Democratic Sentinel, Volume 17, Number 28, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 4 August 1893 — CHRISTIAN ENDEAVORERS MEET. [ARTICLE+ILLUSTRATION]

CHRISTIAN ENDEAVORERS MEET.

Nearly Erery Country on the Globa Bepra*; , sented at Montreal. The twelfth international convention of the most magnificent religious society ever brought into existence —the

Young People’s Society of Christian Endeavor, was held in Montreal. Over fifteen thousa n d delegates were present, and every State and territory of the Union, all the ’'-provinces of Canada, England, nearly every country of Europe, as well as India,

China, Japan and Africa and Australia, are represented. A society purely local to the place of its organization, Portland, Me., until the fall of 1881, it now has twenty-two thousand societies and a membership closely approaching a million and a half. It knows no denomination for clergymen, representing no less than twenty-five evangelical sects will speak , from its platform during this meeting. Among those were some <of the most noted religious workers of the present day. Rev. Dr. Clark, the originator of the Endeavor, arrived on the opening day

from his trip around the world, and was enthusiastically received by the thousands in attendance. Owing to the immense number of delegates and the utter impossibility of securing an auditorium large enough, lor their accommodation two programs were carried out in as many meetings, one in the Government drill hall and the other in a large tent on the parade grounds directly opposite. The sessions proper were preceded by a meeting of the Executive Committee at the Windsor Hotel, and five preparatory meetings in as many of the largest churches were held in the evening. The formal welcome proceedings took place in the drill hall and were attended by fully 15,000 people, the great hall being packed to its utmost capacity. A number of the French Canadians took exception to speeches and remarks made by two of the delegates concerning Catholicism, and, although the convention disclaimed responsibility and immediately withdrew its sympathy from the delegates who had given utterance to the objectionablo remarks, the indignation was so great among those who felt themselves agrieved that a riot was almost precipitated. There was no direct collision, although the police were called upon and had a hard time dispersing the riotous crowd. They charged a number of times and had to use their batons freely, with disastrous results to many of the rioters. In the melee a colored delegate to the convention from one of the Southern States, name unknown, was seriously hurt. A number of arrests were made. The convention next year will be held in Cleveland.

REV. DR. CLARK.

DR. CLARK'S HOUSE AT PORTLAND, ME., BIRTHPLACE OF THE ORDER.