The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1893-07-20

deayor," either inside or outside OF the
Eudeayor society, the world would o
be brought to Christ.
We can find no reason why any Chrls-
tian should object to anything found in
the Young Peoples Society OF Christian
Endeavor.
Perhaps their objection is to the
pledge. Tho backbone OF tho Christian
Endeavor organization is tho pledge.
But u pledge not lived up to is a broken
backbone. 1t is a pledge to be loyal to
Christ. Many Christians will not take
this pledge because they will be sign,
ing away their liberty. What libertyf
The liberty to be disloyal to Christ. No
Christian has u right to have
LIBERTY TO REL Ecr CHRIST,
Such a liberty il used will make any
Christian a slave 10 sin.
/ heard Of n young man who would
not got married because he had to
pledge his love and loyalty to o young
lady. Most men get married because
they are miserable until they do pledge
their love and loyalty to a certain
Young lady. Every Christian ought to
love Christ SO much that he would be
miserable without pledging his love to
Him.
hope every Christian will soon be
converted TO this movement lels not
perfect. We can see many things that
might be improved. But perhaps II
your ideal young peoples movement
was launched on tho tide, it might have
some defects. Saul, OF Tarsus, was go
ing to withstand the progress OF the
Gospel, and he went out US an objector.
but he found it was like trying to stop
a cyclone, and he soon became the cen
tire OF it, So it is with any man who
tries to stop tho young peoples move
ment. He will sooner or later hear
God saying to him, sit is hard for you
to kick against the priCks."
| believe that We can prove that this
movement has been Il blessing TO tho
church and to tho world.
Eirst-The Christian Endeavor move-
ment stands for u
PERSONAL, LOVING CHRIST.
He who died for US is not forgotten.
The blood that %cleanses runs through
this whole movement like tho scarlet
thread through the cables of tho British
navy. Do you not think that tho living
Christ, looking down from the battle
ments OF Heaven, is pleased to see His
name emblazoned on the thousands OF
Christian Endeavor banners, "For
Christ and the church," We do not
look on Him as q colossal, historic
figure, standing on the highway OF time
1900 years away. We believe Him to be
a present, living Christ, taking notice
OF all we do; and. realizing this, We say,
~ will strive to do whatever lilo would
like to have me do"
second-The Christian Endeavor so.
cioty stands
o AN INFALLIDLE BIBLE.
Among all the Christian Endeavor
literature l have read, | never saw M
word about the Bible being u book OF
errors. l am sorry l cannot say as
much for the church literature. And
while professors and doctors OF divinity
are repudiating the bible, the Christian
Endeavor society looks upon it rs the
inspired word Of God, the only infallible
rule of faith and practice, and she
pledges her members to read it every
day. The Bible, tho sword OF tho spirit,
is magnihed by the Christian Endeavor
movement. We are not egotistical
enough to think that we must take care
OF tho Bible; but We have faith to be-
lieye that with the proper use, it will
take care OF us. Rev. Dixon, of Brook
lyn, told n story OF n father starting
away for tho A~dirondacks n summer
morning. Just as he lett the house he
said to his three-year-old boy, Take
care of your mamma while papa is
gone" That night the little fellow
prayed "Lord bless papd, and take care
Of him bless Mary and take care OF
her; bless grandpa and take care OF
him, aud I'll take caro- OF nan ma
myself; Amen" In reality the mother
was taking care Of the boy.
now WE WORRY OURSELVES
to keep tho critical, sectarian penknives
from mutilating the Bible, while in
reality it is caring for itself and US.
Ira saukoy, the great singer, told a
story OF an lrishman building a stone
wall down by u meadow, aud a wise
philosopher came along and said,
'Patrick, that wall is sure to fall. l
would not build any more" Patrick
replied: "My dear sir, | call your Mt
tention to this fact, that | ain building
this wall four feet thick and three feet
high, and when it tumbles over it will
be- taller than it was before" So When
the higher critics upset the Bible 1t will
be larger than before.
Before Solomon's great temple stood
two pillars Of brass-Jachin and Boaz-
upholding the temple. The Christian
Endeavor looks upon tho incarnate
word-the Christ, and the written
word-the Bible, as tho two great pill
lars, uniting strength and beauty, and
supporting the TEN nle OF God.
Tho Christian EndeaVor movement
stands
o A LIVE CHURCH.
No society Of young Christians, by
word and decd, ever showed greater
loyalty to tho church than this one. 1t
has infused new life into the church.
An old Spartan teacher once took a
dead body before his pupils aud cot it
upon its foot, and it topplod over. Then
no set 1t up again, and it toppled an
other way. Then turning to his stu.
dents he said: Something Is wanting;
it lacks something" 1t was life it
lacked. Spiritual life is what the young
people lacked before this movement
came. II We can renew our youth and
get them into the church, the old
church will "renew its youth" This
movement Is u new chapter in church
history"