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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Jul 14, 1895
Page
6
A New York Endeavorer delegation led a vivid program highlighting Christian youth worldwide. Delegates from Britain, China, India, Africa, Japan, Spain, South America and more presented messages, flags, and verses, culminating in a rousing pledge and closing songs amid enthusiastic audience reactions.
Boston churches host a Sunday during the Christian Endeavor convention drawing 55 000 delegates and local worshippers. Noted preachers Canon J B Richardson Dr Brady Bishop Fallows Henry T McEwen Knight Chaplin W Woolley L A Crandall Wayland Hoyt John Pollock J G McCrory and others deliver morning and evening sermons across Trinity Dudley Street First Baptist Park Street and East Boston churches with related biographical notes on the speakers and their ministries.
Fragmented OCR shows an open Saturday sale for fine clothing with steep discounts on men’s pants suits coats and boys’ wash goods. Names, prices, and some words are garbled but indicate substantial markdowns and stock clearance.
Eighteen Armenian girls in the Junior Endeavor Society of Adabazar select a Bible verse for their message. Haranoosh Bagdasarian forwards the line If you love me keep my commandments. India and Ceylon report gratitude for light shared with children, with 110 Young People societies and six Junior bands seeking guidance and prayer as a benediction by Rev Knight Chaplin of London closes the program.
Last night no Endeavor meetings were held at Mechanics Hall or the city tents. Delegates gathered at church headquarters for social reunions. Each church offered interesting programs prepared by its committee, enjoyed by attendees from the same sector who had arrived separately.
The speaker, a Crozer Theological Seminary graduate of 1876, holds the chair of church history. He authored The Dawn of Christianity and American Writers of Today. Other city pulpits will be filled as part of a great religious feast for Boston.
Fatigue and rain kept many sightseers indoors, but the Endeavorers filled the Art Museum and Public Library. Delegates praised Bates Hall, the reading rooms, and grand lions as crowds filled galleries and studios. Young visitors remained energetic, planning two weeks more of exploration and welcome from Boston.
A vivid sketch of fakirs selling Endeavor pins, flags, and medals at conventions in Boston and beyond. The piece notes their hustle, varied origins, and mix of sharp hustle with rare charitable acts, tracing their reach from Boston to Bowery and Port Said across years 95 to 97.
At a Christian Endeavor gathering in Boston numerous thefts are reported across the city. Victims include Mabel Mountsen of Pittsburg losing her return ticket parcel checks and $5, Arthur A. Sheffield of Lynn reporting a stolen diamond pin and $400, and Mrs. Clara Hiller losing a red leather pocketbook with valuables. Police monitor pawnshops for recoveries while continuing the investigation.
From East Boston comes a report that Miss Anna Stafford stole a brown leather pocketbook containing $8. The other incident notes that another theft involved a brown leather pocketbook with $1.15 in money and laundry checks.
Boston merchants warn Endeavorers that scalpers and mushroom brokers threaten their market as the Endeavorers buy and sell tickets in a tight era. Clerks note many legitimate brokers remain, advise against rebates, and urge railroads to extend return dates to avoid being stranded away from Boston.
A vast assembly of young women from across the land gathers in our city to pledge loyalty to the Christian uplifting cause. The event reflects a broad, moral engagement among women in the movement.
Florence Ben Oliel of Palestine, a Jewish missionary delegate linked to the Y P S C E, travels from Jerusalem to speak at meetings across the United States. Born in Cadiz, she has lived in Rome, England, and North Africa, speaks multiple languages, and plans to return to Jerusalem while pursuing lifelong missionary work with Dr Gordon's associates. She notes a deep tie to Palestine and describes herself as a Jewess by birth and faith.
More than 1000 Christian Endeavorers gathered at the old Congregational Church in Auburndale for an informal reception hosted by local Endeavorers for delegates from New Hampshire. The event featured a praise service, an address of welcome by Rev. E. E. Strong, brief speeches, singing of New Hampshire songs, and mingling in the chapel with a friendly, fellowship atmosphere.
The Brookline Christian Endeavor hosted a reception for Maryland delegates at First Baptist Church the state headquarters Nearly 600 attendees including visitors and local members The auditorium and chapel featured Maryland Massachusetts flags and Christian Endeavor hues as an 8 pm praise service opened with the Maryland delegates in charge
The Boston wholesale firm reduces stock at 22 Summer street claiming half raw cost to exit immediately. Rainy Saturday boosts crowds as $100,000 of fall goods and $23,000 of spring goods lure buyers across men’s, boys’, and children’s clothing. After the sale, heavy weights move to 23 and 25 Boylston street for storage until fall.
The Maryland contingent sang the State song with spirit, then joined in Christian Endeavor hymns. President J Parker Margeson gave the welcome address, Miss Protzman offered the response, and five minute talks by visitors recounted convention experiences. The gathering featured humor, laughter, and applause, followed by a social hour with refreshments and orchestra music led by Rev. O P Gifford.
New Jersey delegates to the Christian Endeavor convention, about three hundred strong, were hosted by Allston Congregational Church. The praise service filled the main auditorium with songs led by Crawford of Jersey City. A casual reception followed, and Alliston Endeavorites offered a musical program of vocal and instrumental selections by local youths.
At a regular meeting the Woman's Rescue League of Boston passed resolutions urging a conference between Christian Endeavor delegates and league members. The goal is to craft a universal relief plan to aid the outcasts and cooperate to save fallen women in large cities worldwide.
A list of early morning prayer meetings led by various church leaders across cities including Baltimore Jackson Telluride Pawtucket Roxbury Seattle and Cambridge announces topics on prayer and Bible reading. Special sermons and programs are planned for Sunday with no regular convention sessions that day.
Delegates join a Monday afternoon series of pilgrimages to Bunker Hill, Washington Elm, Old South Church, Faneuil Hall and Old North Church led by various clergymen with notable speakers from Boston, Cambridge, Montreal, Belfast, and Toronto. A chartered South End Tabernacle C B Society boat will sail July 15 from Boston Harbor for a harbor excursion to the islands, Boston Light, and back to the wharf.
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