The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1891-02-04
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want no new Savior, no other moving spirit
-out we did need in this day new power.
something that should bring this new I'm
pulse Into work. The Christian EndeavOr
vase was chosen os OF God to spread all over the
| wuole eartn. Christian EndeaVOr moves
along the line OF duty. Christian Endeayor
makes pledge and keeps IL. 1t throws re-
sponsloillty on the young It SAYS. "Come,
testify or guilt" Duty Is pledged and duty
required Ia the name Of Him who said, 81
Same down from heaven not to do my will,
put the will Of him who sent me-" Another
sIand result Is the unity that sets aside de-
nominational lines. Got has brought us to-
getner that we may be loyal to Him and 20
our church, and still be Christian Endeavor
through and through.
An open meeting. conducted by Rev. Mr..
S0uthgate, occupied another quarter OF an
hour Rev. j. M. Frost, Oft be Congress
street church, spoke Of the good results OF
the society as coming under his notice, lIe
was followed by some other pastors, and
then many young people gave brief testlmo-
nies, telling what the society had done for
them.
Mr.. William Shaw Of Boston, treasurer Of
general. and for the Golden Rule In particu-
lar, 1t being the organ Of the Christian En-
deavor Society.
A telegrap6ic greeting was read from Var
The congregation Joined In singing "Alas,
and did Ny Saviour Bleed"
possibilities Of Christian Endeavor" was
the subject taken by Rev. George II Wills,
ID. d., of Montreal, Canada, who Thought
that the silvery eloquence Of a master speak
er was needed to set them off. We NAV
judge Of the future by the past. Let the
lamp ofexEerience shine forth and sees what
the future Will bring: When the heart Ia
earnest inspiration looks up to God and asks
it shall be given. This inspiration came TO
Brother Clark. The little boat nf Christian
Endeavor was launched-nOt In Portland
harbor-but In the city, going out on the un-
tried sea OF discovery. He referred to the
oronze efigy Of Robert Raikes,
erected In London, believing that
a bronze statue will sometime be- erected In
this city Of DIR. 4. Il. Clark. Portland will
be known all over the world not for its beau
tlful harbor. nor its commerce, but because
it Is the birthplace Of Christian EndeavOr.
Less than half a century ago the Young
Mems Christian Association was started In
London, almost under the dome Of st. Paul.
The first meeting was composed Of three
young men. But compare the progress Of
the Christian EndeBy0r. There are only
5000 Y. M. O. A. and nearly three times as
many societies Of Christian EndeavOr.
Christian Endeavor Is the golden key to un
lock the treasures Of the church. There Is
nf rhlDg sectarian about II, nothing PECULIAR.
IL Is Just as we'll adapted to Montreal as TO
Portland and to the wilds Of Africa either.
IL Is ready to work In any denomination, in
auI CuuICuf III buo mloSlOudAJ Nduoc-6uJ-
thing for the Master.
DIR. Wells was listened to with the closest
attentl0n, and the applause which some
times Interrupted him was almost deafeni0g.
Rev. l.. ). Bean Of South Windham gave
an interesting address on "HOw Christian
Endeayor meets the demands Of the times in
developing Christian workers" The demand
Tor universally Is upon us. There Is a de.
mand for universal language. for universal
philosophy. but predict that we shall 20
hack In .Indaa not In cermauV. not haek n
Kant, but TO Christ. You can't get young
SeOple enthusiastic for any ledgth OF time
over any small subject. The kindling OF the
enthusiasm Of Christian EndeayOr Is caught
from the conception that the world Is to be
recODeiled to Christ. The greatness Of the
conception sxalts the worker, and upllfts
him immeasurably. Christian EndeavOr de-
velops specific work. 1t produces efficiency
VOr lays its hands ON the boy and girl and
seats them together at the foot II
the cross. where they may learn-
studying the problem Of human life.
The Christian Endeavor meets the. demand
now best to learn how TO win s0nls TO Christ.
When Christian Endeav, gets together aud
sings "blest be the tie that binds." IL means
something. We got out from here prepared
TO work In unity.
The chorus and congregation united In
singing the hymn "roiling on, toillng oD."
Rev. j. g. Merrill, pastor Of the Second
Parish church, read thoughtful paper
"H0w Christian Endeavor meets the de-
mands OF the times In securing an intelligent
pet thoughts Of the age, the first Of whlchis
development. Our theology Of today Is
development. Our philosophy Is develop
ment, Development everywhere. Another
pet word OF the age is intelligence. There Is
10 the air the desire for intelligence, know
the things that mdke life worth living. fhe
third Is organization. Men band themselves
together. knowing that there Is
strength In union. Christian Endeayor came
u sarsS Se 40 ysaIs ansss sso & q would s have fallen "a.
because the time was not ripe for II. The
hour for spiritual development has come.
The man who believed that Christian En-
deavor would not succeed because there was
too much organization, had not caught the
spirit OF the age. That was why II did sue
Coed, because the organization was so per-
feet. Combine Is wanted. III we can only
see that we are working together for the
Master, success will be written on our ban
ner. There Is no work which can be COM
pared to the work which the Society Of
Christian Endeayor Is trying to accom-
plish.
nounced the benediction.
The visiting delegates were invited to a 5
O'Clock tea at the Willist0n church.
The conference OF state officers was held
at the Y. NJ. z. A rooms az four o'clock yes
terday afternoon. Representatives were
present from Maine, New Hampshire, Yer
mont, Massachusetts, Connecticut and Can
ada. Rev. Lawrence Phelps Of Gardner,
Mass, acted AS chairman and j. w. Steven
son OF Portland, secretary. Interesting facts
In connection with the work undertaken by
the various state boards were gwen. The
chief question discussed was the presenta-
tiOn OF the Gospel TO every unsaved young
person In New England by the Young Pe0-
pies Societies Of Christian Endfavor during
1890. This great work has been already un-
undertaken by the Massachusetts Union,
Rev. DIR. Clark emphasized the Importance
of district work" under the direction OF ef-
hcient district secretaries. General Secre-
tary Baer cited some interesting experiences
10 his travels over the county. In some
cities he said the local Y. 2. ). Q. E. Unions
were lnauguTating work similar to that OF
the Evangelical Alliance in thoroughly can
yassing each ward OF district
DIR. Wells Of Montreal could not present
glowing reports from Canada. owing TO the
very aTge Catholic population. but he could
say that the Christian EndeavOr Societies
were strengthening the things that remalD.
Rev. Q. =, Nash Of Hartford, Conn.,, said that
missionary and evangellstic work" seemed
this year TO be the motto Of cOmmuctial
societies. Others spoke Of the Importance of
the societies OF local unions as eyaDgellziDg
agencies.
Evening Session.
There were few seats In the hall when the
hall hour praise service by the large chorus
was opened at little past O'Clock, and
when the speaking began. half an hour later.
all the available standing room was oecu-
pied. The meeting was one of great power.
The services began by the audlencs sing
ing the hymn "Rescue the Perishing." Rev.
DIR. Adams Of Bangor, then Invoked the d.
vine blessing.
Rev. j. F. Beckley, d. d., pastor of tho
Beth-Eden Baptist church, Philadelphia,
was the first speaker.
He came from city which has the largest
number OF Y. p. D. @. K. societies In the
the world. Men can hardly say that chris
tianity Is decadent and the Bible a last
gears almanac In the face OF the astounding
growth Of the society. II the million mem-
bers had been gathered In 20 years 1t would
not have attracted the attention II has. The
rapidity Of the growth is what is marvellous.
He wanted TO speak about the model society.
The force OF all spiritual work is the power
of God. The grand work Of the @. Z. Is 10
draw young people away from the follies Of
the world and toward the Lord. There Is no
power in organization 4 the unit Of power Is
this individual himself. We organize, God In
spires. Spiritual power Is like gen Ius in the