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crc not enrolled ai delegates to clamber
p * couple ot flight * of stairs and occupy
10 remaining vAcant scat *
The prajer and praise service was nn-
f.ounccd to commence at 7 30 o'clock , Dy
1 hat time ovcry teat In the hotipp , save only
few In the rear of the gallery , was filled
lie eight boxes contained ns many as they
j ould with any degree of comfort to the
foccurants. In the corridors of the lower
f/looi and the buliony wcro nt least a hun-
fdrcd pAtlcnt , attentive auditors who wcro
bontcnt to stand throurhout the meeting
On the stage were seated the speakers of the
) meeting , the officers of the union , the mem-
tors of HIP general committee , the chorus
' of 1RO trained volcoi nnd as ninny more ns
could crotvd ou to this point of vantage.
Ol'nN'Ell ' WITH SONO SERVICE.
The meeting proper was preceded by i
Rcrvlcc of song , conducted by Prof. T J
Glllcxptc. Tor i half hour the great audi
ence sang the nan id songs ndapted from
the songs of Dnvld If there wns one fen
ture of 'ho meeting thnt wns more sig
nificant ot the deep Interest and boundless
enthusiasm of the delegates than nny other
feature It was the singing It was a meetIng -
Ing where rvirjbody sang. The preceptor
end his large chorus merely started tin
nowd and led It through the hjmns. Th
United Prcsbjtcrlans arc fond of saireu
Bong , nnd when over 3,000 of them lift their
voices In hymns of praise there Is n vol
ume , as well 11 n sweetness , In the music
thnt Is grandly Inspiring
After the service of song , Prof. Swan of
Monmouth college made n prnjcr. Prcsl
dent Quaj then Introduced W. G. MacLeod
who represented the Omaha and Councl
niuffs Itaptlst unions.
Mr Piosldent , Delegates of the Young
People's Christian Union You have al
ready been welcomed to this metropolis ol
the commonwealth of Nebraska , you hnve
> ecn welcomed to this stnte of the goldcr
rod , the golden corn nnd the golden grain
Almost evorjthing Nebraska has to offer
represents gold or Its equivalent , except
her candidate for preildentl.il honors
Wo do not vvl h jou to take the present
tempunture ns an Indication of a cool re-
rcptlon , for we understood that you se
lected Omnha as your place of meeting be
cause ot Its being u popular summer ro-
Hort , nnd so we did not vvlsh to dlsip-
rolnt J-ou , but rather planned for this
cool vve-nthe as one of the evidence n of < i
cordial lecoptlon
1 have the great honor nnd high prlvl
logo of standing before jou to extend to
you the hand of greeting and brothi-rl }
( fellowship In behalf of the Itaptlst Young
People's unions of the trt-cltlos of Om.ina
South Omah.i and Council Bluffs We are
glad thnt jou , like ourselves , love the- won
"Union , " HO that you hnvo It Incorpor.itee
In jour name Wo trust that to jou also
the won ! union carries with It , In Its deep
est and truest sense , that which1 the won
Implies love and fellowship of Chrlstlnt
unity. .For I believe It IH possible to h.ive
union without unlt > . To use an Illustra-
tlon once given by an eloquent friend ol
mine , "If j-ou tnke n cat nnd dog and tie
the-lr lulls together and hang them over n
clothes line , you may have union but nol
unity. " Like joursolveH , we have le.irneif
the blessedness and Joy of Christian unity
nnd most cordlallj- and fraternally extern !
to jou the hand ot Christian fellowship.
UNION OP HEART AND HAND
Wo wlHh to express to j'ou by this token
moro than the more sound of words , am' '
ns wo have the- word union common to
both our names , we- reach out to you to
night , a union of hands , a union ot hearts
ti union of determined warfare against gji
und evil , a union of elTort In the proclama
tion of the blessed gospel that we may be
Instrumental In hastening the coming of
the grcnt day when the kingdoms of this
rworld shall become the gre-at united king
dom of our Loid and Savior , Jesus Christ
It IH a chnraetirlstlc of love that It over
peeks the demonstration by which It will
e vprevs to the beloved some evidence of
the tire vVMeh bums In the heart When
the psilmlsl's heart wns most full ho cried
out , "What shall I render unto the Lord ? "
So , as a weak expression of deep and lov
ing fellowship In which we hold j-ou as
co-laborers In our Master's vineyard , It Is
my treat privilege In be'htilf of the Bap
tist young p < oplo of the Trl-clty union
to present to } ou thlh floral counterpart
of the badge and seal of our trlcltjund
national unions , with the loving message
expressed on the attached card.
"Welcome and fraternal greetings to the
Young People's Christian union 'To them
that are sanctified by God , the rather , and
preserved In Jesus ChrlHt and called Mercy
, unto jou , and peace , and love be multi
plied. ' Prom the Baptist Young Pe-onli-'H
Trl-clty union , Omahn , Council Hluffs ,
South Oinnhn "
At this point .Mr. McLcod presented the
union with a mnsslve floral design of roses
nnd other beautiful flowers , representing
the badge of the llaptlst Young People's
union , a maltose cross four feet each way
Surmounting the cross , In flowers alto , was
the American shield , the open bible and
the motto of the union "Loyalty to
Christ ; " alsii at the points of the cross the
Initial letters D. Y. P. U. artistically worked
In flowers.
To jou Its cross may Htnnd for our belief
In one divine headship ot the church , 'Tor
the prenchlng of the cross Is to them that
perish foolishness , bin unto us which arc
waved It Is the power ot God" 'Hie open
blblo will stand for our only guide In mat
ters of faith and religious practice. The
shield of our glorious country for that
liberty of conscience for which our fathers
have stood , as well us for our undying loy-
uky to tha star-spangled banner , that liar
under which Horn-liberty was born am
cradled , under whoso folds no mm musl
HUbmtt Ills body In an unwilling servitude
to any other ; under which no man'w soul
Is chained to the opinions and dogmas of
another ; under which every man and wo
man In guaranteed the right of an unfet
tered body and an untrammeled .soul Hut
brethren , vvo believe the ling also stands
IIH wo do , unalterably ami eternally op
posed to thnt mistaken form of liberty
called license. Let us unfurl this flag , and
this flag only , over nil our people as the
emblem of liberty , determined that with
It phu II go the crops In which Paul gloried ,
nnd that the blblo , which Is the Holj Spli-
lt' legacy , shall bo everywhere proclaimed
und opened to the people
ALL I'NUER ONE BANNER.
AVe have ) heard outbursts of patriotism
which proclaimed for "No north , no south , "
but we seek for Homethlng even gicater ,
when all political boundaries shall bo for
ever obliterated , when the banner of the
King of Kings shall float over the whole
world , n united people with no law have
the law of Love and the Golden Rule shall
bo the unlveisal standard of inan'H dealing
with mini.
You have doubtlosH ore this observed n
striking and harmonious whole Into which
your motto and our motto may bo blended
Your motto , "Whoso wo are and whom wo
servo ; " our motto , "Lojalty to Christ , "
both together forming the ono beautiful
Honte-nee , "Loyalty to Christ , whose vvo around
und whom wo servo. " We greet vou foi
what we be-lleve jou represent , n body holdIng -
Ing loyal allegiance to the old tried and
true way , can-fully observing the old land
marks In pointing out the way of the king
dom. You are- not readily captivated bj the
Now Theologjor the Higher Criticism
The old , old story tseems good enough for
you and for im
In the great Exposition , for which prepara
tions me being mndo In all this western
domain , win bo spread exhibit * of the
mighty power of mail's genius when di
rected In the cbnnncls of Invention and Im
provement. But mid the crashing downfall
of the old and thu clatter of the uprising
new. there stands alone the religion of our
Lord JI-SUH Christ , a thing perfected from
Its birth as once delivered unto the salntu
by the hand of God himself.
'Tor there la ono waj- men can't Improve ,
Although It bus been tried bj- men who have
Kindled and studied ,
And worried until they died ,
It has shone umllmmed through ngon.jllko
gold refined from Its dross.
It's the way to the Kingdom of Heaven ,
by the simple wuy of the Cross. "
iTNII A ! > riil.l.OVV
iMvurtli I.CIIKIIITH i\lenil : the Hand
of ! < ' ! | IM > | | | ,
Charles W. Miller , representing the Ep-
vvorth leagues of Omaha's Methodist
churches , followed vvth | an eloquent address
of welcome. Ho Bald.
"Mr. Chairman , Ilrothers. Sisters , In the
joung people's work of our Lord Jesus Christ.
On behalf of the Truth Chapter of the Ep
worth league of the .Methodist Episcopal
church of the city of Omaha , I bring jou
Erecting. I bring > ou the greeting of one
who loves the work of Jesus Christ , the
erecting of a league whose motto and whose
purpose la to serve Htm In faithfulness of
heart and soul , doing every duty to which I ,
Ho shall call us. John Wesley , or some f
other trader , said In the beginning of his
ministry 'I desire a league offensive and
defensive with every soldier of the Lard
Jesus Christ , ' and It Is upon that foundation
rock that wo are building our league , and It
U our purpose to Join hand and heart with
every soldier of the Lord Jrsus Christ ; reach ,
ins down the baud ot love anil fellowship
to every one In need , aud , the one condition
of our love shall be the needy soul , to elevate
that soul up Into fellowship with Christ
mil ourselves , and in thU fellowship aud la
this love wo came to you to bear to you
our lite , our prayer * and out- hearty sj-mpa
thy that you , too shall succeed In nil you
. hopt * nnd nuibltlons | n completing you :
j w one for our name Lord and Jcsu *
1 Tor this purpose we labor to build up thi
| I kingdom of our Christ , and , as I stood In thl
. hall last evening when the curtain rollec
| tip , and beheld for the first time your motto
I said to n friend who stood beside me
What meantth this gathering of young pee
pie In Iloston , In Washington. In Nashville
In nil these cities of the cast , and they an
moving on the westVWhat mcancth al
this'1 He said : Tknovv not *
"And I said , ' 1 will tell jou ; It Is the
, crjstalllzatlon of all the effort and cnergj
l nnd ambition and power of the joung
people of this country consecrated to the
' Kingdom of the Lord Jesus ChrUt , am
j these are but the rallying points whenc"
| go forth the vigor nnd power that shal"
help them In hours to come In the cente ;
of the battle for life nnd for strength nnc
for righteousness nnd for holiness , and fo
the receiving of every soul with which thcpe
j-oung hearts come In contact' So , wltl
our purpose and league offensive and de
tensive with every soldier of Jesus Christ
we are ready to Join jou In heart and han <
and prayer and faith , for the accomplish
mcnt of our purpose. And then , ns I rcni
> our mottor , 'Whose We Are , and Whom Wt
Serve' I remember who spoke those words
and I remember there Is a deeper meanlni
than simply those words and our part In
It It wns that Joy Paul felt when he
said , 'For there stood by me this night nn
nngel of God , whose 1 am , and whom
serve' Po we come to jotl sajlng tha
there dwelleth In us the spirit of the Lori
Jesus Christ , whose we are nnd whom we
serve , and In that spirit we are ready to
gather with jou here nnd everywhere tha
we can to lift up the fallen , to save the on *
cast anil the sinful , and to do the will o
our blessed master. Again , In the nnmi
of the Epworth Lengue of the city o
Omahn , I say to jou 'All hall. God blcs
you ' " ( Applause )
ciimvriAN TjCiTnVAOH ( JIHITINCS
VlNltiirN Ititltcil ( llctiiiiln mill MuUi
'llu-lr Home lit theVeNl. .
Representing the Chrlstlnn Emleavo
union of Omaha , Arthur Chase follow ei
with n brief address He spoke as follows
Mr President , ladles nnd Gentlemen :
nm sure 11 gives me pleasure to sa } to jot
tonight thnt I bring jou the greeting of n
thousand joung people who compose tin
Omnha Christian Endeavor union , and tha
J , In a measure , take their place , for I
would be too length } a serviceIf we sboule
permit e-ac-h one of our joung people to saj
to you thnt we are glad to welcome joi
vvi I'M In the boundaries of thin city I an
xure that it Is a pleasure to wee gathere (
here so many Christian young people , nnc
jot there have come- with the young pee
pie some who are not so joung Ther
ImVo come vvltti the young people to thl
city some who hnvo giown older In Chris
tlan work and expoilence. nnd we vve-1
come nil I am glnd you camennd gave u
the opportunltj- welcome j-ou Wo hav
tried to have some others come , that w
might showto them out hospitality am
Christian friendship , ami they have de
clined , j-ou have- accepted nnd we nre ghu
to meet J'ou now.
I want to naj , too. nnd I must bo brief
because our timeIs limited , In extending to
jou the greetings of our people , that you
have found from jour shoit staj- here , no
doubt , that the people of the west arc
something like the people of the east Thej
are- simply eastern people transplanted
and vou know that evoii n cabb ige hone
sometimes Improves by being transplanted
( Applause and laughter ) I sometimes go
down to my old home In the east , and I
Is amusing to observe how little the-j- know
about what we know ( Laughter )
List fall we were down at Washington
and I will give the people of the east the
credit of having great Intellect , and f.ioj
arc people , too , who study their goo- ?
rnphles , and the- are pe-ople who can no
tlco a cltjof four or live thousinel In
habitants that hns been In existence- .
number of jears ; and jet a cltjof 140 OOC
inhabitants , such as Omaha , the } are- un
able to locate unless it might be In the
state of Virginia ( Laughter. ) Then , to
further express their knowledge of affairs
thcj- asked whether the delegation that was
there from the west nnd those who lepro-
"entod Omaha were from the state or fron
the cltj '
t know that you hnd a better knowledge
of things before jou came , and that jou die
not tell the conductor to let jou oft nt the
state of Omaha ( Laughter ) Hut jou were
fully aware where you were coming when
jou started. 1 think It Is safe to say that
the majorltj- the people who will 1)0 here
in attendance upon this convention have
never been west of the Missouri river bo
fore , and j-ou are not vcrj- far west of I
Just now , nnd jet j-ou are on the verj edge
of the empire where j-our mlsslonarj- soci
eties and where jour colleges have been
sending trained men and women to do noble -
blo bcrvlee during all these j-ears ot jour
existence IIH n church
And -.0 wo say to join thnt j-ou can keer
on M-ndlng the best of j-our young men ami
j-oung women to the west , thereIs loom
out here for all of them Wo did not nsk
for the otlipr element ; It Is not the time
for them to gather here In this convention
and , If some of jou become so attached to
our western nlr nnd our western eltj- .
and our western wnjs of doing things thai
you conclude to remain here , we shall be
glad to welcome you , we shall bo glad to
welcome jou Into a Christian fellowship In
this city I ought to siy too , thnt you will
find If you remain that the Chrlstlnn people
the people thnt I nm Huppose-cl to lopre-sem
In our Chrlstlnn Endeavor union I cannot
nny of the other brethren welcome vou tone
no single denomination , for our union In
cludes all denominations , nnd so our fel
lowship Is wide , our motto Is one not second
end to those already mentioned. "For this
one Is your Master , oven Christ , nnd nil
j-o me brethren " And you and I , and nl !
of us , can stand together If we bo Christ'H
under that banner , and we can also add
these words thnt you have chosen , that
jou have selected , thnt j-ou have gathered
under , rallied under , In all of your conven
tions , "Whoso wo nrc , and Whom we
servo
Again I welcome you to our city In be
half of the Omnha Christian Endeavor
union. ( Applause. )
Alii : OK A COMMON 1IHOTII Ell HOOD.
Prt-Mlclc'iit < luil > Itc-iille-H to VVeleoiiieti
of I.ociil .SnelellcN. .
President Quay responded briefly to these
three addresses , and then amidst great ap
plause , shook hands w Ith each of those who
had welcomed the delegates. It was an
nounced that a street service would be
held at Sixteenth and Douglas streets Im
mediately after the meeting. A reunion
of the alumni ot Westminster college was
announced for & o'clock Friday afternoon
at the Hotel Dellone.
It was requested that nil articles
that should be found In the con
vention hall bo handed In to The
lice's bureau of Information In the lobby
President Quay's address was as follows
"Were It not that I nm expected to say
a few words In response. I would prefer to
let these he-aity demonstrations tbat come
from the convention and which speak
louder than words , bo our expression of unity
and brotherly feeling for you I am glad
to know that the day has come when those
walls of separation that wo thoughl were
Impiegnable have been thrown down , and
when we can come and meet with the Ep-
worlh le-aguo and thu llaptlst union and the
Christian Endeavor under the banners that
have been named tonight , and fight for
thu trahstlon of souls together. Your
work Is on re ; your Interests are ours ; jour
fellow ship Is ours to enjoy.
Behold , how good a blessing , nnd how big
a well ;
Whe-ro brethren of unity , in peace , can
dwell.
"These are the words of the psalmist.
Thej nro the expression of the consecrated
heart , and they voice sentiments In the
hearts of all of God's people everywhere
today
"We call ourselves joung people ; and jet ,
as jou look over jour convention , as I look
over this convention tonight , I see many
heads silvered with the badge at Christian
endeavor and Young People's Christian
union , which means that behind the coat
heats the heart of the boy , or the heart of
the girl ; that they are joung til expressions
of kympathy and hearty accord with the
work ,
"In some of our early homes Is a picture
entitled 'The Spirit of 1876. ' In which the
father Is pictured as marching to the front
though he ls severely wounded , with a
bandage round his head , plajlng the flfe ,
unmindful of danger , going forward to vic
tory , with determination written upon his
brow. lly his side marches his lltllo boy ,
ami jou see him looking up Into his father's
face. If ho can catch bomo of the expres
sion that come from it. I say to tha
joung people tonight whoso fathers come
with gray hairs , tbat wo may look up to
Ihem aud get omo Inspiration to help us
In the work , because they ha\o been lu the
service ; they know what the warfare li.
"Were I not limited In time I would like
to speak of the warfare , but it might not bo
In keeping with my address. Let uie just :
close U by offering as words of encourage
ment to you the Indian's hymn , common
meter , 'Go on. go on , go en ; go CD , go ou ,
go on ; go on , go on go on , " ( A voice "W
can sing the chorus just llko that.1'
There Is nothing to sing ,
"As the expression of our gratitude to yoi
and of our heartfelt feeling toward yo
let me s > ay to you In the words ot Johnathan
'Is thine heart right ? Is thy heart as m
heart ? If so , give me thy hand. ' " ( Ap
plause )
in : API'I\IS roit ruoimiiTios
Job n ( i , Woolej of ClilriiKO Deliver
an liiiiiiiNxliiiic-il lildrexx.
While waiting for the arrival of John G
Woolcy , the speaker of the evening , th
audience Indulged In a second service o
song. Tour hjmns , nil from the Psalms
were sung In n spirited manner When th
eloquent Chlcagoan did arrive from the over
flow meeting he wns greeted with an en
thuslastle reception The applause wns Ion'
nnd hearty , nnd the honor ot the Chrlstlnn
Endeavor salute , the waving of handker
chiefs , was extended to him His addres
whleh follows , was received with the great
cst Interest , and he was frequently com
p"'od ! tj cease speaking until the applnus
subsided
"messed Is the mnn thnt wnlketh not It
the roun c > l ot the ungodlj' , nor standet"
In the waj of sinners , nor sltteth In th
seat of the scornful , but his delight Is It
the law of the Lord nnd In his law dot ;
he mediate day and night And he shal
be like a tree , vhintrd bv the meeting o
the streams , that brlngeth forth his frul
In his cason his leaf also shall not wltne
nnd whatsoever he doeth shall prosper"
It has been discovered that David wa
not the author of thu First psalm It I
nt le.ist equally certain that he was 1
docs not much matter. It Is not the klm
of thing to greatly add to or diminish hi
fame Somebody wrote It. It Is veiy old
nnd so simpleas to both form nnd sub
stance that It seims to me thnt I shouli
havu written something very like It mj-sclf
If no one else had done U And the de
cided weight of opinion is that w hoove
wrote It did so by the Inspiration of Oed
and I reckon that Is so whatever dellnltlot
of Inspiration be accepted , for It would hi
hard to find one. learned or simple , win
would not put his linger on that stle'cfu '
of poetic prose and HIJChance , or law
or miracle , that Is right , that Is reliable
that Is true , that will do to tie to" At anj
rate , this church Imputes to It absolute
verity and accepts It unequivocal ! } ns the
verv word of God and In the most earnes
circles of church work It would greatly de
tract from one's usefulness. If not do
stroj It altogether , even to express a doub
upon the subject
llt'LE TO VOTE HY.
And so because I prize this hearing , an
would sot eveiy step of my thought In i
sure place todi } ami bar o'lt of this hou
an } possible- personal vagnrjI propose ti
jou th.it , as you have orieti seen a tallo
i.ij a pattern upon a piece of cloth vvi
laj this ancient , accepted evident , true-
Inspired scripture upon our polities am
cut It out , nnd wear It at the next elec
tlon as the toga vlvllls of our Christian eltl
zinshlp , wear It , I s.ij' , for It matters verj
little how admirable the cut of one's pletj
Is , If he takes It off In the polling booth , nv
men takeoff th"lr overcoita Indoor , fo
ftar of not "feeling" them when they conn
out Into the open air
It Is a "narrow gauge" psiltn , Its sllenci
as to any corrupt contemporarymonej
sjsti'tn might be objected to bv a super
llelal mind with bolting tendencies , as It
the nature of a "auction of conspiracies o
1) ) inks 01 some such thing And I can sei
"low , posslblv Its use of the miscullm
noun , man might seem to some extrerm
feminine sensitive ic-s , "a slUht to woman '
Hut these Infirmities of the holy t > urlpturc
we shall hive to nut up with , In view o'
the general good character of the book
1 will toll jou frankly that with Hiich
verj moderate abllltj as I can bilng to
bear upon the money question of todaj' ,
am persuaded to favor the present goli
Btandard , upon grounds of the most ele
incntnry honestj. but 1 think him a mos
noisome and pestilential bigot who keeps
crjlng "b'athersklte" ' to silver advocates , o
saylntj that there is no respectable or lion
orable- argument upon the silver side
And I am In favor of woman suffrage
upon grounds of a b e decencv My wlfo Is
married to a wanderer nnd Is the mother
of three tall , straight men. and , In the
natural division of our labor , her place
seems whore her heart l In her home
while we mn do the voting.
TAVOHS WOMAN SUFmAGE
Hut whenever , as a wife , mother , Chris
tlan , citizen , she may deem It well for her
to add the ballot to the gentle onsinry o
her power , wo four stand pledged by everj
homespun chlvalrj' to champion her rlgh
to it , against the world. Hut I confess tea
a certain gentleman- ! . Christian languor
when I hear that party platforms whirl
omit the subject are to bo dee-mod an Insuli
to our Christian womanhood But Chris
tlan citizenship Is now , and strange to
many , and must deal with politics In Its
elementary forms at flrht , n-id , while each
of these questions , monev , suffrage , tariff
direct legislation , etc , is worthy of the
time and thought of nny man , jet neither
one of them Is fundamental , each Is as yef
Involved unreduced to distinctly mora
terms , and unready , by so much or so
little , for solution
On the other hand , the question of the
liquor trafllc Is already reduced to a simple
question , from which the reduction of n
tingle election day will sulllce to give tht
value of "X" the cross of Christ upon a
free man's ballot slip An rl < ction is an
example In division , the voting liodv Is
the dividend , the Issue Is the divisor. If It
bo single the quotation will be simple am
final ; If it be a polj nomlnl , thearsvvei
will be but another problem , ns dlfllcult as
the first The one bright spot In the Hkj
of practical politics todajIs thnt the people
plo have compelled the p.irtleH to form n
campaign upon single Issues The choice
of divisors Is ono of throean amiable med
ley , the measure of a dollar , nnd "thr
measure of a man" What the church will
get out of this election depends upon what
she divides bjIf she divideby a med
ley , she will got confusion , more or ies
hopeful If she divide bmono } - , she will
get monej- , and If she divide bj- manhood
she will got manhood
I do not that - of the
siy nnjof great eco
nomic questions are without the piu-
v-Iew ot this psalm but , going out to moot
them with no weapon but "the bvvord of the
spirit , " I cannot clearly see where to strike ,
at gold or silver or tariff or the rest , to
malm the wrongor kill It.
Hut the liquor trafllo in not economics
but treason , overt , Insolent ; bloody as the-
shambles and black as the lees of mid
night I hate It , and when I think of It.
all the voices of momorv , the words of the
book , and every fiber of my soul and bed )
become a seething , unreasoning mob nnd
crj"Kill" '
NOT INTENDED AS ARGUMENT.
I would not tisk j-ou to accept this red-
hot , lashing fever of my blood ns nnv ar
gument I hnvo eaten hell ashes until my
mind is alkaline and cuts up the unctions
lubilcants of ralm nnd decorous debate , and
spoils the play of thought. Perhaps there
may be something to bo said In favoi of
"the drink "for all my hatred of It
I will not offer you the testimony of the
Woman'H Christian Temperance union , most
of these women have boon chained by the
Implacable tyranny of their own love to the
Caucasus of drink , with bosoms bared to
the beakfi and claws of license d and pro
tected vultures , and shame and wound : *
r-avn inado them hypochondrlncn ! maj'bo
Let us havu something' level-headed and
dlspnsHtonate
The speaker quoted the words of sundry
courts and statesmen and continued
Hut may not these bo mu-onslderul dicta
of fallible men and overburdened courts' '
Yes , I t < hall not nsk you to rent on what
they say Hut I do thank God and take
courage as I remember that though Lin
coln died nnd his partj- with him thirty
j-ears ago. there survives to this b ( trayod
and plundered people an Incorruptible Ju
diciary In the. main Hut It ought to bo
tiU'h treason for the confldeneo men who
"do" the people In the dominant politics
to call their organized conspiracies "t'lo
mrty of Jefferson" "the party of Lincoln. "
God save the mark !
No Kore-henrted appeals shall warp your
judgment here No outraged and Indignant
womanhood shall obtrude her tears to
stamrxdo jour Hympathles Ix > t stricken
childhood wall on through the Btnrless ,
volcdesH midnight of Its wrongs , unheeded
lx.'t statesmanship find audience olscwhi-ro
tonight Upon the certified record of the
church herself , and his own admissions to
tils Inner consciousness , I will Indict the
L'hrlstlan voter nnd on the 3d of November
let him " " " "
plead
"guilty" or "not guilty
Hut may not the church bo wrong ? Yes ,
tiut nothing on thlH planet Is HO apt to bo
right as she liy thu word of Jemia Christ
she holds her commlcslon His own dis
ciples were her llrt ministers His mother ,
lils brothers and fclnlers , moulded her early
Ife. Her llfo hus been one long contein-
ilitlon of His perfections She is the
nether of Interpretation and criticism , old
und new alike. The greatest heights of
bclence nrc but spurs of the main range
of her thought. God help this world If t > he
cannot be trusted by her own eons. Hut
dors her word bind IIH ? No , our own
words bind us Wo have taken her vows
upon us and pledged oureclvrs In the blood
of the New Testament , to love , honor and
cherish her You revrrc her , and I do , but i
t IH by no sentiment that I exhort jou
My business with you ban to do with com
mon honesty , and nothing more or lius.
QUOTES KHOM THE HECORD. of
I open hero before you the ofllclal record 3f
of jour genernf assembly ; listen. I read
extracts , but every word of context Intrust-
le the meaning : "To license the liquor
rattle IB a sin against God and a crime
iguiiiHt humanity ; being1 morally wrong. It
an never be made legally right , und the
Ime hua fully come when Christiana ghould -
unite their efforts , regardless of previous
Ullllutloas. for Its suppression. No politi
cal party has a right to expect , nor ought
It to receive , the vote of n Christian , so
long ns It stands comm'ttrd to the license
polity or refuses to put Itself upon record
in open hostility to the , f tkic-n "
I cpenk no compliment , ' V innko no de
fense , but tnfce It ns I nmrit , and nk no
qunrttr when I n sert thnt to cast a ballot
for the democratic party ill * the coming
election Is to cn t n stone nt the church ,
I open the bible , put mj .finger upon the
first Psalm , and remind jou again that the
church cajs "thnt Is twv handwriting of
Divinity , " nnd then I w'qffili my words
when I aver thnt he who msts n repub
lican vote nt the national ( flection repudi
ates the word of God nml Jn.sults Him to
His face Have no fear iinl I shall npenk
of party polities this Is party religion
Some ono will sa } , and tjulv. thnt the
liquor trnlllc has become if question of mere
method , but methods are ) manciples In mo
tion , nnd the llrat Pcnjni presents the
whole rationale of Chrlslin | ( method In a
simple song-how to wn\k \ , how to stand ,
how to sit , how to medltiite , jhovv to grow ,
how to prosper and the. music of It will
fill the whole earth when thq people King I
with a ballot box accompaniment Thn
portion of the Psalmodj' requires "nn In
strument "
I presume I < hall be within the truth nm
the proprieties of this occasion In sajllift
thnt the saloon keeper Is nn "ungodl } '
man "God Is not In all his thoughts , hi
wnjs are alwajs grievous , his mouth Is fill
of cursing nnd deceit and fraud undo
his tongue Is mischief and vanity , he sit
loth In the lurking places of the vlllafos
In the secret places doth he murder the In
norent 1ils i-vos are privily sot against th
poor , he lloth in wait secret ! } as a Hoi
in his don , he lloth In wait to catch th
poor , he doth citei the poor , when h
drawi-th him Into his net , ho croueheth am
humblofh himself that the poor may fal
by his strong ones he hath said In hi
heart. God hath forgotten "
HAS1S OP IUS CLAIM.
What Ins he to sav for his business
Upon what basis docs he cileulate his poll
tics ? To what measure docs he lay th
lines of his cltlrcnshlp' Ho savs , "Met
always drank nnd always will drink. " "I
I do not sell , somebody else will , " "There
Is revenue In It , " "It Is a persoml matte
and moral suasion Is the only remedv.1
"Cloco the low dlvi-s bv Increasing the II
cense and make the saloons respectable. '
"Regulation Is an etirnal principle , " ' Keel
the question our of politics , " "We are li
svini-afhy with all wise nnd well elliectei
efforts to prevent the evils of Intemperance
anco ; " "Public leiitlmont will not tolerate
a prohibition I tw ; " and more , but all to
the Rime effect , and so , jear In and yei
out , upon election day the one div of tin
on'endar ' when men nro equal the average
Christian voter , like a dreary pirrot porchci
upon a pirtjboss's thumb , sometimes
right side up. sometimes upside- down
echoes the blaiphoni } and takes up tin
damnable- parody and eh nits It through , to
the dlsmaj of the church , and the Joy am
sntlsfae-tlon of her enemies "Hlo sed Is tin
practical man that walketh as erect a
osslble , In the counsel of the ungodly , nf
dilates with the unclean In politics to con
trnl the oap market and confesnes spirit
nil ln olvoncy to speculate In his ovn ells
honorc-d pledges for the profit of n partj
that "corns the Inconvenient virtue tha
would do right all d lys alike" "Hlossei
Is the man lh.it walketh not In the coun
scl of the ungodlv "
All the triune beatitudes of the firs
psalm have to do with action In Chrlstlai
iitl7onshlp a "resolution" shows how the
itsolve-r f. els , a billet Hhovvs w.iere he
stands "Hkssod Is the man that stand
eth not In the way of sinners"
Under our svstem a partv Is a voter's
"wnv" In politics Wo stand In the vallej
of the shadow of a national election Po
lltlcal virtue will be In It only as a volor
and a protest The "honot of the nation'
Is not at stake In t.ic contii > t over mono }
standard ? that Is a spurlns match o
discredited pugilists each of whom has , li
advance , sold the tight to the- saloon
PL VCCS TO STAND.
Three wnjs are open where a Chrlstlai
miN take a "stand " Republican , demorra
ami prohibition I omit the populist am
national pirtles In order not to cumber
my Illustration , but I do so without nreju
dlco to tl-om To be a republican this fal
Is , at the be t , to "standtor the honoi o
the gold dollar , as to be a. demon at Is to
Ht.nul for the justU-e of.n silver dollar To
be a prohibitionist Is to island for the In
teprltv of Christian manhood , the honor o
the ehurch and the Tiistlco of Almlghtv
God In American politics. Where are joi
going to "stand' " I assume that there. I
no one In thN audience so weak In hi
C ! rlstlanltj or so mean In his cltlzfiishlp
as to tun awaj- from Uio e-le-oton
Stand here with mo .Upon this mountalr
top nnd seethe marshalling of the host'
upon the plain Two hundred and fort }
thousand saloons belrji forth tholr splf-
dcstro } Ing , promise-breaking home-defiling
pauper-breeding , vvifo-J , > eatlig | elans , am
thev form In two sections and mairh bj.
with nil the Jeweled , painted racwid , har-
lotrj of the nation following on. The stock
jobbers nnd men who f-orncr gold nnd sil
ver , coal nnd light and , food , the gamblers
confidence men. vagrants .ml criminals ol
low nnd high degree , the , ofnceseekers , the
Jackals of the vicious classes , move to tholr
places Where ? Half to the democratic
partj- , whose loader , a clean , brave , honest
mistaken Prosbjterlan , bears the flag 01
Jeffiison , sustained , advised and cheered
by Tammany hall , Hill , Gorman , Altgeld
and the rest , half to the republican party
led by a snug and wily Methodist , whose
hands are held up bGreenhut of the Na
tional Whisky trust , Saloon Keeper Cox of
"dead man's alley , " the Plaits , Quays ,
Hrajtons and other despicable , but power
ful , procurers of that Ilk In darkest poll-
tics.
IN THE WAY OF SINNERS.
I snjno word In personal disrespect of
these candidates , but they stand "In the
vvav of sinners " Thev are "In the hands of
their friends , " and their fi lends comprise
the scum and crime of eltle" . states ami
nations , and they expect to win bj "stand-
Ing In the counsel of the ungodlj" and bj
the contributions of the agglomerated trca-
SOIIH of the body politic And , for mj-
self , I froelv- say that rather than choose
between them. In that compan } , and upon
that conceded and stipulated bankruptcy
of principle , I would strip off my right of
franchise as a tilth- rag and voluntarll }
become"n man without a eountrj "
In polities , a man's "counsel" Is the
"wa } ' heloasons his part } Is the "way"
ho goes , his ballot Is the "wnv" he stands ,
and the sum of them all Is the "way" he-
foots up , In the long run his seat of gov-
cininent , his capltol. He occupies It b )
election to oflico or by electing someone
else.
"Hlosscd Is the man that sltteth not In
Die neat of the scornful , " but I dare sty
to you that the winning candidate In this
camj-ilgn will take his sc-at by virtue of his
having scorned the voice of God and of
the church The pelII of the republic Is
that conero s IH no deliberate body , "ac
cording' to the counsel" of the godly or the
patrlollc , but a nest of schemes , whore
igrcement Is Impossible save at n price pile !
down In party "counters , " or some local
or peisonal Inteicst , which , disregarding
lownrlght loyaltjsajs covertlj"vou vote-
for mj- bill and 1 vote for jours , " to the
plorj' of Jobbery Righteousness Is un-
: hoiight of there , save as an ad captandum
Incident In debate while in municipal gov
ernment no man. with lare exceptions , can
get or bold a seat without the condition of
loldlng godliness ns defined by the church ,
n utter scorn The United Slnlos senator
who Bald that "tho sermon on the mount
n politics Is an liiedlscent dream" spoke
Iteial truth , according to his light and
the practice of the Penate. Send the most
careful newspaper reporter to Mr Rryan
to ask him what his administration will
lo about the H.iloon In the event helnn
niel he will tell him frankly "Nothing. I
nm opposed to sumptunrj- legislation , "
ONE CANDIDATE SUITS
Send to Mr McKlnlev the same ( | uestlon
mil he will say "I decline to bo lute r-
vlewed " Is It aa bad BH that' Yes , worse ,
for If they were to answer "according to the
counsel of the godly" they would be exe
crated b } the parties as fools and traitors
Hut I do rejoice to know thnt the re Is a
candidate In the Held , the peer of either
of thn others In body and In brain , nnd n
full century beyond them both In business
standing nnd ability , who , If > ou iiHk him
'What will your administration do about
the saloon In case of your election' " will
say piomptly IIH thunder followH lightning-
'Wo will kill It. by the frraco of God and
llvido UK annual Income- a thousand mil-
Ions among the honest Jlndustrlcs of the
and "
Hut what would tho. one > ldened prohlbltlon-
sts do about monej' " That Is n perfectly
air question , nnd I will Ciiideavor'to answer
t Wo would hold n . u-gHton of congress , In
ho name of God and homo and eountrj ,
vlthout respect to sectlonH , classes or partj'
conditions , and thresh out the money argu-
nent In sober , clean , Joyal debate , and do
right about It Hut ] if ilryan bo elerted
vlll there ) not bo n panlq ? Yew , but It will
> c a pett } ' , Jumplng-Juok thing compared
o the perennial panlq ofi the liquor trnlllc
hat swamps the entlrji volume of our cur
rency every jear tindigives back to civili
zation a quid pro quo , ot vice , dlsc-aso and
crime , unmixed with nnygood , Hut If Mr-
vlnley bo dieted Is there not danger of
evolution ? Yes , but l ( wU | bo light comedy
compared to the ceaseless murder and ull
age of the saloon.
Hut Is It not n waste of power to vote for
he narrow righteousness of prohibition
his year ? No , It Is the most hopeful und
nest wise expenditure of power In wight
You can do nothing for McKInley or Hrj-nn
or gold or silver , without jou can carry
majority of the electoral colleKe , that
rreuns the polling of , saj- , T.OW.O'iO votes
Vhlle , on the other hand , 1,000,000 votes
or Joshua Levering- without a member
congress or an elector will elect our
ssue to the next place upon the calendar
the nation , and , In the first campaign of
he twentieth century some ! party , or nil
parties , iwlll tly Duvld'u nag- und cover the
hurch with glory.
Young men , aa nearly as I can understand
my own heart , I do not come before you
s a partisan , but -we must look at the
-use as It Is and you must be honest , brave ,
latrlotlc and clean. It la the word of God
preach to you. "llleuaed Is the man
delight is in thu law of the Lord
nnd In His law doth he mediate dny nnd
night. " thnt I , In the activity and hnrd
prnctfcnMtles of living no lens than In the
hours of worship nnd repose.
IS IT PRACTICABLE ?
Hut Is It practicable' Will It work ? Will
It win ? Listen : "He shall bo like a tree"
"The counsel of the ungodlj- " says "better
be n vine nnd cling to some grand old pile
nnd hide Its scnrs nnd rotting buttresses
nnd cnt Its decnj-ed glorj' nnd nest Us
bits nnd owls nnd wenvo j-our clean , j-oune.
lusty life nbout Its vnrtlng sentns tn shield
It , like the wicker on n demijohn ' No ,
no , "like a tree" no crawling no veiling ,
growing , wide open to God , looking down ,
wide open to men looking tin The coun
sel of the ungodly sas "if j-ou wnnt to
bo n tree nt lenst adapt jouroelf to jour
habitat nnd tnkc the direction of join
growth according to the slant of polltlca
progress , nlbelt oblique to Oed , until tin
world gets level Ho relntlvclv honest-
stand by the pop" Never ! On the eon-
trarj- . lot jour motto be U. P United
Prosbjterlan-U P. Up "Ltkc n tree
planted , not potted , nor 'heeled In. " nor
hung up by the roots to be sot out In the
spring , nor hnnglng bv one root In u crevice
of the rook , "planted at the meeting of
the streams "
Hear with me n moment , jou must think
this thought through 1 lav mv hand upon
this bible and saj"Thero , Is n river , the
streams whereof shall make glad the olt }
of God , the holv place of the tabernacles
of the most high. God Is In thu midst of
hrr. slip s > inll not bo moved "
Law , medicine , sociology political ocon-
omj , flowing on In gathering hoadwaj fron
their mjsterlous lource-s , moot the voloc
of the churi'h and the te.u-hlngs of this
book at the saloon The political party-
existent or j-et to bo that Is planted there
shall run Its roots wide nnd deep In nn
cxhatlstless "oil and ns the roots lncea c
nnd hold the branohes will spread high am
wide to correspond
"Thnt brlngeth forth his fruit In his sea
son. " Whoso season ? That of the man
who planted It ? No' ' No ! the tree's st-a-
son an orange tree brlnps forth fruit In
orange season , that Is , God's season for
oranges. "His leif also snail not wither"
ever preen , blooming growing , brarlng.
renew Inc , dav bjda } "And whatsoever
he doeth shall prosper , " and If that does
not mean victory , there Is a lieIn the first
psalm
ENDS WITH SON'G SERVICE.
After the nddress of Mr. Wooley , "How
Dlcst and Happy. " from Psnlm I , wns sung.
Hev Edgar McDIll called for 300 volunteers
for Saturdaj's picnic to Florence , and secur
ing them declared that the picnic would be
a go The monster meeting was dlsmlscd
with n prayer nnd the benediction b } Rev
J. A. Dutt of Knglevvoccl. Ill
Following Is the program for today :
Devotional sorvloe , address , "Scpiratlon , "
bv Mrs Edith Livingstone Peake Rook-
ford. Ill , sectional conferences , rrcsbytorlil
"ecretniles In auditorium , side room , Junior
workers , Kountze Memorlil church le-c-
turc room , choir and choir loaders In
Young .Men's Christian association hall ,
corner Sixteenth and Douglas streets , com
mittee work , auditorium nn In hall , S ib-
bith school olllcers nnd to ichers Kountze
Memorial ehure-h comer Hnrney and Six
teenth streets , main room , mission irlos
and vcluntetrs. In Young Men's Chrlstl in
association building
Urldav Afternoon Opening exorcises ; nd
dress , "Personal Effort In Soul Winning , " bv
R A Torrey D D Chicago , address "The
Present Need In India , ' bv Hev George
Morrison India , address "Home Missions
and Citizenship , " by Charles H Strong , D
D Sterling. Kin
Urldnv Evening Prijer service ; address
"T o Educational Work In Egjpt" bj
John R Alex inder D D , Egjpt , address ,
"Paul , the Mlsslonarj. " bv J D Rankln ,
D D , Denver. Cole , closing service.
ov nit PLOW MIITI > R A i.\itr. OMJ.
ItlMi-iisMi-H I tic ( liie-Ntlini of rhrlNtlaii
rm/ciiHhip.
An overflow- meeting was held In Crcl hton
hall last night to accommodate the Inrge
number of people who could not gain admit
tance to the main meeting. John H Mur-
dock of Washington I ) C , ret'rlng ' pres
ident of the union , presided at the meeting ,
and the singing was led by Prof. Wllej- , with
Mrs Mc.MIchnels at the piano
The hall was very comfortably filled when
Mr. Murdock Introduced John G. Wooley of
Chicago , the well known advocate of tem
perance reform , who proceeded to deliver
an address on the same subject on which he
addressed the main meeting n few moments
later , viz. : "Chilstlan Citizenship. " Mr.
Wooley lost no time in getting at the true
Inwardness of his subject , and proceeded to
chnractcilzc the ordinary Christian citizen
when called upon to exercise the elective
franchise. He likened him to a balky horse ,
who is beaten and pounded by this and that
politician , with his ears tied together by
this one and his mouth filled with dirt by
that one , and finally driven to his destina
tion by the low down politician , whom he
despises Ho also drew a picture of the
Christian voter between the fires of his
church nnd his party nnd advised nil true
Christians to leave the party which gave
no Indication of ever doing what wns abso
lutely necessarj- for the good of the countrj-
nnd join a new party , If It was necessary
to do that In order to accomplish the desired
result The speaker then proceeded to dis
cuss the temperance question and brought
the subject home to his auditors by assert
ing that what was right for the government
or a municipality , was right for the
Individual to do The government or
the municipality , ho said , was simply the
Individual multiplied , and If a thing was
right for the government to do It was
equally proper far the Individual to do If
the government has the right to sell to the
liquor dealer the right of way through the
country and the right to sell liquor , It would
bo equally right for the individual men and
women In the country to sell their virtue
to the highest bidder. He denounced the
liquor license sjstem as sin per so and Bald
the crjlng need of the country was for sal
vation , and the only kind of salvation that
would save It wns the salvation of Jesus
Christ.
COST OP THE TRAITIC.
"Wo spend , Jl.SOO.OftO1 In this country
every j-enr for liquor and tobacco , " ex
claimed the speaker in Impassioned tones.
'That Is more than double the amount we
expend for bread and meat. What's the
natter with the country ? All this talk
about silver Is all rubbish. When n man
spends twice as much for liquor and to-
jacco as he does for bread and meat everj-
iody knows what's the matter with him
! Ie Is simply a drunkard , a common bum.
They don't waste any time talking to him
about the financial question or political
economy If the people give him more
noney he will only spend it for mere
whisky. The reports of the Infernal r < venue -
enue department show thnt 1111.- first busi
ness to feel the effects of good time * is the
retail liquor business If we give .lie
rountry more money It will be spent for
Iquor. If wo give It more acreage it
would he used to build more breweries Tha
only thing that will save thu country Is
ho gospel of Christ. It won ! I not be
( Indness to the irnn to putty up the cracks
n him and varnish him over , just so It Is
no charity for us to keep our mojths rhut
about tha greatest crisis that ever afUlcUd
ho country " The speaKer closed his Inlk
vlth an Impnssslonc'd appjil to his lieareis
o make election day a day for Christ and
f necessary to do this to leave the old parties
and join a party that will accomplish this
result.
At the conclusion of Mr Wooley's nd-
Iress the chairman Introduced Itev J. G.
McCrory of Plttsburg , who delivered n talk
on the same subject of "Christian Citizen
ship" The speaker said this subject was
nsplrlng the young people to efforts that
; ave promise of the salvation of the country ,
le alluded this his own experience at Chris-
Ian Endeavor meetings In Idaho , Washing-
on , Colorado. Ohio and Washington , I )
C. At all of these meetings he said the
subject of greatest Interest was that which
armed the subject of his talk While at
ho national convention of the Christian
Sndeavor societies at Washington , the
praker said ho heard the magnificent choir
of 6,000 voices stand before the capltol of
ho nation and sing that grand old song ,
'America , " and the thought came to him
'why should not such a crowd an this as.
emble here some day to inaugurate a presi
dent. Instead of the kind of crowd that
usually attends such events ? " He pre-
llcteil that the time will como when this
bought will materallzo Into a fact , but
xpresscd a doubt whether this would be
> efore the women were allowed to vote.
The speaker advanced the thought that
he thing which was going to save this
ountry was the consecrated vote. He
aid God alvvajs worked through conse-
rated men , aud the country would be saved
n this way. He referred briefly to the
public Echools and declared In favor of
he > little red school house , with the grand
Id flag floating above it and the old bible
pen within It.
The liquor question was then taken up
nd it wan denounced as the greatest curse
he country was ever aflllcted with. He
ppealed to every man who bae the In-
ercat of the country at heart , U he g ta
j'a ' chance , to strike a blriv .M the ilquor
| ( raffle nnd rid the country of It.
TUNS roit HATMIHA\ .
Vlmllors Will lie ( IHen n IMi r-lliuii s'
Hide.
A most entertaining excursion has been
planned by Iho local committee for the pur
pose ot giving the visitors a good Idea of
the general conditions In caitern Nebraska
without tiring them with a lon trip The
excursion will tnko platp Patuidny after
noon , when the visitors will be given a
sixty-mile ride , lasting the hour * and taking
In the principal points of Inifrrst In the
vicinity of Omnhft The train will leave
the Webstrr btrcel depot nt 1 t5 p m , ntid
will run over the "Omaha" road to Klot-
cnce , where n stop of thlity mlmitr * will
be made to allow the rtciiMlonlsts to In
spect the magnlllornt plant of the water
compnti ) Prom there the train will pro
ceed to Irvtngton where It will he switched
to the nikhorn road , and will run south
past the state fnlr ground' to Pouth Omnhn
where n stop of forty the minutes will be
made while the visitors ItiRpcet the prnctlca
workings of the mammoth packing houses
A special exhibition will bo given for the
benefit of the exouislonUts , snowlntthe
entire operation of ktlllne ; ind diesslng bee :
nnd hogs mid turning out.the finished pro
duct from South Omaha the trnln wll
proceed uvcr the tracks of the Union Pacific
to Council Uluffs , and from thcic over the
new bililgo ot the flmahn Ultdpe and Trr-
Innl company to fcist Omahn , and thence
to the Webster strcft depot This ttlp will
glv the strangers a fine- view of the three
cities , and alto of the tlch agricultural dis
trict In the valley of the Papplo , where
the giant coin ot Nebraska may be sect
In nil Hi glorj.
STAIKIM ; run iTTTr"MIITIM :
Pl > c-4"ltlfN lime .Mreml.i Jumped Into
( beIMctd. .
The general committee Is In receipt of
Invitations to hold the next convention ,
which meets In 1S97 , nt Huffnlo , Denver
Indianapolis , Cleveland and Chicago. The
location of the cou'ventlons U decided bj
the general committee , which hears the
arguments to be pioscntod by the advo
cates of the places desiring 'o ' hnvo the
meeting , and then cither decides the matter
then and there or takes further time to
fully Investigate the mattci , ns the situa
tion seems to WAI rant The plan , so fur as
matured , Is to have the lepresontatlves of
the several points named above appear before
the general committee on Saturday ot this
week nnd present their icspectlve claims
Each point has n strong delegation on the
gioundand the contest Is warming up Sur
fnco indications seem to favor Chicago nt
this time , but the other cities are making
It Interesting for the Wlndv city
llee KeepH ( lie-n lloilne.
Tonight from 9 until 11 30 o'clock The
Bee will keep open house , and.during these
hours The Dee building will be brilliant ! }
Illuminated from the ground floor to the
doom. Upon this occasion the delegates
to the Young People's Christian Union con
vention , their friends and all of the visitors
arc cordlall } Invited to Inspect the building
and witness the work of making a great
newspaper.
: \orns < : I.I\MD rmm wvv.snin.
CONN | | > of theCin ( > e-nt Ion and ( lie
VleinlierM.
An CACiirlson Is billed for Monday to
Tarklo college , via Lincoln.
President J n. McMlchael of Monmouth
college Is In attendance nt the convention
Editor Edwin Hrown Graham of the Mid
land of Chicago Is a delegate to the con
vention nnd renders Invaluable service to
the representatives of the press.
The r H Revell company , publishers of
Chicago , New York and Toronto , have an
exhibit of religious supplies of nil kinds In
Ciclghton hall In charge of James M. Wood
ford.
ford.Miss
Miss Alice Wlnblglcr , assoclnto professor
of mathematics of Monmouth college and a
member of the general committee of the
convention , Is In attendance at the conven
tion.
tion.Mrs.
Mrs. T. H. McMlchael , wife of the presi
dent of Monmouth college. Is a prominent
female delegate. Mrs. McMlchael was secre
tary of the convention at Columbus last
year.
A check room for the convenience of the
visitors has been established at the door of
Crclghton hall , upstairs , where parcels of
every description may be checked free of
charge.
The Misses Cynthia and Mary Wilson of
Morning Sun , la. , are delegates to the con
vention. The Misses Wilson were formerly
missionaries to India and served In that field
seveinl jears.
A grent many of the delegates pay all or
nearly all of their expenses while In Omahn.
as such a largo attendance would not be
) osslblo If each society paid the expenses
of Its delegates.
Prof J. C Hutchlnson , formerly professor
of natural science at Monmouth college , now
a resident of Cherokee , la , Is a delegate to
.ho convention , representing the Christian
Endeavor society.
The members of the Alumni of West-
nlnster college , New Wilmington , Pa. , will
noot at the Mlllnrd hotel at E o'clock this
afternoon , when they will discuss topics
pertaining to their school ilajs.
President J. A Thompson of Tarklo col-
cge , President F. M. Spencer of Cooper
Memorial college and President R. G Fergu
son ot Westminster college are among those
n attendance at the convention.
AloutSOO stragglers arrived In the city yes.
erday morning , most of them having missed
heir trains on the regular day. Their
IcUcts were accepted a day later , however ,
and they are making up for lost time.
Mrs. Mary J. Reed , secretary of thn
Women's Hoard of Foreign Missions , le
icrr Mrs Heed's headquarters are In
Mttsburg and she hns the direction of forty
nisslonarles In India who are maintained
by the boaid.
The Union Pacific will give a one-fare
ixcurslon to Denver on Monday next for
ho especial benefit of the delegates to the
'oung People's Christian union convention
The Indications are good for a heavy train
oad of sight-seers
The local committee desires to announce
hat all who desire to come to the city on
Saturday of this wrek to attend the conven-
Ion will bo provided with ample accom
modations and given every facility for maK-
ng the most of their time ,
The I3ee Ilurcau of Information , In the
lobby. Is In great demand , and Is fully
tqual to all demands that may be made upon
t. The visitors aio eager for Information
egardlng points of Interest , etc , und illrec-
lens how to get to various parts of the
city.
city.Tho
The United Presbjterlan church has five
Icnomlnatlonal collegrs , as followsWest -
nltistrr , at New Wilmington , Pa. ; Mon
mouth , at Monmouth , III ; Musl.lngum , nt
N'ew Concord , O ; Tarklo , at Tarklo , Mo ,
and Cooper Memorial college , at Sterling ,
CanMrs.
Mrs. Edith L Pcnhcdy , who speaks on
"rlday morning , was for a time an actress
She wad converted In California a few yearn
ago , and has been engaged In evangellstli :
work on the coast until recently She Is a
woman of good presence and an excellent
speaker
A promlnrnt female delegate is Mrs A. .M
-'lihol of Monmouth , III , a member of the
general committee and a former missionary
to Egypt. Mrs Nlehol was In Egypt at the
time of the Mohammedan uprising In 1881
and was compelled to fire from the country
at that time.
Hev W. M Grler , D D , president of
Krslilne college. Due West. S C , who will
give an address on Sabbath evening , was
a soldier during the late war , and lost a
leg in one of the fiercest battles Although
he was on the other side thin , ho Is now a
most loyal union man.
Among the delegates present on this oc
casion is Rev 1) P. McGlll , D I ) . chair
man of the general committee for 1895 , and
to whose broad conception , admirable gen
eralship and painstaking efforts thu church
Is so largely Indebted for the Columbus con
vention held just one year ago ,
During the past few years the United
Presbyterian church has greatly encouraged
the work of the evangelists tno men who
devote their time largely to the holding of
special meetings for the reviving of church
members and the conversion of souls.
Several of these evangelists are In attend
ance at the convention , among whom are
Mrs. Edith Livingstone I'eake , Revs. Thomas
MpCague. H. H Hall , W , P , White , T. C.
McL'lre ) , Leslie E , Hawk and W. 0. Uarr. '
V l 1 nice tine ; ami conference of thcsa
. , CAI i will b.ncld during the w-cek to
Us UBS t ; c < h Is of work.
The tnl'iil ' Prsbtrrl n Hoard of Publica
tion has opened hcndqumtvrs lu the lobby ot
the theater , with Ml s Junta Park In charge * ,
wheie delegates mnj obtain the official pro *
gram , bibles gong books , the \rorks of Her.
Moorehead nnd Rev Clokc ) . as well as Sun
day sihonl supplies of all kinds
Vncnt the dl curslon of new music In tha
Sabbath fclmol qttAltorllrs. It will be Inter
esting to the ilelcgntes to know that In th
nc\t mimbei ot thr Illblp teacher's quarterly
will bo found nn excellent piece ot muslo
for juvenile voices bj Mr lohn G. Quay ,
president of the present Institute.
Westminster college has established heart-
gunners in the lobby , with Rrv J. H ,
Vc.iscy In rh.irgr , to furulth Information
regal dim ; the college RrV Vrasej was a
ml.iMonnry In the southern | mrt ot the
United States In the 'CiOs and has n fund ot
cnteitalulng stories of those stirring times ,
Mrs Kdlth Lhltu-stono Peakc of Rockford -
ford , III Is one of the prominent women
delegate : ) picbont nt the convention. Mrs.
Pe-ake was formcrl > an evangelist on the
P.idtlc toiit nnd wns most successful In
thnt line ot work Slip Is on the program for
an ndduss Uils moinlng on "Separation. "
\mong the Intirestcil vlsltois are Drs.
W. W Unir of Philadelphia , corrcspondlns
secretary of the Do ml ot Foreign Missions ,
A 0 Wallace of ScwIcUrj' , Pn correspond
ing secietary of the Hoard ot Church Ex
tension nnd W S Owens of Indrara , P.t. .
corresponding sccrctarj of the lloaul of
Home Missions
R J Miller. I ) D editor of the Christian
Union lie.aid , n weekly denominational paper
and the nlllclnl organ ot the Young People's
Chrlstlnn union , Is In attendance upon Iho
convciulnn The Herald has been estab
lished sixteen \cius nnd hnd been the ofllcUl
organ of the union dining the right jcnra
the latter hns been In existence
Monmouth college has established head
quarters In one of the vnrnnt store rooms
In the Hnmge block , across the- street from
the theater , w he-re Prof Russell Grahntn In
In charge to welcome nil who rail. A largo
number of the alumni of the college are In
attendance nt the ccuuvntlon and It Is pro
posed to hold a reunion some time this
w eek.
Several rrglsterrd boirdlng house Keeper *
tvhci had received no applicants for rooms
or boaid appeared jostcrday morning at the
olllce to Inquire us to the likelihood of nny
others dcMrlng accommodations , and went
met with the response- that the crowds
hnd been easily tnkcu care of by the board
ing houses and lintels more contiguous to
the convention hall.
Dr J Kno\ Montgomery , pastor of the
First church of Cincinnati. O . Is a prominent
delegate lr Montgomery delivered nn ad
dress nt the convention at Columbus , O , last
je.u on ' I nlted Prisbjtcrlanlsm , " In which
he used the expression "I nm not nshnmcd
of ni } creed or my crowd This caught the
fancy of thesdelegates and 1ms been a
stereotpcd exprcsblon among them.
One of the most prominent female dele
gates to the convention Is Mrs Jennlo
Lottie Campbell of Monmouin , III. , wlfo
of Hov W. T Campbell , pastor of the Second
church of Monmouth He-fore her marrlago
Mis. Campbell was principal of Monmouth
college , ono of the principal educational in
stitutions maintained by the denomination ,
and she now occupies the chair of English
literature In the college
Miss Lllllc .M Robertson of Chicago Is ono
of the delegates The Chicago Presby
terians held a rally at the depot In their
city Tuesday night to extend welcome nnd
Ciodspeod to the delegates passing through
the city. A "rnllv song , " composed by
Miss Robeitson , was sung on thnt occnslon
and took the crowd b } stoim The song
will be distributed nt the convention and will
bo sung during the proacdlngs
Tarklo college has opened headquarters In
a room opening off the lobby It has bccu
tastefully decorated with the Tarklo colors ,
rojal purple and cream The place Is In
charge of C II Thompson , nnd visitors nro
supplied with the "convention number" ot
the Phoenix , the college paper , n hand
some phamphlet of twenty-four pages , con
taining a deal of entertaining rending
mntter , mostly descriptive In Its nature.
In the balcony , to the right of the plat
form , jestcrday morning , sat William Hill of
Carnegie , Pa , one of the ti listed and honored
citizens ot wcstein Pennsjlvanla. For a
number of jears ho has been superintendent
of the Allegheny county workhouse , which
occupies a high place among the penal and
rcformntorj- Institutions of the country , be
cause of the admirable manner In which It
Is conducted. Mr Hill finds U a delightful
relaxation to listen to the proceedings of this
convention.
Robert H. Wilson of Saltsburg , Pa. , ono of
the delegates , Is a composer of some note.
He vsrote the music to the song , "Lead Mete
to the Rock , " which was sung for the first
time at the convention last year nt
Columbus , and which Is a prime favorite
with the church Mr. Wilson has two new
songs in the ofllclal program for this jcar.
' lie Lcadeth Me , " based on Psalm 23 , and
"They That Trust In the Lord , " based on
Psalm 125 In every day life Mr. Wilson is
n civ II engineer.
Omaha has hnd an Important pant In the
organization and development of this joung
people's movement Mr George 0. Wal-
acc , so well and favoiably known In thla
city , was a member of the first geperal
committee appointed by the general assem
bly In 1S ! > 9 This committee drafted the
constitution ot the local Christian unions.
Mr. Wallace wns chairman of the general
committee for 1893 and arranged for the
nstltutc ot that year , which was held In
St. Louis , and which contributed an Im
portant part toward the attainment of the
irescnt development of the Christian union.
The seating of the delegates Is done under
the direction of N G Ilrown , chief usher ,
who has about twenty assistants , and the
working capacity of thesu energetic young
men Is taxed to the utmost to get the largo
crowd seated without confusion No at
tempt Is made to seat the delegations In
order , but the rule Is to fill up the lower
[ iart of the house first and then take the
lialcony and gnllcrles In order. There wan
not n vacant scat anywhere In the house
jcsterday morning , except In the highest
; allcry , and the lobby was filled with pco-
ilo who could find nothing but standing
oom.
The original Ider In gathering together
ho United Presbyterians annually was that
he leading lajmeii and prominent divines
of the church might be addressed by speak
ers from their own number as a means of
nstructlnn In the doctrines and teaching ! )
of the faith. Hut In the last three yearn
he scope of the Institute has broadened ,
null now each society Is entitled to two
lelegatcs , and It Is probable that this year
he name of the meeting will bo changed to
convention In place of Institute. Another
dea of the broadening view of the convon-
lonera may be drawn from the fact that on
his year's program there are speakers from
four outside denominations , This may , per
haps , he taken aa an Indication that the
Christian union may once more asslmlluto
with the Society of Christian Endeavor , of
which It Is on offshoot ,
I hnd an obatliuitosklndlifMe , called Kcieiin.
M ) bed } , head , and urnu vrtro covend with
polii lite dioiu of murlnr , I , I'll came off la
lavtmof dry malci I mffirrd for over a jeir
without iillt-f , con ulttd > t ( > r > d doctor * with
out ul I , and had ulmoit given up liopc. I nw
an ndvtrtlirnient atout CuTicuitA KKUJJUIK * ;
tmil Ihcm.unfi In tight icitlct I w wtllni
cur , for in } ekln l si idco ml drar at nbMlii'i.
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c > t of humor cum
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