There were not less than seven thousand persons present during the evening in the great hall, whose arches rang from time to time with applause at the sentiments of the speakers, and echoed and re-echoed the stirring missionary hymns sung by the vast multitude as led by the vested choirs of the various parishes in San Francisco.

It is said that this enthusiastic gathering of all ranks was equalled only by the thousands who had assembled here only a short time before to pay honours to the memory of President McKinley, whom the people loved.
Bishop Doane of Albany presided with his accustomed tact and force, and, after suitable devotions, introduced the four speakers.

The first of those who addressed the assemblage was the Right Rev.Edgar Jacob, D.D., the Lord Bishop of Newcastle, who represented the Archbishop of Canterbury.

He said that there were four methods of spreading the Gospel in obedience to the command of the Master, "Go, make disciples of all people of the earth." These are the evangelistic, the educational, the medical, and the magnetic.

Of this last he said, "It is that the society should attract the individual.