The Portland daily press., 1886-03-05
Y. p. S. C. E.
Anniversary Services at the First 5ap-
tist Church.

The Young Peoples Society of Christian
Endeavor Of the First Baptist church, held
its anniversary services at the church last
evening. A large number of the members of
the society and their friends were present,
and the anniversary was a perfect success.
The exercises commenced with singing by
quartette composed of Miss Brown, Miss
Beckett, Mr.. Hall and Mr.. Oldham. Rev.
DR.. A. K p Small then read from the Scrip
lures, and offered prayer after which the
president of the society, Mr.. VIM X. Neal,
spoke few pleasant words of welcome
Mr.. Neal assured his hearers that while
not so young man as they would expect to
find in his position from the name of the So
ciety. he was in reality its president This,
he said. was to be kind Of donation party,
the programme being, i'll a large measure,
given by friends from outside the society
In closing, he welcomed all present most
heartily, and hoped they all would come
again. ,
ing. Rev. Mr.. Lowden delivered the first ad-
dress, considering the Society OF Christian
Endeayor as a means to an end He referred
to the belief expressed by some old people
that this and similar societies; OF the young
had a tendency to separate the young from
the old, and said that this was not their re-
suit as he had seen it. The Society OF Chrls-
tian Endeavor is a means to the developing
of Christian life among the young; IL rec,
ogniZes Christian children, those boys ana
girls, or young men and women who nave
pledged themselves to Christ. AT meeting
which the speaker once attended in Halifax,
a clergyman declared that people, in order TO
become good Christians, should have good
food, good air and good exercise. The Socl-
ETY. furnishes good food to its members In
thp Rih1a 10 nf f1nh If brinUS them
into healthy moral atmosphere, when at
the present day they might be exposed to
harmful influences, and it sets them TO work,
thus giving them exercise, so essential to
physical, mental and moral well being.
The success OF any organization must be
judged by its accomplishments. The Society
OF Christian Endeavor has branches in Italy,
China, Japan, Ceylon and the Sandwich Isl
ands, and while it is not perfect in its work
ings and results, is doing much good in the
accomplishment of the end for which it is
the means.
Rev. Mr.. Daniels spoke Immediately after
Mr.. Lowden, his subject being the Results
to be aimed at" In commencing his re-
marks, the speaker mentioned the fact that
it has been customary at anniversaries Of
the societies to defend the organization. He
thought the time had come when this should
be stopped. He also said that If the object
of society was simply to become large as
an organization it had better stop at once.
are OIRdHlLdblOIlo duu dooONld1AOAo
enough in the world already. Mr.. Daniels
thought that the result to be aimed at were
to make Christ lovers, church lovers and
truth lovers.
The quartette sang another selection with
the same excellence as their first number and
then Rev. Mr.. Dunn spoke briefly on per-
sonal work. He referred to Christ's method
of reaching the masses through individuals.
Personal work should have two elements,
both SO important that the speaker said he
did not know which to mention first. One was
that of TACT the knowing how to approach
people. To this quality is said to be due
much of the success of Mr. Moody, the
evangelist. The other element is love, with
out which personal effort to help others is
Of little avail The speaker alluded to the
lack of personal effort among those who
leave all work to the church as an organiza-
tion.
Rev. DR.. Small, the pastor, then thanked
those who had contributed to the success of
the occasion and said a few words suggested
by the two deaths which had occurred re-
Gently.
Mr.. Oldham brought the fact before the
congregation that steps had been taken to-
wards the formation of State society.
The congregation joined in singing
Coronation" and were dismissed with the
benedictlon by Rev. Mr.. Daniels.