The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1893-07-07
York. presided In the hall, where Presidents
Clarke delivered his annual address. lie
spoke in part as follows:


spoke. In part as follows:
An old saying has recently been applied with
much force 10 tho Christian Endeavor movement;
q saying to the effect that every new and sue
cessful organization must pass through tntee
stages of development-the "pooh-pooh stage.
the "bow-wow stage" and the hear. bear stage:
The society early passed through the poon-
pooh stage and survived It. Then the bow
WOW stage was reached. and In basso profunuo
the critics, said This is dangerous movement
outside OF the church" When again these Well
be in the wrong. some OF them joined the ranks
OF the encouraging hear. hear army. wh0'
through evil report and good report, have pro-
claimed their faith in our principles and plans.
Another section OF these critics paid the society
the compliment of initiating 1t. and with these
plagiariZed copies undertook TO suppant the
original. However, these attempts 10 suppiant
the society have happily failed. but from stlll
others. who heretofore have oeen criticaI OF III
adopt my reform, grind my AK, and your so
ciety may yet do some little good" so the
"hear. hear" stage may be said TO have been
ushered in Dy two elements-tne Imitation and
grind-my-ax stage. In some respects TINS last is
perhaps the most dangerous OF all, but with
Gods good grace. which mas brought The move
ment through sneers aud growls 10 popularity
and success, We believe II will survive this dan
ger, too.
would usher in this fourth stage OF the develop
ment OF the movement let me ask few ques-
tions. lis 1t nothing that tie society has created
or revived and rejuvenated 10000 young peo-
pies prayer meetingsi lis IL nothing that IL has
poured the warm life blood of its youthful
enthusiasm into thousands OF week night church
prayer meetingsi Is IL nothing that il has COM
forted and strengthened pastors in all their
work, as myriads OF them are ready 10 testify!
Is il nothing that for the multitude OF young
people IL has solved the question or worldly
amusements not by preaching against these
movements or by passing laws against them out
by higher legislation, OF substitution, OF over
coming evil with goOdl Is IL nothing that thou
sands OF sunday schools have been enlarged
through the efforts OF the sunday school
thousand OF young strangers have been
made to feel at home by the call
ing committed Ie itnothing that q multitude OF
churches have been made bright with Gods
hand painted pictures-fOwers-a that an
equal multitude of hospitals have afterwards
glowed with the radiance that follows the foot
steps of the flower and the sunshine committeesl
Is it nothing that missionary meetings have been
multiplied, that hundreds have given themselves
10 proclaim the good tidings, and at least lun-
dred thousand dollars were given last yea; by
the Christian Endeavor societies in addition 10
what would otherwise have been given through
the agency of the missionary committeesi Ia IL,
above all, nothing that through the efforts OF the
lookout and allied committees. and OF faithful
helpers in every society. scores of thousands OF
our associate members came into the evangelical
churches. and came in rot to be drones, but 10
be working Christiansl
1t will be a sorry day for the society when it
loses its first love, when II is untrue to its first
principles or when it seeks TO substitute for the
quiet. unobstrusive spiritual work that 1t has 20
perform Tor Its own church a more snowy and
noisy endeavor, which leaves souls unsayed and
the work OF the church undOne. The world
does not stand in need of another temperance
society, or another missionary organization, or
another anti-Opiuln guild. or another society for
tho prevention or cruelty TO animals and chill
dren. These splendid organizations GOD bless
them alb are the appropriate channels for all
those reforms and philanthropies; it Is the mis-
sion of the Young Peoples Society of Christian
Endeavor TO put life blood into these and every
good cause by quickening the conscience. train
ing the intellect, stimulating the activities, en-
larging the sympathies. promoting the generosi-
nf Ia ~ arla nm nsarf fnad AZ n nj
In conformity To the viii of the churches with
which they are connected.
President Clarke added that he sympa.
thiZed. however, with those whose watch
word was onward, and forward. and up
ward. and who cried ont for larger and
better things" and he would suggest two
or three things for the year to come to oc-
cupy the energies of the Endeavorers. One
was the cultivation of q larger and moro
intelligent spirit of patriotism and good
citizenship not by joining any particular
party, but by bringing their vote and Infiu-
ence to the test of the Christian Endeavor
pledge; by not knowingly voting for O bad
man or bad measure. Such course would
impel politicians to select better men for
candidates. He eontinued: eessss-s-
Do in humber ways; let your influence be felt
for every right cause am glad, for one, OF the
stand that Endeavors have taken for the Chris
tisn and the American sabbath. L believe that
the course OF the society In the question has set
an example that We may wisely follow in the
are not boycotters, whatever illnatured people
may say. There Is a suspicion OF lawlessness in
that word borrowed from the bogs OF old Ireland.
1t is not our word, does 1t attitude.
We protested and pettioned; we did everything
We could as individuals and societies to save the
Nation from the threatening disgrace, and now
we each one for himself without Judging Others,
Will decide what he would have hidden in regard
to going to the exposition or staying away from
A second suggestion by the president for
W lar
cementing of interdenomin atIonal, inter-
national fellowship. The speaker empha-
sized the way that the church predomi-
nant In Montreal could Join in the Chris
There were no lines of creed or politics. In
conclusion he said: Let us still keep for
our yearly motto: One Is your Master,
even Christ; and all ye are brethren.'D
THE sECRETARY's REPORT.
At the close of the presidents address
Secretary Baer read his annual report. Mr..
Bser said that twelve years ago the first
Endeavor society was organized in the
WIlliston Church. Portland. Me. To day
there are thousands of societies. The ofIi-
clai enrollment is as follows: New York
State still leads with 2.9S5 societies; Penn
sylvanis is q good second. with 2,62s; llli-
nois third. with 1,e22; Ohio fourth
with ], ,766; and Iowa fifth, with ], 1885, Mas
sachusetts and Indiana are not far behind.
In Canada there are l, $50 societies. The
growth in the Southland has been encour-
aging. Maryland. Tennessee and Texas
each have over two hundred societies. and
Georgia, Florida. West Virginia and Arkan-
sas each have over one hundred, with
Virginia, South and North Carolina
not very far behind. England has
over six hundred societies, Australia over
225; India. II; Turkey. Al; New Zealand. 80;
Japan. 81; Madagascar. 3.; Scotland, 80;
Mexico. 70; West Indies. 10; Africa 15:
China. IA; Ireland, 10: France, 9, Samoa, o;
Sandwich Islands, 8; Bermuda 4; Brazil, 2;
Persia. 2 and Chilli. Colombia. Norway and
Spain each. There are nearly q thousand
societies in foreign lands. making q grand
total enrolment for the wide world of 26,-
2si local societies. with q membership of
1,577.040.
the net gain in local sooieties is the iarg-
est ever made In the history OF the move
ment, despite the fact that every Christian
EndeavOr Society that has become an Ep-
worth League-and hundreds have chan ged
each year for the last three years-has
been stricken from the lists. The net gain
In number of local societies in 1882. W SIS six
1883. 49,; 1854, 100; 1885 81; 1856, 597; 1857,
1.464; 1855, 2.565: 1883, 2T93; 1890. 3,341; 1891
5,26l; 1891. 5.S06; and 5,276 is the
forward step last year. In other words
more societies have been organized since
the New York convention than were or
ganized during seven years of the society's
early history. The badge banner for she
greatest proportionare increase during the
year goes to New Mexico. The greatest
ing a gain of 199 societies At st. Louis it
WAS reported that seventy thousand had
joined the churches from the society; at
MINNEAPOLIS II WAS ~ 500 and last year AZ