Indianapolis Journal, Volume 49, Number 205, Indianapolis, Marion County, 24 July 1899 — Page 2

THE INDIANAPOLIS JOURNAL, MONDAY, JULY 24, 1899.

It Is, whatever may be the pedigree of the Epworth League, one of Its most valuable features is the fostering of the old-time class meeting spirit. Only as we rise to the larger conception of missions and each one does his part as he has been trained to do by the spirit of the church, shall we see the work go forward as it ought." Professor Excell's'and Mr. Gabriel's duet regenerated the enthusiastic expressions. When the first duet was finished an encore was demanded. Then the two sang "Glory In My Soul." The cLorus was repeated time and time again, it was sung loudly and softly, and as the singing continued the ecstatic demonstrations increased. The enthusiasm could no longer be controlled. The audience arose to Us feet, while shouts of "Hallelujah!" broke forth from all side. Hats- and handkerchiefs were waved and round after round of applause rang out. Cheers for Bishop 3IeCube. Then came the announcement that in place of Rev. Alonzo Monks. Bishop McCabe would speak. The announcement was met with another demonstration. Gathering inspiration from the audience, the bishop proceeded. The subject was scarcely alluded to; it had been forgotten in the unexpected outburst of old-time "Methodism." "There is no necessity," he said, "for one broken heart in all this world. There is joy and happiness enough for all. When X was a boy only eight years old I heard an old man say, 'Come to Jesus.' and since that time His joy ha? been in my heart and His happiness in my soul. There is where you must seek it," he exclaimed, hlle the Epworthlans shouted an acquiescence. "There's where you must go for it at ills feet. I think that when I get to be an old man laughter I can say I have passed the springtime of life, I have passed through the autumn and the dreariness of life's winter, but another and a happier springtime awaits rre ahead. The devil has not a happy man in his service. That's right." he said as the audience again broke forth in voices of approval. "The Bible says, 'Cry out and shout. I went once to sing for an old woman who was dying. As I sang she gathered a new lease on life and threw up her hands and shouted. A bed-ridden daughter in a room below caught 'the insplratiqn and shouted, and I shouted, too. It Is a wonder, when we think of the triumphs of the gospel, that we do not shout more." . The bishop then repeated several touching anecdotes occurring In his own long and varied experience as a Methodist minister. "Now," said he, continuing, "you go home to-morrow. You are members of a vast army; hold high your standards. Go home to cultivate a deeper religious life than you have ever known before. Let ma put this parting thought before you: To-day the stars and stripes float over a happy and reunited country. There Is no North, no South, no East, no West. The old scars were obliterated when the bugle eounded the call to arms in May of 9S. Then, from the land of the 'magnolia and the land of tho violet, brave men and loyal men sprang to that stirring call. They came from the North and they hastened from the South, , and the bonds were forever sealed by the men who ought shoulder to shoulder in the war with Spain. I want to charge you as Christian soldiers, a3 Methodists and Epworth Leaguers, to see to it that the blessed church of ours shall be reunited (Cries of "Hear" and "That's it.") I want you to see to it." he concluded, "that there will be but one Methodism, one church In this great land of oura, from sea to sea, and from Canada to the Gulf. Consecrate your lives to that work. Make it possible that Bishop Galloway may preside in-New York and Bishop NInde, that beloved president of yours, may preside In New Orleans. Xorth and South Meet. t Bishop Galloway was on the platform. Turning to him. Bishop McCabe said: "Bishop Galloway, stand up; I want to Introduce you." . When the bishop of the Methodist Church,

eeaiening. "I want to see." Bishop Galloway said, "the conversion of this whole world. My faith Is Increased in that hope and in 'the hope for a reunited church when I see the enthusiasm of this assembly. Out from the place where Christ began. His workers have gone forth until our labors are spread around the world, until we are preaching the divine doctrines of Wesley to every nation and every people." Then the bishop described a voyage around the world, during which he visited the foreign missions en route. "As the vessel struggled on through the waters, the colors of the setting sun, the rising moon. the phosphorescent waves holding the stars 0 tenderly upon their bosom gave me new Inspiration and new life. The question arises with us, do the peoples of other coun tries maxe gooa unristiansr Ana I answer that a religion that can save one Chinese woman in Shanghai can save a whole na tion. And that day Is coming when 'All hall the Redeemer's name shall be sounded . WEATHER FORECAST. Partly Cloudy To-Day und To.Morrow ' Probably Cooler Tuesday Sight. WASHINGTON, July 23. Forecast for Monday and Tuesday: For Ohio Fair Monday; increasing cloudiness oq Tuesday; fresh northeasterly winds. For Indiana and Illinois Partly cloudly on Monday and Tuesday; probably cooler ' on Tuesday night; east to southeast winds. Local Observation on Sunday. Bar. Ther. R.1I. Wind. Weather. Pre. 7 a.m. .30.01 74 4$ N'east. Clear. 0.00 7p,zn...!rt) S3 51 S'east. Clear. 0.00 Maximum temperature, 92; minimum lem Following is a comparative statement ft tne temperature ana precipitation July 3: Temp. Pre. Normal 75 0.13 Mean 0.1O Departure from normal 3 0.13 Departure since July 1 17 2.05 Departure since Jan. 1.. S.45 Plus. C. F. R. WAPPENHANS. Local Forecast Official. Yesterday's Temperatures. Stations. Mln. Max. 7 p. m Atlanta. Ga 4 tO Bismarck: N. D 73 78 Buffalo. N. Y SO - 74 Cairo. Ill 72 83 74 Cheyenne, Wyo 56 78 74 Chicago. HI 6S $2 74 Cincinnati. 0 68 ?2 86 Davenport. la 70 SO 88 Des Moines. Ia 6S M 84 Galveston. Tex 83 M Helena. Mont 75 76 Jacksonville. Fla 90 80 Kansas City. Mo 72 8S 86 Little Bock, Ark 72 S8 82 Marquette. Mich 0 80 Memphis, Tenn 72 82 78 Nashville. Ter.n 73 7S 76 New Orleans. La 2 88 New York. N. Y 6S 64 North. Platte Neb 64 82 80 Oklahoma. O. T 74 SO 86 Omaha. Neb 73 fO 81 Pittsburg. Pa &J 94 8 Qu Appelle. N. W. T 64 f Rapid City. S. I) 56 M 78 Salt Lake City, Utah.... r0 w 80 St. Louis, Mo 71 M 82 8L PpuI. Minn , ?0 86 Fprlngfleld, 111 70 90 86 Vicksburg. Miss 80 ! m Washington. D. C .. 80 One Hundred In the Shade. BLACK RIVEIt FALLS, Wis., July 23.- . There have been three days of Intense heat here, the mercury registering 10") degrees In the shade at 4 o'clock to-day. Young Sleget, of Irving, was prostrated by heat while har vesting, ana nas Eince cued. II was twenty years oia. Hottest of the Season. OMAHA, Neb., July 21 To-day was the hottest of the se&ron. Reliable thermome ters registerea yj in tne snaae at 3 d. m. Similar reports come in from all over the State. The percentage of humidity Is high. cabins me &eai weu rag a unbearable.

by every tongue. Those nations are not going to be saved until the gospel reaches them. Don't you know. Bishop McCabe," he said. Turning to the chaplain, "that the bells of Japan are tongueless? They must be struck from the outside to rroduce a single )und. And so it Is with these nations; they have no power within; It requires the rod of civilization and religion, striking them from without, to produce the harmony of their music. I believe that the scales of blindness will fall from the eyes of that old world and the banner of Christianity wave above these lands. In the name of one million and a half members of the Methodist Church, South, I bid you godspeed. I pray that as you go to your homes you will carry with you the sublime heroism of the pioneers of our religion, so that when we meet two years hence on the Western shores of our land it can truly be said that we have one church with seven million members who know no North or South, but who go on and on shouting out the glorious precepts of the great Wesley." Bishop McCabe, Prof. Exall and Mr. Gabriel sang together, the bishep singing one verse of the hymns alone. D. W. Potter, of Chicago, then took charge to direct the farewell consecration service. "We come," he said, "at this last hour of the last convention of this century to reconsecrate ourselves to Christ. We are soon to separate and X turn the meeting ever to you who know Christ that you may aid those to-night who do not know Him. Life is a failure without Him; by your testimonies, teach them that." The meeting was then thrown open for individual expressions. The leaguers were as enthusiastic at the end as in the beginning, and the testimonies and prayers and confessions came thick and fast. For over an hour the service continued with now and then a calj from the leader for all who desired to lead Christian lives or become members of the church to rise to their feet. Each exhortation was met with new responses until the final benediction was renounced.

THE HEIGHT OF ENTHUSIASM. Climax Reached at Lute Hour Last Mght at TomllnHon Hall. The series of meetings in Tomlinson Hall closed with an old-time revival, and for the last hour of the session testimonies and songs were frequent. The consecration services were conducted by the revered and white-haired Bishop Fitzgerald, and it was pathetic when, moved by a number of testimonies given by Indiana people, he said: "I want some one to move to make me an adopted citizen of Indiana." The request was Instantly complied with by a dozen, and Bishop Fitzgerald turned to Dr. Berry and asked him to put the question. Dr. Berry called for the vote on the question of mak ing Bishop Fitzgerald "an adopted citizen of Indiana and every other State and Terri tory in the country." The rerly was a roar of "ayes." Bishop Fitzgerald sank in his chair and his frame shook with sobs. Some one began to sing "Blest Be the Tlo that Binds," and as the vast audience sang it. every man, woman and child present waved handkerchiefs towards the bishop. It was some moments before the bishop could re cover himself. The consecration services were opened by Dr. Berry relating his personal experience in conversion. He graphically described how two of his young friends were converted and took him into a barn, where they prayed until after 2 o'clock in the morning. When he told of how his mother went out to the barn early in the morning and took him to her heart, there was scarcely a dry eye In the room, and yet, in the next sentence, he turned all tears to smiles. Bishop Fitzgerald followed with a few suggestions as to the spirit that should pervade the meeting. He urged that the sentiments should best not be as to what was behind but as to what was before each one. He said a short creed of his was that he loved "Brethren, we have had a warm conven tion," said the bishop, and every on laughed. "I am getting hot now," he continued. "So let us kindle old fires to brighter flames. Consecration means to give yourself wholly to God, and God takes you. Blessed be God for the privilege of giving ourselves to Him. Lift up your hearts in prayer and ask that you may be more fully endowed with the power. Raise your voices in song. I can't sing much. I only know two songs. One is 'Old Dan Tucker' and the other isn't. May we go to California enthused. Now, brethren, I want to turn this meeting loose. I want the brother with a trombone voice who sits up there in the gallery and sings like a whole band to tell of his love for Christ. .Let us have short testimonies, and don't look back, but look ahead. Press1 forward to a full salvation for ourselves and a conversion of all the world." MEETING TURNED LOOSE. The meeting was "turned loose," and for an hour testimonies and soncs followed each other in quick succession. At times two, three and as many as half a dozen were speaking at the same time, and then some one would start a familiar hymn. One line would be all that was necessary before the great audience knew what It was, and the chorus would roll out In great strength. Iowa testified in a chorus, and one Utah delegate prefaced his testimony by saying. "Can any good come out of Utah?" A large Chicago delegation testified In unison, and a man and wife, gray-haired, from Pennsylvania, stood together while the husband told what the Lord had done for them. All delegates from Illinois, and there were many of them, stood and sang "Just as I Am," and one delegate caused a hearty laugh by saying, "I am from Buzzard's Bay and am on my way to heaven." A Kansas delegate wanted "A cyclone revival for the whole State," and a Minnesota delegate said they were "glad In Minnesota that Jesus Is not ashamed of them." Bishop Fitzgerald gave up trying to reply to each one and finally, at 11 o'clock, he said that he wanted all who would meet him on the other shore to stand. All rose to their fee., and then more testimonies were given. Bishop Fitzgerald offered a fervent consecration prayer and called on all to shake hand while "When the Roll Is Called I'll be There" was sung. During the singing of the chorus of the first verse all who were saved were requested to hold up their hands, and during the chorus of the next verse those who would promise to secure one convert during the year were requested to hold up their hands. The mere holding up of hands was not enough for the enthusias tic leaguers and they waved handkerchiefs to the time of the song. RUSH TO PLATFORM. Bishop Fitzgerald pronounced the benedic tion, but the vast audience started toward the platform as one person to shake hands with the bishop and Dr. Berry. They were not satisfied with the singing they had done. and kept singing constantly. "Blessed be the Name" was the favorite hymn, and It was sung over and over again as the delegates crowded to the stage to shake hands. Ev erybody shook hands with his neighbor and. as the delegates passed out, they struck up new hymns. One man with a powerful voice stood on the stairs and sang lustily. "We'll Walk with the Light." and all those pouring out of tho hall Joined in, so that the audience kept up the singing until well out cf dcors. A soon as one hymn was finished someone with a strong voice would start another, and the crowd came down Market street singing hymn after hymn and the tinging only ceased when street cars sep arated the crowds. The. exercises of the evening were com roenced before the announced time. Dr. J. F. Berry presided, and the song service was led by Prof. John M. Black. Dr. Berry said

he could not resist the opportunity of ex

pressing' hla congratulations on the success of the meeting. He declared It had been a superlative success, and. so far as essen tials were concerned, had been the best of the four international conventions held by the league. He said he cared little for statistics or for the number here, but there was a large attendance and the pplrlt of fraternity has been high. He said that the high ideals of the committee had been real ized. He then presented Dr. W. F. Wilson. cf Hamilton, Ont., who spoke on home mis sions. DANGER OF FANATICISM. He said this convention had been held to inspire those present to go out -end work and by example give inspiration to others. Christianity was on trial as it never was before and It should be esteemed a privilege to toll for it. The message was given to everyone to deliver, and every leaguer should receive preparation to win men. Earnest consecration was necessary to win men for God. He urged that the work be done in a personal way, and said it could never be done by long range. Practical work was necessary and the workers must live to high ideals and purposes. The danger of becoming fanatics must be avoided, although enthusiasm was necessary. All must work together and each one must have positive convictions. He believed ahe pendulum of thought was swinging t awards the Bible, and he urged all to work with the expectancy of reward. "From Greenland's Icy Mountain" was sung, and Dr. John F. Groucher, of Baltimore, spoke on foreign missions. Dr. Groucher was for many years a missionary In India, and he described ar. Epwortb League convention held In Lucknow Jan. 21, 1S93. Over 1,00!) were present and the church was decorated with the banners representing twenty-six languages spoken by those attending the convention. These league banners were afterwards presented to him, and last evening they were strung across tho stage. Each banner he described and tho people it represented. He gave the number speaking each tongue, and said the delegates represented 10,237 members of the league. Ho told of the restrictions around the different peoples and related how far the missionaries have penetrated each province or village. The church in which the convention was held was packed, and "All Hall the Power of Jesus Name" was sung by the delegates. The familiar tune was used, but each one sang the words in his own tongue. He closed with a high trib ute to Joseph Jacobs, a converted native, and his wife, who are among the most ac tive missionaries and workers in the coun try. Following the talks on missions, the consecration service was held. IIAFFY OX THE WAY." Gladsome Tone of Roberts Turk Church Meeting Last Mght. "We're glad you came, sorry that you are leaving; good-speed and God-speed to you on your several Journeys home," was the sentiment that prevailed throughout the meeting at Roberts Park Church last night. Music played a large part in the programme, although the printed form did not show it. The Robert Park Chorus opened the meeting by singing "Our National Welcome," a song that was written for the meeting by William J. King, with word3 by Flora Sullivan Wulschner. The music was directed by Mr. Emll Wulschner. After the opening chorus, Mrs. C. B. SInnex. contralto, sang "Ashamed of Thee" with much effect. After devotional exercises, led by the chairman. Rev. W. B. Chapman, of Louisville, it was announced that a request had been made that the ladies remove their hats. Their compliance with the request was greeted with a cheer. The Claflin College singers (colored), of South Carolina, were then heard and greeted with continuous applause. In response to the applause they sang the well-known negro song, "Swing Low, Sweet Chariot." As this was the last meeting of the convention much of the time was devoted to an old-time Methodist "experience meeting." More than a hundred people arose and said a few words, all agreeing that the meetings had dene them much good and would result in better work in the future. Occasionally a song was given to enliven the hour. One traveling man of this city said he was trav ellng ail the time and he was proud to say that he was "Happy on the Way," and led in singing that well-known song. Later, when the enthusiasm reached a still higher point, it was proposed that the meeting close with an old-fashioned Methodist handshaking, which was indulged In at the end with a hearty good will. Every speaker announced his State when he arose, and they were from all parts of this country and Canada. The speakers commented on the fact that this meeting under two flags showed no division between this country and Canada, and no North and South or East and West in this country. In his address, Dr. Baldwin spoke about the various Epworth Leagues In China, Japan and Korea, and mentioned the fact that sev eral of these leagues had sent greetings to the convention. On motion, it was unani mously agreed to send the greetings of the convention, through Dr. Baldwin, to the leagues of those far countries. Rev. A. B. Leonard, of New York, who was on the programme for the first address of the evening, was not present, and in his stead Rev. Charles B. Mitchell, pastor of Henepln-avenuo Church, of Minneapolis. spoke on the general topic of "Missions." Missionary work, he said, was the chief work as well as the highest Joy of all con verted Christians. To emphasize this he told the story of his own impulse, imme dlately after having been converted, to go directly to his brother and ask him to seek salvation also. Before that, he said, he could not have approached his brother on the subject of religion, yet the moment he was himself converted he sought his brother to urge him to follow Christ. This," he said, "I believe is merely a page out of the history of every converted person here." It was Mr. Mitchell's father who was the cause of Bishop James M. Thlburn going to India as a missionary. Mr. Mitchell told the story of how Bishop Ames asked Mr. Mitchell, sr., who was then a presiding elder in the Pittsburg district of eastern Ohio, to recommend a man for the foreign field, and received the reply that young James M. Thoburn. then on a circuit, would be the man if he would go. During ail this time Thoburn had K'en for years dreaming of foreign missionary work, but had never been certain enough of himself to speak of it to any other person. The speaker created a great deal of en thusiasm and brought forth much applause when he said he believed that the angels of God guided and directed the great flagship Olympia, when it sailed away from Hong-Kong on Its conquering Journey to Manila. He said he believed it was God's will that the great group of islands In the Pacific should be opened to a higher civilization, and took this means to bring it about. Dr. S. L. Baldwin, of New York, recording secretary of the missionary board of the M. E. Church, was the other speaker of the evening. He was for seven years a mission ary in China. He went there In 1S33 and found about a dozen Christians in a prov inco with about 20,000,000 heathens. This mission was then nine years old, and the dozen Christians represented the entire resuit of the nine years work. Nearly two years ago Dr. Baldwin visited this mission on its f.ftleth anniversary, and he then found nearly 28,000 Christians, instead of a dozen. He told many characteristic stories of the work of missionaries in foreign lands. A STATEMENT ISSIED. Tent Controversy Referred To Sise of the Convention. At the four meetings last night the fol lowing statement was read. The commutes

preparlnc the article offered It as an ex

pression of the convention at large and the officials of the Epworth League: "This is the most nntahlp convention In Lie r.istory or the EDworth Leasrue. With out any particular inducements of a physical character such as other cities mieht froffer In the way of mountain scenery and ake excursions, or ocean grandeur, there nas Deen canea togetner the largest num Der or young Methodists that ever con vened in the history of the denomination. The registration is no criterion as to at tendance, as those In charge declare that not above one in three of the attendance has registered. The removal of the tent from the location oriirinallv designed se riously interfered with the work of those having this department In hand. It was simply impossible to get delegates to walk a third of a mile for the simple purpose of writing their names, and therefore the books were closed within twenty-four hours or tne openins of the convention. MM. without any local registration up to Friday noon, there had been registered between 9.O0O a-l 10,000 attendants. Those having knowledge of the history of conventions in this city for the past twenty years and more declare that there is an attendance upon this convention of from 23.K) to 30.OJ0 persons. Some make the figures sMll higher. The convention has also been declared by leading business men to be the most proflta Die to the city of any that nas ever been r.eia here. "With renewed courace and high hopes it is estimated that the convention to be held in San Francisco in 1901 will have an at tendance equal to the present 30.CO0. and possibly may reach the 50,000 figure. The rising enthusiasm seems to Justify the high est estimate." It was also stated that this embodied the views cf Dr. E. A. Schell, the general sec retary of the League. But, In addition, the doctor said last night that much of the difficulty in securing a full and complete registration was due largely to the fact that the books were deserted practically Friday afternoon. "All day yesterday," said he, "I kept account of the people who came to me personally to inquire where to register end I counted sixty-five. Some one deserves to be censured, and censured se verely, too, for deserting the registration books. The work would have gone on yes terday and to-day and the lists largely in creased if the committee In charge had not left the task. I do not know who is to blame, but the blame should be fastened onto some one and. the proper person se verely criticised for his desertion." The doctor prepared the following state ment regarding the Journal's report of the convention: "The Journal has given us ample and elo quent reports of ihc International Epworth League convention. We all greatly appreciate it and shall never forget the courtesy and hospitality shown us by the citizens of Indianapolis. The resolutions express in brief words the fuller appreciation of our hearts." IX FOREIGN FIELDS. The Spanish AVnr an Act of God, Rev. Mr. Drlsrss Declares. The mission service at English's Opera House last night was attended by an immense audience. Many people were turned away for lack of seating room and a great many, rather than miss the exercises, steel up on the lower floor and in the galleries. While it was intensely hot in the theater. the great crowd did not appear to mind it, . . so thoroughly interested were men ana women in the topic of the evening. Rev. J. H. Rlddell, of Winnipeg, ManUoba. was chairman of the meeting, and Prof. W. A. Hemphill had charge of the song service. The two addresses on "Foreign Missions" were delivered by Rev. J. H. Hazlewood. of Dundas; Ont., and Rev. G. W. Brlggs. of Owensboro, Ky.' One of the features of the song service was a solo by Mrs. Fugate, of this city. The large choir sang the national welcome song at the opening of the meeting and this was followed by I'll Go Wrhere You Want Me to Go" and "Count Your Blesssrgs." Rev. J. H. Hazlewood was introduced as the first speaker of the evening. He emphasized the thought that members of the Epworth League should always remember that people are .watching them and they should be exceedingly careful in their life work. Day by day the Epworth League member should be an example to the world. This is what will convince the world. The most convincing eviOence the world can have regarding the church Is the godly, de vout life of the professed follower or Christ. The speaker went on to talk of the opportunities for mission work. "There are many godly men and godly women," he said, "trained and educated for mission work, who are thirsting and panting to go into the field, but the men in authority are confronted by a depleted purse. ' They can't send you. There Is money for everything else, but when you ask men for mission funds they shake their heads and say, 'I beg you me excuse.' " The speaker recalled a scriptural passage which says that Christ came not only to save the lost, but to seek them out. Christian men and women should follow this example and seek the lost. "There will be plenty of opportunity before you and I leave this city to-morrow to show ur Christianity," said the speaker In con clusion. Rev. G. W. Brlggs, who is known as a man of much eloquence in religious work, declared in his opening remarks that inter est in foreign missions is waning in this country and has been for some time. "The amount we give," he asserted, "is a pit tance. Of the one hundred richest men in the United States all but five are members of Protestant churches. Of the 15,000,000 in dependent business men, with a capital of from $5,000 to $10,000, 75 per cent, are In the Protestant church. These men could give a billion a year to missions from their in comes and never miss it. But the worst of it is not the pittance, but the spirit with which this is given. Not a great while ago a wealthy Methodist said to his pastor: "Here is a check for $100. I have no inter est in foreign missions, but our charge must pay its assessments. The man who has lost his Interest in foreign missions has suffered a deeper loss he has lost Christ. The man who has never had an Interest In foreign missions has never known Christ. Hence it is not so much a question of the salvation of the heathen as of our own salvation." The speaker declared that the Monroe doctrine has never been a friend to missionary fervor. "America for Americans as a political maxim may be all right, but trans lated into its religious equivalent it is all wrong. The whole American doctrine of protection, using the word in its widest sense, while It may have been a good thing for us industrially, has been anything else but a good thing religiously. It has been a Chinese wall about the churches, and the worst of it Is we who have been shut in have suffered more than those who have been shut out. Shut in by a Chinese wall our energy had to be busy with something. and we chose the work of reform. It pos sesses the church to-day, but alas, where is the passion for missions? It is gone.' SPANISH WAR AN ACT OF GOD. Mr. Brlggs declared that it was not WH Ham McKinley who brought on the Spanish war. It was God almighty, he said. The fullness of the time had come, anew cen tury had to be provided for and the stars and stripes have unfolded with a billowy thrill over "many an ancient river and many a palmy plain." The address closed with an appeal to the church to redeem Cuba, to send one hundred missionaries to the Philippines at once and make the city of Manila something grander than a coaling sUitlon for the government. It should be made an outpost of the kingdom of God in the conquest of the world for Christ. Rev. L. W. Munhall closed the exercises with a consecration service. Dr. Munhall was suffering with a sprained ankle and wa:t unable to stand while addressing the audience. In his remarks he spoke more especially of the work 6f the Y. M. C. A.; which he admired greatly, although he regretted that it had departed In a measure from the work God Intended It to do. He made the same reference to the W. C. T. U. lie said he believed la pclal entertainment

for the young people of the church as long as they do not try to do God's work with the devil's tools. After an earnest prayer by Dr. Munhall the services closed with the hymn, "Blet be the Tie that Binds."

lprrorth -Voten. The Clafiln singers (colored) from the Claflin College of South Carolina, who have added much to the pleasure of the Epworth League convention, will give a concert tonight in Roberts Park Church. There are six of the young men and they seem able to give a most pleasing musical entertainment. One party of leaguers were with Mrs. George, of No. 547 East Market street. The party consisted of Mrs. Hocken and MiS3 Claire Hocken. Toronto: Miss Margaret Elkes. Muncie: Miss Myrtle Venneman. Miss Bessie Masters. Muncie: Miss Kissey Kerchner, Walnut, II.: Mrs. Mary Venneman and Mrs. Stackhouse. of Memphis. Tenn.: Mrs. Ellen Smith, of Muncie: Mr. Robert W. Coats. Norfolk. Va.; Mr. J. U Goodykoontz. of Roanoke, Va.: Rev. F. A. Gains, of White Post, Va.; Mr. L. Stafford, of Manchester. Va.; Mr. E. W. Bandy. Richmond. Va., and Miss Nannie Pegram, Richmond. Va. Every morning they have held prayer meetings at the house or on the lawn. MARTINELLI IN WISCONSIN. The Tapal Delegate Celebrates Mas Before Catholic Prelates. MADISON. Wis., July 23. The most nota ble service In the hLstory of western Catholicism occurred here to-day when Apostolic Delegate Martlnelli, attended by a distinguished retinue of archbishops, bishops and priests, celebrated pontifical mass In St. Raphael's Church. The big edifice was crowded to the doors. Bishop Burke, of St. Joseph, Mo., preached the sermon. Pontifi cal vespers were held this evening. The clergymen present at the mass were Arch bishop Katzer, Milwaukee; Bishop Messmer. Green Bay; Bishop Burke, St. Joseph, Mo.; Fathers Wr. J. Dalton. Kansas City; J. A. McErlane, Washington, D. C; M.VJ. Brennan. St. Louis; T. P. Hodnett, Chicago; Joseph Tonelli, Peoria, 111.; J. Kennedy, Somerset. Ohio; John Morlssey, Oshkosh, Wis.; A. Kramer, Lacrosse; Joseph Zellnger, Joseph La Boule Lachelmer, Milwaukee; J. M. Naughton. P. F. Huges. Madison. Delegate Martlnelli will to-morrow after noon address the Catholic children at the cpera house. In the evening he makes a second address before the summer school. Tuesday he will go to Milwaukee to be the guest of Archbishop Katzer until Wednes day evening, when he goes to ureen ay as the guest of Bishop Messner. He will leave Green Bay Thursday night tor liik Haven. N. Y., to visit the eastern summer school. He will leave Cliff Haven the following Thursday for Washington, stopring at Philadelphia a short time on tne way. The apostolic delegate highly com mended the officers of the western summer rchool for the superior grade of work be ing dene. McFnll on Evils of Onr Day. TRENTON, N. J.. July 23. Bishop Mc-' Fall discussed the evils of our day In a pas toral letter read In all the churches of the diocese to-day and fixed July CS, 23 and 30 as days for special devotions to the sacred heart as a preliminary to the Pope's jubilee, which begins on Christmas of this year and extends to Christmas of next year. In his letter the bishop said that erroneous prin ciples regarding the end of man have ren dered society unmindful of the cultivation, not enly of supernatural virtue, but of these natural virtues which great men, even among the pagans, endeavor to propagate. Who is it." he said, "who is at all ac quainted with the condition of society in our own beloved country that will be disposed to deny the widespread depravity of morals which confront us?" The bishop then quoted a writer who said that vast combi nations depress the price of labor and increase the cost of the necessaries of existence and that the rich as a rule despise the poor, and the poor as a rule are coming to hate the rich, and both sides are arrayed in hostile camps. The bishop said that this picture might be overdrawn, but it was necessary to recall men to the necessities of their state and their own salvation. SHIPPING AT MANILA. Number of Veaiiela That Entered and Cleared in Month of May. WASHINGTON, July 23. The following statement prepared by the War Department shows the number of vessels that entered and cleared from the port of Manila during the month of May, 1S3D: Total number of vessels entered, 31, all of which were steam ers. Of the nations represented, ten were American, sixteen were English, two were German, two were Norwegian and one was Spanish. The total tonnage of the American vessels entered was 10,513 tons; English, 20,720 tons; German, 1,511 tons; Norwegian, 1,469 tons and Spanish 2,941 tons. The to tal number of vessels cleared was 28. One was a sailing vessel, twenty-seven of the number steam vessels. Of the vessels cleared sixteen were English, five were American, two German, two were Norwegian and three Spanish. The total net tons of the American vessels cleared was z,!b. tons: Enelish. 18.8S2 tons; Norwegian, 1,468 tons; of the German, 1,515 tons, and Spanish, 8,674 tons. In the coastwise trade seventy-five vessels entered the port of Manila during May, consisting of twenty-two sailing and fiftyone steam vessels, with a total tonnage or 33,008 tons. There cleared from the port of Manila and other ports in the Philippines during the month forty-two vessels engaged in the coastwise trade, consisting of thirtj'four steam vessels and eight sailing vessels, with a total tonnage of 18,833 tons. Of the vessels entered In the coastwlst trade 50 were American steam vessels and 23 Ameri can sailing vessels. Of the vessels cleared 32 were American steam vessels, with a total of 11.433 tons, and eight were American sailing vessels, with a tonnage of 2,714 tons. Statistics of Cuban shippinE for the month of May, prepared by the War Department, show: Number of coasting vessels entered, 933; cleared, S78; foreign vessels entered, 397; cleared 381. Total coast wise tonnage entered. 140,501; cleared. 133.821; total foreign tonnage entered, 487,837; cleared, 479.869. Havana leads in both tonnage entered and cleared, with practically one-half the entire tonnage of the island for that month. Santiago is second, Cienfuegos third. Matanzas fourth, Sagua la Grande fifth and Cardenas sixth. BACK IN PRISON. Timothy Ilogan Returned to Colum busHow He Was Captured. COLUMBUS, O., July 23. Timothy Hogan, the noted mall-box robber, who es caped from the penitentiary May 8 last, was returned to the penitentiary last night. It was almost impossible to get him to say a word last night, but he finally consented to tell of his capture In New York. He was In a vacant house when surrounded by the twelve deputies that made the capture. He Eaw there was little chance of escape and fled to a room in the house in which he meant to go into hiding. But upon entering the room three revolvers were immediately fiointed Into hl3 face and he could do nothng but throw up his hands. He stated that inside of twenty-four hours from the time of his capture he would have been enlisted in the regular army. He was returned last niffht dressed in the uniform of a soldier and a light hat. He undoubtedly Intended to leave for one of the newly-acquired islands and there remam as a soldier. In speaking of his escape from the peniten tiary in a box he said he was about to give up more than once and call for help, as one of the flats had become loosened from the box In which he was confined and the tolacco was falling upon him, which almost smothered him. He had a knife with him to cut a hole In the box in case he needed more air, but refrained from doing it for fear of detection. As soon as the boxes were unloaded he kicked off one of the slats with his foot and escaped from his hiding place. He left Columbu9 the next day. He refused to reveal his whereabouts up to the tlmo of his capture Dlas to Re Invited to Chicago. CHICAGO. July 23. President D!az. of Mexico, and his Cabinet will be formally invited to attend the ceremonies of the laying of the corner-stone of the new federal building in Chicago on Oct. 9, by a committee of representative Chicago men, who leave this city for that purpose Aug. &. 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MISSION DAY.

(Conclmled from First Page.) goods, make use of them,' and you will find a new life broadening before you and a new day dawning in your life." Tho question drawer, conducted by Rev. Homer C. Stuntz, D. D., of Mt. Vernon, la.. wa opened and the interrogatcries, coming from the audience, fully answered. - AT THE OPERA IIOVSE. Rev. J. D. Fltxpatrlck, of Toronto, One of the Speakers. English's Opera House was filled yesterday afternoon when at 3 o'clock Henry Date, of Chicago, called the meeting to order and announced that he would preside In the place of Charles R. McGee, of Boston, who was on the programme for that office. While awaiting the arrival of Rev. A. F. Smith, of Hannibal, Mo., who was to conduct the devotional service, there was a ten minutes song service. Chairman Date asked that if A. F. Smith were In the audience he would come to the stage, and concluded by saying that if he was not present some other Smith would do Just as well. In introducing the first speaker. Chairman Date said he came from the best-governed and most orderly city in the Western hemisphere. Mr. Fitxpatrlcka Talk. Tils referred to Rev. J. D. Fltzpatrick, of Toronto, Canada, who spoke on "Our Force in the Field." Among other things he said: "The birth of the founder of Methodism was contemporaneous with the birth of modern missions. John Wesley belonged to the same generation as Zagenbaly. Hans Egede and Zlnzendorf. the missionary pioneers. He was a foreign missionary pioneer himself, for, four years before the great awakening in Jonathan Edward's church, six years before David Bralnard became a missionary, twenty-five years before William Carey was born, fifty-six years before the Baptist Missionary Society was founded, ecventy years before Henry Martyn touched the shores of India, and the same period before Alexander Duff saw the light of day, John Wesley crossed the peas to preach the gospel to the Indians of Georgia. It was the revival under the Wesleys and Whltefleld that gave the impulse to the modern missionary achievements of this century, and if what has been achieved thus far be but, as many think, the awakening of the church, we are convinced her Methodist members, largely through the efforts of her Epworth League workers, will claim no little share of the accomplishments that are to be. "Look at that great army marshaled on the field, not for a review, or holiday, but already in a hand-to-hand encounter with the powers of darkness, determined to do Or die for Christ. In the van are the missionaries, nearly 15,000 of them, and every seventh one a Methodist. And next in rank to these the native helpers, over 54.000 of them, and every seventh one a Methodist. And then the rank and file, a million and a quarter strong, and every seventh one a Methodist. There are over 25.000 mission stations ln-4he great world field, over 20.000 Sunday schools in mission lands, with nearly 1.000,000 scholars enrolled in them, while last year over 73.000 new converts to Christianity were added to the church: and, speaking approximately, every seventh mission station, every seventh Sunday school, every seventh Sunday school scholar, and every seventh new convert a Methodist. ALL. FIELDS OCCUPIED. "Almost every field of Importance in the world we occupy. Six of the sections of our common Methodism have sent workers to China, three have branched into Indie, four have entered Japan, four have pierced the dark continent, two have begun work in South America, while Australia, Korea, Mexico, Bulgaria, the isles of the sea, and France, and even Italy, are listening to the teachings of God's holy word from the Hp3 of humble followers of Christ, who, in their doctrine and experience, are one with us. "The Inadequacy of the force might well cause us to hang our heads in shame. In India are 700,000 villages, and only one mis sionary to every 400 of them. In one part of Africa alone are 4o,000,000 people, and only one missionary. In four provinces of China are about 190 aboriginal tribe?, all untouched, to reach whom will require fifty dLinct languages and translations of the Bible. And as for South America, in Brazil alone are 250 Indian tribes, and at least 4,00,000 not yet having anything done for them. At home we have an ordained minister to every 700 people, in heathen and Mohammedan lands they have one to every zw.ooo; while it has been estimated that there are 8UO.00O.O0O in this great world today who have never heard the name of Jesus. We know not what that number means, but if you desire to get even a faint conception try to count tnem. Take out your watch and listen to ita ticking and you will count it, day and night, for ten long years before it ticks 800.0OJ.O0O times, and every tick win indicate a soul for whom Christ died, who never yet has heard His name, and 70,000 of these are dying every day. If you-wish to think Just what that number means, listeh to your clock, and every time Ita pendulum swings to or fro is tolled the death knell of an Immortal soul, who passes while you count out of the twilight of time into the midnight of eternity." Miss Smith, of Montana. The audience seemed to appreciate the possibility of hearing an extemporaneous speech. When Miss Maggie V. Smith, of Helena, Mont., came on the stage to discuss the subject, "Work of the League Mission ary Committee," she said: "I feel almost tempted to lay aside my written paper and speak as I usually do." This remark was greeted by loud applause. Miss Smith, however, soon proved to her hearers that she could read a written address and be inter estlng at the same time, a thing the hearers seemed to doubt when she made her first re mark. Continuing she said: "No truer statement has been made than that 'the life and growth of our Epworth League depends upon missionary activity. Chlstlanity at home and abroad cannot be separated. The question, as some one has put it. is not whether the heathen can be saved If we do not send the gospel, but whether we can be If we fall to obey the command of Christ. 'Go ye,' is the order civen to every follower of the lowly Nazarene. It Is not a question 'of choice, but of duty; all are not called into the field. but all are called to aid. As an organization, are we doing all we can to 'disciple all nations and preach the gospel to every creature? "Provision was made for the work by those who drafted the constitution. The way is now open, our great missionary spirits have been and are devising ways and means by which our youth can inform themselves If we would do our duty we must organize. not put In more machinery, but put In mo tion the part that has already remained at a standstill too long, we have wealth; we have Intelligence; we have men ready to answer the call. Shall we say them nay. or shall we meet the demands made upon us?. In order to do so, we must plan care fully and prayerfully. Our forces must be united, we must be all at it all the time. But we must have leaders, those able to conduct the campaign, to marshal the forces, look over the field and give com mands. And this will call for a mission ary committee. As to the number composing it. I am Inclined to favor a single individual. It expedites matters to have but one. Now a committee of one does not exclude any member of the League from assisting; for this one should be an organizer, able to call into use all the talent at his disposal. His strong point should be his ability to enlist others. The work Is new and of such vital importance that the very best you have ought to be put at the head. If you have a volunteer, then by all means make u.e of him. The committee should co-operate with the pastor and all other workers to bring the members into the New Testament standard of experience. Too much emphacii cannot be placed upon this part of the work. A good revival will do more to engender a missionary spirit than all else beside. One of the prayer meetings of. each month should be in the Interest of mission work. Great care should be taken in preparation, definite plans should be laid weeks before, and those who are to be placed on the programme should be given the material from which to work. Have several five and tenminute addresses. Topics along different lines of the work may be chosen. Vital questions now confronting workers in the field may be discussed. The needs may be portrayed, and do not be afraid of overdoing. How could it be possible to make it appear worse than It Is? Then impress upon them the golden opportunities open to-day. "Who Is responsible? Young people of Methodism, awake! To make the lessons as impressive as possible, make us of maps, charts, costumes, etc. The leader should enter heartily into the work, ready to fill in where other fail. Attention should be given to music, appropriate selections being used. Invite your psstor, returned missionaries and others to make addesses occasionally. Do not fall to have a study class; it Is essentia!, and from It will come much of the material for thb prayer meet-inor-"Nc thing can be more inspiring than a tudy cf the lives of those who have font

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In the prayer meetings and th study class have sketches of these men and their work, reviews of the books. etc. "It Is well for us to know of the trans forming power cf the go?rel In the hearts of the heathen, to hear of that queen of one of the New Hebrides who left her throne to go to other teles to rroclalm the gospel, or of that cannibal saved by power divine who. in the face of personal danger, goes to tell others of Christ. Of the grace that caused a once savage New Zealander to return to the communion table after hav ing rushed away, and when Mr. . Taylor asked him why, he replied: "When I knelt down I found myself by the side of a man who slew my father, and whom I had sworn to kill at first eight. He eald: The old revenge seized me and I ran away, but JuM then I seemed to hear a voice: "Thereby shall all men know that ye are my disciples If ye love one another." That made a deep impression, and at the same time I tnougnt I saw another s:ght a cross and a man nailed thereon, end 1 heard Him tay: "Father, forgive them; they know not what they do." ar.d I went back. "The heathen can be saved. and what a rebuke comes to us in the word? of thess who hear the old. old story: 'Why did you not tell us sooner? Did you say it was two or three years since this man Christ dledT The field is open, the people ready, and ni money. As we get the young to study ar1 pray they will give. Giving ought to b done systematically. The members of the ' League alone by giving two cents a wefK would give Jl.SiO.OiK). A penny a day would be K75O.OO0 a year. Get these facts before our members. Have a meeting devoted to the subject of giving, securing pledges for a given amount weekly." A Former Imllnnlan. Rev. Wilbur F. Sheridan, now of Pontlac. Mich., but formerly of this State, was the next speaker. Ills subject was "The Call and Preparation for Missionary Work." Mr. Sheridan is well known In this city, havlnc been the first president of the Indianapolis District Epworth League. Mr. Sheridan said: "The highest type of man is the Christian and the highest type of Christian is the missionary. He has the enterprise of tne trader, the zeal of the explorer and the daring of the soldier. We are to consider the process cf his making. "The missionary must be called of God. The first element of that call is likely t be the call of the field. The same open wounds of heathenism that impel men to give impel them to go. Going is simply giving, raised to a higher power. Indlflerence and prejudice toward missions are the twin daughters of ignorance. Open the shutters for the inflashing of the facts, and ignorance vanishes and zeal, like a furnace, flames in its place. Hence the need of sowing our leagues knee-deep with missionary; facts. "The second element In the missionary call Is the call of the spirit. This is an Inner conviction that one ought to give himself to the work of missions. If this conviction be of the sprit It will be as stronff In solitude as in some great convention or missionary gathering. Kvery supposed call must be tested. First, by scanning your motives; second, by testing your willingnesa to work among degraded people at homo. If the call be of God. there will surely follow the call of the church. It Is rare, indeed, that the church falls to swiftly recognize a genuine ml?sionary call. "A call to go is a call to prepare. The missionary must have, first, good sense. The inhabitants of the Orient are ragans, but they are not fools. A stupid missionary is no match for a shrewd heathen. The wise missionary, buttressed by his better cause, wins. The foolish one falls. In spite of his cause. It will be to his advantage to be college-trained. It is not absolutely necessary any more than at home. Nevertheless, to meet the agnosticism and versatility of the Japanese and the pcholarshlp of the Chinese and the keenness and subtlety of th Brahmins, the best mental culture la needed. "The missionary ought to have mastered one foreign tongue before leaving home as the best preliminary for readily masterlnij the languages where he goes. A few need, to be thorough enough linguists o act as translators. All missionaries ought to know fractlcal things a planting, building, print--ng and trade usages, etc It is highly desirable that a candidate spend a year or so in a missionary training Institute, where the manifold technique of the calling may be learned. "He must be spirit-filled. Only as he tiaa a living, steady union with God will he be able to stand unmoved and aggressive amid the tides of superstition and sin that sweep around him. With this call and this preparation, and no other man has so great & mission, he will pioneer commerce, blaze civilization's way, lay the foundation of states, build the visible and Invisible kingdom of God. and turn a multitude of souls toward heaven." Student 3Ilaalonsry Campaign. "The Student Missionary Campaign," was the topic discussed by C. V. Vickery. of New Haven, Conn, The condition of those who now are prepared and desire to go to foreign fields, but cannot because the missionary board has no money, was tlTe gitt of his talk. He said that while the reports from the foreign fields Ehow that the great need of the work Is more workers, but the lack of workers Is not caused by any laclc. of volunteers, but simply beceuse the missionary board has not enough money to send forward one-half of the acceptable volunteers who are now anxious to get into the work. A single postage stamp a day from each member of a church of one hundred members would support one missionary In the foreign field. There are now hun dreds of students In the colleges of this country preparing themselves for this work, but there Is not much hope that very many of them will be chosen because of the dearth of funds. Rev. W. It. Richardson, of Columbia. S. C, who was on the programme for an address on "Missionary Giving," was not present. The "Question Drawer." was conducted by Dr. F. C. Stevenson, M. D., of Toronto, Twenty minutes were allowed for this part of the programme. " The questions wera numerous and varltd. Most of them were on missionary topics. Dr. Stevenson answt red a part of them himself, and at times caLcd on others especially qualified to tallc on lha particular question. tfpworth Lrasue Ileporta. Tho Journal will contain full and complete rcprts of the proceedings of the Kpworth Ieague convention. 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