The Helena independent. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1875-1943, 1892-07-07

The organization is i%nterdenom national.
Every member is urged to be true to the
creed of the church to which he belongs.
There is nothing in the principles OF the So
oiety that conflicts with the creed of any
denomination. The whole idea of the
Christian Endeavor movement 10 the teach
ing of the way to make Christianity mean
more than mere membership in a church
to make it mean earnest, sincere work for
the cause that church espouses.
The scope of the movement is universal.
Its constitution has been translated into al
most every written language. irs societies
flourish in Brazil, in Samoa, among the
American Indians, in India. in Turkey, az
we'll as in the United States. Besides
reaching out after every laod, the society
reaches out after every class. There IL a
commercial travellers branch. There are
There are societies for sailors ON peaceful
ships, one of them having three captains
among it's members. The Indian reserva-
tions have their societies. There are Others
among the telegraph operators. the railroad
trainmen, section hands and station agents.
There are societies in the mines. the mar
BILE quarries, and on the far western
ranches. Rev. 8. I. Young, of New Jersey,
is endeavorinR to establish societies offer
ing religious services to the men in the life
saving stations. , '-a.., ..~a
results of the working of a million young
men and women, each one OF whom has for
a motto, personal Devotion to Jesus
Christ"
The speakers platform will accommodate
1000 people, 600 of whom will constitute a
mammoth choir. The president of the
United society, Francis E. Clark, q. D.,
will preside. George G. Stebbins will lead
the choir. and Ira D. shanky will be the
Boloist.
The first session will be opened at 2:s0 Q.
m. Edwin +: See, general secretary of the
Brooklyn Y. NJ. c. A., will begin the meet
ing with a prayer and a praise service. The
address of welcome from the New York
pastol 9 will be delivered by the Rev. Dr..
Charles +. Deems, of the Church OF the
Strangers. and from Brooklyn pastors by
the Rev. A. g. Dixon: After Congrepa-
tional singing Merrill Z. Gates will respond
to the addresses of welcome. Then will
follow a report Of the committee on the
closing of the Worlds fair on Sunday, and
the report of the general secretary, John
Willis Baer. At the evening session there
chairman of the COMMITTEES of 1892; the an
nual address of President Francis +. CLARK,
singing, and the convention sermon. Ar
informal reception of officers and trustees
will be held on the floor of the garden after
adjournment.
Friday mornings session will open at
$50 a. IN. Early prayer led by G. L. Stew !
ems, OF Ypsilanti, Mich; pastors hour (this
will include special meetings of twenty
three denominations and 10 designed to
carry out the society's idea of fostering de-
nominations); singing; one minute reports
unions; singing; address BY Rev. Joseph
Cook, of Boston.
Friday afternoons session opens at 2:3O.
Free parliament, conducted by Rev. W. G.
Biting, New York; Junior Christian En-
deavor Work." by Mrs. Francis E. CLARK;
1ttor rroAotirv NV tt1pr,4~ MnA1~l,t3 .:.-
ing; "Christian Endeavor in China" by
Jue Hawk, of st. Louis; "Christian Endeav,
or in Africa" by Thomas T.. Beslow, of
Bendoo. Liberia; presentation of banners
by Rev. Wayland Hoyt. Of Minneapolis.
Friday evenings session begins at 1880 p.
will be followed BY remarks by Hon. John
WanamRker; 1.-The Christian Endenvor So
~ciety's Place in Modern Religious Life" BY
Rev. Russell II. Conwell, OF Philadelphia;
singing; ''The Age and its Possibilities.'
lucky.
There will be two simultaneous msstings
Friday evening. That at the Marble Col
leRiate church will be presided over by
Rev. James L.. Hill, of Medford, Mass, and
will consist of addresses by Rev. Wayland
Hoyt, Of Minneapolis; President Francis
+. Clark, Of Boston; Rev. David J. Burrill,
of this city; and others. That at the Madi-
con Square Presbyterian church will be
presided over by Rev. N. Boynton, of Bos-
ton, who will be followed by Rev. L. r.
Young, of Toronto; Mrs. Isabella M. Alden
(Pansy), Of Washington. and others.
Saturday mornings session will open at
$50 .. M. with IN carly morning train ser
vice, led by T.. 8. Miller. Of Portland, Ore,
which will be followed by Christian En-
deavor and Foreign Missions BY Kew.
Josiah Strong, of this city; "Proportionate
Giving to God" by Il. S. Murphy. of Phila-
delpbia;" Systematic Giving to God,' by
Rev. Percy =. Bean, Of Gorhsm, Mass,
singing; open meeting on What IL Your
Society Doing for Missions" by Robert Z.
Speer. of New York; singing; "Christian
Endeavor and Foreign Missions" By Rev.
Henry G.. Mable. of Boston.
Saturday afternoon there will be no SEES
sion in Madison Square Garden. but an i'm
portant Junior Christian Endeavor rally
will take place in Broadway tabernacle at
2:3O. Nineteen denominatio nal rallies will
occur in various chu ches from two to
three; committee conferences will occur in
the next hour, and from live to six will DO
devoted to q conference of oficsrs of local,
district, state, territory and provincial
unions and districts. Saturday evening ia
set apart for social receptions and state re-
unions.
Sunday morning at $40 a prayer meeting
will be led by II. B. Pencil, of Boston. At
10 this will adjourn for church services. At
two p. IN. reports from committee coAfer
enoes will be received, and will be followed
by singing; "Gospel Temperance, =, by John
q. Woolley, of Boston; address by Mrs.