The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1892-06-16
Christian EndeavOr.
CONVENTION IN NEV
YORK.


INTERNATIONAL CONVENTION IN NEW
/ YORK.
The Maine organization of the Christian
Endeavor Society has made complete ar
rangements for the convenience OF the
four hundred or more Christian Endeavor-
ers from this State who will probably at
tend the great international convention to
be held at New York July 18th to 10TH in
the famous Madison Square Garden, a
, monster structure OF glass and iron with
/ seating capacity of II, 600. The conven-
ton will undoubtedly be the largest Chris
tian Endeavor gathering ever held and the
programme promises to be one of the
richest and most inspiring that it is posi-
bic to arrange. The meeting will be adj
dressed by some of the most prominent
and talented representatives Of the vari-
Gus denominations. a special train will
leave Portland Wednesday, July 9th,
about l p. M, from the Portland and
Rochester station, arriving at Providence
about 7.23 p. M, and connecting with one
OF the Providence 4 Stonington' magniti-
cent steamers for New ork, arriving
there between eight and nine O clock
Thursday morning. This excursion is for
Christian Endeavorers OF Maine and their
friends, and the committee hope to make
Il
from Maine to a national convention. The
low rates OF 81 for the round trip from
Portland to New York has been secured.
State room tickets for 81 extra. Hotel
NormAndie has been selected as the head
quarters of the Maine delegation III Ne V
\ DIRK. Mr. I. +. Tolman, Of Portland is
the chairman vi the committee in charge
of the excursion. No doubt a number
will go from Helfast and vivinitN The
brightest. manifest and most hopeful
young people in the world will meet and
compare notes 1t will be the most notable
religious GATHERINGS Of the age, in which
genuine christianity will have first place
and all chickering's over crecds will be
put aside.
WHAT Is Oh ISrIAN ENDEANoR?
The first Christian Endeavor Society,"
like most movements in the church OF
modern days, had a very humble origin,
says Rev. Francis f. Clark in the June
New England Magazine. ''No council of
church fathers dccreed it. No ecclesiaSti-
cal assembly declared that it was time for
such movement among the youth Of our
churches. But the hour had come for
such movement, and very quietly and
unostentatiously the society was born 1t
may seem preSumptuous for me to COM
pare this movement with other great
movements of the church in the nineteenth
century, but in this respect, if in no other,
the Christian t.ndeavor Society is like the
Sunday school, the missionary movement,
and the Young Mems Christian 4Associa-
ton. All these efforts came without OBJ
servation. Robert Raikes offering his hot
potatoes to the ragged children of Glou-
cester; William Carey asking permission of
the fathers of his church to preach the
gospel to heather nations; George VIII
liams holding his first meeting for young
men, were none OF them conspicuous in
the worlds eye, and none of them realized
the preaching consequence Of their
humble efforts.
THE Christian Endeavor movement was
born Of that prolific mother Necessity
The whole theory OF the society of Chris
tan Endcavor is that the young Christian
| must be hained into strong Christian man
hood. 1t is the idea, in other words, of
the industrial training school, which
teaches apprentices how to work by work
ing, how to use tools by using them, how
to exercise hand and foot and eye and
brain. that they may become expert IN
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