indians about whem they spoke. Chairman Grubb, in addition to the other Indian stories, read an interesting paper from an Indian’ missionary in the west. The meeting did not last as long as was expected, because of the absence of three of the expected speakers, Rev. A. B. Shel- ly, Milford Square, Pe.;’Dr. 8. 8. Hanry, Newton, Kan., and Rev. A. S. Shelly of Bally, Pa., all’ of whom were called home from ‘the convention. CUMBERLAND PRESBYTERIANS. The denomirational rally of the Cumber- land Presbyterians, held yesterday at the Gurley Memorial a missionary character, and was given over to the treatment of mission problems, and the possibilities for greater usefulness. Rev. J. Max Irwin of Princeton, N. J., conducted a praise service at the open- ing of the meeting, and after prayers by Rev. P. M. Fitzgerald of Knoxville, Tenn., and Rev. A. G. Bergen of Mattoon, Ill, and several songs, Dr. F. P, Fullerton closed this praise service with a word ‘of prayer. Rey. T. Ashburn of Evansville, Ind., who presided over the rally, then introduced the first speaker, Rev. Ira Landreih, the managing editor of the Cumberland Pres- byterian of Nashville. His talk was on “Undeveloped Forces,” and he said the four undeveloped forces in the Christian Endeavor societies of the Cumberland Presbyterian Church were mi sionary enthusiasm, prayerfulness, liberal- ity and consecration. He closed by calling attention to the need of a Cumberland Presbyterian church in the national capital, and exprcssed his hope that it would be founded by the Endeavorers. The Rev. J. W. Laughlin, the superin- tendent of the board of missions cf the church, next spoke on the subject, “What Missionary Work Should Our Christian En- deavorers Do?” Zi He treated the topic from a very prac- tical point of view, and said that each dele- gate should try to help somebody lee, which he considered the cardinal principle of Endeavor work. He spoke furthar of the advantage of each member gaining as much information on the subject of mis- sions as poseible, in order that he m impart it to others and invite them to I! eral giving. Rev. Mr. Laughlin said that there was no reason why more young peo- ple should not go out into foreign ficlds, but if that was impossible there was the the alternative of systematic giving to support of those who can go. He declared that one of the greatest ficulties that the toard of missions had to centend with was the irregularity and “varlableness of their income from the churches,” and stated that systematic g'v- ing would to # great degree obviate this. Mr. J. W. Reisner, superin t of the Sunday school of ‘the Gur Memorial Church, was the last regwar speaker. His talk was on the subject, “On to Washiag- ton,” and deait with the project of found- ing a Cumberlana Presbyterian chureh here, which, he said, had been long upon his mind. Mr. Reisner spoke of some of the ob- stacles, the great cost of a good location, the transient nature of the population here, but over against all these things, he set the advantages to be gained, and made a very strong plea for the establishment of a church in the city. Dr. F, P. Fullerton, president of the board of missions, and Dr. H. 8. Williams of Memphis, Tenn., also made short ad- dresses, and earnest denominational loyalty was shown throughout the entire meeting. AFRICAN METHODIST EPISCOPAL. The ednominational missionary rally of the African Methodist Episcopal Church was held at the Metropolitan A. M. E. Church cn M street between 5th and 16th streets yesterday afternoon between 4 and 5 o'clock, and was largely attended. The delay in beginning the services was occa- sioned by the fact that funeral services over the remains of Mra, John Simms were in progress during the hour originally set apart for the missionary exercises. Mrs. Simms had been a member of the church for over fifty-four years, and was known and respected throughout the church dis- trict. Rev. Dr. Johnson, pastor of the church, conducted the funeral services at the church and at the grave, and therefore was prevented from taking part in the mis- stonary rally. Bishop W. J. Gaines, D. D., of Atlanta, Ga., who was to have acted as chairman of the raily was also prevented from attend- ing by reason of an unexpected call to an- other field of usefulness, and his place was supplied by Bishop B. W. Arnett of Wilber- force, Ohio, a trustee of the United Society of the Christian Endeavor. He made an excellent chairman, and opened the services with an able address on the advantages and neces of missionary work on the lines laid down by the Christian Endeavor. His remarks were preceded by devotional exer- cises, including a prayer by Rev. Dr. Hu- bert of Maryland. The first formal addrese was made by Rev. James L. Hill, D. D., of Salem, Mass., a trustee of the United Su- ciety of the Christian Endeavor and one of the ploneers of the movement. He con- gratujated the bishop on the magnificence of the efforts of the colored race and his church, and spoke of the broad fellowship of the Christian Endeavor movement, which takes in all churches and all races, and knows no section or color. He also com- plimented the colored race on its great musical gift. He was very severe in his condemnation of prejudice against the negro. He caused a general ripple of ap- plause by a remark that any place that was too good to entertain his colored broth- er was too good to entertain him. An interesting address was made by Rev. B. W. Stewart of Cairo, Il, on the general subject of missions, in the course of which he took occasion to speak of the good re- sults accomplished by the missionary work of the Christian Endeavor. The singing, which formed a feature of the rally, was rendered by seventy-five members of the Junior Christian Endeavor choir of the churen, under the leadership of Mr. W. W. Orme. There was an enjoyable reception at the church Saturday evening, lasting until 11 o'clock, during which about 600 delegates were entertained with good cheer and re- freshments. . M. E. ZION. A somewhat larger attendance was pres- ent at the second rally of the African Methodist Episcopal Zion Endeavorers, at their church, on D street between 2d and 3d streets southwest. Rev. L. H. McEntuch, pastor of the church, presided as chairman, and intro- duced the different speakers. The program was an extensive and entertaining one, in- cluding the opening song, “Scatter Sun- shine,” Scripture reading by Rev. L. H. Taylor, D. D., prayer by Rev. G. H. Bell, D. D., song No. 187 in Christian Endeavor music book; addresses by Rev. G. H. B. Bell, D. D., Rev. T. Brown, D. D., Rev. J. H. Smith, "D. D., Rev. James E. Mason, D. D., and Rev. Bishop A. Waters, D. D.; sentence prayers, a couple of other songs and benediction by the Rev. P. J. Me- Entosh. PRESBYTERIAN. The heat yesterday afternoon had no ap- preciable effect upon the Presbyterians, so far as their attendance upon the rally in Tent Endeavor was concerned, and when taken in connection with their outpouring during the downpouring that accompanied their rally in the same inclosure Thursday afternoon proved with peculiar force that naught In the way of weather can restrain members of that denomination in matters affecting their faith. The crowd gathered with remarkable rapidity, and as the con- verging lines came through the White Lot many doubtléss envied the Endeavorers who had chosen shady places under the trees and were stretched at full length on the grass enjoying the breezes that blew from the piles of cumulous clouds hanging lazily in the west. These same clouds served to temper the atmosphere under the tent, too, not only with their breezes, but with the curtains they put over the sun every now and then. At 2:30 o'clock there were rot 230 persons in the tent; at 8 o'clock there were over 3,000, and ‘in an- other quarter of an hour as many more had assembled. The ladies were largely in the preponderance, and in their Sunday owns, bright ribbons and best hats, gave he inclosure a very pretty flower garden NOFAVOR he. After the News. effect. Cnufeh, was entirely os program, was led by Mr. F. J. The singing, which preceded the Woodman of this city, and the numerous favorite Endeavor hymns were given with @ zest and vim that was inspiring. Rev. Dr. Robert J. Service of Detroit pre- Sided over the mecting, and the devotional exercises were conducted by Rev. Dr. C. L. Work of Cincinnati. “We will read the xxivth Pealm,” ane nounced Dr. Work. “If the first verse is true there shouldn® be a mission in debt in the world—'The earth is the Lord’s, and the fullness thereof; the world and they that dwell therein.’ ” The remainder of the Psalm was read re- sponstvely, and then Dr. Work prayed that the gathering might return to its homes and ite churches and be inspired to devote themselves to assisting the cause of mis- sions and their moral and mater:al sup- port. He prayed that the missionary age might soon come and the evangelization of the world be assured. . The first seaker was Mise M. Catherine Jones of New York, who is connected with the executive board of Presbyterian home missions, and she took “Home Missions” for her subject. She described in a simple and impressive way what the mission chools, supported by the women and young people, were do.ng for the neglected mong the American people, from the In- dians of Alaska to those of New Mexico, and painted a sorry picture of how such work was injured by the recent decision on the part of mission bodies to economize and retrench their expenses. Miss Jones told a number of instances showing how devoted the scholars in the mission schools were in their desire to be educated, telling of one Indian school where a reduction of the appropriation for its support necessi- tated a reduction of the scholars, and where those who were retained secured employment on ditch digging and street making, so a8 to earn sufficient money to keep their brothers and sisters at school. In concluding an impassioned plea for the better support of missions she declared that the Presbyterian Church stood for vothing if it did not stand for missions, end described the great opportunities in the western part of the Unite, States for christianizing whole communities now in @ neglected state. Mission work had to be accomplished, and she declared that it needed aggressive Chrixtianity to do it. Miss Jones was warmly applauded when she ceased. Two stanzas of “The Banner of the Cross” were sung, and then Dr. Ser- vice introduced Rev. Dr. Wallace Radcliffe of the New York Avenue Church in this city, who, he said, had been selected by the beards of home and foreign missions to tell he Presbyterians what the boards were doing. When the applause subsided, Dr. Service said they would hear from Rev. B. Fay Mlle, “of the United States, because every- bedy knew him. Mr. Mills took for his subject ““The Foun- dation of Missions,” and delivered @ thoughtful and impressive address upon the importance of mission work, the ob Stacles it had overccme in the past and its marvelous accomplishments in spite of them, and pointed out the presert necessi- tes and the duty of meeting them in @ most convincing manner. —— BEFORE THE GRAND JURY. Charges Aga Francis J. (ieck- hoefer Being Investigated. After several wevks of preparation on his Fart, District Attorney Birney today laid before the grand jury the case of Francis J. Kieckhofer, accused of, while disbursing officer of the State Department, embezzling a large sum of government funds. ‘The accused man is out on bail, having given a bond of $i5,00) last month to am ewer any imdictment which might be re- turned against him. Whether there will oF will not be an ind-ctment returned against him is a question alone for the decision of the grand jurors, h Mr. Birney, it is said, contidentiy expects one or more to be returned. It is doubtful, however, whether the case will be finally disposed of before their ad- journment this week for the summer. So, even if an indictment should be found, tt would hardly be returned before some time next September. ees CONGRATULATING MAJ. McKINLEY, Many Pleased With Hix Address on National Honor. CANTON, Ohio, July 13.—Congressman L. D. Apsley of Massachusetts, chairman of the congressioral campaign committee, spent yesterday with Governor McKinley. He and Governor McKinley went to chureh yesterday morning, walking both ways, the weather being so hot that the old family horse was left in the stable. Telegrams are coming in large numbers congratulating the governor on his address Saturday night. —— DISTRICT Gov) Bids fo cugine Houses, Bids were opened by the proposal board of the District today for two engine house sites for the fire department. The bidders were as follows: Thomues W. Fowler: Lots 47, 51, 61 and 57, square G15, at $1 per square foot; west half lot 11, square 5: at $1.50. There was RNMENT. no deposit with this bid and it was de- «lared informal. Deeble, Davis & Co.: North side of Boundary near the intersection of Q and North Capitol streets, in block 12, Hlvom- ingdale, at $1. W. L. F. King, part of lot 1, in the same subdivision, just north of site offered by Mr. Huyck. £2,000. Chas. P. Williams, a lot adjoining the barn of the Brightwood rallroad, at §2,00). Beck & Weller, east half of ‘sub lot 34 and all of sub lots 85 and 36, equare 668, at 70 cents. Also all or any part of sub jote 87, 88, 89 and 46, In equare G15, at XS cents. Thos. C. McMahan and wife, lot 1, block 6, Bloomingdale, at $5,000. No deposit was made with the bid, although an agreement to sell the property was filed with the bid. Charlotte E. Bates, lots 3 to 10, square 15, 90 cents. Also lots 30 to 42, same square, at 7 cents. Also lots 54 to 56, Same square, at cents. A. P. Fardon, west part of lot 41, square G08, at 75 cents, and west half of lot 40 of original lot 2, in same square, at 75 cents. ee FINANCIAL AND COMMERCIAL, The following are the opening, the highest and the lowest and the closing prices of the New York stock market today, as reported by Corson & Macartney. members New York stock exchange. Correspondents, Messrs. Moore & Schley, No. 80 Broadway. Open. High. Low. Close. American Sugar M1 M1 108%, 108% American Suga iss American Tobacco. 625 American Cotton Oi. me Atchison... uy Balto. & Ohio. Iq Bay State Gas Canada Southern, chicago, B. & Q Chic. & Northwestern. chicago Gas, Cf. M.& CM. & St. Paul, Pid Chic. R. T & Pacitic. 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