The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, July 10, 1897, Page 1

— VOLUME LXXXIIL —NO. 40, ARMING weather and | audiences at the Christian En- eavor meetings yester- rates happy. the n great pavi ds -more thou! n seeing More Effective?’ 10:33, singing; to:40, | practical suggestions from the trustees of the United Society of Christian Endeavor and trom President Clark ; r1:15, address, ““The United Society of Christian En- or, What It Is and How It Works,” surer William Shaw, Boston, Mass ijournment for the open-air dem- ation on Van Ness avenue. S PAVILION—The Trea 1 onst WOODWARD Rev. Ralph W. Brokaw, Springfield, Mass., presiding; E. Meredith, Oakland, Cal.,, musical director; 0:30, praise exercises con- | service ; g:40, devotiona There were parties on the bay, | gycteq ‘by the Rev. William C. Clark, at the CIliff House and at the | Keelers Bay, Vt.; 9:45, addre ““The PR - | harks housands walked through | Mothers’ Society of Christian Endeavor, pasli ity o ¢ TOUSH | Miss Cora B. Bickford, Biddeford, Me.; the residence portions of the City | g.ss <inging; 1o, address, “ The United semi- | Society ot Christian Endeavor, What It | _{Isand How It Works,” Treasurer Wil- | liam Shaw, Boston, Mass.; 10:15, sing- wealth of studying viewed the e tropical growth, nounced. Yet, with all its greatness it was close bound tezether by the tie that binds the whole human worid—the tie of kinship in Christ and feliowship in work. From the dapper little representative of Japan to the gray-bearded patriarch from ‘Australasia, there wasa gamut of individu- ality that made 2 stronger contrast be- | cause cf the unanimity of purpose, and it | isdifficult to designate just where was the | most interest and to whom belongs the credit or holding closest attention. It was a symposium of mentality of race and of unified thought, all brought together in compliance with 1he divine utterance that at **His name all nations shall bew.”” While the earthly vowers ruling over the nations of the earth might be at vari- | ance for political reasons this meeting | showed that the fatherhood of God and | brotherhood of man was an accepted fact among the subjects who looked upon the | kinship in Christ as being above and be- yond the imaginary lines which mark geographical divisions according to the laws of nations. There was little need of President it. It was a new story and had a“local application. Everybody seemed to have the idea that the meeting at the Mechanics’ Pavilion | Clark’s admonition to give the glad hand was to be (he big meeting of the evening, | in weicoming the speakers from foreign for by 7o'ciock the “Full” sign was out | janis, for the audience seemed imbued and at least 5000 people were compelled to | with a desirs to show that the kingdom of attend one of the overflow meetings or en- | Christ was not within the metes and tertain themselves in some one of the nu- | hounds of earthly dominion, but extended merons ways devised by the commitiee or | to the uttermost parts of the world, and by their personal inclination. The hall | was willing to take in a few of the other was packed until it seemed impossible | members of the planetary system. From that there should be an audience else- | the time that Mr. Rubinson sang “The where. | Home Land"’ to the choral utterance of It was a testifving of the nations to the | the Kismet benediction there was a feei- universality of the work of Christian En-|ing of kinship that pervaded the whole | aeavor societies, and probably nowhere in [ assemblage, and made the brown, the yel- the world, except at the Congress of Re- | low and the black man feel that on earth ligions at the Chicago Exposition, was|as wellas in heaveun there was no color there ever gathered such n cosmopolitan ’ line drawn. grouping oi speakers. Yellow-skinned | The devotional exercises were conducted Chinese were represented by the side of | by Rev. Sydnev Gulick of Osaka. Japan, their late enemy, the little brown men of | which made a most fitting introduction to Japan. The coal-black representative oi | the international characler of tue meet~ Southern Iadia and a fair maid from Scot- | ing. As the 1mmense auditorium was iand, th nburned Australian and tbe | packed with people long before the hour frozen Alaskan, the white, the black, the | set for tiue opening services, there was no red, the yellow and the brown all gave | delay on this score, and President Clark their personal testimony in this great case | promptly called upon Rev. K. Insziwa to could not understand his queer pronuncia- tion. Mr. Inazawa told how Christianity had opened the doors of Japan and brought her out of her seclusion until now the hand of the Ola World was joined with the New and the dominion of the Supreme Master had advanced with the progress of civilization. He told how Cuaristiamity was slowly vet steadily gaining ground 1n the sunshine empire and was acting as a rising force to push back the bar of isola- tion. In marked contrast to the little Jap- anese was the active, lithe form of Tamil Evangelist David who brought the greet- ing from South India. He said that be was so accustomed to talking for twelve hours at a stretch that he did not see how he could confine himself to the short five minates allotted to him by the cbairman. If he tried to tell the story of India it would take twenty-five years. He felt that 1t would be a good piece of news to tell that 10,000 people had been converted tothe Christian religion in three years, and the good work was still going on. Oat of these many evangelists without means had devoted themselves to the work and were going from point to point working for the good of the cause. He got into his Indian habit and continued taleing after he was called down by the little buzzer on tne platform, and finally Secretary Baer had tolead him from the platform 1n order that other nations might have a chance. The only speaker who had not adopted Europcan costume was Rev. Jee Gam of China, who appeared in Oriental garb, cue and all. His intensely Chinese 1indi- viduality was so marked in his appear- ance that it was with the greatest surprise the audience listened 10 his clear enuncia- tion and correct English. He said: 0Old China was an isolated nation, having no fellowship with other nations and desiring none. Her conceit of superiority was very great. She called her peopie Celestial, but all outsiders barbarians. She built a grea: wall and sealed up her ports to keep these foreign devils out, for she wanted no intercourse with :hed. And this is the spirit of the old China o-day thing of interest in sight. The big crowd now thronging the City is intelligent good-natured, and anty of them have reversed the Californian ideal of the tourist and visitor. It is the ger eral impression at the headquarter that the masses are well pleased with what they and that their | visit will do the State much good. A detailed account of the proceed- at yesterday ar Eastern | see, gs meetings llows. THE DAT’S?WORK. Aggressive work, the essential of a model Christian Endeavor Society, loy- alty to the church and a mothers’ meet- ing were the features of yesterday’s con- vention. the representatives from night gn native garb interested gn countri nearly ail th nces. T'he gen public will be interested in is morning’s session at the Mechanics’ avilion, for Treasurer William Shaw will define the aims and objects of the united iety, and will tell how it works. Then there will be practic 1ggestions by trus- tees of the united sc For the Endeavorers t oo here will be a symposium by State secretaries upon *‘How can we make tt mmittee work in our local societies more effective Giles Kellogg will tell of the floating En- deavor work. Miss Cora B. Bickford, the only woman president of a State Christian End=avor Union in the United States, will address a meeting at Woodward’s Pavilion on ““The Meothers’ Society of Christian En- deavor.” ““How can the pastors be interested tn the organization of intermediate and junior societies ?”” will be a symposium in the same session, followed by practical suggestions by trustees of the united society. The great public demonstration on Van Ness avenue promises to eclipse anything ever seen in California. Four blocks or more will be a mass of humanity. During the afternoon the visitors will take in the sights of the City, while the business men and City officials will be tendered a reception in Mechanics’ Pa- vilion. Every visitor to the Alameda County headquarters to-day wearing a State badge other than California will be given a| ticket that will entitle them to free trans- | portation, free rides, free lunch and a gen- 1‘ eral good time in Oakland and Alameda | County on Tuesday, July 13. Flowers | and fruit are being distributed daily by | these energetic Endeavorers, —— . To-Day’s Programme. | MECHANICS’ PAVILION—The Rey. | James L. Hill, D.D., Salem, Mass., pre- | siding ; W. C. Stadtfeld, San Francisco, | Cal, musical director ; 9:30, praise service ; 9:40, devotional exercises con- | ducted by the Rev. Dwight C. Hanna, | Springfield, Ill.; 0:45, address, “ The Fioating Society of Christian Endeavor,” Giles Kellogg, San Diego, Cal; o:ss, | singing ; 10, symposium by State secre- | taries, topic, ‘‘How Can We Make| the Committee Work in Our Socir:li‘:sl | cieties? ” o | tary | ter, but his announcement was received ing; o, symposium by State presi- dents, topic, ‘‘How Can We Interest | the Pastors'and Churches in the Organi- zation of Junior and Intermediate So- 11, practical suggestions from the trustees of the United Society of Christian Endeavor and from General Secretary Baer; 11:30, adjournment for the open-air demonstratign on Van Ness | avenue. | { e | SATURDAY NOON. OPEN-AIR MEETINGS ON VAN NESS AVENUE—Four speakers’ plat- forms. Topic: “Our Country.” Brief idresses. MEETING No. 1—Speakers’ stand, 309 Van Ness avenue, between Grove | street and Birch avenue, President Fran- cis E. Clark, D.D., Boston, Mass., pre- siding ; Charles E. Day, Los Angeles, | Cal., musical director. Speakers—The | Rev. Matt S. Hughes, D.D., Minne-| apolis, Minn.; Bishop B. W. Arnett, D.D., Wilberforce, Ohio; Rev. Silas | Mead, LL.D., Adelaide, South Australia. MEETING No. 2—Speakers’ stand, 409 Van Ness avenue, between Fulton street and Ash avenue, Rolla V. Watt, San Francisco, Cal., presiding; J. J. Morris, San Francisco, Cal., musical di- rector. Speakers—The Rev. Howard H. Russell, LL.D., Columbus, Ohio; the Rev. William Patterson, Toronto, Ont.; the Rev. Josiah Strong, D.D., New York, N. Y. MEETING No. 3—Speakers’ stand, si5 Van Ness avenue, between Golden Gate avenue and Locust avenue, Secre- | John Willis Baer, Boston, Mass., presiding; O. M. Vesper, Oakland, | Cal., musical director. Speakers—The | Rev. Robert Johnston, London, Ont.; the | Rev. George F. Pentecost, D.D., Yonk-| ers, N. Y.; the Rev. E. L. Powell, D.D., | Louisville, Ky. E MEETING No. 4—Speakers’ stand, G6og Van Ness avenue, between Turk street and Elm avenue, Treasurer Wil liam Shaw, Boston, Mass., presiding ; | Robert Husband, San Francisco, Cal., | musical director. Speakers—The Rev. Cortland Myers, Brooklyn, N. Y.; the | Rev. J. C. R. Ewing, D.D., Lahore, | India ; the Rev. B. B. Tyler, D.D., New | York, N. Y. gl YESTERDAY’S r GREAT EVENT. Many Good Speeches at| Mechanics’ Pavilion. aE 51 | Speakers of Many Nations En-| tertain the Monster | Meeting. The great meeting of yesterday was at the Mechanies’ Pavilion last night. There were many good speeches, and there was | considerabie humor before the evening was over. When General Secretary Baer an- | nounced the sad news that Dr. Conwell of Philadelphia was too ill 10 attend and de- liver his address he expected that there weuid be some evidence on the partof tie auaience that they feit bad over the mat- wiih a round of appiause because he at the same time said that Rev. Ira Landrith | of Nashville had been put on as a substi- | tute. Landrith started off with a dog story and 12,000 people simply went wild over | of Light vs. Darkuess. tell Japan’s story. The natural ditlidence of the brizht-eyed speaker was'heightened | by his inability to master the peculiar ! twists of the English langunage, and his i address was lost um:-\ the audience, who mistake. She has opened her ports to foreign intercourse. Shels reaching out to nations sne once despised, and learning from them. { O1d China kills missionaries, new China calls for them and offers to support them, She has It was by far the greatest meeting of this great convention and not one person in the whole audience left the building until the benediction had been pro- N N U/ L/, Y ]' (7 % 73 Vi oz, MISS BETH RUSSELL, Age 4 Years, the Youngest Delegate Present. Many of the Christian Endeavorers in Mechanics’ Pavilion vesterday saw the youngest delegate in the convention in the person of Miss Beth Russell of Oakland. She is a perfect blonde, with hair to match and the brightest blue eyes with heavy lashes. Her complexion is so fair that every one involuntarily stops and remarks: “What a fairy!”” “How beauti- ful ?” and *“Isn’t she an angei?” Miss Russell is an accomplished elocutionist and often entertains her mother’s friends during an evening at home. She takes all the remarks passed in her hearing unconcernedly and talks entertainingly to those whom she meets. She is a Christian despite her tander years and loves to sing and talk of her Savior. Sheis a leader among a large number of children at her home in Beulah, Alameda County. She will attend the junior rally. Now China recognizes her long-continued | | {nvited eid from Christian nations in her col- ieges and other school | | Professorships of English, French, German | | and Russian have been established. Many leading men, without waiting for the Goveri- ment, have Gpened schools where the Lnglish language is teuzht, Three of our California converts have been employed as teachers in | this school. _The directors of the Sui Ying Col- | i g sald to our preacher, whose | s located ciose by, ‘‘If yoursuperin- | tendent wili furnish us a professor of English | ( we will believe in Jesus every seventh day”— | B! y Sabbath this professor is granted vilege to teach or preach Christianity | tudents. You may be sure that our , Lew Chong, who has been cailed 1o | ssorship, has seized this grand op- | He has not only been holding | services on Sabbath days, but has evening | Bible-readings also. Thé students of all the | Government schools at Tientsin on Sabbath | days have been granted permission to attend | Christran churches. How were all these remarkable concessions | brought about? Christianity is the main- spring of this new movement. 1t will keep on working until China is tuoroughty Chrisuan- ized, for until then she could never have per- | fec. iellowship. | The first Chinese Christian Endeavor society ; organized in_America was at our mission in Santa Cruz, Cal., in 1891. The second one was zregational Chinese in_this City on Now there are about twenty- in Californis, embracing a mem- t over a thousand. 1l carry this feliowship to China. Tn- | deed, it is there already, and large Christian | Endeavor conventions have been held during the past three years ai Shanghai. These so- | cieties number 119 and embrace a member- | ship of 4321. | This will help to harmonize the Chinese in | China. When this is done the fellowship of | the East and thatof the west will unite the | hemispheres and make real and visible the oneness of our human race in Christ. Miss Harriet Green of England checked the apvlause, with which she was greeted by saying that as she had but five min- utes’ time she did not want any of it taken by the audience. She made a strong plea for further work among the dark countries, and showed how grave was the need of help in China, India and Africa. Dr. B. K. Wilbur, the medical mission- ary to Alaska, told of the work in the frozen north, and made an urgent appeal for assistance to carry further the work in | that country. He told of the way in which | the Christians there were giving their| money from slender store to keep the na. tiyes from going back aiter they had been brought to the light. Rev. J. 8 Conning of Canada greeted the andience in the name of 200,000 Chris- tian Endeavorers, and claimed the begin- ning of the order because Dr. Clark was born in the far dominion. He gave vent to a patriotic utterance regarding the Queen, and at the mention of her name tue audience rose and burstinto loud a; plause. At the close of his address Presi- | dent Clark called for the singing of the international hymn, *God Save the Queen,” and **America,”’ to which the an- dience responded with a vim. Rev. Silas Meade, D.D., president of the Australian union, became so filled with ardor that he went far beyond bhis limit | notwithstanding the continuous ringing of the buzzar. As the delegate wuo was to talk for Scotland was not present Presi- dent Ciark called for Miss Somerville, his sister, and presented her to the aundience. Her quivering lips and tear-dimmed eyes | showed how deeply she felt and her tongue refused utterance to her thoughts, Mr. Dickey, a boyish lawyer from Ha- waii, represented the sea-girt isles and in- | troduced Mr. D. L. Nowney, a native Ha- | waiian and tbe first president of the first Christian Endeavor Society established | there. He sang a Hawalian song, which was received with great applanse and then | gave the Hawaiian greeting of "‘Aloha oe Oka.” . Rev. Russell H. Conwell of Philadelphia | was too ill to attend, and Rev. Ira Land- rith of Nashville, Tenn,, was substituted to address the meeting on the topic, “Christian Endeavor Promotes Interde- nominational Feilowshin.” His address | was received with applause and laughter, | and he told story after story and made | points from each of them, keeping the | attention of the entire audience to the | closing words. He be an his address with the story of adog with an Endeavor ap- plication, which will bear repeating. He said: 3 “There is a story, which in spite of its great age, has done me valiant service on | more than ore occasion. 1 remember to | have used it when the people said, ‘You cannot get the convention for Nashville 1n ’98, and if you did get it you would not know what to do with it’ We answered this by saying that last week Nashville entertained from fifty to seventy-five thousand people—all strangers—and did 1t, and she can do it again, too. “There was a certain man out hunting and he had along with him a fine dog, but when he got into the depth of the woods the dog, who was of aa ambitious spirit, | ranoff and left him alone. But pretty soon, he said, the dog met a bear and ran and ran and the bear ran after him, and the dog mot so ccared that he ran right up a tre A man heard him tell the story and said: ‘But 2 dog cannot climb a tree.’ He answered: ‘Well, that dog had to; a bear was aiter him.’ | *“I said I could not fill the "place of Dr. | Conwell, but a Baer got after me and 1 had to. Now, will you please not press | that figure any further? There is a dog at i the other end of it.” —_————— WORK AT THE BIG PAVILION Delegates Grow Weary and Are Not Quite So | Prompt. Proceedings at the Mechanics’ Pavilion Meetings Yes- terday. The eagerness for seats at Mechanics’ Pavilion displayed on the opening day had somewhat abated yesterday, and the dele- gates to the Christian Endeavor conven- tion were slow in assembling. The vast auditorium was not balf filled when Rob- ert Husband, musical director for the | various points and furnish texts for Sunday-school worker, addressed the audi- ence on “The Intermediate Society of Christian Endeavor.’’ He expiained the reason for the branch and compared its relation to the main body with the im- provements upon great inventions. Its purpose was to connect the Junior En- deavorers with the rezular order and pre- vent the leak that occurred between chil- dren of the young branch and the adult members of tie original body. Rev. Joseph W. Cockran of Madison, Wis., discussed Endeavor work in country districts, and told a story to get a text fer the purpose of suggesting what he termed a “Git Thar” society for energeiic work among the farmers and small towns and villages of the country. His address was a most stirring appeal for moral belp for the struggling societies, and interspersed his talk with many stories toiflustrate the - creased argument. He elicited irequent and prolonged applause and made one of the most impre:sive talks of the day. Following this address a diversion was created by a request for a song by Fong Sing, the Chinese evangelisi. He com- plied by singing “*Out in the Wide Wor.d.” The 1endition of this hymn, as well as the dapper appearsnce of tne singer, was a revelution to many of the Eastern visitors, andyhe received round after round of ap- planse, To give the visitors a litile better id-a of the uplifting of heathen Secretary Buer introduced the pastor of the young man, Mr. Gee Gam, who was a typical Orientai, dress, queue and all, Rev. E. L. Powell, D.D., of Louisville, Ky., made a strong plea for a closer ad- herence to the pledge. He called it the medulla of Chrisiian Enrdeavor and | showed that an injury to 1t meant death, | not sleep, of the society. Dr. Powell was | full of anatomical comparisons and callcd Christ the heart of the pledge and said that to keep Christ safein the heart the { pledge must be kept in his strength, | " The audience got a little cold during the | delivery of the address, but a diversion | was created by the introduction of the Knickerbocker quartet, which sang “‘I am Wandering Down,” which roused the people to a nigh pitch of enthusiasm. Rev. W. H. G. Temple of Seattle, Wash., talked of committee work, and outlined his idea of what perfsct Endeavor work should be in order that it might approach the model condition. The hit of his ad- dress was his amusing and entertaining eulopy of the American boy. His re- marks found a ready response in the audi- ence, who laughed and applauded by turn until the volume of noise soundea like the roar of an angry sea on the beach. Dr. Temple is one of the maqst rapid talkers, and syept his audience along upon the waves of his oratory as if driven before a gale as he passed rapidly from point to point, covering a wider range of topics in shorter time than any previous speaker. The Chinese quartet was just a little stage-struck 1n the presence of the vast audience, and started with a break, but soon justified the confidence of the com- mittee and rendered in most admirable manner “I See Children of Salvation,”’ and received a most zenerous round of applause. “The Monthly Consecration Meeting’ was the subject of a strong discourse by Rev. Robert Johnston of London, Ont. The exodus began as the speaker was in- troduced, but was quickly checked by Sec- retary Baer, who called the veople toa sense of courtesy to a visitor who had come such a long distance to talk to them. The speaker outlined the meaning of these consecration meetings and likened the work to the coronation of the Queen of England, when at her accession to the throne all the peers consecrated them- selves publicly to the Queen. The doctor is quite an enthusiast and soon haa his audience roused to a high piich, and he received such a generous testimonial of their appreciation of his glowing words as is seldom accorded 10 speakers. He took i to task those of the society who iell short | of what he considered good and true fol- lowers of the pledge, and called for a more perfect consecration of the individual and wanted a magnifying of the pleages. L R T AT WOODWARD'S. Four Forenoon Addresses on Christian Labor. An Open Parliament Conducted by Rev. A. B. Phil- putt. When President Clark called the gather- ing to order at Woodward's Pavilion yesterday morning promptly at 9:30 A. M. there were but a few hundred people present, but gradually the attendance in- creased until the lower portion of the edifice was well filled. The galleries, however, remained almost entirely de- serted. Choral and congregational singing | opened the exercises, R. Powell Evans acting as musical director during the ses- sion. Rev. E. J. Lyvall of Milbrook, N. Y., conducted the devotional exercises and Rev. Samuel Dunham of Binghamton, N. Y., led in prayer. The singing of hymns followed each address. Rev. Barton W. Parry, Pn.D., of San Leandro, delivered the first address of the day. His subject was *The Senior Society of Christian Endeavor.” The salient por- tions of his tulk follow: The Endeavor Society wes designed to work among and build up the spiritual life of the young people. Many of us have felt the need of something especially adapted for the olaer members. Christian Endeavor was organized for Christ and the chureh, and the local church, more than couuty or State unions, is the best place to honor the name of Christ. The senior society is expected to be vitally connected with the midweek prayer-meeting. The plan ot oranization may vary, in order to conserve local interests, but the genera: pian of Endeavor will be foliowed. Christian eavor is a force in the world— an engine. This force has been working as & young peovle’s society for some time. A few years ago the junior power was added. Now morning, raised his baton for the opening song of the praise service. | George W. Coleman, the noted Bgston T am pleading for the senior engine. In coming over the mountains your train took on Lwo, sometimes three engines. The young