Nebraska Newspapers

    THE OoNIAHA DAILY IHSJEs FRIDAY , AUGUST 21 , 1890 ,
OWN TO BUSINESS
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( Continued from f-econdPa _ e. ) 1
crc not enrolled as delegates to clamber |
pa couple ot flights of stairs and occupy I
te remaining vacant teats. |
The prayer and pralso service wad an-
Iounccd lo commence at 7:30 : o'clock. Hy
1 hat time every cat In the hotife , save only ,
I few In the lear of the gallery , was filled. I
"he olRht boxes contained as many as they I
& ould with any degree of comfort to the
occupants , In the corridors of the lower
[ floor and the balcony were at least a him-
Idrcd patient , attentive auditors who were
I tontcnt lo stand throurhoul the meeting 1
I On the stafio were seated the speakers of the >
f meeting , the officers of the union , the mem- |
I tern of the general committee , the chorus I i
of 150 trained voices and as many more as
' could crowd ou lo this point of vantage.
OPRNHIt WITH SONO SERVICE.
! The meeting proper was preceded by c
service ot song , conducted by Prof. T. J.
Clllesple. Tor < > half hour the great aUdl-
I cnce sang the sacred songs adapted from
( the songs of David. If there was one tea-
I ture of ilio meeting that was more slg-
I nlflcunt ot the deep Interest and boundless
I enthusiasm of the delegates than nny other
I feature It was the singing. It was a meot-
I Ing where everybody sang. The preceptor
I and his large chorus merely started the
I crowd and led It. through the hymns. Th *
I United Presbyterians arc fond of sacrei !
eong , and when over .1,000 of them lift their
voices In hymns of pralso there Is a vol
ume , as well is a sweetness , In the music
that In grandly Inspiring.
After the service of song , Prof. Swan of
Monmouth college made a prayer. Prcsl-
| dent Quay then Introduced W. O. MacLeod ,
who represented the Omaha and Council
i muffs Ilapttst unions.
Mr , President , Delegates of the Young
I People's Christian Union : You have ul-
I romiy been welcomed to this metropolis of
I the commonwealth of Nebraska ; you have
I been welcomed to this state of the golden
f rod , the golden corn and the golden grain.
Almost everything Nebraska has to offer
[ , represents gold or Its equivalent , except
her candidate for presidential honors.
I Wo do not wish you to take the present
i tcmpcrnturo ns an Indication of a cool re-
1 nptlon , for we understood Unit you se
ll lectcd Omaha as your place of meeting lie-
I cauHC of Its being a popular summer re-
i wort , nnd so we did not wish to dliinp-
point you , but rather planned for this
cool wi'uthrV us one of the evidences of a
cordial reception.
"I have the great honor and high prlvl-
I lego of standing before you to extend to
I , you the hand ot greeting and brotherly
kS fellowHhlp In behalf of tin1 Ilaptlst Young
[ People's unions of the trl-cltles of Omn'iia ,
I South Omnhii and Council HlufTs.Vc nre
I glad that you. like ourselves , love the word
"Union , " so that you have It Incorporated
in your name.Vu trust that to you alxo
the word union carries with It , in Its deep
est and truest sense , fhat which' the word
Implies love and fellowship of Christian
unity. .For I believe It In possible to have
| union without unity. To line an Illustra-
' tlon once given by an eloquent friend of
f mine , "If you take n cat and dog and tie
their tails together anil hang them over n
clothes line , you may have union , but not
I unity. " Like yourselves , we have learned
I the bloHsedncsH and Joy uf Christian unity.
I and most cordially and fraternally extend
| to you the bund of Christian fellowship.
I UNION OF HKART AND HAND.
I \Ve wlnh to express lo you by this token ,
I more than the more sound of words , and
ns we have the word union common to
I both our names , we reach out to you tonight -
night , a union of hands , a union of hearts ,
n union of determined warfare against s.in
I iirtd evil , a union of effort In the proclnma-
| tlon ot the bit-seed gospel that we may bo
I Instrumental In hastening the coming of
I the great day when the kingdoms of this
I world shall become the great united klng-
I dom of our Lord nnd Savior , Jesus Christ.
I It Is a characteristic of love that It ever
I peeks the demonstration by which It will
I fxvress to the beloved some evidence of
I the lire Which burns In the heart. When
I the psalmist's heart was most full he cried
I out , "What shall I render unto the Lord ? "
I So , us a weak expression of deep and lovIng -
Ing fellowship In which we hold you as
I co-laborers In our Master's vineyard , It Is
my { .rent privilege In bt'hnlf of the Itap-
list young people of the Trl-clty union
to present to you this floral counterpart
of the badge and seal of our tri-clty and
national unions , with the loving message
expressed on the attached card :
"Welcome and frutermil greetings to the
Young People's Christian union 'To them
that are sanctified by God. the Father , and
preserved In Jesus Christ and culled : Mercy
unto you , nnd peace , and love be multl-
piled. ' From the linptlst Young People's
Trl-clty union , Omaha , Council muffs ,
Bou111 Omaha. "
I At this point Mr. McLcod presented the
I union with a massive floral design of roses
I nnd other beautiful flowers , representing
I the badge of the Ilaptlst Young People's
f union , a maltese cross four fcrt each way.
Surmounting the cross , in ( lowers also , was
I the American shield , the open bible and
I the motto of the union : "Loyalty to
I Christ ; " alsn at the points of the cross the
I Initial letters D. Y. P. U. artistically worked
I In flowers.
I To you Its cross may stand for our belief
I In one divine headship of the church , "For
I the preaching of the cross In to them , that
I perish foolishness , but unto us which arc
I saved It Is the power of God. " The open
I blblo will Htand for our only guide in mat-
I tors of faith and religious practice. The
shield of our glorious country for that
liberty of conscience for which our fathers
I have stood , as well as for our undying loyally -
ally to thu Htar-snangled banner , that line
I under which soul-liberty was born and
I cradled , under whoso folds no man must
I submit his body In an unwilling servitude
I to any other ; under which no man's soul
I Is chained to the opinions and dogmas of
I another ; under which every man and wo-
r man Is guaranteed the right of an unfet-
I tcred body and nn untrnmineled soul. Hut
I brethren , we believe the ting also stands
I as wo do , unalterably and eternally op-
I poseil to that mistaken form of liberty
I culled license. Let us unfurl this flag , and
I tliIn flag only , over all our people as the
I emblem of liberty , determined that with
I It uluill go the cross In which Paul gloried ,
f and that the bible , which Is the Holy Splr-
I It's legacy , shall be everywhere proclaimed
and opened to the people.
ALL I'NDKR ONE HANNER.
Wo have heard outbursts of patriotism
I which proclaimed for "No north , no south , "
but we seek for something even greater ,
when all political boundaries shall be for
ever obliterated , wht'ii the banner of the
ICIng of Kings shall float over the whole
world , a united people with no law save
the law of Love and thu Golden UuU > shall
i bo the universal standard of man's dealing
with man ,
You have doubtless ere this observed n
, utrlklng and harmonious whole Into which
i your motto and our motto may bo blended.
Your motto , "Whoso wo are and whom wo
nerve ; " our motto , "Loyalty to Christ ; "
lioth together forming the one beautiful
| Hcntenco , "Loyalty to Christ , whose we are
i and whom we nerve , " We greet you for
what we In-Hove you represent , a body hold
ing loyal allegiance to tlin old tried and
true way , carefully observing the old land-
murks In pointing out thu way of the king
dom. You art' not readily captivated by the
Now Theology , or the Higher Criticism.
The old. old story seems good enough for
you and for us ,
In the great Exposition , for which preparn.
lions are being made In nil this western
I domain , will be spread oxhtbltw of the
I mighty power of man's genius when dl-
I reeled In the channels of Invention and Im-
[ provenu'tit. Hut mid the crashing downfall
I of the old and thu clutter of thu uprising
[ new. there stands nlonn the religion of our
Lord Jesus Christ , a thing perfected from
I 118 birth as once delivered unto the saints
by the hand of Oed himself ,
"For there Is one way men can't Improve ,
I Although It has been tried by men who have
studied and studied ,
I And worried until they died.
It him shone undlmmed through ngcH.olIko
gold retlned from Us dross ,
; It's the way to the Kingdom of Heaven ,
by the simple way of the Cross. "
cjitiirrin5 : : rii.io\v AVOIIKICKS.
Ulitvnrth l.ciiKiii-m Kxlrnil ( lie Hand
of l < In null I it.
Charles W , Miller , representing the Ep-
worth leagues of Omaha's Methodist
churches , followed with an eloquent address
of welcome. lie said :
"Mr , Chairman , Ilrothers , Sisters , In the
young people's work of our Lord Jesus Christ :
On behalf of the Tenth Chapter of the Ep-
worth league of the Methodist Episcopal
church of the city of Omaha , 1 bring you
erecting. J bring you the greeting of one
who loves the work of Jesus Christ , the
greeting of a league whose motto and whose
purpose la to serve Him In faithfulness of
heart and soul , doing every duty to which
Ho shall call us. John Wesley , or some
other leader. Bald In the beginning of his
ministry : 'I desire a league offensive and
defensive with every loldler of the Lord
JeaUs Christ ; ' and It U upon that foundation
i rock that wo are building our league , and It
I ii our purpose to Join hand and heart with
I every soldier of the Lord Jesus Christ ; reach.
I IDE down the baud of love aud fellowship
I to every one In need , aud , the one condition
1 of our love shall be the needy soul , to elevate
that soul up Into fellowship with ChrUt
ana ourtelvei , and In this fellowship aud la
thu love wo come to you to bear to you
our Uc , our prayers , and out- hearty sj-mpa.
thy that you , too , shall succeed In nil your
liOMt nnd ambitions | n completing your
worlc for our same Ixird and Jc u .
Tor this purpose we labor to build up the
kingdom of our Christ ; and , as I stood In this
hall last evening when the curtain rolled
up , and beheld for the first time your motto ,
I ald to n friend who stood beside me-
What meantth this gathering of young people -
plo In Hoston , In Washington , In Nashville ,
In all these cities of the east , and they arc
moving on the westl What mcancth all
this ? ' Ho ald : 'IMinow not. '
"And I said , 'I will tell you ; It 1s the
crystallization ot all the effort and energy
and ambition and power of the young
people of this country consecrated to the
'kingdom of the Lord Jesus Christ ; and
these are but the rallying points whence
go forth the vigor and power that shall
help them In hours to come In the center
of the battle for life and for strength and
for righteousness and for holiness , and for
the receiving of every soul with which these
young hearts come In contact. " So , with
our purpose and league offensive and de
fensive with every soldier of Jesus Christ ,
we arc ready to Join you In heart and hand
and prayer and faith , for the accomplish
ment of our purpose. And then , as 1 read
your mottor. 'Whose We Are , and Whom We
Serve. ' I remember who spoke those words ,
nnd I remember there Is a deeper meaning
than simply those words and our part In
It. It was that Joy Paul felt when he
said , 'For there stood by me this night an
angel of God. whose 1 am , and whom 1
serve. ' So we tome to you saying that
there dwelleth In us the spirit of the Loid
Jesus Christ , whose we nre and whom we
serve ; and In that spirit we are ready to
gather with you here and everywhere that
we can to lift up the fallen , to save the out
cast and the sinful , and to do the will of
our blessed master. Again , In the name
of the Kpworth League of the city of
Omaha , 1 say to you 'All hall. Oed bless
you. ' " ( Applause. )
i.v > TJMJIMVOH ISHHIJTIX : S.
VUltorn InvHeil tii Hi-main nnd MitUp
Tlii'lr llmmIn tinWent. .
Representing the Christian Endeavor
union ot Omaha , Arthur Chnse followed
with n brief address. He spoke ns follows :
Mr. President , I > ndlCR nnd Gentlemen : 1
am sure It gives me pleasure to say to you
tonight that I bring you the greeting of n
thousand young people who compose the
Omaha Christian Kndenvor union , and that
J , In a measure , take their place , for It
would be too lengthy n service If wo should
permit each one of our young people to say
to you that wu are glad to welcome you
wlt'hln ' the boundaries of this city. I nm
sure that It Is u pleasure to see gathered
here so many Christian young oeople. and
yet there have come with the youns people
ple somu who are not so young. Tnure
have come with the young people to this
city some -who have grown older In Chris
tian work and experience , nnd we wel
come nil. I am glad you came and gave us
the opportunity to welcome you. Wu have
tried to have some others come , thnt we
might show to them our hospitality and
Christian friendship , ami they have de
clined ; you have accepted , nnd we nru glad
to meet you now.
I want to say , too , nnd I must be brief ,
because our time Is limited , In extending to
you the greetings of our people , that you
have found from your short stay here , no
doubt , that the people of the west aru
something like thu people of the east. They
arc simply eastern people transplanted ,
nnd you know that eveii n cabbage head
sometimes'Improves by being transplanted.
( Applause and latiRlitcr. ) I sometimes go
down to my old home In thu east , and It
Is amusing to observe how little they know
about what we know. ( Laughter. )
Last fall we were down at Washington ,
and I will give thu people of the east the
credit of having great Intellect , and f.iey
are people , too , who study their geojt-
raphles , and they are people who can no
tice a. city of four or live thousand In
habitants that has been In existence a
number of years : and yet a city of 140.000
Inhabitants , such as Omnhn , they are un
able to locate unless It might be In the
state of Virginia. ( Laughter. ) Then , to
further express their knowledge of affairs
they asked whether thu delegation that was
there from the west nnd those who repre
sented Omu'ha were from the state or from
the city !
I know that you had a better knowledge
of things before you came , and that you did
not tell the conductor to let you oft at the
state of Omaha. ( Laughter. ) Hut you were
fully uwnro where you were coming when
you started. I think It Is safe to say that
thu majority of the peoplu who will be here
In attendance upon this convention have
never been west of the Missouri river be
fore , nml you are not very far west of It
Just now , nnd yet you are on the very edne
of the empire where your missionary soci
eties and where your colleges have been
sending trained men nnd women to do no
ble service during all these years of your
existence as n church.
And so we say to you ; thnt you can keep
on sending the best of your young men and
young women to the west ; there Is room
out here for all of them. We did not ask
for the othpr element ; It Is not the time
for thorn to gather here In this convention ;
and , If some of you become so attached to
our % vestern nlr , nnd our western city ,
nnd our western ways of doing things that
you conclude to remain here , we shall be
glad to welcome you ; we shall bo glad to
welcome you Into u Christian fellowship In
this city. I ought to say. too , that you will
find If you remain that the Christian people ,
the people thnt I am supposed to represent
In our Christian Endeavor union I cannot
say of the other brethren welcome you tone
no single denomination ; for our union In
cludes all denominations ; and so our fel
lowship Is wide ; our motto Is one not second
end to those already mentioned , "For this
one Is your Muster , even Christ , nnd nil
yo are brethren. " And you and I , and all
of us , can stand toRether If we bo Christ's
under that banner , nnd we can also add
those words thnt you have chosen , thnt
you have selected , thnt you have gathered
under , rallied under. In all of your conven
tions , "Whose we arc , and Whom we
serve. "
Again I welcome you to our city In be
half of the Omaha Christian Endeavor
union. ( Applause. )
All 13 OF A COMMOV IIIIOTIIHH1IOO1)
rrCMldenl ( tuny llepllex \\Vlouiiii-n
of I/oeill NoHrUrN. ,
President Quay responded briefly to these
three addresses , nnd then amidst great ap
plause , shook hands with each of those who
had welcomed the delegates. It was an
nounced that a street service would be
held at Sixteenth nnd Douglas streets Im
mediately after the meeting. A reunion
of the nlunml of Westminster college was
announced for G o'clock Friday afternoon
nt the Hotel Oollone.
It was requested that all articles
that Bhould bo found In the con
vention hall be banded In to The
lice's bureau of Information In the lobby.
President Quay's address was ns follows :
"Worn It not that I am nxpected to say
a few words In response , I would prefer to
let these hearty demonstrations that come
from the convention and which speak
louder than words , bo our expression of unity
and brotherly feeling for you. 1 am glad
to know that thu day has come when those
walls of separation that we thought were
Impregnable have been thrown down , and
when wo can come and meet with the Ep
worth league and the Ilaptlst union and the
Christian Endeavor under the banners that
have been named tonight , and fight for
the t/alvatlon of souls together. Your
work Is ourr ; your Interests are ours ; your
fellowship Is ours to enjoy.
Hehold , 'iiow good u blessing , and how big
n well ;
Whern brethren of unity. In peace , can
dwell.
"These are the words of the psalmist.
They are the expression of the consecrated
heart , and they voice sentiments In the
hearts of all of God's people everywhere
today.
"We call ourselves young people ; and yet ,
as you look over your convention , as I look
over ( his convention tonight , I see many
heads silvered with the badge oi Christian
endeavor nnd Young People's Christian
union , which means that behind the coal
beats the heart of the boy , or the heart ol
the girl ; that they are young In expressions
of sympathy and hearty accord with the
work ,
"In some of our early homes Is a picture
entitled 'The Spirit of I87G.1 In which the
father Is pictured as marching to the front
though he Is severely wounded ; with a
bandage round his head , playing the life ,
unmindful of danger , going forward to vic
tory , with determination written upon his
brovr , Ily his side marches his little boy ,
and you see him looking up Into his father's
face If ho can catch some of the expres
sion that come from it. I cay to the
young people tonight whose fathers come
with gray balrs , that wo may look up to
them aud get some inspiration to help us
In the work , because they have been lu the
service ; they know what the warfare it.
"Were I not limited In time I would llko
to speak of the warfare , but it might not be
In keeping with my address. Let me Just
close it by offering as words of encourage
ment to you the Indian's hymn , common
uieter , 'Go on. go oo , go on ; go on , go on ,
go on ; go on , go on RO on ; " ( A voice "We
'an ' sing the chorus Just llko that. " )
There Is nothing to sing ,
'As the expression of our gratitude to you
and of our heartfelt feeling toward you
ot me say to you In the words of Johnathan1
Is Ihlnc heart right ? Is thy heart as my
Jeart ? If so , give me thy hand. ' " ( Ap
plause. )
iiu AIMM\IS roa I'uoiiiniTio.v.
John. (1. AVnoIej- Clilormo Deliver *
nil liiiun lniieil Adilrenx ,
While waiting for the arrival of John G.
Wooley , the speaker of the evcnlnR , the
nudlcnce Indulged In a second service of
Bong. Four hymns , all from the Psalms ,
were sung In a spirited manner. When the
eloquent Chlcagoan did arrive from the over ,
( low meeting ho wna greeted with an en
thusiastic reception. The applause was long
nnd hearty , nnd the honor of the Chrlstlnn
Endeavor salute , the waving of handker
chiefs , was extended to him. His address ,
which follows , wns received with the great
est Interest , and he was frequently com
pelled tj cease speaking until the applause
subsided :
"Illesspd Is the man thnt wnlketh not In
the counsel of the ungodly , nor stnndeth
In the way of sinners , nor sltteth In the
seat of the scornful , but his delight Is In
the law of the Lord and In his law doth
he mediate day and night. And he shall
tie like ix tree , vhuitrd by the meeting ol
the streams , that brlngeih forth his fruit
In his season , his leaf also shall not wlt'ner '
nnd whatsoever he doeth shall prosper. "
It has been discovered that David was
not the author of the1 First psalm. It Is
nt least equally certain that he was. It
docs not much matter. It Is not the kind
of thing to greatly add to or diminish his
fame. Somebody wrote it ; It Is very old ,
nnd so simple , as to both form and sub
stance , that It seems to me thnt I should
have written something very like It myself
If no one else had done It. And the de
cided weight of opinion is that whoever
wrote It did so by the Inspiration of God ,
nnd I reckon that Is so. whatever definition
of Inspiration be accepted , for It would be
hard to find one , learned or simple , who
xvould not put his linger on that stickful
of poetic prose and suy , "Chance , or law ,
or miracle , that Is right , that 1st reliable ,
thnt Is true , thnt will do to tie to. " At any
rate , this church Imputes to It absolute
verity and accepts It unequivocally as the
very word ot God , and In the most earnest
circles of church work It would jrreatly de
tract from one's usefulness , 1C not de
stroy It altogether , even to express a doubt
upon the subject.
IULE TO VOTE in * .
And so beoauso I prize this hearing , and
would set every step of my thought In a
sure place today and bar out of this hour
any possible personal vagary , I propose to
you that , as you have often seen n tailor
lay a pattern upon a piece of cloth , we
lay this ancient , accepted evident , true.
Inspired scripture upon our politics and
cut It out , nnd wear It nt the next elec
tion ns the toga vlvllls of our Christian cltl-
zuishlp. wear It , I say , for It matters very
little how admirable the cut of one's piety
Is , If he takes It off In the polling booth , ns
men take off th'Mr overcoats Indoor , for
fear of not "feeling" them when they come
out Into the open air.
It Is a "narrow gauge" psalm , Its sllonec
as to any corrupt contemporary money
system might be objected to by a super
ficial mind with bolting tendencies , as In
the nature of a sanction of conspiracies of
banks or some such thing. And I can see
how , possibly , Its use of the masculine
noun. man. might seem , to some extreme
feminine senslll\e.ie-s , "a sll < ht to woman. '
Hut these Infirmities of the holy scriptures
we shall have to nut up with , In view of
the general good character of the book.
I will tell you frankly that with such
very moderate ability ns I can bring to
bear upon the money question of today , 1
am persuaded to favor the present gold
standard , upon grounds of the most ele
mentary honesty , but 1 think him n most
noisome and pestilential bigot who keeps
crying "blatherskite" to silver advocates , or
saying that there is no respectable or hon
orable argument upon the silver side.
And I am In favor of woman suffrage ,
upon grounds of a li c decency. My wlfo Is
married to a wanderer and Is the mother
of three tall , straight men , and. In the
natural division of our labor , her place
seems where her heart Is In her home-
while we men do the voting.
FAVORS WOMAN SUFFRAGE.
Hut whenever-as a wife , mother , Chris
tian , citizen , she may deem It well for her
to add thu ballot to the gentle enslnry of
her power , we four stand pledged by every
homespun chivalry to champion hc-r right
to It , against the world. Hut I confess tea
a certain gentlemanly. Christian languor
when I hear that party platforms which
omit the subject nre to be deemed nn Insult
to our Christian womanhood. I3ut Chris
tian citizenship Is new. nnd strange to
many , and must deal with politics In Its
elementary forms at llrst , and , while each
of these questions , money , suffrage , tariff ,
direct legislation , etc. , Is worthy of the
time nnd thought of nny man , yet neither
one of them Is fundamental ; each Is as yet
involved , unreduced to distinctly moral
terms , and unready , by so much or so
little , for solution.
On the other hand , the question of the
liquor tralllc Is already reduced to n , simple
question , from which the reduction of a
single election day will RUfllce to give the
value of "X" the cross of Christ upon n
free man's ballot slip. An election Is nn
example In division ; the voting body Is
the dividend , the Issue Is the divisor. If it
be single the quotation will bo simple and
final ; If It be a polynomial , the answer
will be but another problem , ns dlfllcult ns
the first. The one bright spot In the sky
of practical politics today Is thnt the people
ple have compelled the partlcH to form n
campaign upon single Issues. The choice
of divisors Is one of three an amiable med
ley , the measure of a dollar , nnd "the
measure of a man. " What the church will
get out of this election depends upon what
she divides by. If she dlvldo by n med
ley , she will get confusion , more or less
hopeful. If she divide by money , she will
get money , nnd If she divide by manhood
she will get manhood.
I do not say that nny of the preat eco
nomic questions nre without the pur
view of thl-s psalm but , going out to meet
them with no weapon but "the.sword of the
spirit. " I cannot clearly see where to strike ,
nt gold or silver or tariff or the rest , to
malm the wrong or kill It.
Hut the liquor tralllc Is not economics ,
but treason , overt , Insolent ; bloody as thu
shambles and black ns the Ices of mid
night. I hate It , and when I think of It.
all the voices ; of memory , the words of thu
book , nnd every fiber of my soul and body
become a seething , unreasoning mob and
cry. "Kill ! " *
NOT INTENDED AS ARGUMENT.
I would not ask you to accept this red
hot , lashing fever of my blood as nny nr-
gumont. I have eaten hell nshes until my
mind Is alkaline and cuts up the unctlmis
lubricants of calm and decorous debate , nnd
spoils the piny of thought. Perhaps there
may be something to be said In favor of
"the drink "for all my hatred of It.
I will not offer you the testimony of the
Woman's Christian Temperance union ; most
of those women have been chained by the
Implacable tyranny of their own love to the
Caucasus of drink , with bosoms bared to
the beaks and claws of licensed nnd pro
tected vultures , nnd shnmo ftml wounds
'hnvu made thorn hypochondrlncal , maybo.
Lot ns have something' level-hended and
dispassionate.
The speaker quoted the words of sundry
courts and statesmen nnd continued :
Hut may not these be unconslderi-d dicta
of fallible men and overburdened courts ?
Ycsr I shall not ask you to rest on what
they say. Hut I do thank God and take
courage ns I remember thnt though Lin
coln died nnd his party with him , thirty
years npo , there survives to this betrayed
and plundered people an Incorruptible ju
diciary In the main. Hut It ought to ha
hlrh treason for the confidence men who
"do" the people In the dominant politics
to call their organized conspiracies "trie
party of Jefferson" "the party of Lincoln. "
God save the mark !
No sore-hearted appeals shall wim your
Judgment here. No outraged and Indignant
womanhood shall obtrude her tears to
Htnmpt'du your sympathies. Iot stricken
childhood wall on through the tnnrless ,
voiceless midnight of Its wrongs , unheeded.
Let statesmanship find audience elscwhero
tonight. Upon thu certified record of thu
church herself , and his own admissions lo
his Inner consciousness , I will Indict the
Christian voter nnd on the 3d of November
let him plead "guilty" or "not guilty. "
Hut may not thu church bo wrong ? Yes ,
but nothing on this planet Is HO apt lo b
right a.M she. Hy the word of Jesus Christ
slio holds her commission. His own ills-
clnlpH were her llrst ministers. His mother ,
His brothers and timers , moulded her early
life. Her llfo tins been one long contem
plation of His perfections. She ls the
mother of Interpretation nnd criticism , old
and new alike. The greatest heights ol
science nre but spurs of the main range
of her thought. God help this world If she
cannot be trusted by her own nous. Hut
does her word bind us ? No. our own
words bind us. Wo have taken her vows
UIKJIV us and pledged ourselves In the blood
of the New Testament , to love , honor and
cherish her. You revere her , and I do , but
It Is by no sentiment thnt I exhort you.
My business with you has lo do with com
mon honesty , and nothing more or less.
QUOTES FROM THE RECORD.
I open hero before you the ofllclal record
of your genernr assembly ; listen. I read
extracts , but every word of context Intensi
fies the meaning : "To license the liquor
traffic Is a ulu against God and a crime
against humanity ; being morally wrong , II
can never be made legally right , and the
time bua fully coma when Christians should
unite their efforts , regardless of prevloua
attlllatloiui , for Ita suppression. No politi
cal pu ty has a right to expect , nor ought
It to recclvp , the vote of a Christian , so
lone ns It ptnnds comm'ttcd ' to the license
policy or refuses to put Itself upon record
in open hostility to the vfuH > n. "
I ppenk no compliment.1 V 1nnko no de
fense , but take it ns I fining and nsk no
quarter when I assert that to c.ist a ballot
for the democratic party ill * the coming
election l.t to cast n stone nt the church.
I open the bible , put my iflnger upon the
first Psalm , and remind yoi ) itgnln thnt the
church pays "that Is the. handwriting of
Divinity , " and then 1Vqlfili 1 my words
when I aver thnt he who tjasts n repub
lican vote nt the national vlectlon repudi
ates the word of God ni ) < Iirotulti , Him to
His face. Have no fear thnt I shall s pcnk
of party politics this Is part1 religion.
Some one will say , and tjulv. thnt the
liquor trnlllc has become if qui tloti of mere
method , but methods nroi principles In mo
tion , nnd the llrst Psnlni ; presents the
whole rationale of Chrlstlnn method In a
simple song-how to wn\k \ , , how to ntnnd ,
how to sit , how to meditate , , how to grow ,
how to prosper nnd thq music of It will
fill the wholn earth when , thn people sing It
with a ballot box accompaniment. That
portion of the Psalmody requires "an In
strument. "
I presume I shall be within the truth nnd
the proprieties of this oconslon In saying
thnt the saloon keeper Is an "ungodly
man. "God Is not In all his thoughts , his
ways are always grievous , his mouth Is full
of cursing nnd deceit and fraud , under
his tongue Is mischief and vanity , ho slt-
trth In the lurking places of the villages ,
In the secret places doth ho murder the In
nocent , 'his eyes are privily set against the
poor , he Moth In wait secretly ns a lion
In his den. he lloth In wait to catch the
poor , he doth ciUrt the poor , when ho
draweth him Into his net. he crouchoth and
humblet'h ' himself that the poor may fall
by his strong ones , ho hath said In his
heart. God hath forgotten. "
HASIS OF 1119 CLAIM.
What has ho to say for his buslnes > s7
Upon what basis docs he calculate his poli
tics ? To what measure does he lay the
lines of his citizenship ? He says , "Men
always drank nnd always will drink ; "If
I do not sell , somebody else will ; " "There
la revenue In It ; " "It Is a personal matter
and moral suasion Is the only remedy ; "
"Cloce the low dives by Increasing the II-
coiise and make the saloons respectable ,
"Regulation Is an eternal principle ; " "Keep
the question our of politics ; " "Wo arc In
symi-al'hy ' with all wise and well directed
efforts to prevent the evils of Intemper
ance ; " "Public sentiment will not tolerate
a prohibition law ; " and more , but all to
the same effect , nnd so , year In and year
out , upon election day the one ilay of the
ralendar when men nro equal the avor.igo
Christian voter , like a dreary parrot perched
upon a party boss's thumb , sometimes
right side up , sometimes upside down ,
echoes the blasphemy and takes up the
damnable parody and chants It through , to
the dismay of the church , nnd the Joy and
satisfaction of her enemies : "Hlessed Is Un
practical man that wnlketh as erect ns
. -osslble. In the counsel of the ungodly , nf-
IlllaU-s with the unclean In politics to con
trol the soap market and confesses spirit
ual Insolvency to speculate In his own dis
honored pledges for the profit of a party
that scorns the Inconvenient virtue that
would do rlsht all day. * alike. " "Hlessed
Is the man that walketh not In the coun
sel of the ungodly. "
All the triune beatitudes of the first
psalm have to do with action. In Christian
ritlzonshlp a "resolution" shows how the
lesolver feels , a ballot shows where ho
stands. "Hlessed Is thu man that stand-
eth not in thu way of sinners. "
Under our system a party Is a voter's
"way" In politics. We stand In the valley
of the shadow of a imtlunnl election. Po
litical virtue will be In It only as a voice
nnd n protest. The "honor of the nation"
Is not at stake In file contest over money
standards that Is a sp.irrlii ! ? match of
discredited pugilists each of whom has. In
advance , sold thu fight to the saloon.
PLACES TO STAND.
Three ways are open where a Christian
may take a "stand. " Republican , demoorat
and prohibition. I omit the populist and
national parties , in order not to cumber
my Illustration , but I do so without preju
dice to them. Ta be n republican this fall
Is , at the best , to "stand , " IJor the honor of
the gold dollar , ns to be. u , democrat Is to
stai'd for the Jtmtice of a silver dollar. To
be a prohibitionist is to Miami for the In
tegrity of Christian manhood , the honor of
the church and the justice of Almighty
God In American polities. Where arc you
going to "stand ? " I assume that theru Is
no one In this audience fee weak in his
Christianity or so mean lil bis citizenship
as to run away from Oio electon.
Stand here with me .Upon' this mountain
top and see the mnrsfmllini ; of the hosts
upon the plain. Two hundred and forty
thousand saloons belcji forth their self-
destroying , promise-breaking , home-doming ,
pauper-breeding , wlfe-jjeatlig | clans , and
they form In two sections .and march by.
with nil the Jeweled , pointed , ragged , har
lotry of the nation following on. The stock
jobbers nnd men who fcorncr gold and sil
ver , coal and light and , food : the gamblers ,
confidence men , vagrants' u.nd criminals of
low and high degree ; thOj.olTlceseokers , the
Jackals of the vicious clauses , move to their
places. Where ? Half IP the democratic
party , whose leader , u clean , brave , honest ,
mistaken Presbyterian , bears the flag of
Jeffeison , sustained , advised and cheered
by Tammany hall. Hill , Gorman , Altgeld
and the rest ; half to the republican party
Ird by a snug nnd wily Methodist , whose
hands are held up by Greenhut of the Na
tional Whisky trust , Saloon Keeper Cox of
"dead man's nlley , " the Platts , Quays ,
Hrnytons nnd other despicable , but power
ful , procurers of that Ilk In darkest poll-
tics.
IN THE WAY OF SINNKRS.
I sny no word In personal disrespect of
these candidates , but they stnnd "in the
way of sinners. " They are "In the hands of
their friends , " and their friends comprise
the scum nnd crime of cities , states and
natlotiH. nnd they expect to win by "stand-
Ing In thu counsel of the ungodly" and by
the contributions of the agglomerated trea
sons of the body politic. And , for my
self , I freely say that rather than choose
between them. In that company , nnd upon
that conceded nnd stipulated bankruptcy
of principle , I would strip off my right of
franchise ns a filthy rng and voluntarily
become "n man without a country. "
In politics , a man's "counsel" Is the
"way" he reasons his party is the "way"
ho goes , his ballot Is the "way" he stands ,
nnd the sum of them all Is the "way" he
foots up. In the long run his seat of gov
ernment , his capltol , He occupies It by
election to olllco or by electing someone
else.
"Hlessed Is the man that Fltleth not In
the seat of the scornful , " but I dare hny
to you thnt the winning candidate In this
campaign will take his sent by virtue of his
having scorned the voice of God and of
the chureh. The peril 'of the republic Is
that conurefs Is no deliberate body , "ac
cording to the counsel" of the godly or the
patriotic , but a nest of schemes , whore
agreement Is Impossible save nt a price paid
down In parly "counters , " or some local
or personal Interest , which , disregarding
downright loyalty , says covertly , "you vote
for my bill and 1 vote for yours , " to the
plory of Jobbery. Righteousness Is un-
thought of there , pave as an ad captondum
Incident In debate , while in municipal gov
ernment no man , with rare exceptions , can
got or hold a seat without the condition of
holding godliness , as defined by the church.
In utter scorn. The United States senator
who tmld that "tho sermon on the mount
In politics Is an Inedlscent dream" spoke
literal truth , nccordliiK to his light and
the practice of the senate. Send the most
careful newspaper reporter to Mr. Hryan
lo ask him what his administration will
do about the saloon in the event he wins
nml he will tell him frankly : "Nothing. I
am opposed to sumptuary legislation. "
ONE CANDIDATE SUITS.
Send to Mr. McKlnley the same question
and he will say : "I decline to bu Inter
viewed. " Is It us bad as that ? Yes , worse ,
for If they were to answer "according to the
counsel of the godly" they would be exe
crated by the parties as fools and traitors.
Hut I do rujofcu to know that there Is a
candidate In the Held , the peer of either
of the others In body and In brain , nnd n
full century beyond them both In business
stnndlng and ability , who , If you ask him :
"What will your administration do about
the Hnloon In casu of your election ? " will
say , promptly as thunder'follows lightning :
"Wo will kill It. by the ( .rraco of God nnd
divide Its annual Income of a thousand mil
lions among the honest llndustrlcs of the
land. "
Hut what would the ono.ldo.aed prohibition.
Ista do about money ? That Is a perfectly
fair question , nnd I will elideavor'to answer
It. Wu would hold n HegHton of congress. In
the nnine of God and , homo nml country ,
without rf spec ! to sectlonH , classes or party
conditions , nnd thresh-out'thu money argu
ment In sober , clean , -loyal debate , and do
right about It. Hut | lf , ilrynn bo elected
will there not be a panl ? Yes , but it will
bo a petty , jumplng-juck thing compared
to the perennial panlq ofiithe liquor tralllc
that swamps the entlrp volume of our cur
runcy every year and | glws back to civil !
zatlon n quid pro ( iuo ( of. ylce. dlsoase and
crime , unmixed with qnyKOod. , Hut If Mc
Klnley bu elected Is Uiera not danger of
revolution ? Yes , but l { will bu light comedy
compared to the ceaseless murder and pil
lage of the saloon.
Hut Is It not a waste of power to vote for
the narrow righteousness of prohibition
t'hls year ? No ; It Is the most hopeful and
mcst wise expenditure of power In night.
You can do nothing for McKinley or Hrynn
or gold or silver , without you can carry
u majority of the electoral college , thut
means the polling of , say. 7.HO.OiKl ( votes
While , on the other hand , 1,000,000 votes
for Joshua Levering without u member
of congress or an elector will elect our
Issue to the next place upon the calendar
of the nation , and. In the first campaign of
the twentieth century , some party , or all
parties , will fly David's nag and cover the
church with glory.
Young men , as nearly as I can understand
my own heart , I do not come before you
as a partisan , but wo must look at the
case as it is and you must be honest , brave ,
patriotic and clean. It is the word of God
I preach to you. "Hlessed is the man
whose dellfht In lu the law of the
nml In Ills law doth he mediate day nnd'
night ; " thnt Is , in the activity and hard
rrncMca'ltles of living no lens than In the
hours ot worship and repose.
19 IT PRAOT1CAHLE ?
Hut la It practicable' Will It work ? Will
it win ? Listen : "He shall bo llko n tree. "
"The counsel of the ungodly" pays "better
be a vine nnd cling to some grand old pile
and hlclo Its scars nnd rotting buttresses
and cnt Its decayed glory nnd nest its
bats nnd owls and weave your clean , young ,
lusty life about Itsimrtlng seams to 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 up. The coun
sel of the ungodly says : "If you want to
be a tree nt least adapt yourself to your
habitat and take the direction of your
growth according to the slant of political
progress , albeit oblique to God , until the
world Rets level. Ho relatively honest-
stand by the p. o. p. " Never ! On the con
trary , let your motto bo U. P. United
Presbyterian U. P. Up. "Uko n tree
planted , not potted , nor 'heeled In , " nor
hung up by the roots , to be sot out In the
spring , nor hanging by one root In a crevice
of thu rock , "planted at the meeting of
the streams. "
Henr with mo n moment , you must think
this thought through. 1 lay my hand upon
this bible and say , "There , Is a river , the
streams whereof shall make glad the city
of God , the holy place of the tabernacles
of the most high. Oed Is In llin midst of
her , she shall not bo moved. "
Law , medicine , sociology , political econ
omy , flowing on In gathering headway from
their mysterious sources , moot the voice
of the church and the teachings of this
book .it the saloon. The political party-
existent or yet to be thai ts planted there
shall run Its roots wide and deep In nn
exhaustless soil and as the roots Increase
nnd hold the branches will spread high and
wide to correspond.
"That brlngeth forth hl fruit In his sea
son. " Whoso season ? That of the man
who planted It ? No ! No ! the tree's sea
son an orange tree brlnps forth fruit In
orange season ; that Is. God's season for
oranges. "His loaf also snail not wither"
ever preen , blooming , growing , bearing ,
ronowlntr , day by day. "And whatsoever
ho doeth shall prosper , " and If that does
not moan victory , there Is a He In the first
psalm.
ENPS WITH SONG SERVICE.
After the address of Mr. Wooley , "How
Hlcst nnd Happy , " from Psalm I , was sung.
Rev. Kdgar.\IcDlll called for 300 volunteers
for Satunlay's picnic to Florence , and secur
ing them declared that the picnic would be
a go. The monster meeting was dlsmlsed
with n prayer and the benediction by Rev.
J. A. Dutt of Engluwocd. 111.
Following Is the program for today :
Devotional service ; address , "Scp.iratlon. "
by Mrs. Edith Livingstone Poake. Roc-k-
ford. 111. ; sectional conferences ; presbyterlnl
secretaries. In auditorium , side room ; Junior
workers , Kountze Memorial church , lec
ture room ; choir and choir leaders. In
Young Men's Christian association hall ,
corner Sixteenth and Douglas streets ; com
mittee work , auditorium , main hall ; Sab
bath school olllcers nnd teachers , Kountze
.Memorial church corner Hnrney and Six
teenth streets , main room ; missionaries
nnd volunteers. In Young Men's Christian
association building.
Frldav Afternoon Opening exorcises ; ad
dress , "Personal Effort In Soul Winning. " by
R. A Torroy. D. D. . Chicago ; address. "The
Present Need In India , " bv Rev. George
Morrison , India ; address , "Home Missions
and Citizenship , " by Charles II. Strong , D
D. . Sterling , Kan.
Frldav Evening Prayer service ; address.
"T.'ie Educational Work In Egypt. " by
John R. Alexander. D. D. , Egypt ; address ,
"Paul , the Missionary , " by J. D. Rankln ,
D. D. , Denver. Colo. ; closing service.
OVI3III > IV MKIiTI.VC A I.AIIRK OXI3.
niseusMuN ( lie IliiOHtlciii of ClirlNditii
CIII/.eiiNliti.
An overflow meeting was held In Crelghton
hall last night to accommodate the large
number of people who could not gain admit
tance to the main meeting : John II. Mur-
dock of Washington. I ) . C. , retiring pres
ident of the union , presided at the meeting ,
and the singing wns led by Prof. Wiley , with
Mrs. .Me.MIchae.ls 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. : "Christian Citizenship. " Mr.
Wooley lost no time In getting at the true
Inwardness of his subject , and proceeded to
characteilzc 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 dually driven to his destina
tion by the low down politician , whom he
despises. He also drew a picture ofthe
Christian voter between the fires of his
church and his party and advised all true
Christians to leave the party which gave
no indication of ever doing what wns abso
lutely necessary for the good of the country
and 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 , he said , was simply the
Individual multiplied , and If a thing was
right for the government to do It was
equally proper for 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 system as sin per KO and said
the crying need of the country was for sal
vation , and the only kind of salvation that
would save It was the salvation of Jesus
Christ.
COST OF THE TRAFFIC.
"Wo spend , $1,800,0K/ ( this country
every year for liquor and tobacco , " ex
claimed the speaker In Impassioned tones.
"That Is more than double the amount wu
expend for bread and meat. WhatS the
matter with the country ? All this talk
about silver is all rubbish. When n man
spends twice as much for liquor and to
bacco as he does for bread and meat every
body knows what's the matter with him.
He 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
money he will only spend It for more
whisky. The reports of the Internal rev
enue department show that the first butl-
ness to feel the effects of good times is the.
retail liquor business. If wo give : lie
country more money It will bo spent for
llrjuor. If wo give It more acreage It
would bo used to build more breweries. The
only thing that will save tin ) country Is
the gospel of Christ. It won ! 1 not le
kindness to the man to putty up the cracks
In him and varnish him over. Just HO It Is
no charity for us to keep our inoatlm rhut
about the greatest crisis that ever afl'IcU.d
the country. " .The speaxer closed his talk
with an Impasssionud appall to his hearers
to make election day a day for Christ and
If 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 address -
dress the chairman Introduced Rev. J. G.
McCrory of Plttsbiirg , who delivered a talk
on the same subject of "Christian Citizen
ship. " The speaker said this subject was
Inspiring the young people to efforts that
gave promise of the salvation of the country.
He alluded this hla own experience at Chris
tian Endeavor meetings In Idaho , Washing ,
ton , Colorado , Ohio and Washington , I ) .
C. At all of these meetings he said tlie
subject of greatest Interest was that which
formed the subject of his talk. While at
the national convention of the Christian
Endeavor societies at Washington , the
speaker said he heard the magnificent choir
of 5,000 voices stand before the capltol of
the nation and sing that grand old song ,
"America , " and the thought cane to him
"why should not such a crowd as this assemble -
semble here some day to Inaugurate a presi
dent. Instead of the kind of crowd that
usually attends such events ? " He pre
dicted that the time will come when this
thought will materallze Into a fact , but
expressed a doubt whether this would be
before the women were allowed to vote.
The speaker advanced the thought that
the thing which was going to save this
country was the consecrated vote. He
said God always worked through consecrated
crated men , aud the country would be saved
In this way. He referred briefly to the
public schools and declared In favor of
thu little red school bouse , with the grand
old flag floating above It and the old bible
open within It.
The liquor question was then taken up
and it wua denounced as the greatest curse
the country was ever afflicted with. He
appealed to every roan who baa the | n-
terwt of tn country at heart , If be g t
' a chance , to strike n blow al the liquor
traffic and rid the country of It.
nxcmsio.v PJ.AX.H KOII MATMIIMI.
YlNttnr * "Will lip ( Jlvcn u KIvr-HtiutV
Hide.
A most entertaining excursion has been
planned by ttio local committee for the pur
pose ot giving the visitors a good Idea of
the general conditions In c&ttern Nebraska.
without tiring them with a long trip. The
excursion will take pUto Satuidny after
noon , when the visitors will be given a
sixty-mile ride , lasting the hours , and tnkmg
In the principal points of Interest In the
vicinity ot Omnlift. The train will Icmc
the Webster street depot nt 1:15 : p. m. , and
will run over the "Omaha" road to Flor
ence , where a stop of thirty mlnutt.i will
bo made to nllon the excursionists to In
spect the magnificent plant of the water
company. From there the train will pro
ceed to Irvlngton. where It will be switched
to the Klkhorn road , and will run south
past the state fair ground' to Pouth Omaha ,
where a stop of forty live minutes will be
made while tin' visitors Inspect the practical
workings of the mammoth packing houses.
A. special exhibition will bo given for the
benefit of the excursionists , showing the
entire operation nf killing and dressing beef
and hogs and turning uut.thc flnlshrd pro
duct. From South Omaha the train will
proceed uvcr the tr.tclcs of the Union Pacific
to Council Bluffs , ami from there over the
new bridge of the Omaha Urldpo and Ter-
Inal comp.iny to East Omaha , and thence
to the Webster strcft depot. This trip will
give the strangers a line view of the three
cities , and alto of the rich agricultural dis
trict In tlio valley of the Papplo , where
the giant corn ot Nebraska may be seen
In nil Its glory.
THn iTtTr" .MIITI\C.
I'lvo Cltli-K llnvo Already .lumped Into
tinIMold. .
The general committee Is In receipt of
Invitations to hold the next convention.
which meets In 1S97 , nt Iluffnlo , Denver.
Indianapolis , Cleveland and Chicago. The
location of the con'vontlons Is decided by
the general committee , which hears the
arguments to be presented by the advo
cates of the places desiring to have the
meeting , and then either decides the matter
then and there or takes further time to
fully Investigate the matter , as the situa
tion scorns to warrant. The plan , so far as
matured , Is to have the representatives of
the several points named above appear before
the general committee on Saturday of this
week and present their respective claims.
Kach point has a strong delegation on the
ground and the contest Is warming up. Sur
face Indications seem to favor Chicago at
this time , but the other cities are making
It Interesting for the Windy city.
HIM * ICri'iiM OIUMI HiiiiMi1.
Tonight from 9 until 11:30 : o'clock The
Bee will keep open house , and. during those
hours The Dee building will be brilliantly
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 cordially Invited to Inspect the building
and witness the work of making a great
newspaper. _
\oTiss ; IIAMI > KIIUMXVAYSIDH. .
( liiHxIii of ( ho Con vent Ion nml the
MoinliurH.
An e-xcurlson Is billed for Monday to
Tarklo college , via Lincoln.
President J. n. McMlchael of Monmouth
college is In attendance at the convention.
Editor Edwin Drown Graham of the Mid
land of Chicago Is a delegate to the con
vention and renders Invaluable service to
the representatives of the press.
The F. H. Rcvell company , publishers of
Chicago , New York nnd Toronto , have an
exhibit of religious supplies of all kinds In
Crclghton hall lu charge of James M. Wood-
ford.
ford.Miss
Miss Alice Wlnbigler , associate 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. II. 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
Crelghton hall , upstairs , where parcels of
every description may be checked free of
charge.
The Misses Cynthia nnd 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
several years.
A great many of the delegates pay all or
nearly all of their expenses while In Omaha.
as such a largo attendance would not be
possible 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
the convention , representing the Christian
Endeavor society.
The members of the Alumni of West
minster college. New Wilmington. Pa. , will
meet at the Mlllard hotel at 5 o'clock this
afternoon , when they will discuss topics
pertaining to their school days.
President J. A. Thompson of Tarklo college -
lego , President F. M. Spencer of Cooper
Memorial college and President R. G. Fergu
son ot Westminster college are among those
In attendance at the convention.
About 300 stragglers arrived In the city yes.
torday morning , moat of them having missed
their trains on the regular day. Their
tickets were accepted n day later , however ,
and they arc making up for lost time.
Mrs. Mary J. Reed , secretary of the
Women's Hoard of Foreign Missions , Is
here. Mrs. Reed's headquarters are In
Plttsburg and she has the direction of forty
missionaries lu India who are maintained
by the board.
The Union Pacific will give a one-fare
excursion to Denver on Monday next for
the especial benefit of the delegates to the
Young People's Christian union convention.
The indications are good for a heavy train
load of sight-seers.
The local committee desires to announce
that all who desire to come to the city on
Saturday of this week to attend the conven
tion will bo provided with ample accom
modations and given every facility for mak
ing the most of their time.
Thu Bee Dnreau of Information , In the
lobby , Is In great demand , and Is fully
equal to all demands that may be made upon
It. Thu visitors are eager for Information
regarding points of Interest , etc. , uml direc
tions how to get to various parts of the
city.
city.The
The United Presbyterian church has flvo
denominational colleges , as follows : West
minster , at New Wilmington. Pa. ; Mou-
mouth , at Monmouth , III. ; Musklngum. at
New Concord , O. ; Tarklo , at Tarklo , Mo. ,
and Cooper Memorial college , at Sterling ,
Kan.
Kan.Mrs
Mrs , Edith L. Pcnbcdy , who speaks on
Friday morning , was for a time an actress.
She wnd converted In California a few yearn
ego , and has been engaged In evangelistic
work on the coast until recently. She la a
woman of good presence and an excellent
speaker.
A prominent female delegate Is Mrs. A. M.
Nlcliol of Monmouth , III. , a member of the
general committee and a former missionary
to Egypt. Mrs. Nlcliol was In Egypt at thu
time of the Mohammedan uprising In 1881
and was compelled to flee from the country
at that time.
llev. W. M. Qrler , D. D. , president of
Krsklne 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 then , he is now a
most loyal union man.
Among the delegates present on this oc
casion 1s Rev. I ) . F. McGlll , D. I ) . , chairman -
man of the general committee for 1895 , and
to whose broad conception , admirable gen
eralship and painstaking efforts the church
Is no largely Indebted for the Columbus con
vention held just one year ago.
During the past few years the United
Presbyterian church had greatly encouraged
the work of the evangelism toe 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 Ltvlngitone Peake , Revs. Thomas
McCague , H. H. Hall , W. P , White. T. C.
McElrey , Leslie U. Hawk and W. 13. Barr.
' V ? * M mcrtliit : and conference of the
O\N iui . < < v.il | br < be Id durluK the wcok to
.Us. . uss fic'lit ! s of work.
TL * Vnl'td ' Presbyterian Hoard of Publica
tion has opened licad > iuuiters lu the lobbjot
the theater , with Ml * * Junta Park In charge ,
where delegates may obtain tlie ofllclal pro
gram , bibles , song books , the works of Her.
Moorelioad and Rev. Clokey , at well ns Sun
day school supplies of all kind * .
A IIP IH the discussion of now inimlc In the
Sabbath feliool tiitartorllrs. It will be Inter
esting to tlic deputes to know that in the
tie.\t number ot the lllble tc.ichor's quarterly
will bo found an excellent piece ot mutlo
for Juvenile volcon by Mr lolin 11. Quay ,
president of the present Institute.
Westminster college has established head *
quarters In the lobby , with Rev. J. It.
Vcascy In rlurKe , to furulth Information
regiirdlm ? the college. Urv. Vensey was n
tnivMonnry In the southern imrt of the
United States In the 'I'.Os . and has n fund ot
cnteitalnliii ; ettirlcs ol those stirring tl " ! 3.
Mrs. ICdlth I.MiU'stono Pcakc of Rockford -
ford , 111. . . is one of the prominent women
delegates prcM-nt nt the contention. Mrs.
Peako wa * formerly an evangelist on the
Pacific co.nt nnd was most successful in
that HMO of work Slip is on the program for
an address tills morning on "Separation. "
Among the Interested visitors are Drs.
W. W. Hair of Philadelphia , correspondlns
secretary of the lloird of Foreign .Missions ,
A. 0. Wnllnro of Sewlekley , Pa. , correspond
ing secretary of the Hoard of Church Kx-
tciiHlmi nnd W. S. Owen * ot Indrara , PA , .
corresponding secretary of tbo Hoard ot
Homo Missions.
R. J. Miller. I ) . I ) . , editor ot the Christian
. 'nloii ' Ilenld : , n weekly denominational paper
and the ofllclal organ ot the Young People's
Christian union , Is lu attendance upon the
convention. The Herald has been estab
lished slMi'cn HMIIS. nnd hnd been the official
organ of the union during the eight years
the latter has been In existence.
Monmouth college has established head
quarters In one of the varant store rooms
In the Riniige block , across the street from
the theater , where Prof. Russell Qrahatn In
In charge to welcome all who call. A largo
number of the alumni of the college arc In
attendance at the convention and It Is pro
posed to hold a reunion some time this
week.
Several registered boarding house keepers
t\ho had received no applicants for rooms
or board appeared yesterday morning at the
olllce to Immlrc as to the likelihood ot any
others desiring accommodations , and wcrn
met with the response that the crowds
had been easily tnkeu care of by the board
ing houses nnd lintels more contiguous to
the convention hall.
Dr. J , Kaox Montgomery , pastor of the
First church of Cincinnati. O. . Is a prominent
delegate. Dr. Montgomery delivered an ad
dress nt the convention nt Columbus , 0. , last
year on "United Prcsbyterlanlsm , " In which
he used the expression "I am not ashamed
ot my creed or my crowd. This caught the
fancy of thcN delegates nnd has been a
stereotyped expression among them.
One of the most prominent female dele
gates to the convention Is Mrs. Jcnnlo
Loguo Campbell of Monmuutn. 111. , wlfo
of Rev. W. T. Campbell , pastor of the Second
church of Monmouth. Deforc her marriage
Mrs. Campbell was principal of Monmouth
college , one of the principal educational In
stitutions maintained by the denomination ,
and she now occupies the chair ol English
literature In the college.
Miss Lllllo M. Robertson of Chicago Is ono
of the delegated. The Chicago Presby
terians held a rally nt the depot In their
city Tuesday night to extend welcome nnd
Oodspeed to the delegates passing through
the city. A "rally song , " composed by
MUs Robertson , was sung on that occasion
and took the crovd by stoiin. The song
will be distributed nt the convention and will
bo sung during the proceedings.
Tarkio college has opened headquarters la
n room opening off the lobby. It bus been
tastefully dccornted with the Tnrklo colors ,
royal purple and cream. The place Is In
charge of C. H. Thompson , nnd visitors are
supplied with the "convention number" of
the Phoenix , the college paper , a hand
some phatnphlet of twenty-four pages , con
taining a deal of entertaining reading
matter , mostly descriptive lu Its nature.
In the balcony , to the right of the plat
form , yesterday morning , sat William Hill of
Carnegie , Pa. , one of the trusted aud honored
citizens ot western Pennsylvania. For a
number of years he has been superintendent
of the Allegheny county workhouse , which
occupies a high place among the penal and
reformatory Institutions of the country.lib-
cause of the admirable manner In which It
Is conducted. Mr. Hill finds It a delightful
relaxation to listen to the proceedings of this
convention.
Robert II. Wilson of Saltsburg , Pa. , one of
the delegates , Is a composer of some note.
He wrote the music to the song. "Lead Mete
to the Rock , " which was sung for the first
time at the convention last year at
Columbus , aud which Is a prime favorite
with the church. Mr. Wilson has two now
songs In the ofllclal program for this year.
"He Leadeth Me , " based on Psalm 23 , and
"They That Trust In the Lord , " based on
Psalm 12.r. . In every day life Mr. Wilson la
a. civil engineer.
Omaha has had an Important part. In the
organization nnd development ot this young
people's movement. Mr. George G. Wal
lace , so well and favorably known In this
city , was a member of the first geperal
committee appointed by the general assem
bly In 1SS9. This committee drafted the
constitution of the local Christian unions.
Mr. Wallace was chairman of the general
committee for 1S93 and arranged for the
Institute ot that year , which was held In
St. Louis , and which contributed an Im
portant part toward the attainment of the
present development of the Christian union.
The seating of the delegates Is done under
the direction of N. . Hrown , chief usher ,
who has about twenty assistants , and the
working capacity of these energetic young
nion Is taxed to the utmost to get the largo
crowd seated without confusion. No at
tempt Is made to seat the delegations lu
order , but the rule Is to till up the lower
part ot the house first and then take the
balcony and gnllcrles in order. There was
not a vacant seat anywhere In the house
yesterday morning , except In the highest
gallery , and the lobby was filled with people
plo who could find nothing but standing
room.
The original Ider. In gathering together
the United Presbyterians annually was that
the leading laymen and prominent divines
of the church might bo addressed by speak
ers from their own number as a means of
Instruction In thu doctrines and teachings
of the faith. Hut in the last three years
the scope of the Institute has broadened ,
until now each society Is entitled to two
delegates , and It Is probable that this year
the name ot the meeting will bo changed to
convention In place of institute. Another
idea ot the broadening view of the convcn-
tlonera may be drawn from the fact that on
this year's program there are speakers from
four outside denominations. ThlH may , per
haps , bo taken as an Indication that the
Christian union may once more assimilate
with the Society of Christian Endeavor , ot
which it Is an offshoot.
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