St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1889-04-29

churches, and. counting in the Catholics
there are 100000 people who are nom
lnally Christians. Another significant fact Is
that all the churches in this land are sup
ported by voluntary contributions. These
facts furnish the foundation for the PROPOSE
ton that the mission of America is to evan
gelize this world The facilities for this work
are greater here. American liberty produces
such men as Moody, Munhall, Harrison and
sam jones, whose like we do not
find IN other countries. The lay breth-
I nen become "a power for good.
These opportunities, create responsibilities.
.fhe world IS evidently approaching a great
crises. For years God prepared the
world for the great advent of His Son, and
suddenly one night He was ushered into this
world. In half century following more
{ vas accomplished for the cause of Goa than
had been i'll all time. Steadily through this
!. century God has been laying the plans for a
great spiritual movement. One of the signs
Is that loo, 600 young people are to-day be-
leges: This IS hopeful feature of what
God is doing for us. The schools are grow
, ing in numbers and it will not be long before
There are LOCO, 900 young people being pre-
pared for some position in life. You may
say this does not mean much. When Wesley
aud his colleagues were i'll Oxford they were
as other students, but God was preparing
them for great work. John Wesley was
finally turned from the doors of oxford, but
low Mr. Moody, an American layman, is well
coined to its halls and honored. This spirit
is spreading and it hopeful sign that so
manyiyoung people are here tonight seeking
inspiration. The work that God has called
: this nation to do must be done by this gener-
alton. Years will determine what will be the
character of this nation, and that will largely
determine the character of the world. The
next quarter OF a century will be the most
important since the birth of Christ and
look for great spiritual conflict. If live
TINT long believe that will see great army
OF young people preparing themselves for
Christian work. They will be laying the
foundation for the eyapgelization of the
world. This must come through consecra-
ton, faith that walks on the promises of
God. What we need to-day is the burning
cross, and not the cross placed on church
spires or the one so seSthetically worn upon
the breast
The final service of the day was
conservation service conducted by Rev.
NJ. ID. Carroll. AT the close short
business session was held, looking
towards union of the three societies
represented by the young Methodists at
the convention-the Methodist alliance,
the Oxford league and the Young PeO-
pies Society of Christian Endeavor.
Some resolutions were introduced
whereby those in attendance at the con-
vention expressed their sympathy with
a movement to unite the several
young peoples societies of the Meth
odist church under one organization.
The committee preparing the resolu-
tlons advised the election of state CEN
trail committee, two from each society
represented and three at large, whose
duty it shall be to call convention of
the young people of the Methodist
church of the Minnesota conference one
year from this time and to present to
such convention plan for a permanent
state organization. President Bridg-
man; DR.. r. n. McKaig, of Hennepin
Avenue church, Minneapolis; and Rev.
II. c. Jennings. of st. Paul, were ap-
pointed a committee to select the state
central committee at some later date.