Show NOW lOOKING t TOWARDS LONDON Rallying Cry of the Endeavorera For Three Years J THE AMBITION OF PRESIDENT CLARKE NASHVILLE TH PLACE OP MEETING I 189S Selection of a Convention City For 1899 Will Soon Be Discussed Denver S1 Louis and Cincinnati Have Put I Strong Bids Western West-ern Climate Appreciated By the Visitors From the East San Francisco July 11London in 1900 That Is to be the rallying cry of the Christian Endeavorers for the next three years I I is the ambition of President Clarke and his millions of followers to show the old world something of tIe strength of their organization Nashville has already been chosen as the place of meeting in 1S98 and at the annual meeting of officers Tuesday morning the selection of a convention city for 1SD9 will be discussed but the question may ll tb settled then for the offers of I a number of places are to be considered consid-ered Denver has put in a strong bid and both St Louis and Cincinnati Luis Cincinnat are anxious to have the young Christians visit them All that can be said now is the matter Is unsettled and all ap plicants have an equal chance of sue cecs t Sunday morning dawned with a cloudless sky the atmosphere not cold nor in the least too warm for physical comfort Never before has the Call fornia climate received so effective a advertisement for as though ordered for convention I week the weather has I been perfect every day since the arrival ar-rival of the delegates and the thousands thou-sands who came in their wake The Te visior are already beginning to depart de-part but it will be more than another week before the city will resume its normal appearance for the decorations decoratons will remain and many of the strang ers have announced their intention of f spending several weeks in this vlninitv nnn STATE RALLIES All of those who attended the various vari-ous state rallies last night are enthusiastic enthusi-astic in their expressions of delight deIght After the informal receptions they were literally loaded down with flowers i I flow-ers and fruit by their generous guests I gests This has been a busy day for the members of the organization many I meetings having been held all however how-ever being devotional in character I business affairs not Interesting the Endeavorers on the Sabbath I The topic for the early morning prayer meetings was Prayer For Church Services and Pastors At I nearly every church it was necessary to close the doors before the beginning of the services so great was the throng of earnest worshippers The principal meetings were led by the following clergymen First Baptist church Rev A 1 Dawson Cincinnati First Congregational church Rev AV A Humphroy Guthrio Okla Starr King A I E Zion church Rev C C Pierce Chelsea Mass First Presby terlan George E Copeland Worcester Mass West Side Christian church R Clements Birmingham N Y West j minster Presbyterian C C McNeil Burlington la Third Congregational l l Albert A Reed Boulder Coo Grace i I 1 E Rev D McLaren Alexandria Ont and at the First Congregational I church in Oakland Rev Ralph J Lamb of the Indian Territory I The daily hour for Bible study was I I conducted by Prof Herbert L Willett I of Chicago at the Central I E church his topic being Habakkuk Message of Endurance and Hope He concise i i ly summarized the teachings of the book of the prophet and aptly applied I them to affairs of today apPled f At the First United Presbyterian I i church Rev R F Y Pierce of Phila I delphia demonstrated in a practical practcal way the use of the blackboard in Christian work IN VARIOUS PULPITS At the regular morning services of I worship the pulpits of all of the pro testant evangelical churches in the city except the Emmanuel Baptist the scene of the Durrant murders of which Rev J G Gibson is pastor were led by prominent preachers I from all parts of the world Mr Gibson Gib-son is a Christian Endeavorer yet did not offer his pulpit to guests of I the local societies In several instances overflow meetings were held thai in I the extensive basement of the First II Congregational church addressed by Rev W H Temple of Seattle being almost as large as the gathering in f the main auditorium at which the sermon was preached by Rev N Boyn ton of DetroIt Mich i The great gathering of the day was the afternoon meeting in Mechanics IecIanic5 pavilion presided over by President Clarke In the Interest of the Lords Day was the general theme of a series se-ries of eloquent addresses which rank among the best of the convention Thousands who sought to gain admit I tance to the auditorium lingered regretfully I re-gretfully in the streets long after lbs No More Room sign was hung outside i out-side j I i I WOMANS PART j I I I I The usual song service conducted by Robert Husband of San Francisco was followed by devotional exercises led by Rev A D KInzer of Lyons Is The first speaker Miss Matilda Kay o New York City had a her subject Womans Part She spoke particularly particu-larly of the Womans National Sab bath Alliance which had its birth in Xew York City two years ago at which time I consecrated women took the following pledge which outlines womans part in securing Sabbath obj I cXW c women Y of America recognizing i the American Christian Sabbath as our rightful inheritance bequeathed to us I by our forefathers as the sign of our national prosperity as the safeguard of our social civil and religious blessings bless-ings as the conservator of the rights I of the wage earner do hereby pledge ourselves to resist by precept and ex I ample whatever tends to undermine i Sunday as a day of rest and worship I such as the Sunday secular paper Sunday Sun-day social entertainments and Sunday driving and traveling for gain or pleasure and we further pledge ourselves our-selves to use our influence to create aright a-right sentiment on all aspects of the Sunday question especially in reference i refer-ence to traffic of every kind on that I day In conclusion Miss Kay spoke of I Rosa Bonheur of whom Victor Hugo I once said As a creative artist I prize her works above those of l other I I women because she listened to God and not to man May that be said 1 of every woman here said the speaker j speak-er that she listened to God and remembered re-membered to keep His day holy SPEED AWAY At this point a number of people left the pavilion and the musical director facetiously suggested thq song Speed Away which was sung with enthusiasm enthu-siasm by the remaining throngs Modern TUnes of Sabbath Observance i Observ-ance was presented by the Rev W G Temple of Seattle Wash who after eloqutntl painting the perfect Sabbath Sab-bath day discussed three forms of des i I ecration qr this day of rest Godless I rationalism geed which Is evidenced la Sabbath industry and unsanctl fed pleasure Relative to the latter I point he told that In London actors and actresses had fed for rest on Sunday Sun-day because of the degraded type of audiences on that day Following two selections by the Uniformed Policemans Glee club the Rev Josifcii Strong spoke a the Civic Safcibath He made distinction between be-tween the divine Sabbath and the human Sabbath which are unlike In origin authority and character He urged freedom from labor on this day of rest not only from a physical standpoint stand-point but because liberty of rest can only be secured where there Is a law of rest He also deprecated certain forms of amusement which are detrimental detri-mental to public morals At the same time he said certain forms of amusement amuse-ment which a Christian Endeavorer could not conscientiously indulge in Should not be prohibited by law but the devotees of such pleasures on the other hand be educated to a holy Sabbath observance LIBERTY AND GOD No Country can turn Its face toward to-ward liberty he said In conclusion when i turns its back to God The Rev Robert Johnston of London Lon-don Ont spoke with intense enVhusiassn of The Claims of God I Keep It Holy He urged the audience not to applaud him as he came from a nt IJ uesf I country where it was not ron r-on the Sabbath There are two institutions Institu-tions he said without which no nation na-tion can grow great They are the rf f th J I family ana the Lords day Both had a besJnnincr in the Garden o Eden and both form the basis of all social and religious life today The speaker declared I I de-clared finally that the church and not the state must save the desecrated seventh day After the Mizpah benediction the I I airdience devoted to separated prayer for the quiet hour J1 mass meeung ior men oniy was held at Woodwards pavilion In the afternoon I was a success in every respect and the sight of thousands of men many of them gray bearded cxciVedly waving their handkerchief in riving the Chautauqua salute will long be remembered As guests of honor at this meeting the following orominent citizens were named Hugh Craig president of the chamber of commerce Rev E R Dille Judge W W Morrow of the United States circuit court IrvIng 1 Scott C R Bishop J J Valentine I W Lees chief of Yalentne 1 police MAard Coleman and Colonel C F Crocker The serious illnfss of the last named gentleman wnich prevented his attendance was alluded to with manv expressions of srmaathv After singing by the nale chorus led by A 1 Benham Rev J Wilbur Chapman of Philadelphia spoke of the evils of dissipation his remarks being blunt and effective R A Ehvood the Philadelphia I I I I rvaiurelist rendered Savea tfy His I Grace as a solo POLICEMENS CHORUS I Then came a unique and striking feature of the singing by the police choral society of San Francisco Fran-cisco all the men being in full uniform uni-form They rendered Throw Out the Life Line The officers were not allowed al-lowed to retire until they had responded to several encores Hereafter Here-after in the eyes of Christian En deavorers New York has lost her title to The Finest The members of the force who oar ticiaafed are J F Redman T B Walsh W Seymour R T Graham G B Baldwin Bald-win O Tucker J L Nelson P C Peters P Rankin P H McGee L Livingston T J Bailey M O Anderson rit oag te i son W W Wilson O B lt and Maicvs Anderson A strong address was made by Rev F C Ottaian of I I Newark on Infidelity and after I several other musical selections Mor alt was discussed in an able manner man-ner by H J McCoy of this city He I held the close attention of the audience urtiil the close of the meeting i A meeting for women only presided over by Mrs Francis E Clark of I Boston was held during the afternoon at the First Congregational church Miss Katherine 1 Jones of New York spoke on Womans Power and Our Reasonable Service was the subject of an address by r G W Coleman of Boston Dr Kin Eca De Siva a Japanese lady from Alameda made a few effective remarks on How to Reach the Hearts of Oriental Women speaking of the awakening of the AJroAmerican v Women Mrs Victoria Vic-toria Earle Matthews delivered a forcible address notable for eloquence and fervor The Quiet Hour was conducted by Charles Studd of London Eng I During the evening regular services were held in all o the city churches |