St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1891-07-11
That Is What the Endeavor-
ers Say They Are Always
Doing.
Al Sorts of Methods for Ae-
eOmplishing 1t Are Dis
\ eUSsed.
Several Speakers Outline the
Duties Of the Monster
Society.
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Take Care Of the Next
Convention.

tie opening of the Fourth session of
convention. 4 lot OF OveT-eXuberant
young men came in singing song and
with a stale yell. Ia college students,
OmiY to be rebuked by the president.
From every side the delegates were
pouring into the hall. Director Lind
say stood M. drew down the corner Of
Ills mouth and sent out the opening lines
OF This Is My Story" 1t was caught
up IN every corner OF the hall. Nothing
more was heard but the grand sweep
and surge OF music. Rev. DT. Ware. OF
Omaha, read from the 9Th chapter OF II
Corinthians, and Rev. DR.. Mcmillan III
yoked blessings upon the gathering.
Another song and the convention was
ready for business. President Clark
announced the following committees:
Besolutious-Rev. !. II. Barrows D. D.,
Chicago; Rev. II. B. GrOse. Dakota; Mr..
llehthall. Canada; r. p. Lee, Alaska; Mrs
Barrier. Florida.
Nominations Tor Honorary ice Presidents
Rev. Is. j. Baller Mississippi; Rev. =. NJ.
Ware. Nebraska; 4. q. hathaway. Indiana
Mrs f.. y. Hardy, Massachusetts,; Rev. II. p.
Wilton. Michigan.
,,reeiiugs-Prof ". ". Andrews. Nova
SlO-ta. Rev E. VI. H1-e8J. Connecticut. Miss
Clara ke.lam. Georgia: r. b. Clark. Colorado.
business - secretary Baer. Mississippi;
Zew YORK; Or. Francis Caruthers, Iowa;
Thomas Morris, Ontario.
The Free Parliament.
Then the free parliamentsopened on
''A lat the Society las Done. Rev.
Dr. j. A. Roundtha.er conducted this
branch ui work. He announced that
testimonials from the floors and CALLER
les were wanted. For once the plat
form dignitaries were to be shut out
Dr. tOuEdthaler WIS bright. witty and
quick. Roar after roar Of laughter
followed his SallieS. The min
ute speeches We're full of point
and pith. When the delegate from a
Minnesota town said that the society
had kept UaSrOrleSS church together
for nine months the cheers were tn
multuous When a delegate. cOlOred
delegate. Rev Mr.. Watson. the only
delegate from North Carolina, spoke Of
the work in his state and the growth Of
The mOYtmet in strong. eloquent words
three royal cheers were given for North
Carolina. And so it went on. Dr.
koundthaieI repeated every speech for
the benefit of the convention
throwing 10 something of his own In the
way of pun or joke. a boy Of twelve
brought word from the junior c. T. ;
OF Gaiesburg, Ill.,, and was loudly
cAeereu. In one place EndeavOrerS had
closed up saloons; IN another Sunday
taeaters; in another they were raising
Money Tor mission work. 4 Texan
spoke Of sending missionaries TO China.
a Chinaman arose and told how he was
converted. and how he would 90 back
90 nina and tell his father and mother
about it.
Dr. Charles T. Deems. of the Church
OF the Strangers in New York city. and
editor of Frank Leslie'S Sunday maya
zine. was announced. Between cheers.
be said.
"if DR.. Clark had kept back three
weeks longer the first society of Chris
tiau EndeayOr would have been organ
lied IN the Church of the Strangers,
New York. We have come uD here
amid great fluctuations. l thank God
for this experience of seVenty-tWO
hours Of camp meeting and
prayer meeting from New York
90 Minneapolis. We have sung. we
have smashed up the 500 road. we have
lad a grand time. | am firmer in the
bclieT than ever that we are on the right
track. ! KNOW Dr. FarTar has religion.
and Dr. Tyler, and hundred others
have. We rode seyenty-tWO hours and
! never heard a word that would cause a
jar on our hearts rs Christians. We
have religion because we have come
over The 500 road and have not trans
crossed the law of our profession"
Secretary Baer read cablegram from
Durham, South Africa, which quoted
Isaiah. fftl-fOurth chapter. second
verse: Enlarge the place of thy tent
and let them stretch forth the curtains
H1f tor
thy cords and strengthen thy stakes. -
ON Ir. WaYland HOyt's suggestion. a
TELEGRAM was ordered sent TO Rev
Charles Sturgeon, OF London, Eng.
LCN very sick.
Society, Pastor and Sunday school.
Key. T. O. Holman. assistant pastor
OF the Hennepin Avenue VI. Z. church.
was down for an address on The SOci-
ely and the Pastor" After explaining
THAT the first duty Of the Endeav0r SOci-
ely IS to the local church, DR.. Holman
summed up his address thus:
The practical relation OF the society
10 the pastor may be summed ND I'm one
splendid word. loyalty. We ought TO
be loyal TO the pastor; We are to stand
by him in private and in public: we are
to boast OF him: we ought TO stand by
him ia all services of the church. Weld
iug TO his Judgment, rejoicing in his
aspiration and cheerfully submitting to
be taught by him I'M all acts of
tie church. There is no movement Of
modern times which means so much for
OverWOrked pastors as this young peO-
PIES movement. Ii means the develop
ment OF latent forces in the church. it
means the unfolding of character in the
young. i means the eXaltatiOn of a
larger type of Christian life and act. it
means young men and women who can
sing college songs, play tennis, ana
reign IN all acts of social life. who shall
Yet DE ready at the call of Christ TO stand
sAOu de- TO shoulder in every post of
daily or danger to which Christ and the
church may call them.
Rev. Ebert II. Ollie. of Oakland. Cal.
spoke on The Society and the Church
ChcerS.' In the course OF a long
speech he said that this society helps
the church because ii draws the young
people 10 the church, interests them
and provides them with society in the
church.
Eev. James \. Warden, Of Philadel-
pLIa. in speaking on The Society and
Tie Sunday School," said:
IN tell YOU why l like your society.
a 40 IA INNS SNsA = CAAi7 At-NAA W EUiA-
bat anarchism, materialism and nihilism
on one hand and Romanism on the
other. l like the Christian EndeavoI
because it includes the women. never
did like a stag prayer meeting i don't
believe that q man can reach the high
est development of christian character
without the inspiration Of woman. You
must not boss the young people. Young
America does not like to be driven.
But you can persuade them to do great
work for the church and the Master.
he Sunday school and the Christian
Endeavor ought to 90 along side by side
ID their auxiliary work Of the church.
he Christian EndeavOr society ought
70 include every member in the Sunday
school outside of the infant class"
=. Hankey sung Fading Away Like the
oIars OF the Morning." a tribute TO