The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, July 11, 1897, Page 1

The VOLUME LXXXIL_NO. 41. N — Loty e i (et — bt Tl SAN FRANCISCO, SUNDAY MORNING, JULY 11, 1897—THIRTY PAGES. PRICE FIVE CENTS. VAN NESS AVENUE WHEN THE GREAT OPEN-AIR MEETINGS WERE IN PROGRESS. nany thousands of Christian Endeavorers and on meetings of their in- al convention, preferring von forenoon at the park liff. A great many, how- mpromised by going to the meetings and devo- ises held on Van Ness ver > were some good speeches at all the meetings yesterday and the 30,000 strangers had a long bill of fare to choose from in the matter of intellectual pabulum. A marked feature of the exercises | was the brevity of the speeches and the general good sense in the arrangement of programmes so as not to worry the multitudes as- sembled. The leaders of the local society say that the strangers are all de- lighted with the climate and the people of California, while the leaders from abroad say that the weather is so fine as to interfere with the attendance of the meet- ings. They say, however, that it is a praise of God to admire the ublime things in nature that abound here. . THE DAY’S WORK. her tourists refused to attend the | istian Endeavorers. es of the day’s work consisted of bright speeches in the open air at the Van Ness avenue stands, services at both pavilions, including the State convention, and general sight-seeing by the visitors. At the Mechanics’ Pavilion in the fore- | noon brief talks on the aims and objects of the convention were the order of the day. The State convention, a full ac- count of ‘which appears, was a matter of great interest to the vast muititudes as- sembled in the Pavilion in the evening. There was much interest in the services at Woodward’s because of the spsech of Miss Bickford. Sheis one of the most prominent of all the women in the United Socisty in the work of the great society of Christians. Thousands of the visitors took a day | off to see the sights in the City. The park was full to overflowing, the beach was crowded and Chinatown was over- run with thousands of the curious. Those of the visitors who have made a careful study of the churches of the City and of the general system of religious in- struction, speaking of the matter yester- day, said that the San Francisco denomi- nations compare favorably with those of the East. To-day’s Programme. L} | MECHANICS’ PAVILION—Meeting | in the interest of the Lord’s day, Presi- | dent Francis E. Clark, D.D., Boston, Mass., presiding, Robert Husband, San Francisco, Cal., musical director; 2:30, praise service; 2:45, devotional exercises, | conducted by Rev. A. J. Kinzer, Lyaons, | lowa; 2:50, anthem by the choir; 3, ad- | dress, “Woman’s Part,” Miss Matilda | Kay, New York City; 3:15, address, | ““Modern Forms of Sabbath Desecration,” |toe Rev. W. H. G. Temple, Secattle, Wash.; 3:40, singing; 3:45, address, “The Civil Saboath,” the Rev. Josiah Strong, D.D., New York City; 4:10, Yesterday was a busy day among the | address, ‘“The Claims of God—Keep It don, Ont.; 4:30, adjournment. | Evangelistic Meetings—2:30 to 4; | WOODWARD’'S PAVILION — For | men only, conducted by the Rev. J. Wil- ihur Chapman, D.D., Philadelphia, Pa., | assisted by the Rev. Ford C. Ottman, Newark, N. J., and H. J. McCoy, San | Francisco, Cal; C. E. Lloyd, Oakland, | Cal., musical director. FIRST UNITED PRESBYTERIAN | Church — Evangelistic meeting for the | boys and girls, conducted by Secretary | John Willis Baer, Boston, Mass., C. N. | Hunt, Minneapolis, Minn., and others; the Rev. John Rea, Oakland, Cal., musi- | cal director. | FIRST CONGREGATIONAL | Church—For women only. Mrs. Francis | E. Clark, Boston, Mass., presiding; Miss Lida J. Clinch, Sacramento, Cal., musi- | cal director; 2:30, praise service; 2:45, prayer service, conducted by Mrs. Scott F. Hershey, Boston, Mass.; 2:55, address, “One Woman’s Power,” Miss Katharine | S. Jones, New York Gity; 3:15, address, | “‘Our Reasonable Service,” Mrs. George EW' Coleman, Boston, Mass.; 3:35, sing- | ing; 3:40, address, ““How to Reach the Hearts of Oriental Women,” Dr. Kin Eca | de Silva, Alameda, Cal., 3:55, singing; 4:00, address, ‘‘ThHe Awakening of the Afro-American Women,” Mrs. Victoria Earle Mathews, New York City; 4:30, adjournment. BRIEF TALKS - THE ORDER Dozens of People Make Short Talks at the Pa- vilion. 1f one were to judge by the number present at the morning meetings at Me- chanics’ Pavilion he would be prone to be- lieve that Cbristian Endeavorers are not early risers, for at least two-thirds of the The principal | Holy,”” the Rev. Robert Johnston, Lon- | seats were vacant yesterday at the open- {ing of the morning session, and at no time were more than half of tnem filled. Rev. James L. Hul, D.D., of Salem, Mass.,, showed himself a most efficient presiding officer and kept the bali rolling from start to finish, so rapidly that one bardly had time to get interested in one spesker before another would be on the p?nuorm. The interest of the morning was cen- tered in the symposiums, of which there were two—one by the State secretaries and another by the members. These were supposed to be one-minute talks, and to the credit of those who participated 1t must be recorded that none of them reached the limit of allotted time. While ail (he talks were sbort it was proven most conelusive.y that much can be said within sixiy seconds. These syrposiums with a ten minutes’ talk on “F.oating Endeavor” by Giles Kellogg cf San Diego and the revort of the treasurer of tbe International Union; William Shaw of Boston, swung rapidly along, and at exactly the minute set for adjournment the rudience was dismissed to participate in the Van Ness avenue open-gir meetings. The rendition of the duet, ““Whiter Than Snow,” by Dr. Little and sister, as well a- the soprano solo, “Jerusalem,” by Miss Lida J. Clinch, received hearty and prolonged epplause and were timely in- terruptions to the more prosaic talks which were the feature of the duy. Mr. Kellogg in bis address said in part: “Is it not a grand thoueht that thou- sands of men shall carry the glory of God sll over the world, and that these men shall bring these gind tidings with so poweriul a result? What shall we call such .a work as thai? Shall we callit home m:s ion work? Shall we call it foreign mission work? Ah, friends, there is a chance Lere for the spread of the kingdom that we do not realiz . We as- sume, friends, to consider whether it is possible for the Christian Endeavorer to take up a field that has not been adequately touched upon as yet. The business of this world, as Judson said , is to save men and bring them back to God. There is an opportunity in this land that perhaps you do not realize, nor the ey with which it started. What does it me: to you in port cities? It means gimply that if you bave the word of God in your neart you want to get it out into your life and.into the hives of others. I wish that I mignt recite some of the ‘incidents that have occurred, as the words of the king- dom have been heard from shore to shote, and, friends, to tell you aboutthose.in the interior. Have you no desire th at hel shall come out from your society? Systematic work should be done in this wav; will you hold the hands of those who are standiug for the Lord in the port service 2" Following this came the symposium of State secretaries on the topic “How can we make the committee work in our vari- ous societies more effective?” Presiding Officer Hill announced that vach speaker would be limited to three-quarters of a minute and notified them that they would be promptly called down when the time had expired. He seemed to feel, however, that he was a privileged character, for he occupied more time 1n the introductions than the speakers occupied in their re- marks. Nebraska was first heard from in the person of Secretary Tucker, who took just thirty seconds to make a most ener- getic speech, in which he told more than most. people can say in as many minutcs. He said: “The ore thing that appearsto meis | the need of executive committees to do the work of this institution. Remember “hat you all bave a part. If your c mmit- tee does not meet weekly see to it that the chairman cails on your committee to do the proper work. Remember, 1n your planning, that Christ shouid be the foun- dation.s Do not fail to have a good report at the end of the month. Plan to see to it, and do see to it, that Jesus i3 the foundation of all, and ao it because you love him, and then your work will be well done.” Minnesota was represented by Miss Carrie A. Holbrook, who said: *“We can do our best work by emphas:z ng the fact t.at we are laborers toxether, grouped to- gethier as committees to do d-finite per- sonal work of the master and to do work for his sake. Empbasizing, strongly em- phasizing the thought that no duty is small in the sight of God and thalno work is unimporiant in his sizht is the thing that will tend to our upiifiment and po:re,r for ‘good, for God will be .back of it.” Miss Calvert of Washington spoke for that State as follows: “The most effec- t've aid of the committee work of the local societies was found in the lists of ques- tions sent to each saciety to. be answered, and sent also,to the State secretary. Here is a sample of the list: “;I«vc you a prayer-meeting commit- tee? ; : *“How many members has®it? “How often do you meet “Do you meet before the regular prayer- meeting time? f “How many fail to report on the even- ing of their meeting? . . “These questions give an idea of the work that should be done by the commit- tees and serve as an imPemu for the bet~ ter work of the Master.’ Micnigan, too, sent a quick talker in the person of Miss Parsons, who said: *Open and close the commilitee meetings always with prayer. Conduct the meet- ing's business as we would have our agents conduct our secular business.” Rev. Frank Lewis testified for Vermont as follows: *"To make committee work attractive we must have regular commit- tee meetings. At these meetings we pian dennite work for each member. Kach mem ber carries out his work and a report is made at the regular business meeting uf the society. Each county convention offers a banner for the best city of monthly written committes reports from any society within its borders. Our S:ate convention offers a banner to the local union that presents the best set of written reports from any society. The State sec- retary visits the State conventions and explains the committee wors in detail and impresses upon them the necessity for earnest, careful, systematic committee work and to do its best for Christ and the church.” Amos R. Wells of Boston, managing editor of the Golden Rule, familiarly known as **Caleb Cobweb,”’ spoke for Mas- sachuseits. He said: *'If I had luncs of leather and a throat of steel and a tongue of brass and could talk for ten months I would emphasize the importance of the executive committee meeting. The so- ciety, without regular committee meet- ing, is like a tran without a sche.lule. That simile will doubtless appeai to you most forcibly, Have regular times and places for the committees to meet and present their reports whenever you can. Open the meeting with prayer, coniinue it with prayer, close it with prayer. Spice the meeting with .Jlemonade and games. Be sure to appoint an escort committee to see the girls home.” At the close of the symposium of secre- taries the chairman called for expre-sions from the audience at large, and soon the responses came 20 swift and fast that Mr, Hill was compelled to call them'down in o:der to get a chance himself once in a whiie. From all over the hail came the response:, and all told of how they car- ried on the work of Christ all over the world. From the totlering graybeard to the little four-yesr old delegate irom Oak- land the story of the battie against sin was told, unt!l it came time for the trus- tees to give their suggestions for practical work. 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