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1 If THE OMAHA DAILY BEEs MO3TPAY , AUGUST 2-1 , 1890. FINISH TIIEIR WORK ( Continued from 1'flge One. ) could speak , the npplauso and cheers liail given nwny to the college yell , and fern n minute or two the college boys owned the convention. President Thompson said that It gave him great pleasure to recc'.vc the banner on be- lialt of his college , especially an the honor now came to the west. Ho said there had been a marked Increase In the Interest of the churcli In cduca tlonnl Institutions during the pas few years. The growth of this Intcrcs was ono ot the greatest facts In the hlstnr of the church during the past few years Last year the entire United Presbyterla church had gloried when the college banni went to old Muskcgon. or as Its a In inn preferred to call It , "Mighty Muskigon. Ho then paid a high tribute to Muskegoi .college , Its work and to the high class i graduates It had ctnt out Into the worh He also alluded to the work done nnd th high slandard maintained nt Tnrklo co lego. He said the term "old mossbac state , " as used by Secretary Duff In referrln to Missouri , where the banner would rcmal throughout the coming year , was on nn nchronlsm. Ho said the old war party o Missouri had passed away two years ago The mention of Lincoln's name brough forth a spontaneous outburst of applause President Thompson declared that Mlssour was the fireatc.it state west ot the Mlssli etppl river ; It was the most populous ; 1 contained the largest city west of the grca river , and no commonwealth , except Pcnn BylvnnlK , had greater resources and greatc opportunities. "Where Is the placet "Where Is the placoT "Tarklo , Tarklo , "That's the place , " was the form of cheer that resoundci throughout the building nnd Its corridor as President Thompson finished his remark with the splendid tribute to Missouri. FOR TH'K JUNIOR WORKERS. Secretary W. I. Wlshart , secretary of UK junior work , then presented In n most earn cat address on the work ot the junior unions a handsome banner to the junior union o Allegheny county , Pennsylvania , for the largest Increase In inunilicfjlilp during the past year. Ho said that the work of the Junior unions was not second to any other work In the denomination. Ho declared that nothing was more Important than well ill reeled efforts to bring boys and girls under Christian Influences. Ho said that thougl : the other banners had all come westwan ! this year , the banner of the Junior unions was to go hack east , from whence It came It was to go to the union of Allegheny county because there had been an Increase of over COO In the membership during UK past year. The banner was received by Hev J. L. Vance , corresponding secretary of the Allegheny union. Ho spoke brledy on the best way In which to bring the greatest bnncflts to the boys and the girls of Junior unions. He said ho was glad to receive , the banner , as It would encourage those who had been successful and would stimu late those who meant to be successful dur ing the coming year. NAMED THE COMMITTEES. Two stanzas ot the familiar psalm , " 1 Will Joy , " wcro then sung. Sccrelary Dull then Introduced President Thompson again It was said that the president In defending Missouri had forgotten the most important part of his speech. President Thompson then extended n cordial Invitation for all delegates to visit the headquarters of Tarklo college In Crelghtim hall , and to return to their homes via Tarklo In order that they might Inspect the Institution for themselves. Ho announced that an excursion would start for Tarklo on Monday from "Omaha's grand union depot. " The humor of the latter pjiraso struck the convention ns rich , and laughlcr and applause followed for nearly a mlnule. It was announced that the committees on nominations bad decided upon the follow ing : Five members of general committee : J M. Fraser , M. D. , Cleveland ; Robert Rut- ledge , esc ] . , St. Louis ; McKenzIe Cleband csrj. , Chicago ; Orvlllo Wilson , csq. , Tarklo , Mo. ; Foster R. Collins , csq. . Philadelphia. Tithe commlltco : C. P. Campbell , csq. , Chicago ; William Woods , Monmouth , 111. ; Rev. J. A. Cosby , Aurora , 111. Junior sec retary , Rev. W. I. Wlshart , Allegheny , Pa. The convention endorsed the nominations by a unanimous vote , only enrolled dele gates voting , and the above were declared elected. IM.STHIIHJTIO.V OK THE TITHES. ] ) | MCIINM | < ) ] I nil I lie- Subject by Ooiivrn- lliu Member * . After a song of praise Rov. W. R. Wilson of Mercer , Pa. , was Introduced to speak on "An Essential Element In Personal Con secration" and to afterward conduct a conference - forenco on the giving and the distribution of tithes. Ho said he was not so much Interested In the talk he was to make as ho was In thu conference that was to follow , and not so much in the conference as In Its results. Ho de clared that tne Spirit ot God. from whom all fruits and all results were obtained. Was essential to personal consecration. He said that there had never been a time In the Iilstory of the church when personal consecration cration was so characteristic of the church as It was today. This statement , he said , was berne out by the size and the enthu siasm ot the present convention. It was made manifest In the character of the litera ture that was today being demanded by young renders , lie said a Now York pub lisher had told him only n short wlillo ago that the character of literature that was read by young people had never been ho high us It was today. Ho said the state ment he hud made was endorsed by the hundreds of summer gatherings of Christians for prayer and praise and conference , vast bodies of progressive Christians where the ntmpspherc was Hplrltual. Ho also com mented on the growing habit of morning scripture reading and prayer. "Consecration , " he continued , "means something more than standing up with the crowd ami registering a solemn vow. Con- ficcrutlon , real consecration , gpcu down Into Ms pocket and touches the pockcthook. The principle of stewardship Is that the heart la set on things above. 'Where thu treas ure Is there Is the heart alEO. " ' This principle was necessary to ono who would walk closely with Ood. It was an open hand that had touched the hem of Christ's garment , and It had been snld that It the woman had not opened her hand she would not have been healed. The conven tion never did a better work than when It lust year started the tithe system. Now It could do no better work than to con tinue that work. The splendid offering of last evening's meeting was an evidence of the proper spirit. The conference on the tltho system should bo n practical one. Re- cults were wanted. All should first recog nize the principle of stewardship and then cuter Into a business partnership with Rod. After the singing of "nod Shall Guard From Every 111 , " the conference waa thrown open to tint delegates. The first subject con sidered was "The Testimony of Tltho-Praycrs as to the Effect of Proportionate Giving on Spiritual Mfo and Enjoyment In Service ami Giving , " Many testllled to the value of Eiich prayers nnd cited Instances of where they hail been helped. "Reasons for Giving at Least Iho Tithe" brought nut hearty re- BponsrK from nil parts ot the auditorium. "Decauso Oed has given us ten tenths. " "Hccauso It U dangerous not to give. " "lie- cause It will result in n 1:1 eater blessing on the nine-tenths. " "liccauso It Is the best way to get selfishness out of the heart , " were among tin ) answers , "How to Determine the Tithe , " brought out a moat vigorous discussion , Some Naturally , have n peed apr-ctlto. keep your Ulooil pure nnj your nerven strong by taking Sarsaparilla i'liobrst lu fact thu OIIQ Trim Itl.iod Purifier. Hood's Pills cure MIiuiues , thought that the one-tenth should bo com puted on one's gross Income , others on the net Income. Several delegates from the country nskeil what tney wcro to do about tithes when they were spending more to produce crops than they received In return for them ; If their tithes were calculated on their gross Income they would be left In sore straits. It was the general sentiment of the convention that the tltho should bo estimated on the total amount that the Lord had blessed ono with through Indi vidual effort. "All that comes to one , minus the cost of producing It , " was the way ono delegate put It. The net Income found many more champions than the gross Income for a basis ot calculation of the proper titho. Following this lively discussion n resolu tion was Introduced nnd carried toward n settlement of the mooted ipiestlon. It nskcd , In vfew of the great dllllculty In knowing what basis was the proper ono and on which to calculate the lithe , the general assembly be memorialized to appoint n special com mission to outline a policy regarding the matter. "How to Distribute the Tithe" nnd "How to Host Introduce the Practice Into Our Societies nnd Congregations" were the last two divisi ons of the tithe system that Tvere considered. Many valuable suggestions iveic brought out. though the consideration of these topics uns not so full and complete , owing to a lack of time , as that of the first topics. "To Thy Name Slug Praise" nnd "Let People Pralso Thee , Iord" wcro sung. A telegram of congratulation nnd fraternal greeting was received from the Los Angeles union , and lead at this point. The annual report ot Treasurer W. J. Stewart Is as follows : OMAHA INSTITUTE FUND. Receipts : Ralanee from Columbus Institute. . . . $ alTi 47 Receipts from 1S1 societies 937 10 Refunded for plates of junior man ual 72 SO Total ; $1,511 $ 87 Dlsburscmenls to August in. 1S3G : Traveling and Incidental expenses of general committee $37151 Stntlonery for general committee. . . 31 CS 2.100 postal cauls and printing of same for treasurer's use 23 25 Total * 123 4 Rnlanco on hand for expenses of the Omaha Institute J1.116 4 COMJ.MRUS INSTITUTE KUND. Receipts : Hnianco on hand , August 21. IMC.$1,012 0 Two collections received at Colum bus ltt > 4 Additional receipts from twenty-two societies 4S S Total J1.2SO 4 Disbursements ; Traveling expenses of speakers $ SSI 2 Traveling and Incidental expenses of general committee 221 7 To the local commitlco at Columbiis 103 S To rho United Presbyterian Hoard of Publication , balance on pro grams S3 0 Total $ 7419 Halniico on hand from Columbus In stitute Bli 4 COMTMHUS INSTITUTE MISSION FUND Received contrlbullons from 1S2 Individ uals and 100 .soclelles for the boards of th church as follows- Foreign missions $1,9S3 C Homo missions 1,0(10 ( 9 Freedmen missions 412 1 Church extension 180 21 For special purposes so 0 Totals J3.C07 0 The morning session was then concluded the congregation being dismissed with th benediction. Immediately after the adjournment the delegates assembled In front of Crclghtoi Ihcater and were photographed by a loca photographer. A group picture of the dele ; alcs Is always one ot the most intcrcslliig souvenirs of the Christian union conventions ind the taking ot the picture is never ovcr- ooked. Saturday afternoon there were no reg ularly scheduled meetings. The dele gates were free to go wherever they ilcaseil. Many attended committee meet ings , others went about town to in spect the principal buildings , some pro cecOcd to the public .library , a few took oc casion to get some rest nnd remained close Ijy their temporary homes , llut the grca ! crowd , those who wanted to sec Omaha am its Immediate vicinity. Including Soutl Dmalia and Council Bluffs , look occasion lo enjoy the excursion arranged by the local committee. I'M'.nCIOIJ TO MISSIOXAUY AVOJllC VumcrouM Ilt'lf'Kiiti'N OoiiNcerntc Tin' ' I.lvt-N tit Unit Si-rvice. A delegate In the gallery created some thing of a sensation at this stage of the irocecdlngs by saying that he held In his land a card Issued by n prominent church ot Omaha , Inviting the delegates' of the con vention to attend dlvlno services there Sun day. The part of the card that ho objected 10 was Ihut which stated that , the church could be reached by taking a particular line of street cars. Ho said ho had not a wonl o say against the church , or against any church In Omaha , neither had ho a word of criticism for the street car company hat had given the delegates such excellent service. Hut ho stated that the sentiment ) t the United Presbyterian church was strong against patronizing any Industry on ho Sabbath , unless absolute necessity com- lellcd It. Ho thought thu delegates could arise a little earlier on the morrow and valk lo dlvlno worship. Otherwise , ho con cluded , a bad example and a dangerous irecedent would bo set. When ho concluded there was a great outburst of applause that showed thu sym- lalhles ot at least a great majority of the delegnles wore with the speaker. A iroacher In aii upper rlghthand box arose o say there was no question before the louse and Die gonllcman In the gallery was horefore entirely out of order. The con- 'onllon did not see It that way , however , or a storm of denunciation broke out. Cries of "no , no , no , " followed the clergyman's mint of order , and whoa the delegate in ho gallery resumed his talk cries of "hear ilm , hear him" came from all parts of the louso. President Quay could not have hwarted the wish of Iho assembly had ho icslrcd , and ho stated that the gentleman n the gallery would be heard. The latter closed Ills remarks with an eloquent appealer or the strict observance ot the Sabbath by all the delegates , and was again rewarded or hla courageous address by hearty ap- ilauso. After the singing of another psalm Mr. J. ' . Traey stated that there were a number of Christians In the convention who' had ; ivcn to Christ and the church years of sorv- co among the heathen of Egypt and India and there were others who were jist | about o start for thosu foreign lands to engage n the missionary work. Ho desired that all missionaries In the house be Invited to omo upon tha stage and bo presented to ho convention , The motion was unan- mously carried , and whllo the missionaries vero coming to the front several psalms vero Bung. As the men and women who mvo devoted thnlr lives to this branch of Christian work come upon the stage they vero greeted by hearty applause and the Jhrlfltlan Endeavor talute , thu waving of landkcrchlofs. CONSECRATED TO MISSIONS. Miss Emma D , Anderson , missionary to ndla , was the first one Introduced to the uscmblage. Tha salute was given her , as t was all these that followed her. She aid that on the eve of her departure for he foreign land slio thanked Uod for the irlvllego of going to help carry out His ommand. She was not terry , but glad lo eturn to the work. Fifteen years ago she lad entered thu eurvlco lor life. Sha was reimi'ntly nsked If ulio felt sulllclently Irong to return to work. All ulio know vas that If It was Uod'a will that she should ontlnue there in the work Ho would give ier strength. Miss Rose T. Wlleon , also a missionary o India , was next presented. Sbo said she ad liven back In this country since Juno nil shn had bucri repolccd to see so great u Inturest In Christian work. It was a real picture to be In attendance upon he mrutluKU ot such a magnificent convuii- lou. Our Young People's Christian union ia < l bean , established slnco she hod left for ml In , and tlio was gratllled to see It uch a largo and prosperous organization. Miss Snslo A , Young , another missionary o InUla , waa well received. She said she md met but ( avf of the delegates , but hoped o become well acmialnted with many wore bofoie nailing for the foreign shores , where ho would resume her missionary labors , ho cxpreered the hope thut Gome of those recent might be led to dovotc their llvea to ho great work of missions. .Miss Knto S. Hill , a missionary to Egypt , lid she had ulways been thankful that she nil hctfu a member of the United Pres- ytvrlan church , but never so much BO as 11 thin occasion of this great convention. Ue wa thankful to b able to b prtient nt the great missionary meeting of so many earnest Christians , She was more thank ful , however , fer being accounted worthy for Christ's scrvlco among the benighted heathen. The Christians in this country were the workers by day , the missionaries were the workers by night. The one class worked while the other slept and vlco versa , so that the glorious work was carried on by night nnd by day , MIis Cora Dickey , who Is to sail for Egypt for the first time next month , was received with the greatest enthusiasm. At every nppearnnco ot Miss Dickey the convention has seemed to be strangely moved , nnd there wfts no exception to this rule on Saturday night. It was more than a minute before she could speak. She said that It had been Just a year since she had determined to give her llfo T/ork lo wherever Christ should send her , nml that the year of anticipation had been otic of great pleasure. She hoped that she might bo found useful In the service. COrNTED A GREAT PH1VILEGE. Miss Cynthia Wilson , missionary to India , said that she counted It ono of the great privileges of her life to bo present at the 1 missionary service of this grand convention. She said that none ot the delegates , no mat ter how greatly Interested In the proceed ings of the Institute , enjoyed the meetings llko ono who had been kept away for many long years In another field. She realized more than over before how many willing hnnds were holding the ropes In this country while the missionaries went down Into the darkness of heathen lands to preach Christ's gospel. Mrs. J. R. Alexander , missionary to Egypt , said that she had enjoyed the short stay In her native land greatly , but she had enjoyed the present Institute more than any other feature of her visit here. She hoped to go back to perform tor Christ greater service than ever before. Mrs. 0. A. Sowash , missionary to Egypt , said she was thankful she had been called to a work that meant light , llfo and liberty to so many darkened souls. The harvest was surely great and the laborers were truly few. few.Rev. Rev. J. Kruldenler was Introduced ns native of Uiree countries , but spoke mor especially on the mission work In Egypt Ho hoped to return to his work In order tha the many privileges and means of grace tha are hero laid at the hands of Christian pco plo might bo carried to the heathen pcopl of Egypt. Hev. G. A. Sowash , missionary to Egypt said it was five years ago In a similar con vcntlon , smaller In Its size , that he had de termlncd to devote the remainder of his llf to the mission work. Ho had made up hi mind then tliat he should like to go ti Egypt. He hoped nnd believed that som day It would bo Impossible for such oppor tunlty to bo presented at nil , for the day wa surely coming when Christ's kingdom wouh bo extended to nil lite peoples ot the earth Ho believed that there were some person In the present convention who would will Ingly offer themselves to aid In bringing about the coming of this glorious kingdom LIFETIME SPENT IN MISSION'S. A moro hearty salute than given any othc missionary , save cnly Miss Dickey , was ex lended lo the venerable Rev. Thomas Me Cagtio of this city as he advanced to Hi front of the slage. He said that ho liac had n laslo of both the foreign and tin homo mission work and appreciated the 1m portance of each. It was November 15 , 1854 when ho and his wife started In the work of foreign missionary service. It did his heart good to think of the splendid growtl of the work since then , especially In Egypt where Uicy hod worked so long. Afler working In the foreign field he had come to Omaha and helped to establish a mlssloi here. The extension ot the work had con firmed his belief In the unity of Christ's command to go into nil Iho world am preach the gospel. He believed that the home field was as hard a field as the for eign field and prayed God to bless all mis slonarles wherever they were called. Rev. McKenzle Cleland of Chicago salt ! ho was sure that such n meeting could no close without the offer of some to go Into the foreign field and devote themselves lethe the mission work. He moved that an oppor tunity ! be afforded all such to Indicate their desire. The motion'prevailed by common ( consent. Rev. George Morrison , missionary to India said that Mrs. Peako had eloquently told of the necessary separation ot Christians from the world. At Friday night's scrvlco thcrt had been a separation of the delegates nm their money In order that the work of the foreign missions might ho supported. "To night wo want another form of separation We want volunteers to go Into the utlermost parts of the earth and preach the gospel Last night wo wanted yqurs. Tonight wo want not yours but you. " Rev. J. R. Alexander , missionary to Egypt , said It was a great pleasure for bin to meet those who had been holding up the hands of the missionaries while they worked abroad. He wished that lliese loyal sup- porlcrs might lake the platform that the missionaries might sco them. He told ot the need of workers for Christ In the for eign fields , and said that for many years the mission of Egypt had been praying for a trained professor to lake charge of the educational work there. FOURTEEN WILL GO. Secretary Barr of Iho foreign missionary society of the church said that fourteen missionaries would sail for the foreign mis sions of the church from Now York * City on September 2G. IIo was confident that not another denomination of the same size in this country was doing so much for foreign missions. Four young men had already asked that they bo sent out In 1897. Had the church done Its full duty the gospel of Christ would have been preached to all the heathen In Egypt and India be fore this , and yet hundreds were dying every day In sin nnd darkness. The ques tion was not only who would volunteer to enter the missionary service , but would the church support them after they had made great sacrifices and gone out lu the heathen countries. J. G. Hunt , a young man who Is soon to go out to n foreign station , was Introduced. Ho said he had determined four years ago to offer his services to the foreign mis sionary service , nnd ever plnco then had been happy. As God gave him light to see , he had set his face against the world's greatest need. Hov. W. I. Wlshart of Allegheny , Pa. , said that ho considered the servlco the climax of the entire convention. He con shlercd the work that was In hand the most Important of all the proceedings. Ho know that after all that had been said concerning the great need for workers In the mlsslonry fiohls many In the house must bo on the verge , endeavoring to do- cldo whether or not to give their lives to Iho great work. Ho prayed God to give them help to decide that they would do so. Ho said a year ago ho had sat next Miss Dickey In the great convention at Columbus. Throughout tha missionary service ho had watched her struggle to do cldo the same momentous question , and he saw the sweet srnllo of satisfaction that came to her face when she said she would co to India and give her life to the work there. Hu then asked that all heads In the house bo bowed In silent prayer that many souls would then and there decide for Christ , rho services , Impressive from the begin ning , now became most solemn , and during Die fuw mlnutcB of silent prayer and the Fervent prayer ot Hov , Wlshart that fol lowed , the great convention was deeply iffected , Tlio silence was profound , and tvas broken only by the sound of sobbing , while handkerchiefs could ho seen In usu n all part ot the houso. When the serv- ivo of prayer wan concluded a young man lelegato , who later offered himself for the : missionary servlco , asked that the appeal 'or volunteers bo made so broad us to nclude these who would work the remainder ) f their lives , wherever they thought God , ivould have them go. MANY RESPONSES CAME. After the appeal for these who would lovoto the remainder of their lives to the missionary work of the church , going wher- JVIT It seemed to them God would have .hem go , thcro weru responses from nil > arts of the house. Delegates In the par- luot , In the balcony , on the stage and In ho boxes arose to Indicate that they were , cady and willing to sacrifice homo and 'rlenda ' to cuter this work. Those , who re- ipouded were : MUs May Hamilton , Mln- Icn , Neb. ; Miss Helen Mollltt. Kansas City ; dr. McUreary , Miss Marshall , Uuffalo. N. i' . ; Miss Anna Ucll , Albla , laMiss : Stew- irt , Olathe , Kan. ; Thomas Moore , Alle- ; heny , Pa. ; Mies Mllllfc-an , Toledo , 0 , ; Ed- vard McCllnton , Monmouth , III , Then thcro was another season of silent irayer. Rev , It. A , Jamison ot Apollo , Pa. , elated an Incident of a former missionary aeutlng where many bad decided ( o enter be ervlce. MUs Emma D. Anderson , mis- slonary to ihdUi , snld from other denomi nations many . self-sustaining missionaries wcro now comtrlg Into the foreign fields , She hoped that this convention might sec the resolve of the first ono of the United Presbyterlan3liurch | to not only Rive up home and frfonds to enter the foreign field , but to nlso provide the money for his or her support. , , Hov. II. II. nil ! of Monniotilh , 111. , made a plea for city' missionaries , who would In their own"homes devote their lives to the nld of ttn < lriown pastors. These who answered this appeal were : Misses Eleanor Mc.Munn , Lore City , O. ; Jennlo Dallcy , Homestead , 111 , ; Mnttle Hamilton , Mlndcn , " -i'M - Neb. - Hev. J. Kn'oV Montgomery asked that an opportunity Iwfc afforded every Christian In the house to Inijlralc that from that tlmo forward ho woulil lead a llfo of greater usefulness to Christ , to the chureh nnd to his fellow man. He asked that those who would say "Ily the prnce of God I will do whatever I can to serve Him from this time henceforward , " to Indicate their dolermlnn- tlon by rising. Almost the entire assem blage arose , and after singing "His Mercy Plows nn landless Stream , " Dr. llarr pro nounced the benediction. wmtis i.\ A MOOD int nrsixuss. Salnrdiiy Af < > 1-1101111' * i\curslon linn II ( illllll lOfl'fCl III ! Dvll'Klltl'M. Returning from a pleasant excursion about the city , the convention delegates wcro In the proper mood to attend the services of Saturday night and profit by them. For th first tlmo since the opening of the Instttut the series of services had been Interrupts long enough to afford the delegates nn o | portunity to breathe the fresh air nnd t turn their minds from the discussion of th best means to advance the work of the ! unions to the consideration of God's hand work as shown In the natural beauty of th Missouri valley , licsldes this recreation th delightfully cool weather put the delegate in a humor for a good meeting. The audl torlum was well filled as at any service , sav that of Thursday evening. There was larger crowd than usual In the lower cor rldor , but HIP upper gallery was not ncarl filled. The Klago was completely occuplc and the chorus seemed stronger than ever The motto for the evening was "filvin all diligence , add to your faith virtue ; ante to virtue knowledge. " With this though In mind the devotional exercises were held They were in charge of Hcv. W. P. Whit of lies Mollies. After a responsive rcadlni. and a prayer by the leader , the largo as semblage sang "Whiter Than Snow" In j hearty manner. It was suggested that God' blessing should be Invoked upon the sunrise the noonday , the morning , the afternoon and the evening services , upon the churcli and the * street services that would be helen on the Sabbath. Three brief but ferven prayers from the body of the house naked the divine blessing for those services. Tlics prayers wore followed by the singing of. "My Hefuge. " The announcements for the Sabbath ser vices wcro then made. Mr. J. P. Tracy stated that the location of the convention of 1S97 would be.decided at a mooting o : the general committee to bo held on Octoho 13 at a place to bo announced later. The applications of Buffalo , Indianapolis , Nash vllle and Denver have already been received It is thought/the qontest Is between the firs' ' two cities unless a more formidable com pctitor should'arjpear. . Other cities may send In theirInvitations to the general com mltteo prior fip October 13. 13111'CATIO1' ? TOH THIS SHHVICE j .1 AViirlc of OhrlNtliinlty Hrqiilri-N tlic iti-M .I' > < | " I ! < ' > ' Rev. J. K. 'McClurkln , D. D. , pastor of the Shadyslde Tj'nltdd ' Presbyterian church Pittsburg , thpn spoke as follows : Comrades of Our Christian Union , Broth ers iiiiil Sisters In the \Vork of Christ : I nn : speaking tonight under the gukliinco of our committee upb'n educntlomil qualifications1 for tl ! servlQ > of , Christ. That life whicli most nenrly tulHUs ItH'mission of service 1 would compare to a. stone In the sling of God. Such.iiVillfe , ' Is aimed by His spirit hurled by Ilfsrpowcr , makes its mark upoi the defcncos'3W , ° "n'tul must lenvo Its Impression , foriUoil'iiid humanity. Such < i life Is a stone still kept of God after the warfare Is over. It is polished Into the similitude oC the King and placed liy Him as a living stone In the temple of God for ever. Tills Is the divine side ot life. It Is the side that reveals to us the deepest meaning and the highest glory of life. It follows then at once Unit to make the human Hide accord with the divine , to make our llvea a success , to enter aright the open doors o action , to fulllll the mission With which wo are entrusted , we must first of all know what God calls for. However keen our thought , however clear our forethought , there should bo heard In the inmost cham ber of our souls the questioning voice , "Lord , what wilt Thou have me do ? " At some supreme moment In the very outstnrt ot our lives we should meet our God and say , "Speak , Lord , for Thy servant hear- Tonight , In the sunset glow of this mng- nlllcent convention , when our hearts are overllowlng with love and with Joy , when our purposes are high and consecrated , when we fool that God Is near , let us make these few moments together tell for earth and for heaven. Let us ask reverently nnd thoughtfully. What would He have us be ? What does ho nsk , at our hands today ? This and only this , would we bo and do. Hearken , do you hear the answer ? Meet for service , thoroughly furnished for work , equipped , picpared , educated ; this Is the call of God to us , emphasized by the keen demands of the present and accentuated by the splendid possibilities of our age. God wants no untempered mortar for His building. That building is to stand forever. IIo has use for the keenest Damascus blmlo In this warfare , because the Issues of eter nity nro to be determined by the movements of the present. I admit that shallow thinking and Im perfect reasoning nnd hasty conclusion ! ) have about them sometimes a magnetic glow which lifts them Into momentary prominence. I admit that God's kingdom Is to ndvunce , not by the might of in tellect , nor by. the power of culture. I admit that hero and there a person bus arisen , mighty In word and deed , without being polished upon thii hard emery wheel of a tedious educational process , Hpurgeon began to preach at 10. At 17 Alexander Hamilton was ono of the keenest rousoners of his day ; at 30 the brain of George Gil- lesplo gave that wonderful definition of God In our catechism , a definition as deep ns the ocean , but as clear as the crystal brook ; at 32 Alexander had conquered the world ; at iG ! Kossuth had clcctrltlcd limi tary : at 21 Joan of Arc had led her armies , fought her battles , and died at the stake. EXCEPTIONAL PRODIGIES. There have been exceptional phenomena In history , prodigies In providence. Hut on the other hand , neither these fascinating examples of almost spontaneous develop ment , nor the Inviting 'glitter of half prc- imred thought can for a iHoment'sllonco the voice of God as ho calls to us for matures ! preparation. They do not change the fact that In all ages God has laid the mightiest Interests of his kingdom upon the shoulders of those whom Ho has most carefully pre pared In 'heart ' and life. God opens lUfctory with a nation of slaves , Through tholnjaws Ho will speak to the world to the /yiitl / , of tlmo. Through their llfo Ho will send a dlvlno llfo to this earth. Hut first. thpJr'Jeader must spend forty vears In Egypt1 to learn the things that are seen. Afterwilrd , < forty years In the desert to si'o the thlnencthnt are not seen. After nighty years of ( preparation Moses Is ready for the workt God. Christ Is soon to Icavo His' worly In human hand * and for three years He himself trains those disci- liles along tlm walks of Galilee. IJnt who ahnll take uA th'woik when even fho be loved John IwB'sone from his Island homo lo the KatlifrtHl Kouso ? Do you see that roiing studeilti Hitting at the feet of Gama liel ? TralnodjluiPlI the culture of his aga Hid 'then ' educnttal for three years In the lesort seminary of Arabia , Paul Is pre- mrod to lay. Iliafoundations of the klng- lom In the wstorn world. The early jliurch soon needed a clearer conception of 'hat deep mystery , the adorable Trinity , Who Is fitted. Jo. answer the call ? The earned Aleximdrlun ddncou , Althnnnsius. mil by lilH Yifelleclual acumen , God led ho thought of man , probably ns far as It ; an over go with clearness. A little farther on , and the church of jed needs deeper qonvlctlon of sin. Hut o ! the life of the great Augustine has boon 'ashlonltiK for years upon the anvil. I'hrough him neil shows the church her ilnful state and ever slnco only one hero tnd there has refused to bow with the irostrato multitude of God's people. Tlmo would fall to tell how In thn sixth JC-ntiiry the scholarly Columba Illuminated Icotland with Coil's word , How the learned Vlcllf In the fourteenth century gave the Ichl of the scriptures to the plowboys if llrltnln. The tlmo has come 'for thu Igbt to break In Germany. Is Luther , the ullunt , tlife chivalrous Luther , whoso faith Hid courage Unshed In the Imperial jires- nco , siilllcleiit ? No. God must nlso havq Author , the patient , plodding , hard work- ng student and translator. What would tave become of reformation thought In Curepo. bad It not been for the logic and earning of Calvin ? Our own century opens with the hallowed lame of Carey , the missionary. Evansell- utlun has become tl.e watchword of Its losing hours. Hut with one voice from he ramparts of heathen nations our her. , nldu cry to us , "Send us the keenest weap ons ; give us the best drilled soldiers. " The contest for the sovereignly of this world Is not with barbarians nnd snvnges , but with the millions who linvo been trnlned nnd made ncule pystems of morality nnd philosophy ; thai 1 -v.- stood for millenni ums. In every ag' from the days of Moseti on the bunks or ihf Nile. " Oed hns been nsklnir that the sons nnd daughters of Ills kingdom , In college bull nnd nt the hearth * stone , bo thoroughly furnished for His work. Here I wnnl to emphasize the truth thnt the edticnllon for which God calls Is a brond nnd liberal education , ono tbnt touches the whole ninn and nwnkens the whole being. There Is In the educational world today u tendency toward what I might call Intellectual centralization. The attainments of science and the Investiga tions of lenrnlug have become so unpar alleled , fnr-reaehliig and Intricate , thnt It does not lie within the possibilities of one little human life to compass with nccurncy morn than one realm of resenrcb. One mind within the limits of time cnn do but little more than attain n profound knowl edge of one subject. When we enter the Held of higher education now we feel as Addlson Alexander expressed It when he en tered the Munich library , "It Is nn Insult to tlio brevity ot human life. " The necessary consequence Is that mil * vorslllos are planted wllh numberless profi'ssorshlpH , scholarships for almost every line of thought. It requires n fnlr education today Intelligently to oiiiiniornto and designate them. I might Hole ono scholar who hns given thirty years of bin brief life lo Iho deciphering of one nticlont manuscript. In some of our universities wo have : i professorship of hugs. Not of all kinds of bugs either , for here Is an educator who Is giving his llfo ns n professor lethe the study of ants. Some of the profound- esl scholars In Grecian literature nro now wnplng u shuip battle , nnd Into It they are bringing their most recent nrclmeoloslcal resources , nil to setlle Ibo question whether the Athenians were In possession of cnts. All Ihls Is well. Without question nil this Is needful 111 the Interests of exact learn ing nnd higher scholarship. All this has a place in the progress of the kingdom. Tboro Is not nn nttnlntnent which science has made , there Is not n fact which learning has discovered , there Is not a research Into the forgotlen past which will not some day and In some way become a stepping stone toward the Until triumph of the Redeemer's kingdom. Hut for the special and the direct work of Christ Oed usks of you anil mo some thing thnt Is broader , more rounded and complete. The work of God demands of us an education that Is more liberal. It eal for a training thnt will nt least touch an nwnken Iho God-given affections : nnd 01 orgies of the whole being. Anything les than this will never make answer to th demands of His kingdom nor fulfill th trust which he has committed to us. Lo me Illustrate my meaning. What does Go ask for ? A TRAINED BRAIN. God nslm for n trained brain , becaus the brain Is the avenue to the soul. Whn Is the soul ? We cannel see II ; wo cnnno delect It with Ihe microscope , but we ca know U. We know Hint It is Homcthln put within us by the hand of God , bearln not the Imngo of the brightest seraph be fore the throne , but the Imago of Go Himself. Something that In un Instant ca wing Its ( light for a thousand miles an across Ihe decades , and al this moment ca hold before us the picture of childhood' home , father , mother , who have long sine passed to the farther shore. You can se every picture on Ihe wall , every Ireo on Ih grounds. What Is It ? Something -that cm take Its staff and walk nmong Ihe stars Wlmt Is it ? Something Unit along the pall of love and trust Is bearing the life heaven ward : something that can think th thoughts of God after Him ; Komelhlng Ilia us Iho friend of God will walk wllh Him for ever. Lo all Ihls. tlio brain , that tine moon anlsm , the brain. Is the key. It unlock the precious treasure of the soul. It is tin galeway to Its limitless possessions. It I Ihe Instrument to unfold Us unsuspectei powers. I do nol take time to speak of the way by which to develop the brain. This Is Ihe ono unchanging lask of the educatlona world. How to train the brain Is a ques lion In which all humanity should be In terested. America bus made 'her answo to this question. Part of that answer L her Pilncetons , her Yalos and her HarvardH her Ynssarfl and her Welleslevs. Part o that answer Is literature so full nnd frei that It were n sin for a man to pass lib days In our country with n dormant brnln The United Presbyterian church has made her answer. That answer In part at leas Is heard In Cooper , with her brilliant oul look ; In Tarklo wllh her phenomena progress ; In Monmoulh with forty year * of magnificent work behind her ; In Knox vlllc , shining llko the star of the north In the darkness of the south ; In substantial faithful MUKkliiBinn , amid the rugged hill of Ohio , and In Weslmlnsler , enshrined Ii the 'hearts ' of WO loyal alumni. I venture hero n prophecy that licforo many years have passed this collegiate federation wll have Its patient , thorough work culminate In the crowning discipline of a United Pros byterlnn university. Ono of the most encotirnclng nnd pcr- irancnt responses that could bo made lo this convention would bo the flocking ot the young people of our church In greater numbers to these Institutions. Under the touch of these days we have spent together gother , many a heart Is asking , what. Lord should bo the first stop In my consecrates life. Not to nil , but to many t'lio ' answer comes enler college. If but for a little whllo and have the brain put In good running order for the work lo which God calls you whatever It muy bo. I would press 'this matlcr very especially because from neglect of Iho brnln life oftei becomes a failure. Every young man am' woman will meet problems which can lit. truly solved only by the discernment of n trained brain. linker Washlnglon has been telling n story this summer which describes my point. Ho was Illustrating how Impossible It Is for the unskilled labor of the black of t'lio ' south to compete In the market of our country with the inlelllgonl. trained farmer of the west. An overseer In giving his colored man directions for Iho plowing ot his field nnd to Impress him with the duty of drawing his furrows straight , told him , "Now , you plow straight for that white cow on the other side of the Hold. " The black man did It. Rut when that landlord returned nnd found 'his man still patiently following the white cow ns she moved from ono lufl of grass to another , the nppeur- nnco of .the field may bo Imagined. The teller with his brain Is under the same law as the teller with his plow. The . man who plows with his untrained brain to. day will not compete long In the Intel lectual market of our country. Worse than this , the work of his life will prob ably look In 'tho ' end llko the plowing ot the colored man. It will bo here and there , from Ihls lo that , desultory nnd unsatis factory , not deep enough , not persistent enough , not concentrated enough , to bring , forth the fruit In Its season. Another Inspiration for Intellectual cul turn Is Unit n man with a trained brnln seldom dom grows old. IIo Is full of enthusiasm to the end. Plato nt SI wns Improving his Htylo of Greek composition , Gliidslono nl 87 Is writing upon profounder themes than English statesmanship ever presented. Hancroft nt SO wrote history with the nr- dor of youth nnd with the accuracy of maturity. Theodore Cuyler writes often of that dreaded reality , the ministerial dead Hue , but nl 75 his own voluminous writings linvo In them Iho peculiar charm nnd fresh ness of youth. Prof. Green In Princeton , with his fiftieth anniversary of seminary toll behind him , and standing today In the forefront of orthodox thought. Is 11 helpful uznmplo to our theological professors , while Richards Storrs , with his fiftieth anniver sary before him this fall , nnd nt 73 , polished still llko a diamond , Is a grent comfort to us ministers , Chnrles Hedge at SO seemed lo us who sal at bis feet llko ono who shone In the beauty nnd power of Pentecost. Ono ot the clenrest nnd most Impressive Hermans which I ever heard , listened lo with almost breathless Interest by a VIIHI congregation of his own people , wns preached by the aged Andrew llonur when IID was within a few steps of the eternal world. These men were young- men In old age mainly because In youth they had sot the machinery of the bruin to work with no- curate care. Touch the brnln by the hand of skillful education and God only known what will Im found there. Sir Isunc Newton , whim n lioy , WHS considered ono of the dullest nnd ritood among the lowest In his class ; yi-t Hint bruin , when It uwoko , solved the prob lem of the physical universe. Jienjumln icrunklln nt first failed In mathematics , but iftcrwards led the world of solcmtlllc thought. Abraham Lincoln nt 2S yi-iira of igo could speak the EngllHh language only n a dull , poor , uninteresting Htylu. Any me who bus rend what remains of hit 'arllciit efforts will bo astonished nt the rudeness of his rhetoric ; nnd the opho- iiorlo character of his figures. Hut yuan * i [ hard , persistent brain training follow.-il uid nt M ho was the master of nn English itylo wh'jch oven the London Spectator pro nounced Inimitable. His Immortal speech it Gettysburg has enriched our language 'or all time. God cnlls for the trained ear , nn ear that -an hear the footstep * of thn Kiwi ( tnd : an detect the measured trcud of event * n the march of the kingdom ; un ear that s utlent to lenrn where we stntid In God's : reat unfolding plan ; nn car thnt cnn hear ho voice of God spcnklnx In the nchleve. nents of our duy , the uttuinmentu of the iresent- 'UNTrUIES CROWDED INTO YEARS. Had Solomon , the wise king , come again o this earth ut the opening of thin century 10 would not have found the habits of nen and the method * of living exceedingly llfferont from thu customs and comfort * if his own day. Hut with the opening if thin century God begun to transform his earth , und centuries have been packed nto years and years Into days. It has icon like the glow of the morning follow , up In tha wuke of the darknouj nnd irophetlo of the perfect day. Within lifly 'earn greater change * have taken pluci > n earth than lu the 2,000 > ar preceding , Within fifty years one-half ot the plobc has been unlocked to the gospel nnd the Hrltlsh nnd Foreign Hlble society nlonc has sent out ten times more bibles than were In exlstenco from the opening of this century back to the resurrection morning. Amer ican slavery has gone down. The reports of this convention go out through n piiper whose originator and editor first sent over the wires Abraham Lincoln's proclamation of emancipation. Woman has eomo Into the high places ot the Meld. Over our land God has sent n thrill of life which has stirred the hearts nnd quickened the pulses of our ycmni ; people , until the names of Hoston , Washington , Columbus have be come to many lives llko watchwords for Christian service. Tin- Christian people ot this Innd are be ginning to awaken nnd to gird on their nrmor for the taking down of the flag of our country ns It waves over 210,000 legalIzed - Izod saloons. Christian patriots nro now striving with Increasing energy to place not only under every homo nnd every church , but ns a very corner stone of our nation , that rock from Slnnl. the Fourth Commandment. Turn to the material world. The hand of Oed through the civilization of the present Is making for us a new earth so silently , so gently , so continuously that wo almost cease to wonder and admire. Hearken to these thlnus. ye who would serve God with nil Intelligent purpose , yo who would watch the stately stoppings ot our king. Kitty years ago n convention llko this would have born an Impossibility , for then our fathers were muklnu their journey to California In ox-carts. Thirty- live years ago , when the guns of Sumter Wie llrlng , Omaha , this magnificent city of 110,000 Inhabitants , was a straggling vll- Inpo of l.soo. Looking at nn edition of the Scientific American , dated November 13 , 1X15 , not llfty-one years ago , I read such statements of Information and Interest ns these : Eight vessels engaged In commerce on Lake Supe rior : a telegraph line Is being laid from New York to Pittsburg and soon another Is to bo laid from New York to llaltlmore ; Adams Express company will take goods from Now York to Philadelphia , In perfect order , In three days and a half. Another article describes a great work that Is lie- Ing done , the grading of thirty miles of rail road bed. It was expected that this colos sal undertaking would be completed during the winter of ' 45 and ' 4fi ; the eighteenth annual fair would be held on October 0 , and the entile show part of II would bo bold out of town , on the present site of the Klfth nvenuo hotel , opposite Madison Square park. Since then what In quick succession bus been found out and brought out ? 1 might answer , Hcssomor steel. Scientists have by a popular vote given that the llrsl place ; the telegraph , for Morse had only Just "harnessed this steed for the permanent service of man ; " the telephone , the phonograph graph , the sewing machine , the McCortnlck reaper , the binder , the Suez canal , the planet Neptune , the Corliss engine , the Ni agara suspension bridge , the Hiooklyn bridge , the St. Louis bridge , petroleum , dynamite , electric light and photography by- It , the electric ; motor , the laying of the Atlantic cable , ( bo Mississippi jetties , ca- thoda rays , India rubber nml Its vulcani zation , the Web perfecting printing press , the typewriter , the bicycle , the trolley , send ing the tired teller to the green Holds to live. These arc only n few of what would require all evening to enumerate. What mean these disconnected sentences ? Have they n moral bearing and slgnlllcance ? Are they n part of God's creal plan for His kingdom. Long ages ago Isaiah saw the meaning and gave the answer : "Prepare yo the way of the Lord ; make straight In the desert n highway for our God. Every valley shall bo exalted and every mountain and hill shall be made low ; and the crooked shall be made straight nnd the rough places plain ; and the glory of the Lord shall bo revealed and all llesh shall see It together , " God wants men for his service whoso cars arc trained to hear In those events some thing more than an Invitation to physical comfort and ease. He wants men who can hear In them and through them the march of His kingdom , men to whom they are a prophecy of the tlmo when the kingdom shall be the Lord's and when Ho shall be the governor among- the nations. CALLS FOR THE TRAINED EYE. In this ago of material comfort , when this world is becoming so Inviting and beau tiful and men nru trying to satisfy their souls with It , one of the elements In a preparation for God's service Is that our eyes be trained to behold the things which arc not scon. Would you , my brother , my sister , be lilted for effective work , you must have a clear conception nnd an un wavering conviction as to the reality of the spiritual. Without this wo will halt In the march , we will retreat In the battle , we will gather but little grain In the Held. The trained eye looks upon the unseen. It sees what can't be scon. .Through . It wo know what passcth knowledge. A contradiction do you say ? The material world affords n parallel. Take power. All power Is Invisible. We cannot see It. wij behold Its manifestations , but the powOr Itself Is not scon. Over these limitless prairies grow the vast Holds of wnvlhjf grain. Wo may know the conditions , ot 1 growth , we may analyze the soil , but 'wo ' do not see the power behind that makes ' those crops grow. The mysterious , mighty ' principle of life has mortal eye over Keen ! it ? Yet wo have faith In It. Wo know > It. Your mind sees It. Wo sco the apple fall from the bough. We say , licro Id the law of gravitation , holdingus to the earth , ' keeping the earth In Its path , controlling < the stars In their courses. No mortal vision ever saw that law. No ono ever put his hand upon It and could say , "Hero It ' Is , look , behold. " Hut we believe In It ; wo ' know It. The eye of the mind sees It. So the eye that looks through the window of I the soul , the trained eye has a vision of the unseen. From It the scales have fallen ' and It can behold God , eternity , the Judg ment , heaven , hell , Immortality. The trained eye gives us n true view of the bible. My young friends , I want to emphasize this truth , because unless you see and know Iho blblo to be In deed and In truth the very word of God , ' you are already shorn of your strength. The argument whicli the church of God most needs today for the Inerrancy of the word , the argument whicli wo will want lo pillow our heads upon In a dying hour , Is the argument which the soul gets , bo- jause It has caught sight of the unseen , be- 2auso the trained cyo has soon and known the Invisible , because our vision has looked ipon that which the natural eye hath not beheld. I rejoice that the United Presbyterian hurch has had this vision ; has looked upon 'he ' blblo as the church as viewed It lor i.OOO years. I rojolco that the United Pres- lytcrlnn church has the crowning glory liat throughout her broad communion , not i pulpit has been shaken , not a sermon has > een weakened , not a word from a pro- 'ossor's chair has been changed by any loubts as to the Infallibility of the blblo. The trained eye gives us also a true -low of life. It shows us what llfo really s. Our momentous relations to the unseen vo often forget. When wo do remember horn , wo only half bellovo thorn. Splrltu- illy wo live as In n dreamland. Wo do not iced to know more than half so much as vo need to realize what wo do know. Have n clear conception , my brother , ) hnt ho Savior Is wllh you tonight , Unit you : an speak to him , that you can toll him 'our thoughts and desires , ns truly us you inn speak to your friend at your aldo ? Tomorrow , the Sabbath , with Its Hjilr- lual Joys nnd happy eommiinlngs , wo nl- nest sco. The next days , with their homo tutherlngs. wo almost fool , IJut can you ct the vision rlsa a little higher ? Can 'on look a lltllo farther across a space , n ircator for some than for others , but KO ihort for us all ? Can you see tha gates vldo open ? Cnn you got n pllmpso of Iho 'athera home ? Inspired by the thousands vho liuvu gathered In this convention , do -on see something of the whitn-robed throng vhlch no man can number ? The vision Ix here. God n.ilcs that wo have the trained iyo to see It. CALLS FOR TRAINED LIPS. I am not referring now to these who are rained to speak from the pulpit or plnt- orin. God Is culling for something nioro. le nxha that every ono who has felt the ova of Christ bo ready to nay something or Christ. IIo menus thnt young womnn ier tonight. You linvo thu love of Christ n your heart. Your faith In Him you would tot glvo up for the world. Yet , oven In irlvnto conversation , you do not sneak ns rlt-nd with filcnd of your Interest In Jesus ir your hopes of heaven. Isn't that true ? lOil means lhat young man here lonlghl. 'on liiuo taken a stand for Chrlat. You itivo resolved lo bo Iruo to Him. Hut your Ips are silent. You do nol speak of thai vhlch you know and feel. You linvo taken riirlst for your Savior , but would any one ver know It from your words ? Them are men throughout our church ( you mow them web ) who are men of prayer , 'hey druw In tu-crel lo the mercy scat nd they know what It 1 to bo hoard In leaven. Yet tbo solemn fact Is that no norlal ever heard them pray , and prob- bly no oao over will hear them pray. I now u man who gives to my llfo ono of he most precious joys which any minister un havo. Ho prays for me. for my soul , or my preaching , fur my congrcgallon- 'et , 1 never heard him pray. I don't know hat' any one elao ever heard him pray , 'hnt man will KO to heaven with half the , -ork undone that ha might linvo dono. Hut bow shall our lips bo trained ? The rat thing thnt you must do la to coime- rate your tnlent of fcpcech to God. You ny , It cannot bo enlteu n talent ; It Is lee 'cak for that. Well , then , you Imvo al : ast lips endowed with the power of utter * n ; words , Take that power nnd resolve hat at leant one or two unnl.s ghnll be noken for Christ. If you make this b - Innlng sincerely and prayerfully God will : nd you on. That wr < ilc. unused gift will a multiplied and magnified of heaven. I now oC no other line In which God nddit uch abundant Interest to our llttlo capital it Jin doee when wo begin to use our lips ar ChrUt , Gomellmea tills binning of owcr cornel only nftcr repeated failures nd years of effort , nut sometimes , when 16 reaolv * U made to open the Up- for hrUt. the K"t uf power comes almost mueulately , Many ono can testify that between their weakness nnd Ood's powe < nothing was needed snvo the connecting' link of n firm resolve. v In 1G30 In Scotland them cnlhered n grea" company of ministers nnd devout Chris. tlnns. On Sabbath , with marked solemnity , they commemorated nt tnt Lord s table His redeeming lovo. So deer had been thflr emotions that on Monday they could not sopurnto without a servlci of thnnksglvlng. They nsked Livingstone , n young man of 27. to preach , Hut he. ' shrank from the task. Ho snld. "I cnnnot open my lips In the presence of such nn assembly of eminent nnd godly Christians. " Slipping nwny from the church Into the woods ho was nlono with God. There ho fought the battle with bis lips nnd won. Coming bnek he preached n sermon under \\bleh hearts were meltrd and conviction so deepened that the ralmrst historian which I can find , says that WO people , had n marked change wrought In their lives nt that lime. The secret of that Pentecostal blessing Is found when Llvlngstoiip , In the Hllenee of his heart , snld , " 1 will open my lips for God. " So It mny bo to you , not In the pulpit , but In the quiet walk , ns day by day. your life touches your brother's life. The s.uiie Oed Hint multiplied tflil' ' power of Livingstone In the pulpit will come to you when your lips nro willing. Here Is the secret of our power , the hid- Inp place of our strength. Hero Is the holy of holies In the temple ot our re deemed humanity , fnless on Iho nltnr of the heart God kindles something of Hid love , of His light , and of His flro. Iho whole education will bo In vain. Unless there nro glowing enal upon the heart , there will be no burning words upon tb lips. Unless fbo voice of the master bna been heard within , the ear will never listen to the footsteps of the king without. Un less the llttlo world of the heart Is lighted up by the presence of the Saviour , the eye will never be able to catch visions of thn world whore the Lamb Is the light thereof. A heart on' lire with the flro of God 19 like the sun In the renter of our system , Hooding the worlds with boat , robing them In light and holding them true to their 01 bits. So In the center ot our being n heart which has become the dwelling- God warms the lips , strengthens the cyo , quickens the hearing and keeps the brnln from dangerous wanderings. ' I have been asking you to train the brain , the ear , the eyo. the lips. God says , "Lot mo train the -heart. You cannot do It. Lay It In my hand that my love may till It , that my joys may gladden It. that my serv ice may broaden It. " It Is a strange In strument , but He Is the muster. O , how well He undctstnnds this curiously fash ioned and mystorlous bearl within us , Lot his hand attune Its melodies , sweep 119 chords , touch its keys and the notes of your life at last will bo a ps.ilm of dlvlno har mony. And so , dear friends , you who have been tarrying here during these days which seem lo have brought heaven n lllllo nearer lo un. my hist word Is this : Let It watch betwixt you ami mo until our hands touch the gales of pearl and our feet stand within the palnco ot the King. Christ our leader , Christ our teacher , Christ , our crown and Joy forever and for ever. coM. > irivri-i : mcroiiTs iiisoitrris. . All Kveopl One lU-lntliiK to n Sei-ri'lnry Aliiiel. After the singing ot a psalm and n prayer ' j by Dr. Miller , editor of the Christian Union Herald , Chairman McDIll of the local com mittee made announcements concerning the extension of railroad tickets and the special privileges that had been granted the dele gates by the various roads. It was nn nounccd" that Treasurer Stewart had been suddenly called lo his homo nt Parnassus , Pa. , and that Rev. J. A. Alexander had boon chosen to act in his stead during the re mainder of the convention. The committee on resolutions then made the following report , all the sections save DUO being adopted : 1. Recognizing ns wo do the presence nnd blessing ot God. In the Increasingly ag gressive splrll of our church ; In Iho pray ers of Iho Columbus convention , mnrvel- ously nnd definitely answered by the send ing of workers Into the foreign field ; In the great revival that Is even now sweeping over our India mission and In the mighty enthusiasm of this Immense gathering. Resolved , That wo hereby express our gratitude to God and pledge to Christ our King Iho best efforts of our lives , thai we liromlse our prayers and tithes for His glory , and that wo offer ourselves living sacrifices for the spread of the gospel and the Intcrcsls of Ills kingdom. 2. Wo deslro to return our hearty thanks to the local commltleo for tls well directed and wisely executed plans for this meetIng - Ing ; to the citizens and churches of Omaha for the cordial reception accorded us ; to the dally press for Its complete reports of aur proceedings ; to the railroads for special rates and privileges accorded us and to the slllclals for their efforts In our behalf ; to the management of the Crelghton nudlto- rlum for favors rendered ; to the speakers ivho have so ably presented the subjects as signed them , and to our general commltleo ind olllccrs to whoso untiring efforts Ihe success of this Instllute Is so largely duo. .1. In response lo u memorial regarding 'Temperance Day : " Resolved , That wo recommend to our societies iho observance ) f the fourth Sabbath of November of this rear as "Temperance Day. " In nccordanca with Iho BUggesllon of our general nssem- > ly nnd other religious bodies , and wo re- ' jucst Ihe general committee to suggest nn ipproprlnto subject for the prayer meet- ngs of thnt day. , > 4. In response to the memorial wllh. reference to Iho Armenians : Resolved , ' Phut wo declare our sympathy for the op- iresscd Christian subjects of iho sultan , ! ind thnt wo record our conviction thnt the Christian powers of the world should co- > perule to si-euro the peace , liberty nnd lately of this oppressed people. The mnr- yrdom of our brother and missionary , Rev. jlrgls Anshnlliin , whoso Ufa was taken In ho terrible persecutions of the last year , mpols us to fervent prayer nnd resolu- lon that the Christian government of thl < treat land shall with Its mighty hand stay ho madness of the cruel lyrant who has icrmltted these awful massacres. G. Thnt we commend the Omaha club den to the consideration of nil Christian mlons for the coming ycur , believing thnt t has done much to Increase the ullundunco t the prcHDiit Institute. C. That wo appreciate the work done by ho Christian Union Herald , and urge upon ur societies to extend as much an possible ts circulation. Thai wo tipprechilo also bo efforts of the Hoard of Publication to imply now nnd appropriate music for the abbatb school and Christian union and Ju- lor societies. That wo favor the publlcn- lin ( of such muslo hcronfler wllh the qmir- urles , but In separate sheets. 7. Resolved , That wo learn with gratitude f the largo number of tltha puvcrp In our oclutles. That we urge a contniiillon ! of ho cfforls ro stlmuliito the consciences of ur memDcrs In thin behalf , dnd recommend ho appointment of a committee of tbreo 0 have special charge of and push this , 'ork during the coming year , 8. Resolved , That It Is the sense of thin iistltiitn that the young peoplu'u work ot ur church will be promoted by the estnb- ishmont ot the general secretary ns an Ulcer whoso time shall bo devoted to this /oik , and that wo memorialize Iho general" SHombly to make this provision and to roHcrlbo the duties of the olllco , the nom- latlon of such general secretary to bo iado by the general committee. This resolution was tabled for one year y an almost unanimous vota ot the con- cation. 9. That In nccordnnco with the notion ot lie general assembly looking to tha pro- Idlng of suitable music for Junior work , i'e urge thu Hoard of Publication to innlta Ills provision at Iho earliest posulblci data. 10. In response to the memorial regarding ho appointment of a junior mesliyterlal eerotary , we doom It unwise to establish uch an olllco at this time. Jl. Wn improve the memorial of the Mo- ongnhclii PiTsbylerlal society asking for an meiidment lo tlio conslltiitlon rccom- londod for local societies , adding to the st of olllcers Unit of corresponding micro- iry , whoso olllco shall be a pcrmanunt no , arid wo , thnrufnrn , recommend Iho doptlon of the fallowing amendments , viz ; ilil to article 4 the words , "and a cor- [ Hpondlng secretary , whoso olllco shall bo permanent aim ami whose name shall bu jrwardod to the prcHbytoilal corrcupondlnu cietary. " Also add to article flu new see- on , to-wll : "It shnll be tlio duty of tha responding secretary to keep the society 1 communication with the prnsbytcrlal in-responding Hucrotary , nnd tluough him llh the general committee on young pee ID'S work , and to present to the society ich mnttoru of Interest as may como from u > m for Us Information or action. Mr. J. P. Tracy of Chicago moved that 10 convention Indicate Its island on tin ( Continued on Seventh Page. ) Purgatorial Pills. 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