Show alaene attendance jjr F dark Given areat ovation the heartily welcomed new july 7 room was at a premium in ane great madison aquara garden today the occasion of the opening of tha of ye ling peoples society of christian endeavor the doura were opened at eleven and during three following hours thera was a aheady inflow of humanity into the great auditorium As each stats delegation headed by its state banner marched in upon the floor it waa erfried with enthusiastic applause by those already on the acene the delegates were among the first to arrive then came those from massa massat t pennsylvania connecticut california michigan and other states the delegates from africa australia brazil alaska turkey and the islands of the pacific and canada were given scabs scats upon the platform the arrival of the rev dr F E clare pastor of the congregational church of willes ton me who organized the first christian endeavor society eldden years ago and who is now at he head at the united society aaa the signal for a great demonstration the opening session of the great contention was called to order at half past two by dr dark and after a brief session of prayer and praise bev cral addres aea of welcome in behalf of new city and brooklyn were de livered by representatives of different the honor of responding ddll to rev D bates L L dof amherst college who heartily congratulated the delegates upon the fine appo aranco thoy presented and reviewed the growth of tha organization and prophesied that it would continue to prosper until it embraced every christian of every eeck the convene lion then proceeded to consider the annual reports of the various of ficera of the IT states toni president blaik will deliver h a annual address and the convention bermon will be delivered in his address president dark will say that in res ponce to a demand that cannot he denied he will start next month on his jourvey around the world and which it ie expected will result in detill further extending the and influence ot the society the annual report of thac general secretary says that the conati aution of tha society has been translated into all the important languages 01 the world the organization is browing rapidly in turkey india and africa while it has cent missionaries to samoa and new guinea provisions have been made for overflow meetings near the garden as tha structure has b en sound inadequate for the accamo of the thousand delegates the convention ia net held for legislative purposes nor will there ba any olec tion its only to promote the interests of the church in all religious and to promote greater activity on the part of members of the society in the different ch arches to which they belong ia all line s of chris tian work and beneve lume |