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FRANCISCO CALL, SUNDAY, JULY 11, 1897 Rev. M. Rhodes of St. Louis, “I Believe in the Power of Testimony." Bishop Fallows of Chicago, Sweet.” R Darley, D.D.. of Evansville, Ind., Literature Should Be the Prime Mover.”” Rev. E. R. Dille of San Francisco, “In- *‘Keep iford of Richmond, Ind., Believe in Intensiying Mis- o Open Ear.” he meeting closed wit the readine of the report of Treasurer Willinm Shaw, which will be found in full in anotuer column. THE SERVICES AT WOODWARD’S Interesting Speeches and a Review of - the Work Bickford Makes Miss Cora B. a Strong Appeal to Mothers. Woodward’s Pavilion could have held twice as many people as were present at | the ices yeste morning. Early prayers and late ev:ning services for | several consecutive days evidently had | all new voices that addressed | the gathering, and what they had to say was told in an entertaining style. The symposium by Siate presidents on how to interest the pastors and the churches in the organization of junior and intermedi- | ate societics, and the practical suggestions | from the trustees and secreiary of the | united society, were the features of the | session. The meeting 5 under the chairman- ship of Rev. Ralph W. Brokaw of Spring- | field, Mass., and the musical portion of the programme waes under the direction | of E. Meredith of Oakland. The usual ten-minute praise service was followed by | devotional e ses, conducted by Rev, | William C. Clark of Keelers Bay, Vt. { For the first ti Woodward’s a | terd Miss C ford, Me., had ne during the sessions at | took the rostrum ves- a B, Bickford of Bidde- | for her suvbject, *The Mother Society of Christian Endavor.” | The most in w mportant portionsot her ad- to explain to | which a lobster | rather a difficult | said: when v esprit, “she just lets tiau Endeavor is much e nged and the old. : tucks, and it covers afors, intermediates, | Just what its + Its ate mothers to raise tian home. Itcould n. for the home js the this land to-day and es of life, civic, social, of the world’sin- is the mos: potent Toe home titutions and on. She possesses & | Like of which kings wou!d | tirignt; & power of which er come to you with he thought that your | f human souls? the object of the Mothers’ | | do under certain imaginary conditions, that they feared. What have been some of the fruits of the twelve vears of work performed by the United 50- | ple's paper pubiished, a large number of | Christ_and fidelity to the local church and | | ity over the local societies, but as a bureau of ‘WHERL THE o ENDEAVORERS VJ)LL})NE. 2 b e THE CAPACITY OF A W.R:DAVIS TRIES TO EVOLVE. -DEREGATE'S: APPETITE MICHIGAN GEORGE GuILDS. SANDWICHES DIRECT FROM CHIGAGD W W. ARPER Some of the Preliminaries to Entertaining an Army of Visitors to Oakland. too much, others too little. But most of the critics belonged to the school of the prophets. It was not what it had done, but whatit might Society ciaties; 188 ? In there were reporied 25 18! A 87, 2314; 1888 48 > 229; 1896, 46.125; 1. membership of 3,000,000, In 1885 toe movement was confined almost wholly o the ¥astern States; to-day it belts the globe. Then only a few of the denomina- tions were represenied; to-day more than are included in our fellow=hip. In 1885 zovement was without an ad yocate among the religious papers of the country; to-day it has in the Golden Rule, the. best young peo- monthly and State papers, and a regular de- partment in nearly every religious paver, and also in muny secular pape: The United Societs nes stood for loyalty to | denomination. It has siood for spiritual fel- jowship among the young people of our evan- gelical churcnes, It has exercised no author- information aua a bond o! union it has tried Fac-Simile of the Genuine and t Been Causing the Troub'e at the Convention. The Veaders cf the Bogus Medal Have Been Forcibly Ejected From the Pavilion, So Mr, Shaw, Reigns Supremsz. he Bogus Souvenirs That Have the Owner of the Patent, for aid to help in their | Society is to_pr :nildren, especially those | n life ihe % (o the Junior Society of Christian | and these boys and girls, Juniors and otherwise, need your older strength to help them stand against the influences that | surround them. As motherhood is the crow yomanhood, 8o the Mothers’ owning glory of Christian mmunity needs such an o: I is complete without it. the oth ocieties multipiy, grow, rong, until the earth shall be girt about | d bar of mother love! | er William S8haw of Boston di coursed on the Unlted Society of Chris- tian Endeavor, telling particularly wkat it is and how it works. He said, in part: The United Society 18 & providential devel- | opment of the Christian Endeavor movement. | It ceme not by the will of man, but by the | purpose of God. Tbe first society oi Christian | Eudeavor was born, not made. As the knowledge of the success attending | the work of the first societies was sprend | atroad newspaper reports and in other | ys requests for information came by the score aud tnen by the hundreds to Dr. Clark and others of the early friends of tne move- leaflets and fctters were sent in r ownexpense, They were all bu men, and the burden of correspondence be came so great that they were unable to bear it longer. So in 1885 the Uuit:d Society of Christian Endeavor was incorporated under the laws of e State of Maine, and the mext year its headquariers were established in Bos- | ton and the society was incarporated under | the laws of the Staie of Massachusetts. The membership of the United Soclety is madeup of individuals as required by Taw Loca! socieiies as such couid not be united in a legal corporation. The membership require- ment is the pryment of $1 for annusl or $20 for life membersnip and election by a two- | thirgs vote of the members present at any meeting of the corporation or the board of trustees. The purpose of the corporation is “to pre- mote earnest Christianity among the you g people and to make them more useful in the | service of God.” 1 1y sprung from the fact that some ral oreanization was necessary that could | ly holi the fands and be held to strict penditure of the same ior | the purpose for which they were secured. | The cxpenses of the United Society heve ! ranged from $2000 to $18,000 a year. The average for the last eight years nas been about $13,000. The first four yrars the funds were surpisned by the voluntary coniribution of the_socicties aud iriends of the oause, but from the beginning the trustees had for their fdeul & self-supporting organization. This idea! was reslized in 1889, and since that aate the ciety bns received no contribur- tions from local societies or unions. Through the co-operation an1 heip of the Golden Rulg a printiug depertment was organized, and by the receipis from this depariment and the sale of our badges and otiier publicatious we haye been able to meet all our expenses, This bas been made possible through the co-opere- tion of local socleties that have favored us w:ith their printing orders,so that whatever profit there might be o them should go into ue extension of the movement instead of iuto the pockeis of privaie individuals. Organiz tions ss well as individuals bave & ;wgu to demand that they be judged by their ruits. \ The United Scciety hasnot escaped the shafts of criticism. Some have thought it was doing | bas supplemented and re-enforced them in all | manhood and womauhood in the members of to advance the Master’s kingdom through the Society of Christian Endeavor. | It hse coutribnied thousands of dollars through the State and local unions and ioreign organizations for the advancement of | Christian Endeavor By its aid the workin Germany, Sweden, India, Japan, Alricaand other lands has been carried on. It has stood as a barrier between the societies and those who would use them for their own selfish pur- poses and plans. It hss never usurped the autlority of the loeal church and denomination, but rather their efforts to develop a sturdy, spiritual the socletics. 1t has stood ready to co-operate to the fullest extent with the publication-houses in their ei- forts to supply their own young people with literature and suoplies. It has modestly but earnestly tried to help the pastors to win the ypung peopie of the world for Jesus Christ, and {rain them so that they may become in the church “workmen that need not be ashamed,” It has demonstrated to the world that it is os<ible for an organization to develop and oster a world-wide movement, which stu- dents of religious history declare is unpar- alleled in the iistory of the church, to pro- mote a spiritual fellowship that is the com- letest answer the worid has ever seen to our rd's prayer that they ail may be one, ana to conduct its affairs in such an economical and businessiike way that no financial burden for 1ts nugpon is laid upoa the societies it has formed and fostered. It has been peculiarly fortunate in winning the lite’s devotion of officers whose conse- crated abilities have, under God, made the movement what it is. But splendid and successful s has been the work o1 the past the United Society does not propose to live on its memories. Its face is towurd the future. But we believe that he who nas guided us in all the plans and poses of the past will continue to I people, and that the future of Chrisiian En- deavor and the United Society will be fuller of power and blessing to the cause and church of Jesus Christ than the past has been. MANY MEETINGS AT HIGH NOON Van Ness Avenue Crowded With Thousands of De- voted Worshipers. Themes of Patriotism and Reli- gion Discussed in the Open Air. Aristocratic Van Ness avenue has been the scene of displays of various kinds. There Harrison was welcomed with the There also bas been the reviewing ground for pageants of various kinds, and thou- sands have cathered to do honor to civic and military bands. Yesterday, however, the broad thor- oughfare w ns filled with people met for an entirely different purpose—for the worship of Almighty God and to do hom- age to the great Republic of this Western world. Never before in our history has there been a gathering eimilar to that which, trom Turk street to Grove, filled the ave- nue with a sea of happy faces under the fluttering banners of purple and gold. In front of the platforms, which were erected at intervals along the streets, rundreds of voices alternately joined in cheering the country’s flag or in echoing a heartielt amen in honor of God. As speaker after speaker rose to address the assemblage he was greeted with the plaudits of hundreds, who encored every- thing in this happy blending of patriotic sentiment and the worship of Almighty | God. Truly, it was a glorious success, reach- ing far beyond the utmost expectations of these noble Cristian men and women who so thoughtfully planned it. Stand No. 3, which was in charge of Secretary John Willis Baer of Boson, was located between Golden Gate and Locust avenues. The meeting was opened with the sing- ing of patriotic anthems, under the di- rection of 0. M.’ Vesper of Oaklend. The first speaker was the Rev. Robert Jehnston of London, Ontario, who, al- though a subject of Great Britain, aroused a patriotic seutiment in the hearts of all and discoursed eloguently on the friendly feeling existing between Great Britain and America and hoped for a continuance of the same. He was followed by Rev. George F. Pen’ecost, D.D., of Yonkers, N. Y., and E. L. Rowell, D.D., of Louisville, Ky., whose able address and aot illustrations beld the audience apellbound. Treasurer William Shaw of Boston presided at staud No. 4, between Turk street and Elm avenue. The music was ably managed by Robert Husband of this City. The speakers, who were Rev. J. C. R. Ewing of Labore, India; Rev. Cortland | Myers of Brock!yn, N. Y., and the Rev. B.B. Tyler, D.D.. ail spoke in the easy, graceful style and with the same ricn, boyish enthusiasm which has character. ized tlie Endeavorers in theirstay with us. Stand 1, which was located between Grove and Fulton streets, was presided over by Father Francis E. Clark, D.D., of Boston. The musical programme was rendered under the direc ion of Charles E. Day of Los Augeles. Father Clark, in a periunctory way, announced that the outdoor meetings were being held for the purpose of paying the respects of the con vention to our country, our flagand our people. And in keeping with the order of business it was his pleasure to introduce the speakers on the stand, which he did by introducing the following in their order: Rev. Matt B. Hughes, D.D., of Minneapolis; Bishop B. W. Arnett, ».D., of Wilberiorce, Ohio, and the Rev. Silag Mead, LL.D., of Adelaide, South Aus- tralia. At the conclusion of Rev, Dr. Mead’s address Father Ulark, in his happy way, tinding that his audience was with him, vroposed three cheers for England’s most graciou: Queen. They wers given with a will. He went further and proposed three more for the Union Jack. These he ex- plained were out of respect to the British delegates attepding the convention. “Jack got the cheers. Not to be ontdone in home loyalty Clark suggested that the Rev. Dr. Mead of Australia would vpro- pose three cheers for the Starsand Stripes. The doctor did so with cheerfulness. After which Bishop Arnett (colored) stepped to the front and proposed three cheers for President William McKinley. This well- timed hit caught the good-natured crowd in the right time and place and President McKinley got the loudest and lengest Hip—hip—hurrah! of all other-. Stand 2, which was located on the block between Fulton and McAllister streets, was presided over by Rotla V. Watg, and J. J. Morris was the musical director. The first speaker was Rev. Howard H. Russell, LL.D., of Columbus, Ohio, superintendent of the Nationa! Anti-Saloon League. He told how a preacher named Parker of Millersburg, Ohio, accused the saloon- keepers of that town of murder, and how Parker himself was nearly murdered for his pains. But the preacher finally won out, and Mr. Russell prgposed three cheers for his fellow-laborer.’ The cheers svere given so heartily that Rev. Mr. Parker of Millersburg might have heard them. Following Rev. Mr. Russell were Rev, William Patterson of Toronto and Rev. Josiah Strong of New York, who spoke as follows: 1 was once asked to make a three-minu'e address on tbe evidences of Christianity, and Ididit. Iam now asked to ak eight or ten minutes on “*Our Country.” Everything in this far West seems to be characterized by im-| mensity. Your distances, your mountains, vour railroads, your ranches, your frnitand flowers, your idess, your expectations and your hospitality. Enrythln% seems to take a touch oi_vastness from the far horizon. Bo 1suppose you will expect me to say something ©of the vasiness of ourcountry. Comi:girom the other eoast I read from the car-window ac address 8000 miles long on that subject. How much of that can I give you in ten minutes? But I will try. e find that thirteen of the &maller German States mignt all find room in our Con- necticut, and if we could move Connecti- cut west we might lay it down in Colorado a score of times, wh le California s larger than Colorado by 54,000 miles square. Let us make this great State the Mecca of the world, gather into it the 125,000,000 of North and South America, the 318,000,000 of Europe, the 850,- 000,000 of Asia, more than 100,000,000 of Airica and all the peoples of the islaids of the sea—in shori, the 1,500,000,000 of mankind. And when we have found a home for the entire human family in California if we snould scatter them over the State at the rate of fifteen toeach acre there would be 12,000 square miles left without population and desolate. From this one commonwealth we might carve [taly, Greece and Palestine, the homes of the three great races of sntiquity, and then have “onfih left to give each a farm, and Texas is larger than California by 107,000 ¢quare mil Lay this giant Siate of Texas on the face of Europe, with his head resiing on the monntains of Norway, just opposiie the Orkney Isianas, with one palm covering London and the otner Warsaw, and he would stretch himself down across Denmark, across Germany and Austria and Italy, and lave his feetin the waters of the Med{terranean, and A.aska is more than twice as large as Texas. But we must remeim- ber that bigness is not greatness. Its acres caun make a country vast, but only its people can make it great. Such’ resources mean the possibilities of boundiess wealth; but riches, unless dedicated to noble uses, will only means s vast population; but China coints her hundreds of millions, We have a noble land; but what is a_noble land without noble men? .God has made our country vast. Itis for us, with God’s help, to make our country sensualize and degrade. Such ampie room ; great. THE. STATE CONVENTION The Body Elects New Officers for the Year. Interesting Reports and Evidences Shown of Healthful Growth. Father Clark, in bringing the greeting of the International Union of Christian Endeavor to the Californiz State conven- tion, exyressed the opinion that never be- fore was there-such a State convention held, and felicitated both the visitors and the State delegates upon the fuct that both conventions were held during the same week and attributed much of the success of both gatherings to the presence of the other. ‘When it is known that there are 35,000 members of the organization in Calilor- nia and that 40 per cent of the member- ship bas been registered at the Pavilion it can readily be understood that California is pretty well in evidence in Ban Fran- cisco this week, and when it is further re- mem bered that the meeting at Mechan- ics’ Pavilion last night was the annual State m eeting it will be no surprise when it is said that 10,000 people attended the State convention and participated in the exercises. It was a regular California gathering. The vast audience was warm, much more so than any gatheringin the same hall during the past week, and there was no lack of either applause or greeting of speakers, even though Dr. Webster took it upon himself to scoid the members for their coldness in greeting the speakers, and took the Californians severely to task for their lack of enthusiasm. For an hour before the opening of the convention the aucience sang the various _songs which have been heard all over the City for the past five days, and then they settled down to steaay business, and for three hours they listened to reports and speeches with an interest that is rarely seen in conventions. The greatest pitch of enthusiasm was reached when a letier was read announc- ing the fact that the Senate of the United States was to nold a Sunday meeting for the purpose of considering the tariff question, and & rising protest was called for. The delegates were emphatic in going on record against the desecration of the Sabbath, and a telegram was sent to ‘Washington denouncing the action of the Benate and calling upon it to forego the intention. The report of the secretary brought out greatest applause when he told of the wonderful progress made in advancing the work of getting a Christian Babbath in the Btate,and wuen it was announced that the banner had been gainea for greatest progress in Sabbath observance the assemblage simply went wild for a min- ute or two. There were from 10,000 to 11,000 people present, and, of course, California claim ‘d “m No. 168, Errors can be guarded In transmussion or delivery of is flled wi st only by rv nrepoited the O ownugo after the mn: ‘ompany f issiog. 7 This Is aa fiurlrflm uu&ax‘:’.@"@:‘:mh‘v?«d by B THOS. T. ECKERT, President and General Manager, on for com| thereon, beycod the agount of tof Congratulatory Telegram Received by General Passenger Agent Goodman. 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At any rate they all voted on vital quesiions and, whether they were really memvers of California societies or not, it counted just the -ame. In the regular business of the conven- tion, E. W. Ehmann, superintenaent of the committee on commercial travelers, made the first report. He told what the committee had been doing during t:e past year and showed that material pro- gress had been made in all directions, es- vecially in having a special day set apart each year as Travelers’ cay, when ull the churches would hoid services especially for travelers. Floating Superintendent M. C. Turner showed how the work of hisdivision had been blessed during the past year and what progress had been made .in the vari- ous parts of the State, until now there was not a single port where there was nota committee ready to meet any incoming vessel and the first persons- to go aboard ships reaching Ualifornia were usually members of the society of Christ- ian Endeavor. Many difficulties were encountered and the work and workers needed the prayers, sympathy and financial assistance of the other members of the order. Miss Belie P. Nason, superintendent ot the junior order, reported great progress and toid what was being done with the temperance pledge, which she considered better than the anti-saloon league, be- cause it prevented rather than stopped. She said they haa material enough for the building, but not enough builders. Miss Berry, superintendent of the mis- sionary department, reported on the work of her division and then introduced Dr. de Silva, the famous Chirese lady wno graduated in medicine in order that she might better work among the peopie of her naiive land. Mrs. Berry said in sub- stance: “'Secretary Baer has told of the Chinese society in San Francisco which is third in the world for iving to the world’s mis- sions. Thissocie ¥ has given $480 to home mis<ions, §254 to foreign mussions and $225 to City work, making a ‘otai of $959 in ten months, “I am waiting, dear Endeavorers of Cal- ifornia, to hear a better report than that. | Of course, this is our banner society, and | why is it that this Chinese host, most of them workingmen, have done work so noble? It is because they hold two mis- sionary meetings every month, and every quarter three meetings that month, and because they are so willing to give to the cause of the blessed Savior. “As I thought the other day of the immense trainloads of Endeavorers hur- rying into this City from all over the world I wished I could be on 2 high emi- nence and view it all. It would far out- shine in splendor any pageant over vic- tory in the palmiest days of Rome. And yet this latter was for mere show, and this greater movement is for the glory of God.” Dr. de Silva appeared in full Oriental dress and was a typical Chinese lady in appearance, but her command of "the English langusge was a surprise to the audience, who at least expected that she would slur some of the letters, but she was letter perfect. She was not down for a talk, butin response to the introduc- tion she said: “The friends that I have been to before I thank them for their kind weicome that they gave me throughout Southern Cal- ifornia, and to those whom I hope to go in the coming months I beg of youa recention in_the name of Jesus Christ. For, friends, I bring you a greetine from a far-off land, from China, the land of my birth. Itshall be the meeting of the East and the West, when in the coming of Christ’s kingdom we shall all sit down before his throne, and say 1 hope to meet you in the future again.” One of the revorts that is always in- teresting in a State convention is the report of the treasurer, and that of H. F. Kellogg was no exception to the rule. He made a most excellent showing regarding the uses of the moneys of the organization in the State and this was fully verifi:¢ by the auditor, who certified that all the re- ceipts and disbursemeuts were correctly recorded. The reportin substance said: “On Jone 1 we had $9 04 cash on hand. During the year we received $1376 59. Bills payable amounted to $75. The Sab- bath observance literature from the so- cieties footed up the sum of $20 08. With a miscelianeous of $23 10 this made a totad of $1503 81 for the gencral account. “The disbursements for sundries in the bills of the San Jose convention amounted to $12520. The bills payable were $75. A special edition of the Pacifio | Endeavor public reports of the last annual convention amounted to $1C5. ‘‘The expense of sending delerates to ‘Washington in 1896 came 10 $156. Postage figured up the sum of $142 45. Printing Attention Christian Endeavorers—Yel- lowstone Park Trin. It has been reported that the Northern Pa. cific Railway have booked all the Yellowstone Park business that they will be able to handle, 1 take this method of denying the rumor and will state that we are prepared to handle all g.nlu ‘that Cenire to make the trip. T.K. tateler, General Agent, 638 Markel st. . cost us §307 40. The officers’ expenses were $111 85 ‘The expenses of the junior work came to $51 22. The expenses of the floating society amounted to $20. The ex- penses of the secretary's office aggregated $88. 'The Sabbath ob-ervance fund took up $82 35. Further sundries cost $75 32 more and this leaves a balance in the gen- eral fand of 2 cents. “In the headquarters accounts we have received $686 98, for material $159 50, for labor $57 5U, which leaves -a balance of cash on hand of $479 €5. For the badge account we have received $1756 10. “Qur bankbook shows that the cash now on hand is $136108. We have $635 cold cash to turn cver to the new admin- istration. There is $300 pledgced to the work of the State Union last year still un- paid. It will doubtless be paid socon. We shall have $986 10 work upou for the new year.” Btate Secretary Francis W. Reid re- ported the accession of 169 new societies in the past twelve months, and wasrather severe on the corresponding secretaries of the various societies over the State, and also upon the societies for not furnishing posiage stamps to the secretaries. He then said: “I have received a letter to-night from a brother who says: **Dear Brother: To-night’s paper says Congress has decided to meet to-morrow (Sunday) to push the tariff bill. Can’t California to-night telegraph her protest. People ara asking this.’ ' [Voices in the audience, “Yes,” *'yes,’”” t'yes.”’] The speaker continuing said, ‘Let us take a standing vote on this to protest against this crime. Al rise.” The vast audience arose as one. The speaker lifting the United States flag con- tinued, “And may these stars never be disgraced by our National Congress meet- ing upon this day.” President Guy W. Campbell told of the progress of the work of the organization for the past year, and said that they were making most efficient advance in the Sab- bath observance, and would uot stop until they had a law passed by the Legislsture calling for a strict observance of the day. He was proud to hear through the secre- tary that there were 35,000 members of the order in the State, and he made the announcement that not less than 40 per cent of these were registered as being present at the great convention, The committee on nominations made its report as follows: President, Leonard Merrill of Los An- geles. First vice-president, C. C. Reynolds of Pasadena. Becond vice-president, Grove F. Ekins of Sacramento. Third vice-president, J. F. Nash of San Francisco. §ecrutury, Francis W. Reid of San Jose. Treasurer, W. 8. McVey of Los Angele: WHAT THE TROUBLE WAS An Oakland Case That Is Full Meaning for Everyone. OAKLAND, CAL.—"My trouble was general debility and I was greatly reduced in flesh and strength. I began taking Hood's Sarsaparilia und with the sscond bottle I found myself improving. When [ had finisned my third bottle I was en- tirely well and had gained much in ftesh and strength.”—C.'A. 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